The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

Pa ris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) . .... 2 t b° •(Cornpte de L'Est) 2 ..... usrubre and Meuse . 4 ... T ours and Nantes Mac kenzie's .................. 2 JOINT STOCti I3A NI. S. Loudon Joint Stock lO ...... 1414.- 11 7 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. bal • .. 2 a tSorgia was repeated last night, and the iet of me n Rosida followed, and c o ncluded the entertain ;Zts• The house, notwithstanding the heat of the ithe r , was cro w d e d to excess, b ut t h e excellent venti in2" of thi s vast area in a great degree remedied the d chZ e e te tnee that might be fit from the oppressive of the weath( , r i any other theatre. n acci e ell au t which Occurred to Ce n rito at the close of the ballet b r ' e d a con•id era bl e seasatten i n the heuse, and QPtIY terminated' the piece. She sltppt d «111,i fdi nEts a `i s lYin the tag,. in th,.• !rot Atbh :.o•A hun t rself,:t t ea , uPP'-)sed. severely. Her reapp4rame, however, sured the audience, and showed that, however, un ehaMant the accident, it was not, happily, of a serious k ut ae t t "; an the cheers wit which se e•ye serv d ed as a panacea h for her frighht.was greeted Lky- - troy ING THE FOUNDATION OF THE WATERLOO BARRACKS, IN THE TOWER. th e Saturday' was appointed for the ceremony of laying f t , - ()p ier tatation s t one o f t h e gran d W ater l oo B arrac k s, or t •, 3l te the n or th s id e o f t h e Whi te T ower, on t h e s i te th e u e grand store-house or small armoury destroyed by k ri F r eat fire in 1841. Th e erect i on o f t h e W a t er l oo Post: e , l ! is the co mmencemen t o f th e ver y grea t an d im fweribl'icTatr p e r s o s v ; eiesents that are ta take place in this far in fact, in the course of a few years, it 11 8 _, () greatly altered that but for the White Tower uifferent gates and batteries it would scarcely be the seised as the same depot. For several months past hlee o of Ordnance have been serving notices of eject legybebe, the p r i nc i pa l port i on o f t h e res id en t s , th e i r dwell tn ea l a tti g required for the necessary improvements. At ai t — Y hour all was life and bustle, and the weather los t ' e eeeding 1 • favourable, a great number of persoes '4 l r bhged the gate for admission. Soon after ten Ib e t olai t k e th e Whole of the troops quartered in the garrison. tide ,; lb g of the Grenadier Guards and a company of l'al! Artillery, were drawn out on the parade Otl the de weerier's house, headed by the %% 4 ' ll the Guards. Pn.--.° Precisely at half-past 11, his Nt,,,,,, t6 e Duke of Wellington, accompanied by Colonel e t !thei - r, arrived at the Spur-gate, where he was re- L'ltai i ,uY a sward of honour. The duke, who was at ,nhe'ethe nit'orm of the Chief Constable or Governor Ni t 4o wer, then alighted fee el his harouche, and J'etrq . , his favo u rit e c h arger . He then rode to Ma • jeoeq,,,:b,tgton's residence, the band striking up " See the delft s Hero comes." The model anel the several t : tr,,, ; ,_or the intend e d b arrac k s were th e n l a id h is Grace for inspection ; and, after he .Lad care the wi / I tatnined them, be expressed his entire satisfac,Jon at :t o ss b le arrangements. A procession was then fornaed Ned t he Parade, having the troops on the right, to the Ste'" of the barracks. At the eastern extremity yet ) , atic d m ;led a spacious gafilleel llery, decorated with colours of btl wh with a numerous circle of Itializi"Y dressed ladies. On the procession arriving th e th e hoardin g , a nd reac hi ng th e spot a ll otte d f or sto zlek (°n the north-east corner, near the ruins of th e .7 3 °W er, and fronting the Jewel House), th e D u k e N ailt b tled the trowel by Captain Bolder°, M.P., of 111401 1facture of silver gilt, and proceeded in lay , 111°r tar, &c., in a tru e bu s i ness -lik e manner . Th e w : kI 14 7• kelville, the chaplain of the fortress, then off e red die res sive prayer for • the due preservation of the tc d Y• At its conclusion the coins in a small bottle 4 ee,Josited in the stone, end his Grace then finished rths ttf rb 'ha' by striking the mallet several times on the top h ti o tofe l Pe, amidst the cheers of the coin pany and the play !tse ‘ ttl e 3 ritannia." The precession then retired to the Oisofthe ' e neputv-governor, Major Elringten. where a Q' t ht i , P ro as pruvicied for the noble- visitor , . , The . gallant a„ . ttos i , e„ Posed " the success of the work, to which his ellllc Vooded A number of other toasts were then e • e k which closed the interesting eeeet. The stone of itspL, tullowing inecription :—" Toe first stone of the liarracks was laid by Field Marshal the Duke , (e ver 41tine,._ . K.G., G.C. 8., G.(1.11., Constable of the 4 t ehty, Liielee Commander-in Chief of her Ma i,4'el(s-w,"l•4'es. on ' the 14th ef .June, 1845." The ber !ik id ,„h , e 288 feet in lengeh, 61 in breadth, ,ind 70 in : nt , architecture will tie in strict keeping with 1 1 1 te e the Whit e Tee cr. It w ill b e t h ee stor i es keet;,eentrance to be 10-tween two octagon tow e r s , sur ihNerejci by the r o y a l arms an d a clock.—Amongst the 14! Se er e°t opany were Lord Dalmas, Col. Peel, MX.. fL x,,, t 'lre!' of the Board of Ordnance, and Sir J. to it i' be ; 1•8 t:xraplepected the work will occupy two years b e - Sp ted. 0 , Tit ING IN TELLIGENCE. %,„' f „ HAMPTON RACES. u t▪ u c min are the entries for these races, including the • - uieh e l o g ied on Saturday afternoon Pie WEDNESDAY. V 4 kr il d D by Subs of 5 soya. each, with 40 added. iilel4° l le, gambo,.4 yrs, f by Velocipede out of Miss / 1 1 " Yrs, Ninety-one, 4 yrs, Fama, aged, Master Stepney, 41 1 1: ) 1Glaucus out of March First, 4 yrs, Brush, 4 yrs, e tt % tit Syne, 5 yrs, Perkin Warbeck, 4 yrs. V e lla 77 and Middlesex Stakes, of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c. .I k zple, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—Inheritress, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb— Sla 7 : l4 .led, Bst 101b—Misdeal, 6 yrs, Bst 31b—ch g by 4 •Ycli t k e lbt by Comus, 5 yrs, Bst—What, 5 yrs, Bst Yrs, 14 4141, yrs, 7st alb—Best Bower, 4 yrs, 7st 51b -1116.2r% 13 1+4 yrs, 6 s t 131b—Devil among the Tail ors , 6 t hia n rods,;%lveresan, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Gwialor, 3 yrs, sst T Il 430 ° rs, sst 51b—Jewboy, 3 yrs, 4st 81b—Corin e f,rls 4stlah tilb °e In Toe Cori ' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 25 added. 71. 1'eltt s, g11 ' 5 yrs, Arcanus, 6 yrs, Master Stepney, 3 yrs, Be e tt.a Yrs. Iti7fPhorti v : ber ry-bill Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. 13 , 1 Y a grd, Jamie Falshaw, 5 yrs, Master The Di Stepney, 3 ( . -4 its out of March First, 4 yrs, owned, Sy,, - 44's e e r e Pte d e Fl an d ers , 5 y rs , T e resa, 4 yrs, Tub Bletsee Lass, 4 yrs, Syllabub (cream filly), Th e ar, aged, Freystrop , 4 yrs, and Blunderbus, 3 yrs. c THIRsDAY. Lose tI P of 30 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. kV -uSt rhie each. Pai",, yrs, fby Velocipede out of Miss Wilfrid, 4 yrs, itlZ , Pa s t' a a w, 5 rs, Devil among the Tailors, 6 , yrs, Ascends, iitiF,rat',,g.'ed, Master Stepney, 3 yrs, fby Glaucus out of ° Yrs, Brush, 4 yrs, Blunderbus, 3 yrs, Pimento, t i;he 0. G a ll es Majesty's Plate of IC9 guineas. Oti f s int, aged, Elizabeth, 5 yrs, What, 5 yrs, Gwalior, ilt e ' 4 : yrs, S a int, out of La Fille mal Garde, 3 yrs, Ni i n a e s t t y e - ; a. 4° l ) le 11 airs Satyr, 4 yrs, Corinthian Tom,. 3 yrs, age Iby Glaucus out of March First, 3 yrs, A Pine '43,4, atchwork, aged, Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs, Dales , The Cla re Warbeck, 4 yrs. 114:411, ilaremunt Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2 yrs old. 1 / 1 1). tale nt Aloose Deer, b c by Muley Moloch out of 6 41 1 k r Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added. Y A nne, 3 Corinthian Tom, 3 yrs, Misdeal, 6 M ary A nn 3 yrs, 00y r , EI 1,. yrs, Tapos, 4 yrs, What, .5 yrs, Robin yrs, fby Camel out of Sketch, 3 yrs, 4• yrs, Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs. r ds FOR THE GOODWOOD CUP. ss ,aged 9st 121 b Neb o 4 wth Dr. Sangrado, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb Y, . orn ' a ged, gat lOib 'Valerian, 4 yrs, Bst 11 1,414,4,p'eti Yrs, 9st 91h Dartaway, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb W 1.4 5 ". a ged, 9st 71b Arundo, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b +a t e !sl i p, ?Ts, 9st 411, St. Bernard, 6 yrs, 7,t 121 b ki ll- hs ° l l : °ck ' 5 Yrs, 9stt 41b Gamecock, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 4agh, 4 yrs, 9st 31b Golden Rule, 6 yrs, 7st I 21b I r ' , Pat 31b Stomacher, 4 yrs, 7st I llb (1,405, Yrs, 9st Ilb Refraction, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb th, /I?, 9st lib Drummer. 5 yrs, 7st slb 1 14 Isij k lhis,, e' I niI,5 yrs, Bst 131b' Comm e deFlanders, syrs, 51b ". YrS, Ssat 131 b !My Old Hack, 5 yrs, 7st 51b Ai _ pm, ,Yrs, ast Illb C.a.], 3 yrs, ist 41b o de s Yrs, Bst 10Ib ;Kedger, 3 yrs, 7st 41b YrS, Bst 101 h !Laird o'Cockpen,3yrs,64 131 b 1 ,4 e,i; y r s, Bst 10 1 b The Hermit, 3 yrs, Est 13 1 b t h, 5" Yrs Bst 9Th 'l ronmaster , 3 y rs , 6st 131 b ttli;tllioth,,Yrts, S a t 91b W i nchester, 3 yrs, E s t 10lb Nt, .sre, Sat 71b 'Weatherbit. 3 yrs, 6st, 101 b '‘,: l lls, - ,Yrs, test sae Cabin Boy, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Ak, tk; Yr% bot 61b ; Miss! l Elis, 3 yrs, Est 91b bops 4 yr s Yrs, 8a t slb ;Ci nize lli, 3 y rs . 6st 61b 6 s• Bst 51b 'Pl aud i t, 3 yrs, 6 st 61b 4,1 t11 t ,,,, ettir yrs Bst Bst 51b 'Mid L o thi an , 3 y rs , 6 s t 61b Ikqt f 41N E THEATJE--..4adame Anna Thillon 1 4 t 1 to more nights to for play, and it is almost lir d a te; / for the numerous app 1- to r aecon3mo • tl e " I consequence of such attraction, she '4 4111 ;`: to . 'pla n a fourth night in the week. The a the greatest " hit " this theatre has ever I t4t, :eB tth„,rlbo4 C O LLEGE HOSPITAL. —Yesterday morning at°ll,behalf •of this valuable charity was ti ll ttts' e a. elf : 1 ; k- big's College Chapel, by the Rev. tl th e "I tle Princi e al, &c. The very peculiar . kll!'el; b e , 4 Institution upon the sympathy and feelings itifterorT.evoxlent were very warmly and eloquently tl e A di, te . ( It only are the wants of the , densely -4.4t1 a `, 4 . le ts of St. Mary-le-Strand St. Clement Otir ;4 1(1 oh.J a cent parishes, attended to, ' but both . in-_ %eite7,17.400r applicants for medical and surgical • 'oll,etes,▪ t 1 from Other and distant parishes. The k k ete at the conclusion of Divine service was t! ) r 1•. 4k)le; t ic, 'it s tir h OWLEDGE BAFFLED.—Yesterday Mr. tic), l "'filli s ki e l l ii d an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital, on the lo, i lth kr, g ,, .gton, aged eighteen, late nursery-maid in tht: hntia,:"nerder, 4 HarewoOd.square, Marylebone. Mr. 44 1 i j 4 .1) 1 1 , ht 10 Ih h e Ys „ ici an to ' the hospital, stated that deceased ty,aitt perrivvnospital on Monday evening without power of ), , sensible The usual remedies were applied, h 14 81) . • keisi 'he told' died the following morning. When she was 4 1te„ lra that while she was washing her face she stavias,lB.‘ stiffness of the joints, which she could not w,i gi 'ai p h, a post mortem examination he found % 4est: ° ,, Pha .gus, and duodenum highly inflamed, ray e h and the blood of a deep dark red - ..„' r e not at all consistent with the symptoms I V ll ,t the inches of the mucous membrane at the ,-.bloach were ragged and gone, and the duodenum 4 44 titjearan-PPearatice of a hone comb By the Coroner -14 ,litit,xi4ol,l47h:Zre not the result y of natural causes, but 0%, Etaa,,_' , aci d '" I cannot state. I tested the stomach for tr Vlo ar `uati on , and other poisons, but could not detect any. A~rto:',i4 I ,: as the cause of death, but what originated that • tZ'ect t i, n " Positively assert, although circumstances . %tti ta n :°> in , d tt some poison was the agent. I scarcely ever I se N: f a o t w a l a determination of the causes mentioned. servpit of Millington deposed that i S t l y * ALi ne e Zelock en v Monday morning ' she found de - I th e ,jerl ess. a table in the nursery, and com. ar/ psi S he exclaimed, 'Oh dear, I feel so s e , pu t ''' . in my back, chest, and head.'' She teut fo (0 bed, and Drs. Wetherhead and feat w as r . She vomited thrice a darkish liquid. In 4 ) t l 4 l 4 l . 4 hter l i d rem °yed to the hospital. By the Coroner y B . to destroy herself, and was a high-spirited s t , „ g.angeneS Ott b et sof manner she evinced was complaining i t ,tsk; let te ' br ot : 6q . good as that of her fellow servant's. ear to said, that about a week ag his sister e br "er brothers and sisters, recem ending them s he 4 tai a" ' , Luke and their mother happy. The letter w 01 ) gliti„'new n ent from h er usua l s t y l e o f wri t ing that a nd 10mhris f ather. After some conversation with tot, 4 • Gough, the Coroner said that the melan. N" tninvolved in mystery, and so inexplicable, that ai liNrll the investigation to another day. T. B. CHANTER, Esq., the Mayor, took the chair shortly after two o'clock, and commenced the proceedings by stating that he, as mayor, had convened the meeting, in consequence of a numerously signed requisition, which had been presented to him to that effect, to take into consideration the vital and important subject of the formation of railway communication with that town and port. It was neither his place nor pur pose to offer any particular opinion on either of the schemes of railways that might be submitted to the meeting; at the same time, however, he might remark, he understood that one proposed line of railway would be put before the meeting, on the merits of which they bad already more than once expressed a favourable opinion; viz., the project of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company, which company had in view the construction of a line from that town, by way of Torrington, Hatherleigh, and Okehampton, to Tavistock. Hur.r. TERRELL, Esq., solicitor to the Company, then rose, and said that the Directors of the Bideford and Tavistock Company had appointed a deputation to attend the meeting he'd this day to state the advantages of their intended railway to the port of Bideford. The Bideford and Launceston line was a comparatively short line, and was inconvenient to the inhabitants of Bideford, as it would carry them a round about course on their way to Plymouth. Secondly, a Bide ford and Tavistock line, but not the line he had the honour to advocate. This also would be inconveniently circuitous ; it would omit Okehampton and other towns, and would pass through a barren, and, therefore, poorly populated district, and would benefit none hut a few interested landowners, who had devised a scheme which they had not yet ventured to put upon paper.—( Cheers.) Thirdly, the North Devon line, from Crediton to Barnstaple: this had been mesmerised by the Board of Trade into a deep sleep, and was yet asleep, and would probably never awake.—(Cheers.) Fourthly, the Bideford and Bampton line. This did not interfere with the Bideford and Tavistock Railway; it was projected by the Bristol and Exeter Company; it would afford facilities in passing to London, and he hoped it would pay. Fifthly, there was the Great West of England. He had seen the prospectus of this scheme for the first time that day; it was a worthless paper project : the Board of Trade had already re ported against its Cornwall line as impracticable, and he had it from authority that amongst the few Directors' names two had been printed without permission.—( Hear, hear. ) And then, as to the South Devon—were they disposed to work for you as friends ?—( Hear, hear.) On the contrary, their conduct was at best suspicious; they had a Bill before Parlia ment for a branch from Tavistock to Launceston, and what could be the fruits of such a branch? Even if it came on to Bideford, it would be running in a circle ; but something more was to be feared. Suppose it should run on to Camelford, searching after the north of Cornwall traffic it would there find, which would alone lead to the port of Padstow, and thus half the traffic would be directed from Bideford and conferred on Padstow. R. HOPKINS, Esq., one of the engineers of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company, then rose and observed, that after the at Is and lucid address of his Learned Friend, in which he had so fully explained the position and objects of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company, little remained for him to say, except briefly to describe the line of railway pro posed to be constricted, and to advert to some of its peculiar advantages. He then described the railway. The Board of Directors was composed of gentlemen of high standing in the railway world ; nearly all of them being Directors in other companies, and several of them bankers and merchants in the city of London.—(Cheers.) T. H. ToonE, Esq., one of the Directors, then rose. He said that he attended at the immediate wish of the Board of Direction, and he saw very plainly that the reason they had for it was a good one ; it was because they felt that enough was not known of this line. He had the pleasure of explaining the character and some of the details of the line, in private, to the Mayor, and he (the Mayor) was pleased to say that he did not think that a plan or line could be devised more to the benefit of that town—( The Mayor signified his assent).— ( Cheers.) He was happy to see, from the crowded state of the meeting, that the town was fully alive to the importance of railway intercourse. The same spirit had been shown wherever the deputation had gone. CHARLES CARTER, Esq., of Bideford, said, having heard the statement of the deputation, he had very great pleasure in moving the first resolution, which was That this meeting, having heard the deputation from the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company, expresses its approval of the line promoted by that Company, and its conviction that this line passing through Okehampton, with one of the termini towards Exeter at Crediton, and another towards Plymouth at Tavistock, will in a h;gh degree promote the prosperity of this port and its neighbourhood." BIDEFORD AND TAVISTOCK RAIL WA Y.--IMPO UT ANT MEETING AT OK EH A M PTON, DEVON. On Saturday, the 7th instant, an influential and inportant meeting wa, held at the Guildhall, Okehampton. The meeting was convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition signed by the Rev. Bouchier Wrey ;Saville, the vicar of the parish, and about fifty of the principal landowners and inhabitants, to the following effect :—" We, the undersigned, request you will convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Okehampton, as soon as possible, to take inw consideration the proposed line of railway communication between Bideford and 'favistock via Okehampton, in which both public and local interest are most deeply involved." Shortly after three o'clock the chair was taken by HANNIBAL C. MILLET, Esq., the Mayor, who commenced the proceedings by reading the notice calling the meeting. He added that a deputation from London was in attendance to lay before the meeting their views on the important scheme of constructing a railway from Bideford to Tavistock, and which it was intended should pass by way of Okehampton. HULL TERRELL, solicitor to the company, then rose and said that he had the honour of appearing before the meeting as one of the deputation from the direction, which deputation consisted of Mr. Tooke, one of the directorse, and Mr. Rice Hopkins, one of the engineers to the company. Their object was to lay , before the meeting the nature and advantages of the intended line, and to obtain its approbation. The company did not need their money, as applications had already been made from parties whose references had been tested for shares ex ceeding three times the number to be allotted. The present company, he was happy to say, had already received abundant support, not only from local landowners, but from capitalists, in other parts, so that no doubt could remain as to the ultimate success of the present company.—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. Terrell then read the following : " The objects of this undertaking are to unite the Bristol with the English Channel, and to afford a direct, speedy, and cheap communication between the three centres of population in Devonshire, viz., of Bideford and Barnstaple, with their neighbourhood, containing 40,000 inhabitants, on the north ; of Plymouth and Devonport, including in their environs 100,000 people, on the south ; and of Exeter, with its suburbs number ing .50,000 residents, on the east ; and to supply to the inhabi tants of the districts through which the lines of railway will pass the advantages of manure, coals, and general merchandise, at an immense reduction of cost, and the means of conveying their agricultural produce, timber, and other goods to the best markets. " The railway is intended to commence at the town and port of Bideford, and to proceed by the town of Okehampton to the borough of Tavistock, where it is to communicate with the b:anch of the South Devon Railway, which is to be made from Plymouth, and for which a Bill is now before Parliament. A branch will connect the populous and flourishing borough of Barnstaple with the main line, and another branch will pass from the main line through Bow, and join the Exeter and Cre tliton line at Crediton. The length of the main line will be about 42 miles, and of the branches about 23 miles, making together 65 miles. " Estimates of the traffic have been preparel by competent parties, and the result is, that after allowing a deduction of 40 per cent. for the working expenses, the net returns are calcu lated to amount to more than six per cent. per annum on the required capital, without taking into account several future sources of income which the railway will create. " The great importance of this railway to the landholders and general population in the central parts of the county through which the line will pass will appear from the fact that the price of lime will be reduced to them 40 per cent., and of coal 50 per cent. " The local population which would be benefited by the con • stru,?tion of this railway exceeds 3C 'l,OOO persona. l';ze country through which this line of railway will pass is peculiarly favourable in an engineering point of view for its construction. " Power is intended to be reserved in the Act of Parliament, which is to be obtained for making this railway, to allow inte rest on the deposits and calls paid on the shares, at the rate of four per cent. per annum, until the opening of the whole line. No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his shares. " This being a county line, it has been resolved that not less than 6,000 shares of the Company should be distributed amongst applicants who are Shareholders of the following lines—viz., The Bristol and Exeter The South Devon 2,5(10 The Exeter and Crediton 750 And the Barnstaple and Taw Vale 14 1 ,4 He would now allude to a few points of special note requiring the attention of the meeting. In the first place the line was in a certain sense perfect, as a county line—uniting the nor thern, southern, and eastern parts, and it was so extensive as to be entitled to an independent standing. In the second place the direction consisted entirely of London shareh lders, many of whom had been, and still were, directors of other lines, and, having served their apprenticeship, were equal to their present work.—( Cheers. ) Messrs. Rice and Th. , mas Hopkins, having on two or three previous occasions surveyed the districts through which the proposed line would run, their ability was known, and had s, cured the confidence of the county.—( Hear, and cheers.) They would be assisted by Sir John M'Neill, as consulting engineer, whose previous know ledge of the county will make his co-operation peculiarly ad vantageous. In the fourth place, there was no fear that the present company would be in the same sad predicament as its predecessors. Funds had been abundantly supplied, and no applications for shares had been attended to except from parties of undoubted respectability. (Hear, hear.) Before concluding, he would trouble the meeting by calling its attention to one other subject—viz., the relation which this line bore to other lines in the county. As it respected the Crediton and Exeter, and South Devon and Tavistock, the intended line would benefit both, as it would join them and carry traffic on to both. The proposed line between Taunton and Barnstaple would not, if carried out, interfere with this company—it would afford a convenient line for the inhabitants of Barnstaple and Bideford on their way to London, and prevent any competing line with the present, either in a line from Barnstaple to Tiverton, or Bat nstaple to Crediton, which latter line, however (North Devon line), may be considered as already defunct. (Hear, hear.) The Great Western Company had no intention of proposing a line. Rice HOPKINS, Esq., one of the engineers to the com pany—lt is with feelings of peculiar pleasure that I rise to address this meeting, because I believe that the great object which has been so long desired by the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood, and for which this meeting is now assembled, is in a fair train towards its accomplishment. Money is no longer wanting ; but it is most desirable, in order to obtain the necessary powers for constructing the railway, that the promoters should be able to show to Parliament that the project is supported by parties who have an interest in the district. I happy to state that the lines proposed possess no pe culiar engineering difficulties. Only two short tunnels (each about a. quarter of a mile in length) are necessary, anti the ex cavations and embankments required are much under the usual average of railways in general. The gradients are also fa vourable, and there will be no plane which cannot be worked by an ordinary locomotive engine. EstLnates of the probable traffic have been made, and the result is highly satisfactory. A line, connecting not only the whole of the north with the south of Devon, but several towns of the north with Exeter, JAMES ROOKER, Esq., seconded the resolution. H. Hawc , s, Esq., felt interested in the formation of the ra!wa - . , , connecting that town and Plymouth, by way of Okehampton ; and he was happy to state to the meeting that this line had been most cordially received by the inhabitants of Okeha;npton, and by the landowners along the line. W. 0. COOKE, Esq., surgeon, of Bideford, said he was so entirely satisfied with the explanations which had been given that he was not only prepared to vote for the resolution, but also to avail himself, if possible, of a personal interest in the undertaking. PALARn, merchant of Bideford, among other facts in favour of the proposed line, stated, that annually there was consumed, in the immediate neighbourhood of Okehampton, not less than 10,000 tons of culm, and large quantities of coal, iron, and other goods, imported at Bid e f or d ; an d th ese quantities would, he believed, be much increased by the faci lities which the railroad would afford. Another source of an increase of traffic to that part, resulting from the formation of the proposed railway would, he believed, arise from quan tities of copper and other ores from the neighbourhood of Lyd ford being shipped at Bideford for Wales, instead of being taken into Cornwall for that purpose as heretofore. Alto gether he thought it one of the best lines ; indeed, for the coon. try, the only line that could be constructed with a chance of making a return for the outlay of capital.—( Cheers. ) The resolution was now put from the chair, and unanimously adopted. Thomas Evans, Esq., shipowner, Bideford, moved the fol lowing resolution :—" This meeting pledges itself to further, by every means in its power, the object and undertaking of the Bideford and Tavistock Company, and that the members for the county of Devon be requested to give the same their ut most support in Parliament." After some further observations from Mr. Evans, Mr. Tooke, and others, the resolution was again put to the meet ing, and unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks to the Mayor for calling the meeting, and for his conduct in the chair, moved by Mr. Tooke, was then adopted. THE SHERIFFS' DINNER TO THE JUDGES. On Saturday the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex gave a most splendid entertainment to the Judges, at Gird ler's-hall, Basinghall-street. Amongst the company were Lord Denman, chiefjustice of the Queen's Bench ; Chief Baron Pollock, the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Masterman, M.P. for the City of London, several of the Sergeants at-Law, and other members of the bar, of the Alder men and Common Councilmen, and of the clergy. After the customary honours had been paid to the Queen, the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert. and the rest of the Royal Family, upon the proposition of the Sheriffs, who alternately officiated, Sheriff and Alderman SIDNEY said he felt great plea sure in giving the health of the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, who was so distinguished a representation of the talents and virtues of the Church. The Sheriffs were, he as sured the company, most proud of the honour done them by the eminent prelate, whoseexample was so admirably calculated to exalt the moral and religious character of the people.—(Cheers.) The Lord Bishop of LLANDAFF rose to return thanks, as the principal representative present of the Church to which the toast referred. Ile felt that the ministers of the Church deserved the acknowledgments offered by the Company to their zeal and exertions. It was with sincere pleasure he bore testimony to the improved con duct of the clergy.—(Cheers.) They had greatly im proved, and were still improving, and it was to that ad vance in improvement he attributed the cordial respect with which they had been treated of late years by the people. He remembered when, about 10 or 12 years ago, a very different feeling was exhibited towards them, and it was no inconsiderable consolation to him to per ceive the change, because he was justified, not only in drawing an inference from it in favour of the character of the penple, but in considering it a manifestation of a corresponding influence upon the conduct and character of the clergy.—(Cheers.) He recollected the time when, in passing Temple-bar, he witnessed evidences of an im pression towards his brethren of the Church greatly at variance with that which he now felt so much gratifica tion in describing, and he trusted that by persevering in the great cause of religious instruction, and strengthen ing it by their example, and confining themselves within the proper sphere of their duties, they should, through the blessing of God, still more effectually attract to themselves the respect and veneration of the people. Sheriff and Alderman HUNTER proposed the " Health of Lord Denman, Chief Baron Pollock, and the other members of the Bench." It gave him, he declared, high gratification to introduce to the company names of such distinguished character connected with the administra tion of the laws of the country. When he mentioned the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, he was sure he addressed himself to the unanimous sympathy of those around him.—(Cheers.) He had enjoyed the honour of knowing that excellent and eminent individual before the Noble and Learned Lord's attainment of the high situation which he filled, so much to his own credit and so much to the service of the community; and he spoke the language of the whole country when he said, that never had that distinguished office been held by a person more highly qualified.—(Cheers.) Of the Chief Baron, whose connexion with the City of London was also of long standing, they could all speak in terms of similar admiration —(Cheers.) Lord Chief Justice DENMAN begged to assure the Company that his Learned Brother and himself enter tained the highest sense of the compliment which had been in so flattering a manner passed upon them. They felt it not so much in consequence of any personal claims they might be supposed to have, as from the pride they enter tained in representing their Learned Brethren who were unavoidably absent, and to whose merits so well deserved a tribute had been paid. They felt proud to acknowledge that in their endeavours to perform the duties which they were called upon to fulfil, they received the warmest sup port from the magistrates of London.—(Cheers.) It would be improper, on such occasions as the present, to omit the opportunity which presented itself, of expressing his feeling towards the City of London, to which he had, as it were, served his apprenticeship, and to his con nexion with which he owed the elevated situation in which he had the honour of being placed, and his rank and station in society.—(Loud cheers.) He never allowed any occasion, on which he could express his deep obligations to the City of London to pass, with out in the most grateful manner making that acknow ledgment, and he should seize every future opportunity of testifying his sincerity. He regretted that he did not see at this splendid banquet more of his Learned Brethren, but he knew that they were enjoying the holidays, to which they were so well entitled, and which their one rous labours rendered so necessary. In their mime, and 1 in his own behalf, he returned thanks for the honour just passed in the toast.—(Cheers.) He should leave it to his Learned Brcthe, the Chief Baron, to address the company for himself, and he hoped that as there were only two judges present, and his Learned Brother was the older acquaintance of the City, the next speech would be long enough to justify the reasonable expec tations of his fellow-citizens, and to compensate for the deficiency eccasioned by the absence of the rest of the bench.—(Cheers and laughter.) He looked with the more confidence to the ste,ech of his Learned Brother ; when he considered that the Chief Baron had received the admirable education which, united to the extraor dinary genius and knowledge by which he was distin- I Several other;toasts were drunk, and the evening was spent with the greatest possible hilarity. The dinner was supplied by Messrs. Staples of the Albion Tavern, who fully sustained their high character in producing every requisite luxury. Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Chapman, and two boys of the names of Sullivan and Williams, delighted the company by their vocal abilities. Girdler's-hall, in which the entertainment was given, is so called from the ancient Company of Girdle-makers or Girdlers, whose patron saint was Saint Laurence. The Herald's office, in honour of th- Martyr Patron, gave to the Company " two gridirons " as their arms. Chamberlain, in his "History of London," speaks thus of Girdlers'-hall. "A handsome and convenient build ing finished in 1681, well wainscoted within and adorned with a screen of the composite order for transcribing the affairs of the Company, which is a Livery Company and the twenty-third on the list. It was incorporated in the 27th of Henry VI., on the 6th of August, 1449, and in corporated with the Pinners, and were drawn by Queen Elizabeth on the 12th of October 1568, by the name of " the Master and Wardens or Keepers of the Art or Mystery of the Girdlers of Loudon." It is governed by a master, three wardens, and a court of assistants. CAUSEWAY BETWEEN MAHIM AND BANDORA. (From the British Indian Gentleman's Gazttte, April 10.) The Causeway between Mahim and Bandora was opened on last Tuesday evening, in a manner which did honour not only to the founder of that most useful struc ture, but to the inhabitants of Bombay. From an early hour the roads leading to Mahim were thronoed with vehicles, in which the natives of every de scription hastened to the neighbourhood of the cause way, and soon after three o'clock the carriages of the Europeans and wealthy inhabitants began to appear. From that hour the way to •,• ahim presented a most animated appearance. The villages through the Toddy tree groves of Mahim were swarming with spectators at the long line of carriages of every description which passed on before them. The arrangements made by the police were excellent; constables were stationed at difThrent barriers to keep the order required. At half -past four o'clock the car riages were drawn up in line from the end of the ap proach to the causeway, to the termination of the tows. They were stationed on the side of the road so as to allow those to pass on which were to take the lead in the procession. At half-past four o'clock the Hon. the Governor's carriage came to the grand entrance of Parell Palace, and the Governor and Sir Jamsctjee Jejeebhoy, Knight, entered it, the latter having the seat of honour at the Governor's right band. Escorted by the Lancers and followed by the aide-de-eampq, and the staff' of the garrison, &c. &e., they proceeded to Mallim, a distance of nearly three miles. At five o'clock they approached the Causeway, and the procession began from the front of Mahim Church, in the following order:— The Engineer Officer who constructed the Causeway, Captain Cruikshank, who was represented by Captain Marriott. The Establishment of the Engineer. The first part of the Lancers. The Governor's Band. The Hon. the Governor's carriage. Captain Arthur, the Governor's Private Secretary on the one side, and Cursetjeo Jamsetjee, Esq., on the left, with many other gentlemen on horseback. The personal retinue of the Hon. the Governor. The carriages followed in single line of the Commander in•Chief, of the Members of Council, of the Secre taries, of many Civil servants, of the Staff, and of the leading personages in the society of this island. A party of Lancers closed the procession. A triumphal arch was erected at each entrance of the Causeway, and as the procession moved along it the coup d'ceil was magnificent. The bells of the church rang a merry peal. The groups that thronged around the sides of the way leading to the entrance in their white dresses, gave an air of splendour to the whole view. The great length of the procession, the moving spectacle around, the calm and beautiful expanse of water on both sides of the Causeway ; the triumphal arches of the Mahim and Bandora entrances, the splendid pavilion erected under the well-known large tree on the Ban dora shore, requlre not to be described. When the head of the procession reached the centre of the Causeway a royal salute was fired from four guns stationed on the Salsette sands, under the command of Captain Unwin. the metropolis of the county, and passing through such an im portant agricultural district, requiring such large supplies of manure as this railway only can afford, cannot fail to yield a large return to the shareholders. The advantages of this rail way to the agriculturists and other inhabitants of the neigh bourhood will be immense. In the centre of the district lime will be reduced in price 49 per cent., and coals 50 per cent. ; agricultural produce and merchandise in general will be con veyed at less than one-fourth the present expense of conveyance. Thus not only will money be saved, but the resources of the country will be more fully developed, and all classes, includir , landlords, tenants, and labourers, will participate in the benefits.—( Hear, hear.) The Rev. BOUCHIER WREY SAVILLE, vicar of Okehamp ton, said he had been requested to move a resolution, which by the permission of the meeting he would now read ; it was as follows :—" That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Com pany, and having heard with pleasure the addresses of a depu tation from the company, is of opinion that the construction of the proposed line of railway from Bideford to Tavistock, with branches to Barnstaple and Crediton, is calculated to promote in a high degree the interests of the county of Devon in general, and of this town and the surrounding district in par ticular, and is therefore deserving of the warmest support, and that therefore the meeting pledges itself to assist, by every means in its power, the accomplishment of this undertaking, and that the members for the county of Devon be earnestly re quested to support the same in Parliament."—( Cheers.) After the very tuil and satisfactory statements made by the gentle men of the deputation, he thought he was warranted in asking the meeting to adopt the resolution he had just read.—( Hear, and cheers.) For his own part, he could not but feel that the formation of the proposed railway would be attended with very great advantage to all persons residing either in the town or neighbourhood, and therefore he felt desirous that the com pany should have every encouragement. He had examined the line as marked out by the engineer, and had it explained to him, and for his own part he did not conceive that any line could be marked out that would more conduce to the interests of that town.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) One of the prin cipal landowners of the district (Albany Saville, Esq.) had signified his approval of this line.—( Hear, and cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded his speech with advising all farmers, landowners, tradesmen, and others interested in the neighbour hood, at once to make application for shares. H. Conaiwo, Esq., of Okehampton, in seconding the reso lution, said the formation of the proposed railway would be an immense advantage to the inhabitants of this town and neigh bourhood, whether engaged in agricultural or mercantile pur suits, whether landowners, farmers, or labourers, whether en gaged in business or not. He recommended all interested in the prosperity of the town and neighbourhood to make at once applications for shares, and thereby convince the Parliament and the country that the line was one deserving of support. HENRY HAWICES, Esq., Okehampton, raid, before putting the resolution to the meeting, he should like to make an ob servation or two. He had the honour to represent the inte rest of the Rev. John Luxmoore, who, next to Mr. Saville, was, he believed, the largest landowner in the neighbourhood; and he had great pleasure in saying this undertaking had the hearty and liberal concurrence of that gentleman. From in terviews which he had had with some other landowners on the The Causeway was adorned u ith flags at regular dis tances, and about 150 seats were placed on the footways for the benefi t of the pedestrians. It was satisfactory to behold the arrangements thus made for the convenience of all classes. In the dwelling-house of the chief native officer of Bandora (Com av i sa d or ) , and near t h e p av illion, Lady Jamsetjee, with her family, had taken their station, and on alighting f rom their carriages the Hon. the Governor and all the leading members of the company and their ladies there proceeded to offer to her Ladyship their congratulations on the completion of the Causeway. At six o'clock the last of the carriages arrived at th e pavilion, when re f res h men t s were prepared in the most sumptuous style. It was a beautiful sight to se e th e pa norama in the pavilion, wher e the ladies of Bombay, the members of the Government, and the secretaries and the civil servants, the number of officers, military, medical, a nd naval ; of the gentlemen of the bar, of the mewitnessi ng tile houses, &c. &c., all see me d p l ease d on witnessing the public ceremony of openin g t h e C auseway from Mahim to Bandora. At half-past six o'clock Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy s t oo d at the head of the table, when the Hon. the Governor Sir George Arthur, supported by Si r T. Nl`Mahon the aveing great pleasu re passed over Commander-in-Chief, the members o f C ouncil, &c., ad dressed him in the following manner : tJetjse occasion, Jejeebhoy,—lt t i e v. r e gives In to ‘ address Si r j a os eje u t on e this the noble Causeway which, through the munificence of your family, has been erected for the benfit of the public. I myself, as well as every one present, can bear testimony to the value of this splendid and most u se f u l work. It af fords me, therefore, high gratification to address you, for I have to speak on a subject which is interesting to us all—to every one now present—and its interest is best proved by this numerous assembly. As the exact cir cumstances under which this Causeway has been con structed may not be known to all th e company, I shall give a short explanatory history of the und er t a ki ng. Some years ago the Government of this Presidency, see ing the advantages of a regelar communication between the islands of Bombay and . Salsette, and b e i ng anxious to connect the towns of Mahim and Bandora by a cause way, had the ground surveyed, plans taken, and the estimates of the probable expense of the proposed work calculated. The expense of such an undertaking, it was reported, would be 67,000 rupees. The exigencies of the Government at the time being very great, th e matter was allowed to remain in abeyance until a more f a v oura bl e opportunity should arise—it not being considered of so great imp .rtance as other proposed improvements then before the Government. This took pl ace some years ago, and the plans remained unexecuted until th e mon soon of 1841, I believe, when a distressing accident oc curred at the ferry here. A boat was s wampe d , and a number of poor natives, I think, about fif teen, lost their lives. This distressing accident was of course a subject of conversation amongst the . people, and came to the ears of Lady Jamserjee, who was g reat l y pained at its consequences to the families of the sufferers. She spoke to you, and asked you why the Governme n t did no t en deavour to remedy en evil which was the cause of such misery among the poor of Salsette ? The answer was that the Government was fully occupied on other matters of importance, and that, according t o t h e est i mates, i t would not only require the large sum already stated, but, moreover, that a second estimate had been made out, by which it was calculated that a further sum would be required, amounting altogether to one lac of rupees. ' Let the consent of the Government be obtained,' was the answer of this noble-minded woman, ' and I will de fray all s expen - -es' The consent of Government was then obtained, and the work commenced; but it was soon I discovered that further sums would be n. - cessary to bring it to completion. Application was made to the Court of line between this town and Torrington, he further had the pleasure to assure the deputation that they were also not merely favourable to, but most desirous that this undertaking should succeed. . . .1; The resolution was now put by the Mayor, and unanimously adopted by the meeting. T. R. TOOKE, E4q., one of the Directors, then rose and sa i t ;—Having been deputed by the Board of Directors to re present them, he begged to confirm, as far as they needed any eonfirn;ation, the statements made by the solicitor and engineer of th,' Company. He could assure the meeting that this was a solid am'. substantial undertaking, not set on foot in the spirit of mad speculation, but for the purpose of giving the benefit of railway commucation to this important district of the .country.--(Hear, hear.) As the meeting had already heard, the number of shares that tI:.P Directors had to allot had been applied for three times over, and the allotments would be made, to the best of their belief, to bona fige applicants, to per sons seeking for investment, not to mere speculators. This was not a paper line, but if duly supported, as by promises of the landowners there was every reason to expect, they might depend upon the railway being carried through, and the inesti mable benefits of railway communication conferred upon the neighbourhood. They had been recommended by the vicar to take their one, and two, and three shares, and he could assure them, from his own personal knowledge, that the Board of Directors would be glad to attend to any such application. The strength of all railway proprietaries lay in holders of ten and twenty shales.—( Hear, hear.) It was not in a spirit of specu lation that this railway was offered to them, but for purposes of solid investment. The vote of thanks was seconded, and carried by accla matiun. The MAYOR briefly acknowledged the vote, and the meet ing then separated shortly after five o'clock. NORTH DEVON RAILWAYS.—THE BIDEFORD AND TA VISTOCK RAIL WAY.-INPORTAN T PUB LIC AIEETING .AT' BIDEFORD. BIDEFORD, Alortnair. On Tuesday. the 10th instant, a . _public meeting, convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition, was held in the Town Hall, Bideford, "to take into consideration the interest of the district relative to the several projected lines of railway to this port, and for adopting such measures as might be deemed advisable." The meeting was numerous and influ ential. THE SUN, LONDON. MONDA I MORNING, JITNIE 16, 1845 Directors for their aid and co-operation, when they, with the liberality which has always characterised their pro ceedings when called upon to assist the benevolent na tives in their good undertakings, gave their assent. Vafious other sums were, however, required and still supplied by Lady Jamsetjee, till at length, after an ex penditure of 147,000 rupees, the structure was completed. It was then suggested that so handsome a structure de manded an equally handsome approach to it, for which it was calculated a sum of 20,000 rupees would be re quired, which further expenditure was entirely defrayed by that noble-minded person, Lady Jamsetjee. Thus, after an expenditure of 167,000 rupees, has this great and most useful work been perfected, which reflects so great an honour on the kind, the charitable, the bene volent lady, who has thus conferred a lasting benefit on the inhabitants of these islands, whether rich or poor ; but more especially by the poorer classes has this great benefit been felt, as by this noble donation their means of transit have been rendered permanently secure, and their lives ensured to them from danger. As they have not the opportunity of rendcriug their thanks to Lady Jamsetjee in person, I am sure you will all unite with me in thanking her in their name, and, to perpetuate this noble deed, I this day propose that the Causeway henceforth bear the name of Lady Jamsetjee's Cause way.' (Loud cheers.)—l have said that it gives me pleasure to address you, Sir Jamsetjee, on this occasion, and the cause of that pleasure is that I am acquainted with your deeds of benevolence and your unbounded munificence, at least in part, for you have kept many of your good and generous actions concealed from me. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have been cognizant only of some of the charities of this most liberal person, and when, a short time after my arrival in this Government. I took occasion to add up the amount of the then known charities of Sir Jamsetjee, being ignorant of much more that has since come to my knowledge, you will doubt less be surprised when I tell you that it amounted that time to no less a sum than 100,000 pounds sterling, or ten lacks of rupees. (Cheers.)—The character of Sir J. Jejeehhoy is known all over the world. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen has expressed her approval of his conduct, and her high sense of his benevolence and munificence, in proof of which she has been pleased to bestow upon him that special mark of distinction which is now hanging on his breast, and which I ac count as one of the fortunate occurrences in my life that I had the honour of presenting to him. (Loud cheers.)—We have all beard of the munificence of the British merchants, but give me a Bombay merchant for generosity, the extensive proofs of which we every day behold. It gives me, therefore, unfeigned satisfaction, in the presence of so many of the inhabitants of these two islands, to express my sense of the good, the humane, and the magnanimous conduct of Sir Jamsetjee Jejee bhoy, and his equally generous consort. My earnest wish is that as their meritorious acts increase so may also in crease the length and happiness of their lives.(Great applause.) I believe, Sir Jamsetjee, that acts of charity form part of the religion of your communion; I will not say much on that score, but I am sure that no one will regard such deeds of charity performed by one of God's creatures, whatever his creed may be, without feelings of the deepest respect, and all acts arising from such motives, deserve the very greatest regard. Ladies and gentlemen, the noble structure over which we have this day passed has been named after its noble-hearted foun der, Lady Jamsetjee's Causeway. Let us now drink with enthusiasm to the ' Health of Lady Jamsetjee.' " The toast was drank with every expression of enthu siasm. guished, had raised him to his present elevation, at one of the great schools founded within the city wails. The LORD CHIEF BARON of the Exchequer said that he was placed in a sort of difficulty. He con curred with his Noble and Learned Friend that as there were only two judges present, they were hound to say i something more than mi g h t h e expected f others of their Learned Brethren were present ; but he was quite disappointed at being called upon by his Noble and Learned Friend to make a long speech, after the subject had been so completely exhausted in that which had just been delivered. (Cheers.) He felt, he assured the company, greatly obliged to them for the honour they had conferred upon him. The greatest reward which a man in his situation could receive was the cordial good opinion of his fellow-citizens, and if any man ought more than another to feel grateful for favours which led to distinction, he felt that he was indebted in the first degree to the City of London, for it was there in that city, at St. Paul's school, one of the munificent endowments in which England abounded, scattered as they were over the whole extent of the country, he had received the first impulse which at length placed him where he was. (Cheers.) In the public station to which he bad been raised, he had in his noble and learned friend a great of example of learning, indepen dence, and the sound construction of the law.—(Loud cheering.) He had the example of one who had fought the great battle of constittnional law.—(Cheers.) In the spirit of truth he spoke, when he said, that in his noble and learned brother he had the brightest of ex amples. He was sure he echoed the voice of the City of London. He believed that he echoed the voice of the great community of the empire. He knew that he ut t red his own sincere sentiments when he declared that his noble and learned friend was a lawyer of paramount ability—a man the most upright, and of the must honour able independence, and a thorough English gentleman. —(Loud cheering.) Lord DENMAN then proposed the health of the Sheriffs. lie had great respect for the gentlemen who filled the high office, which was one of very serious responsibility. There were occasions, they all knew, upon which the Sheriffs might be called upon to act with a spirit which would show the degree of independence of which they were possessed.—(Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with acclamation, Sheriff HUNTER said it was the anxious wish of the Sheriff's to discharge their dut'es in such a manner as would preserve the confidence of their fellow citizens, and enable them to hand down the office to their suc cessors without the slightest blemish.—(Cheers.) The Bishop of LLANDAFF proposed " the Magistracy of the. City of London, to whom the citizens were in debt ?d for the preservation of the peace." Sir C. S. HUNTER returned thanks. Sheriff SIDNEY proposed the health of Mr. Master n. an. M.P., which was responded to by the Honourable Gentleman. Sir JAMSETJEE JEJEEBIIOY then addressed the com pany as follows:—" Ladies and gentlemen,—Allow me to return you my warmest thanks for your kindness in drinking the health of Lady Jamsetjee, and in doing so I cannot avoid expressing how gratified and flattered I am by this large assembly of my friends. To you, Sir George Arthur, and to those ladies who have come so far to grace this ceremony with their presence,l am under infinite obligations. It is a compliment I deeply feel, as, I am satisfied, will Lady Jamietjee, who has looked for ward to the opening of this Causeway as one of the hap piest moments of her life, and who could receive no more grateful appreciation of her motives than the presence on this occasion of so many of her sex. The Honourable the Governor has spoken of this work as one emanating in charity towards the poor, and I may truly say that it did so, for though such an undertaking had long pre viously been recommended to Government by its officers, as calculated to produce great public good, yet Lady Jamsetjee's offer to contribute largely towards it on the condition that no tolls should be levied on the public, was, I believe, the result of a pure desire to benefit the poor in many ways, and amongst others in preventing those accidents to which Sir George Arthur has so feel ingly alluded. I may be permitted to say thus of the origin of a work of great public utility which did not emanate from me, but which, from domestic causes, I cannot otherwise regard than with feelings of the greatest pride and satisfaction. The Honourable the Governor has alluded to former acts of charity on my part: lam sure I shall stand excused in not further adverting to them on this occasion, but it is grateful to me to know that my motives and conduct are appreciated by the head of the Government. I should now but ill consult my own feelings were I to omit to say how much I regret the absence of that able officer, Captain Cruickshank, under whose superintendence this Causeway has been commenced and completed. I should have been glad of the opportunity of tendering him personally and in the presence of this distinguished assembly my best thanks for the zeal and ability with which he has devoted him self to this undertaking. To him are we indebted for so early and successful a completion of the work which it is only due to him to pronounce as perfect in its con struction. I once again beg to offer you my sincere thanks for your kindness in meeting me on an occasion :o full of interest to myself and for the generous warmth with which you have responded to the toast proposed by the Hon. the Governor." Threw cheers were then unanimously given for Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Knt., by all the company. The Hon. the Governor soon after gave his arm to Sir Jamsetjee, and both left the pavilion together. Every attention was shown to the native gentlemen. The Mharwarrees, Parsees, and other native merchants of respectability, were invited for three o'clock, and the whole of the arrangements respecting them were admi rably conducted under the special direction of Cursetjee Jamsetjee, Esq. He was indefatigable in his endea vours ; he remained on horseback from two until six o'clock. The night came on, and as the carriages on their return emerged from the groves of Mahim, their lights, as they moved rapidly along, proved that there had beeß many collected to do honour to a meritorious undertaking. Thanks to the care and vigilance of the chief magis trate, Mr. Le Geyt, and of Captain Burrows, the super intendent of police, the utmost order and regularity prevailed. The ladies and gentlemen who attended at this interesting ceremony will long preserve pleasurable recollections of the opening of " Lady Jamsetjee's Causeway." The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of a iO/. note from X, for the public eervice.—Downing_ street, June 10. THE ATTORNEY• GENERAL.—The answer to in. quiries at the residence of Sir William Follett, in Park-lane, yes terday, was " Sir William is rather betterto.day." An elopement, attended with circumstances of a disgraceful character, has excited much feeling in Sudbury. The parties are, Mr. Watts Wilkinson, a young man, about twenty-one, son of the Rev. Watts Wilkinson, the curate of St. Peter's and chaplain to the union workhouse, and Miss Hannah Keninga le Wilkinson, his first cousin, and the daughter of the Rev. Henry Watts Wilkinson, perpetual curate of St. Peter's and St. Gregory's, in that town. The young lady is about twenty-six years of age, and the circumstances of her case excited great interest a few years si►►ce, in consequence of a commission of lunacy having been issued against her by her father, which was successfully resisted on her behalf, and in the resistance to which commission allegations of great cruelty and improper conduct were made against her father and his wife, the stepmother of the alleged lunatic. The commission of lunacy was abandoned, and as the young lady was not then considered competent to manage herself and her property, a bill was filed, by the advice of the Lord Chancellor, to place her under the protection of the Court of Chancery. Her property amounts to between 5,000/, and 6,0001., and the interest has been appropriated to her support. Miss Wilkinson was on a visit at the residence of the Rev. Joseph Fenn, of Blackheath Park, one of her guardians, and on Saturday, the 24th ult., she was called upon there by her cousin, Mr. Watts W:lkinson, and permission was asked and granted for her to accompany him on a visit for the day to their aunt, at Hoxton. They were driven in Mr. Fenn's car riage to the Greenwich Railway, from which they walked to the river side, took a steam-boat to Blackwall, and went from thence to Limehouse Church, where the marriage ceremony was per. formed, under the authority of a license granted to the bridegroom. After the ceremony was over the lady objected to sign the register, stating that it was not her intention to be married, and that her father would not consent to it. Being assured, however, by Mr. Watts Wilkinson that her father had given his consent, she signed the register. They then went to Hoxton. The bridegroom took the ring from her finger before they arrived, and left her with her aunt, to whom she related all the circumstances, and the aunt re stored her the same afternoon to the careof her guardian, Mr. Fenn. Proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court are being taken by the guardians to annul the marriage. —Bury Pest. THE POLISH BALL.—The grand full and fancy dress ball, in aid of the funds for the distressed Poles, came off on Friday, and, from the brilliancy of the attendance, proved itself with the exception of her Majesty's Bat Costume, to be the most attractive and splendid ball of the season. The crowd was very great. Many of the costumes that were worn at her Diajesty's ball made their second appearance there, and were very much ad mired. Monsieur Jull , en's band was in attendance, but the sul triness of the weAher and the vast crowd made dancing neither very easy nor very agreeable; in fact only a very small portion of the company could find room to dance. SERIOUS BITE FROM A DOG.—About half-past seven on Friday, a dog of the spaniel breed was observed near the shop of Mr. Noble, the engraver, of 211, Strand, foaming from the mouth. A boy named Myers, in attempting to remove it, was bitten severely in the hand. It was then driven away by some boys as far as Milford-lane, snapping at all it came near. A coal heaver then struck the dog upon the herd with a hammer, and after a few struggles it expired. The boy Myers was taken to the hospital in Carey-street, where the wound was cut and lunar caus. tic applied to it. _ _ BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 14.—Our market continues very firm, and prices have still rather an upward ten dency. 860 birds. West India and 1,200 mats Mauritius have been disposed bf since our last, at from 445. to 545. for low browns to good grocery.—Briaol Mercury. -- TEE NEW COMET.-MARSEILLES, JUNE 7.-A large comet has been seen here lately in the north-east, about fifteen degrees ,from the horizon. It is visible at about three o'clock in the morning. It was first perceived by the officer of the middle watch of her Britannic Majesty's steamer Volcano, in this port on Wednesday, the 4th instant The almanacs have not announced its visit, nor has its presence been recorded by the press here. HORRIBLE STORY.—We learn from indubitable authority that Mrs. Holloway, wife of Mr. Holloway, of Person county (who was once a member of our Legislature), having prevailed on her husband, one day last week, to tie the hands of one of their negro women, beat and tortured her to death. It is said that she heated a pan handle rcd hot and ran it down the negro's throat, besides burning her lips to a crisp. This horrid tale about the burning, seems too incredible to be believed, and we mention it, on the authority of rumour, without vouching for its accuracy. The negro was privately buried eight feet deep, in an obscure place, and Mr. and Mrs. Holloway made their ebcape to parts unknown to their neighbours, doubtless to Texas. Whether Mr. Holloway was accessory to the murder further than to tie the negro, we are not apprised.—Richmond Star, April 24. ' MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED). DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGA ZINE. This is the smallest and cheapest of all the magazines —t -.e least p re t en di ng i n appearance, but the most important in its su bj ec t s . Th e avowed advocate of the rights of the poor, it endeavours to shadow forth their many sorrows in the faint hope of touching the hearts of the powerful. In the story of " St. Giles and St. James" we have a striking illustration of the effects of education, " as• the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." Two boys, originally endowed with equal moral and intellectual capacities, but widely separated by the accident of birth, rich and poor —of " two nations," --these are the heroes of the tale. We follow their varying fortunes. We find every luxury that refine ment can suggest combined to soften the path of the young lord, while the hapless child of poverty drags on a weary life—a childhood without smiles, a year without u spring. Can we then wonder that their characters as men should bear the impress of their early tra:ning ? Young St. James grows up to manhood surrounded by friends and instructors, with every incentive to virtue, and comparatively few temptations, while St. Giles, suf fering for the crimes of his companions, escapes the scaf fold only to consume the best years of his life in a foreign prison. In the present Number the story increases in interest—we are introduced to our heroes when they first meet as men, St. Giles having raturned from transportation. The following is a beautiful de scriptiOn of " tired Nature's sweet restorer," sleep : " God be with you,' said the girl ; and the words of gentle ness, the happy, hopeful tone that breathed in them, fell like balm upon the felon's heart ; and in a few momenta he was sunk in the deep happiness of sleep; he was far away in that neutral region of life, where Emperors put off their crowns— where the arrogance of earth is calm and harmless—where pride and ostentation have not their blatent trumpets blown before them—where the purple of Dives is cast aside on the same heap with the rags of Lazarus—where the equality to all, that death shall everlastingly bring, is once a day rehearsed by all men—where life is simple breathing, and the slave loses the master. " For many nights had St. Giles slept in the open fields. Ragged, and worn, and hunger-stricken, he had, nevertheless, slept; and only when the daylight came felt for a time his sinews cramped and stiffened with the dews of night. Still, with the sky above him, no more sheltered than his neighbour ox or sheep, he had slept: he had—despite of tortune— cheated misery with forgetfulness. Nature for a time had blessed him as she had blessed the happiest wan." "A History for Young England " contains an account of the second Norman Sovereign, William Rufus. If the present account be correct, few historians have done justice to the red king. " Man and the Cri minal" is a gloomy catalogue, not of crimes, but of their punishments. Truly, if men were as ingenious in framing plans 4tor improvement, as they are ready in devising methods of punishment, we should hare occasion to build schools instead of prisons, and have more need of the cler gyman than the executioner. " The Bishop's lint ek" is a legend of the south-west, founded on a true and me lancholy incident:—a bishop having been invited to per form the ceremony of baptism, arrived in his state carriage, his footman knocked vehemently at the door, and the violent noise frightened the infant heir into con. vulsions and occasioned his death. " The Anti-Corn law Bazaar" contains an interesting account of the late free-trade exhibition, concluding with the following words:— " We might go on for days and weeks enumerating the contents of the League %ewer. Let us content ourselves with drawing from their obvious moral, with recording their silent pleading. " They represent Industry ; they demand Industry's rights. Here, in this island, are hands and mouths ; the labour of the one should be the food of the other. The spirit of Selfishness, powerful for a time, has said ! ' The people may not exchange what their hands have made, for the food which it would bring them. The struggling, honest, willing labour of the masses, is paralysed for the luxurious, selfish idleness of the few ! " Here, in England, is ingenuity to invent, and strength to execute, industrial achievements such as the world never before saw ? Abroad there grows teeming food, the gift of the Deity. We would barter the products of our hands for the products of our neighbours' fields. " Selfishness forbids the bargain: backs in one land shall be kept bare, in order that stomachs in another may be kept empty ; food shall rot in the fields of this country, because it may not be exchanged for merchandise, mouldering in ware houses in that. " But Common Sense, Common Humanity, Common Jus tice, call aloud, and with a God's voice proclaim, that God's gifts to all men shall not be marred by the foul will of a few ; that the industrious shall not starve when there is food ; that trade shall be as free as the sun, and the breeze, and the rain; that the great Religion of Commerce, which is civilising, humanising, fraternising the world, shall no longer have a Custom-house for its Church, or a hostile tariff.for its Bible !" THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. The first plate in this number represents " Aristides," a beautiful race-horse belonging to Lord Eglintoun, and a winner at Goodwood in 1842 and 1844. " Touch and Take" is a spirited engraving, illustrating an important and anxious moment. Lord William Lennox has con tributed a paper on " Hunting in Prance." There are also some remarks on the "Sporting Subjects in the Exhibition," an amusing tale relating to "an Irish Justice of the Peace, thirty years ago;" " Thought Hunting ;" " The Game-laws ;" shooting, and a variety of subjects of similar interest. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. The principal feature the present number is a " Design for a Farm Establishinent"—the house, the garden, the barns, stables, in short every particular spot is marked out with exactitude, and we doubt not the plan itself and the remarks accompanying it will be both useful and interesting to all concerned in farming. There is a paper on rent, remarks on ploughing, ma nures, the destructiveness of hail-storms, and c,ther subjects of agricultural interest, and also an engraving!: of " Buchan Nero," the property of Sir Charles Tem pest, and the winner of the first prize at the meeting at Berwick in 1841. CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. This number contains a sermon and meditations for each Sunday in the month, with a pleasing variety of sacred poetry. There are also descriptions of the Palace of Linlithgow, the Lake of Como, and the old Abbey at St. Alban's, each illustrated by an engraving. Sketches of natural history are continued, and among a variety of interesting miscellanies we find a short account of the " Origin of the Censorship of the Press." THE SPORTING MAGAZLIVE. The principal engraving in this number celebrates the grand event of the last month—the " Derby Day." The moment selected is that immediately succeeding the race, before the excitement has subsided, when the eager mul titudes crowd round the " stewards' stand," anxious to view the winner. The literary department is, as usual, confined to sporting subjects. The " Chasseur au Chien d'arret" is as amusing as ever; some of the remarks with regard to poaching show the difference between the gen tleman breaking the laws for amusement and the poor man instigated by necessity. THE METEOR. No. 11. Almost every department of arts and literature can boast of some publication devoted to its interests. There are magazines relating to politics, science, the united ser vice, foreign affairs, sporting—in short, to almost every subject. The Meteor is to be the organ of the hitherto " unrepresented" theatrical department, and to j udg° from the commencement, it seems well suited to the part. The name of the editor, Buckstone, is " a host itself." The present number is embellished with an engraving of Mr. Webster, and contains a biographical sketch of that spirited manager. There is a pleasing variety of light tales and epigrams, and an effecting memoir of the late Mr. Strickland, from which we quote the following " The loss of Mr. Strickland will be severely felt by all the lovers of sterling acting, and by the Haymarket company especially ; his style and figure were eminently adapted for the characters he sustained in the comedies of that establishment-- while the contrast he presented to Farren, greatly assisted in completing the picture always formed by the first-rate com pany of the Haymarket Theatre in their admirable represen tations of the higher order of comedy. Who, like Strickland, could stand as Sir Oliver Surface, by the side of William Farren's Sir Peter Teazle? nr as Gripe, with the latter actor's Moneytrap, in The Confederacy ? Where is now the Hay market Falstaff ?—the best the London stage has known for many years. Where the amorous Sir William Fondlove ? and the renowned Christopher Sly, the drunken tinker of The Taming of the Shrew? Where the kind-hearted and much-bewildered Tom Noddy? Where all the oily, angry old men that Buckstone was wont to worry in the hundred-and one farces that sent the Haymarket audience, season after season, laughing to their beds ?—' And is old Double dead ? No actors in the Haymarket will miss the rich humour of their departed colleague more than Farren and Buckstone ; a perfect understanding always appeared to exist between them ; a playing into each other's hands, without which feeiing on the part of the actors no dramatic representation can ever be genial or perfect." FISHER'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. In this number we have the announcement of " Sou venirs, a Voyage to India," by Capt. Doveton, which promises to be very interesting. " Trinidad in the Nineteenth Century," is concluded, and there is an account of the " Character and Habits of the Quazanno Indians," in which the writer observes that "to read of the primitive habits of our fellow-creatures is not only amusing, but is also highly instructive, as teaching us to be thankful to en all-bountiful Providence for the great benefits and advantages of civilization, which we enjoy in this our highly-favoured country." There is an article on the benefits of emigration, and there are other papers of foreign and colonial interest. POLYTEGHIVic: lIIAGAZIA E. This number commences with an interesting article on" B s r t i h t a i i t h "Nt the e t i o m n o a Sc n l urnuelnpttsu erectedrc,' ' in which the toourw greatri writer r bmoen ' a se re rv i e n general placed in too retired and hidden situa tions ; their earthly remains ought to repose in our most hallowed mausoleums, but the monuments erected to emblazon their merits ought to be as public as were their actions." A " Chapter on Eyes," is concluded, and is full of useful information. There is a long article on " Vestiges of Creation," some remarks on the " Atmospheric principle in Railways," " The Royal. Academy," and various other interesting papers. \Ve perceive from the introduction that we have received the last number of the Polytechnic Magazine, at least the last that will bear that name. This useful and interest ing periodical has passed into other hands, and will he continued under the title of the Oxford and Cambridge Review. Whatever its name, we hope it may commend all the success due to a publication which endeavours net to please the fancy of its readers, but to enlarge the mind and improve the understanding. ----- PEDESTRIAN FEAT.--On Thursday, Tierney (late of the 61st Regiment) undertook for a wager of 5/. to run from London to Ascot-heath and return in seven hours, on the road. The start was made from the Garrick's Head, Bow.street, and he reached the race.ceurse in three hours and.a-half, and completed the distance back to London in three hours and ten minutes, having travelled over 6fty.six miles of road in six hours and forty minutes. LITERATURE. THE DISPUTED INHERITANCE. By Grace Webster. 3 Yds. In the introduction to this works the authoress ob serves, "In the present state of literature, when it has become for the most part a mere mercantile speculation, th 4 success of a work, irrespective of its merits, depends on one of these three concomitants—a. catching title, an althor's name known in the world of fashionable book making, or the author's ability to write for a party, and ti fram , ..:'is work in accordance with the dominant poli tical or ii•figious opinions of the times. The following work is wholly destitute of these distinctions, and, I fear, possesses no qualities of a higher and more substantial kind to make up for the deficiency. But all I aim at is to furnish an innocent hour's amusement to tho ;e whom it is worth trying to amuse, in the intervals of time not devoted to the serious business and occupations of life," To furnish "an innocent hour's amusement" is the at o wed object of the uthoress, and in that sh e h as every chance of succeeding The " Disputed Inheritaace" is not an historical nor a political novel; it dues not pro fess to inform or admonish, neither is it calcu lated to interest the romantic: its aim is to tonase—it may win smiles when the mind is too pre-occupied for graver thoughts, and will serve to make an idle hour pass uleasantly. The scene is laid in the " far north," and the principal actors are the family of a Scottish of the old school, " On hospitable thoughts intent." The plot is not very intricate, and there is little variety of in G i tent; the chief attraction of the work consists iii its and animated style, which, adorned with many a hum, rous anecdote, forms a striking contrast to the tone of sickly sentiment that pervades so many of our modern novels; and, if at times the expressions seem wau!ing in dignity and refinement, we must pardon these s li g h t , tw e et s for the sake of the amusement rillbrdsal by the Mingled with the lively discourses, which forin the principal part of the work, we find many sen si idi as and thoughtful reflections. The last chapter contains some remarks on criticism, and a brief sum mary of the great divisions of the " public;" among ethers the following The reading public is that portion of the community in which an author is c hi e fl y i n t ereste d ; but this we fear is a elass rapidly dis4pearing; for when all the world shall have authoes;a state to which mankind seems rapidly pro gressing. there will be no readers of books. " In the fifteenth century, when ignorance and barbarism had reached their height, there was a thorough contempt for !earning, accompanied by the most blinded prejudices. In those ages of profound ignorance and superstition, to possess even the slightest knowledge of Greek or Hebrew, was ac connted worse than the sin of heresy, and a scholastic jargon was in vogue more unintelligibl e than the bombast of luna tics. Society has long since emerged out of that chaos; but two extremes produce the same effect. Extreme darkness and extreme light equally blind the visio n ; thi s age of boasted intelligence, it is a l so t o be feared, is an age of ignorance in many respects, and may, for anything that we know, be cha racterised as such by future historians. " Men are learned about many things which concern them not. Literature seems to be on the decline. This is the era of scrap-learning and cheap reading; classical learn ing is beginning to be despised; but like good birth it is undervalued only by those who do not possess it. " It is, however, the first symptom of the deterioration of literature, like religion which begins to decay, and becomes corrupt when men depart from its standards and funda mentals. Men born in an enlightened age seem to think they will partake of its enlightenment as a birth-right, without taking the trouble of acquiring it. As every man born in a tree country is by right a free man, so every one born in these intellectual times thinks he is an intellectual person, and therefore must not hide his talent, but must spread out his knowledge to public view in legible letter-press which no body can mistake, though the inducements to authorship were never fewer than at the present day. As a money-getting scheme, it is almost hopeless, and as a means of acquiring fame it is equally so. In a dull age some may excel or rise above the general dulness; but in a clever, luminous age of mediocrity there is no pre-eminence." THE GUY'S BOAT CLUB. A very excellent four-oarßd race was rowed on Friday evening by the gentlemen of the Guy's Club, who were numerously attended by other amateurs. The distance was from Vauxhall to Putney, and the start took place about seven o'clock. Pink—Messrs. Thompson (I), Sealy (2), Lloyd (3), Gruggen (stroke), Calloway (steerer). Red—Messrs. Norris (I), Poland (2), .indkins (3), Cooper (stroke), Forster (steerer). Yellow—Messrs. Edwards (I), Evans (2), Hewitt (3), Ainger (stroke), Celguin (steerer). The Union kindly consented to act as umpire, and started the crews, who went away very evenly. Red then slightly led, followed by yellow ; pink, who had a disadvantage in :station, being third. About the Belgrave Dock yellow went ahead, and pink began to draw on red and passed them just. above the Bad House. Yellow was steered into the right en the Middlesex side, and, fouling Battersea-bridge in their strenuous endeavours to retrieve their lost way, fouled the pies and gave up the race. Pink went through Battersea bridge half a length in advance, and maintained it the whole way, winning by half a length, but they were pressed. throughout very gallantly by red, who decreased the (his tame ()fa length and a half, which the leading boat had za Watubworth Point, most materially. Frederick Peel, second son of Sir Robert Bart., has just entered the Temple as a student. CRICKET.—THE UNIVERSITY or OXF ORD V . Tug UNITERSATV or CAMBRDICE.—This match was resumed yesterday at Lord's, by Mr. Moberley and Mr. Yonge appearing at the wickets. The former gentleman, however, was quickly stumped by the Hon. F. Grimston, when he had added one only to his score of the previous day. Mr. Yonge increased his number by three, and Mr. Ridding contributed twelve in gond style. The whole innings amounted to ninety-six, thus putting Cambridge in for fifty-one runs to win. The latter then went in, but lost four good wickets ere they could be declared the victors, a position they ultimately took with six wickets to spare. :ButorrroN, JUNE 13.—The Bishop of Perry and family, and Couet Louis de Holdy, arrived here by the Menai steamer this afternoon, from Havre de Grace. DEATH BY EXPERIMENTAL lIANGrNG.—O n Friday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Fighting Cocks, St. John-street, Bethnal green, on the body of George Smith, aged eighteen years Mr. W. Smith, No. It, Oak.street, Brick-lane, shoemaker, deposed that deceased was his son. He was in the employ of Mr. Morley, pork butcher, of Hare-street, Bethnal-green. On Tuesday evening last, deceased having been missed by his master, the latter sent his daughter to the stables of a Mr. Cousins, In Hare.marsh, where he kept his horse, to see if he was there. Deceased was found suspended to one of the ratters by a leathern strap, or horse's bellyband. Assistance was procured, and he was taken down, but was quite dead. Witness had no idea that deceased had con templated suicide. Ile had been a schoolfellow and an acquaint. ance of James Tapping, who was lately hanged at the Old Bailey for the murder of Emma Whiter. He went to see him executed, but had never made any allusion to the occurrence. Since that time he had often amused himself by placing a handkerchief round the necks of witness's younger children, and told them to make a noise, "cluck, cluck," as if they were hanging. About a week since a brother of deceased had discovered him suspended by the same strap, as if he were trying an experiment. He remonstrated with him upon his folly, and put the strap away. Witness further stated that from the position in which he was found, with his feet close to the ground, induced him to believe that deceased was merely trying an experiment of the sensation produced by hanging, and that unfortunately it had terminated fatally. The Jury expressed themselves of the same opinion, but as there was no positive evi dence of the fact, under the direcion of the Coroner they returned a verdict of " Found dead by hanging, but how or by what means he became so hanged, there was no evidence to show." CANNEL COAL.—It is not generally known that hb bn c i t Cannel coal can be emp l oye d i n the fine arts, and that for the bases marbleo fsta tu andes, 0 plinths, ther f o a s n s idl substances variety of other s are tuted at a less co s t an d w i t h l ess difficulty in the cuttin g or carving. A very eleg a nt vase o f this material, som et hi ng in u used, d purposes, t i lii rP s cises fossil for can b which au la ch the shape of the well.known Warwick Vase, but flatter, and partaking more of the Patera shape, has been lately cut out of a block of Cannel coal, or rather " turned" out of th e b lock by means of the lathe, and the tools are similar tools t o t h ose employed in the cutting of wood or brass. The artist is a Mr. J. Dallaway, to whom it would be less than justice not to say that he has produced a most elegant piece of work. The vase stands on a fluted column of the same material. It has, we belie ve, b een shown to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who ha s expressed his satisfaction both with the design and the workmanship of the artist. The polish, which the material of which it i s composed re.. ceives with very little labour, is surprising —it :appears like the finest Negro arnica. The block came from the estate of the Duke of Norfolk, near Sheffield. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds and suite left the Clarendon Hotel on Friday, to join the distinguished circle about to assemble on a visit to his Majesty the King of Holland, at the Loo, in the Netherlands, where the annual sport of falconry will shortly commence. The Duke of Leinster has left town on his return to Carton House, Maynooth, where the Duchess and family hav e been residing during the Noble Duke's absence. His Grace came expressly from Ireland to declare his approbation in the House of Lords of the Government measure for the endowment of Maynooth. LONDON PEACE SOCIETY.—Two lectures in expla nation and furtherance of the objects of this Society have just been delivered by Mr. Jefferson, one of the secretaries; the one on. the 10th inst., in St. John's Chapel, Walworth ; and the other on the 11th, in Ebenezer Chapel, Old-Street-road. In both these places a petition was adopted and signed by those present, praying that such practical measures may be taken as shall insure the insertion of a clause in all international treaties, binding the parties to refer all disputes that may arise to arbitration, and to abide by the decision of the arbitrators, without having any resort to arms. The cargo of Trinidad sugars, shipped on board the Pacha by James Colquohoun, Esq., of London, one of the eiirectors of the Irish Great Western Railway, consisting of 250 hhds., 90 tierces, and 51 barrels, were on Wednesday last brought under hammer by Mr. James Fym, broker, at Galway. The attendance of the trade was numerous, and the several lots, admirably selected, brought remunerating prices, and the entire cargo was disposed of in the course of two hours. This was the first importation of sugars iirect from the West Indies into the port of Galway, the Paclia having made the passage from Trinidad in the short space of thirty.P.iree days. VISITORS BY THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TO AscoT.—THL Cue DAY.--More passengers by upwards of 3,000 were conveyed from Paddington to Slough, en route to Ascot, on Thursday last, than upon any former " Cup Day" since the open ing of the railway to that station, now some seven or eight years ago. The first train which started from Paddington was at the early hour of a quarter past four in the morning, and this conveyed betweeil 200 arid 300 passengers. The trains continued to run, only short intervals intervening, from that time until past one o'clock. Up to twelve o'clock 7,850 passengers had left Paddington. Baroness Talleyrand is expected to leave Mr. and and Mrs. John Massey Stanley's in Berkeley-square, at the end of the ensiling week, f r Paris. SUSPECTED PARRICIDE.—The Carlisle Journal sates that Mr. John Graham, an opulent turner, residing at Kirk Andrew, has been taken into custody on a charge of poisoning his wife and his father. The bodies have been ea hiuncd, and the c i rcumstances atten di ng t h e d eat h o f eac h ease are at iresent under investigation before the coroner. bill/RMAT!ON AGAINST THE POLICIL—The result of the Government inquiry into the shooting of the poor man near StrokestOwn is, that informations have been taken against the six policemen concerned in the transaction ; and they have been held to bail to stand their trial at our next assizes. The Government by this act, evince a laudable disposition to punish delinquents, no matter what situation they fill.—Roscommon Journal. SALMON FISHING.—The take continues to be very moderate, although the late rains have deepened the current of the river, aria in ordinary seasons the salmon would have run up in numbers from the sea. A very large trout, weighing 111 b., Was caught on Saturday at the head of Moncrieffe 'lsland. It was a finely formed fish, and could only have been discerned from a salmon by experienced fishers.—Perthshire Courier. F I ..,-- WS. eadf; $ 1 ~~