The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

tsw,, A:;.,vz_i A r IN ry TIN II:iV D'S .31 AGA ZINE. b R . buctolt coutinues the chdr (lave or,upied v Vet . Hood, with a spiri' which does linolir to the In ' %PT; of his tam:•nted predecessor. I 1 contributes f'urta,ore eh ! p t e ,- 6 •• 0,1.1 ,h r.,nger of Van Diemen's 4"f,' a porno.: of Ihe i,ecood 8 , 1 , es of his " Tales of ...e.e Aillcs." VeryCis vcr cha i m• r, these lye; full of a we !! sustain e d inter es t, art] marked by great p avers of a Z a cription. `•l'reparations 1.1 . the Fight," " the a . new Stratagem," " the Skirmish," and Lilinnan making a declaration," all of these are Vver. P er h aps, i n c h a p ter 19 a nd chapter 23, Mr. ill iman is sCirnewhat of a mire e:;sential cockney than ° lle meets with in the existing varieties of that genus. Sill' • !man i s the coc k ney rath, r of Seymour's coarse but rigorous caricatures of cockney sportsmen than a por traiture of real life. " he Bar of England" is a :ort of v indication of those gentlemen who b ing barristers likewis., rep irters for the press, which is much tc o V.horate fir the purpose. The re solution of a bar-mess l i t i !r th e i r exc l usion was a preposterous and presumptuous ivhich has already cu, its own throat, and 11°1 ' 1, 1 be l e ft t o the o blivion it challenged. " Rambles thro ugh B hemian Villages," are (pate pleasant enough make us heartily wish we c :old avail ourselves of the 11e ( unman to accompany the agreeable author on such eturesq l , xpeditions. " Entlj Mion," is most moon i4e; mystic, dim, and somewhat incomprehensible ; the 5441 I, f keeping which the pictare of such a stolen 1 2 1i lventure on the part of a lady probably required. The 3il eh spti-rs of " this Chronicles of the Fleet," : r ' ',he Turnkey's Daughter," are rather heavy. " A Tale, of New Z .alind" is a say age_ piece of drollery. It is t " g , od to abridge ; and then, it is so like one of Il e i nr i ch I leyne's diab .lical jokes, that we are tempted to give ala a extract. Here it is 1. " Beneath roof thatched with the leaves of the flax plant 1 . 1 P arnmereboo His form was untrammelled by the artifi- Tal restraint of braces, because he was without that article of is t f s , s which those conveniences are intended to support ; e litia sh er ir tad he shoes or stockings, or waistcoat, or goat, or shirt, col ar. His only garment—a sort of mat which ador ned hi s p erson w h en h e went a b roa d— wa s carelessly laid a 'cle, displ ay i ng w i thout encum b rance t h e e l egan t p a tterns co "%sly tattued in various devices on his bistre-coloured skin ; a cid as he s m il e d as h e thoug h t o f hi s com i ng re past, he showed ermidable row of teeth strong and firmly set to make a fat Man tremble. In his left hand was a bit of fern root, at which he righ t he to nibble while he waited for his breakfast ; in his kill he held a na ti ve toma h aw k w ith which he was wont to a slave or a wife occasionally when it pleased him to do so. " He was an unsophisticated hirer of nature I ." Where, he said, as he threw away his fern root, and gave Init ornahawk a little flourish ; ' Where is Wirriwarriwow W irriwarrivrow appeared. 1 0 1 ,. She wa s as li tt l e tramme ll e d b y art ifi c i a l res t ra i n t s as her ts ' t 'i t Being engsge d i n t h e d omest i c d u ty o f p r eparing the 4 tinal meal the had di s p ensea w ith the mat which some- L a shaded h er c h arms f rom s t ranger ' s e yes; and she stood g r nire had formed her, perfectly unconscious that her ap grit7ee would have exalted considerable surpri . se in ihe Re- Ne s; t 7 t "'et of the white people. She stood—in the wilds of I‘te s „ - .'aland— in the unsophisticated state of nature's love- Nlng , T a 4 el save a row of shark's teeth round her neck, and a 111, tr,; , 1 'es' pendent from her nose, she was a pra tical il when ,I,,T' of that most poetical and del.cate idea of beauty , \yr 'rued, adorned the most.' p aved er e i s my breakfast,' said the chief; as he spas he w . "ith his tom s ha is k—prornis,cuous-like. °eft ' rri warri - ointed to the path which led to their ag e 6 . p 4 ne e , whit l ' • e man comes scateri _ hat sort o f a man i s he ?' said the chief, his mouth " a g with anticipation. ee T,, very tat on e I.' chief e) es sparkled. 4, tili, yourself,' said the &lief, with your mat.' "b eyed ; she threw over her copper-coloured a sort of New Zealand Polka,—rather scant,—and "`" t he apiir o . " Ao se of tile eta auger. cause it had n n u n s Is e Snivelle .irrived—not at the door—be oer,—but at the entrance of the chief's „. " 'urveyed the lady with intelligent curiosity. The chi ef frowned, and then smiled as he made a rough mental r ca l culation of tenpenny nails. 'mile . Snivelle beheld the native's teeth, and tried to 4 0 4 but he could'nt. si g h t " thief looked at him earnes'ly ; Wirriwarriwow was ; the stranger was very fat , but he might get fatter. r witted eboo meditated. ill'. Snivelle was rather at a loss to communicate his s to these Aborigities,—and very original he thought ceri ;aim t h y ey were; but, seeing that be could not speak their lassgeage, and they could not speak his, he was unable 7 communicate his ideas by speech ; but be remembered 'Eat the language of signs is universal. He opened his mouth, and imitat e d th action of chewing with much energy. Wirriwarriwow comprehended him perfectly : with the willingness to oblige natural to her sex, she immediately pre sented the stranger with the bit of fern-root which her hus band had but hatf eaten. The stranger took it ; smelled it ; Pared it with a knife which he took from his pocket, tasted it, and i.hook his head. _ _ 711eciii7f1O:1;d at the stranger's knife, and his mild was troth: tad with strange visions ! He stretched out his hand for it ; t wit it, felt its edge, gave a chuckle in his throat which resem bled the gobbling of a turkey, and secreted it in a corner. Mr. Snivelle was charmed with this instance of native inge non n ess. " The chief invited him by signs to a great feast. Mr. Sni velle being very hungry, accepted the invitation with the most energetic readiness. .." 03e o f hi s w i ves was dispatched to give intelligence to the tribe that a w hit e s t ranger h a d arrived, so fat as to be valuable " " la llY , and exhibiting sundry foreign qualities curious and • entertaining. . .The feast prepared, an old and dignified chief, the supe rior of the tribe, presided. Having had the advantage of several e . • ell a at. maturations with Europeans, the great man was p e ,,, 1 : , ( 1 1, dr00d with the manners and customs of the white that tt . a nd wishing to show off on the occasion, he commanded to t h e " oe k rags . should be prepared with a sumptuousness suitable - 'ldea c "'on• The steam of the earth-ovens arose on all tu : In due tia,, the assembly sat doe n to table; that is to say , while th e i r yet tucked thei r l e a s under tnera and sat on the ground, " The drea Te „ a f ht in the dinner. tr ., He 'e ' Great Chief was magnificent in the ea his nor I n t" stun f e ° ; 1 that occasion a drummer's jacket, which hi- .oins w ' • °l * nim ws a ne-easarily open in fiord ; around butcher, f a l l ti ed a blue a a p s ron, ' w . hich bad belonged to a ship's digni tary . his head he wore a judge's wig, a nativef that intended for a di aled b y in New South Wales, but which, having been repu- h hogs , had been bartered the a trader . wat orn or a b re -oe, awl ha Y d been seized by the Great Chief as the t o „ 4— , ell ,t too grand for any other head than his own. .At sehi,„r e th e Wig he had placed a cocked hat. His admirin °lull gazed at him with a sort of awe. Mr. Snivelle looked t4i ,/ , 11)1, ' , 1V for the dinner. With great ceremony . dish was a baked young dog. There was to .. t Ceremony. At the bottom was womaans,towletdwas borne in t wo . 14 boiled missionary as a middle dish. At the sides wt.' e Piccaninny Me: with their toes appetisiagly displayed '''' ll ,Bll the cr u st.ruatineb sat by his friend's side out of compliment, -141 to assist hiri to do justice to the good things b-fore him. 4 _tio detached with his finger. a delicate piece of the top "I,a,[. for hi s g uest, with a cut of th e centre one which he accom. s _l'"shed with his tomahawk, and pointed out the piccaninny's as the most delicate morsel. But Mr. Snivelle turned very Pale, and felt very sick. The Great Chief was pleased to take notice of his indisposition. lie pointed to the banquet. "Mr. Snivelle shook his head, and endeavoured to make his"drtlity friend un d erstan d t h at h e was not h ungry. Nns delicious, • I}visus regarded him with pity andamasement I The kis:Theyd among ed him and they r,, R said some Nto"' lie o emselvea and pointed at the stranger, guished i began to to .think, lovingly. They to th e Great Chief: fortunately that distill- Wi th i ndividual was able to speak a few words of English. much politene=s interp rete d the conversation of the t»ttsophistocated silaigaeys to o their gues t. t _ , The talk ran thus : Great Chie— " Mr. Augustus Snivelle ~ Great Chief—, Yn_ch , m N b o. fee ? " Mr. A. Snivelle—al' if l o o tt ., eatch fish ?' " Great Chief—' Say you make mat ?' • "111 r. A. Snivelle—. No.' " Great Chief—' Say you fight?' Great Chi ef—' " Air. A. Snivelle y ou Brother .' you no got d " 4 : Me: A. Snivelle—. Eh !heat Lhief—. Say you nice and fa'.' Sniveile—' They are very obliging.' Great Chief—' Say you no good only to eat.' 4 : 2 . 6 1 e. Snivelle —' I wi s h I could get something to eat.' blathereataCt ' Little mistake. They say not you eaf, " Mr.y e Sniv e ll e — , Wh a t 1' " Great Chi ef-1 Say they ma k e you very f at, an d t h en th e y eat, you up., M L A. Snivelle—. The devil they will 1' ,t , 30 1 : Mr: Snivelle jumped up quickly. The natives jumped up r a ., ; They were very merry, and they danced round the white tic; and sung a f es ti ve song. Pummereboo acted as leader of t h nand; th e res t joi n ed in chorus. The following a tO l stion of the roundelay as sung by these unsophisticated ‘ gre tl of nature : " Wa±laloo ! Wallaloo ! Love white man and eat him too Stranger white, but that no matter ! Brown man fat, but white man fatter ! Put him on hot stone and bake him 1 Crisp and crackling soon will make him. Round and round the dainty goes ; Eat his fingers ! eat his toes I His body shall our palates tickle ! Then we'll put his head in pickle I CHORUS, On the white man dine and sup, Whet your teeth, and eat him up l" The Greet Chief had the kindness to interpret these senti f4 rain to Mr. Snivelle for his informatioh ; but that gentleman , i t i l ; o „ r ‘ r ° ol acquiescing in this disposal of his person, capered ll l2 J;*ith fright even more energetically than his entertainers. eh t . 4 atas in vain that Vie endeavoured to escape from the t er .;'flud eircle ; he was hemmed in by the savages. and to his favor, the circle grew less and less every moment ! In his g i 4 'e fear he gave up all his valuables ; his watch, his spy his moustache-brush in an ivory case, his gold chain—his l'h . , Y „ thi4 C-t• The • natives were delighted with his liberality. s ung, and they jumped, louderand higher than ever. I : And no, they closed nearer and nearer, and Mr. Snivelle hi: t a uted louder and louder: at fi rst a friendly native seized h -- "at end then another tore off his coat ; and a third dis ffettruhered him of his waistcoat, while a fourth untrammelled ri. n:(4 that part of his apparel which is ever considered, in lire - life, most indispensable; and presently he stood be them in nature's garb alone, as the poets express it, which i f ,. t he most unpleasant one that can be ; and the savages re -0,4'11 tu fi nd him fatter even than they had hoped ; v and one, ' fl g up his tomahawk, was about to salute him with an un vphistieated salutation of its edge of flint, when the unhappy t _ t r: Sni te ll e , f ear l en di ng hi m w ings, as he afterwards de 47.(ithrd it s m a d e a d espera t e b o und through the excited throng, chile th e savages se t u p a yell of auger and disappointment itt u v * 8 "'cape, fled to the woods, and concealed himself in the -.llk of a hollow tree. There, for three long days, and three longer nights, did he ?villain ensconced, hungry and cold, and making many silent t ows that. if e at. ifvtr he escaped from the hands of these unsophis • t children of nature, he would ever afterwards content without with suun minor advantages as civilisation offered, Lthout see ki ng f or tlie a.tractio s' of primitive simplicity, of w hich he had experienced a New Zealand specimen. At the Zed of three (Lys, hearing no sound of his enemies, he ventured 11 :?eelt f, um hi s cover t, an d t eeing the coast clear, he made the st af his way to the nearest European settlement , where itp shared a wiser and a thinner man. " Lext day he returned to England, and from time itritard, whenever he heard a sentimental enthusia=t t eatlling" hasuperiority of a man in his natural state, he would relate rt a s adventure in New Zealand ; and thanking Heaven that he d escaped from' the- watering mouths of Pronmere t t c' and Wierlisarriwow, and the rest of the copper-eoloured rtl ttmity, he woukl bilis the song of the natives: THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 3 1545. " A nice afser-dinner song for a party of gentlethen ; and' a nice chorus for a conviyid meeting, wasn't it?' " On the white man dine and sup! • Whet your teeth and eat him up l'" " Symbac y" is an excellent article on the pro po-ition brought forward by the Socitty for the Einan ctitio:: of Industry som:a f-w weeks ago, for effecting the re4oration of Queb, c from the calamitcus condition into which she has been reduotd by the two conflagra tions that have laid two-thirds of that city in ashes. We are glad to find, such an advocate as the reviewer of the doctrines we have repeatedly propounded on the subject inv:dyed in the title of this e,siy. We quite concur in hold'ng with him, that of al the schemes f o relf e cting the desired object of re-establishing Qnebec, " the most philosophical in conception, and the most easy and safe in execution, luems to be that. suggested by the Society in question." But we shall deter further commentary till we hare this writer's next promised paper to demon strate that " the mere that which is meant by 'money' departs from its character of a symhol, the less it is fitted fur the uses which it is intended for." Truly, the time is not distant at which Robert Peel Hill dis cover tbat there is moro in " currency " than is dreamed or in Lis philosophy (!!) a that question. DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZIIVE. We have but one chapter of St. Giles and St. Jamrs in the present number. St. Giles, attired in decent livery, arrives in London to attend on young St. James, who has engaged him as a grown. On hi: way to St. Jam s's square, he passes the Old Bailey, and si - es tifttien hutron beings hanging in front of Newgate. The author thus proceeds,— . " Reader, pause a moment. Drop not the book wit h sudden indignation at the writer who, to make the ingredients of his story ' thick and slab,' invents this horror. No ;he but copies from the chronicles of the Ohl Bailey. Turn to them, Incre dulous reader. at d you will find that on the balmy morning of the twenty-third of June, in the year of our offended Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty- four, fifteen human beings were hanged in frtint of Newgate . death-offerings to the lass and virtues of merry England. it was the first day, too, of the new drop; and the novel engine must be greeted with a gallant number. Fame has her laurels : why should not Justice have her ropes? There was, tot., a pleasantry—the devil, if he joke at all, must joke after some such kshion—in trying the sub stance and capacity of a new willow-, hy so much weight of human flesh convulsed in the death struggle. And so—great was the legislative wit ! there were futeen to be strangled. A great example this to an erring, law-breaking world of—the strength of timber I " The Lords of the Privy Council had met, with good King George the Third at their head, to correct. the v cei of the land. There was death for the burglar—death for the footpad —death for the ,heep- realer—death, death, death for a hundred different sinners. The hangman was thOocial physician, aid was thought to cure all peccant ills. Horrible, ghastly quack! And yet the King's Majesty believed in the hideous mounte bank, and every week, by his Lords of the C,uncil -- the wise of St. James's—the Magii of the kingdom—the starred and gartered philosophers sod philariviropists— every week did sacred royalty call upon Jack Ke.ch to cure his soul-sick children! Yea; it was with the hangman's fingers, that the father of his people touched the people's ill. And if, in sooth, the malady was not allayed, it was for no lack of paternal tending, since we find in the Old Bailey Re. - cister—that thing of blo id, and bigotry, and igno rance—that, in one little year, in almost the first twelvemonth of the new drop, the hangman was sent to ninety-six wretches, who were publicly cured of their il's in the front of Newgate ! And the King in Council thought there was no such remedy for crime as the grave; and therefore, by the counsel of his privy sages, tailed not to prescribe death-warrants. To reform man was a tedious and uncertain labour : now hanging was the surework of a ,iiinute." Faint with horrilr at this disgusting sight, he seeks refuge in a public-house, and there is met by Tom Blast. He hopes Blast does not recognise him. St. Giles his his pocket picked by an urchin who takes re ft re with Blast. St. Giles would fain recover the hand kerchilf which had been a gage de amour, and Bias' makes the boy who had found it deliver it up. St. Giles is about t u give him money, when Blast interpses,— " "Tisn't right ; not at all proper; not at all what I call natral'—and here Blast whispered in St. Giles's ear —j that money should pass atween brothers.'" Yes, St. Giles's mother was dead, and left this wretched orphan to the care of Tom Blast., who was training him for Newgate and the gallows. The next article is a thoroughly " German " defence of optimi,m, and then fellows, perhaps, the best account that has ye' appeared of the pilgrimage to the Holy Coat at Ti eves, by the Englishman in Prussia. " The Poor Man's F lend " is a biting satire, biting from its very truth fulness : " The Poor Man's Friend ; the best of friends, A friend when others fail ; For he the starving poacher sends. To banquet in a jail." Pine Apple Shot" is a quaintly-told story of Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, who, having a pinery, flattered themselves that they possessed a mark of ari,tooratic distinction, which neter could become vulgar. But, alas ! Inter course and enterprise have made another onslaught into the stronghold of the exclusives of the earth. New Pro vidence pines are sold in the street of London at one penny a slice, and Mrs. Pratt, muttering the words " French Revolution," dies of cheap pine-apples. The account of the " Colony of Mettray, near Tours, for the Reformation of Young Criminals," is a very valuable contribution. It is entitled " The Child and the Cri urinal." In the article " Serving the Country," the true meaning of that much abused phrase is properly laid down, and confined within just limits. As tie writer truly observes, it is " a gross injustice to describe• the men who serve and fight in any cause for a stated hire as serving their country." Coventry Pattnore con rributes a fanciful poem, entitled " Young and Old England," and Juniper Hedgehog, Prince of Cabmen, indicts a letter to Sir J. 'Tyrrell, on an eulogy passed by him on the Duke of Wellington at Cons,rvati,e Maldon True-blue dinner, at which the thronot quoted the words of some one who said the Duke was the greatest man who had appeared since the time of our blviour, adding,'• if that Ilnguage is too strong to apply to him as a man, his claims on the country c.mid n t be overrat,:d." Most severely, yet most justly is the utter er of this blas phemous trash rebuked by the indignant cabman, who if he lashes his horse as he does his - Bait. must stand in some danger from the officers of the Animal's Friend Society. Of the remaining articles in this Num ber we would commend to Ihe especial attention of our brother lilt •ratews, the ar.i !le on " The Position of Men of Letters." It is a paper, by the study of which we may all prvfit. Everything in the room which he had occupied was carefuLy destroyed, including bedstead, bed furniture .tables. chairs, and other utensils. - Every silver or metal article used by the prisoner was melted clown. The chamber he bad tenanted was entirely renovated, its walls scraped and repainted, and doors and window frames burn!. On the burial registry of St. Paul's cemetery, his age is statt d to base been f .rty five yea; . s—an obvious and premeditated inaccuracy, as he was at least thirty years older. The precautions enforced in regard of " Le Masque de fer" during his captivity in the Bastile were all calculated to excite the public !otiosity respecting him to the highest pitch. When he assisted at mass, he was expressly ordered neither to speak nor exhibit himself, and soldiers stood by him with loaded muskets to enforce obedience. He was accustomed to he indulged in every gratification consistent with the severity of eh's,- incarceration, particularly in his inordinate love of fine linen, lace, and rich plate. From the year 1671, until his death, 'le Masque de fer' hid never been removed from the custody and immediate surveillance of St. Mars, His iv story antecedently to 1671, when he must have been upwards of thirty years old, is a blank impenetrable mystery ! It is stated that the prisoner one day wrote his name on the hack of a plate, which a servant, thinking thereby to pay his court to the governor, placed in his hands, and was rewarded fur his officiousness ley the loss of his life. On another occasion, when confined at Pegnerol, the mask had contrived to write some communication upon a shirt. which a peasant found floating upon the water of the castle ditch, and brought to the go vernor. St. Mars rigidly questioned him, and was apparently not satisfied with the peasant's assurance that he could cot read, for, two daytafter, the man was found dead in his bed. ' Le Masque de fer' beguiled his hours of captivity with music, and was a proficient on the guitar. By the surgeon of the Bastille. who was occasionally called in to attend him, be was described as being a very well-made man, with a clear brown skin, and a soft pleasing voice. It is alleged, that the day after the burial of • le Masque tie fer,' the gravedigger was in duced, by a heavy bribe, to re-open the grave, for the purpose of examieing the body, which was discovered to have been de prived of its bead, in lieu of which a large stone had been substituted. Louis XV., during his minority had been vary solicitous to know the secret of le Masque de fer ; which, however, was only revealed to him by the Regent, Orleans, on the day he assumed the reins of government. The young king was observed to receive the important communication with much appearance of interest and emotion, and heard to ' Eh bleu, s'il vivait encore je lui donnerais sa liberte !' Perhaps the most plausible of the theories extant with re gard to le Masque de fer,' is that which supposes him to have been an elder brother of Louis XIV. , the well-accredited off spring of an intrigue of Anne d'eutlich, whose legal legitimacy it might have been so difficult to dispute, that to conceal its existence altogether appeared the most obvious course. After all the theories broached and volumes written upon the question of "le Masque de fer," the subject remains as deeply involved in mystery as ever. He has been at times supposed to be the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Monmouth. the Superintendent Fouquet, the secretary of the Duke of Mantua, an elder or younger brother of Louis Xi V., or the Comte de Vermandois, a natural son of Louis XIV. by Mdlle. de la Valliere. None of these eonjec'ures, however plausibly handled, carry conviction. Every record tending to throw light up ►n the identity of this remarkable captive, had been carefully suppressed. Louis XV. was heard to say, in refe rence to the conjectures rife respecting him, " Laisse-les dis puter, personne n'a encore dit la verite sur le Masque de fer." One day the hue de Choiseul pressed Louis XV. on the sub ject, but could obtain from him nothing more." Sinot. que de tout ce qu'on avait imprime jusque la sur le Masque deter, it n'y avait pas un mot de vrai ; et que de toutes les conjec tures qu'on avait faites la-dessus, it n'y en avait pas une de vraie." Napoleon vainly endeavoured to ascertain the real history of le Masque de fer, and was known to have ex perienced bitter mortification at finding himself foiled in all his attempts to unriddle the mystery. Louis XVIII. being ques tioned on the subject, drily replied, " C'est un secret de f ►tnille." Vol. XXIII The FARMERS' —MAC;AZIAE. No. 111., Old Series. A Hereford ox, the property of John Hudson, Esq , of Castle Acre, Norfolk, supplies the subject of a capital engraving by way of frontispiece to this very good num ber of a most able and useful periodical. An Essay on Trees, by a Practical Farmer, illustrated by three en gravings, will well repay the trouble of a perusal. There is an infinite variety of matter in this number's bill of tare—a capital dish of " Joint- stock Banks," and a " stout" contribution on " Ale and Beer." The number of papers is 'o great, and they range over such a mass of subjects, that we are too puzzled by over-abundance of choice to select any as more worthy than others of beivg extracted. We must add, however, that this mattazine is out of all comparison the cheapest " two shillings"' worth that we know of. s.: 4 NAMES os RAILWAY 6 ri Sept. 'Sept. 'Sept. Sop 2. 2. 2. 2, 4% Aberdeen -• • • • • • • Airdrie and Coa;bridge . Arbro.4ll and Forfar ... Ditto Half Shares .. I Arinagh,Colr,ez Portrush 2% 23; Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena • . Belf-ast and County Dowu Birmingham and (Mister Do. New ass .at 7 dis.) Ditto Half Shares — Birminglun &Oxtril.June 6 Blekburii, and iteston Blekburn, Boltn Bolton, % & Liverpl. Boston, Stainfril and Milli Brighton, Lewes, & Bast. Bristol and Exeter.. 1 - g - - 16N1 17 33 136 IN, 2% Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester • . Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union • . Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon.& Dunbar. June , nian .••• • • • • . 12% 1 1214 12% Ditto Extension ••• • • . 3% 3% 4 Canibri4te dud Lincoln.. 5 • 514 Cite-ter and Birkenhead.. 68 'AV° New Shares •• G 5 Ditto Ilan' Snares •• • • —33 N Ch.:ster and 11 lyhead •• 21% - - C hel nh am and Oxibrd.. —3% .1 Chichester and Brighton.. .5 - 653;1 1 dliurnet Vac.) , • • •• • • Clitheroc Junction ...... Clydesdale Junction .... Cork, Illackrck & Passage Cork and ..• .. • • Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford • • .. Cork and Youghal •••• Canterbury and Dovcr... Coventry and Leicester.. 5% 5% 1 - 11% I - 2% - - 2% - 4% s qi - 17056 d 1,756 d, !G7s6Ll', 5111 I Pi - 55i 7- - I - Cornwall . • - • • Derby and Crewe . • • • • • Direct Lou. and Manclistr - Diss, Beccles, & Yannoth 2% - - Direct Northern ••• • • • 3n 3% 3% Direct Norwich .•.- • • . • -' - - Dub' u and Belfast June. 9 1 / 4 9% - Dablin, Belfast, & Coln e Dublin and Drogheda • • • • Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . • • Ditto New .• • • •• • • Dundee and Per It . • • Durlunn and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1 ) - Ditto (No. 2) .. Eastern Counties . Do. New... - - Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No I 1% - Do. do. N 0.2 %p 28 East Dereham & Norwich 1% - East Union ..... • . • • • • . Ditto Extension • • • • • Edinbgh, Gins., and Dunn. - Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 91 Do. Quarter Shares •• • - Do. New Quarter Shares 1) Edinb. Leith, and Grantcn Do. Prof. 5 per Cent • • Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles • • Edinburgh and Perth .. .• Ely and Huntingdon . • •• Enniskillen and Sligo.. • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow •• Glasgow and Ayr. • -• • Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock • • Ditto New.......... Ditto Preference • - - Glasgw, Dinfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .. Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares • . • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters • • Ditto Eighths • • • • • . • • Grand Union ... • • •• • • Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield - Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Irind) 26 Ditto Extension ••• • • • 13 1 / 4 - Great 3lrmster • • • • - Gt Northern of Scotland 3% - Grt Northern of England 223% - Do. New 401. Shares •• Do. New 301. Shares Great Western • • • • • .• • - Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Fifths Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Harwich .•• • • • Iludrsrid & Man. R &Can Huddersfield and Sheffield - Hull and Gainsborough • • - Hull and Selby . • - Ditto Quarter Shurcs.. - Ditto Ball Shares • - Inverness :01,1 Elgin ...• - Isle of Jersey .......... Kendal and Windermere - Kingstown and Bray .... - Killarney Junctions .., . - Lancaster and Carlisle .. 16 Lancaster and Preston .. - Leeds and Bradford .. • . - Ditto Extension .. •• .. .-- Leeds and Dewsbury •• • • - 40 40 Leeds and Thirsk •••• • • • • - 2 11 / 4 2013 - Leeds &W. Riding June. - 18 4 l 8 - Leicester & Birming..am 2 p VA Az Leicester and liedibrd ... 3t4 p 4 1 / 4 4 Limerick and Waterford - Limrek, Ennis, E.:. Kil. Joe. - LincOn, York, and Leeds - Li v. M: u. & Gt N. of Eng. - Liverpool and Manchester - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Ditto Quarter Shares . • - Liverpl,Orinskrk,& Prstn - !_ondon and Birmingham 225 Ditto Thirds. ..... .... Ditto Quarters ••• • • • London and Blackwell • • Low.&Man.(Remington's ) London and Brighton. - Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon -• • 261 Ditto New . ••••• • • • • 1 1 / 4 p Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. - London and Greenwich 10 Do. Pref. or Privilege • • _ London and South West rn 79 Do. New Cons. Eighths 1)o. New, 501 Shares.. Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York .. • • • • • • Ditto (Bawtry) . • • • • • • London and Windsor • • • • Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 31/4 Londonderry & Coleraine 4% LondoirdetTy & Enniskilln 3 Lynn and Ely ..........814 Manchester Lynn and p e a r t e tt h i ain Leeds... : : 218 5 Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Quarter Shares • . Ditto Sixteenths ,' . • • - Manchstr arid Birkenhead -2% 3 1 / 4 Manchester & Birminglim 72 - 74 Ditto Quarter Shares . 13 13 12% Ditto Now Quarters . . _ 11 10% Do. Con. & Welsh June. -3% 4 Manchestr, Bolin, & Bury _ - _ Nlnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk 9 p 914 9% Man. Shef. and Mid. June. ...... 8 1 ,6 10% Manchestr & Southamptn _ _ _ Midland . • . . . - 176 Ditto Fifths ••.•• • • • • • _ - Ditto New .. .... . 26 - - Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 134 - - Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) . _ Do. Extension to Sligo _ Newcstl & Daringtn June. 33 5% - Do. New (Brandling) . • - - _ Newcastle and Berwick - - Newcastle and Carlisle _ _ _ Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. _ - 5 Newport & Abergavenny 314 - _ Newry and Enniskillen 3% 4 - Newark and Sheffield . - 6% 5% North British ••••• • • • • • 304 Ditto New Shares • . Northern. at:cl Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis ) Do. Quarter Shares North Devon .• • • • .. . • • • North Kent • • North Staribrdshire .... North Eastent.. • • • • • • • • North Union (A) .. .. - .. Ditto (B) • . North Wales Mineral.... • Ditto New Shafts .... North Western •••• • • • • North Wales Norwich and Brandoa .• Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • • Not., Bel ,, oir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston Nutt., Erwsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester - Oxford and Cambridge - Perth and Inverness .. • • Portsmouth Direct - • Preston and Wyre • • • . • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Do. Prof. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extend. Richmond &W. End .1 unc - Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2%1 1 % Scottish Central .... •• • • - - Scottish Midland • - Sheffield and Manchester - Ditto Quarter Shares • • - DittO ' ditto (No. 2)• • - Ditto • •ditto (No. 3) • • - Sheffield and Lincoln. •• • - Sheffield and Rotherham - Sbrowsbry & Grand June. - - - . _ Shrewsb., Wor., & Crowe 5% 5 4% - Shr.vs.,Wolv., (turn, &Mr 8 1 / 4 8% 9 1 / 4 _ orwsbry & Trnt Val. Vt. 4 5% - _ Silly's, ItcrefilA N, Wales 5 % *- 5 ._.. Slamanuall •••• • • • ...... - - - - South Devon ...•..• • • • • .-„ - - 33 South Midland •••.• • • . • • 7,4 87 8% - Scinth Eastern and Dover 48 4) - ~ Ai. law oss. 324.) No. 1 Wi 23 13 - - Do. (iss.33/.65.8d.)., 2 16h - - _ Do.. (iss. 301.) „3 9 8% 9% - Staines and Richmond ...• 3 1 / 4 , St.tif9pdshire ft Shropeldre -11 l Q - _ Stitiing liittl Ltunfermilue - - - - South Wales.. ••••• • • • • • 6 1 / 4 - - - Tears and Dove Valley • • - 3X --_ Trent Valley ...... • ..... •20 - - • -. Do. and liolyheadJunc. 3 1 / 4 3!ii 3 1 / 4 - Vale of Neath ••• . • • . ••- --_- - - WlBt London, 014 §ll4 - ies - 7 7:7 -, WM. g n a kgotp,rn Coo. -7 , Wexford a,rl Carlow •• • • - - - Warwick and Cheltenham - - - Waterford and Kilkenny - - _ Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick & Dub 2% 2% Wakefield and Bradford • • - -- Watffil:Pontefret, 4 Gool 7 4 , 11/001 oft iiiirroote Warwick and London .• • - West Lancashire... ..... •- Worcester. . and Tring •• • • - W hlteltaYfn end 'Vrie : 4 Do; svw llklf attires ••• - Welsh Midland • . • • • • • • • • We t Cornwall •• • - West Yorkshire • • - Wilsontwn, M.& Coltness • Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth 436 igTlO44l-Iqiiii VOCIVIcii• • -Ditto New . .. - • ..... ---,,, York arid Carlisle .• ••• • • 8 % 5 54 714 - York and N or th- Midland 1 09 ---_ - _ Ditto• Half Shares .. • • - - - - Ditto Scarbro' Branch 54% - _ Ditto Selby .•••• • • • • • 77 „ - - - Ditto Extension - - _ Yorkshird & Glasgow (In. - - - - i3cl I 5141 - r 7% - 3% - 1 -- ! 29 - 22% - _ 43u i 4%1- _% 4 34 - 2%1 2% 4!•i - - 3% 3% - 247 - - - 53% - - 23.% 37. 3% 37 - 18 1 al --__ [7 7 7341 - 19% 19% 19M 111 9 - - I 5 771,1 - in%l I 1 pl 4Y 6 %1 VAI 714 %j 2~ 39%1 39U - 4N 5 g% 6q 6 , 41 51 A 4, A 5 34 ._ • 514 3U 33 m 20-2,1 9si - 1 3i,,, Id% 19% t 6 is ___ 9% 7 - ► 9 - 1 3 2141 558 Os I - 7e p - I 4% - lis pi 9s p 74i - - - 178% . ;1%1 -- 32s pi 129 s PI 3 - 7 s pl Ihp 4 7 4105 4 3 - Gi f 7 1 , - r 4 AI 4%1 .9%1 18 7 1 - b 1 : -- • BtlL, RGII, AVG. 44 -.-- STOCW ExcitANGEmr-ThO are—Aherdeen, 3/. I Aberdeen, 13anfr, and Elgin, 2/. 10:I.—Arbroath and far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Armagh and Portrush, 21.-Banffshire,Britist - and Irish :Union, 3/. 1 Is.- Belfast and County Down, 3/. 155.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3/. 10s. - Caledonian., 12/. - Caledonian Extension, 31. 1 Ls.-Caledonian and Diunbaitim, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale :Junction, 10/. 2s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 21.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, IV. - Dundee and Perth, 5/.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Edin burgh and GLisg-ow, 90/.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 151. -Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 103. - Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 251. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 21. 2s. -Ditto, New, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, I/. 135.-Glasgow and Ayr shire, 711.-Ditto. New tock, 22/..- Ditto, 17/. 103:- Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 18s.-Giasgow and Garn kirk, 41/. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. Is. 6(1.- Glasgow and Greenock, 211-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.- Ditto, Preference, 2/. - Great North of Scotland, 3/. 75.- Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. &J.-Kilmarnock and Ardros san, 5/. 155.-London and York, 6/. 103. -Nlonkland and Kirkintilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 11.-North li!itish, cx one fifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 91.5 s -Ditto, One-fifth, 81. IW.- North Wales Mineral, New, 6 , 5 s -Perth and Inverness, 21 55., , --Scottish Central, 7/. 14:.-Setatish Midland, 21. 75.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 155.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 155.-Slamannan, 18/. 10s.-South Mid land, 9'.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. 175.-Tean and Dove Valley, 3/. 15s. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow,and 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Colt ness, 39/. HULL, SErr. 2. STocK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder land, New, 4:, 4 i-Eastern Counties, 20!!:-Ditto, No. 2, 20 s - London and Croydon, New, 365.-Preston and Wyre, Half shares, 914 Blackburn. Darwen, and B dton, 1014 -Eastern Union Exiension, 3 1 ,4 -Huddersfield and Manchester Railroad and Canal.2o -North British, Half Shares, 9%-North Wales 41 4 -Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 3-Cambridge and Lincoln, 4:-Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 4-Direct Northero, 3 1 /-East Lincolnshire, 3: 1 56 p.-East Coast, 235. p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 3 1 4-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 414- Graad Union, 455. p.-Great Eastern and Western, 21s. p. -Lancashire and West Yorkshire, 555.-Leicester and Bed ford, 3% p.-Leicester and Birmingham, 3%-London and Birmingham Extension. 355. p.-London and York, 7%- Manchester Buxton, and Matlock, 91A-Manchester, Shef field, and Midland, 9 -Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 6% -Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 50s. p.-Notting ham and Boston, 49e. p.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 3 1 /. 2 - North Western, 6-North Staffordshire, 7-Rugby, 2- Rugby and Huntingdon. 55s -South Midland, p.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 71A-Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 5 1 / 9 -Staines and Richmond, 3:, 1 / 1 -Tean and Dove Valley, 21/, p.-Trent Valley Continuation, 4-Wake field and Ifradford, 5 1 4 p.-Welsh Midland, 514-York and Carlisle, 6%-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 455. p. YORK, SEPT. 2. _ STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten sion, 3/. lls.—Great North of England, New, 34—Midland, New, 26:5i—Newcastle and Darlington unction, New (Brandling), 45 1 / 4 —North British, New, Io4—York and North .Midland Extension, 25 1 / 2 —Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 ex new—Clitheioe Junction, 6—Grand Union, 4—Leeds and York, B%—Leicester and Bedford, 4 3 4—London and York, 7/. Bs. 9d.—Manchester, Buxton, &c., 10—Newcastle and Berwick, 263x —Nottingham. Erewash. and Ainbergate, 5 1 4—North Staffordshire, 7 1 / 4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7 1 / 2 —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, s—Welsh Midland, 5 1 .4—York and Carlisle, 64. SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 2. STOCK. EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 175—Shef field and Manchester, Quarter shares, No. 1, 181/—Derby and Crewe, 5 1 A—East Lincolnshire, B— Goole and Doncaster , 4—Grimsby and Sheffield, 17 3 4—Griinsby Railway and Dock Extension, 9—London and Windsor, 42s.—London and York, 7 3 %—Direct Northern, 3 1 ;,—Leeds and Thirak, 21— Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction,) 2%—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 63i—Wakefield and Harrogate, 70s.— Welsh Midland, 5 1 A—York and Carlisle, 6 1 A—Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 12 1 1 A. EUDDERSFIELD, &yr. 2. STocK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Essex and Suffolk, 7s. 6d. p.—Grand Union, 3 1 ,4 —Glasgow and Dutnfries, —Huddersfield and Manchester, 20 1 4—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 16% ex new—Leeds and Thirst, 22 — Manchester, Birmingham, and Welsh Junction, 4%—Not • tingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, s—Sheffield and Lincoln shire, VA—Yorkshire and Glasgow, 4%—Shrewsbury, Here ford, and North . Wales, s—Clitheroe Junction, 51/ 2 . EXETER, SEPT. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Devon. VA p. —Exeter and Yeovil. %_p.—Exeter and Exmouth, % p.— South Devon, 36—Aberdeen, 4%. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Nxwey RY z SEPT. 2.—ln compliance with a requisition very numerously signed by the principal inhabitants of Newl‘ury and its vicinity, Who " are anxious to promote the construction of this (Betbell's) lint: of railway, being convinced of its great importance and value to the locality," a public meeting was called by the Mayor, and held to-day at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of furthering the undertaking. The meeting was very nu merously attended. Amongst those on the platform and around it were Alderman Hughes Hughes; George Adam, Esq., of London; Joseph Brown, Esq., R. Etwall, Esq., M.P. ; Wm. Chadwicke, Esq., London; John I3ethell, R. Watkins, Esq., Rev. Dr. ilinney, Rev. J. H. Ashworth, Mr. E. Slocock, Mr. C. Slocock, Colonel Burslem, Mr. Wosey, Mr. W. Gray, Mr. Hulbert, Mr. Westlake' Mr. Sharp, and many others of the leading persons of the neighbourhood. Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken by the Mayor of the Borough, and the requisition for con— vening the meeting having been read, the L hairman called on Alderman Hughes Hughes to address the meeting. The worthy ALDERMAN observed that he was a member of I a drpu'ation from the provisional directors of the Oxford and Southampton Railway Company, who had come to Newbury in order to express to the inhabitants of that dis trict the anxiety of the board that their project should be tho roughly understood by all those whose interests it affected (Cheers)—and also to gather their sentiments with regard to the undertaking. In point of fact they had come to ask their suffrages on its behalf, and, as far as he was enabled to judge of the value and the reception they had met with, he was sure those suffrages would not be refused.- (Cheers.) He would not detain the meeting by entering into any details or explana tion of the scheme, as there were several other gentlemen pre se t who were anxious to do so ; he would only say that he was confident the railway projected by Mr. Bethel! was well calcu lated to benefit, not only this town and neighbourhood, but the kingdom at large, and he would therefore promote it by every means in his power.— (Cheers. ) Mr. BETMELL next addressed the meeting. The plan of the line he said had been laid before him by the engineers (Messrs. Birch) ; it was not projected by himself; but he saw the important advantages which must arise from the construc tion of it, especially to this locality, and he at once formed a company to undertake the work.—(Cheers.) There had been very little difficulty with regard ,to that part of their proceed ings ; for in point of fact the project met with universal sup port.—( Rear, hear.) The merchants of the north and those in London, as well as the shipping interests in Southampton, were all in its favour.—(Cheers.) The Board of Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company had declared their intention of giving the line their most strenuous support —( Cheers) ;—and with reference to the public confidence, he might state that although the scheme had only been adver tised four days they were deluged with applications for per mission to subscribe.—( Hear, hear.) From Southampton alone they had offers enough to make up the whole amount of capital required. All those who were acquainted with the progress of railways throughout the kingdom must be acquainted with the improvement they had effected in every village at which they touched.—( Hear, hear.) New bury had not at present any railway communication with other parts of the country ; but if the proposed line were constructed, it must be obtious that such an im portant town as this, having a great market for agricultural and other produce, would be considerably benefited ( Cheers.) Of the importance of a direct nuke) , communica tion between the manufacturing districts and Southampton to the latter place a proof was given by the increase of traffic since the opening of the South-Western line; and Mr. Ed wards, the collector of customs there, gave it as his opinion %, that if a direct means of communication were established, the -7 ' amount of exports would in one year be raised from one to ten millions.—(Cheers.) There could be little doubt • also that in twelve months after this railway wasopened New bury would be enjoying increased prosperity in proportion with Southampton.—( Hear, hear.) It was intended that the line should commence from a point a little north of Winchester and short of Andover-road station, proceed to Whitchureh, near . Newbury, and from thence to Didcot, where it would join the - Oxford and Didcot line leading to the north. Upon looking at - the map, it would be seen that it was the most direct line from Southampton to Oxford. It would connect also Gosport and Portsmouth with this district, and also the important _ market towns of Newbury and Winchester. —( Hear, hear.) - They would thus have an opportunity of sending their grain - at a cheap and rapid rate to be shipped round the coact, and - also of forwarding it to the Government victualling-yards.- - ( Elear, hear.) In addition to this they could send their oak timber to the dockyards of Portsmouth ; and not only would they do this, but they would open a direct means of t•affic for - manufactures to all parts of the world from one of the most - convenient ports in the kingdom —( Cheers.) Such matters - as these could not fail to be capable of the most beneficial re sults. He believed there was another plan of making a line - in this district, which included a branch to Swindon ; but he _ thought it was a most important point for the Newbury people - to secure a direct line through their own town.—( Cheers. ) - It was also suggested, when this project was first laid before - him, to have a branch to Swindon ; but he declined adopting the suggestion, because he hid not the means of communi _ eating on the subject with the managing parties of the Great Western Railway. But he was prepared to te:l the meeting - that when those managing parties bad been asked if an under • - standing upon the point was not come to—that is, if they re - fused to make a direct line from Newbury to Swindon, and the people of Newbury wished that such a line should be made, the Oxford and Southampton Company would be prepared to un dertake it.—(Cheers.) Irrespective of mercantile traffic, it would also be found that there was passenger work enough to warrant the construction of this railway. It would be connected with a point which would lead to every part of the kingdom. The formation of this company had led to the formation of three or four other companies for various lines. One of them, which was projected to run from Rugby to Manchester, through Macelesfield, would shorten the distance between those two places by 15 miles ; and as the distance from Southampton -- to Manchester, by the Oxford and Southampton line, was under present circumstances shorter by six miles than the dis - unce from Manchester to Southampton viii Cheltecham, no less than twenty-one miles would be saved by adopting the scheme under the consideration of the meeting.—( Cheers. ) -- The traffic also would be at infinitely less cost than on any other line.—( Hear.) There were many other advantages connected with the project, with which he would not trouble the meeting by detailing them. The traffic between the important town of Birmingham and its neighbourhood would be secured by it, and it was quite clear that it must have the support of the Govern _ ment, inasmuch as it would afford great facilities of sending military and naval stores from one end of the kingdom to the other, —( Hear, hear.) Before he sat down he begged leave to mention another important matter. It was positively ascer tained that the line could be opened within twelve months 2 1i from the time the Bill sectioning it had received the royal 3 assent; and the road would be laid down by the engineer in 2& such a manner as best would consult the wishes of all the land - owners whose interests would be affected by it.—(Cheers.) Mr;CtiAnwicKE, a gentleman who said te had consider - 7 able experience in the construction of railways, said he thought that the engineers had done ample justice to all parties in laying ent this line. The pi incipal difficulty in suggesting lines of railway was to avoid interfering with valuable property. and in this instance much engineering skill had been exhibited in avoiding the domain of the Eall of Carnar von, without at I detracting from the usefulness of the work.—( Hear.c. another line proposed he saw tpauy diffi c ulties, vs h h be i a t r. w ) oul n ` -d he 1 4 1p04t ;ropossihle to encounter , es p eciall y In th° neighbour - boo I of Ilslay. The Rev. Dr. 13ts:Neir then came forward, and congratu lated the meeting upon the value of the project and the success -- with which it was likely to meet. flel moved a resolution to the effect that the line know n as Bethe I line afforded the stn direct means of commuuication between Southampton and Didcot, through the town of Necybuyy, end wag dose,ving of o ie i r su pport and that co;dially undertook to suppott it, a ll legitimate means, and would • request their representa 10s— tives in Parliament to further the same accordingly. w „,.. Mr. E. SLococZ having seconded the resolution, Mr. ETwaLL, M.P., said, as a member of a deputation from the towns of Southampton and Andover, he wished to ask when it would suit the convenience of the meeting to hear an explanation with regard to the projected railway from South ampton to Andover and Newbury? Alderman If uonEs Iluatias said, although the promoters of the line now under consideration had been refused a hearing at the meeting recently held at Southampton, they were not disposed to follow the course adopted at that meeting. 1 hey had been, he understood, most di-courteously treated at that meetin... but they wished to act on the principle that " fair play is a jewel," and would be anxious to hear any arguments that might be advanced on behalf of any undertaking, although different to their own.—( Cheers. ) The resolution w• a then put and carried. The Rev. J. H. Astrtvotorti, in eloquent terms, stated that his experience as a dere} man enab'est him to sly that railway communicati in had conferred great benefits on society gene rally throughout the kingdom. In no district, hoe ever, was it more wanting than in North Hants, and, in tsinuch as the I.ne now proposed would achieve his desire, he hoped it would be adopted. He moved a resolution to the eff,et that the inhabitants of 'the northern division the county of Ilants would acqiiire by the pro;,osed line ready access to the county town and episcopal cl , y, and an advantageous outlet to the productions of,their dAtict. The resolution was seconded by Colonel LURSLEM, and passed unanimou,ly. dlr. J. T. WAsEr strongly advocated the propased line, and said tl.at although it would pass through a considerable portion of his property—he might say i 6 miles of it—and perhaps create a serious i jury, }et so convinced was he of the utility of the road, he wou.d give it his bet support.—( Cheers.) tie moved a resolution to the effect that the continuance of the lit.e would, in its northern progress, afford considerable accommodation to those who frequented the important sheep markets of Ilslay. Mr. HumsF.wr seconded the resolution, which was earr'ed. Mr. \V. GnAY entered into a variety of statistical de rail:, in order to show the ben, fit of the railroad tri,ffic, and said he was convinced that the present scheme was pregnant with good results. He proposed the next resolution. to the effect that the population of Newbury, which embraced 60,1:00 inhabitants within an area of 10 miles, the abun,!alice of the agricultural produce, and the acknowledged excellence of the markets, entitled the district to increased commercial fa cilit ie9. Mr. C. SLococl seconded the resolution, which passed. Mr. WESTLAKE said, as a merchant of Southampton. he begged to state that he gave his entire approbation to Mc. Bethell's line of railway ; and he was also enabled to state at the opinions of the merchants of Southampton accorded wi:h his own on this suhj. ct. —( Cheers.) He proposed that the rapidly increasing importance of the town of Southampton de manded the most speedy and direct communication with the trading districts of the north. The resoluion was seconded by Mr. EDWARD SHARPE, and adopted. Mr. PARSONS then came forward to address the meeting as a member of a deputation from the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Company. He spoke at consi derable length and in eloquent terms with regard to a rine which that Company had to propose, not, he said, in opposition to Bethell's line, for he did not come there to offer opposition to it, but he wished to bring under their notice two lines which he said would combine advantages equal to Bethell's line and the Direct Manchester and Southampton Railway, which latter roads would cost two millions of money, whereas the lines he had to propose would only cost 900,000/. He proposed to make two branches, one to Swindon going through Hunger ford and Highcl-re and the other through Ilslay to Didcot, which would afford means of communication by railways to all parts of the kingdom that could not be given by Mr. Bethell's plan. It had, he believed, been hinted that he had stolen Mr. Bethell's plan—( Hear, hear, and laughter )—but if the proper registers were searched it would, he believed, be found that his line was registered, if nor before or as soon as Mr. Bethell's, at least within a day or two afterwards.—( Laughter.) Mr. BE, HELL. --W hem was your line registered? Mina was registered on the 7th of August. Mr. PAR4(nig• Minot cam:4y Laughter)—but I assure you, upon my honour, I had the scheme in my head before then. He disputed not the utility of Mr. Bethell's railway, but he thought that two lines, giving great facilities in an alricultural district like this, would be more Elyantageous than one, ETWA Lt neat proceeded to address the meeting, and to introduce his project on behalf of the Southampton, Andover, and Newbury Railway, and some interruption took place. The Honourable Member, hoaever, detailed his plans, and stated that a prospectus of the Ilne would appear in a few days, and he had no doubt it would be received with satisfaction by every person in that neighbourhood. Ali. BETHEL'. was heard in reply, and stated that Mr. Par sons had pirated his plan. Mr. PARS() s denied the assertion. llr. Blasi ELL then asked Mr. Parsons to produce his maps, and he would show him that he had done so. Mr. PARSONS said he could not produce his maps. He had unfortunately lost them on his way down from London.— " Oh, oh," and laughter : ) . _ . Mr. CHADWICKE said - he would show from Mr. Parsons's own plans that it would be impossible for him to carry it out so as make the line west of Ilstay. Mr. PARSONS =Then I will take the east side.—(Great laughter. ) 'I he discussion then terminated. Mr. WATKINS then moved and Mr. BARRETT seconded a vote of thanks to the Mayor fur his impartial conduct, which was unanimou-ly passed. The late hour of the evening at which the proceedings of the meeting were brought to a close precludes giving more than an outline of what was uttered by the speakers. DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. T .is "lever periodical maintain; its career of improve' nt. The present Number has some papers of peculiar ability and interest. " Pictorial Art in its Christian Development," is a Vasari-like piece of biography, but much disfigured by a species of pictorial puritanistn which cannot away with the human loveliness of the type of Raffaelle's second manner, but is moved to ecstatic risture by the tiny, though certainly el, vated ex pression—the deep sentiment, not a little marred by the bard drawing of Perugino, the early master of the " divine Urbino," and the penultimate glory of the Umbrian school. The noble creations of the Florentine school, the delicious works of those master-hands whose labours were consecrated to the taste, elegance, and munificence of Lorenzo de Medicis, are stigmatised as pertaining to _a school of " naturalism ;" and Raffaele himself—the great and good—is mourned over as bay ing passed over, after painting his great picture of the " Dispute of the Holy Sacrament," to Paganism (!) forsooth, in which relapsed state he continued all the rest of his too short life, beCause—he never more returned to the hard style of the "Christian" art of Perugino. 'rhe writer of this paper may be a good Catholic, but he is a very bigoted critic. It is strange that even the chastened grace with which Rieffaelle has developed his exquisite, his unapproachable perception of female beauty, cannot—in his second manner—pro tect him or his admirers from that preposterous charge of " naturalism," (i. e. materta'ism), which M. Rio and Rumohr (or his ltalianische Forsehuagen) have brought into vogue. We have been sometimes at a loss to account for the sudden irruption of a species or vandalism, or heresy in art, thus directed against the prince of painters. The almost contemporaneous origin of this twaldle, with the " sudden apparition" (as wo somewhere, lately, saw it termed) of two score of German students at the Vatican, at the " Santa Marie del Pepolo," and other old churches Of Rome, who had discovered that the pictures of what the writer whose paper is now before us calls the " Peruginesque style" were pervaded by a feeling of mere orthodox Catholicism than those pro duced by Raff.Lelle between 1510 and 1520 ' (in which latter year he died). Th.: , consequence was that they returned to Bavaria, to produce those clever—certainly—but stiff, hard, and mannered frescoes, which are the pattern types of a school that an overweening but ill-informed taste—directed by still more deficient sentiment and knowledge, is now attempt ing to introduce, under some such meretricious and un meaning appellation us that of "decorative art"—into the at, is and s doom; of our great public edifices. 01 Darky Duff, the Madman," a tale of South Munster, being rudely broken (eat its "agony point" of interest, we have no means, as yet, of reporting any formed opinion, but it steins likely to turn out. a clever sketch. Anecdotes of the Bastille" are continued in this Num ber, and serve to renew the feeling of astonish ment —amounting almost to indignant conte inpt— with which we have ever contemplated the mar% el of a great and gallant nation like the France of the last two centuries, submitting, tamely, to the bru tality and wantonness of an abuse of despotic power. — far, very far more disgustingly atrocious than any which was ever habitually tolerated by the abjeet slaves of tl • Ottoman Sultans, or the but half-civilised serfs of the great Khans of Tartary. We allude, of course, to the :ttlres de-cachet, and the horrors perpetrated under their authority. In the continuation of the • " Countess Clemence," by the editor, we recognise further evidence of those powers which we have before described as being generally exhibits-d .his former ciatpters. But :he most interesting sub ,jest for extra , :t w ill probably be the following notice the " Iron Masque," in the note to which we no scarcely point to the iron-hearLedties ,, of Lb.) twirl? Bourbons' remarks on traditions that dye the bad meteor of their wicked house so deeply as these. On the 18th of September, 1608, arrived at the Bastile, M de St. Mars, its newly-appointed governor, and With him concealed in a closed litter, the my-terious prisoner known by the name of "Le Masque de Fer." In the fortresses of Nignerel, Exiles, and Les Isles Sainte Marguerite, he had already languished in captivity since the year 1671. He was always treated with the greatezt distinetion, and provided with everything he required or asked for. Tlie PRVerpor, and M. Rosarges, the Major of the Castle, alone had access to the prisoner, in whose presence they rarely presumed to sit down. He wore at all times a mask of black velvet, so se cured upon his face that he was unable to remove it, yet so eon sirnet,ed as to adroit of his seeing, eating, and breathing with facility. He died ? as it . 7si reported, suddenly, on the 19th of November, 174, after an it dispositipp of a few bones, was roes ppe.. -4 n a winding-sheet of new linen, and i:ietl tieFt i Sii day in the cemetery o: Paul, under the name of Alarchiali, the presence of Al. Rosarges ant: :.h.^ Sergeantlurgeon of the Bastille. The funeral cost forty livres. He hau a Pr ' . soner at the Bastille five years and sixty-two-days. ' RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL .CITIE3 AND TOWNS IN SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. 75 0 'A . A 4.'Sept. Aug. Sept. 2. 30. I. 6Ss THE REVIEW. The illustrations of the present number are, a portrait of " Refraction," the winner of the Oaks, engraved by Rucker, from a portrait by A. Cooper, and a beautiful little picture (engraved by Scott, from a paint ing by J. Bateman), entitled, " The Fruits of the First." '['he subj , et being the looking over the game-bugs efter a day's partridge shooting. From the letter-press illustrating the picture we extract the following sensible advice to sportsmen: — "There isn't a pleasanter month in the whole year than Sep tember, and there isn' a pleasanter sport in the whole month— perhaps it would be but justice to add vtar again—than par tridge shooting. But then a man must have the proper spirit to appreciate it, and the proper tact in practising it. What a pity that such a nice, social, round-the-farm sort of amusement should ever become the outrageously magnified toil and trouble some people are so fond of making it. What really reasonable reason can be given for a man knocking himself up at half-past four A.M., to knock down partridges on his own home in England, because such a virtue is necessary for the snipe shooting in the swamps of the Indies? Or ehy, forsooth, should the man who does not disdain the aid of Jasper or Juno to find his game, refuse that of Gimcrack or Jim Styles to carry it ?" THE STUDENT; YOUNG MEN'.. A lj VO CA7 E. This, the organ of the assistant drup r}, who are engaged in the short• time agitation, still continues its career of usefulness. We congratulate the young me•n on the ability displayed by their advocate. The present is an excellent number. REVOLT OF THE CONVICTS AT ADEN. The following particulars of this occurrence, with which we have been furnished by our correspondent a t Aden, n:ay be relied upon as p: rfectly correct :—`• On June 21st, whilst the convicts were at work about two miles outside the main or northern pass, they surprised and disarmed their military guard, c, ,nsisting of a Haviltlar and twelve Sepoys of the 47th Regiment M. N. I It appears that at twelve o'clock noon the prisoners had, as was usual, left off work till one o'clock, at which time, it seems, the guard and the convicts were coins p!etely mixed together in a very unmilitary manner at a preconcerted sienal three or four prisoners seized each Sepoy and wrenched the musket from his hand, with which they ran seawards, and took posses sion of an Arab boat, which they tried to launch, evidently supposing that once afloat they could easily manage to gain the Arabian side of the bay, distant about a mile' and a half. As many of the con victs had been fishermen in the Cencan, this plan was perfectly feasible, and only failed from the tide being too low to float the boat. Being bold, resolute, despe rate villains, they instantly dashed in . () the sea, fettere i as they were, with the intention of swimming to the opposite side of • the bay. By this time the Sepoys had recovered from their confusion, and having also recovered their arms, opened a fire on them, by which two were shot dead, end five badly wounded. Many of the prisoners not being sble to swim, and finding the water deeper than they had evidently calculated on, came back and surrendered. A great many persevered. and thirteen eff cted their escape—twelve were drowned, and one was subse quently found dead on the Arabian side ; thus making the total loss of life on this melancholy occasion fifteen. Of those who, escaped, four were recaptured, and one was brought back by the Arabs. Seven are still at large, and have found shelter in Fouthli country, the chief of which has written to the political agent to say that he will send them in prisoners. This be will not do. As the prisoners are Hindoos, they will doubtless prefer the Mahomedan religion to irons and hard work on the roads for life. After they have embraced the tenets of the Koran, no true Mussulman can, according to the creed, give up the proselyte. One of the prisoners, whose arm was much shattered by a ball, has undergone amputation by the civil surgeon. It has appeared on evidence that not one of the guard, thirteen in number, in charge of • sixty-four desperate convicts, all of whom are condemned to hard labour on the roads, either for murder or gang robbery with violence, had loaded muskets. That they (the guard) allowed themselves to be surprised and completely. disarmed without having been able to inflict the slightest injury on a single convict, will appear some what singular to our n in-military readers. There is not a shadow of doubt but that the guard mixed in a very familiar manner with the prisoners, contrary to all military p‘ inciplcs. It has , been fully ascertained that the'rising' was previtaisly planned and arranged, and that the unusual remissness of the guards en couraged them in their well-organised plan to re volt. The prisoners were also aware that they had no danger to apprehend from unloaded muskets. They s,iy that they had no intention to endeavour to escape previous to their being worked outside in a man ner which they were physically incapable of per forming in a climate so unusual to their formai places of imprisonment ; that the work was greater than their debilitated frames could endure ; and that they rushed on certain deeth rather than bear their present lite of endless toil and unsupportable misery. A military court of inquiry has been assembled to inquire into the eirenmstances of the escape of the pri soners, and strange to say, it xotittit.a the gwsrd of ad blame. Gorernieent should not rest satisfied with this very singular decision, which the cir cumstanees of the case do not at all support. The opinion of the court is ereinently colenl4te€l to act in a very injurious manner and to interfere in a very ' dangerous way with military discipUne. The non-com ' inissioned officer in command of the guard ought to ' have been brought before a general court- martial. There I still remain two points not dispceed Af itt 4 satisfactory ' manner—shy were the guard with unloaded aunts ? F' and why did they permit themselves to bo surprised I and disarmed ?"—Bombay Times, July 13. rn COURSE OF EXtifiAl Amsterdam ...... CF 12 9 Ditto, at sight l2 7 Rotterdam ') Ul2 9i Antwerp 2O P Elamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80 Ditto, 3 litonths 25 0 galWiPt2o Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine,. 1'22 Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin Vienna, effee. 6.314 lO 3 triesto, ditto NleArid 364 CadIZ B=4:Aorta • .... ...mt,_r Leghorn ... ......,..,. SO 70 Genoa Milan Venice ....... Naples . . Palermo, 0z... Lisbon Oporto . . . *i ^ • Bahia ....... 40 ,20i Buenos NewYol k 2 tlys si Philad? , I.;e . ..... PRICK..;?: 4OLLION, OZ Foreign bars. £3 17 9 Port a' I (10. p 317 5 NOW TpunPons.'..% Nor Dz,' 'arti 0 4 CI Silver in bus 0 4 1111 GREAT NORTHERN OF FRANCE. Yesterday the first general meeting of the I,roprietors of this (Resamel',) Company, whose line is to run from Paris to the trnutier of Belgium. with branches to Calais and Dunkirk, was held at the London Tavern, ltishspsgate•street. Mr. J. D. Powles, director of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, in the chair. The other directors present were Mr. lihn Catley, Mr. Archibald Paull, director of the London and York ; Mr. George Pollard, chairman of the West Yorkshire Railway ; Mr. Jahn Rawson, Halifax ; Mr. J. Hopkinson, Mr. Joseph E.sdaile, and Mr. John Frith. There was a numerous attend ance shareholders. 'f he CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting on the position of affairs. The directors had had the line surveyed by com petent engirer , rs, with the intention of making a tender to the Government, but the f. eling m France was so strung in favour of an amalgamation with other lines, that they at once gave up the idea. The feeling of the Government was also strongly in favour of amalgamation, and the public M nister gave it as the opinion of the Government that they w"re decidedly anxious for the amalgamation of all the great companies in France, to take the railways into the it own hands, as they had foreseen the possibility of their tailing into the hands of parties who could not efficiently carry them out; persons who, when it became necessary to make payments to work them out, would be unable to do so. The Government felt the probability of a financial crisis arriving in France in connexion with this species of property, and urged upon the companies generally the propriety of amalgamating, as likely to be beneficial to the companies themselves, and give greater security to the public. The terms upon which these contracts were to be made were a lease of forty-one years and a few days, so that the Government of France could not be in jured by the principle of amalgamation. The French press questioned whether these amalgamations would be legal; bat 'here was no law to prevent amalgamations. The result was, that six companies connected with Fiance had amalgamated, arid the portion of shares allotted to the Great Northern was 41,01 , 0, of which 20,500 would be retained by the French Committee, and an equal number allotted for distribution amongst the English proprietors, at 21. per share. It was determined by the Directors that the payment to be made should be 51. per share on those which were now to be allo cated. This could not operate injuriously to the shareholders, because they would have the less to pay upon the whole num ber of shares. or if they were to sell in the market they would get the price to which such a payment would entitle them. On the tith of September the proportion of the English division of the capital would be paid in►o the hands of the Government, and notice would then be given to the shareholders when they were to receive their proportion of the shares to be allotted them, and the balance due on account of the money they had already paid on their shares. The proportion of shares would be in the degree of 20,500 to 150,000. There would be an odd balance of 500 shares. When they received the shares from France, notice would be given to the shareholders, and the balance would be returned without expense. Mr. WALLER, after adverting to the successful termination of the Directors' negotiations with the French Government, proposed a resolution, which was seconded and passed unanimously, that the 500 surplus shares be left at the dis posal of the provisional committee for their services, and the meeting separated LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Rayleigh and its neighbourhood was held at the Golden Lion Inn, Rayleigh, on Tuesday, to ascertain the general feeling with regard to the benefit and accommodation likely to arise by a direct railway coma,unication from London to Southend, passing through or near the town of Rayleigh. Mr. E Bulwer presided. Mr. J. MAYN said it was the wish of the inhabitants that the line should pass as near Rayleigh as possible. The ltev. J. T. ULETT moved the first resolution, affirming the desirableness of the line, which was seconded by the Rev. E. B. MAamorr, and adopted. Mr. TITS, the architect, said it had been the object of Mr. Locke to bring the line as near the town of Rayleigh as possible, and the levels had been taken with that view. The line was laid down going as near to Billericay as the country would permit. The Directors were not a little surprised to find that a rival scheme had been promoted by the inha bitants of that district. The line would come near Ray. leigh. Cuttings of any magnitude through the clay hills of that part of the country would not only be attended with diffi culty, but with great expense. Since the meeting at South end, the attention of the people of the Netherlands had been drawn to the facilities wnich this line would give, in communi cating with the continent, and it appeared that a large stream of traffic to Belgium and other parts might be brought upon it. The gentlemen present might feel surprised to be told that by means of this line the journey from London to Brussels could be accomplished in ten hours. They would leave Fenchurch street by this railway, embark at the Crouch, and by means of railways completed, or in process of construction, they could reach Brussels in that short space of time. On the motion of Mr. A. BOLT WHITE, seconded by the Rev. J. PILIKINGTON, a resolution was passed to the effect, that a memorial, embodying the sentiments of the meeting, should be forwarded to the provisional committee of the pro jected line. COMBINATION STRIKE ON THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. —We regret to learn that a most dan g .roue combination has manifested itself on the railway be t wern Carlow and Athy. The combination appears to be the result of a settled and matured plan of operations • a nd that it has assumed a formidable aspect may be gathered operations; the fact, that some of the combinators are strangers from Tipperary, and who were the leaders in the emeute which took place on Friday last, about four miles from this town. On that day a party of about 200 men quitted the work near Athy, and de manded higher wages—for the labourers, an increase of five shillings, or fifteen shillings a. creek ; and for the car owners, from four to six shillings a-day, 0 —n the &mend being refused, they proceeded along the line t hi s mob carried them into effect brytehaetnum promptahnedr towards Carlow, and called on the workmen to "strike," and where their commands were not force,promptly T t h h e e ri n ot a e m rs be a r ssau w lt a e s d i° s i o n m e e l of b t a he contractors, results might have ensued, but for g attended to, arnininodre.gontshee serious l u i e n n er c . e e s , interference of the people of the neighbourhood, who took part with the overseers, and exhibited a disposition to attack the rioters, who returned shortly after the o ccurrence t owar d s Athy. In consequence of this movement, the works were i g n i t v e e r n r u t p h t e e d contractors,on someparts of the line, an d serious these lawless annoyance '[he partiesengaged in proceedings were summoned to Athy on Tuesday last, but the case was postponed until that day week.—Carlow Sentinel. I►fl I HIM PACII A.— A ecntrlt, i'row Malta, if the 23d ult., z nnouuce the arrival of Ibrahim, at that place on the 17th, on board the Nile, which was saluted by the L•'niglish Adn.i .ai's flag-ship h • Fortnidat le. Ils Royal fligline, sis on his way to Leghorn, whence he would proceed to the baths of Lucca, for the recovery of his health. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL LINE. DEFFORD, MONDAY NIGHT.—The accident briefly alluded to in The Sum of to-day has resulted in the death of two per. sons, another lies in the Gloucester Infirmary with a concus sion of the brain, a fourth is lying very ill at Pershore, and others are more or less injured. It seems that a man was engaged at this station in the act of removing a truck from the down rails to the other side, to be ready to attach it to the down train on its arrival from Birming ham. At that time a special goods train from Gloucester (which the man says he did not expect, neither did he see its light or hear its whistle) came rapidly up, and ran into the truck. The driver, Joseph Ward, was thrown over, and fell under a mass ef iron bars, which caused his almost instant death. At the same moment. the down train arrived, and the truck being propelled against it with great force, the effect was to throw the whole off the rai's, the engines being smashed, several of the carriages much injured, and a carpenter, named William Mites, who was in the down train, and who was iu the employ o! one of the contractors, was so severely scaldetl, that he died this (Monday) morning. The facts of the ens' Brill be best gaitwd from tie cvh!ence at the inquest held Ise e thi: ,f -ternot.n by C. Bet, Esq , coroner. T e Compeoy were P.- pre,nted by Mr. Sander-. the secretary ; Mr. 1% h ley, licitor ; Mr. Swain, and Mr. M'Connell. (. neral the Government Inspector, was also 1 resent. The jury WAS compoA.rl of twenty-three gentlemen, of whom Lieutenat tF. E. Ilose, IL N'., was I..remln. _ . . John Murphy being swot n, deposed —I live at Defford and am employed at that station by the Birminghem and Bristol C. , mpany. I only knew the dveeased patties by weir. them (s-i the train , . On Saturday afternoon I aas on ditty at the station. The clerk at Erkington ta , ion wanted a truck that was at our station, to load sheep iii, on Monday morning. I was getting it out, ;bow a matter pits. ten at night, for the ose of taking it acro<s the lire to hook on the down traits wt en it came. While I hail the truck there, an up train came sod ran into i , . The engine was t' rown tiff, and upon the other line. A down train n immediately p isscd, rnd strut-k against the engine that had been thrown river. The engine-driver of the up train was thrown off. Both en gines were much dims. ed. Two of the up train carriages were knocked to pieces, and t tii. goo: s thrown out ; there were no laseng, rt. It was a luggage train. Two of the down-train carriages were much damaged. The truck at the tinie was on the main line. On looking about after the accident, I s.w the driver of the up train (Ward) Ming on the line; he was not dead, but groaned, and mill " Lord have mercy on me." Ile is now lying dead at the station. The bars of metal with which the truck had been loaded had fallen on him, on his legs and body. 1 helped to get the bars off him, but telt rather poorly at the time; he %Nag taken to the station, but was soon dead. I did not see /%liles till I sa v him in the station-house he complained of being in great pain. Miles was employed by the contractors as a car. penter. The up train was a special goods train, and I knew nothing of its being expected. They had lights in front of the engine. I did not ~cie the lights ; it is my duty to attend to the signals. Joseph Ward was injured by the first crash, and the other man was in the down train. Ido nut know hew he met with his accident. I carried a red lamp at the time of moving the truck. I did not hear the te , train. There were often trains pa.sing without our being told of them, r xeept by signals behind the previous trains. When I knew of the traits coming from a by-stander I expected it would stop before it came to me, as the lines were being repaired just above. The proper time for the arrival of the down train was ten minutes before ten. The train was behind its time. We never remove any trucks till we hear the trains coming. There were two other signal lights besides mice. We had expected a short passenger train about the same time, which was to ',top at our station. I have known trains run by without L i oppibg when the signals are hoist, d. When the goods train came up I took it to be the short passenger train before mentioned. est not remember that train coming. There were also red lights to stop that train. The per,oh holding ore of the lights had been sent on the line, pest the bridge, towards Eckington. The other was An the platform..„' Ward seemed to take no notice of the signals, for he came up very fast to the truck. NI ben it came up I slipped my shoulder from the t r u c k, and threw myself on a bank. It wail a clear night, and I could see the lamp; at. Bekingion station (more than a mile). The deceased Ward) was grAing over the top of his engine. He was not ;Weep. . Mr. M'Connell, superintendent of the locomotive depart merit, deposed—l reside at Btomsgrove station. ( Witness here reed the regulations of the Company for the engine. drivers. These regulations appeared to have been framed with a due regard for the public safety, under any contin gency which may happen of railways.) A copy a these rules had been given by witness to Ward, who, as usual in such cases, had consented faithfully to keep them. (The foreman of the jury here eommented on the danger of drivers being enjoined to make up their time when lost, 241 as to be at each stati: - .n at the period marked on the table. ) Mr. M'Connell accounted for the delay in the down train, in consequence of the repairs of the rails, and having to wait for a mail train; he then went on to say that if Ward had obeyed the rules, with regard to the signals, the accident could not have happened. Word had been employed for the last two months, and had driven engines about five years. If engine -drivers pass signals without stopping, we dismiss them. Should the striver secidentAly leave his poet, his fireman is generally competent to take his place. ( One of the jury observed that since the trade at Defford had increased, there did not seem to be enough of guards and assistants there; but the witness said that assistance was always forwarded there when required.) A truck, when in good re pair, may be easily moved by one man, carrying his lamp. When the last witness removed the trunk, he slid so to save time, to fix it to the down train which he saw coming. The mail train which preceded the up train had a red light behind, which denoted that a special train was to come. Jonah Abbott, porter at !he Bromsgrove station, deposed -1 knew Joseph Ward. On Saturday niett 1 started from Gloucester with bias, on a special goods train. We followed the mail out. at about nine o'clock. We were loaded with iron rails and deals. Two carriages were empty. There were twenty carriages altogether. Ward was sober; he .was the driver. I was the guard. I did not see plainly any signal when near Defford. I locked out and saw alight, but the stram from the engine d xeed i•. When I came to the stone bridge we j pas,:ed the it'd light. I was ten far off to give the driver a signal, without leaving my break. I had put on the break when I first thought 1 saw the light. It was very dark, and I could not see for steam. We cause in contact with something. I was not thrown off, but got off. I first sax James Baird, the foreman, come out from the trucks. lle was with Ward. (A certificate was here put in that Jas. Baird was unable to be re moved from the Gloucester Infirmary, he having rec,ived a concussion of the brain. Another certificate was put in with regard to William Manton, another sufferer at Pershore, who is getting better. ) I afterwards saw Ward Ding and groaning under some bars. I heard him groan twice, and he Well died. 1 afterwards saw another pet son, who was much scalded. Baird went back with the train to (ilo•icester. It appeared to me to be a dark night, but I was between two high trucks, and had a light. Although I could Lot see the signal for the steam, the driver might. ( A conversation here ensued as to the great desirableness of having some invention for communicating be tween the guard and driver ; but no such invention has yet been successful.) We were going very fast, but we were nearly half an hour behind the mail then. If Ward had seen the light even when at the stone bridge, he might, I think, have prevented any serious accident. A red light may be seen at a distance of four miles, as I have seen it at the Lickey. William Guest deposed-1 live at Cheltenham, and area con tractor. The deceased Alills died this morning. I saw him yesterday in bed at the Crown, in this village. I know nothing of the accident. Deceased was a carpenter, and was in the employ of myself and partner. His wife and one of his sons are come to fetch his body. (The order for burial was here handed to the witness. ) Mr. William Francis, surgeon, of Pershore, was next sworn. I was called in at Defford station about eleven o'clock on Sa , turday night. I found Mills cn a sofa in an inner room. He was scalded extensively on the face, breast, neck, and back. He was removed to the Crown, where I attended him in conjune• tinn with Mr. Davis and Mr. Niven. He died this mo•ning. The cause of death was the scalding. I a'so saw Ward when I went to the station. He was dead. I have examined his body, assisted by Mr. Marsh, of Upton. There were fractures or crushing% of the spine and pelvis sufficient to account for death. (The witness also described other horrible wounds.) Mr. James Dore, superintendent at Defford station, was next called. His evidence elicited no new fact in the testimony ad- duced. He corroborated the statement as to the geods train being unexpected, and also proved that the signals at Defford were most conspicuous at the time of its approach. Witness had known instances of the signals being d:sregarded ; but he always reported such instances, and the parties were discharged. Edward Shaw, the man who held the signal light at the bridge, said he was ordered to get a lamp and stop all trains ( owing up hill after ten o'clock, on account of the repairs going on. He did so, and was stationed near the bridge, towards Eckington. The goods train came up about twenty minutes, or half an hour, after the mail train. Witness saw it coming. Did not know the driver, as the engine went by very fast, without taking notice of the signal. Witness waved his light, "bobbed" it forward, and shouted doss to the engine, but all to no purpose. Witness also saw Murphy's light, and that oa the platform. The driver could not have helped seeing wit ness's light if he had been to king out. James Crawford, of Gloucester, locomotive foreman, deposed that on the night in question he hzd attached to the mail traits for Birmingham the extra lamp behind, which always denote* a special train to follow it. This was the whole of the evidence which could at present be obtained, and the Costostru then adjoutned the inquest at eight o'clock. DARING ABDUCTION OF A YoUTII BY BANDITTI.--- The commune of Saratena, in the island of Corsica, has been frightened from its propriety by the loll..wing bold act of brigandage. A boy named Pi-rre Marabotti, while walking in the square of the town, was told that a horse bad entered a field a short distance outsize the town, belonging to a relation, and proposed to another lad named Su-ini to go and catch it, which they accordingly did, and were leading it out olthe field, when two ferocious looking-man, with long carabines, and armed from top to toe, }.resented themselves from behind a fountain, and pointing their guns at the two boys, commanded them in an imperious tone, not to budge a step. They then seised Mara f Gifg r rni a orn t n maehn e de s b d cbei(Dr impossibility t i n : pis:oh : itablee.:l:wnbi Quarantine t a: went t n e i ? i tb d t t yp h : oioiednnf describe b fi osrean v : , ri e a . 1 adding,tbr. d lhnd , a l :1 d y s . the tie . sp s 3:e: Inspector, h it6:uoil a or t ,rf. botti, telling Susini he might go, but not to enter the town till night fall, on pain of death, and disappeared with Alarabottd through a dense thicket. Three days a ft erwards, on the 17th instant, a letter was Mound in the letter-box, addressed . to the as as ransom , securelyh i s concealed e w a o l e u d l d i n infal libly the father of Alarabotti, telling him that unless they received 5 ,000 forest of Cagna. The distress of the father, who finds himseh re duced to the necessity of sacr i fic i ng his off•pring, may be ima gined Grand Duke Ct,nstantine urrßed at Odessa s to h i s is M ß il o ia .a r l y n Cl ig o i v m e e ru ss o . r of Udessa, accom panied e s :le u )tfroi m r,e)nicg , iiba a eetod n eaTe d ,rawdr w ithbi l o t heu o rei,h,e i a s utxh Bessarabia.us frigate. I mmediately on his arrival, the Governor-General u passing the twenty-one days required by the quaranti n e 'the next day the and p N a e y w th ß el u r " re a :pect vesseli n t en r t o e d i ntends passing - I lIL s_.REAT BEITAIN.—The SUCCeFS we antici pated for the Great Britain when reporting her departure on her maiden ocean voyage has been fully realised. She left the Mersey, as our readers will remember, on the afternoon of the 26th of July ; and we learn by recent advices from New Yora that she arrived off that city at noon on the 10th ultimo, after a run of somewhat leis than fifteen days, during which she had to eorvend with contrary winds, cross seas, and dense fogs, and set but little canvass. We congratulate the projectors of the Great Britain upon the triumphant manner in which she has vindicated the sagacity which lcd them to adopt the then novel mode of construction anti propuLdon which she em bodies; and while, on the one hard, we think the Government and the town of Liverpool should support the men who have thus a si cond time led the way to an important advance in steam communication with foreign countries, we cannot re frain from again repowing the hope we fi:rmeily eapresed, that Captain llosken, the pioneer of the screw, will. receive on his return to Liverpool some testimonial to his metits.— Liverpool SIMPLE MODE or TUIIFYING WATEIL—Tt is not SO generally known as it ought to be, that pounded alum posses sea the property of purif)ing water. A table--:•oolitul of pulverist d alum sprinkled into a hogshead tit water .( the water stirred at the time) will, alter the lapse of a few hours. b./ , precipitating to the bottom the impure particles, so that it will be found to possess nearly all the freshness and clear • tress of the finest spring water. A pailful', containing four gallons, may be purified by a single teaspoonful. purifyi: I ri de De" Silo ' ,ell di,' ~: I