The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

• THE GAME-LAWS. (From th Times.) In the wor , it confusio=n3 of action and debate ft - 14n arise, every now and then, bold and clear-headed men, whose merit it is to marshal the sides, and show each what it is driving at. Through the misty twilight of half measures and undeveloped views they reveal the final questions at issue. Such a man is the lion. G. F. Berkeley, and such his function. When he writes a pamphlet on the game-laws, he knows what he is talking about. He sets before you what you =At hive, o r*nothing. He does not maintain the existing practice. That is absolutely indefensible — the ruin both of morals and of game. He gives it up entirely. The subject of his scientific admiration is a certain conceivable perfection of the sport, of which there are at present only a few splendid and encouraging examples. He is an Englishman and a sportsman. His plan is to identify these characters, to make the Englishman a sportsman, and England a well-stocked manor, and her laws striqtly and simply those of the chase. Some talk of corn, and some of cotton, and respectively stake the national welfare on the abundance of these se veral commodities. In that same sense, with even more of that totality of devotion, Mr. Berkeley is for game. A good head of game is prosperity. A favourable breeding time is a good harvest, and a brisk export trade as well. With plenty of bares and pheasants, what more can you possibly desire ? Without pledging ourselves to entire agreement, we are bound to add that he has a good deal to say for himself. But then the screw must be applied to every part of the present tax system ; and it is the writer's numerous bold and vivid illustrations of the game law screw which gives the practical character to his pamphlet. We will begin with the Crown. " The keeping and preservation of the Royal chase is now a farce, regarding it as a general system ; whereas, if properly done by, in the New Forest, the Crown might always have it at its disposal to afford nearly as wild and beautiful a ground for the stalking of the stag and fallow buck, within an easy distance of London, as in any part of Scotland." The rangers are easy old drones : fellows " who dcn't pay one sixpence to the preservation of a head of game," get the run of the forest by a license which costs 51. the first year, and a sovereign annually thereafter; these " pot-hunters," without land or conscience, kill hen pheasants and gray hens ; " Londoners" turn out their horses and cows " on the open lawns and sweet interstices of turf by the sides of the little streams, on which almost alone should feed the deer. The amount has generally been upwards of a hundred head of cattle and horses to every eight or ten head of deer." " Demoralisation" exists to a great extent in the other royal forests. The Forest of Dean, particularly, knows neither the rewards nor the punishments of the chase. Here then is work cut out for the Prince Consort. If he has not yet read, or forgotten the un quiet sepulture, and fatal legacies of the Conqueror, he can complete or restore his great work. The mud larking capitalists of Lincolnshire are winning a " Victoria county" from the sea ; why should we not balance with nature by giving back an Albert county to the forest ? From the Sovereign to the people. In Mr. Berke ley's magic mirror, every estate becomes a New Forest in miniature. Every parish he supposes to be blessed with at least the occasional presence of the manorial lord, the centre of his social system. Only provide game in every parish, and you are sure to have a resident gentleman, if not for the season, yet for an occasional battue. For two or three times, at the lowest estimate, half a dozen gentlemen, with servants to load their pieces, carts and sacks to carry their game, dogs of the best training, will descend, so to speak, from some higher sphere, some still more esoteric region of sport. The rura l multitude will assemble to honour the forestian divinities. Then is held the court of gamekeepers and assistants ; then watchers report the haunts of the game, and the counter machinations of poachers. That reprobate race receives then its proper penalties and discouragements, and flies abashed from the light of day. The progress begins. Scores of beaters sur round the covers, guard the belts, clear the planta tions. Proud are they to minister in ever so humble a capacity; proud as the little fag" is to " stop" tor the sixth form cricketer; though for the tedious hour all his sport is to smother the ball in a jacket. or re ceive the swifter ones on his face, or not less auscepti ble shins. What if the rustic underlings don't eve: see a single head of game, but only hear the valleys and see the loaded carts return home ; yet this is enough for them. For this annual treat they wil, not disturb the hare on its form, or wire its track, or touch the pheasant roosting in the copse almo , t within reach of their hands. They will be content with their place in the system, and learn the deep morals of sport. Only, says Mr. Berkeley—only do the thing with a high hand. Make it everything. Make it your world—ay, your world to come. Reward and punish. If the labourer brings an egg, a leveret, or a young bird, let him see he has brought it to the best market. " A labourer in the harvest-field never marked a bird for me while shooting, but that I gave him in his hour of toil wherewith to slake his thirst. The farm ing men are an observant and thinking class; they soon discover that they can take an honest as well as a dishonest interest in the game, and tecome aware that that which keeps a resident gentleman among them, must be for their good." But pints of beer are only the first elements of the system. From these preliminary seductions, you must raise the poor la bourer up the golden road of actual promotion : " A labourer, with a large family, at Harrold, entered my service; he is now a head-keeper in Gloucestershire. From the little villages of Teffunt and Chicksgrove and their vicinity, in Wiltshire, though I was at the Manor house but two•years, I first employed, and then removed and promoted, no less than ten men; some of them, of course, with families; and when I first knew them they were earning a hard subsistence of from 6s. to 7s. a-week. I recur to this fact with heartfelt satisfaction; for I feel that in following my sports and pleasures I have not done so with a selfish desire that led to no one's benefit but my , own; and, besides, it gives me an opportunity of proving that the game-laws are beneficial. In those two years of my residence at Teffont the two worst characters of the village, whose presence and habits corrupted others, were obliged to fly the country, and the fathers of several large families, with their sons, have been advanced from poverty to comparative affluence for their lives; and this solely and entirely arising under the laws for the preservation of game. " One of these men is the present head-keeper under Mr. Bailey, the Member for Worcester ; another, his father, was lately one of the bead-keepers at Char borough-park ; another son is under keeper at Sir Edward Butler's near Southampton ; another son is under-keeper at Mr. Frogley's, in Surrey; and a fourth son is at present in my service. The head-keeper at Mr. Frogley's came from Teffont. The head-keeper at llolnest-house, in Dorsetihire, came from the vicinity of Teffont; and the head-keeper and the footman at present in my service came from the same place. " Now here is a practical result, and that, too, arising from very small means : let us proceed with it. Here, in the vicinity of Beacon lodge, much the same circum stances have been enacted over again, with this differ ence, that from the lamentable state of demoralisation to which I have before alluded, from the non-enforcement of the Game-laws, in which I found the labouring po pulation ; though my residence here has been about six years instead of two, the promotions I have been able to effect from this vicinity have been far less. Since I have been here I have placed out three men ; one of them is the head-keeper at Sir Edward Buller's, the other is one of the head keepers at Berkeley Castle, and the other an under-keeper at Charhorough Park." Here is indeed " a practical result." Virtue be comes its own reward. What other system can boast such certain advancement ? But if Mr. Berkeley can produce these " facts," these few facts, out of his own limited experience, what must follow if every country gentleman did the same ? " You cannot rob me of such facts as these," he exclaims in answer to speculative cavillers. What is the prospe rity of some must be the prosperity of all, as far as the system is carried. Here is the true path of England's greatness. There remain some few consi derations--manor ones in Mr. Berkeley's eyes—the subsidiary , means and ways of the system—how it is n* to be ca, out, and how the various parts of the social fabric• must be brought to bear. BA:r "-iT CREWE.—The Grand Junction Com pany have erected baths near their works for the use of their workme n . W e hi g hl y approve o f t hi s , as there is nothing so conducive to health and comfort as cleanliness of person. Nine -tenths of the diseases to which Eng lishmen are at p if res e e e n r t e suhlect, " would take their wings and fly away," men would only habituate themselves to general nt ablution tY at least twice a week. The Grand Junction Companydeserves great credit for having constructed the baths, which are opposite the doors of their extensive workshops, l avail we have no doubt their intelligent workmen will themselves of the convenience. The proverb tliat w p ou se m es be e leanliness next to godliness is a good one, and ap propriate over every entrance to a bath. t ) hear that there are no " unw Railway Chronicle. "unwashed" at e helo:proe:seo._onA Na'w TRlCK.—During one of the late fogs, a gentleman was passing down Lord-street at an early hour of the evening, and was knocked against, no doubt de signedly, by a fellow who came rushing towards him, and whose hat fell off at the instant. The gentleman, supposing that the collision was partly acciden tal, and occasioned by the extreme density of the fog. begged the fellow's pardon for having been unable to get out of his Way in sufficient time, and then kindly begun to search about the footpath for his hat, which was nowhere discernable. " Oh!" said the fellow, in the coolest manner possible, after having waited a few moments, "it makes no matter ; this will do as well;" end immediately he seized the gentleman's hat, darted off through the thickest of the fog, and was wholly out of sight before he had gone six paces. The gentle man, after a diligent search, discovered the fellow's hat in the middle of the street, and found that it was a " shocking bad" one, with a large hole in the crown, with the leaf shorn of half its original proportions, and wort h, altogether, about twopence. The gentleman's hat, which had so taken its departure, was a new one, of the best descrine ce.___Liverpoo/ Albion. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. 1 world, are taxed on an equal ratio with realised pro- SOIITIIAMPTON,_ SUNDAY.—The Medway, Royal perty , which, at the decease of its present possessor, mail steam-ship, llicha4 Rivett, commander, arrived ,is available for the support of his family. This this afternoon, at half-pist four o'clock, with the usual ; view of the question is demonstrative of the in mails, which will be dispatched by the two o'clock ; equitable distribution of the tax. This has been re- A.M. train. ; peatedly urged. It is, obviously, an argument with Her dates of departure are from Demerara 21st ; which Sir Robert Peel dught to be pressed. December, Trinidad 17th, Jamaica, 23d, Barbadoes 21st, Grenada 24th, St. Thomas's 31st, and Fayal 13th of January. The Medway had a remarkably fine passage, with the exception of the last two or three days. She is only nineteen days from St. Thomas's, and has ar rived here one day before she was due. The Medway brings the following passengers : Major Rowland, R.A., and family; Mr. White; Lieutenant Sillock, 48th Regiment; Mr. Lambton, Mr. Steinkoff, Mr. Cruickshank, Mr. Daveson, Mr. Hutson, Mr. and Mrs. Knox, Mr. Cipriani, Mr. Robert Lake, Capt. Dring, r. Valdez, Mr. Belligny, Mr. Le Febre, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cooper, Mr. De Vera and servant, Mr. Rodrigues, and M. Francisco : also three shipwrecked seamen belonging to the schooner Truelove, from Berbice, with a general cargo, wrecked off Guadeloupe ; and the captain a nd 13 others from the brig John Naylor, which was totally lost off Fayal. The Medway brings on freight 2,235 ounces of i gold, 518 oz. of gold dust, and 8001. in British silver. The Teviot, Captain Allen, arrived at Barbadoes, from Southampton on the 21st December, Grenada on the 24th, and proceeded to St. Thomas's with the Windward Island mails for the Medway. She took in coals at St. Thomas's, and was to proceed to Porto Rico. The Tay left Grenada on the 25th for Jamaica, Havannah, and Mexico. The Medway does not bring any news of import ance. The fever is represented to have been very bad amongst the civilians at Jamaica, and was still raging when the Medway left. Mr. Freeman, Collector of Customs at Kingston, had had a severe attack, and was not expected to recover. The military, generally speaking, had escaped, and the whole of the troops were healthy. The weather had been ex tremely hot, and one of the passengers, who had re sided nearly twenty years on the island, informed us he never remembered it so oppressive in the month of December. The Swift, of Glasgow, left Fayal, with,a cargo of fruit, for Southampton, on the 13th inst. The brig John Naylor, Captain Orr, reported above as having been totally lost off Fayal, was from Ichaboe, with a full cargo of guano, and belonged to the port of Liverpool. She was 283 tons register, and was in sured for 2,0001. In consequence of losing her rudder, she put into the island of Ascension, having previously thrown upwards of 100 tons of her cargo overboard to lighten her. The brig made Fayal on the 21st of December, and endeavoured to enter the harbour, but in consequence of her dis abled state, the captain could not effect his object. On the 22d she bore up, the wind blowing a strong gale, and endeavoured to get to the leeward of St. George's Island, and on the following day was running down the land when her temporary steering machinery gave way, on the lar board side, and the vessel immediately canted with her head on shore. Captain Orr, thinking to save her, let go anchors, but seeing no chance of doing so, ordered the boat out, and got eight of the hands, who were dreadfully ill of the scurvy, in first, and then made for the shore, a heavy sea running, with a tremendous surf. The landing was most difficult, and one poor fellow, in his anxiety to save himself, jumped into the water to swim for his life, and was drowned. The captain, on the boat striking, was violently thrown on the beach, and was much cut and bruised. Three others died on the same night from exhaustion and exposure to the cold. The vessel drove on shore on the 24th, and became a total wreck. The weather was so boisterous that it was impossible to get to her, and consequently everything was lost. The captain reports that there were upwards of 400 ships at Ichaboe when he left, loading and wait ing for their turn. He supposes by this time t he guano iA pretty well exhausted. We feel a pleasure in publishing the loth-wing !estimonial from the passengers of the Medway to Captain Rivett, the more especially this being the first voyage of that gi.ntlAnan as a :!ommander in the service of the Royal flail Com p mv. It must also be a gratifying cireuntsfanc? .he Directory to find their officers spoken of in such terms of praise, and cornpli,oentary to themselves for :he very excellent and liberal manner in which the t)assengers are entertained on board these splendid LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUEI-s, Jan. 20. Sittings at Nisi rrius. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE, and a Middlesex Common Jury.) • His LORDSHIP disposed of six undefended causes. CIIRLEWIS V. PAGE. This was an action of detinue , to recover from the de fendant the entire of certain goods mentioned in the de claration. Mr. Jervietand Mr. E. James were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant. The plaintiff, in this action was a tailor, carrying on business in Hanovet•itreet, Hanover-square. Some years ago he had . kept four horses at Mr. Page's, a training groom at Epsom, and on his death, in 1843, con tinued one of them, at his widow's, the present defendant. The others were sent , to a training groom in Hampshire, and were supplied by defendants with two sets of cloths. About this time Mrs. Page opened a boarding-house at Epsom for which she required some additional furniture. She then wrote to the plaintiff and requested his assis tance for this purpose, a Mr. Codrington having arrived at her house for whom it was engaged. Plaintiff ac cordingly sent several articles to her, among which were a table, chairs, sofa, pictures, bed, some bedding, &c. It was in respect of these that the present action was brought. Defendant pleaded that the goods were not the property of the plaintiff. Mr. WoanswonTn addressed the jury on her behalf, and called several witnesses to prove tha tthe goods sent by plaintiff from Hanover-street and from Wandsworth, and which he had valued at 4/. and 10/. respectively, were of a very , inferior description, and not worth more than 4/, or 51. altogether. There was a lady residing at defendant's, a Mrs. Carr, whom plaintiff was in the habit of visiting. She was confined there, and her nurse bad not been paid in fall. Mrs. Carr told plaintiff when she came down on one occasion, that she had given the sofa to the nurse. Plaintiff acquiesced in the propriety of the step, and the sofa was afterwards sold at one sovereign. Evidence was also given to show that an agreement had been made in the month of August, to which the plaintiff was a party, in virtue of which, the goods were passed to a Mrs. Bartlett, his cook. The Learned BARON briefly summed up the case to the jury, who immediately found a verdict for the defendant. HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN THE FORTH. At the meeting of the Society of Arts on Monday, Captain Boswell, of Wardie, read a paper on har bours of refuge, pointing out the necessity of con structing one on the east coast of Scotland, in the Firth of Forth, or some other eligible situation. lle referred to the vast number of shipwrecks an nually, and stated that, since Ist November last, 500 sail of vessels had been driven up the Firth by stress of weather. The works of the harbour, he thinks, should consist of three solid breakwaters of stone, from 75 to 100 feet in breadth at the base, rising a little above the high-water level, and perforated at the bottom with small arches.. Two of the breakwaters should run out right seaward to the extent of a mile, and be united at their extremities by another two-thirds of a mile in length. They would inclose a apace of 314 acres, which he proposes to divide into two harbours—the one next the shore for coasters and steamers, with 12 to 14 feet at low-water, the outer harbour with 28 to 30 feet. Each harb our to have an entrance 200 feet wide, but the two to communicate. A bat tery could be erected, if necessary, on the outer breakwater, for the protection of the shipping in time of war. The idea of introducing arches was sug gested to Capt. Boswell by an examination of ancient Roman moles in the Mediterranean. They are made small in order that the breakwater may not be unduly weakened, and their use is to scour the harbours by the action of the tide, and prevent the deposit of silt, which takes place in tranquil recesses of the sea. A wooden gangway or wharf, like the new pier at Leith, surmounts the break-water. The expense of the works is estimated at 600,000/., while the area and depth are equal to those of the projected harbours of refuge at Dover, which will cost 2,000,0001. The paper was illustrated by a large and beautiful model of the work, which excited general admiration.—Scotsman. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Between the hours of half-past nine on the night of the 17th, and nine on the morning of the 18th, agreat deal of property was stolen from the shop of Mr. Gibbs, who resides at No. 78, King William-street. Mr. Gibbs appeared yesterday at the justice-room and stated that he had lost the following articles :-35 yards of superfine wool-dyed black cloth ; 25 ditto, ditto ; 15 black doe skin ; 20 ditto, ditto; 12 ditto, ditto, rifle green cloth ; 12 ditto, blue broad cloth ; 12 ditto, black single twilled kerseyneere ; 15 ditto, black satin ; 10 ditto, ditto, inferior quality ; 12 pieces fancy bandannas, about ve in each piece ; 50 fancy satin scarfs ; 20 black ditto ; 20 pieces fancy black satin neckerchiefs ; 20 trouser pieces of mixed doe skins; 16 fancy cashmere scarfs. Mr. Gibbs yesterday appeared at the Mansion houie for the purpose of complaining that the City police must either have been perfectly acquainted with the stratagem laid for the plunder of the house, or most glossly negligent of the ordinary police duty. The house had, he said, been robbed amidst the whole business of the police. Inspector Hamilton, a very active and intelligent officer, stated that the premises had been quietly en tered by means, as far as he could ascertain, of a skeleton key. The lock of the door was merely a common spring lock, and was capable of being opened witli any key. Mr. Gibbs said the lock was one of the very best description. It was, in fact, of such a kind, that upon one c;ecasion when the key was lest, it was necessary to eipploy a smith to wrench the lock off. The LORD Mayo& said he shou'.d make particular inquiry into the case. Margaret Murphy and her son were brought up, charged with having robbed Mr. Moses, the cele brated tailor of Aldgate, of considerable sums of money.—They were remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday, R )wland, the warrant-officer, reported to the magistrate the result of inquiries he had been directed to make relative to an appalling case of be reavement and distress, which had taken place in the family of a poor weaver named Ney, living in Ridge's fields, Twig Folly, near Old Ford. Mr. Broughton's attention was first directed to the :am. on Saturday last by Mr. Harvey, a schoolmaster :n Bethnal-green. who waited upon the magistrate and stated that the object of his solicitude, a man of most industrious habits and excellent character, had by close and indefatigable labour contrived creditably to support a wife and numerous family, amounting to eight children, all of whom lived with him at home and were in perfect health, until about three weeks since, when they were attacked by a malignant fever, whose ravages had swept no less than six of the chil dren to the grave. The man was actuated by such feelings of honest pride aid independence, that he had steadily refused to accept any- assistance from the parish to defray the medical and funeral expenses of his unfortunate family, and his slender finances had been so thoroughly drained by his sudden misfortune, that he was now reduced to a state of the greatest want and wretchedness. The applicant added, that he had satisfied himself by personal investigation of the truth of the statement he was making, and felt it to be a case that urgently demanded the most prompt and effectual assistance. _ _ "Royal Mail Company's steamer Medway, Jan. 18, 1b45. "Dear Sir,—Our voyage from the West Indies being near its termination we, the undersigned passengers on board the Medway, under your charge, beg to express our high sense of the great attention which we in common have received from you and your officers while on board. " The table has been most amply and luxuriously fur nished, the attendance good, and every means on your part adopted that could tend to our comforts ; but it is not for these alone that we have to tender you our kindest thanks; your unremitting attention to the duties of the ship under your charge had given us such confidence in your skill as a seaman as contributed greatly to the pleasure and happiness of our voyage. " It will at all times afford us pleasure to hear of your welfare and prosperity; and we beg to subscribe our selves, dear sir, yours very faithfully, &c." (Here follow the signatures of the passengers.) On hearing the above statement, Mr. BROUGHTON _mmediately directed Rowland to proceed to the man's house and inquire into the facts of the case, and, handing the officer a sovereign, ordered him to appropriate it to the relief of the most pressing wants of the family. Rowland yesterday reported to the magistrate that he had been to the house of the weaver, and had found the unfortunate creatures in the exact condition that had been represented by the benevolent person who had brought the circumstances to light. He had ascertained that the disease of which the poor children had died was scarlet fever, terminating in dropsy ; four of the family were not only dead, but buried al ready; and, in addition to two other children who were now :lying in the house dead in their coffins, another child, making the seventh victim to the disease, was in such a dangerous state as to preclude all hope of its recovery. In consequence of their incessant attendance upon their children, the father and mother had been wholly unable to pursue their occupation ever since the family had been attacked by the fever, and were reduced to the greatest distress ; and from the hopeless condition of the other child, and the mental and physical debility of the parents, there did not appear much likelihood of their being able to resume work for some time to come. He had learned that one of the neighbours, who pitied their con dition, had reported the circumstances of the case to Mr. Christey, the relieving overseer of Bethnal green, and that that gentleman, on being ap prised of the facts, had given then his prompt attention, and directed that they should receive ss. per week till something better could be done for them ; but so small an amount of assistance was wholly inadequate to meet their situation, and the father ex pressed the strongest repugnance to permit his chil dren to be buried like paupers at the expense of the parish, and was determined to undergo any privation rather than submit to such an alternative. Rowland added, that, n otwithstanding the distress of the family and the awful calamity that had befallen them, their little place exhibited the greatest order and ' cleanlinesi, and.that both the man and his wife were much esteemed irpthe neighbourhood, and everywhere described. as a 'sober; industrious, and honest couple. Mr. BeoucieToNf_said he was pleased to hear that such was the case; lied 'directed the officer not to lose sight of the unfortunate family, but to render them what further assistance he might consider urgently requisite under the trying circumstances in which they were placed. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Augustus Joseph Hope, grandson to Dr. Hope, late surgeon of the Dreadnought, was charged with robbing the till of Mr. Rowland Alger, grocer, of Cannon-street-road, in whose service he had been as an assistant. The prisoner, on coming of age, would be entitled to the sum of 1,000/., with several other considerable expectancies. It appeared, that the lad Hope came into com plainant's employment about three weeks ago, and circumstances occurred which induced a suspicion that all was not right as to his conduct. On Satur day some money was marked and thrown into the till. On the following day Mr. Alger asked him what money he had about him, upon which he pro duced a shilling, and said that was all. On being pressed to search his pockets further, the prisoner produced Is. and 4d. more in silver. Mr. Alger then said, he suspected him of being a dishonest lad, and asked if he had any copper money on him ? He steadily persisted he had not, but on a further search 4s. 11d. in copper, together with a corkscrew belonging to complainant, was found in his pocket. Seven of the penny pieces exhibited the marks put on them on Saturday. Complainant believed the whole of the money found on the prisoner to be his, and he was satisfied 1001. would no t cover the losses which he had sustained in the same way during the last twelve months. The prisoner in his defence told the story he had previously told to the constable when taken into custody—namely, that the money found on him was given to him by his friends. Ile accounted for his possession of the marked copper pieces by admitting that he took them from the till to pay in to a penny ravings'-bank in the neighbourhood , but he always put back the amount in silver of any coppers so taken. The lad was committed to Newgate for trial at the n' Central Criminal Court. THE SHAP WICK MURDERS. ,NQUEST ON THE BODY OF HENRY FREE- MAN, HUSBAND OF SARAH FREE ',IAN. SIIAPWICK, FRlDAY.—lmmediately on the termi nation of the inquest on the child of Sarah Freeman, the jury proceeded to investigate the facts relative to the death of Henry Freeman, who died about Christ mas, 1843; the result of which was that the jury again returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Sarah Freeman." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The proposal to inflict an income-tax on the nation, as a means of meeting the deficiency of the revenue in 1841, was a bold measure of finance. It took the country by surprise. The silence which en sued was not acquiescence—it was the effect of asto nishment. When the public mind had recovered from the amazement which had been produced by the coup d'etat of the newly-installed Minister, the dishonesty and iniquity of the proposed tax were denounced ; and the insult and injury which the obnoxious impost would inflict on the classes whose incomes were de rived from professions and trades, were loudly complained of. The question, whether the tax shall be allowed to expire, or shall be con tinued for a longer period, will necessarily be considered in the next session of Parliament. The three years certain, for which it was ori ginally imposed, will then expire. The Budget of 1845 will be framed either on the continuance of the tax, in its present shape, for at least two more years —on a modification of its present scale—or on the principle of allowing it to expire at the termination of the three years; viz., in October, 1845. If the country be not prepared for an extension of the tax for two more years—with a high probability of being then re warded for its patient submission to vexatious inquiries into private affairs, and injurious abstractions from contingent profits and salaries, by a further continuance of the impost—the present is the most appropriate time for action. The organs of public opinion are especially hound, at the present time, to employ their powers to rouse the public mind to a sense of its position with re ference to this tax, and to endeavour to bring the legitimate exercise of that power to bear upon the Government and the Legislature. An income and property-tax is too productive to be spontaneously parted with by any Ministry. Five millions of an nual revenue, collected with comparative ease, places a large sum at the disposal of the Govern ment, and thus enables it to carry out many desirable schemes of its own. There is, there fore, little chance of the Minister of the day coming down to Parliament, and making the grati fying communication that, out of their abundant grace and favour, her Majesty's Ministers had deter mined on removing the property and income-tax from the shoulders of the people. There must be a " pressure from without"—an " i m p a ti ence o f taxation ;" which, though it may be designated "ig norance" by the Ministry, whom it disturbs and an noys, will eventually succeed. With a good grace, or with indiscreet indications of having yielded to th e very influence it affects to desp ise, the Government will give up the obnoxious tax to the demands of the country, and the " ignorant impatience" of the people will be rewarded with success. We are not, how ever, disposed to advocate the absolute and entire repeal of the income and property-tax. The finances of the country will not justify the removal of the entire tax. If the five millions derived from this source of revenue were to be abandoned, the deficiency which would be thus caused must be sup plied from other sources. The imposition of other duties, difficult to be discovered, and the levying of which would be productive of embarrassment and in • jury to the trade and commerce of the country, would be the consequence. This w ill induce the Legislature to refuse its sanction to an immediate abolition of the tax, and will prevail with the considerate part of the community to concur in its decision. A calm and temperate view of the question w ill lead to a property might that the tax on landed and f un ded m ight be advantageously retained— th oug h on a scale more equitably adjusted than that on b which these descriptions of property are now assessed. The tax on income derived from trades or professions, as at present computed and assessed, should be given up. It involves an inequitable distribution of the tax. In comes, which may cease in a moment, and the family of the indieidual be cast without resource upon the A cast of the head of the lamented General Nott has been taken by Mr. J. D. Francis, preparatory to a. bust, which is understood to be in course of pr( paration. It is replet , with character, and has given much satisfac tion.— Cambrian. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUAItY 21, 184 t. MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING. We have to record anothei• death by drowning, which took place on Friday evening last. It appears that about half-past five o'clock, a launch, belonging to Mr. Macey, left the Commercial wharf, Old Victualling-office, Plymouth, to proceed up Catwater for the purpose of conveying one hun dred and twenty-three pads, containing about one hun dred mackerel each, on board the Royal William steam-packet, Captain Swainson, then on the point of starting for London. The launch was in charge of Joseph Navaro, Joseph Ponsford, John Cockrem, and another ; there were also on board Mr. J. H. Thorn, landlord of the Brunswick Inn, Ply mouth, part owner of the fish ; Thomas Gilpin, his assistant; and William Alcock Lafont, a young man going by the Royal William to Wool wich, to join her Majesty's steam-frigate Rattler, as purser's steward. When the launch reached the most exposed part of Cat water, the wind, which was blowing strong from the S.W., suddenly in creased, and the lee gunwale of the boat went under water. It was extremely dark, and those on board were unconscious of the fact that she was fast filling. During the time she took to heel over, they managed to get on the weather side, and on her turning, they secured themselves by the keel. Here they remained about half an hour, but as the pads of mackerel became disengaged, there was a chance of the boat righting, which made their situ ation more perilous than otherwise. In conse quence of this apprehension, Mr. Thorn, who was a very good swimmer, attempted to make for the shore, but being encumbered by his coat, he was no doubt speedily drowned. The cries of the people were at lenwh heard by the crew of the Maltese b Irque Sarah, whose commander, Capt. Cafferero, sent a boat. which succeeled in picking them off, and conveyed I them safely to Plymouth. The launch is calculated to cerry ten tons dead weight ; the fish were about five tons. She, however, is rather sharp beilt, and beioo crank under canvas, it is feared she had toe much sail for the kind of goods with which she was laden. A pumping engine is fixed amidships, the weight of which contributed to keep her bottom up. After the men left she righted, and drifting on the rocks beat two holes in her bottom. All the pads, except two, were washed ashore en the beach, and the fish are little damaged. Mr. Thorn was well known, he was about thirty-seven years of age, and for a length of time re sided in Cornwall-street, in this borough. He was a devoted and fearless fisherman ; and a persevering, industrious, and highly respectable tradesman. He has left a widow and two children to lament their bereavement.—Devonport Telegraph. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A COAL-PIT.—On Wednesday last, a fatal accident occurred to one of the workmen employed at the coal-mines, belonging to Mr. Fitzgerald, at Pendleton. It will be recollected that some time ago these mines were filled with water, in consequence of which the works were stopped. In November last, operations were commenced to dislodge the water, and workmen have been employed in the task ever since. Between nine and ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, two labourers, named Pt ter Boardman and Thos. Jones, were at work in the pit, at the depth of from eighty to ninety yards from the top, when, from some cause whieh is not known, Boardman fell through an aperture of eighteen inches in width, at the side of the scaffold on which he was standing, and was drowned in about two feet of water which covered another scaffold below. Just before he fell, the deceased had handed a nail to his com panion, who was suspended in the noose of a rope two or three yards above the scaffold, and who immediately afterwards heard a rushing noise. He called to the de ceased, but received no answer, on which he gave a signal to the men at the top to lower him to the scaf fold, which was immediately done, and he there found the deceased's hat, but was not able to see him. He was shortly afterwards found immersed as above stated, and quite dead. On Friday Mr. Rutter, the county coroner, held an inquest on the body, at Pendlebury, when the above circumstances were stated in evidence ; but no reason could be assigned for the deceased's falling, un less he had done so in a fit, it appearing from the state ment of his mother, that he had been subject to fits. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. He was 30 years of age, and unmarried.—Manchester Guardian. MODE OF PREPARING FIRE-PROOF PAINT.— A quantity of the best quicklime is selected, and slacked with water in a covered vessel ; when the slacking is complete, water, or skimmed milk, or a mixture of both, is added to the lime, and mixed up with it to the con sistence of cream. When milk is not used, a solution of rice paste is employed, which may be obtained by boiling eight pounds of rice to every hundred gallons of paint. When the creamy liquor is prepared, alum, potash, and common salt are added, in the pro portion of twenty pounds of alum, fifteen pounds of potash, and a bushel of ‘alt, to every hundred gallons of the paint. If the paint is to be white, six pounds of prepared plaster of Paris and the same quantity of fine white clay are added to the above pro portions of the other ingredients. All these ingredients being mingled, the mixture is strained through a fine sieve, and then ground in a colour-mill. When roofs are to be covered, or when crumbling brick walls are to be coated, flue white sand is mixed with the paint, in the proportion of one pound to ten gallons of paint ; this addition being made with a view to giving the ingredient a binding or petrifying quality. In applying this paint, except in very warm weather, it is prepared in ahot state; and in very cold weather precautions are necessary to prevent it from freezing. Three coats of this paint aro deemed in most cases sufficient. In another variety of this paint oil is the chief liquid ingredient. To pre pare it forty gallons of boiled linseed oil are mixed with slacked lime to the consistence of a paint; and to this are added two pounds of alum, one pound of potash, and eight pounds of common salt; or good wood-ashes may be substituted for the potash. This paint is used in the same manner as other paint; and any colour may be ob tained by adding the usual pigments to the composition. The above is the composition of a Mr. Louis Pambecuf, who first made it known in America.—The Builder. TILE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.—The following is copied verbatim et literatim from a poor's-rate assess ment in Anglesey :—" We the Chirgewartens and Over sirs of the Boor of the baris of decleare the Sev ral Partiler Spicfied in the Rectud Colurn of the above Read To be true And correct so for as we bin able Ascer tacion to which we have well use our besd Entevor. Chirgewardence. -} Oversairs." —Carnarvon Herald. THE STATE OF PUNCH'S REVENUE.—Contempora neous with the official returns of last year's public re venue, Punch has been looking into his own, which is highly satisfactory. Without goint , into figures, we may announce a steady increase in the colsumption of jokes ; which leads to the gratifying inference that persons who have hitherto been utterly destitute of fun have been able to enjoy the luxury. The reserved fund (of humour) which Punch has at command is promising for the year that has just commenced ; and on making up our books at the (lid of the twelvemonth, we trust the returns will be as satisfactory as usual.—Punch. PUBLIC RECORDS OF AMERICA.—The Legislature of the State of New York have directed the trustees of the State Library belonging to that city, in consideration of a valuable acknowiedp,rment from this country, to transmit annually to the Commissioners of Public Re cords here copies of the American session laws, &c. Nearly 200 volumes o r these recor ds of the United States arrived a few days since in a vessel from New York, ad dressed to "The Commissioners of Public Records of Great Britain," and will be delivered to that depart mei in pursuance of directions from the proper authorities, without payment of the usual duties on foreign books, being for the public service. Lord Stanley left town yesterday on a visit to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT, --- - MANCHESTER, MONDAY.—This morning a young man, named Evan Prince, whose connexions are highly respectable, was brought up at the Bofeugh Court, before Daniel Maude, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate, charged with having embezzled the large sum of 3,5001. from his employer, Mr. Daniel Per cival, woollen draper, of King-street, in this town. No suspicion had attached to the prisoner until lately, and then it originated not with his employer, but in another quarter; and Mr. Beswick, the chief superintendent of police, made a communication to Mr. Percival before Christmas. No steps were taken to apprehend the prisoner until Friday last, when Mr. Beswick sent Mrs. Chell, the wife of the keeper of the Town-hall, with 21. 12s. 6d. in marked money to Mr. Percival's shop, with instructions to purchase some cloth from the prisoner. Mrs. Chell did as she was directed, andlook the cloth to Mr. Beswick, who then sent Mrs. Chell's daughter with marked gold and silver, to the amount of three guineas, to pur chase a further quantity of cloth. She bought six yards of cloth, and gave the prisoner the money, and had just left the shop when Mr. Beswick entered; and the prisoner, knowing him, said " Can I serve you with anything ?" Mr. Beswick told him that he wished to speak to him in private, and went with him into the counting-house, where Mr. Percival was waiting. Mr. Beswick then told him that he was suspected of robbing his employer, and he must be searched. In his pockets were found 71. in gold, and 1/. in silver. Two of the sovereigns were identified by Mr. Beswick as part of the money which he bad given to Mrs. Chell and her daughter. The prisoner was then taken into custody, and Mr. Beswick pro ceeded to his lodgings, and in his bed-room found gold and silver to the amount of 1501. This discovery was mentioned to the prisoner, who admitted that he had robbed his employer to a serious amount, alleging that he was ill, and as it was not likely that he would be able long to follow his business, he had re solved to make a provision for himself. Mr. Bes wick then told him that he had reason to suppose that he had a considerable sum of money at Chester and in Wales. The prisoner ad mitted the fact, and said that his banking-book was at his father's house at Mold, and that it would be found in a hat-box under his sister's bed. Mr. Bes wick, accompanied by Mr. :Percival, at once pro ceeded to Mold, and apprised the prisoner's father, who is a draper, &c., there, of the object of their visit. The old gentleman declared his entire ignor ance of anything wrong. The bed-room of the daughter was searched, but no hat-box could be found. In the cellar, however, a savings'-bank book was found, from which it appeared that the prisoner had 1431. 13s. lid. in the Mold Savings' -bank. Upon making further inquiry, it was found that the pri soner's hat-box had been sent by his sister to the house of a gentleman named Hancock, in Mold, and was in the possession of that gentleman's servant. Mr. Beswick and Mr. Percival at once went to Mr. Hancock's, and having obtained possession of the hat box opened it, and found in it 500/. in gold, wrapped up in various papers; banking books containing a statement of deposits by the prisoner at the North and South Wales Bank, Mold; the Royal Bank or Liverpool, Messrs. Devon and Wardle's, and Messrs. Granvilles, at Chester ; a mortgage deed and a pro missory note for 70/. The following is a list of the amounts recovered, and expected to be recovered, nearly all of which the prisoner has acknowledged to having embezzled : Upon the prisoner's person In his drawer, at his lodgings. In hat-box In the Royal Bank of Liverpool 873 14 1 At Dixon, Wardle, and Co.'s Bank, Chester At W. Granville and Brothers' Bank, Chester North and South Wales Bank, Mold, Sept. 7, 1844 Mold Savings' Bank, from Feb. 7, 1838, to January, 1844 . . . . 143 13 1 i Promissory note of Thomas Edwards, dated Sept. 7, 1844 Mortgage deed of John Hughes.. ..... Total •.. •.• ..... • • ••••, .....£3,516 1 6 The ..bove facts were stated in evidence by M. Beswick, Mrs. Chen, her daughter, and Mr. Perci val, and tIK , priioner, who &dined saying anything in his defence, was fully committed to the _assizes for trial, It appears that Mr. Percival was not in the habit of taking stock, and had little suspicion of what was going on. POISONING AT UXBRIDGE. COMMITTAL OF THE ACCUSED. Yesterday Thomas Dickman was brought up for final examination before Messrs. R. H. Cox and T. T. Clark. Frederick William Shouring examined—l am a shoemaker, and live in the house of the prisoner's mo ther. The prisoner frequently visits his mother. I and my brother, who lives with me, are in the habit of using oxalic acid in our business, to take stains out of the soles of boots. We have only had two separate pennyworths since we lived ; ,there, the first about eight weeks ago, and the • second, about midday on the day (Wednesday) on which this occurrence took place. Police- constable Beechey, TlB2, examined—Shortly before five o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday last I received information that the prisoner had been seen to enter his mother's, house, and I immediately went there and found him. with his mother at tea. I told him I wanted him about the poisoning of his wife and child. The prisoner said he was innocent, and asked me to allow him to go to his wife's lodgings before I took him to the station-house. I went with him to his wife's lodgings, accompanied by the witness Shouring. The prisoner saw his wife, and said to her, "You've done a fine thing for me." That was all that passed. On the way to the station I heard the prisoner say to Shouring, " I have done it ; can you tell me which way to get out of it ?" I asked Shouring what the prisoner meant by what I had heard him say, and Shouring said he did not know, but he thought the prisoner meant the marriage with his wife. Shouring recalled—Recollected the prisoner saying " I have done it ; can you tell me which way to get out of it ?" but thought he meant the observation to apply to his marriage with his wife. The prisoner had before asked my advice about his wife, as she had sent him to prison for deserting her, and I told him to go for a soldier. I cannot take upon myself to swear that the prisoner mentioned the word marriage in any way. Beechey recalled—l swear most positively that the prisoner in no way mentioned anything about his marriage which could have induced the last witness to consider his observations to apply to that. Mr. William Rayner examined—l am a surgeon, living at Uxbridge. I received from Inspector Cooke, on Thursday last, about midday, the sugar, as he has stated. I tasted it in the first instance, and found it extremely acid, but I could then form no opinion of what acid it was. I have since subjected the same sugar to analysis. I discovered by that analysis oxalic acid in the relative proportion of one to twenty-five parts. Every test I have applied proved the existence of oxalic acid. By the MAGISTRATES—There is no certainty as to how small a quantity of oxalic acid would destroy life. I do not think that a spoonful of sugar mixed, one part of oxalic acid to twenty-five parts of sugar, would de stroy life in an adult, but it would in an infant. Had the wife taken a second or a third cup of the coffee, with a teaspoonful of the sugar in it mixed in the proportions of one to 25 parts, I consider that it would endanger the life of an adult person. The MAGISTRATE asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything in answer to the charge The prisoner, with great vehemence, said, " I wish to say nothing at all. My counsel is not here, and if he was I should not be committed." The prisoner was then committed to Newgate for trial. NANTYGLO IRON Woßßs._One of the largest sheet rolling machines in South Wales has been started at these works. The engine is on a peculiar principle, working expansively. Three sets of rolls are now in operation with shears, punching machines, and saws. Two more sets are to be got ready as soon as poisible, and when they are " aiding and assisting," they will greatly increase the make of iron. This splendid me chanical instrument has been designed and erected under the immediate inspection of Crawshay Bailey, Esq. ; it acts admirably. When finished, the expense of the erec tion will not be less than 26,0001.—Cambrian. CLASS LAW-MASING.—We need only give two short and simple instances to show how the landholders have made laws for themselves. A carrier pays assessed taxes, I Is. for his horse, and Bs. 9d. for his dog; but the farmer pays not one farthing for either his ride horse or dog. The carrier pays turnpike toll for conveying goods, but the farmer pays not one farthing toll for manure, draining-tiles, &c., &c. This " class ' law-making has been for the purpose of enabling the farmer (at the ex pense of others) the better to pay his rent. Landholders' tricks are now plainly seen, and they have, by those tricks,_ placed themselves in no e nviable p osition. A SORROWFUL WEDDING DAY.--A most distress ing accident occurred in Keighley-green, on Tuesday last. A wedding party, which had come to dine with the bride's brother in the park, were descending from their conveyance, when the horse took fright and dashed down the hill, kicking and plunging at a furious rate. The splashboard was shattered to pieces, and the bride, who with some others had not left the carriage when the horse set off, had her leg broken. A person of the name of Richardson sheceeded in ca t c hing hold of the reins, and arresting the animal's progress. The unfortunate woman was taken to her brother's house, where she is doing as well as can be expected,—Preston Guardian. BURGLARIES IN SUSSEX. — Burglaries have been committed in this county almost nightly during the last month, and yet not a single person has been detected. Twenty houses, at least, have been broken open, and the , gang are becemo quite a terror to the country people. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. DERBY, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon the halt-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Midland Railway was held at the railway station. Mr. George Hudson, chairman of the Directors, in the chair. There was a very full attendance. Mr. BELL, secretary, read the report of the Directors, which stated that the accounts, up to the 31st of Decem ber last, exhibited a balance in favour of the company sufficient to pay three per cent. on the consolidated stock, three per cent. on the preference stock, and 2/. 6s. 3d. per cent. on the Birmingham and Derby consolidated stock. The increase in the receipts of the three com panies had amounted to 42,078/. for the last half year. There had been a considerable decrease in various items of expenditure. It was with deep pain that the Direc tors adverted to the late accident at Nottingham. It had caused them the deepest concern. They had done all in their power to alleviate the affliction of the parties who were the principal sufferers, and were convinced that the accident had been occasioned by an extraordinary error of judgment. The Directors expected a considerable increase in the mineral depaitment of their carrying trade, and had already ordered 250 additional waggons, which would shortly be ready, and which would better enable them to accommodate the increasing traffic. The Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway had agreed to a mileage rate on goods passing to and from their line to the line of the Midland Com pany, and the former company had commenced the car riage of coals on the whole length of their line, which would open up a large traffic ; and the Directors of the Midland had, in consequence, given orders for more en gines of increased power. The new railways and branches which had been started by the Midland Com pany had been based upon the principle of affording the best railway communication to towns which were at pre sent destitute of that accommodation. The Directors relied with confidence on the justice of the Board of Trade, and believed that these proposed lines would re ceive the sanction of the Legislature. The balance sheet showed a receipt of 276,1291., and an expenditure of 123,3361., leaving a balance of 152,7391. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the meeting on the flourishing condition of the Company. The sum of 12,0001. had been ex pended on the capital account to give increased accom modation at the stations, and this outlay, it was ex pected, would yield a return of 1,000/. per annum. The arrangement with the Birmingham Company with re spect to heavy goods, would greatly increase the traffic on the Midland line. Adverting to the late melan choly accident, he denied that there had been any neglect of duty on the part of the Company, or that it was to be attributed to a desire to screw down the expenses ; for both he and his col leagues considered that no expenses were too great to give a security to the public. Steps had been taken to remedy any want of punctuality on the line, which did not rest so much with the Midland Company as with persons above York. The Syston and Peterborough line, which the Company proposed to construct, was 47i miles ' • and the capital required for its construction would be 700,000/. It would reduce the cost of coal 50 per cent. in the district, and could not, he believed, be successfully opposed. The line from Nottingham to Lincoln would 1.,e 34 miles, cost 12,000/. a mile, and re quire a capital of 400,0001. Both lines had exceedingly good gradients. Then there was a short line of thr, e• eighths of a mile, to effect a junction between the Shef field and Rotherham and Manchester and Rotherham Railways, which would cost 36,000/. Then there were branches from Darfield to Maisborough and from Dar field to Elsicar, which would cost 65.0001. The pro posed line from Swinton, via Doncaster, Gainsborough, Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, to Wiabech, was 124 miles in length, and would join the Eastern Counties Railway at March. It would cost 1,612,0001., at 14.000/. a mile ; by means of it they would be enabled to travel quicker than by the line proposed by the Manchester and Leeds Company. They had then a branch from Swinton to Wakefield, and on to Sheffield and Rotherham, and by this line a distance of 40 miles was saved as compared with the London and York line. After entering into an examination of the merits of the proposed London and York line, which he contended would never receive the sanction of the Legislature, the Hon. Gentleman con• eluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was carried amid applause. The dividend having been declared, and the three re tiring Dircetor, (Mr. Beale, Mr. Paget, and Mr. Teo) having been re-elected, the meLtiug separated. KENTISH LINES.—TUNBRIDGE, MONDAY.—To-day, a meeting was held at Tunbridge, to oppose the proposed exts usi. it lines from London to Tunbridge direct, and trough csntral Kent. (None' Austen, of Kippington, eceupied the chair, and gave his strenuous opposition to any further railway schemes in that part of Kent, consi dering that alt the facility for travelling. and traffia whisk was required by Tunbridge was afforded by the pi sent line. - 'A fresh one, either from the Croydon or the South-Eastern, was entirely unnecessary. He con demned the attempts of the parties as a destruction of property for no useful purpose, and as an encroachment on existing interests. After some other remarks to a similar effect, a resolution was proposed, pledging the meeting to oppose the projected lines. Mr. Alderman Lucas. as a landowner on the line through which the South-Eastern extensions to Kent would pass, felt it his duty to support the measures of the South-Eastern Com psny, who had been driven to the making their line a circuitous one from the opposition they had received from the landowners in their original project of carrying it from Ttln-• bridge in a direct line to Maidstone. They had been forced into the Weald of Kent, through a thinly popu lated district, when they might have gone through a po pulous one. He himself had opposed them in their direct line, but had since had reason, from their desire to ac commodate the public, to repent of that conduct and re cant. The Maidstone people held similar opinions. The South-Eastern Company. had evinced a desire to benefit the public, and he would support them in their just and legitimate right of connecting with the main line the traffic of the adjacent country. The opposition arose from the fear of injury to the Medway Canal Proprie tors, who dreaded the South-Eastern Company should compete with them in the coal trade. The proposed line of the South-Eastern would go through land be longing to himself, but he told the Company that he was ready to support any line which had a tendency to shorten the distance between London and Dover. The motion was then put and carried, Alderman Lucas vot ing against it, and a Committee was appointed to oppose the progress of the measure. Previous to the meeting, several landowners and occupiers on the line intended to be passed over by the South-Eastern applied for admit tance to the meeting, for the purpose of supporting that Cenapany in their projects. The numbers were superior to those of the meeting; but on being asked if they were in opposition to the proposed railways, and declaring they were not, they were refused to be admitted. PROPOSED LINES THROUGH SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday a public meeting of the rate-payers was held in the ves try-room of St. George's Church, in pursuance of a re quisition presented to the churchwardens, to take into consideration the effect of the proposed railways through this and the adjoining parishes, and whether the same would not be injurious to the trading and other interests of the parish, and tend to lessen the income from the rates. The Rev. Mr. Horton, the rector, in the chair. Mr. Cope, in moving the first resolution, contended that the formation of, or extension of, railways through so populous a district as the parish of St. George, with their terminus contiguous to the bridges, would ma terially affect the interests of the inhabitants, and, without affording any corresponding advantages, con siderably decrease the poor and other rates of the parish by the destruction of houses that would be required, and the removal of their occupants. In addition to this, the surrounding property would be greatly deteriorated in value, and injury would be inflicted on the trade of the district. He called upon the meeting to use all the means in their power, by petitioning Parliament, and appoint ing a committee to watch the progress of the Bill, and, it necessary, opposing its fusing into a law; and moved a resolution to that effect, which was seconded by Mr. Marten. A discussion took place, in which the Rev. Chairman, Mr. Boxer, Mr. Chester, Mr. Beetor, and others took part, contending that the evils apprehended by Mr. Cope would not arise by the extension of the railways ; that it would not be politic for the parish to interfere ; and that it did not follow that, because the Board of Trade had reported in favour of the Bill, that Parliament would adopt the recommendation. Mr. Boxer moved, as an amendment, " That the vestry clerk should be directed to watch the progress of the several Railway Bills affecting or cutting through the parish, and to report thereon from time to time to the parish officers." The amendment was carried by a large majority. ORAYESEND AND ROCHESTER.--This line, connecting Gravesend with Chatham, Rochestar, and Strood, is now completed. It is a single line of seven miles in length, and has been constructed under the superintendence of Mr. Rastrick, the engineer, and Messrs. Henderson and Fox, the contractors, upon one of the banks of the Thames and Medway Canal, without a special Act of Parliament, there being a clause in the Act incorporat ing the Canal Company, enabling them at any time " to fill up, alter, or convert the canal into a carriage way," and consequently into a railway. Operations were com menced in February last, and the works were completed on the 28th ult., at which period the line would have been opened to the public, but for some apprehension as to the safety of a tunnel, constituting part of the canal, of two miles in length. A short time since General Pas ley, the Government Inspector of Railways, tested its security by firing cannon at the different sections, to ascertain whether the chalk through which it is exca vated required bricking, and he recommended the addi tion of some masonry and works. On the 4th instant he made his final inspection, and reported to the Board of Trade. The railway runs along that bank of the canal on which formerly was the towing-path, but the opposite bank will henceforward be used for that purpose, thus giv ing a locomotive line for passengers, and acanal transit for goods. As there is only one towing. path, through that portion of it will be by steam-tugs, The run between Gravesend and Rochester will occupy about twenty mi nutes. It is proposed to place the terminus at the former town, in connection with the new pier, now erecting at the Terrace-gardens. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL.—On Wednesday last a meet ing of the inhabitants was held at Yeovil, in support of this line, Mr. G. Edwards, the port's eve, presiding,e Resolutions proposed and spoken to by Mr. J. T. Yino . ;., Mr. Matthews, Mr. Mayo, Mr. Hanham, and others, were passed unanimously in favour of a junction with the South-Western Railway. Mr. J. Batten stated that the Directors of that Company had no intention of abandon ing the undertaking, notwithstanding the unfavourable report of the Board of Trade, but that, on the contrary, they were prepared to carry it out if the towns upon the route gave them support. WILTS AND SOMERSET.--A meeting of the Committee' of this Company was held at Trowbridge on Tuesday last. Mr. walter Lone, M.P,, was in th e c h a i r. T he report of thy Board of Trado was read and highly ap- proved, and a pledge was given on behalf of the Gre s s W . and the and Somerset Com t lea that Bill estern shall be brought Wilts into Parliament in the ens uing Ye a h for the purpose of making a better approach to Bat; The precise line will be determined by the probable % pense of executing it, and the probable repayment inntmik shape of traffic. All the shares were allotted." —Pa Journal. Irted that BLARNAVON AND NANTYGLO.--It is repo: L „,„ Captain Rouse, one of the Government insfectorst ha been down surveying the projected line o f the An' os Canal Company, and that he has given hi s veto agnill it.—Hereford Times. maga NEWPORT AND NANTYGLO RAILWAY.—The q— ..,„ of coal that will be taken from the Llanilleth rooln;;;;01 through which it is intended to cut a tunnel for this _l' . J . will pay the expenses of excavating.—Hereford J.,tr;ni CALEDONIAN.—At a meeting of the Glasgow 'Ow Council, on Thursday last, resolutions were pat ed ltaa nimously approving of this line, as best communication between England and Scotland•the LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON:4;4Iring • likely to affor d week a memorial in favour of this line has b een f" warded to the Board of Trade from Preston, with u 0• wards of 300 signatures. A deputation, b erg,C onsig Mr. M‘Gregor, with the engineer of the line, and 0,0 waited upon Lord Stanley in London last week , tl io, certain his Lordship's sentiments towards the ne w 10 and received assurance that no opposition shoal 4. offered by him to the Bill in its Parliamenta r y Pr"te ' —Preston Guardian. frh' C 00 1; STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILIYA.Y."*"... la 01 North v , pany have recently carried over the Great England Railway, into York, 8,000 tons of coal in t rie° ,4s six hours. Reckoning 21 tons to a waggon load, that , would be 3,200 waggons, which, at forty wagg un :l9l train, would be eighty trains, or one train everJhave minutes. The Stockton and Darlington Comp any rt of contracted to find locomotive power for the trap 100 coal and coke on the Great North of Englan d at the rate of id. per ton per mile. have re' GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND.—The directors a- 1., solved to pay the shareholders 6 per cent. at the t er t go nation of the present half-year, which is 2 met upon a l men AND CARLISLE. — There a re 3,7 -- and 387 horses at present engaged on this line. . h ve ld SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER.—When the 0 , 1 1„ er, line is opened throughout to Manchester, whic h . „ - e t of petted to take place in March next (except a tet-iing about two miles in length), the distance from Pr less ham by the Midland line will be about thirty railesivats than by the Manchester and Leeds Railway.' Review. ...-4 NORTHALLERTON. RICHMOND, AND AP PISI/3 ore st A new line from the Northallerton Station of the, och• North of England Railway, through Appleby an" atilt mond, uniting with the Newcastle and Carlisle, is 0 an E vil. t e n. ASTERN UNION.--Mr. Walker, the Governr°,loes ginter, has been appointed by the magistrates 0 1 i ea inspecting engineer on the works now iu Pre*re° this line. This CIO:, DUFFRYN, LLYNVI, AND PORTH Gawle"t — l 'er.' pally have commenced relaying the line, w ith !tw i ll i° preparing it fur I,comotive purposes. The ~,„Thaser i : the neighbourhood dread the change. They 4 1 , u- w oes , by it to a conAiderable ex t ent, having parch wiel,;l, cr . " ' hitherto used upon the line, but which, when t- 17 . ret. l l • 0 motives are introduced, will not be requi red."`"` Guardian. OB CANTERBURY, RAMSGATE, AND MARGO' ;:kid 4 works on the branch line from Canterbury are re „ c a of A rapid progress. Upwards of 100 men are set at e l ; c o the three divisions of the contract, and one e f v ,, t " *ta il kings, 26 feet deep, 600 feet long, and 40 fee t ' Ireetri ,i nearly completed. There are to be six bridges er ect . between Ramsgate and Margate to cross the 8- t ars s roads, which, in a short distance of little more th an te bati miles, is unprecedented in railway making,— c an- r 001 Journal. the L BOLTON AND LEIGH. —The engineers of tne a ver and Manchester Railway are engaged in rnalti n ga ° ;acti s° of the Bolton and Leigh, and Kenyon and Leigh.""dail lines, with a view to the improvement of th e g — al s e : and inclines. It is understood that the Liver&b the! Manchester intend to render the former line, w i ln , n ° 04. have lately purchased, much more efficien t, and ;VW the means of communication between Bol ton an" Mar and Manchester more frequent than at p resent". chester Guardian. m i . Cor a MACCLESFIELD LINES.--On Tuesday last .--- .. 4 r . , - . wall Leigh, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Bracalehursti ",,, tal y Grimsditch, Members for the borough and collnt(e;fielgt the tailavay committee and town council of Mac e mad and examined the various plats in RI ogress for suer / P the district with railway accommodalon. ... i ettilg t , CORK AND FERMOY.-011 Tuesday last a '''' tae" - ,, the inhabitants was held at Fermoy, to consider Coa pediency of forming a line between that townuanyeli.: The Earl of Listowel took the chair. Mr. E' $' of ' M. 1?,, _imposed the first resolution, declaratory oil advantages of a railway between Cork and Fer tncl. tts:4 was seconded by Mr. S. Barry, who stated that t he n, in goods would amount to 50,000 tons per a n t Cfi l i that the line would be remunerative. Mr. Leahy, explained its route. It would intersect the Pd pw _ railway to Youghal, and unite with the Cork all ot don line. Mr. Valentine, C.E., pointed out th,ela tages of the wooden railway system, and recc"„ja.', its adoption on the proposed line. Routi ne ree- f a' spoken to by Dr. O'Neill, Mr. O'Callaghan, Wised 11° and others, in favour of the project, were Pas" nimously. fo ;O S ; DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA.—The amount -- t ie. , gers and parcels during the week ending 16til 503/.; the number Of passengers, 6,090. piite e ' RAILWAY TO BRAY.—A provisional coa- - ,. 0 ' formed this day, to continue the atmospheric n ° _' ' 1r Dalkey to Bray.—Du s ilin Evening Post. ~.,,,t ro o cee iei CASHEL RAILWAY.—On the 13th inst. sun — 3 .0 r who were not employed on the Cashel RailwaY, taiLai along the line at Neilsta,wn, near Lucan, d i tar 0 7,01• men who were at work to discontinue, unless t'r, aofja were raised from 9s. to 12s. a week. There if ti ,„" ti lt9 nor any disposition to riot, on the part of th e ~,-- r r ot nor on that of those at work. There was no i1 1 ,,,7„ - ,t, • to the work along the line.—Dubllat Evening 1 . f Off, „ [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A NEVER-ralai rl° aloe FOR ALL CASES OF SCURVY, SCORBUTIC '4, Y i4 , AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS l ' .- Oil gill, & A MENT.—EXTRAORDINARY CURE.—Henry - , 1 fro -aaa footman to Lord 13., was lately discbarge' „jog' pli, Duke of D.'s service, in consequence of his ht'" _,OO scorbutic blotches all over his hands an d i 9 i great disfigurement. For twelve months be - e l l Et# by his master's medical attendants, but to ne/ S b ° 14 ,10 and the case was at last declared incurable ell:jolt,'" discharged. The poor fellow then, as a ' `,, e ' 0 ,04,7,$ commenced using Holloway's Pills and Oio t ri o a - tit: effectually eradicated the disease from his "Ws,/ than three weeks. Sold at Professor 11 011 1, 0 ,1 g„, r. lishment, 244, Strand (where advice may b e ,'",. 5 0 1- , and by almost all respectable medicine venue' out the civilised world. pi , / O fi t felf THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT 0 11 : . : 1' 11e 5 , -2 .v members of the above asylum held a inee tleb ' p e . t,.,a'tif ) at the Hall of Commerce, Threa,dneele-str;bo a-ale purpose of electing ten children inmates of,',, r a P a i. tion, from a list of twenty-nine candidates- njis g ar Stuart was unanimously voted to the cho ir ' .0 0 ,0 ship spoke in high terms of the princin iss , Q - 08 0 40., the asylum was conducted, and called flu "if(' the meeting to the name of Michael Bere°;alies°oo the children placed upon the list. Thl 11 ,-'' th e fa ll the son of a brave Polish refugee, a caPtV i rt in or e , o o‘ o !: and once in the possession of a large almost destitute in this country, he obtaic,e tavinli labourer in the docks at the east end of tu e aul obtained his living in this way for some ti r e' h " unaccustomed to such labour, his constitotlis ti e° gt he died, leaving a widow and orphan en ti , re ae ; ser i l ; l a He (the chairman) thought this case we' , 1 atit l , o , support of the members. The election last et . s ful i 'a o'clock, at which time the names of the suce° A f the 4 dates were announced, and the business °- 1., rs iir r • minated. RAMSGATE.—The preparations for te e d 03 0, i this place have within the last week assum e ‘ , O a ance of great activity ; upwards of 100 'l n ' l'ite„.o employed at Saint Lawrence at a cuttingr•eolaw contractor has, we believe, taken the la te wre' ' Sir Thomas Gray, at the entrance to St• ijii qiiree years.—Dover Chronicle. A ft BIRTHS. 00 , , On the 17th inst., at Higher Broughton, n e4r gh Mrs. Herbert Spring, of a son. n ford 4l oo On the 18th inst., at Porchester-place, — 1 ers , e i t 0, lady of Captain J. Coddington, Royal Erigiliegrs. vv ,0r On the 19th inst., in Paternoster-rovf n daughter. V" A lt# At Muntham House, Sussex, the lady of Th° ll/3S ° 14 7 Esq., of a daughter. f LiVe rf ,2 l On the 16th inst., Mrs. E. J. Sydney , 0 6 1 ,-- al ttt Broad- street, of son. ni -ros , On the 16th inst., at the Grove, Clap Mr. Hudson, of Doctors' Commons, of a ea' $,1, 6(' -- t 13 6, - MARRIED. hit • , 0 On the 20th inst., at Great Ayton, Yorks ii(O tl jo - Joseph Ibbetson, A.M., Mr. John Grant, of jff London, to Jessie Catharine, second datig'•toirl' .409 . James Allan, Esq., R.N ,of Forres, North r i c bitrl' - et r e. On the 14th inst., at Keston, Kent, the R ev ' d i teg li ' c pd Vicar of Hayling, Hants, to Charlotte, third vl t J►° . Rev. J. William Martin. iim o VO % to jel l* On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's. Farn -- •' e "- f. Umbers, Esq., of Wappenbury, Warwickebir '560,004115; fourth daughter of J. Parris, Es., ef arli , c b ble- 14 - 1.1 " v It' On the 16th inst., at St. 'Michaels ._ ov of aJ ' •' Alexander John, only son of Colonel goris titer u• A At+ "0 House, to Mary Emma Hamilton, only 4aug Poynter, Esq., Pembroke. IP' blot Del Aid On the 16th inst., at Plynapton St. MerY , idest d•br Lieutenant-Colonel ß ev. W .e . Raffles vonsliire. Fitlinzt,.tomJuadngee,Rßos.leroti3eeell n !IP p Air y tl3'our po. s 0 ter. of ,„ 05 , L 1600.7; 1 0 , d r ber ev'd Ca ug ht A ir(' s‘l4 Vsse % juli sl j3bari' to I #0 0• cloh lre, S e 0 00 arl l ,T ur elif fo' ,aer • s oot °of 1 0 11.1 bter ,one dog 1 ,0 • onlY 110P4of peilptiff j , st. MarPeidestisie _me W sdsl( ' ' o°c' udge, R. E., °' On the 10th inst., at Haynes, Alderrnanbury, On the 13th inst., at C Bennett, aged 84. On the 15th ins!., Theophania Anne, de On the 16th inst., hct of the late S On the lial'`.,-Zolonel C. Company's Ben' On the 19th Augusta Barh On the 2( Kate, (Luigi On the 2 Mr. W. D On the the wife Lon.i