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

4 --- ............. 7 „....________ 1 0 , ' ' `ew . Stakes furnished a field of twee. `Y -two, an(l`"os, tol!. Forth's . ~ , ence on the part ' 1, 13 . • Sting by over-comin . aye no douht, keepJ'e 11. Bell, who will for the future, Il; _ may be a sharp look out for Bartholomew whenev ?,-- they,l..nee.,s A e ne lle ar each other again. The two favourite. ' . . 9 1 1 fri e and 'est Countryman, were ever-paced, e24lssuttered szinewhat severely from it. and their te l' i,. °l l th e 5,t• James's Palace Stakes idas maybe said a lmest h ave A allied in by himself. 11:4'eame the exciting race of the day, which - was tosoi % . " , e , 1 ` great question, whether Ireland's pride was to yield % tii e t t id e of England, " the mighty Alice hawthorn." . A . i a : "" in chance, 1 c 'y ' pp • red to reg and it for a. Aerit ' n° -' '°- a - ea ( ept accom Ni.s, nd his name was never mentioned ex ~ as he is eate7bbY a desire to bet against him. " Fog . his friends R e „ te Y waY of brevity, never looked better, and Yth - b line easing in their efforts to support him. Old Alice, live 4kohinson on her back Who had a large party who be )41;1 that her powers wet:Q., still unimpaired. Cowl's ap lleartlae:' Whea saddled, gave hint no support in the market. eror 1 4*: e , n laY be described in a few words. "r 1" '''' :: P and then, ''''a-hallagli and the mare finish their race. fins , . nc hi 4eo ''l imitation of Little, Wonder, when Launcelot . a l . 1 The,,, td ! l ad cut their own throats, ran by the pair easily. kid t r ut of the race was deeply mortifying to Mr. In7t o i n , th e l ' re . '', the fielders into ecstacies. The only consolati. 7 ti ', 4 :, 11 . Party had, was that their horse beat Alice, upon '11 , 1,, e . 11 they had fully relied. iii,ieltilisitors' Plate Libel won in a canter from a respect- Ili th e ° N e e Sllreepstakes that followed, Javelin beat . his two lioqrolltaby a length, and Sweetmeat found nothing at the pittkieentend with her for the Swinlev. 11144 ' ...... I%°° dPizeon maintained his character by the k4r%,,tlawhich be v the Chesterfield Stakes. ' '14 (110 ' 'On in ascendant for the A %) .„ 17 8 stable was still the l nth 4- late. tlt et,,, ,e first ei a , 1 c 5 , 1111,, ebara : ter of the Wokingham Stakes Discord re- NN theBee'3lld class of the same stakes furnished a good field, s it t* *t dea d heat of the meeting. The - winner does ' h e !li3 %Other (an Oaks winn7). L4aor third 1 1 e a e ass had Eyenus and =Nat at the wining post, ti t k i., eo ll 4 er d udel a n ti n d highly respectable field, and at the same ti li .tlie best held of the best race meetings on record, cer libtltla th. I la over the Ascot t,, , ' *inner; aga r days Fortune enabled me to select four -I'4 three seconds, the latter all being the 1. ea at 44) 4. starting, and beaten by no more than a neck.TEL: ,AP 11,,, , 1 ,. 1 -. ‘ N th,tgi l l tlC 134 1 L CRICKET. th' t l / 4 !tia st w E POI: BOWLING.—The matches at Lord's ,i, titit h ,7l4.„, e ek have excited considerable interest in b . 5 It'N;;, "urld with respect to the manner in which 'lt I N kt °4l,l car , 11 e 4- li - o Pte I r 3 Out the new 10th rule. On the . first p ro ash th c , (, and acted upon liy one of the umpire . s, IleCs t , 4 etl„ e ° tn er; whilst on Thursday and Friday, in 1,1,1 both the two Universities, then: was a con- O 4 to f lie d , o , ubtful, but positive infringement of the I t , h r ,. 4 nd as, height "of the band at the moment of 0117 11 411.'1 ° the " throw." There were, however, but O t oti ' rr4 cio ' ca lled during the two days. It is a te ' l 4 48 task elk s ,at any time to find fault with a v 'but °t men those who stand as umpires ,"ttt,, th at cs ar duty to the public will render it L , ,, t h5 4 7 car ry ' in all future occasions, where they ! ; , 41, iii ar , oUt this or any other rule of the game, It Ivhm'ert t o 4 4040,, at i s , the violation in probably strong N itvired ? the use of rules if they are not 'Sd 44 1 at L o s t 2 B , no doubt, a rule which the umpires !1,,P b are bar e h g ' s, with the exception of one, would Os, "ally ~p,"ad passed, because they are all more or ll i it t t r !l tr,e-e,',ec,,ted by it. But it has been confirmed by I:4,eoib e ty.n,,,,0f the Marylebone Club, and therefore ki,le, r e li ttoNi v te law of the land" must be carried out. 1 1;l 1 5 '4 4 .Poll tb; ° PPused they may individually be to the Iti,,l'Qt t Piary , „ground that it is calculated to do them it"ret,aey xi ,,il they will carefully watch Lillvwhite and ;,, t lit t :°lind at !' at once see that their apprehensions are ', l liti r latt I°n• Those two bowlers, the former always, -i ti t se a , t h(I d It only, violaters of the law, have both ,i, tll iesi tl . t tli at ". , n, and yet never bowled so well as this ~,.N, wb et : . s_ not the po:nt immediately at issue—the ~' is ti l l otli, r "er the example is to be set at Lord's that ~t y th e law r ule is n o t t o b e acte d upon. Th e altera 04_44,Were rendered necessary for the airprac I,l l li 3 ,, e h li , g tl , the country, as well as in several of the . 4 ' i lar 3 ,ll* 4B ° ..a. and having been made by the highest IN pot C ricket anticipated that the committee of Tr) "Gtool.l-41eltet Club would have had them enforced. e on Thursday. 'lt , O F F ,,, _ I ,ti L "--," D UNIVERSITY SUBSCRIPTION •,I' ) ,ttli7f:ot. ea ROOMS BOAT RACE. ,i,,"44 4 ,01tre ) . 8i , cutter race amongst the gentlemen of the .C t ert o l ailer o ,,,.'3,' Rooms was rowel' on Saturday evening, DiBt. she': 'Y attended. The distance was from West 'tirlt tlniN4. themselves as first-rate oarsmen. }' (l e ; 1/ a e ' s rs. Lambert, Balliol, stroke ; Conant, l r %It, eb..,t,,nlinersley, Oriel ; Stapylton, Merton ; Tuks, it k :trlo,ol,; W ain. si:,(;11„; I; ~srs• Lampriare, St. John's, stroke ; Meynel, ti' i te.,Nlitt r r - r e e ° , Trinity ; Saunders,. Worcester; Mil- 1. 1. t"''' ,c oxswain. to St. all :1 3 71 ton, University, stroke; Ede, Balliel . ; 'Nlatr a .uns ; Roylat, Brasenose; B. Hawk, Uni )l,e )fe re ul. ?QPr t ° , ; ° , the Middlesex side. At the start all went :012,it e h - i e ",.3' together, and a dashing struggle ensued ', t ile . ite,,, ril e, as they neared the Ilorseferry,. was taken 'AN,,,tive,„ ° gradually drew further in advance. The 4 „" Tr Yellow and white terminated . in favour of It i ," l 'f's er l ,e race was won by dark blue easily, who came A , I ' lengths a head. '4 l l v ery iLk llES (STANGATE) CLUB MATCH. 41 3' t I N I Sectable club, which has only been esta kk% 'eek, t,2 4, ,, a ,,t1t t0 , took their stations at Putney-bridge Ivh.',glitaN,„.a.ford party had come in to row to Chis -1,11,`e--iNetarted by the St. George's, who were in ti,, e : 4 ; ly7 l l,,la s ted as umpires. fife s — 'Are,,s ‘ ', • 'Cobb, stroke, J. Dixon, P. Maudesley, s e ,_• jv Ts 7 !coxswain. k ' ''Ale ''ik; binson stroke, F. Kew, G. Mayor, i l lle . i,... l', .R 4, coxswain t.: ha d ti t . e e •lik,"l:_ ll . eddoine; W. Field, J. Lart, J. A. r o od, b Stir,'e3, coxswain. %it 13 14 4r whit 3 side, White next. The start was ' W ile - e arid e after a few strokes became a trifle in 4,, th ,Iltd„ ni„,_ ki' arnr ,‘" Wel - ,,. - were oar and oar, for a short im ps, .4 6,_ °s !ion: n 't advance. White began to m ks. lt. "'' and as they neared the Crab t 1 '-' ' Wirtni flings 11111 ' t, Went in vance of the others, n g )3 .Y five lengths. The third boat was Vf,:. 11 . It ''''t (Se tell t, ter day ,),,i,:::o,,,,,:;,:th):,,..oiut'ityß:3.nerinNinecoi.ctiEoAckl:SaiDfiEte.—hroYkeesout upon iill . 2e lie._ Patton 10 : i 4 r e. 1,4, C hensid o e f . Mr. Rankine, anatomical boot. The building, which was rather s 4 4 : _ ,. 'el ek tlia,j e t h rio t , n n tl!? o n zsvery side i by numerous houses. I lp t :g„ 4l eu t „ s ervar it th e spot, we _earned that the thy was \ 4 .se in Lie er Maid having been sent into the kitchen „ti„ c ,als, with a lighted candle in her hand, in ' 4. li. ` t ie 4 to th l l Y Plac . e . d the light under a bunch of paper i ce kt4l ere s b Partition of the shop, The consequence s i vo,,,, e s th e e .,, ear ne ignited, and before the girl could ex iNto I:froeiw'hewsimunicated wth the greatest rapidity 4,1,0, rely th " a e . nee they travelled to the upper portion if ' l Z ll Srph ee Pt th e bot t ) ' he inmates had not time to save any of S i c " ; tot eLtliteult ks, which were rescued by Mr. Rankine, 1, lit-4 01 . - .•for e $3 Y. The flames were eventually extin \;4l,4l> d or M i . "'age to a considerable amount had been k , tik • ' trOy ed . Ita nkille'S stock in trade and furniture 1, 441 ; Ate , h oe ' and the adjoining premises of Messrs. im. se,, er ler, anti , 1 0 th ely in ,.. giosers, as well as one or two other Opp sitig e ti ft „ J ured by fire and water. Mr. Rankine •) 4 "qd ut Eee, and Messrs. Ponter and Bean were ‘l‘ttl " 1 0 p In t he , Ati Y tv 1 4 , 0 , ,as-ce. \ tl e i t i te N aix care (-)IIE LEA-BRIDGE.—Last even th:44:l, cau.eeieek, a fire, which, for the space of 1 4 4 , t $tr t lAN." Wo od _! alarm in the neighbourhood, broke I, t ,/ of . le ther_tee bridge, over the Grosvenor Cut, and \ L NOId he the Nta ° ,gbfare from Chelsea to Thames Bank, \\l l, ll t tot l a ,:l ht s of Westminster. By the time the \t k „ tie,' end, .Peration the surface of the bridge was on \ .7kee h ality , ant i had any time been lost in procnring \N1:1441,i warebable that the entire structure would have " N t tl 'At ! It vj g e L l h abundance beig at hand, the engines 0 1 , N I -.ou t -°-.. for ti t qo db e the space of nearly an hour, but the r h_ 14 %. 1 _ he e xpected was the preventing of the flames p l k )4l - '' rk et ;lteod ent e xterior of the building. Mr. Braid • ''oh' fire r off .; 'Ton his arrival, ordered the firemen o t 15, 4 or atiw. the Crown of the bridge, which being Vtp,.. t ‘ht,„:: 4 4l thsriarge holes with crowbars the water was h.l e „ Is e h , e ' Portion burning out of sight, and which . I llp t ; tlto rt etui e been touched. By nine o'clock all danger 'i l sr tlik, be p et e r h 0 • the fire was at an end, and workmen ho t t he ~,e Sli ght Work to relay the carriage way, so that 'i t tr Dtic e eti o h ot be hi - .(I up• The piles and other \ tikt hl., n are "1" ; The origin of the , ip Of .„. kil n , much burned. 1 1,\ k 'tid;" 4tt e „"'n, but it is the opinion Of the police, \ Ilk ' s . th - "Pt havin b ad some months since i p e ti l , t lt.. I t .. een in e l* t iti tt 111%, w as wilfully caused by some evil-dis . 4ft, IPA 41 3E 1) \ 't l, Net t r t I Z st„ et ;:;vvo ragged country lads loo t til e u e of th,, Friday for want of money to pay ' 'N's ' , gel ° able t ' sll Picked up a pocket-book contain .N...4ol4tiebY ag ree ; read he showed it to his companion, `tipt i , k r e ,, h aug e t hat the pocketbook should be taken Y:, for ~74 d th • The inspector \ 1, 1 , 1 ~,, ..at it e . on duty on looking in i: 4 ,. , 4, t _ Attu_ °mauled a bill of exchange for 4501, Itk il l i V 4 k tv u i the iv:ticut su bscription. The lads were told , 1 1p.kli tt „ IsS ' who r _, b" . °4 o-street Police.court ; and ask Vlt'ep mramilquirte..aesireci them to wait until a polic!- 01414Nere Pay aht t t he banking-house where the bill \lli ' ti, hill, "the h The constable returned in a short , 3,, ! b ._ to be .ul, a gentleman named Ingram, who k, 1, 1 941,,, -- -rit et.t , Print ed ofr . tt;t l. t'llt th, Ock ering a reward of 51 . for the .il p, lth li te l, ll 4_ Mr. Ingram, on being repossessed pll tk St to 14, % lad Irhoe sovereigns for the lucky and asto \Ntlqtlera. th Patii" Pie ked uP the book agreed to divide t , %l er AT p s and the money was consequently 1. 4 si Ig t „,._ ~._ ~ y v, hi .1,4„„ voitmaiz 14•;:K.PRESSES. -- During the ," 4, 11 kt ;.tt, a ,etuc ernin have been made at the sporting lr i1, 4 , 1t 1t 1 m 544 - et ,'lling togl some valuable pigeons that have ‘ s t, i. 411 de tti 2i . L ae h_ o_nd t on from Ascot. One gentleman, :t,,,,/ii,,, 117, bias 0 aa Wo pigeons shot; one of them se "a I ) -nw -° the c u . its ~,, til l _ e t ,,,.„ !ler „,, a _ _ li-day with left leg corn -41,, ae t .!_tie et vviottst...3 necessarily compelled to kill the 16 4 14 7:tb y til k m ae ':alued at three guineas. Last year t l i tll l e : h0 r , 50 0 bir d fil ° l ! , the Derby -day, which was for *, r it tt se e . et, e the f act Pg into a gentleman's garden at \ Llt, 4 llip t „_ e miscreant'flown through the medium of the N6l C 4 te ,z . . w ar il i to be apprehended and heavily s, ast,:,_ k , r, swortl. Police.court. Willtit"-talo, i'nE,TllNtomAL.—The Committee t5',1,,,5 4 ,_1 1 ,,,,, t uf I,„__svhat :twiner the subscription entered 411)7tei eystikatZeetlog a i, s stimonial to Lord George ,vi 4 sp ilte 4 Ptl , ~the turf , exertions to 6'g:owe the abuses and V i l,, I ti 'te t jith til''.rrriet on Saturday at the rooms of the ilititt,:k. zl4 ,l l 44,4 ;;t h. : l4 l,e 4t , etr4 ;ip i t t i r yoti,t4 o t ti : i e rnitt a ha r i t nt y pthu c eb on is. c u u m r . r reee.ten ' eeiveod f , L am or .o d un G ti e n o g rg w e ic institution, with a view 11, , , tve a, keys „,„ number of the chittirPP " d e . W , N N ‘E` t ,31, 1 , 'au age port and education from PlfaileY t e il 4 tar k lt . ° seek their own living. , 1,. , i t t t .1 . 1 h e easel . f ro... • , Who recently arrived 1:,,,L-14,t4e v t : :),: a l : lv the East Indies,ad a f r ro r m i lb Tierh r° akin ge, wiliel , she obtained possession )' I ''' e RadCl : t, tt, a Wri ~_ c aration that they were all +i t tp. , C k 24. '''''ate use, and not 4r Sale or mer -110444. 11 , thenli , t,,,. LlGt t ,,,, 0,21 - ' 1 4:q1,,„ 'et th "MG UPON TIIE ELEC -IVtli7h te! et hes 0n he beavY thunderstorm yesterday A 'it uy t An ti -- the dial Il i A littitil li: h e _us b ee __ of the electric telegraph th, , 4 0 1 1 ea tt .'e o etri e ft. ,"!e unfitted fur use by its polarity I , e .,7 f th e 'Kt. which was communicated to it ' , id: 'Ph at :, e c ennecting wires. The attendant hiatreif tune, and 47 received a smart shock idePrnrient, ,EGR. 1 ~~. .~ THE S UN, LONDON, MONDAY VE - N ' ING, GROUP 1 nunz.zrz AND GALWAY 2- 1 11MV , "1-±:2*. The Committee assembled at twelve o'clock in loom No. 17, the Hon. Clive, chairman. II E DURT.IN, JUNE 14. DEPARTI= OF MR. O'CONNELL F'.)lt LO :DON. The Cork E,:miacr, in mentioning the t7epartinie of Mr. O'Conneal trim City, StlYS—"lle has left for Lmelem o attend three most Leportent measures now in proaress Lefrire the English House of (7,,mirens. Thee are the Education question, the Landlord and 'Tenant qu,:stleie, and the Patting question." Mr. O'Connell reached his residence in itTerrion-square yesterday evening, and s oon efrer proceeded by the railway to Kingstown, where he zeinanred for the night, at the Itemise of his son, Mr. John O'Connell. He is to start for London this evening. CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY. It appears, from a statement in the Evening Mail, that Primate Beresticrrcl, nothing daunt e d by previous decided refusals, has opened another correspondence w ith Sir albeit Peel, with the view of obtaining a Pat IL:;:entary grant for the Church Education Society, which has been established in opposition to the national system! The Mail says—this attempt to change Si, Robert Peel's views has, of course, proved fruitless ; but still it was worth making. The correspondence is to be published. MR. O'CONNELL IN CORK. I At about half-past two o'clock on Wednesday Mr. O'Connell proceeded to the place appointed for• bolding the great repeal meeting of the citizens. The locality selected for holding the " monster " assemblage was on Sidney-hill, an eminence on the north side of the city, commandin g a znagnficetit prospect of the town and environs in every eirection. A spacious platform had been erected it, an admirably-selected natural amphitheatre, along the sloping, sides of which, and the surrounding heights, thou sands of the people took their places. The appearance of Mr. O'Connell, in an open chariot, with Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P., Alderman Thomas Lyons, Denis Shine Lalor, Esq., of Castielough, Captain Broderick, and Tllollla4 Steele, Esq., was the signal for a shout of enthusiasm (says the Cork l'eporter) not to be described. The Mayor of Cork was in the chair. Mr. O'Connell addressed the assembled multittule at come length, but see find nothing in his speech of any novelty or interest. Mr. Raleigh, town-clerk of Limerick, and the Head Pacificator, subsequently addressed the meeting. Mr. O'Connell attendee: a tea party at the People's Hall, Cork, on Wednesday evening, After the customary toasts, the CHAIR SIAN gave, " The Great Liberator of his Country," which was re ceived with loud applause. Mr. O'CONNLLL, in responding to the toast, said, I am going to morrow to Parliament; I have been summoned to Parliament. I have been summoned to my place there in a way that to me is irresistible. But if they sent their pursuivant after me, I would treat the message very differently.—(Hear, and cheers.) lam going there now at the call of ctuty, and I hope to be in London on Monday next, for three special subjects, which I consider it my duty to attend to. The first is the Irish Banking Bill, brought in by Sir Robert Peel. It was an excellent Bill according to his statement, and I accordingly accepted it, and proclaimed that it would be useful to the Irish people. Well, he printed the Bill, and it is found most essentially and injuriously short of his statements.—(Loud groans.) There is a matt for you to confide in. Igo to Parliament to expose the fallacy, and denounce the duplicity of that measure. —(Cheers.) As I did not hear him mai“., his speech upon the subject, he may deny his state. ments, and throw them upon the reporters. Alt, these reporters are sad fellows.-- (Loud laughter.) They are made the scape goats of every person, and if a blunder is made, 'tis sure to be put down to their account.—(Continued laughter.) If, however, he avows the report, a greater contradiction was never yet made by a public man. I learn also that Lord Stanley's Bill has been brought in, and to look atter this I wilt go over. The Bill has materials in it which give to the tenantry of Ireland the full amount of all the money and labour they may lay out. For this I ant ready to do Lord Stanley justice, though he is, I confess, not a very loveable Man.—(Laughter.) If he does a good act, however, he shall have my warm support and approbation ; but if there be a little Peelish dexterity in him, I may as well be on the spot to detect it, and I assure you I will not keep the secret.—(Laughter.) If there be anything injurious to the agricultural population of Ireland in this Bill, I will riot allow it to pass, at least this session. By dividing on every dame of it, the session is so far advanced, that it may be protracted until the shooting season comes up, and the house breaks up. I have on more than one occasion wished that some animal was discovered which could be shot in the month of July—(Shouts of laughter)—for by that means we should have the vacation a month earlier. The other point lam going over about is the " Education Hear.) I confess I have the strongest abhorrence of that Bill. There are few advocates in this country, thank heaven, of godless education, or who dare to avow that they wish for any other species of education but a religious o ne.—(Cheers.) For my part, I will never consent to have the Catholic people of this country brought up in a liberal infidelity. I wish to have them educated ; but it must be in their duties to man, and especially in their duties to God, as the basis of all other information.--(Clear) The more I think of that Bill the more I distrust it. The Catholic bishops have memorialised against it, and the memorial was treated with contempt —aye, even from Catholics; and let me tell you, that I am more afraid of trea chery and compromise from Catholics than any other person. I only asking fair play in opposing this measure. I ant asking fair play for.the Catholic, but precisely the same for the Protestant and Presbyterian.—(Loud applause.) Alderman Lyons, Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., D. S. Lawlor the Rev. Mr. Barry, P.P. Bantry, and others, subsequently ad. dressed the company. Mr. Brown was examined at considerable length by Mr. flown, on behalf of the Royai Canal Company, with respect to the estimated traffic on the roa:ls on the site of the proposed line. He stated that he had estimated all the traffic on the roads, and that his esti mate was rather under than above the actual traffic. Mr. Wimberly said the traffic was taken under his superinten dence in Deeember last—perhaps the (nest unfavourable period of the }ear ; that men were employed by him at certain parts of the road for a fortnight, and that he handed the results to Mr. Brown. Both these witnesses were cross-examined. Mr. Ilown held that by a document issued by the ',rejectors in Februau last the dividend was estimated at eleven per ecot., whereas the !injectors had stated before the Committee that it would not be snore than G, and that they had estimated their traffic at 55,395, whereas it appeared, from the traflie on the roads, that there could not be more than 30,680. Mr. Brown stated that this difference arose from there being a great number of private conveyances which they could not distinguish from public carriages, and which had been included in - the estimate Of public conveyances. He said that there was too discrepancy, and that this estimate was a fair one, when this circumstance was taken into account. Captain Moorsom said he was the engineer to the line. its entire length would be 115 miles. The country is very favoura . ble for its construction, and there were no peculiar engineering There would be no tunnelling. The gradimts and curves were of a favourable character. The severest gradient would be 1 in 150 for a little snore than a mile. The smallest radius of a curve, and which the engines wo%ld run at the top of their speed, would be half a mile in length. There would be two smaller radii at the stations of about one quarter of a mile each. Fifty-three ruals would be crossed on a level. The cost of construction would be 189,0004 Cr, ss.examined by Mr. COCKBURN—His surveys commenced it October, about two months before the plans and sections were de livered to the Boat(' of Trade. (LEFT SITTING.) TERRIFIC EXPLOSIo.N OF A STE A M-BOILEIL (From the Second Edition of the Manchester Courier.) It is our painful duty to record an accident which occurred this day (Saturday) about one o'clock, at the foundry of Messrs. Nasyinth, Gaskill, and Co.'s at Patrieroft, near Eccles, by which one man has been killed, and two others so severely injured that their lives are despaired of. In consequence of the late hour at which we received intelligence of the calamity, we are prevented from giving anything beyond a mere outline of the shocking affair. It appears that about three minutes past one o'clock, just as the men were returning from dinner to the foundry, such of them as had arrived were startled by a tremendous explosion, followed by the crash of falling buildings, and on running to the engine.house, found both it and several smaller buildings a perfect mass of ruins, all the work of a moment. Such was the force of the explosion, that one part of the boiler, measuring about twenty-six feet, and weighing upwards of two tons, was shot like a canon-ball into the canal, a distance of at least forty yards, knocking down the walls of the engine-house, the boiler shed, smiths' shop, and a large wooden shed in which the " dressers" work, and carrying every.. thing before it. In fact, every particle of brickwork 'in the neighbourhood of the engine -house is completely in ruins. The men immediately set to work to discover the engineer and blast furnace man, both of whom were known to be in the ruins, and messengers were dispatched to Eccles for surgical assistance, and omnibuses to convey the sufferers away. The engineer, Julio Rogers, was discovered in a few minutes quite dead, and, to use the words of our informant, "as black as his hat." The poor fellow had evidently been bruised and scalded to death. Thomas Hurst, the blast man, was discovered underneath the ruins dreadfully burnt about his extremities, but protected in some mea sure by a portion of a chimney which preserved him from being crushed to death. Another sufferer, whose name we could not learn, but who is a dresser and mender, was severely struck by a large piece of metal; in fact, the boiler flew over his head as he sat at work opposite the engine-house, and part of the cylinder, upwards of 7 cwt., fell within an inch of his feet. It is utterly impossible to describe the ruin and devastation it has caused, which is so ex. tensive that a large portion of the works will have to stop at least three weeks for repairs. No one seems able to account satisfacto rily for the accident, which is supposed to have beef!' caused by a want of water in the boiler, although one of the foremen informed us that he tried the gauge tap about nine o'clock this morning, when all was right. We believe that during the morning, about ten o'clock, the engineer had some difference with a boy employed on the works, and they got to high words and blows, when the boy threw a large piece of coal at him, which felled him to the ground anti cut the back part of his head very severely; and about half past twelve, he (the engineer) complained to the timekeeper that he " was very ill, and felt quite like a drunken man," so that, in all probability, the poor fellow did know what he was about in con sequence, and suffered the boiler to run short of water ; thus un consciously causing his own death and the sad results which fol. lowed. He was a steady, sober, and industrious man, and has left a wife and family. The other sufferers were cinveyed to the infir 'nary at Manchester as soon as possible after the accident. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel gians are expected to arrive at Oaf end on Thursday next, and will there embark for this country to visit the Queen and Prince Consort. The King and Queen are expected to remain about ten days on a visit to our Sovereign. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT is about to leave this country for Germany, to visit her family con_ nexions in that country. We hear that the Royal Duchess will be absent about three months, and that her Royal Highness will pass several weeks with their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, at the ducal palace at Coburg, It is ex pected that her Royal Highness will leave England before the 30th, but the precise day is not as yet determined. HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.—On Thursday last, as a poor man, named Joseph Catton, living in Chandos-street, Covent-garden, was passing through St. James's Park, he ob served a gentleman drop a pocketbook, and, having picked it up, at once restored it to the owner, who seemed perfectly bewil dered at the loss he had so nearly sustained, and at once presented the tinder with a sovereign, taking down his name and address. Catton thought no more of the matter ; but on Saturday the same gentleman called at his residerke, and, having satisfied himself as to Canon's general habits, expressed his intention to establish him in a small way of business, at the same time presenting him with a five.pcund note. THE PRISIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.— Sir Martin A. Shea, in consequence of the state of his health, has re. signed the office of President of the Royal Academy. —The Builder ACTIS F 311 . In the Cou r t of Common Pleas, on LIBEL Thursday, judgment wa given in the case of Long v. Barrett, proprietor of the Pilot news paper. The Court overruled the exceptions taken to the charge of the Lord Chief Justice, and gave judgment for the plaintiff. It is stated that the defendant has determined to bring a writ of error, and if necessary, to appeal to the House of Lords. In the Court of Exchequer this day judgment was given in the case of Messrs. Malcomson, cotton-mill owners, against the pro prietors of the Warder newspaper. This case was tried before Mr. Baron Lefroy, at the Spring Assizes for the county Waterford, and a verdict had for the plaintiff of 5001. damages and costs. During this term it was brought before the Court, on the application of counsel, for a new trial, grounded oil objections taken to the judge's charge, upon excessive damages, and upon proofs of the absence of malice on the part of the defendants. The case vt„s argued at great length, and the Court this day gave judgment unanimously that the verdict should not be disturbed. In the Court of (queen's Bench this day, on the application of Mr. Meagher, an order for informations for wilful and corrupt perjury was granted, arising out of the case of Henry Chinnery Justice v. the Tipperary Vindicator, against John Donoghue, the under agent of Mr. Massy Dawson's estates in Tipperary. The cause of action against the newspaper was a publication respecting the eviction of tenantry. GOVERNMENT FUNDS, SATURDNY.—IIank Stock, 2124; Three per Cent. Conso's, shut, 98k, money; Three per Cent. Consols, shut, 98g-, op. Prince Henry, of the Netherlands, left Leith Roads, on Thursday, in the Rhino f r i ga t e, f or I celand; from whence his Royal Highness will proceed, it is said, for St, John's Newfoundland, and should the season nut be too far advanced, for Halifax. RAILWAYS.-13elfast and Ballymena, 81; Belfast and County Down, 4 A ; Cork and Bandon, 8 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, lOu i ; Dublin, Belfast, and Coletaine Junction, 211- ; Dublin and Drogheda, JR ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5; Great Southern and Western, 214; Ditto, Extension, 194- 13; Great Western (Dublin to Mulllngar), 53 H; Irish Great Western, Dublin to Galway, 4+ 4 ; Limerick, Ennis and Killaloe Junction, 8; Lon donderry and Enniskillen, 4 Waterford and Limerick, fig ; Wexford and Carlow, 2 : -T 31. .MR. CARUS WILSON.—In reference to the libera tion of this gentleman, which we announced on Friday, the Jersey Ti mes of that day sass :—On Tuesday, a full Court having been convened, the Solicitor. General moved that Mr. Wilson be now liberated from his confinement in the gaol of Jersey. The Learned Gentleman urged his motion on the grounds that Mr. 'Wilson having already suffered imprisonment for a considerable period, had sufficiently atoned for his offence towards the Royal Court. The Bench having acquiesced in the proposal, the Deputy Viscount proceeded to the prison, and in formed Mr. Wilson that the gates were now open to him. Although somewhat astonished at the unexpected concession, Mr. Wilson did not appear influenced by the same feelings which actuate most individuals on being visited with an unlooked.for benefit. Replying to the announcement, Mr. Wilson said that find ing himself perfectly comfortable in his present domicile, he was not in the slightest desirous to change his quarters, and that he would not leave the prison till force compelled him. Ejectment being thus challenged, force was speedily had recourse to, and the now no longer prisoner was dislodged from his cell. The rationale of this strange proceeding has not yet been made public, but the sooner a bulletin is published explanatory of the reasons why the Itoyal Court has become obsequious, the better." AUGSBURG, JUNE 3.—The Journal of the Austrian Lloyd states that a merchant of Venice has obtained the per mission to construct a railway from Verona to Bregenz, by way of Rocrede, Trient, Bolzin, Meran, Landeck, and Feldkirch, to effect a close communication between the Austrian seaports. The plan is said to have been ye: y favourably received at Vienna. BRUSSELS, JUNE 13.—Prince Metternich will come, in the month of July, to his seat at Johannisburg. As her Majesty the Queen of England, on her return from Coburg, will visit the banks of the Rhine, the Prince hopes that her Majesty will stop at his seat. COWES, JUNE 14.—Her Majesty, his Royal High ness Prince Albert and suite, accompanied by the Royal Infants, are expected at Osborne House on the 19th instant; and it is cur rently reported they will proceed on the following day to review the fleet at Spithead.—llampshire Advertiser. A SERIOUS BLOW TO GRETNA GREEN.—The first clause of Lord BroughLm's Bill, " For amending the law of mar riage," declares, that after the Ist of January next, no marriage solemnised in Scotland shall be valid, either in Scotland or any (Alm part of the United Kingdom, or of the dominions belonging thereto, unless both the parties were born in Scotland, or had had their most usual place of residence there, or had lived in Scotland for three weeks next preceding such marriage; "any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." The Bill also pro poses to enact that all children who are legitimate by the law of Scotland shall be deemed to be so in all parts of the United King dom ; and, further, that all marriages and divorces valid by the law of Scotland shall be deemed to be so in all other parts of the United Kingdom. The Bill finally declares that all persons forging marriage certificates are liable to transportation for life. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The 15th annual meeting of this scientific congress opens at Cambridge on Thursday next, the 19th, under the presidency of that distinguished philosopher Sir John Herschel. THUNDER-STORM AT CHATHAM.—On Friday night, about eleven o'clock, the town and neighbourhood of Chatham was visited with a violent atom, the rain pouring down in torrents and flooding the streets. The most vivid flashes of lightning il luminated the country for miles, accompanied by awful peals of thunder. The storm, which was most severe for the time, lasted about one hour. The lightning set fire to a granary and piggery on a farm in the parish of Tunstall, about a mile and a half from Sittingbourne, in the occupation of ➢lr. George Baker, and al.. though two engines from Sittingbourne were quickly on the spot, the buildings were burnt to the ground, together with forty quar ters of wheat destroyed. The live stock was fortunately saved. The property is insured. THE CASE OF MESSRS. SMITH, TIIE DI iTILLERS.— It is stated in the Excise department that an arrangeMent has been come to in this case, which has for so long a period occupied so much of public attention, by a compromise on the part of the de fendants and the Crown authorikies. It is believed the terms are, that Messrs. Smith are to pay .tfite whole of the expenses incurred i n t he late prosecution, and to entirely remove the rectifying. house, from which thecommunteation, declared by Act of Parliament to be illegal, existed with the distillery. The rectifying-house is in the course of demolition, and there is every probability of their busi. ness being resumed in the course of the ensuing week.—Dispatch. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas are ex pected to leave Connaught-place early in the ensuing month for Germany, on a visit to their illustrious relatives in that country. A person crossing over the Severn at the New Passage, was asking the master of the boat whether there were ever any people lost in the passage ? " No, Sir," answered the Mon. mouthshire tar, " never; my brother was drowned here last week, but we found him the next day l" REPRESENTAIION OF MID-LoTurAN.—A chlnge has been silently concocting in the representation of this county. Mr. Ramsay, who /oyes ease and equestrian amusements, is believed to have been long sick of the officei and his resignation, without reason assigned, was announced by advertisement yesterday morn ing. Everything had been previously arranged, and without the smallest loss of time, Sir John Hope, of Pinkie, comes forward to oupply the vacancy.—Scotsman, 13i.4ciPIN,T4 Chuff?. —On Saturday f'teen members of the above club contended fur the summer medal on Blakhoth, when, after a contest of nearly six hours, Major Jelf ,Fmarp, the secretary of the club, was declared to be the successful competitor, the numher of strikes made by that gentleman in the three rounds (neaily nine miles) being one hppdresl and forty.nine. In the evening the lumbers and their friernia sat down to a eurnptuous dinner at the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich, the 11011. Mr. Fox Manic presiding. DrLicArE Disu.—lt is said that Mr. Cushing, On being asked io dire viith Mandarin Lin, discovered o n th e ta b le something of which' he ate exorbitantly, thinking it to be duel/. Not speaking Chinese, and wishing tO'know Whitt it was, hp pointed to it, after he had finished, saying to his host interrogatiVeq, quack, quack ? " The mandarin, with equal brevity, re plied, with a shake of the head, "now, wow, wow." Mr. Cusbingl4 `feeling on be imagined, JUNE 16, 1845. BIDEFORD AND TAVISTOCK I T. B. CHANTER, Esq., the Mayor, took the chair shortly I i,s!. IL WA Y. I MPO I{ TAN r MEE II NG A•l' , after two o'clock, and commenced the proceedings by stating OKEII A AIM': iN, DEVON. that he, as mayor, had convened the meeting, in consequence On Saturd a y, th e i tli instant, an of a nu merous l y signed requisition, which had been presented influential and input taut meeting was h e ld a t t h e Guildhall, Okehampton. The meeting to him to that effect, to take into consideration the vital and was convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition signed important subject of the formation of railway communication by the Rev. Bouchier Wrey .Saville, the vicar of the parish, and with that town ad port. It was neither his place or pun. about fifty of the principal landowners and inhabitants, to the Tiose to offer any partcular opinion on either of the n schemes follovring effect :—" We, the undersigned, request you will of railway s th at m i g h t be submitted to the meeting; at the c 'reverie a publi c meeting of the inhabitants of the town arid same time, however, be might remark, he understood that one neighbourhood of Okehampton, as soon as possible, to take proposed line of railway would be more than once expressoed nt before tbe meeting, n into consideration the rroptile merits of w hi c h t h ey had alrea d y osed line of rail way communication / a fav oura bl e op i n i on ; viz., the project of th e Bid e f or d and between Bid e f or d and Tavistock via Okehampton, in which Tar. stock Railway Company, which company had in view the both public and local interest are most deeply involved." Shortly after three o'clock the chair was taken by construction of a line from that town, by way of Torrington, HANNIBAL C. MILLET, Esq., the Slayor, who commenced Hatherleigh, and Okehampton, to Tavistock. the proc ee di ngs b y reading the notice calling HULL the meeting. and said TERRELL, that the Esq., so li c i tor to the Company, then rose, Direct ors o f the Bideford and Tavistock lie added th at a d eputation from London was in attendance to lay before th e meet i ng the i r views on the important scheme of Cempany h a d appo i nted a deputation to attend the meeting he'd this d a y t o state t h e advantages of their intended railway it was intended should constructing a railway f rom Bid e f ord to Tavistock, a n d which to th e port o f B i deford. The Bideford and Launceston line was by way of Ok e h ampton. was a compa ra ti ve l y s h ort line, and was inconvenient to the flyer, TERRELL, solicitor to the com p any , t h en rose and inhabitants of Bideford, as it would carry them a round said that he had the honour of appearing before the meeting about course on their way to Plymouth. Secondly, a Bide as one of the deputation from the direction, which deputation ford and Tavistoek line, but not the line he hadlly, the honour consisted of Mr. Tooke, one of the directorse, and Mr. Rice to advocate. This also would be inconveniently eircuitoue ; Hopkins, one of the engineers to the company. Their object it would omit Okehampton and other towns, and would pass nas to lay before the meeting the nature and advantages of the through a barren, and, therefore, poorly populated district, intend ed line, and to obtain its approbation. The company did and dev ise b none but a few interested landoweers, who not need their money, as applications had already been made had devised a scheme which they had not yet ventured to put from parties whose references had been tested for shares CR-. upon paper.--( Cheers. ) ,Thirdly, the North Devon line, from ceeding three times the number to be allotted. The present company, he was h appy to say, had already received abundant Creditor ' M B arnstap l e: this had been mesmerised by the Board of T ra d e into a deep sleep, an d was yet asleep, and other parts, so th a t re) d ou b t could remain as to the ultimate support, not only trent local land owners , b ut f rom cap i talists, in would probably never awake.—( Cheers. ) Fourthly, th e Bideford and Bampton line. Thi s did not interfere with th e success of the present company.—( llear, and cheers.) Mr. Terrell th en rea d t h e following Bristol and E xeter C ompany; it would afford facilities in Bideford a n d T av i stoc k Ra i lway; it was projected by the : " The obj ec t s o f t hi s undertaking are to unite the Bristol passing to London, and he hoped it would pay. F'ilthly, with the English Channel, and to afford a direct, speedy, and there was the Great West of England. He had seen the cheap communication between the three centres of populati in pr spectus of this scheme for the first time that day; it was a in Devonshire, viz , of Bideford and Barnstaple, with their worthless paper project: the Board of Trade had already re neighbourhood, containing 40,000 inhabitants, on the north; Ported against its Cornwall line as impracticable, and he had of Plymouth and Devon port, including in their environs 109,000 it from authority that amongst the few Directors' names people, on the south ; and of Exeter, with its suburbs number- two had be en p rin t e d w i t h out permission. —(Fleas, hear. ) tug 50,000 res id ents, on the east ; and to supply to the inhabi. tants of the di str i cts t h rough which the lines of railway will And then, as to the S out h D evon—were they disposed to work pass the adva n t ages o f manure, coals, an for you as friend s ?—( H ear, hear.) On the contrar d general merchandise, conduct was at best susp i c i ous ; they had a Bill befory. their e Parlia .tt an imm ense re d uct i on of cost, and the means of conveying their agri c ult ura l produce, timber, other goods rent for a bran c h f rom T av i stoc k to Launceston, and what markets. and to the best could be the fruit s o f suc h a b ranch ? Even if it came on to Bideford, it would be running in a c i rc l e ; b ut something more " The rail way i s i nten d ed to commence at the town and port was to be feared. Suppose it should run on to C amelford, of Bideford, a n d to proceed by the town of Okehampton to the borough of T av i stoc k , where it is to communicate with the searching after th e nort h o f C ornwall traffic it would there branch of the S out h D evon Railway, which is to be made from find, whi c h wou ld a l one l ead to the port of Padstow, and thus Plymouth, and f or w hi c h a Bi ll is now before Parliament. A half the t ra ffi c wou ld b e d i rected from Bideford and conferred branch will connect t h e populous and flourishing borough of on Padstow. Barnstaple with th e ma i n li ne, and another brah R. Horeres, Esq., one o f th e eng i neers of the Bideford ch will pass and Tavi s t oc k R a il way Compan y , of his Lea rne d F r i en d , in then rose and o b serve d , t h at from the m a i n li ne t h rough Bow, and join the Exeter and Cre diton line at Credit on . Th e l ength of the main line will be after the al l e an d lucid addre ss which he had so fully explained the position and dbjects of the about 42 miles, and of the branches about 23 miles, making Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company, little remained for together 65 miles. ' him to say, except briefly to describe the line of railway pro " Estimates of the traffic have been preparel by competent posed to be constructed, and to advert to some of its peculiar parties, and the result is, that after allowing a deduction of 40 advantages. He then described the railway. The Board of per cent. for the working expenses, the net returns are calcu• fated to am ount to more than six per cent. per annum on the Directors was comp r . se d o f gentlemen of high standing in the required capit a l, w i t h out taking into account several future railway wor ld ; near l y all of them being Directors in other sources of incom e w hi c h t h e ra i lway will create. companies, a n d severa l o f them bankers and merchants in the " The great i m p or t ance of th i s railway to the landholders city of Lond on . —(Ch eers.) TOOKE, and general popul at i on i n t h e central parts of the county T. H. he atte Esq., one of th e Di rectors, then rose. He through which the li ne w ill pass w ill appear from the fact that said that attended at the i mme di ate wish of the Board of the price of lime will b e re d uce d to them 40 per cent., and Direction, and he sa w very p l a i n l y that the reason they had for of coal 50 per c e nt. it was a good one ; it was b ecause they felt that enough was " The local popul a ti on which would 000 persona, be benefited by th e con • not known of this li ne . He hail the pleasure of exp l a i n i ng struction of this railway exceeds which this li ne o f ra il way w ill pass is the character an d some o f t h e details of the line, in private, to The country th roug 300, the Mayor, and h e ( t h e M ayor) was pleased to say that he did h peculiarly favou ra bl e i n an eng i neering point of view for its not think that a p l an or l i ne could be devised more to the construction, benefit of th a t town—( The Mayor signified his assent).— " Power is i n t en d e d to b e reserved in the Act of Parliament ( Cheers. ) He was h appy to see, from the crowded state of which is to b e o b ta i ne d for making this railway, to allow inte - ' the meeting, th a t t h e town was fully alive to the importance o f rest on the dep os it s an d ca ll s paid on the shares, at the rate of railway intercour se . Th e same spirit had been shown wherever four per cent, p er annum, until the opening of the whole line. the deputatio n h a d gone . Esq., No subscribe r w ill b e li a b le beyond the amount of his shares. CHARLES CARTER, utati of Bideford, sa id, h av i ng h eard " This bein g a county line, it has be e n reso l ve d t h at not the statement of the deputation, he had v er y great p l easure in —" less than 6,000 s h ares of the Company should be distributed moving the first resoluti on , w hi c h was That this mee ti ng , avistock amongst appli cants w h o are Sharehol d ers of the following having heard the dep utat i on f rom the Bideford and T Railway Company, e x p resses i ts approval of the line promoted lines—viz., The Bristol an d E xeter 2,500 by that Company, and it s conv i ct i on that this line passing The South D evon 2 '" ; ., nn through Okehampton, with one o f the termini towards E xe t er "'" at Crediton , and a n oth er t owar d s Pl ymouth at Tavistock, will The Exete r an d C red i ton 7 in a high degree p romo t e t h e prosperity of this port and its And the Ba rns t ap l e and Taw Vale 50 He would now a ll u d e to a few points of special note requiring 250 neighbourhood." the attenti on o f t h e meeting. In the first place the line was JAME S R OOKER , E sq., secon d ed the resolution. in a c er t a i n sense perfect, as a county line—uniting the nor- H. HAWKES, Esq., f e lt i ntereste d i n the formation of the thorn, souther n , an d eastern parts, and it was so extensive as railway, connecti ng th at town and Plymouth, by way of to be entitl e d to an i ndependent standing. In the second arehAders, Okehampton; a n d h e was h appy to state to the meeting that place the di rect i on consisted entirely of London sb this line had b een most cord i ally received by the inhabitants of many of wh om h ad been, and - still were, directors of other Okehampton, and by th e l an d owners along the line. lines, and, h av i ng served their appren ti essrs. Rice and Thomas ceship, were equal t o W. O. CooKE, Esq., surgeon, of Bid e f or d, sa id h e was so their pre sent wor k .—( Cheers.) entirely satisfi e d w i t h t h e explanat i ons which had been given M Hopkins, h av i ng on two or three revious occasion s surveyedproposedtheir also to avail him se lf, ii poss ibl e, of a personal interest in the ability was known, and had secured the confidence of the undertaking,Mr. PALL ARD , merc h ant of Bideford, among other facts in county.—( He ar , an d cheers.) They would be assisted by Sir John APN e ill, as consulting engineer, whose previous know- favour of th e p ropose d li ne, stated, that annually there was ampton ledge of th e county will make his co-operation peculiarly ad- consumed, in the i mme di ate neighbourhood of Okeh tities , vantageous. In th e f ourth place, there was no fear th a t not less than 10,000 tons of culm, and large quantities of the present company would be in the same sad predicament as coal, iron, an d ot h er goods imported at Bid e f or d ; an d these its predece ssors . F unds had been abundantly supplied, quantities would, h e believed, be mu c h i ncreased b y the faci and no applic at i ons f or shares had been attended to except lilies which the rail roa d wou ld a ff ord. Another source of an increase of traffic to that pa r t, resu l t i ng from the formation from parties of un d ou b ted respectability. (Hear, hear.) Before concludin g , h e wou l d trouble the meeting by calling of the p ro p ose d ra il way would, he believyd, arise from quan its attention to on e o th er su bj ect—viz., the relation which this tities of copper and oth er ores f rom the neighbourhood of Lyd ford b e i ng s hipp e d at Bid eford for Wales, instead of being line bore to othe r li nes in the county. As it respected the Crediton and Exet er , an d S outh Devon and Tavistock, the taken into C ornwa ll f or t h at purpose as heretofore. Alto intended line would b ene fi t b ot h , as it would join them and Sather h e th oug ht it one of the best lines ; i n d ee d, f or the coun carry traffic on t o b o th . Th e proposed line between Taunton try, the on ly li ne that could be constru c t e d w i t h a c h ance of and Barnstaple would not, if carried out, interfere with this making a return for the outl ay o f cap i ta l .— ( Cheers.) company—it would a ff or d a conven i ent line for the inhabitants f of Barnstaple an d Bid e f or d on their way to London, and adopted. prevent any c ompet i ng li ne with the present, either in a line 1 homes Evans, E sq ., s hi powner, B i deford, moved the fol trorn Barnstaple to Ti ver t on, or B at nstaple to Crediton, which lowing resoluti on :—" Thi s meet i ng pledges itself to further, latter line, h owever (N orth Devon line), may be considered by every means i n it s power, t h e o bj ect and undertaking of the as already def unc t. ( H ear, hear.) The Great Western Bideford and Ta v i s t oc k C ompany, and that the members for Company had no i ntent i on of proposing a line. the county of Dev on b e requeste d to give the same their ut- RICE HOPK INS , E sq., one of the engineers to the corn- most support in Parlia men t." pang—lt i s w ith f ee li ngs of peculiar pleasure that I rise to After some furthe r o b servat i ons f rom Mr. Evans, Mr. address this m ee ti ng, b ecause I believe that the great object Tooke, and othe rs , th e reso l ut i on was again put to the meet which has b een so long desired by the inhabit an t s o f t hi s ing , and unanimously adopted. Mr town and neighbourhood, and for which this mee ti ng i s now A vote of thanks t o the chiayor, for calling the m ee ti ng , an d assembled, is in a f a i r tra i n towards i ts accomplishment. for his condu c t i n the chair, moved by Mr. Took e , was then adopted. Money is no long er want i ng; b ut i t is most desirable, in order to obtain the necessary powers for constructing the railway, that the promoters should be able to show to Parliament that the project is supported by parties who have an interest in the district. I happy to state that the lines proposed possess no pe culiar engineering difficulties. Only two short tunnels (each about a quarter of a mile in length) are necessary, and the ex cavations and embankments required are much under the usual average of railways in general. The gradients are also fa vourable, and there will be no plane which cannot be worked by an ordinary locomotive engine. Estimates of the probable traffic have been made, and the result is highly satisfactory. A line, connecting not only the whole of the north with the south of Devon, but several towns of the north with Exeter, the metropolis of the county, and passing through such an im portant agricultural district, requiring such large supplies of manure as this railway only can afford, cannot fail to yield a large return to the shareholders. The advantages of this rail way to the agriculturists and other inhabitants of the neigh bourhood will be immense. In the centre of the district lime will be reduced in price 40 per cent., and coals 50 per cent. ; agricultural produce and merchandise in general will be con veyed at less than one-fourth the present expense of conveyance. 'thus not only will money be saved, but the resources of the country will be more fully developed, and all classes, including landlords, tenants, and labourers, will participate in the benefits.—( Hear, hear.) The Rev. BOUCHIER WREY SAVILLE, vicar of Okehamp ton, said he had been requested to move a resolution, which by the permission of the meeting he would now read ; it was as follows:—" That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Com pany, and having heard with pleasure the addresses of a depu tation from the company, i s of o pi n i on th a t th e construction of h eproposed line of railway from Bideford-to Tavistock, with branches to Barnstaple and Crediton, is calculated to promote in a high degree the interests of the county of Devon in e g neral, and of thi s t own an d th e surroun di ng district in par ticular, and is therefore deserving of the warmest support, and that therefore the meeting pledges itself to assist, by every means in its power, the accomplishment of this undertaking, and that the members for the county of Devon be earnestly re quested to support the same in Parliament."—( Cheers.) After the very full and satisfactory statements made by the gentle men of the deputation, he thought he was warranted in asking the meeting to adopt the resolution he had just read.—( Hear, and cheers.) For his own part, he could not but feel that the formation of the proposed railway would be attended with very great advantage to all persons residing either in the town or neighbourhood, and therefore he felt desirous that the com pany should have every encouragement. He had examined the line as marked out by the engineer, and had it explained to him, and for his own part he did not conceive that any line could be marked out that would more conduce to the interests of that town.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) One of the prin cipal landowners of the district (Albany Saville, Esq.) had signified his approval of this line.—( Hear, and cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded his speech with advising all farmers, landowners, tradesmen, and others interested in the neighbour hood, at once to make application for shares. H. Coerreten Esq., of Okehampton, in seconding the reso lution, said the formation of the proposed railway would be an immense advantage to the inhabitants of this town and neigh bourhood, whether engaged in agricultural or mercantile pur suits, whether landowners, farmers, or labourers, whether en gaged, in business or not. He recommended all interested in the pfosperity of the town and neighbourhood to make at once applications for shares, and thereby convince the Parliament and the country that the line was one deserving of support. HENRY HAWKES, Esq., Okehampton, raid, before putting the resolution to the meeting, he should like to make an ob servation or two. He had the honour to represent the inte rest of the Rev. John Luxmoore, who, next to Mr. Saville, was, he believed, the largest landowner in the neighbourhood; and he had great pleasure in saying this undertaking had the hearty and liberal concurrence of that gentleman. From in terviews which he had had with some other landowners on the line between this town and Torrington, he further had the pleasure to assure the deputation that they were also not merely favourable to, but most desirous that this undertaking should succeed. The resolution was now put by the Mayor, and unanimously adopted by the meeting. 1. B. TOOKE, Esq., one of the Directors, then rose and said—Having been deputed by the Board of Directors to re present them, he begged to confirm, as far as they needed any confirmation, the statements made by the solicitor and engineer of the Company. He could assure the meeting that this was a solid and substantial undertaking, not set on foot in the spirit of ma d specu l at i on, but for the purpose of giving the benefit of rail way commun i cation to this important district of the country.—.( Hear, hear.) As the mee ti n g h a d already heard, the num b er o f shares that, the Directors had to allot had been applied for three times over, and the allotments would be made, to the best of their belief, to bona fide applicants, to per sons seeking for investment, not to mere speculators. This, was not a paper line, but if duly supported, as by prornizei of the landowners there was every reason to expect, they might depend upon the railway being carried through, and the inesti mable benefits of railway communication conferred upon the neighbourhood. They had been recommended by the vicar to take their one, and two, and three shares, and he could assure them, from his own personal knowledge, that the Board of Directors would be glad to attend to any such application. The strength of all railway proprietaries lay in holders of t 44 and twenty shares.—( Hear, hear.) It was not in a, sin...it of specu lation that this railway was offered tq thew, but for purposes of solid investment. CAUSEWAY BETWEEN n in AND BANDORA. :From the Britisk Indian Ger.t'eman's Ga:ctte, April 10.) The Causeway between Mahim and L'andora was opened on last Tuesday evening, in a manner which did honour not only to the founder of that most useful struc ture, but to the inhabitants of Bombay. From an early hour the roads leading to Mahim were thronged with vehicles, in which the natives of every de scription hastened to the neighbourhood of the cause way, and soon after three o'clock the carriages of the Europeans and wealthy inhabitants began to appear. From that hour the way to .vaahim presented a most animated appearance. The villages through the Toddy tree groves of Mahim were swarming with spectators at the long line of carriages of every description which passed on before them. The arrangements made by the police were excellent; constables were stationed at different barriers to keep the order required. At half-past four o'clock the car riages were drawn up in line from the end of the ap proach to the causeway, to the termination of the towa. They were stationed on the side of the road so as to allow those to pass on which were to take the lead in the procession. At half-past four o'clock the Hon. the Governor's carriage came to the grand entrance of Parell Palace, and the Governor and Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Knight, entered it, the latter having the seat of honour at the Governor's right hand. Escorted by the Lancers and followed by the aide-de-camp s , and the st a ff o f t h e garrison, & c . & c ., th ey proceeded to Mahim, a distance of nearly three miles. At five o'clock they approached the Causeway, and the procession began from the front of Mahim Church, in the following order:— The Engineer Officer who constructed the Causeway, Captain Cruikshank, who was represented by Captain Marriott. The vote thauks was seconded, and carried by accla• The MA von briefly acknowledged the vote, and the meet ing then separated shortly after five o'clock. NORTH DEVON RAILWAYS,.. HE BIDEFORD AND TAVISTOCK RA WAY.—IMPORTANT PUB LIC MEETING. AT B IDEFORD. BIDEFORD, Mor; DAY. On Tuesday, the lfith instant, a public meeting, °crooned by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition, was held in the Town Hall, Bideford, "to take into cAus:deration the interest of the district relative to the 4e/seal projected lines of railway to this port, anq fo,c adopting such measures as 'might be deemed i l dxl..saWe.'•'' The meeting was numerous and Wu- The Establishment of the Engineer. The first part of the Lancers. The Governor's Band. The llon. the Governor's carriage. Captain Arthur, the Governor's Private Secretary on the one side, and Cursetjee Jamsetjee, Esq., on the left, with many other gentlemen on horseback. The personal retinue of the lion. the Governor. The carriages followed in single line of the Commander in -Chief, of the Members of Council, of the Secre taries, of many Civil servants, of the Staff, and of the leading personages in the society of this island. A party of Lancers closed the procession. A triumphal arch was erected at each entrance of the Causeway, and as the procession moved along it the coup•d'ail was magnificent. The bells of the church rang a merry peal. The groups that thronged around the sides of the way leading to the entrance in their white dresses, gave an air of splendour to the whole view. The great length of the procession, the moving spectacle around, the calm and beautiful expanse of water on both sides of the Causeway ; the triumphal arches of the Mahim and Bandora entrances, the splendid pavilion erected under the well-known large tree on the Ban dora shore, require not to he described. When the head of the procession reached the centre of the Causeway a royal salute was fired from four guns stationed on the Salsette sands, under the command of Captain Unwin. The Causeway was adorned Kith flags at regular dig. tances, and about 1.50 seats were placed on the footw, vs for the benefit of the pedestrian s . I t was satisfa'. behold the arrangements th us ma d e for the *convenience : tory to ' of all classes. In the dwelling-house of the chi . ' e f nat i ve o ffi cer o f Bandora (Cornavlsado r ), an d UP ' 4r the pavillion, Lady Jamsetjee, with her family. , aa d ta k en t h e i r stat i on, an d on alighting from their e ::,rriages the Ilon. the Governor l and all the leading '':.embers of th e company and their ladies there p r ':)ceeded to offer to her Ladyship th e ir congraLulat;:ons on the completion of the Causeway. At I.llx o'clock the last of the carriages arrived at the pavilion, when refreshments were prepared in the most sumptuous style. It was a beautiful sight to see the pa norama in the pavilion, where the ladies of Bombay, the members of the Government, and the secretaries and the civil servants, the number of officers, military, medical, and naval ; of the gentlemen of the bar, of the mercan tile houses, &c. &c., all seemed pleased on witnessing the public ceremony of opening the causeway from Mahim to Bandora. At half-past six o'clock Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy stood at the head of the table, when the lion. the Governor, Sir George Arthur, supported by Sir T. M'Mahon, the Commander-in-Chief, the members of Council, &c., ad dressed him in the following manner : " Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy,—lt gives me great pleasure to address you on this occasion, after having passed over the noble Causeway which, through the munificence of your family, has been erected for the benfit of the public. I myself, as well as every one present, can bear testimony to the value of this splendid and most useful work. It at fords me, therefore, high gratification to a dd ress you, for I have to s p ea k on a subject which is i n t trest i ng to us all —to eve r y one now present—and its interest is best proved by this numerous assembly. As the exact cir cumstances under which this Causeway has been con structed may not be known to all the company, I shall give a short explanatory history of the undertaking. some years ago the Government of this Presidency, see ing the advantages of a regular communication between the islands of Bombay and Salsette, and being anxious ••••••• •••••11.10 to connect the towns of Mahim and Bandora by a cause• sy, had the ground surveyed, plans taken, and the estimates of the probable expense of the proposed work calculated. The expense of such an undertaking, it, was reported, would be 67,000 rupees. The exigencies of the Government at the time being very great, matter 1% as allowed to remain in abeyance until a more favourable Opportunity should arise—it not being considered of ro great importance as other proposed improvements then before the Government. This took place :.orne years ago, and the plans remained tmexecuted until the mon soon of 1841, I believe, when a distressing accident oc curred at the terry here. A boat was swamped, and a number of poor natives, I think, about fifteen, lost ti.eir lives. This distressing accident was of course a subject of conversation amongst the people, laid came to the ears of Lady Jamsetjee, who was greatly pained at its consequences to the families of the sufferers. She spoke to you, and asked you why the Government did not en deavour to remedy an evil which was the cause of such misery among the poor of Salsette ? The answer efts that the Government was fully occupied on ether matters of importance, arid that, according to the estimates, it would not only require the large sum already stared, but, moreover, that a second estimate hail been made out, by which it was calculated that a further sum would be required, amounting altogether to one lac of rupees. Let the consent of the Government be obtained,' was the answer of this noblieminded woman, I wilt de fray all expenses.' fhe consent of Government arts then obtained, and the work commenced ; but it was aeon discoverttl that furl [le l. sums would be n, cessaly to tithe 7 it t completion. Application was made to the Court .7f • Directors for their aid and co-operation, when they, with the liberality which has always characterised their pro ceedings when called upon to alsist the l•enevolent na tives in their good undertakings, gave their stssent. Various other sums were, however, r, quired and still supplied by Lady Jamsetjee, till at length, after an ex penditure of 147,000 rupees, the structure was completed. It was then sugg(stA that so hantLonie a structure de manded an equally handsome approach to it, for which it was calculated a sum of 20,000 rupees would be re quired, which further expenditure was entirely defrayed by that noble-minded person, Lady .Lnisetjee. Titus, after an expenditure of 167,000 rupees, has this great and irwrit useful work been perfected, which reflects so great an honour on the kind, the charitable, the bene volent lady, who has thus conferred a lasting benefit on the inhabitants of these islands, whether rich or poor ; but more especially by the poorer classes has this great benefit been felt, as by this noble donation their means of transit have been rendered permanently secure, and their lives ensured to them front dancer. As they have not the opportunity of rend( ring their thanks to Ledy Jamsetjee in person, lam sure you will all unite with me in thanking her in their name, and, to perpetuate this noble deed, I this day propose that the Causeway henceforth bear the name of ' Lady Jamsetiee's Cause way.' (Loud cheers.)--I have said that it gives me pleasure to address you, Sir Jamsetjee, on this occasion, and the cause of that pleasure is that lam acquainted with your deeds of benevolence and your unbounded munificence, at least in part, for you have kept many of your good and generous actions concealed from me. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have been cognizant only of some of the charities of this most liberal person, and when, a short time after my arrival in this Government, I took occasion to add up the amount of the then known charities of Sir Jamsetjee, being ignorant of much more that has since come to my knowledge, you will doubt less be surprised when I tell you that it amounted that time to no less a sum than 100,000 pounds sterling, or ten lacks of rupees. ((cheers.)—The character of Sir J. Jejeebhoy is known all over the world. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen has expressed her approval of his conduct, and her high sense of his benevolence and munificence, in proof of which she has been pleased. to bestow upon him that special mark of distinction which is now hanging on his breast, and which I ac count as one of the fortunate occurrences in my life that I had the honour of presenting to him. (Loud cheers.)—We have all heard of the munificence of the British merchants, but give me a Bombay merchant for generosity, the extensive proofs of which we every (lay behold. It gives me, therefore, unfeigned satisfaction„ in the presence of so many of the inhabitants of these two islands, to express my sense of the good, the humane, and the magnanimous conduct of Sir Jamsetjee Jejee bhoy, and his equally generous consort. My earnest wish is that as their meritorious acts increase so may also in crease the length and happiness of their lives.—(Great applause.) I believe, Sir Jamsetjee, that acts of charity,: form part of the religion of your communion; I will not say much on that score, but I am sure that no one will regard such deeds of charity performed by one of God's creatures, whatever his creed may be, without feelings of the deepest respect, and all acts arising from such motives, deserve the very greatest regard. Ladies and gentlemen, the noble structure over which we have this (lay passed has been named after its noble-hearted limn-. der, Lady Jarnsetjee's Causeway. Let us now driek witke enthusiasm to the 'Health of Lady Jamsetjee.' " The toast was drank with every expression of enehe. siastn. Sir JAMSETJEE JEJEEBEIOY then addressed the com pany as follows:—" Ladies and gentlemen, —Aikra. mo to return you my warmest thanks for your kindness in drinking the health of Lady Jamsetjee, and in doing so I cannot avoid expressing how gratified and flattered I am by this large assembly of my friends. To you, Sir George Arthur, and to those ladies who have conic Eo far to grace this ceremony with their presencea am under infinite obligations. It is a compliment I deeply feel, as, I am satisfied, will Lady Jamsetjee, who has looked for ward to the opening of this Causeway as one of the hap piest moments of her life, and who could receive no more grateful appreciation of her motives than the presence on this occasion of so many of her sex. The Honourable the Governor has spoken of this work as one emanating in charity towards the poor, and I may truly say that it did so, far though such an undertaking had long pre viously been recommended to Government by its ofßecrs, as calculated to produce great public good, yet , Lady Jamsetjee's offer to contribute largely towards it on the condition that no tolls should be levied on th e p u bli c, was, I believe, the result of a pure desire to benefit the poor in many ways, and amongst others in preventin g those accidents to which Sir George Arthur h as so feel- . ingly alluded. I may b e permitted to say thus of /l ie origin of a work of great public utility which did not emanate from me, but which, from domestic eir j s es , cannot otherwise regard than with feelings of the. greatest, pride and satisfaction. The Honourable the Governor has alluded to former acts of charity on trip part: I ant sure I shall stand excused in not further adverting to them on this occasion, but it is grateful I - 0 me to know that my motives and conduct are appr.. dated by the head of the Government. I should n r ,JIY how illconlstriletgrtz own feelings were I to om i t tu say much the absence of that able officer, Captain Cruickshank, under whose superintendence this Causeway has been commenced and completed. I should have been glad of the opportunity of tendering him personally and in th o presence of th is di st i nguished assembly my best thanks for the zeal and ability with which he has devoted him self to this undertaking. To him are we indebted for so early and successful a completion of the work which it. is only due to him to pronounce as perfect in its cots struction. I once again beg to offer you my sincere thanks for your kindness in meeting me on an occasion so full of interest to myself and for the generous warmth with which you have responded to the toast proposed by the Hon. the Governor.' Three cheers were then unanimously given for Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Rat., by all the company. The Hon. the Governor soon after gave his arm to Sir Jamsetjee, and both left the pavilion together. Every Intention was shown to the native gentlemen. The Mhara arrees, Parsees, and other native merch an t s of respect a bili ty , were invited for three o'clock, and the whole of the arrangements respecting them were admi rably conducted under the special direction of Cursetjee Jamsetjee, Esq. He was indefatigable in his endea vours ; he remained on horseback from two until six o'clock. The night came on, and as the carriages on their return emerged from the groves of Mahim, their lights, as they moved rapidly along, proved that there had been many collected to do honour to a meritorious undertaking. Thanks to the care and vigilance of the chief magis trate, Mr. Le Geyt, and of Captain Burrows, the super intendent of police, the utmost order and regularity prevailed. The ladies and gentlemen who attended at this interesting ceremony will long preserve pleasurable Causewayrecollectios of the opening of "L ady Jamsetjeen .n" PIGOT'S LIFE-PRESERVER. The following detail of trials of a defensive agent, and, at the same time, a life-preserver, adar,ited to the use of boarding parties, to crews of boats employed in cutting out ships, and troops in the passage of rivers, promises a valuable acquisition to the service, as ftwnished in a condepsed extract from the recent letter of an officer to the inventor. It may be necessary to state that the Humane Society have adopted Mr. Pigot's apparatus, in preference to the belts, and tkat he has furnished eighty-seven to that institution. " No. '2 Battery, New Romney, Kent, June 4th, 1845. t 4 I have now the satisfaction of replying to yours ; and having tested your life-preserver, will pass my unbiased opinion of them, and have to observe that, having seen many, I consider both to be the ne plus ultra. It is of importance to inform you that, in the event of the latter (the war life-preserver.) being wanted for particular service in the navy, you can inform your patronisers that a war in the sea or water may be carried on in it; but I win give you a short description of our ttials—l may say official, as I had conferred with Capt. Peat, R.N., on the subject, who, some time ago, had been trying several others. " Trials.—First Day—Having put the air.chemisette on the chief boatman, with his lower garments on, and myself with the war life preserver at the same time (having a percussion port.fire with me), we both dashed from the steep beach into the sea, at which time I had 'worsted stockings,' flannel drawers,' heavy or flushing-trowsers, flannel shirt, over shirt, waistcoat and cap. After swimming out sometime I fired my blue-light (or port.. by i all minryyi fire), as if for ass i stance : he swam and offered it. After being some some time in th e water we returned to the shore. I e tn gb g a e i tc t lk o n ff s; m ttihi y ei s b ce a hi c ,ide k fe , db co ofi n art s am e t qtaurni the.eanit l y zr lewx.. war -life—Second es specr obligedoenrdv preserver, givingsyw—i hiem ashoree ap o fire, and without c l ot hi ng, except his drawers and hat. I told him to makea s i gna l after being some little distance off; he fired his port.fire ; I th en l eft the shore as though to either assist or engage him, and, w h en arriving at him, challenged him, when he replied,' Don't t ouc h me, or I will set fire to you.' I then snapped the pistol and th e cap fired, but owing to my swimming after him I exertion, reversed, on hrarebt tried a patent lif e coat, b ut found I could not, yy suppose some water got into the touch.hole (as the pistol exploded afterwards) ; the pistol was carried in my hand during the titan, The buoyancy of the war ones and the uses to which they would be applied are, in my opinion, so numerous, that I leave this to yourself. I wish you to understand from me that I entirely ap prove of them from these trials, under all circumstances, and will report the result to Captain Peat. The air-cliemise . ttesw ridi answer excellently for Loat servic e of coastguard in river s s many creeks, and for stations on marshes, where there are so prevention of divisions of the land by ditches, &c., for the R R.N. . smuggling. (Signed) COMBE, "iTo R. G. Pigot, Esq., Hammersmith." a Uninjurable by sabre-cut, pike.th r ust or pistol-shot. BRISTOL SUGAR _MARKET, JUNE 14.—Our market ues and prices have still rather an upwal d ten dency. West India and 1,200 mats Mauritius have contln 86 very firm , been disposed of since our last, at from 445. to 545. for low - browns to good grocery.—Bristol Mercury. (THIS I)AY.) G OUP A. ssvizr-L,Als - s1:—; of LlArr. Central Lord Eloumtiehl then pointed out a mistake in a copy of his evidence which had been forwarded to him, and in which a statement, made with reference to the South-Eastern, had been applied to the North Kent line. Mr. Bidders' cross-examination was then continued—He spoke a'. some length as to the number of junctions formed by the South-Eastern and the number formed by the North Rent line. Mr. ItonnE observed that he had a communication to make to the Committee, and requested that they should retire for the purpose. The CnAIRMAN assented, and the Committee accordingly retired for some time. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP GG. GLASSOW .7171,:CT10N RAILWAY. The Committee - on this group re_asscmblcd at twelve, but it was nearly one o'clock before business was commenced, owing to the absence of Mr. Muntz and Viscount Grimston. At the latter hour Mr. Muntz entered, having but just arrived in town from Birmingham, and the proceedings of the day were commenced by Mr. Hope calling, on the part of 4r. Campbell of Blytheswood, one of the opponents, Mr. J. Kyle, a land.surecyor in Glasgow, who was examined as to the nature and difficulties of the strata through which the tunnel beneath the Biytheswood property would pass, and the effect which the termini in Bothwell-street would have upon the surrounding valuable property. The witness exhibited a model of the newer portions of the city where the proposed line would inter. sect them. 'LEFT SITTING.) GROUP K. 'WYNDHAM AND DETLEHAM LINE. The Committee on this line resumed this morning at the usual hour, the Members present being Viscount Saudon (Chairman), J. L. Ricardo, R. Cobden, and W. Martin, Esqs. Mr. Pare, examined by Mr. CALVERT—Has been engaged to draw up an account of the present traffic on the road between Wyndham and East Dereham, and a sketch of the probable accession upon the construction of a direct line of railway between those towns. The entire revenue which he anticipated for that line would be 24,919/., while that for the circuitons line by Wyndham would not exceed 19,4891. The former would perform the journey by travelling over fifteen miles in forty.five minutes, and the latter twenty-two miles in one hour, six minutes, leaving a balance of twenty-one minutes in favour of the former. Has examined the traffic tables put in by the other side, and finds that the increase anticipated by them between Wyndham and Dereham is 50 per cent., while between Attleborough and Diss it is rated at too per cont. upon the very same data. The population of Norwich, by the cen sus of 1831, was 56,134, and in 1841, 62,341, being en increase of only 2 per cent., while in the ten years between 1821 and 1831 the increase was more than 21 per cent. (LEFT SITTING'.) GROUP Ti. ATraosrliEnic LINE, The Committee resumed on this line at twelve to-day, Mr. E. B. Denison in the chair, with all the other members of the Com mittee present, when, according to arrangement on Friday, the in quisition was taken on the interference with Lord Grantley's pro perty by the atmospheric line. Our readers will recollect that we have stated the circumstances as alleged by the counsel on both sides. The line intersected a portion of his Lordship's property, cutting off a portion of the park, and then passing between Lord Grantley's property and that of Mr. Sparks, so affected the residences of both as to destroy the privacy of their houses and interfere very greatly with those features of the locality. Both the cutting and the em bankment were equally objectionable. The one would destroy the view from the house, and the other would altogether interrupt the enjoyment from the immediate lands. Lord Grantley was in the habit of driving four-in-hand, and had within the last five or six years expended upwards of 20,0001. in the improvement of the pro• perty. Mr. Sparks, the other petitioner, lived about a mile off at Gosden House, but from the course which the railway took, he closely adjoined the railway. It took part of his lawn and quite interrupted his view down the vale of Bromley, which was very beautiful. The property, as it happened, was very narrow, and the line took fully a mile from this property, so that, in fact,' its pecuniary value was very greatly reduced, The residents at Wonersh were within three miles of Guildford, where they had the advantage of a railway already formed. He had now only to lay the evidence before the Committee, and if it was proved that equal advantages would be obtained to the public by the line which was proposed by the South-Western Company as by the other, he trusted they would approve of that line which was likely to be beneficial to the public, and yet not injurious to private interests, Mr. Baillie Denton, a surveyor, of twelve years' standing, stated that he had surveyed the property, and had seen the deposited plans, and according to the quantity of earthwork which would have to be done, by those plans the expense for two furlongs back from the thirteenth mile, and six furlongs forward from the twentieth mile, would be 34,162/. ls. 6d. ; and going by Albury and Shalford, the earthwork would be 25,059/. Os. I Od. For the two lines respectively, the expense of bridges, would be, on the pro. posed line 21,144/. ss. 6d.; while on the deposited line it would only be 14,939/. 7s. The excess of the permanent way would be 4001. The gradients on the original line were also better, the most severe on that line being 1 in 100, while on the proposed line it is 1 in SO, while the interference with property would not be so objectionable. The CHAIRMAN interposed, and stated that he thought this was not quite according to the rule of evidence. ~... Mr. AUSTIN stated that, according to the decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons, it was not competent for counsel to put in plans or sections made by any other parties than under the orders of the landowners. RAILWAY 0031 ITTE ES . The Committee having met tide day, at the usual hour, Mr. Sergeant IVRANt.liam proceeded to the cross-examination of Mr. Bidders, but the evidence given contained no material pout that had not been previous:y published. The CHAIRMAN observed that General Lord Bloomfield was present, and wished to make a correction as to a part of his evidence which had been misunderstood. (LEI'T SITTING.) GROUP P. THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. On the re-assembling of the Committee on this group to.day, the business was commenced by Mr. Law calling and examining Mr. Giles, eivil engineer, who deposed that he had seen the line, of the proposed South Wales Railway, and was acquainted with the country through which it passed. It appeared to him that the trunk line in Pembrokeshire did not embrace the principal towns in that country, and that the branch lines were not well adapted for the mineral districts. The principal traffic into South Wales passed through Bristol, by way of the old ferry, called the Aust; Gloucester constituted the second passage for traffic coming from the south-western parts of England into Wales; and it also commanded the traffic arriving from the north and south. The tide of the Severn rose more rapidly than the title of any other river in Europe, and its water was charged with mud in solution. The proposed bridge would offer a great obstacle to the navigation. At high tides the trows would have to unship their masts in going through the arch. During this process they would be rendered unmanageable, owing to the rapidity of the tide, and would most probably be hurled broadside against the piers of the bridge. At the point where it is intended to make the canal be. tween Hock Crib and Farmslow, the river rose nine feet, and the tide was so rapid that it would preclude the entrance of vessels into the canal. At every tide there would be a deposit of alluvial matter outside the lock.gates, which would require to be removed by the power of sluices or other mechanical means, for otherwise there existed no method of " scouring" the deposit. The canal would not be supplied with fresh water, which was necessary for preventing a sediment. He did not consider that a long port in winter would have any effect on the tidal water. The best point for crossing the river for the northern traffic was most undoubtedly ut Gloucester, and for the south traffic the passage of the Aust Ferry was desirable. (LEFT SITTINU.) GROUP SS. COVENTRY, EEDWORTH, AND NU .N EATON RAXLWAY. The Committee on this group re-assembled this morning at the usual hour, and proceeded with the engineering evidence in the case for the promoters of the Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway. Mr. MACAULAY announced that arrangements had been come to with several landholders and the London and Birmingham Com pany, and the opposition to the line had accordingly been withdrawn. Mr. George Rennie confirmed the evidence of Mr. Addison, the engineer to the line. He believed the line presented no en. gineering difficulties worth speaking of, and was quite certain it could be made within the estimate of Mr. Addison. The witness, in his cross-examination by Mr. DANIEL, admitted that on some parts of the line minerals had been extracted from under the surface; and the consequence had been that the land had sunk, and might again sink. He did not think this ought to act prejudicially to the railway; but, independently of that opinion, he had been informed by those who had sufficient opportunities of as. certaining the fact, that the sinking had subsided. Mr. T. Gooch had also gone over the line, and fully coincided in the statements which had been made by Mr. Addison. In his opinion, Mr. Addison had fixed upon the best point for forming a junction with the London and Birmingham line. He knew well the neighbourhood of Coventry, and had no hesitation in saying a junction to the eastward of the town was superior to one on the westward. Both junctions, however, were feasible; but the advantages on the whole, be thought, preponderated in (*lir of the proposed junction to the eastward. On cross-examination, he said the fact of some portion of the land over which the line would pass having sunk, or was in a sink. lug state, was not a sufficient obstacle to justify the removal of the lino, and mentioned one or two instances where embankments on existing lines were constantly sinking. Plate layers were always stationed near to these spots, and they were never at a loss to find a remedy for the defect. Mr. Sherwood, a railroad contractor of considerable experience, who had been extensively employed on British and foreign rail ways, was willing to contract for the woiks on the proposed line at 87,7501, Mr. Carenah, an ironmonger and collector of poor.rates at Nuneaton, considered the proposed railway would be a great advantage to that town, if the Trent Valley were extended as far as Nuneaton. There was an ex. tensive traffic in ribbons, between Nuneaton and Co. veaLry, and it was evident to him that a railway between the two places wGula be a great public advantage. He admitted having signed a petition against the proposed railway, but it was under the impression that the line would stop short of Nuneaton, at Marston. Mr. James Arnold, a ribbon.weaver at Nuneaton, had also been induced to sign a petition against the proposed railway, under the impression that it would not extend beyond Marston. The Trant Valley line would immediately connect Nuneaton with Mar. ston, and, of course, this fact removed his objection to the railway. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP X. CAMBRIMOZ AND LINCOLN LINE. The Co:nmitteee sat to day shortly after 12 o'clock, and re sumed the TRAFFIC EVIDENCE. Mr. VALENTINE LEE handed in certain tables of traffic ? and called Mr. D. Jones, and examined him as to their contents. Witnesses were examined as to their contents on Saturday on some items, but the counsel against the project having said that these tables were so complicated that they could not understand them, the cross-examination as to the amount of exports of provisions from the district of Ramsey that they alleged took place annually, was reserved for this day. The witness 'deposed that the nnaptity of potatoes, oats, and other agricultural produce exported from the district cast of Ramsey, as compared with that of the west, was immense, owing to the superior facilities for transit which that district now possessed, and the natural superiority of the soil over that of the west. Mr. viiiiiura p a rsons, estate valuator and architectural surveyor, deposed that he had estig44o the value of the lands, houses, build. ings, &c., along the whole liter f r p ßi , t.',arobridge to Lincoln, pro posed to be taken in by that line, and liar,l Flipp) at 34,0751. Mr. Miller deposed that he received about 500 tons ,i'gyoprivi? Ref einum from . London to Peterborough, by Wisbeach, by water; the siairol,49 cost him 20s. per ton ; by railway it would cost about 7s. 4d. The saw Aprvvation applied to iron, timber, &c ,in the freight of which the sa,ving be proportionably great. The Committee here retired, psi* 171;54 purpose they did not state; but on their return they made no announcement whatever, and Ilke examination was proceeded with. (LEFT sirriNci.) SUDDEN DEATII OF MR. HUMPIIRYS, DEPUTY AIRMAN OF TIIE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (From a Correspondent.) —lt is with extreme pain I inform you of the sudden death of a most worthy and esteemed gentleman, Mr. Ambrose Humphrys, of 22, Upper Wimpole-street, Cavendish. square, Deputy Chairman of the Great Western Railway, which took place at his residence on Saturday, at a quarter past four, P.M. He had attended, during the day, to hi s usual b us i ness, an d had proposed an early dinner, w i t h the intention of getting to the Opera, with his daughter, in good time. When at dinner, he complained of illness, and retired to the sofa in the dining room, and was a corpse in a few minutes. So sudden was his demise, that the family present thought it a fainting fit only. Drs. Wilson, Leicester, and Heavyside, were immedietely called in, and they pronounced him dead, Lady Montgomery and party, Colonel Bryan and family, the lady of Major Rice and family, and Sir William and Lady Allan, were among the numerous passengers that arrived at Blackwall Pier early this morning, by the General Steam Naviga tion Company's steam-ship Soho, Captain Cullen, after a rapid passage of a little over eighteen hours from Antwerp. SUSPECTED PARRICIDE. —The Carlisle Journal states that Mr. John Graham, an opulent turner, residing at Kirk Andrew, has been taken into custody on a charge of poisoning his wife and his father. The bodies have been ex humed, and the circumstances attending the death of each case are at present under investigation before the coroner. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.--EXTENSI N 'E SEISURE.— About eight o'clock on Saturday evening an extensive seisure of illicit spirits was made, and t,vo private stills were discovered, on thepremiscs, 64, Silver-street, Stepney, by George George, and John Diver, officers of Customs. Suspicion was first excited by complaints made in the neighbourhood that by some means or other the supply of water had been most inconvecien.ly reduced, which fact was ultimately explained by the discovery of a new pump at the "distillery," which diverted the water away for the purpose of cooling the worms. The place had been taken for the ostensible purpose of a blacking manufactory, and undar that pretext the spirit was carried away in a cart through a gate way, being at the back of the premises. The' officers came In the nick of time, just as the cart was leaving the premises. It was driven by a parson named John Cherry, who, together with the horse and cart, were left in the custody of Bonner, a constable of the K division, whilst the officers searched the premises. In what was the back parlour they found two complete stills, one capable of working ninety and the other between thirty and forty gallons, and two worms running through a hundred gallon tub or cooler, for the supply of which the dearth of water which led to the detec. tion had taken place, During the time the officers were forcing an entrance the person who was working the still contrived to make his escape. Fifteen gallons of spirits, under proof, with all the paraphernalia of a large distillery, were found upon the premises. In the cart, which bore the inscription Win. Cherry, Old-street. road, St. Luke's, there was found 20 gallons of spirits 25 degrees above proof, in carboys and tin cans, packed away like blacking in hampers. LIE LATE DUEL AT PORTSMOUTH.—There are lots of flying reports at Portsmouth about Mr. Hawkey, the surviving principal in the late duel, but no reliance is to be placed on any of them. One states that on the evening of the duel Mr. Hawkey entered the house of a friend at Gosport, and said," For God's sake, give ins protection: I have s hot Seton in a duel, and l am afraid he is dead." He slept there that night, and departed f or Chcr _ bourg. At that place It is said that he has been confi ne d b y the British Consul; that having arrived there with -. a passport made out in a false name, an d wishing to proceed, he applied to the Consul for one in his own name of Hawkey, and that he was detained in consequence. Another report is, that a letter has been received at Portsmouth, stating that is is the intention of both Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Pym to surrender about the middle of July, to stand their trial at Winchester. A third report says th at Mr. Hawkey has never been five miles from Portsmouth since the affair. DEATH IN PARIS OF ONE or THE FEMALE lOWAY "srmaNs.—The loway Indians have sustained a severe loss, 0-ke the wife of Little Wolf, died on Thursday, of an affec tion of the lungs, brought on by grief for the death of her young child in London. Her husband was unremitting in his endeavours to console her and restore her to the love of live, but she constantly replied—" No Ino I My fourchildren recal me. I see them by the side of the Great Spirit. They stretch Out their arms to me, and arc astonished that Ido not join them." The Little Wolf has not appeared at the exhibition since Monday, not having quitted his dying wife for a minute, watching .over her night and day, and suffering no take else but himself to perform the offices of tenderness which her condition required. She charged him to make her ac- Liested that a knowledgments to the physicians who had kindly attended h er, wdihreicchtesdhethweorderess round s her hewpasecicto, mulls n'it be removed. The three be buried and red medal o`: the Virgin Mother of the Great p,trit of the Christian s , other women wept Aver her corpse, although she belonged to a different tribe, the Sioux, who were enemies to the loways. THE RIVER STEAMERS. — The crowded state of the steam-boats which ply on the river Thames, particularly above bridge, call imperatively for some powerful or legislative interfcr- Mee. A cop:v.4 l ) 9 l*o 4tatei that he went on board the Day light strainer last evening, a b o ut nine o'clock, coming from Chelsea w down the river. A t Ni ne Elms, the crowded state of the ve sse l , the noise a n d con f us i on , inspired him with so much al arm, that he with the greatest difficulty indeed, and with the most imminent clanger to hi m self and family, succee tleel la - oding at Lambeth ; but notwithstandinq the frightful danger which the yefsel en'i4oueitered; 'by 'being so overloaded, numbers of pas sengers were there permitted to go on board, , for the pu rpose o f proceeding to the l ower p a rts of the river. This is one ame n ,. nu_ morons statements which reach us almost daily of this growing evil, and, until some frightful accident occurs, will probably ihe, main disregarded by the Government , ii time that some legislative endeam.r should be made to protect human life against such pioCejings on the part of steam-boats companies. —AdvertiseY. our.m' The Earl a n d Countess of Chesterfield r eceived a "elect party at dinher last evening at Chesterfield Nose,