The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

Pr 4 ' A ' ' UNI)E ItIAND ELECTION. rt: d tt, 41 % AUGUS T 16. Y esterday was the day al)- ,i,on tilt% mayor a n d return i ng officer (James ke.i' l , '" k sq.) for the o ffi cial declar a ti on o f th e poti. th, •"° ll3 Pon took leave of the public on Thur,day 411, 1 left for Leiden by the six o'clock train this their Mr. Bright, M,P., and George Wilson, L,q., hsti'etilr departure ab ut the same time, as it was re iprv°t to take any part in the proceedings at t h e tit "; ° el c'eks pursuant to previous arrangement, Mr. k oriee s friends met him at the George Inn, for the pur ‘oti a f,"Vanying hi m to t h e h ustings. i rtl‘er eleven o'clock, the Mayor, accompanied by s ra giegistrates and oth ers, appeare d on the husting s , f ullowed Iby,Mr.. Hudson and his Committee. Onghour about 5000 individuals were assembled, and kkiel Masst no period much greater. Many of the s (who are nearly all in favour of Colonel le4stle) studiously kept away, but by those who were 14 t h u l'eeePUon of the successful candidate was an.y -s.lrl. t ihttering. With the exception of a slight clis tsl,te "hieh arose from a body of Mr. Hudson's York w ile hail come by special train from that city, in iil,l'4°e; fureiire themselves through the crowd, and la‘ %n g one man was rather roughly handled, the e4ended their anger in yells and groans, a nd . illtikerdant noises. The Mayor was al,o received with hipj2LPressions of disapprobation. Previous to this ‘lp " hIS always been a leading and active Liberal, 4 e:V i r i ! 3 were circulated that on this occasion he had k, 44,1 is tenant s and workmen to vote for Mr. Hud-_ "I, „used every exertion to promote the success of lilyc3 candidate. It is also stated that he had nFt . ostk4 th„ w h day, which ri hi lot Act on te p 04 LI ) Un POPßiarity. One of these reports i t will e liayor denied, and we have not been a ble to << tin %ether the other is correct. ' l ' l N r cl i , ° l , l.(l er hag been partially resored, the MAYOR G eo '"ie result of the poll to be as follows : qtp„,rge Rudson, Esq., of York, and alderman ...... 626 u`eszet.-Colon e l P errune t Thompson 1141,1•101:Arity for Hudson 128 t a this de clared Mr.lludsrui duly elected to re ;• , iihr " ~'‘ehs,„ "ugh in the Cumulous House of Perlis (itis,l,ns 'old hisses.) lie might also tell them, l a ,at he j . ,',,"l`Nhat had taken place on the preceding , 4 ate nit voted at this election; that he had ' n lust h" ' ttn ividual to vote; and further, that from 1 (1 to iv: harp never asked any elector how he in- L i a li i tt ta th;, -- (stprlause.) He had been requested to OZYing °n the n a large number of the county police; 4 :11,Ns - i' t ne good sense and right feeling of the 4,,,,, i1 ''' , 1v,, r 'e had refused to do so. He would tell d gllil t , , that if any violenna were committed, the „" 4 11t , 3 . of it would certainly be brought to justice, 4 5 ; %ti),,,,l,,thnecording to law. They might hiss or 1k,: 4 1 kii ( I, and as often as they pleased, but he would he ha them not to commit a breach of the t hk . l °l 's.) Mr. Hudson is a man of great wealth, .4'1.'15 i u h ° doubt Mr. Hudson will, as he has pro ill•?,'''',4(iti". e earl to ' pro . mote the local interests of the ~ Ql l s a i, t3S e.) He again entreated them, for ic t ,'"ay, - es, to keep order during the proceedings I L 0 ,,. /4,1. 8°11 then presented himself, and a storm of iii;tial ; N aos arose, which continued (mingled with ~I t4e d , e ,N) during the whole of his brief speech. 1 4 '"at it hadnow become his pleasing duty, tlVrese . . i ,. 11 1 ,ntative of this borough, to offer to them Vitli, ,i; n ailks for the Ihuieur they had conferred 0 1 „ 1 (1 , 4 3' might rest assured the devotion of his , 4 'e t ' t ik 'Yt: t !:, n lalify the gratitude which he felt. The f,,,, ' , , ;Fl oss th e gratification of such an occasion as the i 'llt 4 :t all could not be successful, and that his ,iiii i ,. ° ll ll4l not be elected as well as himself—(A iti ttlet " assured the Gallant Colonel that, although 'ik ti ', 4 (l,y trs tn d opposed him on public grounds, yet he 'i• ul, t° eXtend to him the right hand of friend- ON 1 7 h a d 1 4; sp ill . all a right to hold and express their "i' c ' l lcit I "us but the occasion for the exte 1 t tho. , now that _ . i k l ,`lrg et 4 e opinions had passed, he trusted they 1 4e,jtos a 411 Y asperities which might have arisen in ! r)g el' Cie contest, and all unite with him in 4 44, ° interests of Sunderland and benefiting 4 4: 14 drst -- (Chee rs and hisses.) He had several I li i h ° 'Pa z e t, 4d ,,t,hem before, and . the . time for talking lift, i h ,, The time fur acting is at hand, and now V il as , 4 .Placed him in the high and honourable ~!th,Zlelr representative, he should endeavour to ;'`lot ' ed ge he had given ; and although some of 411 a rtt i ht , d ( t 'iip eci been elected, he hoped, as the majority `lt t. tg et tTernselves in his favour, that the minority t .' 4 !le ari u° , e feelings, and that he should receive '' ' , 7t iftl e in endeavouring to advance the local •:•• 11, 11 fr l s large and important borough, as well as , ;d ay 11 : 1 ! all of them as to the way in which . that ' °lily °est effected,—(Applause and hisses.) t tl (1 , 4 811ort tenure of office. They would soon i l t i /t illet i nity of again exercising that frun a.,b4is It is the glory of an Englishman `11, 5 .14 ;1;ti„ 1 1 11( , 1 of discharging the trust which ' , „tlete, " has reposed in them. All he asked of '''' Of - ,Wa s, that the v would give him a fair trial '''' ' ‘ j: hs ic kt th Rear, hear") . —and to his friends he said, V 1 , 1 11,' , ,, tit he whom you have sent to Parliament is di I ,` , Cild then he was sure they would be kind to ti !'ll l i s et i they considered that he was anxious and 0 4 tt o - „,. e nuleavours to serve the borough. 'lt', 4 , l ei ri i"ent a parcel was brought upon the low ,lfe 11:g copies of the Tunes of Friday, with the li,',!'ib t ,t )l i of the preceding day, which were , ei • were ',' c s ,.. ', szi ti , n nied Mr. Hudson, his countenance ' 1 3 1 , 4 ' 0 1),,,, - , del'ght, and flinging several tr ( ', ' 0 "" the c owd " here is the Times yt4s,r4llet staining ' the result of the poll. t ; ller ilot w as sent off by special engine yes kl4,tl4B,, t i n. and the papers have just arrived 'lli t ,: t 4fi,P,i,n• See what railways can do ! Look at , tt ,;.,s l icee eet i, which isgoing on ! This is a triumph 1 Aft er - ' 8 owing much to the railways in your e 4 , * 1 414ty 0 , f these exclamations he concluded by thank ,,tll,l4itishPr the kindness which he had shown t" li ' Is residence here. He was sure that ill N. ave d ip i , Le ,iseharged the duties of the office in a •lip', ; th - "" honourable manner than Mr. Allison i l e ) ,ei y e u to all he said—e , I thank you heartily ltxt ; God bless you."—(Laughter and ap ;l'4 r v°ll fu , ii "tt ii • Ii alluded to the railway feat of d 4 11 Ce " had spoken, and then announce ,i, 11 11 11 )4 , With the desire of some friends of the 4. 1 r s :'rikh' i t hat Mr. Hudson had left in the hands ,-'. h - s land Mr . . Spoor the sum . of 3 . 004 to be .. 4 %, e neflt of the charitable institutions ot , 41 (1 0 4 14 tf i Ntl 4 : 4 the business on the hustings; and the . i. r eli eo , retired to the office of the Exchange, Y il `") k r,_ 11 l to the writ was prepared and duly k 1 . V,4 , , er w4 t ° lo ° l'kt ri lls Mr. Hudson took his seat in an ele -4.,(ltheef' c hair, placed in a carriage drawn by four (4 ' tli ut.lll of , " chairing" was gone through. At kotl4- Procession Mr. Hudson met " his friends" iv, unitee.r .1111 3 "th °( , EQ, and took leave of them for the "ter LIN en left the town for Mr. Spoor's mansion AL.' Wh ~ t. ,ere he and Mrs. Hudson, Sir John l "1 day' f ir. Hodgson Hinde,.M.P., and other br l lr, b een guests for some days. !ill "' a pa ti :',udsores committee, in number about 4'lle uiti s '' intn to York, by special train, where , I \ 4l -A P pteriti: vit h the Lord Mayor and corporation, i 'r i ie t ,.es u ',, l len who have been invited to join them. ‘, t i,'lcsi e . , l "ieb have led to Col. Thompson's defeat % `°llt, " adisru don of the Liberal party here ; 4 `. ll ,, 4 l, t(l ft l•ri rb t a p t l i 'teul to P hold a meeting so soon as the 141Y,t eo ri u n Consequent on the present election L, ti' km ee :t Measures for effecting a cordial un . ion of ji,N,,,l'es ei , electing two gentlemen who will be M a de 4 t ;h e th e warm and earnest support of all t k t kt Jils th , ' l , general election. Colonel Thompson ‘'.•,)• '' , e ' d evoted friends here, but it is felt that l' e l ; 1 , 411 111 P l ace to 1 , 1 . 44 10.44i4 some other Liberal whenever a \ 4 ,th t Occur. ki,t,r. H a Petition will be presented aga'nst the itt 'it 4118 " n, on the ground of bribery, but " has • \ P t ) 3 et been done in the matter. 1•1 1 , este— ‘% A Ni t ' k it ~, ------- ' - Is -..(c".NT taIiTHE RIVER.—(From a Col , . el l ' kt,i kl illy i .t, ; l. t'e ti ti w ii i i ,, - . hi lli t lie l i a l . a y b , li tt it bctut 12 o'clock, in the river, At 'ng , 0 ~,c Hospital, a boat, containg five per ''' I n ky tu "' e ), Was capsized by the violent swell 4 04 4 S t d b ; Y one of the large Scotch steamera, i'N'Ni'lli a ,` ti , t was precipitated into the water. ~'+!t d t4lt x „'NY Put off from the shore which were 'Y'At ~ pr a i s e watermen, and nothing could tAiitr,l:,.:44llltvlie,,ivorthy exertions . in . endeavouring to 04 t ha obliged were capsized ; but it a•• lamentable ii l ki Prl t 4_," to state, however, that, . although ' the 44 titi l k o „1_ 11l such a well-provided and well , • tr I ,.," t nctod, one of the party perished, and `'‘Ati,ll4,leasoian.lo.t. taken out of the water until in a o g a ttit S Ai krt .Ition. . „. 4 1 0 , 1 '. th A LL s. - --We witnessed at this theatre, t:1111k41,/enicePertormance of Shakapeare ' s play of the t1 ),, (4 b ,1. Vu%tai,,* ~ The part of Shylock, by Mr. Phelps. Vi - N Sr and the same praise is undoubtedly 1,"t,,,, * 41,,, 4 dv arn ' as Portia. We never saw Mr. G. Ben 'o,-Vstor, ~,a g e than in the character of Antonio ; and N' ga rs much satisfaction as Bassanio. That pkti 4 , til t : W her e :Per must not he forgotten as Nerissa, and tl, k tittd..ial.,,l7:e:nads Portia restore the rings given to ~441,ftlqi t ae h , a doctor of laws and his clerk, ' 1 ‘ 1 .• 'l 'lhat , - , ,4Th aridg, the house was electrified, :,,ilisi,t,,',,,,a.'",fl)!aY,ed Gratiano well, and the same may ttr, a let er th 4 nri Mr. Williams as Launcelot and old %1 1 1, 4 tisf a ,. e . P l aY was well acted throughout, and lt h _ttsi i r ,,Nit to -t lon. The scenery and dresses were such l'op,-ti t till ed • any t heatre, and we were glad to see the yl m, Itia, , , it is pleasin g to see the talent and spirit of bi , 1 1, 4 ' 1 e kt ,Th.egQiiresrs,o__W:ll appreciated and . so incr easingly _ : 11 ky s4 ! , -1 w . r ances concluded with the farce t l iNt I% r il Id ' Mr. A. Younge, as Colonel Touch ,o Ot, IN tee "AT T. JOHN'S NEW BRUNS \VICK. 4 on p, rtlhe following extract i from a private letter, cikt ,t ,, a . rPened herl:l°-- 015.4t1,i ,ztt'''e:it. Brfunswick, July 30, 1845 j u. ‘t paper to tell you of a most awful \ I I Y th e °7 o f _ , st night. It commenced about ten Neely 1.,, woollen stores and warehouses, on some ltsliqcg,:erd'ide. U nfortunately no water could be k t5,,94 0 , 1111 , and conseq..ientl the whole of them ly 4 , r kt jerlestrornsiend: dint The fire then spread . along . two Or , , N tar t Cis, h number of houses in its progress, .I w ) ar....Y , of great exertions and a plentiful ", tapess ttl eiai :re . d a b out half-past three, just as the day ~ i,4,:( ' 11 4 4 ting in the working ' of our engine, and k6,,'at d. reel y see .e?rched by the intense heat and light s ‘ ,lo C° I sup,,e'ht3 morning. The mail is just about N'!; . `to c , i s l?ape t ," . Se., You will nut see any great account of 1 fi0,,,`.1,1te I , fir _ '1 it not very strange that we should ?)i t ;_l,,, ri I (i r k a e here following so closely on those of !i t,t:7 , , a t sh4l',,,ce),•ollll..oi.tohrer places in North America. We yi v 'tit t , '''i have to the people at Quebec, and now, 6 a ~h ere ttb s subscribe for ourselves." \ t ,ltli l ' i 'li s 4 the 413,81%1'1810N. - noinGE.—The Direc , 4 ti,, erasio n tts p b° f this bridge, and it is now called ti b" lan .I_dge, the dire; tionboars to " Char in g- w 'tuted re si t % or two been repainted, and gaugarford." THE SUN ) LOND:ON, TUESDAY MORNlleili_ktrOtiflT land, Durham, and Auckland Union, Surrey Iron Itttil way, Taff Vale, Wells and Dereliarn. Of the remainder, thirty-eight have been read a first and second, but not a third time, owing to their having been rejected by the Select Committee on the merits. They are as fellow :—Barnsley Junction, Birmineham and 'Gloucester (Wolverhampton line), ditto Chelt: nham Extension, ditto Worcester Deviation, Cambridge and Lincoln, Chester and Holyhead (Mold Branch and pur chase of Chester and Birkenhead), Coventry, Bed worth, and Nuneaton, Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's), ditto Hertford and •Biggles wade. Epsom and Dorking, Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Barr head Branch), Goole and Doncaster, Grand Junction, Launceston and South Devon, London and Norwich direct, London, Worcester, and South Stafford shire (Dudley and Sedgley Branch), London, Chatham, and North Kent ; London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire (Extension from Dudley to Wol verhampton) ; London, Worcester, and South Stafford shire ; Alanchester, Leeds. and Hull Associated Com panies ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction ; Midland, Ely to Lincoln, ditto Swinton to Lincoln, Newark to Sheffield, Northumberland (Atmospheric), Rye mil Tenterden, St. lye's Junction, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, South Devon (Tavistock and Branches), South Eastern (Maidstone to Rochester), Southport and Euxton Junction, Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension, West Cornwall, West Yorkshire ; Wextbrd, Carlow, and Dublin Junction, York and North Midland (Doncaster Extension), York and North Midland (Goole Branch). Those that have been read a third time, but without receiving royal av;ent, are fire in number, namely, the Cornwall, Leeds and West Riding, London and York, and Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway). The two former were thrown out in Committee on the merits by the House of Lords, and the two latter were stopped ;-.port in their farther progress for the. session on the grimnd of invalidity of subscription contract. The Di rect London and Portsmouth (a fifth) was thrown out by a majority of two in the Lords, and, with its coin pt the Guildford. Chichester, and Portsmouth, re mains as yet undecided. The number of withdrawn Bilis are ten, namely, the Bristol and Gloucester (No. 2), at its third reading; the Direct Northern, at its first; Thss, Beccles, and Yar mouth, at its third; Eastern Union Harwich, at it; first; Ecewash Valley (No. 1), at its third; London and Croy don (Orpington Brauch), at its first; Manchester and Leeds (No. 1), at its third; Manchester, Bury, and Itos sendal,, at its third; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull As sociated, at its second; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester, at its third. The number passing intact through the various stages of petition, standing orders, first, second, and third read ings, and ultimately receiving the royal assent, amount to 115, and are—The Aberdare, Aberdeen, Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction (Ardwick and Guide Branches); Bedford and London and Birming ham, Belfast and Ballymena, Berks and Hants, Birming ham and Gloucester (Gloucester Extension Stoke Branch and Midland Junction), Blackburn and Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne; Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction Amalgamations, Brigh ton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension), Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer Branch), Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension); Bristol and Exeter Branches, Caledonian, Chester and Birkenhead Extension, Chester and Holy head, Clydes dale Junction, Cockermouth and Workington, Cork and Bandon, Dublin and Belfast Junction (Branch to Kells), Dublin to Drogheda, Dunkalk to Enniskellen, Dundee and Perth, Dunstab!e and London and Birming ham, Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon), ditto Ely and Whittlesea Deviation, Eastern Union, ditto and Bury St. Edmund's, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hawick, Edinburgh and Northern, Ely and Huntingdon, Epping, Erewash Valley (No. 2), Exeter and Crediton, Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston; Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge ; Glasgow Junc tion, Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr ; Graves end and Rochester, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction), Great North of England and Richmond, Great Southern and Western (Ireland), Great Western (Ireland, Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone) ; Guildford Junction, Huddersfield and Manchester, and Canal ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch), Kendal and Windermere, Lancaster and Carlisle, Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley and Colne) ; Leeds. and Think, Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester ; Li verpool and Bury (Bolton, Wigan, Liverpool, and Bury Extension) ; Liverpool and Manchester, London and Brighton (fforshrtm Branch), London and Croydon Enlargement, London and Greenwich, London and S - arth-Western ( Metropolitan Extension) No. 1, ditto No. 2, Londonderry and Coleraine, Londonderry and Enniskillen, LON estoft and Harbour, Lynn and Dereham, Lynn and E;y, Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch), Manchester and Leeds (No. 2), ditto Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood Extensions ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale; Manchester South Junc tion and Altrinchain ; Tvliddlesborough and Redcar, Mid land (Nottingham and Lincoln), ditto Syston to Peter borough, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Monmouth and Hereford. Newcastle and Berwick, Newcastle and Dar lington (Brandling Junction), Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North Shields (Tynemouth Extension), Newport and Pontypool, Newry and Enniskillen, North British, North Union and Ribble, North Wales, North Wales Mineral, North Woolwich, Norwich and Brandon Deviation, and Diss and Dereharn branches, Oxford and Rugby, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; Preston and Wyre, Richmond, Surrey ; Si Helens, Scottish Central, Scot tish Midland, Sheffield and Rotherham, Shrewsbury, Oswestry. and Chester, Southampton and Dorchester, South-Eastern (branches to Deal, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate), South-Eastern (Tonbridge to Tonbridge Wells, ditto (London and Greenwich), South Wales, Trent Valley, Ulster Extension ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole ; Waterford and Kilkenny, Waterford and Limerick, Wear Valley, \Vest London, Whitby and Pickering, W hitehaven and Furness ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth ; Yarmouth and Norwich, York and North Midland (Bridlington branch), ditto (Harrogate branch), York and Scarborough. These having re ceived the royal assent are in a position to commence operations. Several have already done so, and others are making preparations. LIVERPOOL, ORDISICIRK, AND PRESTON.—Last week a meeting of this Company was held at Liverpool, when it was resolved to amalgamate with the Blackburn line, and also with the Leeds and Bradford. By this arrange ment the traffic from Blackburn, Clitheroe, and other localities, will go on to the Ormskirk line. RICHMOND.—On Friday a meeting was held at Barnes, Rev. E. Coplestone, the rector, in the chair ; when a Committee, consisting of the Chairman, Messrs. Cross, Palin, Watts, and Ratcliffe, were appointed to treat with the Directors of this line respecting the land required. MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY.—The Committee of Management have given notice that it is their inten tion to apply to Parliament in the next session for powers to construct a railway from their main line to pass through Tyldesley, and to terminate by a junction with the Liverpool and Bury Railway, near Wigan, with such branches as may be requisite to supply the wants of the district, and that a survey is now in progress under the direction of the Company's engineer. CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC LINE. Experiments have been tried duri..g the pait ten days on the atmospheric line of the London and Croydon Railway, under the su perintendence of Mr. Samuda, the patentee, and of Mr. C. H. Gregory, the acting engineer, for the purpose of trying the vacuum, testing the working main valves and air- pumps ; but as yet no carriage has been taken along the line by atmospheric action, two out of the three en gines only being fixed and finished. The experiments, we understand, go far to show that the apparatus was found to be in an efficient state, and tended materially to set at rest the two great questions raised by the oppo nents of the system—namely, those of leakage and fricion. From the vacuum tables it appeared, that the experimenters exhausted fifteen inches in seven-and-a half minutes on the five miles of line; the difference be tween the one end of the line and the other, as indicated by the electric telegraph, being seven-eighths of an inch of the barometer. The ultimate exhaustion amounted to 27 . 4, w hich leaves only two-eighths between that and the atmospher. , . OXFORD, WITNEY, AND CHELTENHAM The di rectors state that, having received reports from their en gineers, to the e&ct that material alterations had been made in this line, whereby the trunk line had been re duced ( . 6 about thirty-six miles, and that the cost of con struction, including stations, &c., will be under 500,000 L, they have thert:fore determined on reducing the capital to 600,0001. • It is intended that the station in connexion with the Loftier) and Birininghana and Shrewsbury line, is to be carried under Birmingham by a tunnel. I NORTH STAFFORDSLIIRE.—An arrangement has been entered into between the provisional Directors and the managing COmmittee of the. Trent and Mersey Naviga tion, by which the Railway Company agrees to take a lease in perpetuity of the Trent and Mersey Canal on the following terms : to guarantee absolutely and with ut r,?servation to the proprit tors 5 per cent. per annum interest on the present value of their shares (450/. eatli) with a further contingency in the event of both under takings paying jointly more than 5 per cent. profit. r~; ~ , - other, a n d always phoneme fklerielly real:enema; hue, he R onld remind the people, that no men could expect to pick up sovereigns fir nothing, and those who expected to win success must labour to deserve it. He concluded by calving upon the assemblage for three cheers for the Irish peop:u, which were enthusiastically re s, onded to by the ass,-mbly, who, in return, gave three cheers for Mr. , Emery end his fellow directors. The principal per sonages then left the ground, the band playing " - The Boys of Kilktnny,7 and the field was quickly deserted; but we trust that it will soon resound again with the busy hum of men engaged in active labcur. The pro ceedings of the day terminated in a fête given on the college lawn, by the Directors of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. DUBLIN AND EN'xissriLEN..—We perceive by the Ballyshannon fie a'd, that a public meeting, attended by Colonel Conolly, M.P., and the leading landed pro prietors of that neighbourhood, was held in Ballyshannon, upon the 9th instant, at which resolutions were unani mously adopted in support of this line. The directors of then Waterford and Limerick have chosen Mr. Saunders, brother to the secretary of the Great Western of England, as secretary to their com pany. The Ulster Ilai.way Company have fitted up their third class carriages with comfortable seats, and divided them into compartments. •As a natural cem,cquence, the numler of passcr.gers travelling by these carriages will be. greatly inereas. d. The arrangement, should, how ever, have been adapted from the first, as was the case on the Dublin and Drogheda line, the carriages on which are among tl , e most com:Ortable to be met with anywhere. —Benner of Ukter. • THIRD-t LASS -RAILWAY CARRIAGES. A return r.Litive to the conveyance of third-class " penny a-mile" railway passengers, with the litho graphed pLns of the carriages provided for their accom molation, has bt , en pruiteA, by order of the House of Commons. Of course it is not possible to take advan tage. in the dblurntis of a paper, of the lithographed drawings of the third-class carriages ; but the return gives a faithful description, which will afford the public some opportunity of forming an idea of the leading ar rangements. Gn the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the number of passengers for whom accommodation is thus Jiro vided amounts to 54, allowing 6 to a scat. The length of the carriage is 20 feet 4 inches; the breadth, 7 feet 11 inches; and the height, 8 feet 6 inches to the top of the tilt. There is a glass window at each end to admit air and light, and a canvass curtain on each side over the door. This train travels 371 miles in 3 hours. On the Colchest,r and Cambridge line, the number of passengers accommodated is 32 ; the length of the carriage 20 feet ; the breadth 7 feet • and the height 6 feet. The siz.• of the spaces for admitting light is 2 feet by 2 feet 3 inches. The space for admitting air and light is at the sides, above the doors, and at the end. There are no glass windows used. The Colchester trains travel 51 miles in 3 hours 55 minutes, and the Cambridge 32 miles in 2 hours 22 minutes. The Grand Junction carries 40 passengers ; the length of the carriage is 16 feet 11 inches ; the breadth, 6 feet 8 inches ; and the height, 5 feet 3f inches. The (inside) size of the space for admitting light is 18 by 181 inches, and for air, 25 by 18i inches. The outside measure gives a length of 17 feet 4 inches, a breadth of 7 feet 2 inches, and a height of 5 feet 8 inches. For air there are 3 apertures on each side of the body between the doors, and f'r light 4 spaces on each side the body, 1 in each door. The train travels 97i miles in 7i hours. On the Great Western line the number of passengers accommodated is 59 ; the length of the carriage, 20 feet 9 inches; the breadth, 8 feet 6 inches ; and the height, 6 feet 9 inches. There are 4 ventilators for admitting light and air (situate on both sides), 25i by 13 inches ; 4 others, 15i by 13 ; 4 spaces per shutter, 30 by 15 ; and 4 other spaces. 34 by 15 inches ; no glass is used. The distance travelled is 1181 miles in 9 hours 10 minutes. The accommodation on the branch lines is pretty much the same. On the London and Brighton the length is 17 feet 4 inches ; the breadth, 8 feet 2 inches ; the height, 6 feet 3 inches. "here are altogether 50 openings, in the shape Of shutters, to let up and down. The distance, 56 miles, is travelled in 4 hours. On the Lancaster and Preston line there are 3 win dows, 1 each side a the carriage (No. 1). and 1 above etch door, dividing in the middle and sliding sideways for air and light. The upper parts of the windows are glass. The distance, 208 miles, is travelled in 1 hour 30 minutes. In another carriage (No. 2) there are 2 windows on each side, and above the doors are sliding wooden shutters, all dividing in the middle, and sliding sideways, and over each dour. Within the slide is a space for air and light. The windows in carriage No. 2 are of glass. On the Birmingham line there are spaces at the sides, 2 feet 6 inches. by 1 feet 4 inches. The distance, 112 i miles, is travelled in 8 hours. On the Southampton line there are spaces at the sides for air, by cline:: curtains, and for light, a skylight in the roof ; the ends of the carriages are closed. The space for light, when the curtains are drawn, is 14i feet by 14i feet. There are glass lights in the roof. The distance, 92 miles, is travelled in 7 hours 15 minutes. On the Croydon line there are 8 wo , den-shutters to let up and down, 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 1 inch ; there are altogether 50 openings fur admitting light and air. . On the Manchester and Birmingham line there are 8 openings admitting air, 1 foot by 1 foot 10 inches ; 10 spaces for admitting light, Ili inches by 8 inches, and 2, 15 by 111 inetes ; and 1 ventilator, and opening for the roof latup. There is glass used in the sliding panels and doors. The distance, 85 miles, is travelled in 61 hours. Oa the Leeds and Manch: ster line there are 4 glass windows on each side ; 1 in each door, and 2 in each side of the carriage, and I ventilator in the centre of each carriage side. The distance, GO miles, is travelled in 3 hours 5 minutes. On the Newcastle and Darlington line the spaces for admitting air and light are situate in the side of the car riage and in the top panel, and glas s w i n d ows are like wise _ used. The distance, 38 1 miles, i s t rave ll e d i n t wo hours. On the Midland line there is 1 spice in each door, or 6 in each carriage ; glass is used in all, 15 by 12 inches. On the South-Eastern and Dover there are 8 wooden shutters to let 'up and down, 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 1 inch. No glass is used. On the Arbroath and Forfar line the situations of the spaces for admitting light and air are on both sides of the carriages, on the upper part of the doors. There are three doors on each side of the carriage. On one side of the carriage are two panes of glass in each door, and a small wooden s hutter above the p anes o f g l ass, w hi c h opens for admitting air ; on the oth er s id e o f t h e car riage there are openings in each door, which are pro vided with wooden shutters that can be drawn up at pleasure by the passengers, so as to close partially or entirely the openings. Oa the Great North of Engl an d R ailway there are thesides,there he i but no glass w is i n, used. iows for air two windows, with ventilators ab ove them on each s id e, and a sash opening in each door. Glass is used. On the Newcas tle-o n -T yne and North Shields line there are spaces at On the Manchest er, Bolton,eare glass and B ur y C a nal and Railway CninPanY,. line and light in each door, and in th e s id es for light only. The regulations issued by the B oar d o f T ra d e are, t h at the D:rds' Commissioners cannot certify any carriage for these trains to be sufficiently protected from the weather, in the sense of the Act, unlesi it is•capable of being entirely closed , with provisions for the admission of light and air. PRIVATE BILLS IN THE HOUSE - - OF COMMONS. The following standing orders have been lately pub lished : " That no private Bill be brought into this House but upon a petition first presented, with a printed copy of the proposed Bill annt-xed ; and that mich petition be signed by the parties, or some of them, who are suitors for the Bill. " That all petitions fur private Bills be presented within 14 days after the first Friday in every session of Parliament. That a declaration, in writing, signed by the agent for the proposed Bill (or some one of such agents), shall be annexed to such petition, stating to which of the three classes of Bills such Bill in his judgment belongs ; and if the proposed Bill shall give power to eff e ct any o the following objects, that is to say : — " Power to take any lands or houses compulsorily, or to extend the time granted by any former Act for that purpose. " Power to levy tolls, rates, or duties, or to alter any existing tolls, rates, or duties ; or to confer, vary, or extinguish any exemption from payment of tolls, rates, or duties, or any other right or privilege. n te " Power to interfere with any Crown, church, or cor poration property held in trust for public or charitable purposes. " Power to make a burial-ground. " Power to relinquish any part of a work authorised by a former act. "P a o q w u •e e r du to ct, . d ivert orna i v n i t g o a a ti n o, y n i notreiinidtoed anycde varia tion, t i , canal , n reser voir, extension, or enlargement thereof respectively, any water from any existing cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigation, whether directly or derivatively, and whether under any agreement with the proprietors there of or otherwise. " Power to make, vary, extend, or enlarge any cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigation. " Power to make, vary, extend, or enlarge any railway. - " The said declaration shall state which of such powers are given by the Bill, and shall indicate in which clauses of the Bill (referring to t h em by their number) such powers are given, and shall further state that the Bill does not give power to effect any of the objects enume merated in this order other than thore stated in the de claration. " If the proposed Bill shall not give power to effect any of the objects enumerated in the preceding order, the said declaration shall state that the Bill does not give Rover to effect any of such objects. " And that a copy of such declaration be deposited at the office of the Board of Trade. " That all petitions for private Bills, with their an nexed Bills and agents' declarations, and all petitions for additional provisions in private Bills, with the proposed clauses annexed, and all estate bills brought from the House of Lords, after having been read a first time, shall be referred to a Select Committee on petitions for private Bills. " That there be seven clear days between the day on which the petition for any private Bill relating to England shall be presented and the day on which the sub-Committee shall sit thereupon ; and ten days in case such Bill shall relate to Scotland or Ireland. " That all reports of the Select Committee on Peti tions for Private Bills, in which they shall report that the standing orders have not been complied with, be re ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. " That all petitions for leave to dispense with any of the sessional orders of the louse relating to private Bills 1641, !' 7 7! be it tha WU , a COtkittliitnal Gil ginittllng ak'dera Mt; " That every private Bill, printed on paper of a s'ze to 11, A IL be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, be presented to the House, with a cover of parchment attached to it, upon which the title of the Bill is to be written ; and the short title of the Bill, as first entered on the votes, shall be in accordance with the subject matter of the Bill, and shall nit be changed, unless by special order of the House. " That the proposed amount of all rates, tolls, and other matters heretofore left blank in any private Bill, when presented to the House, be inserted in italics in the printed Bill. "That every private Bill (except name and natura lization Bill) be printed ; and printed copies thereof delivered to the doorkeepers fur the use of the Members before the first reading. " That there be three clear days between the first and second reading of every private Bill. " That this House will not receive any petition com plaining solely of a non-compliance with the standing orders of the House in respect of any private Bill subse quently to the second reading of such Bill, unless in the case of those stand;taz orders which must necessarily be taken into consideration by the conamitti e en the Bill. " That on every petition prcsenti d to this house re lating to any private Bill before the House, the name or short title by which such Bill is entered in the votes be written at the beginning thereof, and whether such reti tiiin be in favour or against the Bill, r relating to the non-compliance n ith the standing orders. " That no pri va t e Bill be read a second time until after the expiration of two c:ilendar months from the day the last notice shall have been given in the news• paper. " That a breviate of every private Bill (except divorce, name, naturalisation, and estate Bills, brought from the House of Lords, and not relating to Crown, church, or corporation property, or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes) be prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, and that such breviate shall contain a statehient of the object of the Bill and a summary of the proposed enactments, asd shall state any variation from the general law which will be ffected by the Bill. "That no private Bill be rca 1 a second time until three de it days after the breviate thereof shall have been laid on the table of the House, and have been printed. . - " That no private Bill, or clause, for the particular interest or benefit of any pzrstn or persons, county or counties, corporation or corporations, or body or bodies of people, be read a second time, unless fees be paid for the same. " That every private Bill, not being a divorce Bill, after having been read a second tim e and committ e d, shall be referred to the Committee of Selection ' • • and every divorce Bill shall be r e f erre d t o th e S e l ec t Com mittee on divorce PRINCIPAL CITIES SCOTLA " That there be seven clear days between the second reading of every private Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon. " That in the case of railway Bills, if any report made under the authority of the Board of Trade upon any Bill or the obj,cts thereof be laid before the House, such report shall be referred to the Committee on the Bill. That the report upon every private Bill ordered to be printed as amended in Committee shall lie upon the table. " That a breviate of the amendments made in every Committee on a private Bill be subrnittkd to the chair man of the Committee of Ways and Means, and also laid upon the table of the House, at least the day previous to the consideration of the report on such Bill. " That every private Bill, as amended in Committee, excepting in the cases wherein the Committee shall report the amendments to be merely verbal or literal, be printed at the expense of. the parties applying for the same, and be delivered to the doorkeepers for the use of the Members three clear days at least before the con sideration of the report. " That when any clause or amendment is offered upon the report, or the consideration of the report, or the third reading of any private Bill, such clause or amend ment shall be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, that such clause shall be printed. And when any clause is proposed to be amended, it shall be printed in extenso, with every addition or substitution in different type, and the omissions therefrom included in brackets. NAMES or RAILWAYS, Aberdeen • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge . Arbroath and Forfar ... Ditto Half Shares " That when any clause or amendment upon the re port, or the consideration of the report, or the third read ing of any private Bill, shall have been referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, no further pro ceeding on either of such stages shall be had until the report of the said Select Committee shall have been brought up. " That, in order to afford opportunity for the proper discussion of the reports on railway Bills concluded in the second class, this House will, upon every Tuesday and Thursday, proceed to the consideration of reports on such Bills. Armagh, Coir., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry ... Belfast and Ballymena •. Belfast and County Down Birkt:hd,Lan.&Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7 34 dis.) " That no private Bill shall pass through two stages on one and the same day without the special leave of the House. " That (except in cases of urgent and pressing neces sity) no motion be made to dispense with any sessional or standing order of the House, without clue notice thereof. " Order applicable to such Railway Bills as shall have been ordered to be Engrossed in Session 1845. "That the time between the second reading of any such Bill which shall be brought in in the session of 1846, and the meeting of the Committee thereon be shortened to three clear days, the parties giving the regular notices in the Private Bill-office." SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT. We are sorry to have to record another fearful rail way collision, owing to the gross carelessness of one of the company's servants, on the line between Sunderland and I3roekly-whins, on Friday last. We have been fur nished with the following particulars by a gentleman who was present :—" We started from Sunderland by the half-past 3 o'clock p.m. mail train. Before we had proceeded above half a mile, we came in contact with the three o'clock train from Newcastle, both proceedi►:g at a quick pace at the time. Toe collision was most fearful, and 'he consequences very serious to the passengers. Our passengers included Mr. Charles Tee, a great rail way proprietor, of Barnsley ; Mr. Brunton, town-clerk of Sunderland ; Mr. Richardson and Mr. Gutch, two highly respectable solicitors of York, who had been assisting in the election of Mr. Hudson; Mr. Falvy, of the Anti-Corn-law League; several other gentlemen, and about half-a-dozen ladies. Not a single person travelling by our train es caped injury. Mr. Richardson and Mr. Gutch were both badly bruised, and especially the latter gentleman, whose face was painfully disfigured. He was rendered very feeble owing to loss of blood. Our stoker had, I believe, his arm broken, while the engine-driver, seeing his danger, saved himself by leaping off' the engine. A b ty, about fourteen years of age, had his eyes fright fully bruised and cut. Mr. Falvy sustained a contusion on the leg. All the women were severely stunned, but more particularly two of them, one of whom had an infant at the breast in her arms at the time. The child did not seem to be much worse. Having only one carriage with our train, it is miraculous that every life was not sacrificed. The massive iron of our engine and tender was shattered to pieces, and our escape from certain death can only be ascribed to a strong truck which was placed between our carriage and the engine. That coming from Newcastle was a larger train. Its engine was likewise much broken, and many of the pas sengers injured, but less seriously than those of the other train. What is inexcusable in connexion with the sad occurrence is, that it took place at a junction of two lines (the one being a diversion for the conveyance of coals). where there is only a single row of rails, and where the signal flags for the Newcastle train to stop were actually hoisted at the time. W hen the engine-driver of that train, however, was asked why he did not stop, his only reply was, that he was aware he ought to have stopped, and did not know why he did not do so. After being detained fur about three quarters of an hour other engines were brought from Sunderland and Brockley Whins, and some of the passengers were conveyed back to the former and others to the latter place, where the north mail was waiting t 3 proceed to York. This line is notorious for having more accidents upon it than any other in existence. One or two gentlemen (who ap peared neither to have shared in the risk nor the effects of the calamity) seemed very desirous to patch up the scandalous piece of recklessness by which so many lives had been placed in jeopardy; and from the great anxiety which they manifested on this head, I was led to suppose that they had some connexion with the line, and were solicitous about escaping the responsibility and public censure which such results of its wretched management must give rise to."— Times. Ditto Han Shares • • • • Birminglim &Oxfrd.Junc. Blekburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Bickbuni, Darwn,& Boltn Itulton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stainfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter.. • • • • Ditto New.'.... ...... . Bristol and Gloucester . • Bristol and S. Wales Junc. British and Iri4h Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & D um bar. June Caled niau ............. Ditto Extentim Cambridge and Lincoln.. Charter and Birkenhead.. DIV° Naw Shares .. Ditto Half Shares •• Chester and IL lyhead . • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley . • • • • • • • • RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION. On Friday a meeting of the Provisional Committee and supporters of the South Staffordshire Junction line was held at Wolverhampton, Mr. C. A. Forster, the High Sheriff of StXord, in the chair, for the purpose of re ceiving the report of the Committee of Management re specting the result of overtures for the amalgamation of the Company with the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction. Amongst the gentlemen present were—The Right Hon. Lord llatherton, the Hon. E. R. Littleton, C. Furs ter, Esq., barrister ; G. B. Thorneyeroft, E , q. ; R. C. Jones, Esq. ; Captain Dyott, the Mayor of Worcester ; the Mayor of Lichfield ; P. M. Gladstone, Esq. ; W. Matthews, Esq ; T. Badger, Esq. ; Edw. Terry, Esq., Mayor of Dudley ; C. H. Bracebridge, Esq. ; Captain Huish, Secretary to the Grand Junction Company ; J. Mott, Esq. ; M. Gibbons, Esq. ; E. Elwell, jun., Del..; Grazebrook, Esq , and many other influential gen tlemen in the neighbourhood. _ The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet in, said that having so lately met the gentlemen present at Lichfield, he had not much to remark upon, the prin cipal matter being the overture mule to Colonel Anson on behalf of the Trent Valley and South MAland Com pany, for an amalgamation of interests, but that over ture had been rejected ; and it appeared a battle must be fought, and when they, the gentlemen around him, looked at the position of the scheme they were met to advance, he thought there could be no doubt of the result of the contest. The South Staffordshire Company appeared to be daily rising in public opinion, and the advantages the Company offered would, he doubted not, secure a vast support in favour of their undertaking. Mr. H. BARNETT, the Secretary, then read the minutes of the meeting held at Lichfield last week, and also the minutes 7 of a Committee meeting, held previous to the pubic meeting, frome which it appeared the Com mittee were of opinion that it wae: desirable that the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway scheme should be carried out, and that no more than 22,500 shares should at present be allotted. It was alse resolved by ;he Committee that the Wolverhampton end .Stafford shire Banking Company be added to the list of bankers to the Company, and that several gentlemen be added to the Provisional Committee. Lord ILLTHEirroN thought some resolution should be come to in reference to the -number of parties who should be allowed to become members of the Provisional Com mittee, as such appointment, carrying with it the allot ment of seventy-five shares, the applications were so numerous that the Committee could not receive the whole of them, and he thought it would be better to leave the matter in the hands of the Committee of management. His Lordship having moved a resolution to this effect, it was seconded by Mr. Thorneycroft, and passed unanimously; after which Mr. G. B. THORNEYCROFT said be thought it neces sary that the gentlemen present should know whether the reports that had been raised and circulated through out the iron districts had any foundation. It had been said that the Grand Junction, by meals of the present Company, intended to cross the level of the Birming ham Canal in such a way as to prevent the scheme of the railway from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, by means of the purchase of the canal. He (Mr. Thorney croft) was very glad to inform them that such was not the case, as he had inquired of the engineer, and found that no such thing was contemplated. At the close of the meeting between forty and fifty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner, the sheriff in the chair. _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in proposing sucFeas to the South Stafford Junction, said—ln these days of railway pro jects, every town with its 10,000 inhabitants ought to have the advantage of railway communication; but until the present project was started, many populous and im portant towns were left without this accommodation. In addition to the advantages which commerce derives from railways, he conceived that the interests of agricul ture would be equally benefited by them ; and with re spect to the proposed line, while they had Wolverhamp, ton and Dudley (which might be considered the empo rium of the trades of the district), while they might say of the country up to Walsall, that it was a fine con suming country ; there was also a good producing country beyond it, through which their line would pass, and he had no doubt their line would have the sanction of the population of that district. Since the South Staffordshire Company had preferred their claims for public support, they had been met by a rival company, for their opponents admitted that the South Staffordshire project was first in the field ; but while he did not blame their rivals from forming alliance, he must say he objected to any other than a fair and honourable alliance, and to the conversion of canals int ) railways. When the gen tlemen present considered the position of the South Staf fordshire Company, the entire support they had received from one town on their route, the almost unanimous support they had obtained from two others, and the vast majority of the inhabitants who were in their favour in the remainder, he could not conceive on what ground the Legislature could resist the demand for railway accommodation in so populous and, important a district. Lord HATHERTON proposed the health of the chair man, which was followed by several routine toasts, pro posed awl responded to by Mr. Crane, Mr. Mott, Mr. Chawner, Mr. Gladstone, Captain Dyott, Mr. Thorney croft, and others. OXFORD AND CHELTENHAM. A. public meeting of the inhabitants of Witney, Ox fordshire, was held at the Town-hall, on Thursday last, is pursuance of a requisition addressed to the bailiffs., to consider the best course !Pr the formation and mainte nance of the interests of the town with reference to the projected lines between Oxford and Cheltenham. Mr. J. W. Clinch, banker, presided. and Mr. LPake attended on behalf of the Great Western Company. Mr. J. NV ESTALL remarked that the subject of rail way communication between Oxford and Cheltenham had recently been sufficiently before the public. Several lines had be en proposed, but until the inch•pendent line from Oxford to Cheltenham was brought forward, the town of ‘Vitney stood no chance of any direct communication between the Great Western and the Wolverhampton lines ; and supposing the Handborough branch to be made therefrom to Witney, they would be no nearer Oxford than at home. The present was the only oppor tunity to carry out and secure a line which would be beneficial to the town. The traffic of the town had been aQcertained to amount to 17,0001. per annum, and therefore there could be little doubt as to the profit which a railway company could derive. Mr. H. BATEMAN, of Asthally, proposed the first reso lution :—" That it is essentially to the interests of the town of Witney and its neighbourhood to obtain and secure the best possible railway communi cation between Oxford and Cheltenham, awl thereby eastward of London, and westward to Gloucester, the Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire, and South \Vales, whereby the traffic flowing thence through Witney s before the construction of the Great Western Railway would be restored, the trade and ma nufactures of the town largely increased, and the wel fare and comforts of its population, especia'ly those of the poor, be promoted by the due competition which Gust thereby be excited between the Dean Forest and Ish coal-fields, and those of Staffordshire and the t orth, which latter are readily made available by means of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail fray, by a branch to it from any branch line passing hrough Wituey." Mr. E. EARLY, of Witney, manufacturer, seconded he resolution. Looking at the merits of the different lines, he believed there were some considerable advantages in the Handborough branch, but these were benefits which he believed would equally arise from the direct line, which would be a more general good. As a manufac hirer, he expected, upon the introduction of coals at a reduced rate, that steam might be advantageously used in their town. Thus, increase of labour would be pro duced, the trade of the town would be increased, and the condition of the poorer classes would be ameliorated. The resolution was carried nein. dis. Mr. JOHN EARLY, of Witney, moved the next resolu tion :—" That none but a main trunk line of railway be tween Oxford and Cheltenham can afford to the public in general, and confer on the town of Witney, such ac commodation and advantages, and that therefore the proposed Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Independent Railway' is best calculated to promote and secure those desirable objects ; and that the projecvd line termed the Cheltenham and Oxford,' diverging as a mere branch from the Oxford, Worcester, and ‘Volver hataanton Railway, at or near Shipton-under-Wychwood, would be most inimical to the interests of the town and neighbourhood, by diverting instead of restoring the an cient traffic, and moreover effectually destroying all poi sibility of future advantages by extension and branches from termini, which a main trunk line offers, while it would increase the distance betwecn Witney and Ox ford, and Cheltenham also." MR. WARRINGTON seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A committee was then formed to confer with the Com pany, in favour of which the resolution was pasTrd, con sisting of the following gentlemen :—Mr. J. W. Clench, Mr. John Early, sen., e 'Mr. Edward Early, fir. William Dutton, Mr. Warrington, Mr. J. Clinch, Mr. D. Westell, and Mr. Bateman. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi• ness of the day. STATISTICS OF THE SESSION. On Friday a return was issued, occupying 14 closely printed pages, giving a list of 218 Bills for Railways before Parliament during the past session, together with the proceedings upon each, consisting of the date o f petition presented, of first, second, and third readings, and of receiving the royal assent. From an analysis, it appears that 218 Bills have passed, or partially passed, through these processes this session. All these appear to have been read a first time, with the exception of the following 36, which only presented petitions, and were thrown out before the standing orders :—Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire ; Bir mingham and Gloucester Railway Acts tkmendment, Bristol and Gloucester, Bristol and Gloucester and Bir mingham and Gloucester ; Chester, Manchester, and Liverpool Junction ; Charnet Valley, Direct Northern, Direct Northern (Lincoln to York), Diss and Col chester Junction, East Dereham and Norwich, Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's, EAstern Union and Norwich, ditto and Harwich, Harwich, Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction, Hull and Gains borough, Liverpool and Manchester, North Union, Bolton and Leigh and Kenyon and Leigh Amalga mation ; Liverpool, Orinskirk, and Preston ; Liverpool, Ormakirk and Preston (Skelmersdale) ; London acid Bir mingham, London and Brighton (Dorking Branch), ditto Horsham Branch, ditto Wandsworth Branch, London and Croydon (Kentish Lines), London and South Western (Epsom Branch), Manchester and Buxton, Midland (birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol and Gloucester), Portariington and Tullamore, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, South-Eastern, ditto Lewisham to Tonbridge and Pad dock Wood Branch, Staines and Richmond, Sunder. IRISH LINES. DUBLIN AND KINGISTOWN.—Traffic for the week end ing August 12, 1845 :—passengers, 57,607 ; receipts, 1,197/. 12s. 10s. Corresponding week of 1844 :—Pas sengers, 49,957 ; receipts, 991/. 11 s. DUBLIN AND DROGIIEDA.—Return of traffic for the week ending Thursday, August 14, 1845 :—Amount re ceived fur passengers _and parcels, 9301. 9s. ; number of passengers, 15,717. Amount received in the corres ponding week last year, 739/. Is. 10.1. OPENING OF THE WORKS ON THE WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.—This interesting ceremony took place on Thursday, amidst a very large concourse of spectators, including the elite of the rank and fashion of this and the adjoining counties. Among the distinguished personages present were the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady Elizabeth and Lord Walter Butler, Sir John and Lady Power, Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, the Mayor of this city and Mrs. Crane, P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Butler, W. H. Greene, Esq., Mrs. E. Smithwick, the High Sheriff; Sir H. Cox, Bart., Joseph Pope, Esq., of Waterford, &e. Tile proceedings were ushered in by the enlivening strains of one of our Temperance thy. ; and the Marquis of Ormonde, taking a spade, turned up the first sod. Having filled a wheelbarrow, he re moved it, anti deposited its contents on one side. His Lordship's -labours elicited great cheering, after which P. S. Butler, Esq., addressed the assemblage. He consi • tiered tliat the English c ipitalists who had invested their money in the Irish speculations, were worthy of the highest praise. Our patriotic Mayor next spoke. G. Erne-y. Esq., %aid that he, as an Englishman, had been greatly misled before he visited Ireland ; he had been told of danger to life, and loss of property; be had the gratifi cation to say, that such ideas were false. He trusted that the English and Irish would continue to assist each TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Seeing in the Morning Chronicle of this day a letter from Mr. Henry Kmll, addressed to the Earl of Devon, reflecting upon the conduct of Mr. Collett, M.}' , in reference to some railway companies, I owe it to mysel! thus publicly to state that I never in my life purchased ut held a share in any company whatever, nor am I either directly or indirectly connected with any railway in embryo or in existence. If Air. Knill intends to refer to my younger brother, the Member for Lincoln, he and others will I trust in future describe him cJrrectly as " Mr. William Collett, M.P. —Very faithrully, yours, JOHN COLLETT, M.P., for Athlone. 7, Upper Belgrave. street, London, Aug. 16. A report was current at Berlin, on the llth inst. that the negotiations between the GermAn Customs Union and the Government of Brazil have been broken off. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A poor woman named Blount, living in Ray-street, Clerkenwell, who keeps an oyster-stall at the corner of that street, was ondThursday opening an oyster, having at the same time her infant child und er her arm, when by some mismanagement she let the knife slip, and it ran across the cheek of the infant, cutting the lower part of the eye bone dreadfully. The child was taken to a surgeon's, where the wound was dressed, and the child is still under surgical care. Et.orEmENT.—On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, the family of Mr. S. Leavend, of the Brompton road, were thrown into considerable alarm by the discovery that their eldest daughter, Miss Emma Leavend, had left her father's house clandestinely, taking her trinkets and a portion of wearing apparel with her. Immediate inquiry was insti• tuted, when it was ascertained that the young lady had been seen to enter a coach that morning, accompanied by a gentle• man, which immediately set off at a rapid rate towards town. In the course of the day Mr. L eavend received a communica tion from his daughter , entreating his forgiveness, and inform ing him that she had been united that morning. The young lady is possessed of considerable property, and the fortunate admirer is a member of the medical profession, in the neigh bourhood of Alanchester•squaie. IA ANC A STER.—TH E WEATHER AND CROPS.—The weather daring the week has been unfavourable, and farmers are beginning to entertain tears as to the result of the harvest. The wheat, oat, and barley crops are still, however, in good condition, especially oats, and, should rain cease for a short time, we may be sere of an abundant harvest. Fruit and ve getable crops are likewise full and healthy. —Preston Guardian. Clitheroe Junction Clydesdale Junction .. Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon .• • • • •• Cork and Killarney .• • •• Cork and Waterford • • •• Cork and Youghal • • • • • • Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall .•. • ....• •• •• •• Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern .... .... Direct Norwich .•....... Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coirne Dublin and Drogheda.... Dublin and Galw..y Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Ditto New ... ....... Dundee and Per h •..... Durham. and Sunderland East Lancashire No. (1) Ditto (No. 2) . Eastern Counties ..... Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union . • . • • • • • • • • .. Ditto Extension .. • • • . Ediubgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • . • Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent • . Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Bedford • ... Enniskillen and Sligo .... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Bid. Garnklrk and Glasgow • . Glasgow and Ayr. • . Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greeuock .. Ditto New.. ......... Ditto Preference ... .. Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnck, SiArd. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction . .. .. .... Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths . • •..... Grand Union . Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Wird) . Ditto Extension .. • • • • Great Monster • • • • • • • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares • Do. New 30/. Shares .. Great Western ....... Ditto Half Shares •• • • Ditto Fifths •••••••• Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Harwich . iludrstid & Man. R. & Cant Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough • • Hull and Selby •••• • • • . Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin •• •• Isle of Jersey ••• • • • • • Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray • • • • Killarney Junctions .•• •. Lancaster and Carlisle • . Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford .• .. Ditto Extension .. • • .. Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk .. •• . • Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & lill. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Quarter Shares•• Li verpl, Ormskrk, & Prst n London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters • .• •• •• London and Blaekwall • • Lon•Sc M an. ( Rem in gton's) London and Brighton.. • Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon .• • • Ditto New . . •• • • • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich - Do. Pref. or Privilege • • London and South Wcstrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shires• • Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York .• • • • • • Ditto (Bantry) .• • .. • • London and Windsor.... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enuiskilln Lynn and Ely .... • • • • Lynn and Derehain .• • • • Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto MIN Shares • • Ditto Quarter Shares• • Ditto Sixteenths • • •• • • Manclistr and Birkenhead 3lanchester &Birminglim Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters . Do. Con. & Welsh June. 3lanchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Man. Shef. and Mid. Julie. Mancliestr & Southamptn Midland .. • • • • Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New . Do. Con. Birm. & Derby Midlnd Gt IVestrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newcstl & Darlngtn June. Do. New (Brandling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield . • • North British • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares •. Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares .. North Devou North Kent .. North Staffordshire .... North Eastern . . North Union (A) . Ditto (11) . . North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares .. • • North Western • • North Wales ••••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon • . Ditto New •.. . Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Er wall, Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • • Oxford and Cambridge . • Perth and Inverness • . • • Portsmouth Direct • • • • .. Preston and Wyre . . Ditto Half Shares Do. I'ref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End J unc Rugby, Worcestr, & Triug Scottish Central .... • • • . Scottish Midland • . • • • • • • Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditte (No. 3)• • Sheffield and Lincoln.. . • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Slirewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir iilirwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shra s, HeretU,& N. Wales Slatnannan . .. • South Devon. • • • • • • • • South Midland • ... • South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 32/. ) No. 1 1)0. (iss.33/.tis.Bd.) „ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales.. .. Tean and Dove Valley • . Trent Valley ••.... Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neatlt.• West London, Old Shares West End & Sotlsrn Coun. Wexford asd Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrill,Wxtd,Wiek & Dub Wakefield and Bradford.. Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . • • West Lancashire.... • • • • Worcester and Tring • - • • Whitehaven and Furnees Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland West Cornwall • • • • • West Yorkshire • • • • • • • • Wilson wn, M. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Nor wleh • • - Ditto New. • ••• York and Carlisle .• • .. • • York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto ticarbro' Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension ...... Yorkshire & Glasgow tin. 7 p 1 %Pi ;- 6 SP 3%P. 9656 d 7:41 26s 12 - 3s6d 2 ~p l i 2%p 1 3yBi 13 - 9:161 it p 4 To p~ 8 p 1 ss. 1 42% 26% 14% 14% 20 p 45 p 1 13 - 5 - ; pl 12s PI 3 / 41 39-16 - 1 29 PI 15256 d 13 - 6s6d HUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCILINGE.—The sales are, New Lines—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2%—Dandee and Perth, 3% Y SR. THE D TOW AND IRE. Pit ICES OF .RES S IN ENGLAND, LAND. S ~~~•~ , ~! (.I.7a t trinlou, l isfid.-4;== y ant 171 e e 1 - tion, 576 —ifitto, Quarters, 31s.— \Huddersfield and - 1.44111 Chester, 15;4—Leeds, Dewsbury, :h al Ablchllterr4647.`r Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergairkph. • w dr< HULL, -Ara 16: •:` Rte" STOCK ExdnAxcE.—The sales are—Durham and Sunder land, 30—ditto, New, 434-11ull and Selby, Half Shares, 24—London and Birmingham Extension, 30s.—Lond on an d BI ack wal I, l tto,. New ' 4 3 q—Preston and Wy re, Half Shares, 7 1 / 2 5 6—Blackburn, I)arwen and Bolton, 976—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5-Lditto, Quarter Shares, 265. Leeds and Thirsk, .1431—North British, Half Shares, 876 9 Cambridge and Lincoln, 4%-slanchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, 40s.—South Midland, 4%—Trent Valley Continuation, 214—Wakefield and .Bradford, 525. Yorkshire ,and Glasgow Union, 6s. YORK, Auo. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex tension, VA—North British, New,• 91. Is, Gd. 9/.—York and North 11.1iCliand Extension, WA—Leeds and Bradford, 55% —Leicester and Bedford, 3%;Lllanchester, Buxton, &c., 8 1 4 ' 3 —Newcastle and Berwick, 241/".... SHEFFIELD, 'Atm. 16 STOOK ExcitANGE.—The sales are—Great Western, ex div.—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 23 1 4—Ditto, Quarter Shares,- ex div —Liverpool and' Manchester, ex div.—Lon don and Birmingham, ex all-- London and Croydon, 211%_ London and South-Western, ex div.—South-Eastern, No. 1, New (issued at 18 dis.), IS—Sheffield and ➢lanchest, Quar ter Shares, No. 1, 15% 16!4—llittio, No. 2, 12I—Caleth niati, 1 04—Clitheroe Junction, 4%—Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 1 4—North British (New), e t —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2/. 19s. W.—Welsh Midland, 235. 6d. pretn.—Orltans, Tours, and Bordeaux, THE WEATHER. AND THE CROPS. From inquiries which we have imtittycd am , ,ng the farmers general!)%of Somerset, we are g'ad to he able to state that the late rains hate act caused thats.rious in jury to the wheat crops which tliose 'who are inexperi enced in agricultural - matters - were led to ant:cipate. Some little mischiet has undoubte-Ily been done, but should-the-weather, - which - at the time we write is pro p;tious, continue unchanged for a week, we may hope that a full average cm will he secured. Even should it prove otherwise, din abundance of the hay crops and the after grass,- which -- will - prevent the riecesbi!y of trenching on the grain crops for the supply of cattle, will enable us to bear the - deff.iency (if it be not vi-ry great) - without much inconvenience. Accounts from neighbouring counties and fretn distant parts of the coun try represent the state of tlnigs as very similar to that above described. A decided improvement has taken place in the wcaTher ; in some places the harvest has begun, and in all, though considerable losses have been experienced, an averag , . crop is expected.—Some - stt Cow ty-Gazette. The weather continues v , ry unfavourable for all sorte of agricultural product.. Harvesting has, however, com menced in some of the most forAard parts of Kent, the crops in these plan: s are said to be light. The rains of this week though frequent, not having been particularly heavy, are considered not to have injured the whtat. That this impression is general, prevailing alike with sellers and buyers, may be gather( d from the fact that the sellers have brought up large supplies this week to Mark-lane, and the buyers refused to purchase, except at a slight reduction. Compluints are very general as to the unsatisfactory nature of the potato crop.—Doren Chronicle: About 300 acres of meadow, pasture, and tillage land, at Lammas, near Burton Constable, in llobleiness, on the estate of Sir Ciiff,rd Constabl e -, B art., have bten laid Under water by the late rains descenaing upon this low tract from the higher grounds. One farmer, Mr. Fox, has twenty-thred acres of hay cut, and in various stages of gathering, and Mr. Griedall's land was in a similar condition. The sheep wore saved on Monday last, happily without any loss ; they we re huddled toge ther on small plots of higher ground, surround e d every side by• water. A t Withernwiek, nt the neighbourhood, the corn of Mr. Jet:kin:Am was flooded. —Hull Adve)tiser. The uneasiness respecting the harvest is now giving way to alarm, ane not without substantial reasons. We are now arrived at the period when in most years the wheat crop is safely housed, and yet the sickle is un employed -except in a few instances, where the crop having attained full growth is in danger of being shelled in the field should a sudden change occur in the state of the atmosphere. Rain succeeds rain, and to morrow is bat the counterpart of to-day. Under any circum stances, the quality mast be deteriorated to a consider able extent, and the prospect of more than an average crop has given place to an apprehension of a deficiency. —Suffolk Chronicle. The accounts from the East llidirg—both in the flat grounds-of Holderness and the Wolds—represent the clops, and particularly wheat and barley, as very much laid and disordered by the late storms. We are happy, however, to state that the farmers gererally seem to think that no irrecoverable damage is done, and should a fortnight of dry weather ensue, a heavy and good har vest will yet be ready for the reapers. The harvest cannot fail to be very late, as three weeks will yet be required for tho ripening of the crops. In high, dry, and favoured places, a fortnight will suffice, - but these spots are the exceptions within a circuit of twenty to thirty miles round Huth-111a ..4drotiser. (From the Western (Exeter) Tim s. rarvest has commence d in this neighbourhood. We have had a week's fine weather ; and &though we have to-day a few light showers, yet they have had v.o effect upon the market. This day fortnight wheat t o u c h e d nearly Ss. to-day it hare. , y teaches 7s. AsununToN.--Sirice Sunday we have had most pro pitious weather fur the harvest, which is going on well, and in a few days will become general ; the price of corn is already on the decline ; the crops of turnips, apples, and potatoes, wilt be abindant. TIVERTON.—The weather, which for the last three weeks had been very unfavourable, chaug, d for the t:cr or. Sunday night, wince which the ghss has been gra dually rising, and we have had fine .tinshiny days, with a N.W. wind. The harvest has cell - Inn-need pr. t.y gen,- rally in the neighbourhood, but the accounts us to its productiveness vary so very greatly that there is no coming to a correct conclu•iiin. Harvest has ccmmenced in the neighbour hood of Barnstaple, and several field:, have been carried in prime condition ; and if the weather c.,ntinues as it has .been for the last four or five da; s, harvest will become general in the course of next week. The harvest prospects in Cornwall are eery favourable for all kinds of crops. An individual fund of, and familiar with, agriculture, after travelling many hundred miles in the north of Eng land, and various parts of Seetland, has arrived at. the con clusion that the crop of 1845, in promise at least, is the bulkiest and best that. has gladdened the national eN e for a lengthened period. Wherever the lend is good, and the management what it should be, the wheats, oats, and barleys, are delightfully close and copious in the cardinal point, airing, even where the straw is shorter than was expected in the middle of July. O the inferior soils tourists cannot speak quite so favourably ; yet, to such as make the proper allowance, it is astonishing to wit ness the comparative fertility which is creeping up the bleakest mountain sides. Between infield and outfield land, the difference is always great in variable climates ; but when the spring months favour moor aid uiountain cultivation, the ekes thus thrown into the lap of Ceres adds prodigiously to the general store. At the distance of every few years hillmen are compellel to draw on the valleys for the most important of all our staple , , meal ; but at present the tables are so complrtely turned, that, should a favourable back end be graciously v,uuh safed, they will aggrandise the general market by becoming sellers in place of buyers. From what ever cause, barley is the best of all the white crops, not In one but in every county ; and even experi enced malsters admit that they have seen nothing squal to present appearances during the last twenty years. In 1844, barley paid better than wheat, and hence the in creased breadth of the culture wherever you wander in Britain or Ireland. For months the grain markets re mained wonderfully stationary, with prices greatly under the Premier's calculation, in aenouncieg the t ew sliding scale ; but of late the tendency has been decidedly up• wards, say, in the case of wheat, ss. per quarter—in all probability occasioned by the speculation more or less inseparable from uncertain weather. That there is a sufficiency of old grain stored, to meet the wants of the country, is a fact well known to the corn factors ; but. as the approaching harvest will be rather a late one, there are many who build on, and endeavour to profit by, this circumstance. Last year stocks were tolerably rile iu the end of August ; but at present we are behind a mark so enviable a fortnight, if not three eet-ks ; and, so far as can be judged at the present time, harvest labour cannot be general before the first wet k in Septernb,r. Much, therefore, depends on the future ; and, though • every shower that falls is becoming a loss as the season advances, excepting to turnips, it is pleasant to look on the sunny side of things, by exulting in the hope that all will yet be well. From the bleakness of May, the cattle trade was late in beginning ; and after the first lush of grass, lean stock rose too rapidly in price. This circumstance alarmed 'the buyers, and for several weeks bullocks asad heifers were difficult to dispose of at a considerable reduction. But matters are mending in this respect, and again we have something like the natural proportion between fat and lean in the markets of the south. In fact, were it not for the unfortunate distemper that still lingers in many parts of England, the trade in droving would leave living profits to such as have courage to prosecute con tinuously so fluctuating a traffic. Sheep, on the other hand, have paid well during the last twelvemonths, whether to such as breed or fatten on turnips. The i p n ri t c h e e s of en db,ualnbds,tlvmhsicehnawilrde m h a ig n l 3 l . a in fa t r l m ie e b r e t g o in s t a ri v i e lg ili f u e i l - 1 For sel thaendstos')retathlhrgththeoprer'estbZt the e ll s b a e le an of ex ‘ m v c i a l e i y l t l e e b n e s t t e s o e s e t a k ii son : at such of the Border fairs us are over, lambs sold remarkably well, and generally, at least, mated at from 2s. 6d. to 3s. above the prices of last year. The fleece is not quite so buoyant ; but the clip was so large that our mountaineers mus i tga m in ot ! e n y ‘ . l_'ei ler weight. even should they lose fractionally u Courier. DANGER TO ST. PETER'S AT ROME.—A letter from Rome contains the followirg :....One of the most splendid monuments of Catholic art, the dome of St. Peter's at Rome, inspires serious alarm in the minds of it: , architects of the city. For a long time past ihr curila has been cracked in man y places, and ten arches of iron, weighing 60,000 kilogrammes have been placed so as to prevent its fall. It has just been discovered that the Linterninn, above which rises the cross which crowns the edifice, is cracked ihrough and through. The numerous lightning conductors w hieh had teen erected by Pope Pius VII., for the protection of the edifice, removes all idea of this mischief having been the effect of a thunder-storm. The lanternino is being surrounded by heavy iron chains, to ' prevent the cracks front extending. The restoration of the ancient Basilic of St. Paul, on the Ostia-road, and which was destroyed by fire some years since, is almost completed. An English company has jut made a proposition to the Papal Government for deepening the Tiber. It demands neither payment nor indemnity, hoping to repay itself by the monu ments of antiquity which it expects to find in the bad of the river. If the Pontifical Government accede to this offer, it is thought at Rome that the Company will have an excellent bargain.— Galignani. LIAg vough Haire worth , bou t .h tiro! ;r9 baa 0 pet' Evatih kelf hAd t t h a t t° jc s ),15, 11 , -' r.) WA ; A) .ND, >8 - A A Aug. 16. I.4 n' I IA4 P! 6ts. 60s. 7486(1; 10Yil