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can get coals from a distance of 15 miles cheaper than from .ium the mouth of the pit which he lives so near to ; the reason of that was, because the owner of the latter had witness in the en d of a sack, and would not let him out. Mr. Jo se ph N orton, agent and manager to Mr. Leech, cot ton-spinner, o f Staleybridge.—He employs 1,200 hands , and the mills are within 100 yards of a coal-pit; but we are obliged to get coals by boats from Pointon, the pit near us not being able to afford a sufficient supply ; even from Poin ton the supply is so deficient that the mill is obliged to stop knaetimes. SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY— G T. On the CHAIRMAN ta ( king roup his ) seat to-day, the con- Neration of this line of railway , was resumed, ' S Y the reexamination of Mr. Miller, one of the witnesses examined yesterday by Mr. Atkinson, an o pponent [of the Bill. The object of this examination was silow that the proposed crossing of the line at Peter borough-bridge. would be attended w i th muc h d an ger, from its P ec uliar construction, and that it would interfere w ith 0,.e holding of a fai r which ' was kept at regular periods in an adjoining meadow. The tables required by the standing orders were then put ", in which it was estimated that the annual working ex l'enses of the line would be 14,0001., leaving, when deducted ,r2 l ll the gross receipts of the branch line, the surplus of '4,862/. 18s. 6d. for th e s h are h o lde r s, or a dividend of di per on the invested capital. This calculation was inde tludent of what is expected to arise from traffic derived from e main line with which it is to be connected at Syston. „ 4 „,ne various it ems set f ort h i n t h e es ti ma tes regarding the 5 t of constructing the line were proved by evidence, and tin b 3 Posed. Charles Liddel, the engineer of the line, was then ex rated to he uitmed respecting : the engineering difficulties. These w ere of a very trifling character ; the gradients were tYlifavourable; there was only one tunnel 776 yards long Bent e whole extent of forty-eight miles, and the curves pre ...edr no objectionable feature. e r - al • Stephenson, the engineer, was next examined. He be st Y aurveyed the line, and in his plan I drew out the yractical line between the two termini. t was not only aest line as far as engineering difficulties were con but the best as far as the consideration of traffic frzinivolved, forming as it would, the most direct line q ui Yarmouth to Manchester. He believed the inhabitants it:ffi cs3antr Y through which the line passed were generally iavour. He had seen a line proposed by Mr. Giles, and dir e gh, t it very objectionable, on account of its engineering eli4 t ies• He theught the end of Stamford-bridge themost e site for the station, more especially if the bridge was of d t r. The trains in passing over the road at the end not fl.. e bridge into, and from, the station would of a — :," I PY above half-an-hour altogether in the course arri v i a Y, and then the trains being either starting or d e , pe ug, would necessarily be slow and not likely to be eut'd r i °4B . There was a portion of a line which he had exe of Liverool that crossed a street, and he never heard accident k , St e phenson was cross-examined at some length by at st a ZRKE in referenc e t o M r . Giles's line, and the station reit er :,:ord-bridge but nothing was elicited further than a d i . - " ° ' l of what ' he had previously stated on those poipts. th e wi;WHATELEY, on behalf of Lord Harborough, examir . ied gre ne sa in regard to the line going through his Lords . hip's kennels- Mr. Stephenson generally replied that any diver , the line would occasion heavy cuttings and tunnels, acid prodigiously to the expense. SLIM s --,- COMMITTEES ON STANDING ORDERS. vi,,9l)Coramitte No. 1., present Mr. Strutt, Chairman Mr. c, o lll ers Stuart, Mr. Pakington, and Mr. Compton. The ,I,lnittee proceeded with the adjourned inquiry on the TTENHAM AND FARRINGDON EXTENSON Mr, co RAILWAY. Mr Ppock appeared for the opposing petitioner. Mai 'l l As submitted three allegations, complaining of tiu elds and g ar d ens w ithi n the limits of deviation. notb: C ommittee were of opinion that the allegations could buts s ustained. ,Standi n g orders not complied witk in some Ord ers. ". Bill referred to Select Committee on Standing Mr. D ISS AND COLCHESTER RAILWAY. j ouri v ExAnLEs appeared for the promoters of this ad a - —'''' case, and read over the several allegations which the gents for and against had settled out of doors. (LEFT SITTLNG.) Sub-C h This Committee re-assembled ommittee this N morn ) ing at the usual our, Si r J ohn Y. Buller acting as Chairman.l BECCLES, AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY. to ue consideration of the allegations in this case was re "nl!xl. but only two of them were established. They were _ .rrunor importance. Several allegations were admitted and Tpthlrawn on both sides ; they consisted chiefly of mis eecriptions and slight errors in the rates of inclination. FLANDERS MAIL. •• t „ltrttrsßElLS, APRIL 20.—The King gave an audience to-day uM. Coopminns, Charge d'Affaires of Denmark. His Ma esty attended divine service in the chapel of the Palace, and arifterwards presided in a Council of Ministers. We an nounced a month ago the arrival of the Rev. Father Walle _l?l ic his companions in the State of Guatemala. This news, tenHrtih we had from respectable authority, appears to have premature. A letter has been shown us, written from avannah, Feb. 13, by an inhabitant of Flanders, who Was in that city with the Belgia n • • • ' According to this letter, Father Wane Missionaries, . the Havannah onithe 9th i and his companions arrived a! expe rienced on the coast of Portugal one health, having w e)sl i ) c e, are so common in those seas. g The vessel ,f those storms n vessel, with the missiona ries on board, was to sail on the stop ping 19th of February, after ten days. The Weser Gazette says that the num ber of German emigrants to America,in was 45 661. Of the Hamburgh, se, 18,863 sailed from Bremen, 1,774 from from 1 Lel r ...! -,..r0m Rotterdam, 3,000 from Antwerp, and !6,6reist, navre. Thus we see, that Bremen is highest . in ' of the 'Which the Journal ' attributes to the superior sailing quality of a b i4 latter recommends the good fixed tq . "liPloyed. The of the times I. provisions and lastly the regularity or tile departure of the ships. , r , which is to examine the question rela• r he central section ll'e t° ate l has already met ;it is expected that it will be e corti- aw the Chamber in the be. g i nn able to present its report to I ng of the week.—Brussels Papers, April 21. T 4. 1 E M IL —The Trent, Royak k ail ~ R EST INDIA at Q "RiPany's steam-ship, CAapt.._. Fuller . Boxer, has arrived "-'ollthampton from the West Indies, with the usual mails itad .. She has had a very fa vour:l3l rge number of passengers. ,eVer, she Passage on the whole , ince leaving Fayal, how lier sh e has experienced easter s inds, which accounts for te i40 in ,2 , , , , , s- g do r ar e s d , ays over due. The ' Trent brings on freight 751. in British copper gold, gold dust, pearl s ounces ofsilver, 551 b. 208'z.e.Ofplatinat and 2,2101. in 26th s ' The Trent left Jamaica on the 24th of March, Jacmel Port cop r ii . o Ric 29th, St. Thomas's 31st and Fayal 14th of ti e „ Her Majesty's ship Pickle was at ' Jamaica on the Grenada ; and tht""'ere of the Trent ; the Pique was at n , s team _ Ship ) : I )4 e at Barbadoes. The Royal Mail Compa s Ths_sedway proceeded from St. Thomas's to Grenada ; the G ilts .' sto the Gulf ; the Avon to Demerara ;the City of T he ovr to Trinidad and the most en route to islands es 4cceunts f Jamaicaand of the other ,vea rable. rom hagena. tkEllolllm. m. —We have to ati no .,-. OF LADY ISABELLA L. LING. . rrit izz l n n ee the death of the above lady, who d i ed on Sunday aurvi, ; g , at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Her Lady was only great : n g daughter of Edward, first Earl of Kingston, and Th:unt.of the present Earl. sust a i ne d fi g h t Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson have ter e W e 'L a heavy 80 , , rd In affliction by the demise of Mr. George aWson, late of the Rifle brigade, their sec? tne °flit:Wd on Monday morning. He was in the pr me Month Boag attained his twenty-third year. . Th seizem an had been gradually declining iri health befor yt s vTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—By a 1311 . 1 now more s d• arliament, it is proposed to carry out the project forea_ theß irect on. co mmunication between the neighbourhood f , s ala s -- ,'" of Lords and Commons and that of Buckingham -uro a CuY means of a new street, 80 feet wide, from the Shaft,,,,, al ictuary, at the western front of the Abbey, to tage t"urY-terrace, in the parish of St. Peter. The adyan- th ero ,,°, be obtained will not be limited to . a convenient n i elnpfrairse between points of increasing throe o a a crow , h t ded klddil apids e also a . beneficial opening gh and hotb ted district, long notorious as a haunt of crime Little b e d of disease. The localities to be traversed are, Jefe re , ean-street, the Great Almonry, the Little Almonry,_ Rill Z . - buildio .e.b.zediuetiliertst, gs, Cooper's-street, and Duck-lane. The rai sa paits to empewer the formation of a body of localtcornte huenddeesriggun ; arantee of qualification and securi y ' not and authorises the raising of a sp The c il g 100 ,0004, on the credit of the rates in the . district. je st jeot b wonlissioners of Woods and Forests are to aid the pro eCiliti: a s uPPly of 39,0001., with a further sum ofll,ooo/., k eii ,gent on approval of the manner in which the improve- T-4:ro Completed. teati 2 C GAR QUESTION.—A great number . of . sap , t t en °— to the Customs' Board have been made within the ' til e - Ps for return of the duty of Bs. per cent. allo . w el l th e (In , reasn— =Jr order of the 24th ult. on sugar, on . v,hi ,Which t 'Y of the old tariff and 5 per cent. has been paid, and gas in ;ugar still remains in bond uncleared. No difficulty i u t di l tZ n Y instance been experienced in obtaining the return . uei n , -T on the conditions agreed to by the Commissioners frotrthturaplied with—viz., on a certificate being produced Nat' w s ,2 ) ,°ek Company o ' r , owner of the warehouse that the i. ~mat n,,, -4 ,, 'a bond on the 14th of March last, that the app 1- 'net he de a declaration that the duty was paid by him, and sur s "'8 entitled to the allowance sanctioned Tre a-441 pop ursuance of the wishes of the House ofCommons, at 1 , 1 er. person whatever. The numerous applications t ,:ftb e e ls eu t being made ma be accounted for last paT osnad-„-enalnissioners' order, that all the paidduty sugar in by a "Nn Which the allowance is required, must be delivered -,-, certai n day early in the ensuing month. 7,4Bl")tesiorr OF GAS P -- oUR HOUSES DAMAGED.— i l a , a ar iesio a l rZ t in ,F , about 7 o'clock, the inhabitants of Holborn, ~ , Turnstile, were greatly alarmed by a terrific ex uriu-ti,°l gas at the Robin Hood Tavern, two doors from 'whi eb. Ae. It appears that the pipe burst near the flooring, Lob ed w as ripped up, and the entire front of the shop demo atd --the force being so great as to carry away the shutter be d sin, the fragments of which were carried across s te r u e i breaki nt several panes of glass in the houses of Mrs. liees ' is s ilt) erna er, and Mr. Coates, hatter, age, r every first of „. I ° ' the Robin Hood also sustained damage, every pane p e Z r ass,, being shattered, as well as those of Messrs. Baker and ini nre i t ! in the house adjoining. Fortunately no person was ti n i l •ii ekler M us k au has sold his estate, and w i t h i t hi s 1,7 e c't noblesse, to Count Edmund Hasfeldt Weisweiler, for 58150 dollars. alt7 - __Paragraph appeared in the Chronicle of the 29th Os buaouncing that Sir Thomas Hare had ordered the game kit t's estate to be destroyed. We are enabled, on competent ste n „ °lll „tY, to say that if such an order has been given, no "Wiip - p,",,,ave been taken to execute it, but that at this season, cl e ,W , if it were intended to do it at all, they ought to be f orrn ed away, as many hares are left for breeding as in any ti nni e r Year. From ten to sixteen hares may be seen in a 14' 03 neld, and as many in the neighbouring estates . of 11 , r d . i t , ke, M.P., Mr. Villebois, Mr. Pratt, &c. It is whispere Itet,: r neighbourhood, that the order in question was never . and • 'nivel', but the report circulated to pacify the tenants , "... 1 .,t Is said a meeting of the game preservers of the district je7t.neld at Mr. Villebois', of Marham, to discuss the sub ee,e The result of their deliberations has not transpired, by t ot e in the practical shape of the tenants being devoured city ,I. game. The tenants complain that in a great majo: a leii ....vt eases they have expended their capital in improyel ga nl ''' , under the impression that they should not suffer from " aeri e, and now, when they cannot leave their farms without sad neing their investment, they are burdened with game, eatti‘,soffer grievance for which they can obtain no eompen /lei "1 1 1 . We are assured that many tenant-farmers of that ra4 bourhood have been deterred from throwing up their th e s (171 3' by the consideration we have mentioned, but that alndeivil is becoming so serious, that on a calculation of profitce their loss merely, some of them will be compelled to sacrifi se.. it ,_ capital rather than be eaten up for the profit or amu meat of their landlords.-2Vorwich Mercury. A. n r e ,, . early designed and well-executed pedestal, 14 acot:n,helebt, surmounted by a striking resemblance of sir Walter liao recently been erected at Perth. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND VutiUr Optuton, " Who runs may read." On Saturday evening Louis Philippe received the Nea politan Ambassador, the Minister of Denmark, the Ministers of Commerce and Public Instruction, Dukes Pasquier and Decazes, the Marquis de Rumigny, Count Anatole de Montesquoiu, Baron de Humboldt, Generals O'Houdetot, Pelletier, and Aupick, and M. Dupin , sen . The following bulletin of the health of the consort of Don Carlos has been received in Paris, dated Bourges, April 17 : " Certain medicines administered, after a consultation of phy sicians, produced some repose during the night, but without lessening the gravity of the ilness. The arrival of Drs. Recamier and Cruveilhet from Paris is impatiently expected." The above-named physicians have been to Bourges, and Dr. Cruveilhet is returned. It is said that he found ie august patient in a very alarming state. M. Guizot has nearly recovered from his late illness, and no danger is apprehended. M. Aubert, Peer of France, died on Saturday, at Paris, after a long and painful illness. He was a member of the Corps Legislatif under the Empire, of the Chamber of Repre sentatives during the hundred days, and has been several times returned to the Chamber of Deputies since 1830. The marriage between the daughter of Duke Decazes and Baron Lefebvre, of Tournay, took place at the chapel of the Chamber of Peers on Friday. A person under the assumed name of Baron de Bulow, who has made himself notorious for his ability in discovering real or pretended conspiracies, has been arrested by order of the Government for unjust and excessive exercise of his office, and is to be put upon his trial as the inventor of the alleged conspiracies. The electric telegraph between Paris and Rouen is com pleted, and will be brought into use in a few days. We read in the Droit :—" An Englishman, named Thomas Graham, who had lived for 25 years at the house of the Jardin Turc, quite alone, occupying his time in making dif ferent articles of clockwork, was on Saturday morning found dead. " The morality of the Polka," says the Brussels Gazette, " has been officially acknowledged at Antwerp. This fa vourite air of the calumniated (lance has been set to the ca rillons of the cathedral of Antwerp. This gallantry on the part of the municipality of the city merits honourable men tion." The Silesian Gazette informs us that the States of Prussia, Posen, Silesia, and of the Rhine have pronounced, either unanimously or by a great majority, in favour of the petitions for the liberty of the press. Prince Puckler Muskau has sold his estate, and with it his title of noblesse, to Count Edmun d Hasfeldt Weisweiller, for 1,708,150 dollars. 71.A.11 1 7 AND POLIO!. In the Arches Court, Sir H. J. Fust gave judgment in the case of the Bishop of Exeter v. the Rev. Mr. Shore. The Bishop had cited Mr. Shore for preaching in an unconse crated chapel. Mr. Shore replied that the Court had no jurisdiction, inasmuch as he (Mr. Shore) had seceded from the Church and become a Dissenting preacher. The Court decided against Mr. Shore's protest, and ordered him to ap pear absolutely on the next Court day. The proof of debts under the bankruptcy of C. J. Mathews is finally concluded, and a dividend will soon be declared. The April Adjourned Quarter Session for Middlesex com menced yesterday.at the County Court-house, Clerkenwell green. The cases disposed of were not of the least interest. At Guildhall, John Nicholson, a stationer, carrying on business at No. 8, Great St. Thomas Apostle, and Alfred Dutton, a stationer, in Union-court, Old Broad-street, were charged with receiving some paper, of various descriptions, which had been stolen from the premises of Messrs. Magnay Brothers, wholesale stationers, in Maiden-lane, Queen-street ; and John Hall was charged with being concerned with three other persons, in the employ of Messrs. Magnay, in the stealing of a large quantity of paper. They were re manded until Friday. John Dobson, the man who has undergone two previous examinations on the charge of having stolen some cash, to gether with brass candlesticks, and other property from Marylebone Church, was fully committed for trial from Marylebone. At Worship-street Thomas Bagshaw, alias Jones, aged 19, the son of a respectable tradesman in St. Luke's, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingham, charged with having uttered several counterfeit crown pieces to tradesmen in the neigh bourhood of the Mile-end-road. He was committed for trial, and preparatory to his journey to Newgate the policeman removed him into the yard, but having occasion to turn round for a moment to collect his witness es, the prisoner suddenly darted like a deer through a private passage leading into the street, and was instantly out of sight. An active pursuit immediately took place, but up to the close of the Court no trace of him had been obtained. Mr. James Francis Donovan, an artist, of Well-street, Wellclose-square, charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty, was sentenced to seven days' impri sonment at the Thames Police-court. COUILT-FASHIONABI .E. Viscount Melbourne is so far recovered from his recent accident as to be able to take carriage airings. Viscountess Palmerston intends to give a grand ball on Monday next, at the family residence, on Carlton House terrace. Her Ladyship's fete will be on a very splendid scale. The Duke of Hamilton has recovered from his slight in disposition, which prevented his Grace from joining the din ner at his mansion on Sunday, to the Grand Duchess Dowa ger Stephanie of Baden. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne will entertain the Duke de Broglie and a distinguished circle at Lansdowne House on Monday next. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland received a select family party, including the Earl of Burlington, the Hon. W. Lascelles, Miss Georgians Harcourt, &c., at dinner last even ing, at Stafford House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn have arrived at Stafford House, from Trentham. The Earl of Cardigan is expected to return to Portman square at the close of the ensuing week, from Dundalk, after inspecting his regiment. The Earl of Malmesbury has arrived in Whitehall-gardens from Paris. The Earl of Derby completed his seventieth year on Mon day last. The Earl and Countess of Zetland are daily expected in Arlington-street from Ask Hall. Lady Charlotte Dundas, sister to the Noble Earl, has arrived at her residence in Lower Grosvenor-street. It is said that her Ladyship has resigned her situation as one of the three Ladies of the Bed chamber to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Lady Caroline Duncombe has arrived at the Dowager Lady Faversham's residence, Arlington-street, from Waresley Park, Huntingdonshire. Lord Poltimore has left Grosvenor-square to join Lady Poltimore at Florence. C yearE Zi An annuity of 770 ala' a is N es Z t o Trinity College, Dub lin, by the death of Dr. Whitley Stokes. A copy of the Commission for inquiring into the expedi ency of altering the Circuits of the Judges in En gland and Wales has been printed. The Commission is dated on the 14th of February last, appointing as Commissioners Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Alderson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, J. S. Wortley, F. Kelly, W. Whateley, and John Greenwood, Esquires ; and Sir W. Heath cote, E. Denison, J. T. Grimston, and B. Estcourt, Esqrs. The object of the Commission, which may be pursued by any five of the Commissioners, is " for inquiring and con sidering whether it would be expedient with a view to the more convenient and better administration of justice, that any and what alterations should be made in the division of England and Wa les into circuits for judicial business and in the periods for holding such circuits, and whether it would be necessary or proper that any change should be made in the law terms for the purpose of such alterations, and also for considering in what manner such alterations may be best effected." I ate St Her Majesty's stearn-frigromboli, commanded by the Hon. Captain Plunkett, arrived at Culmore on Thursday. This fine vessel has been sent by the Government, on the ap plication of Major Snow, R.M., and she is to be stationed in Lough Foyle during the fishing season,g those unhappy for the pappy urpose and of p r eserving the peace, and preventin disgraceful outrages whic h have been of frequent occurrence for some years past, and w hich, in one instance, terminated fatally last year. On Tuesday morning, shortly after six o'clock, as Mr. Ri chard Cartwright, a respectable carpenter, was crossing the Hawley-field, situated on the right hand side of the Hamp stead-road, and near the Hawley Lock of the Regent's Canal, he discovered the body of a men, lying on his back, with a pistol grasped tight in his right hand, and his head shattered in a frightful manner. He instantly gave an alarm to police constable 248 5, whom he found on duty; and assistance having been procured, the body was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse. The hat of the deceased was found a short dis tance from the body. It is a beaver one, somewhat worn, maker's name, J. Howard, James-street, Old-street, St. Luke's. BUDS LIGHTS IN T R AFALGAR-SQUARE. -- WOr k • men have been employed for some time in making prepara tions for lighting the square by means of this powerful light. That unseemly erection at Northumberland House has been removed, and large bronze pedestals have been cast for the purpose by Stevens and Son, which will be placed in a few days on the large circular granite blocks onio ea ochf side of the Nelson monument, and at the tna the parapet. THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSES. Yesterday the sale of the fifth portion of the extensive library of the late Duke of Sussex was commenced, at Messrs. Evans' rooms, Pall-mall. The present portion consists of the Latin c lassics, the drama, poetry , the belles lettres, biography, .!ic. ing The number of lots disposed of yesterday was 249, consistched fe of some rare first editions of the Latin classics, which t the e xtraordinary high prices. The sale of this portion of late Duke's library will last twelve days. THE LATE THOMAS PHILLIPS, ESQ R.A.---This distinguished artist, whose death took place early on Sunday morning, was a native of Dudley, in 'Warwickshire, where he was born in 1770. Having a very strong predilection. for . the arts, he was placed with the late Mr. Edgiugton, of Birming ham, the restorer of the ancient art of gassstaining in Eng land. After a few years young Phillips came to London with an introduction to the late Benjamin West, P.R.A., and commenced portrait painting with tolerable success, and after some years, having acquired considerable proficiency, he elected an associate, and in 1809 a full member of the Royal Academy of Painting, at the same time with Henry Howard (secretary), and the late Nathaniel Marebant. Mr. Phillips succeeded by election in 1824 to the professorship of painting in the Academy, and delivered from the chair a course of six lectures replete with the best advice to artists and the soundest principles of art. Mr. Phillips resigned the profe.sor's chair in 1830 from the delicate state of his health; but he continued to fulfil the other duties o f council, v isitor, at the . In the summer of 1844 Mr. Phillips retired from the active duties of, his profession, in which he had been for ho the last few to yea the rs assisted by his youngest son Henry, w succeeds practice. Soon after h e established himself in London, Mr. Phillips married a lady from Scotland, who was . about to embark for India. This union was one of the happiest upon record. Four children , two bo y s and two girls (all living), were the offspring of thi s marriage. The eldest son, Scott Phillips, has been for some years a st distinguieatlshed officer in the Bengal Artillery. Mr. Phillips was greatly eeemed by all who knew him ; the late Earl of Egremont was his steady friend for thirty-eight years. He was a member f the club at the '° Th a t c h e d House," formed by Johnson,o Reys, &c., also of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, the Royal Institution, and was one of earliest members of the Atheneum Club. Besides his lectures, Mr. Phillips wrote:inuch on the arts ; all those on this subject in Ree's Cyclopedia are from his pen. T HE AUCTION DUTlEB.—Considerable doubts having prevailed as to the period at which the auction duties are to cease, we aro authorized to state, that the Lords of the Treasury have addressed a letter to the CoinmisFioners of Excise, authorizing them to forbear to charge the duties on auctions after the Bth of April, on the usual condition of the parties consenting to abide the ultimate decision of Parliament. TUE SUN, LoNtroN, WEDNESDAY _ EVENING, APRIL 23, 1845. RAIL WAY IN TELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON SCHEMES FOR EXTENDING RAILWAY COMMUNICA TION IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS. Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, April 16, 1845. The Board constituted by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade for the transaction of Rail way Business, having had under consideration the fol lowing schemes for extending railway communication; viz.:— The Aberdare Railway; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer Branch); Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton; Dunstable, London, an d Birmingham; Eastern Counties —Cambridge and Huntingdon ' • Eastern Counties — Brandon a nd Peterborough Ex tension •, Eastern Counties —Finsbury Extension; Eastern Counties —Cambridge and Bury St. Ed mund's Extension; Eastern Counties—Dartford and Rumford Railway and Steam Ferry; Erewash Valley Railway; Epping Railway; Eastern Counties Thames Junction and North Woolwich; Lynn and Ely Railway, with a branch to Wisbeach; London and Gravesend via' North Woolwich Railway; Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction—Extension and Branches; Kentish Coast Railway; Launceston and South Devon; south Devon Amendment and Tavistock Branch Railway; Darfield to Worabrough; Ditto to Elsecar; t Midland Railway Chevet to Horbury; Oakenshaw to Wakefield; Ambergate to Crich ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway— Tynemouth Extension and New Quay Branch; North Union Railway—Branch to River Ribble; Sheffield and Rotherham—Branch to Sheffield and Manchester Railway; West London Railway—Thames Extension ; West London Railway—Knightsbridge Extension; York and Scarborough Deviation; have determined to submit the following report thereon, for the consideration of Parliament. The railway projects above enumerated are not so connected with any particular district as to make it necessary to class them with any of the groups or fami lies of schemes which have come under examination. They consist generally of lines either small in them selves, or of a local character, or they are minor exten sions and alterations of railways already executed. THE ABERDARE RAILWAY, About eight miles in length, is principally intended for the conveyance of coal, iron, and other minerals, from the Valley of Aberdare, in the county of Glamorgan, to the port of Cardiff, for shipment. It branches from the Taff Valley Railway, which connects Merthyr Tydvil with that port. The present means of communication with Cardiff is by canal, which, however, is alleged to be quite inadequate to convey the traffic. We are of opinion that there are no public reasons against this pro ject receiving the sanction of Parliament. THE BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS— KEYMER BRANCH. This is a branch from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hast ings Railway, at Lewes, to the London and Brighton Railway near Keymer, in length 9 miles and 12 chains. Its object is to cut off the angle at Brighton and shorten the railway distance between Lewes and London, and consequently between Hastings and London, by eight or nine miles. There are, in our opinion, no public rea sons against this project receiving the sanction of Par- liament. THE COVENTRY, BER WH DWORT, AND NUN EATON AILAY. This proposed line commences near the Coventry sta tion of the London and Birmingham Railway, and ter minates by forming a junction with the proposed Trent Valley scheme near Nuneaton, in the parish of Bedworth, its length being six miles fifty-three chains. It has for its object to open direct communication between the im portant districts of Coventry, Leamington, and Warwick, and the extensive collieries in Warwickshire and Lieces tersbire. The statement of traffic furnished by the promoters of the scheme appears to justify the probable cost of its construction. We are of opinion that there are no public reasons against this project receiving the sanction of Parliament. THE DUNSTABLE, LONDON, AND BIRMING HAM RAILWAY. This railway is intended to commence at the Leighton Buzzard station of the Loudon and Birmingham Rail way, and to terminate at the entrance to the town of Dunstable ; the length of the line being seven miles. The line, when completed, is proposed to be leased and worked by the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany. The traffic tables laid before this Board by the projectors appear to justify the outlay of the capital ne cessary for the construction of the line. We are of opinion that no public reasons exist against this pro• ject receiving the sanction of Parliament. EASTERN COUNTIES—CAMBRIDGE AND HUN TINGDON. This line is intended to commence at Huntingdon and w pass through St. Ives, to join the Eastern Counties Extension a little to the north of Chesterton, near Cam bridge. Its length is 17 miles 35 chains, and it has a branch of 1 miles 50 chains, for the accommodation of Godmanchester. The object of this scheme is to con nect the town of Huntingdon and Godmanchester with the Eastern Counties Railway, in case any of the great trunk schemes between York and London passing in that direction should not receive the sanction of the Legislature. We have, however, already reported to Parliament on the main question, and believe this scheme to be incompatible with the establishment of a direct main line, such as we have recommended in the report alluded to. Between Cambridge and St. Ives it would, in fact, be a competing line with the proposed Cam bridge and Lincoln Railway. Under these circum stances we think there are sufficient public reasons why it should not receive the sanction of Parliament. EASTERN COUNTIES—BRANDON AND PETERBOROUGH EXTENSION. In explanation of this scheme, it is necessary to remark that the Eastern Counties Railway Company obtained last year an Act for making a line from Ely to pass midway between Chatteris and Doddington, by Whittlesea to Peterborough. The object of the present scheme is to make a deviation which, avoiding Chatteris, may accommodate the town of March. The length of the line would be thus increased by about three miles, but the promoters allege that the outlay would not be augmented thereby, and that the contractors who had agreed to make the original line now undertake to construct the deviated and longer line at the same cost as the shorter. The first eight miles from Ely of the proposed devia tion are coincident with the same portion of the Ely and Lincoln proposed Railway ; and if the latter scheme were carried into effect, a proportionate reduc tion in the expense would result. We must add, how ever, that we have reported our reasons why the Ely and Lincoln proposed railway ought not to receive the sanction of Parliament. The project is objected to by the inhabitants of Chat teris, who will suffer inconvenience if the line, as it has already been sanctioned by Parliament, should be re moved from them. If the line could be considered as a main trunk line, a deviation involving an increase of three miles in distance might be considered to affect unreasonably the general convenience of the public ; but the project in question must be viewed more with regard to local accommoda tion than to through traffic. March is a place of greater population than Chatte ris ; the former containing by the last census 5,706 per sons, and the latter 4,813. March also contains 1,163 inhabited houses, while Chatteris has but 956. Consi dering, therefore, that the new line may be made as cheaply, that it will afford rather more local accommoda tion than the original line, and that the through traffic is not likely to be very great, there aro no public rea sons which, in our opinion, ought to be decisive against it. At tho same time, we deem it our duty to suggest whether, as the direct line has received the sanction of Parliament, the company should not be required so to regulate their fares as to charge no more on the extra distance, on the through traffic, than they were em powered to charge on the direct distance. EASTERN COUNTIES—FINSBURY EX TENSION. This is a prolongation of the Northern and Eastern Railway, through the terminus near Sh o reditch, ac n ross that street and several others , to t he City- r oad, ear the north side of Finsbury-square, in length 600 yards. This scheme partakes something of the character of the Tottenham and Farringdon extension project, which has already been reported upon by this Board in con nexion with the London and York schemes; that is to say, the object of each is to obtain a more central me tropolitan terminus. The distance is only 800 yards be tween the present and the proposed terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway; yet the cost of making the extension will be considerable, and it may not, there fore, be to the interest of the Company to incur such an expense, if the Tottenham and Farringdon-street project should be carried out. It is further very important that so essential a part of the communication between London and York as is afforded by the Tottenham and Farringdon-street branch, should not be interfered with by any minor pro ject of this description. On the other hand, it appears desirable, with regard to the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, which are supplied by the Eastern Counties Railway, that it should have a more central terminus than that at present in use at Shoreditch. Therefore,_ a lth ou gh we think that the Finsbury Ex tension is inferior to the Farringdon-street terminus as regards the northern traffic, and that it should not by any means be sanctioned in lieu thereof, we are of opi nion that, having respect to the eastern traffic, no public reasons exist why it should not receive the sanction of the Legislature. EASTERN COUNTIES.—CAMBRIDGE AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S EXTENSION. This line would run in a direct course between the towns of Cambridge and Bury, a distance of twenty-five miles and fifty chains, through a level country, present ing no engineering difficulties of consequence ; but, on of capital on even the most economical scale. t h e other hand, offering very small indu cement f or t h e outlay di str i c t through which it would be carried is but t hi n ly inhabited ; the p o p ulation of all th e parishes C b a e m in b g rid u g nder aald2,OO Bury,t being the only town on the route. There is at p resent little or no tr affic between the terminal towns, both of lying gld be t ween traverse, which will be amply supplied with railway acoommoda- tion by means of projects now before the Legislature, and which will bring them into connexion: Cambridge with London, Norwich, the north of England, and Scotland ; and Bury St. Edmund's with London, Norwich, and Ipswich. There are, no doubt, at certain times, a considerable number of persons repairing to Newmarket; but the opening of lines that would convey them to Cambridge would sufficiently answer their purpose. Newmarket has little or no trade, or other means of supporting a railway, even of the cheapest c onstruction. Under these circumstances, we can see no public reasons to lead us to recommend this extension line to the favourable consideration of Parliament. DARTFORD AND RUMFORD RAILWAY AND STEAM F ERRY. This line would begin in the High-street of Dartford, and it would proceed in nearly a direct course to the bank of the Thames, opposite to Purfleet. The convey ance of the traffic across the river would be by means of a steam ferry, and from the Essex bank of the river the line would proceed in a direct course to the Eastern Counties Railway at Rumford. The entire length of railway to be constructed would be nine miles and ten chains. The construction would not be difficult nor expensive ; but there is no existing traffic between Dartford and Rumford, and no good reason has been adduced for sup posing that any such is likely to arise whereby a railway could be supported, and we are of opinion that there are no public grounds upon which Parliament can be called on to sanction this project. EREWASH VALLEY RAILWAY. This line of railway is intended to issue from the Long Eaton station of the Midland Railway Branch between Derby and Nottingham, and to pass with nearly a direct course up the valley of the Erewash, to g loin the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, in the parish of belstone. It is de signed principally for the accommodation of the numerous iron works and collieries situated in the district through which it passes, and to which as many as thirteen short branches are thrown out to the right and left in its course. The produce of these works has hitherto been conveyed tomarket by means of canals, which being sub ject to the various disadvantages of being circuitous and tedious when in operation, and liable to frequent inter ruptions through floods or frosts in winter, and from de ficiency of water in summer, a more rapid and certain and at the same time a less expensive means of transport is sought through the construction of this railway. This scheme was brought forward in 1836 as a branch of the Midland Counties Railway, and was favourably reported on by a Committee of the House of Commons at that time, notwithstanding the opposition of the canal companies, who now again come forward against it. The statement of the promoters is, " that it was with drawn in consequence of expectations which have not been realised." The main line is 15i miles in length, and the total extent of railway to be constructed, including the 13 branches, is 25 miles 67 chains. The works will be light, and the curves and gradients favourable on the main line, the steepest inclination being lin 200. On the branches the gradients are severe, eing lin 32, 1 in 35, 1 in 50, 1 in 56, 1 in 76, and l b n 97 ; but as they all ascend from the main line to the works with which they are connected, and will be used for the con veyance dor nwards of coal and iron, there is but little objection to them. Many bridges will be required for crossing the river Erowash and the different canals. The statements of traffic brought forward lead us to believe that the railway will be adequately supported. Under these circumstances we feel called upon to stated hat we are not aware of wi thhold sublic rsons which should induce the Legislature to ts sanction from the scheme. THE EPPING RAILWAY. oat 3:, and its terminus at the the line being 15 miles 29 This line is proj ected in connexion with the London and Blackwell Railw a y . Its commencement is at the c Stepneytown the E station g , o t f h e t h l e e n r a g i t l h w The object of the promoters is to turn to more pro fitable account their London terminus in Fenchurch street, by making it available for the convenience of the inhabitants of variou s populous villages lying east of the City of London, Laytoristone, Wanstoad, Woodford, Chigwell, and Loughton, and who appear from the traffic table furnished to have constsnt intercourse with Lon don. The population of those places, added to that of Epping, amounts to 13,475 persons. The line would secessarily be very costly. At its departure from the Blackwell Railway, it is proposed to carry it upon an arched viaduct 2,480 yards in length —nearly 11 mile —at a height varying from 18 to 33 feet, and this via duct is to be followed by an embank averaging 18 feet in height, which h o wever, be saved by connecting e r n m e n b a t the line with the Eastern Counties Railway, at the n l it l- n T en il t es w l n o u n l g d , , termination of the arched viaduct, provision for which is made in the plans lodged by the promoters. Should this connexion not be made, the line would run for a mile parallel with and close to the Eastern Counties Railway, which it then would cross obliquely, and on a level just beyond the spot where the Cambridge_ branch separates from the Ea stern Counties line. With the exception of some heavy cuttings and embankments, which occur in the last 2i miles, the works are not otherwise expensive or objectionable. The experience of existing lines of railway connected with the same locality will not justify the hope of any adequate return for capital invested in so very costly an undertaking as this must necessarily be, if carried through on the plans now offered. The proposal to cross the Eastern Counties Railway diagonally, on a level close to a spot where the traffic will be the greatest, appears to be highly objectionable on the score of safety to the public, when no peculiar necessity can be shown for the adoption of such a course. The connexion of this railway with the Blackwell line, the latter being worked by means of stationary engines, ropes, and pulleys, while the line to Epping is to be worked by locomotive engines, appears to involve con siderable difficulty, and some delay, if it be not also attended with danger. The consideration of these various points has led us to the conclusion that no adequate public advantage could result from the sanction of the scheme as now proposed, and we would suggest, therefore, its postponement to some future time, when, if further examination should confirm the expectations of profit put forth in the traffic tables of the promoters, some less costly and otherwise less objectionable plan may be offered for giving railway accommodation to the district in question. THE EASTERN COUNTIES — THAMES JUNC TION AND NORTH-WOOLWICH RAILWAY. The Eastern Counties Company has already obtained powers to make a branch of their railway. from Strat ford to the east side of Bow Creek, on the river Thames, where it is proposed to construct a wharf and depot for goods. The project now brought forward is for an ex tension of that branch along the bank of the Thames to a point called the Horse Ferry, opposite t o the Wool wich Arsenal. The length of the line would be two miles 65 chains. Its course would be through marshes or perfectly level ground, and it would consequently be easy of construction. On the other hand, there is at pre sent no traffic whatever either of goods or passengers, and not a single house or building of any kind along the proposed line. The idea of thus giving railway com munication to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich with the centre and the north of England, appears altogether chimerical, and there do not present themselves any public grounds to justify the outlay of capital, in order to provide means of transit for traffic which is to be called into existence at some future time by the facility to be thus provided. LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY, WITH A BRANCH TO WISBEAC H. This line, commencing at the port of Lynn, termi nates at Ely, where it forms a junction with the railway between Cambridge and Ely, thus affording a continued line of communication from Lyon to London. The length of the main line is 25 miles 70 chains. From a point about six miles south of Lynn a branc h h to Wis beach is thrown o ff , in length ten miles eig h t hains, *on to that town. which runs nearly in a straight direct:. and Including a short branch to Lynn Harbour, a short extension at Ely, the whole extent of r ail w ay to be con structed is thirty-seven miles fifty-si:c chains,. and , as the district is quite flat the cost will be comparative y small, The estimate of traffic, which we have e xa min e d, appears to us to justify the p romoters in pros_ocu ng th e c reasons a nd on the whole , we are aware of no p ublic which ought to be decisive against it. VIA N THE LONDON AND GRAVESEND , ORTH WOOLWICH RAILWAY. This project is designed to connect the Eastern Coun ties Railway with the bank of the Thames near to Til bury Fort, opposite to Gravesend. It would, therefore, have no connexion with either Woolwich or Gravesend, except by ferries across the river. There are not any towus or populous places in its course to be served by it; and although from the level nature of the country through which it would pass, the work would be inex pensive, it is not possible to believe that the tra ffi c can be such ' as to afford any return for the capital embarked. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND, CLARENCE, AND HARTLEPOOL JUNCTION—BRANCHES OR EXTENSIONS. The branches or extensions . proposed are four in number; one of them, however, is an alternative branch, reducing the number actually intended for construction to three, havi n g an aggregate length of seventy-one may b e thus described:— chains. Th e y No. I.—A branch to join the Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Railway on a level, by bending to the nor thward, with a curve of a b out seventeen chains ra dius, and at a descending gradient of one in fifty-five. No. 2.—A branch a lso to j oin the N ewcastle and ing Darl ton Junction Railway on a level, by bending to f 23 the southward, with a curve o chains radius, and at a descending gradient of 1 in 64. No. 3.—An alternative branch in place of No. 2, shorter, but having a shorter cur . ve of 8 chains radius, and at a steep er descending, gradient of 1 in GO. No. 4.—A branch to join the Sherburne branch of the Clarence Railway on a level, by a curve of 6 chains radius, and at a descending gradient of 1 in 180. We are of opinion that having regard t o th e sa f e ty o f the public, t he first three of t hese bran c h es , i n t en d e d t o form a junc tion with a gr eat er p assenger railway, are o bjectionable o n account of t he sharpn ess of the curves and the severity of their gradients ; and that the fourth, for making the junction with the Clarence Rail way, is, notwit hstanding the more favourable gradient, objectionable by reason of its curve of only six chains radius. lierne, Chialet, and Stour mouth, KEN TISH COAST RAILWAY. -3 This line comm ences at Herne t aY, passes a short ds o t u a t i h i , e and l 0 m iles throws o u t a b ranc h to t h e eastwar d to Ramsga te ; it then passes on th e wes t s ide of Sandwich , and at Sholden, 15 miles 50 chains, throws out a brach to Deal. It then proceeds b y Walmer, Ring wold,cto theit 104 miles of East Langdon, and Euston to Dover. The length of the main line and branches together is 29 miles 74 chains. Its object is to connect the towns of Dover, Deal, Sandwich, and Ramsgate with each other and wi!h Herne Bay, as affording the means of a ready inter course by steam-vessels with London. Another advan tage, as alleged by the promoters, cons i sts in the eem . ~ . pleting of the coast of railway, there being otherwise a gap in that coast line between Deal and Dover, which no other company has proposed to fill up. It will be seen, from the foregoing description, that the Kentish coast line must, if executed, prove directly competing with a portion of the lines of the South- Eastern Railway Company already sanctioned by Par liament, and with other projects of the same Company, as set forth in the report of this Board " on the Kentish and South-Eastern Railway scheme," already presented to Parliament. . _ . _ The works would necessarily be expensive. Included in them are two tunnels, one of 720, the other of 1,760 yards. The last two and a half miles into Dover, is which the longer tunnel occurs, would be very heavy construction, the approaches to the tunnel being Cut tings of 88 and 90 feet. Professing to complete this coast line of railway, this project is defective in this very particular. Its terminus at Dover would be on the west side of Dover Castle, at a spot about 80 feet higher than the terminus of the South-Eastern Railway, and having the town and the backwater basin of the harbour of Dover between them, thus still leaving a gap in the coast communication which could not be supplied except at an enormous outlay. The plan and sections lodged in this department under the standi❑g orders of the House of Commons were im pe fect in almost every eesential particular. More correct and better executed descriptions have very recently (March 26) been lodged in this depart ment, and complaint having been made of the insertion in the London Gazette of a notice of our intention to report unfavourably to Parliament upon the merits of the project, it may be proper for us to give a short explana tion of the circumstance. It has been the practice of this Board since its first formation, having given notice in the Gazette of the intention to consider certain railway projects, then to receive from the projectors any statements which they might think it advisable to offer in support of their schemes, and to receive, upon application being made to them to that effect, deputations of the promoters, when they might desire to give personal explanations affecting the merits of their undertakings. It never formed any part of the plans of this Board to seek such interviews; but in no case have they ever been refused to parties showing reasonable cause for asking the same. In the case of the Kentish Coast Railway, the promoters ap plied on the 6th of January last, requesting that an inter view might begranted to the members of the Provisional Committee, and in compliance with that request the 22d of that month was mentioned as the day when it would be convenient to receive those gentlemen. On the 21st, however, the solicitor called at the office of the Board 'f Trade, and stated that it would not be convenient for them to attend on the day appointed. No other day was at that time or subsequently fixed for the purpose, and the promoters having been informed that on their making application an interview would be granted, and no application for such interview having been made, nor any statement presented, this Board having withheld any report on the Kentish Coast line until the last moment open to them, proceeded on the 25th of March to con sider the same with reference to the plans, &c., furnished to them in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Commons, and published their opinion in the London Gazette. It has since appeared that the promoters of the line received an erroneous impression that they would be invited to attend with their statement before the Board prior to the decision of the case. We beg distinctly to state that the impression under which the promoters of this project rested, that they would receive an invitation to attend at this Board, arose from a mis conception on their own part ; but although such was the fact, this Board, considering that their report had not yet been submitted to Parliament, and that the case was entirely an exceptional one, has thought itself justified in receiving the statement which the misappre hension of the parties had delayed, and in considering it previously to the final submission of their report. The result, however, has been fully to confirm the opinion at which they had originally arrived, that the scheme, as a whole, presents no advantages which can entitle it to be preferred to projects already in part sanctioned by Parliament in a former session, and the remainder of which have subsequently been favourably reported on by this Beard. LAUNCESTON AND SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY This line, as proposed, is twelve miles and seventy two chains is length; it is intended to form a junction with the proposed Tavistock branch of the South Devon Railway, and to take a north westerly course to the town of Launceston. . ....--. . The favour with which the scheme has been received on the spot, where the whole capital required has been raised, sufficiently attests the desirableness of the under taking; and if the nature of the country were such as to warrant the belief that it Gould be constructed so as to be worked by any means hitherto successfully adopted, it might have been our duty to report that we see no public reasons why the sanction to it of the Legislature should be withheld; but so seriously objectionable are the curves and gradients, as laid down in the plans sub mitted to us, that we are unable, with the present amount of experience on the subject, to regard the project as unobjectionable. Of the 35 curves which occur on this short line, there are:— 1 of 12 chains radius 1 of 25 chains radius 4 of 15 ••• 7 of 30 ... 1 of 18 "II 3 of 45 ... 15 of 20 ... and 2 of 60 ... 1 of 24 ... The gradients are very severe, being in various places at a rise of 1 in 26k, 1 in 27k, 1 in 34, 1 in 43k; nearly 5i miles are steeper than 1 in 50, and, although their severity is for the most part mitigated by their being in planes of short length, there is one of nearly 2i miles at in 34. There occur two tunnels with an aggregate length of 940 yards, and two viaducts of, together, 176 yards ; there are cuttings of from 34 to 62 feet in extreme depth, and embankments of from 42 to 62 feet in extreme height ; numerous bridges will be required for crossing roads, &c. ; and thus, notwithstanding the severity of the gradients, the works altogether will be expensive. It is proposed to work this line on the atmospheric system of propulsion, which forms the justification of the projectors for the adoption of such gradients and curves as are here described. It cannot be necessary to repeat here what we have already stated upon the sub ject of projects thus formed in anticipation of the suc cess of the atmospheric system ; but we may remark, that the difficulties to be encountered upon this railway are much more serious than occur upon the line between Kingstown and Dalkey, where tho steepest gradient is 1 in 57, occurring at the end of the line, while the re maining inclinations are not below 1 in 100. We have had reasons offered to us , why a line better than that now proposed may be found for the construc tion of a railway to connect Lancaster and Tavistock; and it appears to us that, under the circumstances of the case, the delay of a session will not prove a practical dis advantage, since the full benefit of this work would not be experienced until the South Devon Railway should be open for traffic. On the grounds, therefore, of the unfavourable nature of the undertaking ; considering that it must be altoge ther objectionable, except as an atmospheric line, and by no means free from probable difficulty if even that system shall be made available ; and with the hope that some other line may be traced which will be less open to the objections here mentioned, we would express an opinion that there are public grounds why the sanction of Par liament should, for the present, be withheld from this (To be continued.) project. RAILWAY BILLS. RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE. That Committees on Railway Bills have leave to sit in the present session, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, if the Committees shall so think fit. That such of the standing orders as relate to the composi tion of the Committees on Private Bills, and the orders con sequent thereon, be suspended so far as regards Railway Bills pending in the course of the present session. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Rent, the great officers of State, and most of the leading families of the nobility, attend the State visit at this theatre to-morrow evening. DEAPNBSS—ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS.-39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more uncom fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant, low speaker, at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent, that in most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Jpticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neigh bourhood, aor in any part of the country. To prevent nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at N. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the YorkHoteL DEATH OF SIR GEORGE HosTE, C.B.—This dis tinguished officer, who filled the important office of Colonel- Commandant of the Corps of Royal Engineers at Woolwich, expired at his residence, Mill-hill, Woolwich-common, on Monday evening, at ten minutes before six o'clock, of the combined attacks of asthma and gout, under which he has suffered for about four months so severely as to render it necessary for him to remain in bed in an erect position to prevent suffocation. His age was, we believe. 76 years. Sir G. Hoste entered the corps of Royal Engineers in the year 1802, having been gazetted as Second Lieutenant on the 20th December, and on the following day, December 21st, was promoted to First Lieutenant. He was made Captain on the 18th November, 1807; Brevet Major, 17th March, 1814 ; Li eu tenant-Colonel, 29th July, 1825; Brevet Colone, 28th June, 1838 ; Regimental Colonel, 23d November, 1841. The services of the deceased officer were of a very important character. He served at the battle of Maida-bill, and at the siege of Scylla Castle, in 1806; at the attacks on Alexandria and Rosetta in Egypt, in 1607 ; at the taking of the islands of Ischia and Procida, and at the siege of Ischia Castle in 1809. He was in the action on board the ship Spartan, in the Bay of Naples, May 3, 1810. He joined the army in Holla n d i n November, 1813, and was present at the attack on Antwerp, and led the Guards at the storming of Bergen-op-Zoom. Ile served also in the campaign of 1815, and was attached to the Prince of Orange, as senior officer of engineers, with the firs t corps at the battle of Waterloo. He was also at th e attack and surrender of Peronne, and at the capitulatio4 of N.:- and was one of the conunissionep the aPPOintßa give over the fortress of Thunville and °ter strongholds- frOm the French to the Prussians. There is but one opinion as to his charac ter as an officer and in private life, w h ich was distinguished by charity and humanity. Sir George Hoste has left behind bun his widow, Lade lioste, two clau pters i and OWN 504 IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. birsuN . , APRIL 21.—The weekly meeting of s tion was held this d ay i n C onciliation Ile , the tlt socia inent caused by the protracted discussio- a. The xcite a o Bill, and the anx i e t y to h ear the se- _ if • n the Maynooth nell on the subject, drew togethe- ..atiments of Mr. °Ton blies that had appeared for sr one of the largest a sssem- Hall. At one o'clock, hr- dome time in the Conciliation that Mr. E. B. Roche sr. O'Connell entered, and noved The Outlaw s Esq., 11LP., should take the chair. could not co— • oriefly addressed the meeting, and s lid he simence his disco urse b etter than by 4 ailing •eating to give c h eers f or the British Minists 3r and o th n e t - he rn - hnly, ajority by whi c h th e second readi of the May nooth el's, was carried.—(lmmense ;applause followed, in which Mr. O'Connell heartily joined.) He considered the la to de bate as most important. It proved that the same spirit which actuated the people of England during the G ordon riots was still rampant, and that an innate hatred of the Irish and their religion existed in that country. The a tnende which had been made by Sir James Graham was e ertainly gratifying, and he felt bound to receive it in the game spirit of frankness in which it was offered.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNIiLL handed in a number of remittanc es, and read a communication from the Right Rev. Dr. B towne, Bishop of Elphin, which contained the following pass ige I think you will never be disappointed in the cons fictions von have formed of the Catholic hierarchy and priest hood of Ireland. They will receive every good measure with r grati tude, but the wealth of Crcesus cannot purchase tl Lein, or tempt them to abandon the interests of their belove d flocks in the cause of nationality." Mr. Smith O'Brien and several gentlemen having handed in various sums of money, Mr. O'Cosimra, again rose and said—This 'was a great day for Ireland. Cheers.) Circumstances which had lately occurred ought to prove to the people the value of per severence—by perseverence they could achieve the glorious object for which they were contending.--(Hear, hear.) The time was fast approaching when Ir',land would be treated as an integral portion of the British empire. It was now his duty to bring up the secsmd report from the Par liamentary Committee upon the Report of the Land Commission. The Honourable Gentleman having read the following report :—" That it is essentially necessary for the alleviation of the misery of the people of Ireland that the Legislature should impose a heavy absentee tax—that such tax should not be less the:n 10 per cent. on all incomes ex ceeding 200 d per annura—that every.person should be consi dered as an absentee'who shall not reside in Ireland during at least six months ira each year, and that the proceeds of such ' tax should be applied in augmentation of the funds raised by local taxAtion for useful objects connected with the dis tricts from which the income of such absentee is derived"— proceeded to comment on the many evils which absenteeism had Inflicted on Ireland, and pointed out the means by which it might be counteracted. He then continued to observe that he had read with the greatest satisfaction, and in a spirit of the greatest kindliness, the speeches which had been delivered by the Ministry during the late debate.—(Cheers.) As for the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Goulburn) lie did not much regard him, and if the granting of the boon rested with him alone, he was sure the people of Ireland would not receive it. He never before in his life had occasion to praise Sir James Graham, but he should say that the manly spirit and straightforwardness with which he delivered his speech was worthy of the highest commen dation.--(Cheers.) He would hold out both his hands to him to assist in extricating him from the dilemma into which he had fallen, and he would place him on a pedestal the basis of which should be justice to Ireland !—(Cheers.) Sir James Graham had said that concession had reached its limits—the meaning of which was, that justice should not be extended to Ireland. The Secretary for the Home De partment had expressed his sorrow for that expression, and had declared that the Maynooth Bill was to be the precursor of more beneficial measures. Sir James Graham had told the Recorder of Dublin that Protestant ascendancy had departed for ever. An ascendancy of any kind must be prejudicial to the interests of the country where it exists ; and for his part he would not hesitate to declare that he would rather ascend the scaffold than tolerate for one moment a Catholic ascen dancy.—(Hear, hear.) They would have no ascendancy, and three cheers for Sir James Graham.—(lmmense applause.) Shaw was angry, he understood—he cared little. The best friend to the repeal of the union was the Member for the University, for it was in consequence of his opposition that the Corporate Reform Bill and other measures were rendered unacceptable. He was glad Sir James Graham had told him that Protestant ascendancy was numbered amongst the things that were. The speech of the Right Hon. Baronet was a manly, candid, and repentant speech, and gave abund ant promise of amendment.—(Hear, hear.) He considered they ought to send him absolution from the Conciliation Hall.—(Loud laughter.) lie then alluded to the speech of Sir R. Peel, and thus continued—Sir Robert said the agita tion was not to be put down by force. He w a s right. how could force be used when there was no violence, or nothing that force could be brought against? I tell Peel that, so far from using force to carry our objects, he may take away every soldier out of Ireland, and if he wants a volunteer corps we will give it to him. After this declaration, surely the sol diers ought not to be pent up as they are in their barracks. There is no army in the world so brave as the national army of our beloved Queen ; but why shut them up behind barrack walls ? Peel says we are not to be put down by force. I don't look for a higher authority, and therefore I make my bow to him. —(Laughter and cheers.) But he says we are to be put clown by kindness, generosity and justice. lam much obliged to him for making the trial ; and if he only goes on he will succeed. Now Peel has been cruelly treated by the bigotry and fanaticism of the English.--(Hear.) How often have I said the English people hated us? They hate us because of the crimes they have perpetrated in Ireland; and it is natural for those to hate who inflict injustice. Not a single English Member spoke in favour of the Bill who had not to make the confession that he was acting in opposition to the will of his constituents; and I here give them credit and honour for their conduct ; while we should the more vehemently denounce the turpitude of the English people. Before emancipation passed I should be alarmed at the feeling which is exhibited in England, but now I do not care a two penny ticket for it.—Hear, hear.) The English Presby terians and Dissenters have led the van against the people of Ireland, and Sheil very properly taunted them with the gross ingratitude of their conduct. Duncombe checked him, and said the Presbyterians objected to the Bill on " principle." What a paltry excuse was that! Every year since I went to Parlia ment, 30,0001., as regiuni dottunt, was granted to them. That sum involves the very same principle ; but when did any of the Dissenters come forward to object on principle ? They ex ercise the principle against Irish Catholics alone ; while even the Irish Dissenters are allowed to escape. I tell Mr. Dun combe, that instead of applauding the conduct of the Dis senters, he is only putting their conduct in a darker light, and I tell them they are guilty of base ingratitude to us. They were emancipated in 1828, but not by their own ex ertions—they were torpid, and it was we who led the van and relieved them.—(Cheers.) This is the arm that drew the petition which led to their emancipation.—(Cheers.) I drew up the petition which was adopted by the Catholic Association—in a short time it received 28,000 signatures, and in a fortnight after it was presented to the House of Commons the Bill for their emancipation was passed. Oh, their conduct is base—they are guilty of the blackest ingrati tude—they have exhibited the grossest bigotry and intolerance. I repeat my charge against the people of England, and Scot. land too. In the discussions between the Kirk and the Yree Church in Scotland, the Catholics in the House of Ownmons always supported the friends of the Free Chttreli ; yet they now attack us. Shame upon them—shara, upon the men who can exhibit such bigotry and injustce ; but I have done with them, I want nothing but their abuse.—(Hear, hear.) Let it be recollected Lord John Russell took the part of the Protestant Dissenters—he said they are the friends of civil and religious liberty. Where did he get that fact ? I look back to history, and I cannot find any such thing; and their conduct reminds me of the Established Church ; and I am truly grateful to that Church, for they have offered us no opposition.—(Cheers.) When I awoke this morning 1 found myself laughing, and I still continue in the same pleasing state of mind.—(Hear, hear.) The labours of my life may now draw to a close. I do not think the repeal cause or its humble advocate ever stood upon so high a pinnacle as at the present moment.--(Great cheering.) By the admission of our enemies we are irresistible.—(Continued cheering.) Oh, indeed, the man who commits a crime gives strength to the enemy. The man is a miscreant who does not obey us now ; and from this spot, in the name of the sacred cause of repeal, I implore, I command the people of Ireland to desist from crime. --(Protracted cheers.) Let there be no more agrarian disturbances : the time is not far distant when there will be a good system between landlord and tenant, and disturbances will only have the effect of postponing it. Let you all hunt out ribbon lodges, and ex• pose them to the magistrates and the police, and I call upon the people of Ireland to be peaceable, but vigilant, and they must succeed.—(Cheers.) The Maynooth grant was gra ciously and well done—l accept it, and lam thankful fnr it ; but I do not give more thanks than it deserves. I will be grateful for every such measure, but I will net rest content till the last penny in the pound is paid in our own Parlia ment in College-green.—(Cheers.) I repeat again I am grateful to the Ministry—considering their position—seeing there is a manliness and boldness about them that no other Ministry had—they deserve our warmest approbation for the course they are pursuing.—(Cheers.) After some further ob servations the Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amid applause. Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P., and some other gentlemen ad dressed the chair. The rent was announced to be 3564 98. 10d., and the meet ng separated. THE PRESS AND SIR R. PEEL. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Our Contemporary, the Examiner, argues more, we fear, in the character of a theoretic than of a practical politician, when it denounces the Premier as an unclean thing, with which no communication should be held, to whom no tole rance should be extended, and from whose hands nothing short of the bold and straightforward policy of the Whigs should be accepted. We should be well pleased to be of the Examiner's opinion, and lo live in a world where such tren chant policy was appreciated, or was likely to be attended with good result. We should be delighted to develop to their completion the straightforward views of the Liberals, and as our Contemporary expresses it, " to take the bull by the horns," and with the strength of a giant lay it prostrate on the sand. But the world is not so formed, nor are bulls so manageable, as to be dealt with in this fashion. Bull-fighters have their science as well as statesmen, and have their flags to deceive, and their ropes to trip up, as well as their weapons to pierce, their head long and formidable prey. We do not say that the profession of matador is that which we most admire, nor the use which he makes of his flag the kind of warfare that we most approve. But, if we are interested in having the fierce animal disposed of, we really cannot quarrel with the art employed, nor scout the matador who skilfully and courageously performs his part. There are certainly political tasks which may be performed at any time, and which may be performed openly and straightforwardly ; and the noblest instruments should be employed to effect them. There are others so difficult, attended with so much delicacy and hazard, that to get them done in any way, and by any hand, i s t h e great object. A captain may be at sea with a mutinous crew, and he may find himself in th e a l ternative of conceding their demands or giving up his ship to the enemy. lle makes a compromise between th e str i ct letter of his duty and its a and e fl e gh t s b l y ie l r o a s l i li ng es h h i i men shipd p ss keeping bi S s h p o r u in l ei h p e le h ; m o •e r d g o re n a e t s in tu i l b i d i ae g itrt in w t e h e r; e , e w oi h n o pro g in ai i n se by ?v it, b e etle men to p un i s h h i m for i believe it to be universally admitted that the Irish are more" aggrieved i n th e i r honour than in thei r i n t erests. Even ifthey were equally aggrieved in one as in the other, we can always put our finger upon the wounds of honour—we know where they lie, and how to applypp o li s e a a n t e a d re di l a n so e cr d ud y be . irt., But inter es t s aggr i eved form a more com- How can we h o p e to ra i se the Irish when we cannote t levate the English Pweoasunandtinantheinscidhe?of R lr e e li l g a i n o d as . lineealinotywiisse the and ranklindesirableg to apply 4 remedy? Different doctors have different nostrum& Ours is the best, certainly, for a radical cure, } mat we cannot apply h. The patient may go mad or expire, before our hand can reach him. Shall we not, then, allow another practitioner to interfere? He tells us, indeed, on coming in, that he will keep his prescription secret. Ile has done so, and we regret that he has felt it necessary to keep it secret so long. Let him apply it, however, and let us help him. By quarrelling, the political doctors may lose their patient altogether, and with it their aim and calling. But the Examiner says, this is no cure at all; that Peel is quack, a concoctor of stone broth, an impostor. We cannot take the Examiner's view of the Maynooth Bill. Of itself, indeed, it is little, but taken with the declarations of the Tory chiefs, it is immense. It is a small salve, but it is applied to the vital wound of Irish susceptibility— , the sense of religious inequality. It satisfies not the demagogues of Ireland, the men who would trade in anarchy, and seek individual eminence at the ex pense of the greatness of both countries. But it satisfies the Catholic prelacy and priesthood. It teaches them to look to the Imperial Government as just, as freed from prejudice, as promising to be paternal. It gives them hopes of honour and endowments, and binds the Irishmen, in whose hands are the hearts of the poor, to keep those hearts not in slavish submission, but in wise patience. If such fairness be held out to the Irish ecclesiastic, how much more to the Irish layman, in every profession, in every class? We must repeat, that we do not care who the man is that carries such a Bill ; he deserves well of his country. We must own, that when we think of this Bill and of its consequences, we have but one anxiety—viz., that it should pass. Its rejection something not to be contemplated, except by those who could tranquilly see England without a Government, and Ire land far worse than having none. No considerations of party, no attachment to abstract principles, and no straining after an impracticable better, could tempt us to set this well aside. We are sincerely attached to the principles developed in Mr. Ward's motion ; principles which, if acquiesced in at the right time by the Tories, would have spared us the diffi culty and humiliation of the present crisis ; for humiliation it is to have confessed their fears with regard to war and to foreign powers, as the Tory Ministers have done. But the present is not a time fur creating difficulties, or f,r retorting either with acrimony of speech or obstruction in act. The conscientious assertion of a principle, or a strong sense of its future practicability, will rally the whole Liberal party in support of Mr. Ward's mo• tion. We cannot, indeed, but admit with the Examine,-, that the temptation to retort upon the Tories their own past conduct is strong, nor do we in the least feel disposed to quarrel with our Liberal Contemporary for its view of the case, which is perhaps more natural though we think not more wise than our own. But we frankly avow our repug nance to obstruct the Bill on grounds personal to the Premier. Whatever may have been the past motives of Sir Robert Peel, we feel that his present ones must be most cogent and most serious. He has confessed a good deal, but he cannot have confessed all the reasons which have made him fling up a line of policy so long and so rigorously followed out, and substitute for it one marked out and sanctioned by his foes. No motive of private ease or public honour, of emolument or party, or even of keeping out his rivals, could, we feel coils vinced, have dictated such a change. This must have been suggested by a sense of risk to the empire—of peril, not to his party, but to all parties ; which, as it weighed on hint, should also weigh upon us, and induce our adjourning to another time and a fairer field that legitimate struggle for principle and for power, and for consistency, which is net abandoned or weakened by temporary and conscientious sus pension, HER MAJESTY'S "VISIT TO THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to signify her intention of visiting tne Great Britain steam-ship, moored ctf Blackwall, the Dwarf steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander H. B. Proctor, was painted and fitted up at Woolwich, and held in readiness to convey her Majesty from Greenwich to Blackwall. At one o'clock rm. yesterday, Captain Superintendent Sir Francis A. Collier, Knt., C. 8., and K.C.H., of her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, Captain Sir John Franklin, Knt., K.C.H., of her Majesty's ship Erebus, Captaia Irashingtou of the Blazer steam-vessel, Commander Smith of her Mc. jesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, Lieutenant Commander Mac donald of the Lizard, and Lieutenant Commander Hoseasen of the Alecto steamer, proceeded in the Dwarf, steam-vess4 to Greenwich, to attend upon her Majesty and her Boyd Consort. A guard of honour of the Royal Marines, with the bard and colours of the regiment, marched from Woolwich 'o Greenwich at the same hour, under the command of Cap t. Mitford, with Lieutenants Joliffe, Forbes, and Knight; Ci , i. Mercer, Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Varlo of the Royal Marines proceeded at the same time to be present at her Majesty's embarkation. At Greenwich, the whole of the pensioners were drawn up in the quadrangle and leading to the entrance, and the b 0 .% s of the upper and lower schools, with their excellent miniature band; and they played alternatively with the band of the Royal Marines until the return of her Majesty from the Great Britain steam-ship and departure for Buckingham Palace. The arrangements were admirably made by the Governor of Greenwich Hospital, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, and G.C., M.G., and efficiently carried into effect under the immediate superintendence of the Lieutenant- Governor, Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., and other officers connected with the establishment. At a quarter before three o'clocktheßoyal Marines were drawn up under arms as a guard of honour, and the Right Ilonourable the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Ad miralty, and Captain the Hon. William Gordon, were pre sent to receive her Majesty. At ten minutes past them o'clock two outriders in scarlet liveries rode up the qua drangle., and announced by their presence the near approach of her Majesty. In about one minute after, her Majesty aid Prince Albert arrived in an open carriage, escorted by a detachment of the 4th Light Dragoons, under the command of Captain Faue. The Queen and her Royal Consort we-e most enthusiastically cheered throughout the whole line, hundreds of ladies seated in the windows of the west wing of the College waving their handkerchiefs. Her Majesty and Prince Albert bowed repeat e dly, ev id ent l y pleased with the scene. Her Majesty was handed the Queen the royal carriage by the Earl of Haddington, and the Queen conversed with hia Lordship and leaned on his arm when descending the steps, covered with crimson cloth, leading to the Admiralty barge. Several of the boys were stationed on the steps with thelr flags, and the embarkation was effected in the most perfe rt manner. Her Majesty wore a tartan silk dress and Paisley shawl, with a light blue bonnet, and appeared in the enSoy. ment of excellent health. His Royal Highness Prince Alberti was dressed in plain clothes. Amongst the members of her Majesty's suite were Lord George Lennox and Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Bouverie, Equerries in Waiting,. Captain Sir Francis A. Collier steered the Admiralty barge, with her Majesty on board, and the royal standard raised, to the Dwarf steam-vessel moored in the river. Her Ilia. jesty was received on board by the Earl of lladdington ai,d Captain the Hon. William Gordon, who had gone on board in the barge of the William and Mary yacht, steered ly Commander Smith. Her Majesty remained on deck under an awning, in conversation with the Earl of Haddington, and appeared gratified with the arrangements made for her reception. The Dwarf steamer proceeded for Blackwell at precisely half-past three o'clock, followed by the Lord Mayor's barge, with his Lordship and several of the Aldermen and other City authorities on board, towed by one of the Watermai.'a steamers. Father Thames, the Ariel, and several other steam-boats, proceeded at th e same time crowded with pai. senger s . toAfter remaining on board the Great Britain about three. quarters of an hour, the signal was given at Greenwich that the royal party were about to return, and preparations were immediately made for her Majesty's landing; the whole of the old sailors, many of whom were d ecorate d w i th the Nelson and other medals, were drawn up on the east side of the quadrangle, and the Royal Marines on the lawn. The royal carriages and escort were also in readiness, and at twenty minutes before five o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the members of her Majesty's suite, landed in the Admiralty barge, and were conducted by th e E ar l of Haddington, Admiral Stopford, and the officers in attendance, to the royal carriage. Her Majesty, at a quarter to five o'clock, proceeded on pier return to Buckingham Palace, and the carriage drove at a very slow pace round the eastern side of the quadrangle, the band of the R o y a l Marines playing the national anthem, and the band of the boys of Greenwich schools st ruc k up "God ;save the Queen" as her Majesty passed them, the brave old tarn joining, and enthusiastically cheering her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert again repeatedly bowed on each side to the assembled thousands; and all her subjects pre sent on the occasion appeared highly gratified, as every.- thing was conducted with such regularity and perfect ease, without the least hurry or confusion, that every one heol an opportunity of w it ness i ng her Majesty, whose pubic visits of this nature confer not only pleasure but profit to many. PORTABLE LIFE-BOATS. On Saturday last experiments to test the serviceable ness and efficacy of the new life-boat, recently invented by M. Monzani, were made in the basin of Woolwich Dockyard, in presence of a great many nautical and, scientific persons, amongst whom were Sir Francis Col lier, Sir Edward Parry, Mr. Willock, Chairman of the East India Company ; Mr. Wightman, Sir J. Franklin. Captain Crosier, R.N., Mr. Laing, Capt. Shea of the India Service ; Lieutenant Fitton, R.N., Mr. Cow, the boat-builder of the royal dockyard, and others. The boat employed on this occasion had been sent to the dockyard in the early part of the week, by command of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who has taken e great interest m the invention, and who had intended to have been present at the experiments which were to have been tried during the week, had not the weather pre ventedtackieanhidma.ppTarshetubsoaatawdewigoindonhloyld2latlobu. She is constructed Of waterproof cloth, som tw e 2i t t4h hi P e ae g rns ii i k et 3 : sailcloth, stretched on a frame of wood ; when not wanted she may be stowed or placed on the deck or other convenient part of any vessel where she will u flat, not taking up more than three inches in depth, the breadth of the frame or hoop which forms her gunwale. The experiments made on Saturday by command of the Admiralty were very satisfactory, and it was the general opinion expressed by . those most competent to jadge, that she was an admirable a b s oa a t p f o o n r s saanydingbulky boamtsattrilyePnuot which she was i n to t bp e roo n ew d ac e een d rtmis — abg t r ho cumbrous were severely tested ; she waa employed.pfti a r h o o n r s o de i w sn t n ig h n efwrtwrohomajote HerP troops, h t r h me into Alectothe basin ; steamer, she a at took ao a l l o oo k nf h , the t e li b a i n g e f eap h w ua t artc:ofsoe pur p os e s safer, not shipping above a q ua r t of the element ; eight teen then descended by ropes and boarded her in a minute; they pulled her across the basin and perform e d a var i ety ' of evolutions, to the satisfa c ti on of the spect a t or s. El se is understood to have all the advantages b. of what is called the Mussoola h hseb b ro o o a d t ar , a v% icl i ,oas t n h td u tti. t .n t hs e hl o p hi s e b c o ti a o t ns to it ; being flat •bottomed w and requires no tackle to wa ter, beeg heavy ' surf live. • She is portable matter of importance, and where the ship. For steamers, and for all v s essel or passengers is considerable, these boa , and will ride over a hoisted i y te et d s s u w ffie e e r u at e l l d l ds y o s b e f l art :::: : over numberihthe aide of A to sea. It is notorious that at present s v o e u ssels a ta r; . e ; b ia ad al ly m f o i s i t rn m is i l ra ied oo wloiuths i b f o t a b t o s , s e t hoant board d e acci den ts donot ir occur 3.ab. a i; means of this very simple, yet very perfect, Invenuon. half the perils of the ocean can be avoided, and human life preserved. A disagreement, we regret to learn, is said to e, let between the directors as d the principal students of the Government School of Design, at Somerset House. All the students taking part in the affair are, we believe, suspended during its consideration by the Council, to whom the ma: ter in dispute has been referred, and by whom there is no de (bt justice will be done—to the students, if they complain with reason, and to the directors if the mettle should, on the other hand, prove to be only a cabal of discontented young zr. U. The fact that the proposal for the annual grant of money for the purposes of this school now lies on the table of the House of of Commons lends a more serious aspect to the case. —Her Crawford, Esq. Advocate, and Jame Lord iVe pr u o n v d os e t rs o t f an E d d in th b a u t rg a h, d s e i p r u p ta a t v i i o .d n ß ,c re o w n s s t i er st , ip t g he of v f• e ii v e . James Taylor, James waiting on her h ou e r P t u o rP ort j ue' l Crawford, Esq., DI. P ., has a k r i i n v i ed st Ministers I t o o w e n tid for eaN t ' &h repeal of the Scottish University Ws.