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i ( ' / * • t • - ? * RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE. , - yw' • de •6. . 0.17 I • , ' • , 5 1 ,4).: - ` 4;A. N. , • iC14 44 , 4;‘1 , I * - c'• - • - 1., • .A" 1 .11411 m, _4 l Sb ' )S , ~.1 11111, F;.• 47 / • from t " ng pos ses. p envi, ved, e boPar le c ab gt , "l it 0 ' fi thr 4 ." ,nrntaeiDnetidreli; °-RtAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Sillllo _CALLS for TENTH INSTALMENT of 5/. per SHARE on , 'u-kRES, and FINAL INSTALMENT of 81. per FIrTII T c- , , tE of 201. each. Si ~,"3irectors of the Great Western Railway haviug resolved, at a. 1 . 4.'„„ held leo day, to call, under the provisions of the Ace cf ils o ',7 4e ut for au Instalment of 51. per Share on 1001. Shares, and , t instalment of 81. per Share on tile Fifth Shares of 20/. each ,e_e Is hereby riven, that the Proprietors ate requested to pa - , On i,_.!tore the 6th day of January next, to any of the undermentioned ':cilkers the said sum of 51. on each of their respective lOW. Shares, tic : t 1 2 .. e said sum of 81. on each of their respective Fifth Shares, Lend,,,., "" • • •• "Mews. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., at the Great trist , " Western Railway-office, 29, Cateaton-street, City. 0 • ..... Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Messrs. Elton, Bailie, Ames, and Co. >, Stuckey's Banking Company. Ivor" The Wast of England and South Wales District Bank. Ch o —oh • • • The Bank of Liverpool. 714„„_'"Ilain • •The County of Gloucester Bank. -- " - Liat • •• • • Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, be, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. --lido I ruiluus, Paddington, sth Dee., 1844. --------- IMPORTANT RAILWAY MEETING. Oa Saturday last, 'p ursuant to public requisition, a mostimportant meeting was held at the Court House, to take into consideration the railway projected from Dublin to Athlone by Mullingar, with a branch to Longford, which was attended by the principal landed proprietors, farmers, and traders of the town and neighbourhood. Amongst the gentlemen present were the following:-- Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., Vice-Lieutenant of the county; Sir Montague L. Chapman, Bart.. High Sheriff (late M.P. for the county); Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., Hugh Morgan Tuite, Esq., M.P., - Robert Smyth, Esq., D.L., and J.P. Gaybrook ; John Malone, Esq., J.P., R. l N e ., the ß rs o t s o s n ine l a: IL, Rathcaslin; James Gibbons, Esq., J.P., I3allynegall; J.P. and D.L.; Colonel Caulfeild, J.P , B enown; E C sci ap " tai j n .P l " tob l in ' s il o i n ia . in J. C. Lyons, D.L., and J.P., Ladiston ; Richard J E o 3 l q in , C E a n r n r i e is, k Fether ston H, Esq., J.P., Rockview; Charles Arabin, Esq., J.P., Moyvoughly ; Godfrey Levinge, Esq., J.P., Cul lean ; Henry Murray, Esq., J.P., Mount Murray ; Ni cholas Evans, Esq., J.P., Lough Park ; Toriano L'Estranee, Esq., J.P., Lynn ; Captain Richard Le vinge, J.P. ; J. H. Shiel, Esq., J.P., Ccatage ; W. A. Reilly, Esq., J.P., Bellmont ; Thomas F. Uniacke, E sq ., J.P., Lynnbury ; Colonel Tuite ; «'illiam Fetherston Esq , Robinstown ; Thomas Webb, Esq.. Wardens town ; Charles Levinge, Esq., Levington .Park ; Wil liam Murray, Esq., Thomas Courtney, D.q., 8.M., Rev, Bond Hall, William M. a4 6 xton, E.:q. On the motion of SRichard Levinge, Bart., se conded by Sir Percy Nugent. Bart., Sir Montague L. Chapman, Bart., High Sheriff, was called to the chair. On the motion of Robert Smith, Esq., seconc:td by J. H. Shiel, Esq, Charles Arabin, Esq., was app,,iiited to act as secretary to the meeting. Sir M. L. CHAPMAN, as chairman. announced his rea diness to hear any gentleman who had a resolution to propose. H. M. TUITE, Esq., then address?d the meeting at considerable length, and concluded by proposing the fol lowing resolution : " That the competing line appears to us to possess in a very inferior degree those requisites laid down by the Board of Trade—inasmuch as proceeding from Galway to Athlone, by Monte, and following nearly the line of the Grand Canal, and joining the Dublin and Cashel line at the town of Sallins, it is calculated to convey the traffic eif the southern portion of Connaught only, exclud- , ing the northern counties—and passing from the town of Athlone to Sallins, in a lino parallel and near to the Dublin and Cashel line, instead of being a portion of a Great Western line, it becomes, unnaturally, a western branch to the Dublin and Cashel line." Sir P. NUGENT seconded the resolution. The resolution was put from the Chair, and carried with acclamation. Moved by J. Malone, Esq., J.P., Rathcaslin ; seconded by Col. Caulfield, J.P., I3loornfield— " That, fur the foregoing reasons, we are of opinion that the Great Western Railway Company from Dublin e a n s t l b y e i deserving c o o f m o r u a r n y m o w s h t ich hearty has a n g t i l v cordial m s u o p s t to Athlone by Mulli ngar , w i t h a b ranch to Longford, is p em or i t n , sterling proofs of speedily carrying into effect a work of undeniable public utility." Carried without a dissenting voice. Moved by H. M. Tuite, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by Thomas F. Uniacke, Esq., J.P.— " That the High Sheriff do leave the chair, and that Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., be called thereto." - Moved by H. M. Tuite, Esq., and seconded by God frey Levinge, Esq., J.P.— " That the marked thanks of this meeting are due, and hereby given to the High Sheriff for his conduct in the chair." No. 16,3; - 30. LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING SITN 7 DECEMBER 18, 1844. 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' THE DIFFICULTY OF DIFFI CULTIES. (From the Sentinel.) In 1835, Sir R. Peel announced to the country that his great difficulty was Ireland. That removed, he felt confident that he could maintain his admini3- tration against all opposition. Ten years have won derfully changed the state of affairs. The difficulty of Ireland remains in undiminished force, but added to it is the difficulty of Britain. To make the revenue square with the expenditure—to raise that revenue without destroying industry—to provide employ ment for capital without disturbing vested interests—to liberate trade from the fetters of monopoly—in a word, to reconcile the rights of labour with the rights of property—this is the problem to be solved, this is the difficulty of difficul ties. It is one which does not affect Sir R. Peel alone ; it lies in the path of every man who aspires to the rank of Prime Minister. Hitherto the solici tude of our statesmen has been confined to keeping faith with the public creditor ; henceforward they must make arrangements to keep faith with the public debtor. With a general fall of prices, it will be impossible to keep up high taxes. With wheat between forty and forty-five shillings, which will be an average permanent price with average crops, cents must fall, and then the waters of bitterness will rise up and reach the Corinthian columns of society; then will come that conflict between the land holders and the fundholders which wise men have long foreseen, but for which statesmen have made no provision. "It will last our time," said the heartless George the Fourth ; but he had the sagacity to predict that when the proposed day of settlement did arrive, the consequences of violating justice would be awful to the wrong-doers. Already has the cry gone forth from agriculture that it sinks under the pressure of taxation, and a committee of 120 power ful and talented names, aiming at a repeal of the duty on malt, is a warning to Sir R. Peel that even those who placed him in power are now about to demand a recompense which circumstances must compel him to refuse, even should the refusal drive him from the helm of the State. IRISH RAILWAYS. Now ready, price 2s. 641., INDIA and LORD ELLENBOROUGIT W. 11. Dalton, Coekspur-street. pU N CII'S ALMANACK for 184, and PICTORIAL CHRONOLOGY for 1844, Will he published on the 24th inst., price 30., or 4d. stamped. The SEVENTH VOLUME of PUNCH will be published on the 28th instant. London : Published at the Punch °Mee, 194, Strand. DEBTS RECOVERED, FREE OF COSTS A Solicitor, of upwards of 20 years' experience, undertakes the RECOVERY of DEBTS, free of cost to Creditor, save a com mission of 10 per cent. on the amount of debt recovered. 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On Monday next, in 2 vols. post Bvo., VACATION RAMBLES and THOUGHTS ; comprising the Recollections of Three Continental Tours, in the Vacations of 1841, 1842, and 1843. By 3111. SERGEANT TALFOURD. Just published, in 2 vols., Mrs. SHELLET'S RAMBLES in GERMANY and ITALY. Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. SALE of WATCHES, JEWEL 4 ERY, Ate. until the 26th December , when the shop closes ,11nother busines ' s. 3 11 4 he Splendid Stock of Fancy Jewellery, Gold and Silver Watches, h o t et Plated Goods of every description, Tortoiseshell Work ". Inkfitanais, Tea Caddies, and a great variety of other fancy • o,,„in Gold and Silver, Shell, Ivory, and Jet, are new SELLING ~ tan mmense sacrifice, by Messrs. HORTON and Co., at 36, "'dilate -street, who are retiring from the retail business. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNILILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. CRIJIKSIIANKS' COMIC ALMANACK. Now ready,price half-a;rrown, COMIC ALMANACK, 1845 ; containing Twelve Engravings by GEORGE CRLIKSIIANK, and numerous other Illustrations. " To those disposed to be merry, we commend this annual, as being as merry as ever. The illustrations are full of the comic."—Literary Gazette. DITISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society kas enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts WY on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. D. Bogue, 86, Fleet-street. T E A TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, i kpt „Mii Covers, &e., at C.IVATSON'S, 41 and 42, 13.k.1111ICAN, of a 't •NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set tieh;aper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very 14 4 r ilittnented all over, 50s. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; %Lut e ' r"trayS is. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart London Grouts Tea-urn 85e., with the newest patterns up to five gui hot L 4 Set of fins patent raised London made Dish Covers, 18s. 6d. ; 11 4 1 4 2Porialr at ed, . tl.et (AS's. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d. ter Tabm-kusves, Is. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3e. 6d. 0 he 11 01, co t 18 44, ; vtl ', o leo" 6 to J hitt red ,0171° bim to co e ° o • D gefil rri $O,l bef°r After rojt, ling np re i, Dt n L o" f , ja i I;n io i th 0 16 on l g ; ill Tile° , V i .7:7.1 114? t.; 1° :, 4 Benue Bonus in' i ~.6 9 1 "0 .?: r i . Premium. pi is "4 added. Cash. ,E 3 o. g X X s. d. 1 X s. d. X s. d. X s. d. X s. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 10 1 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 1839 116 16 0 51 8 11 711 9 247 4 5 Now ready, price is. each, LETIQUETTE for the LADIES. Twenty - -fifth Edition. 2 ETIQUETTE for GENTLEMEN; with flints on the Art of Conversation. Twentieth Edition. 3. ETIQUETTE of COURTSHIP and MARRIAGE. 4. BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR: containing Figures of all the Fa shionable Dances of the Season. D. Bogue (late Tilt and Bogue), 86, Fleet-street. TABLE. DESSERT. C•RVERS. 44, t doz. doz. air. 4 .bkj s .lrillsorae balania handle ..• • lih. Od. 14s. Od. 6 s. 6d. rhohandle, largest and best I >ltt 4 " •• • ..... ................ 20s. Od. 16s. Od. 7s. 6d. 0 v., -''ut Watson's illoata Plate dice,— equal to illyer ••• • • • .... 225. 6d. 18s. Od. Bs. 6d. CIIRIATMAS PRESENT FOR YOUTH. Now ready, price 50. 6d., with tinted Plates, CURIOSITIES of MODERN TRAVEL : a Tear-Book of Adventure ; comprising the Spirit of all the New Works of Travel and Adventure published during the Year. "An admirable design, and certain to be full of interest. It will form a most acceptable present to young people."—London News. I). Bogue, Fleet-street. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the prentium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences sr necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. Forks half the above price. C. n. Is T Atom'. hand some ly Ill us t ra t e d C a t a l ogue a n d Price Current 1 111, 4 , 5 ,1 Published, and families who regard ecenomy and elegance, btu, ?Mien themselves of this useful book, which may be had P,41; ‘,_ t 'd Post free, from the above address. ht.t ra ffrentor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which is so rapidly t‘ 1.4,.4 1 .,,nt Silver. /:" A T PARAGON C_A.MPIIINE LAMPS.—The perfection of ` l % or : LIO IDS over the Vesta has been happily attained by the inven ttsild „we Parallel Rat rings —a larger and a smaller forming a . cone he Margin of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of vsp c :,_.9st the fiaine--thus consuming every particle of volatilized is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, (; . 3 14 11 action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles. tite, 4 ,t 4 on's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol qtr,,':'.ll contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re and new patterns, comprising Ormolu, China, Glass, and t` k . 4 Old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Ilead for 21s. ; and the khcl e r 4 aPparatus applied to the Vesta for Gs. 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William Gladstone, a labourer, presented a petition to the House of Commons, stating that he earned eleven shillings weekly, and that he consumed one ounce of tea, two ounces of coffee, eight ounces of sugar, eight ounces of meat, eight pounds of flour, seven pints of ale, and one quarter of a pint of brandy. Of these articles, the untaxed price was 2s. 4,id.; the Excise and Customs charged on them was ss. 2id. Gladstone, therefore, paid out of his eleven shillings a week a tax of about fifty per cent. on his necessary food. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 6, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum, on the Suns Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they wells effected. The Bonus added to olicies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1640, is as follows : Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. £5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur ance is for Life. Every information will he afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London. WHIST: its history and Practice. By the Author of " Back gammon." Illustrated by K. Meadows. 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CONSULTI NG ACTUARY—Professor Hall. of ing's College. TILT'S ALMANACKS for 1845. To be had of all Booksellers and Stationers, TILT'S MINIATURE ALMANACK, size 11 by 21 inches, neatly bound in cloth, 6d. ; in roan tuck, Is. TILT'S POCKET ALMANACK; or, Goldsmith Improved, in cloth, 9d. ; in roan tuck, Is. (d. BIJOU ALMANACK, with Four Portraits, size 1 inch by f , Is., beautifully bound. 1). Bogue (late Tilt and Bogue), Fleet-street. Now ready, Part 1., Byo., with Two Maps, to be completed in Three Parts, rHE CONQUEST of SCINDE, with some Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir CIIARLES JAMES NAPIER. By Major-General W. F. P. NAPIER. Author of " History of the War in the Peninsula." Now oomplete in 6 `•ols. Bvo. ULD ENGLISH CUSTOMS. . 1 11 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! K-uldie are pec'ally informed that during the re.erection of Itstig2 i B ,_ES and SION' I S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their ,Illvient is only at Minories. The hearty customs of the olden time, Iv Are, certainly, deserving of a rhme *re we much inclined to be r emiss, With such an o , portunity as this. ?is pleasing to assemble once a year, Wad festivity and social cheer. T i c ?: j.)!ck a easing, while we view the cracking log, joke, or hold a dialogue. The bough of holly, with its crimson berry-- The plenteous feast—the wine which makes us merry— All teed to make us welcome Christmas here, Ed hail its customs with a hearty cheer. t shall we r i ot our happiness express, NMailing Chris' mos with a change of dress OSE'S and SON are anxious to rewire Old customs, which we all should keep alive. ,;,olden times, glad Christmas (merry Sire) . Was haii'd by young and old, with new a tire And shall this custom quite forsake the laud P t".." - hot while MOSES' splendid show-rooms stand ' y i p winter garments may be bought so cheap, still to this old Englesh custom keep. vsell-stock'd Mart of Moses seems to say— L et ° , n ,j'es buy a suit of clothes for Christmas.day." ;nose who wish for such a custom still, A h ' Cl aim in ready answer—" So we will!" k tW tit, " entitled "THE COMMERCIAL PHENO. .Ullo4. , !itls full directions for Self-Measurement , ea appli es - Int post free. Nt tto 4111 0 READY MADE. s. d. b it from 6 0 10 6 bit to p :drip gtun ds 0 13 6 11, W ,.i s rlter ni c h o r s: Athol:, Pultoes, and every description of V t i • %Vi nt nandsomely trimmed s A ,. el' Coats , in every style $ El T.o tit t ei tc, te '' lanktitr Trotisers, lined 4 g 0 10 t rset:, ( l .74 ls. edg e d 4 11 40,j, !tte sditt•L: ***** " ****** ********* " **** 1 3 g ,114! Collar V ******** ****** 0 I 9 -I Dreasted Ditto ******** ********** . ...... tits,,Alit fiussor suits 0 17 6 4 :Ualc, neatly braided 4 4j MAIM TO 116.118175111. e Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs from I IS 0 4 1 h tor Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 I bi t ' it d Tweed Wrappers I 17 6 *,,elitttt.f. Trousers 0 8 6 .tto, ti, .sin Ditto 14 4 'kin Ditto, any pattern „«,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,„,,,,,.»,.... II 12 0 l ii ; lh . _liiress Trousers ................ .......... ! i ty coat Lto, in endless pattern ......... . F i sk. ditto , b 2 15 0 b i ` t 'ek c oa t . set manufactured 1 15 0 1 t,,4`„ t h . 0 best manufactured 3 a 0 V . u . _*Sar Suit "sow. ni zo l i! 1 8 0 to astY extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the kok' s g . following prices : diut...its, dress coat, vest, and trousers. from 1 16 0 11, "'jacket vest, and trousers .........fr0nt 018 0 f e ) , ' tie!, I .—A.ny article purchased or ordered, If not app roved h q U i. bserL ... n gect,. or the money returned. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail TTea, 4 ,, 2,en, Outfitters, and General W a reh ou se m en, 154, Mi k.:-brie-7, 60 . Aldgate, City, opposite the Ch urc h. i ra E. Moses and lon are obliged to guar the public kli ipat i `' shp ki Position, having learned that the untradesinanlike h being connected with them, or it's the same concern, 4:y ho . nested to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. ppo q t w ho coneion whtever with an other esablishment, des n ire x genuine a Cheap Clothi n g t should (to prevent to th tnt, irc.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate N o teburch. si. 4l tini,tutiness transacted at Establishment from sunset on 'en on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve TO LADIES n A 2,,IVLAND'S KALYDOR. tii i - ,:4 O r i".",,nieed by the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe ll Sr,rral a - ,i - „, a ‘. 41 Botanical Discovery, and perfectly free trom . a ll d Puri ru m i xture . 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Bankruptcy and Insolvency ; with a Selection of Adjudged Cases recently reported. Owen Richards, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 194, Fleet-street. AMERICAN NEWS. The final result of the election of the American President has reached us. It is as follows : Clay. Polk. Pennsylvania Ohio 23 • Connecticut 6 0 Rhode Island New Hampshire Maryland 8 0 New York . Virginia New Jersey. North Carolina Michigan 0 5 Georgia Massachusetts l2 0 Kentucky l2 0 Indiana 0 12 Maine Delaware 3 0 Vermont Illinois 0 9 Mississippi Missouri Louisiana 0 6 South Carolina Alabama , Arkansas Tennessee 105 170 105 Polk's majority of elector votes EXTRAORDINARY AFFRAY. On Saturday evening a man, named John Jeffries, an utterer of base coin, and who is well known to the police, entered the shop of Mr. George Sheffield, a butcher, in the Old-road, Bethnal-green, and tendered a base half crown in payment for a small quantity of meat. A counterfeit half-crown was received about half an hour previous by a man resembling Jeffries, and on the second occasion the fraud was detected. He was immediately detained by th e b utc h er , on w h om h e c o m mitted a mos t violent assau l t , an d attemp t e d t o rega i n p ossess i on o f the spurious coin. A young man, named Montague, a greengrocer, came to the assistance of Mr. Sheffield, and he was also beaten. After a desperate conflict with the fellow, whogave the butcher two black eyes, and knocked down several other persons, he was secured, (and given into the custody of a policeman, named Thompson, No. 196 K, who conveyed him to the station-house in Arbour square, Stepney, where he became exceedingly violent and abusive, and, after he was put into the dock appro priated for persons charged with felony, Mr. Horn, the inspector, directed him to be searched, and three penny pieces were taken from him. Thompson was in the act of marking the base coin, and exhibiting it to the butcher, and while he did so, that he might b e able to identify it aga i n , th e prisoner made a sudden spring, knocked down the policeman and a sergeant standing by, and snatched a coin from Thompson's hand, which he immediately put into his mouth and swallowed. Police-sergeant Townsend in stantly seized him by the throat, and attempted to make him disgorge the piece, but he wa s t oo l ate, and he ex claimed, " The half-crown has gon e d own ; h e ' s got it. " Thompson also believed that he h a d swa ll owed the base half-crown, and displayed consid era bl e vexation at the prospect of being reported for negligence, although th e act was so sudden and unexpected that it was impossible for him, or any of the numerous officers who were stand ing by, to guard against it. After the prisoner had re covered himself, he laughed at the police, and said he had done them. He was locked up in one of the cells, where he had not been many minutes when he com plained of severe illness, and the symptoms ;became so alarming that a surgeon was sent for, who advised ins immediate removal to the London Hospital. It was then that the policeman (Thompson) examined for the first time the money he had taken from the prisoner, and discovered that instead of the base half-crown, ho had snatched one of the penny pieces from his hands and swallowed it. The illness under which Jeffries laboured was soon accounted for, and he was carried on the stretcher to the hospital, where h e s till remains in a most precarious state. All attempts to di s l o d ge the coin have as yet proved fruitless, and the wr e t c h ed man has en dured the greatest agony for the l as t two days. Si ngu l ar enough, he was unconscious of having swallowed the penny piece instead of the base coin, until the policeman informed him of his mistake. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 12.—A great many light ves sels have arrived at this port since the cl ose of last week, and from the prevalence of east winds and a h eavy sea or ; the bar, no laden vessels have this week got to sea, so that the harbJur is blocked up with s hi ps, and consider able difficulty is flit in moving the craft to th e p l aces where they are wanted to take thei▪ r carg oes . T ill the laden vessels can pet out to sea, busi▪ ness will, i n t h e coal trade, be at a stand-still. Coal freights may be considered stationary at present at from 9s. to 9$ 6d. per t on to London And proportionately to other ports. Let us now inquire into the burdens imposed on the man with a rental of 100,0001. We can fix his land-tax exactly, because we know the rate of the as sessment. We . caa do the same with the present in come-tax. We can only do so appr ox i ma t e l y on hi s consumption of food and his articles of luxury, since these will vary according to his mode of living. Ne vertheless, we may form a pretty accurate estimate ; and this, indeed has been done by Mr. Macintyre, in his work on " Aristocracies." Availing ourselves of his conclusions without filling up our columns with his details and enumerations, we arrive at the follow ing result : Land-tax £9.,716 17 11 Income-tax Taxes on consumption. Direct taxes on articles of luxury, as servants, horses, &c 358 11 8 £6,992 2 0 Thus we perceive that the man with 100,0001. per annum pays seven per cent. to the public revenue, while the labourer, such as William Gladstone, pays fifty per cent. If the injustice stopped here, it would be sufficiently infamous ; but the crime against industry is as yet only half disclosed. The landowner, by virtue of the corn laws, compensates himself for the seven per cent. he pays to the State. He does much more, as we proceed to show. We are again indebted to Mr. Macintyre for the following deeply interesting facts. In the British Islands there are 46,522,000 culti vated acres. If the corn -tax only amounted to twenty millions annually, this would Increase the rent of those lands Bs. Bd. per acre. The rental of this sur face of soil is computed at 75,000,0001. If the bonus, through the corn-laws, be taken at the low estimate of twenty millions, it would equal twenty - five per cent. of this rental, for take away the monopoly the rental would fall to 55,000,000/. Thus, the land owner, with a rental of 100,0001., stands thus : He levies a private tax on the consu mers of food of ... , He pays a personal tax to the State of 6,992 0 ~,,,, 2 0 0 Net Annual gain ...... ...£18,007 18 0 We must entreat the reader to bear with us a little longer in these arithmetical demonstrations. By figures we can best prove the graspings of the oli garchy, and we will do our best to force truth even on the unwilling, and rouse even the sluggard from his deceiving slumbers. If what we are now about to transcribe fails to rouse our readers from apathy, they deserve to have a tax-gatherer permanently do miciliated at their firesides. From 1793 to 1816, the taxation raised was £1,560,000, 000 Deduct expenses of country supposing we had been at peace Expense of War £1,100,000,000 o.f this total, the Land paid .. „ Industry paid .. £120,000,000 ...... 1,440,000,000 £1,560,000,00 0 Or, the tax on Property and Land was 8 per cent. The tax on Industry was 92 per cent. In these proportions, then, was the national debt contracted : it was incurred to save the estates of the oligarchy, and they contrived, through their mono poly of legislation, to make the working classes pay nearly the whole cost of the protection. When the danger was over, by the fall of Napoleon, it might have been e x p ec t e d th a t i n d us t ry wou ld h ave re ceived some compensation for the fearful sacrifice it The mad e i n t h e h our of per il . Q u i te the reverse. _the oligarchy first passed a corn-law to raise their own rents, and mak e th ose w h o h a d save d th em f rom ruin, eat dear bread ; then they abolished the pro perty-tax, which drained their own purses ; thirdly, they converted a paper debt into a metallic debt, and, by so doing, indirectly increased the value of their own rentals, by reducing the price of all commodities. Since then, the working classes have dragged on a wretched existence, at famine wages, while the middle classes have been racked in body and nqind to maintain the respectability of their position. All sorts of fallacies have been invented to disguise the truth. Over-population, over-production, too abun dant harvests, and other similar absurdities, have been proclaimed as the causes of the distress, and the reme dies proposed have been just as stupid as the descrip tion of the disease. The people have been studiously deluded by newspapers, whose proprietors derived enormous profits by acting on the money market ; and, whoever ventured to insist on a paper currency, was held up to ridicule and execration, as a bankrupt spe culator, socking to serve his private ends by issuing " sham" money. That was the phrase. It was a " telling" phrase, and well has it served the purposes of Lombard-street and Capel-court. It is our duty to tell the working classes of this realm, that unless the taxes are taken off industry and placed on property, relief to them is utterly hopeless. Without this fiscal reform, all the enactments of the Legislature will be valueless as waste paper. Now, there are but two ways of effecting this adjust ment; either by levying directly the whole of the taxe3 on property, which would require a rate of about thirty per cent., or by an issue of taxation notes to the amount of the annual expenditure. If gold is continued as the standard and measure of value, and its price kept permanently low by Act of Parliament, profits and wages must remain low, for it is utterly impossible that they can rise above the standard by which they are mea sured. This truth should be ever present to the minds of the people. Only let the corn -laws be abolished, and wheat will fall down to a scale cor responding with that of all other commodities, and then the full workings of the Bill of 1819 will be felt by the farmers, and when rents fall from this cause, let the fundholders tremble. They will be robbed with the same coolness as the industrious classes have hitherto been robbed. Then the landlords will transfer all their affections from the public creditor to the public debtor. We have shown what they have done in times past, and what they are doing now ; in the arae spirit will their future policy dictated. as the f THE FRENCH CHUR C H. ienaantenesiflusndteaoi coihtrce. oai eAttrvi to character; ngelcitlneet3i however, arrehe h :Cwi rnxdureoeatpi countries, expose h3serrcu h . beerect which ti herti eh i h naoal3t e grh. nnyc ursehdh s tiot :ocaorathp, carried fhtt t atoeeh e heoehvst eolinie o serts, :c f pei see position lately. f r rnclen: e oo: orw l ttfaem i nt g anhbnat ourl i cede o i en :net: t religion tttthgsei hyeol i engrossed u. and between c onfli cting ledesgFdaToheci dissensions n s France e mu s e n h t o such twithine controversial energy of this and some neighbouring l n del education, tiadtiin t shnnni hgsia:cpveauroeFnipsprosargpto:reaoil:ntnvei temporal politi cal discussions, has been embittered by the peculiar position of each of them at the present moment. The Roman Catholic Church in France is the only institution of that country which has not been pro foundly modified, in principle as well as in form, by the French Revolution. On the throne, in the legislature, in the courts of justice, and in society at large, the work of the Revolution is conspicuous and complete. A new shape has been given to all that men respect and obey; and these new institutions trace their descent from 1789, with a sort of pride in the novelty of their origin. The very men who have arrested the violence and the irre gularity of the revolutionary power have laboured to consolidate the changes that power has effected ; and the Revolution, including its first principles and its final consequences, is as generally accepted as the basis of so ciety in France, as the British Constitution is in this country. One power alone remains eternally opposed to these principles and to these consequences ; one class alone has preserved with comparatively little change its traditions of another ago, and its allegiance to a fallen race ; and especially since the catastrophe of 1830 the clergy has exhibited its sullen distrust or its open hos tility to that system of government which has been formally adopted by all the rest of the nation. In pro portion as the breach has widened between the Church and the State, in spite of the pecuniary dependence of the priesthood on the public Exchequer, the peculiar political tendencies of the Church of Rome became more and more visible. The power of the Church in this struggle with all the other powers of the Government was derived from its own external and internal organisa tion ; from influences which were either altogether fo reign to France or connected with what France had re jected ; and from its indestructible hold on the minds of the Christian part of the population. The consequence of this state of things has been to revive very keen animosities between the clergy and a large portion of the political world. It would seem that there is a deplorable want of independence and of mode ration on the part of the religious laity, since they have done nothing to check the violence of the struggle between the ill-advised defenders of the Church and its direst enemies. The polemical writings of the bishops and their abtis have been lamentably defi cient in talent and in prudence; whilst their opponents are, for the most part, deficient in what is at least equally essential to a just and pacific treatment of these great questions—namely, a steady and practical belief in the truths of Christianity. It is not enough for French legislators, making laws for the whole body of their countrymen, to profess for Christianity that kind of frigid respect they might think it expedient to pay to any popular superstition. Nor is it possible that the Church should look with confidence, or even with sub mission, to legislative assemblies, to State councils, and to public schools, where so much of actual infidelity still prevails. No one will deny that in these great institu tions, in which the ablest men in France direct the policy or instruct the youth of the kingdom, it would be vain to seek for the spirit or the faith of men like Bossuet or our own Arnold. The public schools more especially have, without exception, the most opposite conceivable character; they are un-Christian, if not anti-Christian, in the fullest sense of the word ; and, without wishing to describe them with unnecessary harshness, we must say that it is impossible that a Christian priest or a Christian parent should be willing to abandon to such establishments the exclusive formation of the character of youth. The whole question of the liberty or monopoly of public instruction in France lies in the maintenance of the exclusive rights of the University. That great in stitution is, to the scholastic establishments of the coun try, what the Code Civil is to her laws, and the legisla tive assemblies to her political constitution. It is the form in which the great principles of the French Revo lution—equality, centralisation, and uniformity—have been adapted to the education of the people ; and in obedience to those established rules, it holds the standard of proficiency which is the test to which every man is subjected in entering upon life. The degrees granted by the University are this recognised test of caacity and industry ; and there is scarcely any civil liberalfprofession on which a young man can enter without having taken them. It is not contended by the partisans of the Church, that any modification should be made in the constitution or powers of the University of France ; it is not denied that the State has a right to ascertain, by these forms of academical examination, what the profi ciency is of men aspiring to enter the civil service, or to follow medicine or the law. But the University requires more ; it not only demands the exclusive right of con ferring degrees, but the exclusive right of educating those on whom these degrees are to be conferred; and it would even, if possible,n h prohibitite gd existenc e kingdom, not n ondrfeanyits ownpublic schools whatever absolute control. The principal orders of the Romish Church which are devoted to the labour of the higher kinds of instruction have long been proscribed in France ; but a certain number of schools or colleges, known by the name of seminaries, still exist in various parts of France under the sole management of the clergy. The principal ob ject of these seminaries is the education of priests, and the certificates they confer are sufficient to obtain ordi nation from the bishops. But in the case of pupils not destined to the Church, or disinclined to its service, the ease iv widely different. The seminaries cannot confer degrees, and the University will only confer them on those who have studied in its own schools. It is not contended that these seminaries are ill-conducted ; on the contrary, they contain professors and pupils of the first distinction ; but they are dangerous. The spirit of these schools is not the spirit of the modern French people, and therefore they are proscribed. The modern Liberals are foremost in refusing them the liberty they ask for ; the partisans of equality will admit of no equality between themselves and the influence of the clergy ; the professors of the University have taken the alarm, and have denounced in unmeasured language the Church and all that belongs to it ; and even the friends and founders of the existing Government are ready, if necessary, to unseal the bitter phials of revolutionary *eel to aid them in subduing the last effort of spiritual power. With consummate address M. Thiers has availed him self of all these tendencies, existing to a greater or less degree in all the important parties of the political world ; and whilst the King is disposed to conciliate the clergy, and the Ministry are anxious to prevent either party from gaining what may appear to be a triumph, Y. Thiers, in the able report of the Committee on the Education Bill last session, appealed directly to the anti clerical passions, which exist as strongly amongst the followers of M. Guizot as amongst his own. In France Bills are not lost by the mere prorogation of the Cham ber, and the law which passed the Chamber of Peers last session will be resumed in the Chamber of Deputies during the next. That it will be passed in its present form is exceedingly improbable, and that the clergy should obtain from the Chamber of Deputies the full toleration they require is altogether impossible ; but the debate will be of sufficient importance to shake the hold. of the Government on the majority, to brine. M. Thiers conspicuously before the country as the defender of a popular cause ; and will probably lead to the indefinite postponement of the settlement of the question.—Times. DARTMOUTH ELECTION.—The nomination, it is said, will take place on the 23d inst., and the polling on the day following. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. Shortly before nine o'clock last night a dreadful accident, which, it is feared, will be attended with loss of life, occurred opposite Ald gate Church, close by the junction of Aldgate with the Whitechapel-road. About four o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Dagget, a highly respectable commercial traveller, in the oil and colour business, left Roinford for the me tropolis in a gig with a high-spirited horse. On arriv ing near Whitechapel Church the animal shied, and im mediately afterwards started off at a rapid pace. By the rattling of the vehicle over the stones he was much frightened, and, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the driver, it was impossible to hold him in. At a frightful speed he reached the corner leading to the Minories, close by a largo pile of new building, where, unfortunately, two omnibuses were passing each other. Mr. Dagget, to escape a collision, pulled one of the reins, but the road being narrowed at that spot, and there being a temporary platform for foot passengers, the horse ran upon it, amongst the people who were there crowding the pathway. The scene was frightful ; not less than nine or ten persons were knocked down, and the policeman, Goodman, 591, City, who was passing along his beat, was dashed to the ground with great violence. The gig was instantly overturned, and the driver thrown out upon the pavement. A gentleman' who we have since ascertained is 70 years of age, was knocked down and severely injured. He was taken into the shop of Mr. Davis, surgeon, of Aldgate, and, after having had his wounds dressed, was conveyed to his house in Red Cross-street, Southwark. Mr. Dagget is much out about the head, and bruised all over the e body ; but Mr. Merrit, of Lentlenhall-street, having at tended him, he soon recovered so far as to give ;4 ac count of the manner in which the accident occurred. A gentleman of the name of Wincklow was also much in jured. Siz persons were conveyed to the London Hos pital ; but, upon inquiry last pvening., shortly before ten o'clock, the reporter was informed that three of thelp left, being able to walk home, as soon as their contusions were attended to by the house surgeon. Three others, we regret to state, are still in the hospital seriously injured. Goodman, the constable, it is feared, has rg- neived a concession of the brain, which renders his re covery Teri doubtful? A very curious state of things is being exhibited in the present railroad movement in Ireland, and one which shows how little we in England know, and how wildly we are apt to talk about that country. For the whole of the present century we have been in the habit of talking of English capital being wanted for Ireland ; and we have at last talked ourselves into the beliet that Ireland is a country entirely destitute of any accumu lated capital, and incapable of doing anything for itself. The commencement of railroads shows this to be very far from the fact. The Irish appear to be bringing out hoards of money for the new enterprises. It is an un doubted fact that the whole capital of 800,0001., required for the Southern Railway, from Dublin to Cork, was subscribed in three days, and subscribed entirely in Ireland. All accounts represent the state of feeling throughout the country as approaching to something like an universal mania of speculation. Everybody thinks he can double his store by embarking it in railway shares. Mr. O'Connell has been severely blamed for inter posing his advice, and suggesting caution, in order to check this rage for a new speculation. Of course it has been insinuated that he dreads lest the ardour for rail. ways should interfere with that for repeal, and that he is alive to the sordid fear that the subscriptions to shares may be in some way deducted from his own rent. Mr. O'Connell was perfectly right in saying what he did say on the subject, and would have neglected his duty had he withheld his advice. Much money will probably be lost in these schemes in Ireland, as it has been in England ; and what is not lost may probably remain unproductive much longer than the subscribers calculate. A good Government would undoubtedly interpose its moral influence to prevent this mischief from falling on the industrious and saving class in ;Mond ; and it is, therefore. M r . O'C onne ll' s d uty so te - act in discharge of that moral responsibility under which ho lies for the welfare of the people that confides in him as its real ruler. Ere long, no doubt, the existence and prosperity of Irish railroads, and the necessity for the aid of English capitalists to create those that will be wanted in addition, will have a tendency to diminish the feeling in favour of repeal. The opponents of Mr. O'Connell are already triumphing at his discomfiture, and believing that the ardour for railroads will entirely supersede in Ireland all thought of political wrongs and remedies. This is the shallowest and falsest of the many delusions by which the oppressors of mankind are for ever cheating them selves. At this period of its most unprofitable career, this thick-headed world of ours ought to have learnt that men, whether individually or in masses, are much more swayed by their feelings than their interests. We pursue our interests, but under the guidance of our passions ; and there exists neither man nor nation that cannot be turned from the pursuit of material good by working on the sense of honour, or duty, or on the affections. Gorge the Irishman with English capital, develope the wealth Of his country, open out to him the brightest prospect of continued civilisation and increasing wealth—and yet, as long as you insult him in his religion and his national honour, all your favours will fail to win his love, will, in fact, only strengthen him for achieving vengeance and re dress. As long as the religion of the Irish people re mains despoiled and dishonoured—as long as the creed of the stranger remains in its present position of in sulting superiority—so long does the English Govern mont proclaim to the world the insulting truth that the Irish are a people whom we do not deem worthy of being treated according to the ordinary rules of Justice, and so long will it be impossible for us to lay one stone for the foundation of permanent tranquillity, or conquer one inch of the affections of Ireland. Treat Ireland as we are now treating her, and the momentary diversion of railway speculations will neither better the condition of her people nor diminish the growth of those fearful feelings that impel them to de sire separation from us. But such circumstances as the present may, no doubt, by a wise Government, be turned to the best account for effecting the removal of griev ances. There is now throughout Ireland enough of speculation to induce men for a time to take a moderate view of politics —to wish rather to hold aloof from active participation in agitation, and to look with favour, ra ther than jealousy, on any conciliatory measures of the English Government. These are the moments when the suspicions of largest growth, when the animosities of deepest influence, may be most easily soothed, if only the tone of conciliation and the substance of justice be adopted. Now is the time when, if right were done, no more than right would be demanded. Do the Irish jus tice in the matter of their religion, and we will be bound that little success would attend any attempt to re ject the boon unless accompanied by a repeal of the union. Now, too, is the favourable moment for attempting an improvement iu the material condition of the people at large. What, after all, will be the permanent gain to the masses in Ireland from these great works? A few years' employment, at low wages, out of which nothing can be saved, for a portion—and, after all, only a portion —of the destitute myriads. At the end of that time, the old amount of unemployed hands and empty bellies will cumber the land; for, whatever additional employment may be permanently created by the railways and their accompanying extension of commerce, will to a certainty be counterbalanced by the increase of population in the interval. The result will be a few more rich, and the rich generally richer; while the poor will be as numerous and as destitute as ever. But, on the other hand, the utmost advantage may be taken of the present improve ment in the state of things, to introduce other measures requisite for raising the condition of the people. Amid the comparative ease and quiet produced by this large momentary accession to the means and employment of the people, the most favourable opportunity is presented for improving the relations of landlord and tenant, for establishing systematic emigration, for introducing ma nufactures—in fact, for effecting every and any change that may be deemed most desirable. Such golden mos ments do not often occur in the history of nations ; and it would indeed be melancholy were our rulers to regard the preseut as merely serviceable for postponing for a while the hour of justice, instead of seising on it as one in which a great effort may be made to better the condi tion of Ireland, with unhoped-for ease and unhoped-for certainty of success.—Chronicle. THREE PERSONS SUFFOCATED BY CHARCOAL. CIIATNAM, DEc. 16.—Yesterday morning (Sunday) considerable sensation was created in the village of Luton, near Chatham, in consequence of three husbandmen in the employ of John Oakley, Esq., farmer, at Darling, having been found dead in their bed-room. It appears that the men, whose names are John Stedman, aged 25 years. Thomas Webb, 18, and George Wright, 17, lodged at the bailiff's cottage, which stands on the oppo site side of the road to the farm-house and in conse quence of the severity of the cold they had, for the last few nights, begged the bailiff's wife to warm their room. On Saturday last, the night being very cold, she yielded to their wishes, and as the bed-room had not a fire-place she procured a stable lantern, filled it with charcoal, and placed it in the centre of the room. About eight o'clock on Saturday night Stedman retired to rest, and he was followed about an hour afterwards by the other two, Webb and Wright, closing the bed-room door after them. Nothing was heard of them until next morning. Not coming down stairs at the usual hour, about seven o'clock, the bailiff went up stairs to rouse them, and on his opening the door of the room the me lancholy sight of three dead bodies presented itself. Wright was found lying on the door behind the door ; he had evidently dropped down dead the instant he en tered the room, which must at the time have been filled with carbonic gas. Webb was lying on his back on the bed, with his hand to his handkerchief, as if he had been seized by death in the act of untying it. Stedman had his jacket off, and had partly removed his trousers from his person, and had fallen back on the bed. Mr. Oak ley, as soon as he was apprised of the melancholy fate of his men, dispatched messengers to Chatham and Rochester for medical assistance, when Dr. Ada m Martin, of Rochester, and Mr. Tribe, surgeon, of Chat ham, were quickly on the spot ; their services, however, were not required. The poor fellows must have died a few minutes after their entering the room. Stedman has left a widowed mother at Gillingham, who was partly depending on her son for support. An inquest will be held this day on the bodies by J. Ilinde, Esq., coroner for East Kent. PRINCE ALBERT'S Ox.—On Monday, in pursuance of the desire expressed by her Majesty when viewing, at the Smithfield Club Cattle-show on Saturday, the black. polled ox of the Scotch breed, bred by his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Norfolk farm, that fortunate animal, instead of being removed to the residence of Mr. Bannister, butcher, of Threadneedle-street, who had purchased it for the sum of sixty guineas, was conveyed from the Horse Bazaar to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, and thence back to Wind sor-park, where it will in future be kept. Major-Gen. Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, was de puted to convey her Majesty's eommands in this respect to the gentlemen connected with the Club, and upon the receipt of the gallant General's order the animal was at once delivered up by Mr. Haling, who, in the absence of Mr. Boulnois, the proprietor of the Bazaar, was en trusted with the charge of the live stock and implements exhibited. It is understood that the moment Mr. Ban nister was made acquainted with the wishes of her Ma jesty, he intimated to some of the gentlemen connected with the royal household his desire to relinquish all claim to the animal, and expressed a hope that her Ma jesty would permit him to make a present of it, but t hi s was declined. During the clay the greatest hustle pre vailed in the removal to their various quarters of the animals purchased, as also the implements exhibited at the bazaar during the show. Most of the unsold Animals were removed at an early hour, in order to be at the great annual Smithfield cattle-ma,rket, and in the evening (here were but two or three oxen and a few she re , maining at the bazaar, The 4tv• Sithley Smith, who has been for some time indisposed at his residence in Green-street, Park. lane, was on Monday, we are happy to learn t coßgiclero much ketteri LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The London and York Company have sent down from London a troop of no less than fourteen gentlemen to make copies of the plans, sections, and specification books of all the lines opposed to their own ; and the Lincoln solicitors connected with the Lincoln and Cam bridge and other lines hostile to the London and York have each clerks acting in a similar manner. Several of the gentlemen are law-stationers' clerks, from " the Lane," and the curious in diving into manners and habits have been much amused by a peep of the company at their work. They are copying in the room at the end of the City Assembly-rooms, seated at a large table. Upon this table there are large heaps of snuff upun sheets of paper, and every few minutes a finger and thumb is darted into one of the piles, the article conveyed to the nose, and the pen, in an instant, is heard scratching along at renewed speed. There is also upon the table a liberal supply of porter, which is sipped at, until the measure is empty, when it is refilled and again gradually drained. The ink is in tea-cups, and the gentlemen are, without exception, the most rapid writers we have ever seen. Besides the gentlemen copying the plans, &c. there are also other parties taking the traffic, and making arrangements for the forthcoming Parliamentary fight, so that the inns are half filled with railway people. The preliminary expenses of the various companies must be: tremendous.--Lincolnshire Herald. YORK AND SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY. On account of the enormous prices required by the proprietors of land near the intended terminus at Scar borough, the site has not been finally fixed upon., and the labourers are all paid off. We trust, however, that arrangements will speedily be made, and that no ob stacle to impede the undertaking may be thrown-in the way at this advanced stage of the projeet.—Yorkshire Gazette. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. We understand that a resolution was passed at the Board last Monday, referring to the revision of rates mentioned by Mr. Houldsworth at the meeting of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Company. It is, first, to construct forty new third-class carriages with seats, and covered in ; secondly, that the second-class should all be glazed and made comfortable ; and, thirdly, that the first-class fare should not exceed 2.3. d. per mile, and that the minimum for short distances should be reduced from Is. 6d. to ls., and second•class to 9d. This ar rangement, with the great intermediate traffic, will be a considerable reduction.---fierapath's Railway Journal. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. This is a scheme which departed from all railway pre cedent. It came out with all its capital subscribed, and no one was allowed to have any shares unless he had property on the line. If the London and York obtain their Act, all the Manchester and Leeds traffic will be thrown upon it in connexion with the hull and Selby. That traffic, in addition to its own, would render it a very valuable property. The Company are, moreover, insured id. per cent., and a share of the surplus profits by the Manchester and Leeds Company, who take half of the shares. It is reported that the Aire and Calder Navigation Company, and the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, have agreed to terms acceptable to both, and which is calculated to insure the passing of the, Bill.—Herapath's Railway Journal. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. Having had occasion lately to inspect part of this line of railway, among other subjects the stones laid down at the different parts where tunnels, arches, or bridges are about to be erected came under our notice. These stones have been brought from the quarries of Swinton Quarter, Edington Aill, Toadhaugh, and the Crow Butt; the stones are very different in quality; those from the quarry of Swinton Quarter are not of a laminated or beddy nature, but the face and bed are of the same so lidity, while those of the other quarries have all a ten. dency to a seamy or thin beddy nature, and, therefore, will be subjected to decay by the weather. We would call particularly the attention of the inspectors of the works to this.—Berwick Warder. Recently a " compensation case," in which this Com • pany was concerned, was tried before the Sheriff of Berwickshire. The claimant, a Mrs. Coniston, asked 4,0001., and the jury awarded 2,253/. 35., being, says the Kelso Mai 4 " only 3/. 3s. more than was offered to Mrs. Coulston a week before the trial r —Railway Record. COST OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH RAIL WAYS. The cost of the Paris and Rouen Railway is put down by Mr. Laing, of the Board of Trade, at 24,000/. per mile ; Paris and Orleans, 24,0001 ; Eng l; sh passenger railways, generally, 34,0001, ; and the average of the Birmingham, Great Western, and SrAth-Western lines, 47,0001 —Railway Record. BOULOGNE AND AMIENS RAILWAY. M. Bazaine, engineer of the Ponts et Chauskies, has accepted the appointment of engineer in chief of this line. He is a man of experience and ability. The line from Strasburgh to Bide was executed under his direc tion, and was done with economy and celerity. The principal portion of the north line has also been executed under his superintendence. The Company is, neverthe less, not deprived of the assistance of Mr. Cubitt, who continues consulting engineer of the Company. —Railway Chronicle. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.--W O have very great satisfaction in calli ng a t tent i on to the first general meeting of this import an t p u bli c b o d y. T he re port read was of a most gratifyi ng na t ure , an d the ac. count of the progress of the work s was such, as to lead us to anticipate an early complet ion of the railway from Colchester to Ipswich.—lpswich Expr ess. THE SILVER Concan t ,T—l in n addition t o th e incal culable mischief which our incompetent Mi n i stry in flicted on the nation the shape of hindrances and losses to individuals, by proclaiming against light gold three years and a half ago, when at the same moment they ought, on a given day, to have re placed it by gold of full weight, at the cost of the public at large, we are now doomed to experience, even with respect to our silver money, a return to the scandalous state of the coi nage i n t h e m i sera bl e reign of George 111. The mastership of the Mint appears, like thousands of other well-paid offices, to be a sinecure. We are overburdened with silver in the share of half-crowns„ while the sixpences are worn, and drilled, and battered. and bent, till they aro almost worthless. They are as great a disgrace to the currency of an enlightened (!) corn. mercial country as the Ministers themselve s are to its, government —Liverpool Mercury. THE WEST-END INSTITUTION FOR R ELIEP OP THE lioevening th e a b ove esta• hlifor th e recept i on of about s ir m n e L n E t s , s w P hi o c o h a i . s — fo rs u l n on i d ed ay 200 individuals, and which is situated at 60, Market street, Edgware-road, was opened. Hundreds of wretched applicants wore in waiting, and after the necessary exa mination was gone through, the asylum was completely filled. The asylum has been established upwards of six years, during which time 110,000 persons have beets relieved wish a supper of breed and a pint and a half ut beef soup, a comfortable bed, and•breakfast of bread and milk. Soap and hot water are plentifully supplied to cleanse their persons and clothing, which has hitherto proved a sufficient antidote to infection and disesu,e, no Case having occurred slue the *3o4b/ishment ot the in tititutiOP,l