The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-23 00:00:00

in. T he Quee n an i .i.rinee Albert walked yes!r , lay n,crn kF in the grounds of Osborne if ou , e. neir R. al 4 ghtt esses the Prince of W a le s , Prince ) ee Alfred, the eess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken then -7tumed walks and drives yesterday. w i.eddy Portman, the Earl of Aberdeen, Colonel Bowles, Ithe Hon. Colonel Grey, went from Osborne House ttterday morning to the parish church of Whippinghani, 4,1 attended Divine service. tjesterday morning her Majesty and the Prince tot k N ett usual ea r ly wa lk. Th e j uven il e roya l f am il y wet e ' l lan airing in a carriage. p r s eleve n o ' c l oc k yester d ay morn i ng her iNlajesty and 11:,.. 4e e Albert, attended by Lady Portman, Colonel o:es, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Major 1 Wem 'ss, left Osborne house to embark in the yacht 3 Th e • km _ royal party returned from their aquatic excursion after four o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert It i e llvard s rode ou t i n a p on y ph ae t on i n th e grounds ofa►ansion, Waiti ng', The Hon. C o lon e l G r ey, Equ e r r y i n attended on horseback. 4 0 _ue Earl o f Ab er d een arr i ve d at O s b orne H ouse ye5 i.,6243' i.,6243' afternoon, and had the honour of joining the al circle at dinner, and remains on a visit to her "Vsty. C i 4 , le lr Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of triZridge left their r es id ence a t K ew on S a t ur d a y 1) 01 ,7 ° ° 11 7 to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen alter and her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Ll ° Wismar, at Bushy-house, Bushy-park. Their Righnesses remained to dinner with her Majesty tewuer Serene Highness, and in the evening returned to et dep utat i on from the Free Church of Scotland, in tog the Marquis of Breadalb a ne and the Hon. Fox li t ' th 'e, had an i nterv i ew w i t h Si r R o b ert P ee l , on rlay, at his official residence in Downing-street. ll:eount Sandon, M.P., Lord Ebrington, M.P, Sir Iti t i a rd Douglas, M.P., and the Hon. Captain Berkeley, 44 thirty other gentlemen as a deputation on the Mer- Cl4l Seamen's Bill, had an interview with Sir George 13!` ea Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade. ti ee l e Patches f rom th e G overnor o f t h e M aur iti us were . Ced on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. c on dePutation from the London journeymen coopers, Itiststing of Messrs. 11. Jacks, T. Stephenson, J. ktards, and H. Ainsworth, had an interview with Sir t o n t. Peel on S a t ur d ay i n D own i ng . s t reet . 01 41 _ 4 Dunsandle had an intervi w with Sir George t on Saturday at the Board of Trade. :te Duke o f W e lli ng t on an d t h e D u k e an d Ditch' as "• Albans attended the earl. Service yesterd,4 iu cehan. 1 Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read ue Rev. Dr. Dakins. The Sermen was preached by ev. Dr. Sleath. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, t: ii ,Duch ess o f M ontrose, t h e M arqu i s o f S a li s b ury, 1/i l ' e s Wilton and Sydney, Lords Powis, / -I°TI, J. 0. Br), Cantilup ire, De Hos, D , 2nes, and war,ien, attended tb. daily 8,1-Nice yesterday in tln• lieltlsel Royal, St. James's. Pray er were read by tie. Dr. Wesley. the Lessons b% the Rev. lie H. I )akiT,s. " e rraons was pr, ached by the Rev Dr. .‘Fel.th. The lih,ttn was, " let me know my end," (Greene). l`rge Smart presided at the organ. e Marquis and Marchioness of Queensbury and 11"): Gitorgiana Douglas arrived at F a rrance's arday, f rom It a ly. Bhe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat or, 13411 4 Y, and resutned andconclud, d an ap i ;eal from 4 4 " 4 .Y, " Cowarje e v. Th om p son ." M r . Serj,-art "' 401 concluded hi s a dd, t ss for the respondent, and F itzroy Keily, Queen's Couns,l, was heard in reply SPORTING INTE .1 4 :3'r EN CE. BETTING AT .3.I.ANCIIESTER—FmnAY. NonTitt7i3ERIAND PLATT.-6 to I agst Lightning (t.), 7 to 1 agst Inheritress (t.), 8 to 1 agst Pagan (t.), 10 to 1 agst. Queen of Tyne, 10 to 1 agst Lit,:le John, 3 yrs, 10 to 1 apt Coheiress (t.), 15 to 1 agst Porto Bello (t.), 20 1 agst Badinage (t.), 20 to 1 agst Best of Three, 20 to 1 agst Nor thumberland, and 2 to 1 agst Dawson's lot (t.). ST. LEGEn.-20 to 1 agst The Baron (t.), 20 to l agst Connaught Ranger (t.). DERBY.-33 to 1 agst Brocardo (t.). NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETlNG.—Tuunsmr. ENTRIES FOR PLATES, &e. I'URTRUSII HAIL AY. MONDAY. The Maiden Plate of 501. Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Sunset, 4 vrs—br f by St. Martin, dam by Ebor, 3 yrs—Lady Emily, 3 yrs—Stittenham, 3 yrs— Poll of Wapping, -3 yrs—Firemaster, 3 vrs—Periwinkle, 4 yrs—Agriculture, 4 yrs— Sailor, 5 yrs—and Milden, 3 yrs. TUESDAY. The Queen's Plate, for 3 yrs old and upwards. Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Comical Boy, 3 yrs—St. Martin filly, 3 yrs—Lady Emily. 3 yrs—Hiss Burns, 5 vrs—Jinglepot, ' 3 yrs—Lightning. 4 yrs—Poussin, 5 yrs—Hest of Three, 74 yrs—lnheritress, 5 yrs—Trueboy, 5 yrs—Agriculture, 5 yrs —Cataract, 5 yrs—Dog Billy, 4 yrs—Milden, 3 yrs—Pun jaub, 3 yrs—Lady Flora, aged. TH ITRSDAY. The Royal Victoria Whip Stakes. Saul, aged—f by St. Martin, 3 yrs—Celeste, 4 yrs—Poll of Wapping, 3 yrs—The Bashaw, 5 yrs—Firemaster, 3 yrs— Periwinkle, 4 yrs—f by Physician out of Venus, 3 yrs— Zoroaster, aged—The Bat, 6 yrs—Lady Flora, aged. Arrivals—The Bat, Lara, Flagon, Milden, Dog Billy; Sister to Coheiress, Crikey, Billy, Fair Star, Punjaub, Lucy, and Bre vity. GOODWOOD CUP.—Xo alteration in the weights, except in Weatherbit, who will have to carry 7st 41b, on account of winning at Ascot. THE ORLANDO AND RUNNING REIN TRIAL.—The decla ration of sums won or saved by the verdict in the above trial, and on which an assessment will be made for the pur pose of paying the extra costs incurred by Colonel Peel, con siderably exceed 30,000/. ' • and as large additions are expected from the other wi nners by bets, sweeps, or lotteries, the per centage to be contributed by the several parties, we have no doubt, will be very small. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. Sia,—The Newcastle Meeting, one of the largest and best attended the north of England can boast of, commenees on Monday with a Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, for three yrs old, and for which there are seven entries; Midlothian and the filly by Physician, out of Castaway, look the best on paper, but as Midlothian is engaged in a better stake the same day, I think it is more than doubtful whether he starts for this or the larger one; if he goes, I should give him the preference, but if he is reserved for the North Derby, I see nothing that is likely to beat the Castaway filly, Miss Whip colt, or the filly by Plicenix second. Th North Derby Stakes of 25 sons. each, for three yrs old, has seventeen subscribers, and will probably bring seven to the post, among them Midlothian, Mentor, Collier, and Extravaganza, whom I expect to see pass the Chair in the order I have placed them. The Maiden Plate ought to go to ,itteuhaui or Firemaster. On Tuesday the Northern Oaks will bring out four or five, the pick of which will be Marian Ramsey, and the Cast away filly, the tormer for winner. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 Kiva. each, will go to the Bat, or that queer brute Crikey Her Majesty's Plate will doubless go to Mr. Meiklam with Frueboy, Inheritre,s, or Li i 4htning, whichever he may please w star t ; at any rate, this lot, versus the Field, would not be a had investment. The races for Wednesday and Thursday I shall defer saying anything about until I have received a list of the arrivals and probable, starters, which will be on Tuesday. The Plate seems destined to beconl the property of Mr. tleiklam, but more of that anoo.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., LANDERS AND II AMB URGH MAILS. ql" - .ELB, JUNE 17.—The Duke and Duchess of Nemours ar tltlia4t Ostend today, and immediately proceeded in the royal le to Lacken. th, 4buches s of Kent a nd suite a rrived at B russe l s a t e i g ht i n 41g v b nin g• uke and Duchess of Nemours will set out to.morrow h Jr for Valenciennes, and the Duchess of Kent for Germany. 4 es t nos that Lord Ab er de en w ill accom p an y Q ueen Vi c t or i a het 1 1 14° .flth to Brussels, Coburg, Weimar, Dresden, and Gotha. Its b aie stY's visit to Parrs seems to be deferred till next year. 41 411 0 ; 1 / : I tc JUNE 1.- ._ A resolution, or rather an intention of the it tit t :; i til, has just become known, to send away all foreign p i that i s al l foreigners who are settled here. It I s thought 4 tit NZ exercise an injurious influence nn the press, which can tlth, be Paralysed by any other m e ans. The consequences of ‘ltt ter st eP cannot at present be estimated, as the number of men is very great, and the execution of this measure of the r is e Wo uld effect numerous interests. We see that the word (104 alt Who are not Prussian subjects ; and second, those who bit , / ? e long to the city of Berlin. All those are to be sent ',p ro It hin a few weeks, some out of the kingdom, the others to t lnces. The number of these persons is very differently e t , t wenty, thirty, and even forty. It will depend on the t tit t the police will draW. N, JUNE 13.—The law respecting the writers leaving t.iiiisZore and more confirmed. The lists of all the names are, il Pist er ' made out, and twenty-nine marked as the worst. The L itisi st Bulow and Flottwell are said to oppose the measure, and '/sl t ...L h at at least the return of the King shall In waited for be. throe measures are thought of. vatra ordinary sensation is caused here by news just received th e e4 .'hruhe, that the population of that town, on the publication : 4 11 k i . nt . ellißence, had attacked the house of the Prussian Real '44l-Zster, broken the windows, &c., and that the manufac dismissed all their Prussian workmen. THE spim r OF THE TURF. THE DISPENSARY FOR DIsEAM,S OF THE EAR.- The annual fete champetre for the support and increase of the funds by which the benevolent objects of this institution are carried out, and its benefit made more general to the poorer classes of the metropolis, took place on Thursday in the grounds of the Countess de Zichy Ferraris, in the Regent's-park, the abode of the late Marquis of Hertford. The attractions to the fife were numerous, and amongst them was the fineness of the weather, which, in co-ope rating with the zeal of the visitors for the welfare of the institu- Con, and with the love which most persons have for good vocal and instrumental music and for a fashionable promenade, brought a large assemblage of visitors to the grounds. The concert con sisted of the performances of Madame Dulcken and M. L De }leyer on the pianoforte, of Mademoiselle Schloss, M. Godefroi ,harp), the Distin Family, Madame Dorus Gras, Miss Rainforth, Mr. Ransford, Mr. D. W. King, Madame Eugenie Garcia, Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Messent, Miss M. B. Hawes, M. Vleuxtemps, Signor Brizzi, Miss Frierdel, Mr. Weiss, &c. Sir H. R. Bishop acted as conductor. The band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards was also present, and played some well-selected music. The grounds at five o'clock bore a very animated appearance from the number of the company and the general gaiety of the scene; in deed, nothing could have been better conducted or in a manner more satisfactory to the feelings of the visitors. From the numbers assembled it is fair to infer that the funds of the institution have received important aid, and that the views of those by whom it was founded some years ago will be carried out with commensurate success. MENT ASSEMBLED. FURTHER DISCLOSURES ON THE TURF.—A very numerous meeting of the members of the Jockey Club took place at their rooms in Old Burlington.street, on Saturday, thu 7th, for the purpose of taking into consideration a statement submitted to them by Mr. Etwall, an influential proprietor of race horses. This statement, it is now understood, involved a commu nication made to Mr. Etwall, in the year 1540, by John Day, jun., the jockey, by which it was imputed that a gentleman very well known in the betting circles had gone down to Winchester in disguise, and had there offered him the sum of 1,000/. to " pull" the Melody cult, the property of Mr. Etwall, then training in his father's sttbles, and which in all probability he would be called upon to ride in the forthcoming race for the Derby. This communication was made under the seal of secrecy, and it would seem that Mr. Etwall took no further notice of the circumstance until immediately after the late Epsom meet ing, when by some means it oozed out that young John Day had divulged the circumstance to some other person. Lord George Bentinck, to whose knowledge the affair came, in an interview with Mr. Etwall, asked him whether there was any truth in the story told ? Mr. Etwall, in reply, it is stated, declared that he had no intention of referring to the subject, but as disclosure had been made to MI ers, he had no difficulty in ex plaining what had actually taken place, as far as he was personally concerned, and we believe he then described that which John Day had stated to him. As such a disclosure necessarily involved the character of the party alluded to (who is a member of the Jockey Club-rooms at Newmarket), as well as the veracity of John Day, it was deemed expedient that the matter should be taken up by the Jockey Club, and on Saturday week, as already stated, Mr. Etwall ; wpm, esi before that body and made his statement. The matter was at once communicated to the gentleman most interested in the inquiry, and he promptly expressed a desire to meet the accusation as quickly as possible. For this purpose, another meeting of the Jockey Club was appointed to take place on Friday, at 12 o'clock, when a►l parties interested were to be heard, and summonses were also issued to John Day, and others to be in attendance. On Saturday, therefore, the following members of the Jockey Club assembled at their rooms in Old Burlington_ street :—The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Normanhy, Earl Stradbroke, the Hon. Colonel Anson, the Hon. Captain Runs, the Hon. C. Greville, Mr. Shelley, and we believe some others. Mr. Etwall was also present. The gen tleman over whom the cloud of suspense has hung se long was likewise in attendance. The witnesses summoned were Mr. Gully, Mr. Wreford, John Day, sen., and Joan Day, jun. The inquiry was private. Mr. Etwall having made his statement, Mr. Gully, Mr. Wreford, and the two Days were examined. The witnesses were then withdrawn, and the accused submitted his counter-state ment, accompanied by letters written to him by young John Day. _ . 4 41 aPpears t o b e un d ers t oo d i n t l e Cit y th a t M r. 1,41.01:11an Ch allis and R. W. Kennard, Esq. (of Tharnes.street), 3 tte IMidsunmer-day (Tuesday) be elected Sheriffs of London kt IE lddl esex without o ( hi pposition. h tie MPT AT SUICIDE BY A FRENCH LADY.— Zho. i t 'eY a French lady was brought in a cab to Guy's Hospital, k e rtei te Was stated, had attempted to commit suicide, by throwing ey ' r orn the window of the third flour of a boarding.house at St. 4441;4-hill, Mr. Brown, of the Blue Anchor Tavern, St. Mary. W ho accompanied the female to the hospital, stated that see ten o'clock on the previous night she arrived at his hotel in ` re; m kt, producing a card of his, said she had received it from Nis ei . 41 of his at Dublin, from which city she had just arrived by a N l '. arid that she had no money, but was on her way to Bent. Zit Was her rno. her. She had friends in London, from whom le 1 7 to receive some money on the next day. k tst a , ,„ t° wo consented, upon such a representation, to letliklate her, and she was furnished with tea and B ° ol l after she had retired to rest, Mr. Brown's Zite-" Was attracted by hearing a most unaccountable on from her bed.room. On going thither, to ewer -I:sti a ca use, he saw her sitting on the silt of the window. As i t st ' l le eh e was aware of his presence she instantaneously leaped sle et ; y a rd beneath, from a height of about forty feet. In her •se eael ` she alighted upoe the skylight of a ki risen, which, being I t l ti ll St e , w ith a wire.guard, she resounded into 'he area. Bring ei n ' .With the fall, means were promptly taken to ascertain t hi n ' she had received, and she was ultimately taken to the av4ospitai, where Mr. Coulton, the house.surgeon, rendered `l.feelottrY assistance, and., most astonishing as it may appear, from ', - ton or s uch a height, the only injury she has snstained is a con beetta t he right knee. Notwithstanding her assertion that she Zlie tt , n ° money about her, upon examining a reticule which • iq it 4 her hand w h en pick e d up, it wa s found th a t there war Olt and 225. in silver. The infatuated woman maintains a trtt°found silence as to the motive which has induced her to }..%;:och a ra s h ac t. • ~ PH} NOM EN(iN. —A most curious phenornanoi Z4t to months past been observed on the surface of the Wear, ht , I : r antwellgate_bridge, in this et' y ; we allude to ? the con dte ' n g from the bed of the river, both above and below the 1• 42 1. quantity of gas. Whence it comes seems to puzzle Nitite• sci entific men, and in the absence of information which lo be t Ss, relied on, rumour attributes it to openings from the et ilie.e l3 of some old collieries, or from a subterranean passage liettiertlar erly connected Finchale Abbey with Durham Cathedral. may be the cause, it is quite certain that the gas which , - •ge h uwables through the water, notwithstanding the length of ' 11 %44, 4 c ontinued to escape, rather increases than aiminislies in LL t i s-I) urham Advertiser. 4 ,7e11 e ,.. A L GARDEN ERS.-I\'e clerstand that the Lincon's Inn will publish a gardening book in accord. st t 1 : 4 the complete revolution they, have lately effected in the 1 % 4111 culture They have been laying out new squares with 17 re ) e ftn b i l'ed after forty years' growth, into a soil of stone, brick, ▪ e thinly overlaid with mould to the depth of ten Inches. Zeli t ;"'s Sre sa i d to be in full b ear i ng; an d if th e y w ill b ear :theaieatroent as this they will undoubtedly bear anything The `o Moving trees of forty years' standing has seldom been success, but we understand the benchers of Lin. t te ut ste '' te tt have caused writs of certiorari that to be duginall over the roause a certiorari will removed a case— anwhy not a t i je: ne arly all its branches.—Punch. t i Zta t i lti " WIGHT ItAttwAy.—A large and reepeeeti '4 1 4 of parties opposed to the carrying out of this line took ~L.ibp at th e Green Dragon Inn, Newport, on Wednesday. Sir R. :'ratin g Pits called to the chair. On opening the business of the i t ' i ttp ot * letter was put into his hands by Mr. Tootall, one of the leti et eti of the measure, which he read to the meeting. The 17hd b li ss then addressed by gentlemen from all parts of the ' ', 4 'llcularly from Ryde, Yarmouth, Cowes, Newport, and 44:4-.9 4 0 ° ;_lthey all described the feelings of the inhabitants of those deeid dl against the undertaking, and expressed their i natie e th nto oppose it. They considered it uncalled for and l'sts I n Useless, as they had no produce but lambs and lace to Its ies 1 . and little but coa's to import; there was no thoroughfare; s - a street without one end to it, people could ride up one 4 e re , t o - get out must ride down the other ; for six months in , 31 et:, - 'mere were not six persons in a day passing between Cowes set'sd to and for three months not three. A requisition was ra t he Sheriff of the Isle of Wight to call a public meeting ! I lle ae nd° wners and ratepayers of the island at Ne w p ort on W A 7 next, liAti,,v,44l?,,tlELD CORN MARKET, JUNE 20 —Our ssslie e e- e "raill are small this week. Fresh Wheat is in request ; choice brings rather more money, and all other aorta fully -"le , I, l , l3 arley nominal. Oats and Shelling steady in value. Vee tt ,:"%lt alterati on . Other articles as befere. ts t e3 lte INQUEST. SUICIDE INDUCFD RY d , 'Nas,git. et s t • —On Friday an inquest was held by Mr. Bel - te e w tte o ; George's Hospital, on the body of Ann Bray, aged 54, I t ee a l abourer, living in Francis.street, Chelsea. It appeared e ti N ti e b e !iderice that the deceased had tbr the last two years been Ott al ! °f drinking to great excess, and when under the in -4444 4o O r, was half mad. On Monday morning she got up tat se ed hoer, and having procured a razor be'onging to her son, liit at ec les or t the water.closet, and cut her throat, dividing tee W e ; th e neck to the larynx. She was removed to the hos. 1 . 0 th -• she wa s attended by Mr. Hyde, the assistant surgeon. 14 1 14; Meta of the wound she partially recovered, but died on kle' l lse e r r r oing from delirium tremens, accelerated, Mr. Hyde se W oltle, ° H of blood. e dcd liad frequeotly the "troy herself.—VThereliectease, " Temporary insanity.r"atened „lt T 11 ESTER N IAI LW AT, F DA• Ev IN th Itst,,- Ln e express t ra i n t o Paddington, coesi•ting of four pas -I.4eeti:arriages and a luggage van, hat nearly reached Seidel!, tai h ite ad se,„ d river observed that the luggage van was off the rail. L at ele slackened the speed, and stopped the train before tli%'''ssc r ,, - 7 e °ed a quarter of a mile further, without causing the s i ee ti -Are, „, to the passengeis. The driver then proceeded with th tl ke t i ; ) - to Slough, and returned with the necessary assistance to fi • to e t ' ra n, which was dome in half an hour, and the train pro.. t he Fortunately, the van was in the rear of the car. p3 sse, te e a ccish nt might have proved of serious consequence. li t ,' le t° 4e7, during the delay did not leave the carriages. tett:ll3l,l4 SHOOTING. -- The great motel hi tween Th e e off ° nes" and the " Young Ones," for I,oofl. a side, '" " Saturday at the Rod House, Rattersoa-fields. tr 3 e aPs ' r e 50 birds each, 25 yards' rise, double uns, and Colon e l Anson, Colonel Bentinck, and L o rd M ac- Clittin4Presented the seniors ; and Lord Lord n‘idel tt : ld, and the H on . Ridl ey C u ll en ne, the juniors ; Mr. Vi °l , ob,l4.was the umpi r e. Th e resu lt was : Old Ones" boson killed 42, Lord Macdonald 39, and Co:onel 4 4. 4 4 ; total, 93 killed and 52 miss e d. " Young tOltu tt • b • R. Colborne killed 42, Lord Bl a ndforrl 40, and kildNlay I ngfield 41 ; total, 123 killed and 27 missed. On 1104,_ 4 eZt the grand ma:teh between Messrs. Osbaldeston 'silo - mutt, at 100 birds eacb, 21 yards, one trap, for 1001. a % at Nat the same place, This led to the lather and son being re-called, and again under going examination. The investigation being thus concluded, the Club proceeded to consider the facts before them. Of the nature of those facts we are ignorant ; but, upon the conclusion of the inquiry, which lasted from one till half-past six, we understand that the result was "a complete and unequivocal exoneration of the gentleman against whom the foul charge already referred to had been made." The members of the Club have adjourned to Tuesday next, when they meet to consider the whole of the case, and to consider in what form their sentence shall be pronounced.— Observer. ritICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 19 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3L 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 63 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 75, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 437 1 / 2 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 11i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 12k it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of ex change at New York on London is 110 per cent.; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at few York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A SERGEANT OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS THROUGH JEALOUSY.—Wednesday, Mr. Bed ford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the St. George's Canteen, St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross, on view of the body of Thomas Dutten, aged twenty-seven years. Win. Harding, corporal in the lit battalion of Grenadier Guards, now quartered in the above barracks, deposed that the deceased was an acting sergeant. About half-past six o'clock yesterday morning wit ness saw the deceased in the barrack.reom, where he slept, cleaning his fireluck. Witness asked him if he was for guard. Deceased replied " No, he was going to St... John's-wood on duty for a week." In less than half a minute afterwards witness heard the report of fire-arms, and on turning round he saw deceased lying on his back. Witness immediately ran to him, and saw that he bad shot himself with his musket through his head. He was quite dead. Robert Cooper, a ce.mrade of deceased, stated that in the month of No. vember, 1843, deceasid had been married without the knowledge of his commanding officer. The wife continued in service, and deceased used to visit her, where he was well treated by her master. Subsequently he complained to witness that he was not satisfied with his wife's conduct, as he suspected that an improper connexion existed between her and her master. In December last he went upon furlough, taking his wife with him. On his return to the regiment, she went to live with her relatives near Notting. ham. A short time since he received ac - mmunication from his wife that she should be in London on the 17th (yesterday). He told witness he would never see her, as she hbd got a child which he did not believe to be his own. On Sunday he told witness that he had but three days to live. He had been quite an altered man since his marriage. Mr. Judd, surgeon to the battalion, said the back part of deceased's head had been blown to pieces, musing instantaneous death. Captain and Adjutant Hatrulton said de ceased had been nearly eight }ears in the battalion, and was a man cf rtmarkably good chatacti r. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary derangement, brought on by excitement front dome.tic cau-es " --- TH o - rtcr.—On Friday the Govern nent Bill to abolish the Seal-office was printed. It is proposed that at the end of the present year the office should be abolished, and that the Duke of Grafton be paid an annuity of 8.131., and his deputy, John Plmlott, 3004 a year. From the Ist of January next the writs of the respective t'ourts we to be sealed by the masters of the same. The annuity to the Duke of Grafton "is to be paid to him during his life, and at his oeceat,,e to be continuted from time to time to such persons as would have been entitled to the Pes, profits, and advantages of the said office of ReCeiver,General and Comptroller of the Seal of the said Courts under the letters patent, as if the same had not been aboli s h e d by thi s Act." EXTRAORDINARY EON GRV IT Y.—Within the last two months six persons have died in the Sudbury Unison House whose united ages amount, d to 5‘;9 years, as follows : -- One 88 ; two 85 each ; one 81; one 99 ; and one 91 — B ur y Put. CON VICTIuN FoR A RSON .—i ti t h e C. , tn i ) Court, Dublin, on the 17th, Patrick M`Alser, a watchmaker, was found guilty, of setting Ere to his own house, and thtts de stroying the extensive warehouses of Mr. J. Eliot, in Thomas-sstrect, was sentenced to fifteen years transportation. Previously hi`Alser h a d t i lt reputation of a respectable trader. Alt, 1A GEL Ci;LERA.INE, AND A runinr,sis and user ring of the sopporters of !his Company took Idsiee on Ftiday at the Thatchs.d House Tavern, St. Janies's-street, for the purpose of taking iota consideration the most effectual means f-r obtaining a suspension of the standing orders in favour of the Compan), and obtainirg the Bill iu the present session of Parliament. Among she noblemen and gen tlemen connected with the North of Ireland present, we observed the Earl of Gosford, the Earl of Charlemont, Lord Ross more, Lord Northland, M.P., Lord Acheson, M.P., Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., Colonel Rowdon, M.P., Captain Jones, .P., Captain Bateson, M.P., Edmond M‘Donna, Esq., John Irving, Esq., M.P., John Boyd, Esq., M.P., Edmund Macdonnell, &c. 01 the motion of the Earl of Charlemont, seconded by Lord Rossmore, the Earl of Gosford was unanimously called to the chair. The Noble CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings said that it was unnecessary to eater into any length ened statement as to the object for which they were then assembled. It was most desirable for the interest of The North of Ireland that the standing orders should be suspended, so that the Bill for the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway Company might be passed in the present session. —(Hear, hear.) He had every reason to believe that the noblemen and gentlemen from the North of Ireland would use their utmost exertions to carry out that object, and he for one would co operate with them to the utmost of his power.—(Hear, hear.) 'I he great object of the standing orders was to protect the interests of the landholders and others along the line ; but when those parties immediately interested prayed the House for their suspension, he was satisfied that no mere for mality would prevent the legislature extending to Ireland the benefits to be derived from a great influx of British capital. It was highly d , sirable, also, that the great trunk from South to North should be completed as soon' as possible, and as the Newry and Enniskillen was pass ing through Parliament without opposition, that object would be effected by the construction of the present line.—(Hear, hear.) Capt. HEAVISIDE said he would, before the solicitor of the company read the petition which it was proposed to present to Parliament, praying for a suspension of the standing orders, take the liberty of thanking the noble men and gentlemen present for their attendance to sup port the projected Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway. A series of public meetings had been held along the proposed line at the principal towns, and the strongest resolutions carried in their favour for the suspension of the standing orders.—(H. - -ar.) As Mr. Ogle would state some facts respecting the advant iges which must result to the sister kingdom from the exe cution of the project, he would say no more than that he was perfectly convinced the prOposed line was one de serving the hearty support of the meeting. Mr. OGLE said gentlemen were aware that the pro posed railway commenced at Armagh, and proceeding through a very rich and populous country to the ex: extreme of the north coast, had its terminus et Portrush. Every effort had been made by the Com pany he had the honour of representing to pl, qe , themselves in a position thA would ensure the com mencement of the project at the earliest possible mo ment, but unhappily they had not had sdlicient time afforded them to comply with the standing orders. The object of the present meeting was to endeavor to obtain a suspension of those orders, and when the pre ranters of the measure looked at the peculiar circum stances under which the suspension was prayed, and the great advantages to he derived by the people of Ireland from the immediate commencement of the project:A works, they had every hope, even at ihit late period of the session, that the prayer of the petition would be granted.—(Hear, hear.) There were at present before Parliament several bills for rail ways in the north of Ireland, and the great probability was, that these measures woulii pass during the present -ession ; but unless the standing orders were suspeeded in favour of the Armagh. Coleraine, and Portrush line, and the scheme were commenced simultaneously with those he had adverted to, the greatest inconvenience would be experienced by the inhabitants of that portion of Ireland ; for, notwithstanding it would be intersected with railways, there would still be wanting a most im portant communication —viz., that between the city of Armagh, and the town of Coleraine, and the harbour of Portrush. The petition he had pr pared stated these facts in detail, and with their permission he would lay it before them. He then read the following Ireland the desire which tine proa °ter.; of the line had to carry out their scheme with th , .= least possible delay. The motion was carried neon. con. Captain JONES, M.P., said ho was ready to do his ut most to get the standing. orders suspended, and had great pleasure in moving—" That this meeting, aware that the object of the standing orders being complied with, is mainly for the protection of the landowners and others interested on the line, are of opinion that, after such ex pressions of public feeling as those evidenced by the petitions referred to, a petition on the part of the Direo tors ought to be immediately presented to the House, praying for the suspension of the standing orders." Captain BATESON, M P., seconded the resolution which was also carried unanimously. Colonel RAWDON, M.P., moved the fourth resolution : —" That a petition on th© part of the Directors of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway having been prepared, and read to the meeting by the solicitor to the Company, this meeting is of opinion, that the same should be presented to the Commons House of Parlia- ' ment with the shortest possible delay, that the claims of the Company may bo immediately brought before the Legislature, for a suspension of the standing orders in their favour." Mr. MACDONNELL, of Glanarm Castle, was gratified at having the opportunity of seconding the resolution. He had no doubt that the proposed line would prove most beneficial to the people of the north of Ireland. He was instructed by the Marquis of Londonderry and the Earl of Antrim to express their regret at being unable to attend, and to state that they would give their best assistance to get the line carried this session. The resolution was carried unanimously. Lord ROSSMORE moved the fifth resolution—" That the several petitions from the local gentry and others in favour of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway to the House of Commons, that the standing orders might be dispensed with this sessi,in in its behalf, are entitled to the greatest weight and consideration, and prove at once the importance of the line, and necessity of its early adoption. This meeting is therefore of opi nion, that the same should be immediately presented to the house ; and the proper measures should be adopted with that view." Mr CHARLES Fox seconded the resolution, which was also carried nein. con. A vote of thanks was then given to the Noble Chair• man, and the meeting broke up. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Cowes, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—This morning the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, took an aquatic excursion in one of the royal barges. The day was particularly favourable, and her Majesty remained smre considerable time on the water. While her Majesty was on the Solent his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Major-General Wemyss and Mr. Anson, went over to Barton Farm, to inspect the improvements being made on that part of the estate. It is the intention of her Majesty. to-morrow, to inspect the experimental squadrou of line-of-battle ships at Spithead. Orders have been issued by the Rear-Admiral in command for all the officerF to be on hoard, and for the ships to be cleared of strangers, until after her Majesty has inspected the fleet. Ou Nionday it is understood that there is to be a grand naval review in the presence of her Majesty, for which purpose the fleet will get under weigh and proceed to sea, and her Ma jesty will accompany it in her yacht. This will be a spectacle worthy the attention of a British Queen. There can be no sight more i n t ere sting than the evolutions of a fleet of line-of battle-shipa, especially - when composed of such ships as those which form the fleet now at Shithead. This being the anniversary of the accession of her Majesty to the throne of these realms, the ships in Portsmouth harbour, and the fleet at Spithead, were dressed with flags, and at twelve o'clock they each fired 'a royal salute. A similar salute was also fired from the forts of the garrison; and the Ganny mede, of the Royal. Yacht Squadron, likewise fired a royal salute upon the occasion ; she is lying in Cowes roads. The Lords of the Admiralty will, in all probability, be here to-morrow, to accompany the Queen on her visit of inspection to the fleet. Their Lordships . yacht, the Black Eagle, ar rived at Portsmouth this afternoon. TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED RING DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIA COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JUNE 20,1845. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK. June 16.—Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., from Guernsey. 1801.—Gitana schooner, J. Digby Murray, Esq., from Portsmouth ; Corsair cutter, John Congreve, Esq., from Brighton ; Stormfinch yawl, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowers, C. 8., from the westward, and proceeded to the eastward. DEPARTURES. June 16.—Flower of Yarrow yawl, Marquis of Conyngham, for Kingstown, Ireland. 18th.—Flirt schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart.. London. YACHTS AT AND. ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Gitana, Merlin, Julia, Resolution, Wyvern, and Maud. Cutters—Petrel, Corsair, Nymph, Osprey, Albatross, Tur quoise, Noran, and Wave. IN HARBOUR, FITTING OUT AND MANNED. Kestrel, Camilla, Vandal, and Caprice. Instructions were given to the officers of the fleet at Spit. head, that no visitors are to be admitted on board the ships on Saturday. From that and other causes we conclude that her Majesty will visit the ships on that day. On Monday the ships of the line will proceed to St: Helen's, where a sham fight will take place. "The humble petition of the several persons whose names are hereunto subscribed, being Provisional Direc tors of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway Company, " Showeth, "That your petitioners are Provisional Directors of a Company formed for constructing a railway from or near the city of Armagh, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, to or near to the town of Coleraine and the harbour of Portrusb. " That the distance and entire length of such pro posed railway will be 73 miles, passing through the rich est and most populous districts of Ireland, and connect ing with each other the following important cities and towns, namely, Armagh, Moy, Dungannon, Coal Island, Moneymore, Cookestown, ➢Magherafelt, Kilrea, Bally money, Coleraine, and Portrush. " That the necessary capital for constructing the said railway has been subscribed for, and the consent of the principal landowners on the line obtained. That as evi denee of such consent, and of the desire of the most in fluential landowners, merchants, and traders upon the line that the orders of your Honourable House, if neces sary, should be suspended, numerous peti‘ ions have been proposed and signed, all expressive of the conviction of the petitioners that such hoe would be of the utmost importance to the country, and its immediate construction of the highest constderation. " Thai for affording to the community the greatest possible accounnodation, your petitioners have entered into a conditional contract with the commissioners of the harbour - of Portrush• 'for the-purchase of thenr interest therein, it being in the contemplation of your petitioners to expend a considerable sum of money in the improve ment of such harbour, and for which the necessary powers have been obtained from the shareholders of the rail way "company:` " That your p , titioners attach tnuchimporiance to th , formation of this lint?, i',asmuch cs such means of corn nunicati ,n is r( arly needed by the inhabitants, and tvili at once connect the - extreme north of Iralaud with the thriving cities . of Cork llnd Waterfoo in thd sotith And also with other important cities and towns on the east and west. " That certain Bills are now pending in Parliament, having for their object the construction of lines of rail way between the towns of Belfast and Ballymena, Drogheda end Portedown, Portadown and Armagh, Newry and Inniskillen, Dundalk and Inniskillen, Innis killen and Lendonderry, aed Londot derry and Cole raine, by which toe ins the whole of the posit] of Ireland will be intersected with railroads. and the necessity of e lire of railro.id between the city of Armagh and the town of Celeraine and the heritour of Portru-h, be sensi bly experienced. " That your petitioners have caused all the necessary surveys to be ma e, toge.her with the plans and sections of the line, all of which are in a state of readiness to be eposited as directed by the standing orders, in case your Hon. House should allow the measure to proceed during the present session. " That as the lines before referred to will doubtless be immediately commenced, it a ould be very desirable that the line Of your petitioners should commence simul taneously, that the public might derive the fullest benefit from the co-operation and junction of the several lines, and within the shortest possible time. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray ysur Hon. House that leave may now be given to present a petition fur a Bill for effecting the object aforesaid, notwithstand ing the time limit, d by the sessional orders of your Hon. House has expired, and upon such terms and conditions as to your Hon. House shall seem lit ; and your peti tioners will ever pray." He believed a series of resolutions would be submitted to the meeting, all tending to the object which the petition had in view. He begged to state that the petitions which had been subscribed in favour of the project by the various landowners nn the line were on the table, and open to the inspection of noble lords and gentlemen. The Earl of CHARLEMONT said it was quite unneces sary for him to detain them at any length after the ex planation they had just heard respecting the character of the proposed line, and the object of the meeting. He would merely say that this project had been laid before him, and that he had considered it with the deepest -attention he was capable of affording it. When applied to on schemes of this nature, he always had in view two things; first of all, whether any public advantage was likely to be derived from the prosecution of them; and, secondly, he endeavoured to ascertain whether they were likely to prove remunerative to the share holders. He had, as he had said, deeply considered the worth of this project, and he did think it would be an advantage to the community, and that there was a fair prospect of its being also advantageous to the proprie tors. He would give the project his strongest support, and had, therefore, no hesitation in . moving—" That this meeting, being impressed with the very great import ence of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush line of railway to the very populous district through which it passes, desires to promote to the utmost the suocess of the project through Parliament ; and, with that view, are most anxious to afford every assistance to the pass ing of the Bill during the present session." Lord ACHESON, M.P., seconded the motion. He was most anxious to assist in removing the difficulties which the standing orders presented to the prosecution of their scheme. The strongest feeling prevailed in the north of Ireland in regard to the great advantages that would result to the country - front the Bill being immediately carried.—( II: Lir.) The motion was earrisd unanimously. Lord NORTHLA.ND, in moving the following re solaeoe, said lie should give the proposed railway his cordial support, and he ',vas authorised by the Earl of Ranfurley to say that the project would receive every assistance which he could give it —(Hear, hear) " That the country immediately to be benefited by the Armagh. Coleraine, and Portrush Railway, being one of the wealthiest and most populous in Ireland, is entitled to the warmest support of the different noblemen and gentlemen possessing any influence in the Legislature ; and, inasmuch as the inhabitants have, by petitions, signed by them in various districts, expressed a unani mous desire that the standing orders of the House should be suspended, in order that the Bill for its con titruction may pass into a law this session, this meeting agree to support a petition on the part of the Directors of the Company for that purpose." Lord C. HAMILTON, M.P., seconded the resolution, and assured the meeting he would use his best exertions to bring the project before the House of Commons this session, in the hope that the standing orders might be suvended, and for the purpose of showing the people of LITRUAT URE. ABDUCTION.—For the last two or three days the neighbourhood of Brunswick.square has been thrown into the greatest possible excitement by the discovery of a case of seduction. For nearly three years a widow lady, of the name of Bovan, has resided, with her two daughters, Ellen, aged nineteen, and Jane, seventeen, in Millman-street, Foundling, keeping a re. spectabte boarding-house. On the 29th ult. she received a note from a Mrs. Reyna ldson, who described herself as keeping a ladies' seminary at Walsall, and having come to town upon some Chancery business, and know ing Mrs. Bovan's friends in Coventry, applied to her for lodgings for a day or so. The epistle concluded by requesting an interview at the railway terminus at three that day. Mrs. Bovan being a native of Coventry, and her daughters having lately been staying there with some of her friends, went as desired, and met the lady, as she was coming in by the train. It being evident that the stranger was well acquainted with her family, and also her daughters, although' Mrs. Bovan had no recollection of her, and further preposltessed by her lady-like de. meanour, she agreed to take her as a lodger. Mrs. Reynoldson stayed for a week, during which time her behaviour was of the most repectable character, and from being a stranger in Londen, Mrs. Bovan permitted her daughters to accompany her upon her shopping iiistions. `At the expiration of the'week, Mr's. It. was waited upon try an elderly gentleman, and a younger one; the former was repre sented to be her solicitor, and the latter, her nephew, who had traced her out by calling at her lawyer's chambers. From them, it appeared her business could not be settled for another week; - and- she- ` remained until Satulelay last, tin " the afternden bf which day she went Out, ac com pani e d by the two young females, to snake some purchases in the Lowther Arcade. Later in the day they were met by a gentleman, also a lodger at Mrs. Bovan'a, at the bottom of Pall-mall ; they were then in company with the two persons represented as the solicitor and nephew. Since that period no direct tidings have been heard of either of the parties by the distracted mother. Upon inquiry at 50, Lincoln's Inn-fields (the direction given by the so. licitor), it appeared that the name of a barrister who had formerly resided there had been made use of, but who, of course, in no way answered to the description, or knew anything of the parties. FOREIGN PROVISIONS. The Dutch steam-ship Batavier, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Wharf on Wednes. day, from Rotterdam, had 17 oxen and cows on board, all in ex. cellent condition, and which were in consequence landed and de livered immediately for the London markets. This vessel had also 6 baskets of fowls, 10 sieves of cucumbers, 17 baskets of vege tables, and 8 boxes of salmon, in addition to a variety of other ar. tides of Dutch produce and manufacture. The General Steam Com pany's packet, Earl of Liverpool, which arrived from Ostend on the same day, had a large quantity of Belgian poultry, eggs, &c., on board. The same Company's vessel Giraffe, which arrived from Rotterdam at the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, on Thursday, brought 50 cows, 10 sheep, and 6 lambs; 11 baskets of cherries, 30 baskets of yeast, 41 packages of fish of different descriptions, qesides a large variety of every other description of Dutch produce. The Company's Tourist, from Calais, on the same day, brought a large quantity of poultry ; and th e s plendid iron steam - ship Rain. bow, which arrived later in th e d a y f ro m Havre, had, in addition to a variety of other articles, no less than 350 packages of fresh fruit of different kinds. The r e venue officers at the St. Katha rine's Wharf stayed for several hours after time, in order that the fruit might be delivered as soon as possible, and before it became deteriorated. The steam-ships trading between Hull, Rotterdam, and Hamburgh, have all brought large quantities of all kinds of foreign cattle and provisions during the week, for consumption in this country. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A FRIGHTFUL CASE OF A BAD LEG CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND Pmts.— Mr. Thomas Clarke, a retired Csptain from the South Sea trade, residing in Globe-lane, Mile-end-road, had a bad leg for five years. There were about twenty holes in it ; several pieces of bone had come away. The limb was often the size of a child's body, and it frequently caused the most excrucia ting pain. The Captain was told that his leg must be am putated ; but he, like hundreds of others, has just got it soundly healed by means of these surprising remedies, which are in fallible in the cure of all wounds and ulcers. Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis) ; and by all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. A COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT.—We never could make out what Sir Robert. Peel's speeches were like till our last visit to the Royal Academy, when it struck us that they bore a remarkable resemblance to Turner's pictures. Both of them are admirable, but neither of them understood. Sir Robet Peel's speeches, ton, like Mr. Turner's pictures, are always an illustration of the " Fallacies of Hope."—Punch, FATAL OCCURRENCE AT HUNGERFORD Two LADS DROWNED. —Wednesday evening, at a late hour, Mr Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the Star and Garter, Grcen.street, Leic ester-s q uar e , on view of the bodies of John Leary, aged fifteen y ears, and John Sullivan, aged ten years, s who were drowned in t he River Thames, off Hungerford-steps, on Sunday with th e: eve ning —A deceased boy, namedsbt y underan Pa t r i ck t h e t mfollowing heother l a named Macarthy and extraordinary circum stances Mahon, d o stated that the witness, Gintley, were at the ri ver side, near Hun gerford.steps, when a He waterman came to the sh ore, and g ave Lear y a penny to mind his boat. Leary and Sullivan immediatel y g o t into her, when Gintley saidwiil drown tolary, yo ' u l.N"owHuntied the rope liy w hi c h the boat, if you don't give me h a lf t h at money, I was fastened, and directly afterwards shoved the boat off, which drifted away. It was rather dark at the time. and, although witness saw the boat afterwards, there was no one in it. He did not ace the deceased f a ll i nto the water. Another boy, named Owen Nl'Carthy, stated that he was down at the spot soon afterwards, and he heard Gintley ask two boys, who were minding a boat, if they had seen the deceased chi'dren ; they replied, no, they had not, and Gintley said, then they must be I give home. He subsequently, however, said that Gintley had told him that he thought they were in the water. A sister of Gintlet yesterday morning told witness and Walahon not to say ans tinny about " Tom," meaning Gintley. The boy Gintley wag then examined. He flatly contradicted all that the pres ceding witnesses had stated. His statement was, tha- Dl' Mahon had untied the boat, and that witness had first shoved it out, it came in again, when M`Mahon pushed it out upwards of twelve yards; it did not return, and Leary put out a scull but could not row. M`Mahon then asked him to come home, and they all left together without stopping to see what hash become of deceased. He did not know that ally money tied been given to Leary, and did not threaten him. Samuel Matthew, constable of HUngerford Market, deposed to finding the bodies of deceased in the mud, near Hungerford-causeway, on the following morning, about four o'clock. Witness did not think they had been in a boat at all, but had fallen off one of the barges. No boat could drift away, and no boat is known to be missing. The Coroner said it was a most mysterious case, and the jury, upon the contradic tory testimony adduced, said it was utterly impossible to say how the unfortunate occurrence had. taken place, and returned an open verdict of " Found drowS7 STTN, LONnOV, MONi)AII MORNING .rtvre, 23 THE DESBOROUGH FAJIILY. Ey Mrs. Pon son* 3 Vols. This is a lively and entertaining work, likely to be a favourite with the lovers of fiction ; it is written in a light and pleasing style, full of animated dialogues and amusing anecdotes. There is nothing very complicated or amusing in the plot ; being a narrative of domestic life, it is chiefly occupied with the thoughts and feel ings of individuals. The slight peculiarities and dis tinctions of character are pourtrayed with minuteness and fidelity, while the varying tempers and dispositions of the different members of the " Desborough Family," contras'ing with each other, produce the same effect as the light and shade in a picture, improving the whole, and rendering each more perfect. The chief characters iu the book are four young cousins, the heroines—each, of course, as beautiful, as amiable, and as accomplished as author could imagine, or as reader could desire—each just erring sufficiently to make her human, and suffering enough to render her interesting. These four gentle, graceful creatures are well calculated to " adorn a tale," while the history of their trials and temptations may serve " to point a moral," full of warning for the young and inexperienced. The story of Caroline will show how vain are all the brightest talents, or the fairest gifts of genius, if the powers of the mind are unable to regulate the wild passions of the heart. The gay and thoughtless may take a lesson from the sprightly and vivacious Fanny, while the mournful history of Mary Norton exemplifies the un certainty of human happiness, the instability of human virtue. We must make one objection to the denouement of the tale, it is the exercise of the unlimited power of life and death vested in the hands of au author. Julia Desborough, the most amiable of the heroines, is attached to a younger son, whose poverty prevents her parents from accepting him ; instead of showing how the per severance of the lover might overcome every obstacle, or instead of showing any possible means that might have been employed as a warning to others so situated, the authoress removes the two elder brothers by a sud den illness and a startling accident, and thus is en abled to please all parties. It is true there are various chances and changes in real life, but fiction should teach us how to conquer fate, and not trust for happiness to events that may never happen, and, above all, not to s ek our fortune by the death of friends. The following is a specimen of the amusing character of some of the dialogues : "My dear Captain Jones, do not be so impetuous. I never can remember if lam so hurried. My memory is not good ; but I will try. Where did I say I met the young lady ? bum ! where was it ? ha! hum !—hum !ha ! h-m !" " Oh ! at Lady Percival's, I think you said," exclaimed Jones, who had never heard the name of Desborough before, and who had not managed to retain it now. " Percival ! Lady Percival's ! my dear sir, I do not know her. But there are several families named Percival; to which do you allude? do you mean the baronet who lives in the county—you know which I mean—so famous for hops ?—or do you mean " 4 6 Hops !" interrupted the young man, in despair; "a baronet famous for hops P' " No, no ; not the baronet—the county. You remember what I mean." " Yes, yes—Kent. Well, well, dear Mr. Manners; you think you met Miss Waters in Kent, at Sir something Per cival's ?" " Indeed," answered our host, deprecatingly, " I do not ;kink I ever said so." " Then where did you meet her ?" "Ah I—hum !ha ! h-m ! let me remember. It was some where last week—that I do know • and I sat between her and some one in blue : I remem b er that, because I composed a little epigram during dinner (which you shall hear) about black and blue. It begins thus—" " Thank you, yes ; I shall be so happy to hear it presently. But first, if you will tell me the exact place, and give me the direction—l am really so interested." " Well ! it was at some baronet's—hum ! ha! h-m I—The white soup was remarkably good. That man was there, you know, who wrote the book about shells, or fishes—l forget which ; you remember it—hum 1 ha 1 h-m !—he has a queer name. And Sir James somebody was there, who lives at that nice place near the town where they sell gloves—you know where I mean—hum ! ha! h-m !" " Yes, I know, sir— Woodstock ; pray go on." " she, and the man I mean, talked about the shell or the fish book—l forget which ; and she said—" "Thank you, sir, thank you !" interrupted the eager cap tain. " Tell me what she said V " Oh I she only said that the copy of the book the man had given her had a very pretty binding ; that I remember dis tinctly." " Then the man gave her a copy of his work ?" said Jones, looking a little mortified. " Certainly ; I have said so, have I not ? hunt I ha I h-na ! She said it was just the colour of her dress—blue : hum I" "Dlv dear:sir, just now you said the dress was black." " That was the other girl—hum !ha ! h-m I" " Sir ! I shall begin to think you mean to trifle with me." THE LETTERS OF PHILIP DORMER STAN HOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. Edited, w'th Notes , by Lord Mahon. 4 vols. Lord Che;tekeld was a distinguished political cha racter and diplomatist in the reign of George 11. lie filled the office of Lord Lieutenant in Ireland during the Scotch rebellion of 1745, and, by his skill, prudence, firmness, and, we may add, impartiality, contributed not a little to keep that country tolerably quiet when the wh le of Great Britain was in a state of the utmost ex citement, when the new dynasty trembled for its existence, one half of the statesmen of the day balanced between the Pretender and the actual sovereign, and a successful rising in the sister island was alone wanting to restore, at least for a time, the effete and bigoted family of the Stuarts. In this respect, therefore, he did the Guelphs some service, and the State also, for the restora.ion could have been only temporary ; it must have inflicted on the nation great calamities, and would have been succeeded by another revolution, for had Prince Charles possessed the best qualities, he would only, in the words of Hume, " have furnished a stronger proof how dangerous it is to allow any Prince, infested with the Catholic superstition, to wear the crown of these kingdoms." Chesterfield was also said to be a good speaker in Parliament, but merits like these are entirely forgotten, and in these days he is known only as the writer of elegant letters, and the reformer of the Calendhr. His letters to his son require no remarks, and Certainly no commendations, for it is admitted on all hands that, as a manual for the rising aristocracy, with some exceptions, they are entitled to the highest praise, and that they may be read by all, s from the highest to the lowest, 'With' advantage. We have alwaYs been of opinion that what is called their "immorality," alleast as regards its effects, has beengreatly-exaggerated. No one can read' them"witholut Seeing. that Ohegterfield was a man of a whimsieal character, that he, had many of the peculiarities which still distinguish the Stanhope family, and that any advice which he may give bordering upon duplicity, or want of sincerity, or a laxity of morals as regards the passions of youth, was to be received with great allowances, and to be obeyed by his son only in cases where they might be found necessary to combat the shifts, and tricks, and cunning devices of foreign di plomatists. Tile letters were written for his son, and chiefly for his instruction as a British ambassador at a foreign court. They never were intended for publica ticin ; for, says Lord Mahon, " It appeared on the death of Chesterfield's son, that he had secretly married, without his father's consent or even knowledge ; and his widow, upon Chesterfield's demise, published, for profit, he whole correspondence of the Earl with her late hus band ; a corn.spondence, written in the closest confidence and unreserve, and without the slighest idea of ever meet ing the public eye." We mention these circumstances however rather as a palliation than a defence of doctrines not in strict keeping with high moral principles. The copyright of these letters was sold by the widow to a publisher for 1,575/., and the first edition was dedicated to Lord North. But these letters form only a minor portion of the present publication. The noble Editor has given to the world many interesting documents not to be found in the most copious editions of Chesterfield's works previously published, and, among others, the original letters to Mr. Dayrolles; and "to none of his correspondents," says Lord Mahon, " scarcely excepting even his own son, did Lord Chester field write with such unreserve." These were published in Dr. Maty's " Life of Chesterfield," but greatly mutilated, as they referred to persons then living. The letters are now published entire. Several other manuscripts of considerable im portance have also been placed at the disposal of the Editor, which he thus enumerates : " They comprise the originals of the celebrated ' cha racters' with three new ones (of Dr. Arbuthnot, of the Mistresses of George the First, and of Lady Suffolk) which will be found in this edition, besides an historical sketch of Lord Bute's Administration, and a parting letter from Lord Chesterfield to his godson and successor, not to be delivered until after his own death. " The editor is a;so enabled to commuicate from MSS. in Lord Chesterfield's hand, many curious and confidential letters to Lord Townshend, the Secretary, and to George Tilson, Esq., the Under Secretary, of State during Lord Chesterfield's first embassy at the Hague, f ,ur to Lord Harrington during his second embassy, one to the Duke of Newcastle during his Lord-Lieutenancy, and several more to Foreign Ministers when the Seals had devolved on himself. There are also several new letters in French to Baron de Kreuningen, one of Lord Chesterfield's friends at the Hague." These letters possess much interest, and will be found of use to the future historian in explaining the stirring events and political complications of one of the most im portant epochs recorded in British annals. The work altogether forms a valuable acquisition at the present time, and the care and judgment displayed by the noble editor, together with the explanatory notes, add new literary honours to the house of Stanhope. Being pri vileged censors, however, we may remark that Lord Mahon's style is occasionally chargeable with defects which are unpardonable in the writings of a good classi- cal scholar. We give the two following instances to be found in the preface :—" Yet there is reason to suspect that this was not the real fact with himself." There is no fact but a real fact. The other sentence is liable to more blame, because it is w orse than a pleonism, it is un grammatical :—" Chesterfield, on the contrary, left nothing undone, nor for others to do." DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, FOR JUNE.—Ne. CL. The present number of this agreeable miscellany is of perhaps more than an average degree of merit. The first paper, entitled " India, Elphinstone's and Wilson's Historius," is very good, and may be recommended to :hose who have not previously mastered the rudiments of that branch of cosmography which includes the political as .well as traditionary story of the great southern peninsula of India. It may be useful as an epitome of those multiplied details connected with the g radual settlement of many foreign stocks in Hi nd u st a n . 'which are essential to any notion of the sources, physical and moral, from whence this strange and heterogeneous anomaly in the social history of the world has been derived and has gradually attained its present singular aspects and devel)pment, • The writer, however, erroneously nines, in many passages, that he is breaking new ground, whether of traditionary anecdote or philosophical specu- lation—when he has been anticipated by old Renaudot, in his comprehensive and admirable dissertation on the . same interesting topics. He takes, in our opinion, a very fair and candid view of Mills's "History of British India —a work us mucb distinguiOlud by the irate rite with which its author has treated all the facts that he believed to be such, and availed himself of all documents which he believed to be authentic ; but lamentably dis figured by those prejudices against the moral character of the native llindJo races, from which, as Mr. Mountstuart Elphinstone remark., it is hardly pos sible for European historians to be free, who write without the benefit of any personal resi dence among them, and habitual observation of their manners and deportment. We lament, with the writer of the paper before us, that ignorance on all subjects connected with the past history and present condition of our Indian empire, and its resources, should so exten sively prevail in this country ; but that ignorance is cer tainly not so excessive at present as he supposes— neither has it been so for the last ten •years — among the better informed classes of society in England. Of the first portion of this critical essay, the materials have been borrowed, pretty largely, from the Periplus of the Erythrcean sea, though we do not en counter any acknowledgments of the zeal and success of Dr. Vincent's commentarial labours, or even of Professor Robertson's inimitable " Essay on the history of the ancient trade of Europe with India." We have, on the other hand, the full benefit of the more modern contri butors to the history of the Indian manners and in stitutions, which such men as Culebrooke, Kirkpatrick, Col. Wilkes, Major Tod (or his history of Rajhpootasa), Sir Alexander Burnes, and others have given to the European public. A mong the strange institutions, generated by one of the most ancient but disorganizing systems of theocratical ethics which was ever identified wit'i a mytholog., those of the Thugs and the Decoits— murderers, by a fancied divine vocation, and sanguinary robbers on a princii& of fancied religious responsibility, are, perhaps, the most extraordinary. The following pas sage will be found full of interest : " Travellers,' says Mr. Elphinstone, are full of stones of the patience, perseverar.ce, and address, with wbich they will steal, unperceived, through the midst of guards ' and carry off their prize in the most dangerous situati o n s . Some dig holes in the earth, and come up within the wall of a well-closed house ; others, by whatever way they enter, always open a door or two to secure a retreat, and proceed to plunder, naked, smeared with oil, and armed with a digger; so it is as dan gerous to seize them as it is difficult to hold.' One large class called Thugs,' or, as Mr. Elphinstone names them, nags,' constantly roam about the country, assuming di'guises, in which art they are perfect masters.—' Their practice is to in sinuate themselves into the society of travellers, whom they hear to be possessed of property, and to accompany them until they have an opportunity of administering a stupifying drug, or of throwing a noose over the neck of their unsuspecting com panion. He is then murdered, without blood being shed, and buried so skilfully that a long time elapses before his fate is suspected. The Thags invoke Bhawane, and vow a portion of their spoil to h(r. This mixture of religion and crime might, of itself, be mentioned as a peculiarity ; but it is paralleled by the vows of pirates and banditti to the Madonna ; and in the case of Mussulmans, who form the largest por Con of the Thags, it is like the compacts with the devil, which were believed in days of superstition.'—(' Elphinstone's India,' vol. i., pp. 369, 370.) The Decoits are, like the Thugs, remarkable for their cruelty. They are gangs, associated for plundering, who assemble by night, fall on an unsnspecting village, kill all who offer resistance, torture such as are supposed to have wealth concealed, and are, next morning, mingled with the population, where, such is the dread they inspire, that few are found to come forward and accuse them. The Decoits have, we believe, almost disappeared, under the efforts-of the British Government, which has also been very successful in punishing and restraining the enormities of the Thugs. But, if there are evil casts, there are others whose hereditary object is to do good. The Bhits and Cbarans, of western India, who are revered as bards, conduct caravans, which they protect from plunder; carry large sums in bullion through tracts where no escort could secure protection, and are guarantees of agreements of chiefs with one another, and even with the Go vernment. "' Their power,' says Mr. Elphinstone, ' is derived from the sanctity of their character, and their desperate resolution. If a man, carrying treasure, is approached, he announces that he will commit traga, as it is called ; or, if an engagement is not complied with, he issues the same threat unless it is ful filled. If he is not attended to he proceeds to gash his limbs with a dagger, which, if all other means fail, he will plunge into his heart ; or he will first strike off the head of his child ; or different guarantees to the agreement will cast lots who is to be the first beheaded by his companions. The disgrace of these proceedings, and the fear of having a bard's blood on their head, generally reduces the most obstinate to reason. Their fidelity is exemplary, and they never hesitate to sacrifice their lives to keep up an ascendancy on which the importance of their cast depends.' "—Vol p. 371. Of the review of Leigh Hunt's " Imagination and Fancy," we need say nothing here, having already recorded our own favourable opinions on that work. " The Devil's Ladder" is a clever, bold, sketchy "bit" of that poetical diablerie, which peoples all the mountainous and rocky region stretching from the banka of the Rhine, at the foot of the lofty Kedrich, to the plains of Nassau, with elves, fays, goblins, and wild hunters. It is too long for us to attempt any analysis of it ; but it "ends well," as ladies say of pleasant novels, and here is a pretty frag ment of scenery : " The storm had blown its fill, and the day broke, in its autumn loveliness, over the Rhine, bathing in the softest clear light his not then chiefless' castles, his white-walled towns, his high stern rocks, and the coming ripeness' of his endless length of vineyard, while the godlike river, triumphing in his eternal youth, laughed back a myriad-fold answer to the glad still gaze of the early sun. Garlinda had stolen out without her governesq, not to walk on the battlements, but to see what ravage the storm had wrought in a favourite garden, lying at some little distance without the castle walls, and at the very foot of the lofty and precipitous mountain of Kedrich. She laughed on the sentinels, as she passed them, as brightly as the sun did on the Rhine, and hasted down the steep path that led to the river shore. Perhaps she thought Ruthelm would pay a farewell visit to her garden before going away for so long a time to that detestable Hungary : perhaps she thought he would harbour some hope of meeting her there. If so, there must have been some feeling in her breast that wrought like a power of divination, for certain it is that, as she came within sight of her ibwer-beds, she came within view of her cousin of Falkenberg also; and equally certain it is, that Ruthelm was as little surprised to see his cousin of Sareck at that early hour as if they had met by appointment. The truth, however, is, that they had met only by the instinct of young and loving hearts." " Personal Recollections of Thomas Campbell, No. I," is a very coarse and we must add apocryphal reminiscence of our great contemporary so recently snatched from us. We protest at all times against these eaves-dropping, scandalising, " penny-a-liner," note takings, of the sayings and doings of great men. But these papers are the most offensive we ever saw. If the writer knew poor " Tom Campbell," it is evident that he must have been, in his day, roughly handled by the poet, of whom he writes, " his language was habitually that, of sneer, sarcasm, abuse; and -contempt of every body (!) and everything." With charming naiveté, it is added, " What be might have been in the com pany of dukes and duchesses, I know not, never having seen him in such society;" and such society, assuredly, never having seen this delectable critic. Be cause, as is evident from the rancorous spirit in which he talks of " the old dandy," of his " frog like figure," his " brandy merchants' bills," and a hundred other such impertinences that Campbell must have given him the "cut direct." It would have been wonderful if Job himself could have abstained from thus treating such a pedantic bore. The whole of his paper is intended to hang on Campbell's " black wig' and blue coat" some of his own " Greek songs," as he calls his Father Prout-ish nonsense-Greek-verses. But to say that Campbell was one of those men who was nobody's friend but his own, " that he did not care a straw for any human being," is a gross libel, disproved by our own personal knowledge of more than one object, on whose behalf he exercised an energetic, generous, and sustained friend ship. That Campbell was not indisposed to cut his critic, there is some testimony in this statement— " When I approached him, he scarcely seemed to recognise one ; and it was not until I mentioned my name, that a gleam of consciousness illuminated his countenance. He put the tips of his fingers into my hand in the coldest possible way, and seemed anxious to pass on. Sudeenly, the friend who had in troduced me to him on the former evening, came up, and Campbell was obliged to stay a moment to return his salute. This brief interval decided the fact of our acquaintanceship. Had he passed away, as he had evidently intended at first, I should perhaps have never again taken the liberty of addressing him, and he would have forgotten the fact of my existence." Only to think of what the great Poet's loss would have been had his existence closed in so sad an unconscious ness of so important a fact ! Bat we are entertained to a story also, about a dinner, prior to the announcement of which the writer patronisingly compensates Lord , Ashley fcr the rebuff which Campbell, according to him, had given to his Lordship's advances, by allowing the Noble philanthropist to return to the seat near him, and his conversation with him. At this dinner—to remove the suspicion of “i,enny- a-linerism," probably, he intimates his connoisseurship in good wine by talkingof the "delicious oiliness of the sherry given by their Amphytryon," at a "luxurious repast," on a " small scale" in a room plainly furnished. After which dinner, the host is made to talk to English gentlemen, in such choice phraseology as this : —Speaking of Swift, (whose detestable moral character the writer as much overrrates as he does his "puny scholarship," his hollow " friendship," and his political " sinceritj,") Amphytryon talks of " the veriest trifles from his pen." Then Campbell is made to confess to his having kept out of the way of such a person as Ilazlitt, after calling him one of " the most false, vain, selfish blackguards who ever disgraced human nature," for one week, for fear of being assaulted by him—by Hazlitt. But it would disgust the reader to pursue the thread of this balderdash any further. We take breath and a glass of "dry sherry" to enable us to resume. " Brougham's Lives of Men of Letters and Science" is an extended and clever review of that pleasant but unequal contributor to European literary biography. The clever story of " The Nevilles, of Garretstowu," a tale of 1760, is con tinued through chapters 38 to 43, till it reaches its plea sant denouement. The interest is well kept up, and the construction of the plot ingenious to the last. In what spirit the article entitled " Protestant Conversion of Ireland" ia conceived, may be sufficiently gathered from this closing paragragh : " But, above all things, again and again, we implore the people of England to distinguish between Popery as a sect, and Popery as a party in Ireland ; and to be well convinced, that she party never will he propitiated by any concession made to the sect, while the sect may he continued by concessions made to the party; and that the effect of the hlaynooth Endowment Bill; and all o'her similar measure., by which a faction is sourrlit to be conciliated at the expense of the Protestant interest in Ireland, will be to convert agitation from an annual into a perennial plant, and to make the system of discord, which at present depends upon the accidents of character and circum stances, as universal as nationality, and as perman en t and un changeable as social institutions." MORE COMETS.—There was discovered last week another new comet. Could not a list, like Dorling's list, be pub lished every comet season, of the different planets that intend to run, with the names of the astrologers who have trained them, the colour of their tails, and their pedigree ? We are sure it would be very convenient to all lovers of the firmament who have backed a favourite comet, and are anxious to know the exact night he is likely to run and the sign of the zodiac he has been entered for. At present they are disturbed out of their beds in the middle of the night, to be told that the comet, about which they have been for mouths making a book, is visible at Greenwich, The list might be called " South's list,"- and 'all defaulters could be conveniently posted at the Royal Observatory, which would, of course, be the grand-stand for the great heats of the season...-Purrnik. SUTTON ON RAILWAYS-HOW THEY MAY BE 'MADE CHEAPER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—if the following observations upon the construc tion of railways possess any novelty worth entertaining, perhaps you will do me the pleasure of recording them in your very useful and instructive journal. I fear that the proposition to n inch I am about to give expression will excite in many a smile at its apparent impracticability ; but every one, however humbly ac quainted with the mere rudiments of science, must know how great a part common gravity plays in everything connected with matter—whether it is seen in the fall of an apple, or the whirling of a globe—the fearful rush of a mountain torrent, or the frightful precipitation of a railway train down a decline—all bear witness to its capacity as a motive agent. We will see anon how it can be made subservient to the use of man in forming a railway. I beg leave to observe that I found my presumption of the practicability of the following mode of construc ting railways on experimental trials on various declina tions, by which I have ascertained that the impetus of a decline invariably carries a carriage up an accline two ' thirds ; and I question sot that where the decline extends a great distance, it will very nearly surmount the succeeding accline, though of the like elevation. The Greenwich and the Croydon railways painfully illustrate the necessity of some more remunerative mode of transit than the present ; and lam sure none is to be found save in the adoption of the decline and the accline mode. On this principle, and this principle alone. would I construct a railway.* Suppose we take the Greenwich line, and see if we can construct it so as to supersede the use of locomo tives, or any other motive agent whatever, saving always common gravity. We shall find that what the)' are now and wear and tear of the loco paying yearly for the cos,: expenses relating thereto, motive department, and other . might be wholly saved, w hi c h w a sild enable the proprie tors to pocket a more remunerative flividend than they have hitherto received for the immense caaital sunk. We, therefore, if you please, will have Swo stations, one at London-bridge, the other at Greenrri,Sh• Now let these stations be eigh—no matter how high Ovithio building limits) or how grand and commanding—asnd let the stations at either end be of the same altitude. We must have two lines one to and one from Greenwich. We now for convenience will speak of the one to Greenwich, which is about three and a half miles long. For this length of line a hundred feet fall will be enough ; but to remove all doubt, say 130 feet, which rill be amply sufficieta, as in every mile there may be one or two undulations, which would not only tend to keep the speed of the carriage within bounds, hit also cause the power derived from the fall not to be too soon expended. The rail line at London- bridge, we ail ] say, then, is 130 feet above the terminus at Greenwich. "Now lst this rail line rim slopingly towards Greenwich thus —Suppose the force of the 130 feet fall is expended in the first mile ; here we shall have a gia at velocity, sufficient to surmount an accline two-thirds of a mile long, with a 60 feet rise, so that we shall now have 60 feet available, besides the already unspent impetus of the carriage to go down a mile of decline, r, hich will carry us nearly three miles on our way towards Green wich, leaving about a, mile more for an accline with a 30 feet rise, which the carriage will eagerly ascend, on to a level platform, leaving 100 feet for the cart rage to be drawn, by an endless rope or chain, up an incline sweep to the station at Greenwich, where it can be easily 11131 across to the line for London. We must suppose that the moment a carriage has arrived upon the platform at the top of the 30 feet rise, it is yoked on to the rope, and drawn to the end of the platform out of harm's way, lest the succeeding carriage should come on to the plat form ere the passengers have alighted from the carriage. When all the passengers have quitted the carriage, it can be drawn up the sweep by the endless rope, which can be worked many ways, either by hand, or horse, or steam. I think if the carriages had anti-friction wheels, a much less fall than I have named would suffice, but this is open to correction. Every arrangement that is made for and in the line to Greenwich will answer for the cor - responding one to London. A second mode of constructing a decline railway may be by expending about two-thirds of the fall in the first half mile, then running up and over a rise of (say) thirty feet, which, added to the remaining portion of the fall, will be quite sufficient to carry the carriage home, and up the decline on to the platform, as in the first method. Or, thirdly, the 130 ft et fall might be evenly distri buted throughout the whole distance, or to within half a mile of the platform—finishing with an accline on to the platform. All decline railways may be more or less nnd elated, pro vided only that the fall is always of amount enough to cause the carriage to attain sufficient velocity or impetus to surmount the succeeding accline. A railway on this principle might reach from one end of the kingdom to the other, as the declines and acclines may pass over or under cross roads or railways. It may be here observed, however, that the height of a terminus must depend upon the length of the line to be formed, and the geographical position or situation of the two ends or termini of the lines. Thus, after having ascertained, as near as possible, the altitude of the two extremities, then whichever end of the line has the greatest altitude, geographically considered, that end will not require so high a terminus to be built as the contrary end. Take, for instance, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The Liverpool end of this rail way is forty-six feet above the rails at the Manchester end of the line ; thereby slatwing that the rail-line from Liverpool to Manchester could with ease have been made upon the decline principle ; our h, o!' course, the Manchester terminus or end of the line tunnin - s to Liverpool would have had to be made twice that height, viz., 92 feet high, in order to give that line a decline or fall to Liverpool equal to the one from Liverpool to Manchester. A carriage, in descending a decline, will always ac quire sufficient impetus to overcome th e succee di ng ac cline, providing the a cc li v i t y o f iihe aeclioe is one third b t e h l e o n s , t , op t e i n g s u s m ta m t i o t n s e o f n a a d e l ti l l i e n e s , h s l d e rbee the o fall r below the summit of th e p rece di ng s l ope. litt A le ll should be a little more rapid, so as to give the carriage more momentum on its starting afresh, and that no stop pages may take place anywhere but at or near the sum mit of a decline. I have endeavoured to be as explicit as possible ; but in the breaking of the ice to any new mode, it often happens that the poor unhappy wight of a projector has so many obstacles to surmount, however good the prin ciple may be on which his ideas are based, that he is at a loss how to work out his plans, so as to meet the views and the prejudices of others. If, a year or two ago, the public had been told that a carriage and passenger, whose united weight exceeded three hundred pounds, could descend a decline and mount up round a circle, with the car and passengers' heads downward, and so on up an opposite accline, with out the least injury or danger to either, they would have laughed at the assertion as chimeri ca l and they ; arid so they will, perhaps, at this, as they have done at everything that breaks in upon the dull routine of ordi nary practice. I do confess myself, that short lines, such as the Green wich, the West London, the Croydon, and many of the short branches from the great lines in the country, pre sent greater facilities for the decline system than the more extended ones. A good and profitable one may be formed between Paddington and the Bank, Camberwell and London-bridge, Hackney and the Bank, and many other places. I say " profitable," because the first out lay on tha erection will constitute all the expenditure, save a few current items of no moment. Another thing may be considered to promote propul sion, viz , that on long lines of decline railway, such as the Birmingham, or even on short lines, manual labour could be substituted arr the steam engine, providing there is the least fall, and anti-friction wheels are made use of. For instance, I would have a carriage (in lieu of the or dinary locomotive engine and tender) so constructed, as to accommodate as many men as would be equal to the task ; and as I believe rowing is looked upon as the - easiest and the most powerful way for a man to put out his strength, I would have these men —say twelve in number—seated in two rows of six each, one row on one side, and one on the opposite side ; and each man's oar ' lever might be so attached to the working gear of the running wheels as to give the concern a neat and boat like appearance. The manual power might be applied in arty other way that may be deemed proper ; but I mention the rowing mode as looking the best, and be lieving it to be the most powerful. I think, if the railway projectors who are now about considering and devising new lines, were to club a little money, and have a line formed a mile in length, along side the West London, at Wormwood Scrubs (where the atmospheric plan was first tested) to ascertain the real worth of the s . s stein I have suggested, they would find that with a decline of twcnty-two degrees, the mo mentum or impetus is sufficient to overcome an aceline of fourteen degrees above the plain of the horizon. But even should the old mode be still persisted in, it surely would be better to make railways more upon the decline principle, as by it the present fleas) , ex penditure for locomotive power might be greatly dimi nished. The South-Eastern Railway could have been formed with very little trouble on the decline principle, as it passes over so much flat country, that six men with sage could have borne a heavy train along at twenty-five miles the hour, if the carriages had anti-friction wheels, or even witheut them, us t":e inclination would be so good. With these views I take leave of a subject that de serves a better handling than that given to it by one of your oldest readers and subscribers, JOHN SUTTON. 14, Crown-row, Walworth-road. P.S.---If any one going down to Brighton world con descend to trip it in a third-class carriage, he would have an opportunity of observing the little locomotive power required to propel the train along after he has passed that unfortunate and ill adopted rise from New Cross to Annerley, which compels the companies to keep an e7lgine constantly r( ady at New Cross, to lissist the train up the actiline. Nearly two-thirds the distance down to Brighton the carriages are hard pressing upon each other, on account of the very slight fall there is is some of the distance, and the momentum which • the train acquires—then by proving be} and all doubt the feasibility of the decline system. * I do not suppose it is novel, I merely suggest its adoption. SEIZURES FOR TITHES AND CHURII-RATES.- On the 12th instant the premises of Joseph Cooper and Co,, Lawrence Pountney.lanc, were entered by a churchwarden and officer kith two warrants, signed by Michael Gibbs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, and property to the value of about thirty pounds taken, for demands made for tithes and c h urc h.ratcs, so called; the f o rmer stated to be for the Mainte nance of Wm. St. An drew Vincent, incumbent of the Unite d parishes of All Hallows th e Great and Less, a p rebendar y of CM. ,treater Cathedral, and vicar of Bolney , in Sussex ; and also for the maintenance of Robert B. Gibson, rector of St. Mary Abchur t h and at, Lawrence FOUrltile7. 1846. on• id, end jot 3 / 0 ; the r,s• r 5