The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-15 00:00:00

- '34. 9 1 4 v i s , Sit ° (Veer Vi i , bef° l nit/ 10 141 i OD! itJef di 36 , 24 rk 0 iss Pt r du" ,ertti ~sider° nrl rrO iIA )10 e 6 06 . riOV / , 1 j------________ il , LIC DINNER AT CRO YDON, , „et li(tee e s k e ee tii e , 4 2 3 ssurce4.- evening Mr. Bryt7ges, superintendent of 11,,,, r ,riege (lepartment of the Brighton, Croydon, and tie r •eadway, was entertained at a public dinner, at erii:r:YhOllnCl Inn, Croydon, by the working railway tliev4ee•niakers un d er his superintendence, at which it e i' P r esented him with a very beautiful silver tea-ser s ei ls l s a t est i mony ilf the esteem an d respec t i n w hi c h ktl so eid bin', and of the gratitude they felt for the kind 6i l i v asiderate treatment they had ever experienced at tiail . a. The room in which the entertainment was Ice s : t uough a spacious apartment, was not capable of h o ' i nedating, more than half the number of persons ts ll4 "glit admission; but about two hundred sat down s k i lict excellent dinner in the principal room, and the re klie r were oblieed to Le content with dining • in an ae n 0 sir halloma Pa s i,, the principal foreman under Mr. Brydges, titt er '? at tile entertainment, and he wa.3 supported en ° ebi ti slc le by the guests of the evening—Mr. Benjamin St,' eleef engineer of the It department of ale s ' ll u, ere Brighton, nod Dover line ; Mr. Statham, q e i'gtneer of the line ; Mr Samuda, the inventor of ki s ti' r aosplieri c principle ; and a great number of other laVespectable gentlemen connected with railways. i ttai " i n the cloth was removed, and grace said, the ?• 'Val toastswere given, such as "The Queen." e r ,„ e. ei ,"" Albert," " The Queen Dowager," Bsc., and tet, t4 "Pouded to in a truly English spirit. The natiood Pktly. `vas sung very beautifully by one of the cern 4sfil and after every toast an appropriate song fol tal'eand all of them exhibited considel able taste and Sr rs ow er on the part of the singer. Immediately L kii, r 'lle toast of " The Brighton, Croydon, and Dover 4 Co lla r was given, the service of plate was exhibited ; 4 of ' fl ed of several pieces, each of which was massive, kilth s e leeedingly beautiful and chaste workmanship, ' f h b value of the whole, including the trays, &c., was t 'll e , t ' ° „be about 100/. N e .„'jttAlltMAN, in proposing the health of Mr. NI, said—Gentlemen, in rising to propose the • tribute whom we have all met this evening to pay Nil:mute of honour, gratitude, and respect to, I do i t e itplaffectedly declare that I never in my life felt my- ' ote k ted i n a p os iti on o f greater embarrassment. t sll kpo d feelings towards myself have induced you to ti att e a rae to preside over this meeting, and the dis litptitsar that duty would have afforded me a great deal kA tiro indeed, because I, in common with all whom 1 1 14 4 e around me, feel proud to express the happi t,,• affords me in being one of those who have had n'a,, ,, fortune to work under the superintendence of eF 7,!o6,es--(Cheers.) But I must say I regret you Ot ) *v lect some gentleman possessed of talent and Nom e clual to the task.—(Hear, hear.) However, I k ti l t i k ti4 e aay that it affords me a great deal of gratifica one amongst such a party as this, and upon 4 t+tt, occasion as the present.—(Cheers.) . We all t t lt t iva . grateful it is to our feelings to see merit re- L t i e reward that is its just due.—(Cheers.) We ~7 h te n experienced that pleasureable feeling ourselves, 1 4 ‘.°10w that Mr. Brydges has never failed to do \ (()h e io the merits of those under his superintendence Laoll e i, rl )—and therefore it is that we experience so iN` e vastire in evincing this evening, by a practical its ii ":ration, how sincerely we appreciate his kindness ,71 „,_" e n all occasions.-(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I feel t7ltra t ,,aut do that justice to this subject which I ' -44 but if - failed,you willattribute te e ervese have 6 1 , - " t r i. to the head and not the heart.---(Cheers.) I I!: tt:'ese circumstances, I shall at once proceed to 'Zs i i, address, by which we wish that the service of N„ (/ ald be accompanied, for it speaks a hundred c r e effectively 3 our real feelings upon this occa '4e c li ,any thing that could be said by me. aairman then read the following address : Ak te eTO HENRY RRYDGES, ESQ Nt nsed Sir,—We have long looked forward to the iZest„, ta a moment of high and honourable gratifien- CV 11 we shall come forward and present you with it N it ation of our gratitude and esteem. The energy k i .e i kYoa have evinced in support of the interests of 'lle , r, generally, and for the urbanity of manner and N h . e ourtesy and kindness you have shown upon all eV towards the members thereof, and the more so i'se i l for the friendly solicitude with which you have Otil e l etscharged your official duties towards all over cie; il e is preside, are matters for which we feel deeply It may be truly said that your services were e,, e ars of the heart—wrke, of all others, most IN' 4 of distinction and reward. May you ever be Osa as heretofere, to alleviate the sufferings of the Ohs ~a , ,nd long live to continue your watchful care to t t ;kres e 'lee your care and support. In the name of the t t tls; of the carriage department of the Brighton, and Dover Railway, we this day present you IN' Qt4 4 ,Lai of our esteem for your merits, with a hope ,t, Messing of Providence may vouchsafe to you 4 % PY: years to contemplate and enjey it. ' lied on behalf of 334 subscribers) " WILLIAK HALL "JOSEPH BRIER I N V e • Zber 13, 1845." " JOSEPH BINOHAM "JOHN ROOTS. IN ee l 4 ,IRMAN having concluded reading the ebovF, !ttilckleie'eog-cuettinued cheering followed.. When it ili t red, he said—Gentlemen, having read that ad qgliee more remeins for me to say, except to add that )deers.)—and and heartily concur in every word . contained . NN:eerso_and that feeling, I am satisfied, is par ltwel,,,4l, by every one in this room, and every man in tObrnYrnent.—(Cheers.) They feel grateful to N i lltei l , ll Y reasons, and therefore they have testified . Ve tia 'ade by this gift, which is one got up at their N it I sn ' t: sole instigation.—(Cheers.) I know I speak kiernents, when I say that their experience of It but is not an experience 0f days or weeks, or ltle tt out an experience of years, and the result of it tys I. ll eY have every reason to rejoice in having k keee r tnnate as to have been placed under th e su 14„te4,enee of such a man.—(Loud cheers.) Wit h Vs,t iii `lnsenes I give you, Gentlemen, the health of kit t' and may he long live and enjoy it. — (Great t` tollowed by an appropriate song.) 'et4rDoes rose to return thanks. He said—Mr. Ilt!t4tet ore Pon and Gentlemen, I do . assure you that my N 4 , -Pon the present occasion are such that lam , 1 0s e t pewered by them, and therefore am unable to fl7,ss i f,,ca in the language I could wish.—([{ear.) VII t , t ;e trust you will be kind enough to excuse me ke e t lik t do justice to the honour you have done me, %Iklo will for the deed.—(Cheers.) As I knew I t io la 4 4,1Np t be equal to the task, I have committed a few kle,lll la to paper, and, with your permission, I will 14e. t` - -You are a modest man, and we will ex k,', It s " - (A laugh.) 14,1 w aliesziEs then proceeded to read his speech, k k Se 4 to this effect :—That it was with feelings of k i k% I l iest emotion he rose to return his heartfelt yts t ," the magnificent present, the kindness and r !l,: p or, r e of those around him, more than any real Niol ues 'is own, had prompted them to offer him— r,r)—and the value of the gift had been greatly Pit.` l 3' the too flattering terms of the address by .N' t ets.i' t beautiful present had been accompanied. — % I ke; In the discharge of his duties to that great 1 1 titsLt, o which they all belonged, he begged to as il7lstit it was his most earnest desire to treat them \A ,of great eminence and skill in the business, Ve t : ;tleew them to be, deserved to be treated. NI, lie Tr.) In his intercourse with them he Nfte ti : r oured to impress upon them the utility of ss t N. l tqdly as one common body for their general NN R : O 4 ,,nd in the line of conduct he had chalked out Ill, i h he bad always endeavoured to keep that ob 01Pv, and he believed that the proceedirgs of this N it a ke a proof, if any were wanted, that so far he had tq:le k asful.—(Cheers.) He could assure the car 'lts,, ke rn that this beautiful and valuable testimonial ►i lli ts,j e gard for him would be treasured by him as it 11i,,,' for he could not, as a man, regard it other e'ltb% I t las e a gift coming from a source which deserved NI tOttly valued and respected.—(Cheers.) He %i k ap er , 4 t his words failed to express what his heart ~ 114 41 " the present occasion ; he would, therefore, 'i e I ° :ith what he had said, and give them a toast, 447;cPected they would receive with a full bum p er ; • k"oach-making in all it branches." kOsrlep ll alleet, forecasu of the carriage department at ‘te s ,' kid who acted as vice-chairman, proposed the ti o t'lle 4t t in a speech remarkable for its talent and 'be In proposing the toast which he was about to ve b of L ettlki say, on his own behalf, as well as upon I ttP„ h ,ttie,i l ers, that if they did not speak well, at least 'Y 4 4 k ll , t , welL—(Cheere.) They were happy in as- Veij ~."I , ere to testify their respect and attachment to X 4 Pe n o made them independent.---(Cheers.) He 'tr o pe 6, 1 to say, that in the different branches of their ta ii NteC t e a l were regarded as eood men and better Vtee sh : He would contend for it that railway 'alet ,"kers were second to no other class of me- Niltt l , 4l Point of industry and intelligence ; and he ,t 1 4 4 1 1 41. to say that they were also a class of men who ( 4 ) ,,h,) l er submit to see their rights invaded.—(Loud !lcr:ie t -rhey were a class of men who worked hard NI% „hhth, who supported their seniors in their R e seal when they were gone they were proud of i ‘e sea l r„" that said " He was a good old coachmaker." - 4 14 le tit ' r ld laughter.) The coachmakers of this locality I qlkl i l 'ug rapid improvements in their trade, and he t t e Q was not boasting when he said they could stve ) anY other eoachmakers in the king dom.— Ne i vitt e Their motto, then, should be, " The coa ch- Vhee'' r the railways, and the railways for the coach thetve " ..- (Laughter and cheers.) He was happy to N I L 41 U : 7 M foreigners came to this country to learn Vatle a 'e, and English coachmakers were now at a , i t l l'o Ns ?n .the Co n ti nen t.—(Cheers.) He concluded ik r • D in g the health of Mr. Cubitt. 14 te11, 4 rr .expressed his thanks for the honour done s e s'", tte ee w as at a loss to know why his name bad been :kt,;'• at all, for he did not deserve such a compli t'it, gle e came !t) this dinner because it afforded him !:1 ,'Ase; - silve to join in this compliment to Mr. Brydges. X.P,,P,ree ti Before he sat down .he would take leave to 'aCci a tt l e health of a gentleman present., to whom the (l, t he tt s mush indebted for his endeavours to carry I% t li e h c , n 't'spheric principle—he meant Mr. Samude..— Nt t i te uos e s-) He felt assured that that gentleman had th t, es, , " for the advancement of the trade, of carriage ' 1 1,: a gh Z id be (111: - r. Cubits) had no doubt but that, \,ad 6 18 means, locomotives would be at a discount NCI'. R: t r'" — (Cheers.) 'Ili: e4 le„ 1 " 111 -s• expressed his thanks for the manner in I,l ‘l ,l, 4i,j( health bad been proposed and received, and t it her ialiole it afforded tee be of the party. He h. I lies (m.ioanny to the merits of Mr. Brydges, end s r ll 4 , 'h his. efforts very valuable co-operation from 4 . l s a i to complete the work he had endea 41th I ", C'irrY out, lie concluded by proposing the k t, i , ( ,,," tL'e Chairman , ss e , im \ate/A:meet he..villg responded in suitable tertre c , Pili et is tber t ate eas followed, and the convisielity of the e 'sas Prolonad te a late hour. tll ti tc, _ .._—.,-----_...--. i t oe s 44 ri PLy1N G ........0n Yoirsday last four Pigeons, a til l k ko 'A li e e rty ofl a k l / 4 esnelearais residing in London, flaw . from N der lion to Isoneteet in 1 hour and 13 minutes.— EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MILT- fAfY .I public fxtocatatiou thk, genzi,ruen cadets c:;11- cared at this Institution took blase on Friday the 12th inst., in the presence of the Chairman, Sir genry , Wii lock, ; the Deputy-Chairman, J. W. Hogg„Esq., M.P. ; and several members of the Court of Directors and visitors. The class brought forward consisted of thirty hire cadets, four of whom %%ere set(cted fcr the ergir e viz.:—W. S. Oliphant, G. Chapman, H. W. Guliivtr, E. Pollard. Twelve for the Artillery, viz.:—C. J. Barton, G. C. liellersh, A. 0. Mnyne, the Hon. Fergus Kennedy, A. Fraser, G. Daogyrtieid, T. B. Gibbard . , H. M. Smith, A. H. Dawson, J. C, Wood. H. W. Lutastitn, S. W. Delve. Twenty, four for the Infantry, viz. 13. Castle, J. D. Swayne, C. Baddeley, A. K. Comber, H. 13. Pearson, P. 0. Gibbes, R. Wallace, R. T. S. Lawrence, C. M. Longrnore, G. Pickering, F. A. Dickies, R. C. Birch, P. Demote, E. A. Wilde, E. A. Rowlandsoq, W. C. Par sons, W. G. Farquhar, J. Yorke, T. E. Higginson, W. L. Webb, J. Burn, G. G. Murray, W. R. Gordon. After the reports had Leon read by Mr. T. R. Clerk, Chief of the Cadet Department, the Chairman presented the following prizes, viz.:— • FIRST CLASS. Gentleman Cadet G. Chapmen—First, MatL•ematics,; second, Hindostani ; first, Good Conduct. W. S. Oliphant—Second, Mathematics ; second, For tification; second, Good Conduct. H. W. Gulliver—First, Fortification. G. D. Mellersh—Military Drawing. The Hon. F. Kennedy—Military Surveying. W. G. Dangerfield—Civil Drawing. S. W. Devi e—Latin. James C. Wood—First, Hindostani ; Geology. R. Wallace—French. SECOND CLASS. C. Adey—Fortification ; Military Surveying ; and third, Good Conduct. R. Roberts—Mathematics ; French. A. Garnett—Military Drawing. C. Allom—Civil Drawing. R. Mallock—Hiudostani. THIRD CLASS. C. Stewart—Fourth, Good Conduct. J. T. Hyde—Chemistry. MRS. TROLLOPE'S " ATTRACTIVE MAN."—III her preface to this work, the author declares that she has never been guilty of personality in this or any other of her writings, and that, though she has founded herself on indi vidual study, no one could say that he was the original of such or such a character. " This may be true (says the Literary Gazette) in a particularly guarded sense; but with the exception of the superadded villainy of Vidal, it is im possible not to recognise in that impersonation the traits and features of a man who ought not, even in fiction, to have had his distinct lineaments so compounded with guilt." What will Mrs. Trollope say to this accusation? Though we have heard the name of the party alluded to, we prefer to leave the discovery to the reader's sagacity. HADDON HALL.—Confessedly the most beautiful present book that has made its appearance this season ie " Haddon IIall," enriched by the numerous graceful embel lishments of George Cattermole. The work will, doubtless, find its way into every boudoir and drawing room in the kingdom. The Naval and Military Gazette observes, " With out the slightest mental reservation we pronounce this to be by far the most elegant, by far the most splendid, by far the most intrinsically valuable production of its class that has appeared since we first admired the graceful beauties of the annuals. Cattermole's designs are perfect gems of art. There is hardly a plate in the volume which may not be contem plated for hours without satiety. The literature of the work is happily in accordance with its pictorial illustrations, con sisting of a succession of charming romantic novelties by the must popular writers of the day, here and there relieved and heightened in effect by snatches of delightful verse. We cordially congratulate the Baroness de Calabrella on the ap pearance of this volume, which need fear no rival; and sin cerely do we hope that from Haddon Hall, the time-honoured mansion of Rutland's noble house, we may be favoured with many a similar celebration of the birthday of its heiress." GcULBURN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—III the event of an immediate dissolution of Parliament, it is con fidently stated that an active opposition will be made to the re-election of the Right Honourable Henry Goulburn, as Member for the University. The grounds of offence against the Right Honourable Gentleman are said to be numerous, but in the head and front of them are placed his sup port of the proposed union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, the Unitarian Chapels Bill, the Jews' Disabilities Bill, and the late endowment of Maynooth. On some one or all of these grounds, it is rumoured that many ot ins usual sup porters will decline voting for the Right Hon. Gentleman on the approaching occasion,—Cambridge Chronick STUPENDOUS BRIDGE AT RUNCORN.—The bridge from Aston Grange to Huyton, to cross the Mersey at Run corn, will be the greatest work of its kind in Europe. It will consist of five wet arche., of 280 feet span, 100 feet above high water mark at spring tides, and 168 dry arches of 30 feet span, and 51 feet high, making a total of 2,480 feet ot arches.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.--011 Thurs day last, the ceremony of laying the key-stone of the bridge on this line, which spans the river Eamont, near Yauwath hall, Westmoreland, took place in the presence of a large and respectable concourse of people belonging to the works, and a number of the inhabitants of the town of Penrith. The stone haying been laid in its destined place, E. W. Hassell, Esq., of Dalemain, chairman of the Board of Directors of the line, performed the ceremony with a handsome mallet made for the occasion. In the course of the afternoon the work men and others were regaled with an abundant supply of ale, and the proceedings altogether were of the most inte resting character. The station-house and other buildings at Penrith are commenced. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On' Thursday, the 11th instant, were married. at the parish church, Churchover, in the county of Warwick, Charles Home Drummond, Esq., second son of Henry Home Drummond, Esq., of Blair Drum mond, M.P. for the county of Perth, and the Lady Anne Georgina Douglas, youngest daughter of Charles late Marquis of Queensberry. The ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Duncombe, brother-in-law of the bride, who was attended to the altar by Lady Elizabeth Douglas, Lady Frances Kerr, Miss Whitmore and Miss Lucy Whit more; and was also accompanied by four youthful brides maids, Miss Caroline Whitmore, Miss Mary Whitmore, Miss Frances Gage, and Miss Lucy Gage, granddaughters of the Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry. The bride was given away by her uncle, Lord William Douglas; and among the company present were the Dowager Marchioness of Queens berry, Mr. T. C. and Lady Louisa Whitmore, Lady Mary Gage, Mr. and Mrs. Whitmore, of Apley ; Sir Gray Skip with and the Misses Skipwith, the Rev. John and Mrs. Sand ford, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Johnstone Douglas, Messrs. Charles and Archibald Gage, the Rev. George Whitmore, Mr. Henry Whitmore, Mr. Walter Douglas, Mr. John Duglas, the Rev. 11. and Mrs. Fox, &e. Immediately after the ceremony the party returned to Colon House, the seat of the Dowager Mar chioness of Queensberry, where they partook of an elegant dejeune. After which the bride and bridegroom started iu travelling chariot and four, on a tour. COMBINATION AND STRIKE AMONG THE JOURNEY-. MEN BAKERS AT BELFAST.—It appears that the Belfast journeymen bakers have thought fit, whilst the fear of dis tress is so pressing, to indulge in some combination tricks. The employers are ready to pay high wages ; but that will not be enough—they must submit to tyrannical dictation besides. The plan for the masters to take, in this case is, to dismiss all their men who belong to the combination, and set intelligent young men to work, who will very soon learn the business. In the meantime, the consumers, if made fully aware of the circumstances, would readily submit to some ir regularity, or put up with bread made in a less workmanlike style. Indeed, for that matter, people could easily make their own bread for a time, until new hands could be trained. It is rather too bad that there should be combination and dic tation connected with a business which requires so very little skill and training. We understand the combination has already produaed outrage, so that we shall, most probably, have to recur to the subject. —Northern Wing. The family of the Rev. C. D. Hill, of 12, Lans down-place, were plunged into the deepest grief last Friday morning, by a melancholy and fatal accident which beet time sou, a tine boy about eight years of age. It appeared from the evidence given at the coroner's inquest, which wes held on the "following day, that the unfortunate child was playing in au upper apartment at the back of the house, and that the window being open he looked out, overbalanced himself, arid fell to the ground from a height of about forty feet. Tne cook, who saw him fall, immediately ran out and picked him up; but he died almost instantaneously. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental rteath."—Brighton Gazette. NEW MANURE.—The German papers give currency to the statement that M. Liebig, the celebrated professor of chemistry at the University of Giessen, has discovered a mineral substance which, when combined with guano, will produce one of the most fertilizing manures known. It is added, that a joint-stock company, with a capital of 120,0001. sterling, composed. for the most part, of leading English capi talists, was, immediately on the discovery being made, formed for the purpose of carrying on, upon a large scale, the manu facture of the new compound. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT MATLOCK, BATH.—AD awful event, which caused great excitement in the quiet village of Matlock, Bath, occurred on Tuesday last. A man, named John Smedley, a spar and marble turner, was ob. served early in the morning sharpening a large knife for the puipose of killing a pig (as his family supposed), but on their going to make preparations they missed the deceased. After a little time his daughter went in search of him, and found his neckerchief on the bank of the river Derwent. Proceeding a little further, she discovered a large pool of blood under a rock that projects over the bank, and traces of blood to the water's edge, which showed too plainly that Smedley bad thrown himself into time river. Boats, drags, and assistance were immediately obtained, and the river dragged until night arrived, but without success. The search was resumed on the following morning, and in the course of a few hours the body was found ; it had been taken by the stream down the " goat or mill trace" that supplies Mr. Peter Arkwright's cotton factory wheel with water, and the further progress was stopped by, the grate that is put to pre vent sticks and rubbish going on to the wheel. The body was immediately taken home, and on examination by Mr. Ward, surgeon, it was found that deceased had inflicted a deep gash in his throat—Derby &porter. PRIZE ESSAY.—We understand that the prize of 50/, offered fur the best essay on " The Office of the Ruling Elder," has been, by the arbiters (the Rev. Drs. Gordon, Hough, and Struthers) adjudged to the Rev. John Kerrow, D.P., Bridge of Teith.—Edinburgh Witness. NOTTINGHAM SHARE MARKET.—It is with con siderable pleasure that we are enabled to say, that during the past week, the share market has undergone a decided im provement, although the bond fide sales effected have not been numerous. There has been during the week a tempo rary return to a former state of affairs; that is, there have been more buyers than sellers. This, we think, is plainly indicative that our oft-repeated advice to hold, has already been productive of beneficial effects, and therefore better cannot be done than to continue to follow the same line of conduct.—Nottingham Review. We hoer it rutnoured that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will, in a short time, pay a visit to Devonpert, to lay the foundation stone of the steam dockyard at Morice Town. We need scarcely say that the visit of his Royal Highness will afford the inhabitant!) of this locality the greatest gratification.— Devonport Journal. GUANO IN THE LLANDS OF THE RED SEA.—The folinwing is an extract from a letter written by Captain Withers, of the Colchester, at Aden, 9th Novem ber :--" During nur passage down the Red Sea we were more fortunate than in going up, as we disco vered three islands with per o on. The quality is tee .re like the South Anmerican than that from Ichaboe. The quantity, however, is small, sat from 20 to ;30 toes On cede ;led it is tratttlfll on the meminits ~f the islands, which are from 400 to S(X) feet high, And as the trouble cf collecting would he so gnat., we I , ft it, A ► Mg! 1 ehooner miuic g these islands. We examiped from 200 to 800 islands in al—Liverpool Albion. _ _.. THE S UN. LONDON, MONDA Y MORNING. 'DECEMBER 15. 1845. TIM MINISTERIAL CRISIS. FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS e,F SATURDAY. Cf-IRO.aICLE.—The more time that we have to look at the posture in which affairs are placed, the more per plexing does the cc.njuncture appear. The ca l m est by stander cannot attempt to solve the problem without speedily appreciating the difficulties which meet the practical statesman in every course that suggests itself. The truth is, we have been so completely taken by sur prise that we have not yet become aware of our situa tion. No one feels sufficiently the extent of the mis chief. The shell which Sir Robert Peel has flung into the country has yet in truth to explode. A heavy re spcatsibility is thrown on all who are called upon to act in this emergency. He would be fearfully culpable who should allow his eagerness to engage him in any polity which he does nut clearly see the way of bringing to a successful issue. We are happy, therefore, to find on the part of Lora John Russell no indications of such an eagerness to form a Government, as indeed his known prudence and patriotism forbad us to anticipate on his pert. The policy of bringing forward good measures for rejection is one which rarely becomes a minister, end would be wholly inexcusable now. We should feel the deepest regret at seeing any statesman, in whom we have been accustomed to place confidence undertake the Government of the country without a moral certainty of being able at once to carry the repeal of the corn-law. Such certainty could at present only result from an as suraace of bein g cot dially supported by a considerable body of those who have hitherto been separated from us by party distinctions. No doubt the end might, and, if all gentler means fail, must beattained by the mere force of an excited public opinion. An appeal to the country on the question of the corn-laws might, and probably would, even at present, return such a House of Commons triumph over the resistance of the House of Lords. But we must confess that such an excitement as would be needed for this purpose is what we would greatly deprecate. From the necessity of having re course to such means of carrying our point, Lord John Russell has a right to expect that he should be relieved by the support of all who are convinced that the present corn-law must be repealed. The person from whom he has a right to expect the most ready and un equivocal assistance, is the Minister whose sudden aban donment of his post has placed the country in this per [diting and critical position. Nor is this support to be obtained by any compromise of that clear principle on which Lord John Russell pledged himself to act in his memorable letter to the electors of London. His worst enemy could not now suggest to Lord John Russell any course more fatal to his character and influence than any compromise which would continue the existence of the corn monopoly. If the responsibilities of Government are to be devolved on him, the Government must be con ducted tin his known principles. If it is to be conducted on other principles, let its responsibilities rest on those who either will undertake to uphold the existing monopoly, or deem that it should only be tampered with and. modified. After all, the first step towards secu ring the settlement of this most difficult question is to come to a thorough and immediate understanding of the principles on which all pieties are prepared to deal with it. While we remain in doubt as to this point, it is impossible for any man to determine what practical steps should be taken. Now, with regard to Sir Robert Peel, all is still uncertainty. We know ensly that he and his colleagues have resigned because they desired to deal with the corn-law in some way in which the Duke of Wellington disapproved of their dealing with it. This tells us nothing as to the real nature of the change which Sir Robert Peel intended to propose. A portion of the press would have us believe that he meant to sweep away the corn-law altogether. From another portion we learn that he has never intended to aban don the principle of protection. While these doubts are allowed to hang over his conduct and inten tions, he subjects himself to the suspicion of repeating the curse by which he is accused of having ori ginally acquired power—of committing himself to no definite policy, making use of all parties, and leaving the country in the dark as to the policy by which its fortunes are to be decided. Surely we have had enough of this already; all parties have had enough of it; we must not permit it to be practised again. It comes to the old triad of alternatives, in which. Sir Robert Peel delights. If he means to stand by the corn • laws, let him make it up with the Duke, and go on with his old Ministry. If he is for free-trade, let him give in his adhesion to Lord John Russell, to whom he advised her Majesty to entrust the business of forming an Ad ministration. It . he and the majority of his colleagues have some middle course of their own, they have at pre sent the majority of the House of Commons, and must get rid of the Duke, and on their own responsibility pro pose their own substitute for their own sliding-scale. But if he should prove to be unmindful of his duties, it is the more imperative on Lord John Russell not to place himself in any position which may lower his high character—it is the more important that he should refuse to accept the name of power without the means of carry ing his policy into effect, or even to purchase some por tioneof power by a compromise of principle. HERALD.—Whatever may have been, or are, our opinions of Sir Robert Peel end his colleagues, the Con servative Cabinet has ceased to exist, and their opinions will only remain as matter for explanation in their places as private Members of Parliament ; but of the fact that Lord John Russell is at this time the confidential adviser of her Majesty, we cermet pretend to speak without the greatest alarm and disguA. Is not Lord John Russell the man who within these few weeks has published a manifesto declaring his adhesion to the wildest visions of the Anti-Corn-law League ? Has he not proclaimed himself the champion of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws ? This alone would be sufficient ground for us to call upon our agricultural friends to be up and stirring ; and to discriminate between their open and avowed enemy, and the man who, though even in error, he may think it necessary to make some alteration in these laws, is yet ready to accompany that al teration with friendly, and as ho believes ade quate, compensation. As to Lord John Russell, the agricultural interest cannot fail to look upon him as their bitter and uncompromising enemy. We have not the slightest doubt that Sir Robert Peel, if he think a change in the corn-laws to be now inevitable—a state of things which we cannot view in the same light—would accompany it with other measures likely to diminish the abruptness and intensity of so vast an innovation. A totalnimmediateee we repe al , such as the Timesan nounced looked upon, and still look and a upon, as a monstr ous f able — the atrocious fabrication of that mischief - wor ki ng print. We would entreat the Conservatives to recollect that the corn-laws are not the on ly basis upon which the Conservative party was weeksi framed, or the sole principle upon which good and wise men unite to defend our institutions and the monarchy. To the friends of the Church, but, above all, to the Protestants of Ireland, we beg leave to point out the se rious position in which this great change involves them. They were affronted because Roman Catholics obtained a share of vacant places—they were full of resentment when Sir R. Peel determined on giving an additional en dowment of Maynooth; no breach of principle—at most but a foolish squandering of some thousands of pounds, an experiment which could not make the Roman Catho lic priests worse, and which might elevate their tone and improve their education —they were displeased because Sir R. Peel would not aid them by subscription out of the public funds for the support of a system of education exclusively their own, a measure which would have paralysed all the good—little enough, some say—in the national system, but which subscription would have been, at most, but a smell addition to the funds of the estab• lishment, and of the nnrnerous and wealthy landowners of Ireland. These were their grievances, their loudly resented affronts; but how stand they now? Instead of declaiming against a paltry grant to Maynooth, let them prepare for assaelts, frequent, reckless, and embittered, on their church establishment. Instead of a passing smile to some Ronian prelate, let them look for the invasion of Trinity College, aed the opening and desecration of all its ancient and most valued privileges; and instead of a stray place here and there, conferred on a Liberal or a sus pected Precursor, let them reckon on seeing all the pa tronage, lay and ecclesiastical, of Ireland, bartered for the foul support of the demagogue who is the curse of the empire, and their sworn and deadly enemy. We again ask, who is Lord John Russell ? Was he not a party to the Lichfield-house compact ? Who are his friends ? Are they not those statesmen who in the very last session of Parliament pledged themselves deeply and irretrievably to the utter destruction of the Protestant Establishment in Ireland, and to substitute n its stead, and in all its possessions, the worst form of modern superstition—a Romish priesthood ? Some persons may, perhaps, look upon Lord John Russell as a model of consistency ; hut it' the League and the manufacturing interest would take advice from men impartially friendly to every British interest, we would entreat them to recollect that Lord John Russell who, after having declared that any shortening of the hours of factory labour would cut up British in dustry by the roots, was the very same individual who, within the short period of eighteen months, was found, for the sake of popularity, nut from i onscience, voting with the very men whose opinions he had so decried. Above all, we would entreat every class and rank—we would entreat those who are attached to our free but limited monarchy—we would entreat the friends of the Church and of solid religious education—we would en treat those who place their dependence upon a wise financial administration—we would entreat those who are friendly to a European peace, and who dread a war with America (not from any fear of defeat, but for the interests of humanity)—we would entreat them one and all to bear in mind the deeds and misdoings of Lord John Russell. POST.—The noblemen and gentlemen who have hitherto considered it their duty to give a general sup port to the views of Sir Robert Peel, and to regard him as their leader, should now earnestly Consider the position in which they stand, and come to a decision as to their future course. We need scarcely avow our own distinct opinion that they are not only f ully justified in taking a complete farewell of the leadership of Sir R. Peel, but that they are bound to do so by a sense of what is due to justice, to reason, and to honourable feeling. Our opinion, however, is only worth at tention, in so far as we can show it to be founded in good sense, and supported by a fair consideration of facts and circumstances. We proceed, therefore, to argue the case, observing, however, the brevity which is needful in the columns of a newspaper. We shall not now enter upon a history o f the events of the session which preceded the formation of the Peel Ministry. Any one, however, who will recal them to mind, cannot fail to agree with us, , t h at there were four principal points which the triumphant Con servative party fully expected to be accomplished by the new Administration. These were 1. The restoration of the finances, so as to make the revenue at least equal to the expenditure. 2. The protection of British industry, and especially of agricultural industry, from those dangers with which it had been threatened by the fixed duty schemes, or free-trade doctrines of the Whigs. 3. The modification of the Whig poor law, and the amelioration of those harsh regulations in which poverty appeared to be regarded as crime. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEPOSITS WITH CLEPiS OF THE PEACE. (From the Shiewsbary Ch , onicle.) The plans, sections, and other specifications of the fol lowing lines have been lodged with the Clerks of the Peace for the several counties:— FLINTSHIRE LINES. 1. Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction and Mold Extension 2. Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llan gollen 3. Chester and Holyhead (tributary branches) 4. Chester and Birkenhead (widen►ng and branches) 5. Liverpeol, Birkenhead, Parkgate, and Holyhead Junction 6. Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction 7. "NTOId Junction S. Shropshire Union 9. Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction 0. Wrexham, N - antwich, and Crasve Junction. DENBIGHSHIRE LINES. 1. Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llan gollen 2. Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction and Mold Extension 3. Chester and Holyhead (branches) 4. London and liclrhead Direct 5. Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction 6. North Wales Railway and Ormshead Harbour 7. North Wales Mineral (with branches) 8. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction 9. Trent Valley Continuation and Grand Junction .0. Wrexham, Nantwich, and Crewe Junction. AIONTGOIIERYSHIRE LINES. 1. Great North and South Wales and Worcester (with branch to Newtown) 2. Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales 3. Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction 4. Radnorshire, Aberystwith, and Welsh Midland Junction 5. Shropshire Union and Canal 6. Worcester and Porthdynllaen. CARNARVONSHIRE LINES. 1. Chester and Holyhead (Extension to Mold, &c.) 2. Great Ormshead Harbour and Railway 3. London and Dublin Direct 4. London and Holyhead Direct 5. North Wales (Bangor and Porthdynllaen Deviations) 6. Port Madoc Harbour 7. Porthdynllaen Harbour 8. Worcester and Porthdynllaen (Great Western). ANGLESEY. Docks at Holyhead. THE COMING CHRISTMAS. Coming events cast their shadows before. You will ' say, perhaps, that the sun, like other great folks, rarely comes to town at this time of the year, and his absence makes us all as shadowless as Peter Schlemit ; but the coming event of Christmas casts a most portentous shadow before, at Barry's temple of nick-nacks at the Egyptian-hall, where the pleasantest half-hour possible may be passed in inspecting all his recent importations from Paris. In going in, mind that you do not, inad vertently, that which Louis XI. could not accomplish, —knock down Charles the Bold ; look at Jean Sans Pour, and him of Santillane, and other bronze statuettes, so admirably executed that you cannot suppress a secret desire that some one may send one or two of them as Christmas cadeaux ; and those charming little cassettes, half-desk half-dress ing -case, in which, like Pandora's box, something good is always to be found at the bottom ; and then those millions of petits reins, all so ornamented that it is abso lutely necessary that the airy nothings should have a local habitation on your drawing-room table ; and those embossed pocket-books, and calondriers of all sorts, shapes, and bound sizes, in either velvet or morocco, for ladies of business habits, for since Lady Aylesbury has set the fashion, hundreds of ladies are now given to raillery." But, " basta cosi," let us cross Piccadilly, and stroll up Bond-street ; what a blaze of triumph, as the poet Bunn would say, attracts the eye in Doudney's shop; whatgrotesque waistcoats, what excruciating coats, what varied devices to make the human farm divine appear symmetrical. What an odd idea it was for a tailor to settle in the wilhome Alexandrian Museum. Look in, and you will see Doudney over whelmed with business, and like Shakspeare's smith, with shears and measures in his hand. What admirable workmanship is displayed in those registered cloaks lying en the counter, and which the Cowl Circular lately announced as having had the honour of gaining her Majesty's approbation. Beware, oye dress and mantua-makers, Dondney is galling your kibe, for he has already been sporting on your domains, and his well-lined carriage cloak is already on the shoulders of many a dame who formerly shivered under your fairy like kfab , ics. And then there is another of these schneider, named Becker, in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, 15, who is also making energetic efforts to eclipse his rivals in the French capital ; those who delight in a combination of elegance and comfort i❑ their attire, makes a point of enlisting the services of the skilful workman. A Frenchman is in his fashions as Sir Robert Peel is in his politics—to one thing constant never ; it would be, therefore, hope less to enumerate the novelties at Becker's, but they are all to be commended for the good taste which he inva riably displays. And in that same city of Paris, in the Rue d'Alger, 13, there dwells a watchmaker, Capt, who has :assuredly the art, ad capt-andum vulgus, for every one speaks in the highest possible terms of his clocks and watches. He has attained the most unerring accu racy in chronometers, as several French naval captains have testified. His flat watches also perform their func tions with inconceivable precision ; and he will sell you a watch no thicker than a five-franc piece, which aill keep time as well as the renowned horloge in the Bourse. The evening papers have of late been extolling the sys tem of book-keeping promulgated by Mr. Foster, whose establishment adjoins the entrance to King's College. Mr. Foster is known to the mercantile world as the author of an invaluable code of instructions for mer chants' clerks, and others, who sit over the bulky ledger. His fame as a penman is, we believe, unrivalled ; and, it is said he is remarkably successful in imparting his art to his pupils. Many people think it fine to write badly, because Byron, Canning, and Voltaire wrote a bad hand. Even Hamlet says " I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair ;" but he afterwards found that his skill in writing did him yeoman's service.—Post. LORD DRUIVILANRIG AND THE PRIZE RING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sur,----Froaapaiag;aphin Tuesday evening's Sun, I find that there is a dispute as to whether Count or Ben digo won the prize battle, and that thousands of pounds are dependent on the ♦erdict in the case of " Caunt v. Drumlanrig," being an action, as appears by your report, to recover from the stakeholder the wager or battle money deposited in his hands to abide the decision of the fight. Now, Sir, is there any reasonable man ex isting who for one moment can suppose that the Judges of the Court of Exchequer will suffer themselves to be made the umpires of the prize ring ? If there be, he will surely be disappointed ; for the instant it appears that the money sought to be recovered was a wager to decide the event of a contemplated breach of the peace, will the judges stop the trial. My opini,ar is, that any loser of a prize fight may bring an action against a stakeholder, and recover, not the whole stakes or battle-money, but simply his own deposit ; so if Caunt has taken this position, and seeks to recover loot, and not the double deposit, he will most certainly recover his cash. Caunt will prove the deposit of a certain amount of money in the hands of Drumlanrig : do you suppose that the Court will allow the defendant to prove that he has Paid it away to a party who committed a breach of the public peace, and that in the committal Of such offence the event terminated against the piaintiff. and that he paid away the money agreeably to the terms of the deposit ? The Court will be very likely not only to inform Lord Drumlanrig that he must repay the plaintiff the money deposited by him, but that his Lord ship has also rendered himself liable to an indictm, nt for taking part in a breach of the pence by becoming stakeholder in a prize fight. Whichever position Caunt takes—viz., to recover the battle-money or simply his own deposit, you may rest assured that the event of the trial will not decide the bets on the prize fight between Caunt and Bendigo. The Court of Exchequer, I say again, will not allow itself to be made the umpire of the prize ring. Yours, &c., " LOMBARD-STREET TO A CHINA ORANGE." Ilfracombe, Dec. 11, 1845. Sciwr.—The barque John Esdale, reported last week wrecked on the Western Rocks, drove ashore on the Island of St. Agnes, notwithstanding the exertions of the pilots and boatmen to prevent this happening, and to get her to St. Mary's. The hull now lies on the rocks literally broken in pieces, and will be sold in a day or two for the benefit of those concerned. The next spring tide would carry all away. About seven thousand deals have been landed on St. Agnes, which is strewed with fragments of the wreck. The weather has been so boisterous that the master of the Seven Stones' Light Ship has not been able to get off since the Ist instant.— W est Briton. ARAtoUTII.—THE Fm E HE RRING ise.—The sea son which is now drawing to a close has been, on the whole, one of the most successful which has been known for many years, and we trust the benefits of that success will be felt in the provision which the poor men employed therein have been enabled to make for their support during the winter months. One firm in this town employing eight boats has realised an average of 41 lasts a boat, one realising 56 lasts, and another 533. x. The crew of one boat divided 2301., and the firm paid 1,7001. only for doles to the several crews, ex clusive of ferrying, victualling, stores, &c. &c. This large outlay at this season of the y ear affor ds a timely relief to who might otherwise have been com p e ll e d t o pinchings of want. We repeat t h e h ope we expressed last week, that the facilities afforded by the railway for securing a profitable market for the proceeds of our fisheries will lead to a consolidation of their interests, which will greatly tend to the p romotion of the ir prosperity. —Norldh Chronicle. PRESENT FROM SIR J. E. TENNENT TO THE Ileftute r Eu l a i r as AT be ß en E BELFAST. — We received We by Na tural History and Philosophica l Societ y of th is town, learn,tiie secretary of the with pleasu re , t h at a from Sir James Emerson Tennent, stating that he has been on a tour through Upper Egypt, and that he has procured, in the neighbourhood of Thebes, two mummies for the museum in connexion with the above Society. Sir James states that he intends one of these as a permanent gift to the Museum, and the other to remain in it till claimed by his son, if lie should, at a future period, visit Belfast. Our late representative speaks of a mummy cat, also, which he means to contribute towards the Society's collection of curiosities; and, last, not least, he mentions that he has brought down from Thebes the hand of the colossal states of Arrtunoph 11. (born B.C. 1580), which travellers used to remark at the south-west propylon of the Grand Temple of Karnak; the four fingers of which are two feet five inches across. correspoiviing with a full length figure of 56 feet. The Paella. in order to allow Sir James an opportunity of thus complimenting his former constituents, has permitt .d thp exportation of this relic of art, together with the objects above specified ; and we expect soon to be enabled to an- ToNnce theif arrival ,A.t their qestinatio4.—Fanner of Ulster. 4. The reform of abuses in Ireland, especially the monstrous abuses in the registration system (upon which the Conservative Opposition had had no less than nine victories in the House of Commons over the Whig Go vernment), and the strengthening of the law in that country so as to check outrages and tumultuary mos ting:s. These, we say, were the four principal points th at were looked forward to by Sir Robert Peel's party as tine probable consequences of giving him as Minister a ate exly and strenuous support. As to the first point, that of the restoration of the revenue, it was accomplished by the ready consent of the wealthy classes to yield up seven pence in the pound of their incomes to the exigences of the State. The Minister had no merit in this. The plan of restoration was perfectly obvious. The only thing wanting was the consent of the income-owMng class, and that was readily given. Sir R. Peel's friettds performed their part faithfully enough, but how did he perform his ? Upon the remaining three points he completely threw them over. He did not maintain the protection of British industry. Every step he took after he became Minister was in precisely the opposite direction. He induced his friends to give up a eonside r able part of the protection which British agricultural produce enjoyed. They assented, though they di d not like what he was doing. Still, out of deference to him, they first gave up part of their incomes as tax, and then in deference to his representations surren dered a part of that protection which was understood to be of importance to the value of landed property. And as to Ireland, what can be more disgraceful than the Mi nisterial acts whether of omission or commission. The fraudulent registration which Sir Robert himself had de nounced as fraudulent—against which he had voted in nine divisions, that monstrous abuse still continues, and eot the slightest step has been taken for remedy of it, though Sir Robert Peel has been upwards of four years a Minister. When he was leader of the Opposition he denounced the fraud which gave to the Whigs their ma jority ; when he was Minister he did nothing to abolish the fraud, and there it is still, to be again taken advan tage of by the Whigs. The leader who has acted in this way ought no longer to be regarded as leader by the Conservative body. TIMES.—The resignation of Sir Robert Peel's Cabi net presents some points of moral interest, which more' than make up for its want of decided bearing on the do mestic policy of the country. So little is now the actual and immediate change from a Conservative to a Whig Administration, that the greater part of the nation will recognise no more than a substitution of names, and the official elevation of some score noblemen and gentlemen in the places of some score others. As for principles, we are probably not far wrong when we expect fewer and less serious novelties from a thwarted Whig Ministry, than from a Conservative Premier, who could any mo ment command the assistance of his foes to the discom fiture and disgrace of his friends. The transition, there fore, is very easy. Never was the nation more gently let down into what we were once taught to believe was an unfathomable gulf of misery and error—the abyss of Whig misrule. Yet, if we mistake not, the pre sent will ever be noted as one of the most remarkable and instructive passages in the history of British poli tics. It is not yet four years since Sir Robert Peel found himself at the head of a Government and of a party to all outward appearance the most powerful and the most united that British Minister ever had to work with. Never were so many elements of power brought into so strong a combination. Aristocracy and people, in to his and commerce, offered themselves freely his hands. Nor were the peculiar auspices of his advent into office less favourable to the most unswerving confi dence and the most exalted purposes. All was unity, expectation, and zeal ; for the splendours of the new born Government were contrasted with the dark foil of a calamitous and worn-out Whig Administration. Under that ill-fated rule all had latterly gone wrong. The fortunes of war, the elements of the sky, and the subtle springs of domestic prosperity had all turned against them, and given even an aspect of failure to such benefits as they had really conferred on the country. Commerce had declined, the harvests were deficient, manufacture was idle, the artisans were starving, the Treasury was in arrears, Canada had rebelled, the West Indies were impoverished and disaffected, Caubul was thrusting us out, China was unpunished and unpacified, the United States were sympathising with oar enemies and trespassing across our borders, France was offended and menacing. In a word, there was not one sound and healthy spot, not one redeeming feature, either at home or abroad ; nor was there any hope of better times, ex cept that hope which always remains at the bottom of the human breast, that when things are at the worst then a better day is at hand. Out of the depth of such a darkness dawned Sir Robert Peel. From that gloomy crisis the reaction has been great indeed. Hence a suc cession of fortunate occurrences, and, as respects a con siderable portion of the Ministerial policy, successful measures. Not to look below the surface, and viewing Sir Robert Peel's Administration as it will strike the eyes of the world, we must ascribe to it more than the average of human success. His good fortune has appeared especially in those points in which his predecessors had been most signally unfortunate, so that an admirer would probably describe his career by simply reversing the features of the pre vious era. What, then, is it, all the world will ask, and posterity never cease to inquire, which, after so brief and bright a career, compels Sir Robert Peel to yield his post to his baffled, ruined, disgraced, aid dis heartened predecessors? Why does he himself spon taneously return to them an ascendancy which they have been utterly unable themselves to regain? Why set up a prostrate rival, and inscribe once more on the tables of the State names which no one section of the public dares or remembers to uphold? There must be some great and extraordinary reason, going far deeper to the heart of things than any of those which the histo rian has usually to assign in his tale of Ministerial vicissitudes. The answer must be, that the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel involved from the beginning an abuse of social confidence, and a violation of political truth. It was founded on suppositions which Sir Robert Peel has found, and happily also felt, it im possible to maintain. The chief of those suppositions was the duty, and, as implied in that, the possibility and the expediency, of agricultural protection. That which was then the most powerful and united party in the nation brought him into power as their patron, ser vant, and friend, pledged to prosecute their interests and obey their behests. Such, on the whole, in the leaning of their hopes, the conclusion of their judgments, and the inclination of their belief, was what they expected and trusted to receive foom Sir R. Peel. For that un derstanding they had not indeed perfect and conclusive grounds. They had no more amount of real grounds than what ninety-nine men out of every hundred usually act upon in the common affairs of life. They bad not grounds which would stand a cool, dispassionate, and disinterested inqui r y. B u t th e y h a d groun d s which, in conjunction with the circumstances of the time, were suf ficient to sway the judgments, to secure the attachment and confidence of ordinary men. There existed, and was allowed to exist, an universal impression that the Conservative leader could and would procure for the agriculturist a higher degree of protection than was to be expected from his competitor. The result shows that im pression was unfounded. Hence the ruin of the Conservative Ministry. It is true Sir Robert guarded his position. He reserved his opinions and his independence. Whil e parading with all the pomp of rhetoric the gaudy structure of Conservatism, he was quietly laying the foundations, in all his speeches and addresses, of a more liberal policy. Nor was this done unobservedly. While he pleaded for confidence he excited suspicion. While asking all the affections of his snpporters, it was evident his own were divided. The Premier tried to satisfy himself and the country, and repudiate his supporters and friends. • His scheme failed; and much as we may regret that any one should fail who proposed what we really consider a blessing to the country, we are re signed to an event by which that blessing is dissociated from political deception and personal ingratitude. We see in it one lesson more to do good acts by good, fair, and open means. But it would be useless and unjust to deny that the agriculturists themselves have been parties to the commission of a dishonesty, as they now most assuredly will be to its punishment. They are net the mere dupes that their advocates wish us to suppose. They well knew the urgency of the popular demand, the growing necessities of the case, and, above all, the half smothered, half-whispered convictions of the Conserva tive leader. Notwithstanding these notorious facts, they still thought to bind to their own hard service a man I whom they knew enough to insult with continual sus picion. They resolved to make Sir Robert Peel their slave, at the cvident risk of tempting him to be untrue to his country, and the still more evident certainty of rendering him untrue to himself. They chose one whom they denounced, and proscribed the known leanings of one whom they thought wise and good enough to be the head of their party. If they have been deceived, it is they who have compelled the deception, and helped to make the deceiver. Viscount Melbourne has been surrounded by a select party at Brockett Hall, Herts. The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden, Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, Earl Cowper, Lard and Lady Beauvale, &c., have assembled there. An express reached Brockett on Thurs day evening, from town, from Lord J. Russell, urging the early presence of Viscount Palmerston in town. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have arrived at Holdsrness House from Wynyard Park. The Earl of Cardigan will receive a succession of visitors at Deane Park, his seat, near Kettering, during the next four weeks. The Noble Earl was to arrive there on Friday. from Ireland. PROLIFIC CROP OF TURNIPS. —Eighty-six red globe turnips, from a crop grown by T. Dyson, Esq., of Braithwell Manor-house, filled one of Croskili's carts, which was 6 feet 2 inches long, 3 feet 9 inches broad, and 1 foot 7 inches deep. The average girth of the turnips was 324 inches, and they were grown with dissolved bones, dibbled in ridges, alternately with Swedes, on the 22d of May.— Doncaster Chronicle. The Emperor Napoleon's favourite Mameluke, Roustan, died on Sunday last at Dourdan (Seine-et-Oise), where he had been living upon a small income of 5,000 f. to 6,000 f., derived chiefly from the sale of the presents from Napoleon and his family. - - WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, DEC. 12.—There are fair supplies of all grain this week. The resignation of Ministers, and the continued uncertainty about the corn laws, caused a really dull trade in Wheat, and what few sales were effected were at a reduction of fully 2s. per quarter. Good Barley maintained former prices, other qualities in slow request. In old Beans no alteration, but soft new were is. to 2s. per qnarter lower. Oats and Shelling each sold at a slight decline. Malt as before. The Genealogical Almanack for 1846, published at Leipsic, states that the members of the Sovereign houses in Europe are 683 in number, viz.: 356 males and 327 females. Amongst the Sovereigns of Europe there are 20 (including the Pope) who have no male children, 5 who have married wives of a different religion from their own, 3 who profess a religion different from that of the majority of their subjects, 4 who are alone in their race, and 4 who are foreigners, viz. ; the Kings of Hanover, Sweden and Norway, Belgium, and Greece. The reigning f a milies who have most male members are the Princes and Counts of Lippe, who have 38; those of Austria, who have 27; Lichstenstein, 25; Wurtemberg, 19; Prussia, 14; and Bavaria, 11. ~~ ~ THE SMITHFIELD CLUB. The for anniversary festival of the above club was celebrated on Friday evening at the Free masons' Tavern. The Duke of Richmond (the newly-elected president) occupied the chair. His Grace was supported by Sir Harry Verney, Sir Charles Clarke, Colonel Wood, M.P.; Mr. Pusey, M.P.; Colonel Sibthorp, M.P.; Capt. Shaw, and about 140 members of the club, among whom we observed Mr. Webb, Mr. limbers, Mr. Milward, Mr. Druce, Mr. W. F. Hobbs, Mr. C. T. Towers, Mr. Tat tersall, Mr. H. Gibbs, Mr. Trinder, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Chamberlain, &c. On the removal of the cloth, and after the usual loyal toasts, The Noble CUAIRMAN called on the assembly to drink to the memory of their late president (the late Earl Spencer), not only as a distinguished member of the Smithfield Club, but as a country gentleman, and an honest, just, and upright man. The toast was drunk in solemn silence. The Noble CHAIIINAN next rose to propose a toast, which he said might justly termed the toast of the evening—viz. " Success to the Smithfield Cattle Club." The attendance at the festival that evening was a stis factory proof that the Club had lost nothing of its po pularity, and be thought there could not be a doubt that the exhibitions got up under its auspices had tended in a very great degree to improve the stock of cattle in the country.—(Hear, hear.) He was free to confess that he knew but little of cattle himself, but he had understood from those who were good judges, that although there were many good beasts in the present show, there were not so many as there had been on some former occasions. If he could claim any knowledge of the respective merits of stock, he thought he knew some thing of short-woolled sheep, and he must certainly say, that in the course of the fifteen years during which he had been a member of the Club, he had never seen a better show of that class of animals.— (Hear, hear.) It might be thought by some that he made this remark in consequence of having gained the second prize himself on the present occasion, but he could assure them that it was not so.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to find that the competition in South Down sheep was extending itself beyond Sussex. They had long had a formidable competitor in Cambridgeshire, and this year they had been beaten by a Berkshire man.— (Cheers.) It was clear to him that the successful can didates on the present occasion had profited by what they had seen at previous exhibitions, and therefore he thought the Smithfield Club had proved itself of great service to the agricultural interest.—(Hear.) There was another point he might mention in commendation of the Club, and it was this—that it formed a field of neutral ground, into which party politics could never enter.—(Cheers.) Each member could there meet his brother farmer without the slightest fear of any party strife, entering into a fair competition with the sole view of carrying out the highest possible degree of improve. ment in the breeding and rearing of stock ; and when they returned to their respective counties, he was sure they could not but feel with him that much good had re sulted from the establishment of the Club.—(Hear.) The Noble Duke concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the Smithfield Cattle Club." _ _ . The toast having been responded to with great en thusiasm, The Noble CHAIRMAN proceeded to read the judges' awards, presenting the prizes to the successful candi dates. Having gone through the award, the Noble Duke gave " The Healths of the Successful Competitors in the Cattle Classes," expressing a hope that, as they had proved "so good" in their cattle, they would not, on a future occasion, be " so bad" as to absent them selves from the anniversary festival. The respective candidates present having returned thanks, _ _ _ Mr. PITSIEY, M.P., rose and said—lt falls to my lot to propose "The Health of the Duke of Richmond and the other successful Competitors in the Short-wool Sheep Classes."—(Lond cheers.) Although the Noble Duke is our new President, his Grace is no new acquaintance to many of you, and, therefore, it is not for me to in troduce him on this occasion. There can be no doubt that it is a great advantage to have at our head a Nobleman of the highest rank in the country, and one who unites to that rank a character which endears him to all who approach him. Such a Nobleman is your newly-elected President.—(Cheers,) In my opinion, the Duke of Richmond sets a bri;.;ht example to his com peers. There was au old monkish saying which ran to this effect, "To work is to pray." I think the aristo cracy of the country should follow the example of the Duke of Richmond, and set their heads to work to for ward the interests of agriculture.—(Cheers.) There is one more observation I wish to make, although I fear that in doing so I shall be in some degree betra) ing private confidence. I have been informed, that when our Noble President is residing on his property in the Highlands, he is always to be found at any hour from seven in the morning until seven at night, riding about and looking over his farms, not for the purpo e of finding fault, but with the view of discovering how money may profitably be expended, and the condition of his tenantry improved.—(Cheers.) Deeds are better than words ; and, therefore, I shall not trouble you with further pre face, but at once propose " The Health of him whom we are proud to call our President, his Grace the Duke of Richmond."—(Cheers.) Tile toast having been drunk with every mark of en- thilsiastic feeling, The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said--Gentlemen, I can assure you that nothing in this life gives me greater pleasure than to be surrounded by a body of the farmers of this country ; and that pleasure must ever especially be dear to me, when, as now, they take occasion to honour me with the expression of their confidence.— (Hear.) Gentlemen—l have attended the festival of this Club (with one exception, when I was prevented by a domestic affliction) every year since my election as a member. I joined the Club because I thought it calcu lated to be of great service to the country. I need seal cely remind you that it was from opinions expressed in this room that the Royal Agricultural Society of England took its formation.—(Hear, hear.) I have on some occasions been fortunate enough to obtain the first prize, and sometimes the second, and sometimes my stock have been only commended by the judges. I have, however, always recommended perseverance, and I am sure I may appeal to you all as to whether I have not invariably been satisfied with the awards.—(Hear). This year I have been beaten by Mr. Webb, of Cam bridgeshire, and also by a Berkshire friend. I shall do my best next year, and I think I may venture to say that if my competitors do not produce some very good sheep indeed, I shall carry off the gold medal for 1646. (Cheers and laughter.) I assure you I feel very deeply the great honour you have conferred on me, by electing me to succeed your late esteemed president, and I can not adequately express the debt of gratitude I owe you for the distinction.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in refer ence to what my excellent friend, Mr. Pusey, has said, I certainly am in the habit of taking every opportunity of meeting my tenantry. I take no credit to myself for such a course ; I consider it my duty to do so • but, at the same time it would be wrong in me to say ;hat I do so on the ground of duty, for it gives me the greatest possible pleasure to meet my tenantry at any and every time.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I fear I shall not be of any great service to the Club in the office you have been pleased to place me, but if I can show younger landlords than myself how they ought to live—that it is to their advantage that they should co-operate with their tenantry, and converse with them as a part of their own iamily, and that if they do so they may attend every agricultural meeting and market in the country, and always be well received, perhaps this will be something.—(Cheers.) I need not further enlarge on the great importance of the landlord and the occupier being on good terms. They both row in the same boat, but the tenant cannot improve his farm un less he is backed up by the landlord : nor can the land lord get on unless supported by his tenant.—(Hear.) The Noble Duke, in conclusion, said no language could express the debt of gratitude he owed to the agricultural interest, and, thanking the company very sincerely for the manner in which they had received his name, his Grace sat down amid loud applause. Mr. Webb and Mr. Harris made appropriate acknow ledgments ; and the other portions of the prize list hav ing been gone through, the healths of the " Stewards," the " Honorary Secretary," Mr. T. B. Gibbs ; Mr. Gibbs, " the Father of the Club," and other routine toasts, were subsequently proposed, and duly acknow ledged. The Duke of Richmond and several other gentlemen retired shortly after eight o'clock, but the general party did not separate until a much later hour. At the adjourned Committee meeting held at the bazaar yesterday morning, the Duke of Richmond occu pied the chair, supported by Earl Ducie, Mr. Pusey, M.P., and several other influential members of the club. On the motion of Mr. H. Gibbs, it was agreed that at all future " shows," a prize of 101. (money or plate) should be awarded to the feeder of the best Scotch, Welsh, or Kerry ox or steer; that the second prize for the best long or short woolled sheep should be increased from 51. to 10/.; and that a gold medal should be offered for the best pen of pigs in the exhibition, the reason for the latter being, that the Committee were of opinion pork was of the same importance to the poorer classes as beef to the richer members of the community. • RAILWAYS AND A DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. —The change of Ministry which has taken place within the last few days is likely, in the opinion of mans . , to result in a dissolution of Parliament. We would fain hope not. The delay which would thus be interposed in the c onsideration of the multitudinous railways now awaiting the fiat of the legis lature must in many, very many, instances prove fatal. Our pages are not political, and therefore we need not go into the cause or causes which may render a dissolution expedient. Perhaps, however, we may venture to say that the postpone ment, for a few months, of the settlement of the great com mercial question would be more than counterbalanced by the results of an early and a satisfactory adjustment of the rail. way or industrial question. We trustAtherefore, that Mem hers of all parties. should the present House be again con vened, will agree in expediting, as much as Possible, the pro gress of railway business; and be content to postpone to a future day those contests for power which, ender the altered aspect of atleirs, are certain to be neither few nor feeble. Railway Record. THE RIVER PLATE. -- -LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—The fo ll ow i n g was posted in the Underwriters' Rooms to-day:— " Buenos Ayres, Oct. 4 ._The operations of the English and French squadrons are continued. They have taken Pay sander. Soriano., and Mercedeo, and the expedition is pro ceeding up the river to Salto, where it wiil have no diffi culty in opening a communication with General Paz, who is supplied with arms, ammunition, and money, and will, it is supposed, immediately commence operations. Some vessels from up the river came in sight yesterday, and, in attempt ing to elude the blockade, were taken by the boats of the blockading squadron. It is reported that the English troops brought to 'Monte Video by her Majesty's ship Resistance have landed at the Buseo." The storm in the Channel on Thursday was very severe, and must have caused much damage, The Calais steamer, with the mail for Dover, left at the usual time, but was driven ashore soen after leaving the harbour, and be cause a complete week in a few hours. MESMERISM. MR. SPENCER T. lIALL'S LECTURES. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, in the last week, Mr. Hall delivered lectures at the Court-house, in Warwick. On Leal of these occasions the audiences here large and highly respectable, although it had been anticipated that experiments in mesmerism would at tract but very litttle or no attention in this place : but Mr. Hall had announced that he should operate upon several inhabitants of the town, and this fact, we apprehend, might have been the cause of many being in attendance, to witness his expert meats. At all events there were many, and it was evident that the majority came as unbelievers. On the lecturer commencing his address, explanatory to the subjet, the utmost attention was paid to all his ob servations, and at the close he was greeted with much applause.—On Wednesday evening, the chairman was the Rev. Dr. Meeson (who a few years ago practised as a physician in London), and on Thursday evening that respected physician and eminent man of science, Dr. Lloyd, presided. Thus, our frequently-expressed wish that respectable medical men would preside, and see fair "play," was fully realised. With respect to the experi ments, on each occasion, we are in every way justified in saying they were unusually satisfactory, for Mr. Hall first operated upon a most respectable youth, residing in the town, whose integrity is beyond all possible doubt ; next upon a little boy in the service of Mr. Cooke, the bookseller,—a boy whom he had never seen until the very evening of his lecture ; and next upon another lad, who came forward from among the audience unexpectedly,—and who had never before heard a lecture, or seen a mesmeric operation. In each case the integrity of the party was wholly undisputed, and there fore the audience watched the effects produced by the mesmerist with great attention and interest. Those effects were astouishieg to every one, and we really do believe that many sceptics were amazed, if not convinced. To say this, is bat speaking the plain truth, even though it may be doubted or ridiculed. Our very limited space will not allow us to detail the ext eriments, and we must therefore be content to give the simple outline of the fact that they created universal astonishment among the audience. Of course no attempt was made at that won der of all wonders, clairvoyance. Mr. Hall, however, avowed his perfect conviction of its practicability. We may claim some excuse if we appear to be satisfied, more than previously, with Mr. Halt's oporations in our town ; for the fact is, that two of the three cases of strangers being operated upon by him here, were par ties from the Advertiser establishment. At the dote of the two lectures Mr. Hall expressed a de sire that a few gentlemen in Warwick would form themselves into a committee, for the pur pose of investigating the subject of mesmerism, and de clared his readiness to aid them, at any time, by making experiments in their presence. On Thursday even ing, after the lecture, Dr. Lleyd, in a very brief ad dress, observed that he had attended many lectures on the subject, and had, after attentively observing all his various experiments—occupying together about four hours—he must say, he had never been more entertained, or listened to a more fair and candid explanation of the lecturer's objects, feelings, and conscientious convictions, than on that occasion ; and he thought Mr. Hall justly entitled to the thanks of the audience for the lecture he had delivered, and for the interesting experiments he had brought before them.—(Great applause.) Thanks were then voted to the respected Chairman, and thus closed the evening.— Warwick Advertiser. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 3% p.—Buckinghamshire, % dis.—Ches ter and Birkenhead, 45—Ditto, New 201. Shares, 3 / 4 p. —Derby and Crewe, 2% p.—Edinburgh and Glas gow , Half Shares, 8 1 % p.—Edinburgh and Perth, 1 p.— Grand Junction, New Quarter Shares, 1 3 / 4 —Ditto, 404, Shares (L.M.), 524—Great Western, Half Shares, 85 1 / 2 — Goole and Doncaster, par—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4% p.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 1 dis—Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle Junction, 1% p.—Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 1% p.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 19 3 / 4 p.—London and Manchester (Remington's), 1 dis.—London and York, 114 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, p.— Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 36 p.—Manches ter and Leeds, Fifth Shares, BS% p.—Manchester and South ampton, j 8 p.—Matlock and Midland, 1 "v s p.—Midland, 20/. Shares, 12% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 6 p.—North Staffordshire, 535. p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 6 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, ditto, No. 2,5% p.—Ditto, ditto No. 3 (scrip), 34 p.—Trent Valley, 14% p.—West Riding Union, 4%—Belfast and Ballymena, par.—Dublin and Galway, 4 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 2 p.—Paris and Lyons. (Lafiltte), Is. lid. p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 7—Dudley, Iron Bridge, and Shrewsbury, 1 East Lancashire, No. 2, 10—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 2 3 / 4 —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 235. 3d. —Leeds and Thirsk, 10%—Manchester, Buxton, and Mat lock, 725. —Manchester and Birmingham, 70—Ditto, New Quarters, 8 3 / 4 —Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 18s. 6d. —Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 11%—North Staffordshire, 995. 6d.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 2%—Preston and Wyre Extension, I—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 6 —South Eastern and Dover, 35. YORK, DEC. 12. STocit - ExcnANtar.—The sales are—York and North Mid land Extension, 23 3 / 4 —Newcastle and Berwick, 10—North British, Dalkeith, s%—Ditto, ditto, New, s%—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 2%—London and York, 37 , 4—Grand Union, 14—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3% — North Staffordshire, 47( 3 . SHEFFIELD, Dac. 12. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 40/. Shares, 17 3 / 4 —Preston and Wyre, 32—Grimsby Railway and Deck Extension, 5 1 4—Boston, Newark, and Stittlield, 2%—London and York, 4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3%—York and Carlisle, 2 %. HULL, DEC. 12. STOCK Excirallow. —The sales arc—Great Gritnsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 4—North British, Carlisle;l7i -4xholme, 25' —Dudley , Madeley, and I ron B r id ge, 1/. 11s. 6d.—Grand Union, 28s.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 38s. —London and Birmingham Extension, I!—London and York, 37 5 —North Staffordshire, 41. 12s.— South Midland, 41. 9s. 6d. HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCCIANGE.—The sales are—London and York, 4 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 1 4—Glasgow and Dumfries, 2/. 2s.—West Riding Union, 6—Essex and Suffolk, 235. Grand Union, 1/. 9s.—Leicester and Bedford, 7s. 6d. p.— Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, 1%. LEEDS, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Counties, 19.14 —Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10% p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 5 3 ,4—East Lanca shire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 9 1 4—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 17—Leeds and Bradford, 49—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1614 ex n.—Leeds and Thirsk, 9 1 ,4 1 —North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2;i — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 13 1 4—London and York, 4—Direct Northern, 14—West Riding Union, 5 3 4 — Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 30s. p.—Man chester and Southampton, 2 3 4—North Western, 2 1 / 4 South Midlands, 2% p.—Wakefield and Bradford, 10 Ws,— Wakefield and Harrogate, Rs. p.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 21 4 . EDINBURGH, DEC. 10. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—British and Irish Union, 69s.—Caledonian, ex new, 121 %—Caledonian Exten sion, 60s.—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 18s. —Edinburgh and Northern, 755. —Ditto, Lochgelly, 315.—Edinburgh and Peebles, 41s. 6d.—Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 50 s . —Gl asgow an d Lesmahagow, 645. —Lanark and Galloway, 455.—Lanark and Lothians, 61s. —North British, Extension to Carlisle, 45s.—Ditto, Exten sion to Dalkeith, 6%—Perth and Inverness, 40s.—Scottish Central, 1314—Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 345. 6d. GLASGOW, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 5 4—Airdrio and Bathgate, 525. 6d.—Ayr and G a ll oway , 425. 6d.—Bri tish and Irish Union, 69s.—Caledonian, 13—Ditto, Exten sion, 60s.—Caledonian Direct Northern, 50s.—Clydes dale Junction, 18/. Dundee and Perth, 8/.—East Indian Railway, 21s. Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 17s. 6d.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 458. —Glasgow General Terminus, 81.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 45s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 18/. Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 58s.—Lanark and Lo thians, 575. 6d—Lesmahagow, 60s.—Renfrew and Ayr, 255. —Scottish Central, 13 1 ,i—Scottish Southern, 38s.—Scottish South Midland Junction, 42s.—South Midland, 4%—Stir ling and Dunfermline, 475. 6d. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY ThisFic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: ,:::, Week Last o m e ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. Z F . . r ~. . . ... . . - - £ X Dec. 6 Arbroath an d F or f ar ••••••-• • • • • • • • 179 154 - Bristol and Birmingham •••'•" ' • • • • • - - 503 5 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 421 4 Dublin and Drogheda• 651 549 9 Dublin and Kingstown •. • ... .. „„ • • 636 655 7 Dundee and Arbroath . • ...., „ „ .... 250 244 s ld laa e ns r g l d a o n ,N, d o. . r .. t .. h .. E . :a..5..t.er.n..... 6,133 3,585 659 741 2,327 1,982 m iStdiv a eGi r noc k , and Ayr .... .. 1,809 1,420 6 7 66 G E ED l a dur a s in s tl g , C ahn km a i d l n i 6 GIIIIIew and Greenock...-. ~ , .... 703 676 - Grand Junction ...... ..., ........ _ Gravesend and Rochester...." - • - - Great North of E ngland ••.•••• • • • - •- _ 7 Great Western ... • • ....... 15,626 13,035 •••••• • • • • • 8 Ilartlepool ..... 1,172 6 London and Birmingham, &c...... • . 31,028 24,513 7 London and 131ackwall.• • ..... ••• • • • 717 642 6 London and Brighton. 9 London and Croydon .••••••• • • • • • • • 674 932 - London and Greenwich .•.•••• • • • • • • - -- 6 London and South Western . ........ 5,006 4,986 7 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 893 805 5 Manchester and Birmingham........ 3,643 2,855 6 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,703 5,129 6 Midland Counties ................... 15,117 11,533 6 Newcastle and Darlington .......... 2,502 1,011 6 Newcastle and Carlisle.. ••••.• • • • ... 1,603 1,573 7 Newcastlo and Ifoi th Shields.. .•• • .. 415 319 946 175 5 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,442 1,448 - Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans •.• • • • .... - 4,886 - Paris and Rouen ..... ••.•-•. • • • . • . - 3,999 6 Preston and Wyre 390 317 6 Sheffield and Manchester-- •.•• • • • 1•03•5 631 6 South Eastern.. •••••• • • • • .. 1,032 910 7 Ulster 555 623 . - Yarmouth and Norwich - •- 4,742 4,575 6 York and North Midland. EXPLOSION AT THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY' STAmox.—Friday evening, shortly before L i ve o'clock consi derable alarm was created in the immediate vicinity of Niue Eli a, Vauxhall, in consequence of a report being raised that the terminus of the South Western Railway had taken fire. It appears that the water of the Thames overflowed and filled the cellars underneath the principal entrance, and there by displaced the gas-tittings, which caused the gas to escape about the building. A gas-fitter was therefore sent for to examine the place, and on his applying a light to one of the burners, the gas which had escaped became ignited, and ex ploded with a noise resembling the discharge of fire-arms, at. the same time tearing up a portion of the lining boards in the ladies' waiting-room, and demolishing the upper part of the doorway. The entrance-hall and money-taker's compart ment were also considerably injured. Whether tie cellars below are much damaged it is impossible to tell, as they have; at present upwards of six feet deep of water in them.