The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-20 00:00:00

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P t bslto dc jj d th ° for 4d• rs• 3 ` } '' sl , l °' he i st A tirll'e gyip— heri 'eP • t he 5 ore s ts of t hey f or . soul v_mcer, , — ofO W• sheri ff'. jet. tOPY i 90.) 0 54' li‘l s e it_ e AC ov 1. l o P or i‘ deP for es ftri ci , ote r, e, A r g o l, or, l 'i t r lb ot , th e r 0 1 ,j fl j e P* 00 , Ore; the out ° Jayl f o ra i " ter' Ile 0. 10 0 ' 0 (1 ol d r. 0,,,',0 with t e l fee - 0 ' at the t it eeP c v , pn to t to - . iD e o C i i i it a l r oo o te d e s Pr and P' , 3 11 ed B # dienc e ' ill _ ro crbf 3rpoesrr°lje' o ing ° „l , r e Lisoe-,00 CLERRENWELL,—(THIS DAY.) TI „.. lomaA Ran:mond and Benjamin Ray, wer e ..,_ low-looking fell oyes, ob i p at the bar, charged with being drunk, tied using %cene language in the lobby of Sadlers Wells Theatre. It ?lade th ; aPpeared that on Wednesday night last, the prisoners b o -2 . r appearance in the lobby, between the pit and 0111:z entrances, whilst they were drank. They were refused 43191 3, when they became violent and abusive to the most die and authorities of the theatre. Their language was m tai t i ai ' ne. 4 ciipn i nrt g soo u toe s ,nue t kn i: rt g soo , yrdy an . d they made a violent resistance on being s a lv id ha i t n t t h h o e y ir d d id ef . ence, th . at . they were drunk, rio...p . GREENWOODvR tined them seven shillings each, or five it I mprison ment. he Prisoners paid the money, and were liberated. l ' IT ' D .I.MMIM.M .NMNIEM•I•N••••••.. „,..--4z GRAND BALL at GUILDHALL. _ vtt e en as the Guildhall of the City of London has been the, pime of festties, and especially of balls for charitable pur .es it was never more appropriately or more brilliantly irn. e u than on Wednesday evening, when a grand ball and tielsert were given in aid of the funds of the ward schools. So lt " he something. of selfishness, there is also much of be,imon sense and of safety in the maxim that " charity th:t tl i at home." Some of the entertainments of this kind th e are heretofore been given in the Guildhall, and under tio'nPatronage of the Corporation, have been open to objec r44°ll t he ground th at this very necessary and salutary rule ewe (g°tten, and that th e c l a i ms o f t h ose w h o were at our alightc'obs were negl ec t e d i n favour of others, who, whatever to e their misfortune s h a d at l east not an equal right luctrefeence. But the all of last night g ave r i se t o no the coin on the contrary, if one Might judge from 1,,h0,p, brilliant, and numerous assemblage of both , sexes t CO or `,,`:fone;ed the hall, it must have been " taken up' not t i s l o i nuit,"T,,a,v.spiri.t. and favour. Perhaps there were n san,'",;',',',.'ne nobility and gentry present as some of the most hay; '".e suPporters of the object of the entertainment might fu r b 'xPected, but their absence was more than compensated thei,yfthe throngs of highly respectable citizens who, with th e ',, arnirles, mingled in the pastime of the evening. Ac the natural patrons :of the ward schoole, on behalf of which visit ors yes patrons given, they were by far the most appropriate tir es , b ; l , The ball was announced as a " grand fancy and Cn se ,4 ut there was more of the "dress" in the ordinary I,, kin ei the term than of the "fancy." A few grotesque tie), ,F ,cavaliers and Greeks were here and there scattered exac"J,._tine throng, and one or two attempts at costume, the eve, tkcaaracter of which it would perhaps have puzzled of tb e ue Wearers to describe ; but by far the greater portion 11411 w e°lll PallY were in the ordinary evening dress. The boo r t ,14 brilliantly illuminated with gas, and an . exneyent I lad ti; e 7Yed all the usual dances, to which ' the fair visitois kore or 1. partners footed it to their hearts content on toe till i on es 3 light and fantastic. The dancing was continued t s. 4 Past midnight. There was also a concert in which ° tber re l, Shaw, Miss S. Novell°, Mr. Machin, and several .enedieta4sts, took part. It was under the direction of Mr. Artopint went of admirably. at neart" th e company present (the numbers were estimated t'll Si - ' 1' ), 0 ) we observed- the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, Vteeki ,"atn, the Earl of Munster, Count Noailles, Count Me et ' ' a Ptain de Bathe, Captain Seymour, Lord Dudley A - Sir Moses Montefiore Aldermen Lucas, Fare 4theire,tri I,illglies Hughes, Hooper, and Sir John Key, and l Sev eral 3BB ' _urin g th ITT handsome donations to the schools were made iltid, lo c a li gaY and evening. Among them were, we under 644ehii, fro m Messrs. Masterman, and 50/. from Messrs. tast e d a , ` 4 . The donations during the evening were esti ' uPWards of 500/. tbit,.. fr:::,4,bttioll (COON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) inued from our Afternoon Edition.) Actlis , r , ASHMORE V. LEES. t141i01,-,,llaiat in this case claims a vote for the northern opert;cl! ottingham on account of a share in certain ltviii' In the counties of Nottingham and York. ne t Et i i , l" : l 4 ;le a ll r al i n s e i I tll' e 4 t ° vote t 2 e .s r was of opinion that the appellant was no an inmate oftheEarl of Shrewsbury's Hos iti;lbid a 8 such receives a weekly stipend of 10s. 6d. per ! , N 4 '; f cc. iip, quantities of clothes, food, and fuel. The tti threired ' f . t .: ln tri e buted ro gst the inmates of the hospital a lands belonging to the hospital, t„ °11 ,11t %unties eorf a llottingham and York. If the th ' 4 l, et stipend, together with the value of the to t h e 1,4114, r.eceiyed, be divided into parts proportionate . th e d e 9' the estates in the two counties from which thaN an r. l ll. , l , that which the entitleapelant would derive from ' iit,,1 1, ,, t ,, , ;Aould be sufficient to st him to a vote for li . k : i tle rl f . but a, proportion of thestipend only would be 'a as represented, however , that de appellant 11 4tt' ia C'tlll° t t e , i'ti ti ed to a fixed stipend of 10s. 6d. per . week as the ti! l ber ,lled with the resources of the hospital and the bad 4 iDA.,,, l 'lniat - • The inmates were at all times entitled to . ; 4 l ,it:if l il i ?! not less than3s. 6d., but that no one of them it wa ' a ltle hi47oabove that amount, which was not sufficient one of five objections, but S Nin ' l P 4 th ° al a 'o e te ihat T ke s v o as urt decided. „.,1411),.11bstuPs were of opinion that the decision of the .- to tt t Po 4rrister was right. The appellant had no life in . 'h4 ll3 ' f ixed sum above 3s. 6d. per week, and, there ill'h t entitled to vote. -me r e aPp t p . itztowLEs V. BROORII:rn. . 1, 4! NOlid 4 '4 In this case made an objection to the vote of Ylf! ti 'l t l ,Nr ei t lt , Iyho represented that e the th n a o t c of objection d t t l h e e address of 14 thtjettr 4,ing.irtesi form. Ita pp eared ~, 1 . . i in . the list p of ea v r oters was incorrect, but N th a t tnt , 4 % Rawl]. the address given was correct. The It .°4 il,eeP,r.esented that the address ought ofto be the same kilt' to N Hst of voters; and, on the part the appellant, Tl!:,' ofth°4ed that the address ought . to be the . . actual I ‘-4 1. ,Lor c i .e ., °1) ..iector at the time of . making the objection. Th. ~,t ir t '' ll P3 took time to consider. Ivh i "ib elh rose shortly before four o'clock. ttr k ll ll 4l ,?' the last (lay for hearing the appeals, those tot been entered into will not be heard till next . . ~............ 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I T , "N THE LEICESTER AND SWANNINGTO ititt, ' tta','''et.s-r , N 18.-Au accident of a most f0,,!-I.4lsetalre occurru;ed on this line yesterday, to George ;;: i teli zi „ i btto' e st l', an, in the employ of the Colliery. t Company.no ~,,-keo. wi,,,4 , e man was coming from S!vanni . n,, ir:kltity:ttiliuNse,rh.,:aicoroaitl. train, po ne?aarnslsvtiinnggd anfttwNtohentw,,y2b-rreeitadgkghet-wleaaangre--, car the wee ' , ch ec iv,tng two engines . an th e tto l ord am It ah ttai n Itarilect Thalby, the breaks ere p a u p t ort on ien an n d f V„ ( lit t . , eelli hd ell', for the purpose of leaving ,gth hi s b, When it is supposed that Bott . gave the ' ttl•9le ' t eak a sudden jerk, which caused !I 9 ae _. to 19 breaksm an, happenin . g th 9 0e h: 'lv Boa in the act of falling, and ok ttem b tk tll ''ntlelf Ned on e Iv 4, , I. by grasping at the carriage, bu a n t failing (S t ,„ ti !li t : t to th`„"rown across the rails, whereu ItCttllf t till th' en ginedivers, bu d t st i r i a a s lf u a n ni ab i l i r e, t w o b m en a b k e e tt:te h o gotl o,4 e . train bad proceede k . il ivt, tt 1 1 , 4 s n, and, with two othefs, went to the spot - ` 1 „, rottasa.2eon to fall ; upon arriving there they found b T l tl ) ,'°lv `s' t aao in a ditch adjoining the line. as ltes /,4Mifted on to the tender, and conveyed h‘ r o oti n tl ieul de ' u r te to the infirmary, where . it was found , th en a t t Thy4l h' t liil st thwas dislocated, his right leg nearly tit:fo,„ pidd,,, e eftle g had a transverse leg, extend' g kor(t,.ileees's,eafr .. his thigh to tbe calf of hi i s mnied a ia n t d ely it . 41 hi, 3 ,tell,„ ' i 3 to amputate both limbs Yea rs 'at e sit )o .re a most excellent character, and had 1. 4 4 k e ti t 'r atalltriton about a year and a half; he was only 110,.; , Rc t „, o Pon the point of marriage. lt ..:', 4 - o ' l ' :NI A -ll' MUTINY AGAINST A PRIVATE IN 114mloOtierlirtIrNE CORPS.-On Tuesday, the 18th in n t' e t 4 , 11 . 1 ' at tbr4brt-fnartial assembled in the officers' IVl• b liti' 4 ' 1. 40t ' 'loyal Marine Barracks, at Chatham, tlicAt i '' , ler, ~ t . dated the 14th November, from the Lords Li h 4j oil, 4 .„,l ll 'iy at the A dmiralty, for the trial . of Charles 4 i % LP . ,, 4e Court° et the 25th company belonging to this - eitt loh • •-ll •• officers !.(t o .t ei el w. ,consisted of the following l ate , Cs:inel 'rt'urgusson, Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Peebl . es, N I t her 4 in Co°,,s• .Stevens, Brevetiiajor James slcirortellltd bidell ti? Urt 'tt a %' 11176 r1 1 &c. Thep risoner was e 0 , s t „, , rti a i r „___, , , ti N I . th , ntl eg his uum . ny a guard with fixed bayonets, ,t , t, ~, e feliev,._ charges the Deputy Judge . : A - dvocate z 1. For itl o' .. kC e i tl c t th e Rog al against' him, s k iii," 41 ,,, th e „the hr 0.. 1 ,Marine Barracks, viz.:-1. . Chatham, ,to 4t 4tk irti . uti i cla , or eight o'clock in the even !t'grit tt e i nat e _ Y of November, 1845, behaved in N'''':,,.. tt.,:et "'anner, by laying down his arms and Nocl, 0 ° t(l ' s to ~Ying that he would not soldier any it?' e at aid e Fet, such conduct being subversive 1 1 4 1 ) ,14 Q it jh e th e i„ Intary discipline. 2d Charge.-For Nl)oellOoseiri,,3Yal Alarine Barracks, Chatham, on or 1 1 , 4 1 °1 4 4 t.)l the 1 0th day of November, 1845, stated ) lis tlt t, s 4)11 of IN h t , IC.H., the Commandant of the Chat '4lSi,' titi,..; l _det aii '23'41 Marine., when questioced as to his q v o l t *, .s.''' to i, eu in the Ist Char e that he meant it, - and 44 tat th e .. t or words g '' 4tm 111 Royal , . o that effect, 3d Charge.-For t titi ti ,I 9 th etniev alatine Barracks, at Chatham, on ?r tli : v tigi Cors e ,' the llth day of November, 1845, again Illi t s . ), e tri til. t, kai andant of the Chatham Division, Colonel kett te"..lst ao(?pten cautioned upon his conduct, as set Iltiltroo41:11ot effe eltargeß, that he meant what he said, l‘; , . ° 4fi r , and the :rile prisoner was again taken to the N,Aeqb, ~ decision of the Court will not be known tie, ,A 1 0 , :, Lite Lords of the Admiralty. slll.si,T),tgh4tltll 1:4 1 : 4 _ 1:11 :rs IN THE PACTFIC.-The Thalia r.teialliltii e d at Portsmouth from the Pacific, IP 'llt e , 4 01 9,1 4111 er IS 'ltch seem to explain the naval move th t 11 ,c ', ern , which had attracted some attention in It ith,‘lii,,,,kl l 1 ., "Y to eo 41 %," 4 , trtil or gutt b ee nurm, partly to negative the in ki,,ill (4 , lc 4 111 ka3, last 11 raVitt from them. We announced 4, tit Ora, had ' Tj ean ~ that, after sonic bustle of preps -4 t tp - "411,; filo rt gate, of 50 guns, and the Daphne 1 4 4,„ t7l4,theZera s'eef,'',,ls'itll sealed orders to the northward_ . , tiicj4t. mav e g el - le an t - 2N to have gone to the Columbia. k 1 1 , , . 1),, been e __ Was concerned, this conjecture ap utt, , : the , Jrect, es s h e has proceeded to that ay,.4: . 4 1 1 , 4 ters: t n seat,hne returned to the southward,. , I ,,iii i iia t ~, 1,43 elsewhere. At a later period, (ti,j:,t ord er thelteeorcrratedtb by , .the announcement. t l i t l A Or hti4 tr otii i°de 'te, eloo e collingwoud, of eighty ~t ie te , is St ,ova Callao. h p of war, had sailed tb h now appears that . e lv fi i rst L i ‘ : l , 4 4 tal i ' 4 4 , l lle e T ,Z r as to meet the French admiral at the, ty „ fp r Pe i purpose of settling Mr. Pritchard's NiiNtst`ot Frolic s at " ;, but that, from thence he 10'44 4, 4 0 4. ~ r9iie brig, dwich Islands where he was to be `44t,`i4llfor when t quadron would sail for 0 1141 t l4 0 It i Cltot 4 1 . 14 ,elo 4ur !? 0 ,, t. v _ : tolerably clear from these ac t,Sch): 41, t) I 1 0f 81:1 1 Ili b e ' ii "L_ after the date of the accounts, riki4 41 4 oh v i o ' one o f s oon or near the coast of Oregon, l) „. wno i,„„ 1 , 18 , fro m t ' il e e n Of . 18, and one of 16 guns; troublindirect course that le was the were apprehended in that ta 4 it ti kQis ebs‘ ue ltate k i lt t 'ati t( lead r ve that I,k4°,rvett':td %A n ' i n the Pacific.. Down to a recent e P - rl f;4 , _ tr oa l oth e " l , 4 a selx;;_claaa frigates of 60 guns, two e i p t e lritsas recently been rein • t t h illt q: tho t .e Ar ti e ..nr\. 'efts, qb . 01,,,;„ . 4 1,,ttarit a "tca 4 ne ,,,, mouth ; and we now kir,,,,,, ~ i i, ,t hr ,. 4 aed th-spapers that two more large a v : a4° t t o o th ese e pongress, are on their way lar:nbope.:. :,, Aast :4:s:e: v,essels in the Chinese sea )lettiotioto;4'da 7 - 4:" . ofe a force of sx frigates ach sea, ..../ I ttix, '''''k o gun sbiP) five's.orvettes, one brig, l s. e.,,i, ii rt a , ssi, ev eilio 11 , 1 E ivr C u ' , lll rlg 4, road t g4 qi IN TEE BLACKFRIARS th t, it e ,, 0 4 stressing accident took place in the ~ ) 4 ~ c a I 1 1 v io z named a rok n; B e elv d b ha ciJekab,mnei. ot s i nisg Watkinsrfearedd tititor;;;:ate 1.41718.33;.5tY°7, amsatan tsi of , atilt, reet s o titi, hth, ,, ,e, 4 ,, a ott,.. st ri,,, tikii.iuled in eo reef at a. ra id th. ( sly vioit an th r o B eq uenee of y Tate towards Black -1,,,t'414111'fi4" as threw t he rider 1 courrumg too sharply, the ,t,,tasia en ur ed ell. , 9 eatt,e 1 1 ‘'e ' , i 4 t 1 Ce 4'll upon 4 Uef °re th head]• and face to be se (tiit la I t ' 41 1(1 „. th e hisanimal could be secured, it A ~1,.41 .44.,,,,_-eyas eit„,,Pn_Or fellow. He called loudly . 4 ilii,o(it'oh ,11":iievt, t'i;`._ei.Y. pctricated in a deplorable N o ti I, t qz' s h in a ~.e:',eldent.srard of t. Thomas's ` 1 4( 11 , K 2, t W)lp in OAII4Ac ..) Precarious state. ' /It' -s it vi ? h viat e th eouraek_s; TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. %% lit til nec essity at the Y psi , R i o n c . rear of these ..vtit Onfining railit _ ary de- 1845 • "That the Mayor be requested to convene another public meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Cambridge, to take into consideration the report of the Committee, and deter mine thereon." • After some:flirther discussion, in 'which Mr, Alderman, Fawcett; :Mr. Alpen, andtothers took pact, a Committee was• appointed to make further dnquiries;mlo :•the 'merits of the various lines, and to repprt,•to•+a future meeting, with power to consider the practicability a central station in Carat , THE GREAT BRITA IN. At a meeting of the cabin passengers a the steam ship Great Britain, held on Monday; in the dining-saloon, on the motion of Williama Wedgewood;•Esq.iofNew - York; Hem? Cocker,' Esq.; Of Derbyshire; was called to the chair • and Mel George Tames, o f N ew York,' tvae.appointed secretary."' On the motion cof G. F. Crtde, 'Eeq. blennaela, Captain Robertson, 82d Regirrient; and W. B. Wedgiewootl, Esq., with the secretary, were appointed:lf committee to draw up a state. went expressive of the sense of this Meeting: - • •• The meeting then adjourned; to 'meefinJ-morrow; at two o'clock. (Signed) GEO. TAMES, Secreturvt Great Britain s t eam - s hi p, at sea, 14th November ,.lB4 . s.i • At. the meeting of this date, in accordance with the ab.,ve the annexed document was submitted by the committee:-- " On the motion of Mr. C. Tuckness, of Demerara, seconetsd by Lieutenant Cuthbert, of 65th Regiment, the said statet ment was adopted, and signed by all present. On the motion of Mr. C. Whitley, of Canada, it was. unanimously carried, that the minutes, &c., of the proceed;, lugs of this meeting be presented to Captain Ilosken, with a request to publish the saute in such of the daily journals Ad ha may think proper." . (Signed; GEO. TAMES, Secretary. . Steam-ship Great Britain, at sea, Nov. 15, 1645. Circumstances attending the late passage of the steam-ship, Great Britain render it a pleasing duty on the part of the un de,signed cabin-passengers to submit the following brief: statement to the public: The Great Britain left New York on the 28th tilt., with, every prospect of making a good passage. It is true that oa, her outward trip she met with an accident to her propeller,, which rendered important repairs necessary before leaving , on her return to Liverpool, and these were done in a manner : which was hoped to be efficient and substantial.. Scarcely, however, had she been at sea forty-eight hours“ when an accident occurred similar to that which befel ber Qtt the previous passage —the loss of one of the arms of her.pro puller. Again, and when but a few days longer at sea, two more of the arms of the propeller were carried away, and the ship was now so far disabled that her commander deemed it prudent to discontinue the use of the engines, and to depend entirely for the remainder of the passage on the good quali ties of his ship as a sailing vessel. Favourable weather soon gave us the opportunity of testing her ability in this charac ter, and from what we then experienced, we have no hesita tion in saying that in our opinion her ability as a sailing vessel is not inferior to any ship afloat. We overtook several vessels at sea, sailing the same course, all ofwhich we passed. This fact we deem as the best evi dence of her qualities as a sailing ship. On the 10th instant we experienced a very heaVy gOp from the north-west, which continued for nearly twenty-folf hours; and we then had an excellent opportunity of judging of her strength and ability as a sea boat. Far &urn encottre aging any of the ill-f oun d e d pre j u di ces against the Great. Britain, she on this occasion strengthened our confidenea and won the admiration of all on board. Those of us who have experienced severe weather on the Atlantic cannot. refrain from expressing the opinion of the superiority of the Great Britain in a heavy gale; and we , venture to predict, that if she should ever encounter worse weather than she has already, she will sustain her character as one of the ablest triumphs of modern marine architecture. In conclusion, we take pleasure in making public the state. rnent, that we. are well pleased with the Great Britain in every respect. For safety, speed, and comfort, she is, iu our opinion, uusurpassed ; and during this passage of unexpected length, we have not suffered the slightest diminution of com fort, and, in particular, our table has been as good and well supplied as if we had been only the usual period. We must now express our high opinion of the commander, Captain Hosken, R.N., under the trying circumstances of such a passage, and we gladly bear testimony to his perse verance in difficulty, and his good judgment and skill throughout. THE SET'N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The rainy state of the weather .prevented the Queen and the Royal Family from leaving the Castle this morning. From the same cause the Royal Princes were prevented from going out or. a shooting ex cursion. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Royal Family this•afternoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince-1 Augustus of Saxe Cobourg and Prince George, walked out for some time in the afternoon in the pleasure-grounds. Lord and Lady St an l e y are expecte d to arrive this evening at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Baroness de Speth, will join the royal circle at dinner. The band of the. Grenadier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. A deputation of merchants of the City waited on the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign- otfice, to present a me.• morial of British merchants and residents at Buenos Ayres upon the state of affairs in that country. The Duke of Wellington visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall• place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Bishops of London, Winchester, Bath and Wells, Ely, Norwich, and Oxford; the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Earl of Devon, and Lord Ashley. The - Right Honourable Sidney Herbert has arrived in town, HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Maiden Auld is the title of a new comedy, from the nen of Mr. Richard Brinsley Knowles, which was produced last night with complete success. Mr. R. B. Knowles is the son of the illustrious author of Vi 7 ginius, to whom he has dedicated this his first dramatic produc tion, and he has proved himself " the worthy son of a worthy sire." Mr. Knowles, jun., has evidently taken his father as his model, but there is nothing of servile imitation about him. It might have been supposed that he received some assistance from his father in the con struction of his comedy, but the play itself bears internal evidence to the contrary. It is the work of a young man—none but a young man could have written it—but the young man is a poet and a dramatist, and is capable of great things. The comedy is written in blank verse, which is in general, easy and flowing. Like all young dramatists, Mr. Brinsley Knowles is rather too fond et' long speeches, but that is an error which is easy of correction. He adopts, also, the fashion of the oldest dramatists in making many of these speeches conclude with a couplet. The comedy opens with a scene in a street in London, between' Montague (Mr. Brindal), and Bevan (Mr. Caulfield), and from that we learn that their old companion, Percy" Sage, has just returned to town at the wish of his uncle, Sir Simon, who believes he has been to Paris, while in reality Percy has never been further than Dover, having been detained there by the charms of an unknown lady, who'refuses to tell him her name, but to whom, nevertheless, he has plighted his troth. This Sir Simon Sage has been for years at deadly feud with a certain Peter Wilmot, but just at this time, out of mere caprice, he chooses to be reconciled to him. Sir Simon Sage is, in fact, the most capricious of mortals, as Montague observes of him : " Mont. Caprice mocks all surmise Of reason, and in that commodity Sir Simon passes all! He is one of those Whose follies years, instead of wearing out, Have worn in ! Full of his own opinion, A meddler, nothing thriving that he touches, Yet doing every thing in Wisdom's name, Whose special minister he thinks himself!" Sir Simon himself (Farren), and Peter Wilmot (lll bury), now eater, and we find Sir Simon proposing to cement the reconciliation by a double marriage, he himself proposing to wed Mistress Sarah (Mrs. Glover) Wilmot's sister, "love of whom," as he says, " Hath somewhat turned a sober-minded man To youthful toys of verse and tender tokens, And moved to face the priest at sixty years With vows for life of constancy;" while Percy, his nephew and heir (Mr. Hudson), shall wed Wilmot's fair daughter, Catherine (Mrs. Seymour). Peter consents to this arrangement, al though he would much rather secure the whole of Sir Simon's property by wedding his daughter to the knight himself. The next scene takes place at Sir Simon's house, and the uncle telling his nephew that it's time he were married, is about to dilate upon the joys of married life, when he is thus interrupted by the impatient Percy-- "Percy S. Pray, Sir, save yourself; Whoever would not, I would marry, Sir; It is my wish ; I think of it by day And dream by night. And I would marry, not As doctors do, and clergymen, to gain Repute for gravity and trust to cure The sick of soul and body; nor as rakes To patch bad characters; nor thriftless heirs— To do what industry lacks heart to do, To fill the purses folly emptied for them ; But as Sir Simon's nephew ought to marry— To set example to society And benefit the universe at large." But when Percy discovers that his uncle has bespoke a wife for him, and will not let him wed the object of his choice, he at once declares that he will not go to church to utter vows of love that he can never hope to pay •, and with this scene concludes the first act, which was loudly and deservedly applauded throughout, for it is full of good poetry and vigorous writing. The se cond act opens with a scene between Sir Simon and Peter Wilmot, in which the latter persuades the former that Catherine is a much more suitable match for him than Sarah, and the knight consents to become the suitor of the daughter, and to discard the dater. The scene then changes to Wilmot's house, and after a short scene, in which Peter announces to his daughter the altered intentions of Sir Simon, we find the knight him self leading in the maiden aunt Sarah. "A good-hearted soul, Who never saw a tear in any eye, But her own kept it company," and announcing to her that his wooing had been merely in the way of friendship, gallantry, and politeness, and meant nothing. This scene was admirably acted by Farren and Mrs. Glover, and drew down shouts of laughter and applause. Having got rid of the aunt, Sir Simon proceeds to woo the niece. She is a gay, lively, rattling girl, well. disposed to quiz the foolish old bachelor. She completely overpowers him by her persiflage, telling him he knows not how to woo, and when she finds he loses heart she encourages him, until at last the old knight throws him self on his knees, pays her the most high-flown compli ments, and at length endeavours to snatch a kiss. "On one condition," says the fair Catherine, " I will give you leave to kiss me." " Name it," exclaims the amorous old knight. " Catch me, if you can," is the reply, as the damsel runs off and throws a chair in his way, over which he stumbles and breaks his shins ; and with this scene the second act concludes. The third act opens in the Mulberry-gardens of St. James's, we presume, thereby fixing the time of the play in the first half of the seventeenth century. The aunt and the niece are together, and we discover, from their conversation, that Catherine herself is the fair incognita of Dover, who bath fascinated the heart of Percy Sage, and that, know ing of the old feud between Sir Simon an d h er f at h er, she had concealed from her lover hE r name. She is, however, somewhat of a coquette, and will not admit to her aunt that she loves him. " I'm sure you love him," says the aunt. " No," declares Catherine ; to which the aunt replies— " How came it, then, you met him every day For a good week and more? Was it by chance? What an uncommonly strange thing Chance is ! What heaps of sins, like charity, it hides; Or, rather, altogether blots them out : For who's to blame for what he had no hand in, Which was not meant—was never once foreseen— Which happened —some way—as a thing might drop Out of the clouds ; tho', very strange to say, It always falls exactly where we'd have it! Chance is a scapegrace, who, in all his life, Did never do a proper action yet. He puts his hand to nothing but he blunders; Mistakes his neighbour's pocket for his own; Ruins good causes without fault in the pleader; Gives the wrong medicine, and kills the patient; And, like an awkward knave, makes poor young ladies, The least designing creatures in the world, Meet the same man, at the same place and hour, Day after day, who never for a moment Dreamt in their walks to meet with anything But fields and trees, and charming scenery." This passage was delightfully given by Mrs. Glover, and drew down repeated rounds of applause. As she is urging her niece no longer, by keeping up a foolish mas querade, to pain a true heart which for her sake was willing to give up everything, Percy himself appears in the distance. lie is with two ladies, the one "a pleas ing girl"— "The other, her intriguing artful mother, Who to the wonder of the world, h as marr i e d Within three years seven daughters without portions • To men of wealth and family." Poor Catherine wishes to go home, but is thus remon strated with and advised by her aunt : " Home I not a step! What ! see • Your lover stolen before your very eyes, With ne'er a better shift to save the spoil, But run and leave it in the robber's hands? Are you so tame? Home! home, indeed! Die rather! Forward at once and claim your property ! And tell him to his face he's no true lover— Bravely—no tears ; but should you find, as much I fear you will, they've coaxed hi m p as t reca ll, Then laugh it off with what good grace you can, And wish them a good morning !—Now sweet niece, Love's arrow, this time barbed with jealousy, Shall teach thy heart what quality's within! I'll hide and listen !" Aid accordingly she does hide and listen, and overhears a tender love scene between Percy and Catherine, which is interrupted by the appearance of Sir Simon, where upon Catherine drops her glove, and, having hurriedly whispered to Percy to meet her there on the morrow, rushes off, complaining loudly of his insolence in daring to accost a lady. Percy's astonishment at this conduct On her part is still more increased when Sir Simon, rating him soundly for his insolence, snatches from him the glove, and, declaring that the lady is his (Sir Simon's) affianced bride, challenges him to fight for the glove. Percy cannot believe that the girl will marry his uncle ; but when Sir Simon says— " Time was, the lady's hand might have been thine: But that you slighted now your uncle takes; And, as a witness of the place I hold In Mistress Wilmot's heart, here in my cap I stick her dainty glove—" Poor Percy knows not whether to laugh or swear, but concludes by anathematizing all flirts, and vowi ng all his life to bide a bachelor. In the opening scene of the fourth act we find the maiden aunt informing the niece of what had occurred between Sir Simon and Percy in the Mulberry-gardens, and of the determination of the latter to renounce her. She would fain turn the whole into a jest—she loves him not—she is rejoiced he has rem -lamed her ; but when her father enters and an nounces that she is on the morrow to wed Sir Simon, she at once declares that wed bim she never will; and the maiden aunt, having in vain attempted to shake his resolution, determines to counterplot him, Percy is I then announced, and he reproaches Catherine, who confesses her love for loin, with her conduct to his uncle, believing that she still intends to wed the old man. This mistake, however, is soon cleared up by the interven tion of the maiden aunt, who urges the lovers to instant Hight ; but just as they are about to obey her injunction Peter Wihnot enters, and, locking his daughter up in her room, turns her lover out of his house. Their good genius, however, is present in the person of the maiden aunt, whose injunctions Percy promises implicitly to obey. The fifth act opens with t 4.3 arrival of the guests to the wedding. Percy arrives with them, and congra tulates his uncle on his good fortune, and willingly re signs the lady to him. Old Sir Simon is rejoiced at this sudden change in his nephew's sentiments, but he is observed to be fidgetty and uneasy. The priest comes not, and the bride has not yet made her appearance. Peter goes to seek the priest, the guests withdraw, and the maiden aunt goes up to Sir Simon, asking him what is to be done. Now Sir Simon has, the night before, received a very mysterious letter on the subject of his marriae, which had given him some uneasiness. Di vers strange inuendos had been whispered into his ear by divers of the guests, and this question from the aunt puts the poor knight into a regular pucker, She dram him to question her, and at last, after much hesitation, she tells him that her niece is mad, and has vowed to do .him some grievous harm, and raves of aconite and secret ways .of death, and insists on wearing deep mourning at the wedding. Catherine herself ap proaches him, and attempts to remonstrate with him on nis folly in insisting on the marriage, while Sir Simon, who is convinced of her madness, Watches her with fear and trembling. At length he consents to renounce his project of marriage with her ; and when she gratefully endeavouts to seizzthis hand to kiss it, he roars out for • help, believing himself in the grasp of a madwoman. Percy and the others enter, and of ccur,,T Percy and Catherine are made happy, and so are fir SiraoU and aunt Sarah, but after a different fashion. Sir Sin;on would fain wed the maiden aunt, but she wisely deter mines to remain single, replying to Sir Simon's offer— " No : you and I shall live Good friends unmarried—wedded in the wish And constant care to see these young ones happy!" The play was well received throughout • but towards tie conclusion there were some ;light expres sions of disapprobation ; they wet.,, however, imme diately drowned in most vociferous applause ; the non contents gave up the contest, and the play was announced for repetition every evening without a dissentient voice. The principals were called for at the conclusion, as was Mr. Brinsley Knowles himself, who bowed his acknow ledgments from what we may be almost justified in calling the author's box. In the production of this his maiden effort, Mr. Brinsley Knowles was most efficiently supported by the artistes and by the management. Farren and Mrs. Glover were perfection ; Hudson made a very spirited Percy ; and Mrs. Seymour gave a light, agreeable, though somewhat sketchy, version of the spirited and volatile Catherine. The play was put upon the stage with the greatest attention to the scenery and decorations ; its mounting was superb. The house was a bumper. DICTIONARY if DATES and UNIVERSAL REFERENCE, RELATING b ALL AGES and NATIONS. By Joseph Haydn. Third _Edition. To which is added a copious Index of Leading Nantes. The author tells us in his preface that his " design has been to attempt the compression of the greatest body of general information that has ever appeared, and to pro• duce a book of reference, whose extensive usefulness may render its possession material to every individual." In this design he has completely succeeded. The work contains fifteen thousand articles, alphabetically ar ranged, and is a resume of universal history. There is not a remarkable occurrence, ancient or modern, whether relating to arts or arms, to science or literature, but what is here chronicled, its date given, and its salient features described. It is the Directory of History. No house can be said to be properly furnished in which the " Dictionary of Dates" is not found ; and our advice to all who are engaged in the pursuit of knowledge is, if you are so poor that you can only afford to purchase one book, let that book be the " Dictionary of Dates ;" for it is a library in itself, and will save the necessity of purchasing many most expensive works. THE RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS' POCKET BOOK AND ALMANAC for 1846. This will be found a convenient book for persons inte rested in railway property. In addition to the matter usually published in almanacs, it contains a list of autho rised railways, comprising the names of the chairman, secretary, and engineer, tables for calculating the value "of shares and commissions, and a diary for entering the sale or purchase of railway shares. The tables have been prepared expressly for the work; they are warranted by the publisher mathematically correct, and will afford means of ascertaining with facility the amount of brokers' commissions en any number of shares, and also the price of any number of shares at any given rate. To the work is prefixed a little elegant map of England, with all the lines of railway completed, and many of those proposed fur consideration in the ensuing session. It is to be regretted that those who have the arrange ment of minor details in publications of this kind do not bestow a little more care in order to make them correct. The following instance in proof we give as a specimen of the grossest negligence :—ln the list of her Majesty's Ministers we find the name of Lord Geo. Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, said to be "of the Cabinet," and only three lines further down is Lord G. Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, "not of the Cabinet." THAMES EMBANKMENT and RAIL WAY JUNCTION COMPANY. REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS. The Provisional Directors, referring to the objects of the Company as stated in their prospectus, have now to report the result of a de putation from the Board, to the Earl of Lincoln, First Commissions of Woods and Forests, and Chairman of the Commission for Metro?. politan Improvements. One of the objects of the Company being to co-operate with the Government in carrying into execution the plan of her Majesty's Commissioners for an embankment of the north shore of the Thames, it became the duty of the Provisional Directors to seek an early in terview with the Chief Commissioner, with a view to the immediate arrangements required for the realisation of this great public Un provement ; and an appointment having been obtained (September 26), the following proposal was submitted : Teat the whole expense of the embankment should be defrayed by the Company, subject to the stipulation that the Company should be at liberty to connect with such embankment an atmospheric railway viaduct, of ornamental construction, and to continue such viaduct eastward of Blackfriars-bridge to the present Blackwall terminus, in Fenchurch-street, and also across the river by a railway bridge, or by one of the existing bridges, to join the Greenwich, Dover, Croy don, and Brighton Railways. In accordance with the usual practice, this proposal was subse quently transmitted in writing; to which communication an official answer has been received, addressed to the Earl of Devon, Chairman of this Board. The reply of the Earl of Lincoln, bearing date the 10th of October, 1145, is to the effect that a correct judgment can only be formed upon the proposal of the Company after a careful examination of the vari ous details of construction involved in a river line of railway, as affecting public and private interests connected with the navigation ; but it concludes, as will be seen by the following extract, with stat ing that his Lordship is ready to enter into such examination, and that the projected railway shall be the first subject brought under consideration at the ensuing meetings of the Commission : "It will also, I have no doubt, be evident both to your Lordship and the Company, that, at the present period of the year, with many members of the Commission out of town, and some probably out of the kingdom, any effort that I might make to have the subject now taken up and satisfactory disposed of would be unavailing. If, how ever, after the statement I have thus frankly submitted to you, the Company should feel disposed at once to give the usual Parliamentary notices, such notices having reference to the embankment and rail way combined, I can only assure your Lordship and them that I shall feel it my duty to obtain a meeting of the Commission early in the ensuing year, and to make the construction of the projected rail way the first subject for consideration ; and I have no doubt, that having reference to the importance of au early decision, the inquiries of the Commission may be closed in ample time for any necessary proceedings of the Company in Parliament." This promised reference to her Majesty's Commissioners, is re garded by the Provisional Directors as a most important advantage to the Company; affording an assurance to the shareholders that their funds will net be wasted, as in the case of many unsound pro jects before the public, in fruitless and expensive Parliamentary con tests. Should the report of the Commissioners be favourable, and the Provisional Directors have strong grounds for anticipating such a result, the Company will proceed with their Bill under auspices which must ensure success ; and, in the event of the plan not being recom mended to the immediate adoption of Government, the Company will be placed in a position to meet the views of the Commissioners in the following session, or to return the deposits, with comparatively but a trifling deduction for the cost of preliminary surveys. The interview with the Earl of Lincoln, although confined to points of explanation, was in the highest degree satisfactory, ftom the ob vious interest taken by the Noble Earl in the structural improve ment of the metropolis ; and the object of this Company is that of a greater metropolitan improvement than has hitherto been compre hended in any plan based upon available resources ;—one combining the advantages of railway transit with architectural embellishment, the means of healthfUl recreation, and the removal of existing im pediments to commercial traffic. The Provisional Directors have only to add, that the necessary steps have been taken by the Board for compliance with standing orders; that Mr. Barry has accepted an engagement from the Com pany for the architectural elevations connected with the river front of the embankment, especially in reference to the most effective mode of passing the Temple gardens ; and that the Board, having endeavoured with success to cultivate a friendly understanding with the Companies most interested from their position in a railway em bankment of the river, are now assured that no competing line will be presented to Parliament during the next session. The deputation above described was accompanied by deputations front the Central Terminus Company, and the Great Western and Brextford Company—co-operating with this Board to complete the connexion of the line with the whole of the metropolitan railways. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A man named Richard Sheane, one of the Bath city police, took his place on Mon day evening at the Bristol-station of the Great Western Railway to proceed to Bath by the mail train. Soon after the train started both he and a boy who accompanied him fell asleep, and were carried some distance beyond their destination before either awoke. The rushing noise of the engine in the Box-tunnel aroused the man from his slumbers, and he then discovered that he had ridden some miles further than he wished. His first impression was, that the train would stop at Corsham, but it was not so. Onwards he was carried at the rate of 40 or 50 miles an hour. He at last opened the door of the carriage, alighted on the step, made a spring, and fortunately he was not dashed to pieces. On the arrival of the train at Chippenham, the circumstance was made known through the boy, and immediate search was made for him, but he could at first nowhere be found. He states that he recollects nothing but coming in violent contact with some thing which he supposes to be a bridge; but how long he lay he does not know, but on recovering his senses he crawled to a house close at hand, where he NI as lodged for the night. The next morning he was well enough to walk into Corsham, to a medical man, when it was found that, besides being mush cut and bruised, his shoulder was dislocated. The man bears a very good character, and it does not appear that he was the least intoxicated at the time of the rash act. He had gone from Bath to Bristol in the morning, in search of a man who had broken into Trinity Church, and the boy in company with him was taken to identify the thief.—Devizes , Gazette. IMPORTANT RAILWAY MEETING AT CAMBIUDGE; CAMBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—TO-day a meeting of the inhabitants was held at the Town-hall, in pursuance of a requisition to the Mayor, to take into consideration the numerous railway projects in immediate connexion with the town. Mr. Hudson, accompanied by Mr. Waddington, De puty-Chairman of the Eastern Counties Company; Mr. R. W. Kennard, Mr. Routh, Mr. Duncan, the law clerk, and other gentlemen connected with the Company, arrived by the train which reached Cambridge at half-past tea, A.M. The Town-hall was filled, and amongst the gentlemen pre sent were many of the members of the University. Mr. J. J. Deighton, the Mayor, took the chair. He was accompanied by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Waddington, Mr. Pym, Mr. Cobbold, and the other gentlemen who attended as de putations from the respective Companies. Mr. Harris, the Town-Clerk, acted as Secretary. The following gentlemen were present representing the re spective Companies : -- EASTERN COUNTIES.-11r. George Hudson, Chairman ; Mr. David Waddington, Deputy Chairman; Mr. E. Fisher, Mr. S. Anderson, Mr. R. W. Kennard, Mr. W. Routh, Mr. Duncan, the law clerk. LINCOLN AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION (from Hull through March to Cambridge).—Lord C. Bentinck, Mr. Winckworth, Mr. Lyston, Mr. E. Breary, secretary. WISBEACH, ST. IVES, A-ND CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION.-3fessrs. J. Fryer, Norton, R. Ward, Coolie, F. Lumsden. CAMBRIDGE AND OXFO RD .—M r . W. Wiltshire, 31. P., Rev. H. Arlett, Messrs. E. Forster, C. Cobbold, W. Ekins, Henry Ilope, secretary. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES (from Cambridge by St. Neot's and Northampton to Worcester).—Messrs. John. Chevallier Cobbold, of Ipswich, Chairman of the Eastern Union Company, and of the Ipswich and Bury St: Edmunds; Francis Pym, of Biggleswade; Captain Page, of Somerton ; the Rev. Francis Hall, rector of Fulbourne, near Cambridge; William Gee, ofl3ishop's Stertford ; John Hill Day, St. Neot's; John Carrington, St. Neot's; Thomas Elgood, Sr. Neot's; Marion Welstead, Stonely Hall, Kimbolton ; Cuthbert Cur tis, George Abbey, Northampton; and John Allan Ransome, Ipswich. BEDFORD AND 'CAMBRIDGE EXTENSION.—Messrs. T. J. Greene, Mayor of Bedford ; Captain Newland, T. Barnard, T. A. Greene, J. Elger,_H. Parker, IL Pearson, s ecre t ar y. NEWMARKET AND CHESTERFORD, WITH A BRANCH TO CAMBRIDGE.—Lord George Manners, Messrs. James Fairlie; Timothy Tyrrell, Francis Fuller, W. P. Isaacson, T. Caldecott. BURY ST. EDMUNDS AND CAMBRIDGE UNION EXTENSION. —Messrs. J. Chevallier Cobbold, J. Allen Ransome, J. F. Saunders, secretary. CAMBRIDGE AND COLCHESTER JUNCTION.—Lord Sussex Lennox, Messrs. Halpin, J. S. Christopher, secretary. On behalf of the London. and York Company there were present, Mr. Francis Pym and Mr. John Nathaniel Foster. The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings , said only those lines that have been advertised i n th e azette, as being ready to be brought before Parliament at th e ensu i ng sess i on , will be considered at this meeting. In the next place, , it is not intended to come to any decision at the present meeting upon any of those lines, but merely to hear whatever may be brought forward in favour of or against them, and also any explanation that may be offered about them ; after which resolutions will be proposed to form Committees for various purposes in connexion with these projects, and to make arrangements for another public meeting, to take place on some day subsequently to the 30th of this month, by which time all the companies who purpose going to Parlia ment in the ensuing session must have deposited their plans. The first group consists of the Eastern Counties, Cambridge to Lincoln ; Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction (from Hull, through March to Cambridge); Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction. Group IL—Cambridge and Oxford; Midland and Eastern Counties (from Cambridge, by St. Neot's and Northampton to Worcester); Bedford and Cambridge Extension. Group llL—Newmarket and Ches terford, with a branch to Cambridge ; Bury St. Edmunds and Cambridge, Eastern Union • Extension. There is besides a ninth line, the Cambridge and Colchester Junction. Mr. PRYME-1 beg to say that the Harwich, Birmingham, and Central Junction line is not there. Another Gentleman remarked that the Harwich, Cam bridge, and Stour Valley Company did not intend to apply to Parliament next session. Mr. SMITH, one of the deputation from the Harwich Docks and Cambridge Company, complained that although that Company had been invited to send representatives to the meeting, there was no mention made of their line in the list submitted to the meetings- The MAYOR then referred to a large diagram hung up in view of the meeting, and on which were delinea.ted the va rious projected lines touching at Cambridge. Mr. ROUTH, as one of the representatives of the Eastern Counties Company, said the Eastern Counties Company had already made a line from Cambridge to London.—(Hear, hear.) He might further state that they were prepared to go to Parliament for a line through Peterborough and Lincoln to-York. They had also taken up a line from Bedford to Cambridge; and further, they had determi ne d on f orm i ng a line from St. Ives to Wisbeach. He need not dilate on the importance of those branches to Cambridge, they must be apparent to all parties; at the same time he adulated that there might be other schemes which might serve the town better. It was the intention of the Eastern Counties Com pany to deposit their plans, and apply to Parliament for a line between Waltham-cross direct to the town of Bedford. These were the objects the Eastern Counties Company had in view; and it would be satisfactory to all parties to know, that the Company had the means to carry them out, and that their projects went through districts that might be tra versed with dispatch. Within last year they had constructed nearly one hundred miles of country, and opened them to the public within twelve months from the time their Bill had passed. If their line was sanctioned by Parliament, it would pass through a country affording great facilities, and the people of Cambridgemight depend on it that the same energy would be exerted to carry the project into execution that had been hitherto manifested with respect to similar projects by the Eastern Counties Company.—(Cheers.) Mr. FOSTER said if the Eastern Counties line to Hull was adopted, it would obviate the necessity of making the proposed line from York to London. The MAYOR then called upon any gentleman who ap peared on behalf of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction (from Hull through March to Cambridge) to state his views. Mr. Wistoswortm said he appeared under very unfa vourable circumstances, in consequence of the illness of some of the managing committee, and important engage ments of the chairman and deputy chairman. He had re ceived so short a notice that he was scarcely prepared to enter upon the merits of the line he was called upon to represent. The 'Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction was to bring by the shortest route the whole traffic of, that im portant district; commencing at Hull, and terminating at the great town of Cambridge. It was scarcely necessary, in addressing gentlemen of business—well acquainted with the district—to inform them that the line would be of great importance to the south. The promoters of the line were quite aware that agricultural districts were not so suscep tible of so great or so paying an amount of traffic as the commercial and densely-populated districts. He was old enough to recollect when large ships from the Baltic and the Continent came to the port of Hull on account of its proximity to those . ports. A good deal of that traffic had subsided ; but it might be shown that this traffic might be brought back. He had spoken of the saving of dis tance, by which he meant the saving of time. The com pany which lie represented relied greatly on the passenger traffic; but on these points he did not think it would be ne cessary to trouble them with any details. One of the great advantages their line possessed was, that it was a very level one, and would not cost more than 8,0001. or 9,000/. per mile. That, as they were well aware, was a very small estimate in deed ; but still it could be effected for that amount. He had also to state that the Company were not conscious of any op position. They had secured the approval of the landowners, and not only so, but the most influential amongst them had spoken in the highest teringof the necessity of the line, and the immense amount of benefit it would confer on the district through which it would pass.—(Hear, hear.) It might, in deed, be alleged as an objection, that some proposed lines would intersect that which he advocated. So far from con sidering that an objection, he thought it would be highly ad vantageous, inasmuch as the lines which might cross it, or he brought into proximity with it, would act as so many feeders. This line (the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties) would in return prove a very valuable feeder to the Eastern Counties, which line, next to the one proposed, would profit most largely if they succeeded in obtaining Parliamentary sanction, as they confidently anticipated. The line, he might state, had been very carefully surveyed by a gentle man who was well qualified for such a duty. Lord Charles Beauclerk had also been over the line. The opinion of his Lordship and the surveyor fully confirmed the views enter tained by the Company, and they were now in a position most positively to state, that they would be quite ready for the necessary deposits at the proper period, namely, the 30th of November. Mr Pavatz said he undeW.ood they were constructing additional docks at Cambilidallf and it was certainly desirable that Cambridge sould be t into more immediate com munication with that Raet. l3 ,ll l : had nothing to say which would detract from the ► sof the line which had first been brought before eeting; on the contrary, lie thought it was a most e one ; but he just wished to mention the fact than' pier line which had been proposed, and which would conn Hull with Cambridge by means of the Eastern Counties line, would be a little shorter. He alluded to the line from Hull and Lincoln, crossing the . Humber, and thus coming to Cambridge. Mr. E. FOSTER said he had for some years been advocat ing, with all the power he could command, communica tion with the north, as near the sea-coast as could be effected, inasmuch as he believed it would be productive Of incal culable advantages to Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and the adjacent counties. They were all aware of the importance of the Fen districts, both in Cambridge and Lincoln, and they were also aware that they required an easy and speedy communication with the London markets, as well as with the western districts. If the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction line was adopted, it would be well calculated to carry out these great and important results.—(Cheers.) He might, however, state that the Eastern Counties Company had already a project for a line to March, and this might be extended to Hull. This line would give equal facilities for communication with the London markets. In the line projected to Lincoln he per ceived difficulties which appeared to him almost innumerable. These difficulties arose from the Bedford level, of which he, as a commissioner, could scarcely fail to be cognisant. He firmly believed that the projected line from Cambridge to Lincoln would be totally impracticable. There were several rivers to be crossed, and marshes which would baffle engi neering skill. If attempted it could not fail to be calamitous to the country, and ruinous to the shareholders who might embark in such a Quixotic undertaking. The inhabitants were aware that there was a line projected from Cambridge to St. Ives, and thence to Wisbeach, and if that were carried there really could be no occasion to carry out the Cam bridge and Lincoln. Some arrangement might, he thought, be entered into with the London and York Company for the settlement of that matter. The speaker con cluded by again urging the necessity of a line nearer to the eastern coast. The MAYOR inquired whether any gentleman appeared on behalf of the third line in the first group, namely, the Wis beach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction. Mr. JOHN FRYER rose, and said he had the honour of re presenting the Company projecting that line. He had only to say, in connexion with it, that it was generally consi dered a most important line, and that all the plans were ready to render it competent for the Company to bring it before Parliament in theensuing session. It was a line singu larly free from engineering difficulties, and would be construct ed at a very trifling expense in comparison with other under takings.—(Hear, hear.) Wisbeach was one of the largest corn markets they had, and the cattle traffic in Lincolnshire was very great. Both these interests would be materially served by the construction of the projected line. Taken in connexion with the proposed Hull line, it was the most im portant that could be adopted for the town of Cambridge. It would bring all the traffic of Wisbeach and its neighbour hood through Cambridge by the Eastern Counties line. Mr. F. PY3I, as representing the London and York, observed that the map which had been prepared for the guidance of the meeting, and which was hung up in the room, had dealt somewhat unfairly with a very im portant part of the London and York line, known as the loop." Several material advantages which would result to Cambridge, Lincoln, and other towns, were thus throvn into the background, and would render it quite im possible for the meeting, without previous information, to arrive at a proper decision with respect to that project. He (Mr. Pym) was very well aware that he had undertaken a bold part in coming into Cambridge to advocate the London and York line, inasmuch as it had come to his knowledge that many gentlemen of influence in that town had been decried as inimical to the interests of Cambridge , simply be- i cause they had supported that scheme. One word with respect to the advantages which the town of Cambridge would derive from the construction of the London and Yerk line. He thought that the public would admit that in rail way speculations competition was desirable, and likely to conduce to the general interests. The London and York was a line of that character, and therefore ought to be en couraged. It had already obtained the sanction of one branch of the Legislature. They were aware that a line had been granted from Cambridge to Huntingdon; if that line were not carried out by its projectors, the London and York Company would adopt it in compliance with an assurance they had made to Parliament towards the close of the last session--(Cheers)—thus offering the greatest advantage to Cambridge in this respect. The Cambridge and Oxford line, if carried out to Hitchin, would there join the London and York, and would form a shorter route to London than at present existed. He knew, as he had pre viously stated, that the London and York was not a popular line in Cambridge, and he would not therefore, on the pre mot occasion, ask for a vote in its favour. Mr. Pym then cntered into a long statement to show that the London and Yi 'rk would be advantageous, in a variety of respects, to Cambridge. After which he adverted to the speech of Mr. Hudeon at a late meeting of the Eastern Counties, at Lon don, and said that gentleman had stated publicly that there was not a single individual of experience in our direction. Surely the Hon. Gentleman had not seen our list; for it con tained the names of persons of the greatest experience. But as he ;had said there was not one in the directory of any ex perience, lie would name a gentleman who had worked upon several lines under Mr. Hudson's own management—he alluded. to Alderman Meek, of York. He hoped, therefore, that Mr. Hudson would reconsider his statement. The Lon don and York line would be nearer by thirty miles than the present elistance, and ten nearer than the contemplated Cam bridge ar.'d Lincoln. Mr. Hudson at the Eastern Counties meeting bad said he intended to make an offer to the London and York Company. He (Mr. Pym) had only to say that he had not yea. heard of one having been made. Mr. Hudson had also overrated the expense of carrying out the London and York. In conclusion Mr. Pym complained that the cost of forming the line from London to York had been overrated. Mr. lltipsoer then rose, and was received with loud cheers. He said—The Hon. Gentleman who last addressed you began his observations by saying that in offering this line to the public he o Efered them a great boon, inasmuch as he offered them a competing line. Sir, if I thought competition in railway matters a boon to the public, I would then feel with him that it would be a great advantage to the public to con struct another line from north to south.—(Cheers.) But, as the Committee of the House of Commons, after a most care ful consideration of the subject, have almost unanimously determined that a competition in itself is not good, but the contrary, and that the application of such powers as Parlia ment possesses, for the regulation of railways and the pro tection of the public, is much better than competing lines, I am of opinion that the circumstance of the Hon. Gentle man's project being a competing one will be no recommenda tion of it whatever when it comes before Parliament. —. (Hear, hear.) But if the Hon. Gentleman be consistent in his advocacy of competing lines, I would, with all due respect and regard to what be said, ask him why the London and York Company commenced their proceedings by anni hilating competition, by purchasing the Witham and Foss dyke Navigation, thus showing that they thought competi tion not so very desirable, and not of such great ad vantage to those Companies?—(Cheers.) I think that they were not favourable to competition is a fair inference from such conduct.—(Cheers.) I have been charged with over rating the estimates for the construction of the London and York line, and , for this purpose the Hon. Gentleman has referred to an address of mine to the Midland share holders at Derby in January last. I did then, on the autho • rity of one of the most eminent engineers of the day, give a statement of the probable cost of that line, supposing the whole line to be of the same character as that part going to Grantham. If any gentleman has heard or read the evidence of Mr. Cubitt, I appeal to him whether my statement has not been borne out by the evidence of that engineer —the engineer of the London and York. His evidence before Parliament was that the cost of the line, including the carrying stock and station, would be 8,500,000/.—(Cheers.) I ask you, then, as fair and impartial men, whether I have been guilty of any exaggerated statement ?—(No, no). At the Eastern Come ties' meeting I said that I knew, from my own knowledge of those works, and from the information I possessed from having made large contracts latterly, that since tho estimates were made there was an advance in the price of labour, materials, and everything connected with thel making of railways, of twenty-five per cent. Is not that so, gentlemen P—(Hear, hear.) The estimate of the engineer of the London and York for his rails was 10/. a ton. I can testify that the other day I was obliged to con tract for rails at 124 aton—(Hear, hear)—and Lord Woraley told me that he had contracted for them at 12/. 10s. a ton. The wages of stonemasons and bricklayers were estimated at 1/. Is. a week; they are now estimated at 30s.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I should be ashamed of myself if I exaggerated the probable cost of the London and York line, but my be lief is that it will be 12,000,000/. In my career theough life I have endeavoured that all my statements should be based on truth, and on truth I am ready to stand in this case.-- (Applause.) Gentlemen, I know the taunt of the Hon. Gentleman respecting the Board of Trade having adopted a great part of the observations which I made at Derby. If the Hon. Gentleman means that I had anything to do with the report of the Board of Trade, I hurl back the imputa tion. The nobleman who presided over that department of the Board of Trade is incapable of adopting the opinions of any gentleman without due consideration. But be lieving my statements to be founded in truth, surely he could not be expected to reject them because they fell from an humble individual like myself. But there * is no reason for supposing that the Government of the country adopted those observations because they were mine. Because there were bad gradients on the London and Brighton Rail way, was that a reason why this London and York line should be constructed ? I appeal to the whole world—l ap peal to any person acquainted with railway matters—whether that was not the most egregious of engineering blunders ever committed in this country ?—(Cheers. ) I tell the parties promoting the London and York line that it will be as great a blunder as ever disgraced a railway management.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman tells you his line will effect a saving of ten miles ; but he ought to have measured that ten miles by time, and not by distance. A railway ought not to be measured by distance, but by the time it takes in accomplishing that distance.—(Cheers.) Any one know ing anything of what railway travelling is must be• fully aware of what it is to get bad gradients and a large quan tity of tunnels. There may be a parallel case (but I hope there are not any) in which there is a tunnel having gradients of one in a hundred.—(Herr, hear.) I have not an opportunity of referring to the speech I made at Derby, in which speech I went more particularly into This question ; but to the best of my recollection, my belief is (and I do not believe there is any great passenger line in this country furnishing a parallel case), eat you have one tunnel in which the gradients are one in a hundred. Well, gentlemen, that is an evil which I am sure cannot be over rated. I have no interest in any line that may be made be tween London and York, except as a citizen of the world, nor do I care, if the line be advantageous to the public, whether the line be constructed by the London and York Company, or by the Lincoln and Cambridge Company.. I hope my sole object hitherto, and in appearing here in connexion with 1 these railways, is to get a pod line, and one that will prove advantageous to the country in every respect.—(Cheers.) I do say it would be unfair for this large district—it would be unfair for the whole north of England, and not treating them and Cambridge properly, to put' them on a branch rather than on the main line.—(Cheers.) As to the dis tance, I dare any engineer of reputation, or any manager of experience to deny that we can perform the di s t ance t o London by Cambridge, in conjunction with the Eastern Coun ties line, sooner than they can by the London and York.— (Cheers.) By going in the way we proposed, you avoid tunnels, and you have a fine, open , plain country ; and if y ou wish to get another communication with York, the metropolis of the north, and Scotland, let us have a line of such gra dients that the journey may be performed, under all circum stances, and in every description of weather, with perfect safety and advantage to the public. As to mercenary feelings, I deny their existence on our parts. I appeal to any gentle man if it would not be a vast advantage and honour to the country to bring distinguished foreigners direct from London to Cambridge, instead of taking them round by a number of small branches, as proposed by the London and York Com pany. As to the population, 1 believe that the population of all the towns between Peterborough and London is not so large as the population of Cambridge. Then what have you beyond Peterborough ? to which 'we go off as to a common point. Why, Doncaster becomes the next in extent of population. Then there is another argument in our favour, which I think a fair one for the invested capital of the country, and that is, that by adopting the London and York line, you put Cambridge and Lincoln at a greater distance from the Midlands, and all the towns—Grantham, Newark, and Bedford included—will be only supplied by the lateral branches, and Bedford by one of the most direct communications that can possibly be made. Gentle men, I thank you for the kind hearing you have given me. I have only just now been connected with the Eastern Counties.—(Cheers.) I became connected with that Company on public grounds, and with an anxiety. I can assure you, most unfeignedly, to benefit the shareholders of that Company ; and I feel that, in benefiting them, I can also benefit the town of Cambridge and the country at large. —(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pym) says I said there was not a gentleman connected with the Board of the London and York Railway Company ; that had any expe rience in railway undertakings. Ido not recollect using any such language., I believe the exact words which fell from me were, that I scarcely knew a man on that hoard who had any experience in railway matters. The Hon. Gentleman referred to my excellent friend Mr. Meek; but if the Hon. Gentleman had left the decision of the point at issue to my friend Mr. Meek and me, it would be soon settled that we should come to Cambridge.—(Cheers.) I know my friend Meek's sensible views on those matters, and that he cannot plunge inte;great works that cost such vast sums without great deliberation. He would not sanction a line which would occasion a deviation of ten miles to accomplish a distance of 210 miles. According to the statement of the Hon. Gentleman, the loss in distance was not compensated for by a savingin time and other advantages. However, we save that time by the po sition of our station. Mr. Kennard, who is perfectly well ac quainted with these matters, is ready to bear me out by calculations, that time alone, and not distance, is the way to measure railways. He says that, measuring by time, there will be a saving of twelve miles on our line, as compared with the London and York. I had the honour to see the first sod turned up of the Trent Valley Railway. On that occa sion I listened with pleasure to some observations which fell from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Premier. These observa tions made, as every observation which fell from that distin guished individual should make, a deep impression on my mind. I could not help, when I heard him descant on the advantages Tamworth would derive from being put in a direct line, running through it rather than eighteen miles from it, as the line advocated by the Hon. Gentleman does from Cambridge—(Cheers)—when I heard him descant— and,; I wish every gentleman here had heard him—with a force and a power which it would be impossible for any per son here to endeavour to imitate or attain, on the good advan tages that would accrue to Tamwor!li from being put on the main line, I could not, I say, help thinking that the arguments the Right Hon. Baronet employed in favour ofa direct !me fro m Tamworth were peculiarly applicable to our line. Is it not an advantage to the town of Cambridge to be placed on the di rect line?—(Hear, hear.) Are you to be committed to a branch line eighteen miles from your town, rather than to a direct line passing through your town ?—(No, no.) Are we to lose the advantages of tile great communication taking place between the north and south of England, forsooth, to please the whim and fancy of the projectors of some imagi nary line?—(Hear.) Are we to be taken eighteen miles out of our way to subserve such a project ?—(No, no.) But the Honourable Gentleman says he got a decision of the House of Commons in his favour.—(Laughter) Does the Honour able Gentleman think that that decision carries any weight with the public mind? I think not. Was that deciseen unanimous, gentlemen ? I : ,e , ,ert that it was obtained the casting vote of th e cliaieneia.—(A vorce—"TiTo - ind, jwo out of four.") Listen, gentlemen. Do you.. imagine ,t , the House of Lords are the Mere registers of the edicts of the House of. Commons?. I say what has properly been said before—" Thank God, there is a House of Lords."— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the public sympathies will go :with the sympathies of Cambridge; and if Cambridge will only arouse and exert itself, I have no hesitation in saying that the project of the London and York Company will never pass into a law, but that a main grand trunk line will pass through the town of Cambridge.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSHIRE, M.P., appeared to point out the merits of the Cambridge and Oxford line. The line would connect the two Universities, which was a very important circum stance; and it would do more than this, it would connect the eastern and western coast, an advantage which, in case of a war, would be incalculable, and it would put Cam bridge into immediate connexion with many places of great trade, traversing also the great ma lti ng country, i ncluding Royston, Baldock, and putting those places into immediate connexion with the London markets. All the directors were gentlemen connected by property with the line, and their engineer, Mr. Locke, had paid great attention to sur veys, which with the plans and estimates are all most care rune- made, and are now ready to be deposited. Two places bad been named as desirable for the station at Cambridge, viz., Coe Fen and Mr. Hazard's premises in Mill-lane. One of these places will probably be selected, but the directors were anxious in all matters of this kind to consult the wishes of the inhabitants. After thanking the meeting for the pa tience with which he had been beard, the Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers. Mr. WILKINSON then laid before the meeting the several bearings of the Midland and Eastern C o u n ti es (f rom Cam bridge by St. Neot's and Northampton to Worcester), which, as a comprehensive line, he argued, was invaluable, espe cially as regarded the Rugby and Huntingdon. No line more than the one he advocated was of easier construction through out the country. It was direct from east to west. From the nature of the produce you get access to the mineral districts of England. You pay dear for coal, which you would get at a cheap rate. The manufactured goods also would be gained with great facility from Birmingham, and such places; salt, necessary for manure, would be easily accessible from the Droitwich mines. In fact, this railway gave to Cambridge the key of England, opening to it most important districts and places. We shall carry you direct from Cambridge to Worcester. We have received great local support, and we supply Cambridge with a nearer central station ; for it must be allowed that the present one was at too great a distance from the town, and we seek to give you one more in the heart of it. He trusted he had sufficiently pointed out the mani fold advantages of the line lie advocated, to entitle him to ask the inhabitants of Cambridge for their warmest support. Mr. T. J. GREEN appeared to advocate the claims of the Bedford and Cambridge Extension, No. 6, which was in tended to join the line from Bedford to Bletchley, which latter line was continued to Oxford. The line was a very easy one, the capital was subscribed, and they had every reason to hope they should go to Parliament next ression with success. They would also proceed to Northampton ; so that they would connect by one line what four and five proposed to do separately, and which combined the advan tages of both; and, if each of their lines paid, the line he advocated must pay double. The distance was nearly the same in each case, and being a single line, could be more economically worked; and, soliciting their patronage for the line, he begged to thank the meeting for the patience with which they had heard him. Mr. PRYNE also spoke in favour of this line, and pointed out the benefit which must arise by affording an immediate connexion with the manufactures of the north, and the iron of Birmingham and Sheffield. It is true it did not go to Worcester, but he never heard that there was or was not likely to be any connexion between Cambridge and Worces ter, and the only benefit would be to allow learned Cantabs to make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Shakspeare at Strat ford-on-Avon. But as to the salt works of Droitwich, this line would equally put them into communication with the salt of Cheshire. Mr. AnLErr complained that the diagram was, from its omission, more injurious to the Cambridge and Oxford than any other; and strongly advocated that line as a link con necting a great communication. It would be the direct line for eastern and western communication. Mr. TYRRELL, as representative of the Newmarket and Chesterford, with a branch to Cambridge, said that it was not intended in the first place only to have a line from Newmar ket and Chesterford; but it had since been thought expe dient to have a branch to Cambridge; and from the surveys and prospects of traffic, there was every reason to believe that it would be found a very profitable undertaking, and of great public utility. Mr. CORROLD, who represented the Bury St. Edmunds and Eastern Union Extension line, next addressed the meeting, and said that the line was intended to be taken south to Newmarket, and making the distance from Ipswich the same as it was at present by the turnpike road. He then pointed out some of the incongruities of the diagram. By this line any gentleman could breakfast in Cambridge and dine at either France, Belgium, or Holland. In 1836 a pl an was be fore the public, and received great support, which was the same as the one now before them, viz., from Northampton through Cambridge, Bury, Ipswich, to Harwich. In conclu sion, he said in the line he advocated the capital was sub scribed for, the Parliamentary deeds were signed, andthe de posits paid up. Mr. Anams Smrrn said he appeared on behalf of the Har wich Docks and Birmingham Central England Railway Company. He stated that although this was their title their Company having made a friendly arrangement with the Northampton and Bedford amalgamated lines, the line of the Harwich Docks Company would not extend beyond Cambridge. He then proceeded to say that the line of which he was the humble advocate fulfilled all the conditions which could be required to claim the support of the public—namely, cheapness, directness, and existing traffic, traffic that could, under the circumstances, be confidently anticipated and cal culated upon ; for the first, cheapness, they have the word of their able surveyor, that few, if any, lines could be accom plished at a less cost. For the second, directness, the map before them would show its merits ; for the third, the position of Harwich with respect to the manufacturing districts of central Englandand its most important ports in the west, as they related, in point of distance, to the ports of northern and central Europe, would establish the claims of the Harwich Com. pany to the attention and support of that meeting. The Hon. Gentleman, the representative of the Ipswich and Bury line had spoken of the advantage that the Ipswich Docks would be to the line to Cambridge. Mr. Smith, without wishing to detract from the merits of the Ipswich Docks, would venture to say, that whatever advantages Ipswich had in this point of view, Harwich possessed them in a ten-fold d egree . M r . Smith ;hen read the following extract from Captain Wash ington's report to Government upon the harbour of refuge : "It is well to bear in mind what this port was during the last war, and what it must again become for another North Sea fleet. It was from Harwich that the Hollesley Bay fleet was always watered by transports; it was here that all vessels, from a frigate downwards, in case of need, came for a partial refit at the naval-yard still in existence; here no less than sixty ships of war have been built, fifteen of which were two deckers, while the tonnage of the vessels em ployed in the North Sea fishery belonging to Harwich, a few years since, was estimated at 3,000 tons, employing five hundred hardy seamen. These considerations alone would more than justify any small outlay to preserve this port from farther damage, but in addition, it should be remembered, that this may shortly become the packet-station for all our mail communications with northern and central Europe ; that as soon as the railroad already open to Colchester is completed to Harwich, letters dispatched from the General Post-offiee might be delivered in three hours direct on board the mail steam-packet lying waiting alongside the pier; that passengers could walk on board, and in less than a quarter of an hour he clear out at sea, in all weathers, and at all times of the tide, and sixty miles ahead, even in fine weather, of those mailed at the same time in London, which would probably make the difference of a whole tide in arriving off Ostend or the Brielle, or other bar harbOurs, while in north-easterly gales and fogs steamers would often make their passage before those starting from London would get clear of the shoals and currents of the deep gulph which forms the estuary of the Thames; in proof of which, twenty-eight steamers, carry ing mails, in spite of strict orders to the contrary, have been compelled to put into this port for fuel, or to land their mails, after contending for upwards of twenty-four hours against strong head-winds, which prevented their making their voyage. Under these points of view, then, but chiefly as a packet station for all northern and central Europe, the pre servation of this port appears to be of national importance." On reference to the map it will be seen that the railway, besides accommodating the important and populous districts through which it will pass (as yet unprovided with railway accommodation), opens upon, by means of existing and pro jecting lines, direct communication been the port of Harwich and every part of England ;—by the Eastern Counties Railway. direct with London ;—by its connexion at Blisworth with the London and Birmingham Railway, with all the manufacturing districts of Staffordshire ;—from the same point, by means of the Northampton; Banbury, and Cheltenham line, with the West of England ; and by the South Midland and Midland Counties Railways, and all the northern and manufacturing towns. It may not be generally known that Harwich is nearer than Hull to the Elbe by forty miles, whilst its situation, as re gards the opposite ports of Holland, places it in immediate communication with all the railroads of Germany, being Hearer, even than London to Rotterdam and the adjacent ports, :by one hundred miles. Mr. Smith then showed that their project ought to have the support of the inha bitants of Cambridge, as well as of the public, as a whole, not disjointing the docks from any part of the line, as was proposed, nay, insisted upon, by another com pany, intending to take a line from Manningtree to Harwich. Other plans might possibly make Cambridge the centre of a great passenger traffic, but the Harwich Dock project would not only accomplish this, but would, at no very distant period, make Harwich the channel, if not the centre, of a great commercial as well as passenger traffic. Mr. Smith further stated that no extensive commercial traffic could be brought into the district of Cambridge without docks at Harwich, as without these docks the trade north of Birmingham would go to Hull, whilst that south of Birmingham would go to London, omitting Cambridge in both cases. Mr. Smith then instanced Southampton Docks as a proof of their value to the neighbouring districts, and he concluded by calling upon the meeting to lend their aid to the plan which stood singular and alone in the advantages which it offered both to the shareholders, the districts through which it passed, and the nation at large. Mr. J. FAIRLIE, of Cheveley Park, attended on behalf of the Thetford, Bury St. Edmunds, and Newmarket, which, he u t y e r t so through it . The said, though it would not enter the town of Cambridge, yet bt u w e ou h e u l d d b v e u a u d a tvead h n ta u g d e o t u h s e t s o u p i pr t r of m i t ts h el p r a o n x d i n w i whose property it proposed to pass. M the line was a corn peting line, he begged it might be put on the notices. He also said that the line Mr. Cobbold advocated was strongly opposed by the landowners, and he thought the criterion to be taken with respect to lines was*the opposition or the sup port they met with from the landowners and localities through surprise, and knew of which they were proposed to pass. Mr. Cowmen said he was taken by no competing line. His object was the advantage of the nu bil e ; that, he could say, was the feeling by which the Company he represented was actuated, and he would mention the circumstance on his return to the Company, and see if any arrangement could be entered into with the competing Company, so that public advantage should be the result. Mr. FAIR= reciprocated the feelings of Mr. Cobbold, end also stated that the Company he represented was actuated solely on public grounds. Mr. RICHARDSON attended for the Cambridge and Col chester Junction, which he said would connect Cambridge with a great agricultural district. It would not enter the town of Cambridge but at the Thetford station. The following resolutions were then proposed, and carried unanimously : " That the following gentlemen be a Committee to make further inquiries respecting the different railway projects in immediate connexion with the town of Cambridge, and to report thereon at a future public meeting. " That the Committee be empowed to take into their con sideration the practicability of having; a central station in the town of Cambridge. 0 That the Committee be requested to apply to the secre taries and solicitors, and all other parties connected with the different railway projects for such information as they may consider it requisite to give. (Signed) HENRY COCKER. W. S. HODNETT., J. A. ROBERTSON, Capt. 82d . ED. HOPE. Regt. W. COCKERCROET. W. B. WEDGEWOOD. WM. KING. C. A. CUTHBERT, Lieut. 65th THOS. O'Coxson. Regt. • CHAS. T Mit:NESS. J. A. GUNNING, late Hon. GEO. TAMES. E.I.C.S. D. Witrrucv. G. F. Oen& J. M'CALL. H. J. IBBOTSON. J. DAVIS, Lieut. R.N. We subjoin the log of the Great Britain, some of the ex tracts from which bear a prior date to that of her sailing for Liverpool:— Oct. 18. Saturday noon, went on Sectional Dock; found two arms gone close to the boss, and one blade ; shifted the blade of one remaining arm to the opposite side, and secured the other blades; the rivets were nearly all loose; came off the dock. 22d. Wednesday afternoon, commenced coaling imme diately, and cargo next day; all coals. 26th. Near 1,000 tons in by two o'clock Sunday morning; cargo all in on Monday night. 28th. Started at two, P.M., Tuesday, with low steam ; cut off at 13 inches; ship in good trim, 18 feet 8, 17 feet 6 inches; and going very well until eleven P.M. 30th, when we found something wrong with the propeller, and striking the stern post very hard ; reversed the engines, and, after two or three good thumps, the arm broke off; went with very low steam ; cut off at 12 inches; steered by the sails; wind N.E. ; ship making ver good way, seven to nine knots, until Friday, the. Ist, about three r.sr., when another of the arms of the pro peller broke, leaving only one. I think they repaired one and the arm of another with a small plate we had put on the end of it; wind hauled to the S. and S.W. ; made the best of our sails, and very fair way, just keeping the propeller from. dragging, at times making ten knots. Nov. 3. Wind fell to a calm on the evening of the 3d ; making five knots; and in the course of the nigh, came ahead a moderate breeze from the eastward and little. swell ; ship making three and a half knots against it. 4th. Have been economising water and provisions since we broke first arm off, and estimate we have, at least, thirty days from to-day of everything, without going on short al lowance. sth. Very fine weather, with N.E. swell ; wind veered round to the N.W., and squally; then to N.E. and E. Gtb. Made use of her sails whenever there was a chance within three points - of her course. She feels them immedi ately, and has, I think, very s u p er i or sailing qualities. Every appearance of westerly winds the last three days, but have been disappointed so far; yet we have made, under the cir cumstances, very good way indeed. The propeller, or what is left of it, has done wonders, at times making four kn ,, ts against a moderate easterly wind and N.E. swell ; rather high wind hauling from eastward to southward this morning, and I think looks well for a S.E. very soon; making eight and-a-half close as she can lay, with fore and aft sails, reefed topsail and mainsail. This is good, decidedly. About a quarter past five the remaining arm of the propeller broke, having only the half arm and the small piece of another, about two feet from the centre ; cut down steam as low as possible; going all night with a fine southerly breeze. Bth. At 1.20 r.sr. stopped the engine, with the half-arm vertical; moderate S.W. winds; all sail we can carry set; wind freshened gradually to a gale from the westward; reefed topsail and off bonnets and spencers; sea rising fast; increased breezes to fresh gales and hard squalls, and high sea; mainsail, topsail, and one spencer set; ship scudding and steering beautifully, taking a spray on larboard quarter I ev and er k beam occasionally, but as easy, or eas i er, t h an any ship new, 10th. Passed a large ship hove to, with maintopsail an d foresail; dirty a ns l ra i ny weather; dead lights all closed; scuttles, &c. well seeured. 11th. Wind moderating and hauling to the northward; made all sail ou her; wind to the N.E. and E.; noon, saw two ships a•head, and came up with them at the rate of two miles au hour close-hauled. This is wonderful with our little spread of canvas, and more than I expected, well as I thought of her sailing qualities; wind variable and getting light. 12th. Light breezes, inclined to the N.W. again ; a ship in sight that we are coming up with as fast as those yesterday. 13th. A light breeze from the S.W., increased to a mode rate breeze, and fine weather • a ship aste r n a t d ay li g h t; ran her out of sight at noon ; wind fell light again in the evening. 14th. A breeze sprung up from the S.W.; made all sail ; noon, increased to a gale ; double-reefed topsails and off bon nets and spencers; dirty, rainy weather, and sea rising fast; moderating and hauling to the N.N.W. in the evening. 15th. Moderate and cloudy; high N.W. swell; made all sail; half-past eight lighted fires; increased to strong breezes and squally, southerly; very thick, dirty, rainy weather. 16th. Daylight cleared off, and saw mizenhead ; a fine breeze all day; running ten and eleven knots. 17th. At half-past one passed the Tinker; eleven, off Holyhead;. one rat., off Point Lymas ; eight P.M, got a pilot and.steam-tugs off N.W. light vessel; waiting for. water.— Liverpool Paper. ------ 4b, - h - WE . pouta monti. ago, a farmer at Reigate lost a IN of hops, through the manoeuvres of a London sharper. The farkner had sent the hops to a factur in the Borough by his darter,, an old and trusty servant; who, when near the Elephant and Castle, was met by an elderly gentleman in spectacles, and accosted with, " Well, my toan, where are you going with tho se h o p s ?" The unsuspicious carter re, plied to this am.' a few 'other questions, when the gentleman stated that the hops were intended for him, and inquired with apparent digpleasure wby'they had not arrived earlier? The carter scratched his _head, 'and said he couldn't tell, but he had brought 'em as soon as hi s m aster had sent ' em. F o l low-. ing the gentleman, the carter headed his waggorcth rough a variety of streets to a warehouse, where the hops were un loaded and the horses'put up for the night ; and in the morn ing he started on his return home. " Well John," said the farmer, "you have god rid of your hop s , I see." " Yes, sir, no trouble about that," replied the carter; the gentleman met me in the Borough, and we soon unloaded the hops, and here I be again." A week (lapsed, and no letter arrived from the consignee. The farmer thought it strange; but he waited another week, and still receiving no answer, ques tioned John again. Still all appeared to be right; and the farmer, wondering much at his London dealer's silence, waited still another seven days. Then he wrote for an answer by return. It came, and of course apprised him that he had never seen the hops. Forthwith the farmer and his man ' proceeded to London ; but the thief, by frequent turnings and twistings from street to street, had so completely con founded John's ideas of locality, that the warehouse where he had left the hops could not be found; and the farmer re turned home lamenting his loss of goods, valued, on ale* estimate, at nearly 4004—Brighton Gazette. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—An examination of eighteen candidates for admission to study at the Royal Mili- • tary Academy at Woolwich, to qualify them to become officers of the Royal Artillery and Engineers, took place at %, the Academy on the 10th inst., and twelve out of that num ner passed their examination in a satisfactory manner. The' names of the successful candidates have been submitted to General Sir George Murray, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Master- General of the Ordnance and Captain of the Cadet Company. and having been approved, they will join at the Academy as Gentlemen Cadets on its opening after the approaching Christmas vacation. The following are the names of the candidates who passed their examination for admission into the Royal Academy :-1, Mr. Moutray Anketell; 2, Mr. Richard George Haudcock ; 3, Mr. Gilmore Burtchaell; 4, • Mr. Charles Edmund Walcott ; 5, Mr. Reginald Curtis; 6, Mr. Henry Robe Saunders ;7, Mr. Francis Gerald Webber ; ' 8, Mr. Frederick Close; 9, Mr. William .French; 10, Mr. E. Adolphus Seymour; 11, Mr. E. Shake pear Allardyce; 12, Mr. Thomas Edward Byrne. ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE FROM A STEAMEZ. —On Monday evening, as the steamer Waterman No. 12, which left Woolwich at half-past four o'clock, was passing the London Docks, a young female, apparently, about eighteen years of age, who wa s i n a state of intoxicagell, attempted to leap overboard. She had got ber,leg over the railing near the after gangway, when a gentleman, Who standing by, caught hold of her and dragged her down. Several times afterwards she attempted to leave the seat and jump overboard, but the gentleman held her back till she reached London-bridge, where a passenger accompanied her and her companion (who was also intoxicated), on shore, promising to see them safe. ~,~.,,~- 1 /,