The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-16 00:00:00

STORI ING INTELLIGENCE. T (RECEIVED HIS DAY.) FRIESTON SHORE RACES—TUESDAY. At ,ue Boston Handicap of 10 sovs. each, the sec and saves his tvro miles, was won in two heats easily by Mr. k i l d se v'S 6 l m The Pony, beating Mr. Chambers'. Lipsey T rir• Smith's Lady Caroline. 'ea c h i E 'i'ai on Cup of 10/., added to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. lrfor ponies, was won in three well contested heats by t l ol: , ,t r "L'a Polly beating Mr. Snaith's Camilla, Mr. Nor ',row': Bess, and Mr. Simpson's Beeswing. Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, and 15 ad led, two wore ‘‘ on in two heats by Mr. Massey's The Pony, lk,i;..' n s Mr. Smith's Lady Caroline, Mr. Snaith's Lady Sale, Raivker, and Mr. Smith's Confederate. °4 Boston Stakes of 1 soy. each, and 5 added, two miles -1,1 ( laarte r , were won by Mr. Tindale ' s Hawker Le a t i ug b r 4Y Advaree, Camilla, and Lady Sale. Erum liE i TTING AT ' I TCMAHESTER—FnmAL ,inxincAP —8 to agst Vol-an-Vent (t )-10 to 1 I' 3l ihe Shadow (t)-10 to 1 agst Castaway filly-12 to g T l itdy Sarali — lCO to 6 agst Marian Ramsay (t.) .1}„„ 'tsYc,Eß to 1 on the field. to 1 agst Sting, and 25 to 1 agst Twig. YORK, AUGUST MEETING. y FRIDAY NIGHT.—The following horses have either \ r v r 'ved or are en route for this meeting, which commences on V h neaday next : Il'; ' ," e S hadow, Glossy, and Phillip; Constantia, Ada, Lcelia, 4. : j a rd, Spur, Arundo Semiseria, Valerian, Tobacconist, A - "'lna, Sheraton, Maria Miss Eli; Annandale, Merry t e n kl d Ai; - amo e,, Miss arah, Little John, Tom Thumb, Ilan thorn, Everton, Rowena, Ada, Castaway filly, ilu,hau-V4ll(l, e La nt, ncashi Malt re Witch Cataract, Coheiress, Lady Sarah Dean Swifti tnin gDuke , Dr. , err t ': ' ' 1 Winesour Mid Lothian, Inheritress, The Libel, ed Yardley, Fitzwilliam, Luminary, Hope, Mal ', C Alier, Jingleot, Sir Abstrupus, Milton, Pythia, &c. LATEST BETTING. ANDICAP.-8 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent— l 0 to 1 aget Sae Castaw ay fill y - 10 to 1 ag:t Glossy-10 to 1 agst Lady to 1 agst The Shadow-15 to 1 agst Psalmsinger 14 . t, 1 agst Rowena-20 to 1 agst Coheiress-20 to 1 agst % I-11 75-20 to 1 agst Everton-25 to 1 agst Cataract. 'AUK -AT YORKSHIRE STAK-5 to 1 agst Miss a;st An nan d a l 7to 1 ag E st S. Miss Sarah-10 to 1 l agst ~:1 7 - - 10 to 1 agst Fitzallen-12 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch 4 t° agst Jingler of-20 to 1 agst Tom Thumb-20 to 1 gst Clark, o f N ewmar k e t, w ill cificiatc as judge; and Mr. 1 1,11,, ta „Ilibburd, of Ascot Heath, as starter. : '" i ut- 3 TII AND DEVONSHIRE RACES.—TUESDAY. 1,411-tain Stakes of 25 :ovs. each, with 50 added. Once a n nd a distance. (25 Subs., 20 of whom declared. tl r R' b f Hue, 3 yrs (T. Bishop) 1 p ". Soutlihy's bni Europa, 5 jrs 11 r. ;irlter named ch cby Glaucus, 3 yrs ... . \.Goldsworthy's b g Strap, 6 yrs 11 r : 1 adies' Handicap Plate cf 50 sovs. Heats, once round. k il!artl's b m Nora Creina, by Nonsense, aged... 1 1 k r . ht'earce's b g Jack, 6 vrs WGoldsworthy's be by Economist, 3 yrs 0 3 t.'lc, \Vestsway's b g Gylkwar, 5 yrs k r. Trelaway'a bg by Elis, 4 yrs odr 1 11%1' Scobell's ch fby The Saddler, 3 yrs . . 0 dr lit e tr ,. ch cby Glaucus, 3 yrs i'bw• CroftOn's b g Harmodious, aged__ dis Heats, about half a roiled service Plate of 50 seers. mile. killard's b m Nora Creina, aged (E. Parr) 0 2 1 1 k i....„,W. 'l're en ' s b f Wild Roe, 3 yrs 3 1 2 2 t,i,l , Trelawny' s di g Coldrenick, 6 yrs li,eolonel R u dy ar d's gf La Polka, 3 yrs 2 4 dr 4,.. ,1.. r . Crof on's ch a Sultan, 4 yrs 4 dr 4r,.r, ICin's b f; by Jac in-t k he-Green, 4 yrs dis eareeg's b f Florine, 3 yrs dis No_ W EDNESDAY. m:4)1111ti• Members' Plate of 25 soya., added to a . Sweep ti'''b43 of 3 sovs.each, 2 ft. Gentlemen riders. Jockeys Air, jeXtra Heats once round and a distance. (6 Subs.) 1 ''' Kin; '.3 oh c ' by Glaucus, out of Dick's dam, 3 tr ir 4 .. King ' a 1 1 I(' : . t_.ii .. l ) •ti f' ' the Saddler, 3 yrs i i s C 03 . . 9 2 r j 'r• Gregor's ch gby Ells, 5 yrs qt: M. Skinner's bc by Bronte, 4 yrs 0 0 Crofton'; fir m • Duenna, aged ... 0 0 a 't , Her Majesty's Vase, value 100 gs. k,.likills' br m Giantess, 3 yrs fir, j :• l „ . • Southby's b mEuropa, 5 yrs 1 2 2 King's ch cby Glaucus, 3 vrs 3 dr 14 , r p The Devonport Plate of 601. ~3 1r pe rm iek's b m Fee, 3 vrs (T. Carlisle) 1 1 IT. J ea t ,. r 'e's b f Florentine, 3 yrs 2 2 'l' • L'in 's b f Jack •in-the-Green, 4 yr* God g 3 0 -it t worth -'- b g Strap, 6 yrs md el elson ile 6 adoWs (11ndfcap) Plate for beaten horses, li e (I to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each for the second horse. alt.i, t ' , one mile. ll rl, ar ee's b g Jack, 6 yrs ... .. .. ............ (Kitten) 1 1 i1t11... Crofton's br in Duenna 0 2 fit. li e ° l . Rudyard's gf La Polka 'lt .eBlaway's b g Gg Coldreniek ylkwar, 5 yrs Trelanny's eh , 6 yrs .. I le q B ECCLES BACES--Tituasns.y. entlimuu ' P re of 50 sovs. ; the winner to be sold ), k r . i s u V. Ir r 150 sow.. &c. Heats, about two miles. 14 q. V. Abel enn,jan's., ch g Busntaster, aged lTh B eh m Skillagalee (late Helter-skelter) 4 2 dis ir. 8 eo . , hold's b c Desperation, 3 yrs 4 . i - Lulg's b b Botherem, 5 yrs 1% , • Oswald's b g Tigercat (late Tiger), aged 5 dis t e t ehstakes o f 2 sovs eac h, with 10 added ; the winner to ts be sold for 70 sovs. Heats, once round. (3 Subs.) li I'. .' i ng , 8b It Botherem, by Voltaire, 5 yrs hi l Oswald's b g Tigercat, aged taQ i ' i ntere' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 added ; list k( a . leats once round, over three sets of hurdles. t Sub 5;.) .., ' 44,l lb's ch g Nc-go, 6 yrs FRIDAY. k i ,t, ' ( 1 ; 11 e Town (Handicap) Purse. Heats, once round. lt, , Penn jun.'s, ch g Busmaster, aged tt I • ' i 1 V. p 4ing's b h Botherem, 5 yrs ... 5 2 ,ir, (.4 ( . l igritl'i 3 eh m Margaret 1, ~l,lbert's b g Portsoken, aged IV, I V ) l l , e's eh u Skillagalee, 5 yrs 1 1 t ~° °, ,,- W hoop Stakes of 1 sov. each, with 10 added; krll.a,r_dl'es: each. Heats, once round, over three sets of (3 Subs.) 11 ‘ 3l. Pen tit.1, 4 , ) ,- 1 3 , Jun.'s eh g Busmaster, aged P. Peck's--. -'si , eh g No-go, 6 yrs 2 2 l a g Cock Robin, aged 3 3 walk d ov(r. IRELAND. , b AUG. I4.—The prosecution of Mr. Duffy, one of off 'enal magistrates of polies., in Dublin, for an unname tS : 4 ", has brought all the hideous enormities of the Irish thiliii t 3 ;ena once more before the public, and in a more re t 'l)4 :l i ght than ever. Among the witnesses produced for eution was a boy named Walsh, who in his direct tAt, t tt ion swore dist inctly that on the day laid in the indict 41k, wit, the 29th of March, he saw Mr. Duffy at a par -110", and that he knew him previous to the occurrence. t 'rests-examination, however, by Mr. M'Donagh, it th ree to that he never saw Mr. Duffy till within the last Oe" previous and th a t he had actually been brought into Court 4 it te r k r!VlOUS day by one of the police, for the purpose of 4 1 11 Q 7, 1 elself familiar with the person of , the traverser. tial, which did n ot terminate yesterday evening, was o hl !" tune o'clock this morning, anti at a few minutes to Cltiit t juq, without leaving the box, brought in a verdict of C o • All the witnesses for the police were ordered by 4 4 to be detained. Od REPRESENTATION OF CORK. th e .41 au L • • t be the successor of Mr. Sergeant Mur- o repr } e ons sentation of Cork. t lliti„ Cits TENT TO MR. JUSTICE ;MULE.—On Tuesday Jotei ° ',uetwt.en eight and nine o'clock, after having liberated ‘ 4 , ° rn a tedious day's business at St. Alaryall, Mr. ;""nle, while ia-sincr down the stairs from the magis ielmtitith:nli as lie approached i- ' the . bottom met with a sudden 04, 4 r violent fall, caused by his foot slipping. An officer 1 - Nli t t e : l . ,ance immediately raised his Lordship, who was at fint !kv k ,,,;shla alarmed by the shock he had received, from the tittipC`l position in which he fell. Happily, however, he sus 41.t.t1j'a gerious hurt, and soon recovered his selt.possession, I irs." tf 'erwards proceeding to Warwick for the night. The at 11 !lit t i' Purely aceidental, the s'aircase and passages being well th e time it occurred. We understand that, on the t t ton ",, J adge's alighting at the official lodgings at \Varwick,. Otr v ' them fireless and cheerless, and altogether presenting C h .: ( barrack-like " appearance, partly in consequence of t O t t a day earlier than expected.— Coventry Herald. ,litit - t "' ATIoNAI. DEEENCES.—It is extremely grata us' w k ,. ° have had the assurance of Mir isters, that in the . event riquirine the whole of our troops, England has still got blriA se a Peifsioners to fall back upon.. The wooden walls b. 4114 b aglantl are safe while she has still her wooden legs to 1 - I, 4 ita lk 'n• We understand that a review of the Chelsea V tt -'l.B will shortly take place, as a preliminary to bringing t: f alie,? r atis into active service. There may be some difficulty %lr tl g the words of command, for the ordinary operation Uletring arms will be somewhat of a puzzle to those who t l i °l ll,l 4. l4° t arlus to shoulder. " Recover arms" will be an evolu t'll, ble i nanv would be delighted to perform if it were prac tl4oll:4l,(l St at ease" will be a suggestion that those it 6. ' 4 „,e lust their legs may find some difficulty in complying iilles tb v liethe r the Chelsea corps is to form a portion of , he o r th4at),Jetp ,: Pout we have not heard, but the regiment of N ?nld perhaps be a more appropriate title to most of 11 0 . 4 Quick march" will, we understand, not be insisted it % isili Plrt of the exercise to be performed by the veterans, th 4 14 .gl,be divided into rank and file, some of whom will rank s s i ke C t l ess . according to seniority. The guns dealt out to 1 , 1 4 t p re p have no legs will be constructed on a principle that t them from kicking, for it is felt to be hard on the m ef P. boys to have kicking guns given tkem, when it is , peer power to kick in return.—Punch. It 1> , W understand that - INTO e ,„111/). ham is going on at a great rate in London ob z 14:4bscribers for his reprint of " The Glasgow Courant k h kles - D 46, con' aining the romantic adventures of Prince th 44 i ttte -- r dw . ard Stuart. The volume, altogether, will be a 3„ f „ s l,lng document, and well worth twice the money It.— Glasgow Constitutional of 13th August, 1845. bl lj e, l4ll AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—Mr. an inquest on Wednesday at the Royal Free Hospital, Istaal t ?,, -r nad, on the body of John Goodricke 7 tobacco if Arg 7 , aged thirty-eight, whose death occurred in the fol tait'l 4•:ngular manner :—On last Friday night, and shortly s,u 0, 1 t aced retired to bed, he expressed a great desire for a t1, 4 01f: ("), and got up to look for one. As he left the room to 1 14 1 in tt -r the potato in the yard, the nail of his shoe caught in Van e ' 4 ' the landing outside his room door, when he lost his ‘ l4 ll ; a a ' 4l was pitched head foremost dwan the flight of stairs. bs,lstance reached him he could speak and had his 11 4 4 t. te ti : e t • Could not move a limb. The following . morning . . he Ili tag bey ed to the hospital, a paralisis of his extremities th:he e k k n caused by the injury inflicted on the lower part of "Y the fall. Although otherwise powerless, from his 4 4 1 • fctwuwards, his brain was in a healthy and active condi % he di e. , l ength the muscles of respiration became paralysed, tio p ia ," on last Monday. Mr. Cook, the house . surgeon, Nue sbi _i• mortem examination, found the posterior ligaments k Ve tt ! ne ruptured, and a slight dislocation of the fifth boa,cervi titl,llast: the bone of which pressed on the spinal marrow Witte n inch, and caused deceased's death. Verdict, Ill r, 4-i'death.. lij,:kt STEAM-110AT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday 41ttest?, Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, held an N i kes i the Bull, Mi lford-lane, Strand, on the body of Chkr ' i vin, ag e d fif teen, the call-boy of the Wedding ttt (1 ,1 earner, plyi ng b e t ween L on d on -b r id ge an d `4l , ner n Sat ur d ay morn i ng last, the steamer had j us t h lhi g C n nrings at Hungerford-bridge, :when the captain Ile qt ad a i le giv . e some directions to deceased, discovered that 414' he p o t ' Into the water, and missing a bucket from the clip,„*.duded that deceased must have fallen overboard of us,:i in t g for water. The vessel was stopped, and every tlldt sis f nued' nut unavailingly, to recover the body, which was qk - NOetl 4, 1 ' 61 yesterday morning, when it was discovered Otr eet, ',the chain of a steamer, moored off the end of Nor- Verdict—" Accidental death." t 'ar t ki s ' sq: d ' lT Y.-lAre understand that Thomas Broad de now residing at Foyers House, has handsomely iltaitropo, donatioasn of 20 in gui Inverness. Mr neas towards th B e erection of iatatic unsolicited . roadvrood's hla Z e tra„': l ' made unsolicited to Mr. Mackenzie, banker, ttad his example' will be copied by others of our belle °Patent English 4 risitots.—:lntrerneas - Cushier. THE SCOTCH BANKS. ( From the Gazette of last nightl) READING, FRIDAY EVENING. —The Del uty-Ccroner and jury re-assembled this afternoon at two o'clo( k, and proceeded to examine the following witnesses : Henry Houlton, re-examined—When I had returned to Spicer's house, and after the body had been examin' d, I told Spicer that I suspected his wife had come Ober dea'h by some unfair means, and that I should feel it my duty to take him into custody on the charge of the wilful murder of his wife. He said, " I know nothing of it." On Wednesday morning last I went to Mrs. Cook's, where Spicer had worked, and saw the witness William Walden ? and he showed me a cupboard that was used by Spicer to keep his tools in. I opened it, and took out a handkerchief, which Walden stated he had found there the day before. I produce the handkerchief. Yesterday I went again to Mrs. Cook's, and in the cellar where the work is carried on found an apron. I asked Walden whose apron it was before I examined it. He said it was Spicer's. I took it, and examined it, and found drops of blood upon it. The apron I here produce. I found another apron, on the other side of the workshop, with blood upon_ it, and Walden stated that he could swear that both the aprons belonged to Fpicer. William Walden, re-examined, after being cautioned by the deputy-coroner that he was upon his oath, and should therefore withhold nothing from the jury, said, to the best of my belief, these aprons belonged to Spicer. I never wore aprons ' and no other workman besides Spicer and myself were employed ire the shop whilst we were there. Spicer always wore an apron when be went to dinner. The cupboard was set apart for Spicer's use. _ _ David John Conk, living with his mother, basket-maker, High-street —William Spicer and last witness, William Walden, are the only two persons employed in the room under the shop. Spicer always wore an apron, but not Walden. Saw Spicer on Friday afternoon ; his head was between his hands. I thought something w's the matter with him. I asked him if it was so, he replied, " No." George Essington, of 97, Broad-street, tailor—l knew Mr. and Mrs. Spicer. Saw her, to the best of my belief, on Thursday evening, at the bar door of the Royal Oak, talking to Mrs. Sharp, the landlady. 1 never heard she was subject to fits. Saw Spicer on Friday, the Bth inst., at the Royal Oak, about four o'clock in the afternoon. He came in to drink. I told him 1 had seen his wife, and she was looking better, the night before. He had told me his wife was not very well. I should state that he said, " I am going to have a malt tea." I said, "I do not know but what it is quite as well." He then said, "I have been home to tea, but could not find my mistress, and I suppose she is gone out, and so I thought I would come down here and have a pint of beer." Martha Gordon, No. 3P, Middle-row—l know William Spicer. My husband keeps the Odtham beer-house. Spicer was not at our house on Friday, the Bth inst. I was at home all day. William Walden was here recalled—Spicer came from din ner on Friday before me. I will swear that I have not burnt any letter, saying I did not wish to get Spicer into a scrape. Ht nry Tomkins, a former witness, then came forward and deposed, that on Monday he saw Walden, who said to him, " I have just been home and burnt a letter which Spicer had sent me." John Heather, sergeant of the Rtading police, said—Walden, on 51onday, asked me to read a paper. I could not. It ap peared to me a mere direction and part of a letter. A young man, named Briant, read it. Walden here said, on being questioned, that he put it into his pocket. He found it in the workshop. Afterwards, on being pressed, he said he put it on the fire. He had heard Spicer had been writing to some "gals" in the country. He was further questioned, and stated that a. man from Sonning, whom he did not know, brought a letter to Spicer, who was working at the shop last week. He believed he was a little related to his wife. Spicer put it into his pocket, and the man said his wife was coming to the races. 'fhe man asked how Spicer's wife was? Spicer said first pretty well; but afterwards said she had had a fail a time back and hurt herself. Spicer said his wife's sister was coming to the races. I am sure the letter was not brought on Friday. The DEPUTY- CORONER then summed up. The room was then cleared, and after the lapse of a few minutes, the jury had returned as their verdict—"Tbat Elizabeth Spicer was w ilfully murdered by her husband, William Spicer." 'fhe warrant of committal was then made out, and the prisoner will take his trial at the ensuing Lent assizes. We, the undersigned, two of her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, in pursuance of the Act Bth and 9th Vic toria, cap. 38, do hereby certify that we have ascertained that the average amount of bank notes of the Governor and Com pany of the Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of ban-, kers at Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and divers other places, under the name and title of the Bank of Scotland, in circulation during a period of one year preceding the Ist day of May, 1845, according to the returns made by such bankers, in pursuance of the Act passed in the 4th and sth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to make fur ther provision relative to the returns to be made by banks of the amount of their not( s in circulation," is 300,4851.—0 f the Royal Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edin burgh, Glasgow, Greenock, Leith, and divers other places, un der the name or title of the Royal Bank of Scotland, is 183,0001. —of the British Linen Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and divers other places, under the name or title of the British Linen Company, is 438,0241.—0 f the Commercial Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Arbroath, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, is 374,8801. — of the National Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, and divers other places, under the name or title of the National Bank of Scotland, is 297,0241.—0 f the Edinburgh and. Glasgow Bank, carrying on the business of bankers at Edin burgh, Glasgow, Leith, Stirling, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, Edinburgh and Leith Bank, and Glasgow Joint-Stock Bank ing Company, is 136,6571.—0 f the Banking Company in Aberdeen, carrying on the business of bankers at Aber deen, Banff, Elgin, Peterhead, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Banking Com pany in Aberdeen, is 880,4671.—0 f the Aberdeen Town and County flanking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Aberdeen, Huntly, Peterhead, Wick, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Aberdeen Town and County Banking Company, is 70,1331.—0 f the North of Scot land Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Aberdeen, Banff, Inverness, Elgin, and divers other places, under the name or title of the North of Scotland Banking Company, is 154,3191.—0 f the Ayrshire Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Ayr, Ardrossan, Cum nock, Girvan, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Ayrshire Banking Company, is 53,6561.—0 f the Eastern Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Dun dee, Montrose, Anstruther, Inverkethivg, and Saint Andrews, under the name or title of the Eastern Bank of Scotland, is 33,6361.—0 f the Union Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Greenock, Paisley, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Union Bank of Scotland, is 327,2231.—0 f the Clydesdale Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Greenock, Stirling, and divers other places, un der the name or title of the Clydesdale Banking Company, is 104,0281.—0 f the City of Glasgow Bank, carrying on the business of bankers at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Peebles, Aber deen, and divers t•ther places, under the name or title of the City of Glasgow Bank, is 72,9211.—0 f the Caledonian Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Inverness, Elgin, Forres, Nairn, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Caledonian Banking Company, is 53,4341.—0 f the Perth Banking Company, carrying on the business of bankers at Perth, Dunkeld, Crieff, and Coupar- Angus, under the name or title of the Perth Banking Com pany, is 38,6561.—0 f the Central Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Perth, Aberfeldy, Dunkeld, Newburgh, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Central Bank of Scotland, is 42,933/. H. L. WICKHAM. H. SEYMOUR MONTAGU. lAug.ls. :Aug.ls. lAug.ls. IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. NAMES OF RAILWAYS. Loneon. Liver- I Man- I B 1 istol. York. peel. cheater. lAug.ls. lAug.ls. Lcedo. lAug.ls. 97% 11% - SAP 4 - % p 1 B nil. Iludders fleld. [Sheffield lAug.ls. lAug.ls. ekug.ls. Aug.l4. 171:3(1., Glasgow. I Dt blin. Aug.l4. THE SU, POSED MURDER AT READING RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES THE SUN, LONDON sATURDAIL EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1845. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Admiralty, Aug. 14, 1845. Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you, for information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, a copy of a public notice from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore relative to the Falsterbo light vessel. ( Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON. To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. NOTICE. The Royal Swedish and Norwegian Consulate at Elsinore, July 22, 1845. The Royal Naval Department at Stockholm has notified, for the information of mariners, that the light ship Cyclops will forthwith resume her station on Falsterbo Reef, and will, for the first time, again show her light in the evening of the 25th of July of the present year. From the light ship (which will be moored in six or seven fathoms water) Falsterbo Light house will bear N. N. E. I E. (N. 28 deg. E.), with Falsterbo and Skanor Churches nearly in one line, and Stevens Light N.N. W. W. (N. 72 deg. W.), all magnetic bearings. Pilots will be kept on board to pilot vessels (on the signal being given) through the Flint Channel or to Malmo, as well as to the grounds and other places where the Danish pilots take charge of ships ; and to that end a jack will be hoisted on board the light ship at one of her mast heads, which will be struck whenever all the pilots shall be out. GAmusG llousEs.---In the new Act concerning games and wagers there are several provisions respecting gaming-houses. In order to remove the difficulties which have arisen on prosecutions, to prove that the house alleged was a common gaming -house, it is now .provided, that in the absence of other evidence it shall be sufficient to show that the place is kept open or used for playing therein at any un lawful game, and that a bank is kept there by one or more of the players exc'usively of the others, or that the chances of any game played therein are not alike favourable to all the players, including among the players the banker or other person by whom the game is managed, or against whom the other players stake, play, or bet, and every such house or place shall be deemed a common gaming house. In places out of the jurisdiction of the metropo litan police magistrates may issue warrants to officers to enter houses. Persons keeping gaming -houses, and every person having the care or management of the same, and also bankers, croupiers, &c., may now he summarily convicted, and fined 100/., or sent to prison for six months, and on non-payment of penalties a warrant of distress levied on their goods. It shall not be necessary in future to prove that the persons found playing were playing for any money, wager, or stake. The Commissioners of Police may autho rise a superintendent and constable to enter gaming -houses, I and to szize all instruments of gaming, and to take into cus tody all persons found therein. Search may be made for in struments of gaming. In proceedings to be instituted after the passing of this Act, it shall be sufficient evidence to show that there were cards, dice, balls, counters, tables, or other instruments in the room entered, or on the person seized, al though no play was actually going on at the time, and all such things shall be destroyed. Witnesses examined on gambling transactions are to receive from the magistrates before whom they are called certificates of indemnification. Tun SMALL DEI3TS ACT.—The difficulties in either understanding or following out this incomprehensible and hasty piece of legislation are only just beginning to develope them selves. Yesterday, at the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Sturgeon applied for a summons against a debtor, who resided at Hat field, some seventeen miles from London, but a difficulty arose as to the party who was to serve the summons and the amount of remuneration for his labour, and for his own part he was free to confess that he did not understand the Act. Mr. Com missioner Fonblanque said he should much wish to know who either did or could understand it ; but, with respect to the ser vice of the summonses, that must be done by the officers of this Court, and the 3s. 4d. (only) allowed for such service must be increased upon taxation of costs.—[A journey to Hatfield and back to be per formed for 3s. 4d.11 I.OI`,GLVITY.—There is at present in Glasgow, where she has been for upwards of 80 years, a woman named Davidson, a native of Ireland, who is said to have attained the venerable age of 104. She may be seen begging almost daily in various parts of the city ; but, although in very poor circum stances. she has never received charity from any benevolent in stitution. Of course, she is not free from the infirmities at tendant on extreme old age, but in other respects she enjoys tolerable health. She resides in the New Wynd with her daughter, who is a great-grandmother.—Glaspow Citizen. Aberdeen Arbroath and Forfar .. Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birk ribd, Lan. & Ches, Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (s, at 7% dis.) Ditto Half Share Birnainghm & Oxfrd. Junc. lilckburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, &Bohn Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Hast. Bristol and Exeter ......... Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester .... Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares ... Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton... Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal . Coventry and Leicester ... Col nw all . Diss,Beecles, and Yarmoth Direct Northern " Direct Norwich ...... Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New Dundee and Perth. Eastern Counties Do. New... Do. Perp., 5 pr Cnt., No. 1 Do. ditto N 0.2 East Derehant & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension ...... Edinbgb, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quarter Shares.-- Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New Ditto Preference Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths Grand Union Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & Wstrn (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Munster ••• Great Northern of Scotlnd Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, Shares Do. New, 301. Shares Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths G uildfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Harwich . Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Half shares. Ditto Quarter Shares Inverness and Elgin. ..• Kendal and Windermere.. Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions... Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Tliirsk Leeds and W. Riding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Jura, Ennis,& Kil. Junc. [ncoln, York, and Leeds.. _ _ Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares ... Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham. Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters. London and Blackwall Lon. & Man.(Remington's London and Brighton ..... Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Do. G uarantd. 5 per cent Ditto New London and Greenwich .... Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cone. Eighths Do. New, 50/. Shares ... Do. New, 40/. Shares... London and York London and Windsor Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Lly ... Lynn and Dereham... ...... Manchester and Leeds ..... Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Quarter Shares ... Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Midland Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons. Birm. & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extensio❑ to Sligo Nwcastl & Darlingtn J-unc Do. New (Bran — dling) Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield North British . ..... Ditto New Shares... Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire North Eastern North Union (A) Ditto (B). North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales Norwich and 8rand0n...... Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston ... N ott., Lrcwsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield OxfOrd and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and 'Were Ditto Half Shares . Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar. Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Richmnd and W. End Junc. Rugby, Worcester, &Tring Scottish Central ....... Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb., Wor., and Crews Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb,llerefd,&N.Wals Slamannan South Devon . South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (iss. 33/.65.8d.) „ 2 Do (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline.. South Wales Trent Valley D.). and Ilolyhead Junc West London, Old Shares . West End & Southrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow ...... Warwick and Cheltenham Waterfbrd and Kilkenny... Wat rfd,Wex fd,Wick &Dub Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Goele Wakefield an Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares Welsh Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire . Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares. Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension. 43 /4 96% 12 %s 3 65% 2 1 3% 2% 2% 6 3 / 4 - %P 3% 25% 1114 2IAp 24% 1; p 6 % P ' 75 26 1 4 234 31 83% 3% 71A 2 3% 39% 2 1 p 3% 301% 15 S 1% _5 1 4 225. 3% 23 14% 23% 5% 32% 7% 16 1 / 2 121/2 1514 5% 11% 11 3 / 4 10 1 4 25% 10 3 4 63 4 24 4% 22a. 6M 14% 26% 16% - - 3% 6% 4% 1014 WA 2 1 4 43/ 3% 16 1 4 3% 3% 8% 2 1-16 3 1 / 4 _ 314 3 1 4 171.18b9d 25% 23% 303/ 04 2% 2% 10% 314 Bs. p. 15 1 4 55 3 26 , 14 14A 20s. p 455. p WA 131 - 8.6d.p ...... 2614; 24% -- 8% 2sM.pl 43 /4 - 455. pl 2% 2% 4- % ..... 33/4 61. Is. 41% 3/. 14s. 11411356 1/1 - 954411 64 10% 555. 2 3 / 4 31% 8 15-16' 5 1 4 21. 19s. 16 12% 60s. 'w - 89% 21s. 235. 21.12 a. 6d 7 % 355. 6d. 4 - 3% 31,‘ 315. 40s, p 3% 15% 26% 23 ... ~_ - lie. 6d 5% 2% 245. 21s. 6d. 11% 15% 425. 6d. 6', 196 — s. 6d. 40% 58s. 9d. 3% COURT EARCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airii g on the beach, on Thursday rnoroing, In the afternoon the Prince of Wales, Prince Aifrtd, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice rode on ponies the pleasure grounds of Osb,)rne House, Isle of Wight. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed w&ks and rides on Wednesday. Sir Howard Douglas had an interview with Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Simonds had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. The Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, left town on Thursday night fur Scotland. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. The Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, left WIN n yesterday to join his fa mily at Duver. HEb MAJESTY. INAUGURATION OF BEETHOVEN. COLOGNE, MTG. 12. Cologne, through which the Royal cortege passed, for the length of a good English league, last evening, en route from the termination of the Anvers Railway to that of the Bonn line, was one vast bower of flowers and garlands, to say nothing of the national and other flags with which the streets were fur nished, as though they had been hung with tapestry. Her Majesty of Prussia preceded the Queen to the castle of Brubl, a noble chateau, about some fifteen miles beyond Cologne, w here, a little before eight, the royal; party had again united. Here the British Sovereign was received with most characteristic honours. An orchestra, consisting of thirty bands, of twenty performers each, crashed out the National Anthem of our country, following it with " Rule Britannia," and the tatoo, swelling from a wilderness of drums, from piano, till it thun dered in forte in magnificent effect. The court of the palace was brilliant with Chinese lamps, and gay with companies of dancers, who polkaed their good-will offerings as the Eastern damsels of old gave grace and homage. Tuesday dawned with the promise of fine weather, which the noon duly realised. Notwithstanding the multitudes that thronged Brubl on the evening preceding, long before mid-day Bonn was one crowd of elegantly and singularly arrayed dames and cavaliers. Here was the rechercht toilette of Paris, there the coquettish costumes of the surrounding peasantry, and, above all, the picturesque dresses of the students of the Uni versity, strictly fashioned after the mode of the olden time. The town, the most beautiful I have yet seen in Prussia, was literally wanton in holiday decorations. All the streets were lined with fresh-hewn boughs, of lavish foliage, and streamers of all hues, while the principal square, in which is situated the chief hot. Is and shops of rare merchandise, was a rich draw ing room al fresco. Soon after twelve the ceremony of the inau guration commenced in the monstre place, a square adjoining the cathedral—a vast, august building. One end of it is occu pied by the chateau of the Count Von Fiirstenberg, and here the Queen, the:King of Prussia, and their respective suites, re paired about the same time from the Palace of Bruhl. The cele bration consisted of orations, pronounced to the honour of the great musician, who conferred by his birth harmonious immor tality on the place, and the performance of some of his most favourite compositions. Presently the statue, placed in the eentre of the square—a fine piece of bronze, representing a figure that might serve for the genius of intellect—was unco vered amid the cheers of the assembled enthusiasts, and the roaring of artillery. This over, the royal visitors came for ward in the balcony, from which they had witnessed the cere mony, and received the grateful welcome of the assembly. His Royal Highness Prince Albert came in for a large share of the popular applause. After the ceremonial, the record of the inauguration was signed by the royal witnesses of it, and deposited in Beethoven's tomb, a solemn and most feeling tribute to genius. After the inauguration the Queen attended a concert, in which many of the most distinguished German artists took part, and subsequently returned to the palace of Bruit!, not, however, before honouring the University with a visit. THE LIGHTING OF COLOGNE AND THE SHORES OF THE RHINE. It was long known that the city of Cologne had provided, from its private resources, the munificent sum of six thousand crowns, for the purpose of lighting up their splendid temple and the noble lines of their picturesque city aux bonds du Rhin, to do honour to the visit of our fair Queen. As soon as the intention of Queen Victoria was formally announced, the preparations were commenced on the most gorgeous scale, and the night of the 12th of August fixed on for the celebra tion of the most wonderful pyrotechnic festival certainly ever produced in this country. Soon after nightfall partial explosions of fireworks from the shipping and the shore began, and continued for upwards of an hour, as the tuning of the instruments precedes the regular performance. At this time also the rain descended thickly and heavily, but in spite of the weather, every coin of 'vantage, whence the mighty show could be commanded was occupied by persons whose appearance gave good assurance of their condi tion. The moon hid her face, as conscious of the rival she had to contend against, and the inky obscurity spread as if to give deep relief to the effulgence about to come. At nine o'clock the passage across the Rhine was put an end to, in consequence of the bridge of boats being opened to allow the steamers to navigate in front of the city board. There were two of the Company's vessels used in the navigation of the river, the Prin cess of Prussia being appropriated to the service of the sove reigns of England and Prussia. The hour of ten told harmoniously from the city churches when the river on both its banks sent forth the roar of artillery and the blaze of ten thousand coloured fires. It was now that the two Courts were gently falling down the stream abreast of the town. Incessantly rolled the deep diapason of the heavy guns of the batteries, and gleamed the glad fire of countless feux de joie. Anon, in front of the grand landing-place, off which the Queen of England's tender yacht, the Fairy, was moored, vast note of preparation was remarked. By gentle but sure degrees from her ports burnt a dazzling line of lights —the heavens sparkled with a flood of rockets—the towers on the banks of the river blazed up like giant beaeons, and the yards of the various craft were manned by the seamen in their holiday attire. The Queen of the Isles comes in the pomp and circumstance of her estate. Hark ! a bell—a quick, sharp, treble startles the ear. Lo lin tracery of rays, such as mines of diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, might have fur nished, that marvel of the olden triumphs of taste and magnificence, the Cologne Cathedral tower bursts upon the wonder•stricken multitudes. The rays of sap phire, and of onyx, and of flowing gold, it strikes dim their vi sion and dumb their wonder. So stricken by a necromancer's wand, on the instant it flames forth in lusty light—a fire of ho nour and of homage such as never yet monarch lighted to the welcome of a brother or a sister sovereign. . . . Haply I may seem to speak of this scene in phrase too highly wrought for sober ears. To those who judge this writing soberly, I can not appeal—to such as had the fortune to witness the event to which it relates, I have but to say, " Alas ! that the vocabulary of language affords no words to record the glories of this night ! The illumination of the cathedral was the catastrophe of this stupendous scene ; and while yet the spirit of its wondrous in. cantations waved its rod of fire around them, Victoria passed in triumph, and with many a loving wish atid benediction from 'the lighting of Cologne and the shores of the Rhine.'" THE CEREMONIAL AT COLOGNE. COLOGNK, AUG. 14, 6 A.m. _ _ _ About three o'clock processions of the townspeople, mer chants, craftsmen, and others, began to centre on the Ca thedral, and bands of flower-girls in picturesque attire, streamed along the streets garland-laden and crowned with wreaths. Also, as of course, music poured forth strains on all sides, and you had assurance of a Atte, if it were only in the radiant faces of the multitudes. At four o'clock the bell of the cathedral sounded. About ten minutes after four the royal cavalcade reached the south tower of the cathedral, and then making a round of the whole building, finished and unfinished as its parts are, the Queen entered it, attended by the King of Prussia, and the royal and noble personages already named as elmposing her suite. All the authorities of the city, civil and ecclesiastical, were in attendance to receive the august party, which was ushered through the cathedral by its functionaries, who pointed out all most worthy of notice, either for its beauty or historical interest. After spending some time beneath its venerable roof, and expressing unqualified approbation at the magnificence of the scene, her Majesty thence proceeded to view the Museum Trankgrasse, a collectiom of pictures chiefly presented by Professor Wellroff, and remarkable as monuments of a school which had its origin from nature direct, without being fettered through the conventialisms of art. The Queen and her illuatrious host proceeded to the Castle of Stolzenfels. Iler Majesty remains but one night at Stolzenfels, but snaking forced journeys thence, is expected to reach Coburg on Satur day, by way of Mayence and Wartzberg.—Advertisfr. SUNDERLAND ELECTION. (From the Sunderland Herald of yesterday.) Yesterday, the polling took place in various public buildings appointed by the Mayor. It commenced at eight o'clock, and the Tories took care to have a number of their friends in waiting, and secured an almost entire monopoly of the voting fur some time. At half-past eight, they issued a hand bill announcing the state of the poll, and thete they contkurd at intervals, some of the state ments being (as usual) gross exaggerations. Owing to the skilful mauccuvre above alluded to, Colonel Thomp• son was at the outset lowest on the poll ; and we regret that his friends were not able to gain him a better position during the day. Shortly after twelve o'clock it became certain that the popular candidate would be defeated by a majority of votes, though the most active exertions were still persevered in to promote the Colonel's return, or, if this were not possible, to lessen the maj , ifity of the Tory and monopolist candidate. No statements were issued by Colonel Thompson's Committee, and this occasioned much disappoint ment. The town was during the afternoon and evening in a very excited state, but no breach of the peace had occurred. At the period of our writing immense crowds are collected in the front street, who vociferously cheer the Colonel's leading supporters, and hiss and groan at (they have gone so far as to pelt with sticks and stones) Mr. Hudson's active friends and even the coachmen who drive the " flys" engaged for the purpose of bringing up voters. So far as we can ascer tain (and we have taken great pains to do so correctly) the state of the poll at its close was as follows : Hudson . . 626 Thompson Majority —l2B GLASGOW ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.—It will be seen, in reference to the advertisement in another column, that a singularly interesting work is about to be published, by subscription. It is a republication of the old Glasgow Courant, from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of October, 1746, which gives a complete detail of the movements and romantic adventures of the Pretender. The work has been undertaken by William Meikleham, L.L.8., solicitor, in Glasgow, and secretary to the University. He is the son of :Professor .Meikleham, and is in possessio n, we believe, of the only copy extant. As a record of news , notices and advertisements of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, the work will be a great curiosity, and, there cannot be the least doubt, that it w ill be greatly prized by all lovers of ancient relics, and others, desirous of perusing the records of their forefathers.—Ex tracted from the Liverpool Mercury of August 8. WIREWORM.—The following circumstance con nected with this pest may be possibly turned to a good ac count. In February last I planted three gallons of early Cornish kidney potatoes in good soil, under a wall having a southern aspect ; to my surprise, only one or two had made their appearance up to the middle of May, and by the 2d of June three or four more, without the smalle s t indication of any further vegetation over the whole border. On examining the rows, to my surprise, the remainder o f the sets were nearly filled with live wireworms, the potatoes having the appearance of being drilled all through with an augur of the size of a quill. Now, does not this tend to show, that by leaving a few refuse turnips, potatoes, carrots, &c., in the fields in autumn, covered tAith soil, that these destructive insects may be de stroyed in great numbers in the spring by stocking out the roots, and carrying them to a heap of quick lime ?—Lincoln shire Chronicle. :-'lll.,—A It, 'lough the gentlemen deputed to itinerate in sup yort of " h 'el aington's Line" favoured die in their :speeches Kith a large pq rtion of their attention, I should not have asked leave to appetty in your columns if )(at had not inserted treat the Railway .i Txpress a long paragraph palpably written to it:fluence tha pi ice of the shales, and wouno up with the inju rious imputatto a upon nee which I shall presently quote. To the gent; ernun who spice., my thanks arc due tor the mantic! . in Otis oh they were pleased to speak of my personal character, laws_ deetive of my supposed dealing with what is called RemingA , n'a Line, stn the 1135 d e indebted to them, bec au s e near ly a ll w h o re ferred to site 're professionally interested in supporting the scheme they ads ocated. They doubtless spoke as to Mr. Re mington's Li it what they beli e v e d, b ut t h ey were i n error. he parag t p,vl.: you have published from th e R a il way Ex press, and of zsaieit I comp:ain, is as follows o am w e va s oulti:gladly pause, after having thus glanced at what are the 1114 st striking featurt a of this railway, but a sense I of justice Ont. is us to notice what cannot be canside r ed e th er than sharp peas !tics' on the part of Mr. Ashurst, the promoter of a competing 11 ne. In 1836 Mr. George Remington planned the Direct Lot. A on and Manchester Railway which bears his name. In 18+0'4 he carefully surveyed the greater part of the country tbn'augh which it will pass. Long after this Mr. Ashure atinouhved his competing scheme, the avowed inten tion of wfa;di was 0 connect existing and projected lines be tween London an d Manchtster. He found that Remington's Line was the faiactirite, as it deserves to be ; and he does not hesitate to • .appro: oriate,' not the leading features of that line, but the actual ling itself: This is stealing the Desom ready made. " It is itYeity eTt 'ar that this man:ter of doing business will not answer. We eve that public i ;eling is against the ruse. But the very fact that the promoter of a c ompeting line throws his own plan onwboard, and coolly appropn'stes the rival one, is the very best, I. ecause the most unsuspicious And involuntary compliment whict , could possibly be paid to Ren h 'ngton's Lon chn and Mancbests . i - Direct Railway." The facts, a,' to me, are these : In IS4O, an advertis'nsent appeared announcing a Company for the formation of a railway from Manchester to London. After some tune, the movers, who were unknown to the Manchster trade, found necessary to apply to some of the gentlernets conn,tcted with that trade in London to support them. They were' referred to mo by some of the leading houses in the trade here,. and I was requested to report my opinion, not of any line, but of the propriety of their uniting with the applicants. Behtre I was able to report upon the prudence of men with capital wad influence, uniting es ith men not known to possess either, I was sent for to a meeting of " the Board" in Cornhiil. and was told that the landlord was urgent for his rent ; and I was esked to pay that rent and take the Solicitor ship of the Company. I declined the office, but made the advance, that I migfrt hare time to report. The result was, that a union was not thought desirable, and the matter died. Mr. Remington's name ,was used on that occasion. About this time, in the year 1844, Mr. !Unlock advertised that he had taken up Mr. ,tiemington, and intended to form a Company. Mr. Al ulock also found it ne,lessary to obtain the support of the trade ; he sought it, and waz , referred to me. He came to me, accompanied by Mr. Wedlako, of the firm of Clowes, Orme, and Wedlake, the well-known and respectable solicitors, in London. . . . In consequence of this, I again had an interview with the princioal houses in the trade in Loudon; and they gave me in troductions to many of the leading firms in Manchester, whom 1 saw on the subject. On my return, I made my repo:t to those who deputed me; and they resolved that it was not desirable then to form a corn- pany. Mr. Mulock and Mr. Remington thought differently, and they advertised a Company, with the names of gentlemen as a Provisional Committee, who afterwards resolved that_the Com pany should not proceed. During all this time the only question was the propriety of forming a Company, not the merits of Mr. Remington's choice of a line. The gentlemen who instructed me knew, without the aid of either of us, that a straight line is the shortest, and that the straightest practicable, would be the best, and this of itself fixed the route. The document which was then prepared by tie, and signed by many of the leading houses in the trade, and is in my pos- ViSSOD, simply stated-I " That a more rapid communication between London and Manchester by railway is of the highest necessity. " That it is of paramount importance to the trade and manu factures of the kingdom that such communication between the metropolis and the northern parts of the country should not be dependent upon one line of railway only." These statements the subscribers understood and could make. It would have been absurd and bootless to have asked mercantile men to express an opinion upon the engineering merits of a line of railway not it► being. Mr. Remington informed me that he had not surveyed the line he suggested, but said that he had gone over the coun try so as to enable him to say with confidence that his line was the only line that could be formed, and I believed it. He war naturally anxious to obtain the appointment of engineer, but he was unknown to the parties by whom I was requested to act, and they were desirous, if the matter proceeded, to have the line to be chosen approved by an engineer more generally known. He was unwilling to have this reference made, except to one gentleman, and the matter ended. It is fortunate for me, now that the absurd imputation is made against me of " filching" his line, that I have found the map of the line which he issued in 1840, and on comparing it with the map he now issues, I find that the two are essen tially different. In 1840 his line ran to Leicester, taking the Midland Coun ties Railway the whole distance from Leicester to Derby ; re suming at Derby it proceeded to Leek and Macclesfield, neither touching Cheadle or Uttoxeter. His present line does not touch the Midland Counties, and does not go to Derby, and whoever knows anything of the country, or has Mr. Remington's present map, can see the importastt and extensive change which this necessarily makes between the two. He has, then, so far as making red lines on a map gives title, entitled himself by a cheap and easy process to two lines, and his friends accuse me of filching one, but do not condescend to say which. They at the same time proceed to show a motiveless plunder for a valueless abstraction, by ac cusing me in a second count of not publishing any line. As to his first line, Mr. Remington said it was impossible to make a better, and I have his printed plan before me, asking in 1840 four millions to make it. To make his second line so essentially different, I have his plan and prospectus before me, asking for three millions to make it. I have also before me another of his prospectuses, asking for a capital of five millions to make it. If, as he says, he has carefully gone over these various and differing lines, his judgment must be sadly at fault. [lad the trade determined to avail themselves of his services, it would hve been necessary to have drawn ,his attention to these serious variances, but that necessity did not arise. 11r. Remington's friends have, in their speeches, con founded the formation of a Company with the drawing of a line on a map, and have assumed the childish absurdity that to rule a line on a map, gives a title to the line of road and to the office of engineer. So far from taking either of Mr. Remington's abstractions, I have not even been guilty of the sM of originating "'[he Direct London and Manchester Railway Company," which is really the offending point. In this year Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, as they assure me, without knowing anything of Mr. Remington or ever hav ing heard of his lines, registered and aivertised, without my knowledge or privity, a Direct Line from London to Man chester. They also applied to some of the principal houses in the trade, and were referred to me; and then, and not till then, did I hear of it. I might then, as Mr. Remington did, have registered another Company by adding another word to vary the title, but I was not guilty of the lolly of endeavouring to establish two Com panies for one purpose, and of wasting the funds of both; but as the trade here was of opinion that a direct line must, and ought to be formed, with the consent of Messrs. Sudlow and Co., my name was added to theirs, and I was requested to submit the views of the trade here to their friends in Man chester, which I did—received their authority in writing again, as the house here thought that signatures given a year before ought not to be used when circumstances had altered, and opi nions or interests might have changed. o far from adopting either of Mr. Remington's lines, the Managing Committee of this _Company determined to have a line surveyed for themselves, and they gave authority to Mr. Rastrick to personally survey the country, and give them his opinion of the best direct practicable route for a line. If ruling a line on the map between given termini constitutes ownership, I admit Mr. Remington's title to as many lines as he rules, and I have not interfered with his efforts to realize them. His friends confound the formation of a Company with the making, or rather the marking, of a line, and scold me be cause the trade have themselves formed a Company. That is the cause of a thing without which it would not be. If Mr. Remington had been appointed engineer to the Com pany they would not have heard of this preposterous claim to exclude the engineering world from an important tract of coun try. But, because a young man has published a map with a line ruled upon it and has asked the public to grant him, first four millions, then three, and afterwards five millions to realize his crotchet, he argues that the country for railway purposes is tabooed to all other engineers. Now suppose that previously to the formation of our great railways some aspiring tyro had published a map with an im possible or a singularly difficult line, had then contended that the London and Birmingham, and Great Western Companies, were bound to take him as an engineer, and that the great minds of the engineering world ought to be shut out from the country he had marked upon his map, would the railway world have listened to such insane drivelling? And could those who contended for so wild a theory have hoped to sus tain their characters for sanity whilst upholding it? Verily those who hold such twaddle in the Tewn-hall of Manchester, sink in intellect below Johanna Southcutt, for she addressed herself to the ignorant, but they go to the Athens and the Areopagitte of railway science to publish their fatuity. - • • Mr. Remington cannot be ignorant that in 1840 many ob jections were mooted against his line, and that, amongst other serious objections, it was stated that it required at one place an embankment eighty-one feet high, and three miles long, and would have taken eighteen years to form it. Being accused of stealing his brains, I am bound to repel the accusation ; but I confine myself to the widely different sums required upon the face of his own advertisements to show that their product was not worth stealing, and that as those for whom I acted have capital and character to lose, it was my interest to avoid committing them to a gentleman whose reputation as an engineer has yet to be won, and to steer clear of a line pre sented by its parent in so unformed a state that he did not know, when he offered it far three millions, that it would re quire five to mature it. Mr. Remington, or the friend who wrote the article in the Railway Express, says I stole the " besom ready made." assure them 1 have not stolen the embankment spoken of. .. . the embankment alluded to, a very moderate qua d ni a t J :empaiiy to I do not affect engineering knowledge, but, irrespective je o n f ' would induce any one to pause, ere he a a n d a o s p n t a a anmpeldhafodrbsecohnicahskseudraislsoitswpaidreenats. tl ' i j o v ::Mr. Remington gentleman's plans, for railroaedns are ‘vill feel that, bein ,, accused of I have not, until thus assailed, sa id nae ‘ t vo in r, a i d d e ei b w y ec v i e a r t b o a r l y s o g f u t a h b i . s blings ; but I am su ,, r . e t c h h a i t ng ) , „ and " stealing," if rhad left, the might, ause anil , sh u ould probably, have " sharp practice," . fit hail not denied, charges made in gross and riou— teicaeddm, i It admitted ee. . ours respectfully, b iln ee p n ut t a a t k i e o n ns to un s n ; W. H. ASHURST. I a l n a g m u: g s e ir s , o y P.S.—Since writing the above, I have had put into my hands the Morning Herald of the 23d of May last only, and I there find that 'Air. Remington advertised his line, and asks for Two Millions only, in 40,000 shares of 50/ each ; and I have also had brought to me a prospectus, issued by him in I t 444, for a Direct London, Manchester, and York Railway. For this he asks Seven Millions. Have the York Company stolen their line from him? By asking severally two, three, four, and five millions for his proposed excursion to Manchester, he proves that, apart from the morality of the thing, it would be egregiously foolish to !steal any line from so vanaisle a Genius. NORTII KENT RAILWAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. DOVgit, AuG. 15.—A very numerous and respectable meet ing of the town was held this day in the Town-hall for the pur pose of discussing the merits and deciding on the propriety of supporting the Bill proposed to be brought into Parliament next session by the North Kent Railway Company. The Mayor presided with his usual good tact and judgment, and deputations from both the North Kent and the iSouth-Eastern direetirns attended, Ow one to promote the Bill, the other to, avert so swung an atta.lli on their vested interests. Four reso lutions were pas.ed utfanimously in favour of supporting the proposed .Nort Ir .Kent line, direct from London to Dover. A vote of thanks to the Mayor was then proposed by Sir John Kirkland, and sec ended by Mr. Rice, which his Worship acknowledged in arprepriate terms to the meeting. The feeling in favour of a' dirent independent line from London to Dover, and that the interests of the town had been grossly neglected by the South-Eastern Directors, was very strongly manifested. The deputation from that body did all they could to allay the feeling that premiled, but their efforts 'were ineffectual. DINNER TO M. GVIZOT. (From the Journal des Debatk . .) An invitation to a public dinner having been some time ,ank transmitted to Itl. Guizot from the electors of 31ezidon. and a - q. Pierre-sue-Dives, which places he represents in the Council-General of Calvados, and Sunday last being fixed by the Minister, he arrived on that day at the house of M. Le grand, the Mayor of St. Pierre, where he received the visit of the electors of the two cantons, who were joined by M. Le clerc, Peer of France ; N. Bacl,er, Prefect of Calvados ; the Sub-Prefects of Argentan Falaise, Vire, and Bayeux; M. Boisard, Secretary- Generalof the Prefecture of Calvados ; and MM. Courtoise and LainiaDesbayes, of the Cour Royale of Caen, electors of the arrondissement of Lisieux. The ban quet was prepared in the corn-market. The large hall was hung with v. hite linen, on which were asatanged with taste garlands of flowers and green wreaths. At the end of the hall was placed the King's bust, surmounted with tri-coloured flags. Covers were laid for 260 persons, and the Mayors of St. Pierre and Mezidon occupied the chairs of honour. At the right of N. Legrand sat M. Guizot, and at the left the Prefect of the department. At the dessert the health of " The King" was ! drunk with great enthusiasm ; after which M. Legrand, in a come.linientary address, in the course of which he alluded in strong terms to 'the illiberal attacks made upon N. Guizot both in the Chamber arsd in the press, proposed" The Health of M. Gs:ins:. " This toast was received with a triple salvo of acclamations, and when sitonee was restored M. Guizot rose, and spoke as follow : " Gentlemen,—l am deeply affected with the kind sentiments which your Honourable Chairman has just expressed ;owards me. He was pleased to say that yea had ardently desired to see me amongst yoa, and I can truly affirm that I also was anxious for the same event. Circumstances independent of my will have alone retarded the period of our meeting, and I congratulate myself on seeing it at last arrived. I thank sou for your most affectionate reception, and for the lively interest which your chairman has expressed to me its your name, for my success in the struggles which I inn called on to sustain. Let me, how ever, be permitted to uoe a different language from that of the Hon. Gentleman. These struggles, so warm, and sometimes so rude, have never drawn from me a complaint, and never Risen ; it is `he condition of public life in a free country. Men whom the world venerates, and by whose side I should hold it the gi eatesf honour to have my name one day pla same way. he placed, have been T a 3 ttacked, abosed, and calumniated in precisely the not the less c ont lulled to serve their country; they not the less are honoured with' its regret. We have no right to pretend to a less difficult task, anel the end towards which we tend is well worth the trials which we, sustain on the road, which it is necessary to pass over in order' to attain it. Besides, gentlemen, if I am attacked I an: supported. This meeting, which I see around me; the feeling which pervade& it ; the sentiments manifested towards me--is not all this at greaf s a strong support? That in the midst of you, gentle men, that I could think of uttering any complaint, or ma nieessiroe any appearance of fatigue ? And, in the very centre of: politicarFa c e, in the great assemblies which have the honour of representing the country, that adhesion which the policy that I uphold has met with, the fidelity, the firmness with which,even quite recently, and in moments of the utmost difficulty, the. Conservative party has maintained this policy, do not permit a man of courage to feel the sli,ehtest discouragement, or utter the faintest murmur. Certainly there is in all this the means of supporting and of overcoming many and many an attack.-- ( Loud applause.) Shall I say it, gentlemen ? I consider that, towards the Opposition, the press, and the jour nals, there are manifested at the same time an inclination to exact too much, anti too much timidity. irons them are de manded an impartiality, a moderation, a justice, which are scarcely compatible with our reciprocal situations and the nature of our government. They have their passions, and we ours. Let us accept and tolerate our mutual liberty, in place of complaining of it. The more I have mixed in public life, and practised the constitutional regime, the more I have become convinced that the liberty of discussion and the liberty of the press bad certain outbreaks in a great measure inseparable from their 'ery existence. Ido not believe these to be more excessive amongst us, and in our day, than they have been elsewhere, and in other times ; and if it is just, if it. is indispensable, to repress them when they meddle with sacred matters, which ought to be above the reach of all attack, let us ourselves endure them without emotion, and with good. grace, in the customary course of our labours and our com bats. This is a portion of the movement, of the activity of public life, and, all matters conside.red, the result is pro ductive of more benefit than mischief. But, at the same time. that 1 accept frankly and without complaint the liberty of the political press, its wild flights, and its acts of injustice and severity, I most assuredly regard as a necessity and a duty to preserve with respect to it the most complete inde pendence—not to allow myself to be influenced either by its advice, or by a desire to have its praise, or by any fear of its attacks. I endeavour on all occasions to pay attention only to things themselves—to the true interests of my country, such as my reason sees and judges them, and I pay no atten tion to what the journals may say of me. There is no digni fied and sensible policy but on this condition.—(Applause.) Permit me, gentlemen, to recommend you to do the same. Let me beseech you, who approve of my principles and share my convictions—you, my political friends, to accept frankly the liberty of the press, to read the journals without being annoyed at them, and without complaining of their coarseness and their violence. But guard with respect to them the full in-. dependence of your opinions; judge political men not according to what is said of them, but from your personal knowledge of ' their character and their previous conduct. Estimate political acts, not from the picture drawn of them by the press, but after their results in the country, and for the country. Indulge in no feeling of anger or ill humour against all the movement, all the noise, which the press raises constantly about us; but place confidence only in facts—in your own judg ment. In that way alone you will be ',either the dupes nor playthings of any one ; and you will succeed, with a little coolness and patience, in beholding men and things as they really are. Let us at the present moment make trial of this method. Let us forget all the polemics of which the policy that. I have the honour of supporting has been, and still'. is, every day the object. Let us consider that policy not in the points of view that may be taken to attack or defend it, but in the facts already accomplished by it, in its general, acquired, and evident results. What was the wish of all of you, the wish of France in 1830? 'l'o repulse an unjust and senseless aggres sion on our laws and our liberties ; to assure the just share of the country in the government, and its dignity in the world; to render our constitutional regime at home and our honour abroad perfectly independent; to make by necessity, and not by ca. price, an obliged and decisive act of sovereignty at home, and of national independence abroad, and at the same time not to return to the path of domestic revolutions and foreign war; to maintain order by securing liberty, and to preserve peace by disposing ourselves by ourselves alone and completely for our government and for our country. Was net that, gentlemen, I ask you, in 1830, I will not say the well-considered and closely-reasoned intention, but the spontaneous desire, the general feeling, the true instinct of all present at this meeting of our department, of the whole of France ?—( Loud applause.) Well, then, Gentlemen, fifteen years have passed ever since these great days. We are not mere men of yesterday ; we have a right to speak from ac quired experience and from accomplished facts. What has come to pass? What has been done since 1830? At home, representative government and the constitutional regime are displayed, and continue every day to display themselves freely and extensively. The country takes pert regularly and effica ciously in its own affairs, with the concurrence of the great powers instituted by the charter. This .is truly constitutional government; this is monarchy according to the charter.— ( Applause.) Public liberty is every day practised, proved, and developed. You attend the sittings of the Chambers ; do you think that there is anything wanting there as to the freedom of speech ? You read the journals ; does the liberty of the press appear to you to be shackled ? You. have frequent elections ; do you perceive that they arse the work of corruption and violence ? Because I have sometimes assisted you in the repairs of your churches, in the construction of your parsonages and your schools, in se:. suring a career to your children, have you, therefore, ceased to vote freely and conscientiously? Do you feel that you are cor rupted men ? Have you not, on the contrary, the conviction,. the certainty, that you profit by, and enjoy with entire security, all your liberties and all their fruits ? And, abroad, do you not see clearly and positively that the great end of the Act of 1830 has been attained, that the Government of our country is not only perfectly independent in Europe, but that Europe— both the governments and the nations show us great respect, and, under all circumstances, treat .with us seriously and pro perly ? Have not the great questions that have been brought forward, and ,the way in which they have been resolved, fur nished a convincing proof of the just influence that we exercise, and of the just respect that is paid to our interests and our views ? And those constitutional states which have been fooled around us, which Europe has respected like ourselves, which have established themselves, and are gaining strength. daily under favour of the movement communicated, and the order maintained by us, which, in founding or modifying; their institutions, study to resemble ours, Belgium, Spain,. Greece, are they not so many living proofs of the action, the influence, and, I think I may add with legitimate pride, the merited ascendancy which France and her Government exercise abroad, to the profit of a liberal and modest policy. which can appreciate at once the new wants of mankind, and the internal conditions of social order ? All this has taken place, and is taking place every day, without violence and without war. We have succeeded in consummating revo lution, and in founding a new government based 0_ such: ,„ within and peace without, and to the grandeur ofo. feet means. are added the moderation and legiti macy is their means. Such, gentlemen, in their ensern I .anac e w s h se in n i t t ial we fea p tu ra re n s tis a e r . e t s h n e nh wo a r r k e of the fao Co ts ns as erva th n e v y e p w n o l u ic ld y . t a o ppe i a e r gar t d o th a em new for stpheectafitrosrt, ttont.hsehloulddo notbe c.h-tellseitdatuepotno and allowable pride, for it is of our say, and I say it with a just es n a t t i i r s e fan G ti o o v n er i n n me tn n i t s t p h o a l t iny l . sp Yes, eak, c th o e u r n e try is itself ground n d o f of proudour grand . l v e f s a c o t s s e , f t o h l e a s e n d g r andfruitful re s f u o l r ts o — ur sp e l h en il d d i r d en an as cl I 1 ' gentlemen,fhonourable v etislh,letwsheherchehave produced for the present time and for the future so much security, liberty, and prosperity.-all. these are the work of the country and of its Government a firmly united, and moving together on the regular path of our institutions. It is to the King, gentlemen, it is to his. wisdom, to his enlightened and inexhaustible devotedness,. that are due the first homage of public gratitude.—(Cries of 6 Bravo,' and ' Vise le Roe.') The wisdom and devotedness. of the King are the more precious from his inculcating them. daily into that noble Royal Family, into the minds of thoses Princes who have already sought for and found glory in thew service of France. Let our own devotedness and attachment gentlemen, be the just reward of the devotedness of the Boyd Family ; let the royal wisdom be aided and facilitated by our firm support ; let us persevere, in concert with it, in one, policy of peace and Conservatism. The principle of comas-. Lenny and perseverance is the first necessity of all governments' and the greatest; difficulty of free states. Let the Conserve.: Live party set the example, and our most simple as well as our most important interests, every family in its widest existence.; as well as the statci n its glorious destinies, will reap the sames fruits and the same honour." This speech was followed by three rounds of applause. M..: Guizot was accompanied back to the house of the Mayor by the" whole of the electors. He' subsequently visited the church o St. Pierre-sur-Dives, and returned to Val-Richer at sevetit o'clock. 'lle King of Denmark has just created a novl order, comisting of a medal with the King's effigy on one sided Isith the inscription " Christian VIII.," and on the revers% the words, " I•or Merit," surrounded with an oaken wreath 4 The name of the recipient is to be engraved on the edge. RI% .ILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. 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