The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

febir Mbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) BANKRUPTS. Thomas Winston, merchant, Copthall-buildings, City, to surrender Oct. 16, at half-past one, and Nov. 20, at two. Belcher, official assignee; Cox, Size-lane. Joseph Middleton, hay salesman, Aveley, Essex, Oct. 13, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 20, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, offiCial assignee, Aldermanbury ; G. and E. llilleary, Fenehurch-street. John Mortimer, bookseller, Adelaide-street, West Strand, Ott. 13, at two, and Nov. 20, at twelve , at t he Court of Bank ruptcv. lio!lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Bosing hall-street ; Donne, New Broad - street , Cit y . Samuel Laurence, dealer in watches, Bedford-street, Covent garden, Oct. 11, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Strutt, Buckingham-street, Strand. William Garrett Thackway, tailor, Union-place, New-road, Marvlebone, Oct. 16, at one, and .Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old J ew ry-chambers ; Justice, Berners-street, Oxford-street. Joshua Swallow, share-broker, Manchester, Oct. 18, and N o v. 7, et twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester; Reed, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale, Worthinghton, and Shipman, Manchester. W imam Lawton Ball, victualler, Liverpool, Oct. 17, and _Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan. official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Company, Bedford-row, London ; Green, Liverpool. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New, Price Current of Oct. 7.) SL - GAR.—To-day there was not much activity in the Bri tish Plonetion Sugar market, still a good demand existed, several sales were made for Bristol, and the rates paid were gencraliy equal to those of Friday for all qualities. RaersEra—To-day the home trade purchased refined goods with less freedom, and prices are not so firm, brown melting lumps selling at 635 6d to 645, brown grocery 655, and stan dard lumps 66s to 66s 6d. For bonded Crushed Sugar there are very few buyers, and 38s to 39s is the value of first quality. LA-T Isma.—This afternoon yellow Bengal was in exce lent request, and 1,701 bags at auction sold at. steady pricesl Java is little wanted, and 379 baskets, duty paid, were bought in, fine dry bright yellow at 55s 6d, good 54s 6d, low 525, and washed 53s per cwt. Mauna ICS.—This afternoon two 'parcels of Mauri .sus Sugar, amounting to 4,407 bags, were submitted to public c ,mpetition : the sorts from 37s to 47s per cwt, of which the principal portion consisted, went at a deline on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt. F O REIGN.—YeIIow Havannah has met with little atten tion, and there are sellers upon rather lower terms, still the busness transaceted has been extremely limited by private treat v. Whit e is of dull sale. There has been little business trans: acted in any kind of Brazil although there are sellers privately upon further reduced terms. The value of Porto Rico is 23s to 2: . 5.5. but very little has been done. Cuba Muscovado has nut with a dull demand at 23s to 263. None of any de scription has at present been submitted to public competi tion, but some parcels will be shortly announced. 31 , aassas.—An extensive demand existed for West India, and the rates given were fully equal to those previously quo: ed. Cos: oa.—The purchases made in West India by private treaty have been limited this week, and rather lower rates areaaken. The stock has been further increased, and large parcels will be offered at public sale shortly. Foreign is still wanted, and fetched fully late rates. CUITFE.—This afternoon the market was more liberally supplied with Ceylon Coffee; two parcels, amounting to 1,283 bags were offered at auction. Plantation sorts met with little attention, and a part only sold at a decline of is to 2s Native sort, however, was purchased more freely, and the whole offered found buyers at full prices. Mocho met with little attention. Of Rio 158 barrels 4 bags were chiefly ae the tbrmer value. T Ex. —Public sales are declared for Tuesday next—the quote ity at present advertised is 18,000 packages, but there is every prospect of it being increased. There have been futeher arrivals. Congou of all descriptions, but no further ad vance can be quoted; prices are firm. Of Pouchong several parse's have been disposed of at very full rates. Twankay has I esn in excellent request, and stiffer rates are given. Prices do cot advance for Hyson, but they are firm, and many parcels have been sold. Young Hyson is wanted. In (;nupowder several sales have been made. Imperial has been sold to a fair extent. Scented Orange Pekoe is in fair request, and prices are firm. Re n.—To-day Bengal Rice met with less attention privately, and 600 bags at public sale went Is per cwt cheaper—good mid white selling at 20s, sea damaged Ist class 18s 6d. 2d class 16s 6tl to 17s, 3d class 13s to 15s, and 4th class I Is per cwt. Sill:LS. — To-day Black Pepper met with little attention, and 628 bags of Malabar at auction were only partly sold, but till rates were obtainei. For Mace the market is quiet, sisl 6 easi.s at public sale were taken in at 5s per lb for low alitidling quality, being the former worth. Hera—There has been more activity in the market since our I e t report ; a good business has been transacted—Sussex pockets at 6/ 12s to 71; Weald of Kent 6/ 16s to 71 ss, and mid Kent 71 103 to 9/ per cut. The duty for the kingdom is e- hunted at 165,0001. Sruurs.—All descriptions of Jamaica Ruin have been purchased extensively, principally by the home trade, and the rats s paid exhibits an advance of Id to 2d per gallon. Calcutta there has been much enquiry, and stiffer rates are offered, but the supply is not ample for the demand. Brandy has met with more attention, several parcels have been sold at firm rates. Geneva is wanted, and prices rule high; export sort selling at 2s 4d to 2s sd, and fine fit for duty at 2s 7d to 2s 10d. The value of Britisn Corn Spirits is lOs 2,1 per gallon, nett cash. ImaGo.—The quarterly sale of East India commenced to day—the quantity declared was very large, and amounted to 17,126 chests. A large proportion was actually sold at the following rates as compared with the July sale :—ordinary and middling consuming qualities 3d. advance, middling to good shipping qualities 4d. ditto, to a few perfect lots 6d. ditto. 971 chests all Bengals have passed the sales, of which 350 are returned as bought in. Otes.—A considerable increase has taken place in the demand for Linseed Oil, and an advance in the value of Is to is 6d per cwt occurred. Rape Oil has been in excellent request, and bring stiffer rates. In Palm several purchases have been made, and prices are on the advance ; Cocoa Nut is wanted, and the parcels disposeed of privatey were upon fully former terms; Olive Oil has beeen in extensive ree quest. holders show much firmness. Seal Oil has met with more attention, and purchases to a fair extent have been made, but not at better prices. Prices rule firm for Sperm, and a good demand has been experienced by private contract. Taeeow—Prices have ruled firm for Russian on the spot since last Tuesday, and the town and country trade pur chased extensively. The demand has been good for Town Tallow at 41s to 41s 6d per cwt nett cash. Of other descriptions several parcels have been disposed of pri vately at firm rates. The trade for the most part are in clined to get well stocked with Tallow, in consequence of the large consumption there is going on. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. BoNnos, OcT. 7.—Wind this (lay at noon, S.W.; light and hazy, with rain. Ocr. 6.—Wind, E. and S.E.—Arrd. from the river, and std., Thalia, Robinson, Cape of Good Hope. Ponrsmourn, Our. 6.—Wind E. to N.E., squally.—Sld. Windsor, Trescutt, Calcutta; Toronto, Tricker, New York. Ocr. 6.—Wind E., fresh.—Sid. Mohawk, Parr, Africa; Fingaltor, Craig, St. .John's, New Brunswick; Sir Henry Pottinger, M'Kenzie, Ditto; James and Mary Sinnot, Connor, Ditto; Crete (steamer), Candia. LIVERrOOI„ OCT. 6.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Sid. Ben galee, I - long-Kong ; Lingard, Ditto; Courier, Johnson, Mau ritius; Bank, Valparaiso; Royal Adelaide, Holmes, Rio 0 and Africa; Henrietta, Ditto ; Margaret, Jack son, Demerara; Messenger, Wilson, New Orleans Off port, J)aunticss (ship) ; D or i sarma (bri). Po tan u rrd. Ell en , Hood,- Quebec. 11.‘ IZTLEPOOL, Ocr. 6.—Whxd S.W.-51d. Idalia, Burther, Go r otta ; Glenlyon, Embleton, Alexandria. Ilf;isTor„ OCT. s.—The Lord Canterbury, arrived here from Quebec. experienced heavy weather, and threw deck-load overboard, and at one time had nine feet water in her hold. Mu.ronn, OCT. 4.—The New Hope, Jones, of Fishguard, way lost on Tregenin's Sand, in Ramsey Sound, 2d inst ; crew and part of material sa ved. A q uatitit y re o s , aa fa . to t r e stores, East Bay. parentiv American, has b e en picked up in y h 13ay• MARYPORT, OCT, 6.—The Christian, Yeomand, on shore, north side the harbour, has been got otrand into port. PORTAOCGIE, OCT. s.—The Sincerity, Griffiths, of Car digan, from Teignmouth for the Clyde, got on shore on the Cannon Rock this morning, was assisted oft without ap parent damage, and proceeded. Ponritt-sn, Ocr. 3.—The Ellen, Hood, arrived here from Quebec, grounded on a sand bank off the South Pier, was assisted off ; reports have seen several dismasted vessels in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. THE GLEN VIEW OF BELFAST. A letor bas been received this morning at Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, announcing Lieutenant Smyth, R. M. Steam I'.icket Clyde having fallen in with, on her homeward passage, in lat. 48 19 N, lon. 15. 14 W., the Glenview of 13elfast, timber laden, waterlogged, and abandoned ; her decks inclined to break up. OXFORD, Ocr. 4.—Mr. J. D. Dalgairns, M.A. of Exeter College, in this University, who has been some time resident with Mr. Newman, at Littlemore, has made his formal submission to the Roman Catholic Church. REPRESENTATION OF WIGAN.—Both parties are still actively canvassing the electors, but sufficient is already known of the state of political feeling in the borough to ma k e it almost certain, that unless Mr. Thicknesse's party resort to enormous bribery, Captain Lindsay must be returned. It seems to be generally understood, that some of the electors are hanging back in the expectation that bribes will be (Hero], as if any man in his senses (to say nothing of the iniquity of such a course) would be fool enough to buy him self into a Parliament that has little more than a year to live.—.llanchester Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREE7'. Yesterday a dark-featured, middle-aged man, described as John Comstick Clinton, merchant, of Somerset-street, Whitechcpel, was brought before Mr. Hall, on a warrant granted by his Worship, under the Act of Treaty be tween her Majesty and the United States of America, for " giving up criminals fugitive from justice," &c., charged with being concerned in the forgery by which the Messrs. Little and Co., bankers and stockbrokers, of New York, were defrauded of 23,000 Mexican dollars, in April, 1841. The prisoner, it may be remembered, was apprehended on the same charge upon the warrant of the Foreign Secretary of State, and taken before Mr. Jardine on precisely the came day (October 6), in 1843. On that occa.ion he was discharged on two grounds—it being the opinion of his Worship, in the first place, that the clause in the Treaty Act passed in 1842, which directed that " copies" of the depositions taken in America should be produced, had not been complied with, the " original' . depositions having been forwarded instead ; and, in the second place, that the magistrate, not having been pre viously applied to for a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner (as the Act directed), had no authority in the case. From that time to the present, it appears, no further steps had been taken. A Bill amending the original Act had received the sanction of the two States. and on Sunday last the prisoner was again taken into custody by Inspector Haynes, the warrant having been g reeted by Mr. flail the same morning. - Jr. Mullins, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, attended for the prosecutors, and Mr. Sheard, from Mr. Parker's office, for the prisoner. Mr. Sheard said, he had only just received informa tion of the prisoner's apprehension, and begged for a short remand to enable him to have the assistance of I.lr. Chambers, who defended the prisoner on the last occa sion. There were other important reasons why a re mand would be essential to the prisoner, who required time to produce witnesses. Mr. HALL felt beund to proceed with as little delay as possible, and certainly without contemplating the neces sity for a remand. Mr. Sheard said, material objections would be raised, on the prisoner's behalf, to the application of the Treaty Acts, passed after the alleged offence, to his case. Mr. Chan:viers, who had urged these points on a former oc casion, should therefore, in justice to the prisoner, have an opportunity of being present. Mr. HALL had no objection to wait a short time, until Mr. Chambers had been sent for. At the expiration of about an hour Mr. Sheard re turned with Mr. Clarkson, the barri3ter, with whom he was in consultation on the bench, w hen Mr. M. Cham bers, Q.C., who had been previously retained by Bush and Mullins for the prosecution, arrived to conduct the case for his new clients and former adversaries. This circumstance appeared to astonish Mr. Sheard, who had calculated upon the co-operation of the Learned Counsel by whose advocacy the prisoner gained his ac • quittal on the last occasion. Mr. M. Chambers briefly stated the case, which was one of considerable national importance. He alluded to the Treaty Act of August,lB42, and also to the subsequent Bill to amend the same, the latter of which merely re moved some of the difficulties which had been experi enced in the operation of the former one, and in conse quence of which the prisoner was discharged when taken before Mr. Jardine in 1842, on a charge arising out of the same transaction. No question could now arise upon the subject, as the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had certified that the requisitions of those Acts had been fully complied with. It would be the duty of the magistrate, therefore, simply to act upon the written and oral testimony which would be submitted to his judgment regarding the prisoner, as he would an ordi nary person who bad been apprehended within his own urisdiction. The difference could be only in the issue of the case—the prisoner at the bar being sent to take his trial before the tribunals of another country, instead of being tried by our own. Mr. Clarkson applied for the immediate remand of the prisoner, who bad been apprehended under the most ex traordinary circumstances. In the year 1843 (and he would call upon his friend, Mr. Chambers, who was then the advocate of the man whom he now opposed, to con firm what he stated), the same parties were in motion against the prisoner, who, after being kept in prison from June to October, was discharged by the magis trate because they failed in making out a case against him. He had been ever since a resident in England, and if any evidence, got sip in another country in his absence, were to be admitted against him, it would be no more than sheer justice to allow him copies of the depositions, and an opportunity, if he required it, of meeting the charges by counter-testimony. What was the present position of the prisoner ? The prosecutors had laid their hands upon 2,0001, or thereabouts, depo sited in the Union Bank by the prisoner (having pre viously indemnified the directors of the bank), and conse quently, he had commenced an action for the recovery of the amount, judgment upon which was to be pronounced in the city the very next day. The prosecutors knew this, and hence the course adopted by them. He (Mr. Clark son) had been so hastily instructed on the matter, that he hoped his Worship would, by remanding the prisoner for a week or a fortnight, enable him to do jus tice to his client, and his client to do justice to him self, by examining more minutely the multifarious circumstances of the case as alleged against him. He apprehended that nothing so monstrously unjust as send ing the prisoner out of the country before this oppor tunity were given him could be contemplated by his Worship, who was expressly enjoined by the Act to judge of the case as he would one of every-day occur rence within the jurisdiction of his own Court. He might refer to other important points in this case, in which, he should contend, the Act could have no refer ence whatever, being of subsequent date ; but for,,the present he should confine himself to his applicationlfor an immediate remand. _ — Mr. Chambers was unwilling to object to the applica tion of his friend, but doubted whether the Acts in question, which directed that the proceedings should be taken " with all convenient speed," empowered the magistrate to grant a remand. This point he should, therefore, leave in his Worship's hands. He had almost forgotten the circumstances of the case when before under the consideration of the Bench ; but he believed that the charge, as it now stood, was based upon a document exhibiting a forgery in two respects—the amount said to be deposited, as well as the name of the depositor, being altered. Should the magis trate believe that this charge was established by the depositions and commit upon that ;conviction, it would then be in the power of his friend to apply for a writ of habeas corpus, and submit the objections which he had to offer to the superior authority. Mr. HALL remarked that the circumstances of this case were of a very peculiar nature, differing in an im portant respect from those that came before him in the ordinary way. He sat there to take the side of neither party, but merely to discharge:a duty, which he trusted he should have the firmness to do' according to the con viction of his mind ; but it should be remembered that when an ordinary prisoner was brought before him, he usually proceeded to the investigation of his case in total ignorance of the particulars of the charge against him, whilst in the prest ut case he was actually obliged, by the Act of Parliament, to make himself master of every fact, as recorded in the depositions, before granting the warrant. Mr. Clarkson—ln that respect you have an important advantage over the prisoner. Mr. HALL—It might be considered an advantage if it was the province of the magistrate to connect with his own the functions of au advocate. Whether he felt dis posed, however, to grant a remand, or otherwise, it was quite clear that in this, as in all other cases, some evi dence must be previously taken. The depositions would be read over to the prisoner, and it would be found that the facts of the case, however massive was the appear ance of the depositions, were comprised in a very narrow compass. Mr. Clarkson objected to the admission of the certifi cate of the Foreign Secretary of State (before alluded to) in the absence of proof of Lord Aberdeen's signa ture. _ _ _ A messenger was consequently dispatched to the pri vate secretary of his Lordship, Mr. Dawkins, who at tended at a later period of the afternoon, and identified the sigr.ature. Mr. HALL observed that the second clause of the ori ginal Act authorised the reception of " copies" of the depositions, which, it had been held, rendered the pro duction of the original copies insufficient. He was net of this opinion, and Lord Kenyon had held that the " originals" in such a case were admissible. Still there were adverse opinions, and he had, therefore, used both the copies and the originals for the purposes of this inquiry. The depositions, as taken in New York before the Dis trict Attorney and Recorder of the City, together with the certificates accompanying them, were put in and read. It appeared that on the 15th of April, 1841, a person, calling himself " Nathaniel Brittain," went to the prosecutors' office, in Walpole-street, New York, and produced a certificate of deposit purporting to be drawn upon the bank of New Orleans for 23,000 Mexi ean dollars. A cheque for the amount (less 1 per cent.) was given to him, and afterwards a party, alleged to be the prisoner, called and received the cash in gold. Other evidence went to show that a man named Charles Webb, of Philadelphia, was in concert with him. John Dieter Poe, clerk to Messrs. Little and Co., the prosecutors, deposed that he compared the copies with the original depositions in the District Attorney's office at New York. He spoke to the signature of the Recorder to the original certificates, and saw other points of form. Cross-examined—Was not present at the examination of the Witn ess . held examined himself before the Dis trict Attorney (who . wssa the public prosecutor) in his private office. Witne el l d no public office in America. Was not in England i n 43 Came to England in do Came into the hands of Mr. Mullins , the solicitor (in Engla n d) to t h e prose cutors. January, 1 845 , and gave the B Ile-examined—He believed that ev ery effort had been since made t o a pp rehend the p risoner. Mr. Clarkson denied this statement, and expressed rise that such a q uestion should be p ut to the hisurp wit ness, who could know nothing at all about it. The same witness was then examined as to his own depositions, and repeated the statements made by him in New York. He recollected cashing the cheque for 23,000 dollars, and identified the prisoner at the bar as the person to whom he paid the amount in gold. The prisoner held a bag, into which witness placed the gold, dropping some sovereigns at the time on the floor. The prisoner remarked at the time that he (witness) might have them if he liked, as he was in a hurry to leave. Witness thought the prisoner's manner was very extra ordinary. Cross•examined—Had' not seen the prisoner from that day (April 15, 1841) up to the present time since his appearance at th e b ar . C ou ld p os itively swear that he e was the person. He was not altered in his appear awnecree, l a e n ft d u t p a o lk n ed th in e aftodoere.p tone vvitn o e f ss vo p ic i e c . ked N t o he so m ve a sovereigns were and put them in the bag. Thomas John Sowtow deposed that he was a mer chant's clerk, living at Bermondsey. He was formerly in the service of Messrs. Sanders, of the Hull saw-mills. On the bankruptcy of the firm, in the latter part of 1841, the premises were taken by the prisoner, Mr. Clinton, and a Mr. Charles Webb, to whom he acted as clerk until February, 1843. The prisoner was chiefly in London, but came to Hull when the December balances were due in 1842. Witness knew the prisoner's hand writing. He believed the words in blue ink on the cer tificate of deposit, were in his handwriting. The signa ture " Nathaniel Brittain," written twice at the back of the document, was in the handwriting of his partner, Charles Webb. Cross-examined—Had been in one or two situations since that time as clerk. Mr. Mullins came to witness upon the subject. Did not expect any remuneration. Would have scorned to make any such stipulation. Had never expressed a doubt as to the prisoner's hand writing upon the document produced. The prisoner owed witness no money. He always behaved very honourably to witness. By Mr. HALL—Clinton never went by any other name whilst witness knew him. Mr. Chambers having said that he had no other evi dence to offer, Mr. Clarkson addressed the Bench for the prisoner declaring that if it was intended that anything like jus tice should be d one i n t hi s case, a remand mus be He denounced the s p ec i es o f ev i dence taken in tYeaed. Dis trict Attorney's privat e office at New Y or k as of the most trumper,y nature, such as could never be admissi ble in any English court of justice. He concluded by again demanding for his client a privilege which would be conceded to any Englishman—the privilege of dis proving the charges brought thus irregularly against him. Mr. HALL said, although it was not desired of him to offer an opinion as to the Treaty Act being of a prospective or retrospective character, he could not, as the subject hid been so frequently alluded to, pass it over alto gether without remark. He should not attempt to decide so grave a question himself, but would gladly leave in the hands of the Learned Judges, to whom the case might be submitted, in the event of ulterior proceedings being• taken on behalf of the pri soner. till he was of opinion that there was nothing in the clauses of the Act that could be regarded as limiting its operation to offences occurring after the date thereof, and he was strengthened in this opinion by the fact that the French treaty contained a clause expressly extending the operation of the Act to all offences, whether of prior or subsequent date. With regard to the application for a remand, he would only say that, looking at the requisitions of the Treaty Act, and remarking that no general rule could be laid doss n in such matters (which must be left to the discretion of the magistrate), he was bound to express hims/ if satisfied that such a priori fucie case hai been established by the evidence before him as justified him in taking that course which was defined by the terms of the treaty between this country and the United States. It was his duty to allow no unnecessary delay to take place, and therefore he should certify his committal of the prisoner to the Government, who would act accordingly. It was satisfactory to him to know that if he had erred his error might be cor rected by a higher authority. Mr. Clarkson applied for a copy of the depositions. Mr. HALL said it was unusual to grant such applica tions, and therefore refused it. The case, with its numerous delays, occupied the whole of the day, to the entire exclusion of all other business from the Court. The other charges were con sequently taken by Mr. Twyford in a waiting-room., SOUTHWARK. Yesterday Henry Killorby, the lad remanded on Thurs day last, on the charge of sending anonymous letters, containing oxalic acid, to several of the inhabitants of Southwark, was brought up for re-eximination. The Rev. Mr.llorton, rector of St. George's, togetherwith the churchwardens and several of the parishioners, at tended the examination. When the prisoner was placed at the bar Mr. COT TINGHAM inquired if he had any legal adviser? The prisoner's father stepped forward and replied in the ne gative, observing that he was so conscious of the inno cence of his son that he did not consider it requisite to employ any legal gentleman. Mary Ann Holmes, servant of a Miss Ward, to whom one of the anonymous letters had been delivered, said she was convinced the prisoner was not the person who gave her the letter. Sergeant Kendall said, that the prisoner's father was a straw bonnet cleaner in White-street, and that he used oxalic acid in the course of his trade. Several of the anonymous letters had paste upon them of rather a pe culiar description, and not only did the prisoner's father use such paste in his business, hut it was also used in the stationery warehouse in the City, where the prisoner was employed. Mr. COTTINGII.IISI said he did not wish to question the elder Killorby on the subject, as he had no inclination to call a father against his son. A witness proved that the prisoner was at an office in London -street, Fenchurch-street, between eleven and twelve o'clock oil Monday last, in the vicinity of a branch post-office where one of the anonymous letters was posted at the very time. Sergeant Kendall stated that when he took the pri soner into custody he found two clasp knives in his pos session, one of which had a long and sharp-pointed blade, and was carefully wrapped up in paper. The sergeant added, that he mentioned that fact as the writer of some of the anonymous letters threatened to cut the throats of some of those whom he addressed. Another anonymous letter was produced, which was addressed to the magistrate, the writer declaring that the accused was wholly innocent of the charges upon which he was brought up to that Court; that he (the writer) was the real offender, and added that he should cease to perecute people any more if the prisoner was liberated. The Magistrate here referred to the letter addressed to Mr. Stead, the parish-clerk of St. George's, in which the writer threatened to set fire to St. George's Church if he did not repeat some vile insinuations against a Mrs. Spriggs on the Sunday duting service. The Magistrate inquired if the accus( d had any facilities for carrying such a threat into execution ? Two witnesses, bell-ringers of St. George's Church, were then called, and from their evidence it appeared that the prisoner was in the habit of assisting in ringing the bells of that church, and that he frequently attended during the service in the church. The witness had also seen Miss Elizabeth Spriggs attending divine worship. (Miss Spriggs was one of the persons to whom the letters above referred to were sent inclosing poison.) Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired if the prisoner had any communication with either of the witnesses respecting the letter sent to Mr. Stead containing the threat to set fire to the church ? Jenkins, one of the witnesses, replied that he asked the prisoner if Mr. Stead had announced to the congre gation the words used in the letter relative to Mrs. Spriggs, and the answer the prisoner gave was in the affirmative, but that they were in so low a tone of voice that the people in the church could hardly hear them. Mr. Stead was examined, and in reply to Mr. Cotting ham, he said that of course ho had not alluded in any way to the contents of the letter referred to, but that he had acquainted the churchwardens of the fact and the threat of the writer to burn the church. Mr. COTTINGHAM inquirtd if there were means of carrying out such a threat as that used, whether a person employed in the belfry could have access to any part where there were materials of a combustible nature? Mr. Stead replied that there was a quantity of shav ings and dry wood near the belfry, and that the place was easy of access to those employed in ringing the bells; but since the receipt of the letter alluded to, all matters of a combustible description have been removed out of the place. He added that the prisoner was engaged in the belfry, and was present there almost every Sabbath day. Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the prisoner, said that although the writing in the letters was not identified as his, still the evidence adduced against him that day strengthened the suspicions as to his being the person by whom they were sent ; the case, however, was far from being so complete as to justify him at present in sending it before a jury. The prisoner, if he had a mind to make any statement, or to make any remark on the evidence already brought forward, might do so, but with this caution, that whatever he did say might here after be used against him; after that caution he was at liberty to act as he thought proper on the occasion. The prisoner said that he did not wish to say any thing at present. The prisoner's father said that he had just grounds for believing that the whole affair had arisen out of the jealous feelings of two women residing in the parish. In the course of the inquiry it was stated that since the prisoner's apprehension no anonymous letters had been received by the parties to whom so many had been previously addressed containing poison. Mr. COTTINGHAM, having consulted with some of the parochial officers, said that the further investigation of the case should he postponed for the purpose of procur ing further evidence, and that he should acce pt of bail to the amount of 150/. for the prisoner's appearance. The prisoner's father and another gentleman entered into the required sureties, and he was set at large. ON STARCH FROM DISEASED POTATOES.—It is desirable that no delay should take place in communicating to the unfortunate possessors of diseased crops of potatoes a use to which they may be applied advantageously. I have very recently had an opportunity of being present at a mi croscopical examination of the structure of the bad potatoes, made by Dr. Paget and Mr. I. Anthony, both of Caius Col lege, Cambridge, in which it was observed that the globules of starch were not at all injured by the fungus which was destroying the other parts of the potato. It immediately occurred to those gentlemen that good starch might be pre pared from the bad potatoes. They, accordingly, obtained some of the very worst potatoes that could be got at Cam bridge, and, by reducing them to a pulp, and then washing it, they were successful in obtaining the starch in quite as good a state as any that could have been made from potatoes in the most healthy state. This seems to be a very valuable fact, as it shows that some good use may be made of even those potatoes in which the disease has made great progress, and which have become unfit for food, owing to the d i e os c t a ta :- o of the vegetable tissue, and the spreading of the fun gus. I see that Mr. Berkeley has observed that the globules of starch are uninjured; we may, therefore, probably con erleuaddeeertyshat such is always the case, and that crops apparently only fit to be destroyed may now be converted to use. I need say not! i v n oe g uss c Te o lu n . cerning the ninny valuable purposes to which of syixAtL s y t m arch may be applied, nor the mode of preparing it, are well known—better, probably, to most of your _ than to me,— C. C. Babington, St. John's College, Cambrid ge . port for orders ' . e whose service a o r from— Tlh_r various p t i h l o e t ac pilotage alone coo of the paid 1 1 , aeswt foro world dteheeekas called ed vessels aat upwards thai st w Dutch steam-vessel average l: i a l retn,is distributed amongst a valuable class of indus trious of a/. would T of ou a n in t o to st 3 im oo p / o ., rt ei. a - n h t ic c h ha f r o a r et t e h r e . heardt to B i. s . Batavia, tol t r h io e ( sa l t o s preparing A in s()hnorctlatyi.m. to e Al a , r g ol o caer w egi e et ni t a b ,z r au ty : - a e r vessels h oe f calling (wiiarcr itsi oi f ln o os r w o oh r f d et e rh r e ,e s E l 3711" WITH VIOLENCE..—On ce Gazette Consul, H A R ; Broad, tonn Wed nesday night last, between ten and eleven o'clock, as a man named John Cunison , servant to Mr. S. A. Clarke, of Grin bury Lodge, Writtle, was returning home from this town,where he had been receiving 11. 2s. 6d. on hi s own account, when passing Mr. Hammond's wood, in Cherry - garden-lane, he unwell the the - was attacked by two men, who, first t hrowing something over his head and fa ce to muffle him, hurle d him to the ground with great viole nce, and then kneelin g upon him, rifled his pockets of thei r contents and made off. Canison states one of the villains to hav o e o w r o f rn ell a ow sh w ort as r s a o gg u e n d followingfro ck, asi f m fo o r r disguise. i fromse. the The p violence and ill-treatnent he encountered as to require medical assistance.—Clalmeford Chronicle. NOTTINGHAM GOOSE FAIR.—Our great October fair commenced on Thursday, under unfavourable auspices, the weather having changed to set rain, which Legan at a very early hour in the morning, and continued though the whole of the day. Everything being uncomfortable, few persons ventured into the market-place, except smith as were compelled by business. The cheese fair was not very large, and for the best old cheese, 655. were demandel ; for new milk, from 58s. to 60s. ; and for second quality, from 30s. to 455. Mr. Palmer, of Sandiacre, whose dairy las obtained such deserved repute, sold 12 cwt. at 645. each .n the morn ing. Stilton cheese, 9d. per lb. The show if horses, in Calah's close, was large : good horses commandd high terms, but inferior hacks were next to unsaleable at any price. We have seen the cattle fair (this year held on Buton Leys and the adjoinin.x field), much larger : there were, lowever, some very prime beasts and stirks, which sold somewhat lower. The show 'of onions was good, and they sold at from 10d. to ls. per pekle.—Nottiaigham Review. Castle. ic AdAral George Cockburn has left town for Walmer - ~.,~«~ _- RELATIVE CLO RAILWAI PRINCIPAL CITIES A SCOTLAND, . SING PRICES OF Y SHARES TUX D TOWNS IN ENGLAND A.ND IRELAND. Giad l I 28§ p , 14359 d I pl iles 1373 p r 69s p 1 ,57 s ad 17;a9d1 173% '73s p 6% 16156 4%pl -534 1 THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1845 NAMES OP RAILWAYS. Aberdeen • • • • ••••• Airdrie and Coatbridge . Arbroath and 'Forfar • • .. Ditto Half Shares • • • • Area agh, Colr., & I'ortrush Bandon and Bantry ..... Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Birktihd,Lan. & Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7 dis.) Ditto Bait' Shares • • • • Birminghm &Oxfrd.Junc. Blekburn, and Preston.. Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, W & Livcrpl. Boston, Stainfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & !last. Bristol anti Exeter • • • • • • Ditto New . ..... Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol anti S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledent. and Ayrsh. June Caiedon. & Dumbar.Junc Caledonian . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Extension . • • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto NQW Shares • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• • Chester and Holyhead • • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley . • • • • • • • • Clitherue Junction • • • • • • Clydesdale Junction • • • • • Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Baadon .• . • • • • Cork and Killarney . • • • • Cork and Waterford • • • • Cork and Youghal • • • • • • Canterbury and Dover... Coventry arid Leicester • . Cornwall ... • • • • • • • • • • • • Derby and Crewe ••• • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Beccles, & Yannoth DirectMan.(ltemington't Direct Northern • • • • • • • • Direct Norwich .. • • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast Junc. Dublin, 13elfast, & Colrce Dublin and Drogheda. • • • Dublin and Galway ....• Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath ... Dundee and Perth •• • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) ........ Eastern Counties . • • .• Do. New ............ Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No 1 Do. do. N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union . • • • • • • 22!4 8 p P - P Ditto Extension ...... Edinbgh, Glas., and Darn. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • .. Do. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and _Northern Edinburgh and Peeldes • . Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr....... Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock • • Ditto New... .......... Ditto Preference Glasgw, Dmfrles, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters • • Ditto Eighths Grand Union . • • Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Stlirn & Wstrn (11Ind) Ditto Extension ...... Great Minister.. • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western • • ........ Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto Fifths Guilfrd, Farchm, & Ports. Harvrieli . • • • • • • II udrsfid & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough.. Hull and Selby • ....... Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares • • • • 4% 6% inveniess and Elgin .• •• Isle of Jersey ..... • • Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray • • • • Killarney Junctions . • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford •• Ditto Extension ...... Leeds and Dewsbury • • • • Leeds and Thirsk— .. • • • • Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Lin - trek, Ennis, & Ell. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Ilalf Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Li verpl, Orniskrk, & Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Quarters . • • • • London and Blackwell • • Lndn. Oxfd. & London and Brignton • • • • Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon • • • • Ditto New . ••• • • • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich • • Do. Pref. or Privilege • • London and South NVestrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501. Shares • • Do. New, 401. Shares • • London and York . • • • • • • Ditto (Bawtry) • • • • • • • London and Windsor • • • • Londe, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry k Coleraine Londonderry & Enuiskilln Lynn and Ely • • • • • • • • • • Lynn and Denham - • • • • Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto Sixteenths • • • • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminglim Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters . • • Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manehestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matik Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Mancliestr & Southamptn Midland ..• • • • • • • • • - • • " Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • • Do. Con. firm. & Derby Midlnd (;t Westru (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nen - esti & Daringtn June. Ds. New (Brandling) • • Newcastle and Berwick • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergaveuny Newry and Enniskillen. • Newark and Sheffield . • • North British • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern • • Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares • • North Devon. • • • • • • • • • • 21 4 P 3, i P i i !8 - 1359d1 3% [9643 16 - 8 - 89d1 8- % P I 3141 4% 1 60 North Kent • • • • ...... • • North Staffordshire •• • • North Eastern • • •• • • • • • North Union (A) • • • • • • • • Ditto (B)• • • • • • • • North Wales Mineral• • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • Noi tk Westeru • ..... • • Nortk Wales •••••• • • • • Norwich and Brandon • • Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • • Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nett., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. J use Oxford and Worcester • • Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness • • • • Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extern!. Richmond & W. End June Rugby and Huntingdon... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto - ditto (No. 2) .. Ditto (lift* (No. 3) • . Sheffield and Lincoln • • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dadl, & fir Shrwsbry & Trnt Vat. UNA. Shrws, Herefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • . • • • • • • • . • South Devon. • • .. • • • • . • South Midland • . South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 32/.) No. I Do. (158.33/.65.8d.) 2 12;89 1 3X 9%, ”il2 - 4 B , Apl Do. (iss. 301.) 3 Staines and Richmond ... Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • • • • • • • • • • • • Tean and Dove Valley .. Trent Valley .• • . • • • • • • . • De. and liolyheadJune. Vale of .Neath • . • • • • • .. West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Uradford . • Wakfld, Pontefret, & Gool Wakefield and Ilarrogate Warwick and London . • • West Lancashire • • • - • • • • Worcester and Tring • • • • Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares.. Welsh Midland . • • • • • • • • • Weet Cornwall . • • • West Yorkshire • • . • • • • • Wilsontwn, 31. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Wilts, Somrst, & Southarri Yarmouth and Norwich • . Ditto New ..... York and Carlisle York and North Midland' Ditto Half Shares Ditto Searbro' Brand,' Ditto Selby Ditto Extension Yorkshire & Glasgow Un. EXETER,_ STOCK EXCILINGE.—The Kit Dorchester, 1 p.—Devon ani 9 3% 1 To 5756 d 6. are—Exeter, Yeovil. 0.1-1 kutral )4rawall„ p Exeter and Crediton, 6—Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth (paw's line), 3 / 4 p.—Ditto (Head's), % p.—North Devons, l p.—Cornwall, 4—Bristol, New, 11. SHEFFIELD, Ocr. 6. STOCK EXCITAN'iI,".—The sales are—London and Brigh ton, 71, ex new—Lor.don and Croydon, New, 23—Midland, 172 1 / 2 —Ditto, 101. Shares, 27% —Cambridge and Lincoln, 51. 6d.—East Lincolnshire, 6/. Is. 3d.—Grimsby and Shef field, 25%--Ditto, Quarter Shares, 06—London and Wind sor, 31s.—Londou and York, 71. ls. 6d.—Li-rerpool and Leeds Direct, 6%—Newcastle and Berwick, 22 1 / 4 ex new—Not tingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 6 3 4—South Wales, 8— South Midland, 8/. 18s. 6d.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 5% —Welsh Midland, 4/.los. 6d. HUDDERSFIELD, Ocr. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Huddersfield and Manchester, 24-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 5%-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 7/. 55.-Leicester and Bed fin d. 41. lis. 9d.- Manchester, Birmingham, and Welsh Junction, 3%- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7 , %-Wexford. Waterford, and Valentia, 3. HULL, 0c.,-r. 6. STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder land, 26q-Ditto, New, 5-Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guar.), 101-Aberdeen, 5 1 / 2 -Blackburn, Darwen, and Bol ton, 11 1 4-Caledonian Extension, 5 3 / 4 -Great Grimsby and Sheffield (Quarter Shares), 64-Leeds and Bradford, 61 -Axholme, 80 p.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 5 1 A-Ditto, New, 5%-Derby and Gainsborough, 575. p.-Derby , Staf fordire, and Worcester Junction, 2 p.-Dudley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 50s. p.-East Lincolnshire, 64-East Coast, 3/. Bs.-East and West Yorkshire, 5% p.-Fleetwood, Pres ton, and West Riding, 44-Grand Union, 4 1 4 -Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 17s. 6d. p.-Great North of Scotland, 3/. 195.-Leicester and Bedford, 41. 13s. 6d.- Leicester and Birmingham, 3-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 8-Liverpool and Leeds, 7-London and York, 7- London and Windsor, 1 1 / 2 -London and Norwich Direct, 133.- -Nottiugh am, Erewash, &c., 6--Nottingham and Bos ton, 5-Rugby and Huntingdon, 31. Ils. 3d.-Scottish Mid land, 5 1 4_--south Midland, 8/. 19s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 4-Wakefield and Bradford, 7%-Wakefield and Harrogate, 574-Welsh Midland, 4/. lls. 3d.-Worces ter, Tenbury, and Ludlow, 6%. YRK, Oc-r. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sun derland, New (guar. 5 per cent.), 5%-Eastern Union Ex tension (Norwich), 54-North British, 25-Ditto, New, 7- Ditto. Carlisles, 5-York and North Midland Extension, 29 3 A Axholine, 5%-Caledonian Extension, 5N -Coventry, Nun eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, -Grand Union, 4% -Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 25%-Ditto, Quar ter Shares, 6A-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 51. 145.-Leicester and Bedford, 4/4' London and York, 7% -Manchester, Buxton, &c., 9%-Newcastle and Berwick, 20 3 / q -Nottingham and Boston, 5-North Staffordshire, Si. 16s. 3d.-North Western, 6%-South Midlands, 9. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GRAND JUNCTION, GREAT WESTERN, AND SOUTH WESTERN. On Friday a meeting was held at Bicester, to take into consideration the merits of this line. —..„... Mr. J. PAXTON presided, and in opening the proceedings adverted to the advantages Bicester would derive from having a line right through it. He believed there were no fewer than seven lines preparing to rim through the district. Mr. MALEY, solicitor, and local agent to the Company, proposed the first resolution, to the effect, that a line through Bicester, connecting it with the Great Wnstern at Slough, and with the Oxford and Rugby at Heyford, would be a great advantage, as it would enable them to reach London and Birmingham direct, and to obtain communication with the coal fields. Mr. W. PAXTON seconded the resolution. There were no engineering difficulties, and it would not interfere with ornamental property. Mr. PowELL described, the line. It would be 64 miles, commencing at the Farnborough station of the South West ern, crossing the Great Western between Slough and Maiden head, and terminating on the Oxford and Rugby line at Lower Heyford, on the route to Birmingham. In its course it would accommodate Bracknell, Sunning• hill, Bagshot, Ascot, Windsor, Great Marlow, High Wycombe; Princes Risborough, Thome, Bicester, and several other places at present without a railway communication, and form the most direct route from London to Banbury, Warwick, and Bir • mingham, and by the Grand Junction to Manchester, Liver pool, Lancaster, and Carlisle; and by the Caledonian Railway to Glasgow and Edinburgh ; and from Crewe to Chester, Birkenhead and Holyhead ; thus opening the most direct communication with Dublin—also by the branch to Oxford, in connexion with the Cheltenham and Oxford line, it would form the most direct route to South Wales,' Water ford, and the south of Ireland, as well as by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line to Worcester, and to all the central portions of Wales, thus forming the shortest route to Wales and Ireland. It would save an average distance of fourteen miles to each of the before-mentioned places as compared with the route now traversed by the Great Western. There were no engineering difficulties, and the land was the least valuable of any in the counties, avoiding parks and orna mental property. To the saving about fourteen miles in the transits to London, was to be added that of connecting with the South Western and the Reading and Reigate lines, af fording passengers an opportunity of proceeding to South ampton, Isle of Wight, Dover, Brighton, and all adjacent places, without the necessity of passing through the metro polis. In compliance with the suggestions of landowners, the Committee had decided on forming branches from the Thome station to Oxford and Aylesbury. Sir J. Macneill and Mr. Thompson were the engineers. Shareholders in the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South Western, would have a preference in allotment of shares. Messrs. Douglas, Mills, Chapman, and Harris, addressed the meeting. An amendment was proposed to the effect that further time be given for consideration of the various other schemes, but the original resolution in favour of the proposed line was carried. The following is an enumeration of the schemes, twenty five in number, projected up to the present period, for sup plying the west of England with railways :—The West Cornwall, with a capital of 500,0001.; the Cornwall Coast Line, capital 1,500,000/. ; the North Devon and its branches, capital 1,750,0001. ; the Launceston and Tavistock, capital 100,000/., ; the Tavistock and Plymouth Line. These two are extensions of the South Devon ; the Cornwall and Devon Central in connexion with the Yeovil, capital 3,000,000/. ; the Bideford and Tavistock (Hepkin's), in connexion with the Central ; the Direct Plymouth and Bideford, capital 800,000/. ; the Great Western and Falmouth Junction, capital 1,500,0004 ; the South Devon, now con structing, capital 900,0004 ; the Direct Exeter ar.d Ply mouth, via Ashburton • the Great Western Extension Atmospheric, to Barnstaple and Ilfracombe, capital 950,000/. ; the Dartmouth and Exeter Line, via Newton, in conjunction ' with the South Devon, capital 300,0001. ; the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Direct, in connexion with the Central, capital 600,0001.; the Exeter and Crediton, now in progress; the Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth , capital 120,000 . (Head's); the Exeter and Exmouth, capital 130,0001. ( Daw's) ; the Direct Western, from London to the Land's End, capital 3,000,000/. ; the Taw Vale Extension, capital 700,000/. • the Ashburton, Newton, and South Junction, ca pital 133,0004 ; the Bridport and Exeter, or South Coast Junction, capital 900,000/. ; the Great West of England, or South Western and Exeter Extension, capital 1,600,000/. ; the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, capital 1450,0304 ; the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, capital 1,300,000/. ; the Direct London and Exeter, capital 3,000,0001. MANX LINES.—The Isle of Man, in common with every other isle, is to have a railway added to its patriarchal and picturesque possessions Two companies, the Isle of Man and the Great Manx ' court the popular suffrage. The former is supported by the Earl of Uxbridge, and the latter by Dr. Eowring. Surveys are in progres, and application has been made to the Legislature of the island to give power of ex tension by means of an act of Tynwald The report that the dividend of the Newcastle and Dar lington will be increased to 10 per cent. this half-year, and that new 251. shares will be created for each 25/. share of the present stock, has received confirmation. The Lancaster Guardian asserts that the high tides have done considerably less damage to the Furness Railway at Salthouse than has been reported. At the last meeting of the Carmarthen Town Council re solutions were passed in favour of the Welsh Midland Railway. The contracts on the Berks and Hants line are let, the line is staked out, and the works will be commenced immediately. A contract has been entered into by Brassy, Stephenson, and Ma"kenzie, the contractors, for the construction of the Trent Valley at 611,619/., at the rate of 12,0001. per mile, to be completed by the spring of 1847. DARTMOUTH, 'TORBAY, AND EXETER.—Arrangements have been made within the last few days for co-operation between this Company and the Taw Vale Extension, the Cornwall and Devon Central, the Exeter, Dorchester, and Yeovil, and the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Companies • so that there will be one continuous line of railway with the same gauge, and without change of carriage, from the London station of the South-Western Railway, at Hungerford-bridge, to Brix ham, Dartmouth, &c. By the Taw Vale Extension a direct railway will be opened between the harbours of Torquay, Paignton, Brixham and Dartmouth, on the English Channel, and those of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Ilfracombe, on the Bristol Channel, and the long-contemplated scheme of connecting the two channels with a direct line to London and Ealmouth will be effected. It is scarcely surprising that this line should be supported by the local parties, when it is considered of how much importance it is to Dartmouth to have railway accommodation and in the shortest line pos sible. Dartmouth is one of the finest and safest harbours on our south-west coast. Its situation and natural advan tages porticularly fit it for a packet station. In case of its being chosen for such purpose, it would then become, from a small town, a large and flourishing seaport. The commis sioners for inquiring into harbours expressly state that it would be, had it good communication with the interior, the best port for landing and shipping the West India mails. They say that its waters are perfectly safe and tranquil in the most tempestuous weather, so that the mails could at all times be put on board or landed, and coals be taken in. It is not our object to establish a comparison between Falmo ith and Dartmouth ; but it is sufficient to state that Dartmouth has merits of its own which make good its claim to a large traffic. The Dartmouth and Exeter line gives the necessary connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Exeter, and so with Bristol, Gloucester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and the north ; while the Yeovil lines, or other direct lines, will give the main thing—a short com munication with the metropolis. Brixham is another im portant point which is accommodated by this line. Brix ham is the port of Torbay anchorage, and has shipping be longing to it of 20,000 tons, besides fiishing craft. Brixham employs 1,500 seamen, and the merchants are very desirous of having railway accommodation. Torquay, an admired watering-place, is now a steam-boat station to the Channel Isles, and there are also the towns and stations of Paiguton, Newton, Chndleigh, and Moretonhampstead.—Exeter paver. CENTRAL STATION AT CARLISLE.—The formal adhesion, says the Carlisle Journal, of the Newcastle and Carlisle Directors to the plan for forming a united station for all the railways which now have their termini in Carlisle, was re ceived this week, and since then considerable progress has been made in the purchase of property in Court-square, where it is proposed the station shall be. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Directors still stand aloof; but we trust they will soon see the propriety of joining the other three companies in one general plan which will be ornamental to the town and useful to the public. They ought certainly, and that without any loss of time, to put an end to their danger ous mode of backing out, the carriages from the present station. The Caledonian Railway, it is expected, will come into Carlisle nearly in a line between the two bridges across the Caldow, and so forward to the general station. In this way they will save much of the embankment across the Willow Holm, which would have been necessary upon the ' original plan. We understand that the railway companies have been met in a most liberal spirit by the owners of pro perty required for carrying out their plans. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE.—A dispute has for soma time existed between the Directors of this line and the owners of certain collieries and stone quarries with respect to the rates of carriage. The owners of coal and stone complain that the charges for carriage are not only high of themselves, but higher in comparison than those of any other line in the kingdom ; and that their complaint is not an unreasonable one may be inferred from the fact that two of the collieries — namely, those of the Blcnkinsopp and Haltwhistle Com panies —have actually ceased front working for upwards of six months, in consequence of the high charges. Committees have been appointed, and meeting after meeting has been held to consider the subject ; but still with the same result— an obstinate, and what we must call a suicidal adherence to high rates, on the part of the Directors, who, although they live in the nineteeoth century, have not yet found out that two and two do not always moke four. The Blenkins'pp Company has for many years paid them, on the average, between 8,000/. and 9,0001. per annum ; the precise amount paid by the Haltwhistle Company we do not know, but it must have been considerable. The last meeting was held at Newcastle on Tuesday last, when blind obstinacy again prevailed by a majority of eight to five, and thus the two sources of income above stated have been effectually destroyed. Surely it is time for the share holders to interfere in this matter, and no longer suffer their best interests to be set aside for the mere sake of gratifying the pig-headed propensities of men unfit for the emergencies of the time they live in and the position they occupy.— Carlisle Journal. CONTINENTAL LINES. ORLEANS TO JoIGNY.—The Minister of Public Works has ordered surveys of this line to be immediately commenced; and in order to accelerate the operations, has ordered it to be divided into two parts, one from Orleans to the River Loing, and the other from the Loing to Joigny. CAEN To CHERBOURO.—The department of Calvados has voted the sum of 3,000 f. for the preliminary surveys of a line between Caen to Cherbourg, with a branch line to Gran ille. BORDEAUX TO BAYONNE.—The Prefects of the departments of the Gironde and the Lower Pyrenees have announced that a preliminary enquete has been opened for the line be tween Bordeaux and Bayonne. DOLE TO LONS-LE-SAULNIER.—The Minister of Public Works has authorised M. Delarue and other engineers under his orders to conumnce surveys on the line, at the expense of certain private persons who have offered to supply the necessary funds; also the. preliminary surveys from Lons-le- Saulnier to the limits of the department of the Ain; this latter work, however, being at the cost of the State. CORBEIL to MELUN.—A Company has been formed for the purpose of obtaining the concession of this line. The parti culars have not yet been published. DIEPPE TO FECA3IP.—The statutes of this Company were examined by the Council of State on the 30th ult., and the royal ordinance, approving of the concession, has been pub lished. Mr. Newman, engineer-in chief of the Havre line, has been appointed engineer of these branch lines, and the works are to commence in a few days. It is supposed that the two branch lines will be opened on May 1, 1847. NORTHERN OF FRANCE.—The board of Directors of this Coinpany, with Baron James de Rothschild as President, has delegated its powers to a committee composed of five of its members, viz.:-Messieurs P. Hottinguer, E. Pereire, A. Thurneyspeu, Marquis Delon, and M. Caillard, sen. LINE ROUND PARIS.—The Government has authorised the preliminary enqu'ite for the line which is to unite together the various termini of the railways from the provinces termi nating in Paris. PARIS TO STRASBURG.— Two new companies have been announced for this line, one with Admiral Arnous as presi dent, and the other with Admiral de Heide. The first-named admiral is the president of the Company from Creil to St. Quentin, of which Malachy Daly, of the Place Vendome, is the banker; and the second has just been united with the company called " Les Riverains," composed of persons inte rested in the lines in the several departments through which the line passes. BORDEAUX TO THE SPANISH FRONTIER.—A new company has been formed for this line, passing through Bayonne, with a capital of 25,000,000 f., divided into 50,000 shares of 500 f., of which the fourth part is reserved to the Spanish subscribers. The surveys have been made with great care, and the exe cution of the line is declared to be without any difficulty. MULHOUSE AND THAUN.—The number of passengers on this line, from the 6th July to the 21st September, was l&,398; the receipts during the same period amounted to 10,808 f. ; showing an increase for the present year, compared with the corresponding date of 1844, of 11,115 passengers, and of 4,486 f. STRASBURG.—Upon the section between Strasburg and Colmar the number of passengers, from the 7th to the 21st September, were 6,401, and the receipts 6,784 f. ; showing an increase, in comparison with the corresponding period of 1844, of 3,166 passengers, and of 1,770 f. CECIL AND SAINT QUENTIN.—A new company, half English and half French, has been formed for undertaking this line ; capital 35 millions of francs. It has taken the title of " Com pagnie de l'Oise." - PARIS AND OEsAv.--Since the announcement that the sub scription list would soon be closed, there have been demands for shares to the number of 45,000, and on the last day they increased to the number of 80,000. BORDEAUX AND CETTE.—M. Berlin, chief engineer of the department of the Haute Garonne, has been appointed by Government to report upon the two proposed plans of this line between 13eziers and Cette. ZURICH AND BALE : --A subscription has been opened for the construction of this line at ZuAch, Vienna, Berlin, Frank fort, Genoa, and Milan. Capital 20,000,000 of francs, to be divided into 40,000 shares of 500 francs each. The projectors of this company are residents at Zurich. M. de Negrelli is the engineer. - SCHLESWIG, HOLSTEIN.—On the 18th of September, ex actly one year after the opening of King Christian VIII. Baltic Sea Railway, the Rendsburg and Neumuenster Railway was opened with' the usual ceremony. In the incredibly short space of five months this line has been completed, with the exception of the terminus at Rendsbuig, through the zeal of the direction and engineers. Everything seems to show that the newly-opened line operates advanta geously for the traffic in West and South Schlesien ; and at the same time, its construction having cost no more than 900,000 marks (43,750/.), there is little doubt that it will afford a good return. SWITZERLAND.—A conference of the statesmen and engi neers of the cantons Tessin and Piemont is being held at Turin, for the purpose of constructing a railway through Bun den to the Bodensee. NUREMBERG AND BAMBERG.—The Royal North Railway from Bamberg to Lichtenfels is to be opened on the 15th inst., and the journey m:y then be performed in three hours. MOEDUNG AND LUXEMBERG.-011 the Ist of October this line was opened with the usual ceremonies. TELEGRAPISS.—Major von Mageru has left Vienna, com missioned to undertake and commence a telegraphic commu nication between Trieste and Venice. With respect to the great projected lines of telegraph, the commencement is to be made on the line between Vienna and Milan. PATENT SAFETY SELF-ACTING BRE A.K FOR RAILWAYS. (From the Brighton Herald.) On Monday last a series of experiments were made on the London and Brighton line with Mr. Thornton's patent safety self-acting break, before General Pasley ; and they were also witnessed by R. Heaviside, Esq., W. Seymour, Esq., Mr. Bridges, the railway coach-builder, and other gentlemen. The object of the inventor is, to devise a means whereby those frightful accidents, so common of late on railways, may be effectually prevented ; and in this we think he has fully and completely succeeded. We are aware that numberless plans have been sug gested for this purpose ; but none that we have heard of is to be compared to Mr. Thornton's. Amongst the dangers of railroad travelling, there are —lst. Running off the line and over an embankment, or a bridge, as the case may be.-2d. Two engines meeting and dashing into each other.-3d. The blowing up of a boiler. _ _ _ In fact, whatever danger an engine may be in, the pas sengers are partakers of it. As remedies, it has been proposed-Ist. to place a luggage van always between the engine and the carriages. 2nd. To place a waggon load of faggots, cotton, or of some other material, in that position ; and beyond these clumsy contrivances we have heard of nothing to afford protection to passengers when an accident happens to an engine. Mr. Thornton's plan is to have a rope (which is pre ferable for the purpose to either a chain or a wire rope) attached to the tender and the first carriage, the rope being from twenty to thirty yards long, or, if required. much longer, as it may be coiled on a roller beneath the carriage. The engine in this way would tow the train along, and the engine may be either on the same line or on another, or the same engine may tow two trains, one on each line, along. But neither of the two latter pro jects is essential or important. But it will be apparent, that, with a space of thirty yards between the train and the engine, the latter might be dashed to atoms over en embankment, whilst the train would escape much of the danger. The project, however, would be very inefficient if it ended here. Supposing, then, a train towed along by a rope 30 yards long, and the engine running off the line or running against an engine coining in the oppo site direction, it would be necessary, to give safety to the train, to have means of stopping it as instantane ously as such accidents happen, and yet not with such a jerk as to knock the carriages with violence against each other, to the imminent danger of the passengers. To avoid all this, Mr. Thornton's plan is, we think, admirably adapted, and the plan will be best understood by describing the experiment itself. On arriving at Hayward's Heath by the half-past 11 train, we found an engine with an old second-class car riage attached and fitted up on Mr. Thornton's plan, so far as regards the: apparatus of the safety-break. We mention that it was an old carriage, to show that it is by no means necessary that carriages should be built for the purpose, and that, as we learned, the whole safety apparatus may be fixed to any carriage at an ex pense of a few pounds. The expense of the apparatus itself would be reduced, as some of that now in use may be dispensed with. General Pasley having mounted the engine, and se veral gentlemen having entered the carriage, the engine was set off at a rate of forty miles an hour towards Has sock's Gate, and when it arrived, still going at an acce lerated speed, at the 14 milestone, the rope was discon nected, and away flew the engine by itself, whilst the rapidity of the carriage was gradually slackened, till, about thirty yards from where the rope was cast off, it came to a dead stand, but so gently as to occasion only the slightest shock. It was a splendid experiment and was repeated several times, once with the engine on one line and the carriages on the other. General Pasley and the company then accompanied Mr. Thornton to the Hassocks Inn, where he showed them a great number of drawings, beautifully executed, and a model of his break and apparatus. To describe thin;s of this kind in words is very difficult, so as to convey a correct idea of them; but we believe that Mr. Thornton will feel pleasure in exhibiting them to any person. In the first place, as regards the rope. One end, as we have already observed, is attached to the tender ; the other to a catch, in front of the carriage, so constructed that the guard can detach it in an instant ; and the moment it is detached, the dragging being no longer on the catch, it draws back, and very simple machinery is set in action by the wheels of the carriage itself, which compels the break to act upon them and gradually delay their progress, until finally, but in a few seconds, they stop. Tne invention is exceedingly ingenious, and the experiment put its practicability beyond doubt. The breaks, we may add, ate always just before each of the wheels, but kept just clear of them by the apparatus, which, in form, resem bles the elbow of an arm, which extends as the traction power is removed, and as it descends the breaks press against the wheels. One thing is certain as regards the project, that if it were to fail, w hich seems impossible, the danger will not be, as is sometimes the case, in the smallest degree in creased. If the rope, for instance, were to break, no mischief would accrue. The only possible inconvenience would be the delay of a few minutes till the rope was spliced, or another put in its place. To our minds, then, it has been proved that the means of avoiding the dangekof engines running off the lines, or coming into collision with each oth er, or 0 le filers bursting, may now be avoided—at least so far of the passengers are concerned, and in some degree as the engineers themselves are, for they have fry killed or maimed by the carriages crushing them when had escaped the more immediate danger from the ak engine and tender. q uently lgc n Whether Directors will adopt this patent sa f ety -bre will a good deal depend on the public. Engineers, W. e believe, are not very anxious to adopt any plan sot th e l own, or in which they may have no direct interest, Directors seldom adopt plans of this kind unless recoil?' mended by their engineers; but as safety in travell in g!! of the first importance to the public, it ought to ins's; upon this plan (or any other, if its superior it y ca° be r • shown) being adopted. Government, we believe, 0, the Board of Trade, which is pestered with all sorts nonsensical ssheme.s by ignorant aed self-opiniontifo persons, will not take upon itself the responsibility of this commending plans; but it opposes none. Whether tin the neutral conduct in the Executive Government is the wisest course that could be pursued, is questionable; los at the same time, it must be admitted that, if Gover i _ n ; went were to recommend a plan that should fail, tu., blame and responsibility would rest on it, and this it desirous to avoid. The public, however, must and oug ht l to be protected, and if Directors and engineers will l i c) , do it, application must be made by the pu blic to t Legislature to compel them. The means of safety, t°,_ much greater extent than that which now exists, are Di e Mr. Thornton's plan before the public, and the " Pfese°,fle from without" will, in the end, but perhaps not till s o „ e — t scare-or two more lives have been sacrificed, fctris Directors to adopt this or some other mode of Pr°';,,, ing passengers against those dangers which of late produced so much apprt hension. The safety-break, to be effective, must be attached SI every carriage, and therefore to render the ex/ROI:0' complete, it is necessary that it should be tried, an d ~ ,o , a considerable time, on some line with a train, as i t ,'",l o be objected that that which may answer well for a sw , ./ carriage may not be equally adapted for a long l carriages. We believe that experience will p rove s° ol but we hope that, in crder to put the question bel°o( doubt, the Directors of some line will have a ntunberigl carriages fitted up with Mr. Thornton's machin, ry, i' sbe we know of no line better adapt, d for carryiog,'o, experiment out than that from Brighton to Shora, do We therefore hope that the Directors of that line nil honour to themselves by causing it to be made. - d General Pasley and the other gentlemen Pete, visit also to Mr. Thornton's factory at Hassocks too and examined an engine on which Mr. Tholl ub , has introduced several improvements. One is (0 stead stitute a wheel by which the speed is regulated t 0 of the winch or handle now used. It would be lik e d o f wheel introduced for the steerage of a vessel inste! e r the tiller. By another ingenious mode, the ill i t n eg t. could not increase his speed beyond a certain octoo Engineers sometimes negligently lose time, :•Il d do os fetch it up by propelling the engine at a trtioe.lcjegts rate, which has been frequently the cause o f geci To prevent this, Mr. Thornton has introdu ced a e:o• vernor" similar to those frequently applied to ° r ig, engines. This apparatus, by means of a spiral sl ) nrs e can be so set that the engineer can never exceed fk O e ' t o scribed speed, us the moment he attempts Wdo 5 , 02 is "governor" acts on the spiral spring, and the steeeass let off. Another plan is in the ash hole, where, bY_AII3 of water, the heat of the chimney would be reclucTi . ssli Gen. Pasley and all present expressed themselves a g a te gratified with these various experiments, but they far less important than the plan for maintaining the a pd curity of passengers at a moment when the eng l° tender may be smashed to atoms. RAILWAY ROBBERIES . tres s ' It is evident from the circumstances that have ,gl3' pired during the recent investigations before thecste 19 0. crates at Guildhall, that a most nefarious and 9 ' to s it tic scheme of railway plunder has been carried °! 1 a lio; alarming extent by a gang of chevaliers d'inclustitepie taking advantage of the carelessness of those r, whose duty should oblige them to be vigilant in extreme, have become much more skilful in the tr and self-approbation of other people's propertY °cola own use, than any known process in law or equitiop suggest. About three weeks ago a Mr. gairreflet styled himself a "house and estate agent , wed r 't patient examination of facts, was fully t om a, stand hi 3 trial, as the receiver of certain g,°`7 o oriav knowing them to have been stolen, and ellu ei t,rest ° e i fraudulently to procure a sum of money for the'psol ration; and his accomplice, the actual t hief, one 0 tile Garrett (a ci-dcvatt valet of Lord Auckland) Ve t ' hes bi§ criminating evidence of a host of witne:.se' of also committed to abide the decision of a jsrl r s oei v countrymen. This individual, who has bee n i jc), de° . time under the surveillance of the Argus-i e6 o ,: f ig, , 11 :4 Live," but from his hic :Alpe mode of e115,%1 5 only his " local habitation," but his " name „ 0 " at iO for a length of time baffled discovery, but .1/ ,,, -- 01V ° ,/ detected by Mr. Inspector Collard, in the neigh'Zi e ed , of Lisson-green. On his lodgings being 0 1 ;60 : I most extraordinary and heterogeneous aceton u t , eves of ; articles, which would cut a conspicuous figu r ;. t iole ; ( 1 " Rag Fair," met the officer's eye, every Pl ist rat t which has been, with singular dexterity, a, a d be e,, ` from the various railway luggage vans that had honoured with a visit from this eminent.. oottfOt Now, we certainly do conceive that veil g re s obl i ' l ,o indeed is attachable to those officials in railway e t b•t i to • ments whose especial department it is to sl e d, ad s . - passengers' luggage should be safely transmit erroiott, safely delivered up, to the proper owner a tin ,„,ec tion of his journey •, otherwise such a serie s of it sP; five pilferings could never have taken nis ee 'stfed ile r peared, on the investigation at Guildhall on 01 1 0 day, that one of the witnesses (Mrs. White), :la it b c o ing after Mrs. Bedingfield's luggage, %las, S o a t fe tl. " all right ;" but, on arriving in London, au, e ; . o ppes' f ao it was " all wrong," and the property had dose 0°,31 Now, why should the porter, or man in w, 1 , 1° " 0 0 ri°,ol the goods were, venture to assert that a" ; irtvoi without his being perfectly satisfied that OA. hi° • case, unless he had some ulterior motive " into 4 , doing, namely, that of lulling the passengqf n ot tj ' r . false security, and thereby conniving s t ',,„ l o eoC tually aiding, the delinquent in his suit. We do not mean to cast a Wh ° ,, t ' e inli„ demnation on those people, but we ce eir, .f:rl duce it, as a natural inference, from roll' of attention to their charge, that they great facility to the plunderer to carry his ' e e l ° D i l ; t o, signs into effect. We would recommend W L oaf" s td tors of each railway to have every trunk, Pl eee of c e • &c., labelled with a certain number, on a A e ket g i his or ticket, and a similar number on another t .. 14 blOO 6 Ol to the owner of the property, who, on his rter' o oo destination, should show his ticket to the rdieg 01 0 claim the articles marked with the correarg m ing 0 , We imagine this plan, maugre the danger of t of Poi ticket, woull add considerably to the seetillecit9,oeo sengers' luggage; and it is one of great 51, e fre 4 o lr, attended with the least possible trouble. -1•100 Bole, loss of property certainly calls loudly for r e fjer. Lion of the kind to be adopted.-77ie Share,' A 10111. , THE WANT OF SK IL": f tb e EARNEST OPERATIVES. 000 Every architect in practice has cause to co niP ue der , e r want of skilful and earnest operatives,—men w l ° ) it , the trade they profess to practice, find plea iv or it t ercise of it, and are anxious to produce V ° a pr 3 C :cee v ,. have, before this, commented on the dedi ne t it r i pc many of the constructive arts, and showed that Itters. many of the constructive arts, and shoW' tile nu a t re; from excessive competition, which induces t",, ; 4l l ° ol lili e require a certain quantity of work from a nt at '. o lope t i e l ; ference to its quality : he cannot afford to de`, wo ric ability, but demands the greatest a mount o ' oot 60be le: smallest space of time ;.‘ superior work a nd t be that will pass is all that he can hope to glv e ; boaY' a t be 1 ) 10 turn! result is, that our workmen, b a t o rs 8 gradually " lost their cunning," a nd t re la f 0: 4 jority of operatives now emploYe d „ s ot ; 3 10 l • c if of executing work which is at a"l a gord common way. Our bricklayers and s miths mi g a sto9 esl,e: is l , striking example of this decline; the old ent' de a, still lingers, though feebly, amongst other tre. t het o t o re; doltwih the masons, seems to have departed fro' ride lo ba t eir work as mere labourers, and bave tl ° P t ioos ; older suit. There are, of course, many clever excePif is is or speak of the mass. Very glad should we b & duce a different feeling on the subject, at t oo lo minds of the rising operatives, and induce T xerc ise ea ci excel, and to find their chief pleasure in the f tile fro o hibition of their skill. The earnestness _e,ge P ec t I s; workers is figured in the following curious P . „7,i1, o ket h , " Apocrypha The smith sitting by the wale a;',l sidering the ironwork, the vapour of the .„00:his beg flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the , et b; is , of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, au iri look still upon the pattern of the thing th3eiteth tor setteth his mind to finish his work, and Wid perfectly."— The Builder. are ° 0 aPP 0 4 rri 0 110 P e •ra THE ATTRACTIVE MAN.--MrS. uathsti-I,.va, o f possesses sources of entertainment as /n es he r se",' pii o 4l. which, in the hands of a certain individual 0 , „ 11( 1 0° w e 0 0 ` o rto9 1 0 amusement to a weary prince for a tnoll.._ sh itile te o, but interesting as have been her narrative be to_ ec el, to r heard that they are likely, is this respect,,,ts"iii,eoello, ' shad, - work which • •.bout to make I ,t-m a a :iot y et l!tite the shade by a work which is aL.. her pen, under the title of " The Attractiv, 3.5 n ot . ei ot ~, her hero be a real or imaginary personage % o n of b ; r eles spired, but he is represented with the rePtita,be f i rst; c's i tell t handsomest man of his time—as moiling ja 14010., C00,11t: irresistible—fortunate—and singularly a ccot e ' l l' c i o attnbe .`, 04 portrait would apply equally well to e d verY.,V e r ig or 13 _, 1 -s or a very fortunate Prince, but wher ett ey bere,, te llor tractive Man," er whether we must look e l l- grg- .1 will soon be ascertained through the Pag es ° ~001 .1 " attractive" novel. s tof' o r --Th e re ba Da ST. MARY REDCLIEFE, BRISTOD• . n o to 0 t ott o , of this justly celebrated parish church 15 loped ei k , c a menced in earnest. The ground is to the church, and a system Of drainage inbte)_(l-11aceasiace,?retlf cel is to be new roofed ; the east windoivt_fitur; o f Tr bo tta_ e y ; up, is to be opened, and the external Itiare frotnitib'uttre-; the chancel, with certain parts on either lti ~,,i,l l , e 4 , li 5 to the top, including some of the beau tiful,.,u. , s ine r,'Joh o ,, and pinnacles, is to be wholly renewed. t_ tn d till re, that the masons will now never leave the a to l f the Frj3. liP building is restored, and the finial afroce.‘,_ 31r. i , o wer v . is to crown the glory of this noble P'.'. l * or 01% 1 _ it , I M.P., suggests that a separate subscripwc _ doe i t ti P i tea spire should be made,_ and has forwarde t a , ilitt 3tr ,ot e theranc oef it.—The .Builder. A ne- lij oe-i'ito , EVENINGS AT HADDON fli ti ' D. taloa f °l. i l ipse t. li a ii work bearing the above title is anno 0_,,, theo„o..m publication, which is likely, we underst t . " , r .!: Cl a ms annual competitors fur the public favor __'....„ si rti . l,, 4 o .o i , ,i This IN c.-obeili,i, A an extract from the prospectus :-- Pict." sill VI an amount of literary interest and nite d in . a ott ei e..o , that has probably never before been . 11 _, a re 1 r w ere , os lume. - The Illustrations (24 in nunaneV, whicbattiqutto, by George Cattermole, Esq., the `Thole vie f „ bee° e O 4 d! c s b is cuted expressly fur this work, and 1.7 by the 0},,,,,r11L, 0 steel, in the very finest line want:lei. the wor cotrinio guished artists. 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