The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TURNING THE FIRST TURF OF THE N_ ORTH E WESTERN BY LORD MORP T 1 l e . This event took place on Thursday, a miles from Settle. The North-Western ntR Cla ett Railway two two objects. It is intended to connect_ the orkshire by a near manufacturing ahas two a districts of the West Riding of route with Glasgow and the west Y dofoScoatnladnde a , s a il n y d alsoto afford to those districtsa west us acces sible shipping port e m st m e n oa i st, at the entrance of Morecambe Bay. ° n the The length of the line is sixty-one miles, including bromthinaittsbroafncthhee df branches. It Extensionmmenc Railway, commences at Skipton,and at the te ion proceeds t by Gargrave, Settle, Ingleton, to K i r kby Lonsdale. course is thence by the east of the L un e to Sedbergh, and s thence towards Borrow-bridge, at a short distance from which place it crosses the Lune by a large viaduct, and joins the Lancaster and Carlisle line. At a point near Wennington, a branch diverges through Wray, Hornby, and Caton, to Lancaster, which is expected to become the great shipping port for the West Riding. With the North- Western Railway an amalgamation has been effected, by Act of Parliament, with the Morecambe Bay Harbour and Railway Com pany. The difficulties of the navigation of the Lune, it is well known, led to the construction of the dock at Glasson many years ago; but commodious as that dock is, access to it is found very difficult at certain times, and great delay, as well as danger, are often in curred. It is proposed to make a dock at Poulton Ring, at the embouchure of the bay, which Government Commission ers have"pronounced to be the most favourable place fur a harbour to be found, perhaps, on the English coast, and a railway of four miles in extent will communicate with the North-Western at Lancaster. The inhabitants of the West Riding will thus be put in possession, not only of railway facilities between the different parts of this kingdom, but the means of export to foreign countries will be afforded superior to any which they now enjoy. A glance at the map will show at once that the North- Western is a very well chosen line, and in addition to the advantages it offers as a part of a trunk line, it gives to a large and important district, to the grazing district of Craven in particular, the privilege of a railway, from which it has hitherto been quite shut out. Thursday last (says the Kendal Mercury) was the day fixed upon for the commencement of the works, and as Lord Morpeth had consented to act on the occasion, great interest was excited. Half-past twelve o'clock was the hour named, and on our arrival at Settle, about that time, we found the little town in a stir unequalled, we apprehend, on any previous occasion whatever. A long length of carriages and horsemen, extending almost from one extremetity of it to the other, and headed by banners and a band of music, betokened that some event was about to take place of extraordinary and absorbing interest. The procession shortly began to move in slow array, Lord Morpeth being in the first carriage, accompanied by his host, Mr. Birkbeck, and other gentlemen. Among the private carriages we observed those of Pudsey Daw son, Esq., Hornby, ex-High Sheriff; Henry Alcock, Esq., Airville, near Skipton ; Charles Ingleby, Esq., Austwick ; Robert Ingleby, Esq , Lawkland Green ; G. Hartley, Esq., Settle, &c. There were sixteen car riages, besides humbler vehicles, and horsemen and pedestrians beyond count. The cavalcade moved slowly on, amid the occasional cheers of a large body of "navvies," who formed a conspi cuous part of the procession, to the scene of action, a field belonging to the Rev. J. Swales. A large booth had been erected on the field, which was filled with ladies, and those who composed the procession formed in circle on the ground, either in their carriages or on foot as they chose. The scene was at this moment truly imposing, A spot could not have been selected more happily adapted for the purpose. The beautiful pano rama which the hills presented gave a native charm to the scene, and an assemblage of between 2,000 and 3,000 anxious and happy spectators imparted an air of animation which no one who witnessed it will forget. The arrangements being duly made, which was a matter of no small difficulty with so vast a concourse, though they were managed with a skilfulness that was most creditable to those who had the conducting of the ceremonial, Mr. Vignoles, the engineer-in -chief, came forward and presented to Mr. Dawson the silver spade— s most elegant implement, inscribed with the arms of the company, as well as with the record of the date of the auspicious event, in honour of which it was manu factured. Mr. Dawson then handed it to Lord Morpeth, with a suitable address, and as "soon as that nobleman had received it, the Vicar of Giggleswick, the Rev. R. Ingram, stepped forward, at the request of the chairman, and invoked in the most solemn and appropriate strain, the blessing and help of the Almighty on the great work they were about to commence. His Lordship then doffed his coat, in the true navvy style, and pulled out of his breast a veritable worsted navvy's cap, which he put upon his head amid the most vociferous plaudits of the assemblage, the navvies 'themselves, who stood around with their implements, being apparently the most inte rested spectators in the scene, and addressed himself to his work. His Lordship, it must be confessed, did not seem much used to dig, and the efforts that he made to cut the stubborn soil, provoked the loudest peals of laughter. His Lordship enjoyed the fun as much as the merriest of those who watched him in his un wonted labour ; and after a short time the mahogany wheelbarrow, a most beautifully designed and well made little vehicle, was filled, and wheeled along the narrow planks to the end of them, where it was " tipped." His Lordship resumed his proper habili ment, amid greetings more hearty than we almost ever remember before to have heard, and then proceeded to address the company. Lord MORPETII said—l am afraid the Craven sods have been a little too hard, from the recent frost, for use to acquit myself like an experienced navvy. Nevertheless I trust that this may be an auspicious beginning of that great andertaking to celebrate which we have met here to-day.—(Cheers,) It is a work which belongs to the energy and enterprise of the times in which we live. Formerly it was thought a very great thing that rail ways were made to connect the largest towns in the country. It was thought a great thing when a railway was made between Liverpool and Manchester. Next people proposed the uniting of the capital itself with other great towns, such as Birmingham and Bristol. As people's enterprise crept on, it began to be thought an easy matter to conduct a railway along levels and by the side of rivers. But we, gentlemen, under the skill and enterprise of our able engineer, Mr. Vignoles, are able to accomplish still greater feats than these. We mean to carry our railway fearlessly along the upland pastures of Craven. We do not mean to creep sluggishly by the side of every river, but boldly to cross them transversely, and drive our line over the Aire, the Ribble, and the Lune.—(Cheers.) We are not afraid of driving our line under the giant shadow of Ingleborough itself.—(Great cheering.) Enterprise de serves success, and I have no doubt that the success we deserve will crown the enterprise of the North-Western Railway Company. It seems, indeed, that since our undertaking was set on foot, another railway of great pretensions has taken that same name.—(Laughter.) So happy did they deem the name of the North-Western, that by that name they have christened the long line of railway which stretches from London to Lancaster. Well, as they have usurped our name, I think they ought at least to guarantee us their dividend.—(Cheers and laughter.) However, I believe we shall want no dividends but our own, for it seems to me that the cir cumstances and features of this railway are all of the most promising character. lam told that there is a po pulation amounting to two or three millions in the centre counties of England to whom this railway will be a saving, if they wish to get to the great town of Glasgow and the western districts of Scotland, of 25 miles.— (Hear.) lam told likewise that from London itself to Glasgow this railway will afford a saving of 12 miles. It gives me therefore satisfaction to think this, our own true and genuine North-Western—(Hear)—will give all the vast manufacturing p.spulation of that West Riding of Yorkshire, in which I feel so closely and grate fully interested, a ready and convenient access at all times to the district of the lakes and all the romantic scenery of that part of England.—(Cheers.) Most glad shall I be if those hard-working toil-worn men who arc obliged to labour for their bread through a great part of the year in the smoky streets and close alleys of our large manufacturing towns, shall be wafted along this line through your pleasant fields and sunny slopes ; that they may enjoy that scenery which is calculated to open the minds of all to the beauties of nature, and rub off the sweat and dust of their daily toil by the glossy margin of Ullswater, or recruit their wasted health by a good climb up the rugged steeps of Skiddaw.—(Ap• pcause.) Allow me only to say, in conclusion, that I hope these works, which are now begun, during their con etruction, and afterwards during the development of the resources of the line, will conduce largely, not only to the comfort and enjoyment of that vast body of popula tion whom it is intended to accommodate, but that they will lead to the ultimate good of all engaged upon them —(Hear, hear)—that the fruits of their toil will not be wasted in idle squandering or drunken revelry, butserve to swell the independent gains of honest industry—that the beginning, the progress, and the end of the North- Western Railway works may be a credit to the district and an advantage to all who labour on it and travel by it, and all be enabled to look back with satisfaction and gratitude to the work of this day.—(Cheers.) Having said this, I will now detain you no longer, hut proceed to empty the first sod, wishing from my heart a good conclusion to the works of the North-Western Rail wa,y_.—(Great c h eer i ng. ) rhe Chairamn Mr. Dawson, then took the spade in hand, and he certainly showed himself much more en adept at th e work of anexcavator than his Lordship. Mr. Vignoles, the engineer, who, by the way, was arrayed in appropriato costume o ' f eo a m railway labourer ; Mr. Sharp, the solicitor of the Mr. Birkbeck, of Settle, une of the directors, andPsaetrvlyer;ot other gentlemen , followed ; and it was aususinf, t i t ) ie interest with which their performances were n s o e t r ie r e e d a t t l i t Fe s b t Y ;ll standers—tho awkwardness so naturally affording food for much mirth to the navvies particular. The ceremony over, a bsrrel of ale was broached,lrl and Loed Morpeth proposed " Success to th e North-Weste rn Railway," amid repeated ha zzas . Th e navvies then drank the health of his Lordship, and the company gradually left the ground. THE BANQUET. At half-past five about 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner in the assembly-room adjoining the Golden Lion Inn. The dinner was most sumptuous. Mr. P. Dawson presided, having on his left Mr. Greene, M.P., Mr. C. Vignoles, engineer-in -chi e f, R ev . R. Ingram, &c. On his right sat the Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth, C. J. Geldard, Capelside, acted as vice. Among the company were Messrs. T. Birkbeck, R. Clayton, G. Hartley, Thomas Clapham, T. Redmayne, all of Settle ; 11. Roughsedge, Bentham ; J. Sharp, mayor of Lan caster ; R. Hinde, E. Sharpe, secretary to the line, all of Lancaster ; C. Nicholson, Stand Lodge, near Bury ; the Revs. R. M. Smith, incumbent of Rauthmell ; J. Stens field, minister of Coniston ' • J. Marriner, vicar of Clap othry ham ; 4 4.lWillowby Itooke, curate of Bentham, &c. In jirorsog " the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," the 0W1t44,4i said one of the earliest resolutiow which _ rs . •;),t _ •" )1 4 7 Ai" THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1847. had been passed by the board of directors was to pro vide a resident minister where the works were princi• pally carried on, and he felt sure that every assistance would be afforded them by the Bishop and he clergy, especially the clergy more immediately connected with the district. The Rer. R. INGRAM very appropriately acknowledged th© toast. Lord MORPETH rose amid loud applause. He said.— Gentlemen, the chairman has just told us that he has come to the end of his routine toasts, which we have drank with due loyalty, respect, and attachment. The toast which I have now to bring before ou cannot be called routine, because we have to drink it for the first time; but it will become a routine toast, for it is not the last time, I trust, we shall drink it.—(Cheers.) The toast which I am honoured by being allowed to propose is, Success to the North-Western Rsilway."—(lmmense cheering.) lam sure you will feel that the sentiment is congenial to the offices in which we have engaged this day, and that it is appropriately the crowning work of this evening.—(Cheers.) I flatter myself that this un dertaking has been launched with ail possible omens of success. Nothing seemed wanted at the beginning. I only felt, when we were on the spot where the first sod was dug, amid the admirable preparations which were made for the ceremonial, and in the centre of the beau tiful panorama of hills spread out on each aide, I only felt that the passengers would complain of being hurried too rapily along over the most beautiful scenes of the world, to come to " Settle."— (Most rapturous applause, which continued for some time.) I certainly think that the position and circumstances of this line seem to combine, very happily, all the leading matters that aro desirable in undertakings of this description. Con nected as it is with our most busy haunts of manufactur ing industry in one direction, and with the most roman tic and picturesque spots of our land in another, it forms a link between the dense smoke of our factories and the silvery mists of the mountains—(Loud cheers.) I hope, with mere reference to all contemporary undertakings, it will be found, in the opposition which it may thought to offer, to conflict in that opposition with none, but will maintain its due place, as having uses and benefits of its own. Indeed, it seems to me, from its v2ry position, to form an illustration of an old and familiar story, a story of two men quarelling about the possession of an oyster, and calling in a third individual to arbitrate between them. You have one line on the eost, oce on the west, and another in the middle. On one side, a powerful western line stretches along a vast extent of country, from London, we may say, to Perth. On the east, an other broad shadow covers with its bulk a great portion of the territory of our country.—(Cheers.) Well, gen tlemen, your railway comes in the middle between these two powerful competitors. Ido not say we must leave to them nothing but the empty shell; I should be sorry if any such destiny awaited them; but I hope that occu pying, as you do, the middle position, you will have your duo share of the luscious article.—(Vehement cheering). With the expression of this hope for our future destiny, and in the full assurance that our future success will be commensurate with our most sanguine expectations, I beg to commend to your hearty acceptance the toast of the North-Western Railway.—(Drunk with three times three). Glee--" Life's a bumper." The CHAIRMAN responded. Among other remarks, he said that the fact of his Lordship having consented to come down from hie arduous duties in London to be present with them on that occasion was itself a proof that their railway possessed some merit. Some had called this the iron age, but he trusted that it would prove the golden age.—(Cheers.) It had once been sup posed that insurmountable engineering difficulties pre vented the opening out of the lands of Craven to the benefits of railway communication; but they had found out a level road, and by means of the branch . to Lan caster, a port would be opened to the West Riding of Yorkshire, which would bring the rich produce of Ire land in return for the commodities in which that district abounds.—(Avplause.) The Chairman concluded by giving " The Members of the West Riding." Lord MORPETH rose amid renewed cheering. He said, lam almost ashamed to be on my legs again; it is more than can be expected in one day, even from any navvy—(Loud laughter)—and having evinced by the part I have been allowed to take in the business of this day the interest I feel in the matter of your railway, it would not be right in me to detain you at any length in speaking on a subject merely personal to myself. I do not now come to Settle for the first time, and I have always had reason to be pleased with the reception I have met with. I may apply to myself the words of the poet, though, perhaps, in a sense different from that which he intended, " Where rise the mountains, there to me are friends." —(Loud cheers.) But however, agreeable my former visits may have been, the pleasure of my coming among any neighbours this day is much enhanced by the feel ing that there is no shadow of political difference to cast any obstacle in the way of the promotion of the best in terests of the country. To use a railway metaphor, we are all moving, not only to the same terminus, but tra velling on the same line, without any danger of collision, and without any risk of a crash.—(Renewed cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Members of the borough of Lancaster." Mr. GREENE was loudly cheered on rising. The Hon. Member said he was sure the company would do him the justice to believe that he felt most deeply gratified by the handsome manner in which his name had been received. He did not deserve to be thanked for being present at their meeting on the auspicious occasion which had called them together. On the other hand, his thanks were due to them for the honour they had done him in sending him an invitation. It was a matter of great satisfaction to him to have the opportunity of attending a meeting which had been called for the purpose of com mencing a great work, a work designed not only for local convenience, but which was entitled to be looked upon as a work of national importance. He had been in the habit, year after year, of travelling along that road to his own house, and after three days' journey ho naturally felt anxious to reach home. The difficulty of Giggleswick Brow always presented itself to his mind, and he little imagined that he should ever be enabled to pass to his own place of residence at railway speed.—(Cheers.) It was gratifying to him to witness the extension of the railway system which was being carried out. He had, a short time before, been called on to attend a meeting in celebration of the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and on his way had passed over the Shap Fells, which had been pronounced, on high authority, to be impracticable for railway transit. The result proved the skill of their engineers, and Great Britain might well feel proud that she had set the example to all the world of ability and enterprise which were applied to ob jects so useful and important.—(Cheers.) lie had been. much struck with an expression which, when in London, he had heard used by one of the foreign Mi nisters, in speaking of a line that was proposed to be made from Hamburgh to Trieste. The observation was, that as lines were carried on to every part of the glebe, and it was felt how one line depended for its success on another, there was the surest guarantee for the maintenance of the peace of the world.--(Cheers.) True, they did not require in England railroads for the maintenance of peace, but they were necessary for the purposes of commercial intercourse, and it was highly desirable that every place should possess the ad vantage of them. Feeling strongly, as he (Mr. Greene) did, the advantages derived from railway communica tion, he could not be indifferent to the benefits offered by the North-Western to a town in whose welfare he was most deeply interested, being connected with it, as he had been, from his infancy—he meant the town of Lancaster. Lancaster would be linked, by means of it, not only with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, hut with the opposite shores, and she would also be enabled to communicate with Hull and the other ports on the east side of the island. The Hon. Gentleman, after a few other remarks to a similar purpose, resumed his seat amid loud cheers. Mr. SALISBURY, of Lancaster, proposed " The Chair man mid Directors of the Lancaster and Carlisle and the Leeds and Bradford lines." Mr. RAND, of Bradford, responded to the toast. Mr. BIR/LBECIZ gave " The Chairman and Board of Directors of the Blackburn and Clithoro and North- Western Railway." The sentiment was acknowledged by Mr. ROBINSON, of Settle. Mr. It. lIINDE, of Lancaster, with a few appropriate introductory remarks, gave " The Chairman and Di rectors of the Wharfdale line," and Mr. WILSON, jun., of Eahton, briefly acknowledged the compliment. Mr. BAND proposed " The Chairman and Directors of the East Lancashire Railway," observing, that the North-Western Company was deeply interested in the success of that line, and that the Rossendale valley con tained all the elements to ensure success to railway enterprise. Mr. NicuoLsox briefly return( d thanks. lie said the East Lancashire would be most happy to interchange to An unlimited extent with the North. Western commodi ties which must conduce to the comfort of the public to s large degree, and which would return l2i per cent, to both lines.—(Cheers.) Lord MORPETH, in a few very appropriate words, pro posed the health of the chairman. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and gave the health of " the Engineers." Mr. VIGNOLES, in responding, paid a high compliment to Mr. Watson, the acting engineer, whose modesty, he said, was surpassed only by his ability, his integrity, and his industry. To himself, he said, no credit was due, except for occasionally casting his eyes over the line, to. se.l whether certain points were carried out. To Mr. Watson belonged the praise of managing everything that related to the details, and every praise ought to be liven to him for the way in which he fulfilled his duties. lie (Mr. Vignoles) might, however, claim for himself the merit of having laid down principles which, when they were first set forth, were generally condemned as erroneous and impracticable. Their truth had, however, been since acknowledged, and the importance of the re sults were above calculation. Ile had always maintained that level lines should not be the only ones laid down, but that they should boldly attack the hills. The doe t,n e was pron ounce d at t h e fi rst to b e v i s i onary , an d h e had to encounter the opposition and the remonstrances of his m ost valued friends; but he contended that it v w id a a s for the the b u g s r i e n a e t s e s s t of f amount tne o e f n event justifi e d hi m in his views that it w as not necessary to see'k and to engineer it publicneer tO OO seek to The obtain h h tai ad na g b d l e e e v n e . l p a ro lo v n ed g which a max i mum load should be carried, but that it was better to apply extra locomotive power, when any con siderable i nc li ne presented itself, rather' than waste the efin resources of the coun t ry n r ot her wase m refinement for unnecessary a i ednts option( A o f p pl thisaus el; )rincAipne the e reasonnec.sty which g th r e ad in favour of existed of affording a far greater amount oer si datien than could b e g i ven upon any other sys ac te e"Thln. rfl hoped to see th e d ay w h en v i llages would have . their railroads, and the farmer would find it cheaper to em ploy the railway from parish to pariah, for purposes of agriculture, than the present modes of conveyance. Mr. Vignoles =chided an interesting address, QI which we , regret our inability to present more tLan the preceding outline, amid great applause. Various other appropriate toasts were afterwards giv,n and responded to ; and the company separated at a late hour, gratified at the proceedings of the day. The London and North-Western intend placing under contract their Rugby and Stamford and Rugby and Lea mington lines. The passenger station of the Leeds and Bradford at the former town now about to be built will cover an area of 500 feet long and 180 wido. Sir Culling Smith, one of the chief representatives of the Dissenters, speaking of the prohibition of Sunday trains, says—" I will at once say, that while I possess a carriage, and consider myself entitled to make use of it on the Sabbath, I do not think it improper that a poor man should make use of a railway carriage on that day." The Belfast and County Down meditate commencing with the new year the works on their line from Queen's bridge, Belfast, to Newtownards, including the branch to llolywood, 16 miles. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, PARIESIDE BRANCH. —The London and North-Western open their Parkside branch to-day, accompanying it with changes in the working of the Preston and Parkside section of their line, whereby detentions, at the latter point, of trains pro ceeding north and south will be entirely avoided. LEVEL CROSSINGS ON THE RICHMOND LINE.—At a magistrates' meeting at Richmond, - on Saturday, Cap tain Page and Mr. W. Gilpin reported that they had viewed several footpaths proposed to be crossed on a level ; that they offered no opinion on the subject of Mortlake Church footpath, since it had been taken out of the jurisdiction of the magistrates. In respect to the other footpaths, viz,—Forty, Wright's Passage, and the path leading into Mortlake, through Tinderbox-alley, they (the magistrates) after the moat mature delibera tion, are of opinion that the company may be permitted to cross them on a level, on condition that they make a paved path across each footway, five feet wide, with gates o❑ each side, and a proper person to attend to such gates at each crossing, which appointment they consider indispensable, in order to protect the public from injury to life or limb, and the justices from the serious charge of having sanctioned the same through neglect of the requisite precautions. An instance of the evil of leaving level crossings unguarded was alluded to, being that of a girl being killed on the Eastern Counties line, whilst crossing the level which had hitherto been left un watched, but at which, in consequence of the calamity, the directors of the Eastern Counties forthwith deter mined to have gates erected and a man to watch them. An order was directed to be made, and served upon the company immediately. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. THE INHABITANTS OF THE REGENT'S PARK, THE WOODS AND FORESTS, AND THE RE- GENT'S CANAL RAILWAY. Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone vestry Mr. John Williams in the chair, a deputation of inhabit ants of the Regent's Park, amongst whom were Mr. W Williams, M.P., Mr. Peter Laurie, Mr. Bishop, of the South-villas, inner circle, and other gentlemen, waited upon the vestry, for the purpose of presenting the follow ing memorial in reference to the projected Regent's Canal Railway : " To the vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone, the memorial of the undersigned ratepayers and inhabitants of the Regent's Park and its vicinity, showeth : " That they have heard with regret and alarm that it is the intention of the proprietors of the Regent's Canal Company to apply to Parliament for powers either to convert the present water way of the Regent's Canal into a railway, or to construct a railroad on one of the banks of such canal. " That the retirement of the Regent's-park, its salu brity, and security as a place of healthful exercise and recreation, and the assurance of the Government that the advantages should be permanently secured to those who should invest their capital in erecting or purchasing dwellings, in or near the park, have induced a large number of wealthy and respectable persons to take up their residence in this parish, to the great inerease of the parochial rates and general benefit of the trading and commercial interests of the parish. " That such contemplated lino of railway, from the annoyance and danger generally attendant on such a system of traffic, will materially interfere with the com fortable and secure enjoyment of the residences, and greatly depreciate the value of the property in the neigh bourhood, thereby diminishing the amount available in aid of the parish rates, and injure, to a considerable ex tent, the trade of the parish. " That the memorialists confidently rely on the energy and discrimination of the vestry of St. Marylebone, as guardians of the interests of the parish, to take all neces sary steps for strenuously opposing a Bill for a private speculation so injurious to your memorialists and the parish at large." Mr. BISHOP said this memorial had been agreed to at a very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the Re gent's Park, held a few days ago, and presided over by Sir P. Laurie, who was that day out of town. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., said he attended the meeting at which the memorial was adopted, as one of the residents of Park-square, which might be said to be, in reality, in the Regent's Park. He was, therefore, like all other inhabitants of the park and its vicinity, much interested in the matter, and he had no hesitation in declaring, if the canal was converted into a railway, or a railway were permitted to run along its banks, nearly all the property on the northern side of Marylebone would be destroyed, or so depreciated, as to render it almost valueless, and consequently there would be a great diminution in the rates of the parish.—(Hear.) He intended, in his place in Parliament, to give the project his most determined opposition, and he hoped the vestry would aid in pro tecting the rate-payers of the northern districts from being enveloped in smoke and steam.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. P. LAURIE said he hoped the vestry would aid so large and respectable a body of ratepayers as the inha bitants of the Regent's Park, in opposing a private speculation which would inflict so much injury upon them, without the slightest pretence of affording any benefit to the public. The inhabitants looked upon the restry as a most important body, and was desirous of securing their ce-operation. With regard to the legal part of the question, the inhabitants had already called the attention of the Woods and Forests to the subject, and were in a position to prove, in the event of the Regent's Canal Company obtaining a Bill for converting the canal into a railway, that such conversion would be in direct violation of all the covenants and agreements en tered into by the Commissioners on the part of the Crown with the holders of property in the Regent's Park.—(Hear, hear.) lie held in his hand the report of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, bear ing date 1823, the period when the park was laid out, and it was there declared th a t th e p l an attac h ed thereto was the plan as finally settl e d, an d t h a t i n no way what ever should any alteration t a k e pl ace . He also con tended that the con s t ruc ti on o f a railway along th u banks of the canal, or in the water course of the canal, was an equal violation of the act of 1812, which gave the Regent's Canal Company the power to construct their canal. There was a clause which prohibited the use of any steam engine near that portion of the canal touching on the property of the Crown, and upon the faith of this understanding gentlemen had been induced to go to a large o u tl a y i n b u ildi ng their villas in the hu e t l e s expense,lliyPocianarlkditayh;l had been l a id ear b ast e us ret and fi d n aedlds t h roae, a tc t wr aeh t na h ot e i om i en t mr e oe g ef en i n its vicinity of an d on t h e s l opes of the canal. It must also not only but oofnf for y r e for humble h e u u e t m r a cb e ol i m e d m e cf b m ol killed or injured by runaway steam-engine or the noise of a train, as those who were either riding or driving them.—(fl ea r, hear.) There could be no doubt also of the great inj • ury such a rail way would inflict sn the parish, and he hoped to have the strenuous aid of the vestry in opposition.—(Hear.) Mr. 11. C. Wilson concurred in all that had fallen from the gentlemen of the deputation, and said there was a committee appointed to watch the proceeding s • of the Bill in Parliament. Mr. MARTIN THACKI3RAY moved that the memorial just presented be referred to the committee. Mr. G. DANIELL seconded the resolution. He had been invited to attend the meeting presided over by Sir Peter Laurie, but being the chairman of the committee alluded to, lie thought it better that he should not. He (Mr. G. Daniell) had, however, a few days since, at tendr d at Gwydr House, where he saw Mr. Drinkwater Bethune and a deputation of gentlemen who were with the vestry last time in their opposition, but who were, he regretted to say, not so now. lie was very much surprised to find that the traders along the banks of the canal were now ready to support instead of oppose the scheme. It appeared that they had made their own terms with the Canal Company, and cared nothing for the interests of other people. He (Mr. G. Daniell) thought that those parties would, when too late, find out their mistake ; that they were not to have the water taken away. Let the Canal Company once get their Bill for a railway, and they would soon leave the canal a dry ditch.—(l tear, hear.) The Canal Company tried to make it appear that the canal was very unhealthy, and gave those who resided near it asthma, created ma laria and other disorders ; and they proposed as a care for such diseases, smoke, steam, and noise.— (Loud laughter.) They proposed to carry a tunnel under Maids Hill, and immediately under a large and popular church there, as also under other of the most valuable property in Marylebone. Did the vestry suppose that people would live in houses immedi ately over a railway tunnel ?—(No, no.) The loss to the parish, if such a project were adopted, would not be less than 10,0001. per year, and therefore the vestry had strong ground in going to Parliament in opposition to such a scheme. Mr. JOSEPH considered the inhabitants of the Regent's Park ought to make an urgent appeal to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests in the matter. Mr. P. LAURIE said a memorial was already prepared, and signed by upwards of 120 of the Crown tenants, which would bo placed in the hands of Lord Morpeth by a di putation as soon as ho arrived in town. The resolution was carried unanimously. DEFICIENCY IN THE REVENUE OF THE CHURCHES OF MAItYLEBONE. Mr. W:BAGSIIAW rose to call the attention of the vestry to the necessity of a more extended circulation of the auditor's reports, with a view to inform the parishi oners of the condition of the affsirs of the parish. The most important point touched upon by the speaker was the extraordinary want of church accommodation in Marylebone, and at the same time the deficiency in the revenue deriveable by the parish therefrom. Marylebone had a population of upwards of 130,000 persons, and all the paid sittings provided in the seven churches under the controul of the vestry amounted to 6,900, of which num- ber about 900 were annually vacant. The returns for the last twelve years for pew rents was 58,000/, being 4,8341. per annum, or 16s. per sitting ; but the returns of expenditure amounted to 74,2401., being a deficiency of 11,840/. The whole amount of accommodation afforded by the church in Marylebono was 32,000 sittings, whilst the Disseatera gay@ soCOMMOdaticil to the amount of 27,000 sittings. He thought that the ratepayers at large ought to know that such a state of things existed, and with that object he moved " That measures be taken for a more extended circulation of the auditor's reports." Mr. IL C. WiLsoN, in secoading the motion, thought it ought to be followed up by something like the proposal of a remedy. He thought the great fault was, that there was not a selection made of popular preachers for the churches, and he thought that was a subject the Crown, who had the patronage, ought to attend to. Had the vestry the patronage, they would take care to select such gentlemen as would benefit the public at large. The resolution was ultimately carried, and a committee appointed to consider the matter. _ A resolution of condolence, by the vestry, to the Rev. Dr. Spry, tho rector, on the loss of his lady, having been adopted unanimously, the vestry separated. THE FOREIGN SORCERESS AND THE BRITISH MINISTERS. At Paris, daring the early part of the year 1827, and the autumn of 1828 and 1829, resided a lady whose pre tensions and performances caused no slight sensation among the novelty-seeking coteries of th a t gay cap i ta l. Madame do Strzelecki was a woman advanced in years, plain in appearance, and grave in add ress . Sh e spo k e i n the tone and dictation of one who had been accustomed to more in the higher grades of society ; but of her descent, connexions, plans, and resources, no one seemed able to glean the slightest information. She professed to unveil the future ; and though her fee was gold, and though she saw those only who waited upon her with a formal introduction, from a previous client, the equipages that were found loitering near her spacious dwelling in Rue de is Paix chez la flarriere du Roule contained half the beauty and haut ton of Paris. And yet the information she gave was partial. It related to two epochs only in the life of those who consulted her—death and marriage. She would place before you the lively scene and gay appendages of the one, and the langour, gloom, and restlessness of the other. On neither spectacle was it her custom to offer one single syllable of remark. She left her visitant to draw his own moral from the scene. Among the strangers in Paris at that period were two Englishmen of great, though opposite talent—both ambitious men—each ido lized by his respective party—each the sworn champion of a certain set of opinions—both high in the favour of the Sovereign whom they served, and aspiring to the most enduring rewards wnich talent and energy could win. They heard from fifty gay voices the fame of Madame de Strzelecki; and as a mere whim of the moment— an impromptu extravaganza—they resolved to visit the mystic in disguise, and to test her pretensions. They were described, in the note of introduction which they presented, as " two American gentlemen, whose stay in Paris must be, under any circumttances, short; whose errand there was some commercial speculation, the issue of which might recal them to Philadelphia at a few hours' notice. They entreated, therefore, the favour of anim mediate audience." It was granted at once. She re ceived them, as was her wont, in silence. But upon the first who entered her apartment (the younger, and by far the most intellectual-looking of the two) she gazed long and earnestly. " You are married, and have two sons and a daughter ;" was the off-hand declaration with which she met his . bow " the scene of your nuptials, therefore, you cannot well have forgotten ! That of your demise is the spectacle which I presume you wish to have brought before you ?" " You anticipate me, madam," was the reply ; but such is, undoubtedly, the object of my present visit. " And you, Sir," said she, turning to his companion, " are married, but childless. Do you wish to gaze upon the closing scene of your busy life ?" " Per haps," added she, with more of interest and feeling than she genervlly exhibited, " you will abandon your intention ? Reconsider it." "By no mean s ; th e or d ea l which is gaily courted by my companion I would also brave." " Have you firmness and resolution ?" demanded the lady ? " Have you nerve to gaze upon a very har rowing spectacle ?" " Without it, ought I to have come hither?" "I am answered: follow me." She led the way, as she spoke out of the apartment, and the English men followed her. They crossed a small, low passage; passed through a narrow portal; a second, a third, and then found themselves in a hall of very considerable ex tent. It was paved with black marble, and decorated at each end with four slender pillars of the same material. In fhe centre rose a very large jet-black basin, filled with dark water to a considerable depth. A cupola, or lantern, admitted a tempered light from above; and the deep basin was so placed that whatever daylight the dome ad mitted fell upon it. But, despite of the noble propor tions of the hall, and the lightness of the pillars, and the fairy tracery of the cupola, there was an air of gloom over the whole apartment. It seemed a fitting scene to communicate tidings of approaching sorrow; sepa ration, sickness, silence, death. " Look on this dark water," said their conductrcss; " it shall speak to you of the future. If death be at a distance, it will sink some feet in every second that you gaze upon it. If your parting hour approaches, it will rise rapidly ; and if the very last sands in life's hour-glass be running ; will mount till it be checked only by the margin. If it be fated that death shall approach you in the guise of vio lence, the water shall instantly bubble up. If caused by accident, it will change colour once, twice, fast as the hues of the rainbow meet into each other and vanish, even while you gaze on them. If death overtake you by gradual decay, and in the common course of nature, other than a gentle ripple over its surface, no change will the still water know or tell. You understand me?" " I do." " Fully?" " I conceive so." " Approach, then. Gaze steadfastly on that dark surface, and it shall mirror to thee, fully and faithfully, the future." The calmer, and graver, and sadder of the two ad vanced slowly to the margin with a look of mingled curiosity and incredulity, which sat strangely on his heavy, massive, and somewhat passionless features. In an instant the water rose at least two feet—changed colour rapidly, and evidently more than once— and then became dark and motionless as before. "Ah I not far distant—and by accident!" The mystic made no reply, but merely motioned him by a gesture to gaze on. He did so, and as he looked he beheld a mimic representation of a scene of great con fusion. Countless multitudes were assembled—there was running to and fro—hersemen were riding in all directions—the spectators were conversing eagerly with each other—and deep dismay sat on many a countenance. This faded from the surface, and there was presented to him a small room in what appeared to be a road-side inn. Three or more individuals it contained, to whose persons he was a perfect . stranger. But there was one present whose features him — his who s it deep and indescribable distress.was calm, v bute r deart Propped he r there ow a s w s t a mpe d 1 la s h % .• e t t pictured on r l e o d w in The the eye y f e o r w e fore;; was wan dering a round, n. was a figure which he instantly admitted to be his own. feature bore the impress of in- ITeevfia2r was overspread with that cold dt ß ee u nr t si ne h g o a w ga no restless—every grey tint which so surely foretells impending dissolution. He looked at it steadily for a few seconds. A sort of mist seemed to co me over his vision. He withdrew his gaze for an instant from . the fountain, and wh e n he again resumed his obse!•vaponth e painful scene had wholly disappeared ! His inquiring look of astonish ment and emotion the. mystic returned with apathy. The agitation manifested in his countenance was strangely contrasted by the fixed, r i g id express i on of her's. His appeared a painful struggle with conflicting feelings ; her cou ntenance wore its usual air of cold and impassive indifference. What ! it's past a j o k e ?" sa id the younger of the t wo, advancing gaily towards the fountain; " the answer of , the oracle is not palateable, eh? Take your favourite poets Quid sit futurum, eras foge quxrere ! But now of me and to me what says the future 1" Tho water rose a few inc hes and the n became stationary. On its surface rfa icni dimensions—h um ble in its acco mmo d a ti on , an ti que and elm rniture, and altog e th er pretension less u ene nett appeared a small chamber, limited in its furniture, in its comforts and appointments. Gardens seemed to stretch around it of considerable extent ; and on the mantel-piece ho remarked a small bronz, x cl v a i i g m o e u d r , o a f s life, his evidently rested clock o f s i ngu l a r shape and construction. His atten tion, a south, who was lidding the hand t,h oftthi a o e n, isinic a ek t l o ee n rns c to e sn , ,: becam e intently and painfully fixed. " Charles, as I live! ,, i the full exclaimed, racked with bodily A gony. "The other fi gure I con cieve to b e t h a t—that"- - continued he, speaking slowly and after a lengthened pause—" yes, that of Charles's dying father! 'Tis a painful spectacle," added he, turning from the fountain, " and I know not what benefit is to be derived from a lengthened contem basirttatteirone.m—pli7asui plation of it. Come, the day wears. We will leave this clever, disagreeable, and certainly most puzzling ex hibition." He took his friend's arm as he spoke, and advancedi to pay his parting devoirs to the mystic, and with tiern, her fee. The first she returned coldly : the latter she Peremptorily rejected. "I am already remunerated, ,amply remunerated ;" was her unexpected and startling f s fic p i l e ,a n eem t ed, h n o o r n iou th r ia for las m t eivoirfdl c h o a n v y e ey a e d d i i ered to the arnu ‘ t—tho passing amusement ; declaration.—" a meaning • which thos e whom she addressed seemed t o r0rr,...." feel an d s h r i nk f of two servants of his Britannic• Majesty as Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Canning ! " Again, with exquisite mockery, she more curtsied de e p er and deferentially than before, and, ere they could r ecover from their surprise, left them Literary leave s . from a Freemason's !Vote-book D ,ARING ATTEMPT Saturday inforraation was given to the police of the lowing daring daring attempt at robbery and murder. It ap peers that on Friday mo rn i ng Mr. Shrimpton, harness maker, of No. 64, Gr eat Hill, left home for the purpose residing adjacent to th e of paying his quarter's rent to Mr. Bryer, his landlord, To Ron AND MURDER.-011 road. Prior to his going he entered a public-house and had some lefreshme when he took out his purse and told a friend whom hashad accidentally met, that he was about to pay Mr. Bryer. There were two suspicious looking fellows present, who seemed to pay attention to Brecknock Arms, St. Pancras what was going forward. After he had paid the rent he was proceeding homewards, across Copenhagen-fields, when two men came behind and inflicted a revere blow on the head. and he fell nearly stunned. lie, however, resisted with great courage, but ho was at length over powered and rendered insensible, and ho was found some time afterwards weltering in his blood, with his pockets turned inside out. After having been removed to a public house near the Model Prison, where ho was kindly treated, he was removed to his residence, where he re mains in a very weak state. Police constable Stone, 7, the the G divisioarn,nyd h has recei ved a pretty good description of , I p e g are entertained o f th e i r d etect i on . great deal was said a t the time the French Government g FRENCH G OVERNMENT .—A granted permission t o P rince Polignac, ex-minister of L r l u n ffi E a ß n A s Lor o Ts uz Charles X., to return to France, after many years' im prisonment and exile. I t will scarcely be believed that the Prince, who is allowed to sojourn at Saint Germain's, a few miles from the French capital, is not allowed to visit his son, who is at college in Paris, without especial permission of the authorities. EXTENSIVE HORSE STEALING. On Saturday an elderly man, named James Robinson described as a horse dealer, but who was formerly a grocer at Blackwater, Hants, was brought up before the Rev. R. Wright and Mr. Theob.ild, magistrates of Hampshire, at the office of the magistrates' clerk, oppo site the gaol at Winchester, for further examination, on no fewer than eight charges of horse stealing. The pri soner was apprehended at Hammersmith, and after a short examination before Mr. T. Paynter at the Ham mersmith police-court, was sent down to Winchester, it being more convenient to the witnesses. It appeared from the evidence gone into that the pri soner had, for the last three months, been in the habit of going, backwards and forwards to the Raven public. house kept by Mr. William Beasley, in the New-road, Hammersmith, generally staying two or three days in a week, ar.d several times bringing horses with him. On the 19th of November last he brought with him a grey gelding, nearly thorough-bred, which he kept there a week. During that time the prisoner offered it for sale to several persons at sixty guineas, telling them that he was a small farmer and had bred it. On the 19th of December (Saturday) policeman Graves, T 195, while parsing the Raven, saw the prisoner there with three or four persons, and heard one ask him if he had sold his grey horse. The prisoner said that he had, but had only got 431. when it ought to have been 601., as it was nearly thorough-bred. The policeman, suspect. ing something was wrong; spoke to the landlord on the subject, who gave him a description of the horse. Graves immediately communicated the circumstance to Sergeant Mount, T 29, who went to the Raven on the following morning, having in the meantime ascertained that a horse answering the description had been stolen from a stable on the premises of Mr. William Saunders, Cran bourne Farm, near the Andover station, Hants, and questioned the prisoner if his name was Robinson ?—if the grey horse was his property, and where he had bought it ? The prisoner answered yes to the first question, but made no reply to the other questions. Mount then asked him if the bay horse he was feeding belonged to him, and whether a grey horse in the next stall was his also? The prisoner said both were his, and that he had bought them, and, after some hesitati3n, added, " I sup pose you are going to take me." He was then secured, and it was ascertained that the grey horse stolen from Mr. Saunders, which the prisoner said had gone into Yorkshire, was at the commission stables of Mr. Shackle in Oxford-street, where it was found by Mount and identified by Mr. Saunders. Evidence was then gone into proving that the grey horse, which Mr. Saunders valued at 801., was safe in the stable on the evening of the 17th November last, and was missing on the following morning, when the door was found shut, but not pinned by a chain as it was on the previous evening. Mr. Charles Lee, of Coldrey, Hants, indentified the bay cart gelding, valued at 25/., found by Mount at the Raven, as the property of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Lee, of .Coldrey, which had been stolen from his stable on the night of the 14th December last. There were two other horses in the stable which was broken open, but were not taken. A stable adjoining had also been broken open, but the door having a chain like a street door, the thief could not enter ; in that stable were four valuable hunters, the least of which was worth 100 guineas. Nis-. 'l'. Webb, of Dogsmerfield, near Odiham, Rants, identified the grey mare also found at the Raven, and valued at thirty guineas, as having been stolen from Isis premises on the night of the Id of December. The BENCH said it would be unnecessary for them to go into the other cases against the prisoner, as the evidence in the three cases in which the depositions were taken were so clear as to ensure a conviction. The prisoner was nominally committed for trial at the Spring Assizes. but will be again brought up on the attendance of Mr. Shackle, for whose presence a sum. mons was issued, as also a summons for the attendance of a person named Tinely, at Hanger Farm, Ealing, who is said to have purchased Mr. Saunders's horse at Mr. Shackle's for .I3L The BENCH complimented the officers of the T diyi. sion fur the ability they had displayed in the case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION HOUSE. THE ROBBERY OF THE WARWICK AND LEAMING TON BANK.—It will be recollected that in July, 1845, a clerk in the Warwick and Leamington Bank, named William Hudson Blayney, was stated to have stolen a parcel containing one hundred 101. notes, with which he had been intrusted by the firm to deposit in the post office at Warwick ; and that Daniel Forrester, accom panied by Superintendent Roby, of the Leamington police, apprehended the accused at Calais, but were pre vented from taking him away with them by the defec tive condition of the international law between the two countries.—Blayney this day suddenly gave himself up to John Forrester, stating that it was his determination to meet the charge before the Lord Mayor, and, if ne cessary, before the Central Criminal Court. Ho ap peared to be very much distressed, and was exceedingly dejected. Immediately after Blayney had been taken into castody at Calais, application was made to the au thorities by Forrester to convey him to England, but re jected for the before-mentioned reason. However, the accused having travelled in the name of Brown, was locked up for two months in consequence of the misnomer, and the authorities not being able to do anything more in furtherance of the object of the officers, he was discharged at the end of that period. Exhausted with fatigue and privations, he at length resolved to come over to England and take his chance of a trial, to which it was supposed the hankers would not think it necessary to subject him, as he is not only without money, but it is considered that he had received no share of the booty. It is rather an extraordinary fact, that at the time he was giving himself up to John Forrester, that officer's brother was receiving directions from the plundered parties to be on the look out, as it was sup posed that Blayney was in London. George Blayney, the brother of the prisoner, was taken for the robbery soon after the commission of it, he having, it was be lieved, received the parcel from his brother, and a man named Jennings was apprehended on the charge of hays ing been receiver, and both wore at the ensuing assizes convicted, and sentenced to a limited term of transporta tion, while the prisoner, who has thus given himself into custody, escaped to France. John Forrester having stated to the Lord Mayor the fact that the prisoner had called upon him to give him self up for trial, the prisoner, in answer to the question of the Lord Mayor, said he was ready to meet the charge. The prisoner was remanded for a few days, and direc tions were immediately forwarded to the Warwick and Leamington Bank to send witnesses to town. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Edmund Webber, who was some days ago charged with having embezzled several sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Giles and Co., Fonkes's-buildings, Tower, was brought up for final examination. Mr. Nobler appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the defendant. The prisoner had been long employed as collecting clerk by Messrs. Giles and Co., and one of the sums of money he was charged with having embezzled was 7181. lis Gd., for which Mr. Aste, a customer of the house, residing in Tottenham-court -road, paid him a cheque for his employers. The prisoner was committed for trial upon three distinct charges. He had, unfor tunately, been tempted to deal in railway shares, and having been successful in two or three experiments, he fancied he should have it all his own way, and made a dash with his employer's money to make his fortune. THAMES. THE REY. MR. KING AND THE MAGISTRATE.—The Rev. B. King, rector of St. George's-in-the-East, who was complained of on Thursday by a man named Hag gerty for refusing to perform the funeral service over the body of his sister-in-law, came before Mr. Yardley to complain of Haggerty's statement, and make a counter one. The reverend gentlenten, who appeared to labour under a little excitement of feeling, held a paper in his hand, and began es follows :—" I complain of the con duct of Mr. Yardley, the sitting magistrate on last Thursday, respecting an ex park application made by a person named Haggerty, an account of which appeared in the Times newspaper of yesterday. The statement of Haggerty, that I refused to perform the funeral rites over the body of his sister, is nothing but a tissue of falsehoods. First, the verdict of the coroner's jury was not Found drowned,' as stated by Haggerty, and I have received from the registrar of deaths the true ver dict, which was, That the detxased threw herself into the waters of the London Dock, but in what state of mind she was in at the time there was not sufficient evidence before the jury.' Secondly, It was asserted that the corpse was brought into the churchyard, and that I refused to perform the fu neral rites. That is false, entirely false. As soon as I received the verdict I sent the parish clerk to the par ties to inform them that I could not, consistently with my sacred calling and the Christian feelings I possess, perform the burial rites. Lastly, it was asserted that I received a certain fee for the performance of the service for the burial of the dead, and that I had refused to re turn it. That is entirely false. I never received any fees, and knew nothing abouC them until I saw the case published in the limes. Having finished reading his denial from the paper in his hand, the rev. gentleman protested against the con duct of the magistrates in countenancing the applica tion of a person, and allowing him to make a statement prejucial to another in his absence. The system was a most nefarious one, and ought not to be permitted. He then handed to Mr. Yardley the paper ho had been reading from. The MAGISTRATE declined receiving it, and said, Mr. King, do you know who you are addressing? The Rev. Mr. King (sternly)—No, I do not. The MAGISTRATE—I am Mr. Yardley, and the person you complain of, and whatever my conduct has been I shall not condescend to acquit myself before a private individual. I think any person of common sense on reading the report you complain of would come to a very different conclusion to the one you have arrived at. I neither countenanced nor discouraged the application, but it was my duty to hear it, and I could not ascertain whether I had any jurisdiction i❑ the case until the man had made his statement, when I told him I could not interfere. I might have stopped you before, but I al lowed you to vindicate yourself from any aspersions you might think injurious. The Rev. Bryan King—l complain of the magistrate countenancing the publication of Haggerty's statement. Mr. Yardley—l deny it, Sir; it's false! The Rev. Bryan King—l beg your pardon, if the case is inaccurately reported. Mr. Yardley—l saw nothing in the Times report which was incorrect or unfair, and I shall not listen to anything more you say. The reverend gentleman attempted to address the ma gistrate, but finding no attention paid to him he hastily withdrew. CROYDON. SINGULAR CHARGE or FELONY AGAINST A DA.UGLI- Iza - ui-law 07 THE LAU NA. COBBETT. -- 8. Blaney Blanch Cobbett, the wife of Mr. W. Cobbett, the eldest son of the late well known Mr. Cobbett, was brought betore Messrs. Lucas and Wilkinsom, the pre siding magistrates, charged, together with a lad named Alfred Sims, with stealing an iron shutter-bar, the property of Mr. Jesse Oldfield, the landlord of the Red Lion Inn, Smithana Bottom. It may be necessary to explain that Mr. Oldfield was one of the executors of the late Mr. Cobbett, and for several years proceedings have been going on in Chan cery between him and Mr. W. Cobbt-tt, the husband of the lady now under charge. From the evidence of Mr. Oldfield it appeared that on Friday evening, about seven o'clock, the boy Sims came to his house and asked if Mr. Oldfield was at home. He suspected that he had come to serve him with some process, and he therefore inquired his name, and what business he had with Mr. Oldfield ; and, upon his re fusing to tell him, he went into the parlour and shut the door. He then heard a voice, which he believed to be that of Mrs. Cobbett, say, " She would not be done," and that he had gone into the parlour, and an attempt was made to force open the door, which he resisted. He shortly afterwards heard a cry of " Murder I' and " Police !" and on his coming out he found that Mrs. Cobbett and the young man were gone, and he was in formed they had taken away" the iron shutter-bar. He immediately went after them, first to the railway station at Stoat's -nest, where he found that they had left the bar, and he afterwards proceeded to the Croydon police sta tion, where he found them ; and it appeared that Mrs. Cobbett had been making some complaint against him, and he gave them both into cu,tody upon the charge of stealing the iron bar. _ _ Mrs: Cobbett, in answer to the charge, said, that the lad accompanied her to Mr. Oldfield's for the purpose of serving a copy of a writ upon him, and she went to point him out. When they went to the hou , e, Mrs. Oldtield came out with the iron bar in question, which she at first thought was a 'gun, and made a rush at them with it, and the bar fell between them, and struck her on the heel, and if it had fallen upon her head it would in' all probability have killed her. She took away the bar solely for the purpose of having it produced before the magistrate, to whom she intended to apply for redress for the assault that had been committed upon her. Inspector Bilson, who took the charge at the station, deposed that Mr. Oldfield first came to him and com plained that two persons had stolen a shutter-bar, and he wished to have the assistance of a policeman ; and a constable was accordingly sent out with him to look for the parties. While they were gone, Mrs. Cobbett and the lad came to the station-house, and the former asked his advice how she was to act, saying that she had been to serve the copy of a writ upon Mr. Old field, and that Mrs. Oldfield had thrown an iron bar at her, which she had taken away, and left in the charge of the clerk at the railway station. Mr. Oldfield at this moment returned, and he charged the parties with felony, witness telling him that if he made such a charge he was beund to entertain it, but he must understand that it would be upon his own responsibility, and Mr. Oldfield accordingly gave them in charge for stealing the iron bar. Mr. LUCAS—And have they been in custody ever since ? Inspector—They have, sir. As Mr. Oldfield made the charge, I had no alternative but to detain them, although certainly, if bail had been offered, I should have taken it, under the circumstances. The MAGISTRATES, after a short consultation, said they were of opinion that, as regarded Mrs. Cobbett, there was not the slightest ground for the charge, and they should, therefore, dismiss it as against her, and allow her to be sworn and make a statement upon oath in reference to the charge against the other defendant. Mrs. Cobbett was accordingly sworn, and she re peated the statement she had made with respect to her being attacked by Mrs. Oldfield with the iron bar, and its being thrown at them ; and she stated that the lad took the bar away by her direction, solely with a view to its being produced before the magistrates. The MAGISTRATES then dismissed the charge against the boy, and the parties retired. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. HULL, JANUARY 2. STOCK Exmcvoz.—To-day a decided improvement has taken place in our market, both as regards the quotations and the amount of business done. Northern Counties Union and London and Yorks Registered were much inquired for. The sales are—North British Extension (scrip), 19s. p.— Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 14s. 6d. dis.—Fleetwood, Pres ton, and West Riding, lA, p.—Great Northern (London and York), 3/. ls.—Leeds and Thirsk, % dis.—North-Western, 16s. p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—Northern Counti es Union, 335. 6d,—West Riding Union, 4/. 6s.—Manchester and Southampton, 1 / 8 dis. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 25/. 10s.- Airdrie and nathgate, 4/. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.- Ditto, Halves, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.- Ayr and Galloway, IL 6s. 6d.-Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New, 2/. 175.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 2!. 55.-Clydes dale Junction, 391. 55.-Cornwall and Devon Central, I/. 155.-Deeaide Railway, 31. 55.-Direct Northern, 2/. 12s. 6d. -Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 155.-Dundee and Arbroath, 45/. ex new-Ditto, New. No. I, 34L-Ditto, New, No. 2, 291.-Dundee and Perth, 28/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 141. 55.-East of Fife, 2/. 17s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 3/.- Edinburgh and Bathgate, 31.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 771. -Ditto, Halves, 211.-Ditto, Quarters, 19/. 55.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 211.-Ditto, Preference, 211. 12s. 6d. - Edinburgh and Northern, 15/. 15s. sd. ex new-Ditto, New, 51.-Ditto, Newport, 61. 7s. ex new-Ditto, ditto, New, 31. 135.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 15s. 6d.-Ditto, 3/. 55.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69/.-Ditto, New Stock, 38/. 155.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 7s 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 9s. 6d.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Ditto, Quarters, 101.-Glasgow General Terminus ' 12/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 17/.-Ditto, Half Shares, 8/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 8L 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 17s. 6d.-Great North of England, 238 L-Great North of Scotland, 31.-Great 'Western, 126/.-London, Bristol, and South Wales4ll. 3s. 6.1.-London and York, 2/. 155.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 2/. 10s.--Manchester and Leeds, 1051.- Ditto, Sixteenths, 81.-Ditto, Extensions, 31. 75.-New castle and Berwick, 351.-North British, 361. 2s. 6d.- Ditto, Halves, 151. 10s.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. lls.-Ditto, ditto, New, scrip, 1/. 1 Is.-Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scottish Central, 211. 158.-Scottish Grand Junc tion, 1/. 35.-Scottish Midland, 141. 17s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 155.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6/. 16s. 3d.-Ditto, New, IL-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 18s. -Stirling and Midland, 21. 10s.-Strathern Junction, 41. ss. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness. 491.-York and Newcastle, 381. ex new-Ditto, New, 15/. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 12s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. 3d.-East Indian Railway, 1 ls. 6d.-Great North of India. 4s. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras, 55.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s. 3d. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 31. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 365. 6d.-Caledonian, New, 535.-Caledonian arid Dumbar tonshire Scrip, 455. ;.,Stock, 425.-Dundee and Perth, 27% -Ditto, New, 141. Is. 6d., 141.-East Indian, lls.-East Lothian Central, 575. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 15% -Ditto, New, 725. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 615.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 694-Ditto, Halves, 9%- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 75.-Glasgow and Greenock, 17 3 A-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 41. 18s.-Glasgow, Airdrie. and Monkland Junction, 705.- Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 6d.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 505.-Manchester and Southampton, 365.-Midland, Halves, 7%-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 655.-Sc o tti s h Central, 21-Scottish Grand Junction, 225.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 745.-Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 535. -Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness. 52-Wishaw and Coltness, 50/.-York and Newcastle. Preference, 7%. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JAN. I.—Sales have been more extensive during the past week than is usual at the close of the year, and recent rates are steadily main tained. ENGLISH WOOL MARBET, LEEDS, JAN. 1.--This being Christmas week, there has not been much business done —nevertheless there is a decided firmness in the wool market, and prices have an upward tendency. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JAN. I.—The last week of the old year is proverbially a dull one for busine , s, and the present does not form an exception to this rule ; there is, however, a very firm feeling pervading the trade generally for wool of all kinds, and an expectation of more life in the trade at the turn of the new year. LEEDS.—On Saturday there was one of the best markets we have had for a long time, but only for low goods, such as blues and common wool-dyed blacks suit able for the American market, and which have been dead stock in the manufacturer's hands since the agitation of the tariff, in the United States last year. One highly re spectable house here have availed themselves of the verylow prices, and have bought largely. In goods of any other description there was little done either on Saturday or Tuesday. Prices are pretty steady. As usual at this season, there is little doing in the vs arehou_es, people being engaged in taking stock. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have only to state again, that the cloth market is so unsteady in prices as to make it impossible to quote the value of any description of goads. The very great uncertainty as to how the present speculation will terminate has com pletely cut off all speculative inquiries for both goods sod yarns, and the year 1846 has closed with t•xtremely painful prospects. NOTTINGHAM.—There is no new feature in the market to report this week, in consequence of the usual Christ mas holidays taking place. No alteration is at present noticed in the prices either of yarns or nets, but the unusual speculation still going on in the raw material begins to wear a serious aspect, and must, if continued, considerably affect the prices of yarns. The hosiery trade is still further on the decline.—Nottingham Review. LEICESTER.—Being holiday week, business has been stationary in the vrarehowes, and we have no alteration to report in either wools or yarn. Upon an extensive review of the last two months of the year, it will be found that the value of money has not much changed. Good bills at three months can be dis counted at 34-. The prevailing opinion seems to he that money will keep the same value for some time to come. The dividends are on the eve of payment, and even if anticipated to some extent, must still assist in making money plentiful. The exportation of bullion is still going on. The next American steamer will take out 400,0001. to buy bread stuffs, and the exchange being at present in favour of the Americans, it is a question whether the exportation of money may still go on. If so, the Bank, to defend itself, may be forced to raise the rate of interest on discounts. But all this for the time being is problematical, and the best opinions lead to the probability that no upward movement will take place for the next two months, and may not be necessary then. The drain to Ireland is not to be left wholly out of con. sideration. On the other hand, it must be taken into account that a very large arrival of bullion from South America—to the amount, it is said, of a milli3n and a half sterling—has taken place within the last day or two, by the Daphne sloop. Opinions vary as to t h e in tentions of the " Old Lady," in Threadneedle-street ; and matters there are, of course, sub rosa. 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