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Aberdeen' rY teJ ugar, CO'L 261 ig Jallllo4 MIDDL ESEX ELECT ION. conducting The mittec for the Election of I ord ,011L'ItT GROSVENOR sit d'Aily at the Central Committee Rooms, Ceffee House, Cockspur-street. S. C. WHITBREAD, Chairman. January 23, 1847. CONTRACT FOR WASTE PAPER. — Notice is hereby given that the Postmaster-Goneral is pre pared to receive Tenders for the purchase of the WASTE PAPER of this Department. Every Tender must be addressed "to her MAJESTY'S POST- ItASTER GENERAL," and must be superscribed " TENDER FOR WASTE PAPER," And no Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock noon On the 22d of Feb: uary next. Full particulars and information on the subject may be obtained at the Dead Letter Office of this Department, on appllsation\at that °like, between the Lours of Ten A. at., and Four r. at. General Post-oftlce Jan. 22, 1847 " * SrEAM via the CAPE to MADRAS, CAL CUTTA, PENANG, SINGAPORE., and HONG-KONG, ca lling at the CAPE, MACUITItis' and CEYLON. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company intend e ispateh their Steam Ship s . a ' PEKIN," of 1,000 Tons, 400 horse power, 30th January. “POTTINGER," of 1,400 Tons, 500 horse power, sth February. tio/he accommodation for passengers are of a eery superior descrlp- The Cabin fittings, together with bedding, linen, and every requisite are provided at the Company's expens-, The rates of pas -I.;:',ge are, to the Cape, 601. ; to the Mauritius, 751. ; to Calcutta, 84/., c . , Z 441,1 3 a handsome table, wines, &&c., and every expense. - `‘or Plans and farther particulars, apply at the Company's Offices, li, St, Mary Axe, London. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PROFESSOR SCIRENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Lx plosive COTIRpOIIII46, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED en I 7 Dr. RYAN, daily at Half- past Throe o'clock; and on the Evenings DI Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. he Principle of the 'various EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELE • IPIIS explained daily by Professor ItACIIIIOFFNER, Including 111 '11 ' e Patent of Messrs. Cook and Wheatstone, in use on the railways, and the more r ecent Patent of Messrs. N ott an d G am bl e ; th e var i ous 21 "Als explained. 3tuTnifled Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, riXllNted by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, witk Use DE rRUCTIV'E INSECT, supposed by A. simee, Esq., F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING VI E " - A. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The PHYSIOSCOPE, new (I lIROMATROPE, lore,. kc. Admission Is. Schools, hslf-prics. BARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC rORTRAI TS " can now, from the irereased sensitiveness of au Plates, be taken in the dullest weather, If not densely foggy, in a " respects as geed as if in the sunshine."—Times. Establishments— 34, .street, Westminster; P 5, King William-street, City; And the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. ATETROPOLITAN AND SUBURBAN CE- METERIES SOCIETY. Provisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament. First Capital, 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, IL 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES. B B. Cabbell, Esq., 31. P F.R.S., &c. Luke James Hansard, Esq. Prospectuses. with the Estimates, may be had, on application. from Messrs. Bourdillion and Sons, Solicitors, Great Winchester street, or at the 011 ices of the Company, 6, Broad street Buildings. By order of the Committee, EDWARD HOAILE, Secretary. PROVINCIAL Provisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament. First Capital, 250,000/., in Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, Two Shillings per Share. • THUBTEES. B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., Lake James Mansard, Esq. Prospednses moy he had from, and application for Shares may be made to, Messrs. Bourdillion and Sons, Solicitors, Great Winchester street, or at the Offices of the Company. By order of the Committee, EDWARD INARE, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Farliame:&t. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect I. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-tisirds of the premiums paid (ase Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion if his in crests to meet other cenvenicmces or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible atcs. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a :north bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scalg. EXAMPLES, .4 tontts R Premium ''' 1 ' I added. Bonns In Cash. was g Assured g- $"•*". g I may g Borrow. JC £s,d, 1A37 ,woo $ 4 1 . 118391 11840 i 1134 ii :.£217 15 1 £lO9 0 11 1 .216 0 4 IP.I 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 2, 165 11 10 74 1 9' 11 3 1 ' 116 7 6 51 0 10 1 7 13_10 111 6 8 49 10 0, 710 4 X 445 e 0 355 11 1 346 2 3 396 13 4 247 4 5 The dIYIIOII of profits is annual, and the next will be made la December of the preseat year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANT.— 8, Waterloo-place, Pall.mall, London : 97, George-street, Edinburgh; .12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col ege-green, Dnblin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1334. n 1841, th e Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on thl sum nasured to all pollees of the participating clue, from the time they w ere effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next division of p rof i ts in 1848 should make Immediate application. When the Insuratica is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be paid for the nest 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, L. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. tt, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where Prospectuses, &c., may be had. p ROVIDENTLIP-E OFFICE, bO, REGENT STREET, LONDON, Established 1806. INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0007. Annual Income 140,0001. Bonu sea declared 529,0001. Claims paid since the tistablishme.nt of the Oftl.co, 1,820,0001, PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIRECTO2S. The Earl of Macclesfield. Frederick Squire, Esq. Sir John Osborne, Bart. Rev. James Sherman. John Deering, Req. Alfred Beaumont, Esq. Alexander Henderson, M.D. Richard Sherwood, Esq. „, 1 . The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life "niers, the rate without bonus Is lower than that of moat other tftlee 2. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the rodue tiozi of the Pretniums, or may bo received In cash as soon as 44- C:1 " ,1 , at their then present value. rul . 0 Loans are granted upon the Policies i s s ue d by this &lice, or the iea are purchased at their full value. 4. If a pa r t y noglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, be may re Tair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of flood health. Bomiscs paid upon Policies which have become Claims. Life inured. :Sulu insured Sum paid. .£. litn Wharton, E. Skelton Castle 5,000 Ste John Saunders tiehright, Bart. I 5,000 Site William Wake, Bart. .. rl Stralthmore•••• ••• " ***** 5,000 Iler. 11. W Champneys Canterbury' I 3,000 2,000 rTrlMCaar'tihuels'ar°'tt "rt.lksieY. " • • .• 1 ' 0 0 4 s. d. 7,706 6 0 7.652 13 3 7,.560 5 9 7,12 A 15 A 4,509 1 1 3,411 1 3 1,662 4 11 rrospectu.ea and full parcuars may he obained upn applica 'o,l to the ageing of the office ti in l all the principal t terms; of o the United , om ; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, January 20, 1847. Notice Is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the LaNV Life Assurance Society will be held at the So• elety'soflice, Fleet-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of February next. at Half-past Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, pur smant to the provision of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the PUtpose of receiving the Auditors annual report of the accounts of tt'e Society up to the 31F,t. December last, and to ELECT a TRUSTEE in the room of the Right Honourable Sir N. C. Tindal, deceased, late LO'd Chief Juitice of the Court of Common Pleas, and for general DIR 3 OB a. By order of the Directors, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actra-y. fluidness will commence at Twelve o'clock precisely. The Dividend on the Capital Stock of the Socloty, for the year 1845 ", Lee ❑ in course of pAyinent since the Gth day of Anril last. 1\ E W DRAWING PENCIL 6, 3d. each, or 2s. 6,1. per Dozen, got up In polished cedar, to toPreyetit the lead dust adkering to the pencil and soiling the hands, wth tile degrees of hardness and the makers' names stamped on them i r r 'i ,._"`-t• ROWNEY, DILLON, and ROWNEY (late Rowney and _sr!tter) Manufacturers, M, Rathbone-place, London. To be had of `" Booksellers and Stationers In town and country. TESTIMONIALS. From J. A. nammersley, Esq., Head Drawing Masterof the Government School of Design, Nottingham. " Sept. 8. 1R IG. ;I Dear Sirs,—l have tried all the lead pencils you forwarded to me, "M co nsider them the b es t I h ave ever h ad; i ndeed, it is Impossible , 4 ° ,1 1 Y to compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I Yet found In p enc il s, amongst which I may name their mycbeau transparency and clearness. I have not o nly ma d e use of them ti, n ei but have h a d th em tr i ed by several students In this are their ex cellence is acknowledged by my pupil. The double ° most SUperbpencils. " I am, Sirs, " Yours most repectfally, ,-,_ ?re m " J. A. lIAMMERSLEY." Barnard, Esq., Head Drawing Master, Rugby School. ..85, Great Po r tl an d- s t ree t, L ondon, June 25, 1545. the, (I .. entlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry respecting my opinion of thatan{l value of your now pencils, I do not hesitate to say arit : L fled t hem excellent in all respects, with entire freedom from 11nm".Nst'orking well, whether hard or so!t. These qualities, com h their moderate price, render them very krt valuable to 4 n-S and their pupils, "Truly yours, " G. BARNARD." From George Petrie, Esq., R.11..t. pt.. " Great Charles-street, May 27, 1845. Recta entif vneh.—l have tried the set of pencils which you wore so tile- t° s end me, and I have no hesitation in expressing my op - won they are far superior to any that I have used for many orsl'erhaP, indeed to any that I ever used. Were the price 0 t hree four ti ttles w h at it is, I should take them with plea -1 and I shall recommend them confidently to my Moods. " I am, Gentlemen, " Faithfully yours, "GEOLGE PETRIE, R.H.A." Thawney and Co." " 3 3, Wackett-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845. G entlemen,—l have made use of your new pencils, and consider a most d es i ra b le acquisition either to the artist or the amateur. ,„leY work pleas an tl y, and the variety of tint which they are capable ‘ 4 ' producing renders them valuable in sketching. "I aro, Gentlemen. "Yours moat truly, " " T. Af. RIC ARDSON, Son." Mesrrs. H Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, London." 'the manufacturers particularly request the attention of the trade .0 their pencils. LONDON AND WESTAIINSTER BANK. lip„ Notice is hereby given, !that the ANNUAL GENERAL I , _ v-TING of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held at „I.l"rjtank in Lothbury, On WEDNE3I3II", the :Id day of March next, ,;', l " ti ne o'Clock prreiscly, to declare a Dividend, to submit for conflr nftt.,°,Tlthe Election of Joshua 'Walker, Esq., who has been noini ` °Y the Board of Directors in the room of Patrick Maxwell oon, ait ' Esq. M P deceased; to appoint three Directors in the n i 11,,,,;• of T homa ' niarneomb, Esq., David Salomons, Esq., and Henry th e ri n et. Esq. • w h o go ou t by rotation, but being eligible offer holial"17" for Its-Election ; also to consider the propriety of ap for otl t " additional Directors to proceed to such Election, and il el. li er ri k7esim The following two gentlemen being . duly quail pored e ll ,-; — " ki s. FAT, and John Garrett Cattley, Esq., have pro flotitec-91nselves as each Directors, and have given the necessary Lom, •By order of the Board, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. .r.J(tnuary 28, 1847. Dann „(ransfer Books Will be closed from the 15th of February nest the 1 0th of March, to prepare for the Dividend. NORTO N ,s 5 pii MILE PILLS, FOR INDIGESTION, &c. S TRULY VALUABLE CAMO- Deetill: Is are a pure extract or camomile flowers, prepared b y a than n :Proeees, by which all arei properties of moderate rhermcire eiz m —.o° ou nce of the flowers concentrated into four o,,___ fan, t-dai They are mild in operation, and have pFoved . 7 p i '7,,r_ 4:::,;.:eaMndful in removing every sympton of indigestion, sietcao of th e ~,,°" of appetite, giddiness, heartburn, costlvencm, eruptions all complaints arising from a disordered state of t r h a e . thee 1 411 °Tfrans require no alteration of diet, and thelrop e e u. lau nr , ~ bbe found so beneficial in giving tone to the stomach, t r r .g o - Vie,(7.`,Lp °Well, and in promoting a healthy habit, as fully who Nava , 11 ,e sarr,:_;'„whe take them of their great utility. I crt one ha fe l , ~,;,..,70re indigestion for several , yeas have, by their nee, in . a th e eti,;'',ll Perfectly recovered, wbuch sea convincing proof that in Prleei,T4st compass is containel the largest qnantity of the tonic threq,,' °f Bo Peculiar a nature as to pervade the Whole system, kr Which it diffuses health and strength, the kr n ' A b ottileB at 18.1%d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. each, In every to in ~r 9 _. us444;*c.—lle sure to ask for " lcorton's Pills," and be not per '''' PltrehB4o an Imitation. tKET S ' 04 , Lanca s 7; s ita ti -Eas t La )Inshire, 24 134 Q uarter' 'r, 3 latieheste, Preston, •40,1,5 >rth-Weste,L old Shares t idon A nd e r and Le p. and a -l e ,, ter, Stien..,,6o, 213. C , itur • e, 3 P. ur/ an -Shre w 129 3d )Itto, 9;* 1 17•--. ( No. 2). ) i Junc tion, r eavw' • A stle, Pr efe P. 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LONDON, SATURDAY E PUBLICATIONS. UNIFORM WITH "MISS% LIFE OF ELDON." Nov ready, with PortraUs, 3 vols. Sm, 423., LIFE OP LORD SIDMOUTH ; with hia CORRESPONDENCE. By the DEAN OF NORWICH. John Murray, Alberstarle-street. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY, This Day is Published, No. XLI., Post Ern., 2s. 51., ritHE SIEGES of VIENNA by the TURKS, A. Translated from the German. Ity the EARL of ELUSMERE. John Murray, Albemarle-streot. TALE OF LONDON LIFE IN TIIE MIRROR. Price One Shilling, with Illutrations. THE MIRROR, for FEBRUARY, contains "THE MISER'S WILL," by the Editor, PERCY B. ST. Book IL—Tho Japanese Minstrels. Two Huts on the Rock; by Edmund Oilier. Habakkuk Sallenbacha, or the Merchant of Jericho. The Waterfall. Lloyd's Coffee House; by J. A. lieraud. Our Patron ; by Frances Brown. My Uncle's Diary ; by lon. The Blind Men's Banquet. Mysterious Proceedings; br Faany.E. Lacy. Proposed Scientific Association, addressed •to the Working Classes ; by Leslie Sutton. Visitation of 'Woe—lreland ; by C. T. Browne. Abd-el-Kadcr, or the Caves of Darsh; by Stewart Farquharson. Pictures of the Times—l. Crime of Poverty. Better Time, ;by Frances Brown. Assurance Societies. With Literary Reviows, Notes of the Month, and Dramatic Notices. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. TWENTY-FIRST GENERAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act of Incorpora tion, the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Landon, oa TUESDAY, the 9th day of February Next, at One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Directors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the transaction of other business. And this Meeting is also made Special, for the purpose of submit ting to the Shareholders the drafts of the several Bills hereinafter mentioned, which are about to be introduced into Parliament in the present session. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make _ _ a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, Rear Cambridge, to the liertford and Ware Branch of the Northern and Eastern Railway with liranchcs. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with Branches. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway, at Hertford, to the Great Northern Railway, near Hitchin. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from the Eafttern Counties Railway, at or near Foreat gate station, to Southend, with Branches. A Bill for making a railway from the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway, near Braintree to Halstead. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to take a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at Tottenham, to or near to Guildford-street, with branches to the East and West India Dock, and Birmingham Junction Railway. A hill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Rail way Company, of the North Woolwich Railway, and tho lease of the Pepper Warheuses and Wharves of the East and West India Dock Company, and the construction of docks In connexion with the North Woolwich Railway. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the parish of Etten, in the county of Northampton, to the Ambergate, Notting ham, and r, oston Junction Railway, near Folkingliana. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding, to the Nottingham and:, Lincoln . Branch of the Midland Counties Railway. A Bill to enable the Eastern Co Railway Company to mak e a railway from Wisbeach to Spa and to construct Clocks at. Wisheach in connexion therewith. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to enlarge their London and Stratford Stations. and to Amend some of the Pro visions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Com pany. - A hill to enable the' Eastern Counties Railvray Company to make a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway at West Rain to or near the Victoria rark. with Branches to the East and West India Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway, in the parish of Somersham, to the town of Romsey. A Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, of the Malden, Witham, and Braintree Railway. Tho TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 30th January, and will not bo OPENED until Warr- NEIDAY, the 10th Fe)ruary. GEORGE HUDSON, Chal.nnan. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Rishopnate Station, 22d January, 1847. N.B. Th: DIVIDEND for the H LF-YEA.R, ending the 4th Ja nnary tact, will be payable to those parties who, on the 30th Janua r y next, shall be the Registered Proprietors in the Books of the Company. ORN WALL RAI LWAY. HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEE TING. Notice is hereby given that the IJALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING "of the Shareholders in the Cornwall Railway Company will be held at the Assembly Room, at Truro, on TUESDAY, the 234 day of February next, at One •'clock precisely, The Transfer Books will he closed on the 9th day of February next, and will not be opened until after the saki Half-yearly Ordi nary Meeting. Notice is hereby further given, that after the business of the said half-yearly ordinary meeting on the 23d day of February next shall have been transacted; the v.ieeting will he made SPECIAL, at which meeting there will be submitted to the Proprietors present, for their approval, a draft of a certain Bill proposed to be introduced into Parliament in this Session, with the title and for the purposes follow ing, that is to say :—" A Bill to authorise an alteration in the Line of the Cornwall Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and for other purposes." _ J. T. TRIZETBT, Cha!rman. IV. li. BOND, itccretary. Cornwall Railvray Office, Truro, Jan. 20, 1847. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.-ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the ORDINARY BATS-YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDt.RS of this COMPANY will he held at the Palatine Hole!, in Manchester, in the county of Lan caster ,on the 2d day of FEBRUARY next, at the hour of Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day. And notice is hereby tUrther given, that, in necordance with a re quisition signed by more than twenty shareholders in the maid under taking, holding, in the aggregate, riot less than one-tenth of the capital of the Feld Company, en EXTHAORDINARY GENERAL EETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the said COMPANY, will be held at the Palatine Hotel aforesaid, on the stay and year afore said, at Twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, or immediately en the termination of the business of the said ordinary Meeting, for the ibilowing purposes, namely —" To receive, consider, and decide, on he steps to be taken with respect to the report of Messrs. William Gibb, George William Cram, and William Nichol, the Committee of Investigation appointed on Saturday, the nth day of July last, and to determine on the propriety of reducing the number of the Directors from twelve to six, and if thought advisable, specifically to remove six of the present Directors. And notice is hereby further given, that at the said last-mentioned meeting the Directors will apply for powers to proceed with, and en deavour to obtain, in the ensuing Session of Parliament, Acts for alteration of Main Ltne and Hawes Branch, with power to purchase, rent, or use the Northern Counties Union Railway, and amendment of Acts relating to the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway, and to the Northern Counties Union Railway Companies; Railway from the East Lancashire Railway near Burn ley, to join the Burnley Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way, with power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway Company, or to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company; and Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction and Northern Counties Union Railways Amalgamation. And the Directors do hereby convene the said meetings accordingly. THOS. ROBT. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. C . . 3 / 1 1 0 . 0 / R N E GI II' k SON,/ Secretaries. 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It appeared that the criminal's name was Thomas Parton, his ago sixty-four, and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation in the year 1818 to Van Diemen's Land, where he became free and resided seine years, though latterly he had been living in the bush in this country. In his confession he stated that about thirty years ago he deserted from the Berkshire Militia, commanded by Colonel Ravenshaw, and met with a woman named Elizabeth Howell, at Dorchester, Oxon, who was cognisant of the fact 0 , 4 ... his desertion ; suspecting that she intended to betray him, he, in order to frustrate her purpose, at once felled her with a stick, and afterwards stabbed her; she died, and he im mediately started for London : there was no witness of the deed. He also confessed that ho had afterwards murdered a . contemporary man, named John llaster, at Norwood.—Port Philip Patriot, of July, 1846. . AN ODORIFEROUS CEITICISNI.—We find the fol it.rring amusing specimen of criticism quoted in the adver tisements of a melange of prose and verse, from a fashionable in which stopped ' and sprigs of sw showy poetry and sober prose, pleasant essays, :—" A fragrant nosegay of literary blossoms, LlEAsweet-sinelling rhyme, are bound together." D RIOTS IN DUBLlN.—Sereral bakers' carts have been were called out and rifled this morning. The horse-police Bodies . . at an early hour, and the mob dispersed. lea of military Pilot of w edu Patrolled the streets all da}• yesterday.— ezdar. ' . . NING REPRESENTATION OF SALIS BURY. Shortly before six o'clock on . Monday evening, a large and highly respectable party of the electors, nearly 200 in num ber, dined together at the Cduncil Chamber, Mr. R. Hetley in the chair. The dinner, which was provided by Mr. Ro gers of the Red Lion, and Mr. Fig es of the Three Swans was a very excellent one, and the wines were of the best . quality. After the removal of the cloth, ".2Von. loins Dotnine' was finely sung by the musical gentlemen present, who, during the evening, sang severa l s ongs and glees in a very superior style, an d were much applended. The usual loyal and occasional toasts followed, and were received with due honours. The health of the Mayor of Salisbury was drunk with three times three. That of the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese also elicited loud cheering. Mr Pane, in proposing the health of Mr. Campbell Wynd ham their seni or M em b er, remarked, that, although theywould very soon be deprived of his services as a representa• tive, he trusted that they should always have him as a neighbour and friend.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then rose, and remarked that they had now arrived at the toast of the evening,—the health of Mr. Chaplin—(Cheers.) He congratulated his brother electors on the choice they had that day made of a representative— (Cheers.) He had looked forward with great pleasure to that day, and he firmly believed that Salisbury bad on that occasion done the hest thing she had done for a long time, since he was fully persuaded that Mr. Chaplin would always feel happy to prowte the best interests of the city.—(Cheers.) Mr. Chaplin's health wax received with continued rounds of cheers, and when he rose to return thanks, the applause was long-cuntinned and of the most enthusiastic character. Silence having at length been obtained, Mr. Chaplin re marked, that their excellent chairman had certainly given him a good character; but he could not have anticipated' that his health would have been received in such an en thusiastic. manner. So very kind a reception had left him without the power to express the intensity of his feelings.— (Cheers.) He was labouring under a weight of grati tude—gratitude for what he had just exrerienced at their hands, and gratitude fury the great kindness he had received from the people of Salisbury at large.—(Cheers.) He felt proud of the people of Salisbury. He was proud of their independence —an independence which he could not have anticipated, -sinus he had - isard much of the bribery and corruption, and of the powerful interest brought to bear upon the poorer votersi n borough towns. He honestly believed, however, that on that occasion no such influence had bean exercised.—(Cheers.) As he had said in the morn ing, he felt proud at the independence manifested by the people of Salisbury, all classes having joined together, irrespective of party-, animated by the single desire of contributing to the general good.—(Cheers.) Voters who had never voted before had come forward on that occa sion ; and persons who had never before attended an elec tion festival were that evening assembled with them in that room—thus acting together with a praiseworthy independence of party con siderations.—(Cheers.) They had sent him as a free and independent man to Parlia ment. His time had hitherto been occupied in private pur suits, so that he had not had occasion to seek the favour of any Government, nor was it very likely that he ever should. —( Laughter and cheers.) llis desire was to me rg e politics in good feeling, and a hearty desire to co-operate for the wel fare of the town.—(Cheers.) He was aware of the responsi bility lie was incurring in taking up a position between the two parties into which Salisbury was divided ; but lie should pursue an honest, straightforward course ; and he trusted that he should experience no difficulty in securing among them a spirit of harmony and good will.—(Cheers.) After a few further remarks, Mr. Chaplin proceeded to say, that he hoped the example of Salisbury would be a beacon fur the guidance of all the provincial towns in the kingdom.—(Cheers.) The electors of Salisbury had not required from him a pledge; but he voluntarily pledged himself, determinate's. and sin cerely, to exert himself on all occasions in the best pos sible manner to promote the prosperity of the town.— (Cheers.) In conclusion, Mr. Chaplin proposed as a toast, " Prosperity to the city of Salisbury," with three times three." The next toast was :" The Members for the County." Then followed " The Magistrates for the city," the Chair man remarking that all things had been conducted so quietly of late, that they had not had much to do: still they were to be thanked for keeping them in such good order. T. O. STEVENS returned thanks. He congratulated the meeting on the gratifying manner in which the pro ceedings of that day had passed off, and on the good feeling which had been manifested by all classes in the city—so that the interference of the magistrates had been rendered wholly uunscesiary.—(Cheers.) Mr. ANDRE\VS then gave the healths of the gentlemen who had proposed and seconded the nomination of Mr. Chaplin, with many thanks to them for the able manner in which they had performed that duty.—(Cheers.) The Citazamax (Mr. netley) returned thanks for the very kind manner in which they had received the toast. He assured the company that it was far from his wish to have taken so prominent a part in the pro ceeding!, of the day. Another gentleman would have pro posed Mr. Chaplin, had ho not been prevented bra bad cold. Having put his shoulder to the wheel, however, be (Mr. Het ley) was determined not to stop at any point, but to go through with any duty he might be required to undertake —(Cheers). Ile again returned thanks for the Kindness with which the toast had been received. Mr. FAwcErr returned thanks in an able address, in which he said that he had never in the whole course of his life felt more just reason to be proud than of the part be had taken that day in seconding the nomination of Mr. Chaplin as their representative. lie felt proud also that he had been in some measure instrumental in introducing Mr. Chaplin to their notice, since he knew that that gen tleman must prove most acceptable to the city.—(Cheers.) Free trade was now settled, and all parties concurred in the opinion that it ought to have a full and fair trial.—(Cheers.) Mr. Fawcett then pointed out the advan tages to be derived by Salisbury from railway extension, As affording employment to the poor, and giving the means of a ready transit to all parts of the United Kingdom, which would lead people from a distance to visit them, and purchase the commodities for which Wiltshire was celebrated—corn and cattle—they receiving in turn fuel and other commodi ties of which they stood in need for domestic use. He was convinced, that groat benefit world thus be experienced by free commercial intercourse, not merely by his fellow citizens, but by the country at large.—(Cheers.) After some further t remarks, Mr. Fawcett concluded by the expression of an , :a ia rnes wish that all present might long to see Mr. f C r l in i nn i in their representative, and that Mr. Chaplin years occupy the position in which they had that day pla ce d . . might o y him.—(Cheers. ) The health of Mr. George Pain was then proposed by Mr. Vandenhoff, and heartily responded to. In returning thanks, Mr. Pain acknowledged the very kind and enthusiasted manner in which the toast had been received. He had felt it to be his duty to act, .in tll: present instance, for the i n t eres ts f defied arty one to say, that h e h a d evere itnhethecic-onrshead,of his life acted upon impr oper motives.—(Cheers') lie in the present awful circumstances of the country, thought it bettor to consult the best interests of his fellow-citizenshine preference to adhering to the interest of ad that trusted, by the blessing of God, that the step they h. day taken would be attended by the happiest consequences. n honour for The health of the Vice-Presidents followed--- 9 . which Mr. W. Blackmore returned thanks. osed, as party, add Mr. T. 0. STEVENS then, in an able address, pro' , ,a toast, " Prosperity to the South-Western Com pany,RaiwistY and the health of the Secretary, Mr. Laurentz are . , Camp bell." In the course of his speech, Mr. Stevens remkn that he had at one period been opposed to railway construc tion, being apprehensive that that mode cf tranis a i c w . o r u o ld have the effect of centralising and drawing all the tr t tli ce , 1 o tia le the provinces to the metropolis; but having kingdom,ll he general extension of railways throughout the had become aware that it was absolutely essential that t i i n a i t ui S t a io li a s . - bury should be included in that mode of "%laical prin- Thal, with regard to any alleged change in his p w __ not the ciples, he had only to observe, that the presenrtt a 5 y feeling.— time to sacrifice the general welfare to mere and he had (Cheers.) He thought the step they had Just adopted cal • culated to further the best interests of Salisbury p'olitical con therefore felt it to be his duty, irrespective of siderations, to use his best exertions to secure t he return of their new rnember.—(Loud (Simpers.) had sub- Mr. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL (after the cheering .erc ___ bich ha d sided) said, that he felt deeply the compliment t. "" been paid him by coupling his name with that very great ful body ho rose to represent , but ho .felt al so - - f the presence o diffidence in assuming such a position in of the power their new representative—(Cheers)—the dbefore them. — Company in whose name he then appeare pportunity of (Cheers.) He said he would take thud confidence he Chairman of the thanking Mr. Chaplin for the courtesyii had shown towards him in intrusting (Mr. Chaplin) could so much_ o mre r. Ai Campbell) assured have performed.—(Cheers.) II conscious that the rapturous manner a l b l s y i t: e n i ( t. l h b a e n d e t fi a cTa llliye them that he was quite from c i o the sh feel ing w•ni n which of f kindness the toast felt was received thte i y arose a nd entirely i r a e l l? 0 , lies nd sincerei returninga them, in the name o towards the Soutl i i proud faction to him to I-11fVesthtearnt company,eemPa ; for the honour which had resat done them, he assured them that it would be a of p represent, and a their labours were 80 hi g hl y source that t h e deepest gratification t o his directors to learn , appreciated, and he inhabitants of Salisbury,—(L en d earnestly desired by t their future prosperity so unanimously a n d ed them that the direction of the South cheering.` i He assur comp of gentlemen of every shade Western Railway come before the people of Salisbury of political opinion ' : but ss that they were unanimous in request ing their chairman to they y not p ool congratulations upon his return (Cheers) and that unanimous in their oneheart rejoice in the -- (Cheers)—but that they results of that day.—(Loud cheers.) peaceful tendencies and Campbell) had taken perhaps ho these a an ore highly than he did proceed ings;theoieeh conspi cuous, but he trusted fdfoitn for no one value which had been so honourably igts of freedom in election 3'vindi cated,exercised, by the electors of Salisbury— and so nobly in as he did, that the (Loud cheers)—but, hello believing, as upon a success of railway enterprise depended feelings of the thorough appre ciation of the wants and localities through which the railwaywas carried, h e wou l d have failed in his duty had he not done all in his power to at a time when, by the ha • • make their acquaintance . pp) union was offered, not of all parties, an opportunity )_ e to be lost, add rarely to be met with..... (cheers. H would not enter upon the question of politics; but thishe would say, that the re suit of this election was, in fact, a triumph of principle over party ; it was an echo of that spirit which, breathed by the Sovereign in her Speech, had inspired the Legislature, and would, he hoped, go forth and actuate enlightened England, enduring Scotland, and unhappy' Ireland, as the surest mode of alleviating those calamities which ho prayed might be averted, but which now so unhappily impended._(send and continued cliecring.) With respect to the railway s y s t em generally, it had, in his (Mr. Campbell's) opinion, an espe cial claim to the sympathy of this Cathedral city—this seat of Christianity; for he believed that its general adoption would prove of the greatest benefit to the progress of civi lisation and to the extension of the saving truths of the Gospel.—(Cheers.) In answer to an apprehension expressed by the preceding speaker, that the spread of railways would lead to a system of metropolitan centralisation, Mr. Camp bell said that he had no doubt he could quiet the apprehen sions of his friend Mr. Stevens, and of the company then present, when he informed them that the o bj ect of the S o uth-Western Company was to render Salisbury their point of centralisation in the West of England.—(Loud cheering.) But lie did not believe tha t trio intelligent citizens o f S a Es • bury bad chosen a representative simply from the prospective benefit to be derived from that undertaking of which he was the chairman ; but it was because they knew that the direc tors and shareholders of that railway were men of great in- S N 9 JANUARY 30, 1847. fluence, of great intelligence, and of great commercial enter prise, and would not have placed at their head a man unequal to represent them; and they knew, moreover, that the city of London would not elect as their Sheriff a gentleman un worthy to represent Salisbury.—(Cheers.) Mr. Campbell then said, that, as his chairman and their representative was c anparatively a stranger to them, while he was, in consc luence of his close official relation with Mr. Campbell, int:- mately known to hire, he hoped to be allowed briefly to the :ail what he conceived the leading characteristics of Mr. Chaplin to be. Mr. Chaplin was gifted with extraordinary • foresight, to which was added the greatest energy, persever ance. and an unflinching integrity—(Cheers) —and all these qualities, he could Assure them, were engrafted on the kindest of hearts.—(Loud cheers.) He could assure them that, in his (Mr. Campbell's) extensive acquaintance, he had never met a man sl completely devoid of politi cal partisanship; and, therefore, whatever might be .;aid, he could assure them, that Mr. Chaplin had sacri ficed no principle for the sake of a temporary advantage— (Cheers)—but that he was in the habit of bringing his strong practical mind to bear upon every subj ec t w i t h out prejudice, as it arose before him :—in fact, as a politician, it might of him, if it ever could of any man, be said, tl. at In moderation placing all his glory, While Tories called him \%'hig, the Whigs, a Tory." After the loud cheering had ceased, Mr. CAMPBELL proposed, as a toast, " Mr. Alderman rain, and the Town Council of Salisbury." Mr. PAIN returned thanks. The next toast war;" Mr. Chaplin's agents." Mr. R. H. HODDING returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, as a toast, " Mrs. Chaplin and the Ladies." Mr. CHAPLIN, in returning thanks, said, that Mrs. Chaplin would always feel happy to join the ladies of Salisbury, and assist the-in in their kind efforts in behalf of the poor and leserying of their own sex in Salisbury and its neighbour hood.—(Cheers.) The toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers" followed, after which the meeting broke up. have been brought forward for undertakings and speca ations in the country? All our railways, it is true, absorb a large amount cf our individual means, but they do not send our money to supply foreigrars ; and it is doubted whether, had it not been for our railways, spe culations abroad would not have deprived us of that deposit we can now spare. All money matters in the aggregate, between nation end natam, are, or rather should be, a eubjeet of deep interest and consi deration. There are unfortunately few who understand its viral importance; but one thing is certain, that an incredible amount is lost annually by us as a nation, brought about by our exchange with foreigners, aed ct n sequent on a fallacious arrangement of the standard f value and circulating medium of this country, and the sooner the evil is rooted up the better lemur presperity. EXPERIMENTS ON THE PARIS AND ST. GERMAIN ATMOSPHERIC.—A few days ago experiments were made on this line between the stations at the wood of Vesiner, and the park of the Chateau, in the presence of several members of the Legislature, engineers, and others inn:- reted in the atmospheric system. A train, containing the visitors, left the Paris station, Rue St. Lezare, at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and arrived at the Vesinet at 40 minutes last. The signal to set in motion the sta tionary engine at St. Germain, was sent by the electric telegraph lald down under the direction of M. 1316,_;uet. A vacuum of 32 eentitra res was then effected in two minutes, 30 seconds; and a train composed of five carri ages, besides that containing the piston, started off at full speed. The ascent to St. Germain was accomplished in four minutes, the average speed being therefore 33 kilo ' metres per hour. The vacuum increased during that time from 32 centimetres to 43 centimetres. Five other trains succeaively ran at intervals of three-quarters of an hour, the number of carriages being increased every time until it reached eleven, exclusive of the piston carriage. Every time the results grew more and more favourable. The last train, the heaviest of all, and the weight of which eras 54 tons, performed the ascent in no mote than four minutes, under the influence of a vacuum varying from 32 to 65 centimetres. The vacuum of 32 centi metres was always obtained in two minutes and a half, with but one machine. The four pncurnatie cylinders were worked for only two minutes, and that solely when the train be gan to ascend the gradients of 32 and 35 mil limetres, which terminate the line. Trains of nine or ten carriages ascended in three minutes and a halt, under the influence of a vacuum, varying between 35 and 50, and even 65 centimetres. This last degree has never been surpassed in England. The next experiments a ill take place before the commission appointed by the Minister of Public Works, to preient a report on the at mospheric system. LETTER OF ABD-EL-KADER TO THE GENERAL IN COMMAND AT ORAN. The following letter, of the authenticity of which we have eo means of judging, from Abd-el-Kader to a French General, whose name is not given, but who is probably the General in command at Oran, who exerted himself for the release of the prisoners, is published by the Semuine : " From the Emir of the Mussulmans, El Sid el Ilads Abd•el-Kader—whom may God protect—to General --May God bestow his generosity on all who hold the faith, and may the safety and the mercy of God be upon every true believer, upon all who do not wander from the right way to salvation. We shall ac quaint you, as between friends and neighbours, that when your prisoners, who were in our hands, the Colonel and his companions, had lost all hope from the Marshal, from General Lamoriciere, and the others, they applied to us for permission to write to you, and they did write to you, after we had several tunes given them leave to do so ; but the answers were not favourable. When the primmers dernanled en audience of us we granted it to them, and they put to us the following question : Why have you slain our companions ? We answered them:—lt was your brethren who command at Algiers and over its dependencies who slew them. We also said :—At the time we set at liberty more than 10,0 erisoners, who were at Tagdempt, we sent them to hugeertd, hut he did not appreciate that service. Yet it is just that Sovereigns should recompense such services. Wo have kept silence—we have not spAen one word on the subject of a single prisoner taken from us. After that you and your companions fell into our hands. We have treated you with care and respect, and even better than we have treated cur own troops. Bugeaud has committed a thing so violent that no true- soldier would have committed it. We sent him one of our chosen chiefs to confer with him on an exchange of prisoners. This man was thrown into prison, where he has remained. Where upon we exclaimed with astonishment—in all countries, in all times, an envoy charged with letters has hed nothing to fear. how, then, does it come to pass that Bugeaud, who is a marshal, should do a thing not allowed to any man ? How can it have entered into the mind of the French, who are men of reason and capa city, strong and warlike, that the Sultan of Fez could take from us by force prisoners, and above all when acquainted with things in general, and not ignorant of our affairs or those of others ? This it is that has se much displeased err rtrti - become the cause of our having given orders to slay your companions. When the pri soners had heard our cords they all replied Yes! yes ! yes! S,me days after this conversation, the prisoners became reconciled, and having had proofs of our bounty, or generosity, or good treatment towards them, had recourse to the ehicts of our Deirah and to our lialifahs to endeavour to obtain from us their delivery. We yielded to the prayers offered up to us in their favour, and consented to act them at liberty, con• forming to what is written in the Ft to of the book of our Prophet, which says, 'Begin by takint; ,prisoners, but afterwards set them at liberty, either by means of exchange or for nothing.' On being askeel by what road they wished to depart, they replied by that of Melilla. We consen:e I to this. and sent fur the chiefs who cot: meat d in the environs of Melilla. They came to us ; we gay. them the charge, and they undertook it. We have re cepiiulated all that first took place,. in order that you may be fully informed, and in case there Oleg be en, question raised in the Chamber or elsewhere ys•te mar say that which is just and right on our account No one can blame you, no one can reproach you if you come to be an intermediary between us and France, your native. You will have the merit, so far as it concerns yoursel; and your country, in obtaining from your Sultan greater and more eminent favour than this, for he is greater than we are in ago and sovereignty, and his ex perience is above ours. On your part uo evil has hap pened between us as has happened between us and the Marshal, through ill-intentioned persons of our country, who have sown discord among us and him by means of falsehoods and lies, to which he listened to the extent of taking no account of the good we have done for him. It we had done towards you the good we have done to wards him, you would have been gel crous towards us, you would have consideration for us ; for wo wish only the well-being of the whole earth in what regards secur ity and freedom of passage along roads between neigh bouring places. When at one time peace took place with the consent of the King, it was not we who were the first to break it. We looked forward to nothing but an interchange of many presents and kindly relations between us. But the chiefs at Algiers destroyed this peace after listening to ill-intentioned persons, and from their prepossession for the Maugrabins who came, some in numbers, some singly, to divert themselves with the prisoners who were in our camp. For ourselves, we believe, from what we have heard, that you are equit able, and do not listen to intriguers. Do all in your power to bring about a good understanding between us, in order that in the end amicable relations may be esta blished between you and us. We have sent one of our Aghas to you, with the colonel, that he may see our prisoners who arc in your country, that he may learn how many they be, how many are dead, and remit to us the number. (God is our protector.) I pray you to re ceive this man and recommend him to your people. Do not fail to write to us on the subject of this affair, and others, to the end that our relations may become com plete as well for the present as for the future." THE POTATO ROT. The potato disease has re-appeared. We have this moment received the following communication from Mr. Elphinstone, gardener to the Right Hon. the Speaker, at Heckfield; and we entreat all who wish well to their country to consider it well. It requires no comment. The plants are diseased exactly as in Januar, 1846 : "I herewith forward y ou f or y our inspection some of our walnut leaf kidney potatoes, grown in pots, every one of which within the last three weeks has been at tacked with the disease. The above potatoes were planted singly in 16-sized pots on the 24th November last. Every tuber came up well, and was going on as well as could be wishe l. The number of pots was 80. One part of the pots was placed in a vinery that I commenced forcing at the time, and certainly never from the above day has the temperature been under 50 deg. The other portion of the pots was placed in a new pit heated by hot water, and the temperature has ranged from 55 deg. to 60 deg. The potatoes at taking-up time were of the very best quality, and were laid out to green—a practice which I have followed for upwards of twelve years without a single failure. When taken into the seed room, they were laid on a boarded floor until the time of planting. I have been very minute in examin ing the haulm, and not a single aphis have I been able to detect."—Jan. 18.—(Gardene'rs Chronicle.) THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The following new works are published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had of all booksellers:-1. An Overland Journey to Li s bo n , with a Picture of the Present State of Spain and Portugal By T. M. Hughes, Esq., Author of "Revelations of Spain. 12v01e.. 21s. bound.-2. 1r o.is. 3 and 4of General Montlio o 's History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. llelena, completing the work.-3. Part 2of the Re-Issue of*Burke's Ilistoly of the Landed Gentry, to be completed in 10 Monthly Parts, prier ss. each.-4. Vol. 6of Thiers' History of the Consulate and Empire. Translated by D. Forbes Camp bell, Esq., with the Sanction of the Author. Price only ss. —5. Vol. 7 of Madame D'Arblay's Diary and Letters, com pleting the work.-6. Canada and the Canadians in 1546. By Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Bonnycastle. 2 vols., 20s. bound. RUNNING MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—On Thursday the half-mile running match, between Jones and Rallett, fur 101. aside, came off at Tottenham. Jones took the lead at starting, which he kept for 500 yards, when 11 opponent passed hint. Strenuous efforts were made for the goal, which Rallett reached first, and won the match by 20 yards, having rua over the half -mile of road in two minutes and a half. Ri IL~I' AY lI TELIAGENCE. SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTEM—Mr. Peto confi dently expects to he able to complete this line by the Ist of May next, and he is to receive a handsome premium in the event of his doing so. The line between Gravesend and Rochester is to be re-opened in the course of the ensuing month. A junc tion bas been formed near the Gravesend terminus to connect the London and Gravesend branch of the South- Eastern, in the course of formation. SOUTH WALES.—The works are rapidly progressing. The portion from Kidwelly to WMland will soon receive the permanent way. The company have offered the contractor a large premium if he completes the works earlier than She time specified in his contract. The Kelso branch of the Newcastle and Berwick is to he proceeded with immediately, from Tweedmouth to Sprouston, twenty miles. NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN.— The branch from Newark to Mansfield is staked out, and the works will be commenced forthwith. The.. survcyors are busy staking out a branch from Nottingham through Basferd to Mansfield, and Pinxton near Sutton-in-Ashfield, which will shortly be ready for the contractors. YORK AND NEWCASTLE.--The new line, in conne x i o n with Sunde r l an d, f rom P ens h er, i s staked' out from the main line to the Millfield cottages, at the north-west end of Bishopwearmouth, and is in length about Gi miles. It runs parallel with the river Wear till opposite Deptford, when it takes a southerly direction by Dia mond Hall to Millfield, and thence in a curve past Sun derland Infirmary, across the Stockton-road on the north side of Building-hill, by Hendon-terrace, to the pro jected docks. At Claxheugh rock there will be a cutting through limestone forty feet deep for some distance, and the whole of the way from near Diamond Hall to the shipping terminus will pass over ground at present occu pied by dwellings and garden ground for the space of nearly a mile and a half. This branch from Pensher to Sunderland docks will he let in eight contracts, it is said, in order that it may speedily be done, so as to get by railway from Pensher quarries the freestone required for the construction of the new ducks at Sunderland. The new station will be near the Burdon-road, in a line with Fawcett-street. A new station is also to be erected forthwith near the bridge at Monkvvearmouth, in con nexion with the branch from that part of the town to Shields and Newcastle. All these important improve ments will be completed in the course of the ensuing summer. NORFOLK.—At the approaching special meeting, the proprietors 1611 have to consider propositions-1. For authorising the directors to convert the present loans on mortgage into capital, by the creation of new shares. And 2. For authorising the directors, under the powe..-s of the Act 8 Vic., cap. 16, to consolidate the 101. shares into the general capital stock of the Company. ROYSTON AND HITCIIIN.—This Company, of which Lord llacre is Chairman, propose to extend their lire, and, on satisfactory terms being made, lease it to the Great Northern. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.—Captain Coddington has recently inspected the branch frcm Brighton and Chichester, and also that from Brighton "to Hastings, both of which have been undergoing ho. provemente, and also having a double line of rails laid down. The Inspector- General expressed himself per fcctly satisfied with the 'voila, and the lines will be opened in a day or two. LONDONDERRY AND ENNIS N. ILLE N. —The section be tween Londonderry and Strab7ue is to be opened in the middle of February. The Company are to take mails to and from Londonderry, the time allowed being half an hour. SOUTH-EASTERN (WI:IMITABLE HARBOUR).—For several months engineers have been employed improving the harbour at Whitstable, in order to render it a prin cipal coal derot. A substantial breakwater has been erected, which has been singularly successful in its ac tion, having deepened the entrance and the harbour from four to seven feet, enabling colliers of any tonnage to unload. The work has been designed by Mr. Barlow, the acing. engineer of the Eastern Ceenties. SURVEY OF THE HALIFAX AND QUEBEC.—The various paths engaged on this important survey, now in charge of Lieutenant ller dereon, R.E., have assembled at Fre dericton, where a building has been hired and fitted up as offices. Messrs. Wightman and John Grant, and the surveying sappers, are now engaged in calc u l a ti ng t h e barometrical and other observations, and compiling plans of the various routes explored. One line for the pro posed railway has been explored as far north as the northwest branch of the Restigouche, and another line, formerly examined for a military road, has been ex elored from the Bend to the Waagan portage, between Grand River and the I ead waters of the Restigouche. The country north of the Restigouche, and thence to the St. Lawrence, has not yet been examined, but it is proposed to commenae that service early in March next. The exploring parties have met with a tract of very broken and hilly country stretching directly across New Brunswick, from the Tobiquo to the Bay Chaleur, which will require further examination before the central line for the railway can b.‘ determined upon. It is hoped that the central line will he settled next summer, and then the exact survey for the railway will be commenced, the duties at present being confined to seeking the short est and most practical route. The whole of the la mented Captain Pipon papers, which were left by him at Madawaska, have been brought to Fredericton, and are now deposited in the fire-proof safe at the railway office. The surveying suppers have great experience, and aro men admirably qualified for the service on which they are engaged. Not a moment is lost in the progress cf the work, which is pressed on a s f ast as t h e nature of the duty will admit. Nothing has yet been done with refer ence to the disputed boundary between this province and Canada, owing to the sudden death of Captain Pipon; but the railway survey has not thereby been delayed. THE BREAK OF GUAGE AT GLOUCESTER.—Some months since the country was in a ferment on the ques tion of the break of guage, and the station at Gloucester gained an unenviable notoriety as the most inconvenient terminus in Great Britain. Our Gloucester correspondent informs us that one source of general complaint has been remedied, ahewing some slight symptoms of concession. Until lately the Great Western and the Birmingham and Bristol stations were separated by partitions, whereby, on the arrival of the several trains, some confusion was created by transferring luggage from one station to an other through the narrow apertures in the walls, the in. convenience of break of guage was thereby greatly ag gravated. These partitions hare been reaently taken down, and the terminus now presents a commodious appearance, besides being less obstructive to the efforts of those who were desirous of mitigating the inconveni ence of a break. ENLARGEMENT OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES GOODS DEPOT. —The goods depot of the Eastern Counties, at Bethnal-green, is now being en of enlarged to about three times its original ext en t. A num b er to crowded make way with for th the wretched dwellings,warehouseslmiserable s h e a r v able thoroughfares, whiceh been a demolished erected on their s it e . Of l ate t h e goods t r r e affi n w h has e iinng creased enormously; the weekly receipts amounting to nearly 4,0001. SUNDAY TRAINS ON THE EASTERN UNION.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed mund's (which is to be amalgamated with the Eastern Union), to be held on Friday, an effort, we understand, is to be made to outvote the directors in suppressing the running of trains on a Sunday. A memorial, signed by nearly 300 inhabitants of Ipswich, is about being pre sented to the chairman and directors, praying that the Sunday trains on the Colchester and Ipswich and Ips wich and Bury St. Edmund lines should be abolished. At the last half-yearly meeting a similar attempt was made, but failed. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JIINCTION.—A requisi tion has been sent to the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford, for a special general meeting, for the elec • tion of new directors, and for the re-consideration of the proposals of the Great Western for its purchase. NEWMARKET AND ORESTERFORD.—The call of 51. on the shares of this company is to continue, and not to commence the works. So much has been said, and so many evils have been predicted, on all matters connected with railways and their formation, that some people (observes a corre spondent) may perhaps wonder how a singly share re mains to be quoted, but experientia docet, and people will for the future be only led by truth. If a few millions of our bullion are destined to be drawn from the Bank coffers for various requisites, we are most fortunate in having it in deposit to meet the demand. It may now be a fair question to put a spoke in the wheel on the side of railways; no t only do they hold out labour to the poor, but oes it nut happen most fortunately at the pref vat moment, that such an amount of capital should / -.e s ._ IT ' ) ,1 IL.-- _ ONSEQUENCE OF A FRANCO -- -• • ..•. _ . • RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. . s. - Our readers are aware that ever since the rupture of the entente cordiale between England and France, it has eseeesee .• been the persevering endeavour of a small section of politicians in the latter country, to bring about an leni ence between France and Russia. La Presse, atways known in Paris as a Russian organ, has recently advo cated the Franco-Russian alliance, the impolicy of which was shown, in an admirable series of articles which have appeared within the last few days in Le Commerce. The object of the first of the series, was to prove that Russia had never desired, and did not now desire to form any intimate alliance with France; of the second, to show that, even-admitting the good faith of the Emperor Nicholas, such an alliance would compromise the very existence of the Government of July ; and of the third, that the formation of a Franco- Russian alliance would be the signal for .the breaking out of an European war. As the two first prelposit:i.ons concernsol s e u ly port t heel•:rench_people themselves, (lo not think itnecessary to reprwduce the argument s ' by St ldch they are p . The. third proposition, however, intimately concerns us, in common with every other European nation, and we therefore offer no epology for presentin t 7, our readers with the following translation of the principal. portions of an admirable article which ap peared in Le Commerce of Sunday last:— ‘.‘ It remains th en f or us, in order, to complete our ex erts:nation of vs-hat-would be the pled - table results of an alliance between the Cabinet of the Tuilleries and that of St. Petersburgh, to develope the third of our proposi tions, which certainly is not the least important. • The day after an alliance shall have been. entered into be tween France and Russia, there will be an European war. And do not let it be said, in making this asser tion, we are exaggerating the consequence of those new international relations of which a Paris journal, well known for the practical spirit in which it has treated a multidude of other questioes, has made itself almost the official organ -- * * Whenever great questions arise concerning the balance of power in Europe, and the mutual relations tion of states to each other, we should closely study all that is passing among our neighbours ; we should make ourselves acquainted with their :public opinion —with their sentiments—with their political views—with their fears, and with their hopes ; we should be less absorbed in personal considerations, and we should find it to be so. To take no account of Germany in considering the effect of a Franco-Russian alliance, would be to expose - • ourselves immediately to th e r es ult s o f a terriblif Tow , calculation. We have read with attention all the con- - tr.lversies- that the articl e s o f the Press'haVe raised on the other side of the Rhine, and the perusal of these has contribUted materially to strengthen oar conviction that such a system under existing circumstances could not fail to excite an European war. As it is impossible to find room for numerous extracts from all the German papers, we will only cite some fragments from two of the principal of these organs, the Gazette of Cologne and the Gazette of Weser. We read in the first of these journals, "It it is true that it is the intention of France to form a Franco Russian alliance, we find in this fact an evident sign of the decadence of that nation, and a proof of madness on the part of the statesmen who govern it. It would be curions to see those, who for fifteen years have sacrificed their grin , ciples and natural friends to the preservation of general peace entering into an alliance of interests which, the moment that it was concluded, would become the signal for a war of extermination. In truth, what ever might be the basis of a Franco Russian alliance, such an alliance must necessarily' bring on a war. We leave to others the dream of Poland re-established by Russia —we, Germans, who know the price that must be paid for Russian friendship, laugh with contemptuous pity when we hear of such chimeras. Besides, to re-establish Poland, the consent of Prussia and Austria is necessary, and this quadruple alliance is simply impossible, uulsss, indeed, Pru ss i a an d A ustr i a, convinced by the: argu ments of the Press, should become infected with a sud den love for constitutional liberty, of which, however, we very much doubt. But that of which we are con vinced is, that Germany would lose nothing by a union between Paris and St. Petersburgb, even should she be obliged to fight at the same time against Russia and against France. The day on which this alliance, formed at our expense should be concluded, we should be obliged to have recourse to arms, and for this reason : Russia weighs heavy upon us ; her influence in our affairs is fatal to progress and to liberty, and wo should desire nothings better than to see Russian barbarism advance to be struck down at Constantinople. But immediately England and Austria would oppose such advance, and the question of the East wauld be decided, as it always has been, on the banks of the Rhine and of the Vistula. Germany, therefore, wought have to fight for her own nationality, for to become French would be to become Russian. There would no longer be any parties in Germaay ; women and children would take arms against both France and Russia ; and we should again sing our patriotic chorus wherever German is spoken there is our country.' " We have preserved in this fragment from the German journal, its impassioned form, its patriotic incoherence. It is a national cry, it is a war cry. In these burst of passion the heart is everything, and the style reflects its feverish agitation. Here is the passage from the Gazette of Weser, more calm, but to the full as significant :—" The restoration thought seriously of a Franco-Russian alliance ; many diplomatic dispatches which have been since published prove this fact. The restoration, by this alliance. had ' 'to doubt, in view, as its ultimate object, the esta blishment of absolutism. It would, moreover, have been a continental alliance against England. At. present the appearance of Europe is changed. Not only has France a dynasty born of a revolution, but even Prussia tends towards a new order of things. Russia alone dccs not accept accomplished facts. She remains , the synibol of autocratic unity, both in political sad in religious interests. We doubt whether Russia ,mould have established herself at Constantinople, for how could the Ottomans be governed in accordance with the fixed idea of Nicholas, who wills that every Russian subject shall profess the Greek religion. Besides, England would never consent to such a displacement of the balance of power in Europe. Now what interest can France have in con tracting an alliance with Russia—would she siege the frontier of the Rhine in the name of the Czar? She would risk Alsace by the attempt, for Prussia would be revolutionized, and we know the maxim of Denton ; It is only countries in a state of revolution which can make conquests.' Does she prop 'se to re-establish Poland? Admit that Russia would consent to it, wh at would Austria s a y? A d m i t even teat it would he possi ble to do wittout Austria, litia.t compensation could be given to Prussia?—Gerteany, perhaps. But Ger maey must be wiliag to give herself to Prussia, And she would never consent to such a bargain except on condition of gaining liberty and political guarantees. Russia would become, then, the protectress of the cause of liberty and progress. This is simply absurd, fit only for the poetic readers of La Presse. The fact is that the instant a Franco-Russian alliance should be entered into, Austria, England, and the Porte, would be obliged, in self-defence, to coalesce against these two . Powers. What Germany might do we cannot pre dict, but the fact that the French Government has, for a single moment, contemplated such an alliance, proves that it no longer understands the moral sense of its mission, and that there is no longer anything to hope or to fear from France. As for Russia, ask the lowest peasant in Germany his opinion of her; go to Damstadt, to Berlin, to Stutgard, and you will learn what Germany thinks of Russia, and the recep don she would give the Cossacks. Inquire, also, why it is that the Emperor Nicholas always avoids the city of Berlin, notwithstanding his intimate alliance with Prus sia. To sum up all, a Franco-Russian alliance would be the destruction of France; but to speak frankly, we wish .''or such an alliance with all our heart, and every German who loves his country, will be of our opinion." These are the quotations. The most moderate of the two journals that which seems to found its opinion upon argument, terminates its reflections on the results of our alliance with Russia, by an imprecation against the French Government„which, as yet, has been guilty only of hav ing thought such an alliance possible. What then would be the cry of public opinion on the other side of the Rhine, if that nation, who has hitherto been considered • as the Pharos of progress eta civilization, should defini tively unite its destinies to those of one empire, which walks in the darkness of barbarism and of des , potism ; of one empire, the sole object of whose mission seems to be to extend that darkness over the rest of Europe. We have thus proved that a European war would be the necessary consequence of an alliance between France and Russia. Is there no other conclusion to be drawn from these articles of the Gazette of Cologne and the Gazette of Weser? For six years France has presented a miserable spectaele to Europe; liberal and constitutional principles have during that period been so eaten, so frittered away, so dena turalised by a deplorable Ministry, that we have lost the greater part of that prestige which once secured to us the attachment of those whose nationality was depressed ar and who were thirsting for emancipation. Secondary us y states, as we see, have ceased 'to their e neid hupe as their support—as their guide—as . . b un dertaking a propaganda by 1 to form those we cannot,. for a long time, expect ossible for us im mediately except on the dangerous urea cond u i f tion arm o s f , France now herself stands in need of strengt mg in her own country m na e t d io ie n t a e l ly al e li f an te oe r the principles of constitutional government. She has great national reforms to accomplish, and the only fit sou which hi revolution sh wers h • of r. July. fit ting ally for her is a constitutional nation. It is not by the fault of France herself that she is reduced to the • necessity of having still some labours to undertake in the cause of public liberty and representative regime; after sixteen years of a Government founded solely on the triumph of that regime and of those liberties. ~l PRrou 51). Notwithstanding the advance in cotton yarn, the cotton stocking trade, whether wrought or cut, is a shade better, but the hands are suffering severely from in adequate wages. The cotton glove trade, though rather dull is not worse, and forms one of the best branches in the trade. The drawer and pantaloon branch is rather affected by the advance in yarn, b u t no t to an ex t en t t o be m uc h felt. It is now evident that the supply does not exceed the demand, and a very slight change may cause the stockinger to once more hold up his head. The silk glove trade is in a wretched condition, but there is more employ for the plain silk hose hands, and a very slight change in fashion would give them an advantage little imagined, as they are now very scarce handed, and it takes much practice to make a good workman in this: most delicate branch.—Nottinghom CLERICAL " CROSS READING."—The congregation of one of the Teignmouth churches were started the other Sunday by the parson, who, having just given out the text, commenced :—" Thus saith St. Paul ; and Saint Jude says— Little child shut thy book! do you hear shut that book! do you hear; shut that book! do you hear little child ?"—to the great consternation of the congregation, who did not see the young urchin, under the nose of the reverend parson, who bad excited this sudden burst of indignation by reading during the Aermon time.— Western Times ."7 MP