The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

FuREIGN AND COLONIAL. THE RIVER PLATE Video to the 9th of Septem e 29th of August, have Private ad vices horn Alor ber, and from Buenos Ayres to t been received per packet. The Allied Powers still continued vigorous perations. sion of the troops of Itosas, The port of Colonia, in po, bad been captured, after a an.l subsequently occupied by their forces; and the r Da aining ports of the Bar the Bubeo, Maid had I,e gorous block sures, effectually ,ald very shortly compel him to a before Monte Video. Several vessels 'very Parana y anticipated, that, be fore the close of the month, those important streams would be opened to foreign commerce, and the immense tracts of country hitherto shut out front British enterprise by the tyranny of Rosas would enjoy the blessings of free trade. Buenos A- I also be placed ive mea- vi- Oribe of suppl abandon his pos of the all and Uru2 quadron had proceeded up the r [lay, and it was confide •es, it was currently betlevett, weal( r close blockade, and the most effee on t-e exis ch we have been sures taken to bring " say tr; a a concl " We are of opinion that the troops will be required to accomplish what, at the eleventh hour, has been so ably begun, and that twelve mcnths may yet elapse ere peace is consolidated. In the interim, however, the opening of the river will throw an important business into this place, and, though it may not be so extensive as if we enjoyed the blessings of a general peace, still we shall look for ward with cheering hope to those bright days which are in store for Monte Video, when her independence, guaran teed by such powers as France and England, will not be liable to invasion from jealous neighbours ; when we shall reap the advantages her commerce holds out without fear of any recurrence of these desolating and vexatious broils, which are so ruinous to ourselves and so disheart ening to our consigning friends. _ _ . . " Such bei n g our sentiments, we feel assured that an extensive and profitable fall trade may be expected, and goods, well selected, arriving out in February, will leave an encouraging result. " Exchange, by the present packet, 42nd. By the next packet a rise may be anticipated, as the quarterly navy bills will be coming due and mosey in great demand." A portion of the 45th regiment was en route for the seat of operations on the 18th September. From Buenos Ayres we learn that no communication was allowed with English and French vessels of war; general excitement existed among all classes ; and busi ness was completely paralyzed. Exchange 3d., with a downward tendency. No passports u ere granted fur 111onte Video; and it was generally thought, that in the Advice: lockade, no fo - reigner wonld be allowed to liars, on board; freights 755. from Rio Gran with the Ban to the 26th August, report All communication as du:l in the extreme la Oni 1 had be prohibited decree of prohibition had sericusly affected business, and was looked upon as being inimical to Oribe. Salt, 800 s 85, dry ox 15, and dry cow 175 Salt, 20 reis per I reis Per lb: Freig We have also been favoured with the following extract h ts 70s from other accounts " We fear that, notwithstanding the interference of the English and French, we may remain in this state of sus pense for some time yet. It is rumoured Buenos Ayres is to be blockated. Indeed, it has been intimated, in a pri vate, but semi-official manner, to ti.ose who have friends there, recommending them to secure what property they can and quit Buenos'Ayres as sown as possible. Colonia has been taken by a joint force, under the English and French admirals. It is supposed they now proceed up the river. Rosas, on his part, has prohibited communica tion with the British and French men of war; and, from less to more, their is no doubt that direct and active hostilities will ensue speedily on the other side of the Plate as well as on this_" The story of Tom Thumb's abduction turns out to have been a fabrication. He has been exhibiting at Marseilles and Tolouse. ALGERIA. — The French under Martial Bugand de feated the Arabs on the 2Gth ult., repulsing them with a loss of 300 men. _ _ . Letters from Madrid state, that Abd-el-Kader offers a premium of I,ooof, to every European soldier that chooses to enter his service, besides rank as an officer. The Colonial Gazette says that Sir George Gipps, governor of Australia has been recalled, and that Sir C. Fitzroy, late governor of the Leeward Islands, is likely to succeed him. A Paris paper states that the Emperor Nicholas intends to abdicate the supreme power, and with this view " left the reins of government, at his departure for Italy, in the hands of the presumptive heir to the throne, to initiate him into the practice of Kovernmeut." Mr. Southgate, an American missionary, has been 1., Bishop of the American Episcopal Church _onstantinople. He was many years in Mossul, and published a work upon the Nestorian Christians. He is the first Protestant bishop ever appointed in Constanti- named as t nople. AN AMERICAN WELL.—A practical gentleman offers for 30,000 dollars to sink an Artesian well in Boston to the depth of 1,700 feet, by which it is estimated that more than a million of gallons of the very best water can be thrown into the city every day, and to a height of at least ]OO feet above the surface of the earth. An effort is about to be made to raise the money by subscription. A letter from Trebisond, dated October 17, announces that a new disaster has befallen the Russians in attempt ing to throw provisions into a fortress the garrison of which was suffering from starvation. The convoy, con sisting of 1000 mules and horses laden with supplies, was attacked by the indefatigable Schmail, and would have been entirely captured but for a sortie of the garrison He carried off, however, 400 horses with their respective burdens, and sabred several companies of Russian in- fantry. Tug RIVER PLArn —Tho Frgl4.ll govornment- 11 e identiv acting in good earnest, to compel a sett'ement of the differences between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. A large squadron of ves3els of war has been, as our readers are aware, lying some time in the river Plate ; and we now learn, by an arrival at Liverpool from Rio Janeiro, that this squadron is to be assisted by a military force. The Resistance, troop-ship, had arrived at Rio on her way to Mcnte Video, with the 45th regiment of infantry, which she had brought from Gibraltar. The Cyclops steamer, which was at Rio, was also expected to take her departure for the Plate. . . SPAIN.—The Madrid Gazette publishes an official des patch of General Roneali, giving an account of an at tempted insurrection at Valencia in the evening of the 2d instant. The revolters bad been foiled in their inten tion to surprise the guards of the regiments of Girona and Lusitania ; but three officers and a number of men of the first of those regiments had been more or less dangerously wounded. At 11 o'clock p.m., the hour at which General Roncali concluded his dispatch, the city bad resumed its habitual tranquility. The General had, nevertheless, deemed it expedient to declare the city and province in a state of siege. The National states, that the Duke of Sault Tavannes, peer of France, has just put a period to his existence. One of his friends, upon entering his chamber on the morning of the 12th instant, disco v e red him sus p ended b y the neck ; he immediately cut him down and ran for medical aid, but the vital spark bad long fled, and the body was quite cold. This act of despair is attributed to personal griefs, and a variety of conjectures are afloat as to the real cause, which we shall at present refrain from entering into. The Duke of Sault Tavannes was quite a young man, tall and powerful, and of a most vigorous constitution. MExico.—The West Indian steamer Avon arrived at Southampton on Monday. The news from the West In dies is unimportant. Everything was quiet in Mexico when the Avon left, but matters looked somewhat war like. The troops (such as they are) were being drilled and exercised from daylight until dark, and guns have been mounted on every available space. The appeara: - .,:_ of the seven American men-of.war at the Sacrificios had, however, rather dismayed the Mexicans. With the Eng glish, French, and Spanish, there are eleven altogether, and the fleet had somewhat an imposing appearance. The ex-President General Comalesco and son, with the Minis ter of War, Bussandre, took their passages from Vera Cruz to Havannab, to join Santa Anna. This latter per sonage, it appears, is wonderfully getting in tofavour again. A complete reaction has taken place, and it is the opinion of many that ere long he will be reinstated with all his former honours. --.--......'-- THE GERMAN REFORMATION One year has elapsed since the letter of Ronge to the Bishop of Treves commenced the spiritual warfare, at the head of which Ronge has since maintained his place. Within that year congregations numbering their hundreds have been formed throughout the vast extent of Germany, and beyond its frontiers. Where Papery is most domi nant the spirit of resistance to its tyranny has been most active. In the city of Breslau alone, the number of Re formed Roman Catholics has reached 6,000. and through out the entire province as many again ; the province of Breslau being an important and highly esieemed point of Popish influence. Amongst the latest intelligence re ceived is an account of a meeting held at Breslau a few weeks since by the deputies of the " Christian Catholic" communities of Silesia, to which no fewer than forty numerous congregations sent their representatives, and at which Ronge himself preached. The accounts received from other parts of Germany are of the same stirring character, and denote the same existing agitation and ad vance. The depths of the thinking mind of Germany have been stirred, an?. the hearts of its less thoughtful, but not less feeling poor, disturbed and gained ; for the members of the several communities are of every class and rank. The fact has been denied. It has been stated that the movement from the first confined itself to the mercantile middle class, and failed to acquire either the respect of the learned and cultivated, or the sympathy and regard of the humble and the poor. It is the pitiful revenge of the foe that circulates the unfounded slander. A n d what is it that these united congregations have accomplished ? What have these scattered and divided, connected and associated flocks asserted th o ugh intimately' their common cause to be ? It is answered in a word — freedom from spiritual bondage. And they have obtained it. They have torn themselves for ever from the unau thorized dominion o f an ambitious man ; they have re nounced the errors—hardest of all errors to renounce — sanctioned by the autho rs of their existence, the parents of their love, the tender a nd affectionate teachers of their early years. They have declared as one man that there is no scriptural warrant whatsoever for the Popish doc trine of Transubstantiation; for auricular confession, abso lution, adoration of saints, venera tion o f relics, pilgrim ages, and the like; and they have abjured them all as tendencies towards evil and not towards good. The hindrances which retard the final success of the infant church are not within her own bosom ; they assume a physical form, and are without. Rome and her bishops are foes that can be met and overcome; they are already conquered. The governments of Germany have power to aid or interrupt the movement—to prevent it, none. Enactments never suppressed opinion yet ; the stake that burnt Cranmer could not consume the fixed idea for which he died. Austria, with her 12,000,000 Catholics, may oppose with all her sternness the steady coming on of Reason, and it shall come at length in spite of her. Bavaria, with her half-civilized half-despot King, the pa tron of art, but the oppressor of the immortal mind, in which all art resides—the cultivator of the Graces, but the violator of man's most sacred rights—may forbid one syllable of the " glad tidings" to appear in the books and journals of the land, but the interdict is powerless before the doors and at the hearths of an unsatisfied and think ing people. Congregations of the German Catholic church have already established themselves in Bavaria, and taken firm root in the soil in spite of the frowns of the builder of the Walhalla. Saxony is a determined, if a secret, enemy of the pious movement ; and Saxony is to be pitied rather than heavily censured for the poor part she acts. With her population of a million and a half, she numbers but 30,000 who profess allegiance to the Pope ; yet in that small minority stands the King him self. In so very small a family individuals are missed ; a solitary one can not be spared, and it is worth a struggle to preserve him. Happily for mankind, no less than for the German Church, the 19th century may not produce such instances of persecution as distinguished the darker era of the Reformation. Fanaticism and intolerance re main, it is true, ever the same : but the nod of the Pope has ceased to be Jove's thunderbolt, and the machinations of the Jesuits, less terrible in their consequences, meet with opposition from even Roman Catholic Governments. Nor is it to be feared that the favour conceded to the movement by the Powers of northern and Protestant Ger many, and the obstruction offared in the south and east, will involve Europe once more in a bloody, albeit religious, Prussia is wary and wise, and having much to gain, ntly bides her time. " The authorities," writes the of Prussia, addressing his Minister, " are to take no steps until the King's decision is known," and that deci sion must wait a further development of the capabilities of the movement. Austria may oppose in silence, but she will not fight. She has too much to fear and to lose from a profitless crusade. As for France and Belgium, we apprehend that they will care but little whether their subjects are " Roman Catholic," or " Apostolic Catho lic," provided they remain good citizens, and do not meddle with the " existing state of things." It is impossible to ascertain exactly how many seceders from the Romish Church in Germany have written them selves members of the German Apostolic Church. We believe that the number, if correctly stated, would sur prise those who have been taught to regard the schism as the purposeless and wayward movement of a selfish sprit. Be this as it may, firm is our conviction that the infant Church, purified as she is from the corruptions of Popery, bas grappled so closely with the German mind, and taken so strong a hold there, that the attempt to cast her forth again will prove as impotent as fruitless ; and since we fear nothing from internal dissension, we believe that her course, though slow, is clear and safe, and prosperous too, as long as she carries on her front, as now, the signs of Christian grace—the transparent emblems of Christian charity and love. _ _ The names of Ronge and Czars a European fame. John Ronge was born on the 13th October, 1813. at Bischofswalde, a village in the circle of Neisse, in Silesia. He was the third child of his parents, who had twelve children, two of whom died early. The parents possessed a small farm, in which the children laboured. From his Gth until his 12th year, John kept the sheep, whilst his elder brothers attended to the farm. "My father," says Ronge, " was grave, fearless, of a sound judgment, and free frum superstition. He died in March, 1812 ; my mother lived for her family, and died in October, 1831." His earliest instruction was received at the village school, where he was taught to read, write, and cipher, and where he learnt by heart the Catechism and Biblioul history. At the instance of one of the teachers, the father of ski have already acquired Ronge consented to send his son to the gymnasium at Neisse, where he remained from the year 1827 until 1836. German literature and history were his chief delight here. During the three years that followed, Ronge accomplished his term of military duty at Breslau, and in December 1839 he entered the priests' seminary. Here he found a moral stagnation, on the one hand engendering depres sion, and on the other, levity, discontent, or indifference. The fearful system enforced, the silence, idleness of mind, the continual hourly repetition of the same forms of prayer, the want of all social communication with those around him, wrought upon the ardent mind of the student, and filled him with alarm lest his moral energy might give way beneath the pernicious influences of idleness and hypocrisy. In the year 1841 he quitted the seminary to undertake the office of chaplain in Grottkau, whither he had been called. It was here that Ronge first began to preach as a Reformer. His superior at Grottkau, the vicar-general of the diocese, would have brought the people back to the darkness of past ages. Ronge resisted his efforts. At a later period he published an article against the proceedings of the chapter of the cathedral of Breslau, whose chaplain he was, and for this act he was suspended in February 1843. He proceeded shortly af terwards to Laurabiitte, where he acted as chaplain, and as teacher of the school in the iron-foundry, where his famous letter to the Bishop of Treves was given to the world. John Czerski is the son of poor but pious parents. He was born at Werlubien, a village near Neuenburg. His career is shortly told. Until his 13th year be attended the village school, where he learnt Polish and a little ci phering. Love of knowledge took him to the grammar school of Bromberg, which he quitted after a 9 months' stay for the Royal Gymnasium at Conitz, at which school he worked his way up to the first class. After continuing a year and a half in this position, he was received into the Marien Gymnasium of Posen, which he quitted at the end of six months with a certificate that obtained for him admittance into the priests' seminary. " Here commenced," says Czerski himself, " a period of men tut and doubt. t.dica tlic.l, yvaiitrie grcatest zeal but could not make up my mind with several of the dogmas' which I compared with the Bible. Thus dropped the scales from my eyes. I began to suspect that the pure light of the Gospel had been dimmed and darkened by human additions. Still I saw not clearly, and doubting led me often into discussions with my colleagues respecting particular points of faith." . . . Upon leaving the seminary Czerski was appointed vicar in the cathedral of Posen, at which seat of priestly rule he remained a year and a half. - - - " Here my eyes were fully opened. Here I made the same experiences which Luther himself had undergone in Rome. I remarked that the bidding of the Lord ' Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature,' and the teach ing of St. Paul,' Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine,' were, for the most part, altogether disregarded. Notwithstanding the great throng of priests, I saw thousands thirsting for the word of God passing through the world with out teaching, with no consolation." These and similar convictions of the baneful influence of Rome led to his early and determined renouncement of her authority : " I am too much of a Christian to act against my conviction. I was and am too much penetrated by the pure word of God to teach false doctrines as scriptural and true ; and even my enemies will concede that my former life gives warrant for the assertion. I resigned my office of Roman Catholic priest, and quitted the banners of a hypocritical hierarchy. I acknowledged openly and frankly my error and the change in my views; a change, I trust, founded upon pure belief, upon the word of God, and not upon the inventions of man." Is Czerski, is Ronge himself, a Martin Luther I The question need not be answered, for upon neither will de volve the difficult task committed to the hands of the ear lier Reformer. The final triumph of the " Second Refor mation" is independent now of the exertions of an indi vidual. Toe bold energy and enthusiasm of John Ronge, and the milder but not less earnest spirit of Czerski, have accomplished their mission. It remains for the multitude to proceed steadily and faithfully to the home of freedom and tranquillity that now awaits them. LAW INTELLIGENCE CHANCERY COURT.-TUESDAY PICKFORD V. TRU GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY The Lord Chancellor gave judgment to-day in this case, I which came before his Lordship upon an appeal motion from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor of England. The plaintiffs in the case are the Messrs. Pickford, the celebrated carriers, and the defendants the directors of the Grand Junction Railway Company. The plaintiffs filed their bill, charging the defendants with having made certain charges for the carrying of goods which were illegal, and they prayed a declaration of their rights, and also an injunction to restrain the defendants from making the charges complained of. Upon the case coming on be fore the Vice-Chancellor, he refused to grant the injunc tion asked for on the ground of delay, the plaintiffs, hav ing allowed a considerable time to elapse between the filing of the bill and application for the inj , inction. From that decision the plaintiffs appealdd to the Lord Chancel lor. His Lordship, after going shortly into the facts of the case, stated his opinion to be that the plaintiffs had failed upon all the points urged by them in support of their application ; and the appeal must, therefore, be re fused, with costs. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, TUESDAY JOYCE V. GREEN Mr. Jarvis, Q.C., moved their Lordships in this case, which had been prosecuted in the Liverpool Court of Re quests, for a rule of prohibition to set aside the proceed ings in the case. The defendant was an attorney, and, having subpoenaed the plaintiff on a trial in which he was professionally concerned, the plaintiff summoned him for his expenses, which amounted to a guinea. Now, the learned counsel contended, that the defendant incurred no liability in subpoenaing the plaintiff, but the party for whom he acted did. Mr. Baron Parke said the attorney mi g ht ren der him self liable by promising the witness to see him paid. Mr. Jarvis said that ought to be stated in the summons, and nothing of the kind appeared in this case in the sum mons. He said, in reply to the Chief Baron, that judg ment had been recorded in the case, and the amount levied for, and contended that the commissioner of the Court of Requests had no jurisdiction in the case. The court refused the rule, stating that the objection ought to have been urged when the proceedings were pending in the Court of Requests. THE BAR AND THE PRESS. - At a meeting of Queen's Counsel, held at the Attorney-Generals, on Wednesday, it was resolved unanimously that the Oxford and Western Circuits had been wrong in coming to the resolution re specting reporting by counsel. In the Bail Court. on Wednesday, application was made (on the ground of certain informalities) for a certiorari to quash an inquisition, which was held upon the body of Joseph Ward, who was killed by a collision of an engine with a truck left on the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail way, and the jury found a deodand of £1,500 upc-n tl)e engine. The court granted the application. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRELAND. Mr. O'Connell, in a letter, in his choicest style, re nounces his tribute for the current year, and promises £5OO subscription to the wants of his countrymen. It is a letter very much calculated to excite a panic. On Sunday night week, a party of armed men attacked and beat James Neal and Cornelius Conway, at Fahy, county Clare, for paying their rent due in March. There have been also similar outrages in the county Tipperary. On Sunday evening week, at about half-past six o'clock, eight houses were attacked in the neighbourhood of Ahane, near Limerick, by fourteen armed men, some of whom had their faces blackened. They carried off about twenty stand of arms, and seriously injured several persons. Mr. John Irving, the well-known bead of the distin guished firm of Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., died on Thursday at an advanced age. By Mr. Irving's death a vacancy is occasioned in the representation of the County Antrim. DREADFUL MURDER.—Yesterday evening week, a young man named William Crawford was brutally mur dered on the Saintfield road, near the village of Newtown breda, near Belfast ; and his brother was, at the same time, so severely b: , at,al, very little hopes are enter tained of his recovery. Mr. Lucas, late Under Secretary for Ireland, is to be chairman of the new commission of inquiry into the state of the potato crop, and Commissary-general Sir Randolph Routh, and Sir James Dombraine, the bead of the coast guard department in Ireland, will, it is said, be added to the commission. THE POTATO CROP.—The panic is obviously abating. The provincial journals say little about it ; and our nume rous correspondents are silent. Do not those circum stances suggest, either that the alarm was premature, or that the plague had been staved at a point which leaves abundance for the future ?—Dublin Mail. MURDER IN LONGFORD.—Three brothers, named William, Henry, and John Bergin, were waylaid on Sa turday week on their return from market, by fourteen or fifteen fellows, and William was so severely beaten that be died shortly afterwards ; the other brothers were dreadfully beaten. John Buchanan, and Philip Farrel, two of the assailants have been apprehended and com mitted for trial. ELECTION NEws.—The following little illustration of cause and effect was given to the public this week. Mon day.—Mr. O'Connell bestows the vacancy in Cork to Mr. Alexander Mc Carthy. Friday.—Mr. Alexander McCarthy bestows the sum of £2O to Mr. O'Connell's tri bute. There was a time when such a situation would be valued at £looo—say £lOOO, but now-a-days such gifts are cheap and nasty. The Conservative electors of Cork may demur to this tidy little arrangement. SPREAD OF FEVER IN DROGFlEDA.—Malignant fever is very prevalent in the lanes and suburbs of this town. A gentleman, who is in the habit of visiting the cabins of the poor, states that he has, during the week, witnessed several most awful instances of destitution—in many cases two or three sick in one apartment of the wretched cabins, and in some eases, two or three in one bed ! ! The Board of Guardians are compelled to seek the temporary loan of the hospital in North George's-street, until a fever hospi tal is erected. If disease so soon makes its appearance among the poor, what may we expect if measures be not taken to prevent famine, or even an insufficiency of food, and which may endanger the lives of the rich as well as the poor ?—Drogheda Conservative. PROTESTANT MOVEMENT.—At a meeting held at Ar magh, on the 7th instant, at which a large number of in fluential noblemen and gentlemen from the various coun ties of Ulster were present, one of the resolutions adopted on that occasion was to the effect—" That a society, under the name of THE PROTESTANT ALLIANCE, should be formed to meet the increasing dangers by which our Protestant interests are threatened." A committee was subsequently named, consisting of the following noblemen and gentlemen (many of whom were present), with power to add to their number :—Duke of Manchester, Marquis of Downshire, Earl of Roden, Earl of Enniskillen, Earl of Erne, Viscount O'Neill, Lord Edwin Hill, M.P., Hon. S. Maxwell, D.L., J.P., Colonel Verner, M.P., N. Alexander, Esq., M.P., Roger Hall, D.L., J.P., Waring Maxwell, D.L., J.P., Rev. William Forde, D.L., J.P., Major Waring, D.L., J.P. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting on Mon day was attended by Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Smith O'Brien. Mr. O'Connell, in speaking bf the differences existing amongst repealers at Waterford, said Mr. Wyse was no repealer, and as to Sir Winstone Barron, he sup posed that gentleman imagined he would degrade himself by attending in Conciliation-hall. He (Mr. O'Connell) would take that opportunity of saying, that neither of the individuals be alluded to would be troubled with re presenting that borough in the next parliament. No persons would be selected to represent the citizens of Waterford but those who were identified with them in feeling and in sentiment. In reference to Dr. Kirwan's appointment to the new college, at Galway, Mr. O'Con nell also said, " God help the people of Ireland ; but I trust the thought will not cross their minds that their clergy would be accessible to bribery. Had any man told me that Dr. Kirwan would have taken a situation under the Colleges Act, I would have said I would as soon be lieve that a stream could return to its source." The rent for the week was announced to be £3OO I7s. 6d. PROGRESS OF REPEAL (From the Dublin Evening Mail•) We are told by the place-hunters, and, what is worse, Ministers are mis-informed, through the same channels — that Repeal has been put down in Ireland. It is, of course, vain to expect that any information passing through the " ordinary channels" can reach Downing-street. The occupants of that locality make it their boast that they never read newspapers, and, naturally, their subor dinates follow in their wake. Sir Robert Peel knows nothing of Ireland but what be hears from Sir James Graham, who derives his knowledge from Lord Heytes bury, who doubtless never does so un-diplomatic an :let as to look into a newspaper, and is, therefore. dependant for information upon Mr. A'Cour t, the A.D.C.'s in wait ing, and other members of that select family circle, to which the Viceregal hospitalities are now limited. It is the same throughout the whole political chain ; neither Mr. A'Court nor his cenviees profess Repeal opinions at the Castle symposia ; and, therefore, Lord Heytesbury knows those opinions are extinct, and to that effect he in forms Sir James Graham, who repeats the glad tidings to the Premier. This is the information that reaches head-quarters by the official course ; but see what is circulated through the ordinary channels, and conveyed to all the nation, Minis ters excepted ! Mr. Sergeant Stock, it is known to most quidnuncs and curious inquirers, has for some years rep resented the (so-called) liberal and Irish sentiments of the burgesses of Cashel ; and Mr. Sergeant Murphy, it is also known, though with somewhat more of public notoriety, was the organ of similar sentiments, as en tertained by the citizens of Cork. Both these learned gentlemen, however, have been dismissed, to make way for " Repealers, and no mistake :" witness, in the case of Mr. Stock, the following paragraph, which we quote from the Freeman's Journal " We believe we may now state with certainty that our respected fellow-citizen, Alderman O'Brien ' will accept the very complimentary invitation of the Repealers of Cashel, and offer himself for the representation of that city, about to become vacant by the resignation of Ser geant Stock. Cashel has been one of the blots upon the Repeal constituency of Ireland. It could at all times since the reform bill have returned a Repealer without even a contest; now for the first time these ten years it is about to elect a nationalist. Some local incubus seemed to weigh down the spirit of the masses in Cashel; whether that it was that the few preferred self, and temporary gain, and private ends to the exaltation of the national cause, or whether all the electors were indeed apathetic if not worse, we care not now to inquire, since they have by their recent choice redeemed themselves, and declared so unequivocally for Ireland as to select a man for their representative whose still recent official life was marked by uncompromising adherence to a then persecuted cause. We rejoice for the honour of the city of the kings, that even late, it has taken this decisive step. If Cashel has heretofore had the disrepute of being a non-Repeal bo rough, with a Repeal constituency, it will henceforth have the honour of being the first of its class to adopt the honourable course." I The Alderman O'Brien here alluded to is the gentle- man who was Lord Mayor of Dublin last year, and whose merit consists in his having attended the procession to receive Mr. O'Connell from prison, in his full mayoral state. If Mr. Alderman O'Brien possesses any other qualification, real or imaginary, to fit him to bee mem ber of Parliament, the circumstance lies not within the compass of our knowledge. Thus have two faithful servants of the O'Connell fac tion—faithful to the verge of Repeal—been dismissed in deference to the progress of the movement. Another ejusdezn generis, it would seem, from the following signi ficant sentence, has got instant notice to quit :-- " We are delighted (says the T ipperary Vindicator) to know that it is the intention of the Repeaters of the above important town invite the youngest son and name sake of Ireland's Liberator, Daniel O'Connell, jun., Esq., to stand for the representation of their borough, in the event of the resignation of the Right Hon. David Pigott, M.P." So much for the suppression of Repeal. DRAINS ON IRELAND (From the Dublin Warder.) Turning to the Catholic Directory for the present year, we find under the heading " Propagation of the Faith" a report of the receipts of the "Irish branch" of the associa tion, combined for that purpose, for the year ending Jan. 2d, 1841; and which states those receipts at no less a sum than 1,0681, 65.01 d. AU this comes out of the pockets of the poor, and lest one penny should find its way back again into their possession, the whole amount, after de ducting the necessary charges of collecting it, is remitted to France ! and so an end of it. Assuming the last year's to have been an average return, we find that the amount collected under this head alone, since Sir ROBERT PEEL'S accession to power, has been no less a sum than 28,273 1 . 4s. 2d. Let us now turn to the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. The following is an exact statement of the number of its prelates and clergy respectively . . _. . Archbishops .. .. 4 Bishops • • .. .. 23 Parish Priests .. , . .. 957 Curates • • .. 1294 The archbishops and bishops are supported partly by the revenues derivable from chapels reserved to them selves, and partly by dues:payable by their diocesan clergy. We shall merely calculate that part of the revenue of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, which is derivable from the diocesan parishes, which we shall assume to yield, at an average each, £4OO a-year ; their number is 1,016; and this would give for a single year the sum of £418,400; and since ithe accession of Sir R, Peel to power a total zzceir of £1,673,600. One item snore, we think, is worth computing. The number of chapels we find to be 2,175. The expense of maintaining them in repair, and of occa. sionally building others, we shall assume to be represented by a yearly charge of £2O each, which will give for one year £42,500; and for a nett amount for the four years of Peel's ascendancy, £170,000. It is to bo observed, that in these necessarily imperfect estimates we have made no attempt, through lack of materials, to calculate the yearly cost, which must. be very considerable, of maintaining the staff of officers, boys, &c., necessary for the service of the chspel; nor have we made any estimate whatever of the revenue drawn from the people by the swarms of regulars who infest the country. We shall here add together the several sums received under the respective heads to which we have referred, for the four last years Repeal rent • • • • • • O'Connell tribute .. • • £117,287 7 01 80,000 0 0 28,273 4 2 Propagation of the Faith .. Revenue of the Roman Catholic Church, derivable from parish L, 1,673,600 0 0 dues .. • • • • ) . Charge of repairing, building, &c., 170,000 0 0 the chapels .. •• Total amount collected for parish purposes, political and religious, 2,C66,160 11 2 for the last four years .. Now first, we would suggest to our poor fellow-country men that such a suns might have been found convenient at this menacing season; and, secondly, we would venture to press upon the notice of Sir Robert Peel the fact, that such are the resources of the Church, and such the reve nues of the religion, to add to whose gigantic wealth he is permanently diverting the money of Protestant England; while, at the same time, he peremptorily denies to the struggling cause of church education a single penny from the public purse. Upon such a theme volumes might be written. We feel, however, that we have transgressed the modest limits to which we would fain have confined our selves, and reluctantly take leave of the subject for the present. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. CAMBRIDGE.—The following degrees were last week conferred :—Masters or Arts—A. Ramsay, J. S. Hay- garth, R. K. Haslehurst, and J. Jones, Tiinity College; E. Whitely, Jesus College; G. M. Gould, St. John's College ; J. M. W. Piercy, Clare Hall ; T. W. Dowding, Caius College ; R. Leigh, Queen's College.—Bachelors of Arts—W . B. Grenside, H. Clelan, and R. Lediard, Trinity College ; W. Kitching, St. John's College ; R. Knipe, Emmanuel College G. Snowden, Magdalene College; Z. S. Sharpnell, St. Peter's College ; G. E. Freeman, St. John's College.—Ad Eundetn—F. T. 1 - Vl'iron - g - all, - M.A., St. Mary Magdalene Hall, Oxford OXFORD.—On Thursday the following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts—Rev. N. J. Ridley, Christ Church (grand compounder) ; Rev. Sir C. A. Bisshopp, Bart., Merton (grand compounder); Rev. W. A. Buck- Ihnd, student of Christ Church ; Rev. G. F. Fessey, Lin coln; Rev. R. W. Hippisley, and Rev. J. B. Simpson, Exeter; Rev. W. Jackson, Queen's; Rev. W. F. Boyd, and Rev. L. Stuart, New Inn Hall; Rev. N. Germon, Oriel ; Rev. J. Hawker, Balliol; Rev. G. Masters, Wor cester; Rev. G. Phillips, Merton.—Bachelors of Arts — H. King, St. John's (grand compounder) • A. L. White, Balliol (grand compounder) ; F. R. liaggitt, Balliol (grand compounder) ; F. H. Fitzroy, P. Cumin, G. Thring, and J. Collins, Balliol ; C. C. Crakanthorp, and J. W. Darnbrough, Lincoln; W. Clarke, S. W. Neale, and J. B. Beaton, Queen's; J. W. Conant, J. Daven port, and C. A. Wickes, St. John's; A. F. Boyse, and J. Bentley, Christ Church ; W. C. Jowett, G. Rose, W. H. Boscawen, J. M. Bridge, S. Clark, and J. Tomlin, Magdalene Hall; B. Cleave, W. Homfray, J. Menet, R. G. Botcherby, and G. H. Mitchener, Exeter; A. W. E. Viner, end J. Hewitt, University; J. Hughes, and H. H. Owen, Jesus ; J. A. Guthrie, and D. T. Gladstone, Wadham ; T. Grenall, and S. B. Stewart, Brazennose; W. W. Bradley, Demy of Magdalene ; W. L. Pope, Pembroke ; C. W. Edgell, T. E. Powell, and W. Fraser, Oriel; J. W. Coles, and J. D'Arcy Preston, Worcester. The Bishop of Carlisle is now much better. Dr. M. D'Aubigne has joined the Evangelical Alliance forlChristian Dr. Buckland, the geological professor at Oxford, has been appointed Dean of Westminster. During the last five years 1830 persons have been exa mined at Oxford University, and of this number 260 have failed or been plucked. • It is said that a party, who visited Stonyhurst recently, heard, from the authorities, that, besides Mr. Tickell, there were several University men there, whose names " were a secret 1" The free church party of Glasgow have determined to oppose the re-election of Mr. Rutherford, as Lord Rector of the University. Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, who is opposed to the Maynooth grant, will be their candidate. The Rev. Mr. Paget, the distinguished norel writer, and hitherto chaplain to Dr. &got, - is not to follow the Bishop into Bath and Wells. Mr. DPnison, the brother of the Bishop of Salisbury, is to be the examining chap- lain of Dr. Bagot CONVERTS FROM POPERY.—Last Sunday week, nine Roman Catholics read their recantation from Popery in the parish church of St. Audoen's Dublin, and were re ceived into the Church of England, by the Rev. 'l'. Scott, a most zealous and excellent clergyman, who preached on the occasion to a very full congregation, The Dublin Evening Packet states that more than thirty respectable inhabitants of Dingle. in the county of Kerry. have lately renounced Popery and become Protestants. COLLEGE OF FREEMASONS OF THE CHURCH.—Tues day evening there was another meeting of the College of Freemasons of the Church. The paper read was—" A Discourse on the subject of Illuminated Books in their connection with Architecture," by Mr. H. Rogers. The Rev. G. P. Pocock, L.L.B. was in the chair, and near him were seated several of the clergy, the Count Vincent, Colonel S. Anson, Colonel de la Tour, Doctor Verney, the Professors of the college, &c. A fine collection of ancient missals, and other works of the middle ages. were placed upon the table, being contributions from dif ferent amateurs. WORSE STILL.—We noticed last week that the articles in the Oxford and Cambridge Review (which professed to he the organ of the Universities) were s much admired by the Papists as to be republished by them. No one suspected—at least, no one ventured to assert--that this candidate for public favour sailed under false colours, or with false papers on board. Such, however, wa s th e fact. Through the Tablet, it came out that among the contri butors was a clever, hot-headed, unhesitating young Je suit at Stonyhurst, whose contribution, under the charac ter of an English University man, was an attractive article devoted to the defence and advocacy of Jesuits and Je suitry. The article was even considered worth reprinting in a separate form, and forthwith it appears in the pub lishing catalogue of an eminent Popish bookseller, as re produced by the permission and with the emendations of the Oxford and Cambridge (cum Stonyhurst) Review. THE BIBLE SOCIETY AND THE EVANGELICAL ALLl- ANCE. — Notwithstanding the important flaws, as many now consider them, in the constitution of the British and Fo reignßible Society, who do we find uniting in the formation of it ? The Bishops of London, (Porteus,) Durham, Salis bury, and St. David's ;—Lord Teignmouth, Mr. Wilber force, Mr. J. Stephen, Mr. H. Thornton, Mr. Zachary Ma caulay, Mr. Charles Grant, and many other men of great Christia❑ respectability ; while, as our readers know, to the present hour various distinguished prelates and noble men, and gentlemen of the highest character, afford it their countenance and support. If, then, the British and Foreign Bible Society, with an object not more simple nor divine, and at least appearing to stand on ground not so unquestionably pure and Christian as the other, has been, and is so widely supported by men of the highest Chris tian name and reputation, how can those now of the prin ciples and perceptions of Bishop Porteus, William Wil berforce, or Henry Thornton, decline, on principle, to join an Alliance for an object so holy and so divine as Christian Union, prayer for which has been ascending, under urgent invitations, from the thousands of the true Israel within our land ?—Record. EXETER COLLEGE CONCLAVE.—We have already in- mated the risk that Mr. Golightly has incurred of tinding himself entangled with the ltivr, Cu consequence of a chi valry by which Mr. Rigaud has, in fact, been more pro fited than he need have been pained. We now hear from Oxford that the rector and fellows of Exeter College have actually been in council, to consider as to the expediency of prosecuting Mr. Golightly for slander !--because he has had the courage to come forward and state a simple yet pregnant fact, while he left the world to draw its own in ferences. Perhaps the considerations—first, that no less than one-sixth, if not one-fifth, of the whole number of Oxford deserters to Rome are among the younger mem bers of that college : secondly, that the articles contributed by Mr. Rawlinsou to the Oxford Magazine were among the most slanderous that can be conceived; thirdly, that the notorious letters of "N. E. S." in the English Church ' nzan last year, attacking Vice Chancellor Wynter in terms of the grossest ribaldry, and which letters were contributed by a fellow of Exeter College, and a defender of Dr. Pusey; fourthly, that the rector himself has been the patron of Mr. Newman and Dr. Pusey, at the Board of Heads, and that the majority of the resident fellows ap pear among those who remonstrated with the Vice Chan cellor Wynter against Dr. Pusey's condemnation, and thanked the proctor for the veto which saved Tract 90— perhaps, we say, all these considerations may have saved Mr. Golightly from a prosecution for stating the truth.— Church and State Gazette. A letter from Mr. Daly. Bishop of Cashel, to Dr. Low, Bishop of Moray, Ross, and Argyle, has lately been pub lished in various papers. The Bishop of Moray, having heard that the Bishop of Cashel had shown his sympathy for the English clergymen in Scotland who have with- drawn from Scottish episcopal authority, wrate to his lordship to ask whether the report were true, to which the Bishop of Cashel replied that it was perfectly true that he felt a great sympathy with those members of the Church of England, in Scotland, who have seceded from the Episcopal Church of Scotland. It had been a source of great grief to him that the Scottish Episcopal Church had departed so widely from the doctrines of the Church of England, and had adopted language and sentiments which had been advisedly given up by our church. His lordship adds, that the doctrines of the two churches are , not the same is an undeniable fact; " and I cannot un derstand how persons, who have subscribed to certain doe trines in England, can be expected to give their assent to other doctrines in Scotland. Did providential circum stances take me to Scotland, I should think myself bound to hold communion with the members of the Church of England there rather than with the episcopalians of the Church of Scotland. 1 would receive the communion in their chapels in preference to those of the latter." Against this the Bishop of Moray strongly protests—pointing out , the fact that the Church of Scotland is in communion with the Church of:England and giving additional weight to a longletter, by telling th e Bi s hop of Cashel, that he . (the Bishop of Moray) has been longer in the episcopacy than the Bishop sf Cashel has been in -orders. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The line of railway between Blackburn and Preston will be opened on the Ist of May next. Should the various railways now pr jetted for the mid land counties be carried into effect, Birmingham will be come the centre of three-and-twenty lines. Notwithstanding the re-action, the price of iron re mains firm. Scotch pig 80s., Welsh pig from 1055., rails £ll, and bars, Wales, £9. Southwark-bridge has been sold to the North Kent Railway Company for £300,000, provided the company succeeds in getting an act for the line. The Lancaster and Carlisle held a special meeting on Thursday, when resolutions were passed authorizing the creation of 18,000 new shares of £l6 13s 4d., to be offered to each registered proprietor. For the last four months of the present half-year £2,692,610 has been received for railway traffic, being an increase over the corresponding period of last year of £438,520. REMINGTON'S MANCHESTER.—There is a row among these parties, the late solicitors having published notices for a bill, on their own account, in defiance of the agree ment with Rastrick's Company. TRANSMISSION OF BULLION.—Last Tuesday, three tons of bullion were transmitted in three covered vans, accompanied by clerks, from the Bank of England, on the Birmingham Railway, to the banking houses in Man chester and Liverpool. On Friday week, a train on the York and Scarborough line came in violent collision with a ballast train at Kirk ham Station. The e ngine driver has been fined £lO by the magistrates, and in default was committed to prison for two months. _ The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Comp; ny have lighted their third-class carriages. It is an item of comfort not very costly, and conducive to good behavi our among the third-class passengers, just as much as gas is in the public streets. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company have purchased the Macclesfield and Lichfield line, which has been delivered over on the following terms, viz. :—The committee and landowners are to have 15,000 shares of £2O each, and 55,000 to go to the proprietors of the Man chester and Birmingham Railway. PARLIAMENTARY CHEAP TRAINS Will soon be at a discount. One of the first fruits of the amalgamation of the Birmingham and Grand Junction, says the Morning Chronicle, is to be the conveyance of second class passen gers from London to Birmingham for 10s.—just a penny a mile. Roy AL NURTII OF SPAIN RAILWAY.—sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Stephenson, C.E., having returned from Spain, the directors if the Royal North of Spain Railway Company have announced their intention of shortly laying before the proprietors some account of the affairs of the concern. Sea-water and gas are to be supplied by means of rail ways. Companies have been formed to bring sea-water from Brighton to London, and to manufacture gas in the immediate neighbourhood of the coal-fields in various parts of the kingdom, and convey it in tubes along the lines of railway, for the supply of adjacent towns and cities, &c. RAILWAY ROBBERIES.—The directors of the Great Western Railway have added £2O a year to the salary of Superintendent Collard, in acknowledgment of his exer tions and assistance in the cases of Garratt and Maynard, to the former of whom upwards of 30 parcels have been traced, being losses on railways in the last six months, and coming down to a period subsequent to the arrest of Maynard. A WARNING.—On Saturday last, at the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, W. Paton, superintendent of locomotion on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and R. Mc Nab, engine man on the same line, were sentenced --the former to twelve months' imprisonment, and the latter to nine months'—having previously been found guilty of culpable homicide, in consequence of an accident by which a spirit and cattle dealer, named Gooley, was killed, on the 19th of May last. THE PREMIER AND THE RAILWAYS.—Sir Robert Peel turned the first sod of the Trent Valley Railway, near Tamworth, on Thursday afternoon. The Mayor and Corporation of Tamworth gave a dejEuner to the Di rectors of the line and their friends on the occasion, and Sir Robert Peel entertained a large party, in the evening, at Drayton Manor. The spade with which the sod was raised was of electro-silver, shaped like a shield, and bearing the Peel heraldic emblazonments. The barrow for removing the turf was of mahogany, richly and el,bo rately carved. _ RAILWAY qaPs.—Letters from various parts of the country describe the activity and excitement as universal, with regard to the great engineering and mapping move ment ; and notice is especially taken of the class of per-. sons who are so employed, one letter remarking that " lads who have only just left school are permitted to take particulars which require experience in some of the nicest questions of real property." It may easily be anticipated what a figure some of them will make when the time for the grand ordeal arrives. PRICE OP IRON IN FRANCE.—The price of white cast metal is on the rise. The half-rock of Blaise is now sel ling, delivered at Saint Dizier, at £6 18s. the 100 kilos, or 2 cwts. ; those of the Mania, at £6 lls. at the furnaces; do. ruck, £7 at the furnaces. There is great activity pre vailing in all the cast metal and iron furnaces; but the prices appear too high for the trade, and it is not until there are more extensive orders, that another rise will take place. The greater part of the iron masters have sold their produce at three months'. The iron masters of the forges of the Marne have entered into contracts for de livering their half-rock iron at the rate of £l4 15s. to £l5, at St Dizier, six months' credit, and 3 per cent. discount. CIVIL ENGINEERS.—Of the extent of occupation which has devolved upon these professions in conseouence of the prevailing excitement, some idea may be obtained from the tact, mat one engineer is engaged on 11 of the new lines, another on 14, a third on 16, a fourth on 17, and a fifth on 21 lines. The same may be, and no doubt are, engaged in other lines ; for many of those on the list have no engineer's name attached to them, and it may be safely assumed that the execution in a proper manner of such a quantity of work is beyond human power. This is not labour, it should be observed, which will admit of careless or imperfect execution. The fate of the Cambridge and Lincoln line last session, the bill for which was lost in consequence of a mere clerical error connected with the surveys, shows how important it is to the success of a new line that they should be made with the utmost care and accuracy. LIE TRICKSTER REWARDED.—A few days ago, as a Brighton tradesman was travelling to London by rail, he was detected in the repetition of what he had previously been heard to denominate the " artful dodge " of riding as a first-class passenger and paying only the third-class fare. The modus operandi was to take a third-class ticket and ride in a corresponding carriage as fir as the Hassocks, and then, on the stoppage of the train, to transfer himself to a first-class vehicle, having ridden in which to New Cross he would again alight and resume his old quarters. On the occasion alluded to, however, the biter was bitten ; for on attempting to execute the last part of this scheme, one of the guards, who had observed the first part of the manceuvre, and consequently been on the look-out, touched him on the shoulder and delicately hinted that the gentleman had forgotten his carriage. To the great amusement of the third-class passengers, the " artful dodger" was bowed into the quarters which he had just vacated in the first-class carriage, and, on arriving at the terminus, was obliged to pay the difference between the first and the third-class ticket. IMPORTANT PROJECT.—A letter from St. Petersburgh states, that the government is actively occupied with a project of making a railway from that city to Odessa, and, if it be possible, that project will be carried into effect. The construction of this railway would be of immense importance, not only to Russia, but to the whole of Europe and Asia; for it would join the Baltic and Black Seas, and, doubtless, it would not be long before branches were made to the Caspian Sea, and to Ispahan, in Persia. It is even probable that, ultimately, it will be extended as far as the East Indies, and perhaps even to China. The railway from St. Petersburgh to Odessa would be 770 French leagues in length, and would, consequently, be the longest in a straight line which has ever been con ceived. It would traverse three zones of different tem perature, and, by means of the railway, the whole of the distance might be accomplished at the most in seventy hours. By such a railway a traveller quitt'ng St. Peters burgh in the depth of winter, would find himself trans ported in a remarkably short space of time into a country of intense heat.—Morning Chronicle. TRAFFIC RETutzNs.—This part of the kingdom is lite rally inundated with railway employes, and the amusing expedients to which that portion of them known as " traffic-takers" have recourse, for the purpose of giving their employers a favourable report of the remunerating capabilities of the projected lines, would fill a goodly- sized volume. We select one instance by way of illus tration. An old farmer, living near Sedbergh, had a flock of sheep pasturing about two miles from that place, and, being of a very careful turn, was in the habit of visiting them twice a day, Sunday included, to see that none had strayed, or met with any accident. To do this, it was necessary to pass a road-side inn, where the " traffic-takers" of three rival companies had taken up their quarters; and no sooner did these zealous officials obtain a glimpse of the worthy agriculturist, than he was popped down in their memorandum-books as an indivi dual who would undoubtedly patronise the " rail " when it was established through that district. As their occu pation lasted a month, farmer T. would figure, by this ingenious process of multiplication, at least fifty-six times in each of the " probable -amount-of-passenger-traffic " statements of the opposing companies.—Lancaster Guar. THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE V. THE LIGHT-FINGERED FRATERNITY.—A traveller by the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway, on lately leaving the station in the former city, missed his pocket-book containing £7OO, and im mediately returned to the train to make inquiries. The stoker told him that a fellow-traveller, whom he had sup posed to be his servant, followed him from the station, and afterwards returned—took his place in a train that was starting for Glasgow—and was now on his way west ward. The gentleman ordered an express train ; but there was little hope of overtaking the other, for some time was lost in getting up the steam. However, off he went, the stoker accompanying him ; and when they were approach ing the inclined plane which leads into Glasgow, they saw the train a-head. The whistle of the " express" engine was violently blown; and the conductor of the passenger train, inferring danger, removed to the other line of The "express" shot past, and got to the station in time to admit of arrangements for apprehending the pickpocket. The train then came in—the suspected person was seen and identified by the stoker—and the pocket-book and money were found upon his person. The owner, over joyed at recovering his property, offered a handsome reward to the stoker, which was resolutely refused; and the gentleman therefore enclosed £lOO to the directors, requesting them to take pay for the express—to reward their servant ad libitum—and to return the change (if any). The directors returned the whole, stating that they would make no charge for the engine, and would themselves re ward the stoker..—Scodch paper. Nov. 18, 1844 Tiffammorstown. ----------- iOng YORK AND CARLISLE.—After numerous so li c it a t ra ted his Grace, the Duke of Cleveland, has at length consein.'_ to allow railway surveying for the ' above line on his est.'_.!: Mr. Harris has commenced the survey for a branch 1111` from the Auckland coal field, to pass near 1-laggerle!e!! through Langleydale, and to cross th e river Tees, a u hall distance from the fine old ruin of Barnard's Cast . le, an to join the main line between Bowes an d Gretaridge. CAPITAL OF RAILWAYS COMPLETED AND IN P".. f GREs.—From the r turns recently compiled by order ho Parliament from documents in the possession of t e Board of Trade, and other public depart ments, it ears that the total amount of capital that has been expend" 1:11 the construction of railways, in different countries, stood as follows, at the close of 1843 : Miles. Amount. Avrg./• per m ile 2,0691.... £64,2 38 , 630 .... £31,048 343 .... 5,872, 160 .. • • 17,120 552 .. .. 10 9 76,000.... 18,617 1,9971.... 15,500,000...• 7,500 3,6 88 .• • . 17,702X0.. • • 4 .....---- 00 Great Britain Belgium ..... France ...... Germany America • - Total 8,650.... £113,589,160.. • • For railways in actual progress, in Great Britain, an estimated capital of £74,407,520 was raising, in order,° construct 3,543 miles of lines sanctioned by Acts of 17. and 1845. In France. £44,866,970, for new lines, exten r 64 ' ing over 2,410 miles. In Germany, £18,000,000, f,,°, 2,3471 miles; and in America, £26,995,200, for 5, miles. The calculation shows, that England contributes £138,646,150, out of the whole capital of £277,858,8.0 expended and expending, or exactly 50 per cent., the country, out of the gland total of 22,574 k miles, length of the projected railways being 5,6121 miles in this upon 25 per cent. of their united lengths. er close A RAILWAY RACE. THE LOCOMOTIVE BEA TEN BY THE ATMOSPHERIC. The Railway Chronicle of Saturday, whilst c very flattering account of the working of the atmnsPhe'_l. pti principle, upon the line laid down by the side o f the Lir_ on don and Croydon railway, gives the following descri of a race between a train upon each : ing event ; but it is rarely witnessed, and scarcely e ver 0, perfect safety. Between a pair of well-matched loco e° " A railway race is a sufficiently exciting and interes.ti; tives it would be sufficiently exciting ; but between a 1 2 w system, like the atmospheric, and its rival, the loconautvlee.: the character and reputation of both systems for speed ".. f pending on the issue, a well-matched contest would be Lt.! no common interest. In this case we were lucky enour_ to see such a race • and we believe any of our readers sco° leave London Bridge station at twenty minutes past t" , and take an atmospheric ticket, may any day see the san 3 !: We were standing at the Forest Hill station, preparing 13 " start, when it was announced that the Dover E x p el !: Train was in sight! Immediately we (the atinospherlu, train) made preparation to start, and were just in the ac,: of starting from rest when the locomotive train " whi,ked. past us at, probably, some 35 miles an hour. We st arted, but before we got into motion at any velocity, the train was a mile ahead of us, and was evidently g aining rapidly in speed. However, on we went like a whirlvrindt and it soon became evident that we were gaining on our rival. Three or four minutes decided the race. W e P a i s c . sed the express train at a rate exceeding her own b y or 20 miles an hour. Our velocity could not then be ltss than 60 miles an hour. It was easily and steadily wain " tained, and we were over the Brighton viaduct and c oast ' derably beyond it before the Dover reached it. Bu t con ; siderably before this time the brakes were put on, and the vacuum destroyed by the valve, to avoid danger in run ; ning in upon the workmen round the sharp curves; ana, when we reached Croydon, in 61 minutes, it was f owl, ' that the journey as a whole, had occupied more time than it has frequently been performed in. Dover SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, MANCHESTER TURF REPORT.—FRIDAY NIGHT. Very little doing either here or in London; indeed, we can scarcely hazard a quotation for the Chester Trades men's Plate, the experience of past years making the backers of horses shy until they see the entry ; and pre bably the very " safe ones" will wait for the acceptance- Rattan (advertised for a stallion, to stand at Catterrek Budge), was backed on Saturday at 1000 to 15 ; an d Lancashire Witch on Tuesday at 100 to 1. During the week 500 to 7 was offered against Wolf Dog ; and the same against Winesour, Hope, The Baron, Ould Ireland, and one or two others. 100 to 1 each have been taken about Pythia, Prince Royal, Ithuriel, Mickey Flee, Th e Era, and Connaught Ranger. For the Derby betting we refer our readers to the " doings at the Corner." TATTERSALL'S.-THURSDAY. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Sting, by Slane, out of Echo (t. 8). 17 to 1 Brocardo, by Touchstone, out of Brocard (t to £2O). Tago, by Don John, out of Scandal. Traverser, by Gilbert Gurney—Roderick 's dam (t). Ginger, by Emilius, out of Mustard (t. to £10.) 10 to 1 Humdrum (taken to 25). 25 to 1 35 to 1 30 to 1 OAKS. 13 to 1 Princess Alice, by Bay Middleton — He r Majesty (t). 20 to 1 Cuckoo, by Elis, out of Reel (taken to £20.) There was not a dozen subscribers present at any part of the afternoon. Caunt has accepted Bendigo's challenge to fight for £lOOO a side, and the championship. 0 ArbISOILSI s yr town , seems anxious for another contest with the northern champion,and has requested Clasper to build two boats, e xactly alike, in one of which, after tossing for choice, Carro ll 18- to pull. while the other is to be used by Clasper. Car roll to pay Clasper's price for the boat. The match to be five miles on the I\l , rsey, and for £lO O aside. Clasp er, we hear, agrees to Carroll's proposal as to th e boats, but wishes to row him on the Tyne for £ lOO, £ 2OO, or £3OO- aside. SALE OF THE LATE MR. RAWLINSON'S STUD.—Tir sale of this stud took place on Monday last, at Tattersall . s and realized the following prices :—Coronation, 100 gs. Coningsby, a yearling colt, by Venison, out of Rugby , 100 gs. ; Rugby, 310 gs. ; Chadlington Maid, 5 years 135 gs. ; Coral, 6 years, 130 gs. ; Cherry Bounce, 2yrs, 115g5.; Chess, yearling filly, by Elis, out of Coral, SOgs. ; Reliance, by Fungus, out of Rugby's darn, 34gs. ; Charm ing Kate, 4 yrs, 72gs. (JREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR £so.—On Monday last, the match made for J. Byrom, to run four miles of road under twenty-two minutes, came off near the King Arms, Acton Bottom, in the presence of a large number of spectators. Byrom started at a rattling pace, and co vered the first mile in five minutes and nineteen seconds the next mile was performed in five minutes and a half, a rapid rate being continued ; and the third mile Was reached in five minutes and ten seconds. Finally, th e feat was accomplished easily ; the four miles of road bay ing been run over in twenty-one minutes and four seconds. A MODERN NIMROD.—The following extract from a e letter from the Highlands may be interesting to some °` our sporting readers. Sporting matters there are eon' ducted on a large scale. The writer, a Sussex man, saYs —" I have the care of about fifteen couple of deer hounds, and six couple of pointers, setters, terriers, &a' —in all about twenty-two couple. The establishment consists of eighteen servants, about twenty-two couple clir dogs, and five horses. The master of it is a son of s l r Ralph Gore, of Brunswick-square, Brighton, and be Is the finest and boldest sportsman I ever saw. He llas killed about thirteen stags—four of them royal stags--a noble class, with peculiar antlers, of which he is deservedly proud. It is a wild spot (in Rossshire), more than nine miles from any town, and nothing but mountains an d rivers, and the natives speak nothing but Gaelic. Her e indeed is the right kind of sport, which demands some privations ; but then ensure! Four royal stags ! Ab' that is sportt " CHASE THE Sir W. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS will me , t on Thursday, Nov. 20, at.. Saturday, 22, at.... Each day at Eleven o'clock. The CHESHIRE 110UNDS will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at.. Walgerton Lodge, Doddingtoo Thursday, 20, at.... Cholmondeley Castle Saturday, 22, at Wrenbury `Wage At Half-past Ten o'clock:, Sir W. W. WINN'S HOUNDS will meet on , Wednesday, Nov. 19, at . Friday, 21, at Shoc klol4 Saturday, 22, at At Half-past Ten o'clock. DISCOVE RY OF ruE REMAINS OF WILLIAM EARL VS WARREN, AND GUNDRERA HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER O f WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. — On Tuesday week, BS the workmen employed by the Brighton, Lewes, and Hart: ings Railway Company were removing the earth in t" Priory grounds at Lewes, their progress was arreste d bY$ stone ; on the removal of which they discovered two CI or coffers, side by side. On the lid of one was the W. " Gundreda," perfectly legible, and on the other " helm." On removing the lids, the remains appeared de be quite perfect, and the lower jaw of William Earl c,l° Warren in extraordinary preservation. The cits which the bodies were deposited were not more than thre; feet in length, and about two feet wide—and there is II doubt that the bodies had been removed from some Piti and reintered ; and, accordingly, the tradition is, t"' : i William de Warren and Gundreda his wife, were reinter e .. o ye about trio hundred years after decease. The rel ics f r emoved to Southover Church,—in which there is a , ancient tablet to the memory of " Gundreda;" and it ' intended to place the remains near this tablet. • g 1$ TOMB OF GUNDREDA AT LEWES.—The following the epitaph on the tomb in the vestry of St. Job s l Church, Southover, formerly covering the remains ist ° lo disinterred, as given, with a literal prose translation, rs '• Parry's Coast of Sussex," 1833. (The dipthongs $ omitted, as was frequent in old Latin :) " Stirps, Gundreda ducum, decus evi, nobile gcrraen , Intulit ecclesiis Anglorum balsama morum. Martha fuit miseris : fuit ex p'etate Maria. Pars °Wit Marthe, superest pars magna Marie. 0 ! pie Pancrate, testis pietatis et equi. Te fecit heredem ; tu, clemens, snscipe matrern, Sexta calendar= Irmii lux obvia carnis Fregit alabastsum." T e be d " Gundred of ducal race, the ornament of her age, anal' le. brought into the Churches of England the balsam of morn;v She was a Martha to the wretched ; she was, for P e " i t ' of Mary, The part of Martha has died; the superior Pa' a nd Mary survives. 0 ! holy Pancras , witness of her pietY ig a, rihteoness, she made thee her heir • do then, ben d of receive a us mother. The hostile dawn of the sixth kale June broke the alabaster of flesh." s'..N.. inf l ?fi n re l LO be p O n • Maria with t Garde] Mr. of Mal ford, f the 13 . Ja'i A. st iz A .1 ? 11 Th to Opt In ( be x: - dark n Llic o a r ' MOhd an ho trav e l On Street read might mare the 'n lia nl W hist 1311 ire Pool ; oat , our Pli ed he PPa 4 e , b' th e on., lae l th, th, be