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On Wednesday morning the traffic on the main line
of the Great Northern Railway was suddenly interrupted
by an extensive " Flip" of earth h the Spittal-gate cut-
tings about a mile south of Grantham. It eppeara that
the stratum through which th.) cutting is formed consists
of marl and clay and alluvial soil, and that the late
heavy rains having pcmetrated into the cracks and
fismres at the cutting and expanded the soil at the
bottom, the west side suddenly gave •:ay about four
o'clock on Wednesclay tnernin7 under the vibration of
a heavy goods train which was proceeding northwards.
Some thou ands of tons of earth f6l upon both lines of
rail, burying
the engine and foremost trucks of the
train, which of equrso was brought to a standstill. The
engino•driver and r>tolttr both escaped unhurt, end they
at once proceclod to the Grantham station to give the
alarm. On examination it was found that the down
rails had been completely furred froth their bed, and
with the engine and tender deposited on the other line
of rails, The slip extended 100 yards, and it is not the
first that has occurred here. The obstruction was a°
great that it was feared some days at least must Elapse
before the traffic could be resumed. Mr. Denison, the
chairman of the Great Northern Company,
visited thq
scene of the accident in the course of the morning, and
a large fotce of men were employed to clear the line.
The through-passenger trains wore forwarded from
t
Peterborough to Redford by way of the loop. din
of extraordinary exertions, day and night, the up-lino
was cleared yesterday morning in time to allowCd of the
morning express which conveyed the Duchess of Bent
and her suite.

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OPENING of the KINGS CROSS TER
1/ LN US.
Yesterday the splendid terminus of the Great Northern
" !
Railway at King's.cross was opened for public traffic, •
and the event, throughout the entire day, attracted
hundreds of persons to the vicinity of the station. CaP'
tain Laffan the Government Inspector,
accompanied by
Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general manager. Mr. Lewis
Cubitt, the architect, with Mr. Brassey, the engineer,
and other gentlemen connected with the railway, went
over the line and the tunnel under the Regent's Canal,
near the Imperial Gas-works, on Wednesday, and the
gallant officer having giventhe
to the soundness of the lines of rail, the first train started
for York yesterday morning from the new terminus at
seven O'clock, in the presence of a very large number of
persons, notwithstanding the earliness of the hour, the
train being drawn by one of Crampton's engines. No
ceremony took place, but in consequence of the largo
number of persons assembled oa the platforms through-
out the day and in the vicinity of the station, it was
deemed necessary, in addition to an enlarged number of
the railway police, under the orders of Mr. Superinten-
dent Williams, also to have a detachment of the S divi-
sion of metropolitan police on duty, under the direction
of Inspector Champneys. Notwithstanding the incom-
plete state of the general building, the waitiog•rooms are
elegantly fitted up, and furnished with a due regard to
the comfort and convenience of the passengers. The
entire station was lighted up on Wednesday evening,
and from its vast magnitude, and the immense number of
lights the appearance was that of a grand illumination.
All the trains departed and arrived throughout the day
(yesterday) without the slightest accident.

THE MURDER IN SHEPHERD-STREET.

Mr. Langham, the deputy-coroner for Westminster,
held the inquest yesterday, at the Duke of York public-
house, Shepherd-street, Oxford-street, on the body of
Ann Matthews, alias Brown, aged 51, who was mur-
dered by her nephew, James Phillips, who resided with
her at No. 11 in the name street. The evidence was
substantially the same as that which had been already
given before tbo magistrates on Monday last, with the
exception of the post mortem examination, which was
made on Tuesday by Mr. Francis Olathe, surgeon, of
No. • 14, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, who was
called into the house at the time of the occurrence, on
Saturday night. Mr. Clarke stated that on examining
the body he found numerous bruises of long standing, and
an abrasion and blow of recent date on the left hip, as if
caused by a boot; the flesh was of 5 black• and dark
green colour, extending round to the loins. On
removing the scull-cap and durst mates, the surface and
vessels of the brain were loaded with venous coagulated
blood, and there were patches about the sizs of a five-
shilling piece on each side of the head, but considerably
larger on the left side than the right. The rest of the
body was remarkably healthy. Ho attributed the cause
of death to concussion of the brain, and ho believed the
blows on the temple had caused the concussion, as the
internal appearances corresponded with the marks out-
side. Either of the blows was quite suffieient to produce
death, especially th-.t on the left side, which was enough
to crush an .ox. Ile laid no stress on the stamping on
the stomech of the deceased by Phillips, as he found no
marks to c,trrespond to that statement. This being the
whole of the evidence, the coroner summed up, when the
jury roamed a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
James Phillips; and tho "or,;ceeaings terminated.

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)CIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
OF MEDICAL MEN IN LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.—A half-
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R ,yal Medical and Chirurgical Society, Beruers-street, Sir
Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bart., the president, in the chair.
After the reading of the minutes the court sanctionedcourt
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jun., Paget, Cathron, and Peter Hood,
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in place of the six senior directors who retire in rotation.
All the other members of the court were re• elected, and
1 amnia were yon
ed to the PaCtident.

it to Great Britain has called forth the two most
wonderful engineering triumphs of the century.
One would fancy that alarm had been felt lest it-
should, some dark stormy night, drift away down
the Channel, or perhaps float over, with an easterly
gale, to Ireland; or coalesce with the Isle of Man,
and make that ancient kingdom once more formid-
able. It certainly is a remarkable testimony to the
indomitable spirit of this country that, to compre-
hend a little island in our general system of uninter-
rupted land traffic, we should thus bridge over an
arm of the sea, and, at an enormous cost, construct
works to which the greatest architectural achieve-
ments of ancient times are mere child's play. The
truth seems to be, that as in agriculture a wealthy
territorial aristocracy has placed at the command of
practioal -men the experimental results of amateur
farming, as in our marine we have yachting, and for
the improvement of our horseflesh racing and
hunting, so, though in a larger and- grander sense,
the mechanical genius of this country has a
fancy development and a favourite arena for
display. What Lord's grouiids are to the cricketer
or Woolwich marshes to the artilleryman,
or the floor of the House to the statesman, or what
the boards of old Drury once were to the great tra-
gedian, such is the Menai Strait to the civil engineer.
The extraordinary beauty of the scenerSt enhances
the splendour of his achievements, and blue hills and
rushing water, the variegated banks of the Strait, the
broken outlines of the mountainous horizon softened
by distance, mansions and humbler dwellings gleam-
ing in the sunshine, and ships gliding along with the
current, all shed their influences on his triumphs.
For the last generation Telford hung his graceful iron
web across the Strait, and it remains an enduring
monument of his genius; but those were days of ordi-
nary roads and slow locomotion, and it was reserved
for Robert Stephenson, the son of the man who more
than any other founded our iron highways and put
steam power into harness, to show what in our times
engineers can do in carrying out that vast railway
system with which their professional fame is now so
indissolubly associated.
The way in which the Britannia tubular bridge
was first suggested to Mr. Stephenson's mind forms a
most instructive portion of its history, and may fairly
claim a space in this narrative. When the Chester
and Holyhead Railway was first formed the plan
contemplated for crossing the Strait was a splendid
iron bridge on two arches, the proportions of which
may be conceived when it is stated that, whereas the
span of the central arch of the Southwark-bridge, the
largest of the kind in the world, is 240 feet, Mr.
Stephenson proposed that the span of each arch in this
instance should be 450 feet. The cost was to ba
200,0001,, and in consideration for so large an outlay
—at such a point the Government of Sir R. Peel
consented, by an act unprecedented in the history of
English railways, to pay 20,0001. a year, during seven
years, for the transmission of the mails. This
arrangement still holds, but, unfortunately for
the company, the Admiralty objected to the
bridge, as likely to obstruct the navigation of the
Strait, and the consequence was that (his bridge plan
being condemned) Mr. Stephenson, as engineer,
fund himself in what the Yankees call a " regular
fix." The idea of an iron tube then occurred to him,
but the expense of constructing it was so enormous
that, it is said, could he have been permitted to fill
up the Strait with a solid embankment of masonry
1,850 feet long, 160 feet high, and containing about
5,000,000 cubic yards of material, he would have
found it cheaper and far easier to do so. This will
give some idea of the strong necessity under which
the Britannia-bridge was projected, of the magnitude
of an undertaking which left such a preferable alter-
native, and of the difficulties which Englishmen will
surmount in the prosecution of enterprises to which
they have once committed themselves. The Chester
and Holyhead Company constructed this great tube
at a cost of 700,0001., and they receive from Govern-
ment the annuity of 20,000/. for seven years, granted
to them in consideration of a design involving only
a 200,0001. outlay. The original shareholders have
never had a penny of dividend upon their shares,
and the packet-service to Dublin, which they formed
in connexion with their line, after having been
brought by them to the highest perfection, is still
entirely dependent for its support on the passenger
traffic across the Channel. Tile mail contract, having
heen exposed by the Government to public competi-
tion, was given (perhaps rightly in principle) to the
Dublin Steam-packet Company, without any refer-
ence to the enormous cost of the great tube. Will
that cost be eventually covered, and this marvellous
enterprise, ,in the
_long run, compensate those en-
gaged in it ? Let us hope it may. Paxton has been
laying out a park close to the bridge, which looks as
if a new town where intended to be formed there—a
sort of Brighton for the busy toilworn population of
Lancashire. That will help somewhat; and, should
Ireland ever prosper, the company must share her
mproving fortunes

The Royal party left the Penryn Arms at hat
past nine o'clock, in carriages, and proceeded by the
turnpike road to the suspension-bridge. Standing
at the north end of the Britannia tube, and looking
along the Strait towards Telford's great work, for
some minutes nothing could be seen of the illustrious
travellers ; and the salutes fired from different
points on either shore, the echoes of which were pro-
longed among the hills, alone indicated that they
were coming. It was a magnificent October morn-
ing, the night-mist being lifted up like a veil from
the face of the landscape, and the mountains, with
Snowdon chief among them, being clear and well de-
fined on the horizon to their remotest summits. The
tide was flowing high through the Strait, covering
everything that it was desirable to conceal, and even
threatening two or three little houses perched upon
islet rocks in the channel. The faint Bound of a
cheer reaching the tube indicated that the Queen
was crossing the suspension-bridge, which is about a
mile off, as the crow flies. Straining the eye-
sight at that distance, the Royal carriages could
just be seen, four in number, and diminished to a
size appropriate to Queen Mab's rather than Queen
Victoria's stable. A louder cheer welcomed the ar-
rival of her Majesty in Anglesea ; then, after a few
minutes waiting, the scarlet-coated outriders were
observed heading the cortege, which received, as it
passed along, the greetings of the peasantry pic-
turesquely grouped at different points. It went on to
Llanfair station, which is about three-quarters of a
mile from the north entrance of the tube, and there,
on alighting and entering the train, the Royal party
were received by a guard of honour belonging to the
Welch Fusileers, the regiment which very appro-
priately at Bangor and other points in the Princi-
pality has performed the military duties attendant on
the Queen's visit. The Fusileers exhibit at their
head, with characteristic Cambrian pride, a very fine
white goat, presented to them some years agoh by
her Majesty. At Llanfair station
met the Royal party, and it was arrangedtube in the
Majesty should go through lr.tetphaetnhsoenr
state carriage, detached from thhe thh_e_ ine,
by imen, while Prince Albert, aonfd
Wales,dril n
of the tube, and walk al toh
and a portion of the suite wouldte ascend to the roof
Cheep
ser li cn ac a side. This
was
sesfpoereet tbhye
hroyal
Majestyparty
was accordingly done,. butw
separated some little timeation
with Mr. Stephenson,
and the Prince in cohnev
trehe;on the spot the mechanic&
bridge was constructed—it
principleswho ex t)
laionoedwthoioth
strength, the distribution
of the material, and the
leading details by which so
vast an
ha
passed throughundertoking was
successfully completed. A train
to Holyhead only a few minutes
that
thel ,atrtrbival of
the travellers, and it is a pity . they
lost ,e op:
portunity which this afforded for seeing w
dv is, per,
haps, the most wonderful sight connectwith. th.i,
marvellous work. Looking through the tube, which is
1,850 feet long, you see the firebox of the engine gleam-
ing as it advances from the other extremity. You hear
the throb f the locomotive, and the reverberation of
the iron ; the shriek of the steam-whistle startles you
with its almost demoniacal expression ; and, as you
listen and gaze, a mass of sound, gradually accumu-
lating' to a perfect hurricane, swells upon the ear,
while the brightening glow of the furnace and the
majestic progress of the engine fill the eye and im-
press the imagination. It is a fine and an imposing
sight to see an express train sweep by, but the effect
is increased a hundredfold in the Britannia-bridge,
and should be tested by all who visit it. While the
Queen passed slowly through the tube to the Car-

absence of all attempts at frivolous ornamentatis,n
the grave character of the outline foios, and the
gigantic scale of the dimensions, uninvaded by any
extravagance, all lead the mind of the spectator back
to the sombre and steely relics of Egyptian architec-
ture. The huge lions that guard the entrances are
is harmony with such associations, and if on closer
inspection the mysterious sphinx-;ike air of repose is
found wanting, perhaps a wakeful-looking animal
best befits our times, when everybody is compelled to
keep his eyes as wide open as possible, and when even
the Pyramids would not be tolerated, unless they
could be put to better service than the safe custody
of mummies.
From the Britannia Strait the royal train sped its
way, at eleven o'clock, with all possible dispatch
southward, its occupants receiving at every available
point in their progress the hearty tributes of a loyal
people. In their rapid drive they passed over the
lines of no less than six railway companies, the ma-
nagement of each assuming the responsibility of so
precious a freight in turn, and all discharging their
duties with the most praiseworthy punctuality, and
without the slightest contre temps. As far as the
Saltney Junction, on the Chester and Holyhead
line, Mr. Trevithick and Mr. Binger, of the London
and North-Western Company, who work the line,
had the charge. Then the care of the train passed
to the Shrewsbury and Chester Company's officials,
who brought it to Shrewsbury through fine ro-
mantic scenery, and glimpses of beautiful valleys
like that of Llangollen, at about two o'clock. Here
the royal party received a very warmhearted welcome
from the inhabitants, collected in great numbers in
and arousal the statioo, which was most tastefully fitted
up fur the occasion. A loyal address was presented
to her Majesty, who was received by the Earl of
Powis and the Yeomanry Cavalry of the county.
After a short delay for luncheon, the train proceeded
along the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line to Wol-
verhampton, which it reached at about 20 minutes
past three. There, again, the station was crammed
full of loyal subjects, and nicely decorated. The
Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Wrottesley, Lord
Lewisham, and Mr. Thornely, M.P., were on the
platform to receive her Majesty, and the inhabitants,
by their chief magistrate, presented a dutiful address,
from which the following is an extract :
" Your Majesty will not fail to perceive, in this im-
mediate neighbourhood, the signs of an industry which,
although not improving its appearance, yet adds essen-
tially to the wealth of the country.
" Wolverhampton is the centre and metropolis of a
district in which more than a third of a million of your
Majesty's subjects are employed in various och cudpwaatiror
connected with the manufacture of iron and ar
We are happy to inform your Majestyanth_afntthhise
very large population is now fully employed,. d
enjoyment or ample supplies of the necessaries and com-
forts of life."
Between Wolverhampton and Birmingham the
view from the train presented a striking contrast
to all that had preceded it. Nature has not
been kind to the surface of the " Black Country,"
but for external beauty has supplied mineral
wealth and an immense and industrious popu-
lation, living and prospering' in an atmosphere
and on a soil which suggests, even in the daytime, vi-
sions of Pandemonium. They cheered their Sove-
reign most lustily, and showed the greatest anxiety
to obtain even a glimpse of her as she passed. Cap-
tain Huish, Mr. Norris, and the other officers of the
North-Western Company, having brought the train
in safety to the break which leads to the broad gauge
and the newly-opened Birmingham and Oxford line,
the Royal party were at once transferred to the care
of the Great Western directors and their chief
officers, who were in attendance. Mr. Brunel him-
self took charge of the engine, and, having traversed
at a rapid rate and without the slightest casualty the
remainder of the journey, her Majesty and the Royal
Family reached Windsor in perfect safety at a quarter
before seven o'clock.

THE LATE COLLISION ON THE :NORTH BRITISH
RAILWAY.—We understand that a judicial investigation
into the cause of the fatal collision which took place on this
railway on Friday evening has been going on during lon_
day and yesterday. The investigation is conducted by Mr.
Sheriff Gordon and Mr. Lothian, procurator fiscal; but
from the difficulty of procuring accurate information, it is
impossible as ytt to say what the result of the investigation
may be. The engineman and stoker of the mail train,
were so far recove,ed as to be able to attend the judicial
) were
injured on Monday The other passengers wh
injured by the collision are also progressing favourably.—
Scotsman.

imue of the 5 per cent. preference shares of
the Norwegian Railway took place yesterday, and, although
they had been previously quoted 2to premium, the price
was now IA discount to par. Au evidence is thus afforded
that the number of new schemes daily brought out is greater
than the public are prepared to accept; and, however strange
the fall may
.appear in an instance like this, it is not unsatis-
factory that it should have occurred, since it will show that
there is a limit that must be observed in the production of
foreign undertakings, however intrinsically sound. There was
a serious decline this afternoon in almost all the new stocks
and shares, which will probably give a wholesome check to
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"The following is a list of the company's Beet, in-
cluding the vessels iu course of construction:—
La Plata, 2,404 registered tons, 1,000 horse power.
Magdalena, 2.943 registered tone, 800 horse power.
Orinoco, 2,901 ri gistered toes, 800 ',arse power.
Parana, 2 943 registered tons. 800 horse power.
Avon, 2,069 registered tons, 440 horse power.
Clyde, 1,841 registered tons. 430 horse power.
Dee, 1,849 registered tons, 440 horse power.
Great Western, 1,775 registered tons, 420 horse power.
Medway, 1,895 registered tons, 430 horse power.
Severn, 1,886 registered tons, 440 horse power.
Tay, 1,858 registered tons, 430 horse power.
Teviot, 1,744 registered tons, 450 horse power.
Thames, 1,889 registered tons, 430 horse power.
Trent, 1,856 registered tons, 430 horse power.
Conway, 895 registered tons, 260 horse power.
Derwent. 794 registered tons, 260 horse power.
Eagle, 630 registered tons, 250 horse power.
Esk, 232 registered tons. 60 horse power.
Prince (iron), 398 registered too., 200 horse power.

Atrato (iron) (building), 2,720 tons, builders' measure-
ment, 800 horse power.
Sol,,nt (building), 1,781 tons, builders' measurement,
400 horse power.
Wye (building), 750 tons, builders' measurement, 180
horse power.

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.
WOLVERHAMPTON, OCT. 13.—The usual quarterly
meeting of the ironmastera of this district was held here
this afternoon. The attendance not only of those actu-
ally engaged in the trade, but of buyers from London,
Liverpool, and all parts of the country, was more nu-
merous than fora long time past, and after a full discus-
sion of the circumstances of the trade, there seemed to
be a general concurrence in the view that the recent rise
in the price of iron was fully justified. Very large
orders were offered today by English consumers and
merchants, and although in some instances they were re-
fused by the largest makers in the anticipation that
further advance may take place before Christmas, others,
who have less faith in the continued pressure of foreign
orders, accepted those offered to-day rather freely. Up
to the present time the ironmasters have derived little,
if any advantage, from the recent advance in the price,
most of them having large unexecut,d orders at the old
price, which are yet unsatisfied. Pig iron is scarce, and
the demand being la-go and stocks low, prices are not
only firm, but another advance is anticipated. Accounts
of the manufacturers were paid to-day with that punctu-
ality for which this district is proverbial. The coal.
masters are, it is said, projecting a further advance in
the price of that commodity, for which the present de-
mand is enormous.

TEE NEW CRANCELLOR,
generally understood
that°
to be appointed to present the new
xtrbeo AD ,
delegacyOCT. 14.—1 t ie now
Chancellor With the instrument of his election, and to
'
a 3914
se the privA 'nlqtalß 1 . allull of his L ‘rdship, will be
reeLived by Lord Derby, on Thursaay, the 21st inst.
The authorities of the University have suggested, and
n
ow Chancellor has concurred i the "
propriety of the
buggetnion that as the rt•mhins of the late Chancellor,
the universally-ltitneuted Duke of Wellington, are still
unburied, the usual banquet oa this
occasion should not
take place, or at all events be deferred to some future
period.
D

READFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An accident by
which three
an
rneu
inquestwere w
killed occurred on Friday, at Dow-
leis. Frontwhich has since been held on the
bodice, it appears that the
of descending the shaft of thstdereilla deceased
hnmensict htwileehr
they
di new thewerse le
naco.ti
the pie,
geged when the "bucket"
and so severe were the injurie's they received in con-
sequence of this collision that all three expired in the course
of the day. The inquest is adjourned for the productim of
further evidence as to the real cause of the accident.
CLIANCLEY STAMPS.—As already stated, documents
stomped are to be used in the Court of Chancery instead of
money payments. Further, it is declared by the same Act
(l5Lh and 16th of Victoria, chap. 87), that it shall be law-
!tul for the Lord Chancellor to direct any of the officers of the
Court of Chancery whose duties may be diminished in con.
sequence of the substitution of stantm for money paymeets
or otherwise to ace, under the directions of the Commis-
sioners of Inland Revenue, in the sole and distribution of all
or any of the stamps to be used. Should it be inconvenient
for any efficer of the court to act, then the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue may appoint a person or persons to sell the
same, and to allow a discount or poundage. Any officer or
other person guilty of fraud or wilful neglect in relation to
stamps, whereby fees are lost or evaded, is to be liable to
dismissal.
A meeting of the shareholders of the Victoria
of applyin to raise
to Par
aise a further !bar, power c
to extend the
i Docks has been appointed for the 29th inst., to consider the
porriogpirniaeltypisne
and capital of 400,0004

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