The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

M. ON BAY

ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 9 —His Highness the VICE^
ROY is now living► at his palace of Derr-el•.Beyda, on
the Suez desert, whither he has recently repaired to
avoid the dust and suffocating summer atmosphere of
the capital.
The tanzimat has been proclaimed in the Hall of
Justice at the citadel, in virtue of the requirement
of the Imperial firman. All the officers above the
military rank of major, the ulemas and mufti, and the
chief notables were assembled on the occasion. The
ceremony was grave and solemn, and the Paula re -
ceived the instrument with becoming deference. The
tanzimat is therefore the law of the land.
MAHOMED Au during his ambitious career had
exhausted in wars and folly so large an amount of the
blood and treasures of his country that the people had
fallen into a state of heartless serfdom, and the pro-
ductive capabilities of the country were, if not retro-
gressing, at least stationary. ABBAS PACIIA saw
this, and struck out a different policy. He lessened
the demand on population by reducing as far as
practicable the army, navy, and public works, and
directed the whole energies of the country on agri-
culture. The result had been that, besides the in-
-1 crease of people, which is very considerable, cotton
and corn increased in a still greater t atio, and the
land was marching rapidly on in prosperity, The
growth of cotton, which is the most important
of our staples, bad increased from 700,000 canters
(96tb.) to 1,000,000 within one single year ; and the
quantity of corn sent to England alone in 1851 was
1 double the entire exports of this article five years
before. The increase in the value of agricultural
produce exported during the first year of the present
VICEROY'S Government, as compared with that im-
mediately preceding it, amounted to no less than
64,137,658 piastres! the figures being 166,056,132
piastres, as compared with 230,193,690 piastres.
The item of cotton showed an increase of 32,415,680
piastres, and corn 18,381,600 piastres. The relaxa-
tion also of the restrictive duties and traffic regula-
tions on interior products, such as ivory, gums, coffee,
drugs, spices, and other articles peculiar to the re-
gions of the Nile, as well as those of Abyssinia and
Arabia, tended to open a large source of employment
calculated to stimulate enterprise and work important
social good. As regards the railway, there can be no
manner of doubt it deserves to be placed prominently
forward among the evidences on record of the
PACRA'S successful efforts to further the advancing
development.

At this juncture, when the people were relieved
from an oppressive taxation, gaining confidence in
the new government, and accumulating wealth (for
in the year in question it is a notorious fact that
50,0001. to 60,0001. a week in English sovereigns,
were paid by the merchants for private produce, and
that this money was all carried into the interior or
otherwise absorbed)—at this juncture Turkey prefers
a demand (doubtless a just demand) for claims
founded on the war in Syria, under AIEHEMED Ara,
on her own part, and a series of sums (swelling the
bill to millions sterling), for compensation to the
family of the late VICEROY, for prejudice done, or as-
sumed to be done, to their patrimonial rights.
Such demands even a flourishing exchequer could
not withstand, particularly if we add the year's tri-
bute of 400,0001., and the estimated cost of the rail-
way, put down at 800,0001. more. To meet these,
and afford ample indulgence to the agriculturists for
the payment of their head•rents and taxes, it was
suggested to the PACHA to open a Four per Cent.
loan in England, but he at once refused his sanction
to any such measure, even though he should be poli-
tically benefited from it. With a large and growing
income, a little repose is all that is needed : and,
unless other drags are again made upon her, two
years will suffice to give Egypt and Annas PACHA
another fair start on the highway of prosperity.

THE CREMORNE BULL CASE AND THE

JUDGMENT OF " MIDA S."

In a place, not in Crete, but in Essex they say,
New lite has been given to Heathen mythology,
For Europa came down from the clouds t'otber day,
To give us an instance of doubtful zoology.
Her dear husband, Old Jove, who assisted her flight,
Beheld with amaze, as she soared thro' the skies,
That the bull which she rode on was dying of fright,
And to Earth, with Europa, he instantly hies.
In the name of Olympus, whence came this old bull?
Do tell me, Europa? My sweetest! my bliss!
Had you searched through the knackers, you never
could cull
Such a shocking bad bovine companion as this.
Did he come from the Zodiac, tell me, I pray ?
Was he fed upon air? or is fodder so dear?
It can't be; friend Apollo has plenty of hay,
To stand to his nags, every month in the year.
No, no, my lov'd Hubby, Enropa
.12 exclaimed,
-was in Smilfel' 1 bought him, co lank, thin, and
bare,
He was dying of phthisis, and should I be blam'd
If I took up the brute, for a mere " change of air."
But he's dead ! !—here comes Midas; he'll kick up a
row,
Tho' a donkey himself, still he's full of compassion.
'Tis a hundred to one, for this son of a cow,
If ho don't hold a court in right asinine fashion.
Old Midas now opens the court, with great awe,
And solemnity, fitting this doleful occasion,
For the death of a bull he most clearly foresaw
Could never admit of disguise or evasion.
Stand forth Master Jove and Europa, bo cried,
What say you to this most inhuman barbarity,
In this high court of justice, o'er which 1 preside
Though an ass, still /say it, this crime is a rarity.
You both stand indicted for killing this bull,
By kindness or torture, 'tie all one to me;
And if you're found guilty, and I have " the pull,"
Won't you trip it to regions beyond the" Dead Sea?"
Take care what you plead, then— take care what you
say,
For thousands, aye, millions, are opening their ears;
And " the eyes of all Europe are on 113 to-day,"
To reprove with their hisses, or 'plaud withtheir cheers.
Poor Europa and Jove, who ergstwltayn; Jove
to n'danhdopsemd that
the flaw il
Hungtheirheads, pleaded guilty;
Which his wife had committed, coerced or beguiled
By himself as her lord, would find favour in law.
Silence reign'd in the court; for the hour had begun
When " the eyes of all Europe" were strained to
behold
As fantastical, singular, strange bit of fun
As chronicles time out of mind have yet told.
And now for the judgment—Hem! Old Midas began.
Fe! fa! fum! " I smell blood"—'Tis a horrible case,
" I'm the judge and the jury"—smoke that if you can,
And the bull shall have law whilst I sit in this place.
'Tis a case which concerns both " the welfare and peace,
" And the morals of the kingdom" (of bulls, pigs, and
monkeys,
Of widgeon and snipe, not forgetting the geese),
And mayhap, my fraternal, intelligent donkeys.
And there's one thing I've learn't since I came here
below,
".That slaves in the Indies have long since been set
fj ee"—
".I've been sohool'd in a pot. house" since a boy, that you
know,
And why shouldn't the bull, then, find friendship
from me?

SUCCESSFUL _________
TREATMENT OF
CHOLERA.
Now that the cholera is so rapidly extending over the
continent of Europe, every fact connected with success-
ful modes of its treatment is extremely valuable.
le,
Germany and Austria the hot-air bath has been called
into requisition by some eminent medical gentleman
when patients have become too weak for the administra-
tion of medicine internally, and in the majority of cases
where this has been done it appears, according to the
accounts published in the German newspapers, that a
speedy recovery has followed, even notwithstanding
symptoms of the worst character bad presented themselves,
and threatened a fatal termination. Of course the air„
is previously impregnated with medicinal properties 61
sufficient strength to act powerfully on the 575.
tpm. There is, unfortunately, a great s_
like amongst medical practitioners in this
country to travel out of the old beaten track, even,
though new modes of treatment are proved to be hot',
efficacious, and, in skilful hands, free from danger; but
not be
it is to be hoped that the above simple plan will
more
lost sight of, if this frightful disease should once
devastate our population. Already the hot-air bath has
been successfully brought into requisition by Dr. Green,
of London, but at present ho seems to be the onlyindi-
vidual connected with his profession in
the metropolis
who practically advocates the system. The Germans, '
perhaps, claim the merit of the discovery, but the young
surgeon of an English vessel sailing to
Calcutta and Java
as long ago as 1830, cured several sailors and
Pasgen7
gers, as well as the captain and himself, by hot baths and friction; but be died about a twelvemonth after, be-
fore he hud an opportunity of making known the won-
derful and potent effect of this valuable agency.

DEATH OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
(From the Oxford Journal of Saturday.)
Our readers will find in another column an account
of the almost sudden death, on Tuesday last, of his
Grace the Chancellor of this University. The intelli-
gence was received in Oxford early the next morning,
the various bells tolled out their mournful notes at in-
tervals for some hours, and a general feeling of regret
appeared to reign throughout the University and city.
His Grace was elected Chancellor of the University in
1834, upon the death of Lord Grenville, and we under-
stand that a meeting of resident members of Convocation
was held on Wednesday, in Oriel College, with refer-
ence to the election of a successor to his Grace. The
names of the Earl of Derby, the Doke of Newcastle, and
the Earl of Shaftesbury, were mentioned as likely to be
brought forward. The election is vested in the members
of Convocation.

You both may be married, for aught ./ know or care,
And Vulcan forged chains which till death you can't
sunder;
But, " according to Cocker," ev'ry two make a pair;
To fine each of you, now, can be no legal blunder.
Parturient Abates! then prepare for the worst,
(There's a ridiculus inus' at the bottom of all,)
I'll sentence you now, for I'm ready to burst,
To a fate that no power on earth can recal.
To old Charon go each, put an ()bolus bright
In the mouth of the bull, for his wand'ring alone
On the banks of Cocytus 'inid the darkness of night,
And they'll bury him decent, hoof, horns, and bone.
And let this be a warning to others who dare

Ti'
LOPEMENT. -1-1 ng the last
elopement has taken 1
—...,uri week
the parties being
W. Whitfield d
J•
p ace from this town, • an . Wilson, master ainters and
glaziers,
who had been partners for some time past,
and were doing a
respectable business. On Tuesday morning they eloped
captain.
with two women, one of whom is the wife of a ship On the day one
this lady went out into the roads, on
obtained all the
board of the vessel which her
ndcomm
ands, and took
a strange
an affectionate farewell of lmhaab(a:)n her return home she
Australia the next morning. Pogrinsgome time past the two
o
painters have been secretly making preparations for t
elopement.t 't I,
hey have been seen sending a number of . heavy
trunks away oy rail, onthat thoy were going to
North Shields 'where pretence
„it to paint the
they had an engagem- •
money belonging • to him, and set off for
theatre . . Pious to th '
ber of artierd cottage
a
on credit. One of them purchase . _
of a builder on credit, and being unable to sell it immediately,
mortgaged the
he purchased a share in a building society,
house, and pocketed the mo e . It is said that they have
chiloreanncluenxtiPl
taken upwards of 800/. in slitock and cash. They have each
left a wite and two children. One of them sent a letter to
theseecinagmea hhoepke.tha
his wife, stating that he had sailed from Liverpool to Aus-
that theyeir departure they obtained a num-
tralia,
have sailed from. Glasgow for us-
e S
gitives at Liverpool and it is now supposed
without success;
A •ralia.—Surider-
land Herald. te as
rlicehwwo
ausi d
mt aakdee cfoa
rr
the o f tfhue,

THE VACANT CHANCELLORSHIP.
It having been currently reported, and generally be-
lieved, that a gentleman had been deputed to wait on the
Duke of Newcastle, in order to induce him to be a can-
didate for the Chancellorship, some of the very few
members of the University now in Oxford, deeming it
onc
inexpedient to remain inactive, held a meeting on Thurs-
day, in order to enable those who were favourable to the
claims of L,)rd Derby, to unite with them in a request to
that nobleman for permission to put him in nomination,
Houses,
that
The list was headed by the venerable President of
'Magdalen College, followed by some six or seven Heads
of
and
theot other
rb
notice members
of
will appearvo at ion,and
immediately i t ts
expected

Bring a bull from " Old smiffer to gaze at the moon,
That 'ds done at their peril; for this much I swear,
ll—n me,
," I'll cook their goose," aye, and that very
110011.

ALPHA.

HENRY RUSSELL'S CONCERTS.—On Saturday nigh-
this popular favourite gave the last of his series of entertain-
ments at the Lyceum Theatre, after a short but successful
career. The house was crowded to excess, and Mr. Russell,
who more than equalled his former efforts, was frequently
greeted with rounds of applause. The great attraction of
the evening was the announcement previously made public
that he intended to distribute four valuable prizes, in ob-
taining which every one who entered the theatre was to have
an equal chance. The prizes consisted of a free passage for
four individuals to America, Mr. Russell having promised
that the whole proceeds of the theatre that evening should
be devoted to defraying the expenses of their voyage to the
Far West. Three of the successful numbers were found to
be held by persons in the pit, and the remaining one to be in
the possession of an inhabitant of the gallery, and the whole
found to be in a humble position of life, and to
be desirous of bettering their condition in the new world.
Mr. Russell, we believe, intends to repeat his entertainments
in a few days at Liverpool and Sheffield, and it is to be
hoped he will meet with as much encouragement as he has
received in the metropolis.

WHOLESALE FRAUDS ON THE IPSWICH POST.
OFFICE.—On Saturday William Collins (late chief clerk),
Frederick Joseph Sheldrake, and Edward Channing Bartho-
lomew Brummitt, were finally examined on several charges
of embezzling money, the property of her Majesty, before
the Mayor of Ipswich and a bench of magistrates. It ap-
peared from the evidence of Mr. W. S. Fitch, the postmaster,
that it was the duty of the prisoners to affix six postage
stamps to all registered letters upon receiving the registra-
tion lee; and for some time past it had been discovered by
Mr. J. T. Gardner, a confidential clerk in the General Post-
office, that the Ipswich bag frequently contained letters
bearing stamps that had been obliterated before they 7; ceived the obliterating stamp of the Ipswich Post-office.
Mr. Ramsey was consequently sent down to investigate
fe r matter,ih ei
their
pdptehaerapnreiseonatertsh
the assizes.
detected. Bail was
maiden, still
ELOPEMENT OF AN HEIRESS.--A fair .
her
her
ownihern
rightteens, i
nworth
additionls , readyoooll.ooL pemr money, and enjoying il nn
represented a
nesday, with a young gentleman,
a J.
I)"
whotthe last assizes.
barony on the Queen's County grand jury a of whom
some
The fair damsel had many wealthy admirers,earest relatives;
uncle's house near Athy—eloped on the afternoorl'of Wed-
found warm advocacy in the young lady
but the Queen's County " Young
of Wednesday the
favour in her sight. On the afternoon
a mutual friend,
young gentleman met her at the house of
to say that when
from whence they eloped. It is needless
was
"racing and
the young heiress was missed that there.has been as chasing ;" and up to the present pursuit refused
1 e of e er y.
unsuc-
cessful as in that of the case of the " lost r
—Leinster Express. Lochbien.vhdar" found Nth mbos,t,

MEmot OF R 8 - TiE BARONESS D'OBERKIRCEL—A
new work is announced for immediate publication which
promises to possess Unusual attractions for all readers who
take an interest in details of Court life and anecdotes con-
nected with distinguished historical personages. The book
to which we allude is the " Memoirs of the Baroness D'Ober-
the secret history of the Courts of France, Russia,
k:-ch, Countess de MontbHson." It is written by herself and
edited by her grandson the Count de Montbrison, and is said
enabled her to becomeacquainted with,
to include a great number of curious particulars respecting
WESTON-SUPER.. and Ger-
many, which the distinguished position of the Baroness
never before transpired. and which have
WESTON-ON II
ILL.—These excavations have been actively
resumed under the superintendence of the Rev. F. Warre.
Two sculls, bearing marks of great violence, a considerable
quantity of coarse ware, two iron spear-heads, glass beads,
MARE. THE EXCAVATIONS ON
and a very large quantity of broken pottery, apparently of
Roman date, among which no less than 200 brass coins of
Constantine, Caransius, &c., were discovered.

COMPOSITORS' EMIGRATION SOCIETY.—A meeting
of the composito/ s of London was held on Saturday evening,
at the Red Lion Inn, Red Lion-court, for the purpose of
organising a society for the promotion of emigration. The
meeting was well attended, and the rules which had been
previously framed by a committee, were amply discussed,
and, after a few trifling modifications, cordially adopted.
The object of this society is that of advancing sums of money
without any charge for interest, to compositors desirous of
emigrating. The minimum charge of membership was by
the meeting fixed at 3d. per week, which it was calculated
would establish a fund sufficiently large to enable the
committees to carry into effect the laudable purposes of the
society.
A tanner, recently deceased, at Manchester, is said
to have left a fortune of 250,0001., which he had accumu-
lated in that trade.

,
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
INDIA.
1 RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE.
I The season was inaugurated on Saturday evening I The chief event of impcatence which had occurred ' -----ae--
!
by the performance of a novelty, a favourite, and a at the seaS of war, since the departure of the last TUE SOLTTII WALES RA ILWAY.—OPPNING
I 1 revival : The Prima Donna, The Corsican Brothers, mail, had been the capture of Prome, by afla t of FROM SWANSEA TO CARNIARVIIiN.
and A Roland for an Oliver,
' light steamers, under the command of Captain 'tart- CARMARTHEN. SATURDAY MORNING —The chairman
The first named• piece, a two act comediettn, is ton. The capture had been effected with the greatest of the South Wales Railway (Mr. Talbot, M.P. and
from the ready pen of M. Reueicault, the aptest , case and the loss of only one life, and there was several of the directors, with the chief officers of the
playwright of the present day. It is an adaptation I every reaeon to believe that the steamers might have entertained here yesterday at a public
from the French theatre, interesting, buoyant, roman.- ! reached Ava with little difficulty as the river was
I
tic, and amusing. Stella, the P •
who has beenadopted
Prima Donna, is an orphan found to be navigable during the rainy season for
in•
c'eVsrtA given to them by the. Mayor and corporation,
b°°..em,l,)e,"Y, were
b ion of the approaching opening of the lino
from Swansea to Carmarthen. The celebration was ge-
by Dr. Honaein, a benevolent steamers of light draught all the way to the capital. neral and enthusiasticCarmarthen and along the
physician of Geneva, who brings her up with his Under these circumstances, the Fabian policy of the whole of this portion of atthe South Wales Reilwa; and
daughter Margaret, whom she loves with sisterly 1 Commander in Burmale ave rise te eonsiderable the inhabitants of the principality amply testified
affection. As Stella advances to womanhood it is discontent. discovered that she has a fine voice, which she oulti- The Calcutta Englishman gives the following ac- their souse of the great fteventages which Ow
construction of a railway through the district must
v3tes, and becomes the most renowned singer at the count of the successful expedi,ion :
Opera of Milan. She there forms an attachment for
Count Eric Von Mansfeldt, the son of the Austrian " Something at last worth tellin has been b ht
"RANGOON, JULY 16. necessarily confer upon them—end ROt to the poeula-
tion of South Wales alone. The line from Chepstow
to Carmarthen—about 100 miles—runs for the
Minister, who violently
greater partbe throughfnd. some of the most delightful
'the
the inclination of the about by the gallant little fleet that was
t, alenP scenery. to
whichoutbe
railway
ntiGreabt Britain, and the recom-
lovers, and obliges Stella to fly from Milan to the some short time oat the earnest recommesn"
house of the good doctor rout g
sister, Margaret, apparenada i rnendationof
rich
andway es to the traveller is, th.at
me. It was 40 or 50 mites.
It,
fay
a wheret
pointthsehefi ofnds her adopted
death. she
ed
prettyofthe
well Commodoregoessed tothartecconapnotaitiroe
TParr°lton, the corn- valley, and river can he seen from the railway itself.
is, in fact, dying of love for a young Austrian officer, mender of the expedition, would Speed,
follow Knowin from experience that the best wa "to look
who bad saved her life from a fire, and she his reconnoitre by something more decisive and at the coguntry" was to " ride eutside " I jumped on the
now recognises her preserver in Count Eric, who satisfactory, and those who from the high-s let d engine attached to the seven e'clock down morning train
has followed Stella from Milan, forthe pur- qualities of the gallant sailor had thus sup opsedi eof
from Chepstow to Swans( a. The weather was delightful,
pose of being privately married to her. Stella, him have had their opinion of his charactepr justi- and I prepared myself for a dat 's enjoyment. There are
with a generous consideration for her sister's fled. The river below Profile divides itself intofew things more exhilarating than a mountain breeze, a
feelings, and in order that her parting moments may two streams ; the left of these is the deeper of good cigar, and 50 or 60 miles an hour on the foot-plate
be happy, induces Eric to feign thathe loves Mar- the two/ indeed the only navigable channel at any of a locomotive—for you may smoke on an engine. At
garet, and even to ask her hand of her father in mar- other season of the year than the present. rf Newport the band of the 48th Regiment joined us, on
aan its wax to the public breakfast. A description of the
riage. Tbe effect is almost magical , the fleeting the left bank of this, that is the left bank of the
spirit of the love- sick girl is arrested on the brink of river, the Burmese were located in great numbers,
an
dntry through which the line runsh between.ief Newport.t
the grave, while Stella is compelled to return to Milan, and on this bank, in very commanding positions, but ISnew
may
does not
fallwiththattfreonmirnat leutismtytwaeunty;
to fulfil a professional eagegement, leaving her affi- were stone bastions mounted with cannon, which portions yof intb
e passingail
wa observe,iba
dan excellent view of sc‘nery
anced lover with the unsuspecting Margaret. The re- could entirely enfilade that branch of the river, amidst which the toyurist might enjoy himself for an
suit may easily be foreseen—Erie learns to love the Through this our friends of course thought the entire season. The Vale of Neat, as seen from the
innocent and affectionate girl, and to forget Stella. fleet must pass to reach Prome, and well had they summit of the heavy incline about a couple of miles be-
The second act lies in Milan, whither the Doctor, his provided to contest severely the passage. But, to yonbed the town, presents one of the most beautiful views
daughter, and Count Eric have come to celebrate the their disappointment and great grief, the steamers to Atfounds in the whole of South Wales.
marriage of the two latter. They meet at Stella's took the other channel, namely, tbe right branch, and
. trip to Cwaarumsaeratl found a large party preparing for the
hotel, and some scenes of great interest take place, in thus got into the main river comparatively unarmed hers and several", amongst whom I noticed Lord which the the truth gradually reveals itself to her; she by the guns on the formidable bastions. On reaching Railway Company.otl47;edirectors of the South Wales
discovers that she is no longer loved by Eric, and, with the stockade at Prome, the garrison appearing a very the train was 12 o'clock,time fixed for the departure of
an unselfish generosity, she sacrifices her own feelings feeble one, the marines and seamen were landed, and hour two powerful engines, aatntdacahefedw minutes after that
to make the lovers happy, and bestows her band upon the place, with no resistance, taken ;28 guns, including teen carriages, in which there Wastonostixteen or seven
Rouble, a young banker, who has most perseveringly some mortars, were captured, and have been brought Proceeded down the branch to the • a vacant. seat,
followed her, and has proved the sine
verity of love
, ..
on arranged the train,
e now increased to 21 carriages
Lieutenant, Elliot, by fighting a man who has insulted her, and leaving wounded, and those severely. Or
h uld be marshellsd,
preparatory to starting for Cann
her his whole fortune in the event Of his death. the Royal Marines, received a ball in his foot, where where we found Mr. Talbot, h arthezi. At this spot,
The part of the amorous Rouble, who is a goodhearted, it still is, and, some of the bones having been frac- from his magnificent estate, through
eamo down the line
good-tempered, vulgar Creestis, svi • - • • t dit is feared he will be lame for life. Mr. which the line passes, several thousandmiles Persons a
by dint of coolness, perseverance, and luck was Fraser, of the Pluto, is severely wounded in the arm. sembled, and the reception they g ad as-
played by Mr. Walter Lacy in admirable style. 'This The river is said to have risen eighteen feet since rectors was one that ' indicated very sthateisfdi-
sterling and finished artist is an excellent ceuisition the commencement of the rains, and all the naval tinily their due appreciation of the advaae.
to the establishment, and his talents do not- appear authorities declare there is water enough to float sages to the Principality of the completion of this juin:
likely to be let grow rusty for want ofemployment, any steamer here, not only to Prome, but to Ave, if portent trunk railway. A third engine having been et-
as he undertook prominent characters iall
h
need be. Why not then take advantage of the tached to the train, the signal of "all riht" was given ;
pieces of the evening. Miss
Heath made hertfirreset season ? Why not send up as many men as can be the steamds wasiel putt on, and tiie partyf moved slowly
appearance on the public stage axe
spared at once with instructions not to stop at Prome, Theo afirrst,
enagmineswasre takenln '
shouts
ocuhargno byrommr.thi:;)
Gerald;
made her
Donna,"
Stella, and we can safely speak of her with unquali- but go straight to the capital? One European regi- the locomotive superintendent of Lou Great Western
had
commendation. She has the advantages of a ment and two native corps with a company of Railway Company, by whom the South Wales line is
handsome face and tall, well-formed figure, while her artillery are ample for the protection of this place, worked, and upon the foot-plate were Mr. Matthews,
,
acting is marked with an ease, refinement and self- which is, you may say, under the guns of the ship- the deputy-chairman of the latter company, Lord Vil-
possession that evinced excellent traininn ' besides which we are in a friendly country, ]sere, of rho directors,and Mr. Brodie,rho • -
y, iers, one e
say, from Miss Heath's style, under g (we should ping—
Mrs Sean's and cannot be surprised, and us long as our steamers tending engineer over the construction of the line from
hands), as swell as intelligence and eonspete y It wending their way towards Ave there is no chance Swansea to Carmarthen. The second engine was driven
was an eminently successful debut. The prentet . and of
oarfea
concentration of force against us here. It is by Mr. Mettler, the deputy-locomotive manager of the
rather interesting part of the tnarvellously suscep-ya hoped that:the Governor-General, will at once see the South Wales Railway. The line has a slight curve to
tibia Margaret was very neatly and careful] proprietyof taking advantage of the season when the the right immediately beyond the junction of the Swan-
by Miss Robertson. Mr. Cathcart, as they executed .
sea branch, and on looking back from the commencement
and pushing •
double river is so deep, up troops as high and .
lover and spoony subaltern Eric, had 1. he can. All the natives on the banks • •
of the curve a very good view is obtained of Swansea,
due more to do as rapidly as
.
with its copper works, the white smells from the latter,
than to sport an unexceptionably cut Aust r told our people in the steamers, that be-
ef white and blue. Mr. Addison gave the uniform of of the
Prome and Ave there was not a Burmese army and the high hills beyond, made partly babre from. the
the good old Doctor in his accustomed natural,par otwf e n
description to stop us; so evident is it that the onwards Pernicious rhoe
ffecctsarof
Carmarthen
eTckt e itself..k A
road
is creased,
ersotsasnecde
hearty, effective style. On the whole, the dramawa B° uarnmyese have not reckoned on the facility with which and the line takes its cuorunrPsie-e throughroa a heavy
brought out and acted in a manner most creditable our steamers can make way against the stream, and cutting, spanned by several stone bridges, and then
to tug management, most satisfactory to the audience, so fully have they reckoned on our adopting in this skirts some nigh ground on the left. A short tunnel
and, we feel convinced, most gratifying to the author,'the arse tedious system of an advance by land, succeeds, from which the line enters a fine open country.
war s •
who, in compliance with a universal call, badable so to harass us in the last, About a couple of miles beyond for tame! we were se-
to come in which they were
forward and bow his acknowledgnient the
.0 luted with several pieces est' " ordnance" from some
s Prima and which very system our commander proposes E
cop er works o th 1
p- .on 0 eft, and before we reached Cur-
Donna will run for many an evening.
his judgment does not alter, may it be
adopt. If
marten this mark of clistirction had been bestowed
The unfading Corsican Brothers b:
vveieb had the devout wish of every one who has
last season for a succession of nights denoted_ run overruled,. is
fthis force at heart, and the speedy ter- uponutsho"l
lineeast 500 times. A few miles beyond the
hy the the interests o
tunnel.. descends for a considerel.lo distance a
outside figures of " the number of tha B
if such it can be called,
famouseast, then urination of the war,
.gradient of lin 52. In running down it the steam of
followed. Mr. Charles Kean, whose
on landin at Prome
per- " The seamen and marines g . tee engines was, of course shut off, and the tender
formance it were altogether superfluous to eulogise, found the place vacated for them ; they remained 24 breaks applied, but we still descended at a pretty good
experienced a thoroughly cordial reception on the hours there and some went a mile and a half into pace, the steam of the third engine blowing off great
commencement of the new campaign,
any appearance of the guns at the safety valve. The first station, Loughor,
He was, as the country' without seeing
usual, recalled at the conclusion, and a similar corn- enem So different is the climate up there, that ac- is a short way beyond the incline. Ilero the chairman
pliment was deservedly paid to M
—r- Walter La tuallyyd. dust blowing about, which shows how little and directors were greeted with the cheers of about 1,000
who undertook, and filled all but as well, vv• 7' ' hadafallen lately. Capt. Tarlton deeply regretted persons and vigorous firing from a number of small
Wigan s rain
cannon, the firing being kept up the whole time
noted role of Chateau Renaud. His actin Mr.
- with him, and that his
g and make he had not a regiment
the train remained at the station. The river
were admirable, up
Loughor is crossed upon a long wooden. bridge, a
force of first impressions that we give the alight pre- from what was there learnt, it seems that between portion of which is swung- for the accom-
ference
_to his predecessor. A greeting was likewise Prome and Ave there would have been nothing found modation of the navigation. From Loughor the line is
bestowed on two. steady and judicious pillars of the to prevent the latter place being attained. It does, nearly level for some distance, and much of the scenery
state dramatic, and established favourites at this indeed, seem a thousandpities that his wishes could through which it passes
is exceedingly picturesque.
house, Mr. Ryder and Mr. Meadows, o • n their ap- not have been carried into effect. Such a move Shortly before arriving at the Llanelly station the line
pearance as the respective leaders of the revengefulwould b • this unsatisfactoryexpedition
now ring
factions.
a close in three months and less. By the of persons congregated together to witness the arrival of
the train were several thousands, a large proportion of
The afterpiece of A Roland for an Oliver was capi- tedious method of a mexch it will take a year at
them being workmen from the copper-works in the
tally played throughout. Our old friend Maria the very least do When the steamers, after
to so.
neighbourhood. At Llanelly one of tho engines was 1111-
Darlington found an adequate representative,• •
artiste- passing up the right branch, had got into the coupled,
and left us. While the train was at the station
tally clever as well as personally charming, in Miss main stream, numbers a nur...a were seen cross.
were presented to theand directors
Carlotta Le Clereq, who fairly aspires to become ano lug the left branch in boats, upon which some of addressesb
tee Town Council and Chamber chairman
of
Commerce.
hitherto
accomplished votaress of Thalia than she has our steamers turned back, and ran in among them, Beyondy Llanelly the line proceeds upon a slight m-
nt. been of
.Terpischore. Miss Le Clercq's perso- firing into the enemy's boats, and securing several, bankment across some marsh laud, but between this and
ion of the vivacious Maria Was faultlessly ale- among them the one which belonged to the cons- the next station, Pen:ibrey, there is much exceedingly
gent, spirited without exaggeration and ladylike and mender of the army there, a son of Bandoola, on pleasant scenery. Near Pembrey, where a small floating
graceful as arch and animated. The'well-known waltz which was a splendid flag. It was reported that a dock has been built, some extensive copper-works have
song was delightfully given and warmly applauded. steamer belonging to the King of Ave bad left for recently been erected, and there is no doubt that the
Alfred Highflyer is just one of the parts in which Ave only the day previous to the arrival of our extension of the railway to the place will greatly
Mr. Walter Lacy is thoroughly at home, and his steamers. The Commodore is exceedingly anxious to increase the enterprise of the people inbe the vicinity.
genuine light comedy was very audibly appreciated. secure this, as she is a light craft, and would be of dAasneeat
of powder
other stations, there wastblienroeur
of
ther opening
neitiebunei
Mr. Addison played Sir Mark Chace as well as could great use. No one knew before that the King of
the line.
From
peexmp
be
rnoy touneaor Kidwelly but one fine
be expected—that.. is to say, better than any performer Ava possesaed a steamer besides the one taken and of rails have been completed. The permanent way is,
in his line we know of•
, and Mr. Meadows was ex- burnt by the Tenasserim in April. All are anxiously however, nearly ready for laying down the second line.
cellent as the jealous old rascal Fixture. The curtain expecting some decisive move will be ordered by the A few miles beyond Pembrey one of tho young ladies of
descended amidst much applause. Governor-General when he hears what has taken the principality presumptuously pitted the speed of her
The house was fashionably attended and every por- Place at Prome, and is informed of the present favour- beautiful little dark brown pony against the power of a
lion completely filled. The interior'
has been taste' able state of the river, and the mildness of the weather couple of brood-gauge engines. As we got a clear view
fully decorated during the recess, other up the river, compared to what it is h • and
and among
even ere , over a small piece of woodland between the train and the
alterations may be noticed the • introduction of the even in Rangoon all say this is a very mild rainy turnpike road to Kidwelly we saw the young lady in
legitimate "green curtain," new box draperies, and season.
question with her becoming high-crowned and tapering
beaver gallopping along at a rare pace, and as we were
an increase in the number and comfort of the stalls. "The assistant-surgeon of the Fox was slightly
rate of about
at the moment steaming at the moderato ra d
The same three pieces are t repeated every wounded in the shoulder, making three officers
o be
twenty miles an hour, the gallant little steed manage
evening during the present week, offering a pro- wounded, and not two only, as mentioned."
to keep a few lengths behind us; but for him the pace
gramme eminently calculated to draw good houses. It is stated in a subsequent part of the same letter tall'and the wss partially shut off to
was 1 in, - , 1 _
with
Indeed, everything that is done at this •. - that it was a village on the banks of the river that
W.
is theatre is in
give the fair young lady a chance o moni.ug up
variably done so well, that were the attendance
We AOLWIIIOI,
in warned our steamers not to take the left channel, as Itof
was no use, however; Ives with their
front ever to become scant, were
attraction might there were guns in a strong position guarding it. This heavy train had got too much way upon
be pronounced as utterly extinct, andmetropolitan friendly warning of course saved many valuable live. them, and after we had run about a couple of miles
-,
managers ought wisely closeti • The and further proves the amicable feelings of the natives, we regretted to see the pretty rider check her fleet little
their doors.
Princess's is "the thermometer of public (theatrical) and their anxiety to throw off the yoke of their Bar- animal and return. At Kid welly addresses were pre-
opinion."
mese masters.
by the mayor
sented to the chairman and his colleagues
and aldermen. Kid welly is the oldest borough
in Carmar-
Not a drop of rain had fallen in the three days from
dressed in an-
the 17th to the 20th of July, and the warm weather thenseire,antdithe mayor anhd ahledierrmsenne,ient
insignia
of
was again setting in. The thermometer rose to 85 ualuetuhtorit ousels]ansdyten
eahnadreewteirt.
tit leek in the button-hole,
and 86, which, as the Englishman observes, is warm Y IS
C ' The
were really something worth looking at.harbour
for Rangoon.
A postscript to this intelligence, dated the 31st of
of Kidwelly has been blocked up for years past. and Mr.
Talb3t, in thanking the maor: and aldermen for their
July, states that an immediate advance on and occn-
address, very happily observed that the advantage which
pation of Prome is expected, and reinforcements will nature had originally bestowed upon them, in the 'shape
at once be sent down from Madras and Bengal. The of a harbour, having been long lost, art had now fortu-
troops that are to march from Madras consist of two nately come to supply its place. From Kidwelly to
Carmarthen there is a sacces3sion of fine views, and
brigades of infantry, viz., two European ant two
from no railway in the kingdom is thf etscen_ery more soft
native regiments, and also two troops of horse artil-
and pleasing than from the mouth
_o he Tovvyto the
lery. Nothing had transpired as to the number of
latter town. At Carmarthen the chairman anddircctora
troops that were to join from Bengal.
were received by the mayor and corporation, and from
the station to the market-piece—say a mile—the road
and streets were literally crowded. Throughout the
line of procession there was a profusion of evergreen
arches and welcomes of the heartiest character.
At half-past two o'clock, between 700 and 800 ladies
and gentlemen sat down to a very elegantly prepared
dejeuner. The mayor presided, supported by
Talbot, the chairman of the South Wales Company, Mr.ai
Matthews, the deputy chairman, d Ensiata fe-
Lord Villiers; Mr. Jones, recordersof c -n'
--"
armarthen then.
Colonel Barnard, commandant of the M
and South Wales district; Me J. n onmouthshire
Mr. 11. Vivian, M.P., for Swansea; m Phillips, M;
for Truro; M. D. Morris, m.p ;th f or' Vivian, M.P.aL
afollowing directors
of the South %Vales Comp"'
Captain Bulkeloy, Mr. G. A, teßiz., Mr. S. Baker,
ri
Lewis, Mr. A. F.
Pullt and b inhderley,
r, dmiieu:
tenant, of Glamorgan and High Sheriffsteof hoer counties
of Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthenand
the
mayor,
.;
and members of the c Pr eertord-
urporetions of —a .
west, Pembroke, T b d Kidwehy,
OD v Fisholiar ,
Llatnilly, Swansea, eec. Among 0 ob-
-mong those present w
of
served at r. D. Gooeh, locomotive superintendent r
the
the Great Western 'Railway; Mr. Frederick Saunders,
the secretary of the South Wales Railway; and many
other of the officers of those companies.
The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal
and customary toasts having been given,the hononr to pro-
The CLIAIRDIAN said—l have
"'v.
The health of the
pose that you drink in a
: bumpersonth Wales Railway."
Chairman and Directors of tete
my
intention to detain
--(Greet cheering.) It ill n
the many important
you by any
attemptto enumerate
advantages that mustbviously result to you from the
o introduction intoprincipality of that great work,
the completion of whicha to Carmarthen you have this
but I should not he doing my
day met to celebrate;
of the
remind you
duty if I did
not
gratitude which is due from the in-
spects
• i debt of
districts ofin the first
southern
habitants of thehonourable chairman of the company, Mr.
place to the
falbet—(Loud cheers)—for his distinguished services
the extension el the line in all its in-
, in promo,teinbgeero_
and next to his colleagues in the di-
rectiontegricY— andcordiality withwhich they have
supported for tho zeal
supported him in carrying out the pledge he gave two
years ago, at the
railway should not stop at Swansea,
th
—(Loud and continued cheering.) The only return we
can make to those gentlemen is by availing ourselves to
the utmost possible extent of the great advantages which
the line offers to us of opening new markets for our pro
ductions, and holding communication with our English
neighbours, to whom we are united by common laws and
institutions, though I regret we are not altogether united
by a common lsnguage. I will not detain you longer,
but merely call on you to drink with all the honours
" The health of the Chairman and Directors of the
South Wales Railway, and, the greatest possible success
to their noble undertaking."—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was then drunk with three times three, and
one cheer more, which was reiterated again and again.
Mr. TALBOT rose to return thanks, and was received
with enthusiastic cheering. He acid—l very much wis
that I had greater power of voice so th I might h
heard by every one be
in this vast assembly in tatecledgments I have to make, on my own part and that of
my colleagues, for the very magnificent reception which

t:Nzit*::i
_______lT
______
the mayor and corporation of Csrmsrtheii her g en to
(Loud eh, ers.) Allow mc, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Itoe oegratalate you at this ancient borough of Carmar-
then 'ming put into railway comannlication with the
m6tropolis—and the distance is now reduced in time to a
few hours only—of the mightiest empire in the world.—
, (Loud cheers.) You have a resgiaficent country, splen-
did land, and very
lovely women—(Renewed cheering)—
but what is the use et all these adventages if nobody
will, or rather can, come and sce them?—(Laughter and
cheering.) hitherto Wilk a has b„ ,n a kind of terra ixe
cognita, a sort of back settlement, known only, or, I may
say, chiefly, for its excellent butter and not very good
oats—(Elear, hear)—hut lam happy4o see that you have
now a communication which introduces you by railway,
not only to the rest of South Wales, but to the whole
1 of England, and lam much mistaken if Carmarthe
does not thereby find itself a place of fashionable resort
And, allow me to say, that 1 look forward to the time
when the electric telegraph will be extended to Carman.
then, and when Mr. Jones—if there be any gentleman
here who tejoices in that patronymic—(Laughte)—may
ask his friend Williams, in London, to come down here
and dine with',him at four o'clock.—(Loud lau
alai cheers.) Now, had I ventured some two
ye ghter,
ars
to make a prediction of this kind to my country m since
e
this district, I should have been looked upon as a very in
fit subject for consignment to the county lunatic asylum.
—(Laughter.) We have had a delightful meeting after
a most splendid journey; and here permit me to
observe
that I know of no pleasure equal to that of travelling in
a broad•gauge carriage of the Great Western Railway.
The great Dr. Johnson once said that of all the pleasures
of life he knew none to compare with that of travelling
in a post.chaise at the rate of ten miles an hour in the
company of a pretty woman.—(Laughter.) Now
if' he had enjoyed the opportunity of which we have this
day availed ourselves, of travelling on the broad gauge
at the rate of fifty miles an hour, in the company of
seven pretty women--[the compartments of the broad-
guage carriages hold eight passengers]—it is not too
much to say that he never would have sobered down to
write his dictionary. It is a source of great gratification
to contrast the prospects of the South Wales Company
at this moment with what they were three years since.
When I joined the company the notion of reaching
this town by rail was considered to partake of the
fabulous, and the achievement of such a task was looked
upon as chimerical; and my colleagues in the direction,
although they were most anxious to accomplish it, shook
their heads, I assure you, very mournfully, whenever we
spoke of the subject; but we persevered, and, as you see,
success has happily attended our efforts. I speak the
sentiments of my colleagues as well as my own when I
say that this meeting compensates us for all the
dfffieulties, discouragements, and annoyances we have
experienced—(Loud cheers)—and a great fact is—as
the clown says in the Christmas pantomime—" here we
are."—(lmmense laughter, followed by loog-continued
cheering.) The reality seems to me like a dream. To
the young men present on this occasion I would recom-
mend that they should bear in mind the sentiment with
which we were animated in prosecuting this great work
—not to despair in times of difficulty, and to remember
that when things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
To put it in the words of a Latin author—" Tune cede
Enmalls, sed contra audentior ito." We persevered, and for
'Y Part I
recollection was strongly induced to do so from the
a West Of an old story that I heard from
Indian naval n captain,
examination of a
lions for a pilot. in reference. taotchae.
ger° as to his qu lin .
as asked—" If ou bad
cherge of a ship bound to Polvrt Royal, and hadla squall
ahead, a squall astern. and a squall
how would you behave?" semb - on both bows,
ao, without hesitation,
answered—" A squall ahead,
squall on each of the bows ? I would crack 48:-ern,
" ( L ocurd"Le. kh
and a
through all, and steer north-west. on, carry
and
laugher.) Now we were menaced with severtErsing.ghtialls.
We were threatened with a squall from
holders, with a squall from the !endow!)
tze.ar
lei, the
we
bee nsaarsiiede-
had what I may call a Great Western eg
--.,. let us carry on tied steer north-west."—(Loud
cheers.) We did so—" Here we are"—(Laughter)--
and Carmarthen has the benefit of our exertions.—
(Cheers.) We
our great enterprise, and we hope soon to meet our Pem
broke friends; for I too, like the Chaecoilor of the Ex-
chequer, claim to see something " looming in the
future."—(Loud cheers,) Indeed, lam specially bound
to do so, because I an one of the directors of a corn-
paziy which is going to build steamers so large that
Milford Haven is the only port from which they can
sail. The Hon. Gentleman then again thanked them
for the reception which the Mayor and corporation of
Carmarthen had given to himself and colleagues, and for
the enthusiastic manner in which the toast had been re-
ceived, and resumed his seat amid loud cheering.
Several other toasts followed, and the company broke
up at six o'clock.
At night there was a brilliant display of fireworks in
the town.
We have, as did the speakers at the public breakfast,
called the journey from Swansea to Carmarthen the
opening of this portion of the line, but we learn
that the Government inspector has refused permission
for the public opening, in consequence of some incom-
pleteness, as we are informed, ut the level crossing of
the Llanelly line. It is supposed that this will delay the
public opening for a week or ten days.
It was stated that on the return journey last night a
gentleman of the name of Williams tell from one of the
carriages. At the time the express train left yesterday
it was not ascertained whether ho had left or fallen
from the train.
The following are the gradients of the newly-opened
portion of the line:—lmmediately after leaving the
station which forms the junction with the Swansea
branch, the line rises with a gradient of 1 in 50 for a
distance of one mile and a half, which brings you to the
entrance of the Swansea tunnel. Through the tunnel
(the length of which is half a mile) the rise is 1 in 70,
with a short level at the west end. The line then falls
towards Carmarthen 1 in 50 for 2-i miles, and after this
the line is practically a level all the way to Carmarthen,
merely rising from 2ft. to 3ft. to meet roads or tramways.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAIL WAY.
Traffic—Week ending Sept. 18, 1852 ... X 13,307
Traffic—Week ending Sept. 20, 1851
... 15,07 12 1
8 2 5
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 11 8,380 12 1
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 180,502 7 5
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
Sept. 18, 1852 ... 86,850
Passengers ... 0
5
Goods
... 2,416 11 8

l`
.711 £13,307 12
Total miles open, 1852, 17314; ditto, 1851 1
, 173 y .
a
London Terminus. Sept. 20, 1852.

PADDLE WREELS.
There is so much additional matter compressed into
the following extract from the curreLt number of the
Mining Journal, that we need not apologise to our
readers for renewing their attention to the subject. Willi
113 it is one of extreme interest, as our personal know-
ledge of &Ir. Lee Stevens, and of the successful progres9
he has made in demonstrating the superior propulaiv©
utility, as well as the great saving in the constructwsn,
and maintenance of iwheels, create in us the stronyn
desire that steam navigation, inland, cosstwiye,a
oceanic, should be immediately improved by their auP

that the
" We observe (says the !limning Journal) Australie., ono of the Austrian Lloyd's steamerssbiinsgd
oef-
tained OR her voyage to Alexandria
theily ftchaethTraing prin-
one of her wheels, which, being on
of
le must always be liable to destructiongreatncen tre
orifinevietna
a zingle float gives way upon
connexion With the others, 0 for the peculiar
necessary
featheringeee action is ob-
tained.own This should be a
dby Mr. Leo Ste-
vens, to owners of sea-going
steamers to adopt the
cheaper, lighter, and stronger
wheels, atente
yens, which, besides belian,
I, gore more than four times so as
than the common
featheringwheels, wheels. Beyond which,
compared with the.
power, and gets entirely rid of
this now most efficimenotly tested invention gives increased
speed with the Fa
Underthese circumstances, the com-
vibration.
g carry out such a desideratum in steam
com-
pany
-hteould press its superior claims vigorously
navigation,
proprietorss of steamers of every class. There
upon the f room and to spare, however many screw-
iB
plenty of
substituted for sailing vessels, or built for
pro, • , e.
neweltr:euses'els,
By the Custom-house returns of registered
made by order of the House of Commons,
steam-vessels,
January 1, 1852, there then belonged to the
United Kingdom 1,218 commercial steamers of various
ap ies, of which 1,164 were propelled by wheele, and
capacities,
eltscrews, and whose gross burthen, exclusive of
their engine-rooms, amounted to 185,366 tons; so that,
it paddle-wheel steamers only increased in the ratio of
20 per cent.,
with the vastly extending demand for their
exclusive use, and those propelled by screwa should be
annually doubled, it would take many years to bring
the latter to an equality. And it would seem that the
directors of the new company are not wanting in confi-
deem es they have determined to guarantee
one dividend per annum to
the shareholders,
out of the proceeds upon the
foreign p
granted to Mr. Lee Stevens, irrespective ofatents the
reasonable calculation of a second annual dividend
from the returns upon the English patents. So that the
shareholders will be insured an immediately-accruing
interest dividend (if we may so
three per cent. per annum, with term it) of not less than
which alone the office and re a profit dividend, out of
—ancgc ment expenses will be
deducted, and which eecond dividend may run from
three to ultimately 30 per cent. more. Whilst thus
fully satisfied of their commercial
less so of their lei one, as the most eminent authority
position, they are not
ou such metiers, Mr. Carptnael, of the Patent office,
has certified to them that the specification and claim put
in by Mr. Lee Stevens is perfectly valid. And as far as
the inventor is concerned, his scientific success, recorded
from time to time in this journal, being indisputable, we
only hope that his pecuniary recompense may be pro-
portionately satisfactory to him."

We aro authorized to state that the funeral of the
late Duke of Wellington will be a public one, but the
arrangements respecting it are not yet definitively settled.
The Earl of Derby has not returned to town, but leaves Bal-
impression prevails in well-informed
moral to-day, and an
quarters that the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will take their departure for the south about the same
time.— Tunes.
.-7.,GRAND BAL MASQUE AT CREMORNE.....-(Th Thurs-
day night a grand bal masque is to be given at Cremorne-
gardens. The preparations are on a scale of great magni-
tude and splendour, and there is every reason to believa
that, as an entertainment of the kind, it will be unsurpass-
able. The state of the weather will of course determine the
attendance of visitors; but even if the evening be only ordi-
narily favourable, an immense crowd may be anticipated.
Under these circumstances, it may be predicted that upon
no previous occasion will this popular al fresco place of
amusement be seeen to greater advantage.
A line of screw steamers is about to commence
running between Southampton and Bordeaux.