The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, DONCA,STER, AND

GREAT NORTHERN DIREC r.

A meeting was held at Normanton on Saturday to
consider the desirability of establishing a direct line
between Bradford, Wakefield, and the metropolis.
The promoters of this line contemplate a considerable
saving in distance between the West Riding of York-
shire and London. There were gentlemen present
from the three principal towns intended to be bene-
fited by the proposed scheme—viz., Bradford, Leeds,
and Wakefield. Letters had also been received by
the solicitors to the line from noblemen possessing ex-
tensive property in the district through which the
line is intended to run, expressing their concurrence
in the scheme, and their intention of supporting it.
Mr. R. Hudson was called to the chair.
Mr. HUDSON said he did not know much about the
proposed line himself, and be apprehended there were
other gentlemen present who were in the same posi-
tion. He would, therefore, tall upon some gentle-
man to explain to the meeting the benefits, the
probable cost, and the line of country through which
the railway would run.
Mr. WESTMORELAND, of Wakefield, one of the
solicitors to the undertaking, said, before reading the
report of the engineer be would state this much
as a first principle. It was fully agreed on all
hands that it was absolutely necessary that Bradford,
Wakefield, and Leeds should be put into as direct
communication with the , metropolis, through the
Great Northern Railway, as practicable. Perhaps he
might be suspected of having a strong feeling on be-
half of Wakefield, of which town he was an in-
habitant, which was perfectly put out of the direct
route to London and the greatly populated towns in
the neighbourhood. With regard to the Midland
line, Oakenshaw was the nearest point for Wakefield
people ; and his hearers could well understand the
innumerable objections that might be advanced
against a railway which necessitated a de arcs
at
Oakenshaw both of luggage and passengers, and again
at Wakefield. By the Great Northern route they
had to seek the aid of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire line and their Askern branch before
they could get on the main line. To remedy
these defects, it being highly desirable there
should be a continuous and direct communication
between Wakefield, Bradford, and the metropolis,
the present line had been projected. This
object would be attained by a junction, close upon
Doncaster, with the Great Northern Railway, and
by continuing the line from Wakefield forwards to
Bradford, with a branch to Leeds. He might add
that Mr. J. Walker, their engineer, had on two oc-
casions been the engineer to the Great Northern
Railway. The plans he submitted on the present
occasion were identical with those that the Great
Northern Company had laid before the Committee of
the House of Commons, save and except the various
emendations and improvements which time and expe-
rience had pointed out, or which had been adopted to
meet the changed features of the case. He held in
his hand the report of the engineer on the project
connected with the three towns. Mr. Westmorland
then read the report of the engineer, from which it
appeared that the distance between Bradford and
onlyl on g ,
12w miles
e st the di diur
re
lcotndgiss, t a
nn
ec
ien,gasonthlye ow es,
giss
Wakefield by this new line would be 13 miles 1 fur-
f
akefi e
Doncasterl do
would th e j junction tio n
18
miles
withth
6ieuGrlorenagts,Ntohrothernttt
direct
longer than the straight line. The distance from
W
distance being 17 miles, 7 furlongs, and 5 chains,
Northern furlongs,
a t thus s
stationsorni lt yaonnsnhi
dmaking a difference in favour of the present un•
distance of 11 miles. Thee' baranc
errnking of only 6i furlongs. From Bradford
furlongs;
Doncaster, in a straight line, it is 30 miles 4
the railway line would be 31 miles 7
London
termi-
nating
antroad, and lying between the Midland and Leed
oat
the and
North-Western and
would be equally favourable Great-Northern on t eistwes
ra.ne as regarded
miles
The railway line would be
niiel
mill, and
easdifferencet,
aneard ttoht
eol
leave thaLeads,
i wholeg
t 0 a
ance.
length 8. ur-
longs, and between the same
points. the direct. distance
is 7 miles 7 furlongs, making a difference of little more
than 7 furlonTaking
gs• directness and the natural
difficulties of a part of the country into consideration,
the engineer flattered
1• himself be had found the best

Ibwne would un 11dp
9 viaducts,2:3B6l.
line, the gradients being—ftivourtlle, none exceed-
rbienep
ae lrgeOudoa,l:
equally
oiol.e land,
Tat
eti thefloulslsaoi mvweei
no
gtt.testimatesime
ot
nh eg rc
ouurhvnaedds,
,s,e
nit t2h107071k1,,
;79n0,4033p6e1.n;sattiunnnneltso, bternidagnetss:
laying the rails, fencing, chairs, pins, sleepers, &c.,
187,864/. ; total, 569,703/., to which being added
a continvency of 10 per cent., would increase it
to 626,6731. ; arching from the Holbeck mill
across the Bradford and Leeds Rail way and Midland
Fork, crossing also over the turnpike-road, Leeds
and Liverpool canal, and River Aire to the Britannia
mills, together with all works and stations at Brad-
ford, Leeds, and Wakefield ; also, nine road stations,
say altogether 31,0001.. making a total of 657,673/.7
or 16,2911. per mile. The report concluded by call-
ing attention to the extensive coal fields which would
be thus opened to the London and other markets. Mr.
Westmorland continued his explanation by giving the
routes the proposed lines would take ; stating that the
project had been registered in June, since which time
a piracy had been made of their scheme ; for this,
however, he said, he did not care, as the superior ad-
vantages offered by the present line would sufficiently
recommend it when once placed before the public ;
and concluded by calling upon Mr. Walker to ex-
hibit the plans.
The plans and sections of the undertaking were
then shown, and various portions of them commented
upon. This occupied some time. Afterwards the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously agreed to:—
" That this meeting having considered the plans of
the Bradford, Wakefield, Doncaster, and Great Northern
Direct Railway, with branch to Leeds, aro convinced
that the project submitted is better calculated than any
other yet laid before the public, to secure a direct com-
munication between Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, and
the metropolis, while at the same time it more fully de.
velopes the most extensive coal fields of the West
Riding.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then awarded,
and the proceedings terminated. •

SOUTH WALES.—Several days have been given out
for the further opening of this line from Swansea to
Carmarthen. At first the 30th instant was announced
as the day, but that was subsequently altered to the
14th. We, however, are in a position to state that
the opening will take place on Thursday week, the
16th instant. The distance is about thirty miles,
which will make about 130 miles of railway opened
by this company, and the preparations for the event
are on a large scale. At a special meeting of the Car-
marthen Town Council, held to consider what steps
should
somuch buechtali importancee taken to celebratetheth district, the Mayore event, which will be
(Mr. W. Morris), with a spirit of generosity not
often found to exist, volunteered to take upon himself
the management of the intended festivities and to
bear the whole expense himself. The council thank-
fully accepted the proposal, and the present arrange'
meats are—that a special train shall leave Swlllo,e.a ,
about midday, and that a public reception of the
where
they &c., shall take place at Carmarthen,
.vis
they will be invited to a dejeuner. Other
will lake place, concluding with a fhtes tie
v e n -
ball in
nbeten made
ing. An experimental trip has
already to be
along the portion of the new
line ;inn a short dis-
opened. It runs for some miles,
vvit,n,i Ferryside,
tance of the era, between LlaneitlYe ~,
J..owy to Car.
whence it runs up the vale of h
marthen.
~,,--It is announced
SIIREWSDUNT
AND
UEREr °from Ludlow to Here-
that the remainder of this line -.
by Midsummer next.
ford will be ready for oPenil y opened, Shrewsbury
The traffic on the part sires
to Ludlow is very good.
SOUTH.VESTERN
RAILWAY STEAMBOATS.—The
ten • ' minutes at this com-
pany'ssteamboats that touch every.
Surrey aide have been suddenly
pier on the .
disccetinued and the pier
closed, the service not an-

Three commanders, four lieutenants, and ten mates
have boon pr irnozed respectively to the rank of captain,
cotnui,inder, and lieutenant.
E :ward Southwell Sotheby (1841) is the first on the
list promoted to the rank of captaie, and we are quite
sure tew will grumble at the selection, the gallant officer
having served in two shins as commander—namely, the
Racehorse, 18, at New Zealand. and latterly a term on
the coast of Africa, in command of dad Sealark, 8. He
entered the navy in August, 1826, passed his examina-
tion in 1832, and was promoted to the rank of lieute-
nant in 1835. As a lieuteeant he served in the Cale-
donia, 120, as senior of the Dido, 18, and in the Mada-
gascar, 44.
George Sumner Hand (1841) is the next captain pro-
moted. He is an older officer than Captain Sotheby,
and has also commanded two ships. He entered the
navy in 1821, and bore a
part in the hostilities in Ave,
where in 1825, ho commanded a boat at the capture of
the formidable fortress of Donooben, and the Alligator's
two cutters at the taking of Melloone. He passed his
examination in 1827, and was
promoted- in 1829. As a
lieutenant he servant in the Shannon, 46, Grasshopper,
18; senior of Rarehorse, 18, and Vestal, 26. As a com-
mander he served in the Espoir, 8, on the coast of Africa,
and with an indifferent crew (the consequence of which
were a very heavy quarterly return of punishments)
he
captured a great many slavers. He had
been promoted
from the command of the Geyser 6, steam-sloop, now
at Devonport.
Michael De Conroy (1842) is the third new captain
and his promotion to that rank will stamp the Duke of
Northumberland's administration with an stamp
impressionuanof
immeasurable appreciation; for the noble ad g
duke has repaired a neglct which his predecessors
t
ought to be ashamed of. We have peculiar pride and
pleasure in announcing this officer's promotion, for we
claim the credit of bringing his name before the Admi-
ralty on several occasions, with advantage to himself
and credit to the service, although we have not the
honour of his acquaintance. This gallant officer has
been very much neglected, and we must impute to
O'Byrne's excellent biography the almost unpardonable
fault of slurring over one of the most daring, dashing,
and desperate achievements by Lieutenant De Courcy,
that has been performed since the peace; and which in
the height of the war would have secured for him an
earlier, if not a higher reward than he has reaped
from modern Admiralty hoards, who daily seek ex-
cuses for the advaucement of their friends and rela-
tions. Captain Michael De Courcy is the eldest son
of the late Captain De Courcy, RN., K.T.S.,
grandson of the late Admiral of the Blue the Honour-
able Michael De Courcy, and cousin of the present Lord
Kinsale. He entered the navy in 1824, passed his ex-
amination in 1830, and served eight years as mate, be-
fore he gained his Lieutenant's rank. He then served
in the Racer, and on the 4th of March, 1841, was ap-
pointed to the command of the Charybdis, 3, brigantine,
on the West India station; from which ship, says
O'Byrne, " he was promoted to his present rank for his
extraordinary gallantry at the capture of the Cartha-
genian squadron when protecting the British interests in
South America." When we read the almost tedious de-

tails which are appendedto certain officers' acts of gal-
lantry (Sir C. Napier's, for instance), given with all the
exciting particulars of the odds on the part of the enemy,
and the number& of killed and wounded on both sides, we
feel annoyed at the manner in which Captain De Courcy's
vindication of the honour of the British flag is sum-
marised; and, in justice to those who have promoted
him, we must briefly state the facts from memory. The
" Carthagenian squadron" was composed of six armed
vessels, under the command of a Commodore Brown,
we believe, each being equal in force to the Charybdis.
The British man-of-war was detached to protect British
interests during the internecine squabbles among the
republics, and was entering the port of Cartbagena
where Commodore Brown's squadron was at anchor,
when the commodore opened a fire upon the Cha-
rybdis, and, if we remember rightly, killed one of her
crew. Upon this the gallant lieutenant-commander,
notwithstanding the powerful odds that were against
him, immediately best to quarters, and fell to work
pell-mell on the whole squadron, nor did he cease firing
until he sunk the commodore's own ship, the commo-
dore himself beitig amunv tho killed, and the rest of the
enemy had struck their il,gs. Do Courcy then landed
and look possession of the town or city, end received
ample atonement for the indignity the British fig had
received. It is true the gallant commander of sixty
officers, men, and b.rys was promoted by Lord Had-
dingtou immediately ; but he was allowed to kick
about "marbie halls" for a couple of Sears, and then

to fall back upon the coast guard-service for tour yrars
when the Earl of Auckland rescued this gallant office;
from obscurity., and appointed him to the command
of the Helena, 12, which ship he paid off a few months
since from tt.o West Indies, in a manner most creditable
to him-elf and all on board, for she was reported as the
most efficient, the most healthy, and the most comforta-
ble ship from the station. The just and graceful thing
would have been to have promoted Captain do Courcy
when he had strvLd his twelvemonth; but it was re-
served fur the Duke of Northumberland to recognise
the great claims of his brother officer, and to place him
in that rank which he earned in 1842.—Herald.
The lieutenants promoted to the rank of commander

are-
now first lieutenant of
Octavius Cumberland (1841),
the Arethuss, 50. He entered the navy in 1825, passed
his examination in 1832, served nine years as mate and
as lieutenant in the Aladagascar, 44; Queen, 116; and
first of the Brilliant, 19, at the Cape.
Henry Trollops (1841), who entered the navy in 1828,
passed his examination in 1834, was promoted in 1841,
Isis,
and during the our-
served in the Alfred, 50;
veying voyage in thq Pacific, as second of the Herald.
Joseph G. Bickford (1841), who entered the navy in
1828, passed his examination in 1834, and served seven
years as a mate. As a lieutenant he served in the
Rodney, 92, Lis, 26, Retribution, steam-frigate, Ven-
geance, 84, and is now senior of the Cumberland, 70,
flag ship, in the West Indies and North America.
who entered the navy in 1833,
Robert Hall (1843),
paled his examination in 1839, served four years as mate,
and as a lieutenant in the Camperdown, 104, Queen,
116, Trafalgar, 120, Grampus, 50, and last week pAid off
the Hound, 8, from the coast of Africa, which ship he
commanded for two years.
The following mates have also been promoted to the
rank of lieutenant:-
John Richard Lawrence (June, 1849), of the Hermes,
6, steam-sloop, Rangoon.
John Edward Doran (Sept. 11. 1849), of the Persian,
12, West Indies. 1849), of the
Thomas Edward Smith (Sept. 11,• Tiger,
steam-frigate. Mediterranean.
Harcourt Thomas Gammell (Nov. 7, 1849),
London, 92, Sheerness. of the
, Augustus Thomas Bullock (Nov.
a 4 pt • 13,
am 1884
9), of the
surveying service, with his father, C
18 9), of the Leander
ullock.
Henry Herbert Morgan (Dec. 5,
50, Channel squadron. ,
Frederick ryno (June 11, 1850), of
Channel squulron. the Prince
Regent, 90, flag-ship,
Hon. Frederick O'Brien Fitarnaurice (Nov. 12, 1850),
of the Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate,Portsmouth.
Marcus Edmiston Stnithett (Auust 21, 1851), of the
Britannia, 120, flagship,Master-commander of the Mediterranean (son of the
I Vivid, Dover steam-packet).
Thomas Ilaggerston C
o lingwood (April 7, 1852), of
he Arrogant, 36, screw-frigate,
Portsmouth.

APPOINTMENTS

Lieutenant—J. W. Armstrong (1852), to the Daunt-
Less, 33, screw-frigate, Portsmouth.
Paymaster—G. M. Loweay (1851), to the Electra, 12,
Portsmouth.
Sheer-
Clerk--B,
ness. .T. Colley (1852), to the Bittern, 12,
Sheer-
den, from the
Midshipmen—Messrs. Grant and Pifit: the Electra;
Highflyer, screw-frigate, Portsinoutll%l
. Portsmouth, to
Mr. Yonge, from the Victory, negi"b I;ertamouth ; Mr.
the Termagant, 24, screw-frrhalham; W. F. Irwin,
Borthwick, to the Daring, 12' woolffich•
to the Wasp, 14, screw- P
:ItTliss'otle (1842), who was flag
Captain Stephen G. ..,.11°,„homas fferoert, K.C.8., on
captain to Commode% 1r +
SRA. to_.erican station, it is reported,
the Brazils and Setita Robinson in the command
will supersede Cap tairew-frigate, the Arrogant having
of the Arrogant
been three years y/saiotirission.
C. 13., flag captain at Ports-
Captain IL 13. M
mouth, has proceeded on leave of absence until the Ist
of October.
Commander Gerard T. Napier has taken up his min-
at Cbathuw, appointing him to the command of
the Daring, 12, vice Lacon, vice D )uglas.
The launch of the Imperieuse, 50-gun screw-!rigate,
is ordered to take place at Dep,tord on the 15. h itht.,
instead of the 14:h, as stated yesterday.
If the contractors would bestir themselves, and
plete the fittings of the machinery of the Sans Pared,
el, screw ship, at Devonport, Captain Dacres would
aeon have her ready for sea. She has been in commis-
sion ever si,,ce the Bth of June, and only wants about
50 blue jackets to fill up her complement of 700 officers
and men.

The screw line-of battle ship Agamemnon, 90, fitting
~
at Woolwich, will be completed by the engine,, on the
24th and the shipwrights on the 25th inat.
The
screw ship Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay, recom-
missioned at Deconport, will have a full complement of
500 officers and men, consequently she has vaeo,noi,,s for
about 180. Captain Fusbnnike, 1 t,,.rjeant,
and 19 pri-
vates of Royal Marines embarked on board, on Saturday,
to increase the number turntd over from the Magicienne.
The acrew frigate Termagant, 24, Captain Gifford, to
be manned et Portsmouth by a complement of 300, will
be ernploytd on home service. Sne is report:A com-
plete by the dockyard, and only wants men to mike her
ready for sea.

•
The screw frigates Dauntless, 33, Captain Halsted,
and Higbflyer, 21, Captain H. J. Matson, are ordered to
have their defects made good for foreign service, and to
receive five mouths provision, &c. in consequence of
the tide not rising sufficiently high to remove the Col-
lingwood, 80, from the north dock, the Dauntless has
been taken into the steam basin dock at Portsmouth, from
whence the Heels was removed. The Highflyer has
been taken out of the angle dock, and is fitting in the
basin. A spare propeller has been ordered for her ;
the dockyard will complete her by the 16th, the engi-
neers by the 22d, and she will be ready for sea by the
let of October.
The Admiralty have ordered the complements of the
screw-sloops Niger, 14, Commander Heath, at Ports-
mouth, and the Wasp, 14, Commander Lord John Hay,
at Woolwich, to be increased to 170. The former will
be ready for sea by the first week in October; the latter
will be out of the hands of the dockyard by the 23d inst.
DETONPORT SAILORS' Hour.—Charles Dixon,
of Stansted Park, has forwarded through the Port
Admiral, Sir J. A. Ommsnney, K C.B , the munificent
donation of 50/. to the tends of this institution.
MANNING THE NAVY.—We underet,nd that the able
and experienced officer, Commodore Supurintendent
Seymour, of Dsvonport Dockyard, has had before him
riuritg the past week several of the most efficient of the
extra-riggers employed in the dockyard, and has put to
a series of questions in the presence of the
themmastesrinyagttlendant or his assistant. The men were com-
pletely astonished at it. not knowing the drift of the
catechising, but no doubt the report will tend to assist
the committee now sitting at the Admiralty, in coming
to their conclusions on the various topics now under their
consideration.
Electra, 19, Commander Morris, has been removed
to alongside her hulk at Portsmouth. She has com-
menced rigging; will be completed by the dockyard on
the 10th. She has more than half her ship's company
on her books.
Frolic, 16, has been taken into dock No. 7 at Ports-
mouth, to be examined and brought forward.
Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, is ready at Devonport to sail
for the West Indies, to relieve the Rosamond, 6, steam-
sloop, ordered home.
Hound, 8, Commander Robert Hall, was paid off at
Devonport on Saturday.
Leopard steam-frigate is being rigged by the men of
the ordinary in the sea basin at Portsmouth.
St. George, 120—First-Lieutenant Fox and 30 rank
and file of Plymouth division of Royal Marines, embarked
on Saturday on board the St. George ordinary guard-
ship, Devonport.
'Termini steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Risk,
arrived at Lybster on Tuesday afternoon, and landed
the Hon. 13. F. Primrose, secretary to the Board of Fish-
eries, along with the Hon. W. Hayter. After inspec-
ting the government works going on at the har-
bour there, with which they appeared highly satisfied,
the Honourable Gentlemen, after lunch at Catherine-
wheel•house, lett for Wick to meet the Tartarus, to sail
thence for Zetland.
Trident steam-vessel, Lient.-Commander Harvey, un-
docked at Woolwich.
Tyne steam-sloop, Master-Commander Wellington,
has lett Woolwich for Ascension and Rio, with stores.
Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander Smithett,
will have her detects made good at Woolwich by the
15th inst. _ _ _

Wildfire steam-tender, Master-Commander Brockman,
has left Sheerness for Heligoland.
Desperate screw-sloop-steamer, in charge of Lieutenant
Stevens, sailed from Devonport iesterday morning, with
100 riggers and extra riggers from this dockyard, to as-
sist in navigating the Windsor Castle from Pembroke to
Portsmouth.
Victory, was dis'pSittEcPThed
PORTSMOUTH
to Ryde this morning toes
6,e—tLeierotenant Mason, of the
t
acoarioveirrehQeedeßeonysatle
het Duchess of Cambridge
Highnesses, attended by Baron
the Princess Mary. Their
Charlotte Murray, embarkedlinesebeck and Lady
Highnessamyac
and, on the Royal standard from3eia
hoisted,Ryde-pier at 11.15,
Victoria Yacht Club battery firedga the Royal
salute of 21 guns.
The Fire Queen was steered throughti
Spithead (Arrogant, 46; Meander, 44; Eeeesquadron at
Inflexible, 6; and the Devonshire, Indiarnanjuaterl4;
men-
of-war manned yards, and the three first-named firedßoyal salute, which was followed by the Victory on ap-
proaching proaching the harbour. Oa the Fire Queen entering theil
harbour, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.MANp , the
the Commander-in-Chief, went off in his barge and took
the Royal party out of the Fire Queen and conducted
them to his flag-ship Victory, which they inspected, the
Royal standard being hoisted at the main and saluted.
Commander Boyle, of the Victory, was presented to their
Royal Highness, Captain Martin being on six weeks'
leave (not six months, as erroneously appeared 3 ester-
day.) From the Victory the Royal party were escorted
by the Commander.in- Chief to the Neptune, 120,
Captain Scott, flag of Rear-Admiral Superintendent
Prescott, C.B. Captain Scott was presented to their
Royal Highnesses, and, with the Port Admiral, conducted
them round his noble ship, with which they seemed much
pleased. They left under a royal salute, the standard
being hoisted at the main, and were conveyed in the
Commander-in-Chief's barge to the Queen's landing-
place at the Clarence-yard, where they disembarked,
and left by train from Gosport for London at twenty-
five minutes past two.

The Avon steam-vessel, Master• Commander Veiteh,
arrived this morning from tbo eastward with supernu-
meraries, and left in the afternoon for Plymouth, on
similar duty. _

The Simoom, 16, screw troop-frigate, Captain King-
come, re-bent sails this morbiog.
The Higbflyer, 21, Captain Matson, hauled out of
dock tc-day to she titting-birsta:--'—' '---- • •
The Arrogant, 46. Captain Robinson, and the En-
counter, 14, Captain Gor,iGn, will cume into harbour, as
so in as their poedcr and shells are discharged, to be
docked.

The Dauntless, 24, Captain Halsted, has been dovked
to-day, to be exannued and refitted.

IRELAND.
THE HARVEST.

DUBLIN, MONDAY.—Tbere is no variation in the
tone of the last agricultural reports. The reaping of
the harvest is fast drawing to a close, even in the
most remote and backward districts. The yield of the
cereal and green crops generally is said to be every-
where beycnd an average, and there no longer seems
to be any doubt that the loss by the potatoe blight
will not exceed that of last year. The weather con-
tinues changeable, but, upon the whole, not more un-
seasonable than might be expected. On Saturday
Dublin was again visited by a terrible storm of
thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of
rein, which, happily, was but of short duration, and
appears to have been confined to the city and the im-
mediately adjacent suburbs. Persons residing five
miles from the metropolis heard nothing of the storm.

DECREASE OF PAUPERISM.
The cheering prospect of a harvest of more than
ordinary abundance is already producing salutary
effects, by the thinning of the workhouses, even in
those unions which had suffered most during the last
five years of scarcity. It appears from toe Kern
n
papers that nearly 200 paupers were lately discharge
from the Tralee workhouses, while the number ofci
admissions on last bard day amounted
only to 40.
There are not now much over 2,500 p
guP es% charge
e little
able to a union that had not many months
short of 8,000 to support and lodge. Applications
tnd
for assistance towards emigration, st, isi continue
bsvepreceded
to be
made by the inmates whose frie
them to America. Altogetheri he affairs of the
a highly prosperous
union are represented to be n
condition.

ELOPEMENT.
A correspondent of the Daily
AccorExpr L
es furnishe
the following bit of scandal.. ding to a ime-
s
rick paper the gay i
Lothario ls an officer in one of the
regiments. r 1 71st s at present eta-
Highlandtioned in Kilkenny :
.6 The leading topic of conversation here (Kilkenny)
is the elopement of the young and interesting wife of
One of our county. commoners with a gallant son of
and were married immediately on the
Mars. The juvenile couple have. not yet been united
roan coming of age, anpdacaktetavi.snhinipg
large fortune. The fair fugitive asiant the
third of a Noble Marquis. The party were
tythehoisrursedfogdnagyuteegonahtriatsee.
bog *men on board an American
verpool."