The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-12 00:00:00

I am, Sir, yours, &e.,
."11-1 SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

March 12, 1852.

SPORTING
DONCASTER SPRINGIN TELLIGENCE.
The Optional Benin Stakes
MEETING.—THURSDAY.
Mr. Stebbing's Ceritoß(late
Selling ',takes of 3 sovs. each, with 40
added. One
Mr. Harriaon's miss Fnule mile.
Mr. S. Hall's Jack Rag Fanny, (301) 7st 11th (Charlton) 1
vlerymemititsi4l7v
Mogador), 84 111 b ... 2
Stakes
for 31 guineas.
Betting—Even on Aii Yea (300, sst Illb (Carroll) 3
Est 121 h; three, e.t. -
sec. The
BT)ittein"gi,Rmo,orm
~ bantr.wholtuwnoinn
by the proprietors of eLof 5 s°v''' each,
by I& a length.;
%C.aegrit(3).s Fanny,
with 50 added
Betting Rooms. Two yrs
once
t; fillies and geldings allowed
old,
1851 or 1852 to carry 31b,
31b. A wiener
twice, Sib extra; ul
1851 and not won, horses that have started twice in
allowedwinner
51b. The second to save
his stake, and the
Subs.)
to pay 5 sous. to the fund
Red House in. (14
Mr. J. Dawson 's Antever-11:3 yrs,
Lord Chesterfield's Senorita,
Mr. J. Osborne's Lady At-' 2 9sl ...(Flatman) I
(Bomb
Davie, D. W. Holtby's
yrs, 69t 121 b ( Alderoft) 2
IT ITrilLe, 3foyi rlos,wBinstg 11thbso
Davie, 2 yrs, 6st 12th (Carroll) started
3 yrs, 9st (Osborne) 3
attnidrd6. toutunagias.t
fist
91n
(Kendulo—Mr.
Air..,):er,NB I
Artn.nJini.ii.eo9Lsbsaeoucrr.niee,'s,Byorlsd,
3 yrs, 83t 9lb (Templemao° o,—; Mr. Singleton's Dalton,
3 yßrest(tiDngo—ck3ertany)l—aalgset.
ATu.'ti---‘:::: Smith's The Shadow,
Napier, 3 yrs, 9st 51b (BashE,m). tlglbings's Sir Charles
, , to 2 agat Senorita,
bsytoa 1n ae ;cekra t. Dalton,ft, and only 5, &c., with 100 added.of 15
The Shadow. Won
The Great National Steeplechase of 3
twice, or a winner of 3001. SON'S. each, 10
°.l-1 of the weights, 51h;
100/. clear after the publicati A winner of
aboavl af.. towards
Subs.,exlPlerol:s.Abo flap winner to pay 20
second to save his stake, andele.a,r, 91b extra. The
About three miles and a
whom declared
Mr. W. Barnett's Sir Peter Laurie arcd, fve.)
Mr. T. Mason's Miss Mowbray, , list llb (Holman) 1
cluding 91b extra) ............ aged, lOst 19 lb (in-
Mr. Baxter's A.Y.byYoungPri ....... .. ... 7: ...... (Goodman) 2
Mr. Wood na Little Paul, aged, 10''' 71b(lieJohnson) 3
Mr. IL Nelson's Little John, 6 yrs, 'et•••(E• Harrison) 4
Mr. Atkinson's Chieftain, 6 yrs, "at 7ib...(Owner ) 0
Mr. T.,Cunningham's-,Little Queen Ost I Ilb (011iver) 0
Betting-2 to 1 apt Mies mo' 6 yrs 104 t 51b.. 0
Chieftain, 3 to 1 agst Sir Peter La:bra)", 3 to 1 agst
Little Queen. Miss Mowhray, whie, and 7to 1 egst
stirrup early in the race, had a strong°B° jockey lost a
the course in the second round, lead on entering
fences from home, and nearly unshipped but blundered three
gave the lead to Sir Peter Laurie, 1.1.1,:1ed her rider; this
a length and a half, the same between second
won cleverly by
Little Paul a bad fourth ;,Lit tie John and third,
post. Little Queen refused and fell at did not pass the
the brook in the first round, and chieil: the next fence to
into the read the first time. The ta_ 'am after jumping
un was run in 8 min.
49 sec.
The Northern Steeple Chase of 5 4
° ,_v
s. each, with 50
added; the second to save hi,, ~bta,l.
miles and a half. (9 Subs.) e. About three
Mr. Walker's Dandy Jon, 6 yrs, I Ist 111 b (Owner)
r.Chaan's LittleL Jane, 6 yrs, l is.
61b (13.John°n 2
) `I
M pna
The following also ran:—Mr. Latnplugh's Theiß,• -
aged, lOst 71b (Lamplugll)—Mr. ShePaerd, I,eaver,
s Mercury
aged, lOst 71b (Taylor)—Mr. Moortio,j3e, „ ' 9
71b, carried 10:5 91b (Ledger).......mr, ir,..., s 1 addy, lOst
Street, aged, 10st 71b (Moate).....„in,'"ngr as Queer-
Street,
Miss Tarn), aged, 10it 71b (J. 6,141;4\ al. :
Johnsonilaysi :35
Chorister, aged, Ilst 7th (Arran) Was)•al
mounted but btatdid
not go to the post. Betting-3 to 1 agst Mercury, 4to
' 1 agat Dandy Jere, 410 1 apt The lieiver, and 7 tC, 1

MARCH

t agst Little Jane. The race, after the first mile, was left
to Dandy Jem and Little Jane, the former winning by
abut hslf a distance. Run in 9 min. 22 sec.
-
The Scurry Stakes were won easily by View Halloo,
beating the Shadow, Bawn, end two or three other:.
TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY.
No betting.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a special Court was held for the .purpose
of resuming the debate adjourned on Thursday last,
with reference to the report of tho Fleet Valley Im-
provement Committee, on the memorial of Mr. Charles
Pearson.
The motion and amendment having been read, Mr.
Gilpin rose to address the Court.
Mr. it NDERTON, however, before Mr. Gilpin pro-
ceeded, begged to ask the chairman of the c:nnmittee
(Deputy Harrison) what amount of expenditure had
already been entered into by the Corporation on account
of this plan? He had heard that the sum was large. He
would thank the worthy deputy if ho'would state the
amount.

Deputy HARRISON replied that Mr. Walker and Mr.
Higgins had sent in their charge, be believed, since the
report was written. Gentlemen of their eminence could
not devote their time and talents to each an important
investigation, except at a considerable charge; he would
ascertain the precise amount, be did not then know the
exact amount of the whole.

Mr. GILPIN supported the plan in a speech of consi-
derable length, in the course of which ho replied to all
the objections urged against it by the mover of the
amendment.

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Mr. DE JERSEY said that be was willing, with others,
to speak as to the importance and value of the scheme,
but he felt that he could not come to the same conclusion

that gentlemen had done who supported the-motion. He
had no objection to inquiry, but really there was a great
absence of facts. The whole of the statements which
had been made were those of the projector, and these
were not always to be depended upon. He (Mr. De
Jersey) was not satisfied with the result of the inquiry;
it had not been complete, and on that ground he was

;here to differ with the supporters of the; motion. The

terms of the original reference were these, that the com-
mittee should inquire into the desirability, practicability,
and the cost of the plan. As to its practicability, Mr.
Walker had reported that it was practicable, but in what
sense? In these days of scientific attainment every-
thing, except it might be a railway to the moon, might
be considered to be practicable. As to the desirable-
ness and expense nothing by the way of fact was
furnished. The inquiry before the committee in truth
was never carried oat. It was said that funds, ample
funds, could be provided, but no tangible statements
on that head had appeared even to that day.
The thing had been brought before the Court. without
any facts of that sort; that matter had been " shelved"
certainly. This was an important ingredient in the case,
and in consequence of this shortcoming on the part of
the committee he contended that they had not done their
duty. It bad been said by the promoter that he had no
doubt but that his project would be entertained by men
of wealth, and that parties would soon be found who
would provide the necessary funds to carry it through
the Parliament. What railway company bad offered?
He (Mr. De Jersey) had heard of oce, but he understood
that the proposition had been declined. He could not
say whether this was true or not.
Mr. TAYLOR—It is the Great Northern.
Mr. DE JERSEY—What had the committee done?
Why, they had come to that Court with the question in
their hands, and endeavoured to coax the Corporation to
take the matter up, but this he hosed, under the present
aspect of the affair, they would not do. He cautioned
the Court from having anything to do with any railway
scheme. He emphatically would ask the Court not to
adopt any such scheme without far more information
than they at present possessed.
Mr. CLARK followed on the same side. He stated
that a kindred project to the one before them had been
introduced some years since, when the then estimated
cost was 500,0001. That the Court refused. Twice,
and he believed three times, had that project been re-
fused. Tnen came the Fleet Valley improvement scheme,
for which 800,000/. was named; then 2,800,0001, with no
provisions tor markets, no new streets, to finish which
he had heard not less than upwards of four millions
more had been required, making a total of seven mil-
lions sterling. Besides all this, branch lines and other
things would be required, thus swelling the grand total
for the whole of the works to 15 000,0001.—(Loud
laughter.) His idea of the matter was that they ought
not to interfere as a Corporation with any private com-
panies. The result would prove a clog to the companies
themselves, and highly injurious to themselves as a
public body. He repudiated the statements made as to
the income likely to arise from the conveyance of par-
ties into the suburbs and having contended that such a
scheme would prove fatal to the retail trade of the City,
he concluded by protesting against the motion.
Mr. ANISERTON thought that the Court might very
conveniently agree to both motion and amendment. If
they took the former part of the latter and the latter
part of the former, the object of both parties would be
gained. Much as he approved of the motion, he had
not the slightest idea of the Corporation, as a body, en-
gaging in any railway speculation. Never would he
bold up his band iu favour of any such project. [De-
puty LOTT--' It will come to that."] The report of the
committee was, that the trunk line was practicable, and
provided it was done with the consent of the Corpora-
tion, where was the difficulty ? He would suggest that
some arrangement, similar to the one he bad named,
should be come to, as he could not see any difficulty in
agreeing in both cases, if the alterations were made to
which he bad alluded.

Mr. H. L. TAILOR thought that Mr. Anderton's
speech was a very tame one. That gentleman had said
he thought there was not much difference between the
motion and the amendment: He (31r. Taylor) thought
very differently ; the safest course he believed to be an
agreement with the amendment, as it avoid, d the pos-
sibility of their being drawn into some railway specu-
fation. The motion had no doubt emanated from the
projector of the scheme—(No)—and he (lir. Taylor)
objected strongly to such matters being taken up at
any time by public officers of that Court. Ho regarded
. the question as being one of a very grave character, in`,
sumach us the result of that day's debate might lead the
Corporation into a great deal of difficulty. The com-
mittee had not been by any means united in their re-
commendation of the matter to the notice of the Court;
indeed it was a most divided committee. He called upon
the members present to keep the corporate body free
from imputation, by resisting that which he believed
would damage it. He hoped they would see the neces-
sity of letting all bubble companies stand on their own
ground, and that they, as a public body, would do nc-
thing which might end in the eternal disgrace of their
ancient Corporation.

Alderman LAWRENCE complainei that Mr. Taylor's
speech was utterly devoid of argument. thebad dealt
in phrases, and rot facts. He bed proposed to the Court
to agree with the amendment. Why, the amendment em-
braced the whole question. Parties had adverted to the
exceeding cost of toe plea, and the probability of the
Corporation having to advance a large sum of money.
Why, no such pretence existed. The public have
already agreed that railroads ought to be broueht
into the City, and it was only dissentients that
keep them out. He was tenacious of the Corporation
funds, but this he would say that they ought not to re-
frain from giving their consideration to questions like
the one before them, and for street improvements, and
assistance too, when it might be required.—(Hear.)
The Birmingham and Nottingham people in the earlier
periods of railway history had objected to entertain the
proposals made to lay down lines through their towns,
but what had been the result? they had been sorry ever
since, nor was that all, into every one of them railways
were now introduced, and it was left for London alone
to be led away from so desirable an object by pety jea-
lousies and party prejudice!. He confessed that he was
most anxious to see the plan carried out, its be was cone
vinced it would be most valuable to large numbers of the
people. Had the Dirsct Manchester proceeded he had
no doubt the valley of the Fleet would have been long
before that time improved, and even at that period he
believed parties only wanted encouragement to come
forward to confer with the Corporation on-the proposal
at that moment before the Court.. He believed that
one of the companies was willing to enter at once
into a conference.—(Hear.)
Mr. Noaars—That will end in nothing at all.
Deputy tIARRISON here intimated that he was in pos-
session of important letters on that point, if be might be
permitted to read them. If not, he would de so in
reply.—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.")
Alderman LAWRENCE was perfectly delighted to hear
parties say " No, no." 'He would read the letters as
part of his speech.—(Hear, and laughter.) They were
as follow:

(No. 1.)
"3, Park street, Westminster, March 11, 1852.
" Sir,—la reply to your question I brg to say that the
Great Northern Railway Company some time back ap-
pointed a committee to investigate the project for bring-
ing a general railway terminus to Farringdon-street,
and have been prepared to enter upon the subject; but
Mr. Charles Pearson having stated that he could not
submit the details to any railway company until the
whole matter had been more formally brought before
the City authorities, the Great Northern deputation
have been waiting until he is at liberty to furnish the
particulars.
"The scheme is one of such 'great importance, both as
to its probable results and its probable cot, as necessa-
rily to require great consideration, and the consideration
cannot be safely given except upon an examination into
the details, which will occupy the officers and committee
of the Great Northern Company, some little time, even
after the particulars can be furnished.
"At present, so far as we understand it, the matter
awaits the decision of the City authorities before it can
be submitted to the railway. companies, but the Great
Northern Company are quite ready to enter on the
subject as soon as Mr. Pearson is at liberty to deal with
it in detail.
„yours very
gfaßuitohfEulalT BAXTER.
(Signed),
" Mr. Deputy Harrison.'
(No. 2.)

minsLr,
" TFIE FLEET VALLEY IMPROVEMENT—CITY TERMINUS.
<<47, Parliament•street, we!t •
March 11, 1832
" Sir,—In consequence of what has passed in the
Court of Common Council upon the subject of the Fleet
Valley Terminus
whati Mr.
itcprovcment and City Railway
s the
C. Pearson has requested us to inform you
state of the undertaking for which
we are professionally
concerned. •
44 Towards the end of December last, when we were
prepsring to comply With
the Standing Orders, Mr.
Pearson informed us that the City architect had reported
that the, line and station ought to be restricted to the
north side of Holborn
would be saved.
Stevens, the Valley,
by which a million of the
proposed outlay
" Mr. architect,
antes um the iin,;.,,,,___, prepared plans and ciiti•
"""ut4 §r449 of ()potions, 119911 WiliCh

12, 1852.

pinstru etsicoan':
to fmy contractors were willing to undertake the works upon
Mre.
1 Walker's
of prices,,opl and we would have pre-
arwith the Siaudicg Orders
for carrying et into execution, but Mr. P( arson peremp-
torily refused to afford any aid to such an undereking
unless the Corporation (cot then sitting) should first
have pronounced their sanction; and, feeling that with-
out his countenance and assistance as the original pro-
moter we could not satisfactorily proceed, we have post-
poned all further operations until the pleasure of the
Corporation in this respect shall have been definitively
declared.—We are, sir, your most obedient servants,
(Signed) " BURCIIELL AND PARSON.
" Mr. Deputy Harris,u, Combat."
Alderman Lawrence (in proceeding) said he knew there
was such a thing as a foregone conclusion. He hoped
such conclusi ,ns would not influence any parties upen
that occasion, but that they would act so as to give en-
cour.4ement to parties who might be wilting to assist in
carrying out the work. The point with them new was
—were they ready to enter into negotiation, and not
spend the City's cash? How, then, would they support
an amendment like the one submitted to them'? They
agre d iu the practicability of the trunk line; surely,
then, they would not shut the door by refuting to enter
into a negotiation. If both parties were willing to enter
into a conference, that was the way to crrry the measure.
If they were willing to do this there need be no more ca-
villing about gradients, no more anxiety about the " prac-
ticability"and "desirability" of the measure. Parties
might say," why those letters had been written specially
for the purpose that day." Well, why should they not
have been? Some might say they bad been furnished
with indecent baste; he said it was proper haste and ne-
cessary diligence.—(Hesr, hear.) He would be the first
to hold up his hand against-the Corporation's advancing
_money. but he said agree to a conference. Why did
rthey object? Were they afraid of a conference? He
did trust, for the benefit of their follow-citizens, that they
would agree to the original motion.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. T. U. BALL objected to the motion. It certainly
was very desirable thet the valley of the Fleet should be
filled up, but then the question was whether the nuisance
created would not be very injurious to the City. In
looking at it he must say that he had determined not to
support it. He had said that he would not sanction the
building upon the existing level t 'wept under protest—
words which his friend, Mr. Dakin, had omitted to add.
[Mr. DAKIN said he certainly had intended to say so
when he referred to the matter at the last Court.] It was
desirable that some means should be taken to carry the
level higher, because if they did not do it before the ground
was built upon, it was probable that it would remain for
years at the existing level. He regretted that no pecu-
niary provision had been made for new streets—no cal.
culation as to the cost of the plans—nor any calculations
made of that complete character which would be found
necessary. The line was only calculated for short
traffic, while it would cut through covered ground of a
valuable character. Short traffic would not pay for the
outlay, which, from the nature of things, must be im-
mense. He had but little confidence in the letters read,
and he hoped they would not sanction the sending back
of the report. He, for one, would never vote for any
such thing, as he was confident it would be far better to
have nothing at all to do with it.
Mr. ELLIOTT admired the candour of the promoters of
the plan, in representing at the outset that the cost of
the undertaking would be only hundreds of thousands,
and showing afterwards that it would amount to mil-
lions. He urged upon the Court the necessity of pausing
before they allowed the weight of the Corporation to be
brought to bear in favour of the speculation—before they
permitted their fellow-citizens to be tempted, by the ap-
pearance of their patronage, to put down their names as
shareholders in the dismal scheme.—(Hear, hear.) If
they allowed are thing of the kind, they would meet the
fate of the provisional committees of the numerous rail-
way schemes, and as sure as the sun woald rise on the
morrow large claims would be made upon the funds tor
exprnsaa incurred in the prosecution of an irrational en-
terprise.

11r. LAMB said the plan of Mr. Pearson would have
the effect 01 removing a wilderness of vice at the same
time that it would bring enormous wealth to the metro-
polis. He had attentively listened to the arguments
in favour of, and the objections to the measure, and was
compelled to acknowledge that in the latter he could
find no validity at all. It was the duty of the Court to
ascertain whether the thing was practicable; and without
concurring in the original motion they could not arrive
at any fair conclusiou.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said he entertained very strong ob-
jections to the measure, and he supported the views of
Mr. Norris, whose figures he declared nobody bad con-
travened. Ho considered that the business of the Cor-
poration was sufficiently large and intricate to engage
the whole attention of the City Solicitor, and condt rant d
the interference of that officer, great as were bis acknow-
ledged talents, in matte's unconnected with their in-
teresis.--(llear, hear; Oh, oh, and laughter.) As to
the letters which had been produced, he thought it ne-
cessary to inform the Court that, before those letters
had been written the Groat Northern Railway Company
had rejected the scheme, He wished the chairman of
the committee to give a satistactory explanation of the
correspondence of which they formed a part.
Alderman CUBITT said that the opinion he had ex-
pressed before he still retained, and he thought Mr.
Walker had telt the force of his objections, for he had
recommended that areas 10 feet wide should be left on
either side of the road between it and the houses or
warehouses, for ventilation and to prevent vibration,
but this would increase the width of the street 20 feet.
The very able gentleman who had brought up the report
had spoken of the magnificence of a street two miles
long and 100 feet wide; but magnificence sometimes
runs into absurdity, and this would be so in the case of
a street 120 :eel wide, it would bo absurd.—( Hear.)
Then as to the subway or tunnel, in which it was pro-
posed the rails should be laid—railway tunnels are or-
dinarily 24 feet wide, and nearly as high at the crown
of the arch; but the proposed subway would not be
above 17 feet high and 100 feet wide. How would the
steam begot off. Then again the expense of the project,
it had been said, might amount to nearly 2f millions.
How was this sum to be provided? Not abJve orte-half
could be properly charged to •the railways; the rest
arose out of making the street, on the surface, and
effecting other public improvements at Holborn Valley
and the surrounding streets. Were the Corporation pre-
pared to pay this sum, or any part of this sum, for such
a pnrpose? If not, what would be the use of proposing
to open a • negotiation with the railway companies, as
suggested by the resolution of the mover.—(Hear.)
Atter some remarks from Deputy HARRISON, a divi-
sion to )1c pace, when there appeared—
For the amendment ... ... • • 56
For the original motion ... •-• 57
Majority against the amendment —1
Mr. T. D. HALL and Mr. H. L. TAYLOR severally,
proposed amendments, which were lost, and the ori-
ginal motion was carriod by two, after which the Court
adjourned.

RAILWAY versus NEWSPAP.ER ADVERTISE,

MEIV7S. --
Ta THE EDITOR OF TUE DAILY NEWS.
Sir,—A grest deal has been said of late upon the
subject of.repealing the tax on advertisements. Amongst
the :navy arguments made use of to prove the disadvan-
tages under which newspapers labour in being compelled
to pay a tax upon every advertisement committed to
their columns, it does nut appear to am that any mention
has been made of the opposition they have to encounter
from a rival who pays no tax at all. I allude to the
practice of advertising through the." travelling me-
dium," which has now become so general that it has
extended itself from the t. xterior of the humble caravan,
so of,en, though unsuccesstully, denounced by Colonel
Sifithorp, to the interior of the omnibus, even to toe
higher class of vehicles—the railway carriages. I beg
to ask whether the railway directors ought to be allowed
to establish an advertising agency without paying the
same tax v 4 hich is dt.mant eti of newspapers?
tiCRIITATOK.

MELANCIIOLy ACCIDENT.i.
We have to mold au accident .nion occurred at
Margate on the afternoon of Thursday last under cir-
cucustaucea more than ordinarily painful. The subject
of the unfortunate occurrence was Miss Ferrant, of
Margate, a highly respectable young lady, about nine-
teen years of age. During the day she bad been acting
as bridesmaid at the marriage ceremony of Mr. Miller,
of Goswell-street, London, with Miss Prebble, which
was celebrated here, it being the residence of the bride.
With that hilarity and joyousness of feeling usually
of taking'evinced on such occasions, the party, including the bride
and and brid, groom, with :the brother of the former, pro-
ceeded to the railway station for the purpose
the 4.25 train to London, the young lady in question
motion,
ac-
companying them to witness their departure
taken their seats in the carriage, Mr. Prebble. Baying
dently, while the train was in
oafnandgetrshaesvpeiiainthtn:imparg,tiuesB:.
his hand out of the window to shake h
F4tract, and while in the act of
lady
pthlaejoorm missed l'huetr
hfoaontdingtlr
asnitiriirlidlbyetpwreeesnenttheed
juncture, and
unfortunate termination of theiryftat"
The feelings of the bridal part this
readily conceived than described-.the
day, can be more
countenances were in —the happy, bloomy
a moment
lancholy tremorgrief
and
ing feelings of subdued emotion supplant-
an Opposite
immediately stnpped, and Messrs.character. The train was
surgeons of this town, a Hunter and Thornton,
was discovered that she sent for. Upon examination it
of the leg, and had sustained a compound frac-
turelnstead of returning to London, the party remained at
which tho y, as far as possible, the grief into
friends of the melancholy occurrence bad plunged the
Young lady. It is scarcely necessary to
add that n
0 blame whatever attaches to any of the
officers of the
lag
company; every attention that her
conditionsuffer-
required was shown towards her by them,
and we are happy to announce that the last account
stated her to be in as favourable a position us could be
expected, her medical attendants indulging in the hope
that amputation of the fractured limb might be dispensed
with.—Kentish Gazette.

EXTENSION OF THE WEST INDIA DOCK JUNCTION
RAILWAY TO KILBURIC—In the course of a few weeks the
running of the trains on the West and List India Dock
Junction Railway will be extended to Kilburn, where avast
amoun- of residential traffic will be obtained. A number of
N
sprung
vnigaptransp in the neighbourhood, and the
transport the merchant from his
e'xiltleanssion have
olfattehlye
residence to the Blackwall terminus, in Fenclaureb-street, in
about half an hour. The station is on the Lond n and
North-Western Railway, about three-quarters of a mile from
the Primrose-hill tunnel, and near the Kilburn-gate-
very neat and commodi,us erection, and its situation will
doubtless sacure a large amount of the gaida-hill and
ilLoafouirttahhetra extend tt
that
qthaearttrearinasr top
neighbouring traffic. We understand that it is also in con-
templationa
id mode of reaching
the City or the docks.
afford th a
• & ,
The Admiralty have ordered her 111
Kensington, and so
ajes&y s steamer
Hecate to proceed from Plymouth to the chops of the
Channel, to reli
(we the • d-boaad alerchautnica with pro-
YiioLll3 fula witto will
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Daring the Lent season Dr. BachhLffuer, of the above
I institution, is, wo find by a recent visit, engaged in de-
livering his annual course of lectures on Astronomy.
This subject frequently, when treated in what is called a
popular style, is made either so pueri!e or so transoen-
denta! that it often fails to arrest the attention of a rnis-
crllancous audience. Dr. Bachhoffner, we are happy to
find; has taken the moiadedelse
thceousrusbeiefc'or,r,inwsiothcoluetardeaLc meati-
nd-
ninegr tbo(fOUreerhiliis auditors
'Y'ile
that no difficulty can be felt in
following him step by step. The IXctor has thrown his
discourse into the details of a celestial journey through
the r. alms of space, dividing the journey into three
groarilicids. stag
Teh se—planetary, stellar, and nebulous
w s in illustra'ion are extremely
stages—viz,
diagrams
them
b.lautitul, and the lecture, although extended to more
than double the time usually devoted to scientific sub-
jects in this Institution, was listened to with the most
profound attention, the audience showing their interest
in the subject by frequent marks of approbation.

VENTILATING and WARMING APPARATUS

for the HOUSE of C0.1:111(1.1VS.
of The
ommuneoulanss
apreen emi doesclt
efor the,o:a
tveenatnildatiinousoomfethpearHtso,uwsee
say advisedly, perft ctly useless. We were in the House
on tho occasion of the declaration of the change of
Ministers, and it seemed to us that there was no control
exercised over the atmosptere of the House. The
supply of air was inadequate, and the results, as a
matter of course, are innumerable draughts. It seemed
to be vacuum ventilation, rather than plenum. This may
be accounted for by the fact that the engine intended to
drive the fan by which the air is to be supplied, is not at
work, being found too noisy for the purpose. The po-
sition iu which air is brought in. at the feet of all the
members, does not teem to us the best: indeed, our
present impressions are against it. It will startle acme,
by the way, to find that the cubical contents of the air-
chamber:, hafts, and flues used by Dr. Reid to ventilate,
are actually later than the contents of the House of
Commons, lobbies, and corridors ventilated—the first
being 3t56,600 cubic feet, the second 386,000 feet. A
section of the House and surrounding chambers above
and below would show a very small kernel in a very
thick rind. The " ventilated gas-lights" gives an im-
mense amount of heat, and, in hot weather, we are dis-
posed to think, will be found unbearable. The mass of
metal composing the chandeliers becomes a permanently
heating surface, which radiates on all sides.—l3uilder.

COMMITTAL OF A SWINDLENTG ADVER-

TISER.

At the county magistrates' office, Rochester, on Friday,
two persons of respectable appearance, who gave their
names Henry Morton and Sarah Moore, were brought
up by Superintendent Everist, charged with laving
falsely pretended to Nicholas Robbins Beer, that they
were certain agents, by means of which they obtained
twelve postage. stamps. The prosecutor, a grocer re-
siding at No. 25, Sutton-street, York-road, Lambeth,
stated that about the 22d of February his attention was
directed to an advertisement in the IVest Briton news-
paper, addressed "To Cornish miners," and adver-
tising for miners to proceed to Australia in the ser-
vice of a gold-mining company, for which they
were to receive 201. a month as wages. " Copies of
agreement, with full particulars, to be had of Mr. H.
addressed a
ilkinormetoonne,yChoarthpaomsiaKgeents,toanmepnge.,l,osinwgiotnneessshial
letter to the prisoner, enclosing twelve postage stamps, to
which, however, he did not receive any reply. Super-
intendent Everist proved the apprehension of the pri-
soner at Rainham on the 24th of February lest, at the
cottage of an old man named Gloater, whom the pri-
soner bad employed to fetch his letters from the Chat-
hamca
od ndtraelP.
snsoeesddt -Blatt f fiaorac
sr.
epis
:orin. ea
WitnessMoreton,
tlfoi onntet,, n
Chatham,
n upon i
our ho if2mtsh 41them
f letterswh ich
agree-
ments signed by parties prepare d to go out to the gold
mimes
soner at their apartments in Chatham, she gave him the
key of a box in the room, in which he found several
Cornish and other newspapers, blank forms shounf thae agree-
ment alluded to, and a number of the printed prospec-
tuses of a Ceathana and Dartford Emigration Asso-
ciation. The tamale prisoner also gave
containing pawnbrokers' duplicates for 1,515 postage
stamps. Attached to the emigration prospectus was the
name of '' Charles Sutherland," in w hose name it was
proved a number of letters had been left at an inn at
Chatham, and fetched away by the prisoner. In the
name of " A. B." ho had received 240 letters at Bromp-
ton, and about 600 in the name of " Moreton." Both
prisoners were committed for trial at the assizes.

EFFECT OF A MORBID IMAGINATION.
The following improbable statement appears in the
Pays :—'• A distinguished painter, M. Kareits, laboured
limier a moral affection aganist which medicine is power.
less. All his ideas had a melancholy turn. His moat
admirable landscapes represented gloomy sites; it was
the style of ()abet, but with more shade and sadness.
The friedds of the painter frequently rallied him on this
singular feeling, and, in the hope of curing him, they
constantly joked with him on the subject. One of them,
an engraver of some eminence, proposed an application
of the homeeopathic system, which would tend to banish
kis melancholy ideas both from his pictures and from
his conversation. This proposition was unanimously
agreed to by a number of artists, and, in furtherance of
the scheme Karaits era invited to take a little excursion
to Vincennes. After a copious repast and a ramble in
the wood, they returned to wards Paris, and, on the pre-
tence of a visit to the house of a sculptor, Karaits was
taken to a shop where monuments and tombs are made,
aail-the first object which tract his ejes was a marble
column, on which was engraved in letters of gold, the
folloeing imcription:—' A. Karai:e, peintro de la na-
ture, artiste plein de, cceur et do talent, excellent ami,
homme obligoant et bon. Mort a 37 ens.' On reading
This inscription M. Karaits stood as if thunderstruck;
his features became cenvulsed, and before any one could
assist him he fell dead on the ground. The feelings of
the authors of a j,;ke which had been attended with
such a melancholy result can be better imagined than
described. They went immediately to the commissary
of police, and wished him to detain them in custody as
guilty of the death of their friend. An examination
was made into the sad circumstances, which furnishes us
an additional proof of the danger of doing anything to
produce a sudden freight."

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending March 6,1852 ... 4:7,E6S 110
Traffic—Week ending March 8, 1851 ... 7,414 13 6
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... "76,€31 13 7
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 77,923 2 2
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
March 6, 1852 44,712
„.£5,692 18 4
... 2,175 3 6

Passengers ...
Goods ...

anllol:ol.nt4vas
173 w ; ditto, 18.51, 1-3(
..{3l.B;lsl.2i.nstan:tBll6iss
l'otallB.s,
11,
the
Total miles open,L,onldnonthTeerremtuirnnusis,slitueadrcolin
stated as 6C,631./. 13s. 7d. in error.

BJUSTOL AND EXETER RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week
ending Feb. 29:
Passengers
Goods ...
Parcels ...
Mails ...

.£1,9?8 16 5
.. 1,309 14 2
... 202 5 tl
... 223 4 2

Total

... £3,66319 9
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAy.--TraffiC receipts
for the week ending March 7 : p
Passengers
£596 13 7
Parcels, horses, &c.
45 18 6
Merchandise, minerals, &c. 927 15 2

Total .. •.
..„ £1,570 7 3
Corresponding week last. year 1,31 S 4
LONDON AND BLACK WALL RAILWAY.— Amount of revenue
for the week ending March 7 :•
Passengers
Goods

£863 7 0
56 0 0

Total ••• ••• •••
Corresponding week last year ...

£399 7 0
760 1 4

14-TANCHESTER., BUXTON, MATTOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—
March 7:— Passengers, &c. 'lO7 3 8
Corresponding week last year ... 103 12 10
Return of traffic for the week ending

CALIDONIAN RAILWAY.— (189 k miles opened.)—Retorn of
traffic or the week ending Feb. 29:—
Passengers, &c.
Goods, &c.

£3,140 15 8}
... 5,115 13 1

Total „. ••• ••• £8,456 8 9i
Corresponding week last year ... 7,349 18 6
GREAT SOD/VERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
(183 miles).—Beturn for the week ending &larch 6:—
passengers, parcels, &c. £3,057 3 1
Merchandise and cattle ... 1,095 17 1

Total ... £4,153 0 2
corresponding week last year ... 4,545 12 6

A BROTHER KILLED BY His SISTER.--011 Wed.
nesday last an inquest was held at Coleford on the body of
Edwin Gwyn, aged 26, a labourer, of Lane-end, residing
with his mother and sister. It appears that on Friday, the
27th tilt., deceased asked his mother for money to go to
worse, in about an
ohiallfoaprienhinoegudrethhaes
Coleford with. She refused; his sister, .Ann Gwyn, aged 23.
saying
saying,
" Edwin, you cannot expect mother to be always
living you money." Deceased then commenced striking
and kicking her about the body and head. She was at this
time ironing clothes on a table. She then ran out of the
Mr. Batten m
house with the flat-iron in her hand, deceaanseddlifil,leorwisnpgokheeri
When she got out of doors she turned round and threw the
iron at him, which struck him on the right side of his head,
causing the blood to flow from ;his ears, nose, and mouth.
an and
ine h above the ear.
Mr. Batten, surgeon, of Coleford, was sant for immediately,
but deceased still getting
a°cntuoredt abbooudty
INuVeonvted a upstairsfter,atnod boend , became
faey
hh ee insensible,
died.
extendinz to the ear, and into the base of the. skull. There
was a slight indentation in the fracture which
phoesaldlnfoorutr,eidn
exactly corresponded
with the heel part of the flat iron. - '
some CO theleasknittinlfiri
congealed blood under the skull,the -
. lie also found
on brain, caused
by the rupture of a blood vessel and the fracture of the kull.
The jury returned a verdict of " Excusabl
de-
ciding i
. that the act was done e homicides n
self-defence.— Gloucester
Cbrolcle.

The thick coal colliers in the Kingswinford district
have given notice, which will expire next week, for a rise of
6d. per day in their weges- We are at a less to conceive
what could have induced the collers to take such a step,
since, with the present st4te and prospects of the iron trade,
there is nothing to warrant a compliance with this demand
by tho masters.— Worcecter Chronick.
ANNUITIES TO THE INDUSTRIOUS CLAsSIS.—From
a return just p. inted it appears that from March. 1834, to July,
1851, 6,779 annuities were granted under the 3d William
IV., chap. 14, to
the industrious classes connected wits
savings banks and h' l societies, of which 1,068 had
parochial
fitilc4 in. The A/amities new payable were 10,3151.