The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

TITESI)AY

C REMO RNE GARDENS. ! RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. / pleted. Upon this matter there was a suit, which
Yesterday was a veritable gala day at this delight- ; THE KING'S CROSS TERMINUS OF THE I must proceed and be disposed of, which it was hoped
c'AREAT NORTHERN. I would be effected in November. The directors 11;1(1
being signalised by the pro- I
The. directors of the Great Northern Railway j disposed of come land for 1181., and the assets of the
: AI. Soullier'e Hip- i
Coin/piny have uppoiated Monday, the 20th S,,pteni • company having now been realised, when the claim
hem eeeent—and M. Milano's brillient ballet, Le bar, for the 'public opening of this station, which is of Mr. Clarke and his trustee wee disposed of the
lit ;g's-cross has
pdfilouiicirtEi!.l(°n3reil eett'ifooft. isrlrPecceclltn'aaocttlia(o,!biLl'el'ner Pelolet:viii's equestrian bal- .
The hipprodrome, which has a now rapidly drawing near completion. • accounts of the undertaking could be finally wound
Barbier de Cadiz.
cirewnr,...rence of nine hundred feet, was the scene of „Yhe grand entrance to this handsome terminus at up. The general statement of receipts and payments
bt thirty serer, inakin
a north-westera frontage, and is to the 31st of July, 1852, showed the amount re-
composed entirely of brick, faced with stone. The ceived on account of capital and interest as 21,364/.
act
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nceif
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P striking
i Bae
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iay cd ftTlittisr.
aldlIillilt::
able talents, and we had, moreover; chariot race areai. of land which it covers is estimated at about 2s. eli., and the payments as 16,718/. 14s. 101, 1011,
monkey races; a " Derby" contested by one male and
seventy feet lu height,
gl with the land now occupied ins a balance in the banker's hands of 4,645/. 7s. 6d,
four female competitors; Devani's ineffable perform- y the temporary terminus, warehouses, engine
ances ; the Italian Brothers' feats on the trapeze at an houses, end- enher necessary buildings, about five or eighty acres. The building is upwards of
seventy-
elevation of. 80 feet, and Franz De Bach's rapid and
intrepid Globe ascent; the whole being wound up by
and about 805 feet in length.
M. Soullier's eqiiitation with a team of twenty-four Its centre compartment contains the pay-office and
in hand, which he drove thrice round the circle within avenues leading to the departure platform. The
two minutes, in masterly style, amidst immense Pay-office, which has a rich panelled ceiling, is in
applause. In the centre dill() arena was the balloon height about 40 feet, 98 feet long, and 40 feet wide.
"Le Zudinque" charged with 45,000 cubic feet of On the eastern side of theay-office is erected a bend-
gas, and bedizened with "the Ram, the Bull, the memo stone gallery, supported upon numerous elegant
heerenly Twins," &c. iron brackets, and a light railing of a gothic design,
At a quarter before seven o'clock, M. Poitevin, the purpose of which is to connect together the husi-
mounted on his steed, a pretty dun pony of mess offices of the company. The board-room, which
not quite fourteen hands, rode in, and was
is 50 feet in length and 30 in width, is also reached
received with universal plaudits. Dismounting, by this gallery; the basement affording accornmodae
he cecendrel a table and quaffed a glass of Champagne lion for warehousing
to "the English nation," a very happy, short speech, waiting-rooms, most comfortably fitted up, adjoin the
being mad Me on his behalf by r. Greig. This tour- pay-office, • merchandise, &c. The various
tesy was most cordially acknowledged by the multi- On the eastern side of the pay-office is the depar-
tude, and at seven precisely, amid the discharge of ture platform, which is covered in by one of two
, the
the fashion of the one at the Great Exhibition.
and glass transepts,
cannon, the inspiriting strains of the orchestra, which, as already stated, are built
pealing shouts of gratulation, bestriding his courser,
the soundd workmen are no
which was securely slung beneath the car, the daring rhe departure sheds, which are 110 feet in width, are
aeronaut effected his ascent. He speedily assumed to. contain seven lines of rails, and in order to deaden
a standing position on the saddle, and executed a
ugpon a bed of concrete, and, upon
now engaged in laying down
this_woi oepnerpaativoenmbeneitn
joyous pas seul thereon; then, clambering up into
eveuade completedr
understand,
a thead
, railsthe
largestw i will h eofifxtehdo.
the car, his four-footed comrade was relieved from
The glass roofs are,
kind ever attempted, being 105 feet in span, the
part on either side being panelled. The ex-
ithis weight, and could be discerned aloft in a state of
lkonwer
perfect repose, as the balloon was gently wafted in a
south-westerly direction, till crossing balmy Thames,
descended on Wimbledon-common. All the treme height of the roofs' of the arrival and departure
sheds, from the level of the rails to the centre of the ground, from Cremorne to Battersea-bridge, was
covered with an innumerable mass of spectators, and arches, is about 80. feet, and the arrival shed is sup-
the welkin rang with shouts as he clove the ether. ported upon 40 pillars
2of large dimensions. The de-
bt. . Poitevin returned to the gardens at half-past nine, parture platform is
and as he rode through the grounds and into the The south front
tower tof thes feet wide and 800 long.
terminus is surmounted by
cirque, the welcome awarded him was uproarious. the handsome clackwer now completed, and pos-
There has been a considerable amount of humbug frontage 253
sesses a of feet, including the width of
ventilated of late about the perils of ballooning, and the'grand entrance on the north-western side, which
in the present instance it is peculiarly inappropriate, is 58 feet,
anda gross frontage abutting on the St.
for there is not the remotest atom of danger in M. Pancras-road
of 311 feet. At the basement of the
Poitevin's ascent, as we can testify from a strict exa- stupendous arches—the largest ever turned in brick—
mination of the fastenings made use of. forming the southern façade of the arrival and de-
A better ballet has perhaps never been produced pasture sheds, or terminus, are six openings for six
outside the walls of her Majesty's Theatre than Le pairs of gates, through which it is intended that the
e the roof from which it springs. Workmen are
Barbier de Cadiz, and -it does M. Milano infinite mails and carriages to travel by the line shall enter.
credit. Pedro the Barber was most cleverly per- ,The clock tower, which is 112 feet in height, is 22
sonated by Mr. Seymour, and the old Spanish father
feet across at the base and 16 across above the level
by Mr. Johnson. It is a vivid, sparkling affair of
throughout, and the gay costumes (that of Mdlle. now engaged in fitting it with Dent's clock, which
e Thec lights.
houses in front of the station are all to come
Cushnie, as Paquita, being peculiarly brilliant and was shown at the late Great Exhibition. It is in-
becoming), the lively music, pretty scenery, and ex- tended that at night the clock shall be lighted up by
cellent groupings of the corps de ballet enhance the
electric lights.
for some time past. the proper notices having been served upon the
admirable execution of the principal artists. A pas de ,
trots,m .t ibleaanuot,ifwu
allsyd
rapturouslyaoc e dby
othoecobreldd,lleaso.dCuasthnthiee
falland inhabitants
of the curtain they had to re-appear to receive the
vehement applause of the denizens of the salle, which
was thronged to overflowing. Were there no other
attractions at the gardens, this ballet alone is well
worth a visit.
At ten o'clock there must have been at least twelve
thousand persons enjoying the various amusements of
Cremorne, not one of whom, we venture to say, re-
turned with a shadow of dissatisfaction or ennui.
Cremorne is the most delightful al fresco place of en-
tertainment in Europe, and Mr. Simpson the maestro
of managers.

NORTH BRITHH.—Mr. Rowbotham (formerly in
the service of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company as goods manager) has beets appointed
manager of the North British Railway.—Kurth
British Mail.

The North and South-Western junction line will,
it is expected, be opened about the 7th of next month.
Thus there will be a direct communication from
Scotland, Liverpool, and Manchester, to the Waterloo
station and Southampton, without a break of guage
along the whole distance.

CALEDONIA.--Mr. Ferguson, formerly the com-
pany's accountant, has been appointed to the office of
treasurer, a selection which will give general satis-
faction.

THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH ESTATES.
The relative extent of the demand for the L.bernl and
the Tory newspapers of the country, is a better clue to
the true complexion of the national mind than the poli-
tical character of " the representation of the people."
The constituencies form but a fraction (if a large one)
of the community; and a variety of influence?, apart
from principle and conviction, guide their decisions.
Newspapers, despite the jealous restraints imposed upon
them by fiscal laws, are read by the unenfranchised as
well as by the enfranchised; and the market demand for
a Liberal or a Tory journal is a spontaneous act. The
supply of the one description of newspaper or the other,
is an exact measure of the public mind—an infallible in-
dicator of the tastes and tendencies of the popular mind.
We shall be fully justified, therefore, when we appeal to
the table which we give below, as a proof—a clear in-
fallible proof—that the Parliament of England is not repre-
sentative of the people. The number of stamped sheets
issued to the Liberal and Conservativein the ar 1650 newspaper offices
o
most recent list of a respectable London
newsagent.
the results of the late elections
in the several counties, the table follows the Morning
i
Chronicle, in the main, in distributing the Members
three now-fashionable heads of " Liberal,"
under the
ter
and "Liberal Conservative."
Counties. I LIBERAL. I TORY. IM. L. IL.C.
e l county,
the
i.
f a each
of
giving r , s stated on the au-
thority

Bedfordshire ...... 42,000 none 1 2 1
Ber.kshire ... ..... 242,700 40,500 4 4 0
Bucks ... 66,000 38,500 6 5 0
Cambridge 139.150 105,100 6 0 1
Cheshire ............ 80,980 152,500 3 5 2
104,000 94,900
60000 64 73 10
Cornwall ....... 132,500 65,000 8 6 0
Cumberland 195,000 104,000 4 5 0
Derby ............ llO,OOO 95,100 2 3 1
Devon 496,255 305,500 8 11 3
2030,3:550000
Dorset .....:
Durham 295,500 41,000 3 7 0
*Essex .............• none 70,000 10 0 0
Gloucester ...... 501,150 400,700 4 9' 0
Hants 271,000 140,500' 6 9 4
nil. file
rrutensfot
Ir.:.
g.
.d.. 0•• ..11::
...........
none 36,000 3 2 0
none 4 0 0
Kent .................. 783,950 158,100 13 4 1
Lancashire 3,476,035 801,500 6 19 1
Leicester 92,175 51,500 4 2 0
Lincoln 627,000 112,375 11 1 1
Middlesex ........ 35,515,875 6,062,287 1 13 0
Monmouth 82,5C0 27,500 3 0 0
Norfolk ........ .... 255,600 176,750 7 3 2
Northampton 89,000 90,000 4 4 0
INorthumberland 377,200 144,815 4 6 0
Notts
..... .. , .... 188,500 17,000 5 3 2
Oxford 64,400 134,010 5 3 1
f Rutland none none 2 0 0
§Shropsb ire 107,000 129,000 11 0 1
Somerset 110,450 100,000 6 6 1
Stafford . none 89,500 4 12 1
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex 170,,:00 254,000 8 5 5
Warwick 639,000 92,000 6 4 0
Westmoreland 44,000 39,350 2 1 0
Wilts .33,000 74,000 8 6 4
Worcester 87,480 85,000 6 6 1
a Yorkshire
I ------- - - -
Total 56,463,455 11,219,8871212 208 45
Th. ~.ir,.,, intim of Liberal as compared with Tory

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
The half-yearly meeting of this railway was held
at Lichfield yesterday. Captain nyott, the deputy •
chairman of the board of directors, presided.
Mr. BUCKTON read a report, of which the following
is an extract

" The total expenditure on capital account is 915,6174
to the 31st ult. The low rate of interest prevailing dur-
ing the past half-year has enabled the board to reduce
the annual charge from an average of 41. 7s. 9d. per cent.
to 41. 2s. sd. per cent. per annum on the total amount of
the company's bonds. Ihe works for the Tipton branch
have, been advantageously let, and will very shortly be
finished, thereby connecting the Stour Valley Railway
with your lide. The directors congratulate you on their
successful opposition to the various schemes brought into
Parliament during the last session prejudicial to this
company, and on the promotion of other measures bene-
ficial thereto. The Bill brought in by this company for
a branch to Burton-on-Trent was withdrawn in Parlia-
ment, under an arrangement with the Midlund Railway
Company, satisfactory to the lessee, whereby passengers
are conveyed to and from your lino to theirs by every
train of this company, which superseded the necessity of
that measure, and from which the public have materially
benefited.. The directors trust that the public, equally
with the shareholders, have reason to be satisfied with
the management of tho lessee. The dividend warrants
will be issued on the Ist proximo, being at the same
rate as last half. year, namely, 3s. Bd. per share, or
181.8 s. 11d. per 100 shares, after deducting the income-
tax."

QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL.
Last night, before the opening of the doors, a con-
siderable amount of excitement prevailed among the
crowds assembled, and on admission being given a
rush took place which soon filled all parts of the
house. The great attraction consisted in this simple
announcement wherewith the entertainments of the
evening were introduced—" First appearance of Mr.
Henry Bedford." During his permanent engagement
at the Queen's Theatre, the blended racy wit and dry
humour which characterised Bedford's acting made
him an immense favourite with the audience ; and
altbough professional jealousy has been busy at work
to depreciate his success in England, it crept forth
nevertheless that, whenever an opportunity was
afforded him, he fully maintained his fame as a gifted
and original actor. His return, therefore, to the
scene of his first triumphs, was hailed with unlimited
gratification by his many admirers.
The comedy selected for his first appearance was
Paul Pry, and when he entered with the "I hope-I-
don't-intrude" observation, the shout of welcome that
he received surpassed any similar demonstration that
we have recently witnessed. Again and again did he
bow his thanks, and again and again were the peals
of applause renewed, a reception that evidently very
deeply affected him. On several occasions during
the progress of the piny these demonstrations of wel-
come were repeated, and really, lot him gain what
celebrity he may in tho Sister Island—and of cele-
brity he is certain—he must always remember with
grateful pleasure the cordiality of his Dublin friends.
His toting is as full of racy humour as ever, blend-
ing the best elements of the quaintly comic and the
broadly farcical ; and the shouts of laughter and ap-
lause that attended him till the falling of the curtain
were as amply deserved as they were unreservedly
bestowed. He was well supported by the stock
company ; and the comedy altogether was excel-
lently cast, and creditably maintained.
In the interlude of Seeing Bedford he was greeted
with renewed cordiality; and his John Downy was
as full of fun as usual. Barrett, Mrs. Goward, and
the remainincier of the performers, supported him effi-
ciently.—Dublin Evening Packet.

Tho circulation of Liberal as compared nth Tory
veto odniev.ideTdbebertewpereesneTntoartyioinsmof
and
ne
peoplewsp sips e
aboutrs , is
as
equally fiLiberalism. This is the general result presented by
England.
But take Middlesex. There the newspaper issues are
nearly six to one. Is there any disparity in the election
returns? If there be, it is not in favour of Toryism—
the constituencies of the metropolitan county returning
thirteen Liberal representatives, and but one Tory. The
explanation is obvious. The great body of the people
of this country are Liberal, and from the higher value
of house-property in London, the household-franchise is
more generally enjoyed, there, than in the provinces.
We are not enamoured of a system of representation
based on mere numbers. We would not have the country
mapped out into electoral squares, each returning repre-
sentatives in proportion to its number of inhabitants.
Much to be preferred is the ancient plan of town and
county representation—the towns sending their bnr-
gesses to Parliament, and the shires their knights. But
all our palcry nomination boroughs should be absorbcd
in the counties, and some general rule should be laid
down, giving every town of a certain population, so
long as it possesses that amount of population, one or
more representatives. Our towns would then come into,
and pass out of, Parliamentary existence, by a natural
process of increase and decay.— Gateshead Observer.
"` The county of " the Conservative ten" bas no Liberal
newspaper. Probably the Liberal inhabitants derive their
supplies from the neighbouring metropolis, lust as, on the
other side of Middlesex, the Tories of Surrey are dependent
on London for their weekly and daily journals. •
Huntingdon—where, it is said, an annual sermon is
still preached against witchcraft—is (in common with Rut-
land) destitute of home-grown newspaper literature, and
equally destitute of Liberal representatives. What a para-
dise of Toryism would England be, if the Press were " put
down !" Is there no statesman to take the Huntingdon
hint?

The cIIAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said that inasmuch as their line was worked
under a contract, the directors were not required, and,
indeed, were not able, to communicate to the share-
holders any' very important information more than
they could gather from the report. They had, in-
deed, little to report. Their main business was to
keep their capital account as low as possible, and that
the shareholders might rest assured would ever be
their great object. There was one item in the report
which required some explanation, and which he
should be happy to afford. Among their receipts
would be seen a largeOtetn of
89,4001. upon bonds.
This had occurred in consequence of the altered value
of money. They had, owing to this circumstance,
borrowed 50,0001. at 32 per cent., and by that means
ha'l paid off obligations for which they were allowing
a larger amount of interest, and had afterwards a ba-
lance of 20,0001. in the hands of their bankers.—
(Rear, hear.) They might rely upon it, however,
that they should allow it to remain at their bankers
as short a time as possible, as they should be able to
the
deal with it to a greater advanta. The report
congratulated the shareholders upon
successful
opposition which they had given to various schemes
brought into Parliament during the last session,
and which the directors deemed prejudicial to
the South Staffordshire Company. In that paragraPh
they mainly referred to an attempt which had been
made by the Great Western Company to introduce
upon their (the South Staffordshire line) the broad
gauge between Wednesbury and Dudley. In that
the Great Western were unsuccessful. Another at.
tempt had been made to establish a line
stood) from Walsall to Cannock. They (the South
Staffordshire) opposed that project, as they thought
that it was an interference with the territory assigned
to them by Parliament. They had not made such a
line themselves, hut if ;
-t was deemed necessary to
make it, the duty would devolve upon the South
Staffordshire Company. The Bill which they intro-
duced into Parliament for making a line to Burton
was abandoned, because an arrangement was made
to their
with the Midland which was satisfactory
con-
tended been successful with regard to the (as we under.
lessee. They had, therefore, he (the chairman)
brought into Parliament affecting themselves, and he
hoped the shareholders would entertain the same
opinion. Something was said at their last meeting
with regard to certain proposed arrangements with
the London and North-Western Company ,Nothintg
touch further had transpired upon that subject
but he believed the -North-Western Company welt
willing to conclude an agreement with them.
th-
would be recollected that the London and
(the South
schemes
Western proposed, at the close of their 0--a
Staffordshire) lease, to tako to the line and
shareholders of the south Staffordshire at the rate, of
four-fifths of their own dividend. That proposal
sincewe
not acceded to. The only progress which hadtern
been made was, that the London and North-Wres a
nova proposed four.Sfths of their dividend, withpay to the,
guarantee that the dividend to the South er
Stafford-
shire shareholders should never be less
I Cent., if such arrangements were carried uthat
(Rear, hear.) He believed, as he had said before,w
..
the... London and North-Western Company Were wits
hog to carry such arrangements into effect.
the face
not aware that there was anything wore on
in con-
of the report which reired explanation, but .
board
-elusion he •hallowed
ling t be to say that the directors
were most anxious to give a straightforward
exposi-
tion of
the whole of the affairs of the company.
than four per
They had , h. lay before them such
ot ing to do but to
da
a report as they had presented that , H
receipts of the lessee they had nothing to. 610. 0
y. With the
performed his duty with perfect satisfaction to the
moving the reception and adoption of the repootrion
re-
of directors. The Chairman
Mr. FORSTIiii M.P., in seconding h
te
rah
d taken'
au concludedt by
which had
marked upon the improvement
place in the value of the line. Twelve months ago it
was at 3 per cent. dis.; and now their shares were
nearly at par. He attributed this improvement to
the spirited conduct and management of the lessee,
and expressed his belief that in any arrangements
which might be made with the London and North-
Western Company—and
rangements might be—the- intermediate interests of
the lessee would be consulted and protected. He
believed that the directors would not take any steps
which were not satisfactory to th
and aat gentleman.
The motion was carried unanimously,
divi-
dend of 35. Bd, per share, or 181. Bs. lld. per hundred
shares, the meeting broke up.

The supplies of the Newcastle Courant are not included.
The news-agent classes our contemporary among the
" Neutrals."

§ Compare the newspaper circulation of Shropshire with
the election returns! The one is as six to five, the other is
eleven to one. There was a time when Shropshire did not
return even one Liberal Member; and the Tories of the
county then profanely boasted of their " 1 welve Apostles."
We need not say what name they now apply to the solitary
Liberal.

II The election returns give Yorkshire thirty-eight repre-
sentatives, one more than her statute gives her. This arises
from the triple return for Kuaresborough.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Subjoined is a notice to mariners, lately signed by
the hydrographic department at Madrid, respecting
some new lighthouses established on the north coast of
,Spain:—

(Translation.)

H3drographie Dep7artment, Madrid, July 17, 1852.

LIGHT HOUSES ON THE NORTH COAST OF SPAIN.

oLri aßsfiTs OkNyTHE
oPmo
thei• oF
21st M aoCrAc
gaucsot,
aPnneow-
__
VINI CSTE.
lighthouse will be lighted every night, established on the
Point of Cape Machichaco on the north coast of Spain,
Gales,
ulaatte.d43l4d
emgi.l es 8 ema sint
.oNf he
~
dPlooinngt
3o f
deg.
Fe e r2t2e
from the setting to the rising of the sun. This light-
hdoou
saeGisales
min. 50 secs. E. of the Observatory of San Fernando
(Cadiz). The apparatus is of the Ist catadioptrio order
of Fresuel's system, with fixed lights, and flashes at in-
tervals of four minutes. This light, which is of tho
natural colour, brat an elevation of 285 Castillian feet
above the level of the Equinoctial high tides, and pro-
duces a tangent of 18,8 wiles.
2ND. LIGHT ON THE POINT OF THE FUERTE DE
LA GALEA, PROVINCE OF BISCAY.—This lighthouse
established on the coast to the east of the Bay (Concha)
of Portugalete, is situated 14 miles west of Cape
Machichaco, in lat. 43 deg. 22 min. 26 secs. N., and long.
3 deg. 8 min. 14 secs. E. of the Oservatory of San Fer-
nando. Its apparatus is of the 4th catadioptrio order;
the light fixed, and of the natural colour, at a height of
416 Castillian feet above the sea in the Equinoctial high
tides, and is distant 5,200 feet of the samo measure from
the Punta de la Gales. This light in strictness produces
a tangent of 22,66 miles; but it canonly be distinguished
at this or even at a less distance under favourable con-
ditions of the atmosphere.
3RD. LIGHT CAPE PENAS, PROVINCE OF °VIDEO...-
It is situated in lat. 43 deg. 42 min. 20 secs. N., find
long. 22 min. 28 secs. E. of the Observatory of San Fer-
nano. The height of the luminous focus above the
level of the sea is 370 Castillian feet, and its apparatus
which is of lit catadioptrio order of Fresnel, produces a
light with eclipses which follow each other at intervals
of 30 seconds, with a tangent in clear weather of 20
miles. This light will be first illuminated on the 15th
August.

HERolc ACTION.--As the Fife boat reached Dun-
dee from Newport, at twelve o'clock on Teetday, a boy about
fourteen years of age, who was bathing, had got beyond his
depth into an eddy, where he was rapidly sinking. So soon
as his danger was perceived, Captain Haricot Maitland
Dougall, R.N., of Scotscraig, who had just landed from the
steamer, at once leaped from the pier, a height of about
fifteen feet, into the water, and, having got hold of the boy,
swam with him in his arms to the shore. It was low tide
at the time, and from the height of his leap we were sorry
to observe that the gallant gentleman appeared to have
done himself some injury.
INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF SIR ROBERT
PEE L AT Bloyruosx.--This event, -which excited much in-
terest in the town and neighbourhood, took place on Sa-
turday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse.
people. The statue was erected by the subseriPtiOUrf.tAue.
inhabitants, and, after a very able . address from,.
,ranship
Foote, was delivered over in their name to the guisfuesent on
were
of the magistrates and Town Council, who IlAndyside
the occasion. The statue was executed by fine work
Ritchie, of Edinburgh, and is considered 9
of art. It stands in the High-street,
Preontrose.
of once belonging to the famous Marquis sgosvitile the house
r-I.Toßs' COURT.—
SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT ..-!';"11 moliday next
The Insolvent Debtors' Court will site g
~;. ,aoiAy notice persons lin
for bail cases and motions. By In-Lb-bail, and thereby save
custody can provide themselves
Thew bearing of cases will be
some weeks' imprisonment.
inifsasin°tLiserhivaavwo. been disco-
shortly resumed before Mr. C°in
has such a
The bodies of two more
Nottingham, which
disco-
vered in the vicinity of,
bad eminence for the concealment or murder Of new-born
children.

AND RAILWAY.
The twelfth hall-yearly
up under theta
general. meeting of this
PORTBUR y piER
Cornpanywhicohf
Abandonmentbe held at Bristol on Monday, the 23d iust: At
the hour appointed, however, a sufficient number
Mr.. Thom
cf shareholders were not present to constitute a
meeting, itn iasuttaeynsdedAtcot,wwinads
au(
A report from the directors was laid upon
aban-
donment of the undertaking,
the table, which stated that the six months allowed by
the
.Abandonment of Railways
.Aq, 1850, for the
expired on. the 24th of
making of claims for compensation in respect of da-
mage alleged to be sustained by reason of the
July lest, and that the only claim sent in was one by
claiming 2,0001. for the injury sustained by the trust
psnn, the surviving trustee of a Mr. Clarke,
estate in the event of the purchase not being CoDa-

24

8/4.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAL.,
TIMES.-*-Wh,,n Mr. Russell, the chairman of the
Great Western Railway Company, was reldres,,ed
by Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the North-W(stern,
on the subject of the grand amalgamation, he replied
in a tone which showed his periect appreciation of
the real nature of the proposal. Mr. Glyn had
plausibly
and the appealed to the "interests of the public,"
" convenience " of travellers, as constituting
subjects of veritable consideration in the eyes of his
board, but Mr. Russell took a far more correct
view of the scheme before him. "It is," said he,
speaking fur himself and his colleagues at Pad-
dington, "our deliberate opinion that it would not be
deemed consistent with the policy of the present times
to commit to the heeds of one large company such an
undivided control and power over the public traffic
of nearly one .half of England, while the growing re-
quirements of the trade of this country necessitate
an extension rather than the limitation of means of
accommodation upon existing railways." It is per-
fectly clear from the tenour of this aroutnption—an
assumptien which Mr. Glyn did not attempt to
correct—that the amalgamation, proposal was to in-
volve a diminution of the railway accommodation
at present experienced. Mr. Russell knew as
much; he knew that it was a proposition for in-
demnifying shareholders at the expense of the
public, and he very reasonably entertained a "con-
viction" that the Legislature would object to the
bargain. To all the other points made by the Great
Western Board Mr. Glyn offered very elaborate re-
plies, but the general assumption that the public was
to be " victimized" for the benefit of the companies
he did not pretend to contradict, In so far as the
amalgamation scheme would put a stop to territorial
rivalry and Parliamentary expenditure, it would
doubtless improve the prospects of proprietaries with-
out prejudice to any class except those long-robed
gentry whom we consign without any kind of reluct-
ance to Mr. Glyn's discretion. But the views of the
chairmen are evidently not limited to these legitimate
extent of accommodation—talking sly
savings.
purpose .
being run They plainly
where to curtail the present
one
ation—talking of " two trains
towbould serve the public equally,
well." But who isjudge of this " equality ?'
If a town has two stationse
t and two communications
with London, and two are started together,
one on each line, at eighrtain'sl
it may be very possible thaotc o'clock in the morning,
singlet train would
answer all purposes, and that oneas of carriages would
accommodate all the passengers whoe were desirous of
taking that particular trip at that particular time.
But if one of these trains started at
other at ten, it is absurd to den
the
benefit of the
eight, and the
y
double convenience. No town ca
for these two strings to its bow; buto be the worse
that the argument is an exact . the truth is
exemplification of the
system under which these things have been
A certain town has a railway communication managed.
metropolis, and is supposed to provide with the
a
erati
amount of traffic. This traffic catches etehmeuneve
yeclever speculators, who determine to have a shares of
f
it, and Company No. 2 appears before Parliament ac-
cordingly with convincing proofs that a duplicate line,
with duplicate stations, would be of the greatest and
most evident service to the town and country in ques-
tion. In due course the new line is constructed, and
Company No. 2 enters upon its functions, but, instead
of creating any province of its own, or developing
any fresh traffic, it directs its whole undivided ener-
gies
to the object of ousting and superseding Company
No. 1. It starts. its trains at the same hours, offers
the same attractions, and maintains at every point a
systematic and unscrupulous opposition to its rival.
No doubt, under these conditions, it may be repre-
sented that " two trains are run where one would
serve the Rublic equally well," but these were not the
conditions on which a second company was permitted
to spring up. The whole case is so plain that nobody
can fail to see through it. If one train is as good as
two, then one company was as good as two, and half
the parties now negotiating for " amalgamation "
never ought to have had any existence at all. And
this duplicate staff of companies is not simply unne-
cessary, but is extravagant and ruinous too. Amal-
gamation implies that one company out of the two
has been found superfluous; but the result is that two
proprietaries, instead of one, are quartered upon the
public. A company with a capital of 30,000,0001.
amalgamates with a second whose stock is 20,000,000/. ;
they propose to serve the public "equally well by
abolishing one moiety of tbeir joint performances, but
the fares will be regulated for returns upon the ag-
gregate 50,000,000/. of stock. Work is to be single,
but wages double. A certain amount of money has
been invested in providing the country with railway
communication. It is now discovered that this amount
is greater by half than it need have been ; that is to
say, that one line out of two need never have been
constructed; but, though it is intended accordingly
to run a single train in the place of two,
it is not intended to relieve the public from oae-
half of its contributions. A company may be use-
less, by its own confession, in providing accommo-
dation for the community, hut it saddles the commu-
nity, nevertheless, with annual interest upon its
capital. The main point of the question is, not the
manufacture of an enormous stock, nor the accumu-
lation of corresponding powers without competition
or control. These points are deserving, indeed, of
consideration, but they are of inferior importance to
that illustrated above. Perhsps it is desirable that
two capital stocks, of many millions each, should not
be amalgamated, and that "one-half of England"
should not be handed over to a single monopolist
company, but the most objectionable feature is the
dead weight thus created. The "non-effective ser-
vices" of our railway proprietaries will be as burden-
some as those of the army and navy estimates, and
much more disagreeable to provide for, since, in the
latter case, there has really been value received, where-
as, in the former, no benefit has ever been forthcoming.
The railway authorities therdelves declare that they
have been fighting and"competing " to non
at all except that of common dame.ge a
incdtiveuience, and they now ask us t
opay
for that
competition which they themselves forced into being,
It
but which they can carry on no longer.i pre-
cisely the case of the "great water companies' over
again. In the struggle for
promising investments
six proprietaries were started where three would have
sufficed. The first stage of the proceeding, was cora-
petition-.ea frantic and desperate effort on the part of
each to grasp all. When i this had produced its
natural consequences of depression and ruin they re-
sorted to a virtualrelieved
"amalgamation, and
themselves of their merited liabilities by a common
agreement to visit them equitably
on the public.
The result is well known. From that time to this
we have had bad service and extortionate rates, and
though the Legislature has confessed its duty of in-
terfering for the public protection, we have as yet
made little advance towards amendment. Now, the
railway companies stand in exactly the same relation
to Great Britain that the water companies occupied
in regard to London, and we trust the country will
see the moral of the story in time.

EXPECTED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO
BIRMINGHAM.

It is with great pleasure we are enabled to an-
nounce to our fellow-townsmen that they will in the
course of a few days have the honour of ta visit,
although only a passing one, from her Most Gracious
Majesty the Queen, her Royal Consort, and their
children. The letter of our correspondent • from
Gloucester, received last night, thus announces this
gratifying intelligence :
"Her Majesty has determined to travel by the same
route from Osborne to Balmoral, on the occasion of her
forthcoming visit to Scotland, us she took in the autumn
Iryesternwillielway,
of
Midland 1849 onan
ah her
rjeoautr journey from Scotland, namely, by theh
Birmingham. Her Majesty
ilexeotdket.hence by theshe
will
passing throug
ave Osborne. early on
Monday morning
towißilaspinregeset ,_August 30, and having landed at
RGaoislpviearyt,
South-Wester°
riages, and proceed by
eestetora•Bireljelb;
the There
.c,
Gloucester, and thence by the MCiidrelaantdWlin
ham, and so on to Derby, where her Majesty will --Al
that night, proceeding on northwards next dayAueep
Gloucester, where the break of gusge occurs, the lest-
will again change carriages • and on Saterlido7S for the
ing of the Gloucester Town 'Council
was --roPer re°eP-
purpose of making arrangements for th---er,Pyai and nu-
trion of her Majesty by the authoritio: c7usequencte of
tiful addresses will be presented, blow
Royal party at
I kept clear on the inconvenience experienced by A- be
m testY „
Se! --e;t4,0,3.
Gloucester in 1849, the platform "wig only remain a
her Majesty's arrival.
few minutes at the Glotteester
we understand that Mr.
In addition to the
Sanders,
l managerce r snaking the necessary above, of the Midland Corn-
Gloreuccep
tion of her Majesty, and we
puny, is ntohwe
rangements for theeau
thorities of this town will be ere
have no doubt
agtenera
°no sent, in possession of such
long, if they
,athrweeill enable them to make suitable pre-
reception of the royal party, and
inhabitants an opportunity of testifying
Pa
the
afford to
and attachment to their Sovereign. It
their loyalty
the recollection of our readers that in the
hifreartmioantsiefeor .
will be in
year 1849 her iiejesty paid a similar visit to this
town, when she was received at the station in Dud.
deston-row by S. Thornton, Esq., the Mayor, and the
members of the corporation. The weather was most
unpropitious, and the short conversation with which
the Mayor was honoured by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert was carried on under torrents of rain.
The state carriage remained only a few minutes al
the station aster its arrival, and comparatively few of
the thousands who had assembled along the line had
the pleasure of seeing her Majesty. • We hope, how-
ever, for a more favourable result on Monday next,
and shall be happy to have it in our power to record
a gratifying visit and most enthusiastic reception.—
Birmingham Gazette.

---
Captain John Edward Walcott (1800), -M.P. for
Christchurch, one of the most distinguished, but neglected,
senior officers of the navy, has received at the hands of the
Duke of Northumberland
the gold-service pension of 1501.
per annum.

• THE KAFIR, WAR.
1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—About a year ago you did ma the honour of
publishing a letter of mine, signed (I 'link) 11. M. G.,
containing two suggestions for the purpose of teimi-
nating the Kafir war; viz., Ist, the emplJ;vment of
Sepoys, and, 24, of bloodhounds. The Naval' and
Military Gazette afterwards published a similar letter
of mine, and I see in the present number of that jour-
nal, a leading article recommending the sendiiig of
, British troops from India.
Allow me to recur to these sutzgestions. his evi-
' dent, as I then endeavoured to show, that the real
cause of the prolongation of the war is, above all
things, the deficiency of regular troops, the levies at
the Cape being not to be depended on, as has been well
shown. If the otjects of the Kafirs were those en-
tertained in regular war, the thing would he different;
but their objects are thot,e of brigands, and they- are,
therefore, more difficult to be dealt with. When our
troops melte a forward movemTnt, :point, as it is
1 techaic.lly called, our generaN are unable to leave a
1 sufficient cordon in their rear to proLct our frontiers,
and the Kafirs retaliate any mischief we may do them
by ravaging cur own territory. Lord Cathcart now
Now, as we can-
edElsftbepaucity of troops.
sufficient force from England, and as it
complains
mightnlePeiai be dangerous to adopt the suggestion of the
Naval and Military Gazette, and draw European
troops from Indic, especizily at present, I again ask,
why not send the Sepoys ? During the last war
they were sent to Egypt and Java, and they helped
to take the Mauritius from the French. Lately they
have been sent to China, Arabia, and Burmah.
Many of the irregular cavalry corps would appear
to be well adapted for the service ; and as the Indian
army is most easily recruited, deficiency of means
cannot be pleaded. The very appearance of unknown
races of blacks serving under our banners, would serve
to daunt the enemy by giving them some idea of our
resources. No fear of desertion need be entertained,
oy of bloodhounds, the
as the differences of race, habits, and language would
be effectual barriers, which is more than can be said
of the Hottentot levies.
With regard to the Grnplment
efficacy of this measure was proved formerly against
the Maroons in Jamaica, a very analogous case. It
may be objected that such a measure •is inhuman. I
answer, not against such an enemy, who have besides
employed their dogs against us. The dogs would not
be used to tear them, but rather to find them out in
their lairs; and if we make use of horses in war, I do
not see, cateris paribus, any abstract objection to the
use of dogs,
ogsespecially in such a case as this, against
an enemy who roast alive and crucify our men. Real
humanity consists in terminating the war as soon as
possible. I may make another suggestion in your
columns respecting the future disposal of the Kafirs
when conquered ; but as we must kill our hare before
we think of cooking it, I conclude with expressing a
wish that I may be pardoned, although a civilian, for
writing on such a subject, and"a somewhat confident
belief, that had my hints been acted on a year ago,
the Kafir war would have now been at an end.

Your obedient servant,
COMMON ENSE.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 21.

TO
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system must be far more
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and appears
it
to
enotwed
equals a star of the ninth nifignitude
I Greenwich
have the same yellowish tinge that b'as
obfeetnb
about Pallas, Melpomene, and others
group of planets. At 11h. 35m. 385.
mean time (August 22), its right ascension was 22h.
22m. 29.75., and its north polar distance 97 deg.
32 min. 14 sec. ; the diurnal motion in right asce,7_
siop is 535. towards the west, and in N. P. D. about
5 min. towards the south.—l am, Sir, &c.
J. R. HIND.
Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, Aug. 23.