The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1837.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE.

TATTERSALL' S—YEsrEnnit I'.
THE DERBY.

A thin room, awl very little l usiness. The 'only change was in
Glider, against whom 27, and afterwards 23, to 1, was betted ; in
this,and a more strongly mar'.,Nl disposition to bet against Defender,
consistel all that was worth notice.

14 to I agst Captain Gar,lner's Phantasima cllt—offered
15 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—offered
17 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—offered
28 to 1-agst Mr. Walker's Glider—taken
28 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Cartoon—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo—offered
40 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke a Caravan—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Okaldeston's The Pocket Hercules—taken
No others mentioned.
THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P.f.
7 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—taken
10 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's Hock
Laid in one bet
10 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Gipsey
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Mr. De Burgh's Hounds on Saturday at the Kennel-qr. to 12.
The Whitefichl Harriers on Friday at Camberwood.
The Swansea Harriers on Friday at the Beaufort Arms-hf-p.lO.
The Llanblethian Harriers on Friday at the Three Ashes-10.
The Llanelly Harriers on Friday at Spudler's Bridge-hf-p. 10.
The Tivyside Hounds on Thursday at Pentre House-10.
The Pembrokeshire Hounds on Friday at Ruch Bridge-10.
The Chesterfield Harriers on Wednesday at Bolsover Woodhouse.
The York and Ainsty Hounds on Thursday at Ferensby ; Saturday,
at Great Hammertun-half-past 10.
The Eddlethorpe Hounds on Friday at Strathorp Pasture-hf-p. 10.
Lord Harewood's Hounds on Friday at Wilstrup-hf-p. 10.
The Duke of Cleveland's Hounds on Thursday at Gainford Park ;
Saturday, at Redworth-11.
The Cleveland Hounds on Thursday at Court Green-hf-p. 10.
The Sinnington Hounds on Friday at Newton-hf-p. 10.
Sir M. Ridley's Hounds on Friday at Kirkeaton-10.
The Alnwick 'founds on Thursday at Warkworth-half-past 10.
The Lambton Hounds on Thursday at Edmonsle3, ; Friday, at
Braneepeth-11.
The Alorpeth Harriers on Friday at Ahshields-10.
The Wallsend Harriers on Friday at Byker-hill--10.
The Monmouthshire Hounds on Thursday at Newcastle; Satur-
day, at Lauvair Bridge-hf-p. 10:
The F. D. H. (Mr. Carr's) Hounds on Friday at Raven's Nest-10.
The Hambledon Hounds on Friday at Barsledon
The H. H. on Thursday at Bradley; Saturday, at Chilton Old
House-10.
Mr. Drax's Hounds on Saturday at Plumley Wood, in the Black-
more Vale-11.
The Cambridgeshire Hounds on Friday at Stoughton Bridge.
Mr. Wyndham's Hounds on Thursday at the French Horn-10.
Mr. Codrington's Hounds on Friday at Baynton Wood-10.
The Craven Hounds on Friday at Albourne Chase : Saturday, at
Chilton Lodge-10.
The Vine Hounds on Saturday at Kingsclere-half-past 10.
Mr. Farquharson's Hounds on Tuesday at Melcombe Park ;
Thursday, at Ashcombe.
The Charborough Hounds on Wednesday at I3cro Down-11.
Mr. Richardson's Harriers on Friday at Bush Verlind ; Tuesday,
at Pedwell-half-past 9.
The C. H. Hounds on Friday at North Barrow.
The Eamont Harriers on Wednesday at Penruddock ; Saturday,
at Eamont Bridge-10.
The Inglewood Hounds on Thursday at Cumwhitton ; Monday,
at Countess Pillar ; Thursday, at Sebergham-10.
The Wigton Harriers on' Friday at Aikbank.
The Somerset Subscription Fox Hounds on Saturday at Slowly
Wood-half-past 10.
The B. V. H. Hounds on Friday at Palham.
Lord Portman's Hounds on Friday at Durweston Bridge-10.
Mr. Hall's Hounds on Thursday at Downside Kennel.
Sir C. Constable's Hounds on lriday at North Park-11.
The Holderness Fox Hounds on Thursday at Wineshead ; Satur-
day, at Ostw ick-balf-past 10.
The Knapton Harriers on Friday at Mr. Playford's-11.

Tho match between Berry and Townshend came off yester-
day, Berry giving Townshend 20 minutes' start. Townshend
took the lead to Crawley, when Berry headed him, within six
miles of Brighton, but was so much distressed that he was
obliged to ride the remainder of the journey into Brighton.
The match was done in 8 hours and 37 minutes.

A GOOD SHOT.—As Mr. Mackenzie, jun., of Kilcoy, was
on Monday last returning from Foyers and Glenmorriston,
where he had been roe shooting, while driving down the side
of Loch Ness, having already shot a roe,te discovered another
in the lake at a considerable distance, its bead being just visible
in the expanse of waters. The sportsman leaped from his
carriage and discharged a shot at the animal, which wounded
it in the head ; he then undressed, and swimming to the spot,
returned with his game in tow, which he brought with him to
Inverness.—lnverness Courier.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 29.—The Monitcur of this morning has
no official part.
A Ministerial journal contradicts the statement pub-
lished by an Evening paper concerning the arrest of M. de
Rigny, and his departure under escort. It says :

General de Rigny set out from Paris Co proceed to
Marseilles, on the 24th January in the evening, by the dili-
gence of Lafitte and Caullard, with three persons belonging
to his household. The General, during his late stay at
Paris, had no interview with the Minister of War."
The approaching departure of M. de Sercey, for St.
Petersburg, is announced. He is going to take the direc-
tion of our Legation in the room of Baron Barante, who
has solicited and obtained leave of absence.

The President of the Council had dispatched a courcir
to St. Petersburg. It is affirmed that he is the bearer of
orders to M. de Bariinto to deinand an explanation respect-
ing an article of the Official Gazettc VlVai saw.
The Independant of the Moselle says that Madame
Gordon passed through Metz.—Constitutionnd, Jan. 25.
PARIS, JAN. 29.—A letter, from the frontiers of Italy,
says, that the Infant Don Miguel having sent a confidential
messenger to the King of Sardinia to make him acquainted
with his pecuniary embarrassments, his Majesty had placed
a sum of 500,000 francs at the the disposal of Don Miguel.
Charles Buonaparte, Prince of Lusignan, one of the sons
of Lucien Buonaparte, Prince of Canino, has summoned
his father to appear, in the space of 100 days, before the
Supreme Court of the Rota of Rome, to show cause why
he should not be condemned to restore to him the sum of
700,000• francs, or 129,133 Roman crowns, being the
amount of the marriage portion of his wife, Marie Julie
Charlotte Buonaparte. He affirms that, his marriage hav-
ing taken place whilst the Prince of Canino was at Rome,
the latter received the amount of the dowry, and has not
accounted for it to his son.

Don Miguel Fontecollet having, par interim, the com-
mand in Andalusia, writes to the Minister of War on the

1 I th of this month, that the province of Cordova is entirely
cleared of the rebels, and that the Chiefs Aviles Jurado
and his brother have surrendered, to implore an amnesty.
The Rcvista says, the Frasqucta merchantman, from
the Havannah, arrived at Santander on the 10th of this
month. The private letters which it brings inform us,
that Tacon had arrived .at Santiago de Cuba with his
troops. A Commissioner from that town was on board
the ship ; he is sent to make the Government acquainted
with the present state of that country.—Journal du Com-
mcrcc, Jan. 29.

The Earl and Countess of Vernlam and Lady Mary
Grimston, have arrived at Gorhambury, from a visit to
the Earl and Countess Craven, at Combe Abbey, near
Coventry. _ _

Lord and Lady William Bentinck arrived at the Oa-
.cndon yesterday, from Brighton.

Sir Robert Gordon arrived at the Clarendon yester-
day, from a visit to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth.
Count d'Aglic, the Sardinian Ambassador, who is
making a tour in Italy, Gerinany, and France, will not re-
turn to England until the latter end of next month.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have
delayed their departure from Alnwiek Castle until Friday,
the 17th of February. • • •

The Duke and -Duchess of Bucclench will not come
o town until after Easter.

Many of the leading personages of the aristocracy
have deferred coming to - town until after Easter, when
London is expected to be unusually gay. The opera and
the French plays will fully occupy a brilliant season with
the fashionable world.

The Ball on Thursday evening at the Assembly
Rooms, Bath, was, as usual, very well attended by the vi-
siters and residents of that gay city. Upwards of 300 dis-
tinguished person; were present. Cinderella has been pro-
duced at the theatre in a very creditable manner. Prince
Felix is personified by Mr. Frazer of the English Opera
House.

The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull have, during
their visit at their seat, Dupplin Castle, Perthshire, contit-
buted to alleviate the wants of the necessitous poor. The
Earl and Countess will shortl3' arrive in town from Scotland.
The .Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are detained
at Raby CaStle by the indisposition of his Grdee, who is
confined to his Chamber. The period is now fixed for
their arrival in St. James's-square for the season.
The Countess of Kerry and infant daughter remain
at Bowood, where the Marshioness of Lansdowne and
Lady' Louisa Fitzmaurice are also staying.
Sir Walter Carew and his bride have left Rich-
mond for Ilfracombe, Devonshire.
THE LACE TRADE.--We understand that at an
adjourned meeting of the " Power Machine Holders," held
on Wednesday evening last, at the Black Horse, Stoney-
street, a series of resolutions were unanimously passed, ex-
preisive of the determination of the whole trade no longer
to submit to the- present ruinous prices to which lace has
been reduced. - " A Declaration, or Bond of Agreement,"
was submitted, and agreed to by the meeting, as the basis of
a " Permanent Union of Masters," to Ivateh over and pro-
tect the-interests Of the trade.. A copy of the above, and
a deputation to wait on a general meeting of the Levers'
Machine Hohlors,,held at the Feathers Tavern, was agreed
on, and, we understand, was. cordially received .by them..
We are glad that a determination generally exists to do
away-with night-work for ever in the trade. Union among
masters is only needed to make prices remunerative, and
to recover the declining inferests of the trade—NoMii'ghain
Jorefial of Friday.

IRELAND.

IRELAND, SOUTH WALES, GLOU-
CESTER, CHELTENHAM, AND LONDON JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD.—From Mr. Crawford's letter,

ply to the resolutions which we stated yesterday had lc,
to that gentleman's resignation of the representation o.
Pundalk, we take the following passages :
" Gentlemen—l have now shortly examined your several
resolutions—l have pointed out to you their inconsistencies.
You might have spared yourselves the inconvenience of
being involved in these dilemmas ; the real meaning os
your instructions might have been expressed in two words
—obey O'Connell. If I would abandon principles so oftee
declared and enforced, and thus make myself the !owes:
and most degraded joint of his tail, I would then be the
worthy guardian of your- liberties, and the assertor of your
rights. If I refuse to take this course, you indirectl
from me the alternative, without the manliness to
demand it in plain terms. I shall, however, take your
hint, and vacate a position which I can no longer hold,
with honour to myself, or advantage to my country. But,
whilst I announce this intention, I protest against any claim
on your part, in the present instance, to make such a de-
mand ; because,
" First—When great principles have been professed, and
understood, between the electors and the Representative,
I deny their authority to instruct him to act contrary to
this implied contract ; because,
Secondly—l protest against instructions emanating from
a meeting of the electors, not convened by public notice? but •
by circulars, addressed to the individuals who were sum-
moned to attend, and, consequently, not open to the public
at large. This is not what I call a public meeting—because,
Thirdly—l protest against the refusal by those gentlemen
who are acting for the independent interest (as communi-
cated to me by Mr. M'Allister), to cause a public
meeting to be convened, for this day, agreeably to my re-
quest, and to the arrangement I had made for that pur-
pose—and I protest against the final passing of your reso-
lutions in my absence, on the day before my appointed ar-
rival in your town, without affording me the opportunity
of a personal communication of my views and intentions,
thus placing an effectual bar against any accommodation
of those points on which there might exist a difference of
opinion.

( From the Mining Journal.)

It may be remembered that, during the last Session of Par—
liament, a Bill was obtained for the construction of a railway
from Cheltenham to Gloucester and Stroud, and thence to.
Swindon, where it was intended to enter the Great Western
Railway, and that this (the Swindon) line was strongly op.
posed by a company which had issued proposals for a line from
Cheltenham by Oxford to Tring, w here it was to connect
itself with the London and Birmingham Railway. Each of
the contending actors on that occasion produced very strong
evidence against the pretensions of the other to public favour.
It was admitted on all hands, that the Swindon line would
take the traveller from Cheltenham to London at least twenty
miles out of his direct course, vvttile it was also demonstrated
that the Tring line could not pay unless it was connected with
Gloucester, and that in order to effect such a communication,
it must pass through the most fashionable part of Chelten-
ham, thereby destroying not merely the beauty of the town
itself, but seriously endangering those attractions, which have,
within a few years, produced no slight accessions to its wealth
and population.
The difficulties of the eountry through which the Tring line
had to pass, appeared moreover to demand an amount of capi-
tal (1,400,0001.) greatly disproportionate to the traffic, which
a line unconnected with Gloucester could hope to attract to
itself, while the injury which it would inflict on private pro-

perty is so great as to have armed against it the prinCipal
landowners and occupiers in the vicinity. We find in the pub-
lic papers an account of a meeting held at Oxford, on the 4th
inst., with Lord Sherbourne in the chair, and the representa-
tions of upwards of eighty landowners present, when Captain
Moorsom the engineer, and the Oxford agent of the Chelten-
ham and Tring Railway having bean heard, it was resolved
unanimously,
" That the projected railway from Cheltenham to 'l'ring
will involve a gross violation of private property, and will in-
flict serious injury upon the landowners and occupiers whose
land is proposed to be taken compulsorily from them, without
any public necessity or advantage, and that it is incumbent on
them to resist that measure by proof before both Houses of Par—
liament."

Many other objections were urged with great force, and, we
may add, with unquestionable truth by each of the rival lines
against its opponent. In this state of things, the attention of
intelligent men having been called to the subject, and the evi-
dence given before the Committee of the House of Lords on
the Swindon line having been carefully examined, it appeared
according, to the admission of Mr. Brunel himself, that there
was a middle line between the two, which would be very much
preferable to either the Tring or the Swindon line, thus realis-
ing the old maxim, in medio tutissimus ibis. _ _

- I ask, Gentlemen, were you afraid to permit me to
meet the people ? Were the electors, who held this
half-public meeting, afraid that the countenance of an
honest man would drive them from their purpose ? You
refuse your representative permission to meet the people—
and yet you claim the principle of popular controul, in the
bill of corporation reform.

-I ask, Gentlemen, why were your instructions delayed till
the present moment ? Did I not state my views to you in
the recess of 1835 ? Why did you not instruct me pre-
vious to my return to my parliamentary duty, in 1836 ?
Did I not appeal to you, at that period, when I took the
very decided step on the church bill, in the last session ?
Why did you not then answer that appeal? Why did you
since- testify your approval of my conduct, by the compli-
ment of a public dinner ? The reason is plain :—I was not
then denounced. The anathema has now issued. lam

(or my vote is) to be presented to the Tories—and you step
forward, to be the executioners of the seatenc-, by tacitly as-
senting to the insult, and by making such demands as must
force me to resign your representation, or else induce mo to
commit suicide on my own honour, by retracting all my
professions, and linking myself to be dragged through the
mire, at the chariot-wheel of the conqueror. But, depend
upon this, that my vote or my voice never shall be given to
the enemies of my country, in whatever shape they may ap-
pear, or whatever name they may assume, whether Tory,
Whig, or Radical, or any other name or disguise, under
which mock patriotism may attempt to triumph over the li-
berties of Ireland. Gentlemen, look out for a representa-
tive fit to take the post you desired to assign to me. I
shall proceed, as speedily as possible, to surrender the trust
you placed in my hands.
We regret sincerely, deeply, that Mr. Sharman Crawford
has resolved to resign the representation of the borough of
Dundalk. A more honest, a more straightforward, a
sounder representative Ireland does not send to the Impe-
rial Parliament. We disagree, certainly with Mr. S. Craw-
ford upon the point at issue between himself and his con-
stituents, not in the abstract, but as to its expediency.
Still we do think, that on this account, matters should not
be urged to au extremity. Mr. Crawford is for the imme-
diate extinction of tithes, so are we all, if we could ; but
then, it is judged wise, with a view to present circumstances
to support the Ministerial measure. This is the opinion of
the electors of Dundalk, and, indeed of the Liberal consti-
tuency in every part of Ireland. We have read the resolu-
tions of Dundalk, and we honestly confess that we do not
see in these resolutions any just cause why Mr. Crawford
should throw up the representation. We still hope that
we shall not lose his services.--Dublin Evening Post-
HIGII TREASON.—The Orangemen in the meeting, on
Tuesday, came to the following resolution :
" Resolved—That a body styling itself The General
Association of Ireland,' has for some time held, and now
publicly holds, its meetings in Dublin, and is actively
and seditiously engaged in exciting and organising the peo-
ple of this country, for the purpose of resisting the just pre-
rogative of the Crown—the spoliation of the Established.
Church. and severing the Union between Great Britain
and Ireland ; and that such proceedings arc connived at,
and wholly unrestrained by his Majesty's Government in
Ireland."

The following extracts from this eminent Engineer's evidence
will, we-think, at once put this matter beyond all discussion :
Question :—" Supposing that of the line, which you say
you think can never be made from Cheltenham to Tring, a
portion was made from Cheltenham to Oxford, and that line

had arrived at Oxford, do you think that it would be expedient
to go up to the highest summit at Tring on the Birmingham
line, or can a more convenient communication be made from
Tring by a junction with tie Great Western ?
" I think if it were an object to carry a direct line, from
Cheltenham to London going over those Cotswold Hills, they
would find the easier line to come to the south of Oxford, and
join the Great Western some miles beyond Reading, than to
go to the north of Oxford, and ascend to Tring, and then go

This resolution was proposed by the Earl of Charleville
and seconded by Ned Litton, the King's Counsel, and
signed by the Marquess of Downshire, the chairman of the
meeting. _

'Phis resolution charges the Government with abetting
high treason, and aiding in the overthrow of the empire.
It is either true or false. If true, the Government
should not be allowed to stand for a single hour ; and Lord
Downshire, and the Orangemen of Ireland, should imme-
diately impeach Ministers. If false—if notoriously, im•
pudently, flagitiously, false—what, then, shall be said of
Lords Dowashire, Donoughmoro, Charleville, and the rest
of them ?—what shall be done P—Dublin Evening Post.

,
Lord Western has been suffering from an attack of
the influenza at Brighton, but is now recovering. Mr.
Eld, M.C., has been suffering from a violent attack of in-
fluenza, which has prevented his attendace to his public
duties. He is slowly recovering. Prince Polignac and
family are on a visit to the Countess of Newburgh, at Slin-
don. The Prince has been suffering froth an attack of in-
fluenza.—Brighton Herald.

. .
down
-- _
d the Birmingham Railway to London.
" If they were on the south of Oxford, what would be the
distance required to form a junction which could be made be-
tween the two?

Out of 65 children (the total number at-present in
Sunning-hill workhouse), on Friday 61 were down with
the influenza. During the past week it has been on the
increase in Windsor, and in Eton it is still worse.—Ayks-
bury News.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, who
for many sessions past has always been present at the meet-
ing of Parliament, will not return to England for some time.
The rumour that his Royal Highness and the Duchess are
labouring under severe indisposition at Berlin, it is raid,
is unfounded.

His Royal Highness the Duke de Nernours under-
went an operation on Tuesday morning, by Doctor Bau-
dery (who bad attended him to the expedition to Constan-
tine), and who had extracted two an/sigh/es (glands) in the
throat, in order to effect a radical cure for the frequent sore
throats to which the Prince is subject. The operation has
succeeded perfectly.—Galiplani of Friday.

All who know the Duke of Northumberland will r.:.-
joice to learp that his Grace, who was an invalid during the
greater par( of the last London season, is perfectly restored
to health. The statement which appeared in the London
papers of festivities at Alnw•ick were altogether unfounded.
The Duke and Duchess have enjoyed the society of a very
social circle of attached relatives and friends.

SILK TR A DE.---The return as made up of the deli-
very of this article during the past week amounts to 9,5501b5.
of the different descriptions. The market. still continues in
a depressed state, consequent upon the two late heavy
failures, and the business transacted is but limited.

The Marquis of Lansdown, at his own expense, is
forming a spacious new market at Caine, and arching over
therivery.rhich pass: s through the centre of that town.

The Earl and Countess of Guilford have, during
their stay at IValdershare Hall, distributed wearing apparel
blankets, &e., to a great many poor families. The children
of the WalderShare sehools (120) were entertained a few
days since by the charitable Earl and Countess.
• The Earl of Balcarras will remain at Haigh Hall,
near Wigan, in Lancashire, during the spring, having let
the spacious family mansion in Berkeley. square to Lord
Brougham.

M. Bestow, of the Feathers . Tavern, in this
town, had a singular escape from injury on Monday evening
last. It was well known that Mr. B. is the driver of the
Manchester coach, which arrived at the usual hour on
..Monday last, at the May-pole inn, aril observing, as he
supposed, the reguler horse-keeper standing at the head of
the horses, when they came to a stand in the yard, he threw
down his reins, calling aloud to the man not to leave the
horses' heads." This order net being complied with, the
animals set off, and Mr. B. seeing that he was likely to be
crushed by the archway of Messrs. Blackwelrs auction-
room, under which the horses were taking the coach, threw
himself on the ground, just in time to save himself, and he
fortunately escaped without injury. Ile immediately got.
up and followed the coach, but ere he could get
.up to the
bores, they had turned the corner in the yard to go.into
Clumber-street, overturned the Coach, and were dragging
it after them, on its side ; and although Mr. Bestow got
hold of the reins, he, with the assistance of some other per-
sons, could not stop their progress till they got opposite to
.Mr. Stevenson s tishm9pger's shop, in Clumhcr-street. The
coach, horses, and. driver, all re-entered the yarn, with veiy
little damage having been done.---Nuttingham

" It would be to form the most direct line possible—eleven

mild.

Would it not be on a level with the valley of the Thames ?
" It would be a beautiful level ; and from Oxford to London
it would form the most level line of railroad in England."—
Evidence, p. 90.
And again—
" Supposing that it was merely the question of a railway
from Cheltenham to London, and that you had nothing to do
with the manufacturing districts of Stroud, or-any other part,
but that it was given to you to consider the int crests of the
people of Cheltenham alone, should you not say, that they
were right in taking the Tring line in preference to coming 23
miles round by the other line.
" I think if a line were made from Cheltenham to London
direct, and it was not expected to take any other traffic into it,
that I would not take either the Tring or the other, but take
a line between the two, going down into the valley of the
Thames to Reading.
" You would not take the Swindon line ?
." I think not." Ibid. p. 93.
The line selected by the promoters of the Steventon plan
seems to follow as nearly as the nature of the country, and
the interest of its population, would permit, the intermediate
course suggested by Mr. Brunel. Under the able direction
of Mr. Palmer, they have succeeded in discovering a course
for the projected railway, which will not only be most condu-
cive to the interests of the town of Cheltenham, but will also
secure to their undertaking a quantity of traffic not exceeded
by any other railway of the same length in the United Kingdom.
If the reader will for a moment cast his eye over the plan,
he will observe on the left the course projected for the Eng-
land and Ireland Union Railway, connecting Fishguard Bay,
on the western coast of South Wales, with Gloucester. From

Fishguard to Wexford, the distance (forty miles) may be tra-
versed in four hours; and from Wexford communications by
railway lines will shore.), be established, not only with lsublin,
through the county of Wicklow, but also with the most popu-
lous and fertile provinces of Ireland. The Steventon, will con-
nect itself With the English and Irish line, by joining the line
projected to run from Birmingham to Gloucester, and thus it
will attract to itself not only the traffic of South Wales, but
also that from Ireland. The Steventon line, it is further pro-
posed, will send branches to Worcester, Oxford, and Stroud,
thereby loading its train with all the wealth of those districts,
hitherto conducted by other conveyances, to the great mart of
the empire.
The Steventon line is calculated to achieve still more 'than
all this. It will afford to the people of Liverpool the nearest
route to Southampton, and, consequently, to Paris, filling up
the interval which would otherwise have suspended their pro-
gress in that direction. With such advantages it may fairly
be expected to advance rapidly in public favour, and to take
a prominent station among those enterprises which are destined
to develope the teeming and inexhaustible resources of the
United realms.

- We might add much with reference to projects of this nature,
and their importance, but we find that we have already ex-
ceeded the space we intended to devote to this subject, which,
however, may be considered as the first of a series.

Admiral Sir Peter Halkett is expected to arrive from
the West India station, having been succeeded by Sir
Charles Paget.
The Earl and Countess of Meath have left Paris on
their retu~•n home, in consequence of the illness of a near
relative.

Sir Eardley Wiltnot, Bart., after a visit to Warwick,
has returned to HAstings, where his lady and family have
resided during the season.
The Marquis of Lansdqvrne's dinner on Friday last
was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Al-
bemarle, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Howick, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Poulett Thom-
son.. Lords Holland and Glenelg, and Sir John Hobhouse,
were absent from indisposition.

The Earl of Radnor is expected in Grosvenor-street,
from his seat in Berkshire. The Countess still sojourns
at Ramsgate, accompanied by Viscountess Folkestone.
The Russian Ambassador, since his arrival, I-as
placed his establishment on the same scale as previous to his
departure. His Excellency starts with an elegant new cha-
riot and new liveries.
It -is stated that the Duchess of Somerset will re-
ceive an addition to her private fortune of upwards of
100,000/., by the demise of her Grace's much esteemed
broth r, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart.
LtVrd R. Grosvenor is expected to arrive at Grosvenor
House to-day, and to take up his residence at the man-
sion of his noble father until his new residence •in Park-
street is completed. Lady Robert Grosvenor proceeds on
a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Melton
Mow bray.

The Right Hot+. S. R. Lushington, who has been
sightly indisposed with the prevailing epideMic, is expected
town at the opening of Parliament, from Canterbnry.
The Duke of Devonshira arrived on Saturday after-
non at Devonshire House, from Chatsworth. Ills Grace
was accompanied by Sir Augustus Clifford.
The Commercial Blackwall Railway Company,
who have already obtained an Act for forminm a railway
from Blackwall to the Minorics, intend to apply to Parlia-
ment this Session for leave to extend their line from that
point up to the vicinity of the East India House : thus, by
an addit'on of only_ 608 yards to their original line, effecting
the important object of bringing the East and West India
Docks and the port of Blackwall, seven miles down the
river, almost to the thresh,ll of the Royal Exchange. The
proprietors generally are of opinion that this measure will
oot, only considerably enhance the value of the whole un-
de. tdiing, but also prove a great public benefit.

EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIANS.—In treating of
Egypt, former writers have chiefly confined their narratives
to a description of the antiquities that abound in this highly
interesting portion of the globe. Something more, how-
ever, in a new work, was wanting to gratify the public cu-
riosity, relative to a country which has recently made such
rapid strides towards civilization ; and we find that. Captain
Scott, in his just-published volumes, called " Rambles in
Egypt and Candia," describes its existing condition, its
camm:Jce, productions, and capabilities—the present Man-
vers, customs, and pursuits of its inhabitants, and most ex-
plicitly, the remarkable improvements of every kind effected
by that singular reformer, Mohammed Ali. It would ap,
pear that, till now, we have known little or nothing of thn
true character of the Egyptian Sultan, who my be cer•
tainly regarded as one of the most extraordinary moil
. of
modern times. Captain Scott has shown himself, on all
these topics, to be a very intelligent writer, and his work,
which has some spirited illuitrations, may be lopked upon
as a very valUable addition to our knowledge of Egypt and
its inhabitants, •