The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-16 00:00:00

BRUSSELS AND GERMAtilig§.-7'

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM

RAILWAY.

The line of the London and Birmingham Railway, which
has for some time been opened to Boxmoor, was on Satur-
day opened for the first time to Trine.' in Heetfoalshie.
The line cif road now'in perfect order :for tVe trains ex-
I tends 32 miles, passing thrOugh part of , Midd:eseX rit.o.
Hertfordshire, having on the left head Harrow. Piriner,
Rickmansworth, Two Waters, Rerkliampatead, Efleceierre,
and Tring ; and on the right hand, Stanmore, Watford;
and Hemel j-lenspStead. The views on both sidei of the
road are very pleasant, the country being, divefsifirid by hill
and. dale, meadows, corn fields, and woody districts, ere in-
tersected by the Birmingham Canal and many rivulets.
The line of road, as far as it at present extends, passes by
means of tunnelling beneath the earth at four places. The
first tunnel, at Primrose-hill, is nearly a mile in length.
This is, with the other three tunnels, free from any at-
mospheric oppression, but two of them, from their great
length, are at present completely dark - within. The
second tunnel is at Kensall-green ; it is a quarter
of a mile in length. The tunnel at Watford appears
to be in length about the same as that at Prim-
rose-hill. The fourth, which is at Northwich, is a
very short one. The line in some places runs on a road
even with the surrounding fields ; at others it is carried
along upon a bank of very considerable height, and com-
mands a view over a great extent of country ; and at other
places it is between steep and almost. precipitous trenches
of chalk, which shut out all prospect ; this is the case
more particularly as it npproachcs its present terminus,
about a mile on the right-hand of the town of Tring.
The upper strata of the chalk at this part are particularly '
rocky, and the labour of digging has been proportionably
great ; lower down from the surface it is softer. The
arches of the tunnels, the bridges, and viaducts, which in
many places cross the railway, the station-homes, and the
various buildings connected with the undertaking, are all
built with a view to durability ; they all exhibit as much
taste as could be displayed in such 'erections, consistently
with the strength and massiveness which are peculiarly ne-
cessary. The apartments, the ofiicee, and the arrange-
ments for the accommodation of the directors, clerks of the
establishment, and for the public, at the principal station,
at the north side of Euston-square, are admirably adapted
to answer the ends intended. Everything appears to hare
been attended to with the most minute diligence to meet the
wants of all. The carriages, which are divided into different
classes, and for seats in which dirTerent prices are demanded,
have been so constructed as to afford superior accommoda-
tion to the rich, and yet to afford comfort and satis-
faction to all classes of travellers. It is contemplated that
by Christmas next the line will have reached Denbigh-hall,
which is seventeen miles beyond Trigg ; a great deal of this
portion of the road is already in a state very near com-
pletion. From Denbigh-hall to Rugby is thirty-five miles,
and the line from Birmingham to Rugby is in a state of
rapid progress. By the early part of next spring there will
be little to finish beyond the thirty-five miles between Rugby
and Denbiglehall, and it may therefore be fairly concluded
that by this time twelvemonth the whole line from London
to Birmingham will be finished. On Saturday morning the
train, consisting of about a dozen carriages, drawn by a
steam-engine of thirty-horse power, and conveying about
forty persins, the Directors and their friends, the whole
under the arrangement of Mr. Creed, the Secretary, started
from the Euston station. At nine o'clock, everything being
in readiness, they left the Camden-town station, and
,reached Tring at eight minutes past ten, performing a dis-
tance of thirty-one miles and a half in an hour and eight
minutes. There was no stoppage whatever on the road.
The labourers and country people were clustered together in
many different places to behold this extraordinary rapidity of
transition, and hailed the success of it with acclamations.
The line of rails now laid down does not extend more than
a hundred yards beyond the station, and concludes there in
a deep cutting, about fifty-five feet below the level of the
earth, in a soil consisting entirely of chalk, The excava-
tion here is still going on. The railroad, on the first ar-
rival of the visitor, would appear to terminate here entirely,
a wall of chalk rising perpendicularly in front of the line of
rails. By means of a broken path up the embankment, he
may, however, gain the level of the ground, and he will then
find that this wall has merely been retained to support a
road which passes over it, until the construction of a viaduct
or bridge on the other side of it shall have been completed,
the workmen having beau already employed in forming the
line of rails in continuation of and on a level with those on
the opposite side of the wall. The spot at which this exca-
vation is made is the highest point of the whole line of rail-
way from London to Birmingham, and its level is 800
feet higher than that of the station at Euston-square,
a gentle acclivity, therefore, extending throughout the
whole distance. The country in the neighbourhood is beau-
tiful in the extreme, and the villsge of ..B.ldbuty on the
one aide, and the town of Trieg on the other, are seen to
great advantage from tht adjacent rising grounds. The
latter town is distant about two miles from the station.
Arrangements, we understand, are in progress, by which
passengers arriving by the Railway may be conveyed forth-
with to Aylesbury, Oxford, and the surrounding towns, as
well as to Birmingham. The Railway from Birmingham
towards London is yet in an incomplete state ; but it is ex-
pected that it will be finished to Rugby at the beginning of
the ensuing year, by which time also the London portion
of it will be in a state of readiness as far as Denbigh Hall,
which abuts on the Holyhead road, and which is only
about 31 hours' drive from Rugby. Coaches for the
conveyance of passengers will then be provided from
one station to the other, and arrangements are in pro-
gress, /by which her Majesty's mail will be conveyed
by this means from London to Birmingham, Liverpool,
and Manchester, the transmission of all letters, in
fact, to the North, being by Railway thus obtained. The
journey, it is expected, will then be performed from London
to Birmingham in S hours, but, as soon as the rails arc
completed the whole distance, there is little doubt that the
mails will be carried in a little more than four hours, and
to Liverpool in eight hours and a half, or thereabouts. The
object of the Company 4.present, however, is net so much
to procure speed as to secure the regular passage of their
carriages, and with 'a% vieW to this means are now being
adopted by which every, train will be regularly timed on
its reaching each station. Several extra engines are now
in the course of building, and at the next opening of rails
eight will be kept at all times ready to be called into work,
although three only is the number now required to be used
every day. The train returned about 12 o'clock from
Tring. It was delayed on the road several times by the
earth-waggons and other similar obstacles, and reached
Euston-square station a little before ‘2 o'clock. There was
not the slightest accident ; indeed, every thing was managed
with great attention to render the journey' secure. The
line to Tring will be opened this day (Monday) for the
• convenience of the public.

The Earl and Countess of Howth and family left
the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, on Saturday last, in-
tending to make a tour through Italy.
Lords Charleville, Belfast, and Gardner, and Colonel
Lincol❑ Stanhope, were among the fashionables who visited
the St. James's theatre during the last week.

Sir Roger Griesley, Bart., dicd. on Thursday last
at his residence, Drakclow Hall, in the county of Derby,
aged 37.

It is now confidently asserted that her Majesty will
make a tour in England and Scotland in July next ; and,
we understand, that her Majesty will visit the Duke of
Devonshire at Chatsworth, and the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Exeter, at Burghley House, in the course of her
journey.
WEARMOUTif Docscs.—lt is very gratifying
to us to, have to announce that our very beautiful, and, ve
feel ponfident,oseful Doets, will be opened On' Wedlidday,
the Ist of November, when wOshall be' honoUred with the
.company of our late Member, Mr. 'Barclay; and. that of
other dAlnguiihea individuals. - We understand that there
Wine a ball given on the occasion.-- -14 -a fortunate coin-
cidence, the first 'of November is the birth-day of both Sir,
HHedworth and Lady Herald.

Her Majesty has been good enough to order that
the people of Kirkcaldy shall fill up the vacancy in the
Church, which is in the Queen's gift, and has given the
right to choose their pastor to all heads of families in com-
munion with the Kirk.—Edinburgh AdveTtiser:
. _

Lady Harriet Mitchell andifatnily will leave town
this day on a tour.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at Has-
tings on Friday evening at half-past four, accompanied by
the Princess Augusta, and attended by Earls Howe and
Denbigh, Lady Charles Somerset, Miss Boyle, the
Rev. Mr. Wood and suite. Her Majesty having, through
Lord Howe, expressed her desire to decline the proffered
offer of the Mayor and local authorities, and loyal effusions
of the resident inhabitants and visitors, of any public de-
monstration of their joyous feeling, and to be considere.l as
visiting this place as a private individual, came in as her'
Majesty wished, perfectly quiet.
REv. ROBERT MONTGOMERY.—We are happy
to inform our readers that the friends of this talented
divine are about to offer him a Church in Glasgow, agree-
ably to resolutions passed at a meeting of the Episcopal
College of the Scottish Episcopal Church, held in Edin-
burgh on the 9th inst.—Glasgow Herald.
REV. Mr. LEWIS.—The Croxn having given their
choice of a pastor to supply the vacancy in Kirkaldy parish
church, occasioned by the lamented death of the late Dr.
Martin, to the male heads of families belonging t• the con-
gregation, a deputation from that body attended the Middle
Church here on Sunday last, for.the purpose of hearing the
Rev. Mr. Lewis, the able assistant and successor to the
Rev. Dr. Thomson, pastor of tl•:e Middle Church parish,
with a view of nominating him for the vacant charge.—
PerM courier.

R 41.Ji.4,70C i 4.
CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES' SITT
Statement of Motives accompanying *to,'rosi4iAt.tif iLaw
for Modifying the Monetary Law r4.-!!):J.t:'32,, in.
' what relates to the fabrication-of-Go
"..Gentlemen,---Th.6 continued.. high. in
Bars renders it impossible to coin mom t*Tr744it
with the conditions fixed by the law of sth june,'lB32.
" On a report which I have had the honour to a.,ldogss to
the King on this subject, his Majesty has been plea*ed
authorise me to .appointa Commission, to etnfulie inti) th-,
means of remedying this state of things, without, hatvever
affecting the basis of the monetary system introduee.o into
Belgium by the said law.
" This Commission; which has zealously and prolOundly
examined the difficult question submitted to it, has ad-
dressed to me a report, which 1 think it best, to I:,y 4!fore
you, in order to justify the project of law ‘vhieli I.' shall
have the honour to'present to you.
" The views developecLin the report arc entirely &inform-
able to mine with respect to the preference to Lo given to
the system of a modification of the weights to that of lo;
the standard ; and I agree wit!.l the majority of the Com-
mission in the opinion that it is necessary to change the
representative value of the gold coin ; for if we do not do
this, the French Government might perhaps take measures
gainst the circulation of 20 and 40 franc pieces of reduced
value, which measure would materially injure our commer-
cial and amicable relations ; whereas ifour Lopo'ds, by their
external form, their diameter, and nominal value, cannot he
confounded with the French coin, the Government of that
country can have no plausible ground to restrict the use of
them.

" 'These summary considerations, and those cont,:ined
in the Report of the Commission, induce me, Gentlemen,
to hope that you will adopt the law which I shall have the
honour to read to you."

PROJECT OF LAW.
Leopold, King of the Belgians,
To all present and to come, greeting,

Seeing the Law of sth June, 1e"8:2 (No. 44:0;
Considering thitt in the present state of monetary legis-
lation, anti--the constantly high price of the inctal, the
Lbrication of gold coin is impossible without loss to the
Treasury—considering that the dignity of the country
and a raise precaution both require this state of things to be
remedied,

On the Report of our Minister of Finance, we have de-
creed the project of law --of the following tenor shsil be
presented in our name to the Chamber of Representatives
by our Minister of Finance.

- Art. I. Bye modifie cf the Monitory Law of the
sth of June, 1832, there shall be coined geld pieces of the
value of -10,- 25, 50 and 100 Janes.

'2. The diameter of each of theso pieces is fixed as
follows .-
10 Franc pieces
25 Ditto
50 Ditto
100 Ditto

17 Millimetres.
22 Ditto.
2s Ditto.
33 Ditto.

3. The weight of the •~5 franc pieces shall be s3ven
grammes and nine hundred and sixty-nine millegratmnes;
that of the other pieces in proportion. -
4. No change is made in the standard ; the tolerance
of the standard, or the tolerance of the weight of the gold
coin, fixed by Articles 9, 10, and 11 of the said Monetary
Law of June 5, 18S2.

5. Henceforward no articles of gold shall be received at
the Exchange Office of the Miut, and no gold shall be
coined without the authority of the King.

6. The Government will fix the time when the five and
ten florin pieces of the Netherlands shall cease to be legally
current in Belgium.
Given at Brussels, the Bth of October, 1837.
(Signed) LEOPOLD.

By the King.
The Minister of Financr.
(Signed)

E. IYHUART.

Subjoined is the Report of the Commission, detailing its
proteedings, and recommending the above Project of Law.
This Report fills three columns of the illmiteur.
The Feuille d'O says, it is in contemplation to
form in that port a Steam Navigation Company, for esta-
blishing a speedy and frequent communication between
that port and London. The capital of the Company (the
duration of which is for twenty-five years), is to be two mil-
lions, divided into two thousand shares of one thousand
francs each. •

ROME, SEPT. :30.—The partisans of Don Miguel ere
in high spirits at news brought esterd:►y from Portugal.
They represent the prospects of this Prince. as very brd-
liant, and think he ►till be re•called, as even in the Cham-
ber itself many Deputies are said to have declared F►r
him (!) Judging from the mnst recent ecceuntii in the
J{►uruols, all this m2eins hardly credible. .

Accounts tram an ecclesiastic at Constantinople give a
frightful description of the plague, Which has, not for many
'ears been so fatal to the French population as now. All
family ties are dissolved by .fear of the disorder. Parents
forsake their ebildren=children their parents—man and
wife, brother and sister, shun each other when one is seized
with this dreadful disease. Every one thinks of saving his
own life. Medical aid is not to be thought of. Every one
a!tacked by the plague implores those belonging to him to
avoid him, and is left to despair. Strangers who have no
house of their own fare the worst ; they are driven with-
out. mercy from their lodgings, so that many of them, after
some days' suffering, die in the open air. How mild does
the cholera appear in comparison. We hope to be soon
freed from it, especially as we have the finest autumnal
weather, and the air is purer. A solemn brass has already
been performed in the Cliureh of the Magdalene for those
who have fallen victims to the disorder; and it is in contem-
plation soon to perform Te Dcunt fur our entire delivery
from this scourge.
The police has succeeded in discovering the thieves who
lately robbed the Mint, and has recovered all the gold
bars that were stolen.

CHOLERA BULLETIN.

Sept 28.

New cases
Recoveries
Deaths
R•Nuaia

Sept. 29.

..8 . 7
. . JO . . 26
••6 . . 4
. . 670 . . 657

NAPLEM, SEPT. 80.—The late report of the coming of
a French filet was verified on the 28th, in the evening, by
the appearance of three ships, each of 92 guns, which cast
anchor in our road ; their appearance excited not only the
attention but the apprehensions of the people, ou account o.
the commercial disputes between the two governments, and
the state of affairs iu Sicily, particularly as they did not fire
the usual salute, but placed themselves in order of battle
before the city. It was affirmed that another division had
anchored in the Bay of Baia, and that more ships are off
Capri, The object of the enemy was the great subject of
conversation en 'Change ; the prices of stock and of pro-
duce fell. The King called a Council of Ministers, which
eat till late at night ; troops and ammunition were. sent to
the forts, cannon planted on the quays, &c. There are
various opinions on the cause of all this, Most think that
the French Government thought to enforce its demands on
oars respecting the commercial disputes ; and the object
seems to be attained, as the ships have sailed as they came,
i. e , without saluting. Many think they only came to take
in fresh water.

P.S.—The French ships have left the road, but not the
Gulf, It is
,said this evening, that they arc come to de-
clare to our Government, in concert with England, that
both States formally protest against the interference of a
foreiga power, whatever may happen, as they (qy. both ?)
also obsetved neutrality in Spain.—Supplement to Allge-
mei 11.7.- Zeitukt,' Oct. rt;
A -

: iIE L6l A Ng. UNDS—Maussets, OcT.- 14.
Actual Debt, 2Y,i perZent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ...........
• - Joan of Thirty Millions 92%
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent lOO
Society of Comnierce, 44per Cent lloli •
... Bank at Belgium. 5 per Cent 142;1
—Brussels Papers,'Oct. 14.
' • ktisTRIAN 1.11415K--VicsNs, Our. G...
I)ve per Cents. Metalliques
Fowr per Cents. ..... .......... .. .. ........ ....... ::: ... ...:.: l6O
Three per Cents.
Rink Shares l3etsN
—4llgcmeine Zeitung, Oct 11.

,
The Hon. Artillery Company, under the commind
of the Duke of Sussex, are appointed the gvard of honour
on Her Majesty's visit to the city. New colours are being
made for the occasion. _

A clerk in a respectable mercantile establisittrfcnt in
Leith, absconded on Tuesday last, carrying with hiin the
sum of 400/. belonging to his employers. He was traced,
we believe, the length of Glasgow, but has as yet eluded
farther pursuit.
IRON STEAM-BOA Ts.---An iron steam-boat, called
the Sirius, was launced on the '?6th ult., at the Isle of Dogs,
the longest yet made of iron. She measures about 164
feet in the keel, and 176 on deck. Iler beam is 17 feet.
She is intended to be worked by two high-pressure engines
of thirty-five horse power each, with 24-inch cylinders of
:341. feet stroke, and three boilers with copper tubes worked
expansively ;
and to ply on the Rhone. The iron planks
of which she is made are about seven feet long, fimrtcen
inches wide, and a quarter of an inch thick, and her ribs
arc of double angle iron with diagonal stays.. lier mould
is handsome, but rather narrow ; and when she has her
machinery and water, it is calculated she will not draw above
two feet water. She is, besides, divided into four compart-
ments by three iron water-tight bulk-heads, so that, if a
fracture should happen in' any one part, will Still float
' safely.—Railway
As Mr. J. Evton, the captain of one of Messrs.
Shankin's vessels, was reaching a fowling piece out of his
berth on Friday morning, with the intent of showing it to a
friend, he palled the trigger, when the gun went off and
lodged the contents in his head. The poor fellow was a
curpse in less than five minutes.—Nora Hi ales Cu ;tie.

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