The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

Oxponb, WORCESTER; AND WQLVEiIHAMPTON.—We
hear that the public opening of thiir line may be delayed
longer than has been anticipated, in consequence of the
Governinent inspector having refused to .certify .until
some additional work in' connection' with the broad
gauge is completed. L - - • '
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LEEDS NORTHERN.-7iVe,are in a pOsition to say that
he directors and the preference. representatives have at
ength arrived at a mutual good understanding. The
ordinlry shareholders, however, will' rekret to learn that
the parties appointed to act in their' behalf continue re-
solute in refusing to Come to terms which the directors
themselves consider moderate find just.
ABERDEEN.—Arr oPposition is organising among the
proprietors against this company's bill, on the ground
that it is wholly in favour Of the preference interest, and
that these parties ought • to` Make some concession in
considerition of the additional advantages abOUt to be
secured to them. _

, • THE'SHREWSBURY COMPANIES.—It is confidently men-
tioned in well-informed quarters that Mr. M 'Lean only
offered to lease these companies, provided it could be
done with the consent of the Great Western ; but no
official communication has as yet been made upon the
subject.

STAINES, WOKINGHAM, AND, WOKING JUNCTION.—
This project, which has just passed through committee,
is already threatened with the opposition of the Great
Western and South-Eastern in the Lords. The former
demanded powers to lay down the broad gauge—the lat-
ter opposes the scheme in so far as it trenches on the
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate britneh.

A PRECEDENT IN THE LAW OF DIVORCE.—A mar-
ried couple in the Far West found, soon after the'hOney-
moon, that there was no affinity in their dispositions,
and that they must either lead a quarrelsome and mise-
rable life or separate. Both being Convincedof thii fact
they agreed to have recourse to the justice who tied the
Hymeneal knot for them, and who, they supposed,
could untie as well as tie. On arriving at the justice's
log-::_bin, they informed him that i was their desire to
be unmarried, as it was impossible fo L.lhem to live together
harmoniously. The justice reminded nem that they had
promised before God to live together till death should part
them. This was a damper, and they oTsered him any share
-of their crop of corn and potatoes if ho would devise
some means of sundering the marriage tie. The justice
being a Yankee of much acuteness; and 'stimulated by
the reward, hit upon an expedient. 'He' Wok thje'house
cat, and ordered the- parties to hold her between them.
His next command was, to stretch her across.a log that
lay by the door. This done, he' took the axe, and ex-
claiming, "Thus shall death part you !" he brought its
keen bladeb down upon the devoted 'grithalkin,' and cut
her in two at a blow. "Perfectly satisfied that they had
been sundered in strict accordance. with the terms of the
marriage contract, they went away Inghly pleased as
they did on their first visit.-21 nterican, paper.
THE SAILORS' Hong AND ASYLII3I.-onThursday, the
annual general meeting of this institution took place in
the museum of the house, in Well-street, Lon4on Docks.
Admiral. Wm. Bowles, C. 8., presided. The
house forms a board and lodging establishment'for sea-
men and apPrentices where they live comfortably during
the time they must unavoidably remain 'ashore, ana are
protected from crimps. For 2s. per day, or 14s. a week,
seamen are provided with a sleeping pabin, foiir meals a
day, and a fair allowance of washing included, with re-
ligious instruction, and the facilities of 'learning naviga
tion. From the report it appeared that the total amount
of moneys intrusted to the officers of the institution by
seamen for security since its formation was 324:4991., of
which '77,72Bl:remitted was to-the 'sailors' relatives, and
9,6331. invested in the ']Tome's Savings Bank. The ob-
ject of the Destitute Sailors' Asylum was to supply
shelter, food, and clothing to distressed seamen of all
nations, and to keep them till they can procure'employ-
ment. It hid conferred help and sustenance on an im-
mense number of helpless creatures, but for which they
must have perished in destitution and misery. Both
institutions were represented to be. in prosperous condi-
tions. After a vote of thanks to the gallant chairman,
the meeting separated._

The Geri-min Journal of Frankfort states that the pro-
ceedings commenced by default against Mme. Nesselenyi,
the sister of Kossuth, are not yet terminated. It ap-
pears that the authorities were not at first aware (:)f the
gravity of the crime imputed to that lady, and only ac-
quired a knowledge of it from the revelations made by
the tutor Zosbal, Alexandre d'Adressy, Cesar Bizaro,
and other accomplices who were recently executed. Had
this been known sooner she would not have been allowed
to have quitted the Austrian States.

The Belgian Chamber of Representatives met again
on Wednesday, to terminate the voting on the bill on
the organisation of the army. M. Vandenpeerebook
objected to the unlimited power which the bill gave to
the Government to call out the classes in non-activity.
He would prefer, he said, that the number should be fixed
at five as the maximum. The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
replied that in all probability there would be no neces-
sity to call out more than two or three classes, but it was
impossible that- the Government could be bound down in
that respect, and it was not proper that the Chamber
should impose limits on it. The limit of five years as
proposed by the hon. gentleman would have the incon-
venience of making the soldiers who were temporarily
released from service, liable by right to be called upon
again to serve during all that period.. The Minister
afterwards, in reply to some remarks of M. Orban on
the hostile intentions which might threaten Belgium
from abroad, affirmed that the Belgian Government
kept up the most pacific relations with all the powers,
but that it was evident that, in the present state of
Europe, war might arise without premeditation on the
part of any one. After some further discussion without
interest, the ensemble of the bill was carried by 71
to 21.

[An vEnnsEmENTJ—Holloway's Pills, a wonderful
remedy for billious complaints, indigestion, and dis-
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some time since retired from the legal profession in con-
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business, causing great debility, nervousness, indiges-'
tion, and a complete upset of the biliary system, together;
with palpitation of the heart, was persuaded by his
-
friends to try Holloway's Pills, as all the medical advice
that he had obtained.was unavailing. -He persevered in
their use, and attended strictly to the diet as .advised,
and he is now perfectly restored, and his• health is better
than it ever was before, although he is in. his 65th year.
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