The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Donogkue and Donovan, Irish
tailors, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged
with having assaulted a policeman; and the former with
having stolen a policeman's hat.
The defendants were, at the hour of one o'clock in the
morning, seen by the policeman in Duke's-place, fighting
a couple of bull-dogs, amidst a crowd of vagabonds of
both sexes, and the whole neighbourhood was in a state
of the greatest alarm, many having started out of their
• beds in the belief that the whole city was on fire, for the
shouting and roaring of the multitude completely
drowned the growling of the combatants. The police-
man, upon endeavouring to separate the dogs, received
the unsavoury contents of a jug which was thrown at
him by Donoghue, and Donovan assisted Donoghue in
escaping from the irritated functionary, who declared that
the polecat was a nosegay to what he had received.
There were several other tailors at the dog-fight, and the
policeman would have befm completely overwhelmed if
another of the force had tot run to his aid, and enabled
him to get his staff fro'm his pocket, at the flourish of
which all the trade d'.sappeared. Donoghue, when the
complainant was on the ground, picked up his hat, put
fb on his own head, and was scampering away when a
third policeman•observed him and took him into custody.
Donoghue SP .id there was no doe, fight, and that there
would have Been no row at all if police themselves
bad not st,..ack him. As for the hat, he had lost his
Own, and .he ricked up the one that was nearest to him,
and if io, was a policeman's nobody could suspect him of
wishir.g to stead a thing of that kind, which would be
sure to make a fool of him. (A laugh.)
.t was stated that Donovan had, in assisting his friend
o escape, administered the cross buttock, a manoeuvre
in wrestling, by which, with a sudden jerk, a person is
flung over the hip of the operator and come whack upon
the ground, with his heels in the air.
The Lord Mayor said that at the end of his mayoralty
he would have to declare that the most unmanageable
people with whom his experience as chief magistrate had
made him acquainted, were those who belonged to the
trade and mystery of the thimble, notwithstanding the
quiet and unobstrusive nature of their general employ-
ment. (Laughter.) The moment a set of disturbers of
the peace were brought before him he guessed that the
majority were tailors, and he was never yet mistaken in
the opinion.
The defendants were committed to the House of Cor-
rection Donoghue for seven days, and Donovan for
three days.
John Bryant, a drunken fellow in tatters, was charged
with having disturbed a neighbourhood on Saturday,
and with having insisted upon going to bed in the street.
A policeman said the defendant had given a great deal
of trouble to the police, and that he had on the parti-
cular occasion alluded to not only kept up a roaring
noise in the street and shoved people about, but that he
had actually torn every stitch of clothes from his body,
and laid himself down for the purpose of going to sleep.
The Lord Mayor—Were there any females present ?
Policeman—Certainly, my lord, a great many.
The Lord Mayor—What is this man ?
Policeman—He is a drunken tailor, please your lord-
ship. (Laughter).

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The Lord Mayor—l thought it would be unnecessary
to ask the question. (Laughter.) He must go for 21
days to 13ridewell.

GUILDHALL.---Mary Ann Elder, a young girl of
modest demeanour, but destitute appearance, was
brought before Sir Chapman Marshall, charged with
breaking a street lamp, value is. 6cl.
John Stay, a superannuated City policeman, stated
that about a quarter-past three o'clock on Sunday
morning the prisoner was loitering in Skinner-street.
He asked what she was loitering about for, and she
replied that she was destitute and starving. She had
been at the Smithfield police-station on Friday night,
and shei was sent to the West London Union. She re-
ceived. an order for admission to the King's Cross
Hou ae of Refuge, but was refused admittance. From
Thursday morning until Sunday morning she had had
nothing to eat but a halfpenny loaf. He requested her
to go, but she said she wanted to go to prison, and she
t auk up a stone and broke a pane of glass, the property
of the gas company. He then took her into custody,
and brought her to the station.

Sir Ch;:pma.n Marshall asked the prisoner if she had
any money to pay for the pane of glass ?
The prisoner replied that she had not, and in answer
to further questions stated that she was born in Shore-
ditch ; that neither father nor mother were living, that
she had no friends, and that she had for some time been
living in the country.
Sir Chapman Marshall said he must send her to prison.
Mr. Pontifex, on behalf of the gas company, said,
they did not wish to have her punished. They believed
she had committed the offence from sheer destitution.

Sir Chapman Marshall inquired of Mr. Pontifeavif he
was willing to take charge of the girl, because, being
in so destitute a condition, she would, if dismissed,
break some more lamps.
Mr. Pontifex said he could not undertake to take care
of the prisoner.
Sir Chapman Marshall said he must therefore commit
her, that she might be taken care of.
Mr. Wood (the clerk) said that further inquiries
would be instituted by the prison authorities respecting
her.

The prisoner said she would rather go to prison.
Sir Chapman Marshall then sentenced the prisoner to
seven days' imprisonment.
Her appearance and destitute condition excited the
greatest commiseration among all persons in the court.
Mr. .Romanis, hosier, of Cheapside, was summoned
for unlawfully detaining property under the following
circumstances.

Mr. Clarke, a merchant, at present residing at the
Queen's Hotel, said be bought six pairs of stockings at
2s. per pair at defendant's shop on the 6th of September
last, with an understanding that they were to be changed
if not approved of. They did not suit, and he accord-
ingly returned them on a subsequent day ; but the
young man doubted at first if the goods were purchased
there. His doubts were, however, removed on refer-
ring to the book in which they had been entered on the
day of sale. Complainant then bought other goods,
ar,d on paying for them the young man made out a bill,
giving him credit for the 12s. be had paid in the first
instance, receipted it, and gave it complainant ; who
thereupon accepted the young man's offer to allow the
goods to be sent to his hotel. Accordingly a man called
on complainant with the goods, and made a demand for
an extra 3s. but complainant told the man he bad
paid for them, and had his bill and receipt for the
money, and desired him to leave the parcel
and say . complainant would call on defendant in
the morning. The man went away, but did not leave the
goods, and complainant called on the following morning
to know why they were taken away again. The young
roan then stated that the stockings purchased on the 6th
of Sept. were sold to him for ls. 6d. per pair, and by
mistake entered in the book at 2s. ; so that complainant
had only paid 95., and the young man had given him
credit for 12s. There was some talk of two entries of
similar purchases on the same day, and complainant re-
quested to see the book ; but the young man positively
refused to show it to him, and also declined to give up
the parcel until the 3s. was paid.
Other evidence was gone into, and some aspersities
having been indulged in on both sides, the Alderman
dismissed the summons, and recommended the com-
plainant to take the case into the County Court.

BOW-STREET.—Henry Field, a young man out of
employ, was charged with breaking open the poor-
box of St. Clement's Church, Strand and stealing its
contents.

Mr. Isaacson, the vestry-clerk (accompanied by the
clergyman and churchwardens attended to prosecute.
Francis F. Rickson s tate d that he was the sexton of
St. Clement's Dane, and left the church in perfect
safety on Sunday afternoon, at about five o'clock, having
locked doors himself. He returned in an hour after-
Wards with some elderly women and the pew-openers,
to light up the gas for the evening service, and on pro-
ceeding to the overseers pew, opposite the church.
wardens', he observed a white mark caused by a piece
of the beading having been broken off in the coroner
where the poor-box was secured to the wall. He then
examined the box, and soon perceived that it had been
broken open. There were three locks to it, near one
of which there were several cuts of a saw. A large hole
Lad been forced in the side of the box, and two pieces
of wood, which had been put up clumsily to disguise it,
fell out when witness touched them. One of the
locks was also damaged. Witness looked round the
siburch and eventually saw the prisoner concealed
in a dark corner of one of the free pews, where he
was sitting in a reclining position. Witness asked
him what business he had to be there, to which he
replied "I must have been asleep and got locked in.
Perhaps I had better go now." He rose apparently
for that purpose, but he was detained by witness until the
arrival of some of the parochial authorities, upon which
be was given into custody. On his way to the police-
station the prisoner said " he was a poor fellow out of
Work, with no place or home to go to." He was searched
at the office, where the officer on duty took from him ss.
11d., including a shilling's worth of halfpence. Witness,
on going back to the church, found a saw and an iron
bar thrown loosely into the gas cupboard. The former,
which had not. been used for two years, was stained with
oil, recently applied, and drops of oil were observed on
the floor and aisle leading towards the overseers' pew.
The iron bar was much bent. When the money ound
upon the Kisoner was being counted at the stationf, the
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prisoner sa.id, " Half-a-crown of it was my own; the re-
iander T. took from the box." He also stated that he
not 'slept for the last two nights.
apidearecl that the poor-box, which is only opened
once
,a 3. year, had been emptied a few days previously.
po Prisoner, who said he had been a porter at the
v. n 44 c.ain otel, Ramsgate,
for the last six months pre-
tz4,al,. m
01l to his coming to London, was fully committed fe r

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SOUTHIVARK.—WiIIiam Cloud, a tall old mat ,
4-described as a mariner was brought before All •
A'Beckett, charged with committing a serious assaut. t
on Rebecca Lambert, who is confined to her bed in St.
Thomas's Hospital from the effects of a wound inflicted
on her head by the prisoner with a candlestick.
Police-constable 31 31 said he was on duty
dalen-court, Bermondsey near , on Saturday night, whenMag-
tho-
injured woman came up to him, with
blcod running
0 own her face, and informed him that a man had struck ,
her on the head with a candlestick. He returned
her to her house with
when she pointed out the prisoner as 1
the party who had injured her, and he took him into
Custody. The female was taken to St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, where she remains in a precarious state.
Sergeant Buchanan, 14 31, said he found a candle- i
stick in the room bent and covered with blocd. There I
was blood all over the table, and the female told him 1

that the prisoner had struck her on the head with the
candlestick without the least provocation.
Mr. A'Beckett asked whether any one witnessed the
assault ?
31 M replied that an elderly female saw the whole of
it, but she was not in attendance.
Mr. A'Beckett said she must be requested to attend,
therefore he should remand the prisoner until Thursday
next.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

MONDAY.
RENEWAL of the SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sous. each, 30 ft,
for three-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b ; those by stallions or
out of mares that never produced a winner, allowed
31b ; if both, 51b. D.M. (13 subs.)
Mr. Combe's Nervous, by Alarm, Bst 41b....(Kendall) 1
Dike of Bedford's Diomedia Bst 21b (S. Rogers) 2
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Hybla, Bst 71b (J. Marson) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Diomedia, sto 2 agst Nervous.
The winner made ali the running, and won cleverly by
a length. Three lengths between the second and third.
' Norman weighed for Phrygia, but did not get to the
post in time to start. _ .

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs. each, and only 5 ft
if declared, &c., to go to the owner of the second
horse ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (12
subs., 6 of whom pay 5 sovs. ft.) The highest weight
left in being 7st 51b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the
others accepting in proportion.
Mr. Sargent's Henrietta, by Harkaway, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
(Charlton) 1
Mr. Adkins's Heroine, aged, Bst 51b...(Bartholomew) 2
Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough, 3 yrs, Bst 41b

(Flatman) 3
Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye, 3 yrs, Bst 41b...(A. Day) 4
Mr. Newland's Old Rowley, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 5
Mr. J. Clarke's Lady Emily, 3 yrs, 6st .21b, was intended
to start, but she arrived per train only half an hour be-
fore the race was run, and was withdrawn before a jockey
could be found to ride her.

Betting—Even on Speed the Plough, 4 to 1 each agst
Heroine and Ireland's Eye. Ireland's Eye made the
running for about half the distance ; Heroine then went
on with the lead, which she held to halfway up the
cords, where Henrietta deprived her of it and beat her
easily by a length and a half. The second beating the
third by three lengths, a head between third and fourth.
SWEEPSTAKES of 200 soya. each, h ft ;for two-yr-old

fillies, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. Untried stallions or mares
allowed 31b. Only one allowance. (9 subs.)
Lord Exeter's Miranda, by Lanercost, Bst 71b
(Marlow) 1
Duke of Bedford's Beatrix, by John O'Gaunt, Bst 41b
(S. Rogers) 2
Lord Glasgow's f by Melbourne, dam by Actaeon, Bst
71b _ (Flatman) 3

Betting-6 to 4on Miranda. The favourite took the
lead, kept it, and won easily by a length. About two
lengths between the second and third.
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each ; for two-yr-olds, 6st 71b ;
three, Bst 41b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st
21b. The winner to be sold for 200 soya., if demanded,
&c. T.Y.C. (4 .subs.)
Mr. Mundy's Tobolski, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 1
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mirabeau, 2 yrs (Ashman) 2
Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, 4 yrs (Norman) 3
Mr. Adkin's Basquine, 2 yrs (Wells) 4
Betting—Even on Mirabeau, 3 to 1 agst Basquine, 5
to 1 age. any other. Mountain Flower, with Mirabeau
lying up, made the running to the cords, where Tobolski
went in advance followed by Mirabeau ; the latter, run-
ning very " unkindly," was at last beaten by two
lengths, a length separating each of the others.
FIFTY POUNDS, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and

fillies, fief 51b.

T.Y.C.

Baron Rothschild's Twinkle, Bst 51b (Charlton) 1
Captain D. Lane's Alas, Bst 51b (Sly) 2
Mr. Sargent's Queen's Own, Bst 71b. (Marlow) 3
The following also ran :—Calhope, Communist, Orson,
Anstrey, Chantress, Sine qua non, f by The Sheriff out
of Nell Gwynne, Mississippi.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Twinkle. 4to 1 agst Sina qua
non, 5 to 1 each agst Queen's Own and Alas, 6 to 1
agst Orson. A good start. Calliope, with Mississippi,
Queen's Own, and Twinkle lying well up, Alas being
fifth, made the running until they were halfway in the
cords, when Twinkle went in advance, and Alas came
out and took second place, but after a good effort to
reach the winner was defeated very cleverly by a neck ;
half a length between the second and third, Calliope a
good fourth, Anstrey fifth, Nell Gwynne filly sixth.
MATCH, 300, 50 ft. A.F.

Mr. Greville's Frantic, by Alarm, Bst 121 b (Flatman) 1
Lord Glasgow's Caracara, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 2
The betting closed at 6 to 4 on Caracara. The
favourite made the running into the Abingdon Mile bot-
tom, where Frantic went up and took the lead, which
he held the remainder of the distance, winning easily by
a length.

FIFTY- POUNDS ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 71b ;
five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A.F.
Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Wells) 1
Mr. Greville's Adine, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman)
Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Malt) 3
Betting-5 and 6t04 on Little Harry. Game
Tommy made the running for about three-quarters of a
mile ; the favourite, who had been lying second, then
took the lead, carried it on at an improved pace, and
won by two lengths. Bad third.
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After the race 16 to 1 was offered agst Nabob for the
Cesare witch.

MATCH, A.F., 200, h ft.
Lord Exeter's Cobnut, by Nutwith, Bst 21b (Flatman) 1
Lord Derby's Umbriel, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 2

Betting-5 to 4 on-Umbriel. Won by 'a
length.
MATCH, T.Y.C., 200, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Stu.
dent, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Mr. Payne's Strut
away, Bst 41b.

MATCH, Last half of Ab. M., 100, h ft. Duke of
Bedford's Petrel, Bst 61b, received forfeit from Lord
Glasgow's Flutter, Bst 71b.
iJord Glasgow's Barbatus, Bst 71b, received forfeit
from Lord Clifden's Pelion, Bst 101 b, both 3-yr-olds,
A.F. 200, h ft.

Lord Glasgow's f by Don John, out of Miss Sarah,
Bst 31b, received forfeit from Mr. Payne's Estrella, Bst
7113. 200, h ft.

Duke of Bedfo;d's Dabchick, 3-yrs, Bst 71b, received
forfeit from Mr. Newland's Cranbourne Chase, 2-yrs,
Est 71b: A.F. 200, h ft.

Lord Derby's Longbow, Bst 71b, received forfeit from
Lord Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 121 b. Ab. M. 200, h ft.
The weather was mild, and some light showers fell,
but it was on the whole more favourable than was ex-
pected. The sport was only moderate. The attendance
comprised a goodly muster of the principal patrons of
the turf, and a strong body of provincial and metro-
politan speculators.
An unprecedented number of horses is in the town,
and there is every prospect of a monstre meeting. The
first race being set for 12.30, little opportunity was
afforded for previous betting in the town. 10 to 1 was
laid agst Nabob to 1001., and 13 to 1 agst King Pepin.
Overnight 10 to 1 was taken about Songstress, and 10
to 1 about Teddington, the latter backed for 200 even
agst King Pepin. 1,000 to 40 taken about Bardolph,
and 1,000 to 30 about Garforth.

LATEST BETTING.
CESAREWITCH.
Bto 1 agst Songstress.
10 to 1 agst King Pepin.
10 to 1 agst Indian Warrior.
13 to 1 agst Teddington.
15 to 1 agst Nabob.
16 to 1 agst Joe Miller.
16 to 1 agst Garforth.
16 to 1 agst Angelo.
18 to 1 agst King of Trumps.
20 to 1 agst Bardolph.
25 to 1 agst Dove.
25 to 1 agst Torment.
25 to 1 agst Nervous.
30 to 1 agst The Reiver.
40 to 1 agat Missive.
15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot.

ADDITIONAL ARRWALS.—Teddington, Cariboo, Song-
ster, Pastrycook, Harbinger, Sextus, and several others.
ESAREWITH SCRATCHINGS.—LittIe Harry, Lady Eve-
lyn, Candlewick, and Revolver.
CLEARWELL STAKES SCRATCHINGS.--The Druid, Rally,
Hesse Cassel, Muscovado, Delia, Reel colt, John
o' Bruges, and Motley.
Stockwell is scratched for the whip.
The disregard of punctuality by the down trains yes-
terday caused great dissatisfaction and disappointment.
The 8 a.m. train was nearly four hours in performing
the journey, and the 11.30 was fully an hour overdue
when it arrived at Newmarket. Mr. Clark's Lady Emily,
brought at a considerable expense, was, in consequence
of the delay, too late to start for the Handicap Sweep-
stakes, and many of the betting men had to incur extra
expenses to be conveyed immediately from the station
to the Heath, in order to be in time for the first race,
which was not run until an hour and three-quarters after
the 8 a.m. train was due. The delay which generally
takes place at Cambridge is most vexatious. By a little
forethought and a more liberal soheme of management it
might be easily prevented.

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
of this company was held on Friday, at noon; at the
Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, "for the purpose of confirming
the forfeiture declared by the directors of certain original
or postponed shares, upon which a call or calls are in ar-
rear, the required notices of the forfeiture of which have
been given on the respective proprietors ; and to deter-
mine on the course to be adopted for disposing of the
shares so forfeited, by a sale, or cancelling, or a re-issue,
or otherwise, and upon such terms as the meeting shall
direct for raising the capital represented by such shares."

There was a numerous attendance of shareholders—
Sir James D. H. Elphinstone, the chairman of the com-
pany, presiding.
The advertisement calling the meeting, and the report
by the directors—an epitome of which appeared in our
columns a week or two ago—having been read by Mr.
Milne, the secretary,

The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Gentlemen, the report
beinc, read, I now rise to move a series of resolutions at
tendant thereupon. You will observe that when the
Great North of Scotland Railway was first set wing,
shares were allotted in very large quantities to different
individuals, and when the present board took up the
affairs of the company, and obtained a new bill reducing
the share capital, we found there was a large portion of
the stock upon which we could not get any payment.
In these circumstances we find it necessary to dispose
of the forfeited stock, and wo now offer the 101. share,
upon which 41. has already been paid, for 41. 10s.,
first to our own shareholders, and afterwards to the
public generally. I believe these shares to be perfectly
good stock, and in clearing them off for the com-
pany, we are benefitting the concern by getting money
for what would not be worth anything otherwise. In
regard to the works, I may state that they are proceed-
ing in a most satisfactory manner ; and I can state, on
the authority of Mr. Blythe, the consulting engineer,
now present, that the line is more than three-fourths
completed between Inverary and Huntly. (Applause.)
Now, when we remember that it was only in November
last year that the first turf was cut, and also that, by
the inclemency of the season, the works were totally
stopped—with the exception of the end cuttings—till
the 25th of April, I think that we may congratulate our-
selves upon the state of forwardness in which we now
are. The portion of the line between Aberdeen and In-
verary has been allotted to the contractors, and in a
very few days they will be in a position to proceed with
the work. I may state, for the information of the pub-
lic, that as soon as the necessary arrangements are made
with the contractors, to enable us to know how long the
canal can be kept open, we shall not lose a day in mak-
ing the public acquainted with that important fact, and
we shall make arrangements to allow it to be kept open
for traffic till January or February next. The engineer
has suggested a few alterations for the better in the line
near the Spey. Although we have examined the line in
every possible way, to endeavour to lighten the expense,
yet, I must say, in justice to Mr. Gibb, we have been
obliged to stick almost to the line as laid out by him,
except that, by the act of Parliament, we are enabled to
. deviate a little, so as to make the works lighter. I feel
that. in stating this, I am only doing justice to Mr.
Gibb. (Applause.) As the works westward of the Spey
do not need to come before us at present, I have only
to say that they are under consideration, and when we
have matured a plan, we shall bring it forward to the
shareholders. In concluding, gentlemen, I must say

that the directors have always Dept two points in view
—namely, how to make the line in the cheapest and
most remunerative way possible. (Cheers.) The failures
which have taken place in other lines will, we trust,
prove beacons and buoys to prevent us falling into like
mistakes, and while the directors endeavour to do so, we
hope we shall receive the confidence of the shareholders.
In regard to our rolling stock, I may state that twelve
engines are contracted for, and will be delivered up to
us by the Ist of July next, when we hope to have the
pleasure of seeing at our opening of the line many of
those present who were with us at cutting the first turf.
(Hear.) The Messrs. Fairbairn of Manchester, are the
parties with whom we have contracted, and it is only
necessary to mention their names to satisfy you that the
engines will be of the finest make. We have taken
every means in our power to secure the most recent im-
provements in the rolling stock now in operation in
other lines, and especially in such lines where the traffic
seems most likely to resemble that which will be our
own. Our attention will still be directed to this point,
and we hope to be able to have rolling stock equal to
that upon any line open. (Applause.) Sir James con-
cluded by moving the resolutions.
Mr. THOMAS BLAME briefly seconded the resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted.
Mr. MILNE, of Kinaldie, in moving a vote of thanks
to the chairman, said that it was within his (Mr.
Milne's) knowledge that it was to the untiring zeal of
Sir James that the line was in its present forward con-
dition, and through his influence that the directors had
been able to surmount many difficulties. (Applause.)
The meeting then separated.

TURNING OF THE FIRST SOD OF THE
EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN.

This railway, whiCh is in the first instance to connect
St. John's, New Brunswick, with the whole of the rail-
way system of the United States and Canada, and is
eventually to be carried on to Halifax, being a link in
the great scheme of a connexion from Nova Scotia to
Lake Huron, had its first great celebration on Wednes-
day, the 14th ult. Nearly 40,000 persons were present.
About one o'clock his Excellency Sir Edmund Head,
the Lieutenant Governor, Lady Head, and suite, ar-
rived on the ground, and were received with the usual
honours. His Excellency was accompanied by Commo-
dore Shubrick, of the United States Navy, and other
officers of the frigate Princeton, which had come ex-
pressly to St. John's for the occasion ; also by Mr. Wm.
Jackson, M.P., and Mr. E. L. Betts, of London.
Nearly all the men of note in New Brunswick, and
several from the United States, assembled round the
Governor. The address presented to him by the direc-
tors having alluded to the national character of the work
in which they were engaged, proceeded to state--
"It will form a link in the mighty chain which is to
bind Great Britain more closely to her colonies, and per-
petuate the feelings of amity with the great republic of
the Western World. The thousands who crowd the
hills around us, the deep enthusiasm pervading every
class, the exulting feelings of hope and pride which ani-
mate every face, proclaim to all that results are antici-
pated from this work which language is powerless to
convey. From Lake Huron to the Atlantic the course
for the iron horse is laid, and the wealth which is to en-
able ourselves and our children to develope the rich re-
sources of our province, and to spread civilisation through
our broad lands, comes from the home of our fathers.
Though we cannot claim the balmy air of other climes,
yet Providence has placed around us in rich abundance
all that can stimulate to industry and reward enterprise
—exhaustless forests, rich mines, invaluable fisheries,
productive fields, wide-spreading rivers, and a climate
healthy and invigorating. The plague and the pesti-
lence, which at periods decimate the fairest portions of
the earth—the convulsions which rock mighty cities
from their foundations—to us are unknown. Our win-
ters are severe, but they retard not our labours; and we
may fairly call the attention of your excellency to the
success which has attended the exertions of our artisans
and mechanics. Our ships now hold a proud position in
the mercantile marine of England, and may vie with the
foremost specimens of naval architecture the world
has hitherto produced ; onr agricultural capabilities
are daily becoming more apparent, and when by means
of that great work, the commencement of which
we have now met to celebrate, our facilities of inter-
course shall have been increased, and the tide of
emigration directed to our shores, we may safely assure
to the industrious emigrant a home which will leave
him no cause to regret the land of his nativity. For
the attainment of railways, the legislatnres of Canada,
Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have wisely passed
most important measures, which, preserving unfettered
their revenues, and without burdening their people, have
nevertheless induced the eminent capitalists of England
to make these provinces the field of their great railway
operations."
The address being suitably responded to, and a prayer
given by the Rev. Dr. Grey, the rector of Trinity
Church, Lady Head turned the first sod and deposited
it in an elaborately prepared barrow, amid the enthusi-
astic shouts of the immense surrounding multitude, and
a salvo of 70 guns by a troop of Royal Artillery. His
Excellency deposited the second sod, the third was re-
moved by Commodore Shubrick, and the others by the
Mayor of St. John's and the officials of the company.
When the barrow was full, his Excellency rolled it along
the platform and " dumped" it, amid cheers such as
never were heard in the locality before. In the evening
there was a magnificent dinner, presided over by the
chairman of the company, at which 1,500 persons were
assembled. On the right of the chairman was the Lieut.-
Governor, and on the left Commodore Shubrick. The
evening's entertainments were terminated for the people ,
by a brilliant display of fireworks, and for the upper
classes by a magnificent ball.

NEWPORT AND ABERGAVENNY, AND
SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD.

Both these lines are to be publicly opened for traffic
on the Ist of November, when the through traffic be-
tween North and South Wales, via Hereford, will be
completed. The great work on the Shrewsbury line
has been the Dunmore-hill tunnel, which has been com-
pleted. This undertaking is 1,060 yards long, 18 feet
high, and 16 feet wide, and in its construction3,2so,ooo
bricks were used. The whole has been two years and
a,-half in making, during which time the mining has
been of the most arduous character. The necessary
works along the line have just approached completion.