The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-31 00:00:00

AND BOLTON RAILWAY.

After a number of other toasts and speeches, the Chairman left
chair, and the party broke up a few minutes belore five o'clock. —Vi
chester Guardian.

The reading room of the British Museum is row
kept open till seven o'Clock on alternate evenings. This arraisigenlez4
will continue for about three months.
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.--011 Tuesday the first
annual general meeting of the friends and supporters of this Institution
was held at the rooms of the Horticultural Society, Regent-street, Sir
George Cockburn, G.C.8., in the chair. Amongst the distinguishe'l °t.
',
ficers present we noticed Admiral Sir Erskine Douglas, Admiral sir
Thomas Hardy, Admiral Sutherland, Admiral White, Major. General '•
John Savage, Colonel Robinson, R.E. ; Captains—Jones, Dickerlil:
Sweeney, &c. After the election of officers for the ensuing year t
meeting separated.

„- • •
RAILWAY CONVEYANCE OF MAILS.--Mr. .141-
bouchere, Master of the aoyal Mint, has placed upon the books of dill,
'
he
House of Commons a notice that, on Thursday next, June 7,
the
move for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for "the conveyance of
mails by railways.”
On Tuesday, shortly after ten o'clock, a gentletl
(a German), named Deshyver, entered the Coachmakers' Arms, liniglh.
street, Blackfriars-road, accompanied by three females. They v.' e'
„.„
into the parlour, and called for some brandy and water, which
supplied. In about three-quarters of an hour the landlord was gre3Lbi
alarmed on hearing cries for assistance, and on entering the room fn.t
the unfortunate gentleman lying on the floor, having a dreadful
gas
the left side of the head, from which the blood was flowing in a stre
Mr. Johnson, a surgeon, residing in the Blackfriars-road, was sent
who promptly attended and dressed the wound, which was
several '.fic',
'rs
in length. In the mean time it was found that ala Bank of FM13P.,,1
note and- -free sovereigns had been abstracted from Mr. De illYvetill
pocket. The landlord (Mr. Greening) kept the women in cc stodiiije
the arrival of police_constable Poole, 33 M. A search was tine° ler
for the property, when the note and three sovereigns were found
the seat. The blow was inflicted with a short iron crow Ixtr, and' hoer
it been on the temple, must have caused instant death. M':. De6'.' A was removed to his lodgings in Little Newport-street, Hayraarket, ""„
hackney coach.

A HERO OF A HUNDRED CONSTITUENCIES,—""
When the Antislavery Delegates from this city caned upon the gallant
Colonel Sibthorp, to entreat his support of Sir George Strickland's mo-
tion, they received no satisfactory assurance of his disposition to vote in
favour of emancipation. " I am an independent Member," quoth the
Gallant Colonel—" I am unfettered, unpledged—if the citizens of Lin-
coln do not approve of me there are a hundred constituencies that would
be gh.d to have me as their representative! "—Lincoln Gazette.
A PATRIARCHAL O'CONNELL.---We have to re—
cord the death of an old man named John O'Connell, who expired ors
Monday morning last, at the dwelling of his children (who have mai fit
tained him fur some years), in Red Bull-court, Mason street, in ',09
town. The deceased was (aci•ording to his own statement) in his, one
hundred and st:rth year. He was a native of Killarney, and f,r the
greater part of his life had been a gardener; but for the last (Add or
nine years, since he came over to this country, and lived air's
hJI
children, he had not laboured at his calling, though, at the age of 9g•
he expressed a strong wish to have a garden; for, as he said, he WO,
quite able to manage one. About ten or eleven months ago
AV!! noticed
the death of his son, Daniel O'Connell, at the age of twenty-Jour; s°'
that the father must have been eighty years of age at the birth of this
son. The old man attended his son's funeral ; since which, we are told,,
the circumstances of the family have keen much straitened.—M".
chest:!r Guardian.

A number of persons have this week had their
curiosity gratified by seeing the nest of a water wagtail, which has be"'
built under one of the switches of the railway near the Scotby statior!!
and which at this time contains six eggs; upon which the parrot bin d 9
are now sitting. The attention of engineers on one of the locamot
engines was attracted by seeing, fur several days in succession, a bird rise
up from the same place, a few yards before his train; and on exat aM3"
lion the fact proved to be as we have described it—the birds has built
their nest in the hollow under the rail made for working the switc'a.. 0" the arrival of the engines within a few
yards of the spot they in .rat iablY
quit their singular domicile, and return to it immediately after the I)3s-7
sage of the train; but they do not seem the least disturbed lAy the Per'
sons who are attracted to the spot to examine their curious r,ovde.-----C'ir-
lisle Journal.
Chelsea is infested with hordes of 'strong st urdY
beggars whose impudence and importunity remind o',,e of Le Sage's- Me":
dicant, who presented his hat to Gil Bias, and a
T-
A resident in this beggar ridden locality states ',hat the daily ,Average visitors of this class," who knock and ring his door is 'JO or alAilt
9.00 a week.A.-stol at the same Wile(
" at

A small John Dory—a very rare fish in this quarter
—was taken yesterday in our river, by the men engaged in the salnn
fishing. The tacksman of the river would perhaps have been as
Nei
l
satisfied to have caught a good P•ienty-pound salmon, which we are soil'', to say is almost as rare a fish this season in the Ness ac John
1""
himself!—lnverness Courier.
Notwithstanding the svollen state of the Tay °llis
.
week from the constant and heavy rains,
gre3t
the take of salmon has 1
improved throughout the whole river, but particularly at the
LIPP I
stations.

,
at
SIGNET RINGS.— .: or!
A great Variety of these tT isef
and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Selection, with Co-naliaul
Amethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, suitable for erigravl.
Armorial bearings may be referred to, or found, gratis, rArd can s,
engraved by an Artist of great talent, at T. COX S 'AT/ORV
(SGoldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, • Corrl':111, Loua°
even Doors from Graceellurch-street).

11/RTES.
fil•
On the 27th inst., at Thornton-heath, Croydon, Surrey, A
John llovil, of twins.
At Clapham New-park, on the 28th inst., Mrs. B. Wa.;ren, daughter.
On the 28th inst., in River-terrace, Islington, Mrs.
of a son. 11. Ilrint'
On the 26th inst , Mrs. Miles Berry, of
Alecklenburgli-street,
of a son.
On the 29th inst., at Dalston, the lady of Thos. 2.,denborougli'
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., at St. Peter's Port, Guernsey, the lady
Captain lienvey, R. N. of a son.
On the 26th inst., the lady of John Garratt, Esq., of Bisho
court, Devon, of a daughter.
On the 27th inst., in Loser Belgrave-street, Eaton-square, 'g•
Anthony Cleasby, of a son.
On the
Turner, of a 27th in,1.., at Norwood, the lady of the Rev.
son,

MAri.alED.
On the 24th inst. at St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Girdwood Charmer, lieutenant Bengal Artillery, to Su, 11,r;
eldest daughter of the Rev. N. Kendall, Vicar of Lanlivery '
Cornwall.
On the !nth inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, the Rev' svn'
Parley, 0:1 Ockham, Surrey, to Caroline, daughter
of the lat Ite,'„
Wm. Farley, Vicar of Effingham, Surrey.
On the 29th inst., at Christ Church Surrey, Edward rAf ylv°it,
Esq., of Stamford-street, to Sarah, only daughter of Jol,n "Deac°'„
'
Esq., of Stamford-street, and Deetors'-Commons.

• DIED. ---
On the 29th inst., in York-terrace, Thomas Berry'ugh, "s'a " of
Chetwynd Park, Shropshire, aged 78.
On the 28th inst., Mr. Richard Banks, of
Gm, ve-terrace, eN
Peckham, aged 78.
On the 21st inst., at Brighton, aged 61, commissary-General
Lamont.
On the 27th inst., at Binfield Villa, rier);s, Elizabeth Amelia'
wife of Colonel Kenai), C. 13., aged 49.
On the 29th inst., at. Chatham-place, Blackfriars, Sydney, the
youngest son of Mr. Foe;go, aged 10.
On the 26th inst., in Connaugl'A-terrace, aged 82, Mrs. Bobi?"
son, relict of "che Rev. Thomas Robinson, of St. :Mary 9P
Leicester.
On
tte 29tH inst., Frances, Tourth daughter of Mr. Java Mor-.
'ism, of Craven-street, aged. 8.
At the Cape of Good Hope, on the 6th of March last,
Colone.
J. P. Boileau, commanding Bengal horse
Artillery.
On the 26th inst., in Cannon-street. road, St. Georg,e'.F-1;*-
the"
East, Samuel Slatter, , Esq. aged 46.
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of Middlesex.—Thursday, May 31, 1838.

OPENING OF THE MANCHEsTEit

On Thursday last, the line of railway between Manchester and Bol,to 1
was formally opened, by the passage of two trains conveying a nunad.t' 1. .
of shareholders and their friends from Manchester to Bolton and WO.:
The first of these trains comprised five first-class carriages, drawn by
the Victoria engine; the second train cons!sted of one first, and four
second-class carriages, drawn by the Fairfield. The carriages contained
about one hundred gentlemen, the greater part of whom w:: re share-
holders from Liverpool, with the engineer and other principal serval!s
of the Company. The time fixed for the departure of the trains
eleven o'clock; but the first train moved off from the station in New
Bailey-street exactly at two minutes before eleven ; and, after a very
I.l?asaitt and steady trip, without a moment's check, arrived at the Bolto.n
station at 24,1 minutes past eleven ; having thus been 261 Minutes in
making the journey, a distance of little more than nine miles. Zhe
.
second train moved from the New Bailey-street station a few minutes
after the first ; but met with a trifling interruption, in consequence.
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one or too of the axles of the carriages (which were quite new) ha. vuf
heat: d with the motion. A very short delay, however, put all to rights,
and the train arrived at Bolton at a quarter before twelve Wel"
After inspecting the offices and other works at the Bolton end of the
line, the party re-entered the carriages, which, on the return, were 'At_
drawn by the Victoria engine; the intention being to proceed very
slowly, in order to give the party a better opportunity of examining tlll
works. For this purpose, the train made several stoppages, e
gentlemen descended from the carriages, and walked for short distance:
along the line, inspecting the bridges, the mode of laying the rails, asd
other portions of the work ; all of which appeared to be very substan-
tial and workman dike, and gave great satisfaction to the shareholdyrsi"
It is probably known to roost of our readers, that the rails, instead
being laid (as on the Liverpool and Manchester and some other lines)
upon detached stone or wooden sleepers, are laid upon continuou=sbearings, in some of stone, but generally of Kyanized timber ; the
beams which form the bearings being connected, at short intervals, by
cross pieces, so as to keep them at a proper distance from each other.
This mode of laying the rails has a very firm and substantial appearance,
and the motion of the carriages was very easy and pleasant. and t
Amongst other points where the carriages stopped on their return',
was the embankment across the valley at Clifton, for the purpose of
enabling the party to view, at their leisure, the fine scenery of that
portion of the vale of the Irwell, and especially the beautiful wooded
knolls in the neighbourhood of Prestwich. The Clifton embankment-
commands a very favourable view of this portion of the valley ; 3"
as, owing to the rain of the day before, it was clothed with an unusual
richness and freshness of verdure, the scene commanded the warm ari-
miration of all who witnessed it.
After a very pleasant journey the train arrived at the station in Nov
Bailey-street at a quarter past two o'clock; and the company assembledl
were invited by the Directors to partake of a cold collation at Lacey
man's Hotel, Bridge-street, where about ninety gentlemen sat down;
James Brancker, Esq. of Liverpool, in the chair. After the cloth wa'
drawn, the Chairman gave a series of toasts appropriate to the occa-
sion. In giving the health of the Queen, he observed that they lod
had the satisfaction of opening the line on her Majesty's birth-day,
and the first engine which had traversed it had the honour of bearing
her name.

Mr. RITSON, the Treasurer, in proposing a toast, said he had the'
satisfaction of announcing to the shareholders, that one portion of the'
property, the canal, had been going on very prosperously; that adi
dend out of the profits would he made forthwith ; and that he hal ."
doubt, in six months after the opening of the railway, the proprietor;
would receive a very fair return for their capital.
The toast of " The Committee" was acknowledged by E. D. Tr'alkner;.
E,q. of Fairfield, near Liverpool, who gave a detail of the proceedings ".
the Company from its first formation, with the view of showing that
there bad been no unnecessary delay in forming the railway; for it V"'
only in the month of June, 1335, that they had obtained the Act 31-1,
thorising the formation of the present line; and the shareholders woo,"
have seen, from that day's excursion, that the work to be perform
was of no trifling magnitude.