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case. So great was the inconvenience felt at present, that
Counsel were oViged to postpone the most important
matters relative to pleading until after Term, when the
Courts adjourned to Lincoln's Inn. Moreover, the present
Courts were inconvenient for want of room. When Sir
John Soane was desired to design a plan for the Courts of
Law, he proposed two plans, with neither of which he
was satisfied : but the cheapest of which was adopted,
much to the annoyance of the architect, who, feel-
ing his reputation tr be at stake, petitioned the House
of Commons against it, but without sueccs,. It was,
therefore, not only desirable that the Courts of Law
should be removed to a more convenient spot ; but that
more convenient Courts should be erected. With respect
to the convenience of the situation of the present Courts
to those gentlemen who practised before the Houses of'
Parliament, that practice was cmfined to very few, and
those few were generally almost exclusively engaged in it.
It was said it was very convenient to those gentlemen
of the law who had the honour of seats in that House, but
such a consideration could scarcely form an item in the list
of objections, and it was the general practise of these Gen-
tlemen to return home after the business of the
Court:. No.hing thee. remained lut those old histo-
rical associations, which, however laudable, must
not he suffered to weigh against the more substantial
grounds of public convenience. Many spots had been
named and submitted to Mr. Barry, the architect, but it
was found that the best was in Lincoln's Inn-fields. Tnat,
however, was a matter for further consideration, and had
better be left to a Committee. He submitted this was a
question of great importance, and one that from the respec-
tability of the petitioners was well dese, ving of the conside-
ration !of the House.—( Hear, hear.)
Sir E. WILMOT seconded the motion.—Agreed to.
Mr. R. GORDON moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to make further provision for facilitating and completing
the distribution and rayment of compensation for claims
upon the abolition of slavery.—Granted.
METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.
Sir MATTHEW WOOD presented a petition from
the nobility, gentry, bankers, merchants, and other in-
habitants of the metropolis and its environs, praying
the House to adopt some means for opening Waterloo,
Southwark, and Vauxhall Budges, free of toils.
The Hon. Member then moved for a Select Committee,
to tsko into consideration the several plans for the improve-
ment of the metropolis, concerning which Reports were
made to this House in the years 1836, 1833, 1839, and
1840, together with any other plans for the same object,
which they may deem worthy of consideration ; and also
the petitions presented to this House for the purchase of
the interests of the proprietors, of Waterloo, Soutawark,
and Vauxhall-bridges, in order to their being immediately
opened to the use of the public free from toll; and to re
poet their opinion as to the expeeiency of adopting any of
the said improvements, and, also, as to the best means of
carrying the same into effect.—Granted.
CROWN COMMISSIONS. .

Mr. HUME moved for a return of the several Corn-
missions issued by virtue of any letters patent of the
Crown, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Seat of the
Duchy of Lancaster, since the accession of her present
Majesty, distinguishing each class and the amount paid
for each Commission; stating the several fees and charges
constituting such amount; and also st:►ting to whom the
said fees are respectively paid, and what amount to each.
Also, an abstract of the number of Commissions of each
kind issued in each year, and the aggregate amount of
fees and charges received for the same.
SEWERS BILL.

On the motion of Mr. BETHEL the Sewers Bill was
read a second time, and ordered to be committed.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL.

The Report on the Administration of Justice Bill ( Re-
.ircd Annuity to Vicc-Chancellor) was brought up and
agreed to.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Nine o'Clock.

Acland, Sir T. D.
k'Court, Capt
Adore, Lord
Ainsworth, Peter
Alexander, N.
tltord, Viscount
Antrobus, Edward
Arbuthnot, Hon. H
Archaall, General
Ashley, Lord
Ashley, Hon. H.
Attwood, W.
Attwood, M.
Bagot, Hon. W.
Bailey, Joseph
Bailey, Joseph, jun.
Raiilie, Colonel H.
Baillie, H. J.
Baker, Edward
Baldwin, C. B.
Baring, F.
Bating, H. B.
Baring, W. B.
Barneby, J.
Barrington, Viscount
Passer, John.
Bateson, Sir It.
Bell, Matthew
Bentinek, Lord G.
R.
Blaekburne, I.
Blackstone, V. S.
Blakeinore, It.
Blew terhassett, A.
' 13o:drro, H. G.
Bolling, W.
iiettiela, Beriah
Bradshaw, James
It raoiston, T. W.
Broadley, H.
broadwood, Henry
Bro ke, it A B.
Brownrigg, J. S.
Bruce, Lord B
Bruen, Colonel
Buck, L. W.
Buller, Sir J. Y.
Burrell, Sir C. M.
Burrouglies, H.
Calcratt, J. H.
Campbell, Sir H. P.
Canning, Sir S.
Cantilupe, Lord
Castlereagh, Viscount
Chapman, A.
Cholmondeley, H.
Christopher, It. A.
Chute, W. L. W.
Clements, 11, J.
Clerk, Sir George
Clive, Robert
%'oclirane, Sir T.
Codrington, C. W.
Cole, Hon. A.
Compton' H. C.
Conolly, E.
% wiper, E. J.
Coote, Sir C.
opeland, W.
Courtenay, Philip
Cresswell, Cresswell
Crewe, Sir G.
Cripps, J.
.I)alryinple, Sir A.
Darner, Hon. G.
)arby, George
Darlington, Earl of
Dc Horsey, S. H.
IBA, Q.
Benjamin
Dottin, Abel Rous
Douglas, Sir C.
Douro, Marquis of
Doivde,w.,ll. W.
outfield, 'l'. D.
`_/tigdale, W. S.
Dunbar, George
I)uncombe, W.
Dinicombe, A.
i)u t ie, George
East, J. Buller
Eastnor, Viscount
Eaton, R. J.
Egerton, W.T.
Egerton, Sir P.
Egerton, Lord F.
Eliot, Lotd
Ellis, J.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.
(From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
MONDAY, Amu. 26.
PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL

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(In the Committee )
First Clause (Poor Law Commissioners to certify to the
Lord Lieutenant when a Poor-rate shall be established in any
county or borough, and upon the Poor-law Commissioners
so certifying, the Lord Lieutenant. to declare, that, upon the
expiration of one month, this Act shall come into operation, in
reference to the Poor Rate regulating the qualification of
Voters, and upon the expiration of such calendar month this
Act to come into operation, and thenceforward no person to be
entitled as a freeholder or leaseholder to be registered as a vo-
ter for such county, in respect of any freehold or leasehold
property in his actual occupation, save as herein provided : )
Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " shall be en-
titled as a freeholder or leaseholder to be registered as a voter
for such county, in respect of any freehold or leasehold pro-
perty in his actual occupation, save as herein provided, in
order to add the following words, " claiming, under any Act
or Acts now in force, to be entitled to be registered and to vote
as a Parliamentary Elector for any county, in respect of any
freehold or leasehold property in his actual o cupation, shad
be deemed to have a beneficial interest therein of the clear
yearly value required by such Act or Acts, except as herein-
after provided :''—Question put, " That the words proposedto
be left out stand part of the Clause ."—The Committee di-
vided.

MINORITY—AYES, •
Abercromby, G It.
ritzroy, Lord Charles '
Acheson, Viscount titzwilliam, G. W.
Adam, Sir Charles Fleetwood, H.
Aglionhy, H. A. Fort, John
Alston, Rowland Fortescue, T.
Andover, Viscount French, F.
Anson, Hon. Colonel Gillon, W D.
Archbold, Robert Gisborne, T.
Armstrong, Andrew Gordon, Robert
Baines, E. Grattan, .1,
Bannerman, A. Greenaway, Charles
Baring, F. T. Greg, It. H,
Barnard, E. G. Greig, D.
Barry, G. S. Grey, Sir C.
Beanoish, F. B. Grey, Sir G.
Bellew, It. M. Grosvenor, Lord R.
Berkeley, F. H. Grote, G.
Berkeley, Grantley Guest, J.
Hewes, F. Hall, Sir B.
Blackett, C. Hathd.ley, H.
Blake, M. J. Hastie, A.
Blake, W. J. Hawes, B.
Blake, Mark Hawkins, J. H.
131ewitt, Reginald Hayter, W. G.
I. xtkiii, John James Heathcoat, J.
Bowes, J. Hetnor, C. J.
Brabazon, Lord Heneage, E.
Bridgman, Hewitt Heron, Sir It.
Briscoe, J. I. • Hill, Lord A. M. C.
Brodie, W. 1) Hindley, Ci arles
Brotherton, J. Hobhouse, Sir J. C.
Browne, it. 1). Hobhouse, T. B.
Brian, George Hodges, T. L.
Boner, C. Holland, Rcbert
Buller, E. Horsman, Edward
Bulwer, Sir E. L. Howard, B. G.
Busfeild, William Howard, F. J.
Butler, Colonel Howard, P. H.
Callaghan, D. Howard, Sir It.
Campbell, Sir J. Howard, C. W. G.
Campbell, W. F. Humphery, J.
arew, Hon. It. S. Hurst, It. H.
Cavendish, Hon. C. Hutchins, E. J.
Cavendish, G. H. Flutt, W.
Chalmers, P. Hutton, It.
Chetwynd, Major James, William
Chichester, J. P. B. Jervis, J.
Childers, J. W. Labouchare, H.
Clay, W. Lambton, H.
Clayton, Sir W. Langdale, Hon. C.
Clements, Lord Leader, J. I'.
s live, E. B. Lennox, Lord G.
Collier, John Lister, E. C.
Collins, NVi'ham Listowel, Earl of
Cohohouti, Sir James Loch, James
t owper, Hon. W. F. Lushington, C.
Craig, W G. Lushington, Hon. S.
Crawford, W. Lynch, A. H.
Currie, Raikes Macauley, 'l'. B.
nalmeny, Lord Macnarnara, W.
Dashwood, G. H. M`Taggart, J.
Dennistoun, J. Marshall, W.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Marsland, H.
Divstt, E.; Martin, J.
Duff; James 'Route, Hon. FoX
Duke, Sir James Milcimay, P. St. John
Duncan, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount
Duncombe, T. S. Morris, David
nuncios, W. D. Morrison, James
Dundas, Frederick Muntz, D. F.
nuncios, David Murray, A.
Easthope, John Muskett, George A.
Edwards, Sir .1. Nagle, :sir R.
Elliot, Hon. J. E. Noel, C. G.
Ellice, A. Norrcys, Sir D. J.
Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. O'Brien, Cornelius
Ellice, E. O'Brien, \V. Smith
Ellis, Wynn O'Callaghan, D.
Erle, William O'Connell, D.
.Ltwall, It. O'Connell, J.
Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J.
Evans, H. O'Connell, M.
.:.,..vans, W. O'Connor Don
Ewart, W. O'Ferrall, It. M.
Fazakerley, J. N. Ord, W.
Fenton, John Oswald, James
Ferguson, Sir Robert Paget, Lord A.
Ferguson, Colonel Paget, F.
Fielden, J. Palmer, C. F.
Pitzalan, ..,ord Palmerston, Viset.
Fitzpatrick, J. W. Parker, John

I• •
"Parnell, Sir H.
Pattison, J.
Pease, Joseph
Pechell, Captain
Pendarves, E. W.
Phillipps, Sir It. P.
Philips, M.
Phillips, G.
Phillpotts, J.
Pigot, D. It.
Pinney, W.
Ponsonby, C.
Ponsonby, Hon. J.
Power, James
Price, Sir It
Prot heroe, Edward
Pryme, G.
Itamsbottoin, J.
Rawdon, J. D.
Redington, T. Y.
Rice, E. B.
Rich, Henry
Roche, E. It
Roche, W.
Itumbold, C. E.
Rundle, J.
Russell, Lord John
Russell, Lord Charles
Rutherfurd, A.
Salwey, Colonel
Sanford, E. A.
Scholetield, J.
Serape, G. P.
Seymour, Lord
Sharpe, General
Sheil, It. L.
Slaney, It. A.
Smith, John Abel
Smith,
Smith, G. R.
Smith, R. Vernon
Somers, J. P.
Standish, C.
Stansfield, W. R. C.
Staunton, Sir G. T.
Stewart, James
Stock, Dr.
Strickland, Sir G.
Strutt, Edward
Stuart, Lord James
Stuart, Villiers
Style, Sir Charles
Surrey, Earl of
Talbot, C. It. M.
Talbot, J. H.
Tanered, H. W.
Thornely, Thomas
Troubridge, Sir T.
Turner, Edmund
Verney, Sir H.
Villiers, Charles P.
Vivian, Major C.
Vivian, John H.
Vivian, Sir R.
Wakley, Thomas
Walker, R.
Wallace, K
Warburton, H.
Ward, H. G.
Wemyss, J. C.
Westenra, Hon. H.
Westenra, Hon. J.
White, Colonel H.
White, Luke
White, Samuel
Wilbraham, G.
Willie, Sir Thomas
Williams, W.
Wilshrre, W.
Wilmington, Sir T.
Winnington, H. J.
Wood, Sir Matthew
Wood, G. W.
Wood, B.
Worsley, Lord
Wrightson, W. B.
Wyse, Thomas
Yates, J. A.

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TELLERS.
Stanley, I. J.
ufnell, 11.

JORITY—NOES,
Estcourt, T. G. B.
Farnham, E. B.
Farraud, Robert
Fector, J. H.
Feilden, W.
Fellowes, Edward
Filmer, Sir Edward
Fitzroy, Hon. H.
Fleming, J.
Foley, E. T.
Follett, Sir William
Fox, S
Fremantle, Sir T.
Freshfleld, J. W.
Gaskell, James Millies
Gladstone, J. N.
Gladstone, W. E.
Glynne, Sir S. R.
Godson, It.
Gordon, Hon. W.
Gore, O. J. It.
(lore, 0. W.
Goring, H. 1).
Goilburn, Henry
Gr.tham, Sir James
Grant, Sir A. C.
Greene, T.
Grimston, Lord
Hale, It. Blagdon
Halford, H.
Hamilton, C. J. B.
Hamilton, Lord C.
Harcourt, G. G.
Harcourt, G. S.
Hardinge, Sir H.
Hawkes, T.
Hayes, Sir E.
Hcathcote, Sir W.
Heneagc, G W.
Henniker, Lord
Hepburn, Sir T. B.
Herbert, Hon. S.
berries, John C.
Hill, Sir Rowland
Hillsborough, Earl
Hinof, J. H.
Hodgson, Frederick
Hodgson, Richard
Hogg, J. W.
Holmes, W. A'Co urt
Holmes, W.
Hope, Hon. C.
Hope, H. T.
Hope, G. W.
Hallam, Lord
Houldsworth, T.
Houston, George
Hughes, NV. B.
Hurt, Francis
lngestrie, Lord
Ingham, Hobert
in;lis, Sir R. H.
Irton, S.
Irving, JAI
Jackson, Se.;eant
James, Sir W. t,.
Jenkins, Sir It.
Jermyn, Lord
Johnstone, Hope
Jones, Theobald
Relburne, Lord
Kemble, Henry
Kerrison, Sir E.
hnatchbull, Sir E.
Knight, H. G.
Knightley, Sir C.
Laseelles, W. S.
Law, Hon. C. E.
Lemon, Sir C.
Lennox, Lord A.
Lincoln, Earl of
Litton, Ecward
Lockhart, A. INI.
Long, W.
Lowther, 'nlonel
Lowther, Viscount
Lucas, E.
Lygon, Hon. Gen.
Mackinnon, NV. A.
Maclean, Di
mahon, Lord
Mars and, T.
Marton, George
Master, Colonel
Mathew, G. B.
Maunsell, T.
.P.
Meynell, H.
Miles, P. S.

291.
Miller, W. h.
',tithes, Richard
Monypenny T. G.
Mortiaunt, 1.
Morgan, Octavius
Neeld, Joseph
Neeld, John
Nichol', J.
Norreys, Lord
Northland, Lord
Ossulston, Lord
Owen, Sir Johr
Packe, C. W.
Pakington, J. S.
Palir.er, Robert
Palmer, George
Parker, Montague
Parker, It. T.
Parker, T. A. W.
Patten, Wilson
Peel, Hon. Sir it
Peel, Colonel J.
Pemberton, Thomas
Perceval, Colonel
rigor, [C
Planta, J.
Plum ptre. J. P.
Polhill, Frederick
Pollen, Sir J. W.
Pollock, Sir F.
Powell, Colonel
Powerscourt, Lord
Praed, W. T.
Price, Richard
Pringle, A.
Pusev, P.
Reid, Sir John R.
Richards, It.
Bickford, W.
Rolleston, I.
Rose, Sir George
Round, C. G.
Round, John
liushorook, Colonel
Rushout, George
St. Paul, Horace
Sanderson, It.
dander', Lord
Scarldt, J Y.
Sheppard, T.
Shirley, E. J.
Sibthorp, Colonel
Sinclair, Sir George
Smith, Abel
Smyth, Sir H.
Smythe, Hoa. G.
Somerset, Lord G.
Sotheron, T. E.
Stanley, E.
Stanley, Lord
Stewart, John
Sturt, H. C.
Sugden, Sir Edward
Teignmouth, Lord
'l'ennent, J. E.
Thedger, F.
Thomas., Colonel
Aid.
Thorn.2lll, Georza F.,.
Tollemacti, '
'fornline, GetZgo
Trench, Sir F.
Trevor, Hon. R.
Trotter, J.
'Fyrell, Sir J. T.
Vere, Sir C B.
Verner, Colonel
Villiers, Lord
Vivian, J. E.
Waddington, H. S.
Walsh, Sir John
Welby, G. E.
Whitmore, T.
Wilbraham, Hon. B.
Williams, Robert
Williams, 'l'. Y.
Wilmot, Sir E.
Wodehouse, Hon. E.
Wood, Colonel
Wood, Colonel T.
Wyndham, .
Wynn, C. %V,
Yorke, lion. E. I'.
Young, John
Young, Sir L. W.
TELLERS.
Howmk. Lord
Wood, C.

RS.

LIBERALS.
Anson, Sir George
Barron, H. W.
Brocklehurst, J.
Ilyng, George
Byng, Hon. G. S.
Cave, Otway
Chapman, Sir M. L.
Crawley, S.
Crompton, Sir S.
Davies, Colonel
Dundas, Sir ft.
Harland, W. C.
Milton, Lord
Molesworth, Sit W.
Roche, Sir 1).
Seale, Sir J. H.
Shelburne, Earl of
:pencer, Hon. F.
Stanley, M.
Stanley, Hon. W.
Steuart, B.
Talfourd, T. Noon
Townley,
Walker, C. A.

ABSENT L
Bainbridge, E. 'l.
Bcnett, John
Berkeley, Hin. C.
Bernal, H.
Cayley, E. S.
Corbally, 8..
Denison, W. J.
Dotikin Sir Ilufane
Euston, Earl of
Fitzgibbon, Hon IL
Grattan, Henry
Hallyburtou, Lord D.
Heatheote, Sir U.
Heathcote,_ U. J.
Hoskins, K.
Hume, J.

- ABSENT
Bruce, C. H.
Druel ritem°"f
l'°r,
Ir, eon. G.
Ambrose
,
Kirk, Pe.er,...
Lefroy, I) . c
(iciddarc-

LIBERALS WHO VOTE:
Ainsworth, Peter
Basset, Joh❑
thitidas, llou. J.

ANALYSIS Of DIVISI
NIO
AllE
Voted for Lord Hortick's Amei
Pair 3

Voted against:: ~,,,,
Pairs

Absent Liberals ..
Absent Tories ........
Speaker .......................... .
Nottingham vacant

TORIES.
Manners, Lerd C.
Lowther, J. H.
Griinsditch, Thomas
Davenport, J.
Colquheun, J. C.
Burdett, Sir F.
Bruges, W. H. L.
Blair, James
Jones, John
kcland, I. D.
Cartwright, W. L.
Dungannon, Lord
Granby, Marquis of
Burr, Iliglord
orry, Right lion. H
Spry, Sir S. T
Jones, Wilson
Vernon, Granville
Maidstone, Lord
Liddell, H. I'.
MacKenzie, W. F.
Kelly, Fitzroy
Bagge, W.
Kerr, D.

BERALS.
Jervis, Swynfen
Johnson, General
Langton, Col. G.
Maher, John
Martin, Thomas B.
It! elgu, d, Lord
Moreton, A. H.
O'Connell, M. J.
Pryse, P.
Rippon, C.
Strangways, J. G.
Somerville, Sir W.
Tavistock, Marquis
Turner, William
Wall, C. B.
White, A.

TORIES.
Mackenzie, T.
Miles, W.
Morgan, C. M.
Ric, S r William
Shaw, Frederick

WITH LORD HOWICK.
klowick, Lord
Lemon, Sir C.
Wood, C.

ON LORD HOWICK'S
/NIENT.
dment '293
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296

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633

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 'This
magnificent line of railroad is fast approaching completion.
The most strenuous exertions are being made for the ac-
complishment of that desirable object, and the opening of
the line in June or July, so conducive; it is to be hoped, to
the prosperity of Bath cad Btistol Alercizry.

HORSE RAILWAYS.

Once on a time there was a certain ancient vender of
fish who was in the habit of tramping from place to
place, carrying his merchandise on an ass with a couple
of panniers, into one of which the old codger used to
pack his fish, while in the other, by way of counterpoise
he would stow an equal weight of stones. One day, a
neighbour, who had some brains in his head, remon-
strated with our itinerant hawker of marine merchandise
on the absurdity of his conduct, and endeavoured to
prove to him that it would be much better to put fish
into both panniers and dispense with the stones alto-
gether, as his ass would then be able to carry twice the
quantity of fish, or the same quantity with twice the
ease. The fishmonger, who was a great stickler for
good old customs, and had a profound veneration for
the wisdom of our ancestors, either could not or would
not comprehend the logic of his reforming neighbour,
and told him that his plan might do for any thing he
knew, but that his father and grandfather used to carry
fish in one `tinnier and stones in the other, and he was
determined to do the same as long as he as he
hated all new-fangled notions as he hated the devil.
We have often been reminded of this story, on wit-
nessing the dogged obstinacy and infatuation with
which people are apt to cling to old "and absurd usages,
and to resist the adoption of simpler and more effectua
methois of accomplishing their purpose. The effect of
iron rails, or of stone ways, in reducing the friction of
carriage wheels, has been known for half a century,
probably much longer ; and yet even on long lines of
road, where there is a dead level, carriages continue t 3
" drag their slow length along," at the rate of five or
six miles an hour. when, by the simple application of
rails, they might with equal ease double the speed with
four times the load.

Since the vast advantage of rails has been so
triumphantly proved on that admirable line of road
between Liverpool and Manchester, one would
have thought that rails would long since have
been laid down on common roads wherever
the line was adapted for the purpose, and
yet we are not aware that there is a single turnpike, or
other road, on which the experiment has been made.
Can it be possible that at this time of day men who
have an interest in turnpike roads arc ignorant of the
wonderful advantage in power and speed which a horse
derives from travelling over a road where iron or stone
tracks are laid down ?

In the Library of Useful Knowledge there is a sepa-
rate treatise on the subject of the horse, in which it is
stated that, on a railway, the animal will draw a load ten
times heavier than what he can move on a common
road ; and in the Sporting Anecdotes an instance of the
power of draught on the rail is recorded which is so re-
markable that we shall here transcribe it entire.

" An unparalleled instance of the power of a horse,
when assisted by art, was shown near Croydon. The
Surrey iron railway being completed, and opened for
the carriage of goods all the way from Wandsworth to
Mertsham, a bet was made between two gentlemen,
that a common horse could draw thirty-six tons for six
miles along the road, and that he should draw his
weight from a dead pull, as well as turn it round the
occasional windings of the road. A number of gen-
tlemen assembled near Mertsham to see this extra-
ordinary triumph of art. Twelve waggons loaded
with stones, each waggon weighing above three tons,
were chained together, and a horse taken promis-
cuously from the timber-cart of Mr. Harwood,
was yoked into the team. Ho started from
near the Fox public-house, and drew the immense
chain of waggons with apparent ease to near the
turnpike at Croydon, a distance of six miles,
in one hour and forty-one minutes, which is
nearly at the rate of four miles an hour. In the course
of this time he stopped four times, to show that it
was not by the impetus of the descent that the power
was acquired ; and after each stoppage, he drew off
the chain of waggons from a dead stop. Having gained
his wager, Mr. Banks, the gentleman who laid the bet,
directed four more loaded waggons to be added to the
cavalcade, with which the same horse again set off with
undiminished power ; and still further to show the effect
of the railway in facilitating motion, he directed the at-
tending workmen, to the number of about fifty, to
mount on the waggons, and the horse proceeded, with-
out the least distress, and, in truth, there appeared to
be scarcely any limitation to the power of his draught.
After the trial, the waggons were taken to the weighing
machines, and it appeared that the whole weight stood
as follows :

TORF. Cwt. Qr.
12 waggons first linked together 3B 4 2
4 waggons afterwards attached l3 2 0
60 labourers, suppose 4 0 0

55 6 2"

As connected with this subject we invite the atten-
tion of our readers to a letter which may be found in
another column of ogr journal, signed Observer, the
same writer who, in our publication of the 2d instant,
recommended a railway for horse carriages on the road
between Liverpool and Waterloo. It is not our inten-
tion to offer any opinion as to the accuracy of our corre-
spondent's calculations, respecting which our readers
may form their own conclusions. He seems very con-
fident in the correctness of his data, and in the practica-
bility of his scheme, but no doubt many persons, less
sanguine than the projector, will be of opinion that he
has not a little overrated its advantage and probable
profits, whilst he has underrated the expenses with
r hich its wear and tear would be accompanied.
They will, moreover, be opt to think that he
has exaggerated the inconveniences of steam loco-
motive travelling, whilst he has kept out of sight its im•
mense advantages in power and speed, which will neces-
sarily secure for that mode of conveyance a decided pre-
ference over horse-power. There is, However, ample
scope in the cout.try for steam-carriages and for such
conveyance as that suggested by our correspondent ;
and, so far from regarding them as rivals, our opinion
is, that both may work together for the public con-
venience, and afford ample remuneration to the respec-
tive proprietors.
Some of our readers may think it strange that, in
treating of the subject of railways on turnpikes and
common roads, we should have made no allusion to any
of the numerous projects for the introduction of steam-
carriages on such roads. Our reason for the omission
is our thorough and long-entertained conviction that loco-
motive steam-carriages, without guiding rails, will never
succeed, as they will necessarily be attended with the
most imminent peril to passengers and to the public.
We have often avowed this opinion, and we have seen
no reason to change it.
Such carriages would require the most unremitting
c: re and attention on the part of the director, as the
most znomentary neglect on his part might prove fatal,
as the carr:.lge,
.if moving at a considerable rate, would
be off the roan
in the twinkling of an eye. Locomotive
are admirable contrivances, but
carriages on railwaylq
n our opinion, be attended
without rails they woL:ldp i
with the most disastrous Lod fatal consequences ; and
truly sorry are we that we can arrive at no other con-
clusion, as we should be delighted with the substitution
of steam and iron for the muscles and sinews of that
noble and much abused animal, the hors:.—Liverpool
Mercury.

THE WEATHER.—NOON, APRIL 27.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
' Thermometer. .71 I Highest 7t t Lowest... 56.5
Wind S.W. by W. —Freezing Point 32 Deg.

ANOTHER FEMALE 2N DISGUISE.
On the morning of Sunday last, about four o'clock, as po•
lice-constable -Fiower, T,42, was on duty in the New-road,
Hammersmith, he heard a noise in one of a row of unfinished
houses on the side of the road, as if some person was asleep
therein. On entering the building he discovered in the base-
ment, concealed up in a corner, what .he took to be a boy, ap-
parently about twelve years of age, dressed in a cloth jaCket
and corduroy trousers. By his side was a bundle, tied up in a
large towel, which he said was his own property. His an-
swers to the questions put to him by the constable being eva-
sive and unsatisfactory, he was conveyed to the station-house at
Brook-green, where his bundle was examined by Sergeant
Kelly, the acting inspector who found therein a quartern loaf,'
a basin nearly filled with butter, a knife, two pair of stockings,
two towels, a bottle filled with water, and, on searching his
clothes, one penny only was found in his possession. Sergeant
Kelly then asked him his name, when he said it was Joseph
Taylor, that he was thirteen years of age, And resided with his
mother at No. 8, Thomas-street, Grosvenor-square. In the
course of Sergeant Kelly's inquiries he noticed that the boy's
hair had been recently cut, that his features were handsome,
and that in figure he much more resembled a girl than a boy,
and, on telling him his suspicion, he acknowledged that he was
right as respected his sex, and that his Christian name, instead
of being Joseph Taylor, was Phials Taylor. She also stated
that she had four brothers and sisters, and that her object
in adopting the disguise was to walk to the residence of her
uncle in Sussex. She left her home between three and four
o'clock in the afternoon ; but the rain commencing
when
she had reached Hammersmith she went into the new build-
ing for shelter. Sergeant Kelly immediately communi-
cated the circumstance to Inspector Morgan, who sent her
home to her mother by police constable Earthy, T 103. On
reaching Thomas-street, he found she resided as she had stated,
and her mother, who had been distracted at her absence in.
formed the policeman that the clothes she had on belonged to
her brother. The girl in question was her eldest child, and on
Saturday, having to go out to work, she left her at home to
take care of the other children, and it appeared that, having
got her brothers and sisters out of the way, she went to the
baker's and got the loaf found on her in her mother's name,
and then went to a hairdresser's shop close by, to whom she
offered to give her hair, which was remarkably tine, if he would
cut it short. Tne man accepted her offer, and it having been
cut she returned home, disguised herself in her brother's
clothe', and started off on her journey. On the policeman ask-
ing the mother the reason of herdoing so she replied that, being
a remarkably intelligent child, a neighbour frequently lent her
novels to read, and aso she had read the case of " Romance in
Real Life" which appeared in the papers a few days since, which
seemed greatly to interest her, and she supposed had induced
her to undertake a similar adventure.

Hops..--The appearance of the bine where
hops were grown last 'ear is that of health and vigour, and
there are at present very few fleas to weaken them. In
the garden% however, where the blight prevailed last sea-
son the bine looks sickly and much weaker. In the wet
lands, as far as can be judged at present, the state of the Wiles
is unpromising. The blues in Town Mailing look Imiltl29
ands ong. In Mereworth the Woes are generally, locking
well, and there are very few fleas, the moist weather being
against the increase of that insect. General repoit speaks
very favourably of the appearance of the bines..—Maiti.
stone Gazette.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
(Additional particulars of Monday's races.)
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each.—Benedetta had a good start,
and made all the running to the cords, where Langolee went
up, left her without difficulty, and won by a length. Blanche
was a respectable third. The winner was claimed.
Handicap.—Scroggins took the lead, Bettina lying next, and
the others a couple of lengths behind; Remnant went up at
the cords, and won very easy by two lengths; Muley Ishmael
was beaten off.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs: each.—Oakley made the running,
and won easy by a length, the pace very bad to the T. Y. C.
post. Revel ran unkindly.
Plate.—Like the last race, this was a wretchedly slow affair
until they reached the Ab. M. bottom, when Epirus went
away to a good pace, and kept the lead until within one hun-
dred yards of the chair, where Flambeau collared him and
beat him easily by two lengths. Epirus was purchased a few
days :since for 8001.
The match was won cleverly by Amurath, who made the
running ; but there was no pace till they got to the bushes.
The betting after the race was rather languid, and was un-
marked by any other changes than the advance of Metternich
fur the 2,000 6uineas Stakes, the appearance of Lord Exeter's
lot for it (meaning, of course, Cesarewitch), a further im-
provement in Marshal Soult, and a decline of The Knight of
the Whistle, to the extent of five points on the morning's
quotation. The last prices were as follows :
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES (THIS DAY).
5 to 1 agst Eringo
3 to 1 agst Ralph
3 to 1 agst Metternich
10 to 1 agst Mustapha
100 to 6 agst Joachim
12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken
DERBY.

A to 1 agst Scott's lot
9 to 1 agst Coronation—taken
9 to 1 agst Van Amburgh—taken
11 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—taken
14 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc
14 to 1 agst Rosalie colt
18 to 1 agst Eringo—taken
20 to 1 agst Ralph
25 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle—taken
27 to 1 agst Aletternich
1000 to 15 agst Mustapha—taken
OAKS.

7 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's two —taken
7 to 1 agst Lampoon
8 to 1 agst Ghuznee
10 to 1 agst Potentia
11 to 1 agst Florence—taken
Entry for the Queen's Plate (for mares).—Barbakin. Cur.
rency, Maid of Ipcwich, Mountain Sylph, and Silistria.

Arrivals.—Duke and Duchess of Beautort, Duke of Port-
land, Duke of Rutland, Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Mar-
quis of Exeter; Lords Jersey, Godulphin, J. Fitzroy, Oxford,
Stradhroke ; Sir S. Graham ; Hon. General Grosvenor, G.
S. 13yng, H. Rous, C. Wortley, G. Fitzroy ; Messrs. Wilson,
and Lady, Payne, Portman, S. Stanley, Batson, White, Irby,
Gardnor, Hawker, Neville, Cockerell, Crommelin, Thorn-
hill, jun., Waddington, Newton, Fulwar Craven, Hungerford,
Angerstein, Broadhead,Walker, &c. The death of Lady Albert
Conyngham, and the debate on the Irish Registration Bill, will
account for the absence of several of our regular visitors. The
weather is as favourable as could be wished.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)
. .. _ _. _

LONDON, APRIL 27.—Wind this day at noon, light airs
from S.W.; fine clear weather.
DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W., moderate. Arrivei—
Montefiores, Paul, from Calcutta ; Burnhopeside, Pratt, Mau-
ritius ; Franklin, Virginia; Ontario, New York ; lbis,
Oporto ; Henry Bell, westward. Arrived from the River—
Maria, for Calcutta; Charleston, for Singapore ; Loyal Briton
for Miramichi •, Robert, for Quebec; Thos. Young, for Mon-
treal; Saucy Lass, westward; her Majesty's ship Cockatrice,
for South America.

ARRIVED OFF DOVER, APRIL 25.—Guslof, for St. Übes.

PORTSMOUTH, Aram 26.—Wind W.S.W. to S.—Arrived
—Justina, London for Calcutta; Union, Atkins, from Cork,
with loss of bowsprit ; Septina, Cherbourg for Miramichi.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 26.—Arrived, Tagus, M'Leod,
from Gibraltar, left April 15th, Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 17th,
Oporto 20th; and Vigo 21st.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W.—Put back, Mary,
Pill, leaky.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind S.S.W. and S.W., fresh
gales.—Arrived, Braganza, for Vigo; Daphne, from Guern-
sey for Montreal.
STANGATE CREEK, APRIL 26.—Arrived, Redesdale,
Bailey, Mogadore.
MARGATE, APRIL 26.—The Venus, Thomas, from Sun-
derland, got on shore on Foreness Rock this morning, at.d
remains.

LivEaroot, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the
Bounty, Hall, from Maranham, sailed 17th ult. ; Alec to,
Ashford, Jamaica, sailed 11th ult. ; Richard Anderson, char-
leston ; Elizabeth, Sinclair, New Orleans ; Virginia, Eaton,
do. ; Robert Burns, Apalichicola ; Margaret, do. • Lotus, Yea-
ton, Savannah ; anges, Charleston. Sailed the Albatross,
Bowey, for Calcutta; Margaret, Jamaica, not Demerara as
before reported. Te Earl Percy loading at Maranham for
this port took fire on the 14th ult., burnt to the water's edge,
and sank ; she had on board upwards of 1,600 bales of cotton,
400 baskets annatto, some India rubber, oil, &c., nearly the
whole of which was destroyed. The destruction of this vessel
has caused the promulgation of a report of the burning of the
President, and to which allusion may be made in some private
letter from this. A few bags of flour and some spars, appa-
rently belonging to a small vessel, were passed 6th instant,
lat. 39. The Maranheuse steamer was totally lost on the
Island of St. John's (between Maranham and Pava), previous
to sth ult., crew saved. The Napoleon, Sherman, which
cleared out for Mobile, 23d ult. for this port, was reported to
be on shore on the south end of Sand Island, 25th ult. The
Barbadoes was to sail from Nassau for Cork 29th ult. after
being repaired.
Coal:, APRIL 4.—Arrived the Sir Walter Scott, from
Sierra Leone, sailed about Feb. 13 ; Ann and Mary, from
Sunderland, for Quebec, with loss of spara, sails, and bul-
warks. Sailed the John Wesley, for St. John's, New Bruns-
wick. It blew a hard gale thismorning at N.E., which shi.ted
to the north after daylight, and continues.
IlEssawavEs, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Orwen, Steele, from
Sunderland, for Quebec, having bore up from lou. 20, with
loss of bulwarks and cargo shifted. Vessel much strained in
her upper works.
LLANELLI", APRIL 25.—The Caledonia, Ainsworth, bound
to America, is wrecked on the North Ridge.
SUNDERLAND, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Protector, from
Rottei dam ; Arthur, from do. ; Aspasia, from Hamburg ; Or-
well, Dordt Arno, ditto; Louisa, Treport. . .

HULL, Aram 26.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the For-
tuna, from Neuttadt ; Resource, from Memel; Louise, Gotten-
burg ; Dagger, Hamburgh ; Abus, do. ; Thirsk, do.
?IEATH, APRIL 24.—A piece of American timber, marked
in the four squares of the but end, " J. 8.," and in the
middle, " N. 5.," has been picked up, off Penzance, and
brought in here.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-The Corsar, bound to Rio
Janeiro, 6th ult., lat. 6 N., lon. 24 ; Napoleon, of Baltimore,
26th, lat. 22, lon. 35 ; Queen Victoria, Hull to Miramichi,
20th inst., lat. 48, lon. 10 ; Horseley Hill, supposed for South
Australia, lat. 48, lon. 9, by the Montefiores, arrived in the
Downs. American ship Thalia, 23d inst., lat. 51, lon. 11, by
the Bounty, Hall, arrived at Liverpool. Mountaineer, Sa-
vannah to Liverpool, 14th, lat. 41, lon. 47 ; Adelaide, Phila-
delphia to London, 17th, lat. 45, lon. 33, by the Richard An-
derson, arrived at ditto. Isabella Wood, Newcastle to Con-
stantinople, 4th inst., off Cape de Galt, Puella, from Liver-
pool 9th, off Malaga, by the Lord Oakley, arrived at Cadiz.
Nymph, Liverpool to Calcutta, 9th ult., lat. 2 N., lon. 21;
Java, Bristol to Quebec, 14th, lat. 45, lon. 17 ; Meyellan, of
Liverpool, for Lima, 18th, lat. 48, lon. 8, by the Marquis of
Lansdowne, arrived in the River. Adolphus, bound to Cal-
cutta, 30th ult., lat. 38, lon. 13; Legahan, Liverpool to Sin-
gapore, 31st, lat. 38, lon. 13; Carl Johan, bound to Stock-
holm, 10th, lat. 43, lon. 12; Kingston, bound to Quebec,
15th, lat. 46, lon. 13 ; Hercules, London to Quebec, 15th,
lat. 46, lon. 12 ; Amazon, Waterford to ditto, 16th, lat. 47,
lon. 10, by the Ann Pearse, arrived at Guernsey. Derby, of
Newcastle, for St. Helena, 7th, lat. 40, lon. 15, by the Swift,
arrived in the Downs. Warrior, Ceylon to London, 7th
Feb., lat. 35, lon. 21 ; Statesman, from Manilla, 4th ult.,
lat. 36, lon. 3 ; Barque Hebe, 22d, lat. 4, lon. 21 ; Manilla,
from :Manilla, 11th inst.; Doggersbank, Smith, bound to Ba-
tavia, 27th Dec., lat. 12, lon. 9.

UNIVERSALITY OF VEGETABLE LIFE.—
Wherever circumstances are compatible with vegetable ex-
istence, there we find plants arise. It is not only on the
luxuriant soil, on which many generations have flourished
and decayed, that we find the display of their beauties.
The coral island, but recently elevated above the level of
the sea, speedily becomes clothed with verdure. From
the materials of the most sterile rock, and even from the
yet recent cinders and lava of the volcano, nature pre-
pares the way for vegetable existence. The slightest cre-
vice or inequality is sufficient to arrest the invisible germs
that are always floating in the air; and the humble plants
which spring from these soon overspread the surface, de-
riving their chief nutriment from the atmosphere. Having
completed their allotted period of existence they die
and decay; but their death is only a preparation for the
appearance of higher forms of vegetable structure. They
are followed by successive tribes of plants of gradually
increasing size and strength; until, in the course of years,
the sterile rock is converted into a natural and luxuriant
garden, of which the productions, rising from grasses to
shrubs and trees, present all the varieties of the fertile
meadow,
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regions. And
wherever a spring of water moistens the soil and atmos-
phere around, a spot of luxuriant verdure is found.—Pe-
pular Cyclopmdia of Natural Science.
The loss of the President, if that noble vessel be
lost, ought not to create any want of confidence in steam
navigation, for many of our finest ships of war, of the
largest size, and commanded by the most skilful, and, in
every respect, the most able of our naval officers, have
been lost by foundering at sea, For instance, in 1807,
the Blenheim, of so guns, and the Java • frigate, of 36
guns, both foundered ~off the Isle of Madagascar. and
every soul on board perished. The Blenheim bad 700
men on board, and was commanded b the brave, Sir
Thomas Trowbridge, one of Nelson's y favourite e'
and who was not only an excellent seaman, of
great talent and experience, but an officer of science
and inexhaustible resources in only kind of difficulty
and danger. On board the Blenheim perished Lord Rose-
hill and Capt. Elphinstone, the son of the Chairman of
the East India Company. Not a particle of either the
Blenheim or the Java was ever found or heard of, and
the latter had about three hundred men on board, so that
in the two vessels a thousand lives were lost. In 1811 the
St. George, of 98 guns, and the Defence, of 74 gun!,
perished in coming only the short distance of the Baltic to
England. The two ships had about fifteen hundred men
on board, and of this immense number only eighteen were
saved. The St. George bore the flag of Rear-Admiral.
Reynolds, an officer of the highest merit, and who, with
respect to seamanship, nautical science, experience, and
undaunted courageland fortitude, had not his superior in the
British navy. The details of the loss of the St. George
are truly heart-rending to peruse, even at this distance of
time. Scarcely a plank of either of these immense ves-
sels was ever found or heard of. So numerous were our
losses by foundering and wreaks
that it was calculated
_distill one year, 1811, five thousand of our Seamen had
perished. —Snnday paper.
The public should be on their guard against a
large circulation of half guilder pieces of Denserara in London,
the size of which is nearly that of the fourpermY piece, whilst
' the value scarcely exceeds three pence. A. large quantity of
three-penny
.pieces are also in circulation, which, like the
former, an labia to be mistaken for.the.four-Penny Pieces.

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MORNING EDITIO
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POLYTECHNIC INSTITUT 0+ ), c-4. I:\'S, ''' 1,/q-j
This magnificent exhibition has been the dini-01 `'-:(„i-_-,'.•-
immense attraction during the holidays. Indepe deift.-=-:.....t.
of the extensive museum of rare specimens oli. ibel VdS,W4N:
productions of nature and works of art, and the nu-
merous practical models in operation, there are It
number of things to be viewed, each of which might
rationally be considered entitled to rank individually as
an exhibition worth all the charge for admission, and the
different lectures, illustrated with first-rate apparatu,,
among which is Mr. Green, the celebrated aeronaut's
newly-constructed balloon. Thecosmorama comprises a
great variety of views, several of which are paintedon glass,
and they are very much admired for their brilliancy of
effect in their colouring, as are also those which arc
produced by the new process called Daguerreotype.
There is one view, which at the present moment is
likely to command more than ordinary attention,
namely, a panoramic view of the city of Canton, painted
by a Chinese artist. Then there is the beautiful model
of the Isle of Wight. The diving-bell, and the sub-
marine explosion-experiment, always. proves attractive.
One of the most recent introductions to the Institution,
and certainly not the least astonishing to the ordinary
observer, is that of

PHOTOGRAPHY.

We remember, not a very great many years ago, an
advertisement appearing in several of the morning pa-
pers announcing that a new discovery bad been made
in the mode of taking likene;ses, by which the individual
sitting would only be required to sit for a minute, and
survey himself in a mirror, and, by a wonderful process
the likeness, a veritable copy of the living subject, shculd
be arrested, and baked upon the surface, and made a
permanent picture for ever. A particular day was named
when the wonderful artist was to open to the public
at a house in the Strand. The day arrived, and at
the hour specified, the vicinity of the residence described
Was beset by a vast concourse of people in carriages,
and pedestrians of all rank?, all eager to behold what ap-
peared to be a miraculous achievement of science—and
not a few artists went to behold, with sorrow, what
they conceived to be the death•knell to their profes-
sion as portrait painters. The visitors, however, soon
discovered that they had been made the victims of a
practical joke—the entire matter was a hoax : the
wag who had perpetrated the trick got great credit for
his address and ingenuity In managing the affair. and.
the whole world laughed at and wondered that there
could have been any credulous fool found so soft as to
have been bitten by an announcement of anything so
palpably preposterous. Photography, however, has
changed the matter altogether—had it been introduced
in the language of mystery, or had it been known in . en
age when superstition reigned more povterfully than in
our own time, it would have admitted of a most mi-
raculous interpretation. The description of the Strand
hoax would almost in every particular apply to the
process of photography. The sitter does not re-
quire even to look into a mirror ; he is seated
at his ease and required to remain only about
one minute in the same position, apart from ail
apparatus of being touched by anything, and an accu-
rate miniature likeness in light and shade is produced
and furnished in a frame at a small charge. We will
not attempt to describe the process at present, further
than to state that it is effected by a combination of che-
mical action and the influence of an optical apparatus
upon a finely polished silver surface, which is overlaid a
sheet of copper. We saw several likenesses take❑ and
can vouch for their accuracy. The existence of such
an art, carried out to such perfection, we repeat, could
scarcely be accredited. It would require to be seen to
be believed.