The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

FROM FRIDAY'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
S. Dalton, straw-bonnet maker, Aldgate High street, Lon-
don ,Jan. 22, at hal:*-past twelve—W. Lenny and G. T. Alder-
son' '
ale merchants, Horsleydown Surrey, Jan. 22, at twelve—
11. Walter, ribbon manufacturer, Coy entry, and warehouseman,
Wood-street, Cheapside, Jan. 14, at half-past eleven-11.
Wyer, tailor, Newington- causeway, Surrey, Jan. 22, at eleven
—W. Catliff, draper, Wisbeeli, Cambridgeshire, Jan., 22, -at
half-past eleven—J. Naylor, dealer in pictures, Pall-mall, Mid-
dlesex, Jan. 26, at eleven—T. Sharp, pastrscook, Cheapside,
Jan. 11, at half-past twelve—W. Pottell, carpenter, Cow-lane,
West Smithfield, Jan. 25, at eleven—E. Scholetield, ware-
houseman, Watling. street, London, Jan. 22, at two—W. Smith,
builder, Hoxton, Middlesex, Jan. 22, at one.

In the Country.

B. Ineson, cloth manufacturer, Batley, Yorkshire, Jan. 23,
at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Leeds—E. Davies,
miller, King's Mills, and of Felin Puleston, Denbighshire, and
late manufacturer of iron, Vauxhall Forge, Liverpool, Jan. 26,
at one, at the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Wrexhara—G. Olsen.
maltster, Efall Uehaf, Carnarvonshire, Feb. 2, at one, at the
Uxbridge Arms Hotel, Carnarvon—J. Jardine, timber mer-
chant, Haverfordwest, Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Castle Inn,
Haverfordwest—J. Slatter, innholder, \Vitney, Oxfordshire,
Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Golden Cross Inn, Oxford—W.
Martin, clothier, Woodchester, Gloucestershire, Jan. 25, at
tw,lve, at the Royal George Hotel, Stroud—T. Gray, grocer,
Tunstall, Staffordshire, Jan. 25, at two, at the Sneyd's Arms
Inn, Tunstall—T. Rhodes, iron founder, Shaw, Lancashire,
Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester
—T. Gill and W. Wheelwright, dyers, Leeds, Jan. 26, at
twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Leeds—T. Daniell, cop-
per smelter, Boulogne, June 25, at twelve, at Pearce's Hotel,
Truro—P. Roberts, broker, Exeter, Jan. 2S, at twelve, at the
New London Inn, Exeter—C. Clarke, gun maker, Cambridge,
Feb. 5, at three, at the George Inn, Cambridge—T. Hicken,
coach-maker, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Jan. 30, at two,
at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster.
CER T I FICA TES—J.IT. 22.

G. Browne, horse dealer, Liverpool—H. Kerr, tailor, Wool-
wich, Kent—H. rteinecker, wine merchant, Great Tower-
street, London—H. Nicholson, coal merchant, Canterbury—
T. Hidson, commission agent, Birmingham—G. W. A. Rey •
nolds, bookseller, Altiersgate-street, London—J. Cooke,
stone-mason, Greenwich.

MR. JAMES'S NEW WORK, " LETTERS IL-
LUSTRATIVE OF THE COURT AND TIMES OF WILLIAM THE
HIRD."—" This collection of letters is a very valuable com-
mentary upon the history of the period to which it belongs,
and throws light upon a vast number of events, hitherto
Obscure or unexplained, but which are here presented in
their real colours. The minute details into which the
writer enters, and the opportunities which he possessed
fur obtaining information of every thing that occurred,
afford a sufficient guarantee for the truth of his general
statements; while the character of the times, so fertile in
political intrigue, stamps them with a deep interest. Pre-
fixed to the correspondence is a memoir of the author,
James Vernon, Esq , Secretary of State from 1697 to
1708. The correspondence begins at a very interesting
period, when conspiracies were rife for the restoration of
the exiled House of Stuart. Another very valuable part
of the correspondence consists of the letters written in the
spring of 1697. It is not, however, in detached parts
that this collection must be estimated, but in its general
application to the occurrences of the day, dining the space
of twelve }ears; and Mr. James is quite right in charac-
terising it as' a treasury of facts.' That gentleman's la-
hours in editing a work of this nature, and the extremely
useful notes which he has appended to the text, deserve
every commendation."-21forning Herald.
THE ADVANTAGE OF TRANSPORTATION.—
At the Dublin Sessions Court on Saturday, Jane Barret,
a young woman apparently about 25 years of age, very
well dressed, and possessing considerable personal attrac-
tions, was indicted for stealing a purse and twelve or four-
teen shillings, the prcparty of Denis Horgan. The prose-
cutor, who, from his peculiar movements, appeared as if he
were a French dancing-master, stated that he met the
pri-
soner in Merrion-square, and that she followed him into
Mount-street, where she succeeded in extracting his purse
with the money. The prisoner, who spoke in rather a
foreign accent, said that he gave her the money, as she
would not demean herself by stealing such a small sum from
a kcowt like the prosecutor, more particularly as she was
in the habit of keeping company with gentlemen. The
prisoner was found guilty. The Recorder asked the pri-
soner if she had not been in the Court before ? At the
same time his Lordship mentioned that, if his recollection
served him right, he had formerly sentenced her to seven
years' transportation for felony. The prisoner said his
Lordship's memory was perfectly correct ; he had sen-
tenced her to transportation for the term stated, and that
she was only returned from New South Wales six days I
She prayed the Court to pass the same sentence on her
now, for, if her request was not complied with, she would
annoy the Court, and put the citizens to additional ex-
pense. She added, " When I was in Sydney I lived re-
spectable and like a woman ; no one there knew me to be
an unfortune female, and, therefore, I had peace of mind
and happiness. Here there is no resource for a young
female but degradation and infamy. If lam left here I
must follow a life revolting to my nature and inclination ;
so send me back again, or if you do not this time you will
have to do it shortly." The Learned Recorder, after con-
sidering a few seconds, complied with her request, and
sentenced her to seven years' transportation. The prisoner
thanked the Court, with tears in her eyes, for the favour,
and, turning from the bar, leaped into the dock, saying, in
a loud voice. " Hurra for old Sydney, and the sky over it l"
FOOT RACE.—On Saturday morning, at eight,
a grand foot race for 100 guineas, between Captain Small-
wood, and James Copthall, the celebrated groom, of rac-
ing notoriety, came off in the Regent's Park. The pedes
trians started from the New.road, fronting St. Maryle-
, bone New Church (each taking opposite courses). ro;:nd
the exterior of the Regent's Park, up Great Albany-
street, by St. John's Wood Chapel, along the Parkroad,
to the starting-place, opposite Marylebone Church. The
distance, being three miles and three-quarters, was per
; formed in the space of 17 minutes and 10 seconds ; the
groom beating Captain S. by the short distance of eleven
yards.

Three of the Chartists, who have of late been most con-
spicuous, namely, Messrs. Dover, Hewitt, and Pain,
oated this week upon the Mayor to present a memorial
which they stated was signed by 140 rate-payingin-
habitants, requesting the use of St. Andrew's Hall for the
purpose of meeting their friends, and " publicly discussing
the propriety of memorializing her Majesty for the imrne-.
di,to liberation of all political ffenders." The C:itel
Magistrate, not considering that the Hall was required by
ti.e memorialists for a legitimate object, declined comply-
ing with their request, and we are sure the respctable
portion of our fellow-citizens will approve of Mr. Edward
Willett's determination that the venerable old Hall shall
not be
the guidancedisgracedeagainof the c
bysuchharstciesnts.es as hive been enacted
under
7he Chartists are parading the city this morning With
flags and banners, and a band of music, the procession being
partly in mourning. They are perhaps 400 or 500 strong.
a great portion of whom are boys and women. The fol-
lowing notice has been circulated in the city for the last
few days, which marks the course of the procession :
" Attend ! attend ! I attend !I the meeting on Ness
Year's day, and show your sympathy for the true sons pi
liberty. The procession will start at half-past nine o'clock
in the morning from St. Paul's Plain, and proceed by Pea-
cock-street, St. Edmund's, &c. to the Market-place, where
the friends of the incarcerated victims will lay before you the
circumstances by which they are surrounded. Gentlemen
from distant parts of England are expected to address
you."
At the time of going to press they bad arrived in the
Mark. t-place, where they are haranguing each other. Mr.
Dover is amongst the leaders, and there are said to be
some strangers arrived, many of whom, with flags and
banners, are from Yarmouth.—Norwich Gazette.

THE HON. COL. MOLYNEUX
AND THE POLICE.

In consequence of the complaint of Colonel Molyneua
to the Magistrates of Norwich, that the policeman in that
borough did not salute the officers in her Majesty's sorv!ce.
the Magistrates thought right to forward the following
letter to the flume Office:
Norwich, 21st December, 1840.
My Lord,—Colonel Molyneux, of the Bth Regiment of
fl,issars, now quartered in the Barracks of this city, has
complained to the Mayor and Magistrates that the man of
the police force in the city do not salute, or cap, the mili•
tary officers in the same manner as privates in the army,
and alleges that the metropolitan police force, and the men
of the rural police force, have instructions to salute on all
occasions in the manner required by the Colonel.
The Mayor and Magistrates are desirous of testifying
all courtesy to the officers of the army, but the police force
are, in virtue of the Municipal Corporations Act, under
the management of the Watch Committee, who think that
no formal order or regulation should be entered on thi
books of the police force, making it punishable in the moi
not to salute the military, but that they should be in-
formed it is expected they will behave respectfully to all
classes. _ _ _

I am directed by the Mayor and Magistrates to ask thi
favour of )our Lordship to inform them whether it is a re-
gulation required by the Hume Office, that the police con-
stables should salute the otiLers cf the army (being igno-
rant that such a rule rxistcd), in order that they may if
necessary communicate with the Watch Committee on
the subject.
Ti:,. C donel states that unless the men arc ordered to
he shall make a report thereof to his superiors at
the I fors:: Guards. _ _

I have the honour to be, your Lordship's most obedien►
servant,

JOHN R. STAFF, Town Cle.lt.
To the Right Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, &c. &c
To this application the following answer has been re
ceivecl:—

Whitehall, Dcc. 26, 1840.
. _

Sir—l am directed by the Marquis of Normanby to ac-
knotklvdge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst., and
in reply to the inquiry of the Mayor and Magistrates 0,
Norwich, to inform you, that the Metropolitan Police con-
stables have no orders to salute military officers, and that
it is not the practice of that force to do so.
I am also to inform you, that no such order has been
made by the Secretary of State with respect to the officer',
appointed under the County Constables Act, or the Me
trorolitan Police Act.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
S. M. PHILLIPS.
John R. Staff, E,q., Town Clerk, Norwich.
The Mayor instantly forwarded a copy to Colonel Mo
ly nen x .

PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON BONA-
PARTE TO LORD DUDLEY STUART.

The following letter addressed by Prince Louis Na-
poleon to Lord Dudley C. Stuart will probably Interco
our readers. It recoris an act of geneiosity on the
P,inee's part, and shows a disposition to alleviate as much
as lays in -his power the miaers which his ambition ha
entailed upon one of his humblest and most ignoran
followers. It proves also that Louis Philippe is equall,
generous, ai be allows his prisoner to correspond with
his friends, and even to make use of his pecuniary re-
sources :

" My dear Lord Dudley—Knowing the interest whist
you feel for the Pules, I request that you will be my in-
terpreter with the person named V. W., living in Duke-
street, St. James's, and whose leg was amputated in con-
sequence of wounds received at Boulogne. I sent hid.
provisionally one thousand francs ; but I should wish t,
grant him
,a small pension until he finds himself in a situa
tion to get employment. I beg you to state, therefore,
ho.v I am to transmit the money to him, and whether h(
has really forfeited his allowance as a refugee. In boa
eases say what I
ought to give him.
" I ask your pardon, my dear Lord Dudley, for the
trouble I give you, and I beg that you will receive the as.
surauce of my distinguished sentiments.
(Signed) " NAPOLEON LOUIS B."

FRENCH ARTS AND MANUFAC-

TURES.

EXFRACT from the Opening Lecture of Baron
Charles Dupin, at the Coaservatory of Arts and
Trades in 1840 :
France, the richest country of Continental Europe
by uniting the gain of each, and the produce of all
work, presents an annual revenue of 10,000 mil-
liards. These 10,000 milliards, equally divided be-
tween thirty-four millions, would give to each 80e.
per day : consequently, if the produce of industry
were divided equally between all Frenchmen, the
share of each would be 80c., but on the con-
dition that each furnishes 80e. worth of work
in order to obtain in return 80c. worth of produce.
But out o; these 80 centimes the general administration
of the kingdom and the municipal administration take
with severe punctuality 12c. is order to make up the
15,000 or 16,000 millions of taxes and duties raised
yearly. This subtraction being made, there remeins
to each individual 68c. Does any one thank that with
6Se. per day those profound studies, those extraor-
dinary efforts of imagination, of calculation, and of in-
vention, so necessary to the progress of the useful
and the fine arts, would exist ? Or, without speaking
of the chefs dceuvrc of which the nation is so proud,
does any one think that with 68c. per day such painter:
as Vernet, Ingres, Delaroche, and Pajol ; sculptors
such as Bosic, Cortot, David, and Fradier ; engravers
such as Desnojers, Gelle, Tardieu, and Riehomme ;
and such architects as Fontaine. Percier, Soufflet, and
Brogniard could have produced those works which
perpetuate and popularize the finest reminiscences of
national glory. Finally, not to go farther than the cate-
gory of our great artists, I have marked the last, that
of architects, which forms, as it were, the junction be-
tween fine arts and industry. Can it be supposed
that an architect could conceive the plans, accomplish
the calculations, and direct the execution of a triumphal
arch such as the A,'c de PEloile, such a temple as the
Pantheon or the Madeleine, or such a museum as the
Louvre, all for 68 cents• per day
The grandeur and beauty of monuments which
honour an illustrious nation should thus be done with-
out. Mankind should resume their miserable huts and
cabins, inhabited by a poor and jealous populace, not
p rinitting artists of genius to rise above the mass.
Nevertheless, if the reflection be made that in Bre-
tagne, in Auvergne, and many other provinces, the day's
work of a healthy man in the country is only worth 70c.,
that of his wife 35c., that of children, of from ten to
fifteen, almost nothing, and that of younger children,
nothing at all ; it will be easy to understand that in
these provinces the salary is far below 68e.
But at Bordeaux, et Marseilles, at Nantes, in Rouen,
and in Paris, the day's work of a healthy man is worth
; that of his wife 90e- The average share of a work-
man, his wife, and children, far exceeds 680.
Here is a list of a few professions with what they now
gain in Paris :—Journeymen bakers, 3f., porters of the
corn market, 41. ; carpenters of the first class, 4f. ; print-
ing compositors, 61. ; tailors, who cut out, 151. ; diner
watchmakers, 20f.
What workman at eighty centimes per day will re-
place an engineer who, by his genius, and by his capital,
has been enabled to build a manufactory, in which are
made steam-engines of one, two, three, or even five lion-
dred horse-power? A million of francs is necessary for
the building and the tools of his manufactory ; can thie
million be taken out of eighty centimes, were there 100,
or even 200 workmen to make it up ? In order to
vivify by commerce ten contiguous departments a rail-
road is necessary ; a very small number of capitalists
would suffice to supply these enormous expenses, as soon
as a government had granted its protection free from the
spirit of monopoly and corporation ; but if capital be in-
finitely and evenly divided, what will be done, out of SO
centimes a head, to collect eighty millions, without which
the magnificent means of communication cannot be per-
fected ?

We have reason to believe that the christening
of the Princess Royal is fixed for the 10th of next month,-
the anniversary of her Majesty's marriage.

A meeting was held on Wednesday, at the East In-
dia and Colonial Club rooms, in Suffolk-street, Pall
Mali, for the purpose of considering the propriety of
establishing a railway to join the Northern and Eastern
R tilvvay at Bishop's Stortford, to Norwich and Yar-
mouth, by Cambridge, Newmarket, and Thetford.
The meeting, which was both numerous and highly
respectable, was attended by the Marquis of Douro,
M.P., W. L. W. Chute, Esq. M.P., Benjamin Smith,
Esq., M.P., Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Isaac Jenny,
Esq., Recorder of Norwich, Samuel Bignold, Esq.,
Edward Varnish, Esq., General Blachford, Major
Head, Captain Kerr, Richard Broun, Esq., George
Rebins.m, Esq., William Taylor, Esq., W. J. Taylor,
Esq., James W. Smith, Esq., Thomas Hammond,
Esq. (Yarmouth), J. L. Cufaude, Esq. (Yar-
mouth), Herman, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton
Railway), M‘Lean, Esq., William Drake, Esq.
(East Dereham), Mr. Mann (Norwich), William
Clark, E•q. (Thetford), Christopher Spanton, Esq.
(Attleborough), Richard Lloyd, Esq., A. A. H. Back-
with, Esq. (Governor of the Corporation of Guardians
of Norwich), William Andrews, Esq., Hyde Clarke,
E.g., William Laxton, Esq., James Sowerby, Esq.,
Joseph Parkes, Esq., W. M. Kitson, Esq., of Norwich,
with numerous other influential gentlemen.
W. L. W. Chute, Esq., M.P., was called to the chair.
The Marquis of Douao,in moving the first resolution,
observed that some people objected to railways altoge-
ther, and thought that they did not contribute much to
the public convenience ; but even those persons would
agree that a railway to Norwich was necessary when they
were made aware of the fact, that those places which
had art easy and quick communication with London by
mean► of railroad had an advantage of which Norwich
and Yarmouth had hitherto been deprived, and which
proved highly injurious to the commerce and agricul.
culture of those populous and important towns.--( Hear,
hear.) The resolution was as follows :
"'That this meeting is impressed with a strong con-
viction, that unless the county of Norfolk, city of Nor-
wich, and towns of Cambridge, Newmarket, Thetford,
and Great Yarmouth, by the immediate construction of
a railway to the metropolis, are placed upon an equality
with other parts of the kingdom, where railroads are
eoinpleted, and in progress, the great agricultural and
sommereial interest of this important district must ma-
•erially suffer in the race of competition."
SAMUEL BIGNOLD, Esq. (of Norwich), seconded the
resolution. He felt that the railway was necessary for
the welfare of the city of Norwich, which stood parti-
eulat ly in need of the benefits of a railway comfnunica-
tion with the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) Ile had
lately had an opportunity of communicating with the
'ceding manufacturers in Norwich, and there was an
univeral complaint that the manufacturing interest was
suffering greatly in consequence of not having the ad-
vantage of a railway. The merchants and traders of
London could visit York and return to London almost
in the time they could now merely go to Norwich. Ha
was therefore prepared to support to the utmost the
formation of a railway to Norwich, but he would not
lend that support to any project which he was not fully
satisfied was set on foot for the public good. If he
could for a moment suppose there was any political ob-
ject, or any other object in this project than the promo-
tion of public interests and the welfare of his
fellow-citizens, be would immediately retire from
it.—( Hear, hear.) Two years ago there was a talk of
a Railway to Norwich, but there was then an unwil-
lingness on the part of the citizens of Norwich to pat
down their names for shares, because they were appre-
hensive that the project would terminate like the
Eastern Counties affair—that the Railway would be
completed for about thirty or forty -miles from London,
and Norwich left in the lurch. Ho himself stated at
the time, that if they would commence the work at
Norwich he would take shares to the amount of 1,1)00/.
He was prepared to say the same again ; and if it
could be shown to the citizens of Norwich that there
was a bona fide intention of connecting Norwich with
the metropolis, people of all shades of political opinion
would come forward and support it.—( Hear, hear.)
He highly approved of the line now contemplated, and
would support it by taking shares, although it would
not be in his power, being a commercial man, to take any
active part in the management. Mr. Bignold concluded
amidst great applause, by seconding the first resolution,
which was carried unanimously.
B. SMITH, Esq., M.P. for Norwich, proposed the
second resolution, and expressed his opinion that the
line proposed by Mr. Rastrick, the engineer, was a
good line. Indeed he did not serunie to say that he
had always been of opinion that a line in the direction
of Cambridge would be the cheapest and most prefer-
able. The resolution was as follows e

" That this meeting are of opinion that a line of
railway proceeding from Yarmouth to Bishop's Stort-
ford, by way of Norwich, Wymondham, Attleborough,
Thetford, Newmarket, and Cambridge, will afford ad-
vantages for carrying out the objects proposed, and
may apparently be completed at a reasonable cost, and
secure a considerable traffic, with a prospect of in-
crease, by the junction of railways from the north at
Cambridge and by the completion of branches fro:n
Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire, Bury St. Edmund's,
and other parts of Suffolk, and all parts of the important
districts of the Bedford Level ; the towns of Lynn,
Swailnatn, Fakenham, and Dereham, and all the
western parts of Norfolk."
THOMAS HAMMOND, Esq., a Magistrate of Yar-
mouth, and Chairman of the Fishing Merchants' Club,
seconded the resolution. He was happy to say that in
the town of Yarmouth all party feeling with regard to
this matter was completely buried in oblivion. Every
one must feel the importance of a railway not only to

Yarmouth and Norwich, but to the whole county—
( Hear, hear)—and he was authorised to state on behalf
of the trading and fishing interests in the town of Yar-
mouth that they would lend their utmost endeavours to
carry the measure into full effect.--(Cheers.) lie
agreed with Mr. Bignold that the work should be com-
menced simultaneously at each end, because Norwich
and Yarmouth had been thrown in the background by
the conduct of the Eastern Counties Railway Company.
He understood that the Members for Yarmouth
were out of town, otherwise he had ascertained
that they would have attended this meeting ;
but he could state for the information of the gentlemen
present, that a few weeks ago he had a long conversa-
tion with them upon the subject of a line of railroad to
Yarmouth, and they both pledged themselves to use
their utmost endeavours to have it carried into opera-
tion.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RASTRICK then read the following extracts from
an able and elaborate Report, which ho had prepared :
" The line proceeds from Bishop's Stortford to Cam-
bridge, thence to Newmarket, Nlildenhall, Thetford,
Attleborough, Wymondham, and Norwich to Yarmouth.
" In carrying out the line, but little difficulty will be
experienced in getting through Parliament as to the
part between Bishop's Stortford and Cambridge, inas-
much as all questions with the landowners have been
settled in the Act, obtained by the Northern and
Eastern Company, but subsequently abandoned by them
for want of funds.
" The geological character of nearly the entire line
is the chalk formation furnishing materials of the most
favourable description, both for cuttings and embank-
ments, and the road when once made, may be main-
tained at the minimum expense.
" The most expensive part of the line is between
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Bishop's Stortford and Cambridge, and the time re-
quired for its completion would be about three years.
"'I his part of the line has, however, extensive advan-
tages, forming as it does the key of all railroads to the
metropolis coming in this direction from the north, as
well as from Norwich and all other parts of Norfolk,
Lincolnshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk,
and some portion of' the county of Middlesex, thereby
insuring a good dividend to the Shareholders upon that
portion of the capital expended in forming it.
" The obtaining the proprietorship of this part of the
line is therefore most important.
" No tunnel will be required from Cambridge to I'ar•
mouth, a distance of nearly eighty miles, and there are no
extraordinary deep cuttings nor embankments, and only
one viaduct, and no deep ravines or rapid rivers to cross,
whilst the materials are of such an excellent quality of
cuttings, that they may be cut upright, and a large por-
tion of the land is of so inferior a quality, that its pur-
chase will form an inconsiderable item in the expendi-
ture, and the line does not pass through or interfere
with any gentleman's park or pleasure grounds, nor in
any way passes in an objectionable manner through any
town.
" The whole line will form an easy and expeditious
means of communication from, to, and between Cam-
bridge, Newmarket, the Swaffhams, Fordham, Soham,
Mildenhall, Thetford, Brandon, Harling, the Buckcn•
hams, Kenninghall, Attleborough, Hingham, Wymond-
ham, Norwich, and Yarmouth ; affording facilities for
branches from Ware, Hertford, Huntingdon, St. Neots,
Ely, Bury St. Edmund's, Downham, Swaffham, Dere-
ham, Lynn, and thence to Wisbech, Stamford, and the
whole of the improving and important district of the
Great Bedford Level of the Fens ; and also forming
the natural communication between the metropolis and
the contemplated new district of the Great Level of the
Wash.

4. 'With all these populous cities, towns, and villages,
there can be no doubt but that the passenger traffic
along this line will be immense ; and the line between
Cambridge and Yarmouth can be made in the short
space of two years, whilst that from Bishop's Stortford
will require only one year longer, so that this entire line
will be open to the public in three years.

s' The cost between—Cambridge and Norwich is esti-
mated at a less sum per mile than any other railway
in the kingdom of so great an extent can be made for,
this part of line extending for sixty-three miles.
" The cost between Norwich and Yarmouth is esti-
mated at a still less sum per mile ; this part of the line
extending over about 18 miles, and giving the greatest
possible facility to the fishing interest in sending off
their fish to the metropolis and the interior of the
country, and forming the most advantageous and im-
portant station in the kingdom for the Northern foreign
mail packets."
Mr. Rastrick also produced an estimate of the ex-
penses of the formation of the line, together with a cal.
culation of the traffic, from data carefully collected,
showing a profitable return to the shareholders for the
capital to be invested.

The resolution was put by the CitAttimAN, and car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. BECKWITH then handed to the Chairman a
letter from the Sheriff of Norwich, expressing his most
decided approbation of the meeting, and the proposed
line of railway.
Mr. BIGNOLD proposed the third resolution, which
was seconded by E. Varnish, Esq., and carried unani-
mously, it was as follows :

" That John Urpeth Rastriek, Esq., having produced
to this meeting sections and plans extending over such
line, and having made a report thereon, showing its
great advantages and facilities for execution, this meet-
ing are of opinion that a Company should be imme-
diately formed for the completion of the same, to be
styled the Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge Railway
Company."

Mr. BIGNOLD rejoiced to learn from the Report of
their talented Engineer that the contemplated line cf
railway would ri,A interfere at all with the parks or
estates of private gentlemen, and he hoped that cir-
cumstance would conciliate many in their favour. He
alluded to that statement in the Report more parti-
cularly, because a very intelligent and influential gen-
tleman, who he believed was honoured and respected
by all who knew him (Mr. Richard Gurney), had ex-
pressed, through the Press, his hostility to railways,
because they cut through and destroyed valuable es-
tates, but when that gentleman ascertained that Mr.
Rastrick's line would commit no such injury, he (Mr.
B.) hoped that his extensive and powerful influence
would he exerted in favour of an undertaking that could
not fail to prove highly beneficial to his fellow-citizens.
—(Cheers.)

Mr. RASTRICK wished to state that there was one
Nobleman's park that would be affected by the line,
namely, Lord Braybrooke's, but the Act obtained by
the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway Company,
would obviate all difficulty in that respect.
ISAAC JERMY, Esq., Recorder of Norwich, and
Chairman of the*County Quarter Sessions, rose to move
the next resolution. In doing so he observed that a
meeting had been advertised, to be held at Norwich
next Thursday. To the requisition calling that meet-
ing were the names ef a great number of men of pro-
perty and influence, and that meeting had been called
for the purpose of considering, not what particular line
should be adopted, ;Jut what was best to be done with-
out regard to the interests of Solicitors, Agents, En-
gineers, or any party whatsoever.—(Hear.) For him.
self he could conscientiously state that he discountenanced
anything of the sort, but before they could expect to
enlist the public in their cause, they must satisfy them
that they were determined to carry on the undertaking
perfectly independent of all private interests.—
( Hear, hear, hear.) The best way in which they
could manifest such a determination, was to tender
their co-operation to the Meeting about to be held at
Norwich, to afford them every information and expla-
nation in their power, and to unite with them in car-
rying oat the common object. If that meeting dc-
sired a little deviation from the proposed line, the
object should be to endeavour to meet their view. So
►f meetings should be held in Suffolk or Cambridge,
they ought to be met in the same spirit.—(Hear, hear.)
The resolution which had been entrusted to him was
as follows :

" Tnat having observed with great satisfaction the
announcement of a Meeting of the Landowners of
Norfolk, for the purpose of supporting a Railway, this
Meeting requests its Chairman forthwith to put himself
in communication with those gentlemen, it being the
opinion of this Meeting that it is essential for ensuring
the success of so great an undertaking that all interests
should co-operate in one united effort to obtain its
completion."

J. 'ham as, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton Rail-
way Company, seconded the resolution. He was in no
way connected with the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk,
but was a London man. He had, however, been engaged
in a very large undertaking of the same character, and
having had the plans and sections of the proposed rail-
way to Yarmouth laid before him and explained by Mr.
Rtstriek, who had acted with him in carrying out the
London and Brighton Railway, he had no hesitation in
saying that he Fully approved of the undertaking. At
the same time he would state his conviction, that if they
went before Parliament with any decided opposition
they would find it difficult to get parties to co-operate
with them, if gentlemen who were interested in the
promotion of the railway did not come forward in a
manner to convince the monied interest of Lon-
don
and other places that they were earnest in
their object. There ought, therefore, to be the greatest
co-operation throughout the whole of the line. lie
could safely say, having looked at the plans and sec-
tious, and the estimates of Mr. Rastrick, and having
devoted some time to his able report, that that gentle-
man had furnished them with an estimate founded on
honest principles. Those who embarked in the under-
taking need be under no apprehension of not receiving
ample remuneration for their capital and trouble. He
should be glad to render all the assistance in his power
in carrying out the undertaking, but he must first of all
be persuaded that the gentlemen who had projected it
were in earnest, and felt the necessity of a railway.
CHRISTOPHER SPAN TON, Esq., Attleborough, stated
that he had received a note from Sir Thomas Beevor,
expressing his approbation of the undertaking. He had
waited on Lord Albemarle, who had told him that his
engagements would prevent his attending the meeting,
but that he was ready to assist the measure by all the
means in his power, and his Lordship had dis-
tinctly authorised him (Mr. Spanton) to state
to the meeting that he was perfectly satisfied
the Railway would prove advantageous to his property
and the country in general.—( Hear, hear.) A letter
h td also been put into his hand by Mr. Cufaude, of
armouth, from the Mayor of that borough, approving
the line ; and he could assure the meeting that through-
out the district in which he resided (Attlebarough)
the landowners were unanimously in favour of the
proposed railway.—(Hear, hear.)
WILLIAM CLARK, Esq. (Clerk of the Peace of
Thetford) begged leave to state that he had been re-
quested to attend the Meeting on the part of Thet-
ford, and to express the concurrence of the inhabit-
ants of that borough in the measure, and their desire
to see it carried into full operation. lie (as the
agent of my Lord Ashburton) could also state that
as the line projected by Mr. Rastrick would not inter-
fere prejudicially with his Lordship's estate, he (Lord
Ashburton) would support it. The intended railway
would certainly pass through Lord Ashburton's pro-
perty as well as his own, but he (Mr. C.) would cheerfully
submit to any thing that was for the good of Thetford
and the country in general.—(Hear, hear.) John
Deck, Esq., of Bury, had also written to say that he
highly approved of Mr. Rastrick's line, and that the
inhabitants of Bury were anxious to see the main trunk
of the railway established, in order that a branch might
be carried on to Bury, and that he was convinced the
Marquis of Bristol, ever anxious to promote the inte-
rests of that borough, would give the undertaking his
cordial support.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. DRAKE stated that he should not have obtruded
himself upon the notice of the meeting but for the obser-
vations of Mr. Harman, the Chairman of the Brighton
Railway. Having, however, been in communication
with several of the Noblemen and Gentlemen whose
names had been mentioned in the announcement of the
meeting to be held in Norwich, and holding letters from
Lord Sondes and others of those parties, containing as-
surances that they were not pledged to any particular
line, he felt it due to the meeting, and particularly to
those London capitalists who had honoured the meeting
with their sanction and presence, to assure them that
the requisitionists of the Norwich meeting would ap7
proaeh the discussion of the subject unfettered, 1 and
t
quite prepared to adopt the most practicable
expensive line ; and, indeed, had they been aaniwe'a.ire''.lo:"
the great sacrifice in expense and labour wslc 11)lalnsd,
been incurred in maturing and perfecting the abi
sections, and report, which Mr. Rastrick had this day
produced, he (Mr. D.) felt assured that tlnieesccgslir
gentle_
men would not have felt any such meeting es
Mr. DRAKE added that he waq also intrusted with
letters from influential inhabitants of the important
town of Lynn, expressive of cordial co-operation in
the objects of the meeting, and begging that the exten-
sion of the line to that densely populated and wealthy
district might not be lost sight of ; which letters were
handed in to the Chairman.
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. VARNISH proposed the .sth resolution
That a Committee be appointed to arrange the de-
tails of the Company, and carry out the views of the
inceing-, with power to add to their numbers."
Which was seconded by D. M'LKAN, Esq., and car-
ried unanimously.
A. A. H. BeckwlTH, Esq., Governor of the Cor-
poration of the Court of Guardians of the City of

" That the thanks of this meeting are pre-eminently
due to the Chairman for his kindness in taking the
chair, and his marked attention to the importai.t busi-
ness of the meeting."
And observed that one advantage that would attend the
railway would be the employment of a vast number of
poor persons, who were at present in a state of the most
abject. poverty. He had been informed by several ma-
nufacturers, that the falling off in the staple trade of
Norwich was mainly owing to the defect of comamaica-
tion between Norwich and the metropolis, as compared
with the facility of communication between Lowden and
the northern counties. It was of vital importance to
Norwich that the railway should be completed as soon
as possibie,aad it would prove a great benefit not merely
to commerce, but to agriculture.
It. LLOYD, Esq., seconded the vote of thank!, which
was carried amidst great applause.
The CiiMitllAN returned thanks, and observed that
he had felt great pleasure in attending the meeting. As
one of the representatives of the county, he cansidered
it to be his bounden duty to do all he could to benefit
it, aria Lc thought he could not benefit it more than by
assisting in the accomplishment of that great measure
they had met to carry out.—(Hear, bear.) He thought
he might now congratulate the county on the fair pros-
pect or attaining that desirable object, and the county
of Norfolk would nu longer be the only county that
was not blessed with the advantage of a railway commu-
nication. Great unanimity had prevailed at that meet-
ing, and he hoped it was an earnest of the union and
gsotl feeling that would exist throughout. If they
made a strong pull they must succeed, and it
was his opinion, after due consideration, that Mr.
Itastrick's line was the one that ought to be adopted,
going as it did near Cambridge.--( Hear, hear.) No
agricialtural county could possibly raise money enough
fur the purpo;es of a line of this nature, and Lhere-
fore they must of collr4t.look to London and other
places for the principal part of their funds. There
was, however, only one way of inducing the monied
interest to render assistance, and that was by taking
shares themselves. Let every gentleman who wished
to see a railroad to Norwich and Yarmouth established,
just calculate upon the advantage he himself would
derive from it, say fairly what lie would give to see it
accomplished, and then put down his name for that
amount of shares.—(Hear, hear.) They would then
very soon derive assistaii,a2 from capita ists.—( Hear,
hear.) In conclusion, he begged again to return his
sincere thanks fur the honour they had done hm, and
would be happy to meet any gentlemen who could con-
veniently attend the meeting to be held next Thursday
in Norfolk.

In pursuance of the above resolutions a Company was
immediately formed, and shares to a large amount taken
in the room.

EXCISE ON TOBACCO.
7'o 7VHE; ELI TOE OF TILE SUN.
consequence of the remov..l of the survey
upon tobacco which came into operation on the sth of
July, 1840, 1 bq; to oticr to your notice a few remarks
from personal experience of the effect such an alteration
has, and will have upon the revenue, which that comma.
dity has, for some time yielded to this country ; confining
my observations inoi.e particularly to the districts of Lan-
caahlre, Yorkshiro, and the sui-rounding counties. I need
scarcely tell you that an allowance of Sibs per cent., was
the former law, and that at present the trade is thrown open,
leaving rilanufac.urers to make as much weight as they
possibly can without any Excise restriction whatever.
From the year 1835 to 1840, the trade averaged an in-
crease of 20 or 23 per cent., disposing of the increase
without permit in the best way they could, by evading the
rig ilanco. of the stir", ying officers; and at which time
s_veial small quantities of smuggled tobacco was offered
in this neighbourhood, owing to the difficulty which was
ex pc ri,:nced by manufacturers in disposing of their own
increased weight. . _ _

Since the removal of the survey, the average of 1001bs.
of Kentucky sterns, produces from lbOlbs. to 1601bs.
of manufactured tobacco ; I further beg to declare that,
Negrohcad, Cavandiali, Dutch, Canaster, foreign Pigtail,
end various other illegal qualities, are now selling in
the:e districts► .t 2s. 6d. and 2s. Bd. per lb., which never
paid any duty whatever : and that smuggled leaf (for the
purpose of making cigars,) is transported from one place to
anoiher with pc:feet indiErence. I feel confident that
such a state of circumstances cannot be known to
the Chancellor of Exchequer, yet I assure
yi,u Mr. E:iitor, such is the present state of
things in this psit of the country; there is not, I am sure,
an article of excisable e•marnodity which requires the atten-
tion of Government mare than tobacco—an article of
luxury, and therefore demanding a strict survey, provided
the expenses do not exceed the difference collected, which
in my opinion would mt be one-twentieth part.
The reasons why a saict survey is necessary, cannot be
trespassed upon► the columns of a Newspaper ; I must,
therefore, close the subject, as. uring you that the last Act
of Parliarn ,r.t upon this important article has been, and
will continue to be. an immense drawback upon the finan-

call exigencies of the State. Time wilt show !
S.r, respectfully yours.
Manchester, Dec. 31. OBSERVER.

NV LSALL ELECTION.
DR. BOWRING AND JOHN SMITH, ESQ.,THE

NEW CANDIDATES FOP —WALSALL.
BIRMINGIIANI, FRIDAY Acland, the able
an I elcquent Coin-law Lecturer, who announced himself
as candidate elect for the representation o! this borough,
should no other individual be found to offer himself, has
resolved to decline i.i favour of Dr. Bowling and John B.
Smith, Esq., Chairman, &c., of the Anti-Corn.law
League. Mr. Acland has published an address, in which
he atinoun(!es that be will resign his pretensions on Satur-
day ( this day), and adds " John Bowling, Esq., LL.D.,
vvtiose parliamentary conduct and experience, and whose
talent and literary reputation, are such as to render eulo-
gium needless, has been applied to by the Council of the
League, and is hourly expected to consent to offer himself;
but so anxious and determined are the gentlemen of the
League to redeem our pledge, that all suspense shall now
concerningdspor.wBelol-wforiunngdtetdhaatndif efraormnesatniys
osi?.:ereadsislyuratneeremi
unforeseen circumstances the Learned Gentleman should
disapp..int our expectations, John Benjamin Smith, Esq.,
one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county
of Lancaster, President of the National Anti-Corn-law
League, and President of the Manchester Chamber of
Commerce, will, under every disadvantage of not having
been prepared for such an undertaking, himself become
your candidate.
" In order yet further to appease and satisfy you. I have
the honour to announce that Mr. Smith will positively be
here to-morrow, prepared with Dr. Bowring's decision,
and to offer either that gentleman or himself to the electors
of Walsall, as that decision may dictate."

EXPULSION OF ANOTHER MA-

NUFACTURING PROCESS.

Those of our readers who are connected with the cotton
tra is are aware, that in order to render cotton yarn fit for
the process of weaving, after it has been made into the
warp, it is indispensable that it should be boiled, to expel
any latent impurity, and afterwards immersed in a solution
of the finest flour in a fermented state—a proaess which is
called sizing,
The foreign merchants have been accustomed to take
from this market large quantities of sized warps, ready for
the weaver to put into his loom ; but latterly the sizing
process has been cut off, the foreign manufacturers having
discovered that there was a large saving betwixt the use
of the bread taxed flour of this country and the untaxed
flour of the Continent.

Warps are, therefore, now exported in an unsized state.
Thus the English food taxers, after having almost expelled
the weaving trade, and given the few remaining hand-loom
weavers the boon of dear bread and low wages, and thrown
this starved and distressed body of respectable artisans
upon the Legislature for compassionate inquiry, have now
proceeded to deprive the sizcrs of employment also, leav-
ing in our hands the present profitless trade of spinning,
until they shall become able to take up that also, the only
advantages now accruing from this branch of business being
the brokerages upon buying and selling, and the profits to
our carrying conveyances across the country from the Mer-
sey to the Humber ; but we must except the unrighteous
and,'perhap4, ttat:sient benefit derived by our monopolizing
landowners, in their exactions from, and almost total ab-
sorptions of, the wages of labour.
g aa ivno uto
etrhs the
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manufacturer
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one in avoiding
small
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alone, which
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fact
has been established upon the Continent .furthe
thus
of
sizing English warps, an avowed saving.e has_ bus been
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effected of upwards of I,OOOL P
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Spinners ! look out ! —Anti-Co.-n.l(ll';ircuiar.