The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-05 00:00:00

NORTHERN RAILWAY.

Thd Town Council of Aberdeen have agreed to a
ni,:rnorial, which is thus explained :
The ',wriest said that the Council were generally
aL,Are that in. the course of last summer, some public-
spirted individuals in this city, in conjunction with
gnii:einen resident in Edinburgh, had a survey made
by eminent railway engineers, with the view of con-
vecting Aberdeen with Edinburgh and Glasgow, by

rot.:ris of a railroad. The country between these cities
was examined, levels were taken, and a plan made out, •
.the proposed lines (both by Stirling and
tni:tuigh Fife), and the railroads connected therewith,
executiA, in progress, or projected ; and a full
feport was also prepared, with estimates of the ex-
p,nse of the execution, of the traffic, and of the re-
velue. The report and estimates were satisfac-
:iy to the gentlemen concerned, and he be-
;i..ved that the consideration of the subject
r:ould be submitted to the public as soon
:v; the other railways to the south and west of
l'Ainhurgh %sere sufficiently advanced to warrant them
Ptc.,cedinT. His object in calling their attention to
sul;j,:et on fbe present occasion, was to intimate
a Government Ccuitnission was now engaged in sur-
ihe best line from Edinburgh to join the Lon-
doniiina;,...Lod CO interest them in soliciting from Govern-
.lo;i:it. the aid of the Commissioners, in reporting on the
suitable line to be continued notqhward to this
ctuy, in order to prevent the expenditure of large sums
of u:oney by the projectors of competing lines. The
main line ought not, he conceived, ro be made to suit
att!y part;cu!ar district or locality, but to be formed on
the broad principle of general utility. With this view
be o:ought that the Magistrates and Council should roe•
nioralize the Lords of the Treasury, praying them to ex- i
tend the powers of that Commission so af, that the sur-
vey might be continued northward as far es Aberdeen,
and a report furnished on the best line for connecting
this, city with Edinburgh and Glasgow.—lnverness
Courier.

Edward Garrett, who was convicted at the late
Somexset Assizes fur poisoning his son, and sentenced to
be hung, was reprieved on the 28th of August, and is
►:ow sentenced to be trap•ported tor life; also BArtholo-
mvw Roinini, against whim sentence of death was re-
corded, has teceived a commutation of that sentence, and
is to be transported for life.
The both, of William Innes, the late messenger
if the Zoological Society. was owned yesterday, at Shore-
kntch workhouse, in the Kingsland_road, to which it was
ken on Monday last, having been found in the Regent's
It was in such an advanced state of decompo-
',lrion, that two of the keepers from the ga• dens could
only identify it by the clothes, and the keys in his pos-
►ssss►on. The suurof l is. Hid. was found in the pockets
of eau unfortunate deceased, but the manner of his death

ro3 st•2ry.
LIBERTY OF THE ROLLS.—The improvements
iL tni, locality have commenced by the removal of a num-
ber of ruinous tentmenta in klfeartes-bnildings, Chancery-
lane, leading to a dens,,ly-populated and unwholesome
nTighbou,hocd, for the purpose of erecting a church. The
population of the Liberty of the Rolls has increased to
2,600 it,l4abitants, who have no church of their own,
Jut have hi,herto been Accommodated in that of St. Dun-
st.in's in the West. About 5 000/. will be f,quired for its
erection, endowment, and the repairing fund.

aui4Ut

CESAREAN OPERATION.--A poor woman,
.rimed Mary Ann Jer,es, residing in Rethbone-street,
Chorlioe-upon-Medlock, was delivered r.ther more than a
fortnight ago, by Teem; of what is termed the Cm-arean
eectioe, which was performed by Mr. Wni-ehead, of
Or.i'ard.sireet. Both mother and child are doing well.
Tel's, we believe, is the second operation of this kind per-
termed with success in this country.
FRENCH CA RICATURE.—A caricature in pias-
ter has appeared in the shops in Paris, representing a
giant with tour beads, one English, another Russian, the
C;ird Austrian, and the fourth Prussian. B.:fore them
staude a little bit•of a National Guard, with his bayoeet
ready to eiart:o, and calling out "A moi, la Trance!"
The giant is alarmed, and is retreating..
WALLING ON THE VS' ATER.—For several
?..;!, last the walls of Rouen were covered with placards
t.,e.ring the fi:zure of a man with a cane in his band.
-7,,:-,cking en the water, and announcing that M. Durand de
Monestrol would traverse the river on foot by means of
ardzis insubmersibles, invented by himself. Long before
Cie ,ppoinied hour the
quays, and all the craft moored to
ahem, were covered with people. At length M. Durand
mvpeared ,sitti his sob() a, which were iu the form of two
ee4ettler noilPr,,, mechanically united, being about six feet
111 leogth, and weighing between 5001bs. and 6001bs. He
immediately launched himself upon the water, but had not
advanced one step before he lost his balance,'
the
d ivras,
weh lis sabots insubmersibles, submerged in
The intrepid Louis Brune and a person named r
Duren
river.
qre, however, at hand, and rescued him from the fate of
:the equally adventurous and more unfortunate Icarus
DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—This morning a fire
broke Gut on the premises of Mr. Sharman, an eaten ive
cabinet-maker carrying on business in Rawstorne street,
cierkenweil, which, as well as destroying property to a
large amount,
was near being attended with the loss of
;life. At an early he. ur the policeman on duty observed a
volume of smoke rising from the back of the Ineise. After
considerable difficalty he succeeded in arousing the
prevented downwards by the 'D-
mater, but eerces was l'r . .
_games,
compiled to escape over the roof of the DEATH 01' A POLISH OFFICER.—On Fri-
and they were
)id was the progress of the times dayNer evening an inqufet was held before Mr. Higgs, at the
adjcinine; house.
B4ets'oelek,erArms, Strand, on the. body of John Martin
SCAT none of the furSnii;urraeicould ba saved ; and having corn-
: wed frith a quantity of timber which was st6wed
. , ; . , ag,.tl thirty eight, a native of Warsaw. and
etio.exe,_
km_
ra.reds-t
in fit,., yard, tile utmost 4 xertions of the engin( s were una. 1 f„,..merly ;
4 captain of artill,ry ir. the Polish !limy. It ap-
tn evdelice that deceased lodged occasionally at
veilitig entil the premises completely gutted. We ,
and 4 , Sharman was insured. 31 1.0•440 m s, 283, Strand, and that he had b •en
%vent unabio to te.ern whetlwietrreMr.
; affected with consumption forhetpitl,i.eeelast tw, lye months. His
A LIINT. TO MoTHEits.—Ma.rk that nursery
Carts and landlord
mai-d, crossing the road with two children I ,swa him last alive twelve and one o'clock
venjeles of all leinds are rapidly approaching in every di- j en Friday morning, when he was in bed, and when he took
reepen. The young damsel looks neither one way nor somee ess a e
tl u
as
se
tnhgme sa t
iaen
cough,
e
someg sugarAt
ei
eight
td t
hwea tseermteo
morningeasy
the other. The driver of the cabriolet suddenly pulls up, ;
; was found dead in bed. •
-
no marks of violence on the
in order that the two juveniles and their anxious attendant
was sent, for,_ said he_ Mr. Richards, a surgeon, who
and, lisaeidbetlhiaetvehde
odnecceepasoesd.
the an t
iSnzopz :pi
aanndo,usWkhi ,i
which
v ihnagd stated
been
ram riot be run over ; and the latter, now for the first time i
;a ~4 a.re of Coming danger, jerks the arm of one of the chit- body,
fnoartahtzetraeLesieouftenpeolon,
dron (almost enough to dislocate it) with the same here- ;died °
aesrendment ; that he had been
,calet intention. If mothers did but look a liti,Lp more : the rank and age of deceased
afrePthekbirsPriag, and confide less in others, there would
es!sesfie,,deactoendsdh)e,rtahbeleßpersospiaeertGy
essilledly be fewer cripples io the world I Little Henry ;
would not break hialeg in an area-grating, nor little Mary ! an exile in this country for six years, and was in reduced
be ,ienocked down by some reckless fellow, whilst her ' circumstances. Witnesshad no doubt that he died of
rdiart '4 looking another way. and talking . consumption ; indeed, the physician to the Polish roll. letia• •, to a young
ee sreleinan with a cigar in his mouth I—A Summer's Day gees had pepdieted that he would not live a fortnight,
'o' "
at Greenwich. 1 Verdict..." Died by the visitation of God,"

When it is considered that the new commercial treaty
combined with it a general change in the internal re-
gulations of the country, it is hardly time yet to pro-
nounce upon the efficacy or failure of the attempt.
The Turkish Government have adopted mea-
sures intended to carry into effect the views of the
new treaty, and have even extended them in the hatti
scheriff issued subsequently to, and in support of it,
Upon the healthful operation of these extensive changes
introduced into the commercial administration of Turkey
depend in reality the existence of the empire in the scale
of independent nations. Neither internal commotion
nor the ambitious jealousy of her neighbours can cause the
downfall of Turkish rule if her resources and capabi-
lities for commerce are but once made to operate for the
benefit of the empire. The pre-eminence which in that
instance Turkey must necessarily &luxe in the whole
of Southern Europe and the Levant by the proper in-
tercharge of her comaiodities with Great Britain more
especially, is sufficient to afford her that friendly and
consistent support which alone is requisite to insure her
stability.—Tinies.