The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-08 00:00:00

ROBERT CARMICHAEL SMYTH.

SCOTCH MARRIAGES AND
REGIS'IsBATION BILLS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I am anxious to draw attention through the
medium of your widely-circulated journal to the Scotch
Nlairiage and Registration Bilk which have again been
introduced by Lord Campbell, although twice rejected
by Palliser ent—having met with the unanimous opposi-
tion of the people of Scotland. They were submitted to
a Committee of the House of Lords last session, of
which I was a member, and though many of the ob-
jectionable clauses contained in the original Registration
Bill were amended they still bear a highly penal charac-
ter, a►ad, moreover, cannot be carried out without con-
siderable expense—to be met partly by a rate upon pro •
perty (which, considering the rapid increase of poor
persons and county-rates, is highly objectionable), and
partly by the State. The system of registration having
railed in England, and being neither popular nor requi-
site in Scotland, it seems most undesirable in these days
when economy is so necessary to introduce a measure
of no pressing importance, entailing the creation of
filmy officers such as registrars, sub-registrars, deputy-
registrars, in addition to the register-office and its
attendant expenses—a demand upon the Exchequer
which Sir Charles Wood can scarcely have duly con-
sidered. A Bill brought i❑ thus early and hurried on
may slip through Parliament unless the attention of
Scotch Members is especially directed to it. It time be
given petitions will pour in from every county and
borough, and most of the parishes and presbyteries in
Scotland, for the people are feeling alive to the evil of
creating.new offences by the unnecessary multiplication
of statute laws, and of adding to the local taxation for
purposes of a public character, which, as they are
valuable chiefly as a means of obtaining statistics, and
confer no advantages of a local nature, should fall solely
on the State.

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
Rossie Priory, March 6, 1849. KINN AIRD.

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY.
—Mr. Alfred Smee, the surgeon to the Bank of England,
and inventor of the battery which bears his name, has
announced important discoveries in animal electricity.
By a test, which he terms electro-voltaic, he has satisfied
himself that the terminations of the sensor nerves are
positive poles of a voltaic circuit, whilst the muscular
substance is the negative pole. The sensor nerves are
the telegraphs which carry the sensation to the brain,
and the motor nerves carry back the volition to the
muscles. The brain he infers to consist of five distinct
voltaic circles, which, upon theoretical grounds, he be-
lieves to be sufficient to account for all mental pheno-
mena. Mr. Since has succeeded in making artificial elec-
tric fish, and artificial muscular substance. The bare
aanuuncement of such a discovery must put the whole
medical world upon the alert, and in their bands, for the
present, we leave it. Should Mr. Smee's views be con-
firmed by other investigators, he will establish an im-
perishable name in the records of physiological science.
THE HARBOUR MASTER.—Yezterday the Port of
London and Navigation Committee of -the Common
Council met at the Guildhall, for the purpose of elect-
ing a principal and superintending harbour master, va.
cant by the resignation of Commander Fisher, R.N.,
who has retired on a pension, after thirty years' ser-
vice. Tho Committee discussed the question with closed
doors, and at length came to the determination that the
old harbour masters should rise in seniority, according
to established usage, and Mr. Rowland was appointed
principal and superintending harbour master, at a sa-
lary of 5004 per annum. Lieutenant Stone, R.N., of
Limehouse, second, at a salary of 4001.; Mr. James, of
Gravesend, third, 3004; and Captain Coffin to enter, as
his colleague had formerly done, at a salary of 2504
JOHN HUNTER THE ANATOMIST AND THE
DENTISTS.—In the latter part of the last century the
celebrated anatomist, John Hunter, in the course of his
valuable physological labours, made himself master of
the anatomy of the teeth, and published a work on
dentistry, in which he recommended, as a more scientific
mode of extracting carious teeth than any other, the
raising the tooth perpendicularly or in the line of its
axis. It is only within the last few months, and after
the lapse of fifty years or more, that an ingenious in-
vention has been put forward to carry out Hunter's sug-
gestion. At the last monthly meeting of the Medico-
Chirurgical Society, held is Berners•street, J. M. Ar-
nett, Esq., F.R.S„ in the chair, the attention of the
members was engaged by the exhibition of a new sur-
gical chair for operations, to which is attached what is
called a dental fulcrum, by which teeth can be extracted,
on true scientific principles, and causing less pain than
was heretofore produced by the torture•inflicting instru-
ment, known as the "Key." The invention is patented,
and employ( d professionally by 11. Gilbert, Esq.,
M.R.C.S. The msmbrrs of the above society expressed
themselves much pleased with the invention, as calcu-
lated to prove a boon to the public and the profession.
DEATH OF DAVID SCOTT, ESQ., 8.:5.A.-711e
regret to announce the decease of this distinguished
artist, which took place at his residence here on Monday
afternoon. Mr. Scott had been suffering from serious
illness fur several weeks, and for some days past, no
other than a fatal issue had been expecexpected.—Scotsman.Two men, named Nicou and Michel, wero cited.
on Saturday, in the name of the ex-fling Lotus-Pht-
lippe, under his title of ,Count do,. Neuilly, to appear
before the Correctional Tribunal of 1 arts, to answer a
charge of cutting and carrying away faggots from the
forest of Bondy, belonging to the ex-lung. They made
default, and were condemed to pay a fine of 4f., and
also 2f. as damages.

THE WAR. IN THE PUNJAUB.
THE OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
A series of dispatches, thirty-three in number, ap-
pearin a supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday, detail-
ing the military operations which have taken place in
the Punjaub since the 9th of September last. The sub-
stance of nearly all of these, and in some instances the
documents themselves, have already been published in
The Sun, but as they now appear tor the first time under
official authority, an abstract of them may not prove
uninteresting:—
The first dispatches relate to siege operations before
Moultan, the mode in which the enemy was con-
ducting their defences, and the casualty returns of
the field force engaged. The first dispatch is ad-
dressed by General Which to the Adjutant. General,
and is dated the 9th September, 1848. After some de
tails it states:—" The enemy were troublesome at day-
break yesterday and midnight, and particularly at four
a.m. this morning, on which latter occasion their attack
on the trench was more decided." The second dispatch,
dated the 10th of September, 1848, from General Whish
to the Adjutant-General, gives an account of an abortive
attempt, attended with considerable loss, to dislodge the
enemy from a position apparently similar to one near
it, which they had been easily driven from a day or two
previously. It concludes with the particulars of a move-
ment to turn the position referred to, in which operation
Brigadier Markham was w.tunded. The third dispatch,
between the same parties, dated Moultan, September 12,
conseys intelligence of the capture of the position with
comparatively little loss, that event having been delayed
considerably by the prevalence of stormy weather. In
his fourth dispatch, dated the 13th of September, Ge-
neral Whish continues the narrative of the mode in
which the attack on the enemy's position was so suc-
cessful. " The position," he states, " was a strong one,
and stoutly defended, the conflict terminating only in a
si ries of hand to baud encounters." The dispatches 5,
6, and 7, from General Whish to the Adjutant-General,
are dated on the 7th, 9th, and 12th of November, 1848,
and give the particulars of a successful attack, attended
with comparatively little loss, on the strong position oc-
cupied by the enemy on the eastern side of the Grand
Canal: The enemy was in strong force on the west side
of the Canal also, but had uo guns there. The dis-
patch attributes the result in a great measure to a rapid
advance of cavalry and horse artillery, under Major
Wheeler and Captain Anderson, and the steady
advance and brilliant bayonet charge of the
infantry force on the enemy's batteries. Five
pieces of cannon were captured in the engage-
ment. Next follow in the series letters from Briga-
dier F. Markham and Brevet-Major Wheeler, the first
to General Which, the second to Captain A. S. Balfour,
Major of Brigade, giving further details of the action to
which the two preceding dispatches refer. Following
these documents come two dispatches from Major 11. B.
Edwardes, C. 8., and Lieutenant E. J. Lake to General
Whish, describing the conduct of the allies under their
command on the 7th of November. Some doubt had
been thrown over their fidelity by the desertion on the
previous night of half of one of General Courtlandt's re-
gular regiments; but on the morning of the 7th they vi-
gorously repulsed a fierce attack of the enemy, and during
the day they took an important part in the successful
operations on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal.
:Next in the series is a dispatch from Gen. Whish to the
Adjutant-General, dated the 27th of December, and
stating that, having been joined by;the Bombay column,
he had resumed operations against the enemy. It
describes the plan of attack which had been adopted
against Moultan, and then announces the complete
success which had attended it. In his dispatch of the
following day, General Whish enters more into details
of the operations, and designates as the strong posi-
tions taken, " Sudee-lollke-bed," " Mundee-Awa," the
suburbs east of it and to the north-east angle of the
citadel, the " Amkhap," " Sawan Mull's Tomb," the
brick-kilns with strong entrenchments, the " Shums-
tobreeze" or Blue Mosque, and the village or
tort of Wuaerabad. "Aa of these," adds the re-
port, " the enemy had evidently determined to de-
fend manfully, but were deterred when the time came by
previously witnessing the discomfiture of their friends
from the triple and earlier attack on the left." The
dispatch is followed up by reports from Brigadier the
Hon. IL Dundas, in command of the Bombay column,
to General Whish, and from Brigadier 1). Capon, com-
manding the Ist brigade of the Bombay column, to the
Assistant-Adjutant-General, Major Green. These
supply many particulars of the military operations by
which the capture of Moultan was effected. On the 30th
of December General Whist] continues his narrative of
the siege, and describes the blowing up of the Grand
Musjid in the citadel, appropriated as the principal maga-
zine. On the 31st of December he reports that the tire
from the citadel had been almost entirely subdued. On
the 2d of January General Whish writes to the Adjutant-
General that in a week the troops under his command
had effected the reduction of the fortified city of Muultan,
and made the interior of the citadel a wreck. A dispatch
dated the 3d of January, written by the Hon. H. Pundits,
announces the same facts to the Adjutant-General of
the Bombay army. Then follows the dispatch of General
Whish, dated the 22d of January, announcing the fall
of the citadel and the unconditional surrender of Moulraj.
This document has already appeared at length in The
Sun. This closes the series of papers touching on the
beige operations before Moultan.
Next comes a letter from the Adjutant-General of
the Army to the Secretary of the Government of India,
announcing, under date October 4, 1848, that Major
S. Fisher had dispersed a band of marauders near
Noorpoor, under a leader named Ham Singh. The report
of Major Fisher on the subject is subjoined. A dis-
patch troth the Adjutant-General of the Army comes
next, a idressed to the Secretary to the Government of
India, dated lialka, October 22, 1848. It states that
Brigadier H. M. Wheeler, commanding in the Jullundur
1)oah, bad effected the reduction of the fort of Bangor
Nuggal, a strongly fortified place, without any loss of
itfe. Brigadier Wheeler's 1, ttcr, dated the 15th of Oc-
tober, to the Adjutant-General follows, with details of
the siege. Then follows the official announcement of the
capture of liullalwulla by the same officer, and his
letter,
,dated Kullulwalu, Nov. 23, to the Adjutant-
General, explaining the manner in which it had been ac-
complished.
To these documents succeeds the dispatch of Lord
Gough, giving the details of the action which took
place at Itamnuggur. The report of Brigadier. Gene-
ral C .Canapbell, dated 24th November, is subjoined, with
a long return of the killed, wounded, and missing in
that disastrous affair. Then follows the general orders
to the army of the I'unjaub, the letter of Lord
Gough to the Governor-General, dated Hillah,
the sth of December. The list of papers
closes with a lungdispatch from Major-General Sir Joseph
Thackwell to the Adjutant-General, explaining very fully
the reasons which induced hiaa to select the ford over the
Chenaub at Wuzeerabad to that at Runnee laThitn-ke-
Puttun, or that at Alice Shere-ke -Chuck. The Brigadier
also gives a full account of his engagement with Shere
Singh's forces on crossing the Chenaub, and ascribes to
the small force of cavalry under his command, and to the
advanced time of the day, his not being able to capture
the enemy's guns.

THE EAST INDIA HOUSE AND
SIR C. J. NAPIER.
Yesterday morning a special meeting of the Directors
of the East India Company was held at their house in
Leadenhall-street, to take into consideration the appoint-
ment by the Government of Sir Charles Napier as com-
mander-general of the forces in India, contrary to, and
in defiance of, the expressed wishes of many of the Di-
rectors, who, it has always been admitted, have had the
power to veto any recommendation made by the Crown.
Lieut.-General Sir James Law Lushington, chairman of
the board of directors, presided, and there ware present
R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., J. Masterman, Esq., M.P.,
the Hon. W. H. Leslie Melville, W. H. C. Plowden, Esq.,
M.P., M. T. Smith, Esq., M.P., H. G. Tucker, Esq.,
M.P., Major. General Caulfield, Major-General Sir Ar-
chibald Galloway, and other directors.
The meeting was held with closed doors, and the ut-
most secresy was observed, so that it was impossible to
give anything like a detailed report of what took place.
We (the Guardian) may, however, state that on the as-
sembling o`.. the board, Mr. J. C. Melvill read an official
notice from Sir John Cam Hobhouse, President of the
Board of Control, conveying to the Directors intimation
of her Majesty's appointment of Sir Charles Napier.
This occasioned considerable discussion, and the appoint-
ment was opposed by Major-General Caulfield, and de-
fended by Sir J. Law Lushington, each of the Hon.
Directors becoming, as it were, the leader of a party.
The appointment of Sir Charles was eventually con-
firmed, and it was stated to the board that at an inter-
view which he had with the Duke of Wellington on
Monday, the terms on which he would accept the ap-
pointment wore settled; one of the principal being that
he would nut be controlled by any political agent in
directing the movements of his armies.
Recruiting parties have been ordered out by the mili-
tary authorities to enlist men to replace the casualties
in the regiments serving in the Punjaub; it is also un-
derstood that volunteers will be received trom regiments
serving at home, and proceed immediately for service in
India, as these men, already trained as soldiers, will of
course be more efficient than recruits can be for some
months after joining the service.

WEST INDIA MAIL.
The West India papers which the Severn did not
bring have arrived. The 22d of January is the latest
date from Jamaica.
REVIEW OF MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligences.)
The business of the past fortnight has been extremely
dull. Complaints of the inactivity of the markets have
been general in all branches of business. In breadstuffs
there has been unusual inactivity, and resort has been
had to auction for the purpose of forcing off late receipts
of flour, meal, &c. Salted provisions are in somewhat
better request. Irish butter and candles are much
wanted. There has been an improved feeling in the
bngar market, consequent on some purchases for expor-
tation, coupled with the very light receipts in town.
ExcwruEs ox LONDON.—Colonial Bank: 90 days,
per cent. pm.; 60 days, 11 per cent. ',pm;
30
2/- per cent. pm.; between packets, ipli per,erce cent,nt.
extt4lt:on
each rate. Jamaica Bdainko. Merchants'
Bills:
90
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60 days, 1;13 percent. ditto. 1
per cent. nitto.
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ton, rum at 4d. per gallon, and pimento at id. per lb.

SOUTHAMPTON, )VEDNESDAY.—The Madrid, Pe-
ninsular Company's steam-ship, Captain Bowen, with
the Peninsular mails, left this day. She took out about
twelve passengers, and a large general cargo. The Erin,
Captain Russell, from the Black Sea, is expected hourly.
The Montrose, Captain Clive, from the Italian route, is
expected in the course of a day or two.
Sir George Anderson, Governor of the Mauritius,
had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Co-
lonial-office.

•
RAILWAY
INTELLIGENCE.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 7.—This morning the 25th
hall-yearly meeting of this company was held in this
city; Henry llouldsworth, Esq., in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that
" The disposable amount of 152,556/. 10s. id. would
provide for the preference shares and loans, and for a
dividend on the ordinary share capital, at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum, subject to income-tax, and would
leave a balance of 13,9931. 14s. Id. to be carried forward.
" The directors were glad to report that the favourable
change in monetary affairs had enabled them latterly to
secure such sums as they required at a reduced
rate of interest ; also that the late calls had been more
promptly met than during the last two years. This
change might, therefore, supersede the necessity of any
further issue of the 6 per cent. preference stock."
The CHAIRMAN said, that in examining the accounts
in order to prepare himself for that meeting, it occurred
to him that it would be of very great importance to ap-
point auditors from amongst the shareholders, to re-
, examine all the accounts alter the directors had prepared
them, and he was glad to say that his fellow directors
concurred in the value of that suggestion. He had great
hopes, now that trade was improving, of a very large in-
crease in both the passenger and merchandise traffic.
The board had last year given up their allowance of
100/. per annum each, but it was now resolved to ask
the meeting for 2,800/. for that purpose for the present
year. The Chairman thin moved the adoption of the
report.
The Earl of SEFTON seconded the report, and observed
that he thought it would be a great advantage to have
auditors appointed from the body of proprietors to exa-
mine the accounts.
After some conversation, the report, together with the
accounts of the directors, was unanimously carried.
A dividend of 2} per cent. for the half-year was then
adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected.
Mr. Atkinson, of Kirby Lonsdale, and Mr. Dunlop,
of Edinburgh, were appointed auditors, and the meeting
terminated.

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RA IL WA Y ACCIDENTS.
By a careful analysis of the returns made to this de-
partment, it appears that, of the 112 persons killed, and
120 injured, on all the railways open for public traffic in
Great Britain and Ireland,
,during the half-year ending
the 31st December, 1848, there were-3 passengers
killed, and 66 injured from causes beyond their own con-
trol; 7 passengers killed and fire injured, owing to their
own misconduct or want of caution, 6 servants of com-
panies or of contractors killed, and 18 injured, from
causes beyond their own control ; 73 servants of com-
panies or of contractors killed, and 24 injured, owing to
their own misconduct or want of caution; 23 trespassers
and other persons, neither passengers nor servants,
killed, and 5 injured, by improperly crossing or standing
on the railway. Total 112 killed; 120 injured. The
number of passenger conveyed during the half-year
amounted to 31,524,641. The number of miles of rail-
way open on the 30th June, 1848, was 4,357; the
number of miles open on the 31st December, was 5,007,
increase during the six months, 650 miles.
DUNCAN AFGREGOA, Registrar.
Office of Commissioners of Railways,
Whitehall, March 1, 1849.

EXPRESS TRAINS.
TO TEIE EDITOR OP THE TIRES.
Sir,—lt will be your painful duty as a journalist to
record another railway accident attended with the loss of
life. The express down train from London to Newcastle
ran off the line between Darlington and Durham on
Saturday evening, without any apparent reason, causing
the death of the engine-driver, the injury of the stoker,
the destruction of the engine and tender, and great
damage to all the carriages and manyyards of both lines
and rails. Most happily and providentially, the coupling
between the engine and the tender gave way, and the
passenger carriages were thrown off on the opposite side
to the engine, which flew across the other or up line of
rails, swung completely round and buried itself in the
earth. A broadside from a hundred gun ship could not
have made the havoc on the engine, carriages, and
rails, which in one minute was erected by the uncon-
trolled power of the impetuous locomotive when once it
had diverged from its proper course. No fault can be
attributed to the poor fellow, the driver, who was in-
stantaneously hurried into eternity. His assistant, too
ill to be questioned, could render no account. He was
no doubt stunned by the sudden overthrow. The pas-
sengers, including your correspondent, have great rea-
son to thank God for their merciful preservation. Tom
know the speed of an express train. Imagine, then, the
sudden plunge off the rails while under that great ve-
locity. The heavy iron rails and massive wooden
sleepers broken, and the dislocation into fragments of
the once noble engine, attest the mighty power which
had been at cork to accomplish such havoc. It is mar.
vellous that any of the carriages should have remained
whole to afford protection to the passengers.
It was not, however, my intention to enter into a do-
tailed account of the accident, but to address a few ob-
servations to you on the present modes of travelling by
railway, in the hope that your powerful pen will be
used to advocate.the adoption of a safer and more secure
one. On all the principal lines there are express, ordi-
nary, and slow trains. Now, whatever may be said
about the excellent appointments of the express train, it
is easy to prove that the hazard of an accident is in-
creased by the excess of velocity. And as the hazard
is greater, so is the danger to all the passengers
tearfully augmented. Who that standing close to
the rails has witnessed an express train passing
along in al its speed, would insure the life of a
single individual in it were any obstruction to occur?
The ordinary trains do not keep up the same uniform
degree of speed. At times, however for a short distance,
they do almost, if not quite equal, the velocity of the
express. When they do so an additional danger attends
them. Unlike the express, the ordinary trains are long
and heavy. Should, therefore, an accident happen in the
front of the train, the weight in motion behind would
press on with disastrous dr, ct. Had any weighty
carriages been attached in the rear on Saturday,
every passenger carriage must have been crushed to
atoms. Of the slow trains I need say nothing; but
as every one cannot travel by them, it appears to me
that to insure a greater degree of safety a train should
run for passengers only, at a less speed than the express,
and without the weight of the ordinary trains. For in-
stance, lot the rate be twenty miles an hour, and let
there be no trucks or vans for merchandize. If railway
companies will not adopt trains whereby reasonable ex-
pedition may be obtained without incurring the hazards
which the present system embraces, the law of the land
should compel them to afford one such safety train at
least in the day.
I inclose my name and and address, but I would rather
that you should receive this letter from
Monday, March 5. A PASSENGER.

THE LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS.—Last night
was commenced an " extra season" of eight concerts, the
undertaking having proved so successful as to demand a
continuation of tl ese attractive entertainments. The
programme for last evening was, as usual, varied and at-
tractive, combining the names (among others) of Mdlle.
Nissen, Miss Lucombe, the Misses Williams, Miss Poole,
Mr. Thalberg, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Whitworth.
Among the most successful of the performances were
Bellini's duet, " Deh con to" (Norma), sung by Mdlle.
Nissen and Miss A. Williams; Beethoven's cantata,
" Ab, perlido," sung by Miss Lucombe; Crouch's
" Kathh en Mavourneen," sung by Miss Poole•, Bishop's
duet, " As it fell upon a day," sung by the Misses Wil-
liams; and the " Bay of Biscay,' sung by Mr. Sims
Reeves. On the last song being re-demanded, the
singer substituted, " In this arm chair," which he ren-
dered very effectively. Mr. Thalberg also played two
fantasias on the pianoforte in masterly style. The hall
was crowded.

TEE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA'S ASCOT RACE CUP.--
The model from which the annual cup, given by the Em-
peror of Russia to be run for at Ascot-heath Races, is
to be made, has been completed by Mr. Cotterill, and the
cup is now about to be manufactured in silver at the
establishment of the Messrs. Garrad's, in the Haymarket.
What is properly the " cup" is au elegant vase, the shape
of which has the purity of the Etruscan specimens, com-
bined with the elegance of the Venetian taste. It sur-
mounts a fragment of the rock, and is partly encircled
by the limbs of two marine monsters, which form one
of the groups of the design of the artist. This design
is a representation of the death of Hippolytus- Mr.
Cotterill has chosen the moment when the horses, ttereriir-
ktebeEc;hpapnoloyttuosf
fied at the sight of the monsters which threaten . h
destruction from above, have overturned
their master and broken away from the yo
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this artist's horses invariably ate,
representations of nature, and in this in-
figure, most happily described,
sufficiently idealized to the classic, with-
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The whole composition is masterly, and worthy of high
praise.
OXFORD AND CAMERIDGE BOAT-RACE. The
public will be gratified to learn that an eight-oar cutter
race is about to take place between the gentlemen of the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The event, we
are assured, is to be decided on or about Thursday, the
29th inst., over the usual course from Putney to Mort-
lake, when a great aquatic treat may be anticipated.
NORTH KENT RAILWAY.—OD Thursday last an
experimental trip was made upon this line from Graves-
end to Frith. The train consisted of an engine and
tender, followed by three carriages. At every viaduct
and difficult portion of the works upon the line the train
stopped, and the engineers and contractors tested the
iron girders and the brackets underneath them. The
carriages were driven several times, both slowly and ra-
pidly, over the bridges, timber erections, and earth
works, and tho result was satisfactory,.
'inn CORONER rod MIDDLESEX.--MT. Wakley,
M.P., is, we understand, confined to his residence at
Han field park in consequence of severe illness. Mr.
Wakley, we learn, has been Buffering from indisposition
for some weeks past, Yesterday (Monday) week his ill-
ness suddenly became much aggravated, and since that
time he has not quitted his room.
GALWAY GAOL.—On Tuesday an order was re•
ceived from the Lord- Lieutenant by the Governor of the
county gaol for the dismissal of 90 persons in custody
for petty larcenies. The names of the prisoners had
been sent up by the governor according to directions
which he had received, but before the order for their
had died.—Galway dismissal had time to arrivetenrinoudticoaftotr.h e number to be
dismissed
Tun RIVER Enz.—Since fly-fishing commenced,
a great number of salmon have been caught up the
river with the fly; and on Tuesday last one, weighing
between five and six pounds, was caught agar the elvers
—Age* Gazette.