The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

No. 16,948. LO DON, WE DN ESDAY MORNING

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William Banbury, Esq. M.P.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas Camplin, Esq. eremiah filcher, Esq.
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING.
Weights for the Great Metropolitan Handicap of 25 soya.
each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday
next, Jan. 19.
Alarm, 5 yrs, 9st 121b—Sweetmeat, 5 yrs, 9st 9st—Wolf
dog, 5 yrs, 9st 31b—Dulcet, 5 yrs, 9st 11b—Annandale, 5
yrs. Bst 1316—Morpeth, 6 yrs, 81t 121b—Sting, 4 yrs,
Bst 121b—Iago, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—Doleful, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b
Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst 9lb—queen Slab, aged, Bst 91b—
Akbar, 6 yrs, Bst 91b—Counsellor, aged, Bst 81b—Pine
Apple, aged, Bst 71b—Intrepid, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Red Rover,
6 yrs, Bst 51b—Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—The Comet, 4
yrs, Bst 31b—Dexterous, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—The Premier, 4
yrs, Bst 31b—Arthur, 5 yrs, Bst lib—Lord Saltoun, 6 yrs,
Bst Ilb—Laundry Maid, 4 yrs, Sat llb—Wit's End, 4 yrs,
Bst 1 lb—Refraction, 5 yrs, Bst—Campanile, b yrs, 7st 131 b
Clumsy, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Roebuck, 5 yrs, ist 131b—Boarding
School Miss, 6 yrs, 7st 131b—Giselle, 4 yrs, 7st 131b—What,
aged, 7st 131b—Best Bower, 6 yrs, ist 12Ib Gannet, 5 yrs,
ist 1216—The Lamb, 4 yrs, 7st Mb—Mildew, 5 yrs, 7st 1 llb
—Mosque, aged, 7st 111b—Plaudit, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Maid of
Lyme, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Roderick, aged, 7st 101b—Tom Tul-
lock, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Little Jack, 5 yrs, 7st 1 Olb—The Duke
of Richmond, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Ukraine, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Dio-
med, 4 yrs,, 7st 91b—The Magnet, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Gwalior,
5 .yrs; Tst 91b—Driffield, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Queen Anne, 4 yrs,
7st 91b—My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st9.b—Alliance, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—
False Report, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Rufus, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Bourton,
4 yrs, ist 81b—Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs, ist 81b—
Ajax, aged, ist 81b—Banana, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Buttress, 4 yrs,
Tat 71b—Icicle, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—B mby Samarcand, out of
La Fille-mal-gardee, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Shelforth, 4yrs, 7st 71b—
Duc-an-Durras, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Sir Simon, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—
Binnacle, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Finvaragh, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Flahow-
lagh, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Jenny Wren, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Lynceus,
4 yrs, 7st 51b— Sheraton, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Farthing Candle,
4 yrs, 7st 51b—Secundus, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Wyvern, 4 yrs, 7st
51b—Punch, 4 yrs, ist 51b—Flitch, 4 yrs, ist 51b—Camera
Obscure, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Buscot Buck, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Hyd-
rangea, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—The Little Vulgar Boy, 4 yrs, ist 31b
Satyr, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Lady Sarah, 6 yrs, 7st 316—Sir Peter
Laurie, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Guarach, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Miss Shirley,
4 yrs, ist 11b—Tit-bit, 4 yrs, 6st 13—Cherry, 4 yrs, Est 131 b
Headsman, 4 yrs, Est 121b—The Correct Card, 5 yrs, Est 121 b
—Geraldine, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Polka,4 yrs, 6st 1216—Pimento,
6 yrs, Est 121b—Ally Croker, 6 yrs, 6st 91b—Hannah Raine,
4yrs, Est 91b—Ferney, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Cossack,3yrs,6st 31b--
Projectile, 3 yrs, 6st 31—Crozier, 3 yrs, sst 1316—Devil-
me-care, 3 yrs, sst 1016—Queen Mary, 3 yrs, sst 10lb—
Comme 11 faut, 3 yrs, sst 101 b—b fby neon, out of Hippona's
dam, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Halo, 3 yrs, sst 71b--Moodkee, 3 yrs,
sst 51b— Mirmillo, 3 yrs, sst 11b—Aleanee, 3 yrs, sst 11b—
So Nice, 3 yrs, sst 11b—Pink Bonnet, 3 yrs, sst Ilb—brother
to Stitch, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Vampyrs, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—c by
Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b—b fby Elis, or Veni-
son, out of Odessa, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Emerald Isle, 3 yrs,
4st 121 b.
N.B. If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 716, it
will be raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 11.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The business done in railway stock
here to-day has been limited ; the market was dull, and
prices generally lower. The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire, 11. 3s. 9d. p. ex int.-Birmingham and
Dudley, 634 p.- Birmingham and Oxford, 11 p.-Boston,
Stamford, and Birmingham, 21/1 p.-Buckinghamshire, %p.
-Caledonian, 4 p -Ditto, Clydesdale Junction, 15 p.-
Edinburgh and Northern, New 251. Shares, 2 p.-Glasgow
and Dumfries, 11. 135. 9d. p.-Great Northern (Nos. 1 to
108,000), 13s. 9d. p. ex int -Ditto (No. 108,001 and up-
wards), y 4 p. ex int. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 414 p.
Thirsk,pD.i-tbLeEexdtsenasni(dml, 1% dis. ex int.-Ditto, New, IA p.p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 514
ex int.-Ditto, Preference, It. Bs. 9d. p.-Leicester and
Bed ford, 14 dis.-London and North- Western, 19814-Ditto,
Quarters, (G. J.), 22 p.- Ditto, New Quarters, 134 p.-
London and York, 1 p. -Ditto, Direct Northern, 34 p.-
Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1% p.-Manchester, 80l-
StoolUthaanndiptln_litilr,3isE3xdt.eptopn,itlt/o.,l(l)sn.e.3edig.
Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincoln), 16s. 3d. dis.-Midland
hpt.l-1 Shares, di sa.n-d
Stock, 401. Shares, 814 p.-Ditto, New, 434 p.-North Staf-
fordshire, 4 p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster, 34 p. -
Shrewsbury and Hereford, 14 dis.-Shrewsbury and Chester
(late N.W.M.), 5 p.-Ditto, New, 2% p.- Shrewsbury and
Chester, New, Is. 3d. p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
(B), ',7•;; p.-South-Eastern, No. 4, Thirds, 11s. 3d. p.-
South Stafihrdshire Junction, 1/. 6s. 3d. p.-West Riding
Union, 2% p.-York and North Midland, Preference, 11 p.
-Northern of France (Constituted), 514 p.
MANCHESTER, JANUARY 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, % p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 114 p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 1114 p.-Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley, 31A p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.-Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 14 p.-Buckinghamshire, 9.16 p.
-East Lancashire, 3% p.-East Lincolnshire, 2 3-16 p.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 19-Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Riding, 1,4 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal, 32-Ditto, Thirds, 1 c. p.-Leeds and
Thirsk, Preferentials, 1 p.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, New Branch, Scrip, (blue), 3 p.-Manchester and
Leeds, Halves (H. and S.), 6 p.-Ditto, Extension, 158 p.-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% c. dis.-
Ditto, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 1,4, dis.-Manchester and
Southampton, 1/4 dis.-North British, Extension, 15.16 p.-
North Staffordshire, 3% c. p.-North Union (A), 224-
North-Western, 11.16 p.-Oldham Alliance, 34 p.-Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (A), 2 p.-Shrewsbury and Hereford,
14 dis.-Shropshire Union,r/4 dis.-South-Eastern and
Dover, No. 4, 9-16 c. p.-West Riding Union, 214 p.-
Whitehaven and Furness. 2% dis.
LEEDS, JANUARY 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, ss. 6d. p.-East Lancashire, 334 n. p.-
Ditto, New Shares, 3% n. p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 345. p.-
East and West Yorkshire, 3s. 6d. dis:-Great Northern (late
London and York), Ifs. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Extensions, 20s. n. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 4%
c. p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Extensions Scrip (green), 235•
6d. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 20s. dis.-Ditto, Preference, 295. p.
-111alton and Driffield Junction, 295. p.-Midland, Pre.
ferenee, 4% p.-North British, Quarters (late Carlisle
Branch), 445. p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. p.-North-
Western, 14s. n. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 12s. p.
EYasotr k
and
dd
West North
Riding, Midland Preference,
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p.-Leeds,
Le
-Wharfdale Junction, 6s. dis.-York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 111.
is. 3d.-
Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. dis.-Leicester and Bedford,
2s. dis.-West Riding Union, 41.65. 6d.
HULL, JANUARY 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-But a limited amount of business con-
tinues to be done, and prices are scarcely so well supported
to-day as on Saturday. The sales are-Blackburn, Clitheroe,
&c., dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 325. 6d. p.-
North British, Quarters, 705.-West Riding Union, 4,4-
York and Newcastle, Preference, 51. Ifs. 3d. p.
EDINBURGH, JANUARY 9.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Aberdeen, 251,4—Ayr
and Galloway, 47s.—Caledonian, New, 56s.—Direct North-
ern. 593.—Dundee and Perth, 281.—Ditto, New, 141,E—East
of Fife, 525. —East Lothian Central, 53s.—Edinburgh and
Bathgate, 603.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 22
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton,2llA—Edinburgh and North-
ern, 15% ex new—Ditto, New, 98s.—Ditto, Newport, 61. Bs.
ex new—Edinburgh and Perth, 56s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ardrossan, 51.—Great Northern (late Direct Northern),
85s.—North British, 36—Ditto, Thirds, 78s.—Ditto, Quar-
ters, 715.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 325. 6d.—Scottish
Central, 221.—Scottish Grand Junction, 25s.—Stirling and
Dunfermline, 755. 6d.—Strathern Junction, 82s. 6d.—Direct
Bombay and Madras, 4s.—East Indian, Ils. 6d.

MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION
OF A. FRENCH BARQUE BY H.M.S. TYNE.
H.M.S. Tyne, 28, Captain Glascock, arrived at this
port on Saturday last, having put in by stress of wea-
ther on her way to Portsmouth. The Admiralty, an-
ticipating the probability of her arrival here, had or-
dered her to remain, to be paid off. On Christmas day,
during a most dreadful gale, the Tyne fell in with a
French barque iu great distress, evidenced by her hav-
ing the national fi.ig half down on her three mast heads
The Tyne at once closed with a view to hail her, and
endeavour to ascertain the extent of her distress, but
such was the violence of the gale, that all attempts at
verbal communication was impracticable. The gale
raging furiously, with a heavy sea, it was considered
next to impossible that a boat could live on the
water, if any attempt should be made to board the
barque ; at this juncture, Mr. James Penn, master of
the Tyne, (grand-nephew of the late well-known in-
trepid king's pilot, of Cawsand,) seconded by Lieu-
tenant Selwyn, of the same ship, at the imminent risk
of their lives, nobly volunteered to board the vessel,
supposidg her crew wished to abandon her, and take
refuge on board the Tyne. On reaching the barque it
was ascertained she had lost her rudder, and the whole
of her bulwarks on the starboard side, she was also in a
very leaky state, short of provisions and water, and her
crew so exhausted from pumping, &c., that they were
totally unable to continue their exertions, or in any way
assist the vessel. Lieutenant Selwyn promised, on the
part of Captain Glascock, that the Tyne should stick by
him, and render him every possible assistance, as soon as
the weather moderated to allow communication, and in
the meantime a jury spar had been fitted on board the
Tyne, by which the barque could be steered, untila proper
rudder, made ou Pakenham's principle, could be com-
pleted and properly shipped. On the 26th December, at
noon, the weather becoming more moderate, the spar was
sent on board, and with great difficulty secured and
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stantly engaged by day and night occasionally casting
off the tow, and employed in the boats towing the two
vessels apart, as the wind fell light and the swell in-
creased, in consequence of the two vessels having a great
tendency to close. On the 29th, at noon, Pakenham's
rudder was fully completed and shipped—the barque
amply supplied with provisions and water, and found
to be so serviceable altogether, that the French cap-
tain expressed a strong desire to prosecute his voyage
alone. Three hearty cheers were interchanged be-
tween the two vessels, and each parted for their re-
the captain of the barque ex
spective destinations
pressing excessive gratitude,
and stating his determi-
nation to report the great kindness he had expe-
rienced to the French Government on arrival.
The barque was richly laden, having a general cargo
estimated at 20,0001., from Marseilles to Havre. She
was quite a new vessel, copper bottomed and fastened.
There can be little, if any doubt, that if the rudder had_
not been supplied, she must have
Ushant or Scilly. Nothing could been lost either off
exceed the disinte-
rested Glascock, his
and generous conduct of Captain
officers, and crew--for, brought the vessel into
for, had they have
a British port, a large amount
of salvage must
been their reward. But, like true British sailors, they
sacrificed all pecuniary considerations, and devoted
themselves entirely to preserve a valuable ship and cargo
belonging to the merchants of their once
five powerful
enemy. Captain Glascock was not in bed for nights,
_
and was on board the barque superintending the ship-
ping the rudder, and rendering his best assistance.—
D evenpot t Independent.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTH- WESTERN AND WOKINGHAH.—On Monday
afternoon, at three o'clock, a numerous meeting of the
inhabitants of, and owners and occupiers of property in,
Wokingham, was held at the Town-hall, for the purpose
of ascertaining their opinion with regard to the proposed
line front the South-Western to this town. The meeting
was convened by Mr. William Helas, the alderman of
Wokingham, in conformity with a requisition, signed by
Mr. James Hayward, Francis Soames, J. R. Wheeler,
E. Roberts, Edward Horne, J. L. Roberts, and upwards
of fifty of the most influential parishioners. There were also
present Mr. H. C. Lacy, director of the London and
South-Western, and chairman of the Windsor, Staines,
and South-Western Railway Company ; and Mr.
Drake, one of the solicitors; Mr. Chadwick, deputy-
chairman; and a deputation from the Windsor,
Staines, and South-Western Company; and Mr. Horne,
the secretary ; Mr. Kerr, from the office of Mr. Locke,
engineer ; Messrs. C. J. Clarke, Apsley Pellatt, Caleb
Norris, J. T. Bedborough, &c. Several of the gentle-
men present having spoken to the nature of the projected
plans, the speedy communication the line would open
with London, and the facility of that communication by
means of the South-Western line, resolutions in its
favour were passed unanimously. Wokingham is at
present situated between the South-Western and Great
Western, but without a connecting communication with
either.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.-L.-CUTTING OF THE FIRST
SOD IN CHESHIRE.—Mr. Smith and Mr. Ainger, the
engineers of the company employed on that portion of
the line extending from Macclesfield to the Red Bull,
had made arrangements for the turning
of the " first
sod " in Cheshire on Wednesday last, on the lands
Daintry,of
Esq., at North Rode, adjacent to the Four-
lane Ends, and Mr. Daintry was invited to officiate at
that interesting ceremony. Mr. Daintry was, however,
absent at the time appointed, and J. Bullock, Esq., mayor
of Congleton, happening to ride up at the moment, was
asked to take the spade and make the commencement.
Mr. Bullock hesitated to take the post of honour, but at
the pressing solicitation of the engineers, at length
consented. About one hundred of the labourers were
present, and Mr. Bullock, previous to the performance
of the operation, addressed the assembled party in a
short and appropriate speech. In the course of his
remarks Mr. Bullock said " This is the first
manual operation of one of the greatest and most im-
portant railway undertakings ever provided for
this district. It is well known how long we have
been shut out from the benefits of good railway com-
munication, and it may be remembered, that I have, as
an humble individual, long and strenuously laboured to
procure for Congleton the advantage of being placed on
a main line. This is the first step, and on the com-
pletion of this great work, the grand chain of railway
communication from Manchester to London, through
Macclesfield, Congleton, and the Potteries, will be per-
fected. Judging from the wonderful energy, and the
remarkable success of the board of directors is all their

proceedings, presided over by the consummate ability of
Mr. Ricardo, and directed by the engineering skill of
Mr. Bidder, it is not too much to expect that this great
work will be accomplished in less time than has been
contemplated ; and I cannot doubt but it will prove a
lasting and general advantage to the district, and will
produce considerable pecuniary benefit to the subscribers
and shareholders. I see before me many of those who
are actually to cut the line. The head work falls on the
chief, the hand labour on those present. We know that
Englishmen will work ; it is their honourable charac-
teristic. Take care my friends, that when you receive
the fruit of your hard-earned labours, you make
good use of it ; and may success and prosperity attend
your undertaking." The mayor then duly performed
his duty, and was followed by Mr. Ainger and Mr.
Smith each cutting a sod, and the three gentlemen
having contributed a few sovereigns for a treat to the 1
workpeople, they were greeted by loud and protracted
cheering, which finished the auspicious task of the day.
—Staffordshire Mercury. I
SALE OF THE STOUR VALLEY.—This line was sold
to the London and North-Western Company on Satur-
day. The terms are two-thirds of London and North-
Western dividend, to commence when the line is opened,
or two-thirds of the subscribed capital; the London and
North-Western to supply the additional capital for the
present line and future branches; 4 per cent. to be paid
on calls till the guarantee comes into operation. Our
Birmingham correspondent says—" The bargain here is
considered a very bad one for the shareholders who are
not identified with the canal proprietary of the London
and North-Western, as, even supposing the present
London and North-Western to continue 10 per cent.
dividend, and the guarantee to commence instanter, it
would not raise the Stour Valley shares to more than
4i premium, whereas, with the uncertainty of the
former, and the delay of two years on the latter, 3 pre-
mium is too much.
YORK AND NEWCASTLE.—A new station is to be
built on this line, near the bridge at Monkwearmouth.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.—Opera-
tions with the new year are to be commenced on the
Thames Junction Branch, from the main line at New-
cross to the Thames at Deptford, a distance of one mile,
including a viaduct, 730 yards in length; on the Hail-
sham and Eastbourne branches, from the Hastings line at
the Polgate station to Hailsham and Eastbourne, a dis-
tance of 7f miles ; and on the Steyning branch, from the
Chichester line at the Shoreham station to Steyning, a
distance of four miles.
NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.--The shareholders
meet this month to consider the proposed application to
Parliament, for the partial deviation of the line, and the
amendment of the Act constituting the company. Also,
in compliance with the requisition of the shareholders,
for the purpose of taking into consideration and approv-
ing,oamtle-
or otherwise, certain propositions for an amal
tion with the Liverpool, Manchester, and N
upon-Tyne Junction.
The contract for sleepers on the South Staffordshire
amounts to 50,000.
The Midland are in want of 2,000 coal-waggons for
their mineral traffic.
The Exeter and Exmouth meet this month to confirm
their agreement with the South-Western, and to consider
an application for the amendment of their Act.
NEW ROUTE TO PETERBOROUGH.---The
Peterborough, vii the Eastern Counties, opens on
withh
new route to
toe
14th, and will then divide the traffic from that town
the Northampton and Peterborough of the London and
North-Western. The arrangement of trains sv _ 0
P.m.
From London, 7 15 A.N., 11 30 A.M., 2 0 From)
Peter-
week days; 6 45 A.M., 2 0 P.M., Sundays-,._7
0 F .mA
borough, 6 0 A.M., 825 A.M., 12 0 N., 440 ss.
week days; 6 0 1.m., 8 45 A.M., 4 0 P.
Sundays.train will also leave Cambridge at 6 50 a.m• every.morn-
ing for Peterborough and Stamford. All
two are in conjunction with trains at Peterboroughthe trai,butat
and from Stamford.
construction of
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK.—The foTweed-
so much of the Kelso branch as extends
mouth to Sprouston, a distance of twentyrl is to
miles,. the new
be let in two contracts. The building o
station in Neville-street, Newcastle, is also to be taken
in hand.
HAVRE.—A letter from Rouen, n the Havre
etionnl, states that the viaduct of Virvillet :11,
oiys the Constitu-
to heavy
Railway, subjected, like other works I
weights, has just experienced consider;e damage from
the load placed on it. Our Paris corresxpaongdaernattiionnft:rtmhes
us that the above statement is a grossede though
bridge in question remaining py gflrm,
some settling has taken
to it. • ,„.,
Place in the earthworks attached
New Year's-eve
FESTIVITIES IN A •
J.UNNEL.—
°nrkrilen, amounting
says the Carnarvon Herald, the workmen,
to nearly 200, engaged upon thiss., endous and ims
Pgood old English
portant operation, were regaled withs ectable employers,
cheer," by their spirited and
re-P
scene of tho festi-
Messrs. Warton and Warden. the tunnel, which
vity was (as indeed it ought to bfTe)hiein
shrubs,ith the
on the occasion was most tastehaiiliaeysdt eeevoerragtreedenw
emblems of the season. The
heich
reflected their rays
and the thousand lights w
a most imposing effect.
around, gave to the seen
It was a cheering sight t 7.0 those industrious men,
in that place ions arg•
well exclaim J. J. Vincent, of Gorddinog,
who might
ficent prolit. The Rev.
commensurate to the great de-
asked a blessing on the feast, assd the whole assembly
it might be said that
sat down with appetites
sign. To take a poe,t,slicense•
which for ages had echoed l 011 y
those " rugged rocks,
to the sounds of the deep rolling and wildly surging
waves, on this occasion respondeAdntdo
nature, which
.acclaim
of cultivated human voices.
imposing f which here
presents herself in the saeos
Cornish minersorme, seemedl to
effect "NonrePoyed on
rejoice. After dinner th
nobis,
the work rose and sang smarlogsti6.ithcreditablefi to that class of men
dangerous
labour, of arduous and Domine," which
a ngde gentle who, amidst the severe strtuo
gcgultivate
labour, have found time
with •
immense and beautiful work is
joy,_ and pleasure, and
melo-
dies." The day passed off
the completion of that
main body of the
looked to with great interest. Theh headings have been
through for a long time, and t e
tunnel to the proper level is pr_ogressing very rapidly.
There were present Messrs. Warton and Warden, the
Rev. J. J. Vincent, Frank Foster, Esq., H. Swinburn,
Esq., and many of the respectable gentlemen who hold
situations upon this important contract, No. 8. A full
band of music, with some splendid fireworks, made a
finish to the scene.
REGENT'S CANAL LINE.
—At the meeting of the Mary-
lebone Vestry on Saturday, Sir Peter Laurie expressed
gratification at the course adopted on the previous
Saturday with respect to the Regent's Canal Railway.
He had communicated with the Secretary of State on the.
matter, and had received a letter from Mr. Phillips, in-
forming him that the views of the inhabitants of the
Regent's-park were accorded in. He had also received
a communication from Mr. Jardine, the magistrate,
stating that if the railway was carried, he must leave the
park; and from the owner of twenty houses, stating that
if the Regent's Canal Company obtained their Bill, his
property would be ruined. The Royal Botanic Society
had also intimated their intention of offering the most
determined opposition.
ANOTHER PRACTICAL PROOF OF THE DANGER OF
LEVEL CROSSINGS.—On Friday an accident occurred at
the place where the railroad crosses the highway on a
level near the station. A train had just left the station
at Ware, and gone to Hertford, and another 4 50 P.M.
train was coming up from Hertford, when a man who
had arrived from the direction of the post-office attempted
to cross the line. The gatekeeper tried to stop him, and
for his pains. Just at this
received a blow in the Inc()