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S 117 N 7 MARCH 30, 1847.

PRICE SD.

EDINBURGH and PERTH RAILWAY

GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.

The large room at the London Tavern was crowded
last evening to inconvenience, on the occasion of the
second anniversary dinner of this institution. Mr.
Macready, notwithstanding his recent illness, from
which he was still suffering, was able to take the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, after the preliminary toasts, pro-
posed," Those two great national theatres, that con-
tained so many excellent actors—the two Houses of
Parliament."
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Success to the In-
stitution." Although this duty should have devolved
on their treasurer, Mr. Buckstone, still, for the sake of
old associations, he trusted he might advance a few
arguments. He regretted the want of that eloquence
which distinguished so many around him, sti:l the facts
he should adduce would speak for themselves. The in-
stitution was calculated in all its arrangements to insure
to actors habits of regular life, economy, stability of cha-
racter, and to elevate the character of the English stage.
Since its infancy, in 1839, the institution had greeted
annuities to four aged performers, rescuing them
from utter want, and had this year been enabled
to add to their comforts by increasing their little
pittance. More than this, the institution pre-
sented the only asylum for the decayed actor. The two
patent theatres were in possession of institutions which
at their foundation answered all the purposes required
by the eminent men who bad originated them. But
how were circumstances altered now ! Covent-garden
was lost to the drama, and even at Drury.lane no per-
former had a chance of remaining long enough t i claim
any benefit from its funds. The door was here shut on
dramatic industry at once, and for drama. Should the
patent theatres ever reinstate the drama on their boards,
would their funds suffice for the needs of the aged and
impoverished actor? No. Constant change of manage-
ment led to constant change of performers, and at
Drury-lane the performer must have been for three .eon-
secutive years on its boards, and for two at Cuvent•
garden, before he could be admitted to either institution;
and even tben the deposit was so large in proportio❑ to
the salary that many were obliged to incur debt in order
to pay it. He knew himself one of the best comic actors
who, from a conscientious dread of debt, declined sub-
scribing to the fund. In the present institution there were
no obstacles to admission ; the fees were on the most
moderate scale ; all ages were admitted, whilst actors
past 40 were excluded under the old arrangements ; and
should a member of the present institution withdraw,
he received back half of the premium which he had
paid. Could, then, any one deny the superior claims of
an institution which opened its doors to every age and
every position, even to the performers at the larger
theatres, who, without its aid, would be left under the
shadow of their powerful protectors, without hope and
without resource? It was important to call their atten-
tion to another point. In a short time the Drury-lane
and Covent-garden institutions would absolutely be left
without annuitants, for there was no hope that these
theatres would ever again be restored to the drama.
Since 1843 no member had been added to the Covent-
garden Society, nor could be by the laws of the theatre
till 1855. He mentioned these facts, not to discourage
those institutions, but because they ceased to be effec-
tual. Without the present fund, then, where can the
comedian whose buoyant spirit brings laughter to every
cheek—where can the tragedian, whose words draw
tears which it does the heart good to shed—
where can those look for shelter ? The artists
of the Haymarket, Adelphi, Lyceum, whose
talents would insure success on any stage in
the world, would have no refuge for age but the
workhouse, that last baiting-place on the road of
life. The chairman concluded by giving the health of
Mr. Buckstone and the General Theatrical Fund.

REPORT from the SELECT COMMITTEE on
STANDING ORDERS on PETITIONS AGAINST
the EDINBURGH and PERTH RAILWAY BILL.
The Select Committee on Standing Orders, to whom
were referred the Petitions against the Edinburgh and
Perth Railway Bill, with Instructions to Report the
Circumstances under which the Plans and Estimates
were prepared and deposited, the Notices given, and
the Applications to Landowners made, and whether
they were such as to be in violation of the spirit of
the Orders of this House ;—have considered the mat-
ters to them referred, and hare agreed to the fc,llowing
Report:—

That plans for the Edinburgh and Perth Railway,
notices in accordance therewith, and applications to land-
owners, were prepared by engineers and agents under-
taking this work, at the instance of the provisional com-
mittee of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company,
once dissolved, under. 9 and 10 Viet., c. 28, and that
the plans were deposited, the notices published, and the
4reatur part of the applications served, before the disso-
lution of the company.
That in this part of the transaction no circumstances
in violation of the spirit of the standing orders were
alleged before your Committee.
That the objections taken by the petitioners related
to the use subsequently made of the documents so pre-
pared and deposited, or promulgated, and your Com-
mittee have thought it to be within the meaning, if not
within the strict letter of• your instructions, to pursue the
investigation in the direction indicated.
That on the 30th of November, 1846, the Edinburgh
and Perth Railway Company, in which the North British
Railway then possessed a predominating influence, was
dissolved, at a meeting called on a requisition, trans-
mitted by the secretary of ,the North British Railway
Company, and signed by directors of the same, as share-
holders in the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company.
That before the day of this meeting, the committee of
management of the Edinburgh and Perth Company, in
a report dated 23d November, after setting forth the
acquisition in 1845, by purchase in the market, and
without concert with the Edinburgh and Perth Company,
of more than half of their whole stock, by the directors
of the North British Railway Company, followed by an
agreement between the two companies for amalgamation;
and after announcing the abandonment of the joint un-
dertaking by the North British Railway Company, and
their apparent intention to effect the dissolution of the
Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company, at the meeting
to be held on the 30th, proceeded to urge their share-
holders to persevere in supporting this line, and for that
purpose to reconstruct the company, if its dissolution
should be carried.

That at the meeting on the 30th November the resolu-
tion to dissolve the company was ineffectually resisted
by a minority representing about one-fourth of the shares
in respect of which votes were given, but nearly nine-
teen-twentieths of those on which the full deposits had
been paid up.
That shareholders belonging to that minority pro-
ceeded immediately, in terms of the recommendation of
the managing committee, to reconstruct the company,
and that the subsequent proceedings necessary for appli-
cation to Parliament, including the preparation and de-
posit of estimates and subscription contract, and of the
petition, with Bill annexed, giving powers to execute the
works shown on the deposited plans, &c. (with the ex-
ception of one branch abandoned) were carried under
the control of twelve directors, of whom the greatest
part had been members of the committee in the former
company, and with the whole of the previously employed
staff of secretary, engineers, and agents.
That no charges in respect of expenses incurred for
plans or otherwise, with a view to the present application
to Parliament, have been made against the dissolved
company, by the engineers or agents, while sums on ac-
count of those expenses have been already paid by the
present company, who have undertaken to pay the whole,
under an arrangement, of the legal effect of which, as a
binding agreement, it is not for your Committee to
judge, but approved by parties representing more than
two-thirds of the shares of the old Company, while the
petitioners, six in number, who appeared as shareholders
complaining of this arrangement, tendered no evidence
to show the nature and extent of their own interest, or
of any injury thereto.
That on this statement of facts, it was urged that an
undertaking, commenced by one party, had been aban-
doned by them, and carried forward by another, and that
the spirit of the standing orders was violated by such
subsequentkadoption.
That it appears to your Committee that the spirit or
4tention of all the standing orders concerned in this
manifests itself in very careful provision for the
performance of various acts prescribed for the informa-
tion and protection of the public, or of individuals whose
property is to be affected; but that there is little indica-
tion of solicitude as to the parties by whom those acts
are to be performed; any restrictions as to whom are to
be deduced, if at all, from incidental expressions rather
than direct provision; and that the circumstances of this
case are not such as to be in violation of the spirit of
the orders of this House.
March 26, 1847.

Mr. BUCKSTONE said that a speech from him at that
moment would be the farce after the tragedy. He con-
gratulated the company on the assistance they derived
from the presence of their Chairman. The present do-
nations proved that their temple of benevolence was
founded on a rock of ages. The English drama was under
a cloud, but it would yet rear its head above French plays
and Italian operas, the only foreign invasion to which
the English nation would ever submit. They should
trust to the future, and dine where they could. For many
years attempts had been made to form a general institu-
tion like the present, which had all been unsuccessful till
the decline of the patent theatres. The general fund
had, in eight years, invested nearly 4,000/. This fund
would greatly increase, as it would be long before any
annuitant could have a claim upon it. Its advantages
were extended to dancers, pantomimists, and even that
most valuable officer, the prompter, a man whose voice
they had all heard, sometimes too often, even he, when
he had blown his last whistle, might jump on the deck
of comparative independence. He (Mr. L'uckstone)
would not attempt to be pathetic. Their Chairman had
nobly fulfilled that part of his duty, but their hearts
were warmed with cheerful conviviality. They saw at
the social board those whom they had s,en so often on
public boards ; and what he saw around him convinced
him that the English stage possessed warm and efficient
friends—that it had within it the essence of immortality,
and would last as long as 6halispere, art, and nature,
should endure.

Mr. Dicknica then rose and-6elivered a very effective
speech, which was loudly appialdcd; and he concluded
with a brilliant eulogium on Mr. Macready, whose health
he proposed.
Mr. AIACREADY said, that were he even in better
health he should find great difficulty in acknowledging
their kindness—his experience in public speaking con-
sisting almost altogether in responding to cordial wel-
comes, but he found that practice did not make perfect,
7,nd at each effort his difficulties were increased.
" The Stewards" and " The Ladies" followed, and the
chairman left the room about eleven.
The stewards, Messrs. Saville, Lyon, Hughes, and
Worrell, were very active and attentive to their friends,
and to the ladies in particular, who honoured the fund
festival with their presence.
Among the donations wen', 1001. from her Majesty,
10/. from the Duke of Devonshire, and from the Chair-
man; 51. from Lords Fitzhardinge and Ellesmere, and
Messrs. 11. Twiss, Farren, Lumley, and Cooke. The sum
total announced amounted to 3691.

THE NEW FIELD MARSHALS.—Saturday must
have been a proud day for the Marquis of Anglesey and
Field Marshal Grosvenor, when the Duke of Wellington,
attended by the Head Quarter Staff, presented to those two
veteran officers the batons so deservedly bestowed upon them
by their Sovereign in the last brevet. Only one feeling of
regret associated with this gratifying event—the absence
of Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, whose advanced age
and indisposition prevented his attendance to receive a simi-
lar reward for his past meritorious services. We sincerely
trust, however, that he will soon be sufficiently recovered
to come to town for that purpose, and we are certain that the
Commander-in-Chief participates in our wish.— United Ser-
vice Gazette.

TRADE WITH CHINA.—Among the most remarkable
shipments to foreign countries which have recently taken
place may be mentioned one of a considerable quantity of
opera-glasses, actually so called, and of habit-gloves.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE _NEW CROSS RAILWAY
STATlON.—Yesterday an accident, attended with very serious
consequences, occurred on the line of the Croydon Railway.
to a man named William Jenner, aged 21 years, residing at
No. 3, Martha-place, Henry-street, Deptford. It seems that
the unfortunate man was a stoker in the service of the com-
pany, and was engaged on one of the locomotive engines.
He has latterly been employed in working an engine between
the Surrey Canal and the New Cross station at Deptford,
which conveyed large quantities of coal, &c., from the barges
for the use of the various engines on the line, and, whilst
they were grange some
an inclined plane, he got down from his
berth to arrange some deficiency in the coupling-irons, when
his right arm was drawn in between the machinery, and,
before he could be extricated, his arm was most seriously in-
jured. He was taken to a surgeon's, and subsequently put
in one of the carrisges for London-bridge, from which place
he was taken to the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where
it was ascertained that be had fractured the limb in two
places. Ile is not in immediate danger.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—" SPRING-HEELED JACK."
—Teignrneuth was greatly excited on Monday, in consequence
of a " Spring-heeled Jack" investigation before the magis-
trates. A delinquent of this genus occupied himself during
the winter in frightening and annoying defenceless women,
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magistrates. Mr. Tucker, in opening the case for the com-
plainant, said it was not only difficult but most painful to
him ; his client belonged to the humblest rank, and the de-
fendant, Captain Finch, had been considered highly respect-
able. Should he not succeed in establishing the charge, the
effect of the girl's evidence might prejudice her through life;.
should he succeed, the moral character of one who had
hitherto moved as a gentleman would be blasted. He had
two charges of assault to prefer. His client, the servant of
Miss Morgan, a lady living in Macfarlen's-row, Bitton-road,
had been twice assaulted in January, between nine and ten
at night, by a man disguised in a skin coat having the ap-
pearance of a bullock's hide, skull cap, horns, and mask, and
the alarm had produced serious fits. Evidence having been
given in support of the charges, the Bench expressed pain at
finding an old soldier guilty of such an assault, but there
was no material refutation to complainant's evidence. He
was fined 17s. for each assault. Defendant thanked the
magistrate for their impartiality. The case lasted from one
to half-past seven in the evening.
MELANCHOLY FALL FROM A WINDOW.—Yester-
day afternoon, between one and two, an accident of a most
melancholy nature occurred to a painter named Hingham,
aged 59, residing at No. 4, M`Dougall-terrace, Chelsea. It
appears that the unfortunate man was engaged at
the first
the house
No. 36, Edward-street, Hampstead-road, painting
floor window, when he by some means fell therefrom, and was
conveyed to the University College Hospital, where itfwt as
ascertained that he had sustained a compound fractu-era c o
uard h
fro t ee
left thigh, a dislocation of the collar-bone, besides a
ho,
of the right clavicle, and some severe contusions ofthe
with other injuries, so as to preclude the slightest hope of his
recovery.
FEVER IN CoRK.—We regret to say that fever is
increasing rapidly, and becoming each day more malig-
nant in its character, and more fatal in its consequences.
Since our last, we have heard of many cases among the
wealthier classes of our fellow-citizens, who have been
suddenly stricken down, and whose disease has assumed
the most malignant character.—Cork Examiner.
DEATH or A VETERAN.—Died, on the 2d of March,
in Carlow, at the age of 95 years. Charles M'Elroy. He
was present at the battle of Bunker's-hill, at the commence-
ment of the American revolutionary. war, was afterwards
engaged
in the English expedition in aid of the French
royalists, in 1792, in which he was made prisoner, but
effected his escape to Italy. The last scenes of his military
career were laid in Ireland, atuivg tl4 troalAsome times of
1798.

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The Jackal steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Wes-
tern, left Lisbon for Athens on the 16th inst.
The Amazon, 20, Captain Stopford, arrived at Port
Mahon on the 7th inst., and remained on the 12th, ex-
pecting to be stationed there some time.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Rivers,
sailed from Lisbon for Oporto on the 18th inst.
The Admiralty have ordered a trial to be made on the
Champion, 18, refitting in this dockyard, of the metal
for sheathing manufactured by Mr. Muntz, M.P., of
Birmingham.
The Admiralty have ordered, on the suggestion of
Commander Sherringham, of the Dasher surveying-
vessel, a nautical mile to be measured in the Southamp-
ton Water, to be marked by sign-posts, for steamers to
test their rate of speed by.
The Sidon sailed this afternoon fur her cruise, with a
bri.tk westerly wind blowing. If we may trust to ap-
pearances, there is great probability of some weather
that will .‘ try" her severely.
The Retribution steam-frigate has been totally dis-
mantled and brought alongside the sheer jetty, appa-
rently with the view of removing her masts. Her arma-
ment still remains.

The Sphynx is ordered to be taken to Woolwich, in-
stead of Deptford, as at first ordered.
A letter from the Uarmcoa, 24, Captain Broughton,
just. come to baud, dated Rio, Jar. 20th, ssyy__•' The
French seem determined to finish the war at Otaheite.
Three 50-gun frigates have passed through Rio within
the last week on their way to Otahcite, with troops on
beard We expect to be home by the end

of Marcia or the.beginning of -April."
The Fairy is being coated on the bottom with com-
position, but is not undergoing any refitment, or having
a new screw applied, or indeed receiving any other ser-
vice at the hands of the dockyard officers than that
above stated.
MARCEL 20.—The Salamander steam-sloop, acting
Commander Ricketts, left early this morning for Wool-
wich, orders having come down last night for her to
proceed thither; apparently, therefore, no court-Martial
will take place, and the truth or falsehood of tho nume-
rous reports of cruelty and oppression practised on board
this ship will never be publicly known. This mode of
stifling open investigation may be very satisfactory to
the powers who have ordered the Salamander to be paid
off, but it is not satisfactory to the public atter what had
oozed out, and leaves a bad impression, as the worst
construction is put upon the motive. It is unfair, too,
towards both officers and men in the ship. Since she
has been in harbour her crew have behaved with the
most praiseworthy order and decorum, which is highly
to their credit, considering they hare been absent from
England five years, and may naturally be imagined to
wish to get ashore and have their spree. It also shows
good care of them by their officers.
The Portland, 50, under the temporary command of
Commander Sehomberg, of the Queen, sailed this morn-
ing from the harbour direct for Cork with 3,500 bags of
meal and biscuit for the " relief service." It is said she
will call at Plymouth, and make up her cargo with
seed corn.

The Sphynx sailed last night for Woolwich.
A board of Admiralty is expected here on Wednesday.
The Anna Maria (Indiaman), Captain Ta}lor, arrived
in the night from Calcutta. On the 19th inst.. in lat. 44
N., long. 20 W., she experienced a hurricane from S.W.
to W.N.W., which continued for three successive days.
The sea swept her decks, stove iu middy, carried away
stanchi,)ns, lost all her boats, bulwarks, and had every-
thing washed from off her decks. Part of the cargo was
thrown overboard, and her anchor parted to lighten tho
ship. Three men were washed out of the waist, and two
of thins a ere washed back again upon the poop; a sol-
dier and sailor, however, were drowned—the former
being washed away from the pump. She has anchored
at the Mother-bank, but sails this evening for Gravesend,
where she will disembark her troops (detachments of
the 39th, from Calcutta. under the command of Lieut.
J. F. Dalrymple). She called at St. Helena on the Gtla
ult. Tho island was very healthy, but there were no
men-of- sl'ar there.

PLYMOUTH, AlAncll 27.—The schooner Mayflower,
Captain John Uran, arrived this morning with about
460 quarters of wheat, shipped at Villa Viciosa anti
Gijon; left on the 18th inst. So much has the price of
provisions advanced, that the Spanish peasantry were
about to rise, and the Mayflower, with her forehatch
not battens d down, was, in consequence, hastily towed
by hired boats out of the harbour. The brig Ceres, of
Poole, was the only vessel remaining at Gijon. She is
about half laden. The populace have come down from
the country, and, for the present, prevented her further
loading, but the Gijon merchants have presented a me-
morial- to the Governor-General of the provine (As-
turia) to secure the completion of her cargo. From
Saturday Fight, the 20th, to Wednesday, the 24th, the
Mayflower experienced a terrific gale, which shifted her
cargo, threw the vessel nearly on her beam-ends, and
compelled them to wear ship every four hours. On
Sunday night one of her hands, John Barrier, aged 22,
a Spanish native of Gibraltar, ior some explained cause,
attempted self-destruction by cutting his throat. When
apparently at the point of death he signed a declara-
tion, in the presence of the etli:!ers and crew, fully
exonerating all on board from being in any way im-
plicated in the rash act. ILtrier is likely to recover.

FATAL AFFRAY IN THE DARK.
Yesterday an inquest was held, by eojeurnmenr, be-
fore Mr. W. Baker, Coroner, at tne Grave Mariner,
White chapel-road, respecting the death of Samuel Salter,
aged 31 years, late a porter in Leudenhall Market, who
died in the London Hospital on Tuesday morning last
of injuries he received in an affray with a man named
Charles Freakish, a carpenter, who is in custady, and
has been remanded on a charge of wilful murder by Mr.
Yardley, one of the Thames-police magistrates. The
particulars of the case appeared in the Thames-police
report on Wedneseay last. Mr. Pelham, solicitor, at-
tenth don the part of the accused. From the evidence
it appeared that the deceased resided with Frenkish at
Nu. 24, London-terrace, Commercial-road East. For
some time past he had been leading a very dis-
sipated life, and was constantly iu a state of in-
toxication. On Friday, the 19th instant, he was '
drinking with several companions during the day,
and towards the evening he became very much
intoxicated. About eight o'clock the same evening
he weet into the Maeliworth Arms, where he remained
until twelve o'clock, drinking and fighting with several
persons. Ho then left the house, and being unable to
walk, he was assisted hcme by Mrs. Freakish ; he was
very violent, and fell heavily to the ground several times.
On reaching home he abused Mrs.Frenkish, and struck her
a blow on the chest. Shortly afterwards Freakish re-
turned home and accused him with striking his wife.
The deceased said he had, and instantly struck Freakish
a violent blow on the mouth. An altercation then took
place between them, and they fought for several minutes
in the kitchen. A policeman named Read was called in,
and they then agreed to fight on the following morning.
Frenkish then retired to his bedroom, and the deceased
again began to abuse him. They then fought for several
minutes in the dark, and during the struggle a table
was broken. The deceased bled most profusely from
the mouth, and in the morning he was con-
veyed to the London Hospital. He remained
there about an hour, when he left the hospital and
returned to his lodgings. During the day he continued
to get worse, and he was again conveyed to the London
Hospital, where he expired on the following Tuesday.
Mr. John Day, house-surgeon to the London Hospital,
stated, that when the deceased wes brought to the hos-
pital he appeared to be in a state of intoxication. The
upper part of his body was most frightfully discoloured
and bruised. lie had since made a post mortem examina-
tion of the body, and found the intestines very unhealthy.
The liver was of an enormous size, and weighed upwards of
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five pounds, the ordinary weight. being about two pounds.
The appearance of the stomach indicated that the deceased
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Tne CORONER then summed up at great length, and.
after a long consultation, the jury returned an open ver-
dict, that the deceased " Died from an effusion of blood
on the brain, from violence, but how it was caused there
was no satifactory evidence before the said jurors."
The inquiry lasted seven hours.
COAST DEFENCES or SCOTLAND.—The annexed
return embraces a list of the various guns mounted oa the
different castles on the coast of Scotland and the estuaries:—
Edinburgh Castle—nine 24-pounders, six 18-pounders, nine
12-pounders, seven 6-pounders, and two 8-inch mortars;
total, 33. Stirling Castle—six 12-pounders, eleven 9..
pounders, and twelve 6-pounders; total, 29. Dumbarton
Castle—three 18-pounders, nine 12-pounders, one 9-pounder,
and four 6-pounders; total, 17. Leith Fort—five 24-
pounders, four 16-pounders, and one 10-inch mortar; total,
10. Fort George—seven 24-pounders, eigh3tinlBh-pounders,
eight 12-pounders, two 6-pounders, andotnwneelrs:
and mortars;
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total, 27. Fort Charlotte--eight tlB -pounders,
total, 12. Fort- William—twelve 12-
pounder carronades;
(Isle of Bute)—five 18-pounders.
pounders. Rothsay Castle
It will be observed from
Grand total for Scotland, 145 guns.
above return that with theh exception of
.a few guns,
the Fort Edinburgh Castle,
mortars and carronades, at Leit ,
of
Fort Ge'orge, and Fort Charlotte, the whole the guns in
f exceedingly light calibre, and almost unfit
Scotland are o
'mproved state of modern warfare. The attention of
for tbei
authorities has not yet, we understand, been drawn to
thethe coast defences of Scotland, but a total revision is likely
to take place shortly in the character of this armament, or.
at least, a material increase in the number of guns of heavy
calibre.
Baron de Bode, with important dispatches from
Russia, arrived in London on Saturday morning by the Sir
Edward Banks steamer, from Ostend.
MILITARY SCHOOLMASTERS.— The schoolmasters'
about to be trained at Chelsea on the new system are to be'
amenable to military discipline, and, if approved after pro--
bation, will be enlisted as soldiers, and take rank, when
allotted to particular regiments, immediately after the Ser- .
geant-major. They will be mustered monthly with the i
corps, but in other respects their occupation will be confined
to the duties which their title denotes. Height is enjoined -;
for the sake of conformity to military regulation, and age ,
must be prescribed on account of the pension which they
are to receive after a dertain service. Thus the new school-
master, like the old, are to be soldiers still—United Service _!
Gazette. 4
M. E. Arago, the avocet, son of the celebrated
astronomer, and his aunt, Mme. Arago, have recently bad )
an almost miraculoue escape from destruction. Whilst going I
from Perpignan to Estagel their carriage had to pass on the
brink of a deep ravine, and, having passed too close,
_ it
turned over, and fell from a height of eighteen metres, drag;
ging the horse with it. The vehicle was dashed to i
and
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but, strange to relate, M. Arago sustained no injury bey
a few bruises. His aunt's head was cut, but not seriously,
and the horse escaped unhurt.—French Pa
third soiree
SOCIETY OF ARTS —Last evening the
of this society took place, to inspect the select specimens of
recent British manufactures which have been lately open t 4
the public.