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16,860. LON DON, FRI DAY ING Ny OCTOBER 2, 1846.

EASE IN WALKING,
WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND,
is Induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE:
PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and
D URABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received,
and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above
into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining
elegance with ease. An extensive•assortment of best made articles
always ready on sale. Established in 1767.
No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London.

LEICESTER, TAMWORTIL, COVENTRY,
BIRMINGHAM, AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION
RA IL WIT.
Tke Directors bre, already announced to the Shareholders that
arrangements were pending with the London and Birmingham
Railway Company (now the London and North-Western), having for
their object the transfer of the line to that Company, and the return
to the Shareholders in this undertaking ofthe whole of their deposits.
The Directors recommend the proposed arrangements to the Share-
holders, as being much to their advantage, and most calculated to
ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best
guarantee of its being efficiently worked fir the publie convenience.
Those of the Shareholders who are desirous of receiving hack, in
conformity with these arrangements, the fall deposit of 21. 2s. on
each share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry
Cassin, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices,
at No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between
the hours of Ten and Three, from Monday, the 21st instant, to
Monday, the Stb of October.
On the scrip, or bankers' receipts, er secretary's receipts for scrip,
being delivered up the holders thereof will receive ba^k the full de-
posit of 21. 2s. upon each share. Those parties who (as holders of
shares in the original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun-
eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have n'y paid a de-
posit thereon of ii. Is., may in like manner receive h tek 11. Is. on
each such share.
Sept. 17, 1846. (Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman,

•
NICHOLSON'S TABLEAUX VIVANS,
LIVING PICTURES, POSES PLASTIQUES, or ANI-
MATED STATUES. Mr. NICHOLSON has the honour to announce
that it is his intention to commence on MONDAY, the sth of October,
1846, in the great room of the Garrick's Head Hotel, Bow-street, a
series of Lectures on Poetry and Song, illustrating each subject
by groups of living Male and Female Models of the most exquisite
mould.

THE INFANTA'S MARRIAGE.
OFFICIAL INTERVIEW.
The following is from the Madrid Heraldo of Septem-
ber, 25:
" This was the day fixed for the audience to Count
Bresson, for his receiving from the Queens Isabella and
Christina their formal consent to the marriage of her
Royal Highness the Infants with the Dake de Mout-
pensier. Three of the court carriages, attended by a
numerous suite of servants in their full-dress liveries,
and escorted by a detachment of cavalry, went to the
Count's hotel to bring him to the Palace. In the square
in front of the Palace trophies were raised, and on his
arriving at the foot of the staircase he was received by
all the major-domos on duty in their full costum9. Their
Majesties, surrounded by Grandees, Ministers, Ladies of
Honour,:and Chamberlains, were standing on the plat-
form in front of the throne. On being introduced,
Count Bresson delivered the following address to Queen

Figures in which we fairly trace
Development of every grace,
Beauteous when chiselled out by art,
But warmly breathing, they impart
(As beings of divine creation)
A brighter, holier, admiration.
Morning—Doors open at Three ; Lecture from half-past Three till
Five. Evening—Doors open at Seven ; Lecture from half-past Seven
till Nine o'clock. Admission., Is. ; Reserved seats, 2s, 64.

DE LA RUE and Co.'s POCKET CHESS
for delZy.k oinßaD
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3on a
days.n im proved and novel principle, will be ready

1 ItAVESENI) STAB, and BLittAIVALL
'Cr PACKETS.
Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment upon every
Passage.
N•Il.—No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENRITHE
PIERS.

BLACK LION HOTEL, BRIDLINGTON.
GEO. NICHOLSON takes this opportunity of returning his
best thanks to gentlemen who have so kindly favoured him with
their patronage since he entered upon the above Hotel, and begs to
assure them that the same attention to their comfort which has been
so highly appreciated, shall be the anxious wish and determined
object of the proprietor to give.
G. N. begs further to state that the line of railway from Hull to
Bridlington opens on the 7th of October for public business, and that
his Omnibuses And Cabs will attend every train, for the conveyance
of passengers to or from any part of the town.
Coaches and Omnibuses will run from his house and the station
every morning to Hunmanby, Flley, and Scarborough daily, and re-
turn in the evening in time to save the trains.

FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRATESEND.
WEEK DAYS,—At 7, 71, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 6%,
and 7.
7%
SUNDAYS.—At 7i, 8%, 11, 12, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 6%, 7, and

Christina:—
" Madam,—A double joy awaits your heart as a
mother—a delightful satisfaction your heart as a Queen.
Your Majesty is about in one day to insure the happi-
ness of your august daughters, and contribute to con-
firm by their marriages, order, liberty, and union in this
noble country, whose destinies you so wisely and
courageously directed during many years. This reward
was due to your Majesty after so many trials, and the
King my august Sovereign, in offering to you his con-
gratulations, put up vows to Heaven that in the future
your Majesty may be completely remunerated. The
King entreats you to confirm solemnly, on this day, the
consent you have already given to her Royal Highness
the Infanta.'
"Queen Christina replied:—
" The approaching marriages of my beloved daugh-
ters cause me the joy of seeing fulfilled on one and the
same day all my hopes, all my desires. By these unions
I see insured the happiness of these pledges of my
maternal love, as well as a futurity of peace and
concord for this magnanimous nation, which I
call with pride my country. I give at the same time
to your Sovereign the most striking proof of my affec-
tion by consenting, with all the effusion of my heart, to
the marriage of my beloved daughter, the Infanta, with
the Duke de Montpensier. She will thus enter an
august family, who by their practice form an example
of every private and public virtue.'
"Count Bresson then addressed Queen Isabella in the
following terms:—
"'Madam,—Your Majesty has not been contented
with insuring your own happiness and that of Spain by
giving your hand to a Prince most worthy of his high
destiny, but you have also thought of the happiness of a
beloved sister, and deigned to consent to her union with
the youngest son of a King who was already bound to
your Majesty by so many ties, and to Spain by sympathy
and his admiration for a people standing so high in his-
tory. To-day the Cortes of the kingdom, so enlightened
and so patriotic, have by. their deliberations and ad-
dresses partaken in the wishes and intentions of your
Majesty, and I come in the name of the King, my
august Sovereign, to request that you will first accept
his congratulations and best wishes, and next, that you
will solemnly confirm the consent already granted by
you for the marriage of her Royal Highness the Infanta
Dona Luisa Fernanda with his Royal Highness the
Duke de Montpensier.'
" Her Majesty Queen Isabella replied:—
" ' Called by Divine Providence to fill the throne of
Spain, the happiness of this great nation has ever been the
object of all my endeavours. My heart flatters me with
the hope that I have secured it by the union I am about
to contract. The Prince, who is about to call himself
my consort is worthy of the title from his high qualities.
I am also indebted to Divine Providence for a companion
of my childhood, who has been inseparable from me from
my infancy—a sister whom I love tenderly, and whose
happiness I wished to ensure as my own. May God
grant mes the consolation of knowing that my object
has been attained by giving her hand to the youngest
son of your King—to a Prince whose eminent merits
already recal the rare virtues of his august father.
Encouraged by the votes of the Cortes of the kingdom,
whose loyal and sincere congratulations I have just re-
ceived, I declare to you, sir, that I repeat and solemnly
confirm my royal consent to the celebration of the mar-
riage of my well-beloved sister the Infata of Spain, Dona
Luisa: Fernanda of Bourbon, to Prince Antoine Marie
Philippe Louis of Orleans, Duke de Montpensier. I
request, sir, that you will make this known to your So-
vereign,:my well-beloved uncle, whose congratulations
I accept with the most lively gratitude. And may the
Almighty, who so visibly guides and protects him, grant
that these two marriages may be pledges for the happi-
ness of our two families, and for the peace and prosperity
of the two nations.'
‘, Queen Christina afterwards sent the Marchioness
delSanta Cruz, the Camerera Mayor, to bring the Infanta,
whom the Count thus addressed:—
" Madam,—Heaven presided over your birth; and
your Royal Highness has had every gift, every grace
bestowed upon you. Happy the Prince on whom the
choice of your Royal Highness has fallen, and who is
called upon to unite his fate to yours. In saying to your
Royal Highness that already the heart of your future
husband is filled alone with this happiness, I only inter-
pret the sentiments which he himself will shortly ex-
press to you in person, if your Royal Highness shall
deign to confirm solemnly on this day the consent you
have already granted.'
" Her Royal Highness, after having obtained the con-
sent of her august mother and sister, answered :
" Intimately convinced that the counsels:of my tender
mother, and the advice of my well-beloved sister, can
have no other view than the double object of my happi-
ness and the interests of my country, I confirm, with
joy, sir, the consent I have already given, and solemnly
accept the offer made to me of the hand of a Prince
whose qualities are so eminent. It is with happiness
that. on this occasion, I yield to the desires of my
family.'
" Before he withdrew, Count Bresson delivered to
her Royal Highness the portrait of her affianced bride-
groom, which she accepted with evident satisfaction..
On his return to the embassy he was received with
great respect by the immense crowd assembled on the
occasion. Count Bresson distributed ten thousand
francs among the poor of Madrid and the servants of the
al stables."

FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
The. Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of
these times.
WEEK DAYS.—At 9, 934, 1034, 11, 1134, 12, 134, 234, 334,
4%, 5,6, and 7.
SUNDAYS.—At 834, 9, 934, 1034, 11, 134, 234, 334, 434, 5,
6, and 7.
Fares.—To or from London—Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail-
way, 9d. ; Saloon anl First Class Railway, Is.
To or from Blackwall and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ;
Saloon, 9d.
Tickets.—For Twelve months, 4/. 4s. ; Six months, 2/. 15s. ; Three
months, IL 15s. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ;
of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend; or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns-
wick-wharf, Blackwall.
Star Office, Sept. 23, 1846.

LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a General Meeting of Shareholders in the Leeds, Wakefield,
and Midland Junction Railway Company, held, pursuant to tette°,
at the Court-house in Wakefield, on Monday, the 28th day of Sep-
tember, 1846,
It was resolved, That Edward Few, Esq., be the Chairman of this

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
The Haymarket opened last night, after a very short
recess, during which. however, the house has been
thoroughly cleaned and redecorated. The company
(the best comedy company in England) have all been
re-engaged, and, in addition to the old favourites, we
are to haue Mr. Lester, the son of James Wallack, the '
Wallack, who has been case-hardening in the provinces,
and who, if provincial report speaks true, will not dis-
grace the name of Wallack ; and, therefore, we can see
no reason why he should not at once assume it. Miss
Reynolds, an American actress, and Mr. Rogers, who
last night made a most successful debut, in the cha-
racter of Humphrey Dobbins, in Colman's admirable
comedy of the Poor Gentleman. There was a quiet
power, an honest bluntness, approaching to a saucy
roughness, about Mr. Rogers's delineation of Humphrey
Dobbins which showed that he had "stuff" about him.
It was in every way worthy of the Haymarket company,
and we congratulate Mr. Webster on having secured in
Mr. Rogers a sterling actor. Farren's Sir Robert
Bramble is so well known that it is needless to dilate
upon it. Webster's 011apod was r aeethingly quaint
and amusing ; and Buckstdne, as Stephen Harrowby, , -
" made fun," which told well upon the audience.
Stuart's Worthington was full of power and pathos, and
Miss Fortescue made more of Emily than we have ever ,
yet seen made of the part. In characters of this class
no one on the stage can approach her. Mrs. Glover, as
Miss Lucretia M"fab was superb ; but Tilbury, as Cor-
poral Foss, was acoreely equal to the part. He laboured
hard, but he laboured in vain. He was harsh, hard, and
angular. After the National Anthem had been sung by
the whole company, a new farce, entitled The Fortune
Hunter, was produced. It is from the pen of Mr. Boyle
Bernard, and the scene is laid at Margate. The hero is
Captain Mouutgarret, a fortune-hunting Irishman.
Other captains are of her Majesty's service, or in
her Majesty's service, but Captain Mountgarret
is A. H. M. S., at her Majesty's service, and also
at the service of any other lady who can afford
to find him in dinners, clothes, andipocket-money. Other
fortune hunters are content with two strings to their
bow, but the gallant captain has three—a widow, with
four houses, an old maid, with divers canal shares, and
an ancient gentlewoman in a dropsy, whose perigrina-
tions on the sands he assiduously follows. He is in doubt
which to choose, therefore employs an appraiser to sur-
vey the property of each and help him out of his dilemma.
Mr. Griffin (Tilbury), a London wholesale dealer,
arrives, accompanied by his daughter and his sister.
The daughter has 30,0001. in her own right, and
the Captain leaves his other innamoratas to secure Miss
Griffin and 30,0001.•, but, unfortunately, ho makes love
to the wrong Miss Griffin, and finds himself at last on
the point of eloping with the elder Miss Griffin (Mrs.
W. Clifford), an elderly maiden lady, without a sous,
when he is discovered by the brother, and after receiving
a good shaking from the disappointed elderly damsel,
decamps, with old Griffin's " I knew it was a
swindle" ringing in his ears. Buckstone, as a
cockney out for a week, who pays a fly driver
five shillings for upsetting a party in the mud,
just to keep up the fun, was quaint and
amusing; and Clark, who is a clerk in London, and comes
to Margate to occupy a back bed-room for seven nights,
to be a swell on the beach, pier, and jetty, for seven
days, made, according to his wont, a great deal of a very
little part. The piece was given out for repetition by
Hudson, amidst the unanimous applause of a house
crowded to the ceiling.

meeting.
It was resolved, That the report mid the account of the receipts
and expenditure now read at the meeting be approved and confirmed.
It was also resolved, That Mr. Meynell, Mr. Rogers, and Mr.
Waterhouse, be appointed the Scrutineers to take the votes at this
meeting.
It was moved by Mr. ROdElls, seconded by Mr. SANDARS, and
resolved, That a deputation be appointed to negotiate with such com-
panies as have made, or may hereafter make, proposals to this Com-
pany, with a view to secure the further prosecution of the under-
taking on the best possible terms for the Shareholders.
It was moved by Mr. SAMUEL HARRISON ARMITAGE, and seconded
by Mr. JANSON, and unanimously resolved, That the deputation to
wait upon the Midland Rail Way Company, or any other Railway
Company, consist of Mr. Few, .Mr. S,andars, Mr. Meynell, and Mr.
Dawson, along with such other Members of the Executive Committee
as may think proper to attend, with power to negotiate and enter
into such arrangements as they may think proper.
It was resolved, That the application to Parliament for obtaining
an Act for the construction of the railway be proceeded with.
It was moved by Mr. FEW, seconded by Mr. A3MITASE, and re-
solved, That Mr. Meynell be added to the Executive Committee of
the Company.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on
the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a
LECTURE oa the ELECTRO •MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily.
MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAIL-
WAY. the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all is action. HALLETTE'S
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS-
COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE. A beautiful Series
of DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Selection of MADRIGALS of the
Sixteenth Century will be performed by a Sax-Horn Band, under
the. Direction of Dr. Wallis daily, and in the Evenings.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

PROSPECTUS OF THE
BRISTOL AND POOLE HARBOUR RAIL-
_ WAY COMPANY.
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 54,000 shares `or2Ol. 'each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per share.
(Registered Provisionally. )
PATRONS AND SUPPOgTERS.
gir E. Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset
John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erie Drag, Esq., M.P., Charborough

EDWARD FEW, Chairman.

• EDWARD .MEYHELL, i Scrutineers.
JAMES ROGERS,
Upon the motion of- Mr. IiOLDSWORTE, seconded by Mr. Ferrfx-
Tort, it was unanimously resolved, That the thanks of the meeting
be given to Mr. Few for his services as Chairman.
J. HOLDSWORTII.

NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS.
U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
The attention of Equitable Policy-holders is particularly called to
the Half-credit Scales of Premium of this Company, by which table
the bonus to be declared at the next investigation in January, 1850,
may be secured at a present annual payment of one-half the rates
charged by other companies. In the event of death the sum insured
will be paid, less the amount of premiums on credit. Should tke life
insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be al-
lowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the half
premiums which may be due thereon ; or in the event of the party
being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept np by com-
mencing to pay the full premium of the age as when first accepted.
The above plan, originating with this Company, was foand peculiarly
advantageous at the last Equitable division in 1848, when it was
largely adopted, and many of the policies then effected are still in
force, and large bonuses have been added to them on the scale of the
following table :
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy.
£5,000 .........8 years 10 months •• .. £683 6 6
5,010 . ..... years ••••..•• • . • . • • 600 0 0
6,000 •• • • 4 years .•••••• • • . • • .. 400 0 0
5,000 ••.•• • • • 2 years ..............200 I 0
Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application
to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd,
Esq., at the offices, 8, Waterloo-place, London.

Park, Dorset _ -. . _
J. Weld, Esq., Dilworth Castle, Dorset
Colonel John Michel, Dulish House, Dorset
Win. Cartwright; Esq., proprietor of collieries in Monmouthshire and
Glamorganshire.
E. B. Ashford, Esq., Babeary, Somerset.

ACTING COMMITTEE.
• HENRY STRETTON, Esq., Ramsgate, Cha!rman,
Major J. B. Home, Army and Navy Club
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Westbourne Grove
Colonel William Mainwaring Sloane, Seymour-street
Gilbert M'Queen, Esq., Great Coram-street, Russell-square
Thomas Peers, Esq., 1, Lamb's Conduit-place
GeorgeChisman, Esq., Dalston, Middlesex
Sir James Caleb Anderson, Bart.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
Frederick William Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place
/tees Price, Esq., M.D., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex
Capt. T. C. Newton, Bruton-street ; and Lugwarden, Herefordshire
Thomas Ottery Rayner, Esq., M.D. F.S.A., 1, Matthew's Place,
Cambridge Heath
Rev. C. Davies, Sandgate
Major J. Mill, Guernsey
Benjamin Head, Esq., 27, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury
J. Johnson, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley-square
G. Pusey, Esq., The Dells, Stoke Newington
N. Crouch, Esq., South-place, Euston-square ; and 64, Pall-malt
R. B. Crofts, Esq., Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, Cheshire
John Britten, Esq., Basinghall-street
Lieut. Charles T. Hill, R.N., Queen's-square, Bristol
Henry Lyater, Esq., Spring-terrace, Wandsworth
Captain Hippisley, Somerset-street, Cavendish-square
Wm. C. O'Connell, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square.
LONDON BANKERS.
London and County Bank
The London /Writ-Stock Banking Company.
COUNTRY BANKERS.
Messrs. Stuckey and Co.
National Provincial Bank of England
Messrs. Ledgard and Co., Poole
Messrs. Bastard and Co., Blandford.
ENGINEES.—George Rennie, Esq.
BECRETAZIES (pro. tem.)—Messrs. Castleman and Kingdom.
SOLICITORS.
Gilbert Stephens, Esq., 13, Northumberland-street, Strand.
Messrs. Castleman and Kingdon, Wimbome.
Since issuing the former prospectus, the Committee, being deter
mined to proceed on the surest grounds, and anxious for the ultimate
success of the undertaking, have made further and more minute in-
quiries into the remunerative traffic to be expected on this line ; and
they are warranted in stating that, the result of such inquiries has
greatly exceeded the expectations upon which they grounded their
former prospectus.
This line of railway, commencing at Bristol, will open a direct
communication with Poole, passing through or near the important
towns and villages of Whitechureh, Pensforcl, Clutton, Shepton
Mallet, Bruton, Castle Cary, NVlncanton Stalbridge, Sturminster,
Newton, Shlllingston, Steurpain, Blandford, Spittisbury, Sturminster
Marshall, Wimborne Minster to Poole Harbour ; and thus, by means
of the Line of Packets intended to be established by this Company,
from that port to the Channel Islands and Cherbourg, and the rail-
ways now in progress from the latter place to the French capital,
and from thence to Lyons, will co•nplete the line of communication,
by the most direct way, from Edinburgh to the south of France, thus
enabling that country to supply herself with many articles of corn-
memo at little more than half the cost she at present pays, and leav-
ing a good remunerative profit to the Company and producer at home.
Among the various sources of traffic to be expected on this line,
the following are the most prominent :—The supply of the Govern-
ment with Coal from the Welch and Somersetshire pits, by
means of the proposed line, for its different naval and steam
depots throughout the world. The Somerset pits, which are 36 in
lumber, yield, at present, about 2,000 tons per diem, but are ca-
pable of yielding a much larger quantity ; and, supposing that 2,000
tons were carried by the railway, at Id. per ton a mile, a dis-
tance of 40 miles for 300 days in the year, which is even less
than the Company have every reason to expect, it would yield a
net return of 100,0001., or 10 per cent. upon the estimated capi-
tal ; deduct then 40 per cent. for working the line, wear and tear,
and there remains the sum of 60,000/., or 6 per cent. per annum
on the capital. There can be no doubt of the demand of this
important article of general consumption, from the great dimi-
nution of price to the consumer by the costs of carriage being
reduced to Id. per ton per mile from the present cost, which is
from 6d. to 10d. The supply of the Channel Islands (population
more than 100,000), and of France, with the best species of
coal for the production of gas, as well as for the use of their
manufactures and for domestic purposes. This article, by means
of the various coal pits situated on the line, will yield to the
Company a very fine remunerative profit, and be of the greatest be-
nefit to the coal proprietor; as the coal necessary for the purposes of
gas can be obtained in very large quantities, and delivered at Cher-
bourg at one-third less than they are now giving for the same cosi,
and which cannot, therefore, fail to be of equal benefit to the mer-
chant abroad, the producer at home, and the proposed Company.
Besides these two great sources of coal traffic, there is the supply of
the southern coast, and the different districts on the line, with coal
for domestic use, at a saving of from six to seven shillings a ton.
This is a circumstance that cannot fail to secure to the Company the
entire traffic, and be of the greatest benefit to themselves and the
public in general. In addition to this, the line will offer to the great
manufacturing city of Bristol a mere ready market for all those
articles of commerce of which France and the Channel Islands stand
so much in need, and which are manufactured in great quantities at
that city, and as soon as the line is completed, tenders will at once
be submitted to Government for the more speedy transmission of the
mails to the Channel Islands, by which a saving of more than
twelve hours will be effected, and to the North and North-west of
Great Britain a saving of twenty-four hours.
There is also very considerable traffic to be derived from the
various stone quarries, 'iron mines, and clay pits on the line (the
clay pits alone yielding more than 50,000 tons annually) ; sand from
the Isle of Wight, for the manufacture of glass, of which more
than 10,000 tons annually are used in Birmingham alone; the pre-
' sent mercantile traffic which now goes round the Land's End to
the Western Ports ; the great agricultural, manufacture, and pas-
senger traffic from the rich and populous districts through which
the line passes; and the traffic which must be thrown upon the line
from the Welch iron and coal masters, as being the nearest and most
direct outlet to the Continent for the produce of that country. In-
dependent of remuneration, this line ought to be looked upon as a
great national undertaking and benefit, as it will do away with the
necessity for vessels now employed in the Dutch, Danish, Swedish,
and Russian trades, bound to the western parts of England, going
round the Land's End, by at once opening to them the harbour of
Poole, which has been pronounced by eminent engineers to be one
of the best natural harbours in the world, and capable, at a small
expense, of being made accessible to vessels of the largest class
with perfect safety, and enabling them to send their cargoes
to their different destinations in less time, and at a less
expense, than at present : by this means, not only will the
shipowner and the merchant be greatly benefited, but the
Company would derive an immense annual revenue from the
cargoes of northern produce thus landed at Poole, to be again distri-
buted, by means of their railway, to the different manufacturing towns
throughout this country ; and the passenger traffic that would natu-
rally follow so large a portion of mercantile traffic cannot sail to
yield to the Company a very handsome return upon their outlay.
The average number of vessels detained in this trade in going
round the Land's End amounts, from the most authentie sources, to
about four thousand, each vessel averaging a detention of five days.
The average tonnage of these vessels amounts to 130 tons, which
would give six men to each vessel, working after the rate of SOL per
month, which would give, for the number of days detained, 101. to
each vessel: this, multiplied by the number of vessels, viz., 4,000,
would give the sum of 40,0001., which will be entirely saved by
means of this line. This is independent of the loss of life, destruction
of property, expense of insurance, and loss of time, which would
all be saved by the projected rail, the statistics of which, did space
allow, would make every one look upon the present undertaking,
not only as one of great local importance, but one of great national
benefit.
The advantages have long been known and appreciated, and the
present Company have determined to bring them into play in the
most full and efficient manner. The expense of storage at Poole as
well as the port dues are less than at any port in the kingdom ; so
that the merchant would be enabled to keep his goods there at a less
expense than at his own port. He would be enabled to perform five
voyages for every three from the northern parts, and, by means of
the speedy communication by the electric telegraph and the rapid
travelling of the present day, many advantages and conveniences will
be afforded.

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WINDSOR, THURSDAY.--The Queen and Prince Albert
took their accustomed early walk this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
took walking exercise this morning on the terrace and
grounds around the Castle.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colo-
nel Bouverie, went out this morning to enjoy the sport
of shooting.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel left the Castle to-day.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort left the Castle in
the afternoon in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, for
an airing. The royal suite followed in another pony
carriage.

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His Royal Highness Prince George visited her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager on Wednesday evening, and
joined the illustrious circle assembled at Marlborough
House, in honour of the birthday of her Royal Highness
the Princess of Prussia. Their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, and his Serene Highness the Prince Frederick
of Hesse, left Marlborough House in the evening, and
returned to Kew.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia took
leave of her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday
morning, at Marlborough House, on her return to the
continent. The Princess, accompanied by his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left town, for
Woolwich, soon after eleven o'clock. Her Royal High-
ness's suite consisted of Countess Haack, Count Puckler,
and Count Witzleben. The Princess was also attended
from town by the Earl of Denbigh (Master of the Horse
to the Queen Dowager) and Mr. Bedford. The Che-
valier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, attended her Royal
Highness at Woolwich.
The Princess and suite embarked on the Black Eagle
for Rotterdam.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left her residence,
Marlborough House at half-past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, for Cashiobury Park, Herts. Her Majesty
was attended by Frances Lady Clinton, Hon. Miss
Mitchell, and the Earl of Denbigh.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yester-
day afternoon, at the official residence of Lord John
Russell, in Downing-street. The Ministers present
were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Morpeth, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay.
The Earl of Minto arrived in town yesterday morning
to attend the meeting, from St. Leonard's-on-Ws. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday
morning from Hickleton Hall, Doncaster.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
Prince Callimaki, the newly accredited Turkish
Minister at this Court, was yesterday received by
Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign-office, accompanied
by Edi,b Effendi. the Charge d'Affaires.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE ABERDEEN RAIL-
WAY.—About eight o'clock on the morning of Monday
last, a fearful accident occurred on the viaduct now build-
ing of the Aberdeen Railway, leading from the terminus
to the suspension-bridge across the river Dee, whereby
the lives of seven of the workmen were sacrificed, to-
gether with four others, who were conveyed in a man-
gled state to the infirmary, without hopes of recovery.
The excitement here is very great, and various rumours
have been afloat as to the cause of the accident. Mr.
Gibb, the resident engineer, was on the spot with the di-
rectors as soon:after as possible,and everything was done
to:alleviate the distress occasioned to the relatives of the
unfortunate sufferors, ono of whom has left a family of
nine children. Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, had only gone
from the town a few hours before the accident, and an
express was sent to recal him, with a view of ascertain-
ing the cause of the accident, which it would be prema-
ture to surmise until Mr. Cubitt's report shall be made.
LANDSMEN ADRIFT.—The pilot cutter Nettle, Win-
ter, master, of this port, returning from a cruise off
Spurn, during the late hazy weather, picked up a boat
which, on the first discovery, having a shirt raised on
an oar as a signal of distress, was supposed to contain
the crew of some vessel that had been probably run
down in the fog. On bringing the craft alongside, how-
ever, the anxiety of the pilots to assist the shipwrecked
crew was enlivened by an admixture of mirth, while
they heard and relieved the miseries of two tailors and
two shoemakers, from Saltfieet, who bad a most melan-
choly tale to tell—
" Of how they had been cast away,
Far, far from love and home;
And how they wailed by night day,

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STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.—DISCOVERY OF Two
SUICIDES IN RED BANK, MANCHESTER, ON FRIDAY.—
The somewhat awful circumstances attendant upon the
discovery of two cases of determined suicide, both of
which occurred in the same neighbourhood, and were
discovered on the same day, has thrown the neigh-
bourhood where they took place into the utmost con-
sternation. Strange to say, both the unhappy in-
dividuals who have so rashly thrown away their lives
, and both, it is believed,
place as follows :—Mr. Hoyle resided at
of the body of Mr. Edward
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Cilhoeyeltehatmoo-sktreet, Red Bank, with his family, a son, about
19, two younger children, and his housekeeper, himself
being a widower. His housekeeper heard him stirring
between two and three o'clock yesterday (Friday) morn-
ing, when he descended from his bed-room to the yard,
but shortly after returned up stairs again. On getting
up, about half-past six o'clock, the housekeeper per-
ceived him lying in the yard, and on calling his son to
see what was amiss with him, it was discovered that lie
had cut his throat with a razor, which was found lying
near to him. The housekeeper states that she never
heard him descend the stairs a second time, and when
discovered he was quite dead and appeared to have been so
for some time. The melancholy occurrence is attributed to
the low state of deceased's mind, he having been much
affected since the death of his wife about two years
ago. He was 51 years of age. The other case is that
of an old man aged 77, a Mr. William Anderton, resid-
ing also in Red Bank. He it appears was a widower,
was discovered strangled in
rbeesdidbiyng aacln. Deceasedoordewhichbetad
attached to the bed-post.
It is probable that ho must have been dead many hours,
as no person had seen him since Wednesday evening.
Both the bodies now lie awaiting coroner's inquests.—
Manchester Courier.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India
colonies,

O'er the briny ocean's foa-m."
The parties, it appeared, after having stuck like bricks
to their lasts and shopboards all the previous week to
adorn the bodies and understandings of the lieges at
Saltfleet, started too early after their Saturday night's
cup, on probably a piscatory enterprise within reach of
the shore, but being caught in a fog, the boat taking ad-
vantage of the would-be ultra marines, turned her
stem seawards, while they, pulling, as they thought,
homewards, finally found themselves spending Sunday
night at sea. Luckily they were not teetotallers,
and endured their fate as best they could,
under a signal of distress, but another sun set
on the sufferers, when, grubless and bubless, they
sank exhausted in the bottom of their treacherous
barque, now playing the slippery trick of casting
herself away on a shoal, which, for aught the unhappy
voyagers knew to the contrary, might be some fatal knoll
in the German Ocean. By the way it was subsequently
ascertained to have been Sandhale, at the entrance of the
Humber, where the victims might have walked on shore,
at the mere risk of immersion to the waist; they, however,
lay snug in their simplicity, until drifting to sea again their
signal luckily brought the Nettle to their relief. One
of the sons of St. Crispin, on being landed at Spurn
Point, said he would never trust the sea again—there
was nothing like leather, and he would walk home, even
if he went round by Selby Bridge, sooner than cross the
water in a boat. Tho other worthy of the last, and the
knights schneidcrkins ventured to accompany the pilots
to Hull, and again to embark by steam to Grimsby, from
whence they reached home, to the great joy of many a
social and domestic circle, who had begun to think of
" full fathoms five" in the " deep, deep sea."—Hull
Packet.
" The Animal's Friend Society," of 18, Strand,
last week charged David Simmons (the son of the Sim-
mons charged the previous week), before Mr. Norton,
at the Lambeth Court, with having ill-treated the same
horse as in the former ease, and with violently beating
it on the head and nose, while it was overloaded. The
father came forward and said be had sold the horse,
upon which the defendant was fined half the costs, and
reprimanded.
THE PHEASANT SEASON.—Yesterday being the
first day of pheasant shooting, the London markets, and
many of the principal poulterer's, exhibited pheasants
for sale, although they were scarce and insufficient for
the demand. Prime young birds made from Gs. to 7s.
and Bs. a brace, and small and inferior ditto sold at ss.
and 6s. a brace.
Le Commandeer Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister,
transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.

A careful preliminary survey having been made by the Company's
surveyor, the line has been pronounced to present less than the aye-
and the
ave-
rage engineeringsur-
veyed,
level 1 difficulties, about thirty miles being through a rich,
of at the mouth of the harbour has been pronounced
e_removal,of the
and is now actually being removed ; thus
afatti the world.
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few
commodiousvetritur largest tonnage one of the safest and most
the advantages offered to the public by the pro-
jected line ; and the Committee,t impressed with the sense of the ex-
cellence and legitimacy of
upon ascertained facts and undertaking, and basing their views
undoubted evidence, feel themselves war-
rvaizn.t:ed
Tinhoafftehraingpatgltakin
shares in the said Company shall be
gapplicants for shares the following conditions,
a greater
to a larger amount than
liable (in case of failure of the
called for
shall be sanctioned at a
five shillings per share, unless
period
daatlrl for that purpo.,e ; so that
General Meeting of the Shareholders
return
portions:tachlyo:larger amount if the
ya,ndu:ouPirn°spection
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will produce an
thereby warrantingsums
the shareholders that the amount subscribed is still to
received by them on account of the Company
in the hands of
the bankers, minus the ss. per share.
The future plans of the Company will be laid before the share-
holders at their first general meeting, and everything submitted to
their investigation and approved.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Bristol and Poole Harbour
Railway Company.
I request that you will allot to me shares of 201.
each in the above undertaking, agreeably to the prospectus ; and ,
agree to accept such shares as may be allotted me, on the terms above
mentioned, and also to pay the deposit thereon, and to sign the P.,r-
lianaentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required./
Dated the day of 1846.
Name • ...... •
Residence ••• • • ..... ...•
Trade or Profession ••.. ..
Reference .• • • • • • • • • .. ..
Address of Referee •••• • • • •
*** Applications for shares may be made, in the above form, at
the office of the Company, 55, King William-street, City; Gilbert Ste-
phens, Esq., 13, Northumberland-street, Strand ; Messrs. Castleman
and Kingdon, solicitors, Wimborne ; T. Hyatt, Esq., solicitor, Shep-
ton Mallet ; S.
Smith 'Esq., Blandford ; and M. K. Welch, Esq., so-
licitor, Poole.

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THE MONTPENSIER. MARRIAGES.
(From the Times.)
The Montpensier marriages are pressed on with all
that delicacy and dispatch which characterised the first
stages of the•affair. The word is "to strike while the
iron is hot." No party concerned, from the great
European spectator down to the helpless daughters of
Christina, is to be allowed the opportunity of a second
reflection. The time, the methods, and the ethical pro-
prieties of the story, are comprehended within the narrow
limits and rigorous conditions of an almost dramatic
unity. For two months the Jason of Paris and Medea
of Madrid were settling, or rather maturing, their plans;
for, unless we are to suppose that there were secret ar-
ticles in the treaty, which time may or may not reveal,
there was not much remaining for settlement. This
was the longest part of the business. Bat is politics
secresy and celerity are interchangeable terms. It is
admitted that for those two months England was put
. . .

wholly out of the question. The eyes of the British
Lion were blindfolded, and his ears stopped by treach-
erous protestations, while the conspirators snatched
away the Golden Fleece. What had England to do with
the family affairs of Louis Philippe? It was true that at
a personal interview with a neighbouring Sovereign,
joyfully hailed by both nations as the much-desired
pledge of that good understanding to which their Go-
vernments were mutually engaged, the King had agreed
to a very different arrangement. It was true that
England had protested, through her Minister, against
that other arrangement so lately revealed, so soon to
be consummated. It was true that there existed an
ancient treaty, which, at least, established a right of in-
terference ; and that England had twice interfered in
this century, at a great cost of treasure and blood, to
replace, first, Ferdinand, then Isabella, on the throne.
It was true that France had contributed to us at least a
formal co-operation at the latter contest. But what of
all this ? When the question was the marriage of
those royal sisters, to whom and to whose family and
nation England had been so authorised, so acknow-
ledged, so constant, and so generous a friend, what had
England any longer to do with it ? It became then
a quiet domestic affair. The labourer that had sown,
and reaped, and carried the harvest, was now dismissed ;
the King and his trusty cousin were the only persons
interested in the fruits of the political husbandry.
Thus was England thrust aside in the first stage of the

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ionsiuereu LICAIdU ouarryst _
cussion of the brain. .97 deposed to takinC, Carpenter
into custody, and on asking him if he has not been
fighting, he said he was sorry to say that he had, and
that the man that he had been fighting with was
dead. He then said he wanted his breakfast. Vie pri-
soner, in answer to the charge, said he did not folloYf the
deceased into the field for two or three minutes, and that
he would have left off fighting before if the deeetaed
would have let him. The Bench said it was their duty
to commit him. The prisoner was shortly afterviar&
conveyed to Newgate by the Uxbridge coach.

°~ `_

THE GREAT BRITAIN:
LIVERPOOL, THIIRSDLL—No report of an official cha-
racter has been received here to-day from the parties in
charge of this unfortunate vessel. Yesterday evening
the steam tug-boat No. 1 was dispatched to Dundrum
Bay, with a considerable stock of cables, corda..;,-, aid
other means and appliances requisite for the attempts
which will be made, on Saturday and Sunday, to get Lilt;
ship off. It is useless to conceal the fact, that An im-
pression is pretty generally entertained, that the p ) at. on
oi. the vessel is much more alarming than the extr •wely
barren reports which have emanated] from those con-
cerned would lead the public to infer.
Public anxiety respecting the cause of the disaster re-
mains unabated, and Captain Hosken's report to the
directors of the company to which the Great-Britain
belongs, is still being looked for, in order to settle the
disputed question, whether the light on the Calf of Mau
was or was not seen. _
Captain Claxton, one of the directors of the company
to which the Great Britain belongs, has published the
following letter, addressed to the secretary of the COM..
puny. In another letter the captain says—" To the
poor as well as to the rich in the neighbourhoo I the
grateful thanks of the directors are due, for nothing can
have exceeded the desire to alleviate the misfortunes of
all concerned that has been manifested by every one in

the locality."
Great Britain, Dundrum Sands, Sept. 26.
Dear Sire—On my arriving on board this morning,
after looking at the position of the ship, and Captain
Hosken's dispositions for getting her afloat at the proper
time, I sought and, as I expected, received from him a
candid and clear detail of the circumstanoes which pre-
ceded the unfortunate occurrence. For the information
of my colleagues, and the rest of the shareholders of the -
company, I hasten to convey to you the result of that
inquiry, which I have no hesitation in saying has satis-
fied me that the confidence which we have for so many
years placed in that most excellent man ought not in the
slightest degree to be shaken by an event so deeply
affecting his character as an officer and a seaman.
The first officer has charge of the ship's log, and
from him I obtained the following extract:-
" At 12h. 50m. p.m. discharged pilot. At lb., abreast
of the Bell Buoy, speed 11 knots, wind southerly ; set
maintopsail and topgallantsail and foresail (foretepsail
had been previously set); course N.W. by N. At 4b., -
fresh breezes and thick hazy weather. sb. 30m. saw the .
land on starboard bow indistinctly through the rain.
7h. 30m., in mizen spencer. Bh., fresh breezes and very
thick, with constant rain ; trimmed sails to haul up N.
by E. ; in topgallantsails. 8h; 15nesesebsereed Calf.o.L•
Man Light bearing N.N.W. half IV., altered course to
N. by W. Bh. 30m., in first and second reef of foretop-
sail and single-reefed the maintopsail. At 9h., squared
the yards. 9h. 30m. in foresail, while taking it in saw
land on starboard bow; stopped engines, put helm hard
a-port, reversed engines full speed ; ship came up to
N.N.E., afterwards to N.E. and stopped ; dewed sails
up." (Then follow details of proceedings as to after oc-
currences, when she was thumping and in the breakers.)
The following note appears to have been added to the
log, probably when the excitement was over ;—" At 711.
the captain remarked to me that the Ship ought to be
well up to the Calf of Man lights, as the log showed she
had run her distance. He asked if the log glass was
correct, which was a new one, and found correct. At
Bh. the sails were trimmed for hauling the ship up N.
by E., after doing which observed the light, and kept
ship off again to N.W. half N.; squared yards. The
captain said the ship had run her distance, but supposed
the light was the Calf light, and that one of them was
obscured by the thick weather."
On examining Captain Hosken's chart, on which are
his cross bearings of the supposed points of the Isle of
Mau, of which so short and indistinct a glimpse was
caught, I find it is addressed to the Mayor and Town .
Council of Liverpool, published by John and Alexander
Walker, agents to the Admiralty, 72, Castle-street,
Liverpool, and 9, Castle-street, London, 1846. It was
bought by Captain Hosken, when going out on his
previous voyage in June, as the latest and most correct
chart, but in it is no mention whatever of a revolving or
intermitting light, or any other light whatever on St.
John's point. There, however, the light is; and it is
now my business to show that had the light been, as it
ought to, have been—having been in use for three years
(if lam correctly informed)—in the chart, or had there
been no light at all on that point, the accident would
not have happened. On taking his departure from the
Bell Buoy Captain Iloskeu steered precisely the same
course as the Windsor, constant steamer to Belfast,
was steered by her captain on Saturday last, N.W. by
N., and that is the correct course for the Calf of Man.
St. John's point also bears N.W. by N. from the Bell
Buoy. Captain Hosken calculated his speed to be 11
knots; it really was more, and his shin no doubt was
ahead of his calculation four or five miles. A glimpse
was caught of the Isle of Man, but the lights on the
Calf were never seen, which I account for by the fact
that it was very thick, and between sunset and dark, when
she passed probably four or five miles to the south.
Had it been quite dark she would probably have
seen them, and had she seen them the accident could not
have happened, as he would have steered away his North
Channel course after rounding them. At seven, it ap-
pears by the first officer's note to his log, the captain re-
marked she must be well up with the Calf lights. There
is no doubt he had even then passed them, but he had a
fine open channel of more than thirty miles between them
and the Irish coast. He informed me that he then said
as be could not see them he should alter his course, at
eight, shorten sail, and go easy for the North Channel!,
which intention he bad begun to put in practice ; and
this was the right practice, and if pursued, all would
have been well, as he would soon have made the next
proper light in his course of north by east—the South
Rock, to the North of Strangford Lough entrance (albeit
as be candidly admits, a half-dozen miles nearer than be
expected), when this St. John's light, of which be had
never heard, and which is not named in his chart, is all
at once seen, and that, too, within the exact bearing of
the Calf of Man lights, supposing he had not passed
them. The course aas again altered • the St. John's
light was treated as the Calf of Man lights would
th haveus
been had they been seen—i. e., given such a ber
insured clearing the Hen aid Chickens, and then rounded,
and then, instead of being in a deep water channel, the
ship takes the ground about a league to the west of this, at
best, deceiving light, and, in his case, decided decoy duck.
In hastening to get this letter off, knowing the anxiety
of my colleagues, I write under some excitement, and
under most unpleasant circumstances; due allowances
should, therefore, be made. lam quite aware of all that
may be said by nautical men. 1 know, from my own
thoughts, before I saw the chart in Captain Hosken's
possession, how many strong questions may be put as to
distance and speed—as to one set of lights revolving
every two minutes, St. John's light every minute only.
To all of them I answer, it is easy to say the door should
have been locked after the horse has been stolen. It
was hard to make out lights at all; and, as to counting
differences of time under some circumstances, it is im-
possible, or next to it. The facts are simple :—Tbe
captain's judgment was right up to the time of his seeing
this not laid down light, and puzzled, as he states him-
self to have been, to account for not being further a head
when he took it for the Calf, he acted by that light, as
I verily believe, most men would have acted under simi-
lar circumstances.
I have only to add my meed of praise for ell that has
been done by Captain Hosken since the occurrenee—my
admiration of his manly bearing uuder circumstances
that might well have crushed a weaker mind, and
of the
discipline and good conduct of the officers and men ttndet
his comcircumsmand, who are working gallantly, I may say,
under tances of great trial and difficulty, if not
of danger.
The compasses were perfectly correct, and the ship
herself so strong as to defy hitherto shocks from rollers
and seas at high water, which, in my humble opinion,
would by the end of last week have broken up the
strongest wooden ship that ever was built.
The ship lies in the worst position for coming off ;
still, if we are favoured with tolerable weather, I see at
present no reason to doubt her being afloat by the end
of the week.—Yours trulCH y,
RISTOPHER CLAXTON.
W. M. Bennett, Esq., Secretary.

affair.
Then came that night. If we have the least desire
that our-words should reach the cars of one unprivileged
Spaniard, we must beware how we descend into tho par-
ticulars of that scene. The least minuteness of descrip-
tion or closeness of allusion may deprive Madrid of a
journal, and an editor of all further powers of political
utility. In so delicate a passage we are content that the
Journal des Debats shall be our spokesman. " Her
Majesty," says that most euphemistic of historians,
" before she withdrew to her private apartments, received
at an advanced hour of the night some persons of her
household. It was some hours after quitting her
Ministers that the Queen, who received only M. Donoso
Cortes, and afterwards waited on her mother, recalled
her Ministers, to announce to . them her resolution.
Several of them were still in the Palace at the
dice of the First Secretary of State. The others
had withdrawn. All immediately assembled in
her Majesty's presence. They quitted her after
having received her orders." The Debats proceeds
to boast, with singular simplicity, that it here tells us
less than the truth, and might tell us more with advan-
tage to its cause. The boast is superfluous. The narra-
tive proclaims its imperfections. The midnight chrono-
logy of the Debais reminds one of those interesting
difficulties which beset the first book of Livy, wherein
several generations of antediluvian longevity are huddled
into the limits of one ordinary reign. The action begins
at an advanced hour of the night. Subsequent to that are
important events, consultations, decisions, assemblages,
felicitous rencontres, and great constitutional acts. " Some
hours" are confessed to in one scene of the performance,
and that of a more private character. Are there no clocks
in Madrid? Does Isabella, like the King of Egypt, turn
night into day, to double her life and to cheat the oracle?
Who has predicted that her reign will be short? When
the Journal des Debats condescends to fill up its sketch,
perhaps it will tell us the usual length of a summer
night at Madrid, and also whether M. Bresson was at
the Palace. That gentleman, whom the Debuts has en-
tirely forgotten, is the Hamlet of the play.
What follows is in character with these auspicious
beginnings. England has protested firmly and tem-
perately with France, and the only answer is the depar-
ture of Montpensier. Had we dictated to Louis Philippe
his city' de cuisine, we could not have been treated with a
more contemptuous silence. He answers indeed; but
through his own organs; by his hired servants. On a
" domestic" question he vouchsafes what is virtually a
domestic reply. He communicates with England through
his valet and his steward, the Debuts and the Presse.
Such civility is superfluous. Of course we know with
what amiable solicitude the affair is regarded in the
bosom of that numerous and affectionate family. What
are ancient treaties and recent understandings, the re-
collections of a century or of a twelvemonth, to the de-
voted Paterfamilias expecting a Spanish Infanta for his
daughter-in-law? For the time lay aside all national
responsibilites. Shut out all Europe. Turn a deaf ear
to remonstrant neighbours. Forget that you are a King,
that you are the King, not of France, but of the French.
It is a domestic question. Settle it in the sacred pri-
vacy of the hearth.
But is it a domestic question? Does either Spain, or
England, or France, or even Louis Philippe himself, re-
gard it as such? Or is it such on the simplest view of
its historical circumstances and antecedents? As for
Louis Philippe himself, do we not know that every
member of the house of Orleans, from the founder of the
race, is born with his right eye on the patrimony of St.
Louis, and his left eye looking towards Spain? Good
people tell us, "He wants a dotation for his son; that is
all.' But how much is involved in that modest desire?
The Spanish people are, in fact, as reluctant as the
French to accommodate themselves to the conveniences
of the royal, or rather the paternal, exchequer. Why
should the independence of Spain be jeopardised for that
which the parsimony of France declines? The unani-
mous public opinion of the three countries sees the fear-
ful possibilities of the measure. It sees nothing private
in the arrangement. It cannot partake in that soft
nuptial dream which excludes so many duties, and
perhaps kindles so many aspirations.
The wisdom of all three countries, as represented by
the unfettered portion of the press, sees a real danger in
the event. A real danger there is. They who sneer at
treaties, who deride a balance of power, and laugh at
the vagaries of matrimonial ambition, may perhaps be
roused by the reflection that what has occurred twice in
the present generation may possibly occur again. What
is the state of affairs Louis Philippe is founding at
Madrid? In a few years a French Prince, the head of a
French party, most odious to the nation, will, it is said,
most probably be the husband of the Queen. With
Spain such as it is, how can there fail to be a collision
between the throne and the people? Will France stand
back, on one side? Will England, on the other? How
can this be a purely domestic question? How can a
" dotation" thus acquired be a harmless affair?

FATAL AFFRAY AT HAREFIELD,

MIDDLESEX.
On Wednesday two young men of the names of James
Carpenter and George Norman, boatmen, were brought
up before Messrs. T. Dagnall and G. Greville, the sitting
magistrates of Uxbridge, for examination, the former
charged with having caused the death of William Nor-
man, aged 23 years, and the latter with having aided and
abetted in causing the same. Samuel Jordan oeposed
that he was the keeper of the llarefield lock, on the
Grand Junction Canal. On the morning of Saturday
last, between seven and eight o'clock, the prisoner James
Carpenter came to witness and said he wanted to fill the
lock for two boats to go through, but he had not got the
lock ready when the boats came up to the lock. William
Norman, the deceased, was steering the first boat which
came up to the lock, and some very high words took
place between the deceased and the prisoner Car-
penter because the lock was not ready. The de-
-1 ceased then got out of his boat, and used some
very aggravating expressions towards Carpenter,
upon which Carpenter asked deceased if he
could make him what he had called him, and deceased
said he either could or would, witness could not tell
which. Deceased then immediately threw off his cap,
and began fencing at the prisoner Carpenter. Both
Carpenter and the deceased then walked on to the road
which crosses the bridge at the locks, and began fighting,
and fought for some time. Witness did not see who
struck the first blow. After they had fought for about
ten minutes, witness went on to the bridge, which was
about ten yards off from them, and called to them to
leave off, saying that they had had quite fighting enough,
and they had better attend to their boats. The pri-
soner, George Norman, is a brother of the deceased,
and was then there present, as he had been from the
first of the affray. He likewise begged his brother
(the deceased) to give over fighting, and go about his
business. The prisoner Carpenter made the reply,
" That's just as he likes," meaning deceased. Both
then went into Mr. Goodman's field, which adjoins
the canal, and renewed the fight. About five minutes
afterwards witness went into the field, and then
saw the deceased down on the grass in a sitting position,
and his brother (the prisoner Norman) behind him, :ap-
parently trying to lift him up. The prisoner Norman,
on seeing witness, called out for a jug of water, which
witness instantly fetched ; and, as he gave it to
George Norman, witness stooped and looked in de-
ceased's face, and immediately said he was a c9rpse.
The prisoner Norman instantly asked witness if any
doctor was at hand. Witness told him one lived about a
mile off, and scut off for him directly. e prisoner
Norman cried very much when witness said he vv”.l-
a
corpse. Mr. Kyd, the surgeon,
came, as did also i
constable. Mr. Kyd said th:at
kins, a llarefield
de-
ceased had been dead about half an hour. Witness
pointed Carpenter out to the police as the person who
had killed the deceased. Carpenter was standing
crying on the bridge when ho did so. The body was
afterwards removed to the King's Arms Inn, liarefield.
to await the inquest. The Bench upon that evidence
discharged the prisoner Norman, and admitted him
as a witness. George Norman then corroborated the
evidence of the first witness. Deceased struck the first
blow. Mr. Hayes Kyd, surgeon, of Harefield, deposed
to having been called to attend deceased, whom he found
as described. lie opened a vein, but very little blood

THE MAILS FOR LISBON AND THE CAPE OS GOOD
HOPE.—In consequence of her Majesty's sloop Bull-
dog, which was to have conveyed mails for Lisbon and
the Cape of Good Hope, having experienced some
damage ten days ago, which obliged her to put back to
Devonport, the following notice was issued yesterday at
the General; Post-office:—" Her Majesty's sloop Bull
Dog has been ordered not to proceed to Lisbon and the
Cape of Good Hope. The mails have therefore been re-
turned. Another of her Majesty's ships will be
dispatched to the Cape of Good Hope, of the sailing of
which due intimation will be given."
FALL OF A MANUFACTORY AND LOSS OF LIFE.—"
Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ingi the inhabitants of Barfield were alarmed by a d
ud2bfacYtotrhye.falTinhige
cinrase f
afobllooiwi
deido
g', ;by
ecdriase s
aforr
oapied,
roocac,asmi one
building consisted of one large room on the basement,
and another immediately over it. From ten to fifteen per-
sons were usually employed
lot in the upper room m.
has Inbeen he
rear of the factory is a piof ground whic
excavated to a considerable depth for building purposes,
and the wall of the manufactory nexOto the excavated
ground having given way, nearly the entire buildi ug
fell into the hollow. The scene that presented itself to
the lookers-on was heartrending in the extreme. Many
of the workpeople were lying around, partially buried
amongst the falling rubbish. A number of persons wore
quickly engaged in extricating the sufferers, several of
whom were conveyed to the infirmary seriously injured.
The bodies of a man and a girl, both quite dead, were
afterwards dug out of the ruins. It has been aseertained
that there were eleven persons at work in the manufac-
tory when the accident occurred—namely, four men,
three women, and four children. Nine out of the num-
ber are more or less injured. One man has a broken.
leg and head severely injured, and another of the men
several ribs fractured and both arms dislocated. Two
of the women and one of the children have sustained
some severe injuries, but the remainder of the per:•ons
who were within the building have escaped with compa-
ratively but slight injury.
EALT INDIA HOUSE MUSEUM.—The museum at the
East India House, in Leadenhall-street, having been for
some time closed, will be re-opened to the public as usual
to-morrow (Saturday).