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No. 16,900.

lIARWICII and EASTERN COUNTIES
JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PIER,
FROM HARWICH TO THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY AT

NOTICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN,

That appliotion is intended to be_made to Parliament in the en-
suing session for an Act to authorise the camtruction of a railway,
with all pro Per wharfs, stations, and convenienceic connected there-
with, commencing within the port or harbour of the borough of Har-
wich, in the county of Essex, at or near Rath Side, and at or near a
certain street or road called or. known as Out-part of town westward,
both in the parish of Saint Nicholas, Harwich, in the sa'd borough,
and-terminating by two several junctions with the Eastern Union
Rail Way, one at or near a farm called Home Farm, in the occupation
of Edward Alibott, and the other at or near the Ardleigh Station of
the said Eastern Union Railway, both in the parish of Ardleigh, in
the said county of Essex ; ad also to authorise the erection, con-
struction, and Inaluteuance of a pier or jetty 'Within the said port or
harbour orate said borough Of -Harwich, iu the said county of Essex,
in connection with such railway ; and which intended railway, pier,
or jetty, and the wliaffs; works, stations, and conveniences connec-
ted therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into the several pa-
rishes, townships, and extra-parochial places hereinafter mentioned,
some or all of them, that is to say—Saint Nicholas -Harwich, Lower
Dovercourt, Upper Dovercourt, Little Oakley, Great Oakley,.
Ramsey, Wrabness, Wicks Green, Wicks, otherwise Wickes, other-
wiie Wix, Bradfield, Mistley, Manningtree, Little Brornley, Great
Bromley, Lawf&d, in-the sa'd county of Essex.
AND- NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN,
That duplicate plans and sections, describing the line or• situa-
tion and levels of the said intended railway and pier or. jetty and
works, and describjng also the lands proposed to be taken for
the purposes aforesaid, together with books of reference to such
plans containing the names of the' owners or reputed owners,
lessees or reputed leksees, and occupiers of the said lands, will be
deposited% on or before the• Thirtieth day of November instant, with
the Clerk of- the Peace for the said. county of Essex, at his office
at Chelmsford, In the said county;- and that a copy of so much of
the said plans, sections, and books of reference as relates to each of
the parishes in or through which the said railway and pier or jetty
And works are intended to pass dr to be made, will be deposited on or
before the card Thfrtieth'day'cif November instant, With the Parish
Clerks of such-parishes respectively:
-
• And It is also intended- to take powers in the said. Act to make
lateral deviations from thp.line, or lines,of,the said proposed railway
and pier, or jetty, wharfs,2Forkr and stations, to such extent as will
be defined in the said plans, and to cross, alter, divert, or stop up
such turnpike roadg, "hatish roads. -antrotber Itifritways. trey a.
ein, watpourst, ,cannvi," and radwaYS,trru
Cs
several partgres, townships, and extra-parochial places before men-
tioned, or such of them as it may be necessary to cross, alter, divert,
or stop up fiar,the purposes of the said railway, pier, and works.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to incorporate a
company for constructing and carrying into effect the said railway
and pier, or jetty, whaffk, works, stations, and conveniences, with
powers to purchase lands and houses by compulsion or agreement for
the purposes thereof; and with powers to levy tolls, rates, and duties, in
respect of the said railway and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, stations,
and conveniences, and to ,graxit such exemptions from such tolls,
rates, and duties, as to such company shall seem meet.
And it is also intended to vary or extinguish all existing rights
and privflegeiconnected with the lands, houses, and other property,
so to be purchased, or which would In any manner impede or in-
terfere with the consadiction, maintenance, or use, of the said in-
tended railway and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, stations, and
conveniences._ and to confer other. .rights and 'priyileges in respect
thereof.
And it is further Propoiedby the said intended Act to enable the
Company thefeby to be incorporated to sell, transfer, let, or lease,
the said intended railway and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, and
stations, or any part thereof, to any other Company, and to autho-
rise such other company to ptirchas6 or,rent the sadie, and generally
to inter into and carry into effect such arrangements in reference
thereto as may be mutually agreed upon between the said two Com-
panies.
• ...
Dated this Fourth day of*:%.Tovember, 1846. - •
• • • • -BOUIWILLON and SONS,
Great Winchester-street, London.

ItA -R• ICH .DOC KS.
-- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That application is intended ,to be made to Parliament in the en-
suing session for leave to bring in a. Bill or Bills to obtain an Act or
Acts for making and maintaining a dock or docks, with all proper
piers, quays, bridgeS, basins, yards, wharfs,' warehouses, buildings,
and other wYlis and conveniences connected therewith, and all
necessary-and convenient entrances thereto, from the rivers Orwell,
otherwise Orrell, and Stour, into the sail dock or docks, and which
said dock or docks and works will be situated in the several parishes
or places hereinafter mentioned, some or all of them, that is to say,
Saint Nicholas Harwich, in the'borough Or town of Harwich, Dover-
court cam Harwich; DovercOurt, chid 'Ramsey, all In the county of
Essex, and 'within or near to the port or-harbour of Harwich afore-
said. • -- •
And it is also intended to apply, by the said Bill or Bills, for power
to alter or divert any turnpike, road. or roads, bighway,or highways,
in the said parishes or places ; or some or one of them, to the extent
shown or intended fo be shown 'on the maps or.plans and sections to
be ati hereinaftermentioned ; and also to divert such rivers,
streams, drains, canals, navigations, or running waters, and to alter
and divert such roads, ways, and paths within the said parishes and
places aforesaid, as may be requireclio be diverted or altered for the
proper construction of such docks _and works as aforesaid. And
notice is hereby giVen, that it is intended to apply for powers to in-
corporate a company or companies for' the purpose of carrying the
same undertaking into effect, and to authorise the levying, taking,
receiving, and collecting of tolls, dues, rates, duties, and' sums of
money, in respect of the-use .of the said docks and works, and to take
powers for the compulsory Purchase of naessuages, lands, houses,
tenements, and hereditaments for .the purposes aforesaid.
And it is further intended to vary, repeal or extinguish all existing
rights, privileges, or easements;-in any manner connected with the
messuages, lands, houses, tenements, and hereditaments; to be taken
for the purposes aforesaid, and to confer other rights and privileges
in respect thereof. .. .. • •• •
And it is further nreposed by the said intended Act to enable the
Company thereby to be incorporated to sell, transfer, let, or lease
the said intended docks and works, or any part thereof, to any other
company, arid' o authorise such-other company so to purchase or teat
the same, and- generally to enter Into—and carry into effect such
arrangements in reference thereto as may be mutually agreed upon
between the said two.companies. -
AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN,
That on or before the thirtieth day of November, in the present
year, plans and sections of the proposed works, with duplicates of
the same, and books of reference thereto, containing the names of
the owners, orreputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occu-
piers of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, will
be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the
said county of Essex, at his office at_Chehnsford, in the same county ;
and that on or venue Lim ..41,1 11.1iticth cl.n.i; of 3,T0-vorn. co, coky of
SO mach of th*F said plans and sections; together with a hook-of
ence thereto, so far as relates to each of the several parishes in or
through which the said works, or- any part thereof, are intended to be
made, will be deposited for public inspection with the Parish Clerk of
each such parish at his place of abode,

sated this 9th day of November,
G: K: POLLOCK, 19, Essex-street, Strand.

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of. The official referees have just now confirmed the
condemnation of some of the houses in Middle-row,
unless certain specified works, amounting almost to a
rebuilding, be done ; and this, therefore, is the right
time to treat for theit purchase, with the view of getting
rid of the whole block of houses which now stand so
much in the way. To suffer them to be rebuilt, and the
nuisance perpetuated, would be really disgraceful. In
Field-lane, too, as our readers know, many of the houses
are to cow down.

RAIL WAY' INTELLIGENCE.
LINCOLNSHIRE LINES.
The projected extension lines for Lincolnshire, for-
which application is announced to be made next session,
are numerous. This . arises from the fact of Lincoln,
with the exception of •the principality,. being aS yet, the
poorest of counties as regards railway possession.
1. Eastern Counties propose a line from Spalding, by
Donington and Heckington, and near Leadenham to
Newark, with a .branch 'from Heckington to Lincoln
(the same as the Old Cambridge and Lincoln lines of
1844 and 1845), also.a connecting lirie from Ewerby to
Kirkby Laythorpe. .
2. Lincoln and Grantham—A line direct from Lin-
coln to Grantham, there to join the London and York
Grand Trurik, and the Ambergate lines. [We stated
last year that this would be the best line .from Lincoln to
London,' and in' accordance with our suggestion the
London and York Company will support and eventually
purchase it.]
3. East Lincolnshire.—A branch from Louth to Liri-
coln, to join the Great Grimsby- Market Rasen line at
Stainton, also a deiiation at Boston, and an extension at
Grimsby, to the Sheffield arid Great Grimsby 'Railway ;
this company' also for powers to purchase the
Louth navigation.
4. Sheffield and Lincolnshire.—A branch from their.
Market Rasen extension line, at Stainton to Louth, with
another branch (from the proposed branch at Panton) to
Horncastle ; also a branch from Great Grimsby to
Cleethorpes. •
5. London and York (Great Northern).—Branch from
the loop line, at Tattershall, to Horncastle, and a tram-
way from the Linboln station round Brayford-mere, in
&Mat of.the wharfs and warehouges to the gas-works.-
6. London and York.—Branch from Grantham to
Sleaford.
pinit.lolll ama 1 Ui Um u U3UCA
over' Fosiclyttri-wrish, through Holbeaoh and Long
Sutton, over Sutton-bridge_ to King's, Lynn (to join the
Lynn and Dereham lines), with power to purchase
Sutton-wash bridge, and make a new one. This line
is
nearly the same as the East Coast Railway of last session.
8.. East Coast.—A line from Wisbeach, by Long
Sutton, ,Holbeach, to Spalding, there to join the Amber-
gate line, with a branch from Long Sutton to Sutton-
wash- bridge.
9. Eastern Counties Company.—A line from Wis-
beach, through Long Sutton and Holbeach, to Spalding,
there to join proposed line (not of this list).
10. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Stamford to
Wisbeach) —A railway from the station at Wisbeach to
the harbour, with power to make docks and basins; also,
a railway from Wisbeach-harbour to Sutton-bridge, with
a_ branch to Long Sutton. •
11. Nottingham and •Lincoln proposed rail-
way from the angle of the present line• (near the sta-
tion) across the Holnies-commtm, to the gas-works, with
branch or connecting line to the station.. •
12. London and York.—Deviation between Peter-
borough and Spalding, the line proposed last session to
he abandoned, and route to the by Eye, Crowland, and
Conbit to Spalding, and to join the Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham line near Borough Fen; also a devia-
tion in the Stamford and Spalding line, between Crow-
land and St. James Deeping.
13. London and York.—To ahandon the loop between
Grantham and Bawtry, and make a line direct from
taainsborough to Doncaster; also an extension from
Gainsborough, through the Isle of Axholme, by StoCk-
with and Epworth to Doncaster.
The London and York also apply for powers to pur-
chase the Ambergate, Nottingham, atnd Boston Railway,
the East Lincolnshire Railways, and the Boston, Stam-
ford, and Birmingham Railways.
Further extensions, &a., of the London and York—
A branch from St. Alban's to Ware.
An extension from the Methley branch of the Wake-
field, Pontefract, and Goole Kira, from Glass Houghton
to Leeds; with branch from Carlton to Wakefield; also
a branch from Methley, to the Victoria Colliery, near
Wakefield.
Several minor deviations bete een Lindon and Grant-
ham, and an alteration of the entire line between East
Redford and Doncaster.
The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshireßailways,
being the amalgamated Sheffi Id and -Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincoln, and Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction Railways:— _
1. A branch from the Sheffield and Manchester Rail
way at Peniston (twenty-nine miles from Manchester),
through Barnsley, to the Midland Railway at Carlton.
2. A branch from the Sheffie:d and Manchester line
at Scraith Wood, to the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley,
Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Gcole Railway at Eccles-
field, in Chapeltown, with a branch from near Thurgo-
land station to the top of No. 3 coal pits at Stainborough.
3. A branch from the Sheffield and Manchester
branch at Ashton to the Manchester and Leeds branch
at Oldham.
4. A branch from the Whaley-bridge branch of the
Sheffield and Manehestise- R.i lwa, nt lasa,wisstt, (in
canwsona__. to nr.a.hAw-edge-(in Chapel-en le-Firtfij,-ny
I join a tramway from the Peak Forest Canal at Grist

Qu Irry.
This company also apply for--
1. Power to purchase Ashton Canal.
2. Power to "enlarge the station •at Manchester by a
viaduct across Store-street to additional ground room.
3. Power to supply Manchester, Stockport, and Salford
with surplus water from the Peak Forest and Macclesfield
Canal, and to make waterworks, reservoirs, and aqueducts,
at various towns along the line to Manchester.
4. Power to enlarge station at Sheffield, and make a
branch ,to Sheffield Canal.

5. Power-to purchase Sheffield Canal.
6. Power-to amalgamate with the Manchester and
Lincoln Union Railway Company, and the Chesterfield
and Gainsborough Canal Company.

MIDLAND COUNTIES LINES.
1. Leicester and Bedford—From the Midland station
at Great Wigstown,-near Leicester, through Market
Harborough; Wellingborough, and Bedford to llitchin,
with a branch from Little Bowden to Northampton ; a
short branch from Wellingborough to the Peterborough
line, and a railway from the proposed main line at Isham
to Hunting_:d_on. _ _

2. •A branch from the Bristol and Gloucester line at

Mangotsfield to Bath (to run in near to Villa-fields).
3. A railway from Goole to Doncaster, Swinton, and
Barnsley, to join the Sheffield and Manchester Railway
near Tburgoland, and from the Midland-Railway near
Cudworth to Barnsley, with -branches at Doncaster to
join the Great Northern. •
4. Cheltenham, Warwick, and Leamington Line—
Extension from the Birmingham and Gloucester line of
the Midlard Railway at Ashchurch to Warwick and.
Leamington ; and a junction with the Oxford, Wor-
cester, and.Wolverlaampton Railway: at Bresforton, with
branch to Cheltenham.
5. Gloucester and. Stonehousa Junction—A branch, to
unite the Birmingham and Gloucester line at the latter
place with the Bristol and Gloucester line, near Stone-
house station. • .
G. Worcester, Hereford, Malvern, and Cheltenham
Line, with: Branch' to Ledbury—Au extension from
Worcester to Heieford; with
.branch to Ledbury, Mal-
vern, and Chclteriliiiii, and to pnrCbase the Hereford-
shire- and Gloucesterbire Canal Company, and to
make a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford

Railway.
A lwaYßailwaythe from Erewash Valley line at Pinx-
h Sottingham and Mansfield Rail-
ton to Mansfield, to t e
way, with a branch from
the Erewash Valley branch at
inpthe • Syston and Peter-
1. To make a deviati\toindten
and Ashwell, and the
ClTayhcirsoeses,mtpeatnhye
6Aislefreetpoonyyfeorn leVwoerkrss—.
borough line, between ,.
ford station of the Peterborough
ter and Hereford Canal.
2. To purchase the Glouches
Barnack and Elton branch,,ls totelitinate at the Wans-
5. To enlarge the Leices er
branches to coal-rts, 8:c.
3. To enlarge Masboroug and Normantow stations.
connected is ith one
and to
tinrompaukrechdaivseertaheahrnariltwaty, fr...aoemdNsTaenantoAtteoLn esicteestiteenr:
The following projected lines are.
ou
eobreovteherof the companies whoseds
:-
1. The Manchester an lines to
Midland,the Ox-
avfer been
l s given
ampton to Cheltenham, with connecting
pthottjmeepttsolin
Counties and the South-Western core 1
panC mbridge and
ford and Cheltenham and Great estern.e;s ttheesebseribe.
Ox2f.erTdh)eexßteonyssiteoeu
from& Hnietcyhsitnen(ltaotecema
Cambridge,
with
power to sell or lease to the'London and York. to
3. Eastord Counties Railway --'From Hert.,ifor.d‘
Hitchin, with poWer to sell that part between Jammu
and Broadwater tO the London and 'York.
4. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester—Extension to_
Wakefield, and junction at Methley with the Wakefield,
Pontefract, and Goole line... •
5. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction—From
Leeds to the Wakefield,-Pontefract, and Goole lines at
Wakefield, with power to incorporate a company, and
sell or lease the same to' the Midlands. (This is a new
company.) -
6. Manchester, • South Junction, and Altrincham—
Branch to the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway at
Salford, Manchester, Buxton,__Matlock, and Midland.
Deviation between. Stockport and Matlock. Two minor
deviations,- and power to the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway to subscribe.

PROSPECTIVE POSITION OF THE LARGE

LINES.

From various circumstances that have recently occurred,
we think we are n:ow:able to form something like a true
estimate of the relative positions which the great Eng-
lish railway companies will ultimately maintain in sup-
plying the public with railway accommodation. Let us
state the facts, and draw a few practical inferences.
The London and North-Western evidently aims at
securing the-Principal traffic between London and John
o'Groat's. To accomplish this the main lines to Scotland
have been leased, and 'the Rey- to the command of the
traffic farther north has, thuS been secured. We have
the best authority for staling that ariankenients are
nearly completed, .by , which the London and North•
Western will extencl..directlY to Aberdeen. Now, ob-
serve what a powerful hold this gives to that company.
The Caledonian will -form a. continuation of the Lan-
caster. and Carlisle in a straight line northward to a
point midway between -Edinburgh and Glasgow,
branching off right and left to both these cities, while it
joins the Scottish Central, and Continues right on by
Stirling to Perth, and thence by the' Scottish Midland
to Friockham,„ the southern terminus of the rail Way
1 from AbeOeen. Af this Point the- et'4l4l4ll;hills prActi-

tally shut out any other pieck on the east side thus
far north, and - consequily - the great stream of
traffic in this direction to 6 southward and northward
must pass over /he Aberdot line. From Aberdeen the,
Great North of Scotland cklucts to Inverness, and the
Northern Counties to the ;abort and inland towns of
Caithness. The Great Null of Scotland, being au ex-
tension of the Aberdeen M, if. the London and North-
Western command the rarer, it is hound also to lease
the latter, lin& hence the ihole of the east coast and
Central district of Scotian will be linked in the great
iron chain. Having got ac s to Edinburgh by the most
direct route, it will, nod bt, be a comparatively easy
ii
matter to -secure as many- ks in that direction as will
serve to strengthen the po ion of the company in -that
locality, so that the east cost of seotland may be fairly
said to be now in its hands.rhe branch of the Caledonian
that leads to Glasgow wilhive the London and North-
Western a perfect commad of the west coast traffic.
The CalCdoriian leaSed the ;aledonian Northern Direct,
for which:a Bill was obtaind list session, and as this
line is joined, by the Sco4sh Grand Junction, which
leads fropa'fluinbarton to' Oan, and thence by the Cale
(lonian Canal and Great Noth-Western to Fort William
and Inverness, both of whih prOjeotS, if made, would
no doubt come under, the s,me manacrement, the com-
mand of the whole traffic on the west coast would
thus be secured. It is clear) evident that this is what
the London. and Nerth-Western is driving at, and
if it secure such a positon, what a tremendous
power will be in its hands l First, it will have a main
trunk line direct from Londot to Scotland of upwards of
300 miles.; then a right 'arm encompassing the whole of
he east coast, and a left arm embracing the entire
tircuit of the west, joining lands at a point that enables
at virtually .to include the vhole country, and practi-
cally to defy opposition. Wltlain the territory of this
ht
iigovern, viers will` be' a -pow.- ‘,..."_,F,Lu'd';'-alte'r"lol,
'
good or evil, of which no real estimate can at present be
formed. -

While the. London and North-Western thus seeks to
reign centrewardly in the foreground, and circumferen-
tially in the distance, " the Railway-King"
aims to es-
tablish himself in the east, and there 'reign without a
rival. Having linked the Great North of England to
the Eastern Counties and Midland line, he pushes on
from Newcastle to Berwick, and from Beiwick to Edin-
burgh, in one unbroken chain. The North British at
one time essayed- to get a footing northward, and hoped
to get forward by means of the Edinburgh and Perth,
but the leasing of the Scottish Central and Midland by
the London and North-Western appears to have ren-
dered that prospect doubtful. Had the Edinburgh and
Perth and Perth and Inverness secured Bills last session,
the North British, it is understood, would have worked
its way to the capital of the Highlands, and thus• given
coMpeting lines to Scotland from'end to end; but as the
one failed from defective plans, and the other on the
merits, there is not much chance that either will be re-
vived at least for some time again. Mr. Hudson will,
therefore, for the present have to confine himself to the
east coast and midland counties, in which there is
room and verge enough truly for him to reign.
Leaving the Railway King in the east, the London
and North-Western in the centre, we now Come to the
Great Western,'whose territory would now appear to lie
more than ever to the west. With. one competing line
'from London to Birkenhead the public interests would
be pretty well secured; but while this is so far likely to
be realised by.the London and Oxford and Birmingham
and Oxford Junction, the leasing of the Shropshire line
gives command of another district to the London and
North-Western, by which the Great Western will be
again thrown back. •To compensate for this, the broad
to the west
ealnyd leanings are
o
l
the centre, and on the east coast, the Great Western
gaugets dbe a nsworkeddeekl Wales;
at
outesbetake
e andtheretak e if
i as ts
et
they e amalgamations
moreare la
being g worked out in
will be able to boast of an extensive and important

domain.
Here then we have "great facts" before us in the
railway world—three great companies, all in process of
consolidation, and whose individual and separate interests
cannot be said. to be directly under public control. Were
theyl;sO situate that publicly " the interest of one" would
necessarily be " thep•lterest of all, and the "interest of
all the interest of each," their consolidation would be a
subject of small concern; but the constituent elements
of the three are not exactly those of the vox populi, and
therefore lex suprerna must be administered by other
hands. Whether these will be rightly guided, and by
whom they are to be controlled, are questions yet to be
settled.

TEE FATAL AFFRAY IN -110SEMART•LANE.—On
Monday, Mr. Baker resumed and concluded an inquiry at
the London Hospital, on the body of Joseph Gale, aged
28 years, who died in the above establishment, from
injuries by kicks, said to have been inflicted upon him
by John Duggan, the pot• boy at the Crown and Sven
Stars, Rosemary lane, Whitechapel, in an afire); between
-tile, in, 0. the evening of the sth of November last. The
evidence a1A1L1.,,, • Sr" ,4,1 G r. ~ , a ;',-ca a ..I`-•-' ...,..--- • ...,
appeared in The Sun. The accused was taken
into custody, and was 3 esterday morning, before
the case came before the croner's jury, committed by the
magistrates at the Thames Police-court, for man-
slaughter. The evidence before the jury was very
lengthy and contradictory, it being sworn positively by
one witness, named Ann Cook, that a violent kick was
given by Duggan; on the other hand, three witnesses
said they did not see any kicks given. Tne jury, after
two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter against John Duggan."
The ceremony of cutting the first sod upon the line
of the intended Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway, took place on Saturday, in a field in
the adjoining parish of Norton.
ACCIDENT.—FIERCE ATTACK BY A HORSE.—On
Saturday evening, as a fly-driver, named Burch, in the
employ of Mr. Barber, omnibus proprietcr, Hackney,
was in the act of stooping near his horse, the animal
became suddenly violent, and, turning round quickly,
kicked the man with his hind legs for some minutes.
Burch's cries for aid increased the fury of the horse,
who, with ahnost incredible sagacity, so placed himself
as to prevent any one from entering the stall, and,
although severely flogged, the animal would not advance
an inch, but, in a state of savageness, kicked his un-
fortunate victim with great violence. After some
difficulty the horse was secured, and Burch was taken
out of the stall in a state of total insensibility. Medical
aid was obtained, and the unfortunate man conveyed
home, where it was discovered that his left arm was
broken, and his head and neck frightfully contused.
Various injuries were inflicted about his body, and he
now remains in a very dangerous state.
Orh iansny a s
saiths e
DRAINAGE.—An important sewer is now being
constructed at Camberwell, nearly three-quarters of a
mile in length, under the direction of Mr. Newman,
the surveyor of sewers for' that district.—The Builder.
INGENIOUS SMUGGLING.—On Monday morning a
seizure of an extraordinary description took place at the
St. Katherine's Dock Steam-packet Wharf, by a Custom-
house weigher, named GAudner. A case of live geese,
brought over from Harlingen in the Magnet steamer,
had been landed from the vessel and was being examined
by the officer, when he thought the geese appeared
unusually tall. He made a more careful scrutiny, and
ascertained that a quantity of hay, forming a false
bottom, had been made, on whidh the geese were stand-
ing,mo
v anded, a
nodn a removing
quantity thatof eigahves,
weighing discovered
quantity of very thin deal boards. These w4er4eibsa.l,sowreree-
ebxerp,Osaeldldto t view.he
e g
aTr
sl: ewcearsee,
immediatelygeese, twenty
seized• e igh t
and
dn
cuomn -.
Iyhwheeayoasvev
tdi
il
passing
. ao
bl
saetsdhif
oneevgnegwauf
with
hennr
g'
o'clock,
eNmerchandiseoeewkg,
awtWarehouse.ehil
s
A WAGGON OVERTURNED.—On Monday afternoon,
t a large waggon, be-
longing to Measrs. Gilbert, Plater, and Co., carriers,
.storfcet, variousi t was
a s descriptions,
suddenly
upset ; and in its fall, right across the foot pavement, I
dashed a portion of the goods against the house No. 38,
which is at present unoccupied. It is a fortunate cir- 1
cumstance that no injury occurred to any of the passers-
by. The accident was caused by ens of the wheels of
he waggon coming off.
SUDDEN DEATH DURING A HEARTY LAUGH.—
On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the
Bricklayers Arms, Gloucester- street, Mile-end New
laVuegrict:
Town, on the body of ElizabethN tt. Walker,h aged 40, a
married, woman, who resided in o ang ana.place. The
deceased, on Saturday afternoon, was in the company of
of blood
the neighbourhoodfrom her
was
wayl:
os
a extinct. hearty
gushed
sent for, but-on his arrival lifeo_.,,
a few friends, when she gave
"Died by the visitation ofG God."
His Bunsen left the p •
His Excellency Chevalier Prussian
a minute after a quantity
day, for Trentham Park, to viait the
Legation on Mon ,
mouth. Mr. Lane, a surgeon
are surrounded
by a small circle of visitors.
BRIDGEWATER-SQUARE.
HORIUMLE SUICIDEWG excitement prevailed in the im-
mediateOn MendaYconsideraßrid
gevvater-square, Barbican •
vicinity of
dreadful case of self-destruction Barbican, in
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, who
consequence of a
nigh at No. 7in the square.jai
min Crootes, -who resided t
d until very recently
held a
that the decease
appears n at Harmer and Pearson's, distillers,
mitted the previous tby a gentleman named Ben'
lucrative situation
business on his own account, and
he had entered into
few miles from town.
was ert cling a distillery Duringle
maarked change had taken
Redcross-street, Cripplegate, but having left that house,
the last week or twosaunday
night, between 10 and place
in his manner.
daughter was. in one of the lower
art aheavyfall the
hearing
rooms, she was alarmed.
h her father was. She immediately
apartment in wine
hen an awful spectacle presented
repaired to the spot, w
patent was found on the floor,
itself : her unfortunate
o'clock, whilst
dat tau lower part of the body,
with, a frightful wound b
pnging a sword into himself.
whitilt hethad inflicted by
TOrOptly in attendance, but not
A medical gentlmau was p.
twice, for death speedily ter-
ino deceased. It appears that,
to
time to rende
the deceased had'
first cuthim-
selfto accomlish his object,
afterwards placed the handle
overt he bowels, and
and then have thrown himself
of the sword on the floor,
urinated the sufferings of t
on the point of the blade. Ere is Eyre to be appointed
We understand that Mr. •
d
Zealau under Governor
Lieutenant-Governor of New
Grey. obert,s master, arrived off
The Duke of Cornwall, R _.. .
mint Majesty the Duchess
Dover on Monday, with her Inap
for Ostend.
of.Braganza on board, bound_