The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

TAE DINNER.

About six o'clock a very numerous company sat down
to dinner in the Music-hall, the Lord Provost in the
chair, who was supported right and• left by Whyte Mel-
ville, Esq., of Mount Melville, deputy grand master, the
Hon. Captain Jocelyne, Archdeacon Williams, J. T.
Gordon, Esq., advocate,— Pringle, of Whytbank, M.P.,
Sir Adam Yerguson, Dr. Memes, D. Milne, Esq., ad-
vocate, Alexander Robertson, Esq., of Eldin, Dr. Robert
Lee, Le Chevalier Albert de Newall, treasurer to the
Emperor of Austria, Alexander M'Neille, Esq., advo-
cate, Forbes, M.P., Mr. Steele, the sculptor, &c.
A number of ladies occupied the seats of the orchestra,
and being in full dress, tended to a great extent to en-
hance the scene, which was one of no ordinary kind,
banners and various devices appropriate to the occasion
being displayed, amongst others the coat of arms of Sir
Walter Scott. with the motto, " Watch weel."
Dr.R. LEE asked a blessing, and Archdeacon Williams
returned thanks, after which,

The CHAIRMAN, who was received with much ap-
plause, said I have now to propose the health of our Most
Gracious Sovereign, whose peaceful and beneficient reign
commands the gratitude and the homage of her people,
whose private virtues have won universal respect and ad-
miration, and in whose domestic felicity her loyal sub-
jects rejoice. Her Majesty the Queen.—(Loud and long
continued applause, the band playing the National
Anthetr.

Tee toasts of " Prince Albert and the Royal Family,"
and " the Queen Dowager," were given and responded
to with the usual loyal feelings of demonstration, after
which the chairman gave " the Army and Navy."
Captain BOSWELL, of Wardle, rose to return thanks
for the honour conferred on that branch of the service to
which he belonged (the navy), adding that the country,
he hoped, well knew that when their services were re-
quired, they were ready to do their duty.—(Cheers.)
Colonel J. NEILL returned thanks in the name of the
army. He was firmly persuaded that should the circum-
stances of the country require the service of the British
army, they were ready to come forward and lay down
their lives for their country.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN again rose and was received with
great cheering. He said—Gentlemen, or I should rather
say ladies and gentlemen, I use no unmeaning hacknied
phrase, nor do I assume a mere affectation of modesty,
when I assure you that I feel altogether incompetent to
the task assigned me ; and sincerely do I regret that the
toast I have now to propose had not been placed in
hands qualified to do it justice.—(Applause.) In pro-
posing the immortal memory of Sir Walter Scott, so
various and so great are the excellencies to which I
should advert, that I feel bewildered in even attempting
to touch slightly on topics which would give scope to
the most fertile imagination. If England boasts of the
mighty Shakspere, Scotland may well he proud of Sir
Walter Scott.—(Loud cheers.)- In the spirit which ani-
mates his poetry he stands alone in his age ; in descrip-
tion he was unrivalled ; whatever he saw with his mind's
eye he depicts with a truthfulness and vividness that place
it distinctly before the eye of his reader.—(Continued
cheers.) He reproduces the world of feudalism and
chivalry, and his readers seem for the time to live and
move in a society of knights of generous and lofty bear-
ing, clansmen of unbounded devotedness to their chiefs,
ladies arrayed in feminine loveliness—(Great applause)—
unswerving fidelity, and partaking of the courage of the
times. We are made witnesses of combats and tourna-
ments, of border raids, and fierce encounters of fiery
spirits fond of martial adventure, and enriched with an
absorbing love of country. But high as is the rank
which Scott attained as a poet, it is as a writer of ro-
mance that he acquired his widest fame. No writer
ever exercised so great an iufluence on the public
mind—no writer ever gained so extensive a reputation
in the same space of time. Italy, France, and Germany,
as well as his own country, acknowledged his power.—
(Cheers.) At the time that Sir Walter Scott produced
the first of that delightful series of romances, the public
taste in works of fiction had sunk to a low ebb.—(Hear,
hear.) The novel was a name of bad odour; it was
vicious in style, and questionable in morality. The
author of Waverley succeeded at once in raising it to
the highest level, by purifying its spirit and infusing into
it a cheerful, healthful tone of feeling, brightening the
path of humanity.—(Great applause.) On the literature
of Great Britain his writings exercised a benficial in-
fluence by the lessons of simplicity and good taste which
they taught, never tending to foster a bad, or to
throw ridicule on a good or generous feeling ; perhaps
the works of no author in any country, in any period,
commanded a circulation to the same prodigious extent
in the same space of time. The admiration won by his
writings has been extended to his country. Those who
have been delighted with his delineations have been at-
tracted to the scenes which he has so beautifully de-
scribed, and I may also safely say that even his own
countrymen have viewed them with a deeper interest
and increasing admiration, and as has been quaintly said
of his country, had it not received its name before, it
might now have acquired the name of Scotland. Were
I even competent to speak of valuable contributions of a
historical and miscellaneous kind which Scott has made
to British literature, I would not so far trespass on your
patience. I cannot, however, sit down without adverting
to the claims which he has on our esteem as a man.—
(Applause.) With reputation and talents which the
most elevated might envy, he never assumed superiority
over the less gifted and less fortunate. To the young,
even to those in the humblest ranks, who sought
his counsel, he was a kind and judicious adviser.
To those ssho required pecuniary assistance his
hand was open as day. Although his company
was courted by princes and nobles, he was not
only the joyous companion of his equals, but
he did not despise the society of the humble but honest
cotter. None of his writings are more delightful than
the letters in which, relaxing from his literary toils, he
depicts the groups of friends and neighbours of all
degrees bent on rural recreations. Men of genius have
sometimes thought they were released from the trammels
of ordinary mortals, but Scott took the most sensible
views of the affairs of the world, and attended to all the
proprieties of life. And his advices to others were at
once mingled with the greatest kindness of heart and
the most perfect sagacity.—(Loud cheering.) Alas that
prudence should ever have failed him in his own case! but
even here the glory and strength of his character steed out
in bolder relief. Like one of his o n chivalrous champion-,
fearful as were the odds with which he had to contend, he
resolved to buckle on his armour, to summon up all his
energies, and to vindicate his honour or die in the con-
test. He persevered amidst deep discouragement and
sorrows to tax his powers to the uttermost, and, in his
own words, " If there be a mental drudgery which
lowers the spirits and lacerates the nerves, like the toil
of the slave, it is that which is executed by literary
composition, when the heart is not in unison with the work
in which the head is employed." The struggle was too
severe for his manly frame ; he conquered, bat he fell,
and, in dying, left behind him a renown which will
only perish with the English language,—Hii Lordship
resumed his seat amidst loud and continued cheering,
after which

Mr. WlLsor, the vocalist, sung, and with great effect,
the " Pibroch of Donald Dhu," a dirge having previ-
ously been executed by the band.
M. PRINGLN then proposed the health of the Most
Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland, Lord

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, Lord
Monteagle in the chair.
Mr. Lea, proprietor of salt works' at Droitwich, examined
by Mr. Jamus--Supplied a great quantity-of salt to South •
ampton and other towns in that district. Estimated that
30,000 tons of manure salt would be used along the course of
the line if it were made, instead of 4,000 or 6,000 tons as now.
The break of gauge at Gloucester prevented in a great mea-
sure the transmission of manure salt to the south.
Mr. Mallinson, woolstapler at Cirencester—lf the line were
made farmers would use it for the purpose of sending tieir
wool to Cirencester, where it was started, and afterwards
transmitted to the north to be manufactured.
Mr. Allday, cattle dealer at Solihule, and purchasing
cattle for consumption in the north at the markets in the
towns traversed by the line, said he should use the line, and
that it would save him a considerable sum. Bought 8,000
sleep in the course of a year, and about 100 beasts a week,
all of which were for consumption in the north.
Mr. Chnrchill, proprietor of the Plough at Cheltenham,
considered that the passenger traffic would be materially in-
creased between that town and Southampton if the line were
made.
•

Mr. Hoskins, one of the Tithe Commissioners, and for-
merly connected with the timber trade of the district, gave
evidence in favour of the line, as also did Major White,
Town Major of the garrison of Portsmouth ; Mr. Moreley,
traffic manager of the Eastern Counties; Mr. Charles
Baines, manager of the Clay-cross Collieries; and Mr. Kent,
manager of Mr. Endall's hardware works, at Birmingham.
Mr. Bidder, the engineer to the line, was next examined—
Estimate per mile, 18,000/. ; total cost, 1,600,000/. The wit •
ness repeated in detail the evidence given by him before the
Committee of the House of Commons, which appeared at
length at the time ; in fact, the whole of the evidence adduced
was, with scarcely an exception, a repetition of that adduced
in the Commons.
The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Talbot,
and the Committee adjourned until to-morrow.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH
COAST RAILWAY.
The half-yearly meet ing of this Company was held
yesterday, at the London-bridge Terminus; Mr. A. Wilkinson
in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the report, from which we extract
the following:—
"In the present session of Parliament branches from the
main line have been obtained to Wandsworth, East Grin-
stead, Steyning, Littlehampton, Newhaven, Hailsham, and
Eastbourne, and also an important communication with the
Thames at Deptford. A successful opposition has likewise
been made to the schemes of the South-Eastern Company, for
engrossing the whole county of Kent, and thus depriving
traffic
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tent, and, consequently, your claim to it, is superior to any
which has been advanced by the South-Eastern Company.
"It will be proposed to you to sanction an application to
Parliament, in the next session, for the confirmation of an
agreement which has been entered into with the directors of
the Direct London and Portsmouth Company, for a complete
amalgamation of the two companies. A glance at the map
will suffice to point out the importance of this agreement.
By such amalgamation, and the other arrangements which
you have lately completed, you will have at your disposal 'very
extensive means of affording, to a large district, the mast
satisfactory public accommodation. You will have lines
extending from London-bridge, on the one hand, to Brigh-
ton, Lewes, Hastings, and Newhaven ; on the other, to
Epsom, Dorking, Petersfield, and Portsmouth; with coast
lines from Portsmouth to Hastings.
"The proprietors cannot fail to appreciate the advantage:
oils position which will thus be secured for this Company.
It should never be forgotten. however, that your only title to
it is an unceasing pursuit of the public welfare, as coincident
with your own. With this view, and having thus far se-
cured a system of internal communication for the south of
England, your directors feel that it would be incomplete
without an effective method of foreign extension. The only
obstacle to the more general adoption of the route rid Dieppe,
the shortest between London and Paris, is the length of the
sea passage, and your directors have deemed it their duty to
do all in their power towards the removal of that obstacle,
by the construction of excellent boats, which will perform
the passage with certainty in a single tide. As the powers
of your Acts of Parliament do not extend to the accomplish-
ment of this object, it has been found necessary to raise
a separate fund for this purpose by a separate company--
whose directors, however, will be the directors of this Com-
pany, and the dividend upon the capital of which will be
assimilated to the dividend upon the capital of this Com-
pany. The shares will be distributed pro rata amongst the
proprietors.

"Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, reports that the working of the
atmospheric system on the line between Croydon and Loudon
progresses satisfactorily, and attains, daily, a greater degree
of regularity; and the directors beg to refer for details to his
report, which will be read to the meeting.
"It will be necessary to raise additional capital within the
present year, for the purposes and under the powers declared
in the Acts of the present session; and with this view it is
proposed to take a vote for the raising, by the creation of
shares, the sum of 531,000/.
" It is proposed to take powers at this meeting to borrow
738,6664 under the authority of the Amalgamation Act;
and to consolidate the shares of the two companies into a
common stock, as sanctioned by the Act of Amalgamation.
" The directors have only to add, in conclusion, that their
rule of action in the administration of your affairs will con •
tinue to be, to afford the greatest possible amount of accom-
modation to the public at the lowest rates at which such
accommodation can be fairly furnished."
A resolution fur amalgamating the Direct Portsmouth
Railway was agreed to, the Portsmouth subscribing one-
third of the capital..
The sum of 1,600/. was awarded to the joint board for
their services.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, ACGUST 18.
STOCK Excxxxox.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 10/.
85. 9d.—Bristol and Gloucester, 223{ p.—Cornwall, 11,i —Great
Western, Quarter Shares, 24—Midland, New, 38—Newcastle and
Berwick, 283¢ —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3—Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth, 6.

MANCHESTER, AUGUST 18.
STOCK EKCHANOIS.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, &e.,
dis. —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 4 p.—Blackburn, Dar-
wen, and Bolton, % dis.—Ditto, New, % dis.—Blackburn and Pres-
ton:B% p.—Clitheroe Junction, % dis.—Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, l% p.—East Lincolnshire, 9-16 dis.—Great Eastern and
Western, 28s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 2% p. —Ditto, Extension, 7-16 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 3%
dis.—Leicester and Bedford, % dis.—Leicester, Birmingham, and
Trent Valley Junction, c. dis.—Liverpool, Ormsklrk, and Preston,
3 9-16 p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 3-16 p.—Manchester
and Leeds, Quarters, p.—Ditto, Fifths, 8% p.—Mtto, Exten-
sion, 2% p.—Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, 1 dis.—Manchester
and Southampton, % dis.—North Eastern, 15-16 dis.—North Staf-
fordshire, 3 11-16 p.—North Union (B), 153—North Western, 5-16
p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 114 dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves
(B), % p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3-16 dia.—Ditto,
Extension, % dia.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, Li p.
Shl3-Iropshire Union, % dia.— South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No.
4, 6 p.—South Midland, % p.—Trent Valley Midland, &c.s % p.—
West Riding Union, 3% p.

- LEEDS, AUGUST 18.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 4 dis. —East Lan-
cashire, 8% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 325. dis.—Ditto, Docks,
1% dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% p.—Leeds and Bradford,
42% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 4% p.—Ditto, Branches, 1% p.—
Ditto, Extensions, par—Leeds and Think, 3% dis.—Ditto, New, 3
dis.—Manchester and Leeds, 35 p. —Ditto, Extensions, 25i 'pt.—New-
castle and Berwick, 13% p.—Newcastle and Darlington Junction,
Extensions, 104 p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 595. scrip p.—
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.—Clltheroe Junc-
tion, 17s. 6d. dis.— Grand Union, I Is. 6d. dia.—Glasgow and Dum-
fries, 15s. dis. s.—Great Eastern and Western, 295. dis.—Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 1% dis.—Leicester mid Bedford, 10s.
dis.--Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3/. 9s. p.—London and
York, 6s. dis.—Malton and Drlifield Junction, 7s. 6d. p.—Manches-
ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, Irf s. p.—Northumberland
and Lancashire Junction, 14s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% v.--
North Western, 6s. p.—Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 16s. Gd.
dis.— Shropshire Union, 14s. dis.—South Midland, 153. p.—Welsh
Midlands, 345. dis. —West Riding Union, 5% s.—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, 38s. 6d. dis. .

'HULL. AUGUST 18.
STocz Exca.szoz.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 2;i —North British, Carlisle Branch, 84s. 9d.—Ambergate,
Nottingham, and Boston, 38s.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
71. 18s. 3d.—East and West Yorkshire, 334.—Huddersfield and Man-
chester Railway and Canal, 13%—Leicester and Tarnworth, 345.
North Western, 7s. 6d. P.—North Staffordshire, 31 14s. p.— Shrop-
shire Union, dis.—Bandon and Bantry, 9s. —Grand Union, 16s.—
Leicester and Bedford, 118.—West Riding Union, 5/. 4s.
SHEFFIELD, A.CGUST 18.
STOCX EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Midland, Sheffield, and Ro-
therham, 3414—Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 13s. 3d. dis.—
Ditto, Quarter Shares, Bs. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Railway and Dock, I !,4
dis.—North British, Carlisle Extension, 31. p.—Goole and Doncaster,
15s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. 6d. dis.—Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, IL Os. 3d. dis,—North Western, 7a. p.
—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3s. lid. dis.—Ditto, Extension,
Sheffield, Rotherham, Wakefitt 1, and Goole, 11. dis.

YORK, AUGUST 18.
SToCk EXcaANGE.-The sales arc -Leicester and Bedford, lls.
Gd. -London and York, 23( -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, 3 ;4 scrip-Newcastle and Darlington, New, I I %.-North
British, Carlisle Extension, 4% -North Si* Toidshire, 5 ai -North
Western, 11. I ls. -West Riding Union, 5;4 - - York and Carlisle,
-York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 13%.
ED INB WWII, AUGUST 17.
SToOk Exouarioz.-The sales are- Aberdeen, Si. 17s. 6d.-Aber.
deen, Banff, and Elgin, 11.-Airdrie and 13: thgate, 31. 155.-Ar-
breath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Ralf Shares, 151. 10s.--Ayr and
Galloway, 11. 95.-Banffshire, 168.-British and Irish Union, 21.
2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 16/.-Ditto, New, 11. Bs.--Caledonian Exten-
sion, 11. 131.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11. 25.-Caledonian and
Northern Direct, 21. 25.-Clydesdale Junction, 231.- Direct Northern,
11. 14s. 9d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.--Ditto, New, 21/. 55.-
Dundee and Perth, 24f. 2s. 6d.-East of Fife, it. 35.-Edinburgh
and Itathgate, 31.--Edinhumli and Glasgow, 74f. 10s.-Ditto, halt
shares, 181. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 181. 7s. 6d.- Ditto, ditto,
New, 18/. 10s:1-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 171. 155.-Ifitto,
Preference, 211. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 91. 165.-Ditto
• cwport, 19s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 15s. -Forth and
Clyde Junction, 11. 165.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 75L-Ditto, New
Stock, 321. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 10s.-Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11, 17g, 6d,-Wasgow and Dundee Junction,

INDIAN CURE FOR ASIATIC
CHOLERA.
/A letter from Major Wallace, of the 46th Regiment of
Native Infantry, addressed to the editor of the Madras
Spectator, gives an account of many individuals (attacked
by this dreadful disease) rescued from the very jaws of death,
and when utterly given over, by administering the following
recipes, from the year 1818. For a full-grown, robust man
or woman, one teaspoonful of red pepper, one teaspoonful of
black pepper, two teaspoonfuls of strong decoction made of
cloves, cinnamon, and cardamoms. The above to be put
into a large-sized claret glass, to which add sixty drops of
laudanum, and then fill the glass three-fourths up with
brandy or arrack, and then fill up the glass to the top with
boiling-hot water, to which add some grated nutmeg. The
above dose to be divided into two equal parts, one to be
given, and, if retained, which generally it will be, no more
need be given ;if rejected, the rest to be given. Should this
likewise be.vomited, a second dose to be similarly prepared
and administered. Hot bricks to be applied to the chest,
stomach, arms, legs, and feet, and the patient to be kept as
warm as possible. The following morning a dose of castor
oil to be given.
To a person between twelve and twenty years of age, two.
thirds of the pepper, laudanum, and spirits to be given, but
the same quantity of the decoction, the glass filled up with
hot water.
To children between three and twelve years of age, one-
third or one• fourth, according to the age of the child, of the
peppers, laudanum, and spirits, with one teaspoonful of the
decoction, the glass, as before, to be filled with hot water;
this last to be divided into three equal parts, and adminis-
tered aedirected for the others.
Each dose when given to be as hot as the patient can
drink jt,' without pain or inconvenience.
After, the dose, if retained, the patient will complain of
excessive thirst and a burning sensation in the intestines.
This is almost a certain indication of recovery; but nothing
whatever should be given either to allay the one or palliate
the other, till about four or five hours after the castor. oil has
discontinued operating, when mullagatawny, made strong
with pepper and chillies, with some well -boiled rice, should
be given, and this food continued for three or four days after
recovery.
To a European, young and robust, the whole wine-glass to
be given at one dose, if he is very bad with cholera. If the
spices cannot be procured, a strong decoction of ginger will
answer the purpose.—Literary Gazette.

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f CHA Raz OF INFANTICIDE.—ALLEGED Raps.—On
Tuesday an inquest, which was adjourned from Friday last,
was resumed and concluded by Mr. William Baker, Deputy
Coroner, at the Black Horse, in the Kingsland-road, on view
of the body of a newly born female infant, the offspring of
Mary Fisher, a single woman, which was found in the soil of
a water-closet by Policeman Coles, G 126, at No. 4, Great
Leonard-street, Shoreditch, where she was living; the parti-
culars Of the first inquiry in reference to which have al-
ready been given. The inquiry
_was adjourned for a
post mortem examination, which was made by Mr. John Hall,
surgeon, Paul-street, and Mr. R. Davis, surgeon, Worship-
square, who were of opinion, from the lungs floating in water,
and other appearances, that the deceased had breathed.
There were no external marks of violence. The mother of
deceased said, that she was assaulted some months ago,
against her wish, by a man, a stranger to her, who led her
among some ruins, where he effected his purpose while she
was in a state of insensibility, and that on her recovery she
found her shawl in her mouth, and her dress was torn.
Verdict, "That the deceased child was found immersed in
the soil, but by what means it became so immersed, whether
by accident or design, there was not sufficient evidence to the
jury."

SUICIDE OF ONE OF TIIE PARISH SURGEONS AT
Bnroirrox.—On Monday morning Mr. Thomas Baldey, pa-
rish surgeon at Brighton, not making his appearance at the
usual hour, his servant became alarmed, and on knocking at
the door she received no answer. She then informed the
inmates with whom he lodged, who sent for the chief officer
of police. The officer broke open the door and found Mr.
Baldey lying in bed quite dead, with a small phial and a
glass standing on the drawers at his bedside. On examin-
ing the contents of the glass it was found to contain prussic
acid. A coroner's inquest was held on the body in the even.
ing, when it was proved that deceased had purchased an
ounce of prussic acid at a chemist's, and it is supposed that
he took the whole. Deceased had been unwell for some time,
and in an apparently low state of mind. The jury returned
a verdict of " Temporary insanity." Deceased had been a
parish surgeon several years.
VISIT TO THE PEOPLE'S FIRM.—On Monday, a
monster procession of vans and other vehicles, containing
passengers, took place from the metropolis to a districtcalled
Herringsgate Farm, near Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire,
which has become by purchase the property of the Chartist
Co-operative Land Society. The object of this society is
the location, on small farms, of the members selected by
ballot, and who are also furnished with the pecuniary means
for putting the same into cultivation. The company were
chiefly conveyed in vans, of which 175 were engaged, which
left Oxford-street at seven o'clock in the morning, attended
by bands of music, banners, &c., accompanied by every de-
scription of vehicle, the procession extending to more than
a mile in length, and proceeding in more or less order to the
destination. The number congregated on the spot, includ-
ing persons from the vicinity, and those who had arrived by
train from London, could not have been less than 6,000. A
great many marquees and shows were on the ground, which
had the appearances of a very lively country fair. After an
inspection of the houses, school-room, &c., a public meeting
was held near a temporary hustings, which was addressed
by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Smallwood, and
several other friends of the cause. The arrangements, which
were under the superintendence of the county rural police,
were conducted with great order. The amusements were
kept up till a late hour, and it was long after midnight
before the majority returned to town.
RELIC OF AN EXTINCT RACE.—A St. Vincent's
journal notices a curious relic found on a neighbourhood islet .
—"A Curiosity.—An article deserving this name was found
last week in a cave on the small island of Batawia, and is
now in the possession of George Cropper, Esq. It was in-
tended, as it appears to us, for a child's couch, and is cut out
of a solid piece of wood, either cedar or mahogany, the
length 2 feet 3 inches, breadth 10 inches, height about 15
inches. It is so contrived that when not used as a conch, it
can be placed upright on the hind legs, when it
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tawia after insurrection,
to be the work of the Cliaraibsbuwelsgthweecrehasraenaterovoferthtoe
theirfßacae-
' is decidedly not Charaib, having the appearance of a much
elder antiquity than the insurrection of 1795. Other curi-
osities may likely be found in the same cave upon an explo-
ration, and which may lead to something decisive as to their
origin. The cave itself is of vast extent, and does not ap-
pear to have been visited for a long period."
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
—On Monday, the following serious accident occurred on
the line of the Atmospheric Railway to a man named John
Hawkins, aged twenty-three years, residing at Sydenham:
—lt appears that the unfortunate man was employed at the
Dartmouth Arms' station, and while engaged on the plat-
form some portion of the machinery caught the sleeve of hie
frock, which drew his right arm in between the works, and
before he could be released the limb was most fearfully lace-
rated in several places. He was seen by a surgeon, and sub-
sequently placed in one of the carriages and removed to the
accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where he was immediately
put under the care of Mr. Norris, the house-surgeon. He is
progressing very favourably.
THE STATE OF EUROPE.—England has had great men
as Ministers—Pitt, Fox, Canning Grey, lie. ; but we doubt
whether either retired from the public service with a reputa-
tion which Sir Robert Peel will carry with him. It is true
there have been constant wars, continental alliances, and
serious troubles which demanded great prudence and ability,
but Sir Robert Peel has grappled with and overthrown, in
the corn-laws, the great monopoly of the rich landholders
who hitherto have ruled the nation, and having accomplished
it, together with a revision of the tariff, and established re-
forms commensurate with the times, he surrenders the seal
of office and retires to private life, unquestionably the great
man of the age. The new Whig Ministry will no doubt get
on smoothly, inasmuch as nearly all irritating questions are
in a measure subsided. The query now is, what will France
do? Guizot, under the Peel Ministry, could draw together
the cords of a friendly alliance. Lord Palmerston and Lord
J. Russell are no great admirers of French policy, and
will not follow in the wake of M. Guizot. The query now
is, will there not be a corresponding change of Ministry in
France ? Louis Philippe has but one object in view, peace
with England and the suKort of that Cabinet for his dynasty
when he dies, to secure which he will be compelled to change
his men and his policy as England changes. One thing is
certain, the present Ministry will not be induced to carry out
and recognise any entangling alliances with France, what-
ever may be their objects.—New York Sun.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A TURPENTINE STILL.—AII
inquest was held on Tuesday at St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
be:ore Mr. Joseph Payne, on the body of William Lloyd,
aged 30. George Osborne said that the deceased was a_glove
cleaner, and was employed with witness at No. 108, High-
street, lioxton. On the 25th of last month the deceased was
standing upon a still used for rectifying turpentine, when by
some means, which could not correctly be accounted for, the
spirit caught fire, and in trying to extinguish it his clothe.
were in flames. He escaped from the building, and the fin
was quenched, but by that time he had received many stvere
burns. He was taken to the hospital, and died there on bun-
day last. Verdict, "Accidental Death."
ROBSBRY.---On Tuesday informationt
the' police of a daring shoph
watchmaker, the W att's, 26,
f_or;•arded to
shop being plun-
Ebury-street, Pimlico,
attendant, with which the
the momentary absence
dered of a numberofvaluaylettieold and silver watches, during
thieves got clear vfi;

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