The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-15 00:00:00

THE ELECTRIC GUN.

A series of interesting experiments with this powerful
apparatus were _ performed on Wednesday, iu King_
street, Westminster, by Mr. Benningfield, its inventor.
The machine has on former occasions b en described in
the public journals, so far as its external appearance is
concerned, but as the principle remains a secret with its
inventor, nothing beyond conjecture can be known of its
construction. Its efficiency as a military eagine was
amply demonstrated in what we witnessed of its powers,
whilst its susceptibility of being adapted to the purpese
of modern warfare, halt been expre-sed in strong lan-
guage by Sir Frederick (rends, Sir Edward Coirington,
Sir Howard Douglas, Sir Charles Napier, and many
other distinguished officers of both services. The
electric gun, as it was exhibited to us, is mounted ou three
wheels, the third being placed accross the direction of its
1-..ngth, so as to swing it round in the manner of a tra-
verse or swivel. A target of a gear er- inch iron plate is
placed at a distance of about 30 yards from the gun.
which was directed against it, and charged wi h swab
leaden bullets. Single stints repeatedly kllowed one
another at imperceptibly small interva's of time. arid
apparently without the smallest effort en the part of
tho-e who " manned " the machine. The discharge of a
volley from this gun is. a matter of the greatest sim-
plicity ; nor does it appear to be more difficult to fire a
hundred volleys successively than one. A continued
volley was frequently poured upon the same spot of the
target, with an accuracy and effect truly surprising.
Of the initial velocity of the shot it would be difficult to
speak correctly, as it has not yet been tested by the bal-
listic pendulum, or other instruments employ ed to de-
termine the momenta of projectiles. That a consider-
able velocity is easily communicated to a shot by
the machine, there can be no doubt. The bullets flat
ten up immediately on touching the target, and frag-
ments broken off bury themselves deep in the wooden
frame. A piece of dry Scotch fir has been penetrated
by one of the small bullets to a depth of two inches ; and
two of them were shown us, which, from the one having
been fired directly up,n :he other, w. re completely
welded into one mass. The correctness of. the aim is a
peculiar feature of the apparatus ; for the barrel can
easily be adjusted to any practical angle of depression or
of elevation. In the short space of four seconds it can
ba brought to bear upon any two different points, and a
tremendous quantity of lead showered upon the spot.
For ricochet firing it seems to be admirably adapted, .and
there appears little reason to doubt that as an ab-
solute concentration of infantry, which it in fact
is, it would be found invaluable in either branch
of the service. The fatal havoc that a machine of
the kind could create in an ambuscade or in an
intrenchment, can be easily conceited. Its rapidity
of execution in clearing any curtain of a fortified place,
a drawbridge or bridge of pontoons, in cutting down a
marching column, or in defending a breach or mountain
pass, is also a matter on which no doubt can be reason-
ably entertained. In attacking a fortress the machine
appears capable of doing great service, by a simple and
elegant manoeuvre. Guns of this kind being drawn in
the rear of the advancing party, the files immediately
before it have only to separate slightly, in order to allow
a few volleys to be discharged, which would certainly
unman the guns of a bastion, curtain, or breast-work.
Its great
.lightness, the certainty of its aim, the tre-
mendous quantities of metal it is capable of discharging
within the shortest time, and the extreme risk and diffi-
culty of taking it, must render it alike the treasure of
the service which employs it, and the terror of the enemy.

Of
THE WEATHER AND " r RI
heavy fall of rain which accompaniedCPs IN
rr t stated, on Saturday
haScoOLLdAeNrD;—TheOr
last Friday, was followed,
forenoon by a further outpouring o
a
alt. ea ty
the clouds, renewing the
deluge to which the crops
again laying portionhad so recently been exposed, and
of the country ender water.
Much damagea beenhlaarsge
were torn up; bridges swept away; the soil washed off many
fields, andpthers covered with mire and gravel brought down
grounds. The crop was quickly laid down,
from
at
breik higherhswind having sprung up on Sunday, much of it '
was again raised. On Monday morning reapers were at
work on almost every farm in this neighbourhood and in
East Lothian. Yesterday was breezy, dry, and mild, and on
the whole a good harvest day. Every hand was at work,
and evening showed, in the numerous well stooked fields,
that the most had been made of the favourable opportunity.
Hands are more scarce than usual, and wages high, with a
tendency to go still higher. Fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen
shillings a week, with victuals, have bean readily obtained,
and evea at this high rate hands are not abundant. Of the
quality and 3 ield of the crop it would be premature to give
any decided opinion ; but the small quantities which have
yet been brought to the bars floor are a fair average, both
as respects yield, weight, and quality.—Caledonian Mercury.
FEARFUL StruATIoN—A Mr. Gray, of Providence,
painter of the congregational meeting-house, in Kingston,
Rhode Island, last week ascended the steeple to take off the
vane for gilding, and having left the ladders, climbed the
iron spire to the distance of twelve or thirteen feet above, re-
lying upon the ball, half-way up the spire, to rest his feet on,
and from which position he could take the vane off with his
right hand. While he was in the very act, the ball on which
his feet rested gave way and ran down the spire. At this
a
moment he was raising the vane over the end of it ; as he
did so, the spire growing smaller, made a convenient place
for his thumb to keep the balancer in . the gudgeon bore,
when the ball gave way under him and
o.
re, The vane
held him
falling back with his thumb in the gudgaTrn. b
He remained
fast, with his feet dangling in the air..
ascended the spire,
in this ' perilous situation until ahill.:
. _felt,
.at oncec relieved
and placing his shoulder under
12001 a. Anteri an Paper.
him. The scene was terrible to

HAMBURGH MAIL.
STUTTGARD, AUG. I.—An address to the Assembly of he
the Estates of Holstein was forwarded from this city yest ter
-
day evening.
HANOVER, AUG. 7.—The General Assemblage of the ,
Estates of the kingdom was prorogued to-day, till-the Ist of
November, after a session of more than five months.
FrtorrnErts GALACIA, JULY 26.—The harvest
ready begun in the eastern circles of Galacia, and the ch,
countenances of the peasants and the nobles prove, tit.'"
happily for this unfortunate country, there will be a nroa
abundant harvest. In some circles, however, they look for.
ward to the harvest with fear, because the peasants threatetr_
not to suffer the nobles to have the whole produce. Most ot
the nobles pass the summer in the towns, and the inagis:
trates of the circle has given the strictest orders that no one
shell be injured in his right, and that every excess or; the,_
part of the peasants severely punished. It is natural that the
great fear of the nobles it.crease the insolence of the peasant.'
However, as there is nothing to give occasion to further per'
secution their threats may, perhaps, be as a milder interpre-
tation, conformably to the Polish character. Everybody is
anxiously looking for the arrival of Count Stadion, the Impe-
rial Commissioner, who is daily expected. It is generally as-
serted at Cracow that Mr. Von Shindler, formerly President
of the Senate, will shortly return and take part in the Go'
vernment. t
VIENNA, AUG. I.—lt seems to be worth mentioning that
the Amsterdam Observer communicates to its readers, with-
out curtailment, the address of the Estates of olstein
against the letters patent.
KIEL, Ana. 7.—lnstead of the members of the Estates of
Holstein, who withdrew from it, the substitutes are
summoned to meet at Itzehoe. It is estimated that
the Assembly of the Estates cannot be sufficiently
completed to come to any resolution, since there mnst be at
least three-fourths of the total number present (that is 36 of
the 48), and it is supposed that, under the most favourable,
circumstances, the Government will not be able to bring
together more than 30, or at the mod 32 members.
VIENNA, AUG. I.—lt is said that Sir Robert Gordolif he
English Ambassador, is to be succeeded by Lord Diosra
Much is here said, in the higher circles, of the visit whicbl:-:
King of Prussia paid to Prince Metternich at Konigswartit,
It is said that the Prince had a conference with the 1i;3135'
respecting the question of the Prussian Constitution.
GALsCIAN FRONTIERS, AUG. 2.—Count Stadion passed 08
frontiers last week, and avoiding the usual road throw
Cracow and Lemburg, took that through Myslewice. •
has declined all visits from- Vie authorities; but in all the
towns in which he passed visited the prisons. in which the,
many political prisoners are confined. It is said that he vii'4
make a tour through all Galicia, by which he will nloos
ea,ily convince himself that the peasants in certain circle
refuse to.perform the services which they owe to the noble ,
landowners in the approaching harvest. It seems strange
that the Jews, under these circumstances, should buy corn
these peasants.—kanzburgls Papers, Aug. 11.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS
LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 14.
STOCK EXCEIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, DI
ton, and Eastern Junction, 1 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, ank,
Cheshire Junction. I% p.-Birmingham and Oxford, 4% p.-13Z.
ingbainshire, dis.-Chester and Birkenhead, 48% -Direct Nur-.
ern (25(. Shares), dis.-Dundee and Perth, 4% p.-Eastern Coun-
ties, Perpetual, No. 2, 71. Is. 3d.-Ditto, York Extension, 15js P •
East Lancashire, 8% p.- Fleetwood and West Riding Junction, 70
dis.-Grand Union, Ils. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 1% P.--
Ditto, Extension, 4 p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 734 p•-Lanesh're and North Yorkshire, 165. 6d. -Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.-Live.ra
pool and Bury, 8 p.-Ditto, New, 1% p. -Liverpool, Ormskirk,
Preston, :1% p.-London and North Western, 206-Ditto, Quarters'
2314 p. -Ditto, Quarters, New, 1614 p -London and Manchestj:_
(item.), dis.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, New'
774 p. -Manchester, Matlock, and Great Grimsby, 20s. 6d. dia.
anzhester and Southampton, 14, dis.-Midland Stock, 142-Midlanu,
Birmingham, and Derby, 118-Newport and AbergavennY, (111k_.
North British, Carlis:e, p. -North Staffordshire, 3/. 14s.
Scott sh Central, New, 6% p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quartet
Shares, No. 1, 414 p.-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, Ils. ~.
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, % p.-Shropsuire
Union Railway and Canal, % dis.-South-Eastern, No. 3, Cons°.
dated, 6p. -Ditto, Half Shares, p.-West Riding Union, 3,t-2.
Belfast and Ballymena, 7 dis. -Newry and Warrenpoint, v•w'
East Indian Railway, ifs. p.-Dutch Rhenish, % p.
MANCHESTER, Annual' 14.
Svocx FACHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham,
dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 4%-Blackburn,
wen, and Bolton, % dis.-Buckingham and Bletchley Junction,
u;
dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1' 13-16 p.-East Lin,c°,„o,
shire, 12s. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
% p. - Ditto, Extension, par- Lancashire and North Yorkshire;
dis.- Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis.-Leicester and Bedford, Yz
Liverpool, Ormskirk, ind Preston, 3% p.-Manchester, Buxt ea
and Matlock, 1M p.-- Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter baf,,
(A), 10 9-16 p.-Ditto, ditto (C), p.-Manchester and Souttnastprit,
ton, 4a dis --North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.-North
114 dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 11-16 p.-North Western, YiOldr
Nottingham and Mansfield, % p.-Oldham Districts, % (115• (3),
ham, Birkenhead, &c., 21s. 6d. dis.-Preston and Wyre, Halve° and
7.16 p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 'Ai-Sheffield •„„,,
Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, 4 p.-Ditto, No. 3, % p.-Shrewsn!:,
and Birmingham, % p. -Shropshire Union, 12s. 6d. dis. -Son!:
Eastern and Dover, Halves, N 0.4, 13-16 p.-South Midland, 11-1°61;
-West Lancashire Coast, 15s. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 3 3'l
LEEDS, AUGUST 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Blackburn and Frestorl,_,„„_
p.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 365. 6d. p. -East Lanca!nfa
8% c. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffild, 1% dis.-Huddersfield
Manchester, 2% p.- Ditto, Extensions. 2s. 6d. p.-Huddersfield,'i,
Slieffieki, 8% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 44 p.-Leeds and Dew'rieda
534 C. p.-Ditto, Branches, 2% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 6d. Lee
and Thirsk, 3 dis. -Ditto, New, 2% - Manchester and LeeusZotie
tensions, 21. 18s. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 13% C. co-
and Darlington Junction Extensions, 10% p.-North Britis!4,woy
lisle Branch, 2% s. p. -York and North Midland, East AV?.
Riding, 12% p.- Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 17s. ou _`," and
Buckinghamshire, 7s. dis. -Direct Northern, 15s. dis.-
c•TA!!'„I.O..
West Yorkshire, 17s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire,
Eastern, 265. dig.- Leeds and York, 265. 6d. dis.-Leeds
and Midland. 16s. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, DI
°rr,
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 p.-London and Y
Bton,
-Mahon and Driffield Junction, 85. 6d. p.-Manchester,
Matlock, and Midland, 215. 6d. p.--North Staffordshi
ralidla „..p.
nd Jun.-
Western, %p. -South Midland, 15s. p.-Soutb d and (Has-
tion, 16s. dis.--W,st Riding Union, 51. 3s. 6(.1.--"Y''
rks
gow Union, 38s. dis.
HULL, Anousr 14- mu Shares,
STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sales are- Carlisle, 775.
39%-North British, Half Shares, 13/. 16s.
3d.-Ditto,cls-East Lincolnshire,
-Blaekturn. Darwen, and Bolton, New, ' • %"-Lel-
- and Canal, 12
155.-Bud lersfield and Manche ter Railway and
155.
cester and Tamworth, 345. 6d.-Derby an-
d Bedford,
Great Eastern and Western, 225. 6d.- Leicester an ,
Hull and Selby,
Liverpool. Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. 13s. nd.
iv Aral
ds JURC.'
Bs. p. - North Staffordshire, 3i. 14s. p.-South and idlan
• and GISSSOW
Lion, 275. 3d. p.-West Riding Union, Si. 3s. -Yorkshire
Union, 13s.
SHEFFIELD, AuGusT 14. Western,
Srocx Excrimtscli.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, 2354-" -
Grimsby and Sheffield, 114 dis.-Ditto, Extension, I Is. dis.-Ditto.
Quarter Shares, 6s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Railway and Dock, 1%
Leeds and Dewsbury, 434 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 131/3 P.
Leeds, Wakefield, arid Midland, 17s. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, aiid
Midland Jtinction, 2/. 18s. dis.-North Western, 7s. 64. p.-Sheow-
and Lincolnshire, ls. p.
- •

YORK, AUGIIST 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Eastern Counties, York Eaten:
sion, 214—Ipswich and Bury Extension (Norwich), 24—Leicester
Tamworth, &c., 11. 12s. London and York, 21. 4s. 6d.-31anchestc ,1;
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3%—Newelstle and Berwick, 2ittt
—Newcastle and Darlington, New, 1 IN—North British, 39g .eau'
Half Shares, 14%—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 31. 19s. 6d• I--
Staffordshire, 51. 13s.—North Western, 11. Hs. -Welsh
West Riding Union, s%—York and North Midland, East and Vv'
Riding Extension, 13%.

neW
LOST AND WON ; oR, THE LOVE e •
geld°
novel under the above title by the author of "The nay
Husband," is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and
o_,
now be had at all the Libraries. The following are also t:
ready :-2. Leontine. by Mrs. Maberly-3.
The Soldier and Statesman, by the author of " Salattliewi yell
4. Adventures of Captain O'Sullivan, by W. B. 313%00
Esq., author of "Stories of Waterloo-5. Emilia Wyno eh°
by the author of "Two Old Mens' " Mount Sordoe,
&c —6. " Confessions of a Pretty Woman, by Miss of.
authoress of " The City of the Sultan"-7. A new editt„?.o;;
arston.
Lady Morgan's celebrated romance, "The Wild Irish 11;,.n1..
complete for six shillings, forming the new volume Of
gbm
burn's Standard Novels"-8. (Also just ready) Great
of Oxford, by the author of " Peter Priggins."
MRs. TROLLOPE'S TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS:ed, S
annual migration of the English people having commac,ell
more seasonable publication than the above could scape,
have been announced, from the lively pen ,of Mrs. Tr° ~otio
in which they will be entertained with innumerable ratites&
adventures and picturesque scenes. Graffenbarg, the ;00
quarters of the Water Cure, forms, we understand, one Cusr3.
most prominent features of the work ; and tho
Trol:ope has drawn of this singular establishment and 101 l oit
lebrated director, Dr. Preissnitz, will be found, w, aret
full of entertainment as any one of the author's no' el -
[ADVERTISEMENT.] MEDICAL TESTIMON4 jyIIY
SIGHT AND HEARING.—The Messrs. S. and B. Solomon' lope!:
vented Spectacle Lenses afford astonishing relief to extremetY other
feet vision. We give them the decided preference to ever Y.... obi
kind of Lens. The clearness of the transparency brings eve to
ject very distinct, and enables individuals to view the most ni,t
particle with perfect accuracy. They are p ,rticularly pleasairiot
candlelight, as they appear cooling to the sight, and softee"o,o••
and brilliant lights.—J. Blundell, Esq., M.D., 1, Great (le,00r;
street, Westminster; T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., F.R S., 8, Savilln;Dits,
d. Ramsb,ttom, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-buildings ; A.
Eel, Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street; George Cursham,
5, Saville-row; Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7, upper
street ; H. Golburn, Esq., Surgeon, 28, Harleyford-place, ICen ref'
ton ; Alexander Farquhar, Esq., Surgeon, 76, Cadogan per,
grave-square; W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, Isleworth ; John .:(7.011,
Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-place, Kennington, &e., Stc. -1"-treet,
S. and B. Solotnons, Opticians and Aurists, 39, Albemarle"! ds of
Piccadilly (opposite the York Hotel). Invisible and all }•-',P„ftble
their newly-hivented and improved A.coustic Instruments, to,
individuals at an advanced age, and of forty and fifty Years„tion,
ing of extreme deafness, instantly to join in general nonf',i-atre,
and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at such
`___terit.
&c. They por the conversation into the ears to such antes the
that in most severe cases deafness cannot be observedo,ose. and
most powerful newly-invented Achromatic Opera clans and
Telescopes. . Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomone, tf the same
Aurlsts, are not in any way connected with a Pei's? of the coun-
name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any P only to b°
try. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and Observe—
Note)).
orx
had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly (opposite the 1
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—PALPITATION ov THE 1..' „lot"
LOWAY'S PILLS.—A gentleman of the nameaond,p
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND GENERAL DEsiflasTYo,ncCetTrß. Wresrding'
who was for
the present in Sackville-street,
the action
the very bed to shake; 6 °Or
was even at death's door, of his heart being ill-health,
years in the East India Company:spusebrltte. fell into ill
all :„,etl-
'l3whNnlytoilid'gdaeobwiray he could scarcely walit 'lest
now be seen out hunting, in ‘if
fvrioomiensthaosrttnoecsastrosireiernman
may
Yards. This t
Surprising bewis
en,Joyment of health, having been cured by the
fiediewa3's justly celebrateds, which are sold by ever/
and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lou"- e
LADA o
Day ENTERTAINMENT.—There was a great
". 1 ttle
demonstration dinner, but vo-wif 'the
stopeaekaitn.g ProtectionistsTahtetheLyni
foodn d f
°fro for anylau
gavefarmers
th wouldem pl e
plenty
t ofm talked, and talked, as they
SCOTTISH TART T-
TARTANS.— he Grand Duke e
Russia has sent tile 11°115
. other rt. food,_ pna
csh
r.allg
an extensive order to a mercan
Inverness for tartans.
was
of

I
BIRTHS. e
On the 7th inst., at Market Overton, Rutland, the wit of
the Rev. Henry Green, of a son. ura•3.0115
On the 10th inst., at Camden-row, Camberwell, ..---•
Smith, of a daughter. Wiff
On the 12th inst., at Tiverton-square, Southwark, the
of George Bennett, Esq., of a son. ,„inster,
On the 13th inst., in Great George-street, Vires4'""
the wife of Commaner Boyle, R.N., of a daughter.
ifer,
On the 12th inst., at Slough, the wife of the KO% G. Fre
of a son.
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-E LATE. bESTRUCTIVE rfAILWtORM.
btp A P
'''lC, INIEETING will be held at the. London Tavern,
Hie ÜBL
on MONDAY, August 17, DAG..
'sthness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., in the
deviseTo tha rout mit. Chair,
4itt.st Means of alleviating the distress and preserving,
the Metro At Nurserymen nod Florists in the neighbourhood of
dreadnii ells who have suffered from the violence of the late
The w Ali Storm.
riten an ,4ht Hon. the Lord Mayor and several influential :Noble-
-1/18 A Gentlemen have promised to attend.
ItoYal Highness will take the Chair at One o'clock pre•
,1 communications to be addressed to
LNENTILLE, See. Royal South London.
Floricultural Society.
It• CUTLER, Sec. ardeners' Benevo-
lion. Sees. pro tem.
tam lent Institution.
tnittee•room Of the Royal South London Floricultural
Socitty, Horns' Tavern, Kenning,ton.

Tor FLOGGING.—A Public Meeting
=or thQ f Will be held at Exeter Hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th inst.,
A,.._ennation of a Society to promote the abolition ot Flogging in
key .",v and Nay., , or for the ad ,ption of such oth.r treasures as
140.‘71;13^ar reonisite.
the '"„8 NVA,(LEY, Esq., 3f.r., has kindly consented to preside.
Oeleo,. &Mars to be open at Four, and the Chair taken at Five
kit'n.Preelge)Y.
201. p''Vtil Cards to be had of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Chappell,
street ; Messrs. Janice Nisbet and Co., 21, Renters-
-96,
Messrs. Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster-row; and Mr.
F,;raier
.nilt rn
;chardson, 23, Cohill ; and Messrs. Ackerman and Co.,
(opposite Exeter Hall).
415NTRACT FOR WEVII COALS FOR HAULitOWLINE.
ARTMENT of the STOREKEEPER GENERAL of the NAVY,
SOMERSET-PLACE.
August 13th, 1846.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
a„... Lord High Admiral of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain
ii`gontreland, do hereby give notice, that on TIIMSDAY, the 27th inst.,
hlay It.°Le!,e,clt, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as
tore, - "wing tk: CONTRACT for SUPPLYING and delivering into
bet Majoity's Naval Yard at Haulbowline,
at for Il°° TONS of HANDPICKED WELSH CO kLS.
Th —it esrvice of her Majesty's steam-vessels.
Seen The
of the Contract end a form of the Tender may he
or, ti 144.„ the 511,t office. No Tender will be received after one o',lock,
ttn 44Y Of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends,
~._4s'ent for him duly authorised in writing.
mcrbyrY Tender must be addressed to th • Siecretary of the Admiralty,
ear ill the lett hand copier the words " Tender for Coals for
ton; umvlitie,
" and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac-
-I),ZP•illled by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to
1,17'e dnle bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 3001. for
be Not-romance of the Contract.

PitELIMINATtY ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONDON, OXFORD, and CHE,,TENHAAI
RAlLWAY.—(Provisionally, Itegistered.)—A Company has
'‘en formed to construct a direct and continuous line of the r'way
bll the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham to Oxford. to join the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway near Tring, thus effecting the most
tract communication with London.
ThL , e London and North•We.stent Railway Company have agreed
subscribe a large portion of the capital, and to lease the line in
7r Detuity at a guaranteed rent of 4/. 10s. per cent. on the cost of the
I,andan equal divt'sitm of surplus prefits.
Usitte, wishes Of tilt inhabitants will be consulted in regard to the
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towlanor the station at Cheltenham, and the mode of approaching
A Drose
Comm._p Ftus will be published in a few days.
'Ration . unt..tions may in the meantime he addressed to the E!iston
•Chelter:hr°r !c. Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Tieshurst, solicitors„
---___
Cheit tuba 'rn I or to Mr. James Boodle, solicitor, Cheltenham.
Aug. 7, 1846.
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