The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY.

This favourite place of public amusement, which has
been for some time closed, was last night opened as a
Casino for Promenade Concerts and Dancing, under the
direction of M. Laurent, jun., when the following open-
ing address was delivered by Mr. Alfred Ormonde :
" Ladies and Gentlemen, I am deputed by the manage-
ment to return their sincere thanks for the patronage
you have so liberally bestowed this evening, and I also
take the opportunity of saying a few words in respect of
the future arrangements of this establishment. It will
' be unnecessary on my part to enter into any professions
of a general nature ; suffice it to say, that it .i
be the earnest endeavour of the proprietors of this
Casino' (of which they have the responsible charge)
to maintain it in so efficient a condition in
every respect as shall render it an attractive
source of intellectual and refined recreation, worthy the
community I have the honour of addressing. In pur-
suance of this object, they confidently believe that it
will give general satisfaction to state that they have en-
tered into arrangements with the best available musical
talent in the metropolis, thereby enabling the lovers of
music to listen to the compositions of the great masters
with that Eclat to which they are entitled. The orchestra
has, therefore, been strengthened in every department,
without incurring the sacrifice of the entire effect to the
prominence of one or two performers. The want of an
establishment similar to the Concerts Valentino, in
Paris, and the Casinos which are to be found through-
out Italy, Belgium, and Germany, has long been the
subject of remark among the many strangers who visit
this vast metropolis, and the projectors of this entertain-
ment, recognising the growing importance which at-
taches to public amusements, have determined to devote
their energies to the progress and improvement of music
and la danse. Public amusements, such as the
theatre, concert-room, and kindred institutions afford,
are not to be suppressed ; nor, with all deference
to those who think differently, does it appear desirable
that they should be. Far from objecting to them the lively
hope of the philanthropist is to see them made '
unobjec-
tionable, and the proprietors of this Casino sufficiently
recognise their indestructibility to induce them to labour
for their improvement and defence. Their first attention
will be to endeavour to remove all prejudice that might
possibly exist against entertainments of this description,
bearing in mind that a generous public are ever ready to
encourage the efforts of caterers for their amusement, as
long as they are conducted with taste, propriety, and
judgment. I may remark that M. Laurent, sen., was
the first to introduce promenade concerts in this country,
and his example was immediately followed by a host of
imitators, and I think I may venture to assert that my
friend M. Laurent, jun., first gave a popularity to that
beautiful instrument, the Cornopean. Till to-night I was
not aware our friend was a devoted disciple of Terpsi-
chore, as well as Apollo, yet he still retains his post to
preside o'er the muse of the many twinkling feet. In
short, to quote Byron—
The fiddlers trembled as he looked around,
In fear of some false note's detected flaw,
The prima donna's heart would bound,
Dreading the deep damnation of his bah.'
Sophrana, basso, even contra .alto
Wished him five fathoms beneath the Rialto.
In thus quoting, I do not for a moment imagine his
musical friends wish him to descend so low in the world,
and I have no doubt they, as well as you, will join with
me in wishing that he may long occupy his present pro-
minent position, cheered and encouraged by the plau-
dits of a liberal and enlightened public."
The entertainments we were glad to see were patron-
ised by a numerous audience.

The ship Pomona, of and from St. John's, New Brunswick,
was abandoned 22d ult., in lat. 46, long. 41, in a sinking
condition ; 19 of the crew were taken off by the Patrick
Henry, Delano, arrived at this port, and the others by the
Nova Scotia, of Yarmouth, N.S., which was lying by the
Pomona, and which had lost top-gallant masts, jib-boom,
sails, and deck load in the gale of the 19th ult.
THE NEW RIVER COMPANY.—On Sunday, by order
of the board of directors of the New River Company,
the plugs connected with the mains throughout the dis-
trict that receives the supply of water from that source,
were pulled up, the object for such a course being stated
to be to allow a rapid flow of water in order to cleanse
the pipes, a great length of new pipes having been laid
down.

A MAN DESTROYED IN A FURNACE.—At seven
o'clock last Sunday morning an accident of the most
serious and horrific description took place at the New-
port works. T. Jones, one of the young men engaged
as assistant filler, while throwing a basket full of cinders
into the furnace, by some means or other overbalanced
himself, and fell into the funnel of this heated crucible,
and in about three minutes was entirely consumed. The
materials in the furnace were not more than five feet
below the level of the charging plate. The blast was
immediately thrown off ; yet, notwithstanding every
effort to save the unfortunate sufferer, not a fragment of
the body could be found. No person can state positively
how it occurred ; but it is generelly supposed that the
basket must have caught in a portion of his clothes, or
in one of the leather handcuffs, and that the sudden con-
cussion caused by throwing the basket of materials into
the furnace, jerked him in. It is very remarkable how
this family has been afflicted with accidents of a lament-
able description. The former husband of the mother
was burnt to death from an explosion of liquid iron a
one of the neighbouring works. The present husband,
or father of the deceased lost an eye, and narrowly es-
caped a similar fate from a similar cause. Some time
ago one of his brothers was most awfully burnt to death
on a cinder tip ; and another brother had his foot burnt.
—,Monmouthshire Merlin.

TUE JEws IN JAMAICA.—Our Jewish fellow-
countrymen are placed on a more equitable footing in
Jamaica than in any other part of the British domi-
nions. By an Act of the Legislature, passed during the
government of the late Lord Metcalfe, they are ad-
mitted to the full rights of citizenship in every respect.
The consequence is, that no section of the community is
more distinguished for its efforts to promote education
and charities. There is a Jewish and General Literary
and Scientific Institution at Kingston, which appears to
display more activity and general talent than any similar
society on the island. Mr. Joseph Aaron, a young gen-
tleman of abilities and acquirements, lately delivered
the second of a course of lectures on the " _Poetry and
Fine Arts of the ancient Greeks," and Mr. Venelryes
has announced a lecture on " Capital Punishments."
The Despatch, of 13th August, mentions that at a ladies'
bazaar 7001. had been produced towards the support of
two Jewish schools. From the same paper we learn
that at a meeting of the vestry of the Spanish and Por-
tuguese synagogue, the Rev. A. Mendes was elected
assistant minister and English preacher to that congre-
gation.

INSTRUCTIONS TO INSPECTING
OFFICERS EMPLOYED ON PUBLIC WORKS
IN IRELAND.
Office of Public Works, Sept. 24, 1846.
Sir,—The Comtniesioners of Public Works have ap-
pointed you to act as Inspecting Officer of all arrange-
ments connected with the relief of the destitute in the
The town of will be your head-quarters,
and the place to which all official letters will be ad
dressed, unless another post-town shall be named by you.
When travelling from place to place, you will regularly
inform the secretary of the post town to which your
letter should ba addressed.
It will be your duty to attend all meetings of the Ex-
traordir ary Presentment Sessions under the 9th and
10th Vic., cap. 107, and to assist with your advice in re-
gard to works which shall be undertaken within any
barony for the relief of the destitute.
It is not intended that the works should be confined to
roads, as any work which can fairly be considered of a
public nature may be undertaken ; but such as would
tend to the permanent improvement of the surrounding
district, and which may be expected to be productive,
should be preferred.
As it may frequently happen that, by the execution
of such works, proprietors of some of the adjoining lands
will be more directly benefited than others, it would ap-
pear to be but reasonable, under such circumstances, that
the proprietors, the leaseholders, or the occupants, as the
case may be, of such lands, should contribute towards
the work in proportion to the benefit they derive from
it, over and above the amount of the baronial assess-
ment for the work as one of relief ; and it will be right,
in such cases, that you communicate your opinion to the
Presentment Sessions, if called on to do so. In recom-
mending any new work to be undertaken, the Commis-
sioners depend, in a great degree, on your judgment and
prudence.
You will perceive, by the printed instructions from
the Lord-Lieutenant, that you are constituted an official
member of every Relief Committee in the county. An
important part of your duty in attending those Com-
mittees will be the scrutinising the names of persons re-
commended as destitute.
Hitherto the lists supplied by the Relief Committees
occasionally contained the names of persons who should
have been rejected ; it will be your duty, by every
means in your power, to check the lists and strike out
such names as, from the information you may collect,
should be rejected, at least for the present ; this will be
a difficult and disagreeable office, and in cases of doubt,
it will be desirable that you should consult the magis-
trates assembled at Extraordinary Presentment Ses-
sions ; but unless the names iu the list be scrutinised,
no system or regularity can be preserved.
When labourers are required for any work, you will
ascertain the number from the county surveyor, civil
engineer, or surveyor in charge of the barony or dis-
trict, and you will give tickets to those who are to be
employed on each work, which will be presented to the
person in charge of it.
I am directed to inform you, it is the wish of the
Commissioners that you should make frequent inspec-
tion of the several works which may from time to time
be in operation throughout the district, and report to
them your opinion relative to each.
The works intended to be executed in the
have been placed under the several superintendence of
and assistants have been named under the
direction of each of those gentlemen.
You will communicate personally or by letter, as occa-
sion may require, with those gentlemen, and it is the
Board's particular desire, that a cordial feeling and un-
derstanding should exist between you and the engineers,
whose duty it will be to execute the works.
An important part of your duty will be to assist them
with your advice on such points as may require it, and in
every way to facilitate their operations.
It is Rot intended that it should control the detail of
the work; but, should it occur to you in your visits, that
an alteration, either in the works themselves, or in the
system of conducting them, should be made, you will di-
rect the attention of the engineer to the subject, aad state
fully what appears to you to be desirable.
It is expected that a fair day's work will be given for
a fair day's pay; and as a check upon idleness, where it
exists, it should be advisable that the engineer should
return only one-fourth or one-half day for such persons,
in proportion to the work performed, and this applicable
to all works in which day labourers are employe.'.
Every exertion must be used by the engineer and
surveyor to introduce the system of task-work, to be un-
dertaken by separate gangs of men, who will select their
own ganger, but who must be able to write and keep
accounts, and who will be responsible for the tools en-
trusted to him.
Young men should be employed at excavations and
wheeling, and old men in breaking stones, or in making
fences, and, if handy, in building the dry walls for small
gullets required for draining.
You will be very particular in your inspections, to as-
certain whether the labourers have been regularly paid,
and if you receive any complaints of irregularities, im-
mediate inquiry should be made, calling on the pay
clerk to explain the cause of such irregularity, and if
you are not satisfied with his statement, you should re-
fer the matter to the paymaster of the district
whose office is established at and whose
special duty is to look after the particular branch,
checking the pay list, and seeing the amounts are re-
gularly transmitted to the pay clerk.
The rule laid down by the Board is, that payments
sbould be made once in every week, and at no longer in-
tervals.
The Board requests that you will dispatch by post,
so as to be in Dublin every Monday morning, a report
of your proceedings during the past week, in which you
will state the (lay of the week-and month on which you
visited any Relief Committee, or particular work, with
any observations you may think it necessary to offer, so
as to afford the fullest information as to the state of the
works, and the progress that has been made.
JOS. C. WALKER, Sec.

TO THE ENGINEERS EMPLOYED ON PUBLIC WORKS IN

IRELAND.

Office of Public Works, Sept. 24, 1846.
Sir,----The Commissioners of Public Works have ap-
pointed you to lay out and take the general super.
intendence of all the works in the district,
which may be finally approved under the Act of the
9th and 10th Vic., chap. 107, a copy of which is here-
with sent.

As it is important that public works should be laid out
and approved by the Extraordinary Presentment Ses-
sions, and receive the sanction of the Commissioners of
her Majesty's Treasury, previously to their being actu-
ally required to afford employment to the destitute, you
will acquaint the magistrates, &c., at sessions, that you
have received orders to afford them every assistance in
your power ; and although you may not yet have had
time to lay out or estimate for any works, that you will
use every exertion to effect the object, both in regard to
repairs or improvements on existing lines of road, or the
construction of new roads, or such other public works as
the members of the Extraordinary Presentment Sessions
may approve.
It is not intended that the works should be confined
to roads, as any work which can fairly be considered of a
public nature may be undertaken, but such as would tend
to the permanent improvement of the surrounding dis-
trict, and which may be expected to be reproductive,
should be preferred.
As it may frequently happen that, by the execution
of such works, proprietors of some of the adjoining lands
will be more directly benefited than others, it would ap-
pear but reasonable, under such circumstances, that the
proprietors, the leaseholders, or the occupants, as the
case may be, of such lands, should cjntribute towards
the work, in proportion to the benefit they derive from
it, over and above the amount of the baronial assessment
for the work as one of relief; and it will be right, in such
ies, that you trnmunicate your opinion to the Present-
ment Sessions, if called on to do so.
In commencing any work, care should be taken to
divide it into small lots, each of which is to be le:, by
task, or by measurement, to a gang of men, to be com-
posed, as the case may be, of from ten to twelve, to be
headed by a working ganger, who is to receive one shil-
ling in the pound in addition to his portion of the earn-
ing of the gang during the month, but payment in the
way of subsistence, must be made at the end of each
week. As the works are undertaken for the employ-
ment of the destitute poor, every exertion must be made
to exclude all persons who have any other means of sup-
port than the employment offered on the public works.
To assist in this department, the inspecting officer in
charge of the district will give tickets to the destitute
persons, and you will employ as many as may be required
to execute the work without crowding each other.
It will be desirable to employ the young men at exca-
vations and barrow work, and the old men and boys at
breaking stones. Old men may also be employed in
making fences, and, when handy, in building dry walls
for drains or fences.

It will be your duty to ascertain that the several as-
sistants placed under your direction execute the duties
entrusted to them, with zeal and success. The Com-
missioners hold you responsible for all, and authorise
you to suspend from duty any of the assistaiats who dis
obey orders, who may be inattentive to their duty, or
who may commit any irregularity or act of insubordi-
nation, until the determination of the Board respecting
them has been received by you, or by the inspecting
officer in charge of the district.
You will communicate personally or by letter, as oc-
casion may require, with these gentlemen, and it is the
Board's particular desire, that a cordial feeling and
understanding should exist between you and the engi
neers, whose duty it will be to execute the works. An
important part of your duty will be to assist them with
your advice on such points as may require it, and in
every way to facilitate their operations.
In regard to overseers (stewards) it is of importance
that none should be employed in the neighbourhood of
their own dwellings, or even in the surrounding district,
and you are not to do so unless by special permission of
this Board. It will be bettrr to increase the salary of a
good overseer, than retain him within the reach of local
influence.
I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
JOS. C. WALKER, Secretary.

Sir Robert and Lady reel have arrived at Drayton
Manor, from town, after visiting her Majesty at Windsor
Castle. The Right Han. Baronet's mansion in White-
hall-gardens is undergoing a course of thorough ref a r.
FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.--A melancholy occurrence,
which has thrown a family into the deepest distress,
took place in this neighbourhood (Ware) on Thursday
morning last. Mr. W. Gopsill was strolling in his or-
chard with a loaded double-barreled fowling-piece, and
being attracted by a very large apple on one of the
trees, he incautiously tried to knock it down with the
butt end, holding the barrels in his hands, in a direct
line with his body. It is supposed that a small branch
of the tree raised the hammer, and caused the fatal dis-
charge. The whole contents were lodged in the abdo-
men, creating a frightful external laceration. Two me-
dical men were promptly in attendance, but in spite of
their unremitting attention, he lingered in extreme
agony throughout the afternoon, and expired about half•
past ten.—ll Word Mercury.

DISTRESS IN IRELAND,

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FORMATION AND GUIDANCE OF

COMMITTEES FOR RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN IRELAND,
CONSEQUENT ON THE FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP
IN 1846_:-

1. The Relief Act recently passed, 9 and 10 Vic., cap.
107, directs that when the public works, fur which it
provides, become requisite in any barony, extraordinary
present sessions are to be assembled.
2. The lieutenant of the cmnty will be requested to
divide every such barony into convenient districts, for
the action to relief Committees ; each district to consist
of at least two parishes, and the exact limits to be ac-
curately defined.
3. For the districts so formed, the lieutenant will then
be pleased to constitute relief Committees : or to re-
assemble any Committees which may have administered
relief funds within these districts, during the period
ended on the 15th of August : and to forward to the
Commissary-General a return of the districts and of the
chairman and secretary (both of whom he will appoint)
of eleb Committee.
4. When Committees which have had relief funds are
to be re-assembled, some modification of the rule, as to
the extent of districts, may be necessary for removing
local objections ; but, under all circumstances, it will
be indispensable that the relief districts shall be within
the boundary of the barony, half-barony, or lesser di-
vision, for which relief works are required.
5. The Relief Committees (whether newly consti-
tuted or re-assembled) are to consist only of the follow-
ing functionaries and public offic( rs:—
The lieutenant or vier-lieutenant of the county.
Magistrates d,puted by each bench of petty sessions
in the barony, half-barony, or lesser division, for which
presentment sessions shall be convened, not exceeding
two from each bench.

The resident magistrate in the barony division for
which the presentment sessions shall be held.
The principal clergyman of each chinch (Protestant,
Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian), offi„aating in each
parish in the district.
The Chairman of the Poor-law union, compri,ing the
whole or greater part of the barony division for which
the presentment sessions shall be held.
The principal constabulary officer in such barony
division.

The principal coast-guard officer where available.
Officers acting under the Commissary-General, and
principal officer in the barony acting under the Board of
Wort s, to be ex-qtficio members.
6. As, during the past season, central Committees
were formed in certain districts, there will be no objtc-
tion to the continuance of this plan, if their operation
should appear to the lieutenants of counties more desi-
rable, keeping the arrangements within the barony
boundaries, which is indispensable.
7. Each Committee should hold periodical meetings
at the place most convenient for the members and the
object. Minutes of each day's ploceedings are to be
kept in a book supplied by the Commissary-General
for that purpose, as also for corresponcence and ac-
counts.

8. Three members of a Committee to form a quornm.
9. The balance remaining of each relief fund of the
period closed on the 15th of August to be at the disposal
of the new or re-assembled Committee of the district for
widoh the fund shall have been created. The treasurer
to be reappointed.
10. All other Committees on forming relief fint's, to
appoint treasurers.
11. Correspondence between the Committees and her
Majesty's Government to be carried on through the
Commissary-General ; and it is earnestly requested,
with a view of facilitating public business, that individual
members of the Committees will communicate their sug-
gestions or objects of inquiry, at meetings of the Com-
mittees, to be conveyed to the Commissary-General if
considered necessary, so that the corresponaenee may be
carried on only by the chairman or secretary of
Committee.
12. Applications with respect to public works, and
correspondence on matters incident to them, should be
addressed to the Board of Works.
13. The attention of each Committee should be pri-
marily given to the provisions of the Relief Act, recently
passed (9 and 10 Vic , cap. 107), as it prescribes the
mode in which relief is to be afforded by employment on
public works.
14. The Commissary-General will supply each Com-
mittee with copies of the following Acts and papers :
ks
Thousand
AcAt c9t
a9nadndlolo.viVe.i,c
c,
acpa.pl.
0140,7,
gf.roarntßefinlgi e
Fiiirfto;
Dis-
tricts.
Pounds in aid of Public Works of utility for Poor
Act 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 101, to authorise the advance
of One Million Poulids for the Improvement of Land by
Works of Drainage in Ireland.
The Drainage Acts, 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 89-8 and 9
Vic., cap. 56—and 9 vie., cap. 4 ; and where necessary
the Fishery Piers Act, 9 Vic., cap. 3.
Treasury Minute of the 31st of August, 1846.
Papers on the Drainage of Land.
Papers on the use of Indian Corn and Meal.
15. A most important duty of the members of the
Relief Committees will be, to promote by their influence
and example, improvements in husbandry, the drainage
of land, and reelaimin7, of wastes. _

16. The employmtnt provided by law must be of a
public nature ; and the owners and occupiers of land in
Ireland are, by the Act 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 107,
charged with the expense of such works as a;e indis
pens)bly necessary for the subsistence of the destitute

poor.
17. The Government has also afforded many facilities
towards the general agricultural improvement of Ireland
by drainage, not only of the uncultivated, tot also of the
large proportion of imperfectly cultivated land ; and
abundant means have been placed for this purpose at the
disposal of the landowners, more favourable then here-
tofore both as to the rate of interest and the period of
repayment.
18. When public works of relief are to be executed,
the several Relief Committees in the barony are supply
to the officers of the Board of Works appointed to con-
duct them, lists of persons requiring relief by mploy-
ment, made up from registries of applicants fur relic;; in
the following order, and not containing a greater number
of persons than the officers of works shall propose to
employ from each relief division of the barony, having
regard to the extent of the labouring population requir-
ing relief in such division :-
1. Persons destitute of means of support, who have
the largest families wholly depending on them.
2. Persons with smaller families wholly depending on
them.
3. All other persons requiring employment on public
works, for whose support it is actually necessary.
19. A book for the registry of applicants for employ-
ment will be supplied to each Committee. As the ap-
plications are received, inquiry should be made to ascer-
tain the real condition of every applicant, lied none
should be registered but such as shall appear to be in
actual necessity of relief, having no other resource or
means of acquiring subsistence, than employment on
public works.
20. When lists of applicants are supplied to the officers
of the Board of Works, they will issue work tick, is to
the p?rsons who are to be employed; and when the lists
shall net contain all the applicants registered, this
should be stated at foot, giving there the number still
requiring employment. The lists to be revised from
time to time, et the discretion of the Committees.
21. The Relict Committees are not to interfere with
the execution of the works, or with the officers or
stewards; but it will be at all times open to them to
draw the attent on of the Board of Works to any occur-
' rences in relation to the works which in the opinion of
the Committee are deserving of COlideralion.
22. It is not to be desired thei, Relief Committees
should carry on works of relief of the description for
which provision is made in the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107.
All such works should be submitted for the considera-
tion of the baronial sessions, and if sanctioned, they
must be executed only by the Board of Works.
23. When Committees are compelled by circumstances
to provide employment from funds at their own disposal,
it should be limited to small works of local utility; and
they should not give a higher rate of wages, nor exact a
seialler quantum of labour, in any work so carried on
by them, than is given or required upoe works carried
on under the superintendence of the Beard of Works.
Such works should be carried on by Committees only to
the extent to which private employee nt is proved
not to be available. The persons !-o employed should
be paid for their labour in proportion
to the work
actually done, and not by any composition in lieu of
wages.
24. The means of providing food for the labouring
population, in lieu of the potato crops lost, are filly
explained in the Treasury Minute of the 31st August.
The importation of foreign grain is most properly left
exclusively to private enterprise ; and, to a certain
extent, the distribution, as well as the introduction, is
let t to the same agency.
25. Donations in aid of subscriptions will be made let
his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, which may amount
to one-half of the am( ant sub en het;. ai,:l cl,i.red at the
disposal of the Cernmittee:, ;:h t it g accord -
ing to the circumstances and the Utglee uldistre:s to be
relieved.
26. On applying for a donation, it will be necessary
to transmit to the Commissary-General a list of the
subscriptions actually collected ; but the contributions
from charity funds of any kind should not be included,
or in any way mixed up with the personal subscriptions.
27. A certificate to the following effect should bo
.
a ffi xed to each
ui e list of
Committee
anci
subscriptions,lia signed by the se-
cretary
chairman for the time
being
We certify that all the subscriptions set forth in this
list have been collected and paid to the treasurer of
the Relief Commttee, and that there is
not included in it any sum contributed from funds
applicable to charitab:e purposes.
It is not necessary that the treasurer's receipts should
be transmitted to the Commissary-General ; they will
be called for by the commisariat office r, who will be di-
rected to issue the donation.
28. The relief fund f wined of the balance remaining
from the past period, subscriptions for the present period,
any other contributions obtained, and the Lord-Lieu-
tenant's donation, will be applicable only to the following
purposes :
Tt eosrreb)ori,
:tek:gls
rrelief,ty or cl e rll. Providing supplies of Indian corn, or Indian corn
meal, or other food, for sale.
2. Aphhee t ffn
adc
by
contingent expenses
employment.,
if
fof he n ece
stsar YC.
3.0 m -
mittee, including remuneration for the services of
"
29. correspondence, papers, and accounts
of the Relief Committees, should at all times be open to
the inspection of Government officers, who will be ap-
pointed to visit each baron', and who shy uld be fur-
nished with copies of any documents or accounts they
may require. Detailed accounts of receipts and expen-
diture in the form of an accouut current, should be kept ;
and certified copies of then* will be required after the
15th of August, 1847.

W. STANLEY, Secretary.
Commissariat Relief. Office, Dubliu Castle,
September 24, 1846.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND COUNTY OF
KENT.—MEETING AT SEVENOAKS.
SEVENOAKS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A public
meeting of the inhabitants of Sevenoaks and the neigh-
bourhood was held this afternoon, to take into considera-
tion the recent policy of the South-Eastern Company, in
the matter of the increase of the fares on their line, and
also for the purpose of considering what steps should be
taken to secure the most direct and cheapest line of rail-
way communication with the metropolis. Amongst the
leading persons present were the Marquis of Camden,
Lord Holmesdale, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Mr.
Mildmay, Mr. Lambard, Petley, Mr. Hussey, Mr.
Adams, Captain Nepean, Captain Gordon, Captain Ran-
dolph, Mr. J. P. Atkins, the Rev. J. Austen, Rev. T.
Wilgress, Mr. W. Uolcroft, Mr. T. Carnell, Rev. Mr.
Bloxam, Mr. Tonge, Mr. John Ellis, Mr. 11. Hughes,
Mr. Briggs, Mr. Peat, Dr. Gellatly, Dr. Harris, Mr.
Golding, Mr. Nonaile, the Rev. T. S. Curtis, Rev. Mr.
Onslow, Rev. Mr. Repten, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Colman,
Rev. Mr. Burton, Mr. Mager, &c. It was stated that
Earl Amherst, who was in Wales, and Earl Stanhope,
in Scotland, both concurred in the objects of the
meeting.
The Marquis of CAMDEN saving taken the chair and
opened the business of the meeting,
Mr. Hoecaorr said, that in consequence of sugges-
tions he had received from Lord Amherst and others, he
had forwarded a notice of the intended meeting to the
solicitors of the South-Eastern, and London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Companies, in order that they
might attend it. He believed that some gentlemen con-
nected with the latter company had arrived, but he un-
derstood that no one appeared for the South-Eastern
Company, neither had any answer whatever been received
from them, or any notice taken of his communication.
From what had transpired at the meeting held at Can-
terbury, on Monday last, it was understood that the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Company had al-
ready directed surveys of a line to be made.
The meeting having expressed a wish to have some
information with regar to the plans proposed by that
company, an invitation to attend was sent to the deputa-
tion from the company, and Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, the
deputy chairman, Mr. Burchell, one of the solicitors, and
Mr. Sherrard, the engineer, immediately attended. The
Noble Chairman having called the attention of the depu-
don to the objects of the meeting,
Mr. WILKINSON said that the engineer being present
with him, that gentleman could give the fullest informa-
tion as to the engineering details of the line now pro-
posed. The circumstances under which the Mid Kent
Atmospheric project had been defeated in the last sea- '
Ilioll had induced the projectors to improve the line of last
year. He had not attended for the purpose of giving
any pledges of what the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Company intended to do. What he had to com-
municate must necessarily be more historical than pro-
phetical, as he had received the invitation to attend this
meeting only late last evening, on his return to town, so
that he had not had any opportunity of communicating
with his colleagues, and consequently was not in a posi-
tion to speak upon the authority of the board. He
could, however, state that instructions had been given
to survey the best lines that could be had between Lon-
don and Tunbridge, and branching off through Maidstone
to Canterbury. He then adverted to the breach of faith
committed by the South-Eastern Company, and contended
that their previous reduction of fares had influenced the
minds of the Committee of the House of Commons in
their favour, and against the competing line of the Atmo-
spheric Company, whose Bill was rejected, though it
offered a maximum rate of fares still lower. He then
entered into an exposition of his well-known views with
regard to the policy of charging low fares to the public,
asserting that low fares and ample accommodation were
most advantageous to all parties concerned.—(Hear.)
After deprecating the raising of fares for the purpose of
obtaining a mere temporary profit without regard to the
permanent interest of shareholders, he referred to the
proposals made last year by the Atmospheric Company
in this respect, and reminded the meeting that if these
proposals had been unanimously supported by the land-
owners of the county in a more decided manner, there
would not have been any necessity for their meeting
together as on the present occasion.—(Hear.) His col-
leagues at the board of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway had determined to prosecute a scheme
which would be an improvement upon that of last ses-
sion, and it only remained for the landowners of the
county of Kent to decide upon giving their support to it
in such a way as would secure for it a favourable recep-
tion before Parliament in the next session.
Mr. SHERRARD, the engineer, produced his plans, and
entered into a number of details and explanations upon
matters of a local nature.
The CHAIIPIAN asked if they would have the same
tunnels as last year?
Mr. SHERRARD said they would, but they would have
better gradients.
The CHAIRMAN—Have you not abandoned the atmo-
spheric principle?
Mr. SHERRARD—Yes; or rather they had abandoned
the atmospheric gradients. The line would be laid out
as most favourable for locomotive traction. The gra-
dients were decidedly better than those of last year, and
the line would be shorter. With respect to Maidstone,
that town would practically be placed on the main line
as far as the convenience of the public was concerned.
Every train up and down would stop at the Maidstone
station.
Other questions having been put and replied to by
Mr. Sherrard,
The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Carnell, the agent for the
South-Eastern Company, if he had any communication
to make to the meeting?
Mr. CARNELL said he had not received any instructions,
and had no authority to make any statement; but as he
knew what were the bond fide intentions of the South-
Eastern Company, he could assure the meeting that the
company would prosecute a line next session, similar in
all its features to the one of last year; that is, it would
come to Tunbridge through the Basted Valley. He had
no authority to make this statement, still he knew this
to be the present intentions of the company. The de-
cision of the present meeting might, however, determine
them otherwise. He thought that Mr. Wilkinson's rea-
soning as to the policy of low fares could not be borne
out by experience, and although he regretted what had
occurred with respect to the fares being raised by the
South-Eastern Cumptiny, he considered that as the at-
mospheric principle had been abandoned—
Mr. WILKINSON—The atmospheric principle has not
been abandoned.
Mr. CARNELL had Mr. Sherrard's authority for this
statement.
Mr. SHERRARD—Oh no! I say that the gradients,
which were only suitable for the atmospheric, have been
abandoned, and better gradients substituted. The line
of last year was hastily laid out, but as I have now more
time to devote to it this year, I have been enabled to
abandon some of the worst gradients, and have very
much improved them. Of course the easier the gradients
are the better, whether it be for the atmospheric or the
locomotive system,—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LATTA, of Bromley, stated that as he had been
requested to represent the views of upwards of two thou-
sand inhabitants of this county, he had attended the
meeting in the hope that some parties would have been
present from the South-Eastern Company. The requi-
sitionists, who had desired him to represent their griev-
ances, wished to know, in the first place, what had oc-
curred to change their policy since the 27th of Decem-
ber, 1845.—(11ear, hear.) They wished to know also
whether it was true that the South-Eastern Company in-
tended to branch off from their North Kent line through
the Shoreham valley, straight by Maidstone and Ash-
ford to Folkestone? In the absence of any authorised
information as to the bond fide intentions of the com-
pany, the requisitionists had deputed him to tender their
support to any company who would undertake to make
a direct line from London to Dover—viz., through
Bromley to Sevenoaks and Tunbridge, and through
Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Faversham, and Cnnterbury
to Dover, and he was only too happy to find that their
wishes were likely to be realised by the scheme now
proposed by the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway.
The Right llon. J. C. Heertigs said, that having
heard the explanation given by Mr. Wilkinson and Mr.
Sherrard, it now became necessary to propose some re-
solution. For his own part he thought that Mr. Wil-
kinson's statement was extremely satisfactory.
(Hear, hear.) He had considered the question in all
its bearings as affecting the general requirements of the
country, and especially their immediate and local wants,
which, as far as they were concerned, were the most im-
portant after all. The Right Honourable Gentleman
concluded by proposing the following resolutions:—
" That a line of railway from London, or from the
Croydon Railway through Bromley and Sevenoaks,
to Tunbridge, will be in every respect the most
advantageous for the interests of the public in general,
and of the county in particular. That the line proposed
to be executed by the London and Brighton and South
Coast Railway appears to us to be better calculated to
secure these advantages, and to serte the interests and
convenience of Sevenoaks and its neighbourhood, than
any other plan that has been hitherto proposed."
Mr. W. LAMBARD, of Beechmont, seconded the reso-

lu ti on.
The Noble CHAIRMAN, before putting the resolution,
expressed his regret that he should be the only one pre-
sent who entertained opinions in any way at variance
with those of the meeting. lie was always anxious, if
possible, to think with his neighbours, but in this matter
he must differ from them ; for he thought they had not
considered sufficiently the extreme improbability that
Parliament would sanction any other lines next session
than those proposed by the South-Eastern Company.
The Noble Marquis then put the resolution to the meet-
ing, which was carried by acclamation.
On the motion of Mr. llErtams, seconded by Mr.
WILKINSON, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman.

OPENING OF NEW LINES.
The Seamer and Filey Branch of the Scarborough
Railway was inspected by General Pasley on Thursday
last, and its opening was officially announced to take
place yesterday (Monday).
The delay in the opening of the branch line of the
London and North Western Branch to Bedford, from
the junction at Bletchley, has arisen from some subsi-
dence in a portion of the works. It is now finished, and
the opening is finally fixed for the 14th inst.
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The Eastern Counties Branch to North Woolwich is
to be completed for public traffic before Christmas next.
The company are having powerful steam bridges, or
ferries, built for the transit of passengers across the
Thames. The line runs along the waterside of the Es-
sex marshes, and branches into the Thames Junction
and the Eastern Counties Colchester main line at the
&ratfofd station. Mr. Samuels is the acting engineer.
Tbe_Srtamforel and Peterborough was publicly opened
on Friday last ; Captain Coddington, the Assistant In-
spectoraltailways, having examined the works on the
previous; thy, in company with Mr. C. P. Roney the
secratary•to the Eastern Counties, to which company it
has been leil.sed. It is twelves miles long.
They! and Beverley line has also received the

innction of the Government officers. Its opening took
place yesterday (Monday).
IMMENSE CONTRACT FOR. IRON.—There is an accre-
dited rumour here, says the Hereford Times, that Sir
John Guest, Bart., Dowlais Ironworks, has just com-
pleted a contract to supply two hundred thousand tons
of iron rails, at la per ton—the total value of which
will be two millions sterling. The same iron, three or
four years ago, would have been sold at from five to six
pounds per ton! It is to be hoped that the operators
throughout these immense works will participate, by s
liberal advance of wages, ,in the vast profit to arise.
LYNN AND DEREHAM.- -The works on this line, be-
tween Narborough and Sw affham, are progressing very
rapidly, under the superintendence of Mr. Hall, the resi-
dent engineer. The contractors for the line, Messrs.
Frost, Fry, and Matthewson, have upwards of 600 men
employed.
LYNN AND ELY.—The first experimental trip on the
Lynu and Ely Railway was performed on Friday from
Ely to Downham. The train conveyed a number of the
directors and their friends. It is expected that the line
will be opened for traffic in a few weeks.
The South-Western have agreed with Mr. Brassy,
the contractor, for the execution of the Fareham branch.
The works will be commenced forthwith. During the
last few days a survey has been made of the property at
Landport, preparatory to the usual notices being given
of the company's intention to apply to Parliament for
an Act to extend their line to the Lion Gate Road.
A second line of rails from Chichester to Worthing is
rapidly approaching completion.
EXTENSION OF THE NORFOLK STATION AT NORWICH.—
The increasing traffic, which is almost every day develop-
ing itself on the Norfolk line, has rendered a considerable
extension of the terminus at Norwich absolutely neces-
sary. The hamlet of Thorpe, with its beautiful meadows
adjacent to the river Wensom, has been within the last
few months completely changed into a bustling village.
Twelve months ago the only hum of occupation heard to
proceed from its quiet street was the monotonous splash of
the mill-wheel as it performed its daily labour; but now
for 50 acres, almost as far as the eye can reach, the
green sward has been cut away, houses and factories
have been erected, and a little city has sprung up, as it
were, by magic. The entire traffic of the capital of
Eastern Anglia, as far as its carrying trade goes, ap-
pears to be concentrated at this place. The quantity
of agricultural produce transmitted from the various
corn-growing districts throughout the county to the
metropolitan markets is also steadily increasing. During
the last few months 24,432 beasts, 21,500 sheep,
6,272 pigs, and 8,796 tons, or 89,096 quarters, of
grain have been conveyed to the metropolis. The
passenger traffic has likewise considerably increased,
upwards of thirty trains either arrive or depart from
the Thorpe station every day. Daring the last month
express trains have been running to London and back, a
distance of 252 miles, in eight hours and sixteen mi-
nutes. The London morning journals now arrive in
Norwich by twelve o'clock, and at Yarmouth in about an
hour afterwards.
RAILWAY SLEEPERS.—A diversity of practice appear-
ing to have existed on the part of the revenue officers
in the admeasurement of timbers of irregular dimen-
sions, intended as sleepers for railroad purposes,
the Commissioners of the Customs department have
directed the principals of the revenue at the port
of London, and at the several outports of the Unitsd
Kingdom, to be informed, for the future government
of the officers under their supervision in the matter,
that when the description of wood goods in question do
not exceed two cubic feet in content, the same are to be
taken account of as directed by the seventh section of
the official instructions for the guide of the Customs'
timber measurers, viz., to take the length, height, and
width of the pile, to the full extent in feet and inches,
compute the content to an entire foot, and reject the frac-
tional part ; that when they exceed two feet, and do not
exceed five feet in content, they are to be treated in
conformity with the 17th and 23d sections of the said
instructions, viz.—to take the length to the quarter of
a foot, and the breadth and thickness, at the middle of
the piece, to a quarter of an inch, including, in
each separate content, every fractional part amounting
to the tenth of a cubic foot; and that when exceeding
five feet in content, and not exceeding ten feet in length,
and being eight inches square, and roundwood, nine
inches in diameter and upwards, the same are to be
dealt with agreeably to the Board's general order, issued
in April last, viz., that with respect to the recent im-
portation of wood of irregular form, being eight
inches square and upwards, the admeasurement of
which had not previously been provided for by any
existing] order, the following regulations be adopted,
viz. :—that timber and wood, eight inches square and up-
wards, and not exceeding ten feet in length; and round-
wood nine inches in diameter and upwards, not exceeding
ten feet in length, be measured in the following manner—
viz.: the length of each piece to half a foot, and the
breadth and thickness of square, and the diameter of
round timber to a quarter of an inch, the content being
computed to half a foot, with directions to the officers
strictly to govern themselves according to this rule. As
this description of wood is now being imported to a very
great extent, especially from Canada and other of the
British provinces of North America, for the particular
purposes to which it is applied, and which is likely' in
consequence of the large amount of railway operations
in progress and in embryo throughout the kingdom, to
continue to be the case, the mode in which the official
account for the duties is in future to be taken will be in-
teresting and of importance.

FUNERAL of THOMAS CLARKSON
Yesterday, the mortal remains of Thomas Clarkson
were consigned to their final resting place, in Playford
Church-yard. The funeral was strictly private, for,
with the exception of Joseph Sturge, Esq., who
arrived unexpectedly, none but relatives took part
in the ceremony. Several gentlemen from Ipswich
and the neighbourhood were, however, present
to testify their respect for the memory of the
venerable philanthropist, and their sympathy for the
bereaved widow and family. The funeral cortege, con-
sisting of the hearse, drawn by four horses, and four
mourning coaches, each drawn by two horses, left Play-
ford Hall a few minutes past one o'clock. In the first
coach, which preceded the hearse, were Arthur
Bidden, Esq., and J. D. Harmer, Esq. In the
coach following the hearse were Thomas Clarkson,
Esq., grandson of the deceased gentleman, chief
mourner, the Rev. W. Dickinson, Mrs. Dickinson, the
Rev. Foster Maynard, and Mrs. Dyce. The next con-
tained Robert Buck, Esq., Alexander Haldane, Esq.,
John Corsbie, Esq., and Mrs. Corsbie. In the last
were J. A. Hardcastle, Esq., and Joseph Sturge,
Esq. The procession was closed with the pri-
vate carriage of Mr. Clarkson, followed by the
domestics of the establishment. As soon as the
outer gate of the domain was reached, the car-
riage of E. N. Shawe, Esq., with that gentleman inside,
fell into the line of procession, which was further
increased by the addition of the gentlemen
from the neighbourhood. In this order they
proceeded through the village to the churchyard,
passing, at every point, groups of the inhabi-
tants, whose respectful demeanour was a most gra-
tifying feature in the scene. Arrived at the church-
yard, some little time was occupied in drawing the coffin
from the hearse, owing to its great weight, and the
mourners having alighted, and entered the consecrated
ground, they were headed by 'the Rev."r. D. West,
Vicar of Rushmere, who read the beautiful burial service
of the Church of England most impressively. The
family vault, in which rest the remains of Thos. Clark-
son, Esq., barrister, the deceased's son, whose death oc-
curred in 1837, is situate near the door, in the south
side of the chancel. The coffin, containing besides a
shell and a leaden coffin, and covered with plain black
cloth, with a silver plate on the top, having the name of
the deceased and the dates of his birth and death en-
graved thereon, having beep lowered into the vault, the
family returned to the Hall, and the spectators shortly
afterwards dispersed. The funeral was under the super-
intendence of Mr. Ray and Mr. Maplestone, of Ipswich.
—Suffolk Chronicle.

TIIE COPPEUING &Hrs.—lt is said that there are
at the present time so manyvessels destined for the Medi-
terranean and elsewhere being coppered at the port of
Sunderland, that a difficulty is experienced in obtaining
the requisite supply of copper from the manufacturer as
quickly as is required to supply the demand.—Newcastle
Guardian.

KESWICK.—We are sorry to say that a very severe
epicemic is prevailing amongst cattle in our neighbour-
hood. John Spedding, Esq., Mirehouse, has suffered,
according to his stock, materially; he has lost six, and
has now thirteen more in the same fatal disease. They
are all Irish cattle, which he buys to feed off.—Kendal
Mercury.
The wife of a peasant, says the Raro of Caen, has
just been delivered of three healthy male children. Two
years ago she had two female children at the same birth,
making five children in the two years.
DOUBLE SUICIDE.—EXETER, SATURDAY.—Con-
siderable sensation has been created in the vicinity of St.
Mary Ottery by a dreadful occurrence, by which the
deaths of two unfortunate factory girls were occasioned.
On Friday week the deceased females, Mary Ann Old-
ridge and Jane Smith, were visited by a man of indiff•rent
character, from whom Oldridge contrived to possess her-
self of half-a-crown to get some liquor with, and never
returned; the other deceased following her. The man
subsequently meeting with them, threatened to expose
them to their employer Mr. Newbery, the silk factor, in
Exeter, if they did not immediately return him his half-
crown. Not having sufficient to make up the required
sum, the threat appeared to operate so powerfully upon
their minds, that they went to the neighbouring chemist
and purchased 3d. worth of arsenic, with which they re-
solved to destroy theniselves. They then returned to
work at the factory, and on leaving at night went
public-house kept by a person named Taylor, where they
mixed the poison in some cider and drank it. Oldridgo
died in dreadful agony on Wednesday, and Smith in
twenty-four hours after. Yesterday an inquest was held
on the bodies of the unfortunate women before Mr.
Aberdeen, the coroner, at the Red Lion Inn, Ottery,
when the jury, after several hours' deliberation, returned
a verdict of Felo de see. Both bodies were interred late
last night in the parish churchyard.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE W. T. D. TRENCHARD,
ESQ.—The remains of the late William Trenchard
Dillon
Trenchard, Esq., of Lytchett House, in the county of
Dorset, were consigned to the family vault in the parish
church, on Thursday, the 24th Sept. The solemn pro-
cession left the family residence at twelve o'clock ; in ad-
tion to his own relatives he was followed by his numerous
tenantry. His loss will be deeply felt by the poor of
his neighbourhood. The deceased was the eldest son of
the late Rev. H. Luke Dillon, formerly rector of Lytchett
Matravers, grandson of the late Lady Augusta Dillon,
and was nearly connected with the noble families of
Clanricarde and Clanbrook. He will be succeeded in
the estates of Lytchett Matravers and Child Okeford
by his next brother, llenry Luke Smith Dillon, Esq.,
who, in obedience to the will of the late William
Trenchard, Esq., will assume the name and quarter the
arms of Trenchard with those of Dillon.—Sherborne
journal,