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0ct.16, 1846

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HORATIO BARNETT,
Secretary to the South Staffordshire Railway Compny,
South Staffordshire Railway-office, Bradford-street, Walsall,
October 13, iS46.

FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER.
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY CORTANT.

Sir,—l hereby deposit Scrip Certificates for Shares in
the* Railway Company, namely—
No. to Shares. I No. to Shares.
No. to 1 No. to
And I claim to be xegistered in respect thereof for the due proportion
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and Grand Junction," as the case may be.

EXETER, YEOVIL, and DORCHESTER
RAILWAY.
Netice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS of the EXETER, YEOVIL, and DORCHRSTg
RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the London Tavern,
Bishopso•bate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st day of October,
1846, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a report of the past pro-
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will be 11111 before the Shareholders.
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majority.of the shareholders may deem advisable.
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MRS JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING
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This efficacious remedy has been in general use for upwards e
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SKYE.—A correspondent writes, that in this island,
up to the 7th last., the weather has been favourable for
leading, and nearly all the oat crop has been safely got
in ; and from all accounts the crop is a good average
one in weight and quality. Meal brought from the south
is readily purchased, and several vessels have this sea-
son unshipped cargoes of it. Herrings have appeared
in considerable shoals on the southern side of the island,
and great quantities have been taken, lint from the
scarcity of potatoes to eat with them, the demand is
greatly lessened. The poor people are, besides, anxious
to buy what meal their stinted income will allow. Our
correspondent adds; that a great number of the men who
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quitted Skye for the fishing n the east, and the harvest
work in the south, have procured work on the railways,
and have not returned home as usual ; and others are
ready when the crop is all secured, to leave Skye for
similar employment. Macleod of Macleod, Talisker,
and Lord Macdonald, are said to be making great exer-
tions for supporting the poor throughout the winter and
spring, since there is no prospect of receiving aid from
Government—lnverness Courier.

GREATER AND LESSER SINS.—Dr. Brisbane says
that when be was in South Carolina, one of his Baptist
brethren underwent a church trial for a very serious
offence. This Baptist brother bad been the means of
separating a slave husband end wife for ever. Ho had
been importuned not to do it—to sell them both to one
master, and not wring their hearts with the agony of
separation ; but ho said he " would see them both
in hell first ! He was brought up before the church,
and:tried, for what, think ye ? For the inhumanity of
sundering man and wifo ? No ; but for using profane
language ! His spiritual advisers and co-workers took
no thought of the crime of parting what God bad joined
together, but they were very much horrified at the
profane expression used by their brother!—.Emanci-
pator.

PHESENTSTION or PLATE.—we have great plea-
Sure in announcing that the congregation of the Philan-
throic Society's ch,tpel have testified their great esteem
for the Rev. Dr. Rice (head rna.ter of Christ's Hospital)
by presenting him with a silver salver and other plate to
the value of 2001., he having filled the office of morning
preacher to the above chapel for the last 20 years.

THE GREAT WESTERN IN A
STORM.

The following is the detailed account of the terrible
storm encountered by the Great Western, of which we
have already given an abstract :
Saturday, Sept. 12.
The steam-ship Great Western, B. R Mathews com-
mander, left Liverpool at four o'clock P.M., having on
board 126 passengers, captain, 5 officers, 5 engineers,
and 74 crew, in all 211 persons.
The weather generally was pleasant for the season
of the year, and our progress good, averaging 200 miles
a day.
" Saturday, Sept. 19, lat. 48 34, long. 37 43, 4 P.M.'

Light airs fiem the S.E. and foggy, with light drizzling
rain. Got the yards aloft, and set the jibs and tore
spencer. Breezes refreshing. At 6 set the single-reefed
main spencer and the square sails, with two reefs in the
topsail.
" At 8 P.M., the wind increasing and variable to the
westward, took in the square sails, outer jib, and main
spencer, At 10 P.M., freshening gales and ugly weather;
sea getting up and tossing high. At midnight, increas-
ing gales and heavy squalls ; took 'in the fore spencer,
the outhall having broken; in the meantime, the inner-
jib stay bull's eye hook broke, and the sail became use-
less ; hauled it down, and set the fore staysail."
The above is au extract from the captain's log-book,
and gives an account of the commencement of the awful
storm which the Great Western surmounted on her pas-
sage from Liverpool to New York; one so-terrific during
its continuance, and marked by such a signal deliverance
in the end, that it should be carefully related.
" Sunday, 20th, at forty minutes past two, a.m.," con-
tinues the log, .‘ split the fore staysail ; took in the re-
mains of it, and lay to under bare poles, the sea rising
frightfully, and breaking over and against the ship. At
four o'clock the wind increased to a heavy storm, and
the sea running most furiously at the ship ; the wind
veering to the north-west at the same time, and the ship
breaking off into the trough of the sea, rendered our
situation more critical. A great quantity of water got
into the engine-room from the sea breaking over the
ship, which was pumped out by the lee bilge pump.
" Sunday morning- most of the passengers assembled
in the can and saloon. Their haggard faces told too
surely of the sleepless and anxious night which had
passed. Even those most ignorant of nautical affairs
could not fail to discover that we were in the midst of
great peril. Few could dress with their accustomed
care, owing to the violent pitching and constant rolling
of the vessel. The stewards abandoned any attempt to
prepare the breakfast table, and both then and through-
out the day were obliged to content themselves with
bringing such articles of food as were most convenient
to those who felt any disposition to eat.
" Eleven o'clock, A.M.-A heavy sea broke over the
fore part of the starboard wheel-house or paddle-box,
which started the ice-house and large iron lif'e•boat from
their fastenings, and washed them to leeward, and with
much difficulty they were temporarily secured."
To understand this, the reader must bear in mind that
the Great Western is, so to speak, three stories high
forward and aft, and two in the waist, or middle of the
ship; aft, there is the lower story or cabin, above it,
the saloon, the roof or covering of which is the quarter-
deck, and may for the purposes of description be consi-
dered as a third story. In the waist, or middle, the
lower story is occupied by the engine-room, the roof or
covering of which is the main deck. On this main deck,

in the centre, are placed the chimneys, galleys, and ice-
house. The various offices appertaining to the stewards
and police of the ship are at the sides. This part is
open above, and protected by the wheel-houses and sides
of the ship, which rise to the height of fourteen feet.
The width of the paddle-box is al)out twelve feet. The
ice-house contained some seven or eight tons of ice, and
was fastened by cleets and stanchions. Let the reader
imagine the force of the sea, and the height of the ware,
which, rising over the paddle-box, struck the ice house
and the large iron life-boat above it, twisted them from
their fastenings, breaking the ice-house into two parts,

ripping off the planks, Crushing the starboard com-
panion way, and only prevented from making a clear
breach in the sides of the ship by a sudden lurch to port.
Meantime the wind howled most frightfully through the
rigging.
" At 11 o'clock and 15 minutes A.m. attempted to wear
ship, to get her on the other tack (thinking she would
be easier), as the wind still continued to veer to the
northward. Lowered the after gaffs down; manned the
fore rigging, and loosened the weather yard-arm of the
foresail, to pay her off, but found it had no effect. There-
fore let her come to again. In the meantime the square
sails blew away from the yards.
" Half-past 11 A.M.—The lee quarter boats were torn
from the davits by a heavy lee lurch of the ship, bending
the davits, and tearing out the ringbolts from their stems
and sterns.

" Word was passed among the passengers that two of
our boats were gone, and the others were likely to fol-
low, the davits and bolts beginning to give. But not a
remark was made; each spoke to the other only through
the e3e; and the ominous silence which pervaded the
whole company told how sensibly all felt themselves in
the very presence of the King of Terrors, uncertain of
their doom.

" At noon, storm and sea raging in all their fury, sea
still breaking over the ship; a heavy sea struck the lar-
board paddle-box and smashed it to atoms; sprung the
spring beam, breaking the under half; shattered the
parts of the ship attached thereto. A splinter struck
the captain on the head while standing on the poop, and
the force of the blow, together with the sea, carried him
over the lee quarter, and he was only saved by the
netting&

" A.fter this sea had passed over, we found the water
had gained on the pumps ; the wind appeared to lull a
little and the ship a little easier, but still blowing a
storm. All the hatches, except those made use of for
passing into the engine-room, were battened down, and
the skylights partially covered. The weather continued
the same until midnight, at which time it lulled for half
an hour.

" Monday, 21st, 12.30," continues the log, " the storm
commenced raging again in all its fury, and the sea a
perfect foam, until eight A.M., at which time the clouds
began to break and the squalls less furious. Got the
ship's head to the N.W. and hauled the yards round, the
sea still raging as before, and nearly ahead, curling and
breaking over the ship in every direction. At noon the
storm ceased ; but the sea continued more violent till
two P.M., at which time it ceased gradually with the
wind, having lasted about thirty-six hours; during which
time it gives me much pleasure to state my officers and
crew conducted themselves with great coolness and pre-
sence oi:' mind."

At laalf-past five o'clock on Monday morning we were
in the greatest possible danger.
Mr. Stevens, one of our passengers,, who was an eye-
witness, says of it—" A peculiar lifting of the haze in
the east, with an appearance of an amber colouredp belt
of light, low down on the horizon, warned us of an ap-
proaching blow. Presently it came, a perfect tornado,
driving before it the clouds of spray, and, as it neared
us, fairly lifting up the white foam from the waves, like
a shower of rain. As the squall struck us, the ship
careened over and buried her gun-wales in the ocean,
and lay for a few moments stricken powerless, and ap-
parently at the mercy of the savage waves that threatened
to engulf us. This was the trial, the last round fought
between the elements and our gallant vessel. At this
critical moment the engine was true to her atty. Still
went on its revolutions, and round and round thundered
her iron water wings. Gradually recovering her up-
right pssition, the good ship, with head quartering the
sea, came up to her course, and all was well ; it was the
climax of the storm ; the last great etfort of the whirl-
wind king to send us to the sea giants cave below."
On Monday, about 12, the storm had abated suffici-
ently to admit of standing on the upper step of the com-
panion-way with safety. It was a sublime, but an awful
spectacle. The ocean still laboured under
the effects of
the hurricane. 'The wind veered 20 points in 36 hours ;
it is impossible to imagine or describe the wild and
tangled confusion of the waves. Rising to a height ap-
parently greater than that of the mainmast, they leaped
and roared around the ship, as if hungry and maddened
at the loss of their prey. At times the Great Western
seemed as if lowered by unseen spirits into her watery
grave ; and every moment you expected to be filled in,
and her requiem sung by the winds amongst the wilder-
ness of waters.

But our danger was past, and with grateful hearts, on
Tuesday morning,. all assembled in the cabin to render
au act of common prayer and thanksgiving.
After the religious F ervi ces were ended, Mr. Archi-
bald Gracie, of New York, was called to the chair, and
the Rev. Mr. Marsh appointed secretary. On motion,
it was

" Resolved—That a committee be appointed to draught
a resolution expressive of our gratitude to Almighty
God for his great goodness in our almost miraculous de-
liverance from destruction, and also to the captain, offi-
cers, and crew of the ship for their arduous labours, and
their skill, firmness, and perseverance in carrying the
ship through her late perilous condition."
The same committee was charged with the duty of
reporting a suitable memorial of our gratitude to the
captain, officers, and crew.

The Chairman, Secretary, the Rev. Dr. Beecher, of
Cincinnati, the Rev. Mr. Balch, Dr. Washington, and
Dr. Dettnold, of New York; Mr. Hutchinson, of Geor-
giana ; Mr. F. Mather, of Geneva ; and Mr. Rawlings,
of England, constituted the said committee.
The Rev. Mr. BALCH, at the request of the committee,
stated, at a subsequent meeting of the passengers, the
conclusions at which the committee had arrived, when,
subsequently, it was resolved that two subscription
papers be opened, one for the purpose of giving a suit-
able testimonial to the captain, officers, and crew, the
other to form the nucleus of a fund for the relief of the
families of those whose heads and supporters have been
lost at sea, and to be called " The Great Western Fund ;"
said money in the meantime to be deposited in the hands
of James B )orman, Pelatiah Perritt, Rev. Lewis P. W.
Balch, James Lennox, and Robert B. Minturn, of New
York, as trustees.

In pursuance of the above resolution, Mr. Gracie ad-
dressed the following letter to Captain Mathews:—
"At Sea, on board the steam-ship Great Western,
Sept. 28, 1846."
Sir,—As chairman of the committee appointed by
the passengers on board of this ship, I have now the
pleasure of informing you that the stun of 2001. 10s.
has been subscribed by them, to be presented to the
' captain, officers, and crew of the Great Western,' as

a token of the estimation which• is entertained of their
valuable services during the late perilous scenes through
which we have passed. To those services, as well as to
the great strength and other admirable qualities of your
noble ship, we are (under Providence) indebted for the
preservation of our lives.

" To yourself in particular (without overlooking the
meed of praise due to others) we would express our
feelings of admiration of the coolness and skill displayed
by you during the trying period of peril, when, while
endeavouring to prevent alarm among us, you did not,
when called on, withhold from us your sense of the
danger to which we were exposed.
"Of the above subscription in behalf of the passen-
gers, I ask your acceptance of the sum of 801., now
presented to you by the treasurer, in the beautiful
purse which has been worked for the occasion by one
of our fair passengers; and to distribute the remainder,
which is•contained in another beautiful purse, presented
by one of our fair passengers, among the officers and
crew under your commagg, agreeably to the schedule
which accompanies it.

"At the saine time it gives me pleasure to inform you
that a liberal contribution has been made, with the view
of creating a fund for the relief of families whose heads
and supporters have been lost at sea, and that in compli-
pliment to yourself and this ship, as well as in comme-
moration of the signal mercy we have experienced in
her, it is to be called the Great Western Fund.'

~...
" With sincere wishes for your continued health and
prosperity, I remain, with great regard,

"Respectfully yOurs,
" ARCFIIBALD GRACIE, Chairman.
" To Captain Mathews."
To this letter Captain Mathews returned the following
answer :

" Great Western steam-ship, at sea, Sept. 28, 1846.
" Sir,—Your letter to me, in behalf of the passengers
by the Great Western steam-ship under my command,
I feel as a very great compliment to my ship, officers,
and self, and, in reply, I beg to tender most gratefully
our best thanks and warmest regards.

" It is to Divine Providence alone that we are all in-
debted for our safety ; for during my long experience at
sea I never witnessed so severe a storm, and had it not
been for the good qualities of my noble ship, under the
direction of God, she could not have weathered it.

" I am more than pleased at the step your committee
have taken to promote the interest of the widows and
orphans of seamen and others lost at sea ; and I am sure
that the directors of the Great Western Steam-ship Co.o.
pany, with myself, and all interested in this ship, will
consider it a high compliment which you have conferred
upon her : and I, for one, will contribute my mite to
this glorious undertaking, and I have no doubt but my
officers and crew will follow my example.
"I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" BARNARD R. MATHEWS.

" To A. Gracie, Esq., Chairman, Sm."
Mr. Gracie also handed to Mr. Balch, as one of the
trustees of the Great Western Fund, the following
letter :

" On board the steam-ship Great Western,
Sept. 29, 1846.

•
" Gentlemen,—l have been directed to inform you by
the committee appointed by those passengers on board
of the Great Western who have made a contribution for
the purpose of forming the nucleus of a fund ' for the
relief of the families whose heads and supporters have
been lost at sea, and which, in compliment to the captain
and ship, as well as in commemoration of the signal
mercy we have experienced in her, is to be called the
Great Western Fund," that they have unanimously
named you trustee of the said fund.
" That subscription now amounts to 580 dollars,which
sum will be handed over to you by the treasurer, Mr.
Robert Hutchison, to be invested in such manner as you
may deem best, in order that the interest accruing from
this and subsequent subscriptions may be applied to the
object proposed.
" We doubt not you will lend your valuable co-opera-
tion to the furtherance of this noble charity, which de-
serves, as doubtless it will receive, the cordial support of
the community at large. I have the honour, gentlemen,
to remain, your obedient servant, _

'6 ARCHIBALD GRACIE.
'To Messrs. James Boorman, Pelatiah Perritt, Rev.
Lewis P. W. Balch, James Lennox, and Robert B.
Alinturn:'

The following resolution, expressive of our gratitude
to Almighty God, and of regard for the captain, officers
and crew, was, at a meeting of the passengers held on
board of the reat Western, Sept. 29, 1846, unanimously
adopted,—
" Resolved,—ln view of the perils of the late gale,
which threatened the termination of our earthly plans
and endeared social relations for the allotments of eter-
nity, and of our deliverance, with the cheering prospect
of restoration to our families and friends, we desire
desire with grateful hearts to render to God the
homage of our devout thanksgiving ' • with our sup-
plications that He will sanctify to us the admonitions of
His providence, and render them subservient to our pre-
sent and future well-being. We would also render
praise to Him for the calmness, and decision, and endur-
ance granted the captain, officers, and seamen of the
ship, through the whole period of this protracted storm ;
and for the solemnity, and equanimity, and good con-
duct which, amidst such protracted and appalling dan-
gers, characterised the passengers and inmates of the
ship."

Lieutenant Crawley is appointed to the Gladiator
steam-frigate at Woolwich, and Mr. 11. G. Cunningham
Second Mate to her. Sir H. Pottinger will embark in
the early part of the week.
The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, has un-
dergone several alterations since her experimental trip;
but it is found difficult to get her to a sufficient depth in
the water to give her stability. Forty tons extra of
water was taken on board on Thursday, when trying her
engines at her moorings. The vessel is admirably con-
structed for a war steamer; but her extreme buoyancy,
hich it was at first imagined could be overcome by
having sufficient weight on board, has been found more
difficult to master than was anticipated.
Vessels in Harbour—The William and Mary yacht,
the Sidon steam-frigate, the Gladiator steam-frigate, the
Black Eagle, the Lightning, and the Dwarf steam-vessel,
the Plover surveying vessel, and the Ceres depot.
In the Basin—The Sphynx, the Geyser, the Rosa-
mond, the Medea, the Amphion, the Vixen, the Kite,
the Grappler, the Violet, and the Ariel steam-vessels.
In Docks—The Monkey and the Garland steam-
vessels

The Vindictive, 50 guns, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Sir W. F. Austen, K.C.8., by the latest accounts was at
Quebec. The Admiral had gone with a party of friends
to visit the fills of Niagara, and on his return the Vin-
dictive will sail for Halifax. The Countess of Cathcart
was on a visit to the Falls at the same time. Mr. John
E. Haig, midshipman of the Vindictive, fell overboard
that vessel on the 24th of September and was drowned.
Every exertion was made to save him by throwing over
a life-buoy, but he never rose again.
The Gulnare surveying schooner, Captain Bayfield,
had arrived at Montreal, from surveying Lake St. Peter.
The Belleisle troop-ship, left Quebec on the 15th of Sep-
tember, with 400 invalids on board, from regiments serv-
ing in Canada, and sailed for England. She will touch
at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and take on board 100 invalids
from that garrison.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
EXPENSE AND ALLEGED INEFFICIENCY OF
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.

On Saturday a very full meeting of the Marylebone
Vestry took place at the Court-house, Marylehone-lane,
for the purpose of considering a notice of suction given
on the previous Saturday—
" To consider the propriety of appointing a committee
to investigate the very numerous complaints of the in-
efficiency of the police as at present constituted, and to
ascertain the number of police employed in the parish,
and to compare that number with the large amount
chargeable for their services ; and also to take into con-
sideration- the extraordinary regulations under which
they act, and whether these rules, which militate against
the interest and protection necessary to the parishioners
and the public at large, ought not to be revised."
Mr. Gomm having been called to the chair,
Mr. NreHoLAy rose to submit for adoption the fore-
going resolution. He observed that the vestry con-
sidered the subject one of the most vital importance, not
only to the ratepayers of Marylebone, but to the inhabi-
tants of the metropolis generally. He was sure there
was no one who had paid the slightest attention to the
matter but would agree with him that the present police
force were a most inefficient body for the public protec-
tion, and at the same time an enormous expense, whilst
the regulations that guided the officers in the perform-
ance of their duties were the greatest tissue of absurdities
that could be contemplated. The question was, whether
these foolish regulations emanated from Parliament or
the commissioners. If from Parliament, then it would
be the duty of the vestry to go to Parliament; and if
from the commissioners, then they must call upon Par-
liament to correct the absurdity of the commissioners.
Mr. Nicholay here at great length went into a variety of
cases where robberies and other misdemeanours had
arisen, in the Marylebone district, and where in frequent
instances half an hour and sometimes three-quarters of
an hour elapsed before a policeman could be found.
Another strong ground of complaint was, that although
that and other parishes were called upon to pay double
the amount they ought to pay for the maintenance of
police, on state and other public occasions they were
drafted away for many miles, and the districts which
paid were left entirely unprotected. The many com
plaints whith could be substantiated showing the gross
inefficiency of the police he hoped would induce the
vestry to grant this committee.
Mr. HICKMAN, in seconding the resolution, remarked
that before the new police came into operation, the cost
of a much more efficient police in Marylebone was under
10,0001. per year, whereas the present inefficient force
cost 100 per cent. more. Under the old system they
had in Marylebone 256 constables, whereas the nominal
amount supplied by the police) commissioners was 911.
Mr. RIDGWAY could scarcely believe that any good
could result from the committee proposed, when it was
recollected that the police authorities set the public at
defiance. He had communicated with the police com-
missioners frequently on the subject of the number of
men employed in the large district in which he resided,
and the commissioners had refused to give the desired
information. He had, therefore, instituted inquiries
himself, and he found that during the day the entire dis-
rict from Salisbury-court station-house, Marylebone, to
the Swiss Cottage, at Hampstead, and to the Windmill,
in Edgware-road, at Kilburn, there were but five police
men employed. This, too, in a district covering a space
of many square miles, having in the parish of Maryle-
bone alone upwards of 2,000 houses, and paying a
police-rate of 2,044 L 13s. 6d. annually.—(Sharne.) The
tact was, that the whole conduct of the police was a
perfect Star-chamber system, and instead of being the
protectors of the public they were mere soldiers of the
Government in disguise. Mr. Ridgway having cited a
great number of cases against the police, concluded by
expressing his opinion that the vestry should go to Par-
lament at once.

Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., thought the vestry were per-
fectly justified in taking up the matter, and at least he
thought it proper that a general survey should be made,
in order more equally to divide the charges for police-
rate. There could be no doubt in the world that many
of the existing regulations of the police were absurd ;
and he believed from what had fallen from members of
the vestry, that a good case could be made out for the
appointment of a Committee of the House of Commus
to inquire into the subject.
After a few observations from Mr. SAVAGE and one
or two other vestrymen, the resolution was put and car-
ried unanimously.
After some further discussion, the vestry separated.

RECENT VISIT OF THE FRENCH MINISTER OF
PUBLIC WORKS TO MANCHESTER.—At the latter end of
last month M. Dumon, the French Minister of Public
Works, accompanied by M. Teiserene, inspector-general
of railways, and M. Didson, engineer-in-chief of the
" Ponts et Chauetees," and also engineer to several rail-
way companies in France, visited this town and neigh-
bourhood, in the course of a tour they are making
through England, with a view to inspect our public
works, and especially those connected with railway con-
struction. So quietly did they execute their mission,
that their presence in Manchester was only known to a
few persons. Bringing letters of introduction, they re-
ceived every attention from the engineers and other
officers of the several railways which they visited here.
So far as we can learn, the first railway they visited was
the Manchester and Leeds. They expressed themselves
highly gratified with the peculiar arrrangements of the
Victoria station, especially with the mode by which the
arrival and departure platforms are both placed on the
same side of the main line, without causing any confu-
sion ,or intermingling of arriving and departing passen-
gers. They ascended the incline by a departing train,
and proceeded to the goods' station for the purpose
chiefly of witnessing the operation of the hoist, by means
of which the whole of the merchandise is raised from the
station yard, on the level of the streets, to the railway,
which is on a viaduct of considerable elevation at this
point. Having seen the mode of working the hoist, and
examined its mechanism, and having heard that the hoist
at the station of the Manchester and Birmingham Rail-
way, in London-road, was worked on a different prin-
ciple, they proceeded thither to inspect. It was found,
however, that the difference was not remarkable ; but
the engine which worked the hoist was found to be of
greater power than that used for a similar purpose on
the Leeds line. The party next examined the arrange-
ments of the Manche.ster and Birmingham Station, and
also the skew bridge .'y which the line is carried over
Fairfield-street, and then proceeded to the Bolton Rail-
way station, New Bailey-street, Salford, which they in-
spected, and especially examined the long viaduct by
which the Liverpool and Manchester extension line is
carried along on pillars, for the entire length of Upper
Booth-street. The gentlemen expressed themselves
much gratified on the whole, by the various architectural
constru etion, and mechanical and other contrivances and
applications, which were in use on the various lines and
stations which they visited here.—/Wanchester Guardian.
MIDDLE-CLASS WASH-HOUSES.---A very careful
estimate, says " A Member of the Parent Committee,"
in The Builder, shows that the washing expenses of the
metropolis, in the course of the year„ amount to more
than th e property and income tax of the whole king-
dom ---,considerably above 5,000,000/. a year. Why
should we not have wash-houses for the middle.
classes as well as for the lal souring classes ?
In time, trouble, and money, ;much might be
:eyed to them by wash-houses constructed on
the pla,u of those at Goulstone-sln are. I do not
propose a washing company. That 'oats been tried and
failed. But might we not have washing av2omrnodations
supplied by companies ? Du not let 'ibis hint be thrown
away. We are as yet in the infancy of the subject, and
that 5,000,0001. a year is an untouch ed field. Let it be
prudently broken up, and I am much mistaken if it will
not be found to produce an abundant- harvest to careful
speculators. If the cost of bathing be reduced 1,500 per
:out. why should not the cost of w ashi;'g be reduced
?,0 per cent.? That would be a a sting to London of
1 nom than 1,000,000/. a year.
THE NIGER SCREW-PROPELLED STEAM-FRIGATE.
- —This steam-frigate, now building in the dockyard,
Woolwich, is rapidly approaching completio.n. The
workmen are at this time engaged is? pl 3 nhiug het'. Her
tonnage is 997 tons, N.M. She is con structed of wood,
from the lines of Mr. Laing, master ltipbuilder of the
dockyard. Her length is 200 feet, hre au th 36 feet, hold
20 feet 6 inches. The screw will he st in motion by a
double condensing engilie of 250-heirge power, acting
4 directly upon the shaft.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM TALE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—If it is in the nature of events to force
people to think, the events of the last four months must
have set the Protectionist party a thinking. Already
the more observant and reflecting members of this class
must have devoutly thanked Providence for a consum-
mation
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of the old corn-law existing under the present
pressure of dearth and indigence. Had any Govern-
ment attempted to maintain it, the attempt must have
been enforced by bayone is and polluted by bloodshed.
What would have been the fate of a political party rash
enough to identify itself with so outrageous an obstinacy,
is more easy to conjecture than the bare probability that
such a party could have been created. The calm good
sense —not to mention the humanity—which we hope
distinguishes all classes of Englishmen, would have in-
terfered to shield a political combination from the worst
of social crimes and the most terrible of social calamities.
As it- has turned out, the corn-law was abolished
just in time to preserve its defenders from a most serious
dilemma, and the nation from enormous confusion. And
now that it has ceased to exist, its old supporters have
leisure to inquire what was the value of its lost protec-
tion, no less than what is the worth of its lingering
remnant. The answers to these queries must be looked
for in the physical and social state of the inhabited earth.
The value of all human laws must eventually be referred
to the action of those higher laws by which Creative
Wisdom regulates the universe. On the subordination
of the former to the latter depends the success of those
institutions by which man combats the necessities and
provides for the wants of his changeful and uncertain
condition. And what presents itself to our notice, as
we survey the resources and the exigencies of distant and
populous nations ? We heard strange tales of lauds
rich in the prodigal exuberance of spontaneous
but useless produce--of deprecated corn-fields and
dreaded harvests. We were taught that Provi-
dence had laid in stores of ruinous abundance on
the banks of the Ohio and Mississippi on purpose to
overwhelm the trade of Briti. h agriculture, and swamp
the industry of the British farmer. Men were instructed
to regard plenty with a greater horror than famine ; and,
lo! their reward. The famine has come ; but where is
the antagonist plenty ? Famine is on our shores ; but
what soil is irrigated by the refreshing streams of a
counteracting abundance ? Alas ! the laws of man are
dependent on those of God. They cannot control,
neither can they thwart, the disposition of Heaven.
Nature will not be defrauded of her rights, nor, when
human folly has provoked her, of her revenge. That
which existed before the corn-law was dreamed of sur-
vives its extinctions The original condition of our being
remains unchanged and unchangeable. The great struggle
is between man and food—between life and its suste-
nance. Search the world through and through,
this iron fact stands out in hard prominence to pro-
voke and to defy our energies. From the poor
Cingalese subsisting on his rice to the humblest
Celt starving on his porridge, the multitudes
of the human race have a scant and rude
subsistence. Comfort and competence are for the few ;
contented indigence for the many. Earth has yet failed
to satisfy the longings or the labours of her. sons. There
are myriads of acres as yet untilled, miles of tillage but
rudely and poorly adapted to the cravings of their occu-
pants. This fact the average condition of the human
race might long ago have brought home to the sense of
every legislator, even were each legislator a landowner.
But it requires the present terrors of an extraordinary
calamity to make men recognise a truth so often illus-
trated by the recorded sufferings of humanity. Dearth
is on our islands, and hunger on our hearths, ere we
confess the pre-ordained law and struggle of our being.
Six months ago men talked with fear of the bounties of
God; and now they are punished by the fear of their
withdrawal. The harvest of this autumn has been
prolific of the better sorts of grain. Superficial ob-
servation would have chuckled over the prospect of a
more than usual supply of food. Low prices ruled the
market, and were expected to rule it for some time.
" There is plenty of corn at home," it was said :
" and if more is imported, it will be dirt cheap." In
the -midst of these prophecies a power greater than
man's was at work. The "mildewed ear blasted its
wholesome brother;" the humble root, though it did not
,reathe its fatal taint, yet threw a baneful influence over
he ro and richer food. The poor can never suffer
That which supports them is but taken from the
common stock of human food. And when the very
poorest are deprived of their usual subsistence the pri-
vation must spread far beyond even their wide circle.
Necessity then trenches—as it is trenching now—on
the stores of the affluent and the middling classes. From
dearth of potatoes to dearness of bread is a shorter in-
terval than men dreamed of; and the mechanic in London
is stinted of his loaf by the blight which is starving the
peasant of Limerick and Clare! And where now are
the inexhaustible magazines of wheat and meal where-
with our people were to grow fat and wanton? Alas
for the fatuous ignorance of man! They are not.
Nature will not work miracles to save theories. Those
who shut their eyes to her laws must perish
by her laws. Those who seek to thwart her operations
must bend at last beneath their force. Now, when we
crave food for our poor, we find it removed from us.
The harvests of Europe are insufficient for the exigen-
cies of Europe. France is straitened even more than
ourselves. Austria is bidding against us in the marts of
the Mediterranean. Odessa is well nigh drained. And
America !—that land of fabulous redundance answers to
the requirements of an ordinary commerce, but not to
the demands of an extraordinary need. It has a suffi-
ciency for our average, not for our present, wants. She
has sent us 641,112 barrels of flour more than last year;
she is about to send us wheat and Indian corn: yet, even
with this prospect the price of bread has risen at Glas-
gow, it has risen in London, and Indian corn is becom-
ing dearer every day to the Irish peasant I And this,
too, in the first quarter of our provision year ! What
will the state of things be when the American canals are
frozen, when the liners have ceased to run, and the pas-
sage is alike blocked up from
the far r west to the eastern
in theeastern
ports, and from those ports to England ? Yet
lace of such a crisis we are maintaining a rate of duty
which, though it may never become rigidly prohibitory,
must embarrass the speculations of the corn trade, and
complicate a great catastrophe with the evils of delay,
uncertainty, and irritation. Is it wise to bolster up such
a system, or brave the odium which it must excite ?
CHRONICLE.—We can hardly suppose that any
public man of note in France participates in the absurd
speculations which some of the newspapers of that coun-
try are just now busy in propagating. In this country
there has been a very general and unequivocal expres-
sion of dissastisfaction on account of the marriage of the
Infanta with a French Prince. Everybody can under-
stand the anxiety of the Court and Government of France
to make it appear that this is but an indication of indi-
vidual, or at best of party, discontent; and we were not,
therefore, surprised at their efforts to give a totally false
colouring to the recorded opinions of the British Cabinet.
At first it was only a fit of temper of a particular Minis-
ter. By-and-bye this Minister is found to have partizans
amongst his colleagues. Then it is only " a section of
the Cabinet" that is displeased. New light breaks in
however, and, it is reluctantly admitted that the Cabinet
is united. It is even said that the strongest expression of
opinion comes from those quarters from which the greatest
indulgence had been anticipated. This is unlucky. But
still "it is only the opinion of the Whigs." The matter
can be easily set to rights. The Ministry must be
changed. The Ministry must be changed ! So we are
coolly told by the organs of the French Court—by
newspapers notoriously in communication with members
of the King's Government. Our Paris correspondent,
indeed, goes so far as to assure us that the suggestion
has been openly made by a member of that Government.
There are very few of his countrymen, we apprehend,
who refuse to do justice at all events to Lord Palmers-
ton's motives in the administration of foreign affairs.
Nobody supposes him to be in any degree influenced by
personal or party feelings. But if these, and not the
interests of his country, could be regarded as the springs
of his policy, surely no man could have better reason to
rejoice at this recent triumph of French intrigue. It is
the complete justification of all those views and opinions
which have been so much misrepresented, and therefore
misunderstood. And so it is felt to be. To ascribe.
then, as the French journals do, to the " personal feel-
ings" of Lord Palmerston his disapproval of the Spa-
nish marriage, is an absurdity too glaring to call
for serious notice. To say that a man's pride is wounded
by an event that gives practical evidence of the sound-
ness of his judgment and the propriety of his conduct,
is simply a contradiction in terms. We can appreciate
the uneasiness of the French Government at finding
that there is not, upon this event, a shadow of differ-
ence in the opinions.of our rulers. There is really no
greater evil attendant upon party contentions in a state,
than that the combatants should so far lose sight of the
common interest of all parties as to have recourse to
foreign influence to turn the evenly-balanced scale. Let
this once become the tenure upon which power shall be
held, and adieu to the greatness of this empire. In pro-
portion as men come to coincide in their views of do-
mestic policy, and this ground of difference is narrowed
between theaa, does the danger increase to :our external
view
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tions. It is not twelve months since the French Govern-
ment scattered circulars over the kingdom, announcing
to their prefers almost in so many words, that Louis
Philippe had dismissed the English Ministry, because he
was not altogether satisfied with the new Foreign Secre-
tary. If indeed French rulers did succeed in getting
hold of such a position, they are at length effectually
dislodged. The disguise under which they entered no
longer imposes upon the most credulous, and we may at
least console ourselves that in the hearty union of our
statesmen we have some compensation for the gross in-
salt and public wrong that has produced it. The French

alone.