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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY.
The report of the directors to the first ordinary meet-
ing explains, to the following effect, the present posi-
tion of the undertaking:—The Buckinghamshire Rail-
way Company gave notice in October last for three lines
—namely, a line from Banbury to Tring on the London
and Birmingham Railway, passing through Aylesbury;
a line, in continuation of the first-named line, from
Aylesbury to Harrow, also joining at that place the
London and Birmingham Railway; and a cross line from
Oxford to the Bletchley station, on the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, whence a railway, very shortly to be
opened, proceeds to Bedford. For various reasons, the
committee considered it to the interest of the proprietors
to withdraw the Bill for that portion of the line between
Harrow and Aylesbury. They accordingly limited their
application to Parliament for the two remaining lines—
namely, between Banbury and Tring, and between Ox-
ford and Bletchley. These lines were cordially supported
by the landowners and inhabitants of the districts which
they traversed; and although the railway from Tring to
Banbury was strongly opposed by the Great Western
Railway, it was unanimously opposed by the Committee
of the House of Commons. The line from Oxford to
Bletchley was also sanctioned, and without opposition. In
the House of Lords the opposition of the Great Western
Railway Company was renewed, and was so far successful
that the central portion only of the Tring and Banbury
line (namely, from Brackley, passing through the town
of Buckinghtfm to the intersection with the Oxford and
Bletchley line near Winslow) was sanctioned this session.
The Oxford and Bletchley line was passed intact. It is
the intention of your directors, with the sanction of the
proprietors, to apply for powers to complete the line to
the north between Brackley and Banbury (9i miles), and
to adopt such measures with regard to the southward
extension of the line 's shall appear to be advisable.
The Acts for the two lines which have been passed have
been so framed by thn Legislature, as to render it neces-
sary to preserve a nominal distinction in the shares creatcd
under the powers of each Act ; the shares under the one
Act being entitled shares in the Buckinghamshire Rail-
way (Oxford and BletchleyJunction Railway Company),
and under the other, shares in the Buckinghamshire
Railway (Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway
Company). It is intended that these shares thus created
under the two Acts shall have precisely the same value,
and powers will be applied for next year to consolidate
the two Companies. The proprietors are aware that the
London and North-Western Railway Company have
guaranteed 4 per cent. in perpetuity on the cost of the
Buckingh am shire Railway when opened for traffic, together
with half of the profits of the traffic when exceeding four
per cent. In addition to this they have authorised your
directors to state that they will also grant four per cent.
interest on all deposits from the Ist of July last, and on
future calls from the times of payment. In consequence
of the short period which has elapsed since the passing
of the Acts, it has not been possible to get in all the
accounts of expenses. The balance sheet annexed,
therefore, merely presents an account of the receipts and
payments up to the present time. The amount of money
in hand is such as to preclude the necessity of the
directors making any call on the proprietors during the
present year for the purpose of constructing the lines
now obtained. The-lines for which powers have been
obtained will be formed with all possible dispatch, the
works are already nearly staked out, and the engineers
are preparing the contract drawings.
RECEIPTS.
To proprietors for deposits on shares £169,547
To interest thereon

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect, to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Polley, tare-thirds of the Premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

DIVISION OF PROFITS:
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
on each Policy effected on the Profit scale.

EXAMPLES,

£169,808

THE FORTHCOMING ST. LEGER.
(From the Doncaster Gazette.)
The interregnum between the termination of the York
race meeting and the commencement of the Doncaster
Saturnalia, presents that glorious state of uncertainty—
those fluctuations in the barometer of the " ring"—those
doubts, and surmises, and pretended certainties, which,
however much they may tend to puzzle the attentive
observer of passing events, are taken advantage of by
those who are initiated in the marvellous rites of the
mystic circle. From the present moment to the great
day of trial, big with the fate of victory and of defeat, all
kinds of reports will prevail, ruffling the temper of some,
disconcerting the calculations of others, and throwing
additional darkne-ss over that future which it is a matter
of difficulty to penetrate. What is told one morning, is
contradicted the next. A highly favourable account
prevails from one quarter, and is as:readily believed, as
easily propagated ; the wish is father to the thought ;
and then it is wonderfully contradicted, with a shrug of
the shoulders, or a mysterious shake of the head. It
cannot be put down as a matter of astonishment, that
credence should be readily extended with regard to
matters which seem to favour the interest of one party,
and act as a discomfiture to the other. But, amid all
sorts of rumours and insinuations, propagated, in many
instances, by those who wish that such and such may
prove to be the case, the " old hand" waits with patience
fur the turn of the tide. He places more reliance on the
strength of public running than on anything else.
But, while he fixes his feet on these facts, he does not
disregard, at the same time, the influence of the pocket
with all its wonderful deeds, as well as those sinuous
courses, which, although past finding out, because they
are under-currents, are directed for very substantial rea-
sons and for the acquisition of a fixed and clearly de-
fined purpose.
The ex-Premier, or rather the dethroned Pyrrhus,
like his great namesake, if not hit by a tile and rendered
powerless, has " a tile off," and is gone to pieces. In-
deed, he is declared not to start. As to the entertained
probability of his being able to imitate the Champion of
1800, it is now an utter impossibility.
Lately, the Traverser has occupied his place; and he
certainly advanced there by reasons which will not fail
to be appreciated by those on whose judgment much re-
liance is to be placed. His predecessor may have ex-
perienced a sudden and surprising decline, commenced,
indeed, at York; but Traverser has advanced in the
scale with that degree of regularity which is calculated
to show that there is something in him, and that his party
is sanguine of his success. The fact of the mode of thislad-
vance will be steadily held in view by those who never
run away with one idea, as is too often the case. It
will not be found too much to state, that his powers and
capabilities will be found more fully developed in the
St. Leger than, in consequence of the sustainment of
some injury, was the case with regard to the Derby. At
all events, he may be safely put down, according to pre-
sent appearances, as the best in Dawson's lot.
A cloud of mysteries hangs about Brocardo. Nor
does it seem likely, at present, that these mysteries
will be dispelled before the eventful day. That they
will even he penetrated seems a matter of improba-
bility. And hence the necessity of exercising caution
—something like taking warning by the notice, " steel
traps and spring guns set in these grounds." Neverthe-
less, whatever surmises may have prevailed with regard
to his performances for the Derby—whatever opinions
may be entertained now with regard to his capabilities
for carrying off the prize—it is quite certain that he is
now in good work daily ; that he has the conformation
of a winner; and that he possesses those qualities which,
in despite of the " leg," are capable of carrying any
horse well through a race. With regard to Brocardo,
from the present moment to the great day of trial, every
moment will be narrowly watched—every rise and fall
in the scale of betting—every change with regard to
his stable companions—every object which may either
darken the mystery, or, seemingly, pierce the cloud.
But Brocardo, put to the stretch of his powers, and to
the full development of his capabilities, will be there or
thereabouts ; and will be jotted down by Mr. Clarke.
Sir Tatton Sykes has been removed from his position
at the head in the betting scale, and compelled to sue-
cumb.
But he rallied on Monday, and resumed his
former position. The previous change may have arisen
from various causes—from reports of sale, of being de-
feated in one of his trials, and of those many whisper-
ings which, under prevailing circumstances, seem almost
as a matte; of coarse. But, whatever may have been
the legitimate cause of his decline—however hard his
enemies may have tried to pepper him, and that attempts
will be made to sink him lower in the scale, there seems
little doubt—whatever surmises may be raised that
eccentricity may hurl judgment from its seat, and put
discretion out of court; it is a matter of impossibility to
shake off the mind the convictions which have been im-
pressed there by the superior quality of his public per-
formances. Can the manner in which he won the Two
Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket:be disregarded?
But, more than all, can the extraordinary qualities
which he exemplified in the Derby race be put
aside as manifestations of no consequence or im-
port? It is questionable whether any horse
ever did more—not even excepting Mamaluke
for, the St. Leger, when, after having previously
passed every horse in the race, for he was left behind
at starting, he was defeated by Matilda ? Nor would it
be right to blight the qualities of a horse because they,
were marred by indiscretion—an error which may be re-
trieved in the forthcoming event ; and which the spirit
of honest rivalry—call it ambition if you like—points
out as needful to be retrieved ; so that the name which
stands eight times the victor in the table of St. Leger
winners, may appear there as the ninth, and with, if
possible, a more honourable distinction. A friend at our
elbow whispers, "Be just, and fear not."
The defeat of Ingo at York by Poynton, has not
dimmed the hopes and wishes of his friends. They are
as sanguine as ever, even notwithstanding all insinua-
tions to the contrary—bandaged legs—only a miler—
and so forth. They place much reliance on his Good-
wood performance ; and, consequently, think that he can
last through in the St. Leger race. It would be some
mortification, however, if some kind friend were to hint
to them that " Brocardo can lick his head off." Never-
theless, Ingo will defeat what has:defeated him, if it can
be called a defeat—which seems somewhat questionable.
lago is a game hor§e, and will run well.
The Peri Colt has not come up to the mark of public ex-
pectation; and he must be marvellously altered if he can
attain those honours, now, to which, at one time he ap-
peared to have a fair claim.
Fancy Boy has many friends; and no doubt he belongs
to a running and lasting family. Bat he has been ex-
tremely unfortunate; and notwithstanding his many ac-
cidents on the Derby day, finished respectably. Fancy
Boy, indeed, presents a remarkable contrast to Grimston.
The latter has always had good luck on his side, and the
former the reverse. Grimston, a game horse, may per-
haps be placed in the class of Godfrey, when he con-
tended for the St. Leger, unless continued good luck
should carry him through misfortunes which may mar
some of his more formidable competitors—circumstances
the occurrence of which, however, seems very unlikely
to take place.
Dolo may run well; and not disgrace the colour which
proved eminently successful with his noble owner's Blue
Bennet.

PRICE SD.

JAMAICA SOUTH MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
A special general meeting of the shareholders in this
Company was held this day at the Company's offices,
17, Essex-street, Strand, for the purpose of receiving
the report of the directors, and the engineer's report.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
the Secretary read the report, which stated that there
had been a considerable increase in the number of sig-
natures to the deed, which how amounted to 10,215, more
than half of the total required; that the Company had ob-
tained their Bill from the House of Assembly at Jamaica,
which had received the royal assent, and therefore that
the Company was at present legally constituted. In
compliance with the resolution of the meeting of the
9th of March last, the directors had entered into a
treaty with the Jamaica Company to construct seven
miles of reilway from Spanish Town to Cherry Town,
and their negociations had been successful. With
the addition of these seven miles, the line was now forty-
five miles in length, and the total estimated cost of the
undertaking was 333,6951., to which there had been
added, engineering contingencies 10 per cent. In the
report made at the meeting of the 9th of March a table
of the probable traffic on the line had been submitted to
the shareholders then present, and it appeared that
the estimate was not so favourable as it subse-
quently turned out. It appeared that the line
might be worked at an expense of 20,0001.
annually. In consequence of the depressed state of
the market, the directors thought it would be better
not to proceed further at present with the works
than to make that nominal commencement which
was required by the Act of Assembly. The balance
in hands was 16,1161. 19s. 11d. which was placed at
interest. This sum would be reduced to about 15,0001.
The directors were ready to give the shareholders who
desired to retire from the undertaking 12s. 6d. per
share, as they were satisfied of the responsibility
of the parties who were ready to take up those
shares. In conclusion, the report stated that great
cordially existed between the proprietors of the Jamaica
and the directors of the present Company, and that
several of the former were very anxious to get shares in
the South Midland Company.
The SECRETARY then read the report of the engineer
of the Company, Mr. Miller, which was very favourable.
The CIIAIRM&N then proposed two resolutions, to the
effect that the report should be adopted, and that the
directors should be authorised to prepare the supple-
mental Bill to be presented to the Assembly at Jamaica.
These resolutions were seconded and carried, unani-
mously.
Thanks were then voted to and acknowledge 3 by the
Chairman, and the meeting separated.

Week
Last a c°4;
ce
ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week.
dh*
Aug. 29 Arbroath and Forfar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 221 240
- Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • ..
28 Chester and Birkenhead . • • • . • • • • • • • • 725 736
27 Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • ..
Sept. I Dublin and Kingstown • • . • • •
Aug. 30 Dundee and Arbroath • • • • • • • • • • • 545 576
29 Durham and Sunderland . • • • • • • • • • • 635 891
29 Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • • • • • • 4,379 3,530
30 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 9,180 6,054
30 Eastern Union.. 529 -
29 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • 2,422 2,154
29 Glasgow and Greenock.. • • • • . • • • ..• 1,420 1,219
29 Gravesend and Rochester.... • • • • • • • • 374 419
al Great Western . • • .... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20,678 19,751
29 Hartlep00l , •
29 London and North Western, &c. ..... 45,825 42,100
30 London and Blackwall • • .
29 London and Brighton . • • • . •
- London and Croydon . . • • .. • • • • • • • • -
29 London and South Western . • • • • • • • • 7,977 9,004
30 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • 1,275 1,943
- Manchester and Birmingham • • • • -
29 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc- 7,362 7,629
29 Midland Counties . • . • . • . . • • • • • • • . • • 20.407 18,186
29 Newcastle and Darlington • • y. • • • • 3,239 2,613
29 Newcastle and Carlisle • 2,243 1,943
- Newcastle and North Shields.• • • • • 702
30 Norfolk.. • • ...... .........
29 North British .. • . • • .• • • • • • • .. • • .... 2,049 • -
- North Union and Bolton and Preston -
- Paris, Corbel], and Orleans • •• 6,889
31 Paris and Rouen . • • • • • ..
29 Preston and Wyre...........• • • .... 1,458 817
29 Sheffield and Manchester......
29 South Eastern . ... .... 11,288 8,715
28 South Devon.. • • • . • • • . • • ........ 1,35 l
29 Taff Vale
30 Ulster . • • ........... ..... ...... G 54 588
29 York and North Midland . • . • • . 7,818 6,495

Free Lance appears to have reinstated himself in the
estimation of those who dwell much upon his earliest
performances ; but it will be something very extraordi-
nary if he should prove the victor. The same may be
said of Sting, who certainly ran well at two years old,
but had the extinguisher put over him at Epsom. But
since that period he may have improved; and there
seems a determination on the part of his owner and
trainer to retrieve his fame. Those who back him will
do so with caution, and take into their calculation all
the circumstances which have marked his racing career.
As to the outsiders, they are rather in bad odour this
year. Nor do those suspicions and misgivings hang
about what are termed " dark horses," which have pre-
vaih:d on several former occasions. Cranebroolt is
deemed of most importance in this class, coupled along
with Wilderness. It is not needful to say anything
about those who are put in the crowd of the hopeless,
further than that they will augment the start, and render
the scene, on the eventful Leger day, far more imposing
than would otherwise be the case. Mount Callan is
declared not t@ start.

Whatever horse may prove the victor, it is quite
certain, judging by present indications, that the attend-
ance, during the race-week, will be full—fuller, indeed,
than is usually the case. Under these circumstances, it
would be doing good service for some one, impressed
with the splendour of the scene which is about to be
enacted, to whisper in the ear of those who intend to
become spectators "to arrive in the town as early as
possible," and make sure of the proper accommodations,
and, consequently, of their own comfort.
Here it is time to pause for the present. A few days
may—nay, a few hours probably, will work wonders; at
all events, present indications which may show which
way the land lies, or from what quarter the wind is
likely to set in. It is a somewhat worn-out expression
to say now, as has been frequently said—" it is anybody's
race,"—an expression, indeed, which has been uttered
when the great prize has been carried off with compara-
tive ease. That the ensuing trial will present a race
deeply interesting there is every reason to believe; and
the field will be imposing—some say nearer twenty, pro-
bably, than: fifteen. But it should be borne in mind
that two competitors are already gone, namely,
Pyrrhus and Mount Callan. In the meantime
each party will cling to its favourite, until
they get their eyes completely open. The friends
of the Traverser are perfectly justified in doing so, if, as
appears to be generally believed, he is really the best
horse in Dawson's lot; because, supposing that such is
the case, the trainer in question, with his undoubted
experience, certainly possesses the means of forming a
correct judgment of the powers and capabilities of the
Traverser. Who, indeed, can form a more accurate one
than himself ? _ _ _

On the other hand, however, regard will be paid to
Sir Tattoo Sykes, and to Brocardo, and to lago, as well
as to the Traverser; and with very good reasons, too,
without patting aside one or two more, which need not
be particularly enumerated at the present moment.
" Well !" the reader will probably ask, " but what's
to will?"—a question, indeed, which is heard on all
hands and in all quarters—not disregarding the nume-
rous " sweeps," which certainly increase the interest
with respect to the decision on the eventful day of trial.
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SLARTINGALY.:

RAILWAY MONOPOLY IN KENT.
(From the Times.)
Parliament is no sooner prorogued, and all immediato
prospect of interference with railway monopoly at an
end; than the directors of the South-Eastern Company
make a considerable addition to the fares throughout
their main line and its various branches. Though the
Legislature has suspended its functions, the power ofthe
press is happily always in operation ; and it becomes
more necessary that its force should be exerted when
there is a cessation in the sittings of that higher tribunal
which is specially intrusted with the protection of the
common interest. The South-Eastern Company, baying
succeeded in bamboozling Parliamentary Committees,
has now commenced the victimisation of the public with
a speed that shames the fastest locomotive on the rail-
way. A large increase in the charges of conveying pas-
sengers has suddenly taken place, in spite of all the
sacrifices that the directors promised to make for the
general benefit, as an inducement to the Legislature to
give the company the monopoly of the Kentish
traffic.. Nothing but the lowest practicable scale
of fares can compensate for the fearful in-
convenience occasioned by the very circuitous
communication which this company affords ; but
high charges and indirect routes form a combination
of annoyances that it is " too bad" to tolerate. Kent,
under the present arrangement, is much in the same
position with regard to the facilities of transit as thot to
which the metropolis is frequently reduced in con.se-
quence of the blocking-up of its direct leading thorough,-
fares. What the famous Commissioners of Sewers and
othera are in the habit of doing temporarily for the City
and the West-end, has been permanently accomplished
by the South-Eastern Company with reference to the
distance between London and Dover or Ramsgate.
Travellers from Charing-cross to the Bank are sent
wandering wide of their destination during a period of,
perhaps, six weeks at a time, but a journey to any of the
places on the South-Eastern line must always embrace a
series of the most tortuous deviations. It is bad enough
to be carried miles out of one's way, but it is too bad to
be taxed at the highest rate for travelling over the enor-
mous surplus distance which has been added to the ordinary
length of journey by the eccentric meanderings of the rail-
way. Suppose some association were permitted to super-
sede all the direct London thoroughfares by a series of
serpentine streets, and were allowed also the esclusive
privilege of carrying the public from one end of the
metropolis to the other at very exorbitant fares ; we
should have some parallel to the case of the South-
Eastern and its monopoly of Kent, which can only be
traversed, at a large waste of time and money, through
the imperfect and costly accommodation at present af-
forded. It is true that to the man of business speed ii
often more important than the saving of expense, but;
extravagant charges become a fearful grievance when
aggravated by tardy and circuitous travelling. In the
communication with Ramsgate the gain in point of time
is almost nothing, for the railway offers very little ad-
vantage over the steam-packet ; while the fares by the
former are thrice the amount of those charged for con-
veyance by the latter. Four hours all but twenty mi-
nutes is, according to the time-ti:ble of the South-
Eastern, the average duration of the Journey from Lon-
don-bridge to Ramsgate, and when allowances are made
for delays, to say nothing of casualties, it frequently hap-
pens that the traveller by rail is full four hours in passing
between the places specfied. For this, if he chooses the
first class, he must pay 18s., when the steam-boat will
convey him for one-third of that fare to his destination
within a space of time not much exceeding that occupied
in the tour by railway. The South-Eastern directors
have taken an unfair advantage of the public by select-
ing the usual season for visiting watering-places, at home
and abroad, to levy an exorbitant tax upon travellers.
From numerous letters we have received, we feel as-
sured that this experiment oz.l the patience of the public
will not be very cheerfully submitted to, and it will cer-_
tainly alienate from the South-Eastern that sympathy
in its struggles with rival projects it has hitherto expe-
rienced. The comparative cheapness of its fares used
to be cited as a proof of a disposition to compensate for
the inconvenient circuity of its course. But it has now
become one of the dearest as well as the most round-
about of existing railways. For some time we
have observed a rapidly increasing irregularity in
the departure and arrival of trains upon this line,
bidding fair to gain for it a notoriety similar
to that which has been acquired by the Eastern
Counties. The Hudsonian fault of non-punctuality
seems to lead as a natural consequence to exorbitant
charges, and the South-Eastern is already in this second
stage of the infection, or whatever it may be that hiengs
over all the lines under regal management. As the ma-
lady affects and has originated with those companies
over which his Railway Majesty presides, we may be
justified in calling it a sort of railway King's evil. Its
symptoms are high and feverish rates of fares, accom-
panied by terribly intermittent action of the powers of
locomotion, and great irregularity of the whole system.
We regret to see the South-Eastern manifesting all
these fearful signs of having become infected with the
Hudsonian malady. The complaints we have received
from various sources show a determination on the part
of the public not to submit quietly to one of the cool-
est pieces of imposition that over was practised by a
railway company. People who have taken summer
residences on the line are justly incensed at the sud-
den alteration in the fares, by which even those
who have only to go a few miles backwards and for-
wards every day find an addition of some ten, fifteens, or
twenty shillings a week to their estimated expenditure.
Those who have made their arrangements must of course
allow themselves to be victimised, but when Parliament
meets and rival projects are in the field, these persona
will not have forgotten the two or three months course:
of bleeding which they will have undergone at the handler
of the South-Eastern Company. Those travellers who,
have gone abroad upon the low fares will undoubtedly
be caught on their return by the high rates; but we sus-
pect it will prove the old story of cutting open the
goose for the sake of the golden eggs in this instance.
The unfortunate public is just now in the position of
the goose, who can do nothing but hiss under the pro-
cess of victimisation. John Bull, however, is after all
not quite such a foolish bird as some people are disposed
to take him for; and he will doubtless find means during
the ensuing session to protect himself :hereafter from a
repetition of such a trick as that which has just been
played off upon him by the South-Eastern Railway.

RAILWAY SIGNAL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

Sin,—l observe in your paper of yesterday a notice
of a patent railway signal, which has been experimented
with on the Eastern Counties Railway. It seems to me
but a clumsy and inefficient mode of producing a sound
which the steam of the engine is now made to produce
with infinitely greater power than the lungs of any
guard could possibly compass.
It has often surprised me that the existiog whistle of
the engine has not been put in requisition as a means of
communication between the guards and engine-drivers.
Why, were a piece of string attached to the leNTer of the
whistle valve, and simply thrown over the carrioges, so
as to be within reach of the guards, it would form no
inefficient substitute for this patented contrivance ; and
there is no doubt that, with the exercise of a little inge-
unity, the steam of the engine might be made available
for a great variety of signals, not under the control of
the guards alone, bat within reach of every passenger in'
the train. If this latter object were accomplished, ladies
need not then fear travelling alone.—l am, Sir, your's
respectfully, J. B.
York, Sept. 4, 1846.
[The above suggestion is well worthy cons;deration ;
to se —ED s 3
indoeuerd, somelres such.sirompl.le contrivance has often occurred

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN BY
priowNING.---On Wednesday evening a long inviiry
took place before Mr. Bedford, at the King's Awns,
Banelagh-row, Thames-bank, concerning the death .1f
Mr. William Johnson, aged 52, a gentleman of larger
property, residing at No. 14, Belvoir-terrace, Vauxhall:.
Bridge-road. Ann Barnes, housekeeper to the deceased,-
said that her master was of a very nervous temperament,,
and at times he was so excessively agitated that he,
would cry out without any apparent cause. On Monday •
afternoon witness went out on some business, and on
her return home, about half-past eight, she was informed
that the deceased bad returned at four o'clock, and ho
had been in and out of the house five or six times during
the evening in a very agitated state. On entering the.
dressing-room she found it in a confused state, his ward—
robe strewed about, and ho had gone out in the oldest
clothes he had, leaving behind him in one of his drawers
the keys relating to his papers and property, which he!
always carried about him, and which raised her sus—
picion that he did not intend to return, as he had pre-
viously told her that in the event of anything happening
to him, she would find his keys deposited where they
were found, and they were to be given to his brother, a.
solicitor, residing at Runton, Norfolk. Verdict, " Fotrad
drowned."

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.—Since Wednesday last the
greatest activity has prevailed in reinoving the ballnstrades,
the whole of which, on the upper side, ine nearly taken down,
it being intended to strip the bridge as low as the cornices.
Yesterday the levels of the piers were again taken, and the
result showed that, although they had not left off sinking,
yet still the opinion of the gentlemen conducting the obser-
vation was, that the settling was decidedly less Witn com-
pared with observation on a previous occasion, and if the
piers sink no further, there is not the slightest doubt but
that the bridge will be as secure as ever for foot passenjers
till the erection of the new one. Two hundred men are .eow
engaged on the bridge, and when the whole of the parapets
are removed, if the piers are found to be in static quo, it
is
intended to erect a light parapet, :about four feet high, andi
then throw open the entire roadway of the bridge to the
public.
TILE CORN-LAWS.—The ruinous effect of the re—
peal of the corn-laws was very forcibly displayed at the
sale on Saturday evening last at the Eagle Hotel, of the
lease of the Manor farm at Grautchester by Mr. Went—
worth. We never remember to have seen a larger or
more respectable company at an estate sale in this to cm
than was assembled on that occasion ; or to have N
vit-
ncssed more spirited competition. The lease is gran tech
by King's College, to whom the estate belongs, for, a
term of years, of which nineteen are unexpired, subjoict
to a corn and money rent of about 2001. per annum. 'rho
improved rent paid to the College lessee by the occupy-
ianngn
utmen. anTt,heMlre.
aFserewel_earsieukitiLmilaly amountstevknoeko4 todacsowont per
to Mr. Devereux Den-
the very trifling sum of•
the
Men-
ton, onbeha
agriculturallf
farmers.—Cambridge Advertiser.
distress, etsir andocc occupier,
the miserablero'l r 1 le
prospects o sSp
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