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The inauguration of the Great French Nor...try laf ,
on Sunday, has excited very lively emotion in Paris—an
emotion which is shared, we are sure, by the whole of the
• vast district through which that line of 300 miles passes.
The emotion to which we allude must not be understood to
have its source in mere prospects of gain, promising as they
may be. There is, for the French public, a more gratifying
view of the matter than even this, to understand which we
must look a few years back. When the Soult-Guizot Ad-
ministration came into power, nearly six years ago, there were not thirty miles of railway in the invad realms of France ; she was, with regard to railway communication,
not only behind all civilised Europe and America, but put
to shame by little Belgium at her own door.
Nor was
there the slightest promise afforded of a disposition to
shake off this almost middle-age state of backwardness.
Nay, worse than that, the country of the revolution of 1789,
and of the monarchy of July, had returned to the
exploded system of fortification applied to a capital
of a million of souls. While the rest of the world
was swept into the current of newly-created enterprise,
France was obstinately furbishing her rusty armour, and
bolting and barring her doors upon her stagnant and profit-
less treasures, when all around were stripping for the race,
and invoking light and air for cheerful and peaceful contests.
With 6,000,000/. sterling pledged for walls and fortresses—
with we know not how many millions engaged for war pur-
poses of all kinds—with a nation excited by its own work,
fancifying itself offended, and bound to a quarrel—an active
Opposition—an envenomed press—the Soult-Gaizot Ministry
bad to begin their work ; and what was the business they
had to do? They had to create what was then unknown in
France—the system of associating citizens for public works.
The greatest financial operation at that time conceivable to
the public was a loan, tied all political financial experiment
was bounded by a conversion of the Five per Cents.
The idea of a public road being undertaken by any
other being than the Ministre des Travaux Publics, or
executed under any other
neyeer thatnterthaened th
of the
adthhe
eenginoeferas
des pouts -et chaussees, never
people nursed in the lap of centralisation. To cure this de-
feet—to give the people the habit of taking an interest in
their own business--to divert their minds by healthful em-
ployment from an eternal brooding over the injuries inflicted
by a Government who would not let them loose upon Europe,. the Cabinet conceived the happy thought of erecting the Eng-
exlishistminogde—at ifhovfmeer
and
nscl3
by call it—upon the foundation already
the law of June, 1841, a Bill,
marking out four great trunk lines, was submitted to the
Chambers. According to this law the Government was
authorised to undertake at once the whole of the prelimi-
nary works, leaving to companies, to be accepted by public
adjudication, the placing of the rails and the working of
the lines. As soon as the principle originated by
the
Government had worked its way into the public mind
—and it took two years more even to do that—aided un-
questionably first by the success of the Rouen, and after-
wards by the Orleans line, the reaction was as violent as the
stagnation had been complete. Companies sprang up in
scores, and the new care imposed upon the Government was
to manage and direct the ardour which it had altogether
called into life_ Whatever evils may have sprung up by the
side of good, the good itself w t and most wholesome.
The feeling was like the discove nse. People
found that there were other sti
too, had been stainless conques.
space were seen to be worthy of men. Tribute- paid by
pleasure-seeking strangers, or merchants diffusing wealth,
was neither despicable nor inglorious. Meetings of direc-
tors were better than councils of war, and -a plan for
carrying a railroad instead of an army into the heart of a
neighbouring country not unworthy the generals whose,
eo..
wehiose,
swords were turned into ploughshares—steam and

tricky, science and commeice, free intercourse, just ex-
change, honourable profits, bold speculation, and well-
conceive& enterprise were found no bad substitute for all the
pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war. France, too,
began to be ashamed of her backwardness, and so eagerly
have the railroad works been pursued that this Great
Northern line, whicti has prompted our remarks, has been
completed within four years from the passing of the general
Act of 1841, at a cost of 180,000,000 of francs. Those who
have taken the trouble of following us thus far will under-
stand why the opening of this railway has been marked as
the occasion of a public rejoicing. We hear of flags and
banners, and discharges of cannon, and dinners, and public
balls—of a King meeting the new invader on the threshold
of his dominions, and greeting the conqueror, who is no less
the conquered, for the victory is mutual. Conde opened a
siege to the sound of violins; why should not festivity mark
these more happy triumphs of these our own times? The
true victors are Sonit and Guizot and Dumon, and as such
they will be hailed by the electors in the appeal now about
to be made to them for their ratification of the prolific peace
deeds of the present Parliament.-Hera/d..

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, .TuNE 18.

STOCK Excastiox.—The sales aie—Bristol and Exeter, New, 10—
Caledonian, 14—Midland, New, 31%.
LIVERPOOL, JuDix 18.
Naw STOCK ExertArtoz.—The Share Market continues firm, and
a slight improvement is manifest. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1/. Is. 6d. p.—Derby and Crewe, 31. 16s.
3d. p.—Eastern Counties, York Extensions, 18s. 6d. p.—Grand Junc-
tion. 224—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, 1% dis.—Hud-
dersfleld and Sheffield, 5 p.—Leicester and Bedford, Is. 6d. (Hs.—
Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 13e.
6d. p.—London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 27 p.—London
and Brighton, CS% —Manchester and Birmingham, 82—Ditto Quar-
ter Shares (B), 9% p. —Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—Mid-
laud Stock, 401. Shares, 13% p.—North Staffordshire, 16s. 6d. p.—
North Union Stock (A), 209—North Western, par—Preston sad
Wyre, Half Shares, New (B), % p.—Sheffield and Manchester Quarter
Shares, No. 2,1% p.—South-Eastern, :New, Half Shares, 4 p.—
West Riding Union, 2% p.— Caledonian, 3% —Dutch Rhenish, 134 p.

MANCHESTER, JUNE 18.
STOCK EXCHANOE.—The sales are—Boston, Stamford, and Bir-
mingham, dis.—Chester and Manchester Direct, 245. 6d. dis.—
Clitheroe Junction, 225. dis. —Derby and Crewe, 4 p.—Eastern Coun-
ties, York Extension, 1 p.—Leicester sad Bedford, 1-16 dis.— Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 13-16 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, c p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters
(B), 9!‘ p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 8% p.—North Eastern, 1 11-16 die.
—North' Staffordshire, 3% p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), p.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, par—South-Eastern and Dover,
Halves (No. 4), 4s. p.—South Midland, % dis.—Weleh Midland, 13
dis.—West i ~..shire Coast, 34 dls.—West Riding Union, 2 3-16—
Dutch Rhenish, I p.
LEEDS, Joins IS.
STOCK ExcliaziGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 20s. p.—East Lancashire, 2% p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield,
5 p.—Leeds and Bradford, 26% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1% p,--.
Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.—Neweastle and Berwick, 10 p.—North
British, Carlisle Ilranch, 98. 6d. p.—Clitheroe Junction, 235. dis.—
Leicester and Birmingham, 17s. die.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-.
ton, lls. p. —London and Portsmouth, 10s. dis.—London and Man-
chester (Rem.), 395. dis.—. Manchester, Buxton, Mattock, and Mid-
land, 14s. p.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 155. 9d.
dis.—North Staffordshire, 31. 16a. p.—North Western, ls. 6d. p.—
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 20s. dis.—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, par—South Midland, 15s. dis.—West Riding Union, 41. 4s.

SHEFFIELD, JUNE 18.
STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 2s. 6d. p.—
Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 225. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and
Midland, 17s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 10s. p.—Shef-
field and Lincolnshire Extension, 20s. dis.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek,
Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. 6d. dis.
HULL, JUNE 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares,
36 —North British, Carlisle, 335. 9d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 255. Gd.—East. Lincolnshire, 16s. 3d.—Leicester and Bedford,
20s. Gd.—Leicester and Tamworth, 114—London and York, 2—Man-
chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 21. 14s. 6d.—North Western, Us.
6d.—North Staffordshire, 5/. 19s. 6d.--West Riding Union, 4
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JUNE 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Leicester and Tansworth, 17s.
dis.—Maryport and Carlisle, par—North British, halves, Carlisle.
Bs. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.

YORK, JUNE 18.

STOCK Excitarion.-The sales are-Axhelme, 11. 128.-Eastern
Counties, York Extension, 11. Bs.-Grand Union (Nottingham and
Lynn), 12s. 6d.-Ipswich and Bury, 83C -Leicester and Bedford,
11. 25.-Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c., I M -Malton and Drif-
field Junction, 21. I la.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, 21. 15s. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 251,(-Newcastle and
Darlington, Extensions, 91. 3s. 9d.-North British, Carlisle Exten-
sion, 1/. 145..-Ditto, Dalkeith, MM-North Staffordshire, 51. 185,
6d.-West Riding Union, 4U -York and North Midland Extension,
33t( -Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 11%.
EDINBURGH, JUNE 16. -
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 55.--Aberdeen,
Banff, and Elgin, 1/. 6s. 6d,-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 1 I s.-Ar-
broath and Forfar, 271. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 10s.-Ar-
magh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 45.-Ayr-
shire and Bridge of Weir, 21. 45.-Banffshire, 165.-Belfast and
County Down, 1/. 15s. -British and Irish Union, 2/. Sa. 6d.-Cale-
donian, 111.-Ditto, New, 1/. 108.-Caledonian Extension, IL ss.-
Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. Ba. 6d.---Caledonian and Northern
Direct, 1/. 145.-Carnwath and West Linton, 11. Ss.-Chelmsford
131.-Cornwall and Devon
Northern, 11 16s -
Dublin and Enniskillen, 11. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, agi.,...
Central, and
Bur yll.lB2sa .. -61. -e
e s faded eale
Hallway, 31.-Direct pp' ire e t . .
Ditto, New, 21/. 55.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 11. 1611.-Dunde.
and Perth, 171.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 2L-Eastern Counties
Extension, IL 55.-East Indian Railway, 9s. 6d.-East of Fife, if.
1 ls.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 11. ss. 6c1.-
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 3s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 751.-
Ditto, Half Shares, 171. 10s.-Ditto. Quarters, 'St.-Ditto, ditto.
New, 18L.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 'ft.-Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton, 151. 10e.-Ditte, Preference, 19/.-Edinburah
and Northern, 51. IN.-Ditto, Newport, 10s.- Edinburgh and Peebles,
1/. I Is. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 195.-Edinburgh, Portobello,
and Musselburgh, 11. 95.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 195.-
Glasgow and Ayrshire, 73/. 105.-Ditto, New Stock, 32/. 10s.-
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18!. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, V.
25.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2!. Is. 6d.--Glasgow and
Dundee Junction, 11. 125.-Glasgew and Garnkirk, 401. 106.--Glas-
gow General Terminus, 81. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161.
Str
I Os.-Ditto, New, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference, IL 158.-GlitagowHlc-
bour Grand Junction, 1/. 10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 1/. 158.--- ow Kiimmaniahoageko,w7d2LAsrds. ton r_osGsarnan Junction, 10s.-Great,
at
, 11. Bs.-Glasgow,
aGNl'aseng,and Les
County Down, 11.75. 6d.-Great North of Scotland, 11.
ness and Elgin, 11. Is. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians
135.-Inve r-
-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 65.-London , 2/. 4s. 6cl.-
Wales, 11.-London and Hounslow, 15s. L
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Bri
stol, and South
(Rast.), 3/. 12s. 6d.-London and M -
ondon and Manchester
-London and York, 2/. 25.-Ditto anchester (Remington's), 15s.
Eastern Counties, 1/.-M orays,iu. i Hall Shares, 21.-Midlaad and
re, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick.
25/.-Newry and Londonderry, 165.-North British, 29L-Ditto.
iti 1
Halves, 11/.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 11. las.-Ditt°,
Exten-
sion to Dalke 61
.-North ~-North Staffordshire, 61. 24.-North Wawa
Mineral, 141. 10s.-Ditto, New, 61. 10s.-Perth and Inverness, I/-
12s. 9d,--Scottish Central, 15/. 17e. 6d.-Ditto, New, 71. 55.-Scot-
tish Central and Caledonian Junction, if. ins,-Scottish Grand
Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 71.-Scottish Southern, 11. 17s. 6d.
oswestry, and Ches.
-Shrewsbury and Ilereford, W.-Shrewsbury. .
tirling and Dunfernihne
I ter, 3/. 65.-South Midland, 11. 7s.
64.-295.-Strathern Junction, , I/. 11s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 21.
hand C Itn l-
l aw o ess, 511.
10s.-Surrey Grand Junction, 2a.
GLASGOW, JUNE 17.
The sales are-Direct Northern, 345. 6d.-
EastSTOCK EXCHANGE.-
. . Forth and Clyde Junction, 395.-GlasgoW
Indian BailwaY" 960-1 ow and Belfast Union,l 4 s. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Terminus, 91.-Glasgow
385 .-Glasgow,
_ow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, . Kilmarnock, and A.
. drosean, 298.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 255.-Larne, Belfast, and
bs.-Lesmahagow, 505.-London,
Ballymena,Bristol, and South
wales, 19.. 6a.-Manchester and Southampton, 28s. 6d.-Perth
and
Crieff, 355.-Scottish Central, 161.-Scottish Southern, 365. 6d.--
Slamannan and Borrowetouneas, 665.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 395.
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A KNOTTY POlNT.—Threeyears
whether
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qwueurtsstiona
paper, the bhuernathis of Austria were consulted napoPnatrhies " knotty"
of
executing capital sentences, and substituting wsua4bstrietaautionngthdeetaTgitaetithone fmorodanae
Pension. Their :reply was for the rejection of decollation (as prac-
tised in France), for the principal reason, that it accustomed the
people to the sight of blood, but at the
same time they expressed a
wish that some modification might be made in the prevailing system
of strangulation, which tortured the victim too much. A year ago
a surgeon of the University of Padua proposed to the Government
a new method of strangulation, for which he took care to have him.
self breveted. This method chiefly consisted of a mechanism which. -
when the criminal was fastened to the gibbet, drew him violently by
the feet and the head, occasioned the dislocation of the vertebral
column on the level of the neck, and this occasiined instantaneous
death. This method, after being tried for one year, has just been
definitively adopted in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and the
surgeon who invented it has, to the great surprise of his companions
and compatriots, accepted the " honourable" office of " director of
executions," over whioh he will be bound to preside, in order to
superintend the application of his plan.
[AD VE RTISEMENT.]— HOLLOWAY 'S PILLS AND FE.
MALE COMPLAINTS.—So extraordinary are the known virtues of
Holloway's Pills that a great many titled ladies and others are pur-
chasing them in large quantities to distribute to poor families. These
pills act in so wonderful a manner upon the system and constitution
of females generally (even on infants at the breast), that whether '
taken when centering into womanhood, or at the tarn of life, or at any
other time, a few doses of this fine medicine will always produce the
desired effect, and restore health when every other remedy has failed.
Sold by all medicine vendors, and at Professor Holloway's sate.
blishnunat, 244, Strand, London.
ROBBERY BY POLICEMEN.--At the High Court of
Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Monday last, Johu Kane and James Mit-
chell, late constables in the police establishment, were charged with
breaking into the Total Abstinence Society, in Adam-square, when
on night duty, and stealing therefrom the society's box, containing a
quantity of books, cards, tracts, &c. The prisoners pleaded " Not
guilty," and the case went to trial; when, after a lengthened exa,
urination of witnesses, the charge was fully established against them,
and they were sentenced, Kane to fourteen, and Mitchell to ten years'
transportation.