The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

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EA TRE,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.---The Winchester, 50, Capt.
Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, late
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good hope Sta-
tion, arrived this morning at Spithead. She left Simon's
Bay on the Ist of March, leaving behind the Thunder-
bolt steam sloop, Commander Broke ; the President, 50,
Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, Com-
mander-in-Chief; and the Serpent, 16, Commander
Vevill, which latter had arrived a few days previously
from China, with the last instalment of the Chinese
ransom on board, and was to sail on the 2d or 3d of
March for England.
When the Winchester left the Cape the Caffres were
quiet, but had assembled in great force, and the inhabi-
tants continue to patrol the town for self protection.
The Thunderbolt had taken all the disposable troops
from Cape Town to Graharie's
Town to quell disturb-
ances, but when the Winchester .had left the Caffres had
come to terms
The Winchester touched at St. Helena on the 16th of
March, and found there the Star 16, Commander
Dun-
lop ; and called at Ascension on sutitimsy, the 22d
March, where the Star had previously arrived. The
, o22Dd of
-
un
"rollers" had subsided, The Winchester has brought
a mail from the Cape, and invalids from the squadron.
Rear-Admirat Percy landed this afternoon in Rear-Ad-
miral Parker's yacht.
The following
her
passage
_long. 3 10 E., the Unity, from the Cape, for Guernsey ;
11th lat. 16 48 S., long. 4 31 W., the ship Charlotte, from
Calcutta for Liverpool, 71 days out, at the same time
hemlieante whit7h, lot.
the e4Win-
chesters
s.
exchanged numbers with the Dutch ship Alciope ;
on the 17th, in lat. 14 39, long, 7 20, spoke the
Dutch ship Claudius Civeles, from Batavia ter Am-
sterdam, 61 days out ; on the 19th in lat. 10 41,
long. 11 13, spoke the English ship Earl of Lops-
dale ; 23d, in lat. 6.20, long. 16 15, spoke the Volusia ;
24th, in lat. 4 32, long. 18 32, the brig Zuleeska, from
the coast of Patagonia ; on the 27th, in lat. 0 5 N.,
long. 20 51 W., spoke the Prussian ship Frederica
bound to Bahia, same day the English brig Two Friends,
from Liverpool bound to Paita ; on ,the 29th, in lat.
3 34, long. 22 1, exchanged numbers with bark City of
London, same day spoke the Devonshire, from Bor-
deaux for Mauritius,; on the 30th, in lat. 5 3, long.
23 32, exchanged numbers with the ship Lancaster,
same day and time the ship Trafalgar, from Calcutta for
London ; April 15, in lat. 45 32, long. 17 15, the ship
Bloorenge, 112 days, from Calcutta to London.
The Eurydice 26, was docked on Friday to be over-
hauled prior to recommission.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-
Chief, entertained a distinguished select circle at the
Admiralty-house on Friday evening.
A tablet, subscribed for by the surviving officers of
the ill-fated ship, and the friends of the deceased, was
yesterday placed in the chapel of this dockyard to the
memory of the late Commander W. B. Estcourt, of the
Eclair steam sloop. We hope the Admiralty will not
forget the brave Sidney Bernard, but perpetuate his
heroic self-sacrifice in the cause of suffering humanity by
erecting a suitable monument to his memory.
By the Manilla, merchant bark, arrived at Cowes, we
have intelligence from the coast of Africa to the 25th of
February, Commander Hornby, of the Styx steam-sloop,
came home passenger in her, having invalided in conse-
quence of nearly losing his sight from the effects of the
climate. He is now convalescent. When the Manilla
left Ascension, the Tortoise store and coal ship, Com-
mander Morrell ; the Larne,lB, Commander Brisbane ;
the Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke ; the Cacique
steamer (prize to the Penelope), and the Nautilus
transport, were at that island; the Larne, about to pro-
ceed to St. Helena. The Albatross was to sail on the
28th of February to the Gallinas, to take the command
of a division. The Cacique was taking in provisions,
prior to returning to the Bights. The Nautilus was
loaded with obsolete stores, and was to sail in a fort-
night for this port, with invalids from the squadron,
among whom was the Rev. G. Bellamy, chaplain of the
Tortoise. The Penelope steam-frigate, with Commodore
Jones, was expected at Ascension on the sth ult., for a
few days, and to be at the Gallinas on the 15th. He
had been at Fernando Po with the French squadron,
and had tried the sea-going qualities of the Pene-
lope, against the French Admiral's steam-frigate
Caraibe, of 450-horse power (Penelope is 650), when
the latter beat Penelope by more than a knot
an hour. The Waterwitch, 12, Commander Birch,
left Ascension for Canada on the 2d of February, to re-
lieve the Cygnet, expected at Ascension en route to the
Bights. The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown ; the
Lily, 16, Commander Newton ; and the Styx steam-
s'oop, were at the Gallinas on the 25th of February.
The latter's three prizes, Regenerador, Isabel, and Es-
piza, had been condemned at Sierra Leone ; also a beau-
tiful brig captured by the Hecate steam sloop, Com-
mander West, on the 3d of February. The " rollers"
set in at Ascension with unprecedented violence on the
15th of February, and increased to a terrific extent on
the 18th. They happily abated on the 23d, but not until
very considerable damage had been done. The pier,
wharf, crane, boathouse, port of the fort, turtle ponds,
and turtle, were entirely washed away, boats stove in,
&c. Great alarm was manifested respecting a scarcity
of water, and it was expected the Penelope would have
to tow a vessel to St. Helena and back for a supply.
Great activity prevailed among the cruisers, and many
prizes had been taken in consequence. The squadron
was healthy.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, having
finished coaling, went out to Spithead yesterday, to
await sailing orders. In mentioning this ship in con-
nexion with the Comet (the first war-steamer built for
the royal navy) on Saturday, the 11th inst., we made a
slight mistake. We are intbrmed the Comet was not
built by Mr. Oliver Lang, of Woolwich, as we then
stated, but by the late Mr. John Gill, " foreman of the
New Works" at Deptford, in 1822, at which time Mr.
Oliver Lang was the Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy,
and the shipbuilding department in Deptford dockyard
was, at that time, under the immediate direction of Mr.
John Gill, who built, in the depth of winter, during the
lastte hy
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Algiers. Mr. Gill also suggested to the Navy Board
were
the mode of fitting our war-steamers as bomb-vessels,
which has been adopted.

A new and original ballet in two acts and four
tableaux, entitled :Imelda, was produced here last even-
ing, Mdlle. Sali, from the La Scala at Milan, and the
San Carlos at Naples, making her debut as the heroine.
The story of the ballet is simple enough. Imelda, an
Italian peasant girl, has won the heart of the Count
Alberti (M. Mathis, also a first appearance), the son of
the sovereign of the country, disguised as a peasant.
He wooes and wins her, and then follow the usual
tribulations, ending, also, as usual, in the settlement
of matters to the satisfaction of all parties.
This is a sort of plot which is generally useful, because
it admits of the introduction of dancers of every de-
scription, and to any amount. Like a stout wild-plum
stock, anything may be grafted on it ; and accordingly
we have a variety of fetes charnpetres, with a pas seul for
Mademoiselle Sali, a pas de femmes for the ceryphees and
corps de ballet, a pas de quatre, exquisitely danced by
Mr. A. Webster, Madlie Louise, Madlle Ad4le, and Ma-
dame Guibelei, a grand pas de deux, by M. Mathis and
Mademoiselle Safi, and a lively tarantella, with which
the first tableau concludes. Mademoiselle Sali is young
and pretty, and is an exquisite dancer. The rapidity
of her movements in some of her pas is truly
astonishing. Tha term many-twinkling feet, when ap-
plied to her, ceases to be hyperbolical. Her tours de
forces, too, are astonishing, and her poses are graceful
and picturesque in the extreme. Her poses and group-
ings in the pas d'ensemble are all formed with the taste
of an accomplished artist. They might be taken as
models for a series of classical bas-reliefs. Monsieur
Mathis is also a dancer of great merit ; many of his pas
are perfectly original, and in many of them he seems to
have created choreographic difficulties, merely for the sake
of showing with what facility and grace he can overcome
them. The second tableau is a drilling of the pages of the
Court by the Governor of the pages (T. Matthews), and we
should strongly advise its excision altogether—it is
long, tedious, and at best a hors d'a?uvre, and
requiring, to carry it off, that which T.
Matthews cannot give it, ease and true bsoro
feeling. Admirable as a clown, he is not sufficiently
refined for ballet. His forte is humour not wit. The
audience at length became very impatient, and the
ballet was nearly ruined by this tedious scene. The
beautiful pas des bouquets, by Mademoiselle Sali,
Mademoiselle Adele, and Madame Guibelei in the
third tableau redeemed all, and put the audience
once more in good humour, and, followed as it ,was by
the grisnd pas de trois in the fourth tableau, by M.
Mathis, Mademoiselle Sali, and Madame Guibelei, se-
cured the complete success of the ballet. M. Mathis
and Mdlle. Sali were most efficiently supported by
Madame Guibelei, and Mdlles. Adele and Louise, and by
W. H. Payne, who made a great deal of the little part
of Fabricio, valet to the Prince. He is a genuine buffo,
perhaps the only perfect buffo dancer we have on the
English stage. He always enters thoroughly into the
spirit of his part, knows exactly what is to be
done, and also knows exactly how to do it. The scenery
by Grieve was beautiful, and the music by Mr. B.
Hughes, the clever leader of the orchestra, was good
and appropriate. The ballet was preceded by The
Crown Jewels, with the fascinating Madame Thillon as
the heroine, we had almost said as the opera, and it is
therefore needless to add that the house was crowded

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APPOINTMENTS.
Commodore—Sir Francis Collier, C. 8., to
the command in chief of the experimental squadron.
Captain—Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H., to
command the steam squadron, with a Commodore's
broad pendant.

Lieutenants—G. Oldmixon, of the Hecate, to the Styx;
Wood, of the Styx, to the Penelope ; C. Hawkey, to
the Retribution ; W. Rowlett, of the Penelope, and W.
G. Mansfield, of the Tortoise, to the Waterwitch ; G.
C. E. Wright, of the Tortoise, to the Espoir; S. .4thorp,
of the Waterwitch, to the acting command of the Cacique
(prize slave steamer); C. E. Wilmot, to the Griffon ; H.
L. Griffiths and T. Sibbald, to the Wanderer; J. Secomb
and F. P. Porteus (additional), to the Vernon ; T. E. L.
Moore, J. Shairp, and J. B. Cator, to the Bellisle ; W.
Hoseason, to command the Torch steamer.
Masters—Charles Gahan to the Imaum ; T. Hart, of
the Penelope, to the Styx, vice R. S. Runde, deceased ;
H. llarris (second), to the Belleisle ; W. C. Pyper
(second), to the Torch ; W. Lurie (Assistant), to the
Rhadantanthus ; G. A. M'Farlane (Assistant), to the
Torch.
Assistant-Surgeons—F. W. Blake (additional), to the
Caledonia, for service of Plymouth Hospital ; W. IL
E. Smart, to the Trafalgar ; A. Elmslie, to Melville
Hospital ; A. Brown, to the William and Mary ; A.
Jackson (additional), to the Victory.
Mate—C. Vesey, to the Ferret.
Clerks—W. B. Pearse (as acting Purser), to the Fer-
ret ; H. K. Conquer, in charge, to the Torch.
Midshipmen—C. Fairholme, to the Superb ;H. Eden,
J. Berkeley, C. F. Palmer, H. A. V. Royse, and G. St.
John Biggs, to the St. Vincent,
Naval Cadets.—H. R. Stewart, A Malone, and W. C.
Annesley, to the Belleisle ; W. Bingham. to the St. Vin-
cent.

ROYAL MARINES.
First Lieutenant Hockings is appointed to the Ex-
cellent, vice Shewen. Lieutenants Meade, H. Davis,
and Baynes, have passed into the Artillery Companies.
Lieutenant Budd and 90 men of the Portsmouth division
embarked on Thursday as supernumeraries on board the
Rodney. Lieutenant Ward and 100 men will embark on
board the St. Vincent as supernumeraries.

RAILWAY NOTICES.

The following circular of statistical requirements has been
forwarded to all the railways now in operation
. _ .

" Ordered—That there be laid before this Committee a re-
turn from each railway company, showing—
" 1. The length of the main line, and the total cost of
constructing the same.

"A statement of the cost under the following heads

a. Cost of land, or sums paid for land.
"b. Cost of engineering, or sums paid to the engineers
employed in laying out and constructing of the line.
" c. Cost of Parliamentary expenses, including the whole
sums expended in getting the Act under which the line has
been made.
" d. Sums expended on the construction of the works, dis-
tinguishing the costs of rails from the other expenses.
" e. Cost of the machinery, such as locomotive engines,
carriages, trucks, &c., employed in working the line, as well
for the conveyance of goods as of passengers.
" 2. A statement setting forth the Acts of Parliament or
authority under which, and the mode in which the capital
laid out on the main line, and on the machinery for working
the same, has been raised; specifying the sums received
at different times by the sale or allocation of shares, by
loans, and otherwise; and specifying the rates of interest
annually paid on the loans; the dates when the loans were
contracted, and the periods for which they were contracted.
"3. A-statement of the rates of tolls per mile authorised
in the Act establishing the company to be levied on the pas-
sengers, and on the various descriptions of animals and goods
conveyed along the line or any part thereof.
" A statement showing the rates of charge per mile that
have actually been levied on passengers, and on the various
descriptions of animals and goods conveyed by the line since
its opening, specifying the exact periods when any altera-
tions (if any) have been made in such rates of charge, and
the extent of such alteration.
"4. A statement of the entire expense of working the line
in each year, since opening, so far as is practicable; also the
legal and Parliamentary expenses incurred by the company,
specifying how much of the latter in each year has been in-
curred in opposing other lines.
"5. A statement of the annual expense incurred in main-
tenance of way, showing whether the same has been per-
formed under contract, and if so, specifying the duration of
such contract; and showing also whether any portion of that
expense, and if any, how much, has been added to the capital
of the company.
"6. A statement of the revenue annually derived from the
line, distinguishing the amount received for the conveyance
of passengers from that received for the conveyance of goods,
and specifying the number of each class of passengers car-
ried, the rates at which they were carried, and the revenue
annually derived from each class; and specifying also the
number of each description of animals, and the number of
tons of goods annually conveyed along the line.
" 7. A statement showing the number of trains per diem
that carry third-class passengers, the hours at which such
trains depart from each terminus, the rate of speed per hour
at which they travel, and whether the carriages are covered
and provided with seats.
"8. A statement showing whether the Company has car-
ried coal; and if it has done so, showing the quantity car-
ried each year since the opening of the line; and whether
the company has carried it in their own trucks, or allowed it
to be carried by other parties, charging them with toll; and
the average distance to which coal has been conveyed along
the line.
" 9. A statement showing the average expense per mile
of working each train (meaning by train a greater or less
number of carriages, vans, and trucks, drawn or impelled by
a single locomotive engine), and the different fates of speed
' at which the different trains travel along the line; distin-
guishing the cost of coke, and also of the wear and tear of
carriages and engines from the other items of expense.
" 10. A statement showing whether the charges for the
conveyance of goods on the line are uniform to all parties
using the same ; and if not, specifying the exact nature and
ex_ tent of the differences of charge.
" 11. A statement showing the total amount of' the public
and parochial taxes annually paid by the company.
" 12. A statement showing whether the company's main
line has any branches or subsidiary lines attached to it; and
if so, stating the name and length of each, the cost of con-
structing, and how the money for the same was raised, so far
as is practicable.
" 13. A statement showing whether the company's main
or any of its branch or subordinate lines have been extended
and, if such has been the case, showing the length and cosi
of each such extension, and the date when it was opened.
" JAMES MORRISON, Chairman.'

NEW POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS WITH
BADEN.
The following notiee was on -Saturday issued from the
General Post-office :•—•
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND' INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL POST-
EASTERS, SUB-POSTMASTERS, AND LETTER RECEIVERS.
" General Post-office, April, 1846.
" On and after the Ist of May next, the rates of postage
due to France and Baden on letters sent through France,
between the United Kingdom and Baden, will be reduced
from Bd. to' 4d. on each single letter. No alteration will
take place in the present British rates of postage on these
letters.

"The British and Foreign rates must be combined and
taken on the sames principle as that adopted for letters ad-
dressed to France, as shown as fellows :
COMBINED BRITISH AND FOREIGN RATES or A LETTER.
"Weighing under a quarter of an ounce—British, 5d.;
Foreign, 4d.; total to destination, 9d.
" Weighing a quarter of an ounce, and not exceeding half
an ounce—British, sd. ; Foreign, Bd.; total to destination,
Id.

" Exceeding half an ounce, and under three-quarters of
an ounce—British, 10d. ; Foreign, ls.; total to destination,
IL 10d.
"Weighing three-quarters of an ounce, and not exceeding
one ounce—British, Hid. ; Foreign, is. 4d ; total to destina-
tion, 2s. 2d.

"Exceeding one ounce, and under one%ounee and a quar-
ter—British, Is. Bd.; Foreign, is. Bd.; total to destination,
Bs. 4d.

" The payment of postage on these letters is optional, but
the letters must be either forwarded unpaid, or the whole
postage to destination, both British and Foreign, must be
paid in advance.

"By command of the Postmaster-General,
" W. L. MABERLY, Secretary."

ANOTHER COAL-MINE EXPLO-

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SION.
BILSTON, STAFFORDSHIRE, MONDAY EVENING. This
morning a second explosion took place in the mine of Messrs.
Benton and Pemberton, where the five men lost their lives
last week.

It appears that about six o'clock this morning three men
went down the pit, and that one of; them, a man named
Dyke, took the safety-lamp, and proceeded all round the
workings of the pit; everything appeared safe. After some
necessary. preparations had been made for the purpose of
forcing a►r into a part of the mine which had been worked
through the solid coal into a gate-road at the back, a man
named Roberts proceeded into the opening for the purpose of
showing Dyke some work to be executed. The latter per-
suaded him not to go, but the former assuring him all was
safe, the two proceeded up the mine, Roberts carrying a naked
candle ; they had not proceeded many yards before an ex
plosion took place, by which both were very seriously in-
jured, so much so, that doubts are entertained as to whether
Roberts will recover.

The purpose of the men going into the mine was to pre-
pare it for work, by forcing air into an excavation, in order
t hat the combustible matter might be driven out. Hence
this second catastrophe.

A. CANDIDATE FOR MATRIMONY. —lt is wonderful
wheno dreams of ambition will sometimes operate. A country youth,
of rat her rustic features, and of shape and dimensions to correspond,
called at our office the other day, and with becoming sincerity ex-
pressml his wish to obtain the addresses ef the beautiful and wealthy
Par.sian widows, who were lately noticed in our columns as driven
to ".the sad resource of having to advertise for husbands. We infer
the t his intention was to offer himself to the notice of these sighing
Fri inch matrons, but as they had not advertised their wishes in our
Psi ;es, we (evidently to his chagrin) could not give our vision-che-
rls 'ling swain the information he desiderated. We do not suppose
th at he will be, in reality, much of a loser on this account ; but un-
Rw the ladies have lost an excellent apprete a rice by miss-
ing the impassioned confessions of their humble, but uadaunted ad-
mil ea-, whose dreams of connubial bliss and elevated station in the
French metropolis have inspired him with more than ordinary cou-
rage ,—Manchester Examiner.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—This astonishing means
of rapid communication is to be applied not only to the whole of the
Midland Railway, but to the York and Scarborough line, and the
'stole lino front York to Nem castle. The necessary apparatus is
boav in the course of erection, and we believe the whole will be ready
or use in a few months' time. Ihe apparatus from Loudon to Leeds
York wail probably be completed in the course of a few weeks.—
;a intaligancer.

WORKS OF THErtCALEDONIAY ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY.
RAILWAY. BENIOWSKI'S INVENTION OF PRINTING FOR Tilt lILIFL
The progress and prospects of the new lines now under
the proprietors
COMMON Type. Amongst the novelties which
construction has come to be a subject of greaf public interest
ttrnaettio)vroennerisestothrsieosfeateheins, itnhsetrietuatrieontwievoefpeosspeeteoisai
ndderteoh3it,,saantd-
at the present moment. Before we undertake any of
the multitude of new 'schemes now projected, it becomes of each ftthem of far greater importance than would at first
the very first importance that we should ascertain how far
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vTeryheyehialpreleprceepnatrrii
preparing
ganfcaer the
ping by steam. up the side of a mountain, or along the face
we are in a position to complete the old, boththe aesarlleegaardres
exhibiting
; and in the meantime they are not preparing,
capital and labour. We hear that already
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coming in slowly, and as a consequence of this, the works of a
must inevitably go on slowly. We hear also that the exor-
ob;.l;arxgrheateinr
bitant rise in the price of labour and materials is such, that
the labourers and " navies " are beginning to think they Beniowskr's plan for enabling the blind to reel the same books,
have now got railway contractors and proprietors at their aye, and the same newspapers, as are published for those'
hOt
,
mercy 1 If all this be true, then verily now is our time to see. It is not that the identical page printed and blackened for
Pause and count well the east of our new enterprise; not the eye can be made recognisable to the senses of the blind
certainly to fall into a foolish panic, but to consider seriously but the same page that' is marked with inked letters for the
.
first, whether with the increased prices of labour and mate- seeing, can, at the same time, and from the same
press b e
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Produced for those who cannot see
rial, arising from excessive demand, our new schemes will P
be likely to pay us a remunerative dividend when made; On Saturday Major Beniowski delivered a very interesting
and, secondly, whether we shall have means at our command lecture upon the subject ; and in his prcemium he declared
so as to lie out of our money without inconvenience during that he was quite ashamed to attach any importance to his
the tardy progress of such works as we shall resolve on Plan, because it was so very simple. After he had become
carrying through. At a time when many of the most fa- acquainted with the modes of printing for the blind hitherto
voured lines in progress are pinched for money, and at a sad in use, it occurred to him that there had been much labour
discount in price, it is incumbent on every wise man to in vain, and he could scarcely believe that the use of the ors
count the cost and the gain, not in vulgar panic, but in plain dinary types hail not been thought of, until, upon inquiry
prudence. at the asylums, he found that such a thing had really never
The works of the Caledonian Railway were commenced been thought of. He was told it was impossible. But he
last autumn. The contractors are Messrs. Stephenson, Bras- now brought before the public the proof that it was not inl-'
sey, and Mackenzie, who, it is understood, are bound by their possible, and more, that it was easy, that instead of expend-
contract to have the line completed in two and a half years ing 50,0001. for the means of supplying to the blind one book,
from the passing of the Act of incorporation. At a late
useless to everybody else, you may supply them with their
meeting of the shareholders, the chairman of the directors copies of the Times, or The Sun, or Chambers' Journal, from
held out a hope that the line would be opened for traffic by
the forms, and the press that have poured out your thousands
Midsummer of 1847, but judging from the present state of for the seeing world.
the works there does not appear much probability of com-
The lecturer produced his primer and testament, printed
pleting it for at least two years to come. In ordinary times with the common types, and every person present was sails.
tied (and expressed the satisfaction) that the characters
the chairman's prophecy, backed by the skill and persever-
were as distinguishable to the touch as ose of the expen-
ance of the contractors, might have been fulfilled, but now
sive and exclusive books prepared by the London, Glasgow,
when labour is in such demand, when the "navies" are dic-
tating their own terms, and when, in short, every item of and Paris institutions.
expenditure in the construction of railways is so largely A young woman, who had been about -three weeks under
increased, contractors are less able to concentrate masses of the tuition of Miss Harris, upon Major Beniowski's la
men on so many given paints, a system of working which
eexxcaemedininegdiyintiimlluids,trsahtieonehofewtheed savpstreomfic.ienAcylthinourgehapdsinhnge was
as
much greater than what we are accustomed to observe "n,
has been the great secret of the wonderful progress made
those who see, that it is difficult tol the
in the construction of modern railways. In the first twenty
ell:
miles north of Carlisle, little or nothing has been done Same time with
racterise it without risking the charge of exaggeration. .
except the mere staking out the line and breaking
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ground. At Lockerby, 24 miles from Carlisle, the works arc
commenced in earnest, and already hills have disappeared,
and high embankments rear their heads. From Lockerby to
Mid-Annandale very great progress has been made, and
many miles of the line are in a forward state. Here one is
struck with the numerous cuttings and high embankments;
the country, although open, being of a very undulating de-
scription. From Mid-Annandale to Beatock-bridge little has
been done, but there appear to be no very difficult points.
A little distance beyond Beatock-bridge the difficult part of
the work commences, and for 30 miles the line traverses a
country of the most formidable and forbidding character;
indeed, to the eye of the traveller, the attempt to make a
railway there appears almost wild and visionary. The line,
however, is most judiciously selected, and speaks highly for
the skill and ability of the engineers, Messrs. Locke and
Errington. It skirts the sides of the hills, and wends its
way through the glens and passes in a wonderful manner, and
still it has been found necessary to make one continuous in-
cline for nearly 25 miles, in some places as steep even as one
in five. Throughout the entire length of the line the greatest
attention appears to be paid to the comfort and convenience
of the labourers.

_ , . .... .
f SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—TESTERDY.
The investments were of very.moderate a A
mount, but in a
few instances had a considerable effect on the prices. Thus
Best Bower sprung to 11 to 1 and Miss Burns to 20 to 1 for
the Chester Cup, and SPithead to 22 to I, Tibthorpe to 27
to 1 and Fancy Boy to 30 to I (all taken) for the Derby.
The general betting, however, was so excessively dull, that
we may dispense with anything further in the shape of in-
troduction :

THE SOMERSETsHutE STAKES (BATIK.
,3 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid
7 to 2 agst Mr. O'Brien's Lord Saltoun—taken
_ 7to 1 agst Sir J. B. ISllll's Gianfe-ss - -
• Bto 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne
Young Lochinvar and Devil's Dust are" declared not to
start.

STAKE (RATH.
2 to 1 on MrLAN.
A. W. SDOWN
Hill's Burlesque)
CHESUP.
, 11 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat
11 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Best Bower
20 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna
20 to 1 agst Mr.,lrwin's Polish
—2O to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Miss Burns
30 to 1 agst Mr. Wormald's Pedonv;ter—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord George Bentinek's Ulumßy
30 to I agst Sir John Gerald's Mertnaid
35 to 1 agst Mr. Aren'tlam's Inheritress—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim. CoOn
50 to I agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy—taken
.50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Gamecock
•No others mentioned. •-•••••-- • TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Lord Maidstone's Tom 'Pollock
DERBY.
9 to 2-agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
11 to 2 agst Lord Maidstone's Tom Tußock
20 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken, and
• :.'afterwardi offered
22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Spithead
22 to 1 agst Mr. J. O'Brien's The Traversei
27 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpc—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. W. D. Cook's Fancy Boy—taken
35 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago (1,0001.) 25 laid at once
40 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Tugnet
OAKS.
12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Queen Anne
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo
25 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Astonishmenttaken

toie into acrogne:indae consideration associated
sastlt 1 olnae
MEDICAL REFonm.—Last evening meeting of the
EionngtlianmdrerpovarsthperledseantttedhebyFrueieenNiasatoinosn'alTaAvessorn,.
f GenerarPraetitioners to the meeting held at the Hanover
square Rooms on Friday last, ' a report of which appeared in this
journal on Saturday morning, George Bottoniley, Esq., presided,
and there were also preser t
T. M.D., Dr. Lynch, H. 110,1 le akley, Esq., M.P., Professor Grant. Abraham, Esq., John Huntesr°lßugg, Esq., C. C. Lewis, Esq., J.
eminent medie men. „e see D. Otley, Esq., and several other
ngthened discussion took place with re-.
spect to the meceedings of Friday, and re he -
prevai/in opinion was,
that the report then presented was extremely v e and uns fac
tore' with respect to the persons who were to be considered aeligible
for admission. Mr. Wakley moved a series of resolutions to that
effect, providing also that a committee &route, be appointed, with a
view to obtain from the National Association a more explicit avowal
of their intentions.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Lieut. Palmer and six gunners,
and drivers embarked at Roff's Wharf, Woolwich, yesterday, for
Blackwell, to embark in a merchant vessel for a passage to St. He-
lena, to join Captain Hornby's company, 3d battalion, at that station:-
IDE TRUCTION OF GAME BY THE LATE FLOOD.—Qn
the subsidence of the late flood, a great number of pheasants, pail
tridges, hares and rabbits, were found drowned in an osier bed, be-
tween the villages of Stoke Bardolph and Gunthorpe, Nottingham:
shire, the proputy of Lord Chesterfield.
THE LATE EARL OF ERROLL.—The deceased Earl had'
long suffered from serious indisposition, and by, the advice of his me-
dical attendants, proceeded to Paris last year for the benefit of his
health. The Earl, accompanied by his family, returned from the
French capital about a fortnight ago, since which he has been gra-. dually sinking, The Countess of Erroll, Lord Kilmarnock, Viscount
arid Viscountess Campden, Lady Agness Duff, Lady Mary Fox, and .
General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, were present at the mounted:
event. The deceased William George Hay, Earl of Erroll, and Lord
Hay, in the peerage of Scotland ; Baron Kilmarnock, of Kilmarnock,
in the county of Ayr, in that of the United Kingdom ; Hereditary
Great Constable of Scotland, and Knight Marischal Kt.T., P.C. ; a lieutenant-general of the Royal Archers, the Queen's body
guard ef Scotland, and Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire; was born -I
on the 21st of February, 1801, and succeeded his father on the 26th
of January, 1519. His Lordship married, in 1820, the Lady Eliza-
beth Fitzelarence, daughter of his late Majesty King William IV.,
and aunt to the Earl of Munster, by whom he has left three daugh-
ters and one son, the last of whom, Lord Kilmarnock, a lieutenant
in the Rile Brigade, succeeds him in the family honours. The
present Earl was born in 1823. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
the Queen Dowager, and other members et the Royal Faintly, sent
during Sunday to make inquiry after the state of the Countess of
Erroll.
INFERNAL MACHlNE,—Ancther co dl awn
t
war y rap
to intimidate and alarm respectable manufacturers of this n him
taken place, and we regret to state that It is the second occurrence
of the kind within the space of only a fortnight. The machine afor
effecting an explosion on the premises of „Messrs. J. and W. Marshall,
edge tool and scythe manufacturers, of Allen-street, consisted of an
iron tube, about three feet in length', and three and a half inches in '
diameter. The iron tube in such cases is filled with powder, and the
be
spoin t where its destructive powers are to be brought into operation
g selected, the person who deposits it lights the ibsee, and the
ignition of the gunpowder is effected. In the ineanthne, the dastardly -
contrivers of this mode of vengeance make off. Immediately after
the explosion at Messrs. Marshall's, two men were seen as if making
their way from the direction of the premises. In the present case,
the damage done is trifling. Part of a wall was knocked down, a
workshop window blown out, and part of the roof of a building shat-
tered. This is nothing in comparison with the unhappiness of living •
under a system of terror, which those who contrive the destructive
missiles seek to uphold.—Sheffield Times.
It is said that the first trial of the.atmospherie system
upon the South Devon Railway will take place on the Ist of May.—
Deronport Telegraph.
, •
FIRE AT CHISWICK NEW CHURCH. —On Sunday
evening the new Anglo-Norman church of the parish of Chiswick,
erected about three years since, on the centre of the common at
Turnham-green, had a most narrow escape of total destruction by-
flre. It appears that after the conclusion of divine service Mr. Bar-
rett, the sexton, locked the church up, and Went home, leaving all
apparently safe, but lie had scarcely got in doors before Mr. Foster,
the assistant-overseer, came to inform him that lie had perceived fire _
bursting through the slates of the roof. Mr. Barret hurried back,
and on entering the edifice found the roof, which is au open one, ole
fire, immediately over one of the chandeliers suspended in the middle
aisle. An alarm was instantly raised, and a messenger dispatched
to Chiswick, which is nearly a mile distant, for the parish engine, -
which
is kept at the old church. In a few minutes the leev.
Jenkyns, the minister, Sergeant ecotney, T 21, and a numbers'.
inhabitants of the neighbourhood, were on the spot, and lad lore
having been procured, a aupply ef water was obtained from the
ponds on the Green, and being poured on the flames they were by
great exertions subdued, end all further danger allayed. From an
examination it has been ascertained that the fire was occasioned by
the overheating of the tube which conveys the smoke Irons the chan-
delier. The church is insured the County }'ire-office.
MEETING OF ARTISTS.—Monday evening a public
meeting of artists was held at the Galleries, 252, Oxford-street,
William Stuart, Esq., is the chair. It was stated that artists having
long felt the want of a suitable institution in which they might ex-
titbit their periodical productions to the public, and in which they
might find their performances fairly appreciated, :without courting
the hanging committee, tile present meeting had been convened to
take the matter into consideration. The proprietor of the galleries in which they were assembled had offered them to the committee for
that purpose, on liberal terms, and it was now proposed to take
them. Messrs. Bromley, Kirkby, Fennell, and other gentlemen ad-
dressed
bodies, who practised exclusiveness, to the injury of the great body
of artists. It was resolved that the proprietor should be requested
to receive pictures of real merit for exhibition, although the same
might have been exhibited before, provided there should not be an
overflow of more recent productions of equal merit, and provided • also that they were the prodnctlons of living artists. It was agreed
that a petition to the House of Commons, in favour of increased sup-
port to art, and for the abolition of existing monopolies, should ba
prepared, and entrusted to Mr. Wyse, M.P., for presentation.
„NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANcE.—The following is the official return of the number ofpassen-
gem s who have passed between France and England, by the ports of
London, Folkestone, Dover, Calais, and Boulogne-star-bier, from the
sth instant up" to the Ilth inclusive:—By Boulogne, 1,045 passengers,
14 horses, and 16 carriages. By Calais, 216 passengers, 3 horses, and
i carriage. The corresponding period in 1845 was I—By Boulogne,
974 passengers; Calais, 358 .
The 1,045 passengers arrived" at
Boulogne were divided as folllows: —Coining from London, 85 ; ditto
frqm Folkestone, 441 —Total 526. Sailed .for London, 140; ditto
from Folkestone, 379.—T0tal 519.--1,045. The following is the '
number of passengers during the first quarter Of 1846:—Boulogne,
10,223 ; Calais, 2,617; Havre, 2,360; • Dieppe, 855 ; Ostend, 3,256 ; •
Antwerp, 759 ; making a grand total of 20,090. It is expected that, '
in consequence of the flue of steam packets intended to be established '
bythe South-Eastern Railway Company, from Ramsgate to Ostend. •!.
in addition to their vessels between Folkestone and Boulogne, that
the number of passengers, this year, to Belgium and Preece, will pe
greatly increased by these facilities and cheap fares. • • GALLANT STEEPLE CHASE AND CAPTURE OF A PRI-
SONER.—On Friday afternoon, Superintendent Hoy, of 'the county
police, obtained information that Asa Twin, who escaped on the Bth
inst. from Sudbury gaol, where he hag been committed for ti !al, was
enjoying himself on the good things which the Lamb Inn, Sible fled-
inglunn, afford, and accordingly he proceeded to that hostelry with
the view of improving the acquaintance. Master Twin scented his
, approach • and when the officer entered, the information was, that he ,
had just skimmed across the back fields at a railroad speed ; soon the
officer was upon his trail, through Gosfield woods at a slapping pace ;
having given the word-to his pack, the villagers turned out en muse
to assist in the chase, and the game having been sighted in Gosflelst
Chureh-lane, theavhole were soon in full cry, battling every turf
'hard run the tired culprit was der en ,
and doubling; after four hours ,
it was fatal to hint,
• like the Seiklis into the river, and like theSe khs
surrendered
to
his
persevering
for a plunge up to the neck cooled his energy—
captors, and has since been safely re-lodged within the
precepts of the Sudbury 1111 micipality.—F-esee Herald.
HuLL.—The sailors.s •
trike is now at an end in Hull. •
Unfortunately for its promoters, it has remained long enough to bring _I
great miser of sailors from other pore:, who gladly ,
to the town
a nofferued to, but refused by, our own sailors; and
the en
accept the wages
of
matter is, that the men having spent their sinall re-
sources,d e
and drawn in many instances their odd pounds from the
I_neee
Guar eavin
diags.
nmust now accept the average wages of the day.—
Halifar .
SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH —The Rev. Edward
Ifaidy Thompson, M.A., curate of Ramsgate, and late curate of St.
Marylebone, and afterwards of St. James's, Piccadilly, was last
week received Into the Roman communion.
To PREVENT CONDENSATION ON SLATE COVERING.
—A correspondent of the Builder says, " that by simply covering the ,
under side with one or two coats of strong distemper colour, the an- .".
noyance may be prevented. This I have found to answer well in a
closet in my garden, where the nuisance arising from constant drip-
ping, led to the investigation of the subject, and the result attained."
STODDART AND CONOLLY.—Dr. Wolff last night, at •fit the 'Mechanics' Institution, Southampten.buildings, gave a very
interesting and graphic account of his adventures and hair-breadth
'scapes, in his endeavours to ascertain the precise fate of the above unfortunate officers at the court of the perfidious and cruel Ammer of
Bokhara. This Prince Dr. Wolff stated to be universally feared and
hated by his subjects of all creeds, for his tyranny, in which he in
aided and imitated by his minister, Abdul Samad Khan, who is even
a greater villain than his master. As has been before stated, Dr.
Wolff expressed his decided opinion that not only had Stoddart
and Conolly been murdered by order of the Ameer, but that
no less than five other Englishmen, including Lieutenant Wyburd,
had fallen victims to the treachery of the ruler of Bokhara. Dr. •
IVolff's touching narration of the circumstances attending the exe-
cution
of the two gallant officers, as related to him by Nathan, the
Jew, in the Toorkoman's tent, was listened to with breathless atten-
tion; and while a simultaneous burst of applause greeted the decla.
ration of the two
soldiers,
that they would die like Englishmen and
Christians, a murmur of pity was heard for their cruel and untimely
end. The lecture was the last of a series of three delivered gra-
tuitously by Dr. Wolff, in aid of the Widows amid Orphans' Fund of
the North London District; we were, therefore, glad to see it well .
attended.

THE LATE DEATH OF A MlSER.—Yesterday afternoon.
Mr. W. Baker resumed and concluded an adjourned inquiry, at the
King's Arms, Charles-street, City-road, respecting the death of Mr.
John Jacob, aged 75, some particulars of which appeared in The
Sun of Tuesday last ; from which it will be recollected that the de-
ceased had been living in a room at No. 6, Powell's-place, in a very
parsimonious manner, from which he was removed to St. Luke's
found
Workhouse on the afternoon of last Sunday week, haailvit7 bteheenneees-
in an exhausted and dying state, induced by
pounds,ian and
ssapraiensisohf
11,I0fen,dsthaoluidghseacturthiteiestimtoe
I nine
w which it was thought
When found, he was suffused with ollee.ol ,
cravings of hunger, though.
attoulicihslrefoard mananYd NedaatYeer..
i d i the room in profusion, but
bread, butter,
was done for the purpose rdasspoofsstelisesedwtholounsoanrfazdil
,thwia:ie bathed his body in olive-oil to
was poisoned, and that
He
ir from
toldm theirt
the
e appearance
policemante 8'
In consequence of the report of the proceed-
counteract its o
e tre itise.public press, several of the relations of the de-
whoe fhofa:clnmd not
ii i
m been
that
h
ings appearing in
the public l)r, several of the relations of the .
ceased hd seen and identified the body. Yesterday Mr. ceased had seen a' surrey, was present to watch the proceedings Cole,.
soli-
citor, of Chertsey,
was formerly a gen-
tleman f
thatthethdeecdeeaSceetasi .ii d Mr.
j4e4b Jacob,
au deceased, residing at Winchester Was nephew of the of allayinuhgPetw7l:l2e'
, examined, and
from the evidence 1 i
t at Box ' k ari
leman limner, resid ng n, near Andover, Banta, but for
some years past he was an attendant 'upon the tock Exchange,
where he Is as well known from his cautious speculations as well as
behalf of the next
it
aofvelcianre.
his penurious habits. HO had not been seen by any of his relatives
, and they were in entire ignorance of where
he
er
v,a,al
se length oinformed
bty
the newspapers. Mr. Courtney, the work-
house surgeon, stated that since the adjournment of the inquest he
had made a post inortem examination of the deceased's body, and
found the cause of death to have arisen from effusion into the peri-
cardium, the result of inflammation ; there was also long stead.
ing disease of the brain, kidneys, and gall bladder, which WSW
account for his eccentricities. Verdict—" Died from natural causes.'
The Rev. Mr. Williams, the young clergyman who
was mulct in 100/. damages at last Carmarthen assizes for the &Que.
tloa-ofa young woman, whom he had promised to marry, has sines
satisfactorily muffled his engagement to her, ana they won nurrie4
al St. DATIOKIOI7'