The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-19 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 19, 1851.
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and carted a dietance of five miles to Nine Elms.
By the junction to which he had' just alluded
goods would be conveyed with „greater speed
and economy, and the London and-South-Western
Railway would thus acquire a great 'Advantage over
all the other seuthern lines.—(Hear, bear.)- . On Sun-
day lest, he understood that nearly 9.0d0 persons pro-
ceeded from the neighbourhood of Islington •to Black-
wall by the London and Birmingham and East and West
India Dock Junction Railway; and he could not help
believing that when the Northern and Southern Junc-
tion ehould be effected a considerable' number of per-
sons would use it for the purpose of vieitinkKew Gar-
dens, Richmond, Twickenham, and other places by the
South-Western line.—(Applause.) The growing im-
portance of the town of Southampton could not fail to
increase the traffic on this line. There were about
sixty-eight arrivals and departures of mail: packets in
the course of tho month, and, besides ebese, the com-
pany possessed boats of their own, which enabled them
to compete with other parties for the passenger traffic.
'rho merchandise on the line had been progressively
increasing, but the efforts of the directors were, to a
considerable extent, neutralized by. the .competition to
which they were subjected on the right band and on
the left—by the Great Western Company, who had
opened their line to Promo, and by' the facilities
afforded to parties proceeding by Way of Portsmouth
to the Isle of Wight.—(Bear, hear.) Tee directors,
he was happy to say, were prueeediug in cencert for the
general interests of the comperly; and it inlited staff and
concentrated supervision existed over the whole of the
departments at an infinitely less cost than at former
periods. It was gratifying to find that 9to 000 shares in
the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester line; on which a de-
posit of 5/. had been paid, had been withdrawn, thus re-
lieving this company from the guarantee which had been
given.—(Hear, hear.) So much stress had been laid on
the closing of the capital account—(Hear, hear)—that he
was anxious to place befcre the meeting the actual posi-
tion in which the company now stood. The questions to
which ho directed his attention were—first, the suffi-
ciency of the estimates for the completion of the works
and the closing of the capital; secondly, the means of
meeting those requirements; and thirdly, the precise
position of the cesapawyeesibearitrevitifehrltretattebse
closed. A careful estimate was made in November;lB4B,
and revised in February, 1850, from which it appeared
that the amount then required to complete everything
was 640,850/. Since that time the amount expended
has been 301,7471., leaving a liability of 339,1031.
Experience had shown that this athount would be
amply sufficient. To meet this liability-there were ar-
rears of calls, 173,6001.; surplus property (according to
the valuation of Mr. Tice), 157,573/.;.rails and chairs,
85,7981.; making together, 416,971/ ; leaving a surplus,
after paying the 339,103/, of 77,868/. 'The amount re-
quired for the Taw Vale was 30.000/.eatid for the Alton
line 40,0001.—making together 70;000/..' leaving, after
their completion, a surplus of 7,8681. This he consi-
dered to be a virtual closing of the capital account.—
(Hear, hear.) The capital account would then stand
thus:— Surplus, as before stated, 7,868/.; shares not is-
sued, 495,519 L; power to borrow, 340,7081.; calls not
made on 1,845 shares, 249,5981.; making a total of
1,093,6931. to be applied in such a manner as might be
thought proper.—(Hear, hears) This statement, he
trusted, would satisfy the proprietors that the company
was placed in a good and sound position.—(Hear, hear.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by messing the adoption
cf the report.

Mr. UPCROFT pressed on the directors the necessity
of becoming carriers on their own line. If they exerted
themselves in the matter, they would be able consider-
ably to increase the income at ,a comparatively small ex-
penditure.—(Hear, hear.) He wished A;to know if the
promise had been kept that the solicitor should in future
be paid by salary, and also whether the costs previously
paid had been taxed.—(Hear, hear,)
Mr. T. SMITH (a director) said the question of car-
riage had been discussed over and over again. The
company were carriers of goods On' the line, but they
did not exclude other carriers.

The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the question relative to
the payment of the solicitor by salary, said the directors
were of opinion that the better and .more economical
course was to pay that gentleman when his services were
required. On the settlement of his bill a large discount
was allowed, which was, perhaps, more beneficial than
taxation would have been.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. G. HUTCHINSON was desirous of absolutely fixing
the period for closing the capital account, and therefore
proposed as an amendment that the report be received,
but that it be an instruction from the meeting to the
directors to close the capital account, including loans,
on the 30th of June, 1851.—(Hear, hear.) Until the
closing of the capital account it was impossible for the
proprietors to ascertain the real value of their shares.
Mr. UPCROFT seconded the amendment.
Colonel REID (a director) said' tha% practically the
capital account was closed. Although .a sufficient sum
had been set apart to discharge the liabilities, it might
be impossible to discharge them before the 30th of June,
and Eutficient time ought to be allowed to effect a settle-
ment in the most economical manner.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LOCKE, M.P., congratulated the meeting on the
prospect of closing the capital account; which indeed
mist from this time be considered as closed.—(Hear.)
Mr. TITS said it might be impossible to realize the
amount required by the 30th June, and that sufficient
time ought to be allowed to dispose-of the property on
the most favourable terms.

Mr. Sergeant GASELEE advocated the immediate
closing of the capital account.-1-(Hear, hear.) He
thought there was something wrong in the management
of the goods traffic, and believed that a considerable in-
crease would take place if the directors were sincere in
carrying out the wishes of the proprietors.
TO amendment was then put and negatived, and the
report was adopted by a largo majority.
Mr. Moort, after urging the necessity of a proper ob-
servance of the Sabbath, moved. a resolution to this
effect:—

" That the business of the railwarbe suspended on Sun-
days, except for such restrictive conveyance of passengers
as seems to be called for on the groLind of public necessity,
and that the directors shall take as tp.eir guide the conaider-
ation of the public good, and not the private interests of the
company."
—(Oh, oh, and laughter.)
Mr. CASTLEMAN seconded the ' resolution in a speech
of some length, which was frequently interrupted by
cries of " Question," " Have `mercy on us," &c.
After a fuw remarks from Mr. LocKE and another
proprietor against the resolution, it was put and nega-
tived, only tour or five hands ;being held up in its
favour.
Resolutions, declaring a divia..ead at the rate of 4 per
jceouhtn. ribabnenrut,mj
nr.
,e
and-el mr,
annum—re-electing ng the, ;Earl of Morley, Mr.
.
James Aikin, as ditectors,
and Mr. Close, as auditor—were then agreed to; also a
resolution declaring the forfeiture of certain shares, the
holders of which are in arrear to the amount of 59,2114
A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Chairman
and directors, and carried by acclamation.

THE SOUTH-WESTERN, S-rt4lit NAVIGATION
COMPAgy
The half-yearly meeting of ,this, company was held
immediately afterwards, Mr. Tite in the chair; and re-
solutions were passed declaring *.dividend at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital, and the
forfeiture of certain shares on which the calla have not
been paid. The retiring director and auditors were re-
elected.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Fill ' 18.
SIX)CK EXCHATTOK.—We had again a fair businets done
to-day, with prices tending upwards. The transactions were
as follow :—Great Western (171. Shares), 151'3
Midland Stock, 621/2—South-Eastern and Dover, 25%.
LIVERPOOL, dis. ex div.—
'lrriaceiT"sinTflal:oushraorfe the buyer. Midland Stock,
FEB. 18.
pretty firm. A fair amount of business was
market has been rather
however,
flat Sa to-day,
keptaxnc nd
done, and we close steadily. The transactions were as follow :
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 8% dis.—Caledonian,
12—Eastern Counties, 71's—East Lancashire, 1414—Edin-
burgh, Perth, and Dundee, 7—Great Northern, 181/B—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 5814—Ditto Fifths, 7% dis.—Lan-
caster and Carlisle, Thirds, 7% p.:
a
—Leeds and Thirsk, 15%
—Liverpool, Crosby, and SuuthpQourat,rtars,P.-6vtLon
don
p.—Ditto,nd
I
—Ditto, 61. New Preference, 9-16 p —Matlock and Midland,
31/ dis.—Midland, 6214—Ditto, Halves, 151% dis.—North
North-Western, W6lest p.—Manchester, 134—Ditto,manchester Sheffield,
Staffordshire, 6;H dis.—Scottish Midland. 10%—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (A), 8%_-Shropshire Union (Railway and
Canal), 2 13.16 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 2G—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Extension (No„.
1 and 2), 414. dis.
—York and North Midland, 241,_
,—Great Southern and
Western, 43—Newry and Warrenpoint, s_Waterford and
Limerick, 16—Paris and Strasbourg, 41% dis.
MANCHESTER, FEB, 18.
STOCK ExcatAzeom.—There has been a large amount of
business done to- day at advanced rates, and the market
closes firm at the quotations. The transactions were as
follow :—Clitheroe (No. 1), 61/B—Caledonian, 1214 —Ditto,
Preference, B—Great Northern, 18—London Stock, 103%
Sheffield, 351., 43%—Ditto (No. 1), 131/!—Ditto, Preference,
11%—Ditto, New Preference, IA? P.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 26—Eastern Counties, 7—Leeds, Preference, Fifths,
7% dis.—West Ridings, 5i,, dis. —Oxford and Wolver-
hampton, 18 7-16—Manchester and Birmingham (C),3% p.
—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 35—East Lancashire, 14%—
Ditto Preference, 7 3-16 - Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 7%
—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 614—Matlocks,
354—.111nbergate, 4%—Leeds Stock,
5814(i.—North Stafford-
shire, 6% n. dis.
BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 18.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues buoy-
ant, and prices of yesterday ale well supported. Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Stock is in demand.at a
slight advance, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham is in re-
quest, but there are few sellers. T d
-ay, owing to the re-
luctance of holders, comparatively little business was done.
The only transactions reported on 'Change were—London and
North-Western, 1341/—South Staffordshire, 31. is. 3d dis.
YORK, FEB. 17.

STOCK EXCHANGL—The transactions to-day were as
7ollow :—Great Northern, 181. 3s. 9d.—North-Western, Pre-
ference, 121,—York and North Midand, 24%.

SALVAGE. —Mr. Woodhead has given notice to Capt.
C. B. Hamilton and officers and crew formerly of the
Frolic, 16, that the account sales of the proceeds arising
from the Frolic's proportion of a further salvage from
the brig Canning by the Chilian vessel-of-war Magellan,
after departure of the Frolic, and shared by agreement
with those entitled, 22d uf garch, 1617, will be regis-
tered iu the High Cuurt of Admiralty on
«5411 inst. or after the

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Members of the National Assembly were oc-
cupied on Monday in discussing in their Bureaux the
details of the organic law on departmental organiza-
tion. The Legitimatists wish to give a greater de-
velopment to the principle of. local . self-government,
and desire more particularly thet the mayors should
be elected by the people, or the municipalities, with-
cut the interference of the Government. The Or-
leenists are in favour of a system of centralization,
and of the appointment of the mayors by the Govern-
ment.. The Republicans are divided on the policy of
centralization, but are unanimously in favour of
greatly extending the suffrage for the electinn of the
members of the municipalities. •
General CAVAIGNAC and his party, including M.
DUFAURE, will support the proposition for an am-
nesty to all political offenders. It is considered pro-
bable that the Government also will support it, as the
PRESIDENT of the Republic has always been per-
sonally in favour of such a measure. _

A brother of the order of the Ecoles Chregennes
(the order to which Frere LEOTADE belonged) has been
arrested at Reims on several charges of indecent as-
sault ; he will be tried on the 28th of this month.

We read in the Pays-- -
"The journals of the coalition attempt to turn to ac-
count, with their usual honesty, the division which ap-
pears to have recently arisen in tha meeting of the Rue.
des Pyramides. Our readers know that this meeting,
formed at first to preserved to the party of order in the
Assembly the ensemble and force which belong to it, and
which the exigencies of the Legitimatist meeting of the
Rue de Rivoli threatened to compromise, consisted of
all the Moderate Members of the Assembly, who took the
election of the 10th Dec. as the basis of their political con-
duct, and supported Louis Napoleon by their influence
and votes. Since the coalition has caused perturbation
in,tho Assembly, division has slipped into the meeting
of the Rue des Pyransides. Some members have
-endeavoured to-eause their colleagues to deviate from the
path traced to them by the regulations and -antecedents
of the meeting; others have determined to remain faith-
ful to the policy of devotedness and patriotism, which
rejects the .pirit of party, and supports the chief of the
state. Inds irce. Another incident completed the
schism. On Friday a sitting was held for the re•election
of the bureau, and M. Baroobe was chosen president,
M. Beugnot and M. Lem Faucher vice-presidents. Im-
mediately the coalitionists imagined a resignation en
masse, and on Saturday, in the lobbies of the Assembly,
M. 'fliers and his friends were named amongst the se-
paratists. It appears, however, that the number of
these friends disposed to follow the chiefs of the coalition
in all their proceedings is very limited, and that their
separation will produce such slight effect, that they begin
to ask themselves whether it would not be more prudent
not to proclaim their weakness by such a sudden- re-
treat."

The Espirance of Nancy says—
" The President of the Republic has been kind enough
to accord a sum of 3,000 f. to old soldiers, the most un-
fortunate of those presented to him during his passage
through the departpient. This sum, small in propor-
tion to the misery existing, but very large compared to
the narrowness of the President's resources, is to be
immediately remitted to those for whom it is destined."
There was not much business transacted at the Bourse,
and thero was very little variation in the price of public
securities. The Five per Cents. opened at 96f. 50c.,
and closed at 96f. 45c.; the Three per Cents. closed at
51;f., 80c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 885 f.; Rouen, 660 F.;
Havre, 275 f.; Great Northern, 480 f.; Vierzon, 417 f.
50c.; Basle, 160,..; Bordeaux, 398 f. 75c.; Paris and
Strasburg, 378 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 251 f. 250.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 18.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9 ex div.— Dutch Rhenish, 8-
-East Indian, 12—Great Indian Peninsula, 596—Luxem-
bourg, 2%—Namur and Liege, 834—Northern of France,
14 B—Paris and Strasbourg, 10—Tours and Nantes, 5%.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived.

The debate on the recent change of Ministry had
not concluded, but MON had declared that he would
support the Ministry if they effected useful economi-
cal reforms and governed with firmness.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 13.—The Funds are again
rather lower. The Three per Cents. are reported at
33 15.16 to 34 1-16; Five per Cents., with current
Coupon, 14f to Coupons, 7-1; Passive Debt, si.
Exchange on London, 50 60.

[PRICE SD.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Her Majesty and IA Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Pince of Wales anti several other
members of the Royal array, bald an early visit to the
Exhibition yesterday min iieg. They inspected the dif-
ferent parts of the builtir ig, end watched with interest
the process of examiniege the different packages by the
Custom-house officers. t:1?r Majesty has probably never
before been so near at e.yewitness of the machinery
which contributes so larte ly to the public revenue. The
mode in which the workin conducted has its peculiar in-
terest, like everything tl.:eu connected with this great
undertaking. As the vrA &mons containing the packages
arrive within the buildini: they are driven to the centre
of the transept, and there unloaded and marked by a
Custom-house officer. ,From the transept relays of
Sappers convey the pack 'gee in trucks to the compart-
ment of the foreign counts y whence they come. Deposited
in this compartment anoener band of Custom-house offi-
cers are there to receive them, and a fresh party of Sap-
pers with chisels and °the!, implements rapidly break open
lids or other coverings, and with military determieation
sweep everything !Defoe() them until the goods lie re-
vealed. Yesterday the 11%ere0 compartment was the
principal one to which i; iode were consigned, though ar-
rivals also wok /Agate tor the Swiss and Canadian collec-
tions. Entering within 4:re hoarding, where Sappers
were vigorously engaged in breaking open groat boxes,
one might have almost fu ivied that some scene of plunder
was in pro green. The vi I;iety of articles that the-dif-
ferent packages presented mss also curious, and even the
Custom-house people the uselves, hardened as they must
be against that species ,tf excitement, appeared in-
terested in the miscellant ens character of their occupa-
tion. One box containeee meet of trays, another earthen-
ware images, another silk ',handkerchiefs or gloves, ano-
ther parasol handles, auc efer a machine for knitting,
articles of general merch aniiee alternated with works of
art aad specimens of ekil ;al handicraft. And we may ob-
serve that even at this early' stage in the arrival of foreign
goods there are signs tie it tie palm of cheap production,
and the merit of an inti ustial system founded on the
principle of utility, are n it t• be resigned to us without a
contest by the States of t: ae iollverein. Within the spice
allotted fur our native contributions:few...arrivals have
taken pise_e4,,key.e...njl
_eutiordelgts g and
Hardly anftWag"Etaristale.o iv:- -
marked off with red psi; at orchalk, and one seetitiero led'
on the boards the familiar names of our different wanu
facturing communities. In the division or machinery,
Oldham has taken the read ty commencing the founda-
tions of the complicated and splendid display of cotton
machines which are to be exLibited from there. Other
places would do well to follow this example, and not to
lose a day ire, forwardin g the arrangements of a depart-
ment on which more than ary other probably our in•
dusttial reputation depends. It is singular that, as a
milliner was;the first co ntribttor to the stock of the Exhi-
bition,:the small Scotch town of Dunfermline should have
its stall first completed. We hear that some of the large
towns, and London esp eciall:, are still very far behind-
hand with their prepar allow.

Yesterday morning, a .t a little before 11 o'clock, a high-
ly interesting experime at wet made at the building with a
view to ascertain practically the strength of the gal-
leries, both under the c ondition of supporting what is
technically called a dead ,oad, and also a rolling or
moving one. A few s imple figures will pretty clearly
explain the basis of cal culation upon which the dimen-
sions of the several par is composing the galleries have
been determined. The points of support on plan occur-
ring at the angles of squares of 24 feet, the area of
each bay of gallery is e ,to 576 square feet. From
various experiments i vhick have been made by Mr.
Brunel, and by otht elgineers, it has been found
that the average weight of a number of persons stand-
ing together in a contin ed space rarely' exceeds 50Ib. per
square foot; that by packing men as closely together
as possible it might be brought up to 701 b. or
801 b ; and that, not ev m by picking out the heavy men
and gathering them in to the smallest compass, could
an average of 1 cwt. p,tr square foot be obtained. One
cwt. was therefore atom nee as an amount certain to cover
any,unforeseen combinsttion of circumstaucee. On this
assumption no bay of gallery 24 feet square could pos-
-1 sibly be called upon to c tarry a load equal to 30 tons.
As it was ingeniously cc attrived by the arrangement of'
the flooring that the weight should be distributed over
four girders, and every ;girder bad been submitted on the
ground to a pressure of 1.5 tons (that being only half the
maximum weight that ouch was capable of supporting)
applied exactly at the points upon which the floor would
have to be borne„ it will be manifest that a very large
margin had been left to provide for contingencies arising
from any motion eshich it teas possible might be commu-
nicated to such a load.
The immediate objek of the experiment tried yester-
day was to assure by various tests of the severest charac-
ter to what extent oscillations could be conveyed to the
gallery by the mailer motion of a living load, and to
ascertain whether the provision which had been made to
meet such contingencies was sufficient.
The preparations made for the experiment consisted
of the construction of e, perfect bay of gallery, with its
floor, binders, girders, and connecting pieces, in every
respect complete and similar to the actual gallery, sup-
ported upon four points bedded on temporary founda-
tions; rows of planks, tie full width of the platform,
led up to it and do• wn from it, so that a row of men, as
wide a; the gallery, might be able to march up and
down in close solar an. Three hundred workmen were
first assembled by :the contractors, and allowed to cover
the platform and the planks connected with it. They
wore then comps eesed into the smallest space upon
a hich they could stud. The load borne on the planks
represented the share of pressure which would be pro-
duced by the crow divg of adjacent bays of gallery. The
amount of deflection produced by this load was inap-
preciable. The LI ten then walked regularly and irregu-
larly, and ran over .it. The elasticity of the floor—
allowing play to elle limbers and the wrought iron work
—was
apparent admirably
thatrabthly developed by this test, and it became
dity of elasticity was of the greatest
value in prntenthg the cast-iron girders from sudden
shock. Thus,
i
is
,fijas severest test which could possibly
be applied—when „the men, standing closely packed to-
gether, continued jumping simultaneously for several
minutes, although in the regular vibrations of the floor,
pub's% that could be ascertained at any
of
eb
of theinders played up and down—the extreme deflection
any
moment did not e:toe!'2l one quarter of an inch.

As the contractors men were unable to keep military
time in their step, and it was considered desirable to
ascertain the effect of perfectly regular oscillations, the
whole of the Sappers and Miners on the ground, in close
columns, were unieciled over and over and round and
round, and were finally made to mark time in the most
trying manner. With the result of this last test the
eminent scientific men present expressed themselves
highly gratified, observing, that while at the climax of
vibration the motion did not exceed that common in
ordinary London hvuses at evening parties.
A minute examination of the several parts of the
construction ,likely to be affected by similar experi-
ments, made immediately upon their completion, bore
witness to the fact that no portion had suffered any
injury whatever fr om the strains to which it had been
exposed.
When it is remembered that the arrangements for the
Exhibition in the ;galleries require passages only six feet
wide on the sides ni the gallery counters for light goods
occupying the central portion most liable to strain; and
when it is borne in. mind that the galleries are of such
extent as to render. uniform vibration over any consider-
able portion of thefir whole area impossible, the results of
the experiments w e have described cannot but be re-
garded as calculated to relieve the apprehensions of the
most timid.

The performance of this experiment was honoured
by the presence cf the Royal visitors and their suite.
The Earl of Graniville and Mr. W. Cubitt, C.E., Royal
Commissioners, M r. I. K. Brunel, Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr.
Field, and a few c ither eminent professional gentlemen,
were also present. Colonel Reid, C. 8., Mr. Cole, Mr.
Dilke, Mr. Bowr ing, Dr. Lyon Playfair, , Mr. Wyatt,
&c., were in atten dance.
Dr. Lyon Playrair has just completed a very valuable
classification of o bjects to be exhibited, and which is
drawn up not only with a view to arrangement in the
building, but also •to bring the subjects in a systematic
manner before the juries who have to determine the
merits of the articles in each class.

We stated erroneously in a former notice, that the
Commissioners cre Woods and Forests were putting up
an iron railing outside of the building, which has since
been condemned as unsightly and insufficient. The
Woods and Forests had nothing to do with this railing,
and the mistake arose from its being the same in design
as that used by them in Hyde Park.

_
(Town Clerk), and r.
Messrs. Venable3 sod Court
Lord Neyasour yeater-
-:, at the ()them of tho Commissioners of Woods: and
Forests, Whitehall-place.
Mr. Claim'', ag,..nt for 117 e Hastings Intruvereent
Bill, had en inutview With Lord Seymour yesterfty.
The Cambridge University Commission -met yester-
day, at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, Downing,-street. Pre!:ent—The -BishOp of
Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir J. F. W. Herschel, the
Rev. Professor Szdgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bates=
(Secretary).

Dispatches were mcrived yesterday at the Colonial-
offiee from the Governor of the Cape of Gond Hope and
the Lord High Coramis::ioner of the lonian Islands.

• •
HER MAJESTY'S CO.NCERT-ROOM- HAYMAR-
KET,7- MR. CHARLES MARSHALL'S DIO-
RAMA OF A TOUR THROUGH EUROPE.
The -grand moving 'diorama painted by Mr. Charles
Marshall, and representing the grand routes of a tour
through Europe, was opened to the public, on Monday
at her Majesty's Concert Rooms (attached to her
Majesty's Theatre), in the Haymarket. The exhibition
was accompanied by a descriptive lecture-admirably de_
livered by Mr. Woody, who has the good taste to dis-
pense with the long white wand which the describers of
dioramas have been heretofore so fond of using.
The first route exhibited is that to Constant..
nople. vi<i Ilaglburgh, Berlin, Dresden, Prague,
the Walnutla—that monument of the patriotism and
taste of King Lewis of Bavaria, Ratisban, Vienna,
Perth, and Buda, and Hungary, to the iron Gate
of the Datiube, and from thence to Consteutinople.
Tho second route is frbm Rome to Mount
Bist.c, and ienindes views of Rome, ef the city of
Venice, and of the Place of St. Mark, of the
Laggo Meggiore of the sublime Monte Rosa, of the
Gallery of Iselin of the Valley of Gored°, of the Gallery
of Gorodo, of the Villoge a the Simplon, of a snow-
storm and avalanche of the beautiful little town of
Interlachee, of the Jungfrau, the scene of Byron's " Man-
fred,"of the Wetterhorn,of the',Vallies of Grindolwald isud
Lauterbruunen, and the other magnificent scenery of
the Bernese Oberland, of the beautiful Lake Leman, end
the neat little.city of Geneva, and of the wonders of the
Valley of Charcouni, including the Montanvert and
Mont Blanc. We must cat:fess that- we. ware more
pleased with this than with any other portion of tie
panorama ; Mr. Charles Marshall excels in the deli-
neation of the "sublime Alpine scenery, and we can,
from our own personal reminiscences, vouch for his cor-
rectness. Thu third route exhibits the tour o*the Rhine,
exhibiting JOhannisherg and Bingen, the Mous. Tower
and Ehrenfels, Caub, showing also the Castle of Pfulzo he
-Castle of Gutenstls, and Oliterwesal, and the Castle of
Acbopilbrg,4l29,49*
_Leuleiburg, the Castle of
Stobt-nrels MV67 tonza-4160.5satttiototeo -
timber rafts on the Rhine, and arrive at
Cologne. These views aro eiecuted in the
most elaborate manner, and the effect they pro-
duce is one of grandeur. The exhibition was greatly
applauded, and we know of no pleasanter way of pass-
ing two houri than accompanying Mr. Charles Marshall
in his`grand European tour.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY.

LIVERPOOL SPRING CIIP.-6 to 1 agst Panope, 8 to 1
agst Caurire. Nothing else backed.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-8 to 1 agst Sir John (t),
10 to 1 agst Vain Hope (t). 10 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader
(t), 10 to 1 agst Maria Day (t), 12 to 1 agst Peter
Simple (t), 20 to 1 apt Half-and-Half (Q.
CHESTER CIIP.-12 to 1 agst Rhesus, 22 to 1 agat
Haricot (t), 22 to 1 agst Italian (t), 27 to 1 agst Mon-
tam (t), 33 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel (t), 50 to 1
agst Nancy (t), 5U to 1 agst Strap (t).
DERBY.-6 to 1 agst Grecian (4), 6to 1 aget Prime
Minister, 25 to 1 agst Constellation (t) 25 to 1 aget
Marlborough Buck (t).

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, Faa. 18.
The supply of wheat was very limited at our market this
day ; the prices must be considered the same as last week.
Barly was in fair supply, and fully a shilling per quarter
cheaper. Beans and peas as of late.
PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red
Ditto, white 44s to 48s Oats oos to Oos
Barley, malting 23s to 26s Rye oos to 00s
Ditto, grinding ... 20s to 21s Ma1t......... 00s to 00s
Beans
AVERAGES FOR THE WERE ENDING FEB. 15, 1851.
Wheat .. ......... 78 i quarters, at 33s 10d
Barley
Oats G „ 16s Od
Beans 62 „ 26s 7d
Peas
HULL, FEE. 18.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—The imports
of all articles during the week have been on a moderate scale,
sut more than equal to our very limited demand. Every
branch of the trade remains most inanimate, and the weather
mild and open. Our farmers brought a very fair supply of
wheat to this day's market; even best runs were bought on
somewhat easier terms than last week, and anything cold or
out of hand was quite unsaleable; in foreign the transactions
remain perfectly retail. Only a limited business doing in
barley, and ne demand for other descriptions of spring corn.
Without much business passing the linseed ma.aket is firm.
Cakes are procurable at our quotations of 71 and 7 21; 6d.
Nothing doing in rapeseed, and the sales of cake are quite retail.
The following are the present prices of grain :

B. S.
Wheat, English, red 35 to 38
Do. white ...... 40 42
Dant zic and Ko-

a. F
IPeas, white and yel. 27 30
'Do. grey • 24
Linseed, Black Sea. 48 50
Do. Petersburgh ... 42 48
Do. Riga & Archngl. 38 42
Do. Konigsberg .... '3B 42

nigsberg 42 46
Pomeranian and

liamburgh
Danish, Holstein, &

Friesland 34 371
Russian and Odessa 34 38
Oats, English
1)o. Danish.— . 14 16
Do. Friesland l6 18
Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 —16 j
Barley,malting 24 26
Do. grinding OO 211
Beans 25 261
Do.. toreign 25 27;

Per ton:
Lins. 7/ Os to 71 2sGd
Do. fine foreign ..... 6/ 5s
Do. iuf. foreign... 0/ to 51 15s
Rapeseed 27/ Os Od
Rape cakes...Bos Od to 00s 041
(Tares, English 2ss Otis
Do. foreign 23s —36 s
IGuano 6/ to 10/ Os
(Bones, do 95s Od to 00s Od
IRye Meal 6l Cs

AFFRAY WITH POACHERB.-011 Friday night last,
Mr. Self, gamekeeper, encountered some poachers in Bruis-
yard Wood, one of whom fired at and wounded him. Four
persons are in custody, and are remanded until Thursday
next for this offence. The keeper shot a poacher's dog with
a horse-pistol, immediately after which one of the poachers
fired at and wounded him. Another keeper was ill-used
with a bludgeon. The wood belongs to Lord Stradbreke.--.
Ipswich Express.

MIIRDER.—HEREFORD, MONDAY.—An investiga-
tion concerning the murder of a married woman named
Sarah Roberts, who was found dead in a ditch by the side of
the tram-road from this city to Abergavenny, which has
created the greatest interest in the neighbourhood, has just
closed before Mr. Underwood, the district coroner. The
jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Isaac
Roberts, and the coroner issued his warrant for his committal
to the county gaol for trial at the forthcoming assizes. In
the course of the day he was removed by Mr. Superintendent
Gregory. lie seemed much affected, and wept bitterly. He
states his own age to be about 40, and earnestly protests his
innocence. The deceased's age was 53.

CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.—The list of Members
liable to serve on election committees during the present
session has been divided into five panels, and the following
six Members have been selected to serve as chairmen :—Mr.
Deedes, Mr. Divett, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Seymer, Lord
R. Grosvenor, and Mr. Edward Ellice, jun. Seventy-one
Members have claimed to be wholly excused from serving on
these committees, on the ground of their respective ages
being more than sixty years.
SOUTULAMPTON, TUESDAY, FRB. 18.—The Royal
snail schooner Larne (belonging to the West India Mail
Company) arrived here this morning from the West Indies.
She left St. Thomas's on the f2th of January. Her advices
hashave
b been been
anticipated
ntthielaasttedorbeye the3,e stearseammpeloryelred'innt.carrTyheinLarngthee
branch snails between Havannah and Honduras, and be-
tween St. Thomas's and the Bahamas; but these routes are
now to be performed by steamers under the new scheme.
BOAT ON A NLW PRINCIPLE.—The Debate states
that there has been constructed at the establishment of
Creusot, a boat on a new system, which realizes the great
problem of submarine navigation. The size of the boat and
its machines are such, that it will not be confined to the
execution of works under water, such as have taken place
recently at Brest, and in the Seine at Paris. The new boat
is to come by the river from Creusot to Paris, and is to pro-
ceed to Calais by means of its own enginpeslu,wedhicuhndire ; t
is
ex-
the Thames to London, to figure in the Gran water,on the
tio ascend
screw principle. At Calais it is to be ng
and is to proceed (under water) to Dover, whip
pected to arrive in a few hours. From D e_r
Ex hub
Galignani's Messenger.
D CATTLE FAIII.--This
Dover
fairl Y GREAT
,tunsGunsnal,nttr Housz A
attracted an
immenser number of buyers ; and
, at
for riding or driving.
Chang
There were but f ewfirst-rate cart
extrardinary high prices.
.ronies of good colourand
in the horse fair business ee
do
hands in
naedar
arelpy early, young horses,
sli:oenac
symmetry,
horses in the market.
ioeanchth.
anThaenymoi:hcehr,
from 141. to 151. each. Store beasts three
under duty,
cows sold better in proportion and in ca
the most satisfactory •
stcck. This was fair for the sellers that
has occurred for a long period,
3T.ehae7Hoeirdiffoirn:gs a°TicsiddDeinevanonds, L
101.iecitiA18121
and by two o'clock every head
of stock was sold.
ALLEGED MURDER.—On Sunday night last a mur-
derous attack was made at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire,
upon John Welsh, an Irishman, by four or five fellows, also
Irishmen. It is supposed that the offending parties enter-
tained some ill-feeling against Welsh, and upon meeting him
near the Gate, at Lea Brook, they commenced a deadly as-
sault upon him with bricks, cinders, &c. Leaving him wel-
tering in his blood, and apparently dead, they proceeded
to a house in the immediate neighbourhood, occupied by
a relative of Welsh's, and who, it is conjectured, had also in
some way excited their ill-will. They were in the act of
battering down the door, when fortunately some of the
police arrived, and succeeded in capturing one of the party,
named John Moran, upon whom they found a quantity of
furnace cinders. Welsh, who was conveyed to his home, lin-
gered in a state of madness until Tuesday
morning, when
death put an end to his sufferings. An inquest was held on
the body, when a number of witnesses were examined, from
whose evidence it appeared that the men who committed this
Moran, Patrick
most brutal homicide were named
M'Farlane, Francis Cosgrove, and John
_Moran._,Fi verdict
inas mu c
Moran, who are in custody, were
RS in deeds,
of Wilful murder" was returned,com ainndittbeld
forar atnrieal.and W.
actsh
of omission not less than those of commission.
and in
Eliza Cook's Journal.
Courage is evinced words
An iron boat, of a large size but peculiarb
s ape,
intended to convey passengers and goods upon the Nile, is
being built at Ipswich.
OLD BAcnkLons.—Old bachelors do not live as
lone- as other men. They have nobody to mend their
clothes and darn their stockings. They catch cold, and
there is nobody to make peppermint tea, and consequently
they drop