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London, England, 1851-01-06 00:00:00

CHARGE.

Terminable Annuities. • • .. • • • • • • • • ......... • • • • • •
Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund .• . • • • • • • • • ...... • • • • • .....
Sinking Fund .
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Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund (including in 1851 248,5501. discharge of debt to the Equivalent Company)

Total Charge • ....—.....

The Surplus . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

The Surplus of Revenue on the 10th Oct., 1850, after providing for the Charges for that Quarter, was • .
To which is to be added the Surplus of the Conse:idated Fund on sth January, 1851

The Amount issued In the Quarter ended sth January, Issl, in part of Sums granted by Parliament out of the
Consolidated Fund for Supply Services ..••.. •.••••••'•••••••'•••'•••.•••'••••• •' '• .. ••..

The Surplus Re'venue, after providing for the Charges on the Consolidat
Services in Great Britain in the Quarter ended sth January, 1851 ..

ted Fund, and for the payment of Supply

parts (it any) as shall not be new or original, which
may be in one of the following form :
The parts of this design which are not new or ori-
ginal as regards the shape or configuration thereof, are
all the parts except those marked A, B, C (&c.) ; or
coloured (blue, green, &o.)
The parts of this design, which are not new or ori-
ginal, as regards the shape or configuration thereof, are
all the parts taken separately.
But the parts (A and B) or coloured (blue, &c.), as
here combined, form a new design.
Note.—The above particulars must be given in the
above order under their several heads, and in distinct
and separate paragraphs, and each must be strictly con-
fined to what is above required to be contained in each.
Each drawing or print, together with the whole of the
other particulars, must be drawn, written, or printed
upon a eeparate sheet of paper or parchment, only one
side of which must be drawn, written, or printed upon.
Such sheets must not exceed in size 24 inches by 15
inches, and on the same side as these particulars there
must be left two blank spaces, of the size of 6 inches by
4 inches each, for the certificates of registration.

IRELAND.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MANIFESTO.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. - The following
important comspoi,dence between the Irish prelates
and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has been
forwarded for publication in the Dublin Evening
Maar—

To HIS GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISUOP OF CANTER-
BURY. _

Address " W
e otfhteheuAndreehrsbiig2nheops
undersigned archbishops and bishops of
the United Church of England and Ireland, have seen
in the public prints a document entitled An Bumble
and Bishops of the Church
of England,' and commencing with the following words:
May it please your Majesty, we, the Archbishops
and undersigned Bishops of the Church of England,
approach your Majesty,' &c. It is with much regret, and
not without apprehension, that we have observed the
title by which your Grace and the Archbishop of York,
together with the suffragan bishops of the two pro-
vinces under your jurisdiction, have designated your-
selves in addressing our Sovereign—a title which,
we beg permission to say, is unknown to the law of
the land, and which imports a virtual denial of the fifth
article of union between England and Ireland. Your
Grace is aware that by the statute 39 and 40 George
111., c. 67, it is enacted, 'that the Churches of England
and Ireland, as now by law established, be united into one
Protestant Episcopal Church, to be called " the United
Church of England and Ireland."' The title-page of our
Book of Common Prayer, and the form of ordaining
priests, bear their solemn testimony to the incorporation
of the two churches into one, and to the designation by
which that one church is to be known.

" We have painfully felt that of late years, as well in
legislating on ecclesiastical affairs as on many public oc-
casions, a disposition has been manifested to regard the
Irish provinces of the united Church as if they did not
form an integral portion of the one Church of the nation.
We are conscious that the Irish branch of the Church is
peculiarly exposed to the attacks of its enemies; and
we are, on that account, the more apprehensive of any
step being taken which has a tendency, even in ap-
pearance, to dissociate our provinces and bishoprics
from that great community with which it is our hap-
piness, and we hope our safety, to be identified. We,
therefore, nut unnaturally fear the effect which may be
produced by a movement on the part of our English
brethren against a common adversary, in which they
have not only acted without any concert or communica-
tion with us, but have styled themselves by a name
which would seem to intimate that they are prelates of a

- .
separate church from ours, and wish to appear so before
her Majesty.
" We beg to assure your Grace that, in submitting
this statement to your consideration, we are not actuated
by wounded feeling of disappointment or dissatisfaction,
but we deem that we owe it to the Church in which we
bear office to guard, as far as in our power, against a
separation being made between the component parts of
the national Church, which were most solemnly and au-
thoritatively united together into one. We confidently
hope that the form of designation employed in your ad-
dress was adopted inadvertently, and not from a design
to disclaim a connexion with the provinces of Armagh
and Dublin. And we trust that we may reckon on
having the aid, the sympathy, and the prayers of the
archbishops and bishops of the provinces of Canterbury
and York in whatever difficulties and dangers may yet
await our portion of the Church.
" We would respectfully request of your Grace to
communicate this expression of our sentiments to the
several prelates who signed the address to her Majesty.
" JOHN G. ARMAGH.
" RICHARD DUBLIN.
" THOMAS S. MEATH.
" J. KILMORE, ELPHIN, and ARDAGH.

" R. DERRY and RAPHOE.
" LUDLOW KILLALOE and CLONFERT.
" THOMAS TUAM, &c.
"J. T. OSSORY and FERNS.
" ROBERT CASHEL, &c.
" JAMES CORK and CLOYNE.
" ROBERT DOWN and CONNOR.
" WILLIAM LIMERICK, ARDFERT, and
AGHADOE."
ANSWER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

" Addington, Croydon, Dec. 31,1850.
"My Lord Archbishop,—l beg to acknowledge the
receipt of a letter signed by your Grace, by the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, and all the Irish bishops, referring to
the recent address of the English Bench to her Majesty,
iu which they were styled ' the archbishops and bishops
of the Church of England.'
" lam anxious to assure your Grace, and my other
right rev. brethren in Ireland, that this designation did
not originate in any desire to represent ourselves as a
separate body, but was employed solely because, in the
present instance, ' the movement of the common adver-
sary' was immediately directed against ourselves.
" It did not appear to any of the bishops whom I had
the opportunity of consulting that we could properly
invite the Irish bishops to complain of an aggression
which only affected the Church in England. At the
same time, I am ready, for my own part, to acknow-
ledge that the document would have been more correctly
worded, if it had been written in the name of the Eng-
lish archbishops and bishops of the United Church of
England and Ireland. It would have been better
to have indicted an inharmonious sentence than to
have given ground for the apprehensions expressed in
your Grace's letter.
'• I will take an early opportunity of communicating
the letter to my episcopal brethren, who at present are
dispersed in their various dioceses. But I can venture
to say, in their behalf, that we all consider the Irish
branch of the United Church to be so closely identified
with our own, that if one member suffers, the other
e‘nnot fail to suffer with it, and that in all cases where
co-operation is desirable or practicable we shall be ready
to act with your Grace and the other Irish prelates as an
united body.
" I remain, my Lord Archbishop,
Your Grace's faithful servant,
"J. B. CANTAUR.
" His Grace the Archbishop of Armagh."

The Observer of Jan. sth, contained—The
Quarter's Revenue—Official Tables—Serious Accident at the
Great Northern (King's-cross Station)—Mr. Simon's Sanatory
Report - Abstr,ct of the Water Supply, and elucidatry re-
works on the topics in the Report—Particulars of Mr. and
Mrs. Sloane, and Miss Deyaux ; his Committal—College of
Preceptors' Meeting, S.,turday—lndian Mail—Sketch of
Smithfield Improvements—Repeal of Paper Duty, &c. Sze-
Also yesterday's news, and original articles : - The Revenue
—Money, Funds, and Shares Article—The Gold QUICStiOII--
Great American Railway - The Water Supply- Parochial
Islington Vestry Meeting and Reduction of the Rates, 3
columns; St. Pancras and Blarylebone—Literature: Lord
Holland's Foreign Reminiscences; Snow's Voyage of the
Prince Albert; Reminiscences of a Naval Officer; Actoss
the Atlantic"—Police, &c.
THE REGENT'S PARE._,,A. Lover of the Pic-
turesque," in the Builder, says—One part of Regent's-park
boasts the names of some of the most celebrated spots in
Venice. St. Mark's Church will soon be commenced, the
waters of the Regent's Canal will bathe its walls. There is
an unsightly old canal bridge that a very little outlay would
render a second Rialto. Perhaps this may be a valuable
hint to others.
It is proposed to e7oet, tit DArtford, a monumental
memorial of the martyr Christopher Raid, who suffered at
Dartford Brent in 1555.

5,811,165
558,639

302,961
99,220
340,144
374,172

7,486,301
5,250,743

12,737,044

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 4.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
early morning walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, drove out this
morning in a pony phaeton, in Windsor Park.
The younger members of the Royal Family took
their usual airings.
His Excellency Senor Isturiz, his Excellency the
Marquis d'Azeglio, the Marquis of Abercorn, the
Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina
Villiers., General the Earl of Strafford, Viscount and
Viscountess Ponsonby, and Lord and Lady Stanley
(of Al( lerley) left the Castle to-day.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Mr. Birch,
joined the Royal dinner circle this evening.
The bend of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
attended during dinner in the Castle yesterday (Fri-
day) egening, and performed the following pieces :
Overture, " Missilonghi" Herold.

Waltz, " Elenor" v Browne.
Selection, " Marie Stuardo"
Quadrille, " Reine Jeanne"
Polka, 4' Bridesmaid"
The Queen's private band afterwards attended and
played the following pieces :
Overtare, " Prometheus" Beethoven.
Fantasia, Flute, Mr. Richardson
Conce rtante, 4 Violins, Messrs. Sain-
ton, Day, Cusins, and E. Chipp Maurer.
Solo, filute, Mr. Richardson Richardson.
Jallacic Marsch
Her Majesty's private band attended in the Castle
this e‘ /ening, and performed the following selections :
Overt are, " La Lac des Fees"
Ottet s, 4 Violins, 2 Violas, and 2 Vio-
lon cellos, Messrs. Sainton, Day, Cu-
situ;' Chipp, Hill, Nickel, H. Chipp,
and P. Hardy •• Mendelssohn.
Marcb, " Les Deux Journees"
....... Cherubini.
Solo, Tiolin, Introduction et Valse, M.
Sain ton . Sainton.
JAN. 5.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took their accustomed walking
exercise.

The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince
Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her
Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and
gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household,
attend ed Divine service this morning in the private
chapel.. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at-
tended the service.

A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, was held at
the Board of Trade on Saturday. There were present
Earl Granville (chairman), Sir A. Spearman, Bart.,
Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Peto, M.P., Mr. Gibson, Mr.
Cubitt, and Colonel Reid. Mr. Bowring was in at-
tendance. - - _ _ _ _

The Rev. R. Rawle, from Barbadoes, had an in-
terview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-
office.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt held a quarterly meeting on Saturday, in
the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
Downing-street. There were present the Master of
the Rolls, the Governor of the Bank of England, and
the Deputy Governor. Sir Alexander Spearman,
Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commis-
sion, was in attendance.
The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., will not assem-
ble at the Lord Chancellor's residence on the first day
of the ensuing (Hilary) term.
Dispatches from the Governor of New South
Wales were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office.

SOCIAL ASPECT OF ATHENS.
(From the Euterpe, an Athenian periodical of
December, 1850.)

" I make only one exception in the midst of all these
human casualties, and that is in favour of the dance,
and I rejoice and glory in having to say that once more
in our little community the whole world has begun to
dance. Thanks to such a lightning conductor, there is
no longer any fear that the lightning may fall upon
our heads. Our beauteous dames and their accom-
plished daughters, not three times, as was formerly the
case, but four times a week, may now dance and waltz, if
so they please, without the least apprehension.
" How many enjoyments, how many advantages re-
sult from these re-unions, for which we are indebted to
two or three houses, lovers of the elegances of life, and
to two of the Legations (the English and Russian), one
of horn (the English) was the first to give the impulse
and to originate these amusements, which has rescued
us from th narrow confinement in which we were hound
hand and foot, every one must perceive himself without
our suggestion.
" Independently of the bodily dilassement and exer-
cise which they afford, these receptions have largely
contributed to the development of elegant enjoyment, of
good feeling, and intellectual improvement; they have
brought together men of the most opposite parties to the
great benefit of our politics generally, and to the sofien-
ing and civilizing of our manners. For in these circles
the Moseomanyhite (the French), the Nappist (the Rus-
sian), and the English party now approach each other,
hold out the hand of reciprocal friendship, and em-
brace each other, as the eagle once with the fox. The
minister and the diplomatist with their respective sub-
ordinates and officials are there to be found in ani-
mated conversation. The general is thrown together
with the lieutenant—the professor with the student—the
journalist of the Opposition with the journalist of the
Minister—but, above all, are we astonished at the sim-
plicity, the grace, the cordiality, and beauty of the nu-
merous Greek and foreign ladies who honour them; and
on every side surprised at the facility and spirit which
distinguished the dancing of our young ladies of every
age and class.
" Before I conclude this resumt of the month I have
to announce to my intellectual lady readers that my_
prayers have been heard; within a short period we s!te.ll
have an Italian theatre, and our prima donna Arkiginte
Marchesina is, as we have seen with our own eyes in one
of the Italian papers, an artist of the first merit, an ad-
mirable singer, an excellent actress, and above all,
young and of surpassing beauty. quire? and if it be
" What more does happy Hellas re
true that a French vaudeville company is also to arrive,
what have we to envy others, even the most advanced
communities, unless it be an eighth Minister, to watch
specially over this department, of which for the present
she is deprived."

The Quarterly Official Revenue-tables were pub-
lished at length, with editorial remarks, in the Observer of
Sunday, the nth January. The exteisive publication of the
Observer commences on Sunday mornings, at four o'clock, in
time for all the early railways. Monday's edition of the
Observer, best for th, country and abroad, at 4 every Monday
afternoon. Price of the Observer (40 folio columns), 6d. A
gratuitous stamped Supplement will be published with the
Observer on Sunday, February the 9th.
TA E STATE OF WESTMINSTER"BRIDGE. This
riclietty old structure, so frequently tinkered and cobbled,
is beginning to show signs of increasing tottering and decay.
The fourth arch from the north, and which was giving way
some time ago on the west and east sides of it near the
crown of the arch, and which was patched up for the time,
is again beginning to appear cranky, and the key-stone itself
has slippen a little on the west side, and left at the top of it
an opening of nearly an inch, as nearly as we could judge.
At this season of the year, when the volume of water in the
river is liable to be greatly increased from high tides from
below and floods from above, the proper authorities should
examine the structure, and use every precaution for the
safety of the public.
Dr. Delany, who is called the Bishop of Cork, has
written a letter to Cardinal Wiseman, congratulating his
Eminence on his recent appointments by the Pope, and ex-
pressive of his surprise that the foolish and ignorant people
of England have been so ungrateful as not to receive the
Archbishop of Westminster with deepfelt and enthusiastic
joy.—North Wales Chronicle.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE
RAILWAY TRAFFIU IN 1850.

It appears that the gross traffic receipts of railways
in the United Kingdom for the year 1850 amounted
to 13,142,2351. on 6,734 miles of railway. The re-
turns published weekly show that 12,755,2351. was
received on the railways during the past year, on 6,257
miles, including about 200 miles of canal, being an
increase of 1,741,418/. in the receipts over the pre-
ceding year on 5,161 miles of railway, and also an
increase of 1,096 miles in operation. Independent of
these railways, there are about 17 new lines in opera-
tion, of an aggregate length of 279 ,mile:, the traffic
returns on which are not published weekly, but may
be estimated at 107,0001. for various periods during
the past year, some being partially open and others
only for afew months. In addition to these there are

13 other lines, of an aggregate length of 216 miles,
belonging to old railway companies who do not pub-
lish their traffic returns; but it appears from the re-
turns to the Railway Commissioners that the gross
receipts on these lines are about 280,000/. These
sums, added to the preceding, show that the gross
traffic receipts on the above railways during the past
year amounted to 13,142,2551. ; and the agregate length
of railway open, and over which the traffic was carried
was 6,257 miles, being at the rate of 1,9441. per mile per
annum. With regard to the traffic returns of the rail-
ways in Great Britain and Ireland, published weekly,
they show a progressive increase during the past nine
years. In the year 1842 they amounted to 4,341,7811.;
in 1843, to 4,842,650/. ; in 1844, to 5,610,980/. ; in
1845, to 6,669,2301.; in 1846, to 7,689,8701.; in
1847, to 8,975,671/. ; in 1848, to 10,059,000/. ; in
1849, to 11,013,820/. ; and in 1850, to 12,755,2351.
It will be observed that the annual increase in the re-
ceipts bas been very considerable during the compa-
ratively short period in which the railway system has
been in operation. This increase partly arises from
the continual development of the traffic on the trunk
lines and partly from the additional receipts derived
from the opening of new lines and branches. The in-
crease of traffic in the year 1843 over that of the pre-
ceding year amounted to 500,870/. ; in the year 1844,
to 768,3371.; in 1845, to 1,058,3401.; in 1846, to
1,020,650/. ; in 1847, to 1,285,780/. ; in 1848, to
1,083,3351.; in 1849, to 954,810/. ; and in 1850 the
increase over the preceding year amounted to the
large sum of 1,741,4181. At the end of the year 1842
1,510 miles were open to the public; during the
next year an additional length of 56 miles of new
railway was opened for traffic ; in 1844 a further
length of 194 miles was opened; in 1845, 268
miles ; in 1846, 593 miles ; in 1847, 839 miles ; in
1848, 975 miles ; in 1849, 834 miles ; and in the
year 1850 the published returns show an addi-
tional mileage of 1,096 miles ; but this is not an
actual increase in the mileage opened during the year,
for it includes the length of several lines open for
traffic prior to 1850 ; but the traffic returns were not
published until 1850 ; the same observation will apply
to the mileage of 1849, but to a less extent. The ag-
gregate length of new railway opened during 1850 in
the United Kingdom is nearly 590 miles, including
79 miles of the Great Northern trunk line.

The average traffic receipts per mile show the effect
of opening within the past four years so many miles
of branch and competing lines of railway. During
the year 1842 the gross traffic receipts averaged
3,1181. per mile ; in 1843, 3,085/. ; in 1844, 3,278/. ;
in 1845, 3.4691. ; in 1846, 2,305/. ; in 1847, 2,870/. ;
in 1848, 2,556/.; in 1849, 2,3021. ; and in 1850,
2,247/. This shows a falling off in the traffic per
mile during four years of more than 30 per cent.;
but fortunately during the past year the receipts per
mile are not much under those of 1849. The reduc-
tion in the receipts per mile would be a matter of no
great consequence, provided the average cost of con-
structing the railways was proportionably reduced,
say in the same ratio of the traffic per mile, from
33,0001. to 22,0001. per mile, and so on in like man-
ner with every additional mile added to the system.
Unfortunately this not the case, as the following will
show :-In 1842 the cost of the railways in operation
averaged 34,6901. per mile ; in 1843, 36,360/. ; in
1844, 35,670/. ; in 1845, 35,070/. ; in 1846, 31,8601. ;
in 1847, 31,700/.; in 1848, 34,2341. ; in 1849,
35,214/. ; and in 1850, 35,229/. A comparison of the
average cost per mile in 1845 of 35,0701., when there
were only 2,040 miles of railway open, with the ave-
rage cost in 1850 of 35,2291., when there were 6,257
miles open, shows that an increase in the cost per
mile has taken place, notwithstanding that 4,217
miles of additional railways and branch railways have
been constructed. The increase, instead of a con-
siderable decrease in the average cost per mile, is a
very alarming feature in railway statistics, because it
shows clearly that the continued additions to the
capital accounts of old and completed lines of railway
far outweigh all the professed advantages of con-
structing thousands of miles of new railways and
branches of considerably less cost than the average
expenditure per mile on the old trunk lines. It is
very clear that, unless the capital accounts of the old
and completed railways are closed as soon as possible,
the average cost per mile will go on gradually in-
creasing year after year, and thus neutralize all the
advantages which shareholders may reasonably expect
from the progressive development of the traffic.
The capital expended on the railways above re-
ferred to amounted in July, 1842, to 52,380,1001.;
in 1843, to 57,635,000/.; in 1844, to 63,489,1001. ;
in 1845, to 71,647,0001.; in 1846, 83,165,1001.;
in 1847, 109,528,0001.; in 184 S, 148,200,000/. ; in
1849, 181,000,0001. ; and in 1850, 219,762,7001.
The gross traffic returns per cent. on the capital
expended amounted in 1842 to 8.29 per cent. ; in
1843, to 8.42 ; in 1844, to 8.84 ; in 1845, to 9.30 ;
in 1846, to 9.25; in 1847, to 8.20 ; in 1848, t0‘6.78 ;
in 1840, to 6.13; and in 1850, to 5.80 per cent. The
return shows the absolute necessity of closing the
capital account of railways.
The expenditure on the new and old lines, the
traffic returns of which are not published weekly,
amounts to about 10,760,0001., making, with the
219,762,7001., a total of 230,522,700/. expended on
6,734 miles of railway, being at the rate of 34,200/.
per mile.

ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY.—We have elsewhere noticed the recurrence of one
of those extensive floods which periodically overwhelm the
lower parts of this city and the immediate vicinity. On
Tuesday morning the non-arrival of the down London mail
at its appointed time gave rise to apprehensions for its safety,
particularly as the appearance of the suburbs of the city were
a melancholy evidenoe of the violence of the storm which had
raged overnight. After some hours of suspense the mail ar-
rived, when it was ascertained that an accident had occurred ,
but of a comparatively trifling description. A small water-
course in the neighbourhood of Shap, called Shap beck, runs
parallel with the railway for some distance, and crosses
and re-crosses the line. In dry weather it is but an in-
significant stream, and runs harmlessly along its ap-
pointed course, but, from the deluging showers that have
recently fallen, it had acquired all the fury of a mountain
torrent. Overflowing its natural boundaries, it laid a
considerable portion of the line under water, bursting a
strong iron culvert which passes under the embankment
at Thrimby, and undermining a considerable portion of the
earthwork. On the arrival of the luggage train, which
leaves Carlisle shortly after ten r.m., at this spot the bridge
gave way. Singularly enough the engine shot over the
chasm, but the tender and some of the waggons went down
with a crash. A scene of confusion ensued. A great quan-
tity of goods, such as gingham, cotton, &c., got loose and
floated down the stream. The storm was raging with una-
bated fury at the time. On the following morning the down
mail-train was delayed several hours, as above stated, in
consequence of the engine plunging into the water on reach-
Mg this spot, and extinguishing the fire. In fact every train
was delayed for a time by the inundation. The mail bags
were conveyed some distance on their route in a cart, and
passengers transported safely beyond the dangerous vicinity
in every obtainable vehicle. Fortunately no person sustained
the slightest injury, and though the tender still remains in
its awkward predicament, workmen are busily employed in
clearinc, the line, which will be soon put into a state of
thorough repair.— Carlisle Patriot.

Those who endeavour to imitate us we like much
better than those who endeavour to equal us. Imitation is
a sign of esteem, but competition of envy.—Eliza Cook's
Journal.

YV
The queen
a has granted pensions on the Civil List
of
year each to Mrs. Belzoni, the aged widow of the
celebrated traveller, and to Mr. Poole, the author of Paul
pry, and of several contributions to periodical literature, who
is, we regret to hear, a great sufferer from bodily infirmities.
Observer.

REPRESENTATION OF GLAMORGANSHIRE. --• The
Earl of Dunraven (late Viscount Adare) has just issued an
address to his constituents, dated from Adare Manor, •ounty
Limerick, the 28th ult., in which he announces his resigna-
tion as member for that county, by the accepting of the
Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. The writ for the
election of a new Member cannot be issued until the meeting
of Parliament next month.

Sir Arthur Robert Yere Brooke is shortly to be
raised to the British Peerage, under the title of Viscount
Newbridge.
We are glad to find that Colonel Wetherell, the
deputy Adjutant-General, has quite recovered from his recent
severe indisposition, and has resumed for some days past his
duties at the Horse Guards.
THE NEW BRIDGE AT BATTERSEA.—During the
last few days, from f 0 to 80 men have been busily employed
in sawing timber, and preparing piles to sink in the river,
preparatory to beginning operations for the erection of the
?,raposed and long-talked of suspension bridge between,
Chelsea and Battersea. The bridge, which is to be con-
structed for carriage as well as passenger traffic, is to be
commenced on the north side of the river, about 300 yards
below the gardens in front of Chelsea Hospital, and is to cross
the river in a direct line in front to the old Battersea Red-
house, so long known to and frequented by Cockney sports-
men. The Red •house is to be pulled down entirely, and an
elegant approach is to be made on the site of it, and the
gardens attached, to the southern end of the bridge. On the
north, the bridge is to be approached by a road to be con-
structed, running in a direct line from the now notorious
Chapel of St. Barnabas. Six or seven of the piles have been
pile-driver, resting on a barge, is in active
forcingd a
down others. These piles are intended to pro-
wpteuectrtkd' the piers an
on either side, while in the course of erection,
from the velocity of the tide, and from the collisions of the
barges, steamers, and other craft navigating the Thames.
Battersea-fields are still in their former ungainly state; not a
spade has as yet been put in the ground to make the new
park, arid the only appearance of alteration which can be
seen is, that of a new bank in course of being raised by the
Water Works Company. It is to be hoped that the Com-
missioners will be enabled to commence the making of the
park without delay, for until it is finished the bridge, when
erected, will be of little advantage.