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London, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

BRITISH.

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Belfast and County flown•• • • • • •• ••..
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Bolton, Blackbuni, and West York . •
Bristol and Exeter • • ....

Chester and Holyhead... .. ..........
Cork, Blaekrock, and Passage ......
Cork and Bandon .. • • ..............
Dublin and Beliast.l unction ........
Dublin and Drogheda.... .........
Dublin and Kingstown .......... • ...
Dundee and Arbroatb .• • • ........

Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction
Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • .
East Anglian.... • • •• • • ............
East Lancashire • • ..................
Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • •
Eastern Union ••• • ..
Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • ........
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ..••••
Exeter and Credlton.. • • .... • • • • • • • •
Furness Railway •• . ••..••.. • • • • • •

Glasgow, and South-Western •.• ....•
Great Northern.• • .. ...... • • • • • • • • • •

Great Southern and Western (Ireland)
Great Western .... •...............
Irish South Eastern • • •• •• •• ...• ...•
Lancaster and Carlisle.. •...........
Lancashire and Yorkshire ....
Leeds Northern ...• .. •• • • • .........

Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport
London and North Western
London and Blackw all •• • • • • • • .. • •
London, Brighton, and South Coast
London and South Western. • . .. •
Londonderry and Enniskillen ....... •
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c.
Manchester, ShefTleid,and Lincolnshire
Manchester and South Junction • • .• • •
Maryport and Carlisle • • •
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Newcastle and Car1i51e..............
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North Staffordshire •• •• .....•

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Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Shrewsbury and Chester
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South York., Doncaster, and Goolo
Taff Vale
Waterford rnd Limerick • •
West Cornwall ...... .......
Whitehaven Junction ...............

York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds..

TOREIGN.

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Lyons and Mediterranean ..........
Montereau and Troyes
Namur and Liege .. • •
Northern of France ................
Orleans and Central ..
Paris and Lyons .... •• •• ••
Paris and Rouen. •• .• • • • • •• •..• •• ••
Paris and Strasburgh ..............
Rouen and Havre •• ...• ......
Western of France....

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THE WELLINGTON STATUE AT
MANC.HESTER.

The ceremony of inauguration will be simple, and some-
what like that which inaugurated the Peel statue at the
other end of the esplanade. The veil of drapery which, till s
proper moment, will enshroud the statue,—though it can-
not conceal the outline of the principal figure, which every
passer by must see to be that of Wellington,—will at a
given signal be withdrawn, and the noble memorial to our
great captain will be revealed to the admiring gaze, and
welcomed by the unanimous cheers of the assembled thou.
sands. The granite for the new grade in the base of the
Peel statue has already arrived, and we understand that
it:has been determined that the Peel statue shall be taken
down, its pedestal raised, and replaced at the higher ele-
vation, before the inauguration of the Wellington memo-
rial. The total height of the Peel statue and pedestal
will then be 25ft. 9in., and that of the Wellington me-
morial 32ft. There appear at last to be some signs of pro-
gress in the completion of the levelling and flagging o
he new public esplanade. For some tune past, doubt-
less, most of those who pass that way frequently have
looked with a sort of despair on this waste place in the
very heart of the city. And even now, though doubt-
less every effort will be made to expedite the proceed-
ings, it seems not unlikely that the only portion of the
esplanade which will appear in some degree incomplete
on the day of inauguration will be the flagging or pay-
ing of the promenade itself. The bronze castings, which
when duly placed upon the pedestal will form that which,
as a whole, we have no better name for than the Wel-
lington Memorial, arrived in Manchester on Saturday,
and the sculptor, Mr. Noble, arrived on Monday even-
ing. We shall not minutely describe the statuary at
present. Suffice it to say that upon a pedestal of gran-
ite stands the statue of the Duke ; that at each angle of
the pedestal is a small projecting foot or pedestal for the
reception of a subordinate figure ; that the two figures at
the front angles are (to the spectator's left) Mars or
Valour, and (to the right) Minerva or Wisdom. Behind
Mars is the reward of Valour—Victory ; behind Minerva
is the reward of wisdom —Peace. In four panels or
plinths in the square of the pedestal will be placed as
many bas-reliefs, but not in time for the inauguration.
That at the rear is to portray the battle of Assaye, Wel-
lington's greatest victory in India ; that in front, the
battle of Waterloo, his crowning victory in Europe.
Bat ween the figures of Mars and Victory is to be a loi.s
relief of the Congress of Vienna ; and between Mi-
nerva and Peace another representing the Duke re-
ceiving the thanks of the House of Commons. The
statue and the four subordinate figures are all of
bronze. Since Saturday the workmen have been busily
engaged in raising the statue and figures to their
placer. The figures were cast by Messrs. Robinson
and Cottain at their Pimlico works, and the aggregate
weight of metal in them is about 10 tons. The statue
of the Duke alone weighs five tons, and stands 13 feet
high ; the granite pedestal is about 19 feet in height, and
weighs about 100 tone.—Manchester Guardian of yes-
terday.

FLOODS IN DEILUSHIRE.—DAIIAGE TO THE curs.—
Owing to the heavy rains of the past few days, the rive!.
Derwent and Trent, in Derbyshire, have overflowed
their banks and done considerable damage to the corn
crops, many fields of wheat being under water. At to-
day's (Friday) Derby corn market wheat obtained an
advance of ss. over last week's rates.

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