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clothed, fed, and lodged, and what I propose is the
enlargdment of this Scheid. I' should not wish it
to be a mere charity, for when things are purely
done out of charity, they are not so well appre-
ciated, but as an object of reward for those little
gills who conduct themselves in the best manner
in this and other schools. This would only be one
way among many for the attainment of an extended
veriod of education, and I merely mention it as an
iliOstration of what I mean. I will not detain you
longer; but would urge upon you mutual sympathy
with regard to this education, and I shall feel most
amply rewzrded for what I aave done if you make
good use of it.
At the conclusion of his speech the noble Duke
was most heartily cheered.

In the evening, tea, cake, &c., were provided in
'the school for about 80 children by The rector, and
for upwards of 100 women, with the ringers and
.singers of the parish church, by the farmers.
After tea was removed the inhabitants of the
parish assembled in the school-room, when ad-
dresses were delivered by the Rev. H. C. Mitchin-
son, the Rev. A. Brook, the Rev. Edward Twells,
and the Rector. These addresses were all given
in a kindly spirit of encouragement to the parish-
ioners to assist as parents, neighbours, and Chris-
tians to promote the social and moral comfort and
'happiness of each other, and were received with
'genuine and general approval. The speeches were
enlivened by songs, glees, and madrigals by the
'Retford choral society, and the party separated be-
fore the evening had become tedious, much gratified
with their entertainment.

TUESD,A.Y. EVgNING:

surface produced was- excellent, and the machine was
now about to be used for making pencils.
The carving machinery invented by Mr. Jordan, and
used for the decorations of the New Palace at West-
minster, was alluded to ; and a description, was given of
Vac ingenious machines, also invented by him, for making
the frames of school slates, at Colonel Pennant's quar-
ries, near Bangor. The logs of ;American birch were
first cut up by frame saws :---the planks were then sea-
soned for six months, and were afterwards cross cut to
proper lengths, passed over a series of circular saws and
grooving cutters alternately fixed on the same shaft, the
montimea and tenons we►e cut in two other machine',
the end mortises, tenons, and shoulders, were then cut,
and the slates encircled by four-of • these pieces. The
frame thus formed was then laid against two stops, and
a pair of drills descended upon the opposite corners,
making two holes ; it was then reversed, and another
pair of holes were made in the other two corners, pegs
were inserted, and the work was completed. Up to
that point the result was excellent, but it had been found
impossible entirely to finish the work with the delicacy
with which the human hand could do it. In all snob
machinery the vital importance of high speed and perfect
balance were insisted upon, and many curious instances
of failure, resulting from neglect of these points, were
given. _ _ _

- Messrs. Ransoms and May's trenail and key maehines
were further described, and the advantages of the pen-
dulum saw for cross cutting were strongly insisted on.
Green's stave-cutting machinery was explained, and
the great quantity of work which could be executed by
it was shown.

After the meeting a model was exhibited of Gibson's
self-acting signal and telegraph for .hail ways. This appa-
ratus was desciibed as being intended to supply the
want of a system of railway signalling, which should e
efficient, and whilst answering every purpose for which
railway signals could be required, should be simple in
construction, and not liable to be misunderstood, or to
get out (.f repair ; being, at the same time, independent
of the attention or the neglect of servants.
The apparatus consisted of a continuous arrangement
of signalling set is motion by the engine, which, is pase•
ing over a lever placed close withinside the rail in any
desired situation, caused a signal-post (No. 1) to rotate
partially, and so to indicate to the following train the
close proximity of a preceding train. The signal-post
(No. 1) remained in this position until the engine arrived
at the next signal-post (No. 2), the lever opposite to
which, when depressed by the engine, caused it to
rotate similarly to the signal-post (No.
.1) previ usly
passed, which was at the same time replaced in its original
position. The engine then reached signal-post No. 8, and
it and No. 2 would be simultaneonsly acted upon as were
Nos. 1 and 2. Then No: 4 received the responsibility,
and released No. 3, and-so on. It answered equally well
by night and day, and the present signal-posts could be
adapted to it.
By the same motion of-the horizontal levers,

audible,

or visible telegraphic communications could .be made
with any station, or stations, either in advance or in the
rear of the moving train : thus indicating, by the con-
tinual ringing. of a bell, if, necessary, the approach, de-
parture, present position, or passage through a tunnel,
or over any dangerous part of the line. On foggy, or
stormy nights, or where there were sharp curves, &c.,
this would be found very valuable. - -

LIST OF PLANS OF PROPOSED RAIL TVA YS,

BRANCHES, dc.,

Deposited at the Board of Trade on the 30th Nov., 1857.

Aberdeen, Peterhead, and Fraserburgia
Alyth
Andover Canal Railway
Athenry and Tuatti ' • •
Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, and POrt-Rush June-
tton—Junctiou with the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway
Banbridge, List urn' and Belfast
B lfast and County Down—Extensions
Blaekburn, ChOrley, and Wigan
Birkenhead General Railviay Station, and Hotel
Bognor
Border Countiee—Extension
Brentford and Richmond
Burton-upon-Trent •
Caledonian—Branch from the Clydesdale Junction Rail-
way to Dalmarnock Road
Caledonian—Branch to Port-Carlisle-Railway
Carlisle, Langholm, and Hawick
Carron

Cords, Machynlleth, and-River Dovey • ,
Cranbrook
Darenth Valley
Devon Valley
Durham and Cleveland Union
Dublin and Meath
Dublin Iron Road Tramway
East Kent—Western Extension
East Suffolk, Yarinouth, and Haddiecoe, and Lowestoft
and Ilcclea—Alteration in Works
East Suffolk-'Lllutford Junction
Eden Valley.;
Ely Valley—Mwyndy Branch . .
Exeter and Exmouth—Deviations and Amendment
,Fife and Kinross and Kinroas-shire—Deviatione, &o.
Formatine and Buchan
Grangemouth
Great Northern and Western of Ireland—Deviations
Hainanit Forest
Innerleit ben and Peebles
Knightoa
Lancaster and Carlisle—New Works
Leatherhead and Dorking ' •
Leitrim Railway and Lough Allen Pier
Limerick and Castle Connell—Extension to Ktllaloe
Liskeard and Looe Canal Rail/ay
Llanelly Harbour—lmprovements, Di versions of Streams,
and Railway
London, Brighton, and South Coast—Shoreham to
Henfiald, and to the Mid-Sussex Railway
London and North-Weste*rn—Additiocal Works
London and North-Western—Additional Works, No. 2
London and North-Western—Extension from Longsight
to Hyde and Stalybridge
London and. South-Western—Extension and Deviations
London Tramway • •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire—Garston to
Liverpool
Manchester, ',Sheffield, and Lincolnshire— Newton to
Compstall
Merthyr Junction
Mid-Kent--Croydon Extension
Mid-Kent—Bromley to St. Mary Cray
Middlesborough Improvement
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland—Streams-
town and Clara Deviation
Newport, Abergaven-ay, and Hereford—Deviation
North British—Hawick. and Carlisle Junction and
Branches
North British—New Branches
North Yorkshire and Cleveland—Deviation and Branches
Oxford, Worceiter, and Wolverhampton—Deviation of
Stourbridge Branch
Portsmouth
Redditch
St. Heleu'a Canal and Railway—Garston to Liverpaol
Severn Valley—Coalport Junction with Sh,ropshire
Union Railway
Shoreham, Horsham, and Dorking
Shoreham, Steyning, and Heufield
Shrewsbury and Welnhpool—Deviation and New Works
Southend and Burnham
South-Eastern—Dartford and New-cross Junction,
Chi-lehuret, &e.
South Wales—Further powers for the completion of the
--line-to-Pembroke Dock, dm
South Wales—New Railway to Pembroke Dock, &c.
S &inns, Wokingbaui, and Woking—Line to Woking
lainngaWlaiDeYarbbriadtn LinesgeHayfield
Railway
Stockport,
Stockton
a uDdi sI ny
Da;toia
Stockton and Darlington—North Riding Lines
Sunderland Dock Junction
Symington, Biggar, and Broughton
Vale of Devon
Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway
Victoria (London) Dock—Railway to the London, Til-
bury, and Southend Railway
Waveney Valley—Deviations and Branch to Loddon
Ware, Hadbam, and Buntingford
West End of London and Crystal Palace—Balham to the
London,- Brighton, and South Coast Railway at
Croydon
West Metropolitan
Weymouth and Portland
Whitebaven Junction—Branches
Wicklow Mineral •

215.0.RT1NG: • I N TELLIG ENCE.

TATtERSALL'S--..MoNDAT.

As usual at this period of the year oolv a. few sub-
scribers dropped iota the room, and the few beta laid
were ecarcely worth quotation.

DEBBY.
25 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken)
28 to 1 agat Ancient Briton (taken)
38 to 1 apt Ethiopian (taken)
40 to 1 agst,Esau (taken)

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221, al previously announiced.

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