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Book the Third.
Chapter I. Contain' ng the Adveitures of a Lady of Title.
Chapter 11. In which the Reader is invited to a Ball in Park-lane.
Chapter 111. Discipline-and Impulse.
Memoir of Lieut. Waghorn. R.N. The originatn of the Overland
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Colt's Ridge. By Alfred B. Street. Author of " Frontenac."
The Protestant Pilgrim. By Lieut. the Hon. Fred. Walpole, R.N.
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THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH, 28.—At Gloucester and Worces-
ter markets on the 23d inst. wheat ruled dull at the currency
of that day se'nnight. Barley of all descriptions was again
very difficult to quit. Only retail parcels of oats could be dis-
posed of. Beans and peas less pressed for sale, but the turn
on both was in favour of the buyer. During the present week
rather higher prices have been obtained for English wheat, but
we have heard of no transaction in foreign. Some barley has
been forced off at a reduction of Is. per quarter. A few oats
have been taken at a decline of 6d per quarter. At this day's
market there was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers,
which sold readily at an improvement of Is. per quarter, but
foreign was no higher. Fine barley 6d per quarter dearer,
whist other qualities were as much lower. Oats again rather
cheaper. On English beans, owing to some speculative
inquiry, the turn was in favour of the seller. Very little
doing in Egyptian. We had sarcely an inquiry for peas.
Bomar, MARCH 27.—Wheat, red 30s to 3710 d, white 33s
to 40s, extra 42. ; barley 21s to 25s ; oats 10s to 16s ; beans,
195 to 24s ; peas 21s to 25s per quarter.
LYNN, MARCH 26.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 36s to
40s ; barley 18s to 20s, fine 223 to 25s per qr.
NEWARK, Ahem' 27.—Wheat, white 42s to 445, extra 455,
red 37s to 395, extra 40s ; barley, malting 24s to '2ss, extra 26s
6d, second and grinding Os to Os; oats, feed 16s to 18s,
seed COs to 00s ; beans, 25s to 265, seed OJs ; peas, white and
blue 22s to 325, seed Os;_ spring tares, Os to Os per qr.
DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 26.—The supply
of fat stock this morning was large, and the quality generally
good. The demand of beef is about the same as it has been
for several weeks past. The sheep pens were well filled with
sheep of excellent quality, but the demand was not quite so
good. Fat and store calves were plentiful. The supply of pigs
was good. Beef, 4id to 5d ; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 5d to
sid per lb. ; pork, 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per
stone of 141bs. Hides, 1 d per lb; calf skins 2d to 3id per lb.
EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MARCH 27.—Wheat The
quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 608 qrs, being
56,qrs more.than last week. Top price the same, and the average
lld up-55 qrs unsold. Barley The quantity brought
forward was ;102 qrs, being 25 qrs more than last week.
Price on the top Is, and the average 9d up-75 qrs
unsold. Oats—Of this kind of grain we had 1,098 qrs
brought forward, or 101 qrs less than last week. The top price
Bd, and the average 9d down-71 qrs unsold. Beans
—The quantity of beans to-day was 216 qrs,;or 35 qrs more
than last week. • Price on the top 3s, and, the average
5d down-102 qrs unsold. _

Top of Wheat
~ Barley
~ Oats ..„
„ Beans

65 lb. 4?s Od
59 lb. 275 Od
41h1b. 23s 4d
6541 b. 28s Od

EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, MAECH `27.—The supply
of ci.ttle this moroing was 645, being 28 less than last week.
The attendance t:)f buyers numerous, but no advance in prices.
Top price, 6s 6d ; current, 6s to Os Od • middling and inferior,
4s 6d to sperputch stone. The supply of sheep this morning
was 2,479, being 776 more than last week. Sales were slowly
effected at about Is a head below last week's prices. Top price
of best mutton, 6d per lb ; current. from 5d to bid ; inferior,
4d to 4d. A clearance was not effected.
DUNBAR, MARCH 26. Wheat, weighing 001bs, brought
38s, and prices to 345. Barley, weighing 581bs, brought 245,
and prices to 21s. Oats, weighing 461bs, brought 19s 6d, and
prices to 155 Od. Beans and peas, weighing 651bs, brought
26s 6d, and prices to 00s.
CORK, MARCH 27.—Flour—First 12s Od to 13s ; extra 148;
seconds, Ils Od to 12s ; households N to 10a 6d; thirds, 7s to 88
per cwt. Oatmeal 10, Od to 00s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat.
meal. 9s 6d to 108 per cwt. Indian corn 130 s to 132 s 6d per ton.
Bran 3117 s 6d to 4/Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 258 to 365; average
335; dealers 343 to 40s Od; average 31s per ton. Straw—Farmers
9s Od to 248 Od ; average 18s ; dealers 25s Od to 00, Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6tl to 6id;
household loaf bd to 56d per 41b. Fresh butter, fld to
10d per lb Eggs-3s 8d to 3s lf'd per hundred. Coals—
Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Need
Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 4as Od to 00s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal bd to
6id ; pork 3ild to aid; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per
lb. hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/58 pet
ton. Bark—Barbary 7/ 5s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 0/; French
715 a; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 128 per stone.
Hemp 321 toool per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16s to 17s; red
ditto 20, to '22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 91 Os to 11/ pet
ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 181;
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s;
salted 15, to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2*d to lid per lb.
Potatoes, white 81 to 10d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ /Os; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar-..Archautels
191 per barrel.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT. Kingston, March 28.
The commission for the county of Surrey was
opened on Wednesday, and this morning business was
proceeded with in both courts ; Chief Justice Wilole
presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Justice Maule
in the Crown Court. The gaol calendar contains the
names of 30 prisoners, but most of the offences are
of the ordinary character. On the Civil Side 69
causes are entered, 12 of which are special jury cases,
but a great many of the common jury cases are uh-
defended.

CIVIL SIDE.
PENTECOST V. MEEKINGS.

This was an action to recover damages for false im-
prisonment.
Mr. Chambers and Mr. Hawkins were for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones for the de-
fendant.
It appeared that the defendant and. the plaintiff
carry on the business of milkmen in the neighbour-
hood of Larkhall-lane, Wandsworth, and it would
seem that there had been some unfriendly feeling be-
tween them, which was increased from the circum-
stance of a customer of the defendant, named Cullen-
der, having dismissed him, and engaged the plaintiff in
his stead to supply him with milk. It appeared to be the
custom to leaven quart can of milk upon the lawn in front
of this gentleman's house every morning, and when
the servants had emptied it the can was replaced in
its position, and taken away either by the plaintiff or
his servant. One day, however, by some accident or
other, which was not explained, it appeared that a
can belonging to the defendant was upon the lawn in
the usual place, and the plaintiff, thinking it 14s his
own can, took it home with his other cans, and the
next day the defendant went to his house and gave
him in charge for stealing it, and he was taken to the
police-station, where he was admitted to bail by the
inspector. The parties went the next day before the
magistrate, who, after hearing all the facts, dismissed
the charge, and the present action was brought to re-
cover damages for the illegal arrest.
Mr. Sergeant JONES,' in addressing the jury for the
defendant, admitted that he had acted illegally in
giving the plaintiff into custody, and that there was
not the slightest pretence for the charge of felony that
was made against him. lie at the same time urged
that the affair had originated, not from any malicious
feeling, but that in the heat of the moment the de-
fendant had acted too hastily, and he said that the
character and reputation of the plaintiff might just
as well have been vindicated in the County Court,
without resorting to the present expensive pro-
ceeding.
Chief Justice Muni summed up; and
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—damages 101.
CROWN COURT.---(Before Mr. Justice Mainz.)
George Sawyer, 24,,'blacksmith, was indicted for
burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling
house of Isabelle Marie Sacristan, and stalling a
paintbox, her property.
Mr. Bagley prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock de-
fended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutrix, with her sister,
occupied a home at Betchworth-green, near Dorking,
and on the night of the 11th of February they were
alarmed by hearing a noise at the window of their
bedroom, and on getting up to see what was the oc-
casion of it, the prosecutrix saw a man standing upon
a ladder, in the act of endeavouring to get into the
bedroom window, and a second man was behind him.
She tried to push the first man off the ladder, but was
unable to do so, and they both eventually forced their
way into the room. One of the men had a stick and
the other an iron bar, and they both threatened to
kill the prosecutrix and her sister if they did
not give them money. After a short time had
elapsed they went to another part of the house, but
upon an alarm being given, they decamped, taking
with them only the article mentioned in the indictment.
The prosecutrix expressed a confident belief that the
prisoner was one of the men who entered the room
in the manner described, but she admitted that she
was very much alarmed and excited at the time, and
was not, therefore, likely to make very accurate ob-
servations and there was no evidence of a material
character to confirm her statement, or to show in a
satisfactory manner the guilt of the prisoner.
Mr. CHLRaOCK addressed the jury, and contended
that the identity of the prisoner had not been suffi-
ciently made out to justify them in finding him
guilty upon so serious a charge.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Both CourtF, at their rising, were 'adjourned over
Good Friday until Saturday morning, at ten o'clock

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bodthin. March 26.
CROWN COURT.—(More Mr. Justice ERLE.)
William Lee and William Weekly were indicted
for having committed a burglary in the house of
Juhn Solomon, at Penryn, on the night of the 25th
of December, and stolen therefrom eight silver spoons,
a pair of boots, a waistcoat, a prir of trousers, 11s.
in silver, and other articles, the property of John
Solomons. There was a count for receiving.
Mr. 11. T. Cole was counsel for the prosecution ;
and Mr. Collier was counsel for Lee; no one ap-
peared for Weekly.
Tkis case showed the desperate cherrlter of the
parties by whom the burglary wrs committed. The
usual evidence was the fiat given of the horse
haring been fastened up on the night before the
robbery. The family went to bed about 12 o'clock.
The next morning the first per3on who came down
found that some one had made an entry into the house
by means of one of the windows, and that many things
had been taken away. Upon looking about the house
it was found that a large carving• knife had been placed
upon the table with the handle outside, so that it
might easily be laid hold of in case resistance should
be necessary, and a poker was placed near one of the
doors, so that it wes clear the persons who had ben
in the house had determined not to be taken without
making resistance. The prisoner Lee had been seen
at Penryn at eight o'clock on the night of the robbery,
and on the morning of the 26th Lee was offering the
trousers which had been stolen at the town of Lost-
withiel, which was 36 miles from Penryn. The
stolen boots were also found in bis possession. On
the 3d of January the other prisoner, Weekly, was
seen at Truro. He went to a silversmith's there, and
asked him to purchase some broken silver spoons,
which he produced. The silversmith, however, having
heard of the robbery, immediately sent for a police-
man and had the prisoner taken into custody,
The prisoner Lee called his landlord, who swore
that he lived at Truro, 10 miles from Penryn, and
that he went to bed about 10 o'clock oa the night of
the robbery.
Lee did not deny that he had the silver, but he
said he was a knife-grinder and umbrella mender,
and had given Weekly two umbrellas in exchange
for the silver.

Mr. Justice ERLB having summed up the case,
The jury found Weekly Guilty of the burglary,
and Lee Guilty of receiving the silver knowing it to
have been stolen.

A former conviction was then proved against
Weekly ; he wa•, therefore, sentenced to be trans-
ported for fifteen years. Lee was sentenced to b 3
imprisoned for nine months.

A true bill has- been found against Sir Samuel
Spry, the late Member for Bodmin, for an assault
upon the editor of the Ifrest Briton newspaper.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
• BOW-S7REET.
A WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.
Aiecander Moir, wbo carries on the business of a
baker at 24. Brydges-street, Covent-garden, wag placed
at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with having caused
the death of his wife, Susan Moir.
The court was crowded with visitors.
It will be recollected that a verdict of manslaughter
was found against the prisoner by the coroner's jury
which sat upon the body.
The prisoner is a man of thin stature and very
meagre appearance.
John Johnson was the first witness called—Ho said I
am a journeyman baker, in the employ of the prisoner.
On Friday night my master called me at eleven o'clock
to go to work, and shortly afterwards I heard my
mistress screaming, and my master speaking in a very
loud and angry manner. I did not hear any
blows, but I heard a " tusselling" on the floor.
The noise lasted more than half an hour.
The noise was similar to that of one person drag-
ging another across the room, and it continued up
to three o'clock. I listened on the stairs to the noise,
but did not hear anything distinctly, At that hour I
knocked on the ceihug to call ray master down to the
bakehouse. The occurrence I speak of took place in the
parlour above me. On Saturday morning I saw the
deceased and the prisoner together in the parlour, but
I did not hear her make any charge against him in my
presence. At six o'clock in the evening of the same day
.he was taking some bread out of the window, and while
doing so fell down in a fit, and I and her niece helped to
pick her up. The prisoner was present, and he said,
" Let her wait there and be d—d, until she recovers
herself;" or "Let the d—d b lie and be d—d."

I saw nay master next day, Sunday, and I asked him how
Mrs. Moir v as, and he said he wss astonished it had

not happened before now. That was all that passel I
was examined before the Corow-r, and this is all I
know of the transaction. When I saw the deceased in
the morning her eyes were black and cut, and her head
very much swollen.
Cross-examined by Mr. J. Robinson, who appeared
for the prisoner—l ne►er saw my mistress drunk but
once. I cannot mg whether she w tiPeeY when she

fel down on Friday. She spoke very sensibly to me,
and to the best of my belief she was sober. I had been
in the service of the prisoner about a week, and
when I first went I noticed that she had
a black eye, but no cuts such as I saw in the morning in
the perkier.
By the MAGISTRATE—I did not sty befcre the coroner
that I saw the prisoner strike Ler on Saturday afternoon,
Mary Anne Bryant, wife of Charles Bryant, of
Middlesex-street, Sealers Town, called on the deceased
on Saturday from one to halt-past in the afternoon. I
was her sesond cousin. I saw Mrs. Muir in the parlour,
and shortly after I enteree the prisoner came in. She
appeared to be very poorly, and asked me to request the
prisoner, whom I call uncle, to let her lie down, adding
she had not been to bed all night, and if she had an
hour's sleep she would be better and tit for the shop. I
asked the prisone-, but I did not say that she told me to
do so, and he said " This is Saturday, and she must mind
the shop." She remained about the place after that
and did not lay down, and I lett her about brit-U st
three. I saw the prisoner hex her ears; he sail the
reason he did so:was because he found a bottle containing
about half a pint of gin under the pianoforte, which he
knew had been hid from him. He then said, addressing I
himself to me, that his wife said to him the night pre-
viously that she was glad he had come in, as she had
got some soles fur his supper, and immediately after-
wards he discovered the bottle, and asked her where she
had got it from, and she replied the "Cheshire Cheese."
He then said be asked her why she had not shut up the
shop as he had requested her, to which she replied she
had tried but could not. Ile also added that ho had
been out two hours, and was very vexed at finding the
shop not shut up and the goods in the window. This was
said in the presence of the deceased, and she denied having
got tho gin from the Cheshire Cheese, but said she got
it from Middle-row, Holborn. I said, " You could not
have gone there fur it, therefore you had better admit
who did bring it to you."' She said she was positive
she had got it from there. I said my opinion was, that
a Mrs. Dow had brought it in with the seles. The
prisoner was in a passion at the time, and I saw
him box her ears. He then pushed her and
kicked her behind. It was not done in a
gentle manner, as he was very angry. (Wit-
ness was here cautioned by the magistrate to speak
the truth.) After that she went into her room to dress
herself, and I went with her, and saw several bruises on
her head and face. She was black and blue, and sore all
over, and said her head was very painful. She asked me
to wash her head, and Icalled the man to bring up a quart
of water for the purpose; I gave her the water, and said
I could not wash it, as I could not bear to see such a
sight, and I asked her to do it herself. I then went to
the prisoner and told him of the wounds, and he said,
" Oh, go and look at her, for I am afraid I have hurt
her." I said to her you ought to let her lie down, but
I don't recollect if he gave me any answer. When
I was going away she said Oh, don't leave me." I
returned between 5 and 6. and found her, as I supposed,
most dreadfully tipsey. I saw the prisoner go in about
a minute or two before me. He said to her, " Here's a
dreadful thing—a lot of bread has been brought up, and
none of it has been put in the window or sent to the cus-
tomers." I saw him then box her ears two or three times
with his open hand, and tell her to put the bread in the shop
window, but in attempting to do so she fell down. As
she fell she cut her eye against some brass in the window,
and the blood gushed out dreadfully. I asked the pri-
s user to pick her up, and he said he would not, and that
she might lay there. She recovered for a few moments,
and said, "I am in a fit, and a very bad fit too, and far
God's sake do not leave me Marianne." I then left her
in the parlour, and did not see her again until a short
time afterwards when she was standing by the sink. I
saw her fall gently down by the side of it, and refit her
head on the ledge. She remained in that position about
two hours. It struck me that bed would bo the
best place for her, but I did not say so to
the husband, as they lived so unhappily,
and I did nut think it advisable to interfere between
them. She was then placed in bed in the kitchen, but
Ido not know who assisted her to it. I remained till
near one o'clock on Sunday morning, and she remained
insensible during the whole time. I saw ter the next
morning about eight o'clock. I was sent for, and I
found her in the same insensible state. I asked the priso-
ner if any medical man had ;been to her, and he said no.
A Mr. Watkins or a Mr. Wilson was afterwards sent
for, and he came and looked at her and then went away.
I remained all Sunday with her, and called again on
Monday morning about eleven, when she was dead. The
prisoner seemed very much cut up, but he did not speak
to me about her. The deceased was 39 years of age.
Cross-examined—I called at the shop fur the last six
weeks by the request of the prisoner, as his wile was
very much given to drink. At the time she fell in the
shop my opinion is that she cut her eye by falling un an
upright brass rod.
Elizabeth Mendes—l am a cousin of the prisoner,
and lorlgel in his house. My husband is a general
dealer. I was near the parlour door between
three and ,five o'clock on Saturday morning, and in
consequence of something I heard, I was induced to stop
there and listen. I heard Mr. and Mrs. Muir making a
noise; she was screaming and saying, " Oh! you'll kill
me!" and I heard him say, "Yes, I will murder you be-
fore I have done with you." I heard one of the children
scream out, "Father, father, you'll kill my mother."
I did not strike at the door, or give any alarm,
because I had heard similar noises frequently before.
I have had no communication with the prisoner ahout
the death of his wire. I heard no blows, but I did hear
some scuffling in the room.
Cross-examined—l can't say that she was a sober
woman. I have been in the house two months, but I
never saw her intoxicated during that time.
Thomas John Muir, aged seven, and son of the pri-
soner, said—l remember teing in the room with my fatter
and mother on Saturday. They quarret!cd, and he took
hold of her with the one hand, and with the other
thumped her on the back and face, and kicked her be-
-11;nd. Before he commenced to bent my mother, he said
wicked words—one of them was " ll— you." My mo-
ther, on being beat, screamed out " Oh." I cried when
I saw her beat. My mother did not strike him, but
kept crying. Before they went to bed he beat her again.
Cross-examined—I never saw my mother drunk.
When a medical man was sent for, my father assisted
my cousin to put some leeches on my mother's bead.
Mary Ann Bryant (re-called)—Said the last witness
end his little brotLer were present when the prisoner
was beating his wife on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Joshua eVetkins, surgeon—l live at No. 11, Chan.
dos-street. I was called in to see the deceased on
Sunday morning, when I found her in an insensible
state in bed. Her head, face, and neck were greatly
swollen, and her features Isere very much distorted. The
prisoner was looking on when I examined her, and I told
him her case was a very serious one, and I feared it
would terminate fatslly. I applied the necessary reme-
dies, but death supervened. I afterwards opened the
body, and it was perfectly healthy with the exception
of the contusions on the neck and back, at the lowest
part of which there were marks, as if blows and kicks
had been used. They did not appear to have been pro-
duced by a file On opening the head, and removing
the skull-cap, I found considerable extravaiation
of blood, and on the outer covering of the
brain, and on the right hemisphere of it, there
were five or six ounces of coagulated blood. There
was not the slightest smell of spirits in the stomach.
The lungs were highly congested, but otherwise free
from disease. I do not think she could have been a
drunkard. The immediate cause of death was compres-
sion of the brain. 'The brain itself was perfectly healthy.
The compression of the brain must no doubt have been
produced by external injuries.
Cross-examined—I think the compression would not
have been produced by a fall.
Police-constable F 17 said, he 'apprehended the pri.
weer at his own house about half-past four on Monday
last, but he said nothing.
This closed the evidence.
After the usal caution was given to the prisoner by
the Magistrate, he said—All I have to say is, that the
whole of the evidence is false.

An application was made to allow the prisoner to
give bail for his appearance, but Mr. Hall preremptorily
refused the application.
He was then fully committed to take his trial at the
next Old Bailey sessions for murder. Throughout the
proceedings he evinced the utmost coolness, and did not
appear at all affected by his perilous situation.
[We regret to state that owing to the manner
in which the evidence vv as taken it was impossible for
the reporters to hear it with any degree of accuracy. In
a case of so much importance we should have thought
that the too-frequent custom of examining the witnesses
in a low, conversational tone, intelligible only to the ma-
gistrate and clerk, would have been dispensed with, not
only for the aid of the reporters, but for the satisfaction
of the public who thronged the court.]

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.
On Tuesday, March 26, 1850, William Cubitt, Esq.,
President, in the Chair, the. first paper read was a
" Description of the Chapple Viaduct, upon the Col-
chester and Stour Valley Extension of the East3rn
Counties Railway," by Mr. P. B ruff, Assoc. Inst. C.E.
This viaduct was thrown across the valley of
the Colne, at Chapple; it consisted of 32 semicircular
arches, each of the span of 30 feet, the total length
being 1,136 feet, and the extreme height from the
foundations to the rail level being 80 feet. The aver-
age height of the piers from the foundation to the
springing was 45 teet ; they were 27 feet 3 inches
wide by 4 feet 10} inches thick, at the under side of
the impost, and tapered downwards to the plinth, with
a batter of 1 in 36 ; twenty-three of the piers only had
plinths, which consisted of a set-off of 2f inches,
making the dimensions of the base of those piers 29
feet 6 inches wide, by 7 feet 1 inch thick. The
piers were solid below the plinth, but above that level
there was a centre opening 6 feet in width, arched
at the top and the bottom. The whole of this via-
duct was constructed of bricks made in the district,
being chiefly set in mortar, but the arches for a dis-
tance of 4 feet 6 inches above the springing were set
in cement. The viaduct occupied about twenty months
in construction, and cost about 551. per lineal yard.
The next paper read was " On the Manufacture of
Malleable iron, with the results of Experiments on
the Strength of Ritilway Axles," by 1!41,r, G, )3.

Thorneycroft, Assoc. Inst. C. E. It was stated that
malleable iron might be divided into two distinct
classes, " red short" and " cold short ;" the former
being generally produced from the rich ores, and the
latter from the poorer or leaner ores. The pig iron
made from the rich ores (under the cold blast process
only) was not so fluid as that from the lean errs, but
when converted into malleable iron it became tough
and fibrous, though it was troublesome to work at le-s
than a white heat, which had caused it to be denomi-
nated " red short." On the other hand, the pig iron
produced from the lean ores possessed greater fluidity,
but when malleable it was unfitted to support sudden
shocki, or continuous strains, and was hence termed
" cold short." It was further stated, that in the
manufacture of malleable iron very much depended
on the quality of the fuel used in the smelting fur-
nace, and in the subsequent processes; also that iron
became chrystalline from two causes; first, in con-
sequence of being made from naturally cold short pig
iron, and secondly, from a peculiar manipulation
during the process of "puddling."
The introduction of hot blast for smelting iron,
rendered necessary a careful investigation of the com-
parative use of hot and cold blast pig iron, in the
manufacture of bars, from which it appeared, that if
the same quality of materials was used in both cases,
equally good bar iron would be produced, though it
was more difficult to convert hot blast pig iron into
"number one" bars, and the waste was greater. It
was certain, that whilst good grey pig iron could
only be produced, by cold blast, from the best mate-
rials, iron of apparently excellent quality could be
made, by hot blast, from the most sulphurous ores
and fuel : indeed to this alone must be attributed
the bad reputation of hot blast iron, fur certain
purposes.

As it had been asserted, that the peculiar charac-
teristics of malleable iron were to be attributed to the
ore from which it was produced, and not from the
different nature of the processes used in its conversion,
which the author had always believed to be the true
' cause, he had, at his works near Wolverhampton,
made bars of the finest crystalline and of the strongest
fibrous texture from the same Yorkshire pig iron.
Another cause which induced great changes in the
texture of iron, when cold, was compression, or im-
pact, which would completely alter its texture from a
fibrous to a crystalline character, as was well
exemplified by the "gag" and the puddling tools
used by forgemen, and in several parts of different
kinds of machinery the same effect was observed.
The author then proceeded to draw attention to
the best shape for railway axles, so as to combine the
greatest strength with the least material, illustrating
his views by the details of a series of experiments
made for determining the question. It would appear,
that railway axles should be made parallel, from
journal to journal, without any shoulder and w ith
just sufficient strength to prevent any vibration in ro-
tating. The experiments showed, that an axle with-
out a shoulder was better able to resist impact, than
one with a shoulder, in the ratio of 155 to 55, and by
leaving the axle parallel, its strength compared with
the same sized axle reduced in the middle was as 5
to
_1

The discussion on this interesting subject was an-
nounced to take place at the next meeting, of Tues-
day, April the 2d, when the monthly ballot for mem •
hers would take place; and the following paper would
be read, "Description of a Lift Bridge on the Thames
Junction Branch of the London and Brighton Rail-
way," by Mr. R. J. Hood. M. Inst. C. E.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of the Caledonian Railway was held esterday
in the Freemasons'-hall; the Honourable Captain E.
Plunkett, R.N., chairman cf the board of directors, in
the chair.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been real, and the minutes of previous meetings con-
firmed, the report of the directors, which has already
appeared in The Sun, was submitted to the proprietor.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and
accounts, but btfire he made any observations upon
them he called upon
The SECRETARY to read the following note of the au-
ditors, which had only been received this morning:—
"The time allowed by the statut, will only permit of
a very superficial examination of these voluminous ac-
counts, but the balance-sheet truly represents the whole
of the ledger balances, both capitli and revenue. In the
course of auditing the accounts my attention was at-
tr4eted by the large sums paid by the treasurer to the
share-office for stamps, the vouchers of which are very
imperfect. 'The periodical movements in the purchase
end division of stock, as recorded in the share transfrr-
book, for the purpose of voting in the meeting, would
also appear to demend the attention of the shareholders,
and the adoption c f some resolution to limit the votes for
stock only, which has been in the bands of the possessors
three menthe."

The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to observe that it was
due to the ruputation of the board to state what really
did happen wall r.lerence to the amalgamation of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Rrilway, which had recently
formed the subject of a discussion in the Hoy. 3 cf Com-
mons. The °Triter() for en amalgamation came from
the chairman of the Edinburgh end Glasgow CJurpeny,
in a letter addressed to the chairman of the late London
comerine, and when this board came into office, it saw
fit to adopt the principle of the proposed amalgamation,
which was that the gerantee stock of this
concern should be so reduced, as to place
the company in a solvent condition. He should mention,
however, that the board were in perfect ignorance of the
provisions of the Amaleamation Bill, so far as they re-
lated to the manner of dealing with the preferential
shares. They could not have approved of these provi-
sions any more than they could sanction a manifest fraud,
but though it was not tight to force the holders of pre-
ferential stock to abandon some of their claims, that end
might be attained by negotiation, and it was to be re-
gretted that the doors of Parliament had not been left open
to the company. In the language of a celebrated French
diplomatist, had the board agreed to that Bill as it stood
they would have committed something worse than a
crime—they would have committed a blunder; but that
13111, if it had been carried to a further stage, might have
paved the way to a settlement of this much vexed ques-
tion of preference shares. Many of the remarks of
Honourable Members upon that eccesion wore most un-
jtiat as reflecting upon the existing board, and in parti-
cular the speech of an Honourable Member who was
attached to the defunct board displayed very bad taste,
knowing as he must have done that many of his
former colleagues had not only:advocated but pre ctised re-
pudiation. With regard to the question of amalgama-
tion, the directors were decidedly of opinion that it was
for the interest of this concern that they should be on
good terms with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company,
and, accordingly, in a single hour's good-humoured chat
with that board, they had attained more than their pre-
decessors had done after long and tedious contests, and
an expenditure of a million of money. An agreement
bad been made with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Com-
pany, by which the passenger traffic was to be divided
fairly hetween the two lines, the one taking the north and
soutb, and the other the evit and west traffic. They were
still, however, to compete for the gouda traffic, but upon
eval terms, and he need not assure the meeting that
everything would be done on the part of the directors to
secure the faithful and effectual carrying out of that
agreement. Now, with reference to the existing state
of the company, he was rather afraid the report would
be considered as too candid, but he was one of those who
thought that there ought to be no concealments: between
the shareholders and the directors. The position
of affairs, tken, was really very serious, and much
caution would be required to get the company
out of its difficulties. The pressing debts of the com-
pany were estimated at 800,0001., of which 137,0001. was
represented by debentures, and it was greatly to be
regretted that the only remedy which creditors of rail-
way companies bad for the nonpayment of their debts
was that ruinous one of killing the goose which laid the
golden eggs. An interview had therefore been sought
and obtained with the Board of Trade, on the subject of
placing the debenture holders upon a more equitable
footing than they were at present, and from the manner
in which they were received he had no doubt that
something would be done for the relief of railway
companies in that respect. The invested capital in
railways amounted to 300,000,000(,,
of which the deben-
tures covered a third, or 100,000,0001., and it was clear
from these figures that it was of the utmost importance
that the inte:est of the debenture holder should be
more assimilated to that of the ordinary shareholder.
Nevertheless, the directors had made such arrangement
as an empty treasury would admit of for meeting
the debentures as they became due, upon terms that
would be advantageous to the company and preserve
good faith with the creditor, Re catne next to guaran-
teed lines, and at once he had no hesitation in telling
the meeting that all the guarantees could riot be main-
tained. He did not mean to sayithat repudiation would be
the order a the day, because there was a difference be.
tween returning a man the money or property he had
surrendered anti denying to him any participstron in its
benefits or any right to reclaim it. The holder of Pen-
sylvanian bonds would not consider it au act of re-
pudiation to have his money flung back into Lis
lace, and yet that was precisely what this bard pro-
posed to do with regard to several of their guaranteed
lines. They proposed to restore them into the safe keep-
ing of their original holders, and when they looked at
the manner in which the transfer had been made to this
company, the original holders ought to feel themselves
lucky that they could recover possession of their
property on such terms. Many of the leases
and guarantees were cateied by the creation of
shares one day to be cancelled the next, and seeing that
these guaranteed lines must sink or fall with the Caledo-
nian line, it was clear the best policy for them to adopt
was to fall in with the ideas and terms proposed by the
Caledonian Board. Most of the guarantees were grossly
exorbitant, and whatever parties might say about the
threats of litigation which the Caledonian Board held
out to these guarantees, there was no blinking the mat.
ter, Puldmal as it might seem, thit it Tim their duty $o