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London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

{that if Harwich had a railway it would supply London
with fish when it could come from no other source.
So powerfully were the advantages of this port felt,
that every fish factor in Billingsgate signed a petition
that Harwich might be connected with the metropolis
by railw,y, in order, first, that the public might have
good ar d nu tatious fish ; second, that those engaged in
the North Sea fisheries might nut be further injured ;
and third, that this best nursery for seamen might nut
be neglected.
A petition for a railway was also signed by every
mercantile firm in London connected with the
northern trade ; it stated that this port was the best
point of communication with Holland; that it could
be entered in all weathers and in all tida.s ; that mails
from Harwich would reach Holland by the time mails
from London left the Thames; that lines from Hol-
land and Germany leading to Trieste, an important
road to the Levant, India, and China, were being
constructed, together with other advantages which we
stay not now to enumerate—we may, however, just
remark, that Lieutenant Waghorn spoke warmly in
favour of this route to Trieste. The report of the Go-
varntnent Commissioners was equally conclusive of the
importance of Harwich, and the desirability of connect-
ing it by railway with the metropolis. In face, in 1849,
the Government actually invited tenders for conveying
mails from Harwich to the Continent; the offer of
one party was accepted, but difficulties about the rail-
way defeated the project, and a renewal of the offer
will not be made until the communication is com-
pleted. Regarding passenger traffic, Captain Wash-
ington ascertained that 1,500 annually left the Thames
fur Hamburgb, Rotterdam, and Antwerp ; these, he
contends, instead of suffering " two nights of bugs,
bilge-water, and misery," might on a summer's morn-
ing take the rail at six o'clock, embark at Harwich at
nine, and land at Rotterdam by daylight !
We might thus go on accumulating the evidence
that renders a railway to Harwich a necessary thing,
until we have tired out our readers' patience, and en-
larged this article to inconvenient length. The case
as we have given it must for this week suffice. A
railway to Harwich must be completed, and that
speedily. Undeveloped resources in this district de-
mand it ; Government and the country, as a mark of
good faith, demand it; the mail service demands it;
travellers, and importers and exporters of goods, demand
it; the northern fisheries demand it; the whole shipping
interests demand it ; excurtionists demand it; and
lastly, an Act of Parliament, capital raised, and solemn
pledges given, all imperiously demand it.—lpswich
Express.

PONTIFICAL NEWS.
(From Punch.)
His Eminence Cardinal Pantaleone, Legate cf His
Holiness, bas arrived at the Golden-cross, Charing-
cross; and is bearer of a rues,sage to the Chief of the
British Government, demanding the usual acknowledg-
ment on the part of the Sovereign of Great Britain, which
has been always and from all time a fief of the Holy See.
In case of obstinate recusancy (which is not appre-
hended) his Eminence is commissioned to proclaim the
Prince of Lucca as Sovereign of these islands, the Prince
being direct and undoubted descendant of those legiti-
mate monarchs of England who were driven by rebellion,
the one to death, and the other to exile, from their neigh-
bouring palace of Whitehall.
The Holy Father has appointed Monsignor Snooks
Lord Chancellor of England, vice Lord Truro, who has
not resigned. But the ctliee of Lord Chancellor was al-
ways held by ecclesiastics in England in the Rood times
of the Church, and Monsignor Snooks will take his seat
in the Chancellot's Court at the commencement cf next
term.—Di

His Holiness has conferred upon Monsignor Snucchi,
the new Lord Chancellor of England, the title of Mar-
quis Shin: Bartholomew's of Smolifield.—Diaro di Roma.
Lodgings; have b-en taken in the New-cut, Lambeth,
foc his Grac3 the Lord Archbishop of Vauxhall, mita
ttio (titular) Archbishop of Catoerbury has veseat“l the
Palace, which belongs, of right, to the Primates of
England.

Mr. Sumner has been offered the place of parish Lesdle,
vilitch it is t elevcd he will ace( pt.
The Right Rev. Dominic B;.reffot, Bishop of Pi.d-
dington, looked over the ou:side of London-house, in
St. Jutnes'e.-square, yesterday. and thi nee proceeded by
the omnibus to Fulnaw, his Lordship's residence, Lear
Lot don.

Until the Palace at Fulham is ready for his Lord-
ship's accommcdatior, the reverend prelate has en-
gaged a temporary residence, No. 42, River-lane,
Putney, over the muffin. man's, where the faithful who
wish to attend his levees will please to ring the two-pair

Very few alterations will be requisite in the churches
of the archdeaconay of Pimlico, which will be given
over to the orthodox clergy at the new year. It has
been judged, however, that the ornaments of the church
of St. 13arnabas are of so exceedingly antiquated and
cumbrous a :nature that the ecclesiastical architects of
H. 11. are engaged i❑ whitewashing the interior of the
building, and simplifying the arrangements, so as to
suit the present time. _ _

On Wednesday morning last the statue of Saint Mary-
axe, opposite the Post-office, began winking its left eye
in so convincing a manner that 33 letter-carriers and
two commercial gentlemen, staying at the Bull and
Mouth, were instantly converted.
Mr. Muntz and Colonel Sibiliorp have signified their
intention to become Capuchin friars, and it is confidently
reported that the Members for Oldbury and Oldham ate
in retreat previous to receiving the tonsure.
The cathedral church of Saint Peter, in Westminster,
will, of course, be restored and resumed by its rightful
proprietors; but it is not intended to make any ecclesi-
astical use of the large heathen building erected on the
site of the ancient Basilica of St. Paul, on Ludgate-hill,
oppoTite to Dakin% tea warehouse. We understand
Madame Tussaud is in treaty for it, and will exhibit her
in.genious wax works there at a price little differing from
the present charges.

The residence- of the Primate of England will be
opposite the new Cathedral Church of 6t. Georg o's-
in-the-Fields ; and the Palace of Bedlam will be prepared
for him.

'4.t)triai 4attion
NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 so vs. each, for three yrs, &C.

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Gardenia

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Sweepst:-.kes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old; colts,
Bst 71b; and tildes, SA Mb. First half of Ab. M.
Wiener to be sold for 250, Szc.

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Constance
Match, 150, h ft. T.Y.C.—Visite belt Merry-peel.
Match, 50. T.Y.C.—Hippogriff beat Hazy.
Handicap Plate.

Bordeaux
Woodlark

... 1

... 2

Criterion Stakes.

Mountain Sylph colt ...

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Confessor

••• 2
... 3

Ariosto ...

BETTING ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
CRITERION STAKES.
7 to 4 agst Ariosto
5 to '2 agst Mt-rryman
6 to 1 agst any otter.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Landgrave
6 to 1 apt Lobcistone
7 to 1 agst The I alien
12 to 1 ug,t King of Oude
12 to 1 agst Eisedartutt
13 to 1 e gst Trour c-r
LATEST CAMBRIDGESHIRE BETTING.
4 to 1 agst Landaravo
6 to 1 agst The Italian
9 to 1 agst Loadstone

CULPABLE NFGLIGENCE OF A POLICEMAN.—Oa
Friday Mr. a M. Wakley held an inquest at the GerTge the
Fourth, Margaret-street, Clerkeuwell, ou George Tippell,
aged 3t, a copper-plate printer, late of 33, Noble-street.
Margaret Tippell, deceased's widow, stated that her husband,
who had been very dispirited, through change of circum-
stances, had repeatedly threatened self•destruction ; and on
one occasion attempted bleeding himself to death, by cutting
his wrists right across and very deeply. On Tuesday
morning she went to market, leaving deceased in bed.
She returned in a short time, and finding the bedroom door
fastened became alarmed, and calling on the police-con-
stable on duty, desired him to force open the door, which
either through fear, or a dread of exceeding his duty, he
refused doing until he got another constable, although
several persons were present when she asked him
to force the door. A full hour elapsed while he went
in search of another constable and before the door was
opened, when the husband was found hanging dead from
the bed post. Mr. Money, the summoning officer, said the
police officer was a young man who lately joined she force,
which, perhaps, aecoueted fur hie hesitation in opening the
door. The widow assured the Court of her confidence that
her husband's life would have been saved had the door been
opened when she requested it. The police-constable denied
that he refused opening the door. The Coroner, on summing
up, censured the constable's conduct, and expressed a hope
that it would in future be a caution to him to act with more
promptitude under similar circumstances, as in all probability
deceased's life might have been saved had he in the first
instance forced open deceased's door. The jury, who reite-
rated the coroner's remarks, returned a verdict of " Tempo-
rary Insanity."
TOSSING FOR A VERDICT.—A report, which has
spread in the town. that the jury who were locked up at the
Bull whrt'alfrouctaste4he
tossed
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their verdict,
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slightest foundatioe.—Till! Advertiser.
TIIE DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIEE.—The, Queen of
Spain has authorised the Duchess to travel for a month out of
the Spanish territory. She will accompany her husband to
visit Queen Marie Amelie, to offer her her consolations on her
recent loss.

We understand that the Rev. G. Mansfield, of
Trinity (4hurch, Trowbridge, has been censured by the Lord
Bishol) of the diocese, kr refusing, without cause, to adminis-
ter the Holy Communion to a member of the Church.—De-
vizes Gazette.