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season at Cremorne Gardens, including the following eminent
erformers from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera,
end the Philharmonic Concerts :
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Tenors—Sapinski, J. Jackson.
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111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may ran."
old
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
young,
the besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bittersl
Ilion of e age, with tables and rules for tha diet and physical regu-
very-day life.
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IV.
THE PASSIONS.
:
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
Stra.rEcx
licentiousness ofthei passions.
and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, -Life's pilgrimagefrom infancy to old age. The advent
Chastity and '
its infringements. The casualties of
narrative,
and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
PitoGaAstsns:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
Brion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament,
them.
flogiirc, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and Its conversion.
Oases, complealos, and
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.B.A.
(1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
Matters. Reception bears daily till Ave. Evenings, seven till nine.
o Argyll-place, Regent-street.

SWANSCOMBE, KENT.
TO be LET, in this beautiful 'Village, a desirable
FAMILY RESIDENCE, in complete repair, and containing
breakfast, dining, and drawing-rooms, five bed-rooms, excellent
offices, two-stall stable and coach-house, kitchen-garden, large pad-
dock and well stocked er.hard ; a good supply of excellent spring
water.

The premises are a short distance from the Greenhithe
where bolts call to and irom London frequently in the day, and only
half-a-mile from the Northfleet Station.

.....
For terms, &c . apply to A. It. Steel, Esq., No. 1, Lincoln's Inn-
fields ; or to Mr. Frederick Goodeve, Ingress Abbey.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by Its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.

Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin% 6, Vere-street, Oxford-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers In
sauce.

N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA
and PEREINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.

SHIP NEWS.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.—The Temindar, from Bengal,
has arrived in the West India Docks; sailed June 28,
and St. Helena, Sept. 8. The Condor, from Bombay,
has arrived off Falmouth; sailed June 29, and St. He-
lena, Sept. 5. The Vallisneria, frona the Cape of Qom)
Hope, has arrived off Falmouth; sailed from Table Bay
Aug. 16, St. Helena Sept. 2. The Richard Cobden;
from Bombay, has arrived at Liverpool; sailed July 10.
The Agnes, from Bombay, has arrived at Liverpool;
sailed June 30, St. Helena, Sept. 3.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28.—Wind N.N.W.—The British
iron brig Josephine, from the Havannah for New Orleans
was reported to be ashore at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi on the sth inst. The Agnes,. from . Bombay for
this port; sailed July 1, and from St. Helena Sept. 4.
From the 16th to the 17th of August, off the Cape of
Good Hope, encountered severe weather, and since the
12th inst. a continuance of N.B. gates. On the 16th
inst., in lat. 49, long. 24, passed the lower mast of a
large ship with the rigging over the masthead, aparently
not long in the water. Arrived, the Suffolk, from New
Orleans; the Niagara, for New York; the Pegasus, from
St. John's, New Brunswick; the Bona Des, from
Quebec. Off port, the Tagus, lowa, Liverpool, and
Britannia.

SrrocKToN, OCT 27.—The France, of Shields, has
been put into Middlesborough Dock to discharge, being
very leaky and much strained, having been aground.
LODONDERRT, OCT. 26.—The Sylvia, from Liverpool
for Shields, must discharge part of her cargo to repair.
SCILLY, OCT. 26.—A round-sterned schooner, on her
beamends and all sails set, was passed on the night of
the 22d of October off the Land's-end.
LIEBAII, OCT. 18.—Tbe Carl Emil, from Stettin for
Riga, was wrecked five miles N of this port on Oct. 16;
crew saved.

CUXHAVEN, OCT. 25.—The Wicherdina, from Wol-
gast for Rotterdam, was stranded on th© coast of Jutland
on Oct. 17; crew saved and arrived here.
NORDEN, OCT. 23.—A ship's nsmeboard, marked
" Elizabeth," in yellow Russian letters upon a blue
ground, a number of posts 12 to 14 feet long and 10
inches thick. marked " J. C.," have washed on shore on
the Island of Joist.
PLAISTER COVE, STRAITS OF CANSO, OCT. 3.—The
Primavera, of and bound for Cork, from Pugwash, went
on shore on the rocks during a gale last night, has re-
ceived considerable damage, and must discharge to get
off. She will be surveyed to-day, and it is feared she
will prove unfit for repair; the cargo and materials will
be saved.
YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA, OCT. 12.—The Messen-
ger, of and from St. John's, New Brunswick, for Liver-
pool, which capsized off Cape Sable on Sept. 8, has been
towed into Lobster Bay, near Tusket River, bottom up,
and burned out; some sails and rigging, several watches,
and a silver medal, belonging to Lieut. W. S. Miller, of
her Majesty's ship Childers, have been saved.
QUEBEC, OCT. 12.—A ship was seen on shore on
Basque Island bilged, and with yards down, on Oct. 3.
ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, OCT. 15.—The Raw-
lins, from Portsmouth for Quebec, was abandoned cn
Sept. 23, in lat. 46, long. 52, having fallen over on her
beamands; crew taken off by the Sovereign, arrived here
from Hull.

HALIFAX, OCT. 17.—The Oregon, from the Clyde for
Quebec, with loss of topmasts, was spoken on Sept. 25.
SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON, SEPT. 23.—The Rosalinda, of
and bound f)r Liverpool from Quebec, broached to, cap-
sizei, and filled in a heavy squall on the Grand Bank,
Sept. 9; master, two mates, eleven men, and two appren-
tices drowned; eight men saved by a French vessel and
landed here. The crew of aLother vessel have been
picked up. and are on their way to tibia place.
The Julian sailed for the Sandwich Islands first week
in October, 1349, for Valparaiso, and has not since been
heard of.

The Collins, with loss of main and mizen-masts, was
passed off Basque Island on Oct. 3.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 28.—Wind W., light, cloudy.—
Arrived—The Corkierew, from llamhurgn; the North-
umberland, from New York; the Zwitling Brodrene,
from Aalborg; the Christiania, from Norway; the
Niord, from Ulloa; the Eida, from Calandborg; the An-
telope, from Almeira; the Glob-, from Croustade; the
Fyenoord, from Rotterdam; the New Bottle, the Stan-
dard, the Erwin, the Mary Tan, the William Mern. the
Arrow, and the Robert Newton, from St. Petersburgh;
the Soho, and the Nautilus, from Antwerp; the Vene-
zuela, from Havre; the City of Boulogne, from Bou-
logne; the Patriot, from Faro; the I)unkerquoise and
the Lionne, from Gravelines; the Sara, from Ancona;
the Regina, from Cronstadt; the Wellington, from Sin-
gapore, Trieste, and Gibraltar; the Alto, from Finland;
the Pearl, from St. Valery. Sailed—The Wilberforce,
for Touningen; the Sophia, for Azores; the Wood-
stock, for Liverpool.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Rosanna, September
25th, in lat. 17 N., long. 29 W. 'The barque Glenlyon,
from London for California, September 11th, in lat. 2
S., long. 21 W. The brig Janet, from Callao for
Queenstown, September 17th, in lat. 10 N , long. 24 W.
The barque Alexandrina, from London for Algoa Bay,
September 17. The Alfred, of and from London for
Calcutta, September 12th, in lat. 7 S., long. 15 W.
The Memnon, from Brest for Reunion, August 22d, in
lat. 3 N., long. 23 W.

ANOTHER FIRE AT GRAVESEND
GRAVESEND, OCT. 28.—At about two o'clock on
Sunday afternoon smoke was discovered by several
persons passing at the time proceeding from the iron-
grating over the front cellar of the house No. 5, in
Harmer-street, at the corner of the upper and western
side of the street turning into the Crescent. So
much suspicion was attached to the origin of this fire,
that on the information of the police-superintendent
and his officers the borough magistrates thought it
incumbent on them to institute an inquiry into the
matter. Accordingly, this day, Messrs. Oakes (chair.
man), and Spencer, Smith, and Tickner, held an in-
vestigation, when the following facts were elicited.
Mr. Samuel Marden, a respectable-looking elderly
man, stated, after the usual caution against saying
anything that might possibly tend to criminate him-
self, that about seven o'clock on the previous (Sun-
day) morning he had, with his wife, servant, and a
gentleman who lodged with him, got up and pre-
pared to go by the train to London, but, on arriving
at the station, they found themselves too late for the
train. They then returned to No. 5, the house he
recopied, and prepared to go by the nine o'clock boat
torn the Terrace-pier. Whilst so preparing, he took
a candle in a bedroom candle-stick, and went down to
the cellar to get some coals and wood, to ha ye ready
to make a fire when they should return in the even-
ing. While in the cellar he heard the bell announc-
ing the time of the boat's departure from the Ter-
race-pier ringing, and hurried up, leaving the lighted
candle he did not know where in the cellar. Mr.
Marden went on to give a statement of all that he
alleged to have occurred between seven o'clock and
the time of going by the steam-boat on Sunday
morning so incoherent that it was impossible to find
out from it anything that could fix the time of his
and his family's departure from the house, and the
origin of the fire.
The following evidence was taken by the magis-
trates after Mr. Oakes had stated that the case of this
fire, from the information of the police, was of so
suspicious a character that the bench of magistrates
felt it to be their duty to investigate it in the fullest
possible way.
The first witness called was a porter of the Diamond
Steam-packet Company, who deposed that on Saturday
evening, late, he was called to attend at 5, Harmer-
street, and to remove from there three boxes to the
Diamond packet-office, to be sent up by the first boat
the following morning. He removed them with the
assistance of another porter, and on the following
morning, at a quarter past eight o'clock, the man (a
tall and thin man, not at all like Mr. Marden) who
delivered the boxes to him at No. 5, came to the
office, and superintended their removal to the boat
about to start for London. He should know the man
again if he saw him. He went by the boat on board
of which the boxes were put.
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for 250/, his furniture for 2501., and some glass cases
in his shop for 50/., on or about the sth inst., through
the medium of Mr. H. Newman, of Gravesend, agent
for the Phoanix.office, and was also insured, but to
what amount he did not mention, in the Metropolitan
Insurance-office. The receipt for the premium of in-
surance in the Phcenix-office he produced, and said
his wife bad it in her pocket, and that he had not
preserved any other receipt, or voucher, or document
whatever.

Police-constable Wickham deposed that about two
o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, the 27th instant,
his attention was drawn to smoke issuing from the
grating above the cellar window of No. 5, Harmer•
street. Finding there was nobody in the house, he
called for assistance, and entered the house through
a window, at the rear opening into the garden. Find-
ing the smoke proceeding from the basement story he
went down and opened a door which led into an in-
termediate cellar between the back and front kitchens,
and which formed also a sort of lumber room. The
smoke rushed with such violence out of the door that
he was forced to go back, and he then went into the
back kitchen, found a bucket with water in it, re-
turned to the cellar, and poured the water on where
he saw some fire. He then had assistance, and the
fire was put out. The large box now produced by
him and partially burnt was the first thing he re-
moved out of the cellar. The smaller box he found
close by the partition, with the candlestick in it as it
now appeared, and with the remains cif burnt wadding
extinguished by the water he had thrown on it.
The candlestick was quite hot. (The candlestick,
brass chamber- one, was inserted into the side, or it
might be. the upper end, of the boi, of which tw6
sides or ends and the stuff contained in it were burn
or 'reduced to tinder and cinder. The candlestic
could by no apparent possibility have accidentally
got into the position in the box in which it was
found.) Witness went on to state that he found
quantity of books and other combustible ma-i
terials ,lying on the floor round and in contact
.with the box in which the candlestick and the ex-
pired snuff of a candle were found by him and the
- other persons who came to his assistance. In the bed-
rooms he found the wardrobes—three in number—all
empty; doe bed was tumbled as if slept on, but there
were no bedclothes but an Aid blanket and counter-
pane. On a bedstead in another room there was a
mattress, but no bedding. In the shop he found no-:
thing but a few trifling articles of little value, such as
gloves and some bonnet-frames. The whole house
seemed to have been left in a state of confusion, and
with but little of value in it. Mr. Marden had re-
turned late in the night, but he (witness) had no com-
munication with him other than telling him how the
fire was discovered. Witness had no doubt that but
for the timely discovery of the fire the house would
have been soon in flames. There was a quantity of
broken timber, and other combustible materials, be-
hind the partition against which the box with the
candlestick in it lay. Above the box, on a sort of
shelf; was a quantity of books and papers. Some of
them were partially burnt. Some of the books and
papers on the floor were partially burnt. The parti-
tion itself was burnt through nearly up to the ceiling.
It was immediately under the shop.
Robert Atkins, foreman of the corporation fire-
engines, fully corroborated the previous witness's evi-
dence, as he had arrived at the spot in a few minutes
after him.

Mr. Henry Newman was agent to the Phcenix In-
surance Company. The receipt of the policy of in-
surance for 5501. now produced was given by him to
Mr. Marden on the sth inst. The policy paper had
not been sent to him yet, but the receipt bound the
company to the insurance. He had surveyed the
furniture insured for 2501. when he gave the receipt.
Could not say what stock there was in the shop at'
the time. Had not seen either furniture or stock
since the discovery of the fire the day before.
Thought there was a sufficiency of furniture in the
house on the day he went to survey it on giving the'
receipt for the policy to justify the amount of in-
surance.

Mr. Marden, on being asked by the bench if be had
anything to reply to the very serious charge now
made against him, declined saying anything more at
present,' further than that the witnesses tried to make
out a case against him. He admitted that he had the
lighted candle in the cellar, but was sure that he did
not place it in the box where it was found—if it was
found in it. He could not explain how it found its
way there, and he could only say he was innocent of
any knowledge of the cause of the fire.
Mr. Oakes said the charge was one that the magis-
trates found themselves compelled to investigate
strictly, and they would remand Mr. Marden, who
was now in custody of the police, until Wednesday.
The prisoner was then removed in the custody of
Mr. Superintendent North, to be brought up again
on Wednesday.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the office, New Broad-street ; Mr. Ha-
milton in the chair.

---The CHAIRMAN having apologised for the absence
of Lord Wharncliffe, the chairman of the company,
Mr. NICHOLSON, the superintending director, pro-
ceeded to read the report, which stated that the di-
rectors had little to report as to the proceedings of the
company for the interval between the last half-yearly
meeting and the present. During that period the
monsoons had prevailed, and the operations of the en-
gineers in the fiel d have necessarily been almost sus-
pended. The surveys of the first portion of the line
had, however, been completed before the rains set in ;
and the period of the monsoon has been occupied with
the completion of the plans, sections, estimates, and
specifications. It has been determined to limit the
first contract to the line between Bombay and Tannah,
a distance of 21 miles, with a branch of one and a
half mile in length (of a single line of rails) to the
port of Mahim ; and during the construction of the
works on this portion of the railway the engineers will
be employed in a minute investigation of the country
beyond Tannah, with a view to obtain the best line
across the Ghauts, connecting the coast line of coun -
try with the interior. It is of the highest importance
to the success of this undertaking that the most eligi-
ble opening through the western Ghauts should be
secured. This important point must be ascertained
and determined before the works beyond the Tannah
estuary can with prudence be commenced. In the
meantime the question of the general route of the line
in connexion with the resources of the country, is un-
dergoing the consideration of the Government of
Bombay, whose decision the board confidently expect
will be speedily pronounced. The directors are about
to let the works of the line between Bombay and
Tannah, if eligible offers from responsible parties can
he obtained ; and these works will be pushed on with
the utmost vigour and rapidity. The report of Messrs.
Keating and Anderton, the auditors, stated that the
manner in which the accounts have been kept, the
economy of the expenditure by the directors, and the
control exercised by the East India Company, afford
the most ample security to the proprietors. The ac-
counts to the 30th of June showed that the receipts
amounted to 132,0681., of which 15,612/. was re•
ceived in Bombay, and the expenditure to 35,937/.,
including 6,8481. expended in Bombay, leaving a ba-
lance of 96,1311.
Mr. ANDERTON, one of the auditors, remarked.,
that the arrears of calls only amounted to 2161., and
that, owing to the control exercised over their expen-
diture by the East India Company
such thing as spending a farthingthere was no
without their per-
mission.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, stated that the line had been re-surveyed by the
company's staff, and exertions had been made to ob-
tain satisfactory tenders from native contractors to
execute the works, but up to the present time without
success. In the first place, the native contractors
were perfectly ignorant of the nature of the works
required by the company, and were not acquainted
with the mode of construction to insure the necessary
stability; while the contractors in England were well
the kind of materials to be
ttihsee English
ap-
peared in all the London morning
acquainted with the mode of constructing railway
works, but they knew nothing about the soil of India,
twhoerknsativfoesr totheexecioustpioeectthenvarious works. The en-
gineers had prepared plans and specifications of the
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rail-
way papers, and the principal country papers,
stating that the directors were prepared to receive
tenders for the construction of the works. The
plans and specifications had been submitted for ap-
proval, which was expected ,to be given about the
middle of November. It bad .been, arranged, with a
view to prevent delay, that the company's engineers
shall commence the heaviest portion , of the works,
and in case a contract ahould,be entered into for the
execution of the works the contractor, should agree to
take the works which may be executed at cost price,
deducting the amount from the specified sum. He
concluded by moving the adoption of the report and
accounts.
Mr. RICHMOND said, be had great pleasure in se-
conding the adoption of the report, and with regard
to the accounts he wished tth o o. bserve, in addition to
what had been stated by eir worthy auditor, that
they had been approved of by the East India Com-
pany. He complained of the course adopted by some
of the Bombay papers in opposition to the under-
taking, and could not discover the reason why the
shares of the company should be quoted in the Bom-
bay papers at nearly fifty per cent. discount, notwith-
standing the five per cent. guarantee of the East
India Company.
Mr. ANDERTON did not consider it surprising that
the shares of the company should be quoted at a dis-
count in the Bombay market, when it was known

that money there was worth 9 or 10 per cent.; and
under such circumstances it was not to be expected
that people could give the full price for shares yielding
but 5 per cent.

Mr: RICIIMOND said, that the East India Company
could borrow money in India at 5 per ceLt., and he
considered their railway shares to be equal in value to
that stock.

Mr. CRAWFORD said, that their shares were not the
same as GJvernment stock. The people in India
looked upon railway undertakings as a different sort of
thing, and they were perfectly aware of the deprecia-
tion of railway property in this country, and the va-
rious contingencies to which it may be liable. He
hoped the directors would have the kindness in future
to circulate the report two or three days before the
half-yearly meeting.
A conversation ensued, in the course of which it
was stated that the company had contracted to pay at
the rate of 304. per ton for the freight of iron rails
from Cardiff to Bombay. That sum included in-
surance. The freight from Cardiff to London was
10i. per ton, including insurance. A technical ob..
jection was raised by Mr. Crawford against the sp=
pointment of Mr. Nicholson as superintending direc-
tor, with a salary ; but it was contended by Mr.
White, the solicitor to the company, the Chairman,
and others, that the appointment was perfectly legal;
and that it had been sanctioned by the East India
Company.
Mr. NICHOLSON entered into an explanation -of 'Ol6
terms upon which he had consented to join the com-
pany, and said that Mr. Macgregor, of the South-
Eastern Company, and Mr. Laing, of the Brighton
Railway, received specific sums for their services, and
that these were cases in point, and would meet the
technical objection urged by Mr. Crawford against
his appointment as superintending director at a fixed
salary for the performance of certain duties.
The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to a question from
Mr. Field, that the East India Company would not
allow parties to pay up the whole sum on their shares,
but when the money was required it would be called
up by instalments. The line was originally intended
to extend from Bombay to Callian, thirty-three miles,
at an estimated coat of 500,0001., instead of which it
was now proposed to make it from Bombay to Tan-
nab, a distance of twenty-one miles, at a cost of less
than 200,0001.
A PROPRIETOR urged the necessity of obtaining an
early decision as to the exact situation of their line
and station at Bombay, and, if possible, to have a
terminus near the shipping. From his long experi-.
ence of the mode of carrying on works in India, he,
very much doubted the correctness of the paragraph
in the report which stated that the works would be
carried on with the utmost vigour and rapidity.
The report was then adopted, and, after a vote of
thanks to the chairman and directors, the meeting.
separated.

PRESTON AND LONGRIDOE. The half-yearly
meeting of this company was held on Thursday,
Mr. T. B. Addison in the chair, when a dividend of
12.3.6 d. per share for the half-year clear of income
tax, and payable in January, was declared, the re-
tiring directors being re-elected.
GLASGOW AND SOUTH•WESTERN.—We understand
that a meeting of deputations of the Caledonian, the
Lancaster and Carlisle, and the Glasgow and South-
Western Railway Companies took place at Carlisle on
Tuesday last, when, consequent upon the immediate
opening of the latter line into England, mutual ar-
rangements for traffic were discussed in a friendly
spirit, and there is every reason to believe that an
agreement will be completed of a satisfactory charac-
ter for all parties. This will prevent any ruinous
competition, and at the same time afford every facility
and convenience for the public.

ASHFORD, RYE, AND HASTINGS

RAILWAY.
COMPLETION OF THE WORKS.

[PRICE SD.

The last link in the great chain of railway coast com-
munication along the eastern and southern ports of the
kingdom was yesterday accomplished by the comple-
tion of the works on the Ashford, Rye, and Hastings
Railway, which is now in a state of such forwardness
that it will be ready for opening to the public in the
course of a few weeks. A large and distinguished
party of the directors and their friends, among whom
were several ladies, left the South-Eastern terminus,
London Bridge, yesterday morning in a special train
shortly before ten o'clock. The Lord Mayor, the
Lady Mayoress, the Rev. Mr. Marshall, the Lord
M►yor's chaplain, and suite were among the guests
invited to be present at the interesting ceremony of
inserting the last brick in the tunnel of the Ashford
and Hastings line. 'We also observed Sir Frederick
Smith, the Government railway inspector; the Mayor
of Rve, Jeremiah Smith, Esq ; the Deputy Mayor
of Winchelsea, Captain Southey; the Mayor of Hast-
ings, George Scriven, Esq ; R. Holland, E,q , M.P.,
H. Curteis, Esq., M.P., James MacGregor, Esq., the
chairman ; and a number of the directors of the
South-Eastern

spectators, and amidst the most enthusiastic acclama-
tions. The second ceremony was rendered more in-
teresting from the fact that it took place in the parish
of the Mary Magdalene, Hastings, in which the Lord
Mayor was born, and in the presence of many of
those early and attached friends who had witnessed
the honourable career of their distinguished towns-
man, and were now assembled to congratulate him
on the occasion of his revisiting his native spot as
chief magistrate of the first city of the world.
The new portion of the line commences at Ashford,
and is about 29 miles in length. It passes for the
greater part of its course through the flat and fertile
district called Romney Marsh, the greater part of the
soil of which is so fertile that it is said 12 or 15 crops
of wheat can he obtained off it without manure, and
the farmers in the days of England's agricultural
prosperity were called "yellow pockets." There is as
yet only one line of rails laid down over a considerable
portion of the line, but the whole of the line is
ballasted, and the other line of rails ready f r laying,
so that the line can be completely finished and opened
to the public in a fortnight from this date. The
ceremony of yesterday would have been deferred a
little longer, but Monday was the only day the Lord
Mayor had at his disposal before the termination of
his mayoralty. None of the stations are at present
completed, and it will evidently require considerable
exertion to have all prepared tor public traffic before
the end of next month. • It is needless to say that
Hastings was in a state of unusual bustle, excitement.
and animation; and the long line of carriages and
cabs as they proceeded through the streets of the town
to the hotel, were greeted with loud and enthusiastic
cheering.

On the arrival of the train at Rye the visitors were
received by the mayor of that ancient borough and
the civic authorities. There was a band of music sta-
tioned on the platform, and the station and public
buildings were decorated with flags in honour of the
interesting event.

The Loid Mayor, the chairman of the directors,
and the principal visitors were conducted to the sta-
tion, where an address was presented in the following
terms :

'TO THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTH•

EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

"Gentlemen,—We, the mayor and corporation and
inhabitants of the ancient town of Rye, cordially and sin-
cerely greet you on your arrival here this day, and on
the completion of the works of the Ashfird, Rye, and
Hastings line.
" W e hail it as a prospect of a new era for the benefit
of this town, and we hope that you may long cotinue to
manage the affairs of this important company advan-
tageously to the interest of those whom you represent,
feeling as we do that, under such circumstances, an op-
portunity will be afforded for the development of the re-
sources and energies of those who now respectfully ad-
dress you, and we give you a hearty welcome.
(Signed on behalf of the meeting)
" JEREMIAH SMITH, Mayor.
" Rye. Oct. 28, 1850."

Mr. MACGREGOR, on behalf of the company, re-
plied to the address in appropriate terms • after
'which
the Mayor of Rye complimented the companytior ond
being honoured with the presence of h
Mayor of London, who was connected by the Lord
ties of friendship and long residence with that part
of the country. Three loud and hearty cheers
were then given by the assembled multitude, the
company re-entered the carriages, and the train
proceeded on its way to Hastings. In consequence
of a slip in a portion of the line near the tunnel, some
delay took place when within two or three miles of
Hastings. The heavy rains of the last few days
having formed a lodgment on one side of the line.
at the foot of an embankment, the rails were forced
up and displaced for a few yards, and a pilot en-
gine having been sent on to assist in remedying
this defect, the train again proceeded, after having
been detained half-an-hour, and entered the long
tunnel which forms the terminus of the line close
to Hastings. Here a temporary platform and scaf-
folding were erected, several hundred "navies," each
provided with a candle, were ranged on either side,
and by the glare of the flickering lights, which served
only to render the darkness visible, the Lord Mayor
and his suite, and those who were to take part in
the ceremony of placing the last brick in the crown
of the tunnel, ascended the frail-looking scaffolding
at an elevation of some thirty feet above the rails.
Mr. MacGregor then, in the name of the company,
presented the Lord Mayor with a handsome silver
trowel, on which was the following inscription :--
"Die Lunge, Octobri 28, A.D. 1850.
" Presented to the Right Hon. Thomas Farncomb,
Lord Mayor of the city of London, by the South-
Eastern Railway Company, on the occasion of his
Lordship's completing the works on the Ashford,
Rye, and Hastings Railway, by inserting the closing
brick in the tunnel 'between Hastings and St.
Leonard's."
Underneath were his Lordship's arms, the whole
encircled by a handsome embossed scroll. The brick
on which his Lordship's name and the date were in-
scribed having been placed in its proper position, the
Lord Mayor applied the cement around it with the
trowel, drove in the wedges with a mallet, and pro-
nounced the work complete. Mr. MacGregor then
advanced to the edge of the platform and announced
the fact to the vast crowd who were assembled in the
depths below, and three loud and deafening cheers
were given, the workmen flourishing their lights,
which threw a lurid and unearthly glare over the
strange and exciting scene enacting apparently in the
bowels of the earth.
The tunnel in which the ceremony took place is
1,400 yards, or rather more than three-quarters of a
mile long, and is within about a mile of the Hastings
terminus. It is bricked throughout, and is a very
massive and substantial structure. The ceremony
having been completed, the carriages again moved
forward, and after a brief stay at the temporary ter-
minus at Hastings proceeded along the curve which
connects the new line with St. Leonard's. Here
another tunnel, about 700 yards in length, occurs, and
here the same ceremony of placing the last brick in
the crown of the arch was performed by the Lord
Mayor in the presence of a still larger number of

The train on leaving returned to Hastings.
The company were conveyed to the Swan Hotel,
where an elegant dijetiner was served up. The hour
fixed for the arrival of the guests was one o'clock,
but owing to the unavoidable delays to which we have
referred, it was nearly four o'clock before all were
seated, their appetites much sharpened by the delay
and the fresh and invigorating sea-breeze of the coast.
The chair was taken by James MacGregor, Esq.,
chairman of the board of directors, who was sup-
ported on his right by the Lord Mayor of London,
and on his left by Sir Frederick Smith, who was pre-
sent as a guest, and not in his capacity of a Govern-
ment railway inspector. Between fifty and sixty of
the gentlemen connected with the line or the towns
through which it passed were present.
" The Health of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the
rest of the Royal Family," having been given from
the chair, and duly honoured,
The CHAIRMAN rose and gave "The Health of
the Lord Mayor of London," who had that day
honoured them by completing the works on the im-
portant line that connected Hastings with the county
of Kent, and formed the last link in the great chain of
railway coast communication from Ramsgate to Ply-
moutb.—(Loud cheers.) As to the importance of
the line in a military point of view, he could not
speak of it in higher terms than to quote the
words of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who
had expressed his high opinion of its importance for
the defence of the country, and that opinion had been
repeated by one who was distinguished as a states-
man, who bid fair to follow in the footsteps of him
who was " the observed of all observers"—he meant
the Marquis of Dalhousie, the Governor-General of
India.—(Cheers.) The Lord Mayor had that day
shown himself a master workman—he bad turned
the last link in the chain.

" On the huge anvil forged the massive chain,
With cramp in cramp the fabric to sustain."
(Cheers.) After complimenting the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman on the high and distinguished position he bad
atttained, and wishing him every happiness and pros-
perity, the Chairman concluded by giving " The
health of the Lord Mayor of London."—(Cheers.)
The LORD MA,TOR returned thanks. He was fully
sensible of the great honour they had done him in in-
viting him to lay the last hand to the important work
that had been that day completed. He had no doubt
that the line which was just completed would prove
highly advantageous to a town in the prosperity of
which he felt so deep an interest. He should remem-
ber the present occasion with unfeigned sentiments
of pleasure to the last day of his life. He was gra-
tified to find that while discharging the important
duties of Lord Mayor of Londo❑ be had obtained
the approval of his friends and fellow-citizens. He
felt proud as a Sussex man of the distinguished posi-
tion in which he had been placed, and concluded by
thanking the company for the distinguished compli-
ment they had paid him.
The CHAIRMAN then gave, " Prosperity to the
borough of Hastings." He wai happy to think that
in the performance of his duty in administering the
affairs of the South •Eastern Railway Company, he
had been enabled to accomplish a work which could
not fail to conduce most materially to the prosperity
of that ancient and loyal borough. He bad confi-
dence in himself, notwithstanding what had been
said by Lord Dalhousie, that a railway to Hastings
would not pay, and that the burden of its construc-
tion should be given to those who had already the
largest share and the greatest extent of profitable
railway communication in the county of Kent—not-
withstanding all that, he still believed that it would
eventually pay, be a profitable tributary to the South-
Eastern line, and that the labours of Mr. Hoof, their
contractor, and of their able engineer, Mr. Barlow,
would be crowned with the most complete success.
He begged, in the name of the visitors, to thank the
town and corporation of Hastings for the handsome
reception they had given them, and would couple
with the toast " The health of the Mayor, Mr.
Scriven."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. SCRIVEN (Mayor of Hastings) returned
thanks, and expressed his belief that the completion
of the line would materially tend to develope the re-
sources and capital of the town and district. He
gave " The health of their worthy Chairman, Mr.
MacGregor."—(Great cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks in appropriate
terms, and gave, as the last toast of the evening, " The
Lady Mayoress," to which the Lord Mayor res-
ponded.
The chair was then taken by the Mayor of Hast-
ings, and Mr. MacGregor and the party who had
accompanied bim from London returned to their
carriages, and proceeded back to Ashford, which they
reached at a quarter to nine o'clock. The train then
started dcwn the Dover line to Folkestone, arriving
there at a quarter-past nine.

At the Pavilion Hotel a very sumptuous banquet
was prepared by Mr. Breach, formerly of the London
Tavern ; and here the capacity of the guests for the
enjoyment of the good things of this life was severely
tested by the appetizing temptations set before them
for the second time in the course of their interesting
excursion. The exhiliration produced by a long
ride through the varied scenery of the Sussex coast,
the gratifying nature of the proceedings at which they
had assisted, and the good humour in which all the
party were, all contributed to promote digestion, and
to enable the majority to acquit themselves credit-
ably in the eyes of the worthy host of the Pavilion.
Mr. MacGregor again did the honours of the banquet
to his various guests, and after the dessert had been
placed on the table,
The usual loyal toasts were given and cordially II- ,
sponded to.
The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Army and Navy,"
coupling with them the names of Sir Frederick Smith
and Captain Mercer.
Sir FREDERICK SMITH returned thanks. He had
felt great pleasure that day in meeting his friends of
the county of Kent, and in accompanying the chair-
man and his guests to Hastings by the new line. As
an officer and an engineer he felt the great import-
ance of the line the works of which had just been
completed. He believed that railways were some of
the best defences of the country from foreign invasion.
—(Hear, hear.) England did not maintain a large
standing army, but she had stout and honest heats—
(Cheers)—and he believed nothing would contribute
more to give power and affect to their resources than
to have points in case of attack at which to concen-
trate their forces. It was a mistake to suppose that
a line merely along the coast was the best for defence;
one a , little removed from the coast was far superior
for such a purpose, and he believed tbat na line could
be better calculated for military defence than that
which had been adopted by the South-Eastern Com-
pany.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Healths of Mr•
Deedes, Mr. Brock.man, and the other Members of
Parliament who bad honoured them with their pre-
sence."

Mr. DEEDES having acknowledged the compliment,
The CUAIRMAN then gave " The Health of the Lord
Mayor of Loudon.—(Cheers.) He thought it was a
thing to be marked that the Lord Mayor of London
should complete a great and important national work
in the parish in which he was born.—(Cheers.) It
was unnecessary fur him to eulogise the public cr
private character of the Lord Mayor, but all who
knew him in that part of the country were aware
that he was highly esteemed and respected in the
town in which he was born ; during his long and
honourable career he had done a great deal of good
to the district with which he was connected, and bad
secured the esteem and affection of his friends and
neighbours.—(Cheers.) After alluding to the skill
and activity he had that day displayed in adjusting
the last brick, and expressing p good-humoured hope

that after he had thrown off the cares of office he
could be induced to give up his single blessedness
and make some fair lady of Kest happy, he concluded
bygiving " The Health of the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor of London."
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, expressing his
gratification at being once again among his old friends
in the county of Sussex.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the
Mayor of Folkestone." He had long been connected
with the port and town, and had done much to pro-
mote its growing importance • and he believed that
the connexion of the South-Eastern Railway with
the port had materially contributed to the prosperity
of that town. That would be more obvious to them
when he stated that no less than 250,000 persona
landed and embarked annually at that port.
The toast was drunk with much applause.
The Mayor of FOLKESTONE (Mr. David Major)
returned thanks, acknowledging the great prosperity
that the connexion of the railway with their port had
conferred upon Folkestone.
The Mayors of Canterbury, Hythe, Dover, Deal,
and Maidstone also acknowledged toasts in which
their healOs were proposed. In doing so each put
in some separate demand on the company for increased
railway accommodation, to which the chairman made
polite and politic replies.
The LORD MAYOR gave " The health of the Chair-
man," to which

The CHAIRMAN responded by expressing his regard
for the men of Kent, and his hope that in the dis-
charge of his official duties he had met with their
approbation and that of the proprietors of the com-
pany. He had endeavoured to do so by adhering to
a lesson which he had been taught on becoming
chairman,. by regarding the time-bill issued by the
company as a contract entered into between them and
the public, and which they were bound strictly to
perform. The company at that time had published
an ample time-bill, and promised much, though they
could perform little. His endeavour had been to curtail
the promises, and to increase the powers of perform-
ance. He had made many friendships in the county of
Kent, but on no occasion had be spent a happier day
that the present, nor had he ever felt more gratified
than in returning them thanks for the compliment
which they then paid him.
The CHAIRMAN then gave, " The Health of Mr.
Stephen R. Lushington, the apostle of direct railway
communication."
• Mr. LIISHINGTON returned thanks.

The last Wad given from the chair was " The
Ladies," and at a few minutes before one o'clock the
greater part of the company started for London in a
special train, reaching the London-bridge terminus,
without the slightest accident, at three o'clock pre-
cisely.
The chairman and railway authorities were
throughout the day extremely attentive to their
guests, and their unceasing exertions contributed
much to the comfort and enjoyment of their numerous
and distinguished visitors.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Ocr. 26.
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STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was rather inactive.
The transactions to-day were as follows :—Great Western,
69%—New, dis.—Midland Stock, 41%.
LIVEhPOOL, Ocr. 28.
The market has not been very buoyant to-day, although
a fair amount of business has been transacted. The sales re-
ported are as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consoli-
dated, 471,4 - Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 12%
—London! and North-Western, 117—Ditto. New Quarters,
21,4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3 5-16 p.—Midland, 417,8—Ditto,
Halves, 21 13-16 dis.—North Union (B), 170—Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Chester, 814—Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal, 3 13.16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 204—Shef-
field, R. B. and G. N. Div., par—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, G. N. E., purchase, 41% dis.—York and North Midland,
23—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 27% dis.—Midland Great
Western, 174 dis.