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LACE AND SONNETS.
THE ASSIGNEES of Mr. RUSSELL 1668,
OXFORD-STREET, Laceman and Haberdasher, bays sold
the whole of his valuable stock, in one lot, for cash, to

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT having given rise
to a general desire for information on the PROPERTIES ofthn 'EX-
PLOSIVE COMPOUNDS at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI-
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TITRE on EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS, ever), Afternoon at half-past
Three o'clock, and in the Evenings of Msnday, Wednesday; and
Fridays, at a Quarter before Nine o'clock. The varied Lectures of
Professor BACHHOFF.NER daily. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE, LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE, and other original and
beautiful Optical Effects, &c., &c.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
GLOBE.—Our French neighbours certainly are
curious fellows. The position they have assumed,
and the voles de fait. by which they have followed it
up, may be considered as in some respects parallel to
our own in 1840. They have acted in reliance on
English neutrality—and with the covert zest of a
revanche against English policy. They have mainly
laboured to demonstrate to Abd-er-Rahman (the
Prince de Joinville's dispatch, which our readers will
find elsewhere, says it in so many worth) that they
could " hit him hard, for he had no friends?' That is
to say, that England could not, or would not, befriend
him. This is precisely what offended them so
sorely in our proceedings towards Mehemet Ali.
Well !—having had their revanche—having demon-
strated to the Mussulman the only truth that Chris-
tian Powers ever take the trouble to demonstrate
to Mussulmen—namely, that they, the said Chric-
tian Powers, are able to drub them at discre"
having taken this very cogent method
coming the Moorish repugnance to `:11Q" new
of over-
gion of Algiers (the opera, and reli-
lards)—one would think wh-1
tious y call their pubi;-
might oour neighbours face-
laurels. They mi- -
c mind rest on its
‘ -
took their wi•- '4nt remember how very coolly we
rest int.” .tith and our triumphs at Acre. Nothing
cafes trois bit-
any sort of effervescence in the way of
glory orand:Gallicanistn appeared anywhere in the
haunts where cocknies most do congregate. The
veni-vidi-vici feat of Acre, and the prompt clearance
of Syria, were matters which seemed to be deemed
worthy of business-like entry at most, as accounts
settled ; and as regarded any triumphant memorial of
them, we remember none but the metrical log of a
Jack Tar—

hipman, on board her Majesty's ship Standard, and,
in due course, was appointed, Admiralty passed, mid •
shipman to her Majesty's ship and served in the
Majesty
West Indies, He died at Kingstown, Jamaica, 4th
William,sshNipiccohllasthsaimxt,honsotnh,e jlovianiecdhetrheenl:topyeadl
April, 1819, of yellow fever.
and afterwards in the West Indies,
rines, as lieutenant', 1812, and served on boar:, her
invalided, having lost his health *
a the island of Ber-
muda, and died soon after in 4.).0' '.;Hence he was
surviving son, now
Commander Jonathan N.
molls R N the youngest
ieraine, May 18, 1819.
"'tying With' his mother in
Coleraine, has a1`.,0 signalised himself in defence
the hard c He bore a part in several of
of his country
diate e, rJnie.sted engagements under the imme-
es of Lord Nelson, Sir H. Parker, and
Sir rr
-. Graves, and received a wound at the Darda-
,
..elles, the effects of which have been the shelving or
exfoliation of the bones of his leg, and increasing
suppuration discharging from his wounds ever since,
rendering his leg a burden to him. He is now, in
consequence, retired on half-pay—a slender income
for an officer of his standing and superior merit.
Commander Nicolls entered the navy as a first-class
volunteer, early in 1800, on board the Defiance, and
was present in her at the blockade of Brest, Saints,
and Laryengues, under the command of Admirals Earl
St. Vincent, Lords: Cornwallis and BridpOicand other
gallant officers, during which period he was frequently
engaged with the enemy, and was present, though but
15 years old, in that ship's barge, with the late gallant
captain, then Lieutenant Mouncey, when she cut out
a chasmaree between Ushant and St. Matthew, from
under the fire of the field-pieces which lined the
beach, and brought her off to the squadron. He also
served in said ship on the Baltic expedition, and was
present at the battle of Copenhagen. The ship bore
the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Graves, and was
under the immediate command of Lord Viscount Nel-
son. The Defiance was then nearly destroyed by fire
from red-hot shot discharged by the great Crown
Battery ; she had 102 officers and men killed and
wounded, and amongst the former, Lieutenant
George Grey, to whom he was A.D.C. He after-
wards served in the Goliah and Trent, in the
West Indies, and was present in the former
ship at the capture of several of the enemy's
vessels. The next actions in which he figured were
the blockades of Rochfort, St. Martin's, and Sable-
delone, where the Goliah's boats cut out the brig
Rachel from under the enemy's batteries and ships of
war. He was afterwards successively engaged under
Sir J. T. Duckworth, Sir S. Smith, and Sir T. Lewis,
and was present at the cutting out of a large Polacer
ship of 500 tons, when he was badly wounded, and
nearly lost his left eye ; at the captures of Alexandria
and Elhamett ; and at the capture of the President
French ship. After upwards of nine months' severe
suffering from wounds and climate he returned to
Europe. On recruiting his health, he was appointed
junior lieutenant of the Superb, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir R. Keats, in which vessel he served
in the Mediterranean. He again returned as an in-
valid, on half-pay. His health again improving, he
was appointed to Malin Head signal station twice in
succession, in command of the gun-boats in Lough
Swilly, Donegal. The Lords of the Admiralty were
graciously pleased to appoint him a commander of the
fleet in April last—after being on the list of lieute-
nants for nearly thirty-seven years, during the
greater part of which he suffered very severely in his
general health, brought on in consequence of his se-
vere wounds. He has been present at the destruction
of upwards of 100 sail of the enemy's ships of war, of
every description. It is also worthy of remark that,
whilst Commander, then Lieutenant Nicolls, was
engaged at the great guns during the time of action,
his brother, Colonel Edwaid, was frequently in the
same ship, commanding the marines. Seldom, if
ever, has a similar circumstance occurred in the ser-
vice ; yet, strange to say, that notwithstanding all
their services, those brave officers have been compara-
tively unrewarded.
Also, Lieutenant Hugh - Montgomery Nicolls,
Royal African Corps, son of Commander Nicolls,
served several years in Africa, at Fernando Po, Sierra
Leone, &c., and died on his passage, with his detach-
ment, to the Gambia, on the 25th December, 1837
was the youngest surviving son of Captain Jonathan
Nicolls, R.N.
The late Lieutenant and Commander Edward
Nicolls, of her Majesty's ship Dwarf, was eldest son
of Colonel E. Nicolls, R.M.—was drowned off Tar-
bert, river Shannon, Ireland, while striving to save"
the life of a fellow creature in.danger, in a yacht, the
property of the Knight of Glin, in March,xlB44.
Lieutenant Richard T. T. Nicolls, second son of
the above Colonel E. Nicolls, is now in India, in the
East India Company's service,_

IMPORTANT TO FARMERS AND
PARISH PINDARS.
A decision of the magistrates at the Lutterworth
Petty Sessions has completely upset the long-
established custom of the neighbourhood as to the
fees to which a pindar is entitled on impounding above
one head of cattle. For many years it was con-
sidered that the pindar was entitled to 4d. as
his fee beyond any damage that might be charged
for every head of cattle impounded at one time ; but
in the following case it was proved to the satisfaction
of the magistrates that such usage is illegal, and that
the pindar is entitled to 4d. only for each distress taken
at the same time, without reference to the number of
cattle impounded, be they two or twenty. Hence it
follows that if a pindar find twenty head of cattle
straying, and impound them at the same time, his fee
will be no more for the twenty than if he had im-
pounded only one of that number ; thus instead of re-
ceiving his fee of 6s. Bd. for the twenty, which under
the custom he would have received,- he will only be
entitled to 4d. for the whole.. The complainant in
the case referred to was William Pickering, of
Frolesworth,. whose cows had strayed out of
a lane in that parish rented by him, into the
adjacent township of Ullesthorpe, and were there
impounded -by John Hurst, the pindar, who was
charged by the complainant with having taken a
larger sum for such impounding than he was by law
entitled to take. The pindar had charged 4d. per
head, which he stated was his usual fee. It was con-
tended by Mr. Cowdell, jun., of Hinckley, that the
usage of the neighbourhood was illegal, for that, by
the statute 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, c. 12, sec. 2 (still
unrepealed), it is enacted " that no person shall take
for impounding any manner of distress above the sum of
4d. for any one whole distress, and where less bath been
used there to take less, upon the pain of 51. to be paid
to the party aggrieved over and above such money as
he shall take above the sum of 4d., any usage or pre-
scription to the contrary notwithstanding." The
magistrates considered themselves bound to decide in
conformity with the provisions of the statute ; but as
the pindar had acted in accordance with the usage of
the neighbourhood, which for a long time hitherto
had been recognised, they directed him to return to
the complainant the amount paid beyond the 4d., and
to pay the costs. Devizes Gazette.

R. WILLIAMS, 57, MORTIMER-STREET,
Where it will be sold off at less than half the original prices.
Amongst other goods, there is a large stock of the followiig :
Bonnets of the best quality and newest shape, in Leghorns, Tuscans,
Dunstables, and fancy straws ; gimps, fringes, haberdashery, hosiery,
gloves, worked muslin collars, cuffs, capes, chemisettes, stomachers,
habit-shirts, and Elizabethans; French cambric handkerchiefs (plain
and trimmed) ; mourning millinery and collars ; silk, muslin, and
alpacca aprons ; corded skirts, long-cloths, diapers, hollands, Irish
linens, table linens, and sheeting,s ; napkins, toweling, flannels ;
baby-linen, ladies' and children's under clothing, and stays ; trim-
mings in scollops, insertion, and flouncings worked en mall, jacconet,
cambric, book and French cambric (some soiled, very cheap) ; plain
and fancy muslins ; French coloured and white tarlatans, and drawn
muslins ; Swiss ditto (two and a half yards wide) ; ladies' robes,
ribbons, lace, capes, collars, veils, falls, sleeves, cuffs, berthas, and a
quantity of very wide lace for flouncings (white and black); parasols,
umbrellas, flowers, eau do Cologne, &c., &c.
**. The whole of the above must be sold without reserve.

is.; Schools, Half-price.

BY the SPECIAL AUTHORISATION of the
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT,
and under the Direction of the Imperial Authorities, irrevocably on
the 12th of October, 1844, will take place,

The SALE, by SHARES, of ESTATES, STOCKS, and BONDS,
besides the CASINO at BADEN, with the GRAND HOTEL a la
VILLE de VIEN.NE, estimated at
ONE MILLION TWO lIUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS,

The pleasant country seat of Adolphshdhe, near Prague, with two
castles, grounds, gardens, &c.
The two vineyards, Sehubertka and Prekinka, half a mile distant
from Prague, comprising a surface of about eight rods, or sixteen
acres, in exchange of which are offered to the winner :
One Hundred Obligations of the Loan of Prince Esterhazy from the
year 1836, and Twenty-five Thousand Francs, in ready Money,
granted by the Aulie Treasury of his Imperial Majesty.
The accessory Prizes consist of Francs-7,000, 6,000, 5,000, 4,000,
2,000, 1,000, &e.

" The Castor's guns were thirty-six,
Not one of them a quaker ;
The Castor's men they fought like bricks—
And so we took John Acre."

Our French neighbours manage things differently.
Nothing will serve them—apropos of this last proof
of what was already indubitable—namely, that semi-
barbarous courage cannot withstand courage, tactics,
and discipline—nothing will serve them but chorussing
with immense enthusiasm that opera-song of theirs
which sets forth that Englishmen never shall reign in
France !

I i`Jamais en France,
Jamais l'Anglais ne regnera
The French bully Morocco, and thereupon sing
" The English shall not reign in France !' There
may be more of logical sequence than we can trace in
these facts and deductions. 'We can only say that we
think such sallies very silly, and very undignified. So,
we are satisfied, the whole reflecting portion of the
French public must think them. The English never
shall reign in France I As if the English, these three
centuries, had ever shown the slightest ambition
to reign in France ! As if the English had ever
engaged in such schemes of empire as Louis XIV.,
who took the House of Stuart into pay—and had his
purchase sent home to him accordingly. As if the
English had ever indulged in such day-dreams about
remodelling the Rue Vivienne or its passages as Na-
poleon favoured us by doing about the Strand, which
he magnificently meant to have greatly widened
for us—a feat we have in some measure ma-
naged to achieve without him. The external
greatness of England in modern times has arisen
from no policy of external domination. Her mer-
cantile and colonial enterprises have required sup-
port and protection ; and she has given them. Eng-
land has not begun by conquest, in order to found
new empires; but conquests have been forced upon
her—factories have become empires against her will.
Europe knows well, or ought to know well, that it
has no inroads to fear from England. Does it know
as much as regards France ? Do not our spirited
neighbours indulge in remembrances of conquest and
domination, which England has not indulged in these
three centuries ? Is there not something ludicrous in
reviving recollections of English rule in France; when
that which is fresh in all Europe's memory, and in
her own, is the European empire of France ? But
there is nothing sincere in this stanza; except the
vulgar ill-feeling of it. It is not that England wants
to rule in France, or that the worst-informed Parisian
even thinks so—but that England does not want
France to threaten her and others in the safety of
their dominions. The policy of England is that
of European independence and peaceful commerce.
Is that the policy dictated by the present war party
in France ? The National, for instance, is calling
out loudest for war with England. Not very tong
back, the National declared that its.' patterns
of foreign policy were Louis X.W.—and the
Committee of Public Safety. The juxta-posi-
tion of these names was a sufficient proof of
the real nature of that liberty which revived
Jacobin republicanism really means; when it
uses the word. It is not the liberty to do as they
please : that is 'a mere English shopkeeping
doctrine.
It is the liberty to make every one else do as they
please—tne doctrine followed out alike by Louis
XIV., and the Committee of Public Safety. The
Times dismisses as follows (without mentioning)
the supposition that our Government had interfered
with French occupation at Mogadore
admitted that a legitimate cause of war exists between
these two independent States, it would be puerile in
us to cavil at every incident which may take place in
the course of hostilities. Our business is simply to
take care that the cause of the war is not converted
into a cause of aggrandisement, and that the issue of
the contest be not such as to infringe upon our own
national interests, and on the balance of power." Cer-
tainly it is our business to put salt on the bird's tail ;
for then we shall catch it.

Sir John B. Pechell, Bart., continues seriously in•
disposed at his residence in Hill-street, and the Hon
Lady Pechell is also in delicate health.
FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE NEAR REGENT..STREET.—

A few minutes after five on Friday evening a fire broke
out in the upper floor of the house numbered 5, in Hed-
don-street, Leicester-street, Regent-street, which is let
out to several parties in tenements ; the floor in question
being occupied by Mr. Smallman, whose child, an inter-
esting female four years of age, lost her life under the
following melancholy circumstances :—lt appears that
her mother had left the room only a few minutes before,
for the purpose of procuring some milk for the use of the
family, leaving the child alone in the room. From some
unexplained cause, most probably from the ignition of
her clothing at the fire which was burning at the time in
the grate, the poor little creature was in an instant
enveloped in Limes. Perceiving dense bodies of smoke
and fire issuing. from the windows of the floor, some of
the neighbours concluded that the furniture or bedding
was on fire, and instant information was sent of the cir-
cumstance to Mr. Fogo, of the brigade, who very
promptly attended with the engine, from King-street ;
upon entering the room a most deplorable sight pre-
sented itself. The poor child was lying upon the floor,
just behind the door, between the foot of the bed and the
entrance into the room, burning most dreadfully, while
the door, the bedding, and other articles of furniture
were in a flame. At this moment the mother of the
child, with an infant in her arms, rushed up the stairs,
crying out most frantically " Save my child." Mr. Fogo
instantly had the suffering infant taken up, but the flesh,
blackened by the process of combustion, came off piece.
meal from the body. An abundance of assistance having
arrived, several brigade and other engines being now
upon the spot, the fire was soon extinguished, but before
this was effected the little sufferer had ceased to breathe.
The parties are not insured.
INCENDIARISM AT PILLERTON.—an Friday night
last some daring villains set fire to a qalatitity l' wheat
in shock, in a field in the occupation of Mr. Thomas
Walton, of Pillerton Priors, near Kineton. It was first
discovered about ten o'clock in the evening, by some of
the servants of Mr. Miles of Pillerton, who were about
retiring to rest, and observing a considerable quantity of
smoke issuing from Mr. Walton's field, they proceeded
to the spot as fu as possible, and found about 100
g
sheaves of wheat leaped together and burning ; they
immediately alarmeid Mr. Walton, and an active search
was made for the perpetrators of the diabolical act, but,
we are sorry to add, without effect. Mr. Walton is
insured in the Norwich Union office. A reward of
twelve guineas is offered for their apprehension.—
Banbury Guardian.

THE CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCE.—
Among the royal and distinguished personages who
have received invitations to he present at Windsor Cas-
tle, at the christening of the infant Prince, we may enu-
merate the following :—Her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager, his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the
Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West, the
Earl of Liverpool; the Earl and Countess of Jersey, his
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the
Right Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Earl Jermyn, the
Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Hon. C. A. Mur-
ray, Mr. J. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, Lord Lyndhurst, the Right Hon. Sir
Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and the Cabinet Ali-
misters, several of the Foreign Ambassadors, &c.
Amongst the dignitaries of the Church who are expected
to be present, are the Archbishops of Canterbury and
York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, the
Bishop of Norwich (Clerk of the Closet), Archdeacon
Wilberforce, &c. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay
will also be present.
FRIGHTFUL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT.—ShortIy be-
fore six o'clock oa Wednesday evening considerable
alarm was created in the neighbourhood of the Chalk-
road, Pentonville, by the falling of a scaffolding with
several workmen, which had been axed in front of some
buildings in the course of erection near the New Model
Prison. It appears that six or seven of the workmen in
the employ of Messrs. Dennis and Price, the contractors,
were at work on the top of the scaffolding, a height
of about thirty feet, when suddenly the putlocks,
and consequently the entire body of the scaffold,
gave way, and the whole of the men were precipitated
to the ground. The escape of most of them was indeed
miraculous. With the exception of a poor fellow named
Joseph Berry, who had his collar bone dislocated, and
other severe injuries inflicted on him, the others were
comparatively unhurt. Berry, however, was conveyed in
a very bad state to the Royal Free Hospital, in Gray's
Inn-road, where he was promptly attended to by Mr
Hill, the resident surgeon. The other workmen were
shortly after enabled to go home to their respective
residences. It appears that considerable blame is attri-
butable to those who have the construction of these
scaffolds.

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" Three Napiers," correspondent in Dublin has
justly, if the honoured
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herselfgm gal-
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having sons,
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soil, felt
r_ought she to be who claims
how much more
of
cofficers, distinguished for their
; andhem for their wounds, in their
bravery,t he m at e rennidtyof
many
that kingdom,
how much greater honour
Sovereign's service
lay claim to, who
That pride justly belongs
nb,leorand
have fostered such sons?
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respected head of the Nicolls'
raine. questionably attaches to Cole-
Mrs. Nicolls, now nearly
sister of the late General- William
years of age, is
Royal Artillery. She has had seven sons, all of whom
illiam Cuppage, of the
were in the united service at th
The eldest son, Col. E Nicolls,e same time.
in 102 engagements, and R.M., has been
was
23 times wounded—
once shot through the body, an ee shot out, and his
skull fractured. In consideration
her Most Gracious Majesty, on the
the recommendation
of these services,
of the authorities, has granted hi
remainder of his life, besides full-pay
- a pension for the
Lieut.-Col. W. B. Nicolls, who died at Jamaica on
7•
25th May last, left Coleraine in 1792 and
pointed ensign in her Majesty' , was ap-
s 78th R •
the East Indies, and shortly afterwards Regiment in
landers. He was present at the
of Good Hope, and at the taking of thecapture of file Cape
Isle of France,
Bourbon, &c. Shortly afterwards
his majority from the 72d to th he
received
e 2d West
India Regiment, of which, in
he became lieutenant- colonel. Had due course,
he survived
until November he would have been fifty
army, during which period he was constantly,
years in the
em-
ployed in tropical and sickly climes, and never tantly.
on
half-pay for any period of that liong and
service. He devoted five sons to the arduous
service, all of
whom had her Majesty's Commission, iii
died in Africa, while on duty in the Gambia.stwo eldest
Four
survive him ; the eldest now resides in
London ; one
a lieutenant in the 25th Regiment in India,
and two
are captains in the 56th and 2d West India
ments. He has also left behind a widow,
regi-
daughters, and a grand-daughter. The three
late Colonel
IW. B. Nicolls was the second son of Mrs, Nicolls.
As an officer he was universally esteemed and
be-
loved by all with whom he was professionally
con-
nected. In him the soldier had
a warm and
persever-
ing friend and advocate.
George Cuppage Nicolls, third son of Mrs.
Georgians Nicolls, of Coleraine, joined the
Royal
Navy, on board her Majesty's ship Nassau, as a
mid-
shipman, in 1795, commanded by Captain Thomas
Bertie, who being, after due course, appointed to her e
Majesty's ship Ardent, took him with him, and,whiler
serving in that ship, was killed bytn ear-
ring a fall from the
mizentop-sailyard-arm, in the act o putting a
ring in the sail, off the Texel (while on her
Majesty's
service, 1798).
Lieutenant Abraham Nicolls, fourth son, served as
lieutenant in the Royal Marines, also as ensign in
the West India Rangers, and latterly in her Majesty's
38th Regiment, as lieutenant. Having lost his health
while serving in the West Indies, he returned
inva-
lided to Europe, and died 18th May, 1810, at Coleraine.
Robert Nicolls, fifth son, went -abroad, as
mid- ,

LEGAL WIT.—At the late Worcester Assizes, Mr.
Sergeant Talfourd, in alluding to a married lady, whom
he was about to call as a witness, observed that she was
nearly related to the opposite party in the action, and
would naturally have a bias in that direction ; but he
was willing to take her for better for worse."—(Roars of
laughter.) " Brother Talfourd," said the Judge, " re-
member the grand jury are not discharged."—(Laugh-
ter.) " Really, my Lord," rejoined the Sergeant, " I
have not yet seen the lady, and have no wish, I assure
you, to violate the ninth commandment."—(Renewed
laughter.) " The tenth, I suppose, you mean, brother
Talfourd ?"—(Laughter.) " Yes, nay Lord," said the
Learned Counsel ; " and since I have forgotten my mo-
rality and the commandments too, I think I bad better
sit down."

SHERWOOD'S EXECUTIONER.—The hangman Mur-
dock, who was paid 91. for the job, took his departure
for Glasgow, on foot, on Friday evening, and, it is said,
paid 6s. to one of the police to accompany him on the
road as far as the Six-mile-bridge. Murdock executed
the Prussian mate at Durham a few years ago, and he
also " turned off" the notorious Burke, at Edinburgh.—
Tyne Mercury.
COST OF FIRST AND THIRD-CLASS RAILWAY CAR-
, nucEs.—According to the testimony of Captain Laws,
the manager, as given before the Railway Committee,
the original cost of a first-class carriage on the Man-
chester and Leeds line is between 3001. and 4001., and
the renovation of lining, painting, &c., amounts to about
1501. a year, This carriage will carry but eighteen
persons, whereas a third-class carriage on that line will
take forty persons, and costs at first only about 120/,
with about 101. per annum for repairs.—Railway Record..
THE WEATHER.—The provincial journals from all
parts of the empire inform us that the genial weather
experienced for the last few days in the metropolis is
general, and they exult at the prospect of the alvandant
harvest
ed i being everywhere safely and favourably ga..
THEr e
The number of visitors to the lakes
this 3-ar
gly great, and the innkeepers can
scarcely
t
fiisndexseteieffideinient accommodation for the visitors
e
who are continually pouring upon them.—Newcastle
Advertiser.

THE LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAYS AND THE IM-
PROVEMENTS IN SoUTIIWARK.—A correspondent wishes
the attention of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, and of the Directors of the London-bridge Rail-
ways, to be called to the importance of co-operation in
carrying out the projected street improvements in South-
wark. He is of opinion, and in this we entirely concur,
that together the parties might effect an access to the
railways worthy of the importance of these lines,—Rail-
way Record.