The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-23 00:00:00

in. The Queen an i
.i.rinee Albert walked yes!r,lay n,crn-
kF in the grounds of Osborne if ou,e. neir R. al
4ghttesses the Prince of Wales, Prince)ee Alfred, the
eess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken then
-7tumed walks and drives yesterday.
wi.eddy Portman, the Earl of Aberdeen, Colonel Bowles,
Ithe Hon. Colonel Grey, went from Osborne House
ttterday morning to the parish church of Whippinghani,
4,1 attended Divine service.
tjesterday morning her Majesty and the Prince tot k
Nett
usual early walk. The juvenile royal family wet e
'llan airing in a carriage.
prs eleven o'clock yesterday morning her iNlajesty and
11:,..4ee Albert, attended by Lady Portman, Colonel
o:es, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Major
1 Wem 'ss, left Osborne house to embark in the yacht 3
The •
km_ royal party returned from their aquatic excursion
after four o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
Itiellvards rode out in a pony phaeton in the grounds ofa►ansion,
Waiting',
The Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in
attended on horseback.
40_ue Earl of Aberdeen arrived at Osborne House ye5i.,6243'
i.,6243' afternoon, and had the honour of joining the
al circle at dinner, and remains on a visit to her
"Vsty.
Ci4,lelr Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
triZridge left their residence at Kew on Saturday
1)01,7°°117 to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen
alter and her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of
Ll° Wismar, at Bushy-house, Bushy-park. Their
Righnesses remained to dinner with her Majesty
tewuer Serene Highness, and in the evening returned to
et deputation from the Free Church of Scotland, in-
tog the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Hon. Fox
lit'th'e, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, on
rlay, at his official residence in Downing-street.
ll:eount Sandon, M.P., Lord Ebrington, M.P, Sir
Ititiard Douglas, M.P., and the Hon. Captain Berkeley,
44 thirty other gentlemen as a deputation on the Mer-
Cl4l Seamen's Bill, had an interview with Sir George
13!` ea Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade.
tieelePatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were
.Ced on Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
con dePutation from the London journeymen coopers,
Itiststing of Messrs. 11. Jacks, T. Stephenson, J.
ktards, and H. Ainsworth, had an interview with Sir
tont. Peel on Saturday in Downing.street.
0141_4 Dunsandle had an intervi w with Sir George
t on Saturday at the Board of Trade.
:te Duke of Wellington and the Duke and Ditch' as
"• Albans attended the earl. Service yesterd,4 iu
cehan. 1 Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read
ue Rev. Dr. Dakins. The Sermen was preached by
ev. Dr. Sleath. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort,
t:ii,Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Salisbury,
1/il'es Wilton and Sydney, Lords Powis,
/-I°TI, J. 0. Br), Cantilup ire, De Hos, D,2nes, and
war,ien, attended tb. daily 8,1-Nice yesterday in tln•
lieltlsel Royal, St. James's. Pray er were read by tie.
Dr. Wesley. the Lessons b% the Rev. lie H. I )akiT,s.
"erraons was pr, ached by the Rev Dr. .‘Fel.th. The
lih,ttn was, " let me know my end," (Greene).
l`rge Smart presided at the organ.
e Marquis and Marchioness of Queensbury and
11"): Gitorgiana Douglas arrived at Farrance's
arday, from Italy.
Bhe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat or,
134114 Y, and resutned andconclud, d an api;eal from
44 "4.Y, " Cowarjee v. Thompson." Mr. Serj,-art
"'
401 concluded his add, t ss for the respondent, and
Fitzroy Keily, Queen's Couns,l, was heard in reply

SPORTING INTE .14:3'r EN CE.
BETTING AT .3.I.ANCIIESTER—FmnAY.
NonTitt7i3ERIAND PLATT.-6 to I agst Lightning (t.),
7 to 1 agst Inheritress (t.), 8 to 1 agst Pagan (t.), 10 to 1
agst. Queen of Tyne, 10 to 1 agst Lit,:le John, 3 yrs, 10 to 1
apt Coheiress (t.), 15 to 1 agst Porto Bello (t.), 20 1 agst
Badinage (t.), 20 to 1 agst Best of Three, 20 to 1 agst Nor-
thumberland, and 2 to 1 agst Dawson's lot (t.).
ST. LEGEn.-20 to 1 agst The Baron (t.), 20 to l agst
Connaught Ranger (t.).
DERBY.-33 to 1 agst Brocardo (t.).
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETlNG.—Tuunsmr.
ENTRIES FOR PLATES, &e.

I'URTRUSII HAIL AY.

MONDAY.
The Maiden Plate of 501.
Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Sunset, 4 vrs—br f by St. Martin, dam
by Ebor, 3 yrs—Lady Emily, 3 yrs—Stittenham, 3 yrs—
Poll of Wapping, -3 yrs—Firemaster, 3 vrs—Periwinkle,
4 yrs—Agriculture, 4 yrs— Sailor, 5 yrs—and Milden, 3 yrs.
TUESDAY.
The Queen's Plate, for 3 yrs old and upwards.
Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Comical Boy, 3 yrs—St. Martin filly,
3 yrs—Lady Emily. 3 yrs—Hiss Burns, 5 vrs—Jinglepot,
' 3 yrs—Lightning. 4 yrs—Poussin, 5 yrs—Hest of Three,
74 yrs—lnheritress, 5 yrs—Trueboy, 5 yrs—Agriculture, 5 yrs
—Cataract, 5 yrs—Dog Billy, 4 yrs—Milden, 3 yrs—Pun-
jaub, 3 yrs—Lady Flora, aged.
TH ITRSDAY.
The Royal Victoria Whip Stakes.
Saul, aged—f by St. Martin, 3 yrs—Celeste, 4 yrs—Poll of
Wapping, 3 yrs—The Bashaw, 5 yrs—Firemaster, 3 yrs—
Periwinkle, 4 yrs—f by Physician out of Venus, 3 yrs—
Zoroaster, aged—The Bat, 6 yrs—Lady Flora, aged.
Arrivals—The Bat, Lara, Flagon, Milden, Dog Billy; Sister
to Coheiress, Crikey, Billy, Fair Star, Punjaub, Lucy, and Bre-
vity.
GOODWOOD CUP.—Xo alteration in the weights, except in
Weatherbit, who will have to carry 7st 41b, on account of
winning at Ascot.
THE ORLANDO AND RUNNING REIN TRIAL.—The decla-
ration of sums won or saved by the verdict in the above
trial, and on which an assessment will be made for the pur-
pose of paying the extra costs incurred by Colonel Peel, con-
siderably exceed 30,000/. ' • and as large additions are expected
from the other winners by bets, sweeps, or lotteries, the per
centage to be contributed by the several parties, we have no
doubt, will be very small.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV.
Sia,—The Newcastle Meeting, one of the largest and best
attended the north of England can boast of, commenees on
Monday with a Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, for three yrs
old, and for which there are seven entries; Midlothian and
the filly by Physician, out of Castaway, look the best on
paper, but as Midlothian is engaged in a better stake the
same day, I think it is more than doubtful whether he starts
for this or the larger one; if he goes, I should give him the
preference, but if he is reserved for the North Derby, I see
nothing that is likely to beat the Castaway filly, Miss
Whip colt, or the filly by Plicenix second.
Th North Derby Stakes of 25 sons. each, for three yrs
old, has seventeen subscribers, and will probably bring seven
to the post, among them Midlothian, Mentor, Collier, and
Extravaganza, whom I expect to see pass the Chair in the
order I have placed them. The Maiden Plate ought to go to
,itteuhaui or Firemaster.

On Tuesday the Northern Oaks will bring out four or five,
the pick of which will be Marian Ramsey, and the Cast-
away filly, the tormer for winner.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 Kiva. each, will go to the Bat, or
that queer brute Crikey
Her Majesty's Plate will doubless go to Mr. Meiklam with
Frueboy, Inheritre,s, or Lii4htning, whichever he may please
w star t ; at any rate, this lot, versus the Field, would not be a
had investment.

The races for Wednesday and Thursday I shall defer saying
anything about until I have received a list of the arrivals and
probable, starters, which will be on Tuesday.
The Plate seems destined to beconl the property of Mr.
tleiklam, but more of that anoo.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,

LANDERS AND II AMB URGH
MAILS.
ql" -.ELB, JUNE 17.—The Duke and Duchess of Nemours ar-
tltlia4t Ostend today, and immediately proceeded in the royal
leto Lacken.
th, 4buchess of Kent and suite arrived at Brussels at eight in
41gvbning•
uke and Duchess of Nemours will set out to.morrow
h Jr for Valenciennes, and the Duchess of Kent for Germany.
4est nos that Lord Aberdeen will accompany Queen Victoria
het 1114°.flth to Brussels, Coburg, Weimar, Dresden, and Gotha.
ItsbaiestY's visit to Parrs seems to be deferred till next year.
414110;1/:Itc JUNE 1.-._A resolution, or rather an intention of the
ittitt:;itil, has just become known, to send away all foreign
pi that is all foreigners who are settled here. It Is thought
4tit NZ exercise an injurious influence nn the press, which can-
tlth, be Paralysed by any other means. The consequences of
‘ltttersteP cannot at present be estimated, as the number of men
is very great, and the execution of this measure of the
rise Would effect numerous interests. We see that the word
(104 alt Who are not Prussian subjects ; and second, those who
bit ,/?elong to the city of Berlin. All those are to be sent
',pro Ithin a few weeks, some out of the kingdom, the others to
tlnces. The number of these persons is very differently
et, twenty, thirty, and even forty. It will depend on the
ttitt the police will draW.
N, JUNE 13.—The law respecting the writers leaving
t.iiiisZore and more confirmed. The lists of all the names are,
ilPister' made out, and twenty-nine marked as the worst. The
Litisist Bulow and Flottwell are said to oppose the measure, and
'/slt...Lhat at least the return of the King shall In waited for be.
throe measures are thought of.
vatraordinary sensation is caused here by news just received
thee4.'hruhe, that the population of that town, on the publication
:411 ki.nt.ellißence, had attacked the house of the Prussian Real-
'44l-Zster, broken the windows, &c., and that the manufac-
dismissed all their Prussian workmen.

THE spim r OF THE TURF.

THE DISPENSARY FOR DIsEAM,S OF THE EAR.-
The annual fete champetre for the support and increase of the
funds by which the benevolent objects of this institution are carried
out, and its benefit made more general to the poorer classes of the
metropolis, took place on Thursday in the grounds of the Countess de
Zichy Ferraris, in the Regent's-park, the abode of the late Marquis
of Hertford. The attractions to the fife were numerous, and
amongst them was the fineness of the weather, which, in co-ope-
rating with the zeal of the visitors for the welfare of the institu-

Con, and with the love which most persons have for good vocal
and instrumental music and for a fashionable promenade, brought
a large assemblage of visitors to the grounds. The concert con-
sisted of the performances of Madame Dulcken and M. L De
}leyer on the pianoforte, of Mademoiselle Schloss, M. Godefroi
,harp), the Distin Family, Madame Dorus Gras, Miss Rainforth,
Mr. Ransford, Mr. D. W. King, Madame Eugenie Garcia, Mr. W.
Harrison, Miss Messent, Miss M. B. Hawes, M. Vleuxtemps,
Signor Brizzi, Miss Frierdel, Mr. Weiss, &c. Sir H. R. Bishop
acted as conductor. The band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards
was also present, and played some well-selected music. The
grounds at five o'clock bore a very animated appearance from the
number of the company and the general gaiety of the scene; in-
deed, nothing could have been better conducted or in a manner
more satisfactory to the feelings of the visitors. From the numbers
assembled it is fair to infer that the funds of the institution have
received important aid, and that the views of those by whom it was
founded some years ago will be carried out with commensurate
success.

MENT ASSEMBLED.

FURTHER DISCLOSURES ON THE TURF.—A very
numerous meeting of the members of the Jockey Club took
place at their rooms in Old Burlington.street, on Saturday,
thu 7th, for the purpose of taking into consideration a statement
submitted to them by Mr. Etwall, an influential proprietor of race-
horses. This statement, it is now understood, involved a commu-
nication made to Mr. Etwall, in the year 1540, by John Day,
jun., the jockey, by which it was imputed that a gentleman very
well known in the betting circles had gone down to Winchester in
disguise, and had there offered him the sum of 1,000/. to " pull"
the Melody cult, the property of Mr. Etwall, then training in his
father's sttbles, and which in all probability he would be called
upon to ride in the forthcoming race for the Derby. This
communication was made under the seal of secrecy, and it
would seem that Mr. Etwall took no further notice of the
circumstance until immediately after the late Epsom meet-
ing, when by some means it oozed out that young John Day
had divulged the circumstance to some other person. Lord
George Bentinck, to whose knowledge the affair came, in an
interview with Mr. Etwall, asked him whether there was any
truth in the story told ? Mr. Etwall, in reply, it is stated,
declared that he had no intention of referring to the subject, but
as disclosure had been made to MI ers, he had no difficulty in ex-
plaining what had actually taken place, as far as he was personally
concerned, and we believe he then described that which John Day
had stated to him. As such a disclosure necessarily involved the
character of the party alluded to (who is a member of the Jockey
Club-rooms at Newmarket), as well as the veracity of John Day,
it was deemed expedient that the matter should be taken up by the
Jockey Club, and on Saturday week, as already stated, Mr. Etwall
;wpm, esi before that body and made his statement. The matter
was at once communicated to the gentleman most interested in the
inquiry, and he promptly expressed a desire to meet the accusation
as quickly as possible. For this purpose, another meeting of the
Jockey Club was appointed to take place on Friday, at 12 o'clock,
when a►l parties interested were to be heard, and summonses were
also issued to John Day, and others to be in attendance. On
Saturday, therefore, the following members of the Jockey
Club assembled at their rooms in Old Burlington_
street :—The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Exeter, the
Marquis of Normanhy, Earl Stradbroke, the Hon. Colonel Anson,
the Hon. Captain Runs, the Hon. C. Greville, Mr. Shelley, and
we believe some others. Mr. Etwall was also present. The gen-
tleman over whom the cloud of suspense has hung se long was
likewise in attendance. The witnesses summoned were Mr. Gully,
Mr. Wreford, John Day, sen., and Joan Day, jun. The inquiry
was private. Mr. Etwall having made his statement, Mr. Gully,
Mr. Wreford, and the two Days were examined. The witnesses
were then withdrawn, and the accused submitted his counter-state-
ment, accompanied by letters written to him by young John Day.

_ .
441 aPpears to be understood in tl e City that Mr.
1,41.01:11an Challis and R. W. Kennard, Esq. (of Tharnes.street),
3tte IMidsunmer-day (Tuesday) be elected Sheriffs of London
ktIE
lddlesex without o
(hi pposition.
htie MPT AT SUICIDE BY A FRENCH LADY.—
Zho. it'eY a French lady was brought in a cab to Guy's Hospital,
kerteiteWas stated, had attempted to commit suicide, by throwing
ey 'rorn the window of the third flour of a boarding.house at St.
4441;4-hill, Mr. Brown, of the Blue Anchor Tavern, St. Mary.
Who accompanied the female to the hospital, stated that
see ten o'clock on the previous night she arrived at his hotel in
` re; mkt, producing a card of his, said she had received it from
Nisei .41 of his at Dublin, from which city she had just arrived by a
Nl'. arid that she had no money, but was on her way to Bent.
Zit Was
her rno. her. She had friends in London, from whom
le 17 to receive some money on the next day.
ktsta, ,„t°wo consented, upon such a representation, to
letliklate her, and she was furnished with tea and
B°oll after she had retired to rest, Mr. Brown's
Zite-" Was attracted by hearing a most unaccountable
on
from her bed.room. On going thither, to ewer-
-I:sti a cause, he saw her sitting on the silt of the window. As
itst'lleehe was aware of his presence she instantaneously leaped
sleet; yard beneath, from a height of about forty feet. In her
•seeael` she alighted upoe the skylight of a ki risen, which, being
ItltillSte, with a wire.guard, she resounded into 'he area. Bring
ein'
.With the fall, means were promptly taken to ascertain
thin'
she had received, and she was ultimately taken to the
av4ospitai, where Mr. Coulton, the house.surgeon, rendered
`l.feelottrY assistance, and., most astonishing as it may appear, from
',-ton orsuch a height, the only injury she has snstained is a con-
beetta the right knee. Notwithstanding her assertion that she
Zliett ,n° money about her, upon examining a reticule which
• iq it 4 her hand when picked up, it was found that there war
Olt and 225. in silver. The infatuated woman maintains a
trtt°found silence as to the motive which has induced her to
}..%;:och a rash act.
• ~ PH} NOM EN(iN. —A most curious phenornanoi
Z4t to months past been observed on the surface of the Wear,
ht ,I:rantwellgate_bridge, in this et' y ; we allude to? the con-
dte 'ng from the bed of the river, both above and below the
1• 421. quantity of gas. Whence it comes seems to puzzle
Nitite• scientific men, and in the absence of information which
lobe t Ss,
relied on, rumour attributes it to openings from the
etilie.el3 of
some old collieries, or from a subterranean passage
liettiertlar erly connected Finchale Abbey with Durham Cathedral.
may be the cause, it is quite certain that the gas which
,-•ge huwables through the water, notwithstanding the length of
'11%44,4 continued to escape, rather increases than aiminislies in
LLtis-I)urham Advertiser.
4,7e11e,..AL GARDENERS.-I\'e clerstand that the
Lincon's Inn will publish a gardening book in accord.
stt 1:4 the complete revolution they, have lately effected in the
1%
4111 culture They have been laying out new squares with
17 re) eftnbil'ed after forty years' growth, into a soil of stone, brick,
▪ e thinly overlaid with mould to the depth of ten Inches.
Zelit;"'s Sre said to be in full bearing; and if they will bear
:theaieatroent as this they will undoubtedly bear anything The
`o
Moving trees of forty years' standing has seldom been
success, but we understand the benchers of Lin.
tteutste ''tett have caused writs of certiorarithat
to be duginall over the
roause a certiorari will removed a case— anwhy not a
ti je: nearly all its branches.—Punch.
tiZtatilti " WIGHT ItAttwAy.—A large and reepeeeti-
'4 14 of parties opposed to the carrying out of this line took
~L.ibp at the Green Dragon Inn, Newport, on Wednesday. Sir R.
:'rating Pits called to the chair. On opening the business of the
it'ittpot* letter was put into his hands by Mr. Tootall, one of the
letieteti of the measure, which he read to the meeting. The
17hd bliss then addressed by gentlemen from all parts of the
'',4'llcularly from Ryde, Yarmouth, Cowes, Newport, and
44:4-.9 40°;_lthey all described the feelings of the inhabitants of those
deeid dl against the undertaking, and expressed their
inatie e
th nto oppose it. They considered it uncalled for and
l'sts In Useless, as they had no produce but lambs and lace to
Its ies 1. and little but coa's to import; there was no thoroughfare;
s - a street without one end to it, people could ride up one
4ere , to - get out must ride down the other ; for six months in
,31 et:,- 'mere were not six persons in a day passing between Cowes
set'sd to and for three months not three. A requisition was
ra the Sheriff of the Isle of Wight to call a public meeting
!Illeaend°wners and ratepayers of the island at Newport on
WA 7 next,
liAti,,v,44l?,,tlELD CORN MARKET, JUNE 20 —Our
ssslieee-e"raill are small this week. Fresh Wheat is in request ;
choice brings rather more money, and all other aorta fully
-"le ,
I,l,l3arley nominal. Oats and Shelling steady in value.
Veett,:"%lt alteration. Other articles as befere.
tste3lte INQUEST. SUICIDE INDUCFD RY
d
, 'Nas,git. et st • —On Friday an inquest was held by Mr. Bel -
teewtteo; George's Hospital, on the body of Ann Bray, aged 54,
Itee a labourer, living in Francis.street, Chelsea. It appeared
etiN tiebe!iderice that the deceased had tbr the last two years been
Ott al! °f drinking to great excess, and when under the in-
-4444 4o Or, was half mad. On Monday morning she got up
tat seed hoer, and having procured a razor be'onging to her son,
liitateclesor t the water.closet, and cut her throat, dividing tee
We; the neck to the larynx. She was removed to the hos.
1.0 th-• she was attended by Mr. Hyde, the assistant surgeon.
14114; Meta of the wound she partially recovered, but died on
kle'llseerrroing from delirium tremens, accelerated, Mr. Hyde
seWoltle, °H of blood. e dcd liad frequeotly the
"troy herself.—VThereliectease, " Temporary insanity.r"atened
„lt T 11 ESTER N IAI LW AT, F DA• Ev IN-
th Itst,,- Lne express train to Paddington, coesi•ting of four pas-
-I.4eeti:arriages and a luggage van, hat nearly reached Seidel!,
tai hitead se,„driver observed that the luggage van was off the rail.
Latele slackened the speed, and stopped the train before
tli%'''sscr,,-7e°ed a quarter of a mile further, without causing the
sieeti -Are,
„, to the passengeis. The driver then proceeded with
thtlke ti;)- to Slough, and returned with the necessary assistance to
fi • to et
'ran, which was dome in half an hour, and the train pro..
the
Fortunately, the van was in the rear of the car.
p3sse,tee accish nt might have proved of serious consequence.
lit,' let° 4e7, during the delay did not leave the carriages.
tett:ll3l,l4 SHOOTING. -- The great motel hitween
The e off °nes" and the " Young Ones," for I,oofl. a side,
'" " Saturday at the Rod House, Rattersoa-fields.
tr 3
e aPs 're 50 birds each, 25 yards' rise, double uns, and
Colonel Anson, Colonel Bentinck, and Lord M ac-
Clittin4Presented the seniors ; and Lord Lord
n‘ideltt:ld, and the Hon. Ridley Cullen ne, the juniors ;Mr.
Vi°l, ob,l4.was the umpire. The result was : Old Ones"
boson killed 42, Lord Macdonald 39, and Co:onel
44.44 ; total, 93 killed and 52 missed. " Young
tOltutt•b• R. Colborne killed 42, Lord Blandforrl 40, and
kildNlay Ingfield 41 ; total, 123 killed and 27 missed. On
1104,_4eZt the grand ma:teh between Messrs. Osbaldeston
'silo-mutt, at 100 birds eacb, 21 yards, one trap, for 1001. a
%at Nat the same place,

This led to the lather and son being re-called, and again under-
going examination. The investigation being thus concluded, the
Club proceeded to consider the facts before them. Of the nature
of those facts we are ignorant ; but, upon the conclusion of the
inquiry, which lasted from one till half-past six, we understand
that the result was "a complete and unequivocal exoneration of
the gentleman against whom the foul charge already referred to
had been made." The members of the Club have adjourned to
Tuesday next, when they meet to consider the whole of the case,
and to consider in what form their sentence shall be pronounced.—
Observer.

ritICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 19 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3L 17s.
101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
25 63 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25 75, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in London
than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of
gold is 4371/2 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 13 11i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at
short being 13 12k it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of ex-
change at New York on London is 110 per cent.; and the
par of exchange between England and America being
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per
cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at few
York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must
be added to the above difference.

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A SERGEANT OF THE
GRENADIER GUARDS THROUGH JEALOUSY.—Wednesday, Mr. Bed-
ford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the St. George's
Canteen, St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross, on view of the
body of Thomas Dutten, aged twenty-seven years. Win. Harding,
corporal in the lit battalion of Grenadier Guards, now quartered
in the above barracks, deposed that the deceased was an acting
sergeant. About half-past six o'clock yesterday morning wit-
ness saw the deceased in the barrack.reom, where he slept, cleaning
his fireluck. Witness asked him if he was for guard. Deceased
replied " No, he was going to St... John's-wood on duty for a week."
In less than half a minute afterwards witness heard the report of
fire-arms, and on turning round he saw deceased lying on his back.
Witness immediately ran to him, and saw that he bad shot himself
with his musket through his head. He was quite dead. Robert
Cooper, a ce.mrade of deceased, stated that in the month of No.
vember, 1843, deceasid had been married without the knowledge
of his commanding officer. The wife continued in service, and
deceased used to visit her, where he was well treated by her
master. Subsequently he complained to witness that he was not
satisfied with his wife's conduct, as he suspected that an improper
connexion existed between her and her master. In December
last he went upon furlough, taking his wife with him. On his return
to the regiment, she went to live with her relatives near Notting.
ham. A short time since he received ac- mmunication from his
wife that she should be in London on the 17th (yesterday). He
told witness he would never see her, as she hbd got a child which
he did not believe to be his own. On Sunday he told witness that
he had but three days to live. He had been quite an altered man
since his marriage. Mr. Judd, surgeon to the battalion, said the
back part of deceased's head had been blown to pieces, musing
instantaneous death. Captain and Adjutant Hatrulton said de-
ceased had been nearly eight }ears in the battalion, and was a man
cf rtmarkably good chatacti r. The jury returned a verdict of
"Temporary derangement, brought on by excitement front dome.tic
cau-es "

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TH o- rtcr.—On Friday the Govern nent
Bill to abolish the Seal-office was printed. It is proposed that at
the end of the present year the office should be abolished, and
that the Duke of Grafton be paid an annuity of 8.131., and his
deputy, John Plmlott, 3004 a year. From the Ist of January next
the writs of the respective t'ourts we to be sealed by the masters of
the same. The annuity to the Duke of Grafton "is to be paid to
him during his life, and at his oeceat,,e to be continuted from time
to time to such persons as would have been entitled to the Pes,
profits, and advantages of the said office of ReCeiver,General and
Comptroller of the Seal of the said Courts under the letters patent,
as if the same had not been abolished by this Act."
EXTRAORDINARY EON GRV IT Y.—Within the last

two months six persons have died in the Sudbury Unison House
whose united ages amount, d to 5‘;9 years, as follows :--One 88;
two 85 each ; one 81; one 99 ; and one 91 —Bury Put.
CON VICTIuN FoR ARSON.—iti the C. ,tni)
Court, Dublin, on the 17th, Patrick M`Alser, a watchmaker, was
found guilty, of setting Ere to his own house, and thtts de-
stroying the extensive warehouses of Mr. J. Eliot, in Thomas-sstrect,
was sentenced to fifteen years transportation. Previously hi`Alser
had tilt reputation of a respectable trader.

Alt, 1A GEL Ci;LERA.INE, AND

A runinr,sis and user ring of the sopporters
of !his Company took Idsiee on Ftiday at the Thatchs.d
House Tavern, St. Janies's-street, for the purpose of
taking iota consideration the most effectual means f-r
obtaining a suspension of the standing orders in favour
of the Compan), and obtainirg the Bill iu the present
session of Parliament. Among she noblemen and gen-
tlemen connected with the North of Ireland present, we
observed the Earl of Gosford, the Earl of Charlemont,
Lord Ross more, Lord Northland, M.P., Lord Acheson,
M.P., Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., Colonel Rowdon,
M.P., Captain Jones, .P., Captain Bateson, M.P.,
Edmond M‘Donna, Esq., John Irving, Esq., M.P., John
Boyd, Esq., M.P., Edmund Macdonnell, &c.
01 the motion of the Earl of Charlemont, seconded by
Lord Rossmore, the Earl of Gosford was unanimously
called to the chair.
The Noble CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings
said that it was unnecessary to eater into any length-
ened statement as to the object for which they were then
assembled. It was most desirable for the interest of The
North of Ireland that the standing orders should be
suspended, so that the Bill for the Armagh, Coleraine,
and Portrush Railway Company might be passed in the
present session.—(Hear, hear.) He had every reason to
believe that the noblemen and gentlemen from the North
of Ireland would use their utmost exertions to carry out
that object, and he for one would co operate with them
to the utmost of his power.—(Hear, hear.) 'I he great
object of the standing orders was to protect the interests
of the landholders and others along the line ; but when
those parties immediately interested prayed the House
for their suspension, he was satisfied that no mere for
mality would prevent the legislature extending to Ireland
the benefits to be derived from a great influx of British
capital. It was highly d,sirable, also, that the great
trunk from South to North should be completed as soon'

as possible, and as the Newry and Enniskillen was pass-
ing through Parliament without opposition, that object
would be effected by the construction of the present
line.—(Hear, hear.)
Capt. HEAVISIDE said he would, before the solicitor
of the company read the petition which it was proposed
to present to Parliament, praying for a suspension of the
standing orders, take the liberty of thanking the noble-
men and gentlemen present for their attendance to sup-
port the projected Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush
Railway. A series of public meetings had been held
along the proposed line at the principal towns, and the
strongest resolutions carried in their favour for the
suspension of the standing orders.—(H.--ar.) As Mr.
Ogle would state some facts respecting the advant iges
which must result to the sister kingdom from the exe-
cution of the project, he would say no more than that he

was perfectly convinced the prOposed line was one de-
serving the hearty support of the meeting.
Mr. OGLE said gentlemen were aware that the pro-
posed railway commenced at Armagh, and proceeding
through a very rich and populous country to the ex:
extreme of the north coast, had its terminus et
Portrush. Every effort had been made by the Com-
pany he had the honour of representing to pl,qe,
themselves in a position thA would ensure the com-
mencement of the project at the earliest possible mo-
ment, but unhappily they had not had sdlicient time
afforded them to comply with the standing orders. The
object of the present meeting was to endeavor
to obtain a suspension of those orders, and when the pre-
ranters of the measure looked at the peculiar circum-
stances under which the suspension was prayed, and the
great advantages to he derived by the people of Ireland
from the immediate commencement of the project:A
works, they had every hope, even at ihit late
period of the session, that the prayer of the
petition would be granted.—(Hear, hear.) There
were at present before Parliament several bills for rail-
ways in the north of Ireland, and the great probability
was, that these measures woulii pass during the present
-ession ; but unless the standing orders were suspeeded
in favour of the Armagh. Coleraine, and Portrush line,
and the scheme were commenced simultaneously with
those he had adverted to, the greatest inconvenience
would be experienced by the inhabitants of that portion
of Ireland ; for, notwithstanding it would be intersected
with railways, there would still be wanting a most im-
portant communication—viz., that between the city of
Armagh, and the town of Coleraine, and the harbour of
Portrush. The petition he had pr pared stated these
facts in detail, and with their permission he would lay
it before them. He then read the following

Ireland the desire which tine proa °ter.; of the line had to
carry out their scheme with th,.= least possible delay.
The motion was carried neon. con.
Captain JONES, M.P., said ho was ready to do his ut
most to get the standing. orders suspended, and had great
pleasure in moving—" That this meeting, aware that the
object of the standing orders being complied with, is
mainly for the protection of the landowners and others
interested on the line, are of opinion that, after such ex-
pressions of public feeling as those evidenced by the
petitions referred to, a petition on the part of the Direo
tors ought to be immediately presented to the House,
praying for the suspension of the standing orders."
Captain BATESON, M P., seconded the resolution
which was also carried unanimously.
Colonel RAWDON, M.P., moved the fourth resolution :
—" That a petition on th© part of the Directors of the
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway having been
prepared, and read to the meeting by the solicitor to the
Company, this meeting is of opinion, that the same
should be presented to the Commons House of Parlia- '
ment with the shortest possible delay, that the claims of
the Company may bo immediately brought before the
Legislature, for a suspension of the standing orders in
their favour."

Mr. MACDONNELL, of Glanarm Castle, was gratified
at having the opportunity of seconding the resolution.
He had no doubt that the proposed line would prove
most beneficial to the people of the north of Ireland. He
was instructed by the Marquis of Londonderry and the
Earl of Antrim to express their regret at being unable to
attend, and to state that they would give their best
assistance to get the line carried this session.

The resolution was carried unanimously.
Lord ROSSMORE moved the fifth resolution—" That the
several petitions from the local gentry and others in
favour of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway
to the House of Commons, that the standing orders
might be dispensed with this sessi,in in its behalf, are
entitled to the greatest weight and consideration, and
prove at once the importance of the line, and necessity
of its early adoption. This meeting is therefore of opi-
nion, that the same should be immediately presented to
the house ; and the proper measures should be adopted
with that view."

Mr CHARLES Fox seconded the resolution, which was
also carried nein. con.

A vote of thanks was then given to the Noble Chair•
man, and the meeting broke up.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE
ISLE OF WIGHT.

Cowes, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—This morning the Queen,
accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal, took an aquatic excursion in one of the
royal barges. The day was particularly favourable, and her
Majesty remained smre considerable time on the water. While
her Majesty was on the Solent his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, attended by Major-General Wemyss and Mr. Anson,
went over to Barton Farm, to inspect the improvements being
made on that part of the estate.
It is the intention of her Majesty. to-morrow, to inspect the
experimental squadrou of line-of-battle ships at Spithead.
Orders have been issued by the Rear-Admiral in command for
all the officerF to be on hoard, and for the ships to be cleared
of strangers, until after her Majesty has inspected the fleet.
Ou Nionday it is understood that there is to be a grand
naval review in the presence of her Majesty, for which purpose
the fleet will get under weigh and proceed to sea, and her Ma-
jesty will accompany it in her yacht. This will be a spectacle
worthy the attention of a British Queen. There can be no
sight more interesting than the evolutions of a fleet of line-of-
battle-shipa, especially- when composed of such ships as those
which form the fleet now at Shithead.
This being the anniversary of the accession of her Majesty
to the throne of these realms, the ships in Portsmouth harbour,
and the fleet at Spithead, were dressed with flags, and at
twelve o'clock they each fired 'a royal salute. A similar salute
was also fired from the forts of the garrison; and the Ganny-
mede, of the Royal. Yacht Squadron, likewise fired a royal
salute upon the occasion ; she is lying in Cowes roads.
The Lords of the Admiralty will, in all probability, be here
to-morrow, to accompany the Queen on her visit of inspection
to the fleet. Their Lordships . yacht, the Black Eagle, ar-
rived at Portsmouth this afternoon.

TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED RING
DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIA-

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JUNE 20,1845.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK.
June 16.—Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., from
Guernsey.
1801.—Gitana schooner, J. Digby Murray, Esq., from
Portsmouth ; Corsair cutter, John Congreve, Esq., from
Brighton ; Stormfinch yawl, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowers,
C. 8., from the westward, and proceeded to the eastward.
DEPARTURES.
June 16.—Flower of Yarrow yawl, Marquis of Conyngham,
for Kingstown, Ireland.
18th.—Flirt schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart.. London.
YACHTS AT AND. ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Gitana, Merlin, Julia, Resolution, Wyvern,
and Maud.
Cutters—Petrel, Corsair, Nymph, Osprey, Albatross, Tur-
quoise, Noran, and Wave.
IN HARBOUR, FITTING OUT AND MANNED.
Kestrel, Camilla, Vandal, and Caprice.
Instructions were given to the officers of the fleet at Spit.
head, that no visitors are to be admitted on board the ships
on Saturday. From that and other causes we conclude that
her Majesty will visit the ships on that day. On Monday
the ships of the line will proceed to St: Helen's, where a sham
fight will take place.

"The humble petition of the several persons whose
names are hereunto subscribed, being Provisional Direc-
tors of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railway
Company,
" Showeth,

"That your petitioners are Provisional Directors of a
Company formed for constructing a railway from or near
the city of Armagh, in that part of the United Kingdom
called Ireland, to or near to the town of Coleraine and
the harbour of Portrusb.

" That the distance and entire length of such pro-
posed railway will be 73 miles, passing through the rich-
est and most populous districts of Ireland, and connect-
ing with each other the following important cities and
towns, namely, Armagh, Moy, Dungannon, Coal Island,
Moneymore, Cookestown, ➢Magherafelt, Kilrea, Bally-
money, Coleraine, and Portrush.
" That the necessary capital for constructing the said
railway has been subscribed for, and the consent of the
principal landowners on the line obtained. That as evi-
denee of such consent, and of the desire of the most in-
fluential landowners, merchants, and traders upon the
line that the orders of your Honourable House, if neces-
sary, should be suspended, numerous peti‘ ions have been
proposed and signed, all expressive of the conviction of
the petitioners that such hoe would be of the utmost
importance to the country, and its immediate construction
of the highest constderation.

" Thai for affording to the community the greatest
possible accounnodation, your petitioners have entered
into a conditional contract with the commissioners of the
harbour-of Portrush• 'for the-purchase of thenr interest
therein, it being in the contemplation of your petitioners
to expend a considerable sum of money in the improve-
ment of such harbour, and for which the necessary
powers have been obtained from the shareholders of the
rail way "company:`

" That your p,titioners attach tnuchimporiance to th,
formation of this lint?, i',asmuch cs such means of corn-
nunicati ,n is r( arly needed by the inhabitants, and
tvili at once connect the -extreme north of Iralaud with
the thriving cities .of Cork llnd Waterfoo in thd sotith
And also with other important cities and towns on the
east and west.

" That certain Bills are now pending in Parliament,
having for their object the construction of lines of rail-
way between the towns of Belfast and Ballymena,
Drogheda end Portedown, Portadown and Armagh,
Newry and Inniskillen, Dundalk and Inniskillen, Innis-
killen and Lendonderry, aed Londot derry and Cole-
raine, by which toe ins the whole of the posit] of Ireland
will be intersected with railroads. and the necessity of
e lire of railro.id between the city of Armagh and the
town of Celeraine and the heritour of Portru-h, be sensi-
bly experienced.
" That your petitioners have caused all the necessary
surveys to be ma e, toge.her with the plans and sections
of the line, all of which are in a state of readiness to be
eposited as directed by the standing orders, in case your
Hon. House should allow the measure to proceed during
the present session.
" That as the lines before referred to will doubtless
be immediately commenced, it a ould be very desirable
that the line Of your petitioners should commence simul-
taneously, that the public might derive the fullest benefit
from the co-operation and junction of the several lines,
and within the shortest possible time.
" Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray ysur Hon.
House that leave may now be given to present a petition
fur a Bill for effecting the object aforesaid, notwithstand-
ing the time limit, d by the sessional orders of your Hon.
House has expired, and upon such terms and conditions
as to your Hon. House shall seem lit ; and your peti-
tioners will ever pray."
He believed a series of resolutions would be submitted to
the meeting, all tending to the object which the petition
had in view. He begged to state that the petitions which
had been subscribed in favour of the project by the
various landowners nn the line were on the table, and
open to the inspection of noble lords and gentlemen.
The Earl of CHARLEMONT said it was quite unneces-
sary for him to detain them at any length after the ex-
planation they had just heard respecting the character
of the proposed line, and the object of the meeting. He
would merely say that this project had been laid before
him, and that he had considered it with the deepest
-attention he was capable of affording it. When applied
to on schemes of this nature, he always had in view
two things; first of all, whether any public advantage
was likely to be derived from the prosecution of them;
and, secondly, he endeavoured to ascertain whether
they were likely to prove remunerative to the share-
holders. He had, as he had said, deeply considered the
worth of this project, and he did think it would be an
advantage to the community, and that there was a fair
prospect of its being also advantageous to the proprie-
tors. He would give the project his strongest support,
and had, therefore, no hesitation in. moving—" That
this meeting, being impressed with the very great import-
ence of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush line of
railway to the very populous district through which it
passes, desires to promote to the utmost the suocess of
the project through Parliament ; and, with that view,
are most anxious to afford every assistance to the pass-
ing of the Bill during the present session."
Lord ACHESON, M.P., seconded the motion. He was
most anxious to assist in removing the difficulties which
the standing orders presented to the prosecution of their
scheme. The strongest feeling prevailed in the north
of Ireland in regard to the great advantages that would
result to the country- front the Bill being immediately
carried.—( II: Lir.)
The motion was earrisd unanimously.
Lord NORTHLA.ND, in moving the following re-
solaeoe, said lie should give the proposed railway his
cordial support, and he ',vas authorised by the Earl of
Ranfurley to say that the project would receive every
assistance which he could give it —(Hear, hear)
" That the country immediately to be benefited by the
Armagh. Coleraine, and Portrush Railway, being one of
the wealthiest and most populous in Ireland, is entitled
to the warmest support of the different noblemen and
gentlemen possessing any influence in the Legislature ;
and, inasmuch as the inhabitants have, by petitions,
signed by them in various districts, expressed a unani-
mous desire that the standing orders of the House
should be suspended, in order that the Bill for its con-
titruction may pass into a law this session, this meeting
agree to support a petition on the part of the Directors
of the Company for that purpose."
Lord C. HAMILTON, M.P., seconded the resolution,
and assured the meeting he would use his best exertions
to bring the project before the House of Commons this
session, in the hope that the standing orders might be
suvended, and for the purpose of showing the people of

LITRUAT URE.

ABDUCTION.—For the last two or three days the
neighbourhood of Brunswick.square has been thrown into the
greatest possible excitement by the discovery of a case of seduction.
For nearly three years a widow lady, of the name of Bovan,
has resided, with her two daughters, Ellen, aged nineteen, and
Jane, seventeen, in Millman-street, Foundling, keeping a re.
spectabte boarding-house. On the 29th ult. she received
a note from a Mrs. Reynaldson, who described herself
as keeping a ladies' seminary at Walsall, and having
come to town upon some Chancery business, and know-
ing Mrs. Bovan's friends in Coventry, applied to her for
lodgings for a day or so. The epistle concluded by requesting an
interview at the railway terminus at three that day. Mrs.
Bovan being a native of Coventry, and her daughters having
lately been staying there with some of her friends, went as
desired, and met the lady, as she was coming in by the train.
It being evident that the stranger was well acquainted with
her family, and also her daughters, although' Mrs. Bovan had no
recollection of her, and further preposltessed by her lady-like de.
meanour, she agreed to take her as a lodger. Mrs. Reynoldson
stayed for a week, during which time her behaviour was of the most
repectable character, and from being a stranger in Londen, Mrs.
Bovan permitted her daughters to accompany her upon her shopping
iiistions. `At the expiration of the'week, Mr's. It. was waited upon try
an elderly gentleman, and a younger one; the former was repre
sented to be her solicitor, and the latter, her nephew, who had
traced her out by calling at her lawyer's chambers. From them,
it appeared her business could not be settled for another week;
-and- she-`remained until Satulelay last, tin "the afternden bf
which day she went Out, accompanied by the two young
females, to snake some purchases in the Lowther Arcade.
Later in the day they were met by a gentleman, also
a lodger at Mrs. Bovan'a, at the bottom of Pall-mall ;
they were then in company with the two persons represented as
the solicitor and nephew. Since that period no direct tidings have
been heard of either of the parties by the distracted mother. Upon
inquiry at 50, Lincoln's Inn-fields (the direction given by the so.
licitor), it appeared that the name of a barrister who had formerly
resided there had been made use of, but who, of course, in no way
answered to the description, or knew anything of the parties.
FOREIGN PROVISIONS. The Dutch steam-ship
Batavier, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Wharf on Wednes.
day, from Rotterdam, had 17 oxen and cows on board, all in ex.
cellent condition, and which were in consequence landed and de-
livered immediately for the London markets. This vessel had also
6 baskets of fowls, 10 sieves of cucumbers, 17 baskets of vege-
tables, and 8 boxes of salmon, in addition to a variety of other ar.
tides of Dutch produce and manufacture. The General Steam Com-
pany's packet, Earl of Liverpool, which arrived from Ostend on the
same day, had a large quantity of Belgian poultry, eggs, &c., on
board. The same Company's vessel Giraffe, which arrived from
Rotterdam at the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, on Thursday,
brought 50 cows, 10 sheep, and 6 lambs; 11 baskets of cherries,
30 baskets of yeast, 41 packages of fish of different descriptions,
qesides a large variety of every other description of Dutch produce.
The Company's Tourist, from Calais, on the same day, brought a
large quantity of poultry ; and the splendid iron steam-ship Rain.
bow, which arrived later in the day
from Havre, had, in addition
to a variety of other articles, no less than 350 packages of fresh
fruit of different kinds. The revenue officers at the St. Katha-
rine's Wharf stayed for several hours after time, in order that the
fruit might be delivered as soon as possible, and before it became
deteriorated. The steam-ships trading between Hull, Rotterdam,
and Hamburgh, have all brought large quantities of all kinds of
foreign cattle and provisions during the week, for consumption in
this country.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] A FRIGHTFUL CASE OF A
BAD LEG CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND Pmts.—
Mr. Thomas Clarke, a retired Csptain from the South Sea
trade, residing in Globe-lane, Mile-end-road, had a bad leg
for five years. There were about twenty holes in it ; several
pieces of bone had come away. The limb was often the size
of a child's body, and it frequently caused the most excrucia-
ting pain. The Captain was told that his leg must be am-
putated ; but he, like hundreds of others, has just got it soundly
healed by means of these surprising remedies, which are in-
fallible in the cure of all wounds and ulcers. Sold at Professor
Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be
had gratis) ; and by all respectable vendors of medicine
throughout the civilised world.
A COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT.—We never could
make out what Sir Robert. Peel's speeches were like till our last
visit to the Royal Academy, when it struck us that they bore a
remarkable resemblance to Turner's pictures. Both of them are
admirable, but neither of them understood. Sir Robet Peel's
speeches, ton, like Mr. Turner's pictures, are always an illustration
of the " Fallacies of Hope."—Punch,
FATAL OCCURRENCE AT HUNGERFORD
Two LADS DROWNED.—Wednesday evening, at a late hour, Mr
Bedford, Coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the Star and
Garter, Grcen.street, Leicester-square, on view of the bodies of
John Leary, aged fifteen years, and John Sullivan, aged ten years,
s
who were drowned in the River Thames, off Hungerford-steps, on
Sundaywith th
e: evening
—A
deceased
boy,
namedsbt y underan Patrick thet mfollowing
heother
l a named Macarthy and
extraordinary circum-
stances
Mahon,
d
o
stated that the witness,
Gintley, were at the river side, near Hungerford.steps, when a
He waterman came to the shore, and gave Leary a penny to mind his
boat. Leary and Sullivan immediately got into her, when Gintley
saidwiil
drowntolary,yo'ul.N"owHuntied the rope liy which the boat, if you don't give me half that money, I
was fastened, and directly afterwards shoved the boat
off, which drifted away. It was rather dark at the time.
and, although witness saw the boat afterwards, there
was no one in it. He did not ace the deceased fall into the water.
Another boy, named Owen Nl'Carthy, stated that he was down at
the spot soon afterwards, and he heard Gintley ask two boys, who
were minding a boat, if they had seen the deceased chi'dren ; they
replied, no, they had not, and Gintley said, then they must be
I give home. He subsequently, however, said that Gintley had told
him that he thought they were in the water. A sister of Gintlet
yesterday morning told witness and Walahon not to say ans tinny
about " Tom," meaning Gintley. The boy Gintley wag
then examined. He flatly contradicted all that the pres
ceding witnesses had stated. His statement was, tha-
Dl' Mahon had untied the boat, and that witness had first
shoved it out, it came in again, when M`Mahon pushed it
out upwards of twelve yards; it did not return, and Leary
put out a scull but could not row. M`Mahon then asked him to
come home, and they all left together without stopping to see what
hash become of deceased. He did not know that ally money tied
been given to Leary, and did not threaten him. Samuel Matthew,
constable of HUngerford Market, deposed to finding the bodies of
deceased in the mud, near Hungerford-causeway, on the following
morning, about four o'clock. Witness did not think they had been
in a boat at all, but had fallen off one of the barges. No boat could
drift away, and no boat is known to be missing. The Coroner said
it was a most mysterious case, and the jury, upon the contradic-
tory testimony adduced, said it was utterly impossible to say how
the unfortunate occurrence had. taken place, and returned an open
verdict of " Found drowS7

STTN, LONnOV, MONi)AII MORNING .rtvre, 23

THE DESBOROUGH FAJIILY. Ey Mrs.

Pon son* 3 Vols.
This is a lively and entertaining work, likely to be a
favourite with the lovers of fiction ; it is written in a
light and pleasing style, full of animated dialogues and
amusing anecdotes. There is nothing very complicated
or amusing in the plot ; being a narrative of domestic
life, it is chiefly occupied with the thoughts and feel-
ings of individuals. The slight peculiarities and dis-
tinctions of character are pourtrayed with minuteness
and fidelity, while the varying tempers and dispositions
of the different members of the " Desborough Family,"
contras'ing with each other, produce the same effect as
the light and shade in a picture, improving the whole,
and rendering each more perfect. The chief characters
iu the book are four young cousins, the heroines—each,
of course, as beautiful, as amiable, and as accomplished as
author could imagine, or as reader could desire—each
just erring sufficiently to make her human, and suffering
enough to render her interesting. These four gentle,
graceful creatures are well calculated to " adorn a tale,"
while the history of their trials and temptations may
serve " to point a moral," full of warning for the young
and inexperienced. The story of Caroline will show
how vain are all the brightest talents, or the fairest
gifts of genius, if the powers of the mind are
unable to regulate the wild passions of the
heart. The gay and thoughtless may take a lesson
from the sprightly and vivacious Fanny, while the
mournful history of Mary Norton exemplifies the un-
certainty of human happiness, the instability of human
virtue. We must make one objection to the denouement
of the tale, it is the exercise of the unlimited power of
life and death vested in the hands of au author. Julia
Desborough, the most amiable of the heroines, is attached
to a younger son, whose poverty prevents her parents
from accepting him ; instead of showing how the per-
severance of the lover might overcome every obstacle,
or instead of showing any possible means that might
have been employed as a warning to others so situated,
the authoress removes the two elder brothers by a sud-
den illness and a startling accident, and thus is en-
abled to please all parties. It is true there are various
chances and changes in real life, but fiction should teach
us how to conquer fate, and not trust for happiness to
events that may never happen, and, above all, not to
s ek our fortune by the death of friends. The following
is a specimen of the amusing character of some of the
dialogues :

"My dear Captain Jones, do not be so impetuous. I never
can remember if lam so hurried. My memory is not good ;
but I will try. Where did I say I met the young lady ? bum !
where was it ? ha! hum !—hum !ha ! h-m !"
" Oh ! at Lady Percival's, I think you said," exclaimed
Jones, who had never heard the name of Desborough before,
and who had not managed to retain it now.
" Percival ! Lady Percival's ! my dear sir, I do not know
her. But there are several families named Percival; to which
do you allude? do you mean the baronet who lives in the
county—you know which I mean—so famous for hops ?—or do
you mean "
46 Hops !" interrupted the young man, in despair; "a baronet
famous for hops P'
" No, no ; not the baronet—the county. You remember
what I mean."

" Yes, yes—Kent. Well, well, dear Mr. Manners; you
think you met Miss Waters in Kent, at Sir something Per-
cival's ?"

" Indeed," answered our host, deprecatingly, " I do not
;kink I ever said so."

" Then where did you meet her ?"
"Ah I—hum !ha ! h-m ! let me remember. It was some-
where last week—that I do know • and I sat between her and
some one in blue : I remember that, because I composed a
little epigram during dinner (which you shall hear) about black
and blue. It begins thus—"
" Thank you, yes ; I shall be so happy to hear it presently.
But first, if you will tell me the exact place, and give me the
direction—l am really so interested."
" Well ! it was at some baronet's—hum ! ha! h-m I—The
white soup was remarkably good. That man was there, you
know, who wrote the book about shells, or fishes—l forget
which ; you remember it—hum 1 ha 1 h-m !—he has a queer
name. And Sir James somebody was there, who lives at that
nice place near the town where they sell gloves—you know
where I mean—hum ! ha! h-m !"

" Yes, I know, sir— Woodstock ; pray go on."
" she, and the man I mean, talked about the shell or the fish
book—l forget which ; and she said—"
"Thank you, sir, thank you !" interrupted the eager cap-
tain. " Tell me what she said V

" Oh I she only said that the copy of the book the man had
given her had a very pretty binding ; that I remember dis-
tinctly."
" Then the man gave her a copy of his work ?" said Jones,
looking a little mortified.
" Certainly ; I have said so, have I not ? hunt I ha I h-na !
She said it was just the colour of her dress—blue : hum I"
"Dlv dear:sir, just now you said the dress was black."
" That was the other girl—hum !ha ! h-m I"
" Sir ! I shall begin to think you mean to trifle with me."

THE LETTERS OF PHILIP DORMER STAN-
HOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. Edited,
w'th Notes, by Lord Mahon. 4 vols.

Lord Che;tekeld was a distinguished political cha-
racter and diplomatist in the reign of George 11. lie
filled the office of Lord Lieutenant in Ireland during the
Scotch rebellion of 1745, and, by his skill, prudence,
firmness, and, we may add, impartiality, contributed not
a little to keep that country tolerably quiet when the
wh le of Great Britain was in a state of the utmost ex-
citement, when the new dynasty trembled for its existence,
one half of the statesmen of the day balanced between
the Pretender and the actual sovereign, and a successful
rising in the sister island was alone wanting to restore,
at least for a time, the effete and bigoted family of
the Stuarts. In this respect, therefore, he did the
Guelphs some service, and the State also, for
the restora.ion could have been only temporary ;
it must have inflicted on the nation great calamities, and
would have been succeeded by another revolution, for
had Prince Charles possessed the best qualities, he would
only, in the words of Hume, " have furnished a stronger
proof how dangerous it is to allow any Prince, infested
with the Catholic superstition, to wear the crown of
these kingdoms." Chesterfield was also said to be a
good speaker in Parliament, but merits like these are
entirely forgotten, and in these days he is known only
as the writer of elegant letters, and the reformer of the
Calendhr. His letters to his son require no remarks, and
Certainly no commendations, for it is admitted on all
hands that, as a manual for the rising aristocracy, with
some exceptions, they are entitled to the highest praise,
and that they may be read by all, s from the highest to
the lowest, 'With' advantage. We have alwaYs been of
opinion that what is called their "immorality," alleast as
regards its effects, has beengreatly-exaggerated. No one
can read' them"witholut Seeing. that Ohegterfield was a
man of a whimsieal character, that he, had many of the
peculiarities which still distinguish the Stanhope family,
and that any advice which he may give bordering upon
duplicity, or want of sincerity, or a laxity of morals as
regards the passions of youth, was to be received with
great allowances, and to be obeyed by his son only in
cases where they might be found necessary to combat
the shifts, and tricks, and cunning devices of foreign di-
plomatists. Tile letters were written for his son, and
chiefly for his instruction as a British ambassador at
a foreign court. They never were intended for publica-
ticin ; for, says Lord Mahon, " It appeared on the death
of Chesterfield's son, that he had secretly married,
without his father's consent or even knowledge ; and his
widow, upon Chesterfield's demise, published, for profit,
he whole correspondence of the Earl with her late hus-
band ; a corn.spondence, written in the closest confidence
and unreserve, and without the slighest idea of ever meet-
ing the public eye." We mention these circumstances
however rather as a palliation than a defence of doctrines
not in strict keeping with high moral principles. The
copyright of these letters was sold by the widow to a
publisher for 1,575/., and the first edition was dedicated
to Lord North. But these letters form only a minor
portion of the present publication. The noble Editor
has given to the world many interesting documents not
to be found in the most copious editions of Chesterfield's
works previously published, and, among others, the
original letters to Mr. Dayrolles; and "to none of his
correspondents," says Lord Mahon, " scarcely excepting
even his own son, did Lord Chester field write with such
unreserve." These were published in Dr. Maty's " Life
of Chesterfield," but greatly mutilated, as they referred
to persons then living. The letters are now published
entire. Several other manuscripts of considerable im-
portance have also been placed at the disposal of the
Editor, which he thus enumerates :

" They comprise the originals of the celebrated ' cha-
racters' with three new ones (of Dr. Arbuthnot, of the
Mistresses of George the First, and of Lady Suffolk) which
will be found in this edition, besides an historical sketch of
Lord Bute's Administration, and a parting letter from Lord
Chesterfield to his godson and successor, not to be delivered
until after his own death.
" The editor is a;so enabled to commuicate from MSS. in
Lord Chesterfield's hand, many curious and confidential letters
to Lord Townshend, the Secretary, and to George Tilson, Esq.,
the Under Secretary, of State during Lord Chesterfield's first
embassy at the Hague, f ,ur to Lord Harrington during his
second embassy, one to the Duke of Newcastle during his
Lord-Lieutenancy, and several more to Foreign Ministers
when the Seals had devolved on himself. There are also
several new letters in French to Baron de Kreuningen, one of
Lord Chesterfield's friends at the Hague."
These letters possess much interest, and will be found
of use to the future historian in explaining the stirring
events and political complications of one of the most im-
portant epochs recorded in British annals. The work
altogether forms a valuable acquisition at the present
time, and the care and judgment displayed by the noble
editor, together with the explanatory notes, add new
literary honours to the house of Stanhope. Being pri-
vileged censors, however, we may remark that Lord
Mahon's style is occasionally chargeable with defects
which are unpardonable in the writings of a good classi-
cal scholar. We give the two following instances to be
found in the preface :—" Yet there is reason to suspect
that this was not the real fact with himself." There is
no fact but a real fact. The other sentence is liable to
more blame, because it is w orse than a pleonism, it is un-
grammatical :—" Chesterfield, on the contrary, left
nothing undone, nor for others to do."

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE,
FOR JUNE.—Ne. CL.
The present number of this agreeable miscellany is of
perhaps more than an average degree of merit. The
first paper, entitled " India, Elphinstone's and Wilson's
Historius," is very good, and may be recommended to
:hose who have not previously mastered the rudiments
of that branch of cosmography which includes
the political as
.well as traditionary story of the great
southern peninsula of India. It may be useful as an
epitome of those multiplied details connected with the
gradual settlement of many foreign stocks in Hindustan.
'which are essential to any notion of the sources, physical
and moral, from whence this strange and heterogeneous
anomaly in the social history of the world has been derived
and has gradually attained its present singular aspects
and devel)pment, • The writer, however, erroneously
nines, in many passages, that he is breaking new ground,
whether of traditionary anecdote or philosophical specu-
lation—when he has been anticipated by old Renaudot,
in his comprehensive and admirable dissertation on the
. same interesting topics. He takes, in our opinion, a
very fair and candid view of Mills's "History of British
India —a work us mucb distinguiOlud by the irate rite

with which its author has treated all the facts that he
believed to be such, and availed himself of all documents
which he believed to be authentic ; but lamentably dis-
figured by those prejudices against the moral character
of the native llindJo races, from which, as Mr.
Mountstuart Elphinstone remark., it is hardly pos-
sible for European historians to be free, who
write without the benefit of any personal resi-
dence among them, and habitual observation of their
manners and deportment. We lament, with the writer
of the paper before us, that ignorance on all subjects
connected with the past history and present condition
of our Indian empire, and its resources, should so exten-
sively prevail in this country ; but that ignorance is cer-
tainly not so excessive at present as he supposes—
neither has it been so for the last ten •years—
among the better informed classes of society in England.
Of the first portion of this critical essay, the
materials have been borrowed, pretty largely, from the
Periplus of the Erythrcean sea, though we do not en-
counter any acknowledgments of the zeal and success of
Dr. Vincent's commentarial labours, or even of Professor
Robertson's inimitable " Essay on the history of the
ancient trade of Europe with India." We have, on the
other hand, the full benefit of the more modern contri-
butors to the history of the Indian manners and in-
stitutions, which such men as Culebrooke, Kirkpatrick,
Col. Wilkes, Major Tod (or his history of Rajhpootasa),
Sir Alexander Burnes, and others have given to the
European public. A mong the strange institutions,
generated by one of the most ancient but disorganizing
systems of theocratical ethics which was ever identified
wit'i a mytholog., those of the Thugs and the Decoits—
murderers, by a fancied divine vocation, and sanguinary
robbers on a princii& of fancied religious responsibility,
are, perhaps, the most extraordinary. The following pas-
sage will be found full of interest :
" Travellers,' says Mr. Elphinstone, are full of stones of
the patience, perseverar.ce, and address, with wbich they will
steal, unperceived, through the midst of guards' and carry off
their prize in the most dangerous situations. Some dig holes
in the earth, and come up within the wall of a well-closed
house ; others, by whatever way they enter, always open a
door or two to secure a retreat, and proceed to plunder, naked,
smeared with oil, and armed with a digger; so it is as dan-
gerous to seize them as it is difficult to hold.' One large class
called Thugs,' or, as Mr. Elphinstone names them, nags,'
constantly roam about the country, assuming di'guises, in
which art they are perfect masters.—' Their practice is to in-
sinuate themselves into the society of travellers, whom they
hear to be possessed of property, and to accompany them until
they have an opportunity of administering a stupifying drug,
or of throwing a noose over the neck of their unsuspecting com-
panion. He is then murdered, without blood being shed, and
buried so skilfully that a long time elapses before his fate is
suspected. The Thags invoke Bhawane, and vow a portion of
their spoil to h(r. This mixture of religion and crime might,
of itself, be mentioned as a peculiarity ; but it is paralleled by
the vows of pirates and banditti to the Madonna ; and in the
case of Mussulmans, who form the largest por Con of the
Thags, it is like the compacts with the devil, which were
believed in days of superstition.'—(' Elphinstone's India,'
vol. i., pp. 369, 370.) The Decoits are, like the Thugs,
remarkable for their cruelty. They are gangs, associated for
plundering, who assemble by night, fall on an unsnspecting
village, kill all who offer resistance, torture such as are supposed
to have wealth concealed, and are, next morning, mingled with
the population, where, such is the dread they inspire, that few
are found to come forward and accuse them. The Decoits
have, we believe, almost disappeared, under the efforts-of the
British Government, which has also been very successful in
punishing and restraining the enormities of the Thugs. But,
if there are evil casts, there are others whose hereditary object
is to do good. The Bhits and Cbarans, of western India, who
are revered as bards, conduct caravans, which they protect
from plunder; carry large sums in bullion through tracts
where no escort could secure protection, and are guarantees of
agreements of chiefs with one another, and even with the Go-
vernment.

"' Their power,' says Mr. Elphinstone, ' is derived from
the sanctity of their character, and their desperate resolution.
If a man, carrying treasure, is approached, he announces that
he will commit traga, as it is called ; or, if an engagement is
not complied with, he issues the same threat unless it is ful-
filled. If he is not attended to he proceeds to gash his limbs
with a dagger, which, if all other means fail, he will plunge
into his heart ; or he will first strike off the head of his child ;
or different guarantees to the agreement will cast lots who is to
be the first beheaded by his companions. The disgrace of
these proceedings, and the fear of having a bard's blood on
their head, generally reduces the most obstinate to reason.
Their fidelity is exemplary, and they never hesitate to sacrifice
their lives to keep up an ascendancy on which the importance
of their cast depends.' "—Vol p. 371.

Of the review of Leigh Hunt's " Imagination and Fancy,"
we need say nothing here, having already recorded our
own favourable opinions on that work. " The Devil's
Ladder" is a clever, bold, sketchy "bit" of that poetical
diablerie, which peoples all the mountainous and rocky
region stretching from the banka of the Rhine, at the
foot of the lofty Kedrich, to the plains of Nassau, with
elves, fays, goblins, and wild hunters. It is too long for
us to attempt any analysis of it ; but it "ends well," as
ladies say of pleasant novels, and here is a pretty frag-
ment of scenery :
" The storm had blown its fill, and the day broke, in its
autumn loveliness, over the Rhine, bathing in the softest clear
light his not then chiefless' castles, his white-walled towns,
his high stern rocks, and the coming ripeness' of his endless
length of vineyard, while the godlike river, triumphing in his
eternal youth, laughed back a myriad-fold answer to the glad
still gaze of the early sun. Garlinda had stolen out without
her governesq, not to walk on the battlements, but to see what
ravage the storm had wrought in a favourite garden, lying at
some little distance without the castle walls, and at the very
foot of the lofty and precipitous mountain of Kedrich. She
laughed on the sentinels, as she passed them, as brightly as the
sun did on the Rhine, and hasted down the steep path that led
to the river shore. Perhaps she thought Ruthelm would pay a
farewell visit to her garden before going away for so long a
time to that detestable Hungary : perhaps she thought he
would harbour some hope of meeting her there. If so, there
must have been some feeling in her breast that wrought like a
power of divination, for certain it is that, as she came within
sight of her ibwer-beds, she came within view of her cousin of
Falkenberg also; and equally certain it is, that Ruthelm was
as little surprised to see his cousin of Sareck at that early hour
as if they had met by appointment. The truth, however, is,
that they had met only by the instinct of young and loving
hearts."

" Personal Recollections of Thomas Campbell, No. I," is
a very coarse and we must add apocryphal reminiscence
of our great contemporary so recently snatched
from us. We protest at all times against
these eaves-dropping, scandalising, " penny-a-liner,"
note takings, of the sayings and doings of great men.
But these papers are the most offensive we ever saw. If
the writer knew poor " Tom Campbell," it is evident that
he must have been, in his day, roughly handled by the
poet, of whom he writes, " his language was habitually
that, of sneer, sarcasm, abuse; and -contempt of every-
body (!) and everything." With charming naiveté,
it is added, " What be might have been in the com-
pany of dukes and duchesses, I know not, never
having seen him in such society;" and such society,
assuredly, never having seen this delectable critic. Be-
cause, as is evident from the rancorous spirit in
which he talks of " the old dandy," of his " frog-
like figure," his " brandy merchants' bills," and a
hundred other such impertinences that Campbell
must have given him the "cut direct." It would have
been wonderful if Job himself could have abstained from
thus treating such a pedantic bore. The whole of his
paper is intended to hang on Campbell's " black wig'
and blue coat" some of his own " Greek songs," as he
calls his Father Prout-ish nonsense-Greek-verses.
But to say that Campbell was one of those men
who was nobody's friend but his own, " that he
did not care a straw for any human being," is
a gross libel, disproved by our own personal
knowledge of more than one object, on whose behalf he
exercised an energetic, generous, and sustained friend
ship. That Campbell was not indisposed to cut his
critic, there is some testimony in this statement—
" When I approached him, he scarcely seemed to recognise
one ; and it was not until I mentioned my name, that a gleam
of consciousness illuminated his countenance. He put the tips
of his fingers into my hand in the coldest possible way, and
seemed anxious to pass on. Sudeenly, the friend who had in-
troduced me to him on the former evening, came up, and
Campbell was obliged to stay a moment to return his salute.
This brief interval decided the fact of our acquaintanceship.
Had he passed away, as he had evidently intended at first, I
should perhaps have never again taken the liberty of addressing
him, and he would have forgotten the fact of my existence."
Only to think of what the great Poet's loss would have
been had his existence closed in so sad an unconscious-
ness of so important a fact ! Bat we are entertained to
a story also, about a dinner, prior to the announcement
of which the writer patronisingly compensates Lord
, Ashley fcr the rebuff which Campbell, according to him,
had given to his Lordship's advances, by allowing the
Noble philanthropist to return to the seat near him, and
his conversation with him. At this dinner—to remove the
suspicion of “i,enny- a-linerism," probably, he intimates his
connoisseurship in good wine by talkingof the "delicious
oiliness of the sherry given by their Amphytryon," at a
"luxurious repast," on a "small scale" in a room plainly
furnished. After which dinner, the host is made to talk
to English gentlemen, in such choice phraseology as this :
—Speaking of Swift, (whose detestable moral character
the writer as much overrrates as he does his "puny
scholarship," his hollow " friendship," and his political
" sinceritj,") Amphytryon talks of " the veriest trifles
from his pen." Then Campbell is made to confess to his
having kept out of the way of such a person as Ilazlitt,
after calling him one of " the most false, vain, selfish
blackguards who ever disgraced human nature," for one
week, for fear of being assaulted by him—by Hazlitt.
But it would disgust the reader to pursue the thread of
this balderdash any further. We take breath and a glass
of "dry sherry" to enable us to resume. " Brougham's
Lives of Men of Letters and Science" is an extended and
clever review of that pleasant but unequal contributor
to European literary biography. The clever story of
" The Nevilles, of Garretstowu," a tale of 1760, is con-
tinued through chapters 38 to 43, till it reaches its plea-
sant denouement. The interest is well kept up, and the
construction of the plot ingenious to the last. In what
spirit the article entitled " Protestant Conversion of
Ireland" ia conceived, may be sufficiently gathered from
this closing paragragh :
" But, above all things, again and again, we implore the
people of England to distinguish between Popery as a sect, and
Popery as a party in Ireland ; and to be well convinced, that
she party never will he propitiated by any concession made to
the sect, while the sect may he continued by concessions made
to the party; and that the effect of the hlaynooth Endowment
Bill; and all o'her similar measure., by which a faction is sourrlit
to be conciliated at the expense of the Protestant interest in
Ireland, will be to convert agitation from an annual into a
perennial plant, and to make the system of discord, which at
present depends upon the accidents of character and circum-
stances, as universal as nationality, and as permanent and un-
changeable as social institutions."

MORE COMETS.—There was discovered last week
another new comet. Could not a list, like Dorling's list, be pub-
lished every comet season, of the different planets that intend to
run, with the names of the astrologers who have trained them, the
colour of their tails, and their pedigree ? We are sure it would be
very convenient to all lovers of the firmament who have backed a
favourite comet, and are anxious to know the exact night he is
likely to run and the sign of the zodiac he has been entered for.
At present they are disturbed out of their beds in the middle of
the night, to be told that the comet, about which they have been for
mouths making a book, is visible at Greenwich, The list might be
called " South's list,"- and 'all defaulters could be conveniently
posted at the Royal Observatory, which would, of course, be the
grand-stand for the great heats of the season...-Purrnik.

SUTTON ON RAILWAYS-HOW
THEY MAY BE 'MADE CHEAPER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—if the following observations upon the construc-
tion of railways possess any novelty worth entertaining,
perhaps you will do me the pleasure of recording them
in your very useful and instructive journal.
I fear that the proposition to n inch I am about to give
expression will excite in many a smile at its apparent
impracticability ; but every one, however humbly ac-
quainted with the mere rudiments of science, must know
how great a part common gravity plays in everything
connected with matter—whether it is seen in the fall of
an apple, or the whirling of a globe—the fearful rush of
a mountain torrent, or the frightful precipitation of a
railway train down a decline—all bear witness to its
capacity as a motive agent. We will see anon how it
can be made subservient to the use of man in forming a
railway.
I beg leave to observe that I found my presumption
of the practicability of the following mode of construc-
ting railways on experimental trials on various declina-
tions, by which I have ascertained that the impetus of a
decline invariably carries a carriage up an accline two-
' thirds ; and I question sot that where the decline
extends a great distance, it will very nearly surmount
the succeeding accline, though of the like elevation.
The Greenwich and the Croydon railways painfully
illustrate the necessity of some more remunerative mode
of transit than the present ; and lam sure none is to
be found save in the adoption of the decline and the
accline mode. On this principle, and this principle
alone. would I construct a railway.*
Suppose we take the Greenwich line, and see if we
can construct it so as to supersede the use of locomo-
tives, or any other motive agent whatever, saving always
common gravity. We shall find that what the)' are now
and wear and tear of the loco-
paying yearly for the cos,:
expenses relating thereto,
motive department, and other .
might be wholly saved, which wasild enable the proprie-
tors to pocket a more remunerative flividend than they
have hitherto received for the immense caaital sunk.
We, therefore, if you please, will have Swo stations,
one at London-bridge, the other at Greenrri,Sh• Now
let these stations be eigh—no matter how high Ovithio
building limits) or how grand and commanding—asnd
let the stations at either end be of the same altitude. We
must have two lines one to and one from Greenwich.
We now for convenience will speak of the one to
Greenwich, which is about three and a half miles long.
For this length of line a hundred feet fall will be
enough ; but to remove all doubt, say 130 feet, which
rill be amply sufficieta, as in every mile there may be
one or two undulations, which would not only tend to
keep the speed of the carriage within bounds, hit also
cause the power derived from the fall not to be too soon
expended. The rail line at London- bridge, we ail ] say,
then, is 130 feet above the terminus at Greenwich. "Now
lst this rail line rim slopingly towards Greenwich thus
—Suppose the force of the 130 feet fall is expended in
the first mile ; here we shall have a gia at velocity,
sufficient to surmount an accline two-thirds of a mile
long, with a 60 feet rise, so that we shall now have 60
feet available, besides the already unspent impetus of
the carriage to go down a mile of decline, r, hich will
carry us nearly three miles on our way towards Green-
wich, leaving about a, mile more for an accline with a 30
feet rise, which the carriage will eagerly ascend, on to a
level platform, leaving 100 feet for the cart rage to be
drawn, by an endless rope or chain, up an incline sweep
to the station at Greenwich, where it can be easily 11131
across to the line for London. We must suppose that
the moment a carriage has arrived upon the platform at
the top of the 30 feet rise, it is yoked on to the rope,
and drawn to the end of the platform out of harm's way,
lest the succeeding carriage should come on to the plat-
form ere the passengers have alighted from the carriage.
When all the passengers have quitted the carriage, it
can be drawn up the sweep by the endless rope, which
can be worked many ways, either by hand, or horse, or
steam. I think if the carriages had anti-friction wheels,
a much less fall than I have named would suffice, but this
is open to correction. Every arrangement that is made
for and in the line to Greenwich will answer for the cor -
responding one to London.
A second mode of constructing a decline railway may
be by expending about two-thirds of the fall in the first
half mile, then running up and over a rise of (say) thirty
feet, which, added to the remaining portion of the fall,
will be quite sufficient to carry the carriage home, and
up the decline on to the platform, as in the first method.
Or, thirdly, the 130 ft et fall might be evenly distri-
buted throughout the whole distance, or to within half a
mile of the platform—finishing with an accline on to
the platform.
All decline railways may be more or less nnd elated, pro-
vided only that the fall is always of amount enough to
cause the carriage to attain sufficient velocity or impetus
to surmount the succeeding accline. A railway on this
principle might reach from one end of the kingdom to
the other, as the declines and acclines may pass over or
under cross roads or railways. It may be here observed,
however, that the height of a terminus must depend upon
the length of the line to be formed, and the geographical
position or situation of the two ends or termini of
the lines. Thus, after having ascertained, as near
as possible, the altitude of the two extremities,
then whichever end of the line has the greatest
altitude, geographically considered, that end will
not require so high a terminus to be built as the
contrary end. Take, for instance, the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway. The Liverpool end of this rail-
way is forty-six feet above the rails at the Manchester
end of the line ; thereby slatwing that the rail-line from
Liverpool to Manchester could with ease have been
made upon the decline principle ; our h, o!' course, the
Manchester terminus or end of the line tunnin-s to
Liverpool would have had to be made twice that height,
viz., 92 feet high, in order to give that line a decline or
fall to Liverpool equal to the one from Liverpool to
Manchester.
A carriage, in descending a decline, will always ac-
quire sufficient impetus to overcome the succeeding ac-
cline, providing the acclivity of
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should be a little more rapid, so as to give the carriage
more momentum on its starting afresh, and that no stop-
pages may take place anywhere but at or near the sum-
mit of a decline.
I have endeavoured to be as explicit as possible ; but
in the breaking of the ice to any new mode, it often
happens that the poor unhappy wight of a projector has
so many obstacles to surmount, however good the prin-
ciple may be on which his ideas are based, that he is at
a loss how to work out his plans, so as to meet the views
and the prejudices of others.
If, a year or two ago, the public had been told that a
carriage and passenger, whose united weight exceeded
three hundred pounds, could descend a decline and
mount up round a circle, with the car and passengers'
heads downward, and so on up an opposite accline, with-
out the least injury or danger to either, they would have
laughed at the assertion as chimerical and they
; arid
so they will, perhaps, at this, as they have done at
everything that breaks in upon the dull routine of ordi-
nary practice.
I do confess myself, that short lines, such as the Green-
wich, the West London, the Croydon, and many of the
short branches from the great lines in the country, pre-
sent greater facilities for the decline system than the
more extended ones. A good and profitable one may be
formed between Paddington and the Bank, Camberwell
and London-bridge, Hackney and the Bank, and many
other places. I say " profitable," because the first out-
lay on tha erection will constitute all the expenditure,
save a few current items of no moment.
Another thing may be considered to promote propul-
sion, viz , that on long lines of decline railway, such as
the Birmingham, or even on short lines, manual labour
could be substituted arr the steam engine, providing there
is the least fall, and anti-friction wheels are made use of.
For instance, I would have a carriage (in lieu of the or-
dinary locomotive engine and tender) so constructed, as
to accommodate as many men as would be equal to the
task ; and as I believe rowing is looked upon as the -
easiest and the most powerful way for a man to put out
his strength, I would have these men—say twelve in
number—seated in two rows of six each, one row on one
side, and one on the opposite side ; and each man's oar-
' lever might be so attached to the working gear of the
running wheels as to give the concern a neat and boat-
like appearance. The manual power might be applied
in arty other way that may be deemed proper ; but I
mention the rowing mode as looking the best, and be-
lieving it to be the most powerful.
I think, if the railway projectors who are now about
considering and devising new lines, were to club a little
money, and have a line formed a mile in length, along-
side the West London, at Wormwood Scrubs (where the
atmospheric plan was first tested) to ascertain the real
worth of the s.s stein I have suggested, they would find
that with a decline of twcnty-two degrees, the mo-
mentum or impetus is sufficient to overcome an aceline
of fourteen degrees above the plain of the horizon.
But even should the old mode be still persisted in, it
surely would be better to make railways more upon
the decline principle, as by it the present fleas), ex-
penditure for locomotive power might be greatly dimi-
nished.
The South-Eastern Railway could have been formed
with very little trouble on the decline principle, as it
passes over so much flat country, that six men with sage
could have borne a heavy train along at twenty-five
miles the hour, if the carriages had anti-friction wheels,
or even witheut them, us t":e inclination would be so
good.
With these views I take leave of a subject that de-
serves a better handling than that given to it by one of
your oldest readers and subscribers,

JOHN SUTTON.
14, Crown-row, Walworth-road.
P.S.---If any one going down to Brighton world con-
descend to trip it in a third-class carriage, he would
have an opportunity of observing the little locomotive
power required to propel the train along after he has
passed that unfortunate and ill adopted rise from New
Cross to Annerley, which compels the companies to
keep an e7lgine constantly r( ady at New Cross, to lissist
the train up the actiline. Nearly two-thirds the distance
down to Brighton the carriages are hard pressing upon
each other, on account of the very slight fall there is is
some of the distance, and the momentum which • the
train acquires—then by proving be} and all doubt the
feasibility of the decline system.

* I do not suppose it is novel, I merely suggest its
adoption.

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