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No. 16,358

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AWFUL SHIPWRECK.
(From the Carnareon Herald.)
LOSS OF THE WILLIAM TURNER, OF BEL-
FAST, AND LOSS OF LIFE.
On the morning of Saturday last intelligence
reached Carnarvon, that a large ship had, on the pre-
vious night, during the awful gale that was then
raging, gone to pieces in the bay. Immediately upon
receiving the information, J. Hughes, Esq., C
nnp-
troller of Customs, and the officers under him, manned
the Queen's boat and proceeded to the spot, when, we
regret to say, they found the report to be too true.
Pieces of the wreck were strewn along the beach for
miles, the entire shore between Abermenai and Lland-
dwyn exhibiting tokens of the disaster, amongst which
were spars, stores,seamen's chests, and namblerless frag-
ments of furniture and materials. There was also seen a
large long-boat, keel up, which when turned over was
found to have in it another boat or pinnace, but there
was no name on either. There were also on the
shore the larboard and starboard quarters of the ship,
with quarter galleries, chains, and lanyards, appa-
rently cut with an axe. Nothing else material has
been picked up, except a cat-head and the figure-
head ; but every exertion, we learn, is being made by
Mr. Edwards, postmaster, to save everything be-
longing to the ill-fated vessel as it reaches the shore.
It is scarcely possible for a wreck to be more fatally
complete. From the name on the medicine chest and
other sources we learn that the vessel was called the
William Turner, belonging to Belfast, 488 tons register,
Geo. Evans, master, and that she was homeward bound
from Ichaboe to Liverpool, with a cargo ofguano, which
is entirely lost, not a vestige of it remaining. It is our
painful duty to add that not one creature escaped alive.
What may have been the number of human beings
who perished on this occasion we have no means of
knowing, and it will probably be some time before the
truth will be accurately ascertained. The crew would
most probably amount to from sixteen to twenty in-
dividuals, including the master ; and there might have
been passengers, as well as the complement of hands
belbnging to the ship. One of the bodies, a lad about
fifteen years of age, dressed in sailors' clothes, and
deeply pitted with the small-pox, was washed ashore
on Monday, near Llanddwyn, and we shall, most
likely, hear of the remainder in a few days. The
keel, and part of the hull of the ship (visible from Lland-
dwyn) are on the spit of the South Bank, in about
four to five feet of water, at the lowest ebb, which
warrants the assumption that the vessel must have
struck sometime about five or six o'clock on
Friday evening. The wind at that time was from
the south-west blowing a hard gale. The pilots
at Llanddwyn, and the people at Lord Newborough's
Fort, and at Abermenai, neither heard nor saw any-
thing until the following merning, which is remark-
able, for the weather was not very thick, neither was
it dark at five o'clock on Friday, so that the ship
might have been seen for miles, ere she struck on the
bank. It is useless to form conjectures as to the
cause of this disaster, and the course of the ship into
the Bay. Whether the captain mistook Bardsey
Light for the South Stack or the Skerries, and, there-
fore, steered accordingly, or whether the ship had
previously become unmanageable, or had been swept
down at anchors, is a matter which can never be
ascertained.- One thing is certain, that the gale on
Friday night was not from a quarter which would
cause disasters, and drive vessels into Carnarvon Bay
under ordinary circumstances, therefore some other
reason must be assigned for the unfortunate and
melancholy catastrophe.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
One of the crew of the Eliza Scotland, which vessel
sailed from Ichaboe before the William Turner, and
arrived at Limerick on the 4th, came here on Wed-
nesday, by the Dolphin steamer, and states that the
William Turner must have had about 30 people on
board.
A bible has been cast ashore, in a very mutilated
condition, in which is the following address :—" John
Nicholls's book, given him by the Rev. C. Grinfell
Nicklay, April the 29th, 1842."
The following communication relative to this wreck
has been forwarded to the Rev. T. Thomas, vicar of
this parish, and by him kindly forwarded to us, in
order that public attention may be drawn to the de
scription

• .„... _
MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
OBSERVER.—It may be conceded as a favour-
able indication of the rising prosperity of the country
that the purchases of the Government brokers on
account of the savings-banks, is a feature not to be
questioned, as exhibiting the resources of the middle,
and we may truly say, no small portion of the lower
classes. In all districts of the United Kingdom where
savings-banks are now formed (and the establishment
of other similar most excellent institutions is in rapid
progression), the deposits are, we believe, without ex•
ception, in a ratio far exceeding the withdrawals.
When, too, it is recollected that those gradual accu-
mulations of resources, the fruits of honest and per-
severing industry, are periodically transferred to the
Commissioners for the Savings Banks, and by
them laid out in the purchase of Stock,
not much wonder need he excited at the present high
values paid for the Public Securities. And, notwith-
standing the " Reduced" Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have scarcely been so firm this week as previ-
ously, owing to some sales for temporary purposes,
yet, at the termination of business yesterday after•
noon, a value equal to 4f per cent. above par
was most willingly paid. If, as it is very currently
believed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer intends to
attempt a reduction of the Three per Cents. Reduced
in the cours of the forthcoming session of Parlia-
ment, how fortified will he be by the result of the last
conversion. Figures speak for themselves. At about
the period when it was pretty hell known that Go-
vernment intended to reduce the Three-and- a-Half
per Cents. to the present rate of interest their quota-
tion was about 102. For some time past—say from
the commencement of the present year—the Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities have reached.
within a fraction of per cent. above par.
Among the more prominent articles of foreign pro-
duce imported into this country, and which may, with
the utmost truth, be said to be interwoven with the
domestic economy of the mass of the population of the
United Kingdom, is that of tea. In the more distant
ports of Great Britain—in Liverpool—in Bristol, &c.,
a movement has long since been made to impress upon
her Majesty's Ministers the policy—nay, the absolute
nesessity—of an important reduction in the duties
upon the leaf. At the eleventh hour the influential
merchants connected with the trade to India and
China have held a meeting—a private one, to which
the trade only were invited—at the Jerusalem Coffee-
house, and at which there was a pretty full attendance.
The resolutions passed were in accordance with those
which have previously been sanctioned in the pro-
vinces. But in the opinion of many, it would have
been much the wisest course to have called a public
meeting on the subject, and then a memorial to the
Prime Minister would have received the signa-
tures of the mass of the tea-drinking public of the
City and elsewhere, in favour of the concession,which
is asked for on the part of her Majesty's sub;ects. If
a reduction of the duty to Is. the pound were to be
made, it is the opinion of competent judges and of
practical men, that, with the rising prosperity of this
country, the consumption would be so far increased,
as to leave but a small deficit in the duty under this
item of revenue, at the end of two, or at the utmost
of three years. An immense boon would thus be
yielded to the poorer classes, and golden opinions be
formed of the administration of Sir Robert Peel, under
which many important concessions have been already
made to popular feelings, by the new tariff. Such is
the competition of the traders now, that were the
duty to be lowered to the point referred to, i. e., Is.
per pound on teas all round, the millions would have
the full benefit of the reduction of the duty.
As so much is said and written upon the eve of the
new Parliamentary campaign, relative to conflicting
claims for a reduction of duties, it is very fairly a
matter to bring prominently before the attention of
every patriotic Member of the House (who, without
being wedded to particular crotchets, or trammelled
by particular interests, sincerely desire the welfare of
his country). How great might be the advantage of
simplifying our tariff, by striking off a multitude of
minor articles, which bring but an unimportant sum
in the aggregate towards the revenue, and yet lead to
an enormous expense in collection relatively to pro-
ductiveness ? Thus, about five hundred articles could
be struck off, to the great relief of trade, and with a
loss of only about half a million sterling.

-- 7._ ,Si OpRLIIII,-.A,ILE and-ITEER,Ns.:4-laN
to SOUTHEASTERN
I-RIF-OER AD SLE
iRr
AN.
TERLOO 1,101)0ES.
At A numerous MEETING of LANDOWNERS, LEASE..
HOLDERS, and OCCUPIERS of PROPERTY through which it is
Into:idea the ab.sye Railwor; Should pass, held on Thursday, the
15th .11, of Januarc instant, at the Horns' Tavern, Kennington, in
the county of !At/ifoy,
WILLLA \1 WILES, Esq. (Churchwarden of the parish of Lalnbeth),
in the Chair,
It was resolved—That this Meeting; COnsisting of Landowners,
Leaseholders, and Occupiefr, if Property upon and In the neighbour.
hood of the propOSed extension Lines of the South-Western and
South-Eastern Railways to Hungerford and Waterloo Bridges, is of
opin1_)11 that such lines will occasion serious injury, not only to the
owners of property through which they are intended to pass, and of
all property adjacent thereto' but also to the occupiers and inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood, without producing any corresponding
advanta;,re to the public at large ;
That the introduction of a line of railway, supported upon arches,
through a neighbourhood so densely populstted, cannot fail to be most
detrimcntal to the morals and comfort of the inhabitants, especially
of the poorer classes, and must necessarily be to the last degree in-
jurious to the trade of the district ttlfbugh which it passes.
(Signed) WILLIAM WILES, Chairman.
A vote of thanks Its the Chairman was then unanimously carried.

TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN VISITING EDINBURGH.
DOW, 57, North Bridge-buildings,
Edinburgh, returning her grateffil acknowledgments to
those gentlemen who have hitherto favoured her with her support,
begs respectfully to assure them, and all who nay patronise her,
that every attention to their comfort will continuo to have her un-
remitting care.
Mrs. Dow's lodging's being centrally situated betwixt the New and
Old Town, and within a few minutes walk of the Post, Coach, Rail-
way-offices, and Banks, are peculiarly calculated for the convenience
of commercial gentlemen.

DENTAL SURGERY.
32, HAYMARKET, opposite Jormyn-street.
MESSRS. MOSE LEY, SURGEON-
theyt their Patieats of the Provinces that
may be consulted daily as usual, at their residence, 32, Hay-
market.
Vacancies for ono or two first-rate workmen. Likewise for as
Articled Pupil.

SORTIE-1t ESTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAYS EX-
TENSION to HUNGERFORD and WATERLOO BRIDGES.
We do hereby give notice, that, in pal-glance of the above Reso-
lution, proper petitions to the itgisiittur, for protection and redress;
to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his support to his
lessees and tenants, by a Continuance of his dissent to the above pro-
jects ; hi the Lords of the different Manors, the lands of which
are to he affetted • are in preparation, and will be submitted imme-
diate ly to the different parties for their approval and signature, em-
bracing tvo objects :
First, •I'o prevent, if possible. the Said Railway Bills passing into a
law, on the ground that there really is no such probable benefit to be
derived from theni, as to warrant the destruction ofprivate property in
the woy pitipOned.
ti,:ooiaily, If they should pass, to obtain in the Committee of the
Houses of Parliament proper clauses for compelling the Railway Pro-
prietors to take the land on each side of the proposed lines to a cer-
tain extent, and to give proper compensation for all property affected
by them, whether taken or not.
WILLIAM WITHALL, 7, Parliament-street.
HENRY HARPUR, Kennington-cross.

BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London
JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en-
deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their
make, feel it incumbent en them to request the attention of the
public, In purchasing what they conceive to be the original to oh-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene-
ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un-
guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following
cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, `• the genuine," but
without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies,"
and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John
Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis-
tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to
purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope
will prevent many disappointments.
BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such
great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom-
mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all
climates.
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London.
The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse.

II ERECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
CCOMPANY'S OFFICES, 64, 310ORGATE-STREET,
London, Jan. 18, 1845.
TO THE EDITOR OF " THE SUN."
Sir,--The interest which you evince in Railway matters, induces
me to take the earliest opportunity afforded, of making publicly
a brief commentary on, or rather correction of, a passage in the
leading article of the "Railway Times" of to-day, devoted to a dis-
cussion of the merits of the Lines to York. This article,
aliliongh written generally in a courteous spirit towards
the Direct Northern Line, has the following sentence :—" The
Line, it seems, is to join the Great Northern a mile and a half
beyond the City of York, for the purpose of avoiding deten-
tion—a ;nighty convenience this to the ~aid City of York, which
is to be so greatly benelted by the Line!" lam aware that
this remark has, in all probability, arisen from the language
of the statement recently put forth by this Board of the " case and
merits of the Lino," which, on my attention being now brought to it,
is not specific on this point, for, after stating that the Line will
reduce the distance between London and York to 1761 miles,
and that collision with the traffic of the York and North Midland
Railway is avoided by carrying the line by a bridge over that Rail-
way, it has certainly been omitted to state the fact, that the conve-
nience of York City has been duly provided for by the intended for-
mation of a New Station close to the existing turnpike-road at Stickle-
gate. This station, which has always been part of the
plan, is in fact a material feature in it, in order to avoid
the detention and confusion which would otherwise occur
at York, from the use of the present station there, with
its other multifarious traffic. The object of the Junction with
the Great North of England Railway, at the distance of a mile
and a half from the City of York, is to carry on in the most direct
manner the Northern and Scotch traffic.
I have forwarded this correction to the editor of the " Railway
Times," but as the same cannot appear in that paper until next week,
I am desirous immediately to obviate the impression which the
article in question must otherwise convey to the public, and, there-
fore, I shall be obliged by your inserting this in your paper of to-day.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
WILLIAM AMSINCIC, Secretary.
.kTIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR,-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation to declare a
second Bemis, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES

PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES burn without
snuffing, like the finest wax, and are cheaper, in proportion
to the light given, than the commonest tallow ones. They are sold
by respectable dealers throughout the country, at sr under One
Shilling per lb., and wholesale to the Trade by EDWARD PRICE
and CO., Belmont, Vauxhall; and Palmer and Co., Sutton street,
Clerkenwel .
Purchasers must insist upon being supplied in the shops with
" Trice's Patent Candles," er they are very likely to get some of
the imitations, on account of the greater profit afforded to the
dealer by these latter.

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" Liverpool, Jan. 13, 1845.
" Rev. Sir,—l have been informed that a vessel
called the William Turner, bound for Liverpool, from
Ichaboe, was lost in Carnarvon Bay, either on Friday
night or early on Saturday morning last, and all
hands on board perished ; the person we are writing
abut was steward on board the said ship, named
Richard Gillman. He was a man about five feet six
inches high, dark hair, a wart on the first finger on
the right hand, and one on the left eye-lid, and a thick
bottom lip. If there is such a person found, I would
be glad if you would have the kindness to write to me,
for his wife is in a distracted state of mind.
" Please to direct to James Balmer, No. 35, North-
street, Dale-street, Liverpool.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" JAMES BALMER."

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
From an Extraordinary Edition of the Cambridge
Advertiser.)
MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS.
/WRANGLERS.
PARKINSON, STEPHEN, Joh.—Thompson William, Pet.
—Peirson, Robert, Joh.—Fischer, William Frederic
Lewis, Pemb.—Blackbarn, Hugh, Trin.—Cherriman,
John Bradford, Joh.—Grant, Alexander Ronald, Trin.—
Ilutt, William Wayman, Caius—Sargant, Henry, Trin.
—Scratchley, Arthur, Queen's—Power, Thomas Bar-
rat, Emman.—Elays, John, Christ's—Collett, William
Reynolds, Caius—Pine, John Rose, Cath.—Body, Elihu
Edmund, Joh.—Davys, Edmund, Joh.—Buckley, John,
Queen's—Latham, Henry, Trin.—Brett,Francis Henry,
Job.—Watson, William Grey, Caius—Clubbe, Charles
Whishaw, Joh.—Gibbins, Henry Thomas, )Eq., Trin.—
Yate, Charles Allix, 2Eq., Joh.—Dennis, Philip Gretton,
Emman._Dale, Thomas Pelham, Sidney —Russell,
Henry, Joh.—Yeoman, Constantine Bernard, Trin.—
Smalley, George Roberts, Joh.—Rendall, Frederick, j
Trin.—Cust, Daniel Mitford, Christ's—Cooke, Robert J
Herbert, Sidney—Burnett, Frederick Wildman, Joh.—
Davies, Robert Pritchard, Corpus—Burrows, John,
Caius—Constable, W. R. Rawson, Clare—Hobson, Al-
fred William, Joh.—Alderson, Edward Samuel, Trin.—
Lightfoot, William Barber, Trin.
SENIOR OPTIMES.
PEART, WILLIAMF., Cath.—Bromby, Frederick
William, Sidney—Hadfield, Samuel, Joh.—Goodwin,
Henry Wycliffe, Caius—Parry, Howard Lewis, Pet.—
Brereton, Arthur, Queen's—Madden, Wyndham Mon-
son, Joh.—Allen, Richard, Joh.—Perry, John Watling-
ton, Trin.—Thompson, Springall, Joh.—Sergeant, James
Sanderson, Joh.—Cure, Robert Capel, Trin.—Pugh,
Matthew, Cath.--Knox, Thomas Francis, Trin.—Bris-
towe, Samuel Boteler, )Eq., Trin. H.—Wrench, Peter
Elwin, Aq., Christ's—Dawes, William, Emman.—Cur-
sham, Francis Lambert, Christ's—lzard, William Chant-
ler, Christ's—Blackburn, Samuel, Aq., Christ's—King,
Robert Lethbridge, 'ET, Joh.—Hinds, Samuel, Trin.—
Taylor, William Henry, Joh.—Pierson, William Frede-
rick, Emman.—Jenkyn, William Osborn, Christ's.—
Dickinson, Henry, Pet.—Stockdale, Henry Minshul,
Jesus—Wood, Thomas, Trin.—Travers, Robert Duncan,
Caius—Ferard, Charles, Trin.—Dixon, William, Trin.
—Darby, Edwin Armitage, Emman.—Allen, Edward,
Joh.—Blenkin, George Beatson, Corpus—Cox, Thomas,
Joh.—Laishley, George New, Trin.—Pownall, George
Purvis, Trin.—Cayley, Charles Begot, Trin.—Weston,
Joh.—Woodman, Thomas, Emman.
George Kirke, Emma.—Waldron, Frederic William,

Miss JANE PORTER,
THE AUTHORESS. -- During
the last week of the departed year, a large package
States,arrive
dattheLo ndojasnt Custom-rouse, from the United
containing
of t all3‘l e
li' no
b
that city, by order
consigned to the Lord Mayor, from the Mayor of
New York,
handsomeiterar3 inhabitants
, artn
chair,
:
presented to Miss Jane Porter, the English authoress,
he
ase
a testiniony of the high and respectful admiration
they entertain for one to whose pen their country holds
itself indebted for some of the purest, noblest, and most
delightfully imaginative productions in the wide range
of British literature—her name having spread over the
length and breadth of the land, and her works found,
gracing alike the abodes of the
wealthy and the humble
dwellings of the poor." Such are a few of the commenc-
ing lines of " the address " that accompanied this dis-
tinguished tribute to talents so faithfully directed. The
address is elegantly written on white vellum, with many
signatures, at the head of which is that of the Hon. John
Harper, the Mayor of New York ; then follow many
others, amongst which aro those of several publishers
and booksellers eminent in the city; and it cannot but
be supposed that the now venerable authoress should feel much gratification in the sentiment of a present so
appropriate to her age and her yet occasional vocation.

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RAILWAY INTELLIGEN,CE.
PROPOSED MIDLAND COUNTIES AND Clrt•
VALLEY Ju-Neale:sr.—A meeting was held in Ashb:/-
la- Zouch on Monday last, to promote the formation 0:' 4 r
branch railway to connect the Midland Counties with
the proposed Churnet-valley line, by means of part of
the Leicester and Srvannington Railway. The proposal
is, to commence ar Broughton (between Leicester nod
Rugby), proceed to Desford, continue on the Leicest r
and Swannington to a point about four miles from
Ashby, and carry the line thence to Will ington. on the Bir-
mingham and Derby line, which is one of the termini of
the Churner-% alley route. This route would be the
nearest that could be planned between London and
Manchester, and will render the distance between the
two about 170 miles. Its advantages to Leicester would
be greater than at first sight they may appear to be,
since, by the oontemplated junction, that town might
be made the thoroughfare through which the traffic be-
tween the manufacturing and agrieultnral parts of
England would be carried on, by means of the proposed
railway from System to Peterborough to the eastward.
At the same time, Leicester would be within a three
hours' ride of Manchester. A chain of communica-
tion would thus be established between the purely agri-
cultural, the mixed agricultural and manufacturing, and
the exclusively manufacturing districts of the country.—
Leicester Chronicle.
BISHOI.STOKE AND SALISBURY.—The Hampshire In.,
dependent states that, so far from there being any inten-
tion on the part of the South-Western Railway Company
to abandon this line, the contracts for die works have
been taken and will be immediately commenced.
DORCHESTER.—The Town Committee for promoting
the carrying out of this line of railway, met at the Audit
House on Tuesday, when a communication was received
from Lord Charles Wellesley, M.P. for South Hants, in
reply to an application from the Committee, appointing
to meet them at Southampton on the 24th instant, and
hear their views upon the advantages of the proposed
railway. His Lordship has hitherto abstained from
giving the least clue to his sentiments upon a subject in
which his constituents are so greatly interested. A com-
munication from Mr. Castleman was &so received,
stating most positively that the line was intended to be
carried round the shore to West Quay, and that the
terminus would be as near the pier as possible. The
Provisional Committee were willing to give any further
guarantee of their intentions in this matter that might
be required, pledging themselves to carry the line to
the spot indicated, unless compelled to abandon the in-
tention by Parliamentary interference.—Hampshire In-
dependent.
SOUTH DEVON.—The tenders for 24 engines—sixteen
of 33 inch cylinder, or about 45 horse power, and eight
of 12 horse power—were received in the early part of
the week at Exeter, by Mr. Brunel, and the authorities
of the South Devon Railway, which is to be worked on
the atmospheric principle. The contracts were taken by
Messrs. Boulton, Watt, and Rennie ; the amount from
40,000/. to 50,0001. The principal Cornish engineers
and founders were in attendance.— Western Times.
THE WEST YORKSHIRE.—The West Yorkshire Rail-
way will pass over nine of the public streets of Bradford.
The Bradford Board of Surveyors, however, are cf opi
nion that the interest of the public' will not be injured
by the proposed undertaking, and have unanimously
agreed to assent to it.,—Leeds Mercury.
BIGGLESWADE EXTENSION.—The Hertford Town
Council has expressed its dissent from the proposal of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to extend their
line from Hertford to Biggleswade.—Hertford Mercury.
Mr. George Stephenson, C.E., has lately been spending
a week with Sir R. Peel, in company with some scientific
gentlemen.
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL AND
GLOUCESTER AMALGAMATION TERMS.—The Birming-
ham and Gloucester capital to remain as it is. The
Bristol and Gloucester to create as many new 504 shares
as will capitalize their loan notes and debentures to be
paid up upon as the loan notes and debentures become
due, and by equal proportions, extending over five years.
Until paid up a deduction from the sham of the profits
to be made at the rate of 4f per cent. per annum on the
amount not paid. The profits in other respects to be
divided between the two companies, in the ratio of their
mileage, that i., taking the Bristol and Gloucester at 283-
miles ; and the Birmingham and Gloucester at 53. The
shareholders in the Worcester and Wolverhampton line
to be guaranteed by the combined companies 5 per cent.
on their shares, and 5 per cent. on calls during progress
of works. Arrangements are nearly concluded for
laying down the rarrow guage between Bristol and
Gloucester, hereby preventing the ruinous inconvenience
and expense now caused by differently gauged rails.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON AND YORK
LINES.—A report having gone abroad that the London
and Birmingham will not oppose the London and York,
we can state, on the best authority, their determinatian
to do so.—Herapath's Journal.
REVENCTE.-It now appears that the traffic of the last
six months of 1844, on the thirty-eight principal rail-
ways of Great Britain, amounts to three millions and a
quarter or more—exactly 3,264,450/. This traffic has
been carried on 1,522 miles of railway, and 234 miles of
branch lines, making in all 1,756 miles. This revenue
is 450,0001. more than the corresponding half of last
year. It is chiefly owing to the improvement in the trade
of the country, and only slightly to the increase in ex-
tent of lines opened to the public. It represents an im-
provement of nearly ten millions in the value of the
railways of Great Britain since the commencement of
1844. This revenue amounts to about 4,0001. per mile per
annum, of which let us take 1,600/. for working expenses,
and we have 2,400/. per mile per annum for dividend, in-
dicating a market value of 48,0001. per mile, at twenty
years' purchase. The total sum available this half-year
for interest and dividends will be about two millions,
giving, for the value of all the important lines of the
country, at twenty ,years' purchase, a sum of 80,000,0001
But as many of the lines are worth more than twenty
years' purchase, and as many small lines are not in-
cluded in this estimate, while some are in course of
construction and not open for traffic, it may be near
the truth to say that at the commencement of 1845
we start with a national property in railways worth
not less than one hundred millions.—Railway Chronicle.
FRENCH LINES.—The surveys have commenced with
activity on the Boulogne line. It is decided that only
one line of rails shall be laid down at first, although
the land will he purchased, and the works executed for
two. Within two years it will be opened. The Rouen
Railway produced, during the past year, 256,1401; and
the Orleans, for the same period, 263,970/. The two
Versailles companies have come to terms to amalgamate
and demand the concession of the line from Versailles to
Chartres, and a new Company will be formed; the actual
shares of! the two will be exchanged, on certain terms,
for shares in the new company.—Railway Chronicle.
Several of the brokers connected with the provincial
Shares-markets have issued their annual circulars, and
these disclose some useful statistics, showing the progress
of the majority of lines in full operation. The circular
published by Mr. Greaves, of Liverpool; states that the
total increase in the traffic of twenty-two railways for
the six months just ended, compared with the corres-
ponding period of last year, has not been less than
321,4021., the only decrease being that of 1601. on the
Glasgow and Greenock line. The particulars of the
increase are as follows:—" Birmingham and Gloucester,
19,9911.; Chester and Birkenhead, 2,4511; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 2,7521.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr,
6,6311.; Grand Junction, 14,8441.; Great North of Eng-
land, 10,752/. ; Great Western, 61,5801; Liverpool and
Manchester, 19,7251; London and Birmingham, 18,4131.;
London and Brighton, 15,9121; London and Croydon,
5,1264; London and South Western, 6,6901; Manches-
ter and Birmingham, 10,8871.; Manchester, Bolton, and
Bury, 4,083/.; Manchester and Leeds, 36,0991.; Midland
Company, 38,8771; Newcastle and Carlisle, 8,2361.;
North Union, 16,4891.; Preston and Wyre, 2,9644;
Sheffield and .Manchester, .5,0841; Ulster, 1,283/. ; and
York and North Midland, 10,5231."
Mr. Hall, of Liverpool, in his circular, takes a com-
parison of thirty of the oldest and most important rail-
ways, and his statement gives an increase of value of
stock, during the last year, of 28,695,479/. over the
amount of capital laid out, the former being 85,554,0811,
and the latter 56,858,692/. It appears also, from the
same document, that the only railways which have fallen
in price are the London and Birmingham, and the Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock. The Birmingham and
Gloucester ; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ;
Great North of England ; Newcastle and Darlington :
Sheffield and Manchester ; and York and North Mid-
land, have risen above 50 per cent. in their value during
the same period. The highest
prices of Birmingham
shares were those current in the month of January,
when quotations ranged from 237 to 243; and the lowest
those current in the month of October last, when the
differences between the Birmingham and Grand Junction
Companies seemed likely to produce strong opposition on
certain branch lines brought before the public. In that
month they fluctuated between 216 and 212.

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DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF LORD FRED. BEAUCLEOL.
We lament to state that the Rev. Lord Frederic&
Beauclerk, uncle of the Duke of St. Alban's, is lying ire
a very precarious condition, at the family residence in
Lower Grosvenor-street. His Lordship's illness has
caused the most serious anxiety to Lady Frederick
Beauclerk and the immediate connections. We under-
stand that on Thursday morning last, his Lordship, on
being called at eight o'clock, his usual hour of rising,
and not answering, the servant entered the room, and,
to his astonishment, found his Lordship on the floor, ire
a fit. The domestic had the presence of mind to raise
his noble master on the bed and immediately gave alarm
to the establishment, when Dr. Chambers and Mr. Hicks
were promptly iu attendance, on the noble patient. It
was then satisfactorily ascertained that his Lordship was
suffering from a paralytic attack. An express was
directly forwarded to Lady Frederick and family, who
were at St. Michael's Vicarage, near St. Alban's, and in
a few hours her Ladyship accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Beauclerk, arrived in Grosvenor-street. We regvet to
hear the use of the right side is entirely gone for the
present, and that his Lordship still labours under the
want of the power of speech. Hopes are, however, en-
tertained for his recovery.
DISAPPEARANCE AND RECOVERY OP A 3001.
BANK NoTE.--The following circumstance, we are told,
has caused some sensation :—A young gentleman from
the old-established banking-house of Sir John Lubbock
and Co., pas requested, in the course of his out-door
duties some few days ago, to make a payment of 300 i. at
Messrs. Hoare and Co.'s, in Fleet-street. In order, it
is presumed, to save time, he called there en route west-
ward, and requested Messrs. Hoare's cashier to have the
receipt for the money ready for him on his return, at the
same time tendering, or rather, as it would appear from
the sequel, intending or imagining that he had tendered
the money. Upon calling shortly afterwards for the re-
ceipt, Messrs. Hoare's clerk intimated that it was ready
for him upon payment of the amount. Thus, while the
youthful out-door representative of Sir J. Lubbock and
Co. stoutly persisted that he had already paid the money,
the other as positively denied the fact. Such was the
unpleasant position of the matter, and it was ultimately
deemed advisable to stop the payment of the not. at the
Bank of England, and to put forth an advertisement
with the offer of " a handsome reward." After the lapse
of two days, we are told, an out-door clerk from the
West-end branch of the London Joint stock Bank
presented himself at Messrs. Hoare and Co.'s, with
the missing note, stating that he had picked it up be-
tween that house and Messrs. Child's. The restitution
of the money, it may be said, is abundantly satisfactory.
—Sunday Times.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— The lessee has re-
turned, we find, from Berlin, and has had the gratifies.
tion to learn that his theatre has been crowded every
night during his absence. The immediate object of his
visit to that capital was to witness the performance of
Meyerbeer's last grand opera, " A Camp in Silesia, in
which Mademoiselle Lind has made so great a sensation.
We understand that Mr. Bunn has positively made ar-
rangements with Meyerbeer for the produetion of his
opera in London, and has likewise concluded an engage-
ment
with the cantatrice. A grand ballet is likewise in
preparation, in which the charming Mademoiselle Maria,
from the Academie Royale, Paris, will appear.
METROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.—A public
meeting was held on Friday evening at the Islington and
Pentonville Literary Institute, forthe purpose of hearing
a lecture by Edwin Lancaster, Esq., M.D. F.L.S., upon
the evils resulting from the protracted hours of labour
so frequent in drapers' establishments. The Lecturer
reviewed the subject in all its bearings. He dwelt with
great force and eloquence upon the deterioration of
character which must take place in a human being.
whether viewed in reference to his moral, physical, or
intellectual faculties, if exposed to this pernicious
system. The various portions of his subject. which
admitted of it he illustrated by diagrams, and he con-
cluded with a strong and eloquent appeal to all present
to use their utmost efforts for the extirpation of a system
so injurious to society at large. The attendance was
numerous and highly respectable, with a preponderance,
as there should be, of the fair sex.
THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN EuxoPs.—The Earl
of Malmesbury, who went to Brunswick with instruc-
tions from George 111., to demand the Princess Caroline
for the Prince of Wales, gives the following character-
istic account of their first meeting :—" I immediately
notified the arrival to the King and Prince of %jos ;
shroertitraledotmoean
moment alone,
part
the last came immediately. I, according to the eats,
Wished etiquette, introduced (no one else being in the
room) the Princess Caroline to him. She very
.promly,
in consequence of my saying to her it was the right
mode of proceeding, attempted to kneel to him. He
raised her (gracefully enough) and embraced her, said
g round,this Harris,
brandy.' I said,
lofstmhenaoptarwtemlle;npt,reayndgectallimnegamgelastos hofim, said,
Sir, had you not better have a glass of water ?'
IbhareerlynnonceeswLordle,ft tduurnriedn
which he, much out of humour, said, with en
I will go directly to the Queen,' and
away' be went,
in a state of astonishment ; and,
my
joining her,
said, Mon Dieu ! est ce
que le Prince est toujours
comme eels ? Je le trouve t
beau que son portrait: r s Bros, et nullemetit aussi
naturally a good deal aff ted
said his Royal Highness was
ee and flurried at this first
interview, but h
dinner." s e certainly would find him different at

ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Wednesday one of the
sergeants of the 44th regiment, named Blackwall, hav-
ing told a corporal, named Holmes, of the same regi-
ment, who had broken his leave and lost his great coat,
that he was to consider himself a prisoner, the corporal
walked moodily towards the guard-house and took up a
gun, which he appeared to be playing with, but in the
barrel of which he had by some means managed to place
a ball cartridge. Suddenly he raised the piece, and,
taking deliberate aim, fired. The ball passed close to
two sergeants who were standing near, grazing the frce
of one of them, and tore a button from the coat of ser-
geant Blackwell, against whom it was fired. The man
was immediately secured.—Devonpert Independent.
CAPT. TAYLER'S BREAKWATER.—It will be very
satisfactory to our townsmen to learn that the sections of
the breakwater moored off the town have nobly with-
stood the late gales. The Messrs. Cheesman bays at-
tended the hoisting of the light every night and are wel'
satisfied with the light-house, and hope, they say, to
make it a long residence. They report that during the
gale the sea was rendered tranquil upwards of 500 yards
within the breakwater, and that the strain on themr
ings was scarcely felt. It seems, therefore, most pro-
bable that this
p economical plan pdla/ will
e s manyt
property.—Brighton Guardian.
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