The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-05 00:00:00

impel engineer of the Company, and reflects the
greatest credit on him, on Mr. Forsyth, the assistant-
engineer (who has had the persoitalsnpervision of the
greater part of the works), and on Me. Thomas
Brogden, the contractor for the whole ef the works of
the station and approaches.
We understand that the omnibus establishment of
the Company,. which was quite necessary while the
passenger station was in Oldham Road, is now con-
siderablyreduced, being limited mainly to the omni-
buses plying between the 'Victoria Station and the
present station of the Liverpool Railway, in Liver-
pool Road. We believe, however, that omnibuses
from the principal hotels will ply to and from the
Victoria Station, at small charges. Every accommo-
dation will be given to the pub'ic, in the requisite
supply of coaches, cabs, &c., which will he allowed to
stand on the carriage-drive of the approach, just
without the gates of the station, a certain number
being admitted within the gates before the arrivals of
the trains.
On inquiring at the station yesterday morning, we
learned that the new half-hourly short trains to Miles
Platting, &c., had filled very well throughout the
day, and that no accident of any kind bad arisen to
mar the satisfaction of a successful opening. We
learn that the stationary engines an,l endless rope are
not yet in operation, though quite perfect. The trains
during the day were taken up the incline by two en-
gines, which drew twelve carriages with ease. Each
train has with it a loaded, small, square waggon,
called the brake waggon, which is provided with a
brake so powerful as to be thereby enabled to stop
the train at any part of the incline, in case of acci-
dent. Thus there is no accident that could take
place, even the breaking of the endless chain, or the
failure of the stationary engine, that could cause more
than a few minutes' delay.
To some extent connected with this station, flank-
inF the entrance to the inclined approach to the
railway from Great Ducie-street, is an edifice of con-
siderable size, erected for the proprietor, Mr. Robert
Gill, by Mr. Bellhouse, from a design by Messrs. I.
and J. P. Holden, of this town. It has been named
the Palatine Hotel, and stands on the site of the
College Inn (formerly the Castle Inn), and the ad-
joining land between the College wall and the
street. This handsome and capacious structure pre-
sents a frontage towards Great Ducie-Street of 110
feet, and a semicircular return front along the ap-
proach to the station. The style of its architecture
is what is called the early Italian, or Romanesque ;
and the whole of the front is constructed of the
same material as the station-house—the pierre-point
stone—which has a very good and pleasing effect.
In conclusion, we may express our gratification at
so large a portion of this important line of railway
junction and communication being effected within the
town—indeed, so near the very heart of the town—
yet at so comparatively small a sacrifice of valuable
property. The centrality of the Hunt's Bank Sta-
tion, and the advantages we have adverted to, will be
the more striking when it is considered, that
(when the Liverpool junction is finished) it
will be the point from which the transit from
this town will be commenced on the following
railways :—Manchester and Leeds Railway and
thence to Selby and Hull; also by the junction with
the great eastern lines of railway from London north-
ward to Scotland ; with the North Midland and its
extension southward towards Birmingham, Derby,
and the midland counties ; and with the York and
North Midland line to York, Newcastle, and Edin-
burgh. The Manchester and Boller) Railway, with
its continuation to Preston and Lancaster. The-Liver-
pool and Manchester Railway, with the Bolton branch;
the North Union to Wigan and Preston, and thence
to Lancaster, Carlisle, and Newcastle, and the north-
western line to Scotland.

FREE TRADE SOIREE and MEET.
ING AT BOLTON.
A splendid asirie and meeting, in aid of the great League
Fund, took place at the Temperance Hall, Bolton, on Wednes-
day night. Mr. Cobden, 111. P., Colonel Thompson, Mr.
R. R. R. Moore, and Mr. W. Evans, attended as a deputation
from the League, and, on making their appearance on the
platform, were greeted with loud and long continued plaudits.
Mr. Henry Ashworth and Mr. Edmund Ashworth, members
of the Council of the League, were also present. The meet-
ing was crowded; there was at least a thousand persons
present. The chair was taken by T. Gregson, Esq., Mayor.
Colonel THOMPSON first addressed the meeting. He said
to /show the enormity of the corn-laws, to show their monstrous
injustice, they might be compared to a law which should be
passed to put an end to the wine trade with Portugal, in order
that wine might be made from grapes grown in our hot-
houses at home. He said the thing was perfectly practicable,
and would, no doubt, for a time work well for gardeners,
joiners, and glaziers; but would the community stand it?—
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Yet the law for " the
protection of British industry" as it was called,—
(Laughter)—was just such a law in effect. Such a law could
not stand ; the agriculturists themselves began to see that, and
were preparing to give up the game.—( Hear, hear.) It was
Arne, that a small knot of foolish men in Essex the other day
made a feint of establishing a counter agitation to put down
the League ; and, to show how much in earnest they were,
they got one 50/. towards it.—( Laughter.) But nothing had
been heard of this Anti-Anti-Corn-law League since. If they
have not given it up, they seem to be ashamed of their cause;
and when people became ashamed, and began to despair of
their cause, depend upon it that cause would not last long.
Mr. Coeuerr next came forward, and was received with
loud cheers. After passing a high eutogium upon Colonel
Thompson, in this cause, whose efforts, he said, had been
directed to the subject long before either he or his friends
were alive to its importance, he said he did not come there
to argue the question that night. Ile thougiserht the people of
Bolton, after the suffering, destitution, and my to which
they had been so recently subjected, did not want convincing
of the impolicy.of the corn-laws. Why no class of men, even
those of a certain partylin politics, but had long ceased to believe
that the corn-laws were for the good of trade. But thee., they
bad another reason for holding aloof from this agitation;
when ana
a few of them might be seen coming out of their mills
the question of repeal was proposed, and shaking their heads—
beads never very remarkable for the quantity of brains in them
(Laughter)—and these men said, " Oh, it may be very well
fof us that the cern-laws should be repealed, it may suit the put..
pose of those who have mill property, but what
hese is to become a
fa of
the agriculturists ?"—(Laugliter.) Now t were ir
sample of the sort of men, and their wisdom, who prided them-
selves on having stuck to their party and opposed repeal. These
poor creatures had got a notion into their heads that it was im•
possible for all classes to prosper at once—they thought one
elass mast of necessity flourish at the expense of another' and
their saying was " turn and turn about."—( Laughter. )
Why
these men were absolutely to be pitied. 'The agriculturists,
for whose benefit it was pretended the law was passed, were
going a-heed of these men. The League had already the
oldest and best families of the aristocracy, the largest and most
wealthy landowners with them—the Fitzwilliatns, the Spencers,
the Ducies, the Bedfords, the Radnors, and the Grosvenors.—
(Cheers.) Yes, they had and would have the best of all
classes with them ; they were fast flocking round their standard
—every day brought with it an aeeession el strength ; and
having obtained the assistance of such men as these, what need
they care about the rest ? Mr. Cobden w.nt on to speak of
other topics, and addressed the meeting for nearly an hour,
frequently interrupted by loud and long-continued bursts of
cheering.
Mr. R. R. R. MOORE next addressed die meeting, detailing
the proceedings of the League hitherto, and the course pro-
• posed for the future. He cowhide,' a powerful appeal to the
meeting by showing the futility of all the attempts yet made to
counteract their agitation, from the calumnies of the pi ens
which attributed to them the turn-out in the manufacturing
districts of last year, down to the nailing of their tracts on
barn-dsors, and the burning of them by a veracious clergyman
in his church at Norwich, who declared to his congregation
" that they smelt of blood"—acts which, in-lead of answering
the end intended, but stimulated people's curiosity to read
them.—(Applause.) He then announced the following sub-
scriptions, as already received in Bolton, and as intended to
bead the subscriptions in the room :
Messrs. Callender, Bickham, and Cross (doub'e their sub-
scription of last year), 200/. ; Messrs. 11. and E. .Ashworth,
200/. ; Messrs. J. R. Barnes and Son, Me/. ; Messrs. Robert
and Jos. Lord, 50/. ; Mr. Thomas '1 homy on, 100/. ; Messrs.
Arrowsmith and Sons, 50/. —Teta), 700/.
Subscriptions immediately began to flow in from the body of
the room, and Mr. Moore announced the following
Messrs. J. Crook and Son, 50/. ; John Cutler (or Cotterill),
Market-street, 21.; Collected by ditto, I 2s. ; Joseph Had-
dock, 11. ; John Barnes, I/. ;
Wil
Baxter, Blackburn-stree,
Hervey and Southwark, 5/.. team} Barlow, rts. ; Joseph
Arrowamith, 10/. ; J. and J. 'Brierley, 10/. ; Thomas Kirk-
ham, ss. ; James Shuttleworth, 10s. ; George Mee, ss.
John Mitchell, ss. ; and an immense number of names put
down for small sums.
Mr. Moosea announced at half-past ten e'elnek that the
subscription in the room had reachtd to 505/. 4s. Od., making
with the 700/. to head the list, a total of I ,2().51. es. 9d. 'The
anaeuneement was received with loud (-Leers.
After votes of thanks to the Chairman, cud to the Deputa-
tion, the meeting sep
DARING BURGI,AIiN.
PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3 About two o'clock
this morning a daring burglary was committed on the premises
of Jr./ Richard Nicks, No. 2, Bilbury-street, in this town.
secupied by him in carrying on the business of wine and spirit
merchant. It appears that the office was closed and the doors
of the premises were secured by the yers.n t barged with that
duty, about eight o'clock last night, who then left, as was chat
duty, person sleeping on the premises. At about two
o'clock this morning a noise was heard by an individual residing
in Morley-street, which is near the back of the premises, such
as would be occasioned by verby heavy blows en some sub
distance
capable of strong resistance, ut as this noise soon scon-
tinued, no further notice was taken of it by the neighbour.
Bat this morning, on Mr. Hicks's servants proceeding to open
the premises, it was at once perceived that some party or parties
had entered them through a doer at the back, near Charles.
street, and then proceeded to the office, where an iron sale had
been dislodged from the wall, where it hail been fixed with
masonry, and carried :away. On proceeding to the open
yard behind the premises it was discovered that the iron safe
bad been taken thither, and there broken to pieces by blows
from a large stone, which was lying with the pieces, and its
contents taken out and looked over, and a portion taken away.
The safe contained a number of papers and a bill for 501.,
which became due this day, and cash in notes, gold, and silver
to the amount of 651. 16s. 't he papers aid the bill remain
and were found strewed about near the mutilated safe, but the
whqle of the cash is gone. The pullet men on the. beat in
vehßth the premises are situate heard nothing whatever of the
matter. It appears that it takes him upwards of one hour to
go his round., the beat being au extensive one. No clue exits
to trsee the depredator or depredators, but the police are on
the alert to discover them if possible. Thew is
in whi h
t
this burglary was effected, shows tha t it as atone work of a
practitioner in such daring acts. It appears that it was first
attempted to pick the lock of the streetdoor—that, however,
aapt succeeding, recourse was had to the back door,
L for the put re-
premer yfioig
kwi h
pose of gaining admission to the
oreken safe was found a pair of thread g (ries o ar co our,
and a piece of wax candle, no doubt used to give light in se,
Wing from the contents of the safe, and then ref ped.

THE ESCAPE FROM I\ OTTINGIIAM e
learn from the police, just as we are going to press, that one
of the escaped oonvicts, or a person supposed to be one, has
We apprehended at a distance from Nottingham of nearly
two lsced miles. Whitworth, the constable, has been dis-
Imbibed to prove the man's identity. It is supposed to be Smith.
4.4b€1641Un Itariow.