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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1845.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE was so much flattered by the
reception which his former address to his countrymen
received from the press and a certain portion of the
public, that he has been induced to resume his labours,
and has just issued another song of lamentations,
which fills more than three columns of our
Tory Contemporary, the Morning Post. It is quite
refreshing to hear the opinions of a venerable disciple
of the Eldon school. They have become obsolete in
every society, as well as in both Houses of Parliament,
and therefore come before us almost with the freshness
of curious discoveries gleaned from antiquarian re•
searches. Lord ELDON, when Toryism was in all its
pride and glory, resisted every reform in Church and
State. He would not allow a peg of the fabric
to be touched, and looked with as great reverence on the
defects as the beauties of our Constitution. " If you take
out a pin," said he, " it will fall to pieces," and the Duke
of NEWCASTLE thus follows in the same prophetic
strain :—" I have elsewhere stated, some time ago,
how that by loosening one stone in the building
we have endangered the whole fabric—so, repeal.
ing the combination laws brought about the re-
peal of the Corporation and Test Act --as a
consequence, the emancipation of the Roman Catholics
followed —then reform in Parliament—from thence
arose a cry against the Church ; to appease this
cry the Ecclesiastical Commission was devised
the revenues or resources of the Church Establish-
ment were to be drained, and exhausted bishoprics
and various other dignities abolished—everything done
to abuse, humiliate, and impoverish the Church
which an improvident meddling could devise, and
only stopping where shame forbade to proceed further ;
next, the old corporations were destroyed—the Educa-
tion Bill passed ; and these Acts followed one upon the
other—one in consequence of another, and one after the
other, were recommended to the Legislature, and the
reason why was apparently because the preceding
Acts had become law. I will not enumerate
many other bad measures, such as the new Poor-
law, Rural Police Act, &c., enacted, no doubt,
to restrain that very poverty and crime which confusion
and uncertainty had created. My object is to show
that one bad precedent begets another, and that this
stratagem has been systematically pursued, as a sure
though unperceived mode of stealing a march, of sapping
our morality, undermining our civil and religious insti-
tutions, and, in fact, of revolutionising the State."
He points out the grievances of the present day—

such as the Jews Bill and the Maynooth Endow.
ment ; after premising, that, as far as his recollection
serves, not one good measure has passed since the en-
trance of the present Administration into office, and
then proceeds to the remedies ; but we are unable to
discover their nature or how they are to be applied. As
far as we can judge, he has no wish to beat the Mi-
nister by majorities, and cause him to resign. He would
simply starve him to death. Here is the specific, and
we leave our readers to judge for themselves :
" The time, I believe, is favourable ; events, I believe, are
ripening, if not ripe. Cast off the dynasty of error, imposture,
and impurity; cause it to cease by inanition, and let that of
healing and healthy truth prevail ; enthrone it with your free
and generous sympathy, your united acclamation, your calm,
moderate, but settled and determined resolve."

Let us be thankful that it is as hopeless now to re
suscitate the old system which the Duke idolises, as it is
to raise the dead to life.

We have already adverted to the discussion which
took place on Friday in the Commons relative to the
state of the navy ; but it is a matter of too much im-
portance to be passed over without further notice, and
we are glad to learn that the question will not be al-
lowed to rest where it is. The subject will probably be
resumed on Friday next, or whenever the navy estimates
are again brought forward. It is unnecessary, on this
occasion, to dwell upon the paramount and indispensable
necessity which exists for maintaining the navy in a
condition capable of efficient extension at the shortest
possible notice, and on a footing of present strength and
preparation much beyond the ordinary scale of our peace
establishments. To enter into any recapitulation of
these reasons would be at one unnecessary and invidious.
We take it, however, that there is scarcely one English-
man in the United Kingdom who would not support
by his vote and sanction the fullest establishment of this
constitutional force which may be necessary, having a
prudent regard to the existing aspect of foreign relations.
The fact is that men see we are perhaps on the verge of
one of those political exigencies in which practical ex-
perience supplies the proof of constitutional theory, as
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to the readiest, the furthest reaching, the most formida-
ble, the most national arm of our strength.
The navy is the common rallying point of men
of all parties who are agreed in attachment
to our constitution, whenever the honour and the
welfare of the empire appear to be menaced, whethci
immediately or remotely. Yet to that navy, the nation,

indebted as she is to it for her most substantial suc-
cesses and progress, as well as her most illustrious
triumphs, has been but a harsh stepmother ; fond
enough of its glory, so conducive to her own greatness,
but niggardly and reluctant, withal, in making commen-
surate provision for its maintenance on a scale of com-
mensurate liberality. " Britannia," in truth, has, from
time to time, manifested something like a cold negleckin
her habitual deportment to this, the noblest of her chil-
dren. But when she has found it indispensable to invoke

its protection and its power, in order to vindicate her
rights or her authority, she has unhesitatingly thrown
herself into its arms, and rendered it all honour in the
sight of nations. The great mischief appears to be that
that consideration and cherishing affection, which ought,'
to be permanent and continuous, have hitherto been in-
termittent. It is not the least of the elements that have
constituted the good fortune of this empire, that such a
capricious and interrupted treatment has but in a very
slight degree estranged the affections of such a progeny.
But let her learn caution by the past, and have some
better hold on their affections fur the future, by a wiser
and a more genercus course cf action. The upholding
of our navy should be at all times the foremost
care of the Legislature, the most anxious duty of the
Executive. We are glad to observe that Mr. WIL-
LIAMS, representing as he does a section of the House
of Commons which is pledged to the most rigorous eco-
nomic supervision of the public expenditure, declared,
" If the Government considered it expedient in reference
to the state of our foreign relations, to increase the
navy, he would not oppose that increase, for whatever
tended to enhance its efficiency he looked upon as the
truest economy." Had this observation preceded the
speech of Captain BERKELEY, it would have served as an
admirable text for the observations of that Hon. and
Gallant Officer. For what was their oject ? Simply to
prove that in the system of manning our ships of war
(line-of battle ships more especially) the Board of

Admiralty adopt a false principle of economy as to ex-
pense, and a destructive principle as to efficiency.
In expressing the surprise with which he had listened
to Sir GEORGE COCKBURN'S declaration of a former
evening, " that he could at present man the navy well
with good seamen," the Gallant Officer referred to the
proof of his own consistency in deprecating the system
he was now denouncing by refusing to act with his col-
leagues at the Admiralty under the last Whig Govern-
ment, because they would persist in the vicious
practice which he found the present Board
adopting after practically repudiating it. This
practice was, the sending out men-of-war in time of
peace with what was called a " peace complement."
Than this absurdity of two complements for a man-of-
war, nothing could be more absurd. " A war comple-
ment" should be superseded by the phrase " a proper
complement." But it is the more surprising (as the
Member for Gloucester argued), that this plan of capri
ciously undermanning ships of the line should have been
recurred to by the present Admiralty Board, when, on
a reference made by the Whig Board, of which he had
been a member, to the ablest and most distinguished
officers in the service, their concurrent opinion had been
reported against such a scheme; and it was by these
officers declared that the true basis of any scheme for
manning ships of war should be this:—" That the
numerical amount and capacity of the crew should be in
proportion to the number of guns and the weight of
metal." The reasonableness of this principle is so ap
parent that it is difficult to imagine how any Admiralty
Board could ever have departed from it. But it is ab-
solutely astonishing—and even deplorable—to note with
what sort of arguments Sir GEORGE COCKBURN at-
tempted to justify the cases in which there has recently
been admitted departures from it, whilst he acknow-
ledged its truth, soundness, and necessity. Now it
is a principle which the welfare of this coun-
try is more deeply interested in vigilantly
maintaining than may to a casual observer be apparent,
on its mere enunciation. The infraction of this prin-
ciple has a direct and positive tendency to disgust the
service ; and we are, therefore, sorry that Capt. BERKE-
LEY did not call upon the House of Commons, by an
affirmative resolution, to pledge itself to its practical ob-
servance. We cannot sufficiently condemn their appeals
to the excitement of popular feeling in Ireland, which
endeavours to enforce her claims to more extensive mea-
sures of remedial and equalising legislation, by me-
nacing suggestions of the amount of defection which
would be witnessed in the ranks of our army, and from
the strength of our ships' crews, in the event of a war
breaking out before those measures shall have been
granted. We have ever advocated, in the most exten-
sive sense of the phrase, " justice to Ireland" through
the extension to her of all the full rights of an integral
member of the Union. But we as little believe that the
denial of "repeal" will exercise any such disorganising
influence on the Irish ccntingents of our army and navy
as that it will withdraw one Irish workman from the
yards of our builders, masons, and bricklayers, or any
other of the numerous crafts and laborious avocations
in which their spirited industry has always prompted
them to earn a hard, but honest, subsistence, rather than
abandon themselves to squalid indolence and destitution
at home.

We know enough, however, of the sentiments of the
British seaman, English, Dutch, or Irish, to feel the
most serious apprehensions as to what the inevitable
tendencies must be if such inexcusable disregard for
his comforts, his feelings, his just demands, as that
which were incidentally established against the Admi-
ralty in several very significant cases mentioned by
Captain BERKELEY and Sir CHARLES NAPIER. If pro-
ceedings of this nature should be any longer persevered
in, the utter disgust they will occasion to the service
will be evidenced in its utter loss of all attachment and
loyalty to the cause it has hitherto carried to triumph
and to victory over every sea. Let us advert to a few
of these facts.
When the Albion (90) was last fitted out under
Captain LOCKYER, for the experimental squadron in the
Channel, she carried a crew of from 800 to 830 men;
but she was dispatched to Lisbon with a complement
100 short of that number. Now, though Lisbon could
scarcely be -considered a foreign station, Captain '
LOCKYER had to " look at" the French squadron off the
coast of Africa. Had an actual collision unhappily
taken place, what plea of justification could have availed
those who would have placed Captain LOCKYER in such
a position, with a crew at least 100 men short of its com-
plement ?
But when these experimental squadrons are fitted ou
how happens it that it is so exceedingly difficult to find
able seamen for them ? Because—and the fact was
broadly admitted by Sir GEORGE COCKBURN—there
bang no provision adopted for securing the services of
able seamen at the time of their being paid off for any
future emergency, it is found a labour of the most
difficult and protracted character to get together again
any number of them. They have entered the merchant
service to escape from utter destitution ; or, for want of
employment and patronage at home, have taken service
at higher wages with foreign Powers. The few able
seamen that are entered on board an experimental ship
know beforehand that all the hard work will fall upon
them,—excessive duty in proportion to their superior
capacity to discharge it ; but all this increased liability
and labour are unaccompanied with any increase of pay
or emolument ? Are these conditions likely to operate
in any other way with able seamen but to deter them
from engaging ? In further illustration of this crying
evil—the deficiency of able seamen—we may mention
what happened to Capt. BERKELEY himself. In 1836 he
was appointed to the command of the Hercules. The Asia,
and other ships, were being equipped at the same time,
and the utmost difficulty was experienced in obtaining
men. At length the captains of ships in course of man-

ning were directed to receive men from the Coast Guard.

Capt. BERKELEY remonstrated against this order, re-
marking " that those men were not worthy of their
rating." When the Hercules left Sheerness, although
she had ostensibly her full complement of men, there
were not more than twelve among them who could
steer the ship, nor above seven who could be trusted to
take soundings 1 Is this a condition for the men-of-war
of Great Britain to be sailed under ? The vast extent

for which the modern application of steam and machinery
to navigation both superseded the practical seamanship
and experience of all weathers which the navy used to
meet with in its ready draughts from the Scotch smacks,
the Irish " wherries," the passenger-coasting vessels of
our own shores, and the body of the Thames' watermen,
is so obvious and so efficient a cause of this diminution
of the supply of able seamen, accustomed to work ship-
ping in all weathers, under every disadvantage of bad
seasons, and dangerous coasts, and therefore iu a school
certain to form them to habits of smart and ready sea-
manship, that the evil complained of ought long ago to
have caused provision to be made for its own remedy.
Inducements in the shape of premiums ought
to have been already established to keep
our able seamen within available reach when
required. So lately as 1840, when Sir CHARLES
NAPIER commanded a squadron, and Captain BERKELEY
sailed under his orders, they were warned that they
might have a collision with the French fleet, and et
sailed with "peace complements," as they were called!
Captain BERKELEY closed his exposition of the defects
most prominent in the Admiralty management by ad-
verting to one cause of the deficiency of seamen, of
which the Admiralty were, he considered, rather as the

unwilling ministerial agents, than the voluntary pro-
moters. It seems that when a ship is paid off the captain
is desired to recommend, out of his men, those of the
best character for the Coast Guard. Once entered into
that they are for ever lost to the navy ; for not only do
they remain on shore, and after the usual time become
entitled to pensions, but they lose all that they could ever
boast of able seamanship. We go all the lengths with
Captain BERKELEY in holding that this branch of ser-
vice, though appropriated to purposes of revecue pro-
tection, should be under the control of the Admiralty ;
but, in supporting his further opinion, that these Coast
Guard men ought to be available for general service,
whenever called upon, we are inclined to go some-
what beyond his proposition, that on quitting the
general service again they should have the option
of re-entering the Coast Guard. But the view we have
to submit on this and other points in connexion with
the remedies applicable to the very serious evils brought
under the notice of the Legislature on Friday evening
last, we shall postpone till to-morrow, when we shall
take occasion to advert to the defence of the Admiralty
set up by Sir G. COCKBURN, and the very just remarks

—and what is more, the very. feasible propositions, as
we think them—briefly opened by Sir C. NAPIER, Air

obviating the "short supply " of able seamen in future,

and ensuring at all times a ready levy of them. It does
not strike us that topics of more vital importance to the
character and welfare of our navy, and therefore to the
safety and grandeur of this country, have been more

satisfactorily discussed for many sessions. We see in
the temperate and earnest tone of all parties a consoling

augury of intended and immediate improvement in the

administration of the interests confided to the Board of

Admiralty—at all times vast—now every day becoming

of paramount magnitude and influence.

Accounts from Constantinople of the 30th April an-
nounce that official intelligence had been received that a
body of Gre€k soldiers, headed by an officer of the name
of PLATONIKI, had made an irruption into Themal.y. It
appears that the Turkish Government had anticipated
such an act of aggression, and had placed an officer with

a:division of troops in a defile, to watch his movements.
A collision took place, and after an obstinate combat the
Greeks were driven back. Sixteen men were killed,
and a number wounded on both sides. The Porte, in
consequence, had addressed a strong note to the
Greek Government on this wanton aggression,
for the affair took place on the Turk ith ter-
ritory ; and unless ample reparation is made,
it will be followed by a declaration of war. It
is generally admitted that the Greek Government is
greatly to blame for sending troops to the frontier at all,
but especially under a reckless officer who would not
scruple to disturb the peace between the two countries.
COLETTI, who now has the entire management of
affairs, is conducting himself in the same unjustifiable
manner in the home department, and by a wanton in-
terference with a religious procession, had nearly pro-
duced a civil commotion in the capital. The following
account of this affair is furnished by a correspondent :

" According to custom, the Greek Church celebrated on
the night of their Good Friday, the 25th instant, a religious
ceremony in honour of the Holy Sepulchre. It was arranged
by the Archbishop that the procession should take place
exactly as in former years, and pass through the same
streets, but M. Coletti ordered the Governor to notify to the
Archbishop that the route of the procession must be so far
altered as to pass before the new royal palace. The prelate
declined to accede to this, but M. Colletti, nothing daunted,
at the moment the procession emerged from the church,
assisted by Generals Tzavellas and Grivas and M. Calli-
phronas, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, forcibly
possessed themselves of the four corners of the representa-
tion of the Holy Sepulchre, hoping that the clergy would be
obliged to follow. The prelate hesitated. The commissary
of police endeavoured to force him to do so, upon which lie
decided on retiring into the sanctuary, but ordered the
clergy to follow, without, however, going to the palace.
The whole procession proceeded for a short distance,
until the four bearers of the holy sepulchre took
the turning which led to the palace, while the clergy
and the rest of the procession followed the one they
had been directed to adhere to, and finding that they were
thus abandoned, returned
_to the church. This scandalous
scene caused a tumult among the spectators, and a voice
cried out, The King of kings is not to be carried to the feet
of a mortal king.' M. Colletti perceived his error, and al-
though the King and Queen were waiting, gave up the idea
of proceeding to the palace, persuaded the clergy to return,
and then the whole procession adhered to the routewhich the
Archbishop had ordered. The next evening M. Coletti still
further committed himself, as atter the ceremony at the
church, at which their Majesties were present, and had been
kept standing upwards of two hours, M. Coletti and General
Grivas suddenly decided on receiving the sacrament, which
is quite contrary to custom,:and was highly displeasing to
the clergy, to say nothing of its being a breach of Court eti-
quette, as it considerably prolonged the ceremony."

We have received Madrid journals of the 10th and
11th inst. The Cortes, which was still engaged in dis-
cussing the budget, had nearly finished the business of
the session, and was to be prorogued about the 20th.
The QUEEN will leave for Catalonia a few days after.
wards, accompanied by NARVAEZ and MA.RTINEZ DE LA
Rosa. It would appear from the following statement ill
the Espectador that the relations between the Court of
Madrid and the POPE have not yet been established. his
Holiness requires much more than the Ministers con-
sider it prudent to concede :
" We are assured that the concordat has arrived, and that
it is on the following bases :-1. All the emigrant bishops
are to return to" Spain without being required to take the oath
to the Constitution. 2. In each provincial capital there shall
be two convents in which the monks shall reside without
distinction of order. 3. The Government shall provide the
buildings for this purpose. 4. The support of the monks
shall be provided for by a canonical tax of 15 per cent., to
which the purchasers of Church property shall be subjected,
and it is only on this condition that they shall be relieved
from the excommunication that now hangs over them. 5.
The vacant dioceses shall be administered by ecclesiastical
governors, to be named, not by the chapters, but the bishops
of the nearest dioceses. We do not guarantee the news, but
it is communicated to us as very positive. It is said that the
Government is doing all in its power to prevent these condi-
tions from transpiring, but it is so embarrassed at this unex
petted news that it is probable the occult power will influence
it and induce it to submit to the demands of the Pope."
The Three per Cents. elOsed at 344 for cash, and 35
at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25i at 60 days ; and
the Debt without Interest, at 8i at 60 days.

The intelligence in the Paris papers is not important.
The Deputies did not meet on Saturday, as there were
not a sufficient number of Members present to constitute
the Chamber. On the previous day the Great Northern
line occupied their attention, but little progress was
made. The Committee had proposed that the line be-
tween St. Quentin and Noyou should pass by the for-
tress of Ham. To this the Government objected, and
required time to consider what course would be pre-
ferable. To this the Chamber assented. It was under-
stood, however, that the Government was to make its
choice before the adjudication of the line, and it was re-
solved that the Company should ho bound to for-
ward all merchandise within twenty-four hours
after its delivery, unless there was a special
agreement to the contrary. The Opposition,
according to the Revue de Paris, intend to show fight
again before the close of the session about the old worn-
out questions relating to Morocco and Otaheite, and
" it is probable," adds that journal, " that the Ministry
will be asked what course they mean to adopt in pre-
sence of the difficulties which may arise in the New
World between Great Britain and the United States.
Besides these questions, which are entirely political, the
special budget of the Ministry of Marine will be the
theme of numerous and severe reclamations addressed to
Admiral MACKAU, respecting the absence of order and
foresight manifest in most of the branches of his (the
navy) administration."
A report prevailed that the negotiations carried on in
London relative to the suppression of the Slave trade
were in a fair train ; that the right of search was to be
abolished, and that French and English fleets were to
cruise on the African coast, to prevent the trade, as
had been agreed to with the Government of the United
States.

The following appears in, the Semaphore de Marseilles
of the I4th

" The steam-packet Charlemagne, which left Algiers on
the 10th, came safe into port last evening, notwithstanding
the stormy state of the weather. • She brings very satisfac-
tory accounts from the column under the direction of Mar-
shal Bugend. The insul rection of the Dahara is completely
extinguished, and most of the Kabyle tribes have made
their submission ; but the Governor-General has imposed
upon them very rigid conditions. The Marabout, who killed
one of our civil agents in the market place at Milianah, has
been decapitated by order of the chief of the tribe, and the
head of the fanatic was laid at the feet of the Marshal.
There has been a new visitation of locusts, and fears are
entertained that some epidemic disease may arise from the
quantity of bodies of these insects with which the ground is
covered."

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day at 86f. 25c. ; the New Loan, at 86f. 55c. ; the Five per
Cents., at 121 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railroad shares, 1,233 f. 75c.;
Rouen, I,loof. ; Havre, 892 f. 50c.-; Avignon, 1,062 f. 50c. ;
.Bsi\a,selse;B.273f. 75c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 421/s ; Pas-

are the quotations for the new lines oi
raiTlwhaeyfo:lowing

. _
Orleans and Bordeaux, 230 f. premium ; Boulogne, 140 f.
to 165 E ditto ; Troyes ar d Montereau, 75f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Latlitte), 22f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Ganneron ),
10f. ; Northern line (Laffitte), 35i: ' • ditto (Rosarnel), 14f.
50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditto ( Drouil-
lard), If. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; Lyons and Avignon
( Lecointe), 25f. ; ditto (Talabot), 35f. ; ditto (Compa4nie
Meridionale), 12f. 50e. ; Bourdeaux and Toulouse (Mac-
kenzie), 12f. 50e. ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 17f. 50c. ;
Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), If. iOc. ; ditto (Carrette),
sf. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 15f.
LYONS, MAY 14.—Avignon • and Marseilles, 1,030 f., cash ;
Paris and Orleans, 1,217 f. fop the 15th inst. ; Paris and Rouen,
1,095 f. ; ditto Orleans and Vierzon, 810 f., cash ; Orleans and
.Bordeaux, 700 f., end of May ; Montereau, 563 f. . '

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON
On Saturday the members of this national and patriotic
Society held their fourth and last meeting for the season at
the Freemasons' Tavern. The Society was established so
long aga as the year 1778, and incorporated by Act of Parlia-
ment in 1815, for the purpose of preserving the martial spirit,
dress, music, and language—the remains of Celtic literature
and the antiquities of the ancient Caledonians—for encou-
raging a kindly feeling between Highlanders in all parts of
the world, and in other respects promoting the general wel-
fare of the northern parts of the kingdom. The principal
general Court of the Society is. always held on the 21st
of March, to celebrate the anniversary of the battle
of Alexandria, where the heroism of the High-.
land troops was so conspicuously and memorably dis.-
played. On the present occasion about forty gentlemen,
several of whom were in military and .Highland costume,
sat down to a very excellent dinner, provided by Mr. Ba-
con. The chain was filled by Lieutenant-General Sir '
Lewis Grant., and supported by The Chisholm, Sir
James R. Grant, Sir William C. Ross, Captain Charles
Forbes, Captain Lamont, R.N. ; Mr. J. J. Glencoe, Mr. Tul-
loch, Mr. A. M'Donald, Mr. Sutherland. Mr. Gillespie, Mr,
Annandale, Mr. J. Currie, Mr. M. Boyd, Mr. J. Davidson
Mr. D. Davidson, Mr. A. Johnston, Captain Green, Mr.
Bain, &c. &c.

After dinner the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drank,
several of which were with Highland honours. Her Majesty's
piper, Angus Mackay ; the Society's piper, Donald
Mackay ; and John Mackenzie, piper to the Marquis of
Breadalbane, played several of their best martial and High-
land airs. Some excellent songs were sung, and
a few reels in true Highland spirit, were danced during the
evening, and about the last hour of night the company
epa-
rated, atter a friendly bumper, to the old toast of `•_Happy to
meet, sorry to part, and happy to meet again."

DEATH OF ME. STRICKLAND, THE ACTOR.—We
regret to state that this excellent performer died last even-
ing, about eleven o'clock, after an illness of about a week. He
has left a widow, but no children. Thus has been cut off in
the. prime of life (his age was only 48) one of the few re •
matiling ornaments of the British stage. Strickland was the
legitimate successor of Dowton and Fawcett, and his loss at
the present moment will be felt most severely. There is no
actor on the boards who can at all supply his place. It is now
about ten years since Strickland first came to town. lie
made his first appearance before a London audience at the
Strand Theatre during the management of Hammond. He
was soon afterwards engaged by Braham for the St. James's,
and when that theatre closed his services were secured by
Mr. Webster for the Haymarket, where he has remained ever
since, and where we had hoped for years to come to have en-
joyed the delight which we always derived from witnessing
his artistical efforts. But "Alas, poor Yorick." An attack
of inflammation of the lungs, which defied the utmost efforts
of medical skill, has, in one short week, removed him from
the stage of life, and his friends are left to regret his loss,
which they feel to be irreparable.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was steady.
Sales 4,500 bales, including 500 Surat at 234 d. to 3d.,
nearly all the rest being American. There was no
change in prices. The shares of established lines
of railway were good, but Scrips were heavy.
Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 40s. 41s. ; Birkenhead,
Manchester, and Cheshire, 1014 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8% ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12% ; Caledonian 111/2
; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7% ; Chester and Birken-
head, 55 ; Ditto, New Shares, 48%; Ditto, Half Shares, 27%
; Chester and Holyhead, 16 ; Churnet Valley, 6 %,
Clitheroe Junction, 23% ;
Cork and Waterford, 2,, ;
Coventry and Nuneaton, 3 ; Dublin and Galway, 41% ;
Grand Junction, Half Shares, 1151/2 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares,
20% ; Great Southern and Western, -23% ; Huddersfield
Canal and Railway, 71% % ; Liverpool and Manchester, New
Shares, 381/2 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 445. 21% ;
London and Windsor,l% •, Londonderry and Enniskillen, 41A ;
London and York, 4% % ; Direct Northern, 314 ; Leeds
and Dewsbury, 10 % ; Leeds and Thirsk, 71,4 ; Leeds and
West Riding Junction, 10 ; Manchester and Birmingham,
58 ; Ditto, New Shares, 71 ; Manchester and Leeds, 154 ;
Ditto, Half Shares, 69%; Midland Railway, 1621/2 3: Ditto,
401. Shares, 20 19% ; Ditto Consolidated Birmingham and
Derby, 125 % ; Newcastle and Berwick, 15% ; Newcastle
and Darlington, 49 ; Ditto, New Shares, 29% ; North
Western, 86s. 3d. 414; Oxford and Birmingham Junction,
3% ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, % ; Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and Birmingham, 5% ; Shrewsbury and Grand
Junction, 6% ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 1,
15 14% ; Ditto, No. 3, 67/8 ; Trent Valley, 18% ; Ditto
Continuation, 18s. 6d. ; Welsh Midland, 21. 38s. ; West
Yorkshire, 21% 435. ; Wexford and Carlow, 4% ; Worcester
and Tring, 4% ; York and Carlisle, 21% ; Ditto, New Half
Shares, 18 ; Bordeaux and Toulouse, 254; Lyons and Avig-
non (English), 58s. 6d. ; Namur and Liege, 61 ; Northern
of France (Laffitte), 53% ; Ditto (French), 51/8 ; Ditto
(Rosamel'o, 465. 495. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (Eng-
lish), 11% ; Paris and Lyons, Laffitte's (English), 3 ;
Paris and Lyons (Ganneren''s), 2% 565. ; Paris and St.
Quentin, 38s. ; Sambre and Meuse, 10% ; Verona and
Ancona, 425.
There are very late accounts received from Rio Janeiro
to-day, and we are sorry to find by the contents of the com-
mercial letters that the difficulties in the way of the con-
struction of a treaty with this country upon a more liberal
basis than heretofore desired, are as great as ever. At the
same time, it is mentioned in some of our accounts
that at heart the Brazilian merchants were not
at all pleased by being compelled to throw themselves into
the arms of the Germanic Confederation, as they have, from
the first, been customers of ours, and found us, as they say,
honest and liberal. It is in vain to expect any alteration in
the tariff now for some time to come—at least this is the ha-
pression in mercantile circles in the City, and much indeed
is it regretted by all parties having intercourse with the
Brazils.
By the present arrival from Rio Janeiro we do not find
that much specie or a very valuable cargo has come to
consignees, one of the early indications of an interference
with the extension of intercourse, the result of the unwise
policy that has been pursued by our present Ministry in
keeping up all but prohibitory imposts upon the staple of the
Brazils—Sugar. The state of trade at Rio was not of a
very satisfactory nature. Exchange 243%.
The markets for the Public Securities have been rather
tranquil to-day, and not a large amount of business has been
in progress. In the Railway Share Market, however, a great
deal of business has been transacted. An improvement in
Consols for the Account to 991 A has taken place, and to
99% for transfer to-morrow. The-New Three-and-a -Quarter
per Cents. have risen to 10114 %; Exchequer-bills to 575.
premium; and Bank Stock to 211.
Spanish Three per Cents. have only been quoted at 42% 1%
this morning, with a trifling amount of business in progress.
The Passive Bonds were flat at 81%. Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. have been sold at 9914 ; the Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., at 63%; the Four per Cents., at 98 ;
Mexican Five per Cents. at 36% and % ;- and Portuguese
Converted at 673%.
The principal variations in the Railwfy Share market have
been in favour of an improvement in values. The French lines
are becoming more in request.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock..

210 211

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 983/
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 991%
New 314 per Cent. Annuties 10114%%14
Long Annuities ;Expire sth Jan. 1860 lll4
Ditto 30 Ye ars,Expire Jan. 5, 1860
South Sea 5t0ck....,:, —
Ditto Old Annuities 97%
Consols for Account
India Stock for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11,2 d.1,000/. __
500/. - - ..
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 861,E
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 3655/a
Ditto for the Account .. . ......
Ditto Deferred Stock.....
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llB% 118
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 —
Ditto Passive Bonds 834
Ditto 3 per Cent 42%
Ditto for the Account.
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Ditto Deferreu
Belgian 43% per Cent 9914
Dutch 21/2 per Cents ......... ........
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen - to
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% 236 to
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
... s to
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% 7 '%... to
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Cork and Waterford IIA ...... 2%3/4 % to
Cirect Northern ... 2% 3% • to
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 21
Dublin and Galway .. ~. 2 (42 44 'r to
Dublin and Mullingar 2A 45/8..:,. to
Eastern Counties
Ely and Bedford ll% VA.-- to
Great South and W. (Irish)... 10
Ditto Extension
Great North of England...... 100 lO7
Ditto New
Ditto New
Great Western BO
Ditto 34 Shares 5O 105% to
Hull and Selby 5O 106% to 107%
Ditto Half Shares .
London and Birmingham lOO 236
Ditto Thirds
London and Blackwell 16% 9% to
London and 8right0n.......... 50 ..:... 6414 .. . . to 633/4
London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d.... 181,63/4k to ---
Do. New l3s 4d O% to -.1
London and South Western.. 41%...... 791/2.
Ditto Consolidated &las
Ditto New . 21
London and Y0rk........ 2% 4% %... to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 2% 5 43/4.- to 534
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds 73 .....155 ...... to --:
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Sixteenths ... . . ... ... 214 8
100 ...166 165 166 to 164
Ditto New 2 20% to
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 126 127... to 125%
Newcastle & Darlington J uric. 25 4B ...... to •
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2% 5 to
Newark and Sheffield
North British
Ditto, New 1
Northern and Eastern ...... ... 45
North Wales ll4 3%%... to
Norwich and Brandon
~ 10 . 184 to
Perth and Inverness
Rugby, Worcester, and Tring 1
Scottish Centrul
Scottish Midland
53 to
%... .. to
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% , t
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4l 4034 to 4114
Ditto New, No. 1 8
Ditto New, No. 3 2l 63‘4 to 7
South Wales
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 33/4%... to
Tork and. North Midland
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension ...... ...... 1% 18%3/4% to
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2
Dijon and Mulhouse • ' 2 . ... 2%%... to ..-.
Great Northern of France ..
(Laffitte's) ..- ... 4 53/4% 61; to 5%
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... .... 2
Jamaica Junction
Namur and Liege...
Orleans and Vierzon
,74
Orleans and Bordeaux ... 2 " --Ai% 10% to 11 4
Over Yssel ii 3s 4d O% ..... to
Penis and Lyons (Laffitte).... 2
Paris and Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 3
Paris and- St. Quentin ...... ... 2
Rouen and Havre l4
...... 28%. ...... 'to
Sambre and Muese
Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
National of Ireland 17% 21%...... to

L.LO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 19.—Wind northerly, moderate breeze, and
cloudy.
DEAL, MAY 17.--Wind N., moderate. 18, N.W., mode-
rate.—And. Catharina, New York for Hamburgh. Alice
Lambton, Hamburgh for St. John's, Newfoundland, was
ashore on the Long Sand on the night of the 15th instant, but
received no apparent damage. 18. Esther, Williams, Cape
Desolation; Sophia Austen, South Seas for Bremen; Dryden,
Alkin, Cape of Good Hope. Sid. David Malcolm, Norfolk
Island; Perseverance, Sydney, New South Wales; South
Stockton, Moulinain ; Tanjere, Calcutta; Cleverland, Ho-
bart Town; Robert Fuetin, Singapore; Benjamin Greene,
St. Kitts; Mulgrave, Honduras; Isabella, Hays, for St.
Lawrence; Deborah, Sierra Leone; Nautilus, Mauritius;
Berbice, Berbice; Amphitrite, and Telegraph, Ichaboe;
Mary Ann, and Marion, Jamaica; Ferona, Jamaica; James
M`Queen St. Kitts; Mary Laing, Honduras ; Carlton,Nassau.
OFF DOVER, MAY W.—American, Bradford, New Orleans
for Amsterdam.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY lg. Sid. Trent steamer, West
Indies ; Pacha steamer, Gibraltar.
DEAL, MAY 17.—The Queen Victoria, from Newcastle to
Hastings, arrived in the Downs, has on board the crew of a
vessel which foundered in the Nerth Sea.
NEWPORT, AIONMOUTHSHIRE, APRIL 17.—The Diamond,
Pearse, from Ichaboe, lying in the dock, took fire this even-
ing in the cabin, and was obliged to be scuttled ; damage
not yet ascertained.
SHEERNESS, MAY I7.—The brig Oscar, from Christiania,
with deals, got on the Maplin Sand, but was got off this
morning, after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and
proceeded for London in tow of a steam-tug. A small vessel,
apparently a Humber keel, was also on the Maplin, near the
Black Tail Beacon, but has been got off.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. her Ma-
jesty's ship Kingfisher, Milford.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 17.—S1d. Empress, Quebec.
OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY
.15.--Arrd. Rapid, Rio, for Ham.

burgh (out 42 days); Jean Van Eyck, Rio for Antwerp;
Toronto, Tucker, New York.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Royal
Saxon, Crawford, Bombay; Malcolm, Macao ; Olinda,
Brown, Maranham ; Elizabeth Grinmer, Honduras; Eng-
land, Mobile; Lord Canterbury, Savannah ; Portland,
Charleston. 16. Sld. Lady Sale, Halifax. 17. Great Western
steamer, New York. 18. Laidmaus, Calcutta ; Velocity,
Columi,ia River; Shannon, Valparaiso; Hobe, Pueta Arenas;
Pomona, Rio Grande; Cora, Africa; Lucretia, Barbadoes ;
Diadem, Hayti ; Europe, Samuel Hicks, and Adirondack,
New York ; Asia, Boston ; Belmont, St. ohn's, New Bruns-
wick; Minerva, Halifax; Lady Falkland, Lord Ashburton,
and Malabar, Quebec.
MONTROSE, MAY 14.—Arrd. Lord Palmerston, Ichaboe.
SUNDERLAND, MAY 17.—Sid. Mary Bulmer and Ethel-
ben, Quebec.

SHIELDS, MAY 17.—S1d. Naden, Rio Janeiro.
WHITBY, MAY I7.—Arrd. Pickering, London, with da-
mage, having been in contact with one of her Majesty's
steamers, off Lowestoff Light, on the 10th inst.
SHIELDS, MAY 15.—The Norwegian vessel Hoide, is
en shore at the lower part of this harbour, but is expected off.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 18.—Sid. her Majesty's ship Melampus,
South America; Blomidon, Africa.
FALMOUTH, MAY 18—Wind N.N.E. to N., fresh breezes.
—Arrd. Penguin packet, Rio, sailed 2d ult. ; on freight
30,000/. in gold, diamonds, &c.
CLYDE, MAY 17.—S1d. Wilhelmina, Valparaiso; Lalla
Rookh, Demerara ; Lavinia, Berbice ; Janet Boyd, St. Vin-
cent; British American, St. John's, New Brunswick; Mary,
Montreal ; Priner Gaditana steamer, Cadiz.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.—Several icebergs were seen, 2d and
3d inst., lat 44, ion. 33, by the Carrol of Carrolton, arrived here.

GREENLAND FISHERY.
PETERHEAD, MAY 6.—The Enterprise, from Davis's
Straits, arrd. here, has 11,300 seals, and reports the Resolu-
tion with 6,000; Commerce, 6,500; Eclipse, 3,000; Union,
5,000; Gleaner, 6,000; Superior, 4,300; Jean, 1,600; and
Hannibal, 7,000. The Mary left Davis' Straits, 26th ult., full.

HOUSE Oki` LORDS-(THIS DAY).
The House sat to-day to bear the further arguments in the
part-beard case of " Viscount Dungannon v. Smith," which
our readers will recollect is an appeal from Ireland, in whic?.
their Lordships, after hearing the arguments, considered it
necessary to 611 in the assistance of the Judges, in order that,
the question, which is one of importance in conveyancing,
and relating to the construction of the will of the first
Lord Dungannon, might be argued before them, bi
one counsel on each side. The Peers in attendance were
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cotten
hami
Lord Campbell, Lord Wrottesley , Lord Kenyon, and the
Earl of Huntingdon ; and the Judges were the Lord Chit
Justice Tindal, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Rolfe, 31r.
Baron Platt, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Creswell, 111 r.
'Justice Erie, Mr. JuStice Coltman, Mr. Justice Coleridge,
Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Maule, and Mr. Justice
Wightman.
The address of Mr. HoDosoN, on behalf of the appellant&
occupied their Lordships the whole morning. The case °Pi
pears likely to occupy the Court the whole of to-day an
to-morrow.

Upon their Lordships assembling this morning,
The LORD CHANCELLOR requested that their Lo.---I`hi_r
would allow him to make an apology for the tie
sence of his Grace the Duke of Wellington.
Duke considered it to be his duty, when her MaiestrYd.
Judges were present, to be in attendance upon theirLe_.
ships; but as he was nearly connected with ene of the Pde•
ties interested in the case, he thought it would be nu/re
corous to absent himself. That Now,,

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY')
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.) r.barged
Bunciumv.-:-Richard Freeman, a carpenter, was - lic • st
With breaking and entering the house of Mr. Raged, Easter
45, Bedford-street, Commercial-road, on the night of slue
Monday last, and with stealing various articles of the value
Monday
Si., and Eliza Mitchell was charged with felonious!,
ceiving the same, well knowing them to have been storey,
It appeared that the prosecutor .and his family left heir
house for a few hours on the night in question, and, °ldoorS
return, found that it had been entered,that manyof the
three
had been broken open, and a coat, a pair of trowsers'
d other
waistcoats, a shawl, two silk handkerchiefs, a ring, an ft er
articles stolen. The prisoners were apprehentletla week a about
robbery at 7, John's-place, Bedford-square, ,stepneY,
rtieles
100 yards from Mr Ragell's residence, and several etoend
which the prosecutor identified as his property, Were ch of
together with the key of his parlour door, and a hunt was
skeleton keys. The shawl was also found. The e°! way',
sold by the prisoner to a slop-seller in Ratcliffe-hig,nedged
and the waistcoat and the silk handkerchiefs were P:a
at a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood, by
3 hPel.er could
gave the name of John's, but whom the pawa-r° chief
not identify
identify as the male prisoner. A silk handhectet. The
longing to the prosecutor was found in his coat Peciiviegi te.
landlady of the house where the prisoners were
et. hang-
gether as man ard wife, deposed to the male Prisfof Easter
nag home a quantity of articles on the eve cake'
Monday, together with a bottle containing gig'
with which he was very liberal. A bottle 0,4 rig,
a cake were amongst the things stolen- ;as sW,
which was found in the possession of the fennue'n,so said
identified by the wife of the prosecutor. The wo"" gives
that both it, the shawl, and some other articles, weirdeacs to
to her by the male prisoner. There was n° ev
show that the prisoners committed the burglary eeolBl3'
Mr. Ronixsox addressed the jury on behalf of trebed to
and admitted that a great deal of criminality Ot% . but
him, and that the articles were found in his posseasi;persoe:s
as he had unfortunately fallen into the c0n21)!°Y.,,°,„ halve h'ilt
of bad character, and as other persons lived in 1."'" wig"-
which he was arrested, it was possible that tag
have fairly come into his possession.
The jury found bot Guilty. bat tbel
There were similar h charges against the prisereerg'ficere'
were not entered into. Both were unknown to the for
The RECORDER sentenced Freeman to be translx"
ten, and Mitchell for seven years. tree, a
AN IRISH Row AND ITS RESULT.acted r
tall, thin Irish woman, with a black eye, w heehaw,
feloniously cutting and wounding William
intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. , 013-
It appeared that between ten and eleven o'ooe. row ir
night of the 12th of May, there was a desPera`tepod be:
Horace-street, Marylebone. The prisoner's hushaati; belb'
brother, and the prosecutor and his brother, wyereA the Pre;
gerents. Whilst they were all lying on the growl, neisoa,e
secutor on the top of the prisoner's husband, the' prix
came up, and stabbed Sheehan in the forehead Yin' "-his e)e'
aat ed•
knife, which bled profusely. The knife was air" destr°l4,B
and it was next to a miracle that it was note threw '-
When he said he would give her into custody, sa
untler
knife away.•
Mr. PAYNE considered that the woman was l'—",ted 47,„0••
great excitement at the time of the occurrence, e, 1167
two men attacking her husband, ran out of her...4loel°lo{;
rant at the time that she had a knife in her hand the,
which was strengthened by the fact that she threlloie aro
away on her attention being called to it. Thelbting e",ae
parties were to blame, and the fact of their mg deeper
:4
late an hour of the night showed that they weretbe oat"'
characters, and thought little of occurrences of
01°14
before the Court. • tutor
odilf
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of are tor
but not with the intention of doing the prose° brw
harm, and th, lA-
on
The RECORDER, after severely animadvertinghs tea
, bar. 4
tality of the prisoner, sentenced her to six Lel3nt eonnalt ed
bour in the House of Correction. Had she '
ri°t aentepe
the act in defence of her husband, he should hay
her to two years' imprisontrient.

NEW COURT fry
(Before the CommoN-SERGE":,,'rning i° —11;
The Court was occupied the whole of the Lti of paper, tor
ing the persons charged with stealing lik.ely to
property of Sir Wm. Magnay. The cane
may
cupy the whole of the day.
V,
RAILWAY COMMiI
a qua

(THIS DAY.)

Group V.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY EXTENSI9')IS;O besl.
The Committee sat this morning at the usual "17-r
further evidence in the case of the
NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD LlNP•it.ageett°
Mr. Mansfield Mills was first called—He ivas.l2ll-31P
Mr. Arbright, an extensive land owner at Sutton• tie
bright had perhaps some 5,000 acres of coal-field iscre'd
bourheod of the proposed line, oweri "
In value, which would great'Ji
and do good to the country generally, I)),Wey, Col
the price of coals to Newark and other place. 6j, a tulag
then supply coal to the towns on the line for 5s 6d,
de,„
The only means at present of getting coals from
was by the Midland Junction, at Chesterfield, lane hoe
ue
volved a four miles' conveyance by w aggon• If the thee 'wee
more to the east it would be carried away from,,re,
fields, and do only good to the Duke of Devon at
coals at Stavely were of a very inferior qualitY• f otieteihte
Edward Newbatt, land-agent to the Marquis of
resent
Sleaford, spoke to the ad twhich the
van ages tie
would afford to the country generally.
that
William Gregory,
coal merchant, Stavely, der-a $
price of Stavely coals were in some cases increaieline Or
by carriage, and in others 10s. The propuseit would
give a better quality at a much lower price- ecsV• sold
crease the traffic in Iron, in linseed-oil, and in l'oProle War
Cross-examined by Mr. CALvEnT—The irsol? were
come from Duplington to Newark, and if the lniterade,
vied on to Newark it would greatly increase the f the prousthe
Mr. Bishop was employed to make a return of
ape °rod;
traffic from actual observation, and the result b P
railway, after deducting the working expenses, a f the
of 45,2901. 2s. Id. per annum. return °
Mr. George Sanderson laid on the table jesseo3ost
number of assents and dissents from the owners''
on the line. The great' majority of them were eV
the railway. eXar°ll3l3 10-
'1
Mr. Joseph Gibbs, civil engineer, was neßt and -.or
The line had been laid out under his direction:_ii
lieved it was the best that could have be
and
lob
tween Chesterfield and Newark. The gradient'„v 010
were very favourable, there being only one Ilea 'Vie 'jet.
namely, one in 100 on the extent of the lille'd there, fe'
of the least curve was about half a mile, 511 vetl hoe
three tunnels on the line ; but the strata wtb oftlie4,lo
vourable to the engineering operations. Thel htielliSere
was 32 miles 6 furlongs, the length of the first °gm. tisod
yards, and of the others 286 yards and 396 Ythe 11'11'4, to
would be a connexien at Chesterfield witll6 hue 'via
Railway, which would - continue the t" after leted
Sheffield. There were some heavy cuttingeer,.., otla. ,ber
Chesterfield. but they were very short, and ne Iled to led he
proportion the quantity of embanking re,..quihse 10,u, cosi
places. The traffic in lime and stone on the up t,,P,,,:triet"
very great, as the railway would not only °Toe lim"The
fields, but also the great limestone beds u lea' onla
There were only two highways crossed vpooni9 00
cost of the line was estimated at 471,2531• h lao moll/
calculated for a single line of rails, althogrode stiv.
taken for a double line so that if the Board 01 olio "
at au after period require such, there would bef',e.
laying them. This cost averaged 14,389/. perio'
(LEFT SITTING.)

THE CALEDONIA
af V*
on° Ty 9
isT, GAroxupp DT.DH E a ik„,, ifs. Dhoti
FRIES, AND CARLISLE RAlLW",,alf.all the
The Committee re-assembled this moiling vliw
before the usual time, and immediately Proe°cled
ileadjegsf'
Bills before them.
Mr. SANDFORD commenced by examining 1‘..11% or- 01;406-
gas engineer, who stated that he had erected Triod_",;iee
works in various parts of the Continent, an eptOrior
consulted by most of the important PS don te Of
in Great Britain. He had paid particular attifdt
even eta,
the glad sill—go
proving the illuminating powers of gas, and, 12 est 5
succeeded. The Caledonian CompaßY ha- rect°°-
ephlotyeeindedhifnrleimn etxheamNinvifingsenttheewqnuainlitlyneosf.
lie it istotio
some of this coal, and after having convert!" eroPeroll
had exactly ascertained its value or ifiuminst_goart vitt4 to.
The result of his experiments proved that the coal
in eet,.s9
adapted for producing gas of the best qualitNTt goer 04
derable quantities. The quantity of gas vell` pons rope,
cubic feet per ton, and its illuminat'ait 04 5,,,r-
-superior to any Cannel coal he had ever seen. to ptary,
ondoll „ caa_A
rior to the gas coal at present consumed An s•-•,.-:,.„titotv-, 10-
defifficult to - it, an lie
Thetion eoefal3f,roooem
wtoniissentotelw,ooon
watsonvseoo! the i.- be autlYthe
in London on account of the exPease mportitoabt.coat
generally insuffieient quantities in which amount of gio oft
had made a statistical inquiry into the animia` the re the
consumed annually in London, and fonnthat if col,
was 400,000 tons. He considered . atown , 600
Caledonian Railway were made the
Wroltills°er descollat 4
which, in his opinion, was superior to anY -a Londo lit.
of coal for educing gas, could be obtained !
__ at pres,;„ $s
much cheaper rate, and in larger quantities tatr,
Hof the
Mr. Smith of Deanston, was next examineVi of the . ID
to the mineral fields of Lanarkshire, and the V: oilwaY• as of
necessary to be taken for the purposes of th ,ns
v,
the et'llit
went rather minutely into the details for s res loge,
ground for the branches, &c., and the gf,e_e,.ai da
120,000/., which amount included agri"g"'
buildings, and everrpossib:e cotingencY•
—_—

This Committee to-day ftFt.welveLhy 11.:(1c).
Lockhart,Lond B k, °lt
engineeruauMtor.
the
11 ; jA
_ the Right Hon. F. Show,
THEr. _rasinton, a „Aro
LONDON, WORCESTER, AND Su
FORDS R F RAILWAY. , 090!lg
Mr. H. Stephenson, engineer, on' od by Nr• a. 0110
tract o
Railwa . The on, Worcester, ant of the VA" bury',
line commences on part to ItYlesA
Birminghamy_ Railway. It then diverges oil rbv, and tho
bb
and branches off to Oxford, then to I•°b~lti~ on ,
ri:onelllr%olverhampton. The engineering difiicinisi,ery,
couch Stall° And
f-ecreounit-ar)yt
avtervyudiger:„.at.TheThsetrto,urbisrio;nesrtttarieic;i;
will open up a connexion between' some ve9:
on
have
an
vd
ee rateiolentunol:l2ll.o4t
tllioundflreoym,
rfieegladrsdattotlii:uttpuleavce.it At present they afford
eat
by the Seigley branch of the line. The apploatiuno
to ilie tn'og
of ht
Dudley, near Netherton, we ascend bon 3 t
the \St:Tittl;
g i^ted bY the There
is already contemP-‘.
ltehavatinplalicestotQl3n:in ctifika
ex_
in: 'd
r.

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