The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-06 00:00:00

CROYDON POLICE.

An elderly man, in a miserable condition, who gave
the name of Thomas William Robe, was taken before
Mr. S. W. Sutherland, at the Town-hall, Croydon,
on Wednesday, charged with begging. It appeared
from the evidence given by the police, that the de-
fendant, who has been in the town for some days, had
annoyed the inhabitants .a good deal by begging, and
he had been to almost every house in Croydon for
that purpose ; but being at length caught in the fact,
he
was taken into custody. The defendant, in answer
to questions put to him by Mr. Sutherland, said that
he was a minister of the Church of England, and
that he had formerly held a small curacy, the sti-
pend from which not being sufficient to sup-
port his family, he was reduced to great
st
to infer
distress, and at length he had been com-
pelled to resort to begging as a means of sub-
sistence. The officer produced a number of pieces
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begging about the country. These papers had in-
scribed upon them the names of almost every principal
town in the kingdom, and also the names of a great
number of the inhabitants, with stars and =lee

placed against them, evidently to denote those who
had given money, and those from whom more was to
be obtained, the whole forming a sort of guide to the
cadging" fraternity, who always compare- notes when
they meet at the .differentlodging-houses at night,
and ascertain from the others the parties who are most
likely to be imposed upon. The defendant said he
would not offend again, and that if the magistrate dis-
charged him he would leave the town immediately.
Upon this condition he was set at liberty, but Mr.
Sutherland ordered his papers to be detained by the
police.

The readers of the Standard have long known, and
have long kindly indulged, our rule, to abstain as far as we
can from engaging their minds with political discussions
upon the solemn anniversary which returns this day. It does
not rest with us, nor can it rest with any single newspaper
to avoid some desecration of such a day, though we
anxiously look forward to the time when the great day of
redemption shall be observed with the reverence due to it.
Meanwhile we will continue doing all that we can to mark
the distinction claimed by a " Good Friday."—Standard.
THE DINER-OUT.—The diner-out must have a
most passionate love for Andrei). lie must so comport
himself that when his name shall be announced every
child in the mansion shall set up a yell—a scream of
rapture—shall rush to him—pull his coat-tails—climb on
his back—twist their fingers in his hair—snatch his
watch from his pocket ; and, whilst they rend his.super-
Saxony—load his shoulders—uncurl his wig—and
threaten instant destruction to his repeater, the diner-
out must stifle the agony at his heart and his pocket,
and to the feebly-expressed fears of the mamma, that
the " children are troublesome," the diner-out must call
into every corner of his face a look of the most seraphic
delight, and with a very chuckle assure the anxious
parent that "the little rogues are charmingl"—Kenny
Meadows' Heads of the People.

THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSO

CIATION.
(From the Morning Herald.)
The Anti-State Church Association, like a log
cast into a stream amid driftwood, is rapidly attach-
ing to itself the restless and whirling spirits of the
age. Dr. Cox sits astride upon it in all the majesty
of patron and founder, both steering the craft, trim-
ming the sails, and studying the chart laid down by
the anti-church-rate and other defunct institutions. In
the approaching conference, which has been long
threatened, and in comparison of which all previous
meetings have been but preliminary flourishes of
trumpets, each " representative," we are told, is to
have a ticket of admission, and an outline of the
weighty business which " the executive committee"
are to submit to the conference ; one only test is
,de
manded—what do our readers opine is this augu4t
" open sesame" to so august a brotherhood? It is none
of those old fashioned and obsolete tests embodied in
articles, creeds, and confessions : these are unworthy
of such a measure and such a man. Is it immersion,
as might be surmised ? No, it is this : •
" The only limit imposed by the Committees in the
exercise of that discretion intrusted to them, is the de-
termination, that each representative shall, on taking
his seat, give his assent to a distinct declaration of his
conviction, that the union of the Church with the State
is derogatory to the kingly character of Jesus Christ,.
contrary to the principles of the New Testament, and
injurious to the interests of religion ; that it is, there-
fore, his bounden duty to employ every legitimate means
for promoting the separation of the Church from the
State."

Each dissenting congregation, we are also told, is
to choose representatives to the grand conference—.
one of the representatives being, we presume, from
the lists already published—the " minister?' He
may complain at the meetings of tithes and church-
rates in strains of immortal eloquence—he may
complain of _the union between Church -and State,
under any symbols, however recherchees—le may.
inveigh against lawn sleeves and silk cassoeks—he
may thunder • against prelates in Parliament, or
against chaplains in workhouses ; but if he utter a
syllable against lord- deacons looking daggers from
the pew at the pulpit, or against the semi-starvation'
allowance of the voluntary system, or against any.
other grievance within the walls of the chapel, he may
expect either to be turned out instanter, or to be
starved out in six months. This will keep the depu7
ties as quiet as mice on some matters, and make them
as garrulous as Dr. Cox on others. Have these
Anti-State Church agitators, however, no
abuses to rectify at home—no corrup-
tions to get rid of ? Are they •so • perfect
that they can spare time to make Quixotic
attacks on windmills, with which they have
,nothing
to do? They are not united with the• State. Whv,
then, complain of what they have no concern with?
If the Church of England feels oppressed she can say
so, and should she call in the aid of such doughty
champions as he of Hackney, it will then be time. for
the Doctor to harness himself for the battle. But,' on
second thought, it is very kind on the side of Dis-
senters to become voluntary curates for the Church
of England, and shed gratuitous tears for her, and
cry aloud on her behalf, and do their part so well
that an indifferent spectator would suppose the
Church must be " Free" and the Dissenters in
" Erastian" bondage.
The American deputation of the Scotch seceders,
having spouted violent voluntaryism in Philadelphian
meetings and pulpits, have been summoned to join
this great movement ; but the Witness, very wary as
long as an Episcopal penny is likely to be turned,
and trimming its goods to the market,- thus replies
across the Tweed to Dr. Cox and his enthusiastic
compeers :
"‘Vould it be safe, would it be expedient, would it be
catholic (Phil. iii. 15, 16) to adopt any course whieh.
would necessarily exclude from this union se: Many Mi-
nisters and professing followers of Christ'? We-do not
call on our friends to assert Establishment principles—
why should they call on us virtually to assert the Volfin-
tary ? Besides, the Free Church is not the only body
in the empire which holds the Establishment principle
beyond the pale of the Establishments. Nearly a mil-
lion of Irish Presbyterians are like-minded with us on
the subject. The myriads of Wesleyans are the same ;
and in the kindest terms, therefore, we would ask again,
is it wise, is it expedient, is it catholic, to adopt a basis
for any public movement which must exclude all these
denominations, as well as the sound - and catholic
Emnegmlbaenrds?a,
The Dissenters have been milked dry. Mr. Noelnd ministers of the Established Church in
has given them an introduction to his brethren, and
the Church of England must first be, pumped before
they break loose on her. The Patriot, the organ of
the Anti-State Church Association, far less meta-
physical and much more honest, replies to the Witness
in these words :
" One word, before we conclude, as to the declara-
tion' which is made the condition of a seat in the Con-
ference. It is alleged by some of our friends that this
barrier excludes them. We cannot see why or how it
should, if they have any real • desire to be included. Is
it not their conviction, that the union of the Church with
the State is derogatory to the kingly character of Jesus
Christ, contrary to the principles of the New Testament,
and injurious to the interests of religion? No doubt it
is; then wherefore hesitate to make the declaration?
Ad if such is their conviction as to the awful
nature and extent of the evil, does it not immediately
become their bounden duty to• employ every legiti-
mate means for promoting the separation of the two
things whose unnatural and unscriptural conjunction is,
in their minds, fraught with consequences so fearful to
contemplate ? To this question, also, we cannot but
anticipate one loud and unanimous affirmative; What
then ? Is it the conference they stumble at ? Why
should they ? What reason, that will bear looking at
for one moment, can they assign for objecting to
it ? Of whom will it be composed ? -Of whom,
but of persons like-minded with themselves ? Every
man in that assembly will be there because, and only
because, he deems the union of Church and State
the same flagrant evil and wrong that they deem it, and
feels it to be-his bounden duty to employ all legitimate
means for its removal, as they feel it to be theirs. Do
they really object to confer with such persons on such a
theme ? Incredible ! Impossible ! Either they do not
see the evil to be so great as others see it, or they do
not feel it to be their duty to assist in its abatement and
removal; for, if they did, they could not hesitate to-con-
fer with those, and none but those, who do."
Welhoroughly agree with the views of the Patriot
as to the very low landmark between honest and bit-
ter voluntaryism, and voluntaryism professing to re-
tain the principle of an Establishment only to be
quoted when Mr. Noel and other stray ministers of
the English Establishment are to be inveigled: A
private letter from, America, inserted in the Patriot,
will show the Patriot and the extreme voluntaries that
a very little patience is all that is necessary in order
to secure the entire co-operation, if not incorporation.
of the Scotch seceders. This letter will also set Mr.
Noel right as to his very ridiculous assertion at the
free secession gathering in Exeter-hall, " that Dr.
Chalmers holds now at Morningside, near Edinburgh;
the very same sentiments he advocated in the Hano-
ver-rooms." The letter from Americq, states—
" The deputation from the Free Church of Scotland
have opened their commission in seine of our cities, arid
have obtained a fair supply of pecuniary ai&-which I
suppose will be increased. You will not be surprised
that they have avowed themselves to be inflexible. 'Ye-
luntaries, and have promised, on behalf of their associa-
tes, to renounce the unholy alliance with the ' dragOn's
beast' for ever. Had they not discarded the foolery
which Dr. Chalmers promulged in London a few years
ago, they would have found the truth of our cardinal
doctrine in this country, that the union of the Church
and State is the great Bohun upas in the religious
world, which is an incurably pestiferous source of
danger, disease, and death, to all who breathe its un-
hallowed atmosphere, unless they take plentifully of the
Gospel antidote. I cannot be certain that some of the
Free Churchmen would have said amen to all that Drs.
Brurns and Cunningham have advanced; however, we
believe their doctrines, and give them the dollars to sus-
tain their earnest contention for the faith which once
was delivered to the saints.'"
As we stated before, we lament the existence of
this Association, on account of our desire to-have no
quarrel with every faithful missionary. of the
Gospel, however defective the ecclesiastical polity to
Which he - belongs. -We rejoice, however, -that
the more respectable dissenting Ministers refuse to
identify themselves with this mischievous crusade.

The Witness and the Patriot, rowing in the same
boat, will soon get over their love-quarrels, and
Doctors Cox and Candlish are at one on the practical
duty of opposition to the Established Church, and
differing only On a transcendental and metaphysical
abstraction, must, unless either change, soon co-ope-
rate like " vera brithers." Whether this new craft
will ever get afloat, or whether they will get a crew
to man it, we know not. This we do know, that the
Church of England, throned-on th-J intelligence and
affections of her people, surrounded by the tokens of
her usefulness, her surest trophies, and built on the
rock of ages, can afford to pity the men and to -de-
spise the projects that are set in array against her.
In the course of our reading we have met with an
interesting extract, which may suggest a "free"
monument to a distinguished actor in the French
Revolution, as well as enlighten our readers on the
origin of some modern phantasies. Dr. Cox may thank
us for it. The true origin of what is called the vo-
luntary or non-intrusion principle took place in the
very heart of the French Revolution, and claims as its
parentage no less illustrious a hero than Robespierre.
His arguments for the confiscation of the property of
the Church were just the same as those of Dr. Cox and
his compeers of the Anti-State Church Association.
. " Premier Principe.—Toutes les fonctions soot d'in-
stitution sociale; elles cat pour but l'ordre et le bon-
beer de la sOcicte; it en suit qu'il ne pent exister dans
la societ4 aucune fonction qui ne soit utile. Devant cette
maxime disparaissent les benefices .et les etablissemens
sans objet, les cathedrales, les collegiates, les cured et
tons les archereques qui ne demandent par les besoins
publiques.
-
•` Second Principe.—Les officiers ecclesiastiques etant
institues pour le bonheur des hommes et pour le bien du
peuple it en suit que le peuple doit les nommer. Le
peuple peut elire ses pasteurs comme les magistrats et
autres officiers publiques."
Dr. Candlish will see that he has been strutting
before the public with borrowed plumes. Robes •
pierre was obviously the first Non•lntrusionist and
Free. Churchman, only with great consistency he saw
that Dr. Cox's Voluntaryism and Dr. Candlish's Non-
Intrusionism must be combined, and that an Estab-
lished. Church and voluntary machinery, are, as the
seceders now testify, incompatible.

THE SLIDING SCALE.

The advocates of monopoly are beginning to meet the
free traders on something like fair ground. They pro-
mise to have recourse to facts and arguments ; and to
employ the press as an instrument for the dissemina-
tion of their views. This is manly and straight-
forward. It is all that we want—all that is requisite
for the speedy triumph of our principles. The mo-
nopolists, take the field by accusing the Leaguers of
concealing from the people the duties levied by the
Government upon the importation of cotton, woollen,
and silk manufactures, hardware and cutlery,
pottery and glass, and various other productions
of British skill and industry; which duties
the said monopolists are pleased to describe as a
protection to commerce. Now, it is too bad to
charge the manufacturers with the enjoyment of a
protection which they do not want, and which they
have repeatedly declared to be injurious to them.
The import duties upon manufactures are levied for
revenue, and not at all under the plea of protection.
Were they for protection and not for revenue they
would, of course, be based upon a sliding scale to
rise and fall according to the market price of manu-
factures in this country. But, as we have just said,
these duties are levied to enrich the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and not the manufacturer.
It can be easily shown that Parliament cannot pro
tect British manufactures, and, therefore, that the
plea of reciprocity of protection is sheer nonsense.
The manufacturers are exporters of manufactures to
the amount of many millions annually, and for all
that they export they have to find markets in which
they can undersell every other nation. Parliament
cannot protect them in the markets of France, Spain,
Austria, Prussia, Russia, the Netherlands, and North
and South America; and the Government repudiates
any exclusive advantage for British wares even in
China. Were protection necessary or even possible,
in the case of British manufactures, we could not ex-
port a single bale of goods. To talk, therefore, o
protecting the British manufacturer in the British
market is clearly an absurdity. That market becomes
his own by his ability to sell cheaper than the fo-
reigner. Most of the manufactured goods known as
French, and therefore fashionable among certain
classes, are the products of British industry. ,
But in the article of corn, protection is high price
and starvation. We are not exporters, but importers
of food. Instead of growing corn for the rest of the
world as we manufacture cottons, we do not grow
corn enough for ourselves. There is, therefore, no
analogy between the assumed cases of the protection
of cotton and corn. We beg the attention of the
farmers to this point. There can be no protection of
what we produce in greater abundance than we re-
quire for our own use. Thus, the Chinese could not,
protect, by means of import duties, the growth of tea'
in their country, simply because no country could
undersell the native teas in the Canton market.
And were the Chinese Government to impose
import duties upon tea, as an equivalent to the
the tea-growers for an import duty upon camlets
demanded by the weavers of China, there is not a boy
of 12 years old, at a public school or merchant's
counting-house in this country, who would not be
able to expose the dishonesty of such a juggle.
The Chinese tea-growers would, as a matter of
'course, tell the Celestial Government that they
wanted no protection that they could not en-
counter competition in their own market—and that
justice demanded that they should be allowed to
exchange their teas for the cheaper camlets of the
outside barbarians, instead of being compelled to
'pay a high price for a worse article manufactured
at home. And were the Emperor to urge in answer
to remarks so well founded, that the rate of import
duty upon teas and camlets being equal, the
protection was the same, who is there that could not
see that the understanding of the tea-growers would
be insulted by such a mode of reasoning ?
Now, the assumed case of the Chinese tea-growers is
precisely that of the British manufacturers. While
they are exporters of their products, and have to find
markets for them in other countries, they can receive
no protection from import duties. Mark the differ-
ence with respect to corn. As we said above, we ex-
port no corn. We do not grow enough to supply
ourselves. The landlord has, therefore, a home
market for the whole of his produce—a market greater
than he has the means of supplying. His
wheat has not to be carried St. Peters-
burgh, Vienna, Constantinople, Bombay, Can-
ton, New York, or New Orleans, like a bale of Bri-
tish merchandise before finding purchasers for it.
The consumers are all at his own door, ready to take
more than he can given them. Now, this is real pro-
tection, and better protection than is enjoyed by any
other class of producers in the world. With the
protection of an all-absorbing home-market for the
whole of his produce, it is most cruel, must unjust,
and most unreasonable on the part of the British
-landlord to require the starvation protection of a
sliding-scale. But the landlords have ever been plun-
derers of the rest of the community for their own
immediate advantage. Seventy years ago, when
more corn was grown in England than was required
to feed the people, artificial scarcities were effected by
Parliament granting a bounty upon the exportation
of grain. This bounty was paid to the landlords out
of the taxes to find a market for a part of their pro-
duce, and to enhance the price of the rest. The pre-
text, then, of course, was the encouragement of agri-
culture. Were we to retaliate by a bounty upon the
importation of corn, we should be only paying the
landlords with their own dishonest coin. But we do
not want to retaliate wrong. We require justice and
nothing more ; and by discussing the question of the
corn-laws with us, the monopolists are arming us
with weapons with which to win it.—Hull Advertiser.

THE IRON TaADE.--The ironmasters' quarterly
meetings take place next week, when it is expected that the
recent improvement in the trade will be demonstrated in the
shape of a definitive advance. We have heard of advances
already made from various quarters, and we have no doubt
that, in the main, these accounts are correct, but prices,
though strongly tending upwards, have been unfixed and
regulated much more by the immediate wants of the buyer
and seller than by any certain charge. The ensuing
• quarter-day, no doubt, will put an end to these uncer-
tainties.—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
NEW MARKET AT CROYDON.—A good deal of in-
terest was created at Croydon on Wednesday, by the opening
of a new and commodious stock market, at the back of the
Greyhound Inn, and adjoining the Fair Field. The old mar-
ket at the bottom of the town had long been found very in-
convenient, and, in fact, totally inadequate for the purposes
for which it was intended ; and Mr. John Martin, an old in-
habitant of the town, very liberally resolved to supply the
deficiency, by erecting the new market in the centre of the
town, and close to the st%tions of the Brighton and South-
Eastern Railways, thereby giving very great facility to
graziers, from the lower parts of Surrey and Kent, to bring
their stock to market. The profits of the markets from tolls
are to be vested in trustees, for the benefit of decayed sales-
men of the town. There was a very' good show of stock on
time opening day, and the attendance of London and country
butchers was very considerable, nearly the whole of the
stock being sold off very soon after the formal opening of
the market.
THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con-
stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc-
tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very
limited period; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a
reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es-
timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention
for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair,
are too well known and appreciated to need much comment.
The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it
enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu-
merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au-
thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all
attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred,
its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un-
principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as
the " genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is
wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders
abortive any attempt to discover its component parts—thus
proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title
oT Mgcassar - Oil. The genuine article has .tha words
" Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others aro
fraudulent counterfeits !

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE,
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Osprey and Daring,
two of the new 12 gun-brigs are in the basin and

and masted, and are only waiting orders for the com-
pletion of the others, when they will all be commis-
sioned without delay.
There are no ships in harbour except the guard-
ships, tenders, &c.
APFOINTMENTS.-Mr. F. Rooke, Mate, to St. Vin-
cent ; Hon. H. Moreton, Midshipman, to ditto, vice
Mr. T. B. Reid, Master's-Assistant, to Speedy; Mr.
Knapp, Naval Instructor, to Armenia.
We have received Cape papers this morning to the
110th February. The Winchester and Thunderbolt •
were lying in Simon's Bay, and the American .?loop
of war St. Louis, and the French sloop Favourite, in
Table Bay. The Enriguetta slaver, a prize to the
Thunderbolt, in charge of Lieutenant 'Hon. F. Kerr,
arrived on the 2d February with 213 slaves. A third
had been also captured by same vessel.
The New Naval Regulations, promulgated by the
Admiralty, contain many most salutary changes and
improvements, calculated to confer lasting benefits on
this branch of her Majesty's service.
The Right Hon. Henry Corry, one of the Lords
of the Admiralty, accompanied by Captain Brandreth,
R.E., has proceeded in' the steam-yacht Black Eagle
to Cowes, to determine on the immediate erection of a
pier opposite her Majesty's contemplated marine re-
sidence. Norris Castle will, it is said, be ultimately
purchased for her Majesty. The Osborne estate, it is
understood, has been taken for one year only at 1,000

guineas.
The noble ships Rodney, 92, and Collingwood, 80
at this port, are fast progressing for commissioning
Both will be masted in a few days, but will not hois
the pendant so early as reported. The former goes to
the Mediterranean, and the latter to the Pacific, as
flag ship of the new Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Ad-
mind Sir G. Seymour.
l'Ve have just heard that a large naval and military
promotion has taken place—but it is not yet officially.
dec'ared ; also an extensive one in the Royal Marine
corps. A day or two will give particulars. Rumour
says that twenty captains are made rear-admirals.
The Hastings, 72, at this port, has been selected to
relieve the Illustrious, 72, on the North American
and West India station. She will not be commis-
sioned, however, until June next as Sir Charles
Adam's period of service does not expire before
August.
The Fantoine, 16, and Cygnet brigantine are being
hastened at Chatham for immediate service. Both
will be commissioned shortly, the latter for the coast
of Africa.
The following ships are in dock here :—Prince Re-
gent, 120 (ordered to be cut down to the class of the
Rodney, 92, also in dock) ; Lily, 18, and troop-ship
Athol.
The new 12-gun brig, Flying Fish, is daily looked
for from Milford, to be completed for commission.
She will be brought round to this port by the Master
of the Victory, harbour guard ship.
The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, had not arrived
at Lisbon on the 17th March, although hourly looked
for from Malta, on her way home. The Albion, 92,
Captain Lockyer, C. 8., was the only ship of war in
the Tagus at the above date.
The Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts,
Bart., arrived at Jamaica on the 16th February, from
Madeira, which she left on the 26th January, and
immediately transferred the Minister for Mexico to
the Inconstant frigate, for a passage to Vera Cruz,
where she will remain in the room of the Pique
frigate, ordered to rejoin the Admiral.
PLYMOUTH.—SaiIed on the 28th ult., the Larne
sloop, for the Western Coast of Africa, and the Tor-
toise, with Governor Finlaison, for Ascension. Ad-
miral Sir D. Milne has returned from leave, and re-
hoisted his flag on board the Caledonia. The Black
Eagle Government steamer arrived here on Sunday,
with the Lords of the Admiralty, on a tour of in-
spection, to report upon the site of a projected new
dock for steam-vessels. Captain Boldero, Clerk of the
Ordnance, is expected here, on business connected
with the barrack department.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
The public have already been made aware of the
general features of this important line. As it is an-
other link of the great chain of railways by which it
is intended to traverse the length and breadth of the
country, it may not be uninteresting to our readers to
give some further particulars regarding it. It is now
a matter of certainty that, in the course of about two
or three years, a continuous line of railway will be
completed from London, or we may say from Land's
End, to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Scottish
Central Railway is proposed to branch off from
the Edinburgh and Glasgow line near Falkirk ;
and passing through the towns of Stirling, Bridge
of Allan, Dunblane, Blackford, and Auchterarder,
will terminate at Perth, thus forming about forty .five'
miles more of a great trunk between London and the
north. The journey from London to Perth may then
be performed in about twenty hours. The line will
not only command a vast passenger traffic from and
to the south of Scotland and England, but also that
from and to the west of Scotland and Ireland, being
both a south and north line and an east and west line ;
in fact, being to Scotland what the York and
North Midland or Manchester and Leeds lines
are to England. Besides the constant and tho-
rough trade arising from commerce, it will also
derive much revenue from the pleasure-going
part of the community, as it lies so far on the
route between Edinburgh and Glasgow and the
Trosachs, and many other places of summer resort,
such as the Bridge of Allan, Spa, Pitcaithly, Wells,
&c., and the numerous shooting quarters of the
English and Scotch nobility. As to the heavy trade,
it has the advantage over almost every other line in
the country, in so far as it will have no direct water
conveyance to compete with, either by sea or canal.
It will thus not only secure the large trade in manu-
factures between Dundee and other fnorthern towns
and Glasgow, as well as that arising from cattle and
sheep on their way from the north to the great
Falkirk markets, but will also be the means of sup-
plying the whole of the district through which it
will pass, and the towns and country east and north
of Perth, with coals and lime from the rich mineral
districts of Falkirk and Lanarkshire.—Scotsman.