The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.--We have
the best authority for stating that this railway, which is
to pass from Newark through the towns of Southwell
and Mansfield, to Chesterfield, and then form a junc-
tion with Sheffield, is proceeding in the most satisfac-
tory manner. Very careful and satisfactory traffic
returns have been calculated, and the amount of interest
Promised in the prospectus has been fully confirmed.
The great and important advantages that must arise to
agriculturists, from opening a district communication
with the manufacturing markets, and the very cheap
rate at which coals will be supplied to the counties of
Lincoln, Norfolk, Rutland, &c., afford ample promise of
a large return of profit to the shareholders in the line,
and of this the public seem to be well aware, from the
rapid manner in which the share list is filling up. We
understand that the survey is nearly completed by Mr.
Gibbs and Mr. Sanderson, who both report most favour-
ably as to the cost of construction, from the nature of
the soil and the few excavations or embankments that
are requisite. A Committee of Direction has been
formed, and the present management is rest(d in the
hands of the following gentlemen :—Captain Salmond
(who acts as Chairman), E. V. P. Burnell, Esq. (Vice-
Chairman), J. E. Brodhurst, Esq., R. Gill, Esq.,
Messrs. Marfleet, Thorpe, Greenhalgh, and Gething. It
is the general feeling that such a scheme is most desir-
able, and we are extremely glad that th 9 inhabttantsl/40f.
Newark, Mansfield, and their localities, are more 'thail%
usually active isa their exertions to secure to these tofts
and neighbourhoods the valuable accommodation which
this undertaking will afford.—.Noithighain Review.
SALMON FISHERY.—The total produce of this year's
salmon fishing, at Berwick, is a fair average as com-
pared with the two previous seasons, being considerably
above that of last year, though below that of the year
before. The total number of boxes shipped at Berwick
was 6,398, being 1,297 boxes more than last year.—
Newasile Advertiser.

A WHOLESALE TEETOTALLER.—In a neighbour.
ng city, a few days ago, a bacchanalian from the coun-
try expressing a determination to become a teetotaller,
consulted a wag as to the mode of procedure, when he
was jocularly recommended to go to the office of the New
Water Company. When the rustic called, a number of
clerks were seated at their desks, but the manager. was
absent. Being anxious for information, he asked if
many were joining just now? lie was answered, "Oh,
yes." lie further inquired, "Do you tak' a drap your-
sels' occasionally?" " What do you mean, Sirr
" Now," rejoined the would-be water votary, "tell me
honestly—do you not tak' a spark o' whisky ava?"
" Oh, certainly," was the answer. " I was just thinkin'
as muckle," quoth he. One clerk asked another,
"What does the old quiz mean?" when the manager
made his appearance. Bumpkin was then politely shown
into the manager's rooms, upon which he expressed a
wish to join his society. " Well, Sir," said the manager,
" it's eighty pounds a share." " Eighty pounds, Sir:"
exclaimed the soi-disant water•bibber in amazement,

" what for?" " Oh, for the water, Sir.' "Eighty'
pounds for water ! Saul, I'll stick to the whisky yet !"
said he, emphatically, and bolted out of the office.—
Dundee Advertiser.

PROFESSOR SYME, OF EniNnurtatr.—He is an ad-
mirable surgeon—sensible, practical, clever—complete,
rather than great. One sees nothing to idolise in his
chirurgical craft, but the higher homage is willingly
paid him, of confiding him our lives. lie is safe, not
brilliant; a man of sense and industry—not of genius.
Ile possesses all Charles Bell wanted, and wants all
Charles Bell possessed. He is eminently the surgeon of
practice—the man of business ; the acute attorney or
health, to whom, from his skill in looking after his own:
main chance, you undoubtedly confide your own. What
is the result? Bell was without a practice; Syme has
one too large. Edinburgh shows no such business as -
his. What an argument have we here for state munifi-
cence to men cultivating the higher fields of our science?
To be nobly intellectual in medicine is, by the present
constitution of our society, to be without a decent
hi-
come. Barren and grudged fame is the only recom-
pense. The spinner's son did a noble thing in pension-
ing poor Bell's widow. Peel's mind is not wholly the
slave of a heartless aristocracy. He can occasionally
forget the hereditary inanities, God's titled cyphers, that
smile wooingly around him, to pay a passing homage
(albeit small) at the altar of that intellect that made him,
all he is.—Mcilical Times.

FIRST ARRIVAL IN THE PORT OF MANCHESTER OF
A CARGO or GOODS FOR BOND.—WC have great plea-
sure in recording the first arrival in the port of Man-
chester of a vessel, with an entire cargo of wines and
spirits removed in bond, and for bonding in Manchester.
The vessel, a flat named the Express, was wholly laden
with a valuable cargo of wines and spirits, in all about
forty tons weight, belonging to Mr. William Gibb, spirit
merchant, of this town, whose active and long. continued
exertions in the struggle to obtain the privilege of bond-
, ing for this great and important borough are about to
be acknowledged in the form of a substantial mark of
respect and gratitude by his fellow-townsmen. The
Express arrived from Liverpool on Saturday evening ;
but it was yesterday morning before she began to un-
load. She is lying in the Bridgewater Canal, Knott
Mill, where the Duke's trustees have constructed a larged
bonding vault, which Mr. Gibb has taken andha
licensed for the purpose ; and we believe istinworw
remov-
ing his stock of wine and spirits fromo
_osamppnoprts to
and
Manchester, for the greater convenience f
other officers o Cus-
sale. The lockers, guagers, and
rintending the unloading
toms, were in attendance,
of the vessel, and thus harosl.m.emenced the operations of
Itgratifying
the Manchester Manchester
eugs."tifie-man who took so prominent a
part
in that
ento obtain the boon of bonding for
part in the strugagle
Manchester should be the first to enjoy the fruits of its
success. We hope ere long to record the general opera-
though it will reuire a little time,
tion of the system ;
as it must have a beginning.—Manchcster
perhaps.
Guardian.
Cider and perry will be very cheap this year in
Herefordshire, and on the banks of the Severn, from
Worcester to Chepstow. The crops of apples and pears
are much larger than last year ; is. to Is. Gd. per bushel
is now the price for good apples at Hereford and Led-
bury. Mushrooms were sold in Hereford market last
Saturday at Is. per bushel. Walnuts are extremely
plentiful this season, and will be very cheap, not only
about Chepstow, but at Usk and the neighbourhood of
Minehead ; Is. Gd. to 2s. per bushel is now the price at
Taunton. English grapes ate abundant, not only in the
hothouse, but the open air ; the quality is superior to
any grown in this country for many years.—Gloucester-
shire Chronicle.

FOREIGN
TITLES.—A curious instance of suscep-
tibility is mentioned in a Berlin letter of the 15th,
quoted by the Dusseldorf Gazette. A young Baron hav-
ing had some correspondence with the Ministry, in which
his title was not mentioned in the letters addressed to
him, and the Ministers having refused to comply with
his remonstrances on this subject, he cited them before
the Supreme Tribunal, and, judgment having been al-
lowed to go by default, they are ordered to address him
in future by his title.