The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

H. S. Coke, Esq., Neath.

This line is the natural result of opening out, by an important
main trunk like the South Wales Railway, a country rich in
minerals, with a large and rapidly increasing population, both
of which have hitherto been but imperfectly supplied with the means
of transit.
The numerous mines, collieries, iron, copper, tin plate, fire brick,
chemical, and other works, already in operation and in course of
being opened, in the Interior of South Wales, especially in the country
through which this line will pass, and which are now being exten-
sively multiplied there, seek a more speedy and ready access to
the main line than existing modes supply, and hence the necessity
for' affording to the important valley between Neath and Merthyr
Tydvil the most perfect means of communication, not only with the
South Wales Railway, but with the ports of Neath and Swansea, the
natural and legitimate outlets for the 'produce of the valley ; whence
the supply of flounand other provisions from Ireland can be cheaply
and expeditiously conveyed into the heart of the country.
The proposed line will commence at Neath by a junction with the
South Wales Railway, will continue up the Valley to near Pont
Walby, thence to Merthyr Tydvil, passing within a short distance of
the extensive iron works lying in that district.
The advantage of the natural fall of country, being from Merthyr
to Neath, calls forth a strong opinion in the following extract from
the report of the Board of Trade on Railways in South Wales :
«By the proposed-line (the South Wales) the principal towns and
commercial emporiums, which are situated along the coast at the
bottom of the valleys,. are placed upon, the main line, to which the
traffic from the interior will descend—a censideiation which is very
important when we recollect that a great part of this traffic will
consist of heavy minerals."
The Vale of Neath intersects the great coal and iron fields of South
Wales, and possesses anthracite, as well as bituminous coal, in great
abundance. In addition to the collieries and iron works, there are
also tin works adjoining the proposed line, and valuable timber, to
the extent of 4,000. acres. '
It is unnecessary' to give a -detailed estimate of the probable re-
venue that will arise from the Vale of Neath Railway ; it is sufficient
to say, that, in the districts between and through which it will pass,
the population numbers above 80,000, depending chiefly on the sup-
plies now transmitted to the interior through Swansea and Neath ;
that the intercourse between the above towns is such as to bear out
a most favourable estimate of passenger traffic ; and that 200,000 tons
"oT coal, -exclusive of other minerals, are exported annually from the
Vale of Neath, finding a ready market in France, Ireland, Somerset-
shire, Devonshire, Cornwall, London, and other places. From these
mere outlines it is evident that the increased facility of transit which
this Railway will afford over the present modes of conveyance, con-
nected as it will be with• Swansea and Briton Ferry (the port of
.Neath) by means of the South Wales Railway, will produce a cor-
responding increase of Production and traffic. Under the latter head,
as regards passengers, may be taken into consideration the large
numbers that resort to Swansea from the interior for sea bathing, and
the strikingly picturesque and richly varied beauty of the Vale of
Neath, with its famed waterfalls, will be a source of never-failing
attraction to tourists and parties of pleasure.
The most favourable opinion is entertained of the Vale of Neath
Railway by almost all the landed proprietors along the line,' the
majority of whom are members of the Provisional Committee, the
lessees of collieries, and parties engaged in shipping; and its im-
portance as a profitable investment may be judged from the fact that
the Neath Canal, which now traverses only half the distance of the
proposed line, and affords, even to that limited extent, but imperfect
accommodation, has for many years paid a large dividend to the
proprietary, and the original. 1001. shares are now marketable at
3401.
Prospectuses may be had, and applications for shares may be ad-
dressed, in the form annexed, to the Secretary, at the offices of the
Company, 440, West Strand, London, and to the Solicitors in Lon-
don, or Neigh. '
In the allotment of the shares of the Company, a preference will be
given to parties locally interested, and to the Proprietors of Shares in
the South Wales Railway Company.
The usual power will be taken by the Act, to allow interest at
4 per cent. per annum on the amount of subscriptions paid up ; and
no subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his de-
posit of U. 10s. per share, until the Act is obtained, and then not be-
yond the amount of his subscription.
London, July 26, 1845.

.. FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Vale of Neath Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of
Twenty Pounds each, in the proposed Vale of Neath Railway Com-
pany, on the terns and conditions of the Prospectus, and I under-
take to pay the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds when required.
Dated the day of 1845.

Name
Profession • • • •
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THE ST. LAWRENCE and ATLANTIC
RAILROAD.
Incorporated by the Parliament of Canada, Bth Victoria, cap. 25.
Capital 600,000/. currency, equal to 500,0001. sterling. The pre-
mium of exchange.being fixed at $ per cent., at which rate all divi-
dends will be paid in London. 12,000 Shares of 501. currency, or
411. 13s. 4d. sterling, of which 2,000 Shares have been subscribed in
Canada. First Instalment 41. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE IN CANADA.
Baron Grant de Longueuil W. Edmonstone, Esq.
The Hon. Peter M`Gill John Frothingham, Esq.
The lion. George Moffatt, M.P.P. A. T. Galt, Esq.
Major-General T. Evans Edward Hale, Esq., M.P.P
The lion. A. N. Morin, 31 P.P. B. Hart, Esq.
Samuel Brooks, Esq., M.P.P. William Molson, Esq.
T. Bouthillier, Esq. Dr. M. Maccullock
Major Campbell, 7th Hussars B. Pommy, Esq.
Thomas Cringan, Esq. T. A. Stayner, Esq., Deputy Post-
George Desbarats, Esq. master-General
N. Dumas, Esq.

.
ritovistoNAr. COMMITTEE IN LONDON.
Edward Ellice, Jun.' Esq., 31) 1,. Alexander Gillespie, jun., Esq.
William Chapman, Esq. Nathaniel Gould, Esq.
James J. Cummins, Esq. Robert M`Calmont, Esq.
J. B. Elfin, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Ffallifax, Mills, and Co.
SOLICITORS—Messsrs. Bischoff and Coxe, 19, Coleman-street
AGENT IN LONDON—A. T. Galt, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES-19, COlernitti•Stred.
No 'application for Shares in this undertaking wtll be received after
the Ist August next. By order,
A. T. GALT, Agent.

FOTtM OF 'APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company, incorporated by

the Parliament of Canada, S Vic:, cap. 25.
Gentlemen,---I request you will allot me shares of 411. 13s. 4d.
sterling each, in the above Company ; and I hereby engage to accept
such shares; or any smaller number, which may be allotted to me,
and to pay thelnitalment of 41. sterling thereon.—l am, &c.

Name
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Residence
Trade or Profession .
Reference.... • • • • • .........
Date . . . .
To the Provisional Committee in London, 19, Coleman-street.

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DR. CULVERWELL'S GUIDE TO HEALTH AND LONG
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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
MEDICAL TABLE-TALK.
On the Errors and Extravagancles of Early Life, such as intempe-
rate feeding and drinking, snuffing, smoking, precocious and over-
strained indulgences, mental and bodily excesses, late hours, morbid
excitement, and other outrages, exhaustive to the animal economy ;
also, per contra, the value of careful living, fresh air, early rising,
and out-door exercise salutary occupation, and good mental govern-
ment, whereby the most shattered constitution may be restored to
health, and life preserved to the latest period allotted to man.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.A.C., &c.
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LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
"He, who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms,
A hero lives, and justly can
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Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their
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Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c.
" The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
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Tun Goonwoon CUP.—The subject of the silver
cup, which is to be run for to-day at Goodwood, is an incident in
the life of Mary Queen of Scots, taken from Sir Walter Scott's
" Tales of a Grandfather." When Mary, shortly after her first
marriage, was threatened with an attack by the lords of the Cove-
nant, she is reported to have placed herself at the head of her
troops, and appeared so fully prepared to receive them, that, their
courage failing, they turned their horses' heads and rode off the
field without making any attempt. This was called in derision

" The rouud.about raid." The composition represents Mary
mounted on a spirited charger. She is clad in light armour, and
has pistols at her saddle bow ; an attendant is on one knee beside
her, and they both seem to be watching the retreat of the foe. The
group is simple in design, and in execution is in no way inferior to
the many excellent specimens in this style of art for which the turf
is indebted to the genius of the sculptor, Mr. Cotterill. It is
mounted on a tasteful base, of ebony, richly studded with silver
decorations.

DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—Another of
those frightful accidents, the consequence of gross misconduct or
carelessness, that are unfortunately too frequent, occurred at the
toll-house of Crossonen turnpike.gate, on the evening of Sunday,
the 20th inst. Wm. Collard, the keeper of the gate, left it in the
morning to the charge of a little boy, named James Prosser, and
put a gun, loaded, in a corner of the house, telling Prosser that he
was not to touch it, as it was loaded ; he then went away, and
called at several inns, desirous of having a horse and gig, but
failed. About six o'clock Wm. Prosser, a younger brother of the
boy left in charge of thegate, took some food for him to the house,
and coon afterwards it was discovered that Wm. Prosser had re-
ceived the contents of the gun in his left temple; his head was so
frightfully mutilated that no hope could be entertained of his reco.
very. The wretched boy was carried home, where death termi-
nated his sufferings the same night. An inquest was held on the
body on Monday, before T. Hughes, Esq., and adjourned till Wed-
nesday, when, after the examination of seven witnesses, the fol-
lowing verdict was returned :—" That the deceased died in come.
quence of a gun-shot wound, but by whom inflicted, not known."
The conduct of Collard, in leaving the gate all day to the care of
a little boy, .Was most reprehensible, and well deserved the repri.
maid he received from Mr. Hughes.—Monmouthshire Merlin.

SEWERAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. —Yesterday, a
meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Holborn and
Finsbury divisions, Mr. Mills in the chair, was held at the Com.
missioners' Rooms, Hatton.garden, when a rate of 6d. in the
pound was made upon the district. The last rate, amounting to
17,6091., collected up to the 25th of April, left a balance due of

only about 1,000/., the greater part of which was on account of
empty houses, and it was stated by the chairman, that in conse-
quence of the great improvement in the health of the inhabitants
of the neighbourhoods where sewers were erected, the rates were
readily paid. Several sums of money were ordered to discharge
contracts, and contracts were taken for some thousand feet of
sewers. About 400 feet of the Fleet River, in the vicinity of the
King's.road, St. Pancras, was offered to be arched over by Mr.
Cubitt, the builder, where many new houses are about to be erected.
In Liquorpond-street, a new sewer, 380 feet long, to cost 6501.,
towards which 4001. will be advanced by Messrs. Reid and Co.,
was ordered to be formed. Another sewer was also directed to be
formed in Wilson street, Finsbury, which will be connected with
one constructed by the City Commissioners, by which there will
be a continuous sewer to Ball's Pond, and it is proposed to con-
tinue it to Stoke Newington.
NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.—A new Stock; Exchange
was opened in Liverpool on Monday last, in a large room of the
extensive premises, in Moorfields, recently occupied as the British
Hotel. The members of the new Association commenced business
with great spirit and energy, and the transactions of the week have
been, considering the infancy of the concern, tolerably numerous.
The lists of current prices and of the daily sales have been duly
issued, and have exhibited a very fair amount of operations, par.
ticularly in that description of stock that has been most popular in
the market. The new Association has received the designation of
the Royal Stock Exchange. The rates of commission are the
same as those in the elder Association. Strangers having business
with, and being introduced by members, are admitted to observe
the mode in which the business is transacted, the numbers allowed
to be present at one time being, however, limited to four, its order
to prevent inconvenient crowding. This regulation is necessary,
in consequence of the circumscribed area of the room. The mem-
bers have it in contemplation to build a suitable edifice for the pur
poses of their business somewhere contiguous to the great centre of
commercial transactions.—Liverpool Albion.
ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAILWAY.—The half-

past six o'clock train from Dover, on arriving yesterday evening at
the Penzburst station, was run in upon by an engine which bad
been assisting behind, when the train was stationary. Three or
four carriages were doubled up, and one dashed to pieces. About
30 persons received contusions and cuts. One gentleman had his
kg fractured, and another received a severe injury in his back.
Mr. Cubitt, who was with the train, states, that the accident oc-
curred'from the red lights not being placed on the last carriage at
.Tunbridge, and that the engine which occasioned the mischief was
eav4inigrectors engineso f behind
railways, cannot
as
m o b
set toof the strongly
accidentsi m
which have occurred have arisen from this cause.
following to bring up the lights. But most of the passengers slat
that the engine had been assisting behind alt the way from Dor,er.
pressed The
dangeruponofthh
AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE 11.IASTER-GENERAL OF THE
ORDNANCE.—By general order, dated July '.
2, 1845 the Master.
General has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant '
utenant George Boyce,
of thet, re3i4 2nd Life Guards, to be biz aide.de-campl . in room of Captain
ravned.

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LITERATURE. / •Z;Til
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A FEW PASSING REMARKS 0.
PRIVILEGE QUESTION. By

Walsh, Bart., 11I.P.

This is a pamphlet clearly indicating in ik
powers of a higher order, and views of a comprelNas- •
ness and originality beyond the scale which tlXsWiSi',Sigki
and limited form of his present " Remarks." The
general purpose of the argument here put forth by Sir
John is to establish the necessity for some very carefully
digested declaratory measure ascertaining and defining,
in the most :distinct and intelligible, terms, " the" pri-
vileges of Parliament. He looks upon such a course as
offering the only available middle term, at which it will,
ere long, be possible to escape from the high privilege
pretensions of one party in the Legislature, and the high
common• law doctrine of the otter. In speaking of the
privilege question, now pending before the judicial tri-
bunals of the country, he remarks that—
" The determination to appeal from the decision of
the Court of Queen's Bench to the next tribunal, post-
pones the difficulty, but does not remove or modify it.
It takes, indeed, the chapter of accidents in our favour.
The Court of Error may reverse the judgment of the
Queen's Bench, or other contingencies may intervene.
The case, however, that the collective body of the judges
may confirm the decision of the Court below is suffi-
ciently probable to render it the part of ordinary fore-
sight to anticipate the chance of its occurrence, and to
ask ourselves beforehand what line we should be pre-

pared to take, in the position in which we should then be
involved."
Sir John 'Walsh clearly shows the indispensable necessity
for the existence of Parliamentary privilege to an extent
fully adequate to uphold and to maintain its independent
action and corporate dignity. But he is keenly alive to
the perhaps inevitable tendencies of unwritten " pri-
vileges" to grow into a powerful and uncontrollable ma-
chinery of oppression, unless subject to be modified by
the interposition of the authority and the powers of
courts of law. All the-chi-Tigers incident to a collision
between these courts and the High Court of Parliament
he shadows forth with a spirited band. Perhaps he could
not have hit upon a more illustrative analogy than that
suggested in the following passages:—
" The Courts of Law have on their side this great
principle of human society, that the progress of it is
always attended and marked by a constant process of
defining and limiting rights and powers. Everything is
gradually appropriated, and fixed in its proper place.
The House of Commons has contrived, in these vague
and unbounded claims, to place itself in opposition to
the opinions, the interests, the very instincts of advancing
civilization. I would compare this dispute to our late
difference with America on the Maine boundary. Some
eighty years ago an imaginary frontier line was inserted
in a treaty, assuming limits which could not be ascer-
tained, and describing landmarks which had no existence.
At the time it was totally immaterial, for neither party
cared for the possession of a tract of pathless forest ; but
as the two nations went on reclaiming, and civilizing,
appropriating this wilderness, they came at length into
contact, and they discovered this line to be no line at all.
As there was no limit ascertainable, the two nations each
made its own, and they were on the point of going to
war to maintain them. It happened fortunately that
Lord Ashburton did not carry into his negotiations the
spirit of Sir Thomas Wilde ; and as they could not find
the old line, they agreed upon a new one. I think
eventually the House of Commons and the Courts of Law
will do the same."
Sir Thomas Wilde, as the champion of the high privi-
lege party, is the object of Sir John's frequent and some-
what unwarranted attacks. But for our own parts we
cannot concur in the overdrawn and highly-coloured
portions which his own hand has drawn of the exclusive
eligibility of Sir Robert Peel to undertake the or-
ganization of such a scheme of privilege definition as he
has here advocated.

" It is quite evident that such a measure must be the
work of a Government—no individuals could have the
materials to frame, or the power to carry it. The opi-
nion of Sir Robert Peel is known indeed to have been in
favour of the assertion of privilege. I remember one of
his most eloquent speeches, in which he deprecated .any
attempt to lower the character or degrade the position of
that illustrious body, and in which he seemed to consider
such to be the aim of the opponents of privileges. The
first Member in the noblest of representative assemblies,
to which he feels perhaps that he owes everything, and
others think that he has paid back all that he owes, the
natural tendency of his mind would be to stand forward.
as its foremost champion. I wish he could believe that
those who differ from him as to the means, concur wit)
him as to the end. They think that the true source of
the glory and power of the House lies in its numbering
among its ranks those who, like himself, sway it und the
country by the force of intellect and statesman-like abi-
lity. They believe that the attempt to force these high
claims of privilege against the genius of the British con-
stitution, would injure and undermine its real ascen-
dancy. He now stands in a different position from that
which he occupied then ; still the leader of the House of
Commons, he is also the first Minister of the Crown ;
and experience has shown that his policy has in many
instances been modified by a due sense of the responsibi-
lities of his office. The results of the former contest in
1840 are before him—the flame kindled by the harsh-
proceedings against the sheriffs, and the ease with whichi
the question of the publication was disposed of by the
introduction of a Bill.

" These considerations must have a strong influence
upon a mind naturally averse to extreme and violent
measures. I cannot but encourage the hope that—
without suffering himself to be embarked in an invidious
struggle, without committing the House a second time
to the employment of naked force, without waiting till
circumstances bring on a crisis—he may under-
take, by the peaceable means of enactment, the final
settlement of this embarrassing and vexatious question."
This pamphlet is agreeably written, and for the most
part in a temperate and dispassionate spirit.

MESMERIC LECTURES —Mr. Spencer T. Hall's
third lecture on mesmerism at the Western Literary Institu-
tion, Leicester-square, was delivered on Thursday evening to
a numerous and approving audience. The experiments upon
parties strange to Mr. Hall and new to mesmeric operations,
were interesting and generally regarded as conclusive—t' ,e
power he seemed instantaneously to acquire over an invetes
.ate
stammerer whom he had never seen before, striking all who
witnessed it with amazement, and calling forth rer.i.tated
plaudits. We perceive that Mr. Hall has announced 'ins fare-
well lectures for the season, and the friends of rAestnerism
cannot fail to be gratified by the progress it has trade in his
hands during his residence in town.
COUNT KONIGSMARK, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE.
Br CAPTAIN FREDERIC CHAMIER, R.N.--Count Konigs-
mark was one of the most remarkable characters of a wild and
adventurous age. His extraordinary career in many quarter,
o fthe globe is traced, by captain Chamier with a vigoroushand,
and th e interest of the reader is never suffered to flag for a
moment, as the hero rushes from peril to peril, in love, wail;
gambling, riot, or murder. His indomitable bravery through-
out, which made him so successful in his amours, furnishes new
and curious matter for evey chapter ; but the character of his
faithful and deceived follower, Vratz, is drawn with equal force,
and keeps nearly as strong a hold upon the imagination. An,' /
there is another person in the drama, the Italian, Isabella, tl ae
devoted mistress of Konigsmark, than whom the pages of rm_
mance do not present a more effective female portrait. Text
to her is Donna Maria, a noble Spanish senora, whose destinies
arc commingled with those of Konigsmark ; and towart).s the
close, the Princess, in whose secret bower his false i'atrigues
and daring deeds came to their bloody close. In, addition to
the glowing materials to which we have pointed, the story is
enriched by a number of historical personages of the age of
Charles H.—Literary Gazette.

Last week, as -the Talbot steamer was getting
ready to leave Lyons, it caught fire from the boiler having been
made red hot. Fortunately no person was injured, but if the
accident had taken place a few minutes later the vessel would
have been on her passage, and the results might have been very
serious.— Galignani.

A bear lately escaped from Ghent from a collecti(
of wild beasts, and caused considerable alarm amongst the }n_
habitants. habitants. It was at last killed by an inspector of forests, ipho,
seeing the animal come out of a thicket, fired a pistol r 4 it,
and broke one of its front paws, and with another shot In the
chest wounded it so severely that in a few hours it died.. The
skin was given up to the owner, and the skeleton is to Ira placed
in the museum at Ghent.

The Glasgow Constitutional states that it is in—
tended to republish the old Glasgow Courant :Vim the 14th
of October, 1745, to the 15th of October, 1746. It says—
We do not know that there is another copy of the paper extsnt,
and were it for no other thing but the vivid accounts of the •
movements of the Pretender, and the fac-simile presented by
it of the manners and customs of Glasgow a hundred years I
since, it would be exceedingly interesting, and must insure the
warm support of the inhabitants.
The Dowager Countess Grey is surrounded by ta
numerous "family circle at Howick Hall, Northumberland. .iG
the dissolution of the late venerated Earl, Viscount Howick (r
Earl Grey), the Hon. and Rev. John Grey, the Honourable Cap
tain Frederick W. Grey, RN., Lady Georgians Grey, Lady
Caroline Barrington, the Honourable and Rev. F. R. Gray,
the
Honourable Captain Henry Cavendish Grey and Dr. Wil were
present beside the death bed. The Honourable Colonel Grey,
equerry to the Queen, did not arrive at Howick Saturd sy,
and the Honourable Captain G. Grey, R. N., did not rea eh
Howick Hall until a few hours after the Earl had expired. La dy
Mary Wood and Lady Elizabeth Bulteel did :not arrive there t.
fore Saturday. It was the late Earl's most earnest desire that 1 tia
uneral should be conducted as privately as possible.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.—On Tuesday rnornb ig,
last a dreadful accident occurred near 'Merthyr, at a mine cal ,lea
Cyfarthfa Wynch Fawr. Four mcn, named Watkin Jones, a sea
sixty-one; Lewis Powell, his son-in-law, thirty-one; David Da' ries,
t twenty-seven
shaft,
Thomasand Jones,
when,
top, the balance choln, or a eightee cateredyard s
f a select
o descend the b
fro,
a the
link of the other chain to whit is the
bucket was attached, broke, and the poor fellows went dow with
aboutt twenty-three,
sevene nty
o shrr
terrible speed to the bottom, a depth of nearly one hundre, J yaws.
The three first named died Instantaneously ; but Thom as Jon.es
survived till be was taken to the mouth of the level, and conversed
with those who ran to his assistance. Three of .the de ,vanedmen
have left wives and families. A brother of the dec -aced iLew‘so
Powell narrowly escaped death, as it seems he enter.eil the burke:t
with the others, but recollecting he had forgotten 7.lis candle,
jumped up for the purpose of procuring i he
The 1 mder then re-
fused to
to let him re-enter the bucket, saying, " Fcriar men are quite
enough go down at orce."--Bristo: Journal.
AN OLD WATCH
•-- . r. Joseph !Andrews, hatter,
Mansfield, has now in his Por,ession a watch 'which has been in his
family for nearly two hue:,
ured years. It was made early in the
reign of Charles 11., ar,d bears date 1650. The present owner's
grandfather wore ti, watch seventy years, and it is now in good ,
condition, and ktr'ps time exceedingly well—Nottingham Journal.
'IL I" ANT SCHOOLS, WATERLOO•ROAD.—Ser
in"' in tw.alf of these schools were preached yesterday at ' At.
John's 'Church, Waterloo.road, by the Rev. E. Irvine, M.A., „mei
the. 'Rev. J. E. Johnston, M.A. These schools, which s doy
gratuitous education to children of both sexes from one year anpd a
half to six years-of age, are supported entirely by volunte CO ).
tributions. The number of children received in the school,
„average
150; and as they are taken in at such early ages, are foe
J.:a a great
relief to the labouring poor of the neighbourhood.
THE COST OF PULLING A NAN'S NOSE.—
ohn Her-
bert of Hawsker, farmer, was brought before th.e beoch of magis—
trates, at Whitby, on Tuesday last, and fined,.
for pullii tg the:
most prominent part of the face of Mr.. Nviiiiani Thornp a.
neighbouring farmer, in rather an un'
shireman. _
,zerernonious York-.