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London, England, 1845-09-05 00:00:00

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mistakes. Engineers after engineers have followed each other,
shifting pins backwards and forwards, which in some instances
eventually landed in their original holes. The Erie, after en-
tering Dumfriesshire, runs north-west to Ecelefechan, where
there will probably be a station at the distance of less than a
quarter of a mile from that village. This will be the nearest
point on the main line for the accommodation of the town of
Annan +lnd the surrounding district. From this the line runs
west of Burnswark to Lockerby, passing right through the vil-
lage, crossing the street which leads to the hill e. little below the
Pr'e Church. It is supposed that the statio:t here will be
close to that building. The line then runs up valley of
the Annari, and comes upon the Edinburgh and Dun;fries mail
road near Craigielands ; this road for some distance will be
taken up by the railway, and it is intended to join the roan with
the Carlisle and Glasgow one about Kirkpatrick-Juita
Church. It has not been fixed whether the station here will
be at Craigielands or Beattock, The line then runs up the
Moos valley, till it enters the wilds of Lanarkshire. A great
deal of money will, no doubt, be circulated in the district
daring the progress of the works ; and in this tranquil rural
district a good deal of annoyance may be expected, as the
" navies" are ',tot the most peaceable of her Majesty's subjects.
It is to be hoped that due precautions will be taken to prevent
riots about pay time; and something like Donald Caird's
warning should be impressed upon all the good folks of Annan-
dale, as, although the workmen themselves are well paid and
want for nothing, a .Iwarm of idlers generally attend them, who
i,o nseum and tuum, and the blame of
are not very particular .
whose ill deeds is often thr own on the innocent " navies.'"
Three of these gentry were iodv..n supplying themselves withd in the Dumfries gaol the
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other day, having been detected
shirts just washed and laid out to dry, and all should re-
collect—

Steek the awmrie, lock kist,
Or else some gear will sune .be mist."
It is understood that Mr. Hope Johnstone has contracted for
supplying the Company with railway sleepers to the tune of
10,000/., and that there is abundance of timber in the noble
woods of Raehills to supply double the quantity, or e Fen more.
To no place on the line is this railway likely to do so much
good as to Moffat, from the facilities which railway travelling af-
fords to all, and especially to invalids, who may be, by-and .bye, es,
pected to test the healing virtues of Aloft:At Well, and enjoy the
beautiful scenery and various attractions of this delightful wa-
tering-place, from all parts of En_gland and Scotland ;
in course of time, the British and Irish Union way transport to
its quiet hills and waters many who are fretted with agitation
in the Emerald Isle.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Aus. 31.—We have received to-day from Ger-
many a piece of news which, in the present .tate of things, is
not without importance. The excessive drought in the south
of Russia has injured the crops, so that the prices of corn have
risen considerably in the market of Odessa.
The Bres.au Gazette quotes the following words as having
been addressed by the Emperor of Russia to the students in the
college of Warsaw :—" 1 know you all. You resemble tile
revolutionists, your fathers. 1 know in what principles youx
have been educated; but beware of putting them in practice,
for I should send you to a place where yeu will remember me.'"
On Thursday next the King and Queea of the Belgians:
will leave Boon early in the morning to return to Belgium.
The royal carriages will wait at Cologne for their Majesties,
who will arrive at the palace of Lacken in the evening.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. a—The King and Queen were to leave
Coburg-Gotha yesterday, to return home, and will pass through
Cassel, the capital of the electorate.
The Queen of England and Prince Albert will leave on
Saturday, and proceed direct to Antwerp, where their Majes-
ties will go to meet them.
The Archduse Frederick of Austria landed yesterday at-
Antwerp, coming from Holland, and arrived this morning at.
Brussels.

BAIIBURGH BORSENIIALLE, Ara- 30.
Bills. Money.
114!..i

Austrian 5 per Cents • ...... . •
Bank Shares • • • . • • • • • • . • ............ 1655
Anglo-Russian Loan .•••• • • • • • •• • • 113),‘
Russian 5 per Cent., 'lamb. Certificate. 105
Ditto Ist series Inscription.
Ditto, /lope and Co., lid and 4th series • • 99%
Ditto, in Certificate . • • • • • • • • • . • • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co.
Ditto Stieglitz • • . • • • • • • •
Spanish New 5 per Cent • • •
Ditto 3 per Cent ..
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent .•
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent...... i 2%
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.. • • 86%
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 ptif Cent •• • • 87
National Bank 5hare5.5hare5................
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEaux, Aro. 30.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld Sch., 33 per Cent .•••• • • • • • 100 99%
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent..
Exchange on London, 2 months ••• • • 6 25}i 6 24%
Universal Prussian Gazette, Aug. 31.
AUSTRIAN 1" UNDS.—Vmma, Ito. 27.
5 per Cent. Metalliques ••••• • • • • • ••• • • - 11214
4 per Cent. ditto •• • • • • • • • • ..... . • • 101
3 per Cent. ditto. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • 77
Lean, 1834
Ditto, 1839
Bank Shares .. • . • ....... ,•.••• • • • • • • 1618
Esterhazy's Loan .• • • • • • • ..• • • • • • • • • • •
RAILWAYS.
vThieemiNao_rthmeirniaii, F.erdinand 91313
Gloggnitz ..... .••••• • • • • • " • • •• • • • • • • • 152%
Leghorn ••• • • ..... • , • •••••• • • • • • • • • • • 122%
—Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 30.
BELGIAN FUNDS.-133.1:55EL5, SYYT. 2.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••.•.•• • • • • • . •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • •
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.. • •
Ditto Three per Cent
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto —
Ditto, ditto, 1840 . 101%
Ditto, ditto, 1842 •
Ditto of the City, 1832
Ditto, 1843 • • • • • • • • • • •• •............. 101%
BIM of Belgium •• • . . • • . • • • • 685
—BrUssels Papers, Sept. 3.

•91%

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CALCUTTA CATHEDRAL ORGAN.
A magnificent organ for the new cathedral at Calcutta
having just been completed by Messrs. Gray and Davi-
son, a public performance on it took place on Wednesday
in Guildhall, by permission of the Lord Mayor, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be applied to augment the build-
ing fund, the cathedral being not yet completed.
The distinguished organist, Mr. Adams, displayed to
great advantage the powers of this noble instrument,
which is of great magnitude, contains a great variety
of stops, and is remarkable for the fullness, richness,
and variety of its tones. He exhibited his learning
and fancy in several masterly extemporaneous per-
formances, and captivated the less scientific part of
the audience by his sweet and expressive mai.ner of
playing several vocal pieces of Handel, Mozart,
and other great composers. The hall was full, and the
performer was much applauded, several pieces (par-
ticularly Mozart's charming air " Ah, perdona") being
encored. A beautiful model of the cathedral, carved ini
white marble, was placed in the hall for the inspection.
of the company. That building is 248 feet long, 116
feet wide at the transept, and 206 feet high. The choir,
where divine service will be usually perforined, is 131
feet by 61 feet internally, and 47 feet high. It will seat
a thousand persons. It is in the Gothic style, and thee
design is chaste and beautiful. The erection of the ca-
thedral was commenced in October, 1839. The whole
boJy of the edifice, with the tower and spire, is erected.
Some of the pinnacles, however, are not yet finished,
nor are the small corner turrets of the tower completed.
The works are expected to be finished, and the sacred
building consecrated, by the end of next year ; but it is
expected that 4,0001. to 5,0001. may be yet wanted for
that purpose.

DEATHS BY DROWNlNG.—Wednesday Mr. Baker
held an inquest at the Queen's Head, High-street, Poplar.
on the body of Aizah Hene Nanee, aged 40 years. Patrick
Donovan deposed that deceased was a ship-carpenter, in
the employ of Messrs. Green, the extensive ship-builders
of Blackwall. On Monday afternoon the witness was stand-
ing on the shore of the dockyard, in which lay the Windsor
East lndiaman, when he observed the deceased in the act of
falling from the fore-chains of the vessel. In descent he struck
his head against the shores or props and fell into the water.
itness immediately divested himself of the greater part of his
apparel, and plunged into the dock after him, but, although he
dived to the bottom, a depth of twenty feet, could .not succeed
in laying hold of deceased, who was ultimately got out by
means of a boathook. Several medical gentlemen were in at-
tendance, but all efforts to restore animation were fruitless.
PIGEON FLYING MATCH FROM GRAVESEND.—Wed
nesday forenoon a pigeon flying match came off between Mr.
Benjamin Bates, of the Southwark-bridge-road, and Mr. Ed-
ward Hall, of the George Tavern, Gravel-lane, Southwark, for
51. a side. The match was made a fortnight since,.to Ay fl
birds each from the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, to their respec-
tive houses. The bird were duly marked and thrown up at
the time appointed, and those of Mr. E. Hall arrived home in
twenty-four minutes and a half, and the five belonging to Mr,
G. Bates occupied exactly thirty minutes. The money was
given up to the winner at Mr. E. Hall's at night, in the.pre-
sence of a large number of friends of both parties.
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BELFAST AND
COUNTY DOWN, AND NEWRY, BANSKIDGE, AND BELFAST
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANIES.--A numerous and highly
influential meeting of shareholders of these companies was held
in Belfast, on Saturday, to consider the proposed arnalgama-..
tion with the Great County Down Railway Company. A good _
deal of discussion took place, and resolutions were carried
strongly condemning the amalgamation proposition, partly beu-
cause it was deemed impracticable, and partly because it_ wown
considered that an amalgamation with the Great County Down
Company would be adverse to the interests of th,e, o herr com-
panies, traversing, as the line puiported to ala ge
trict of unproductive country. orthern If hig.
WHAT A BARRISTER MAY DO, AND WHAT UV MAT
NOT Do.—There seems to be at present a very considerable
difference of opinion among the gentlemen of the bar
as
to what may or may not be done by a barrister. We, had
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some idea of publishing a small hand-book of etiquette for
the exclusive use of the gentlemen of the long robe ; but
as what is etiquette to-day may not be etiquette to-mor-
row, we feared the work would not possess the
permanent utility . which alone woul,l recompense ea
favour
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barrister
railway
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be employed in inducing
paper. 2. A barrister may practise mbuerrt.bmears of Parliament to vote in
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doadgfet,?wfsu-r
the purpose of defeating the ends of justice ; bat he roust
not enter an assize town in an omnibus. 3. A barrister may
tout for
i a small judgeship ; but he will be very properly de-
barred f he advertises his readiness to plead the cause of
clients. 4. A barrister may libel a rivr.l candidate for an
othee in a " private and confidential" circular ; but he must
not degrade himself by asking an attorney to dine with him on
the circuit. 5. A barrister may take a lee when he knows he
cannot attend to the case ; bet lie may not return the money,
for his doing so would be very unprofessional. 6, and lastly.
A barrister may be a very honourable man ; but many things
which professional etiquette allows him to do would be thought
disgraceful and dishonest among ordinary people.—Punch.
SEEING WITH THE EYES OF OTHERS.—AII the
French surgeons are renowned for their ingenious and extra-
ordinary operations. It was recently announced at the French
Academy of Sciences, that some experiments had been made
in what the French call Kiratoplastie, which consists in re-
placing a deceased cornea by a portion of the cornea taken
from another individual, and which, in fact, is a kind of animal
transplanting. At the sitting of the Academy on the It3th
instant there was read a communication front Dr. Plouvies, of
Lille, in which he states that he recently performed the opera-
tion on a female, twenty-three years of age, and who became
blind from smallpox at the age of three years. He removed
the cornea, and substituted by suture that of a young dog.
which he sacrificed for the purpose. The transplanting pro-
cess was entirely successful, but it does not appear that much
benefit was derived from it. The girl does not see well enough
to move about without a guide, and the only difference between
her present state and that before the operation is, that she cut
now just distinguish night from day.