The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, lBl5

THE THEATRES.
P INCESS'S.

Macready made his debitt at this theatre last. night, in the
character of Hamlet, and we could have m ished that all
those who complain of the decline of the love of the legiti-
mate drama in England, had been pr: sent in Oxford street to
have seen the scene presented for hours before the &ors were
opened. As early as five o'clock, the people began to assem-
ble at the entrances of the theatre, and long before the
opening of the doors the crowd extended not only quite
across the street, but up each side for a con-iderable
space. When the doors were opened, the rush was
terrific, and within ten minutes afterwards placards were
posted at the entrance of the theatre, " Pit full"—
"Boxes full." Still the crowd continued to push on, and
persons eagerly tendered their money, which was refused
With considerable difficulty the rejected managed to work
their way into the street, but those without were not satis-
fied and continued to press eagerly forward, until they, like
their predecessors, were rejected. It was nearly 8 o'clock
before the crowd cleared away, satisfied at length that
the theatre would not hold a single additional human
'being. Every corner of the theatre from which a glimpse
could be caught of the stage, was occupied. The box lobbies
were crowded, and lucky was the wight who could procure
a place opposite a box' door, through the glass panel of which
he could catch a glimpse of thestage. As to procuring a seat,
or even a standing place, in a box, that was quite out of the
question; every place had been taken days ago. The most
perfect adept in the art of packing could not have packed an
additional human being—not even a child—in the house, and
we are quite certain, that there was more money turned away
than was taken at the doors. Never has the legitimate drama
had such .a triumph. For ourselves, after great crowding
we managed to reach the box-lobby, and to get opposite the
glass panel of one of the boxes in the dress-circle. The
curtain rose, and the play proceeded. At length Macready
appeared. Then rose one universal shout of welcome,

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"Loud as from numbers without number."
Never was there such a reception; for full a quarter of an
hour the applause continued before he was suffered to pro-
ceed. No conqueror returning from a victory in which he had
saved his country was ever greeted with such enthusiasm
as Macready was greeted with last evening. He seemed to
feel it deeply. It was a meeting of old friends after a long
absence of friends, who had never thought to meet again.
He looked exceedingly well, and was overcome by the enthu-
siasm; never has lie acted so well as he acted last evening.
He was admirably supported by Mrs. Ternan, Cooper,
Miss E. Stanley, and Granby, and was throughout greeted
with such enthusiastic demonstrations of welcome as must
have made him feel that he was indeed at home.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BRISTOL, BATH, AND POOLE.
Yesterday, an adjourned meeting of the promoters and
supporters of this railway was held at the Guildhall Coffee-
house, King-street, Cheapside, for the further consideration
of the plans fur carrying out the line, and to receive the en-
gineer's report ; William Nash, Esq., Chairman of theßrighton,
Lewes, and Hastings Railway, in the chair. Amongst the
Kprincipal promoters of the Company present were V. C.
emble, Esq. ; T. Heathcote Bayly, Esq. ; C. R. Bigge,
Esq.; 11. T. G. Macnarama, Esq.; Dr. Scott ; R. H. Fowler,
Esq.; Riddell, Esq. ; I'. Price, Esq.; F. Hewitt, Esq. ;
Lieutenant Hill, R.N., and other influential gentlemen.
The CHAIRMAN having briefly alluded to the objects of the
meting,..

T. Sn-IAsLA)r, Esq., the Secretary, read the minutes
and resolutions passed at,the _last meeting, and they were
confirmed. The secretary stated;,that.since the last meeting
communications had been received fiotn '3eVeral. of their
agents, which were of the most satisfactory kind ; and in par-
cular drew the attention of the meeting to a communication
from their agents at Blandford relative to the proceedings of
the Bristol, Bath, and Wells Company in that town, and
from which it would appear that the, inhabitants were de-
cidedly in favour of the Bristol, Bath, and Poole line, and
suggesting that a deputation of the Company should meet a
depittation of the Bristol, Bath, and Wells at a meeting in

that town, that the inhabitants might be fairly put in pos-
session of the relative merits of the two lines, there being a
strong feeling there of the great delirability cf the Poole
,• •

Mr. CONCANEN (of the firm of Hodgson, Concanen, and
Noyes, Solicitors to the Company) explained, that from in-
terviews he had held with the engineer, he felt fully satisfied
that they would be in a situation to give all the necessary
notices, and comply with the standing orders, so as to enable
the Company to apply for the Act in the ensuing session of
Parliament.
- The CHAIRMAN and several members of the meeting ex-
pressed their satisfaction at this inforination:
The CHAIRMAN then called upon the engineer to read his
report.
J. D. PAINE, Esq. (the engineer), proceeded to read his
report, which was a most voluminous and elaborate docu-
ment. After reviewing the many advantages to be derived
by the formation of a railway from Bristol, Bath, and Poole,
and the influence such a line would necessarily have upon
tbe'many great lines already formed, and now in progress of
formation, in the northern, eastern, and midland counties,
he proceeded to enumerate the various benefits and facilities
to be derived by the numerous populous towns, hamlets,
and villages through which the line will pass, and the ter•
minal localities of which are the towns of Poole, and War-
minster, as also those towns, hamlets, and villages which
will of necessity become tributary to each station, being as
the centre of an area of large circumference, which would
receive their supplies from each depot. The report urges
that from the position of Poole upon the southern coast of
England, with a fine harbour, comprising upwards of 10,000
acres, of natural formation, it is peculiarly favourable for
being made available as a port for the export and import
from or to the centre of the manufactories, of the Potteries,
and the coal and iron districts, free from the protracted pas-
sage round either the Land's End, or the Forth Foreland
and Straits of Dover; in addition to which it is capable of
being made a harbour of such sufficient safety, that the grealer
portion of; the West Indian, North and South American,
East and West Indian, and Mediterranean traffic might be
relied on. The line, the report proposed, should, after leav-
ing Poole, pass under Lytchett-common, and proceed by
Cape Mullen, Sturminster, Marshall, Spittesbury, and
Charleton, through the Valley of the Stour, to Blandford,
an extensive market town ,• from Blandford by Stour-
paine, Twerne Courtenay' Twerne Minster, Farringdon,
and Hartgrove, to Shaftesbury, between which and War-
minster the-towns of Gillingham, Mere, Kingston Dever-
hill, Monkton Deverhill, Buxton, Hill, and Longbridge
Deverhill will be intersected. At Warminster the line will
form a junction with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, passing through Westbury, Trowbridge, and Bradford,
forming a junction with the Great Western Railway at Cor-
sham. From, the Bradford station direct into Bath, avoiding
the Box Tunnel. The gradients throughout, when deter-
mined by the permanent levels, not involving the adoption
of more than the ordinary locomotive power, and the cost of
working not exceeding the usual average, and that the
entire cost of the line would not exceed more than 780,000/.,
and the Bath and Bradford Branch 100,000/.
The report was received.
The Engineer further contrasted the manifest and obvious
difference between the port of Poole and Bridport, the latter
of which could never be made more than a river entrance.
Lieut. HILL said, as practised seaman, and thoroughly
acquainted with every point of navigation, and the position
of every light and harbour between the Land's End and the
North Foreland, he could bear testimony to the capabilities
of Poole as a harbour;- and it was only extraordinary to him
that when the attention of Government was called to the
construction of harbours of safety, the Commissioners
had so singularly omitted Poole, so favourable as it was,
standing as it did two degrees west longitude' of the me-
ridian of Greenwich. The Gallant Lieutenant, -at consider-
able length; during which he was listened to with great at-
tention, proceeded to show the vast benefits which the
country would deriift from the construction of the line from
Bristol, Bath, and Poole, particularly from its internal ad-
vantages, by which he demonstrated that it was available for
the purposes of creating a direct communication between the
North Sea and the British Channel. _ _

Several other gentlemen having shortly addressed the
meeting,
Mr. CONCANEN explained the necessary steps to be taken
by him and the engineer, which having been unanimously
agrted to,
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was passed, and the
meeting adjourned.

KENDAL AND WINDERMERE.—(From a Correspondent.)
—A plan has been suggested, and is likely to be carried into
operation, which will procure to Kendal the advantage of a
railway station in close proximity with the town. It is in-
tended by means of a very short branch, which will diverge
in two forks on each side of the locality in Longpool,
originally meant to be the site of the station, to carry the
line across the river, and parallel with Sand's Close, to a spot
between the properties of Mr. John Gandy, in trickland-
gate, and Mr. John Wilsons, in Sand's Close. A very short
street will then be all that will be necessary to open a close
and convenient approach to Strickland-gate from the station.
The forks will converge in Beeson Field ; and the expense of
the undertaking is believed to be moderate, certainly much
justify.
The than the manifest advantage to the town would
The plan of approaching -a town by lines uniting a short
distance is successfully employed in Derby and other towns,
and will furnish great convenience for the entrance and exit
of trains in either direction of the line into which the forks
run. The company and the town, we understand, are in-
debted for this suggestion to Mr. C. Nicholson, and the en-
gineer has given his full approval to the plan. We under-
stand also that the scheme of uniting the corporation
wharfs with the Kendal and Windermere line, by means of a
branch on an inclined plane from the Organist Close,
which originated with the same gentleman, is likely to be
carried into operation, and by this means the property in
question will be saved from great deterioration, if not from
ruin.
LONDON AND HOLYHEAD DIRECT.—This line is to form a
direct communication between London, Birmingham, the ma-
nufacturing districts, and Ireland, commencing by a junction
with the proposed Buckinghamshire Railway at Banbury,
to Kidderminster; from Kidderminster passing near
Ba nticldpgreoncoele.
tdhi,ni‘g,
r abayd wayy of Kincton, Stratford, and Broms-
grove,,
and Broseley, to Shrewsbury. At the
latter place it is to form a junction with the Shewsburv, Os-
vestry, and Chester Railway, passing along the vale of Llan-
gollen to Llangollen, taking the old Holyhead road, passing
near Corwen, Capel Cerig, and Llanberris, uniting with the
North Wales line a short distance below Bangor. A pledge
is given by the directors, amongst whom are some of the most
opulent and powerful of names, that, should the atmospheric
principle succeed, such shall be adopted. The peculiar fea-
ture of this line appears to be the salutary one of keeping the
high roads wherever it is practicable, and thus accomodating
the population of the country in the best possible manner;
and, in conjunction with other projected lines, forming a di-
rect communication with Liverpool, Gloucester, and South-
ampton, and with London and Dublin.
On Thursday, a meeting was held at Radstock, when reso-
lutions were passed for the purpose of carrying out a branch
from the Wilts and Somerset line, at Radstock, to join the
Great Western Railway at Twerton.
Pustotrrir AND NORTH CortsTwanL.—A new scheme was
promulgated on Friday, under the above title. The course
of this railway is as follows :--The
principal terminus is to
be at Sutton Pool, the centre of the established trade, for the
deepening and improvement of which a new company, with
100,0001. capital, is in process of formation. The line will
cross the Tamar at or near Saltash, and proceed
by Callington
to the vicinity. of Launceston, whence it will extend by
Camelford to the Delabole quarries, and there form a com-
munication with the Delabole and Rock Railway, for the for-
mation of which an Act of Parliament, containing ample
power to construct docks and otherwise improve the harbour
of Padstow, has bun already obtained. Short branches will
connect the line with Devonport, Linkiehorne, and Launces-
ton. The capital is 900,0001., in shares of 251 each, and the
engineer, we believe, is Mr. George Rennie.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.--ANDOVER, FRIDAY.
—A meeting of the Shareholders in the Andover Canal
Company was held at the White Hart Inn, Andover, on
Tuesday morning, to decide whether the oiler made by the
above named Railway Company should be accepted. The
offer is as follows :—The Railway Company to give the
Canal Company 30,000/. for the canal ; 10,0001. on signing
the agreement, and the 20,000/. on the railway Bill receiving
the sanction of Parliament. The 10,0001. deposited to be
forfeited to the Canal'Company in the event of the railway
Bill not passing. It was unanimously agreed to by the
Canal Company present.
BIRMINHGA3I LrxEs.—bout forty lines immediately con-
nected with Birmingham and the district are already
projected, the estimated capital for the construction of
which is upwards of 30,000,0001. sterling, and there are, we
believe, applications for fifty times the number of shares
which the projectors have for allotment S Birmingham has
thus been made a great centre, from which lines radiate in
every direction ; and this might have been expected from
its geographical position, and the great trunk lines by which
it was early brought into direct communication with the
northern and southern districts of England. If the natural
features of the country be thus threatened with change, our
town promises to be no less revolutionised. Two magnificent
central stations have been determined upon. One to accommo •
date the London and Birmingham and the Stour Valley
traffic, the second for the Grand Junction and the Birming-
ham and Oxford lines. Another consequence of railway
progress, and a most gratifying one, is the establishment of
a Stock Exchange, of which the foundation-stone was laid
last week. Birmingham has long been the principal market
in the kingdom for the sale of canal shares, and it now takes
high rank as a mart for railway transactions also. These
are a few of the effects of this great commercial movement,
but amongst a population engaged in manufactures, such as
.
those in this neighbourhood, the immediate and indirect ad-.
vantages resulting from it are incalculable, as they are nume-
rous and diversified.--Birminghani Journal.
SWINDON.--This place would seem to be the.," disputed
railway territory," from the number of schemes now before
the public
tperfuolniclo:
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Railway,
list
oapyoi,si no.sg have connexion with the Great
or to
will
lo to
pass over with independent lines.
show
most of the schemes which
are projected :-- Manchester and Southampton Railway
direct (Walkinshaw's line), capital 1,500,0001.
,• Manchester,
Southampton, and Poole (Lacy's line), 1,600,000/. ; South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction (Parson's line),
Brighton and Cheltenham
capital 900;000/. ; Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth,
via Dideot, with branch (Bethell's line), 500,000/. ; South
lealiosrrxL ;and Swindon Extension of
and Midlands Junction, capital 1,280,0001.; West Mid-
.and Southampton Junction, 700,0001.;
land, Manchester, and Southampton, and Swindon and Bir-
mingham ffitnction, -1,200,0001.; Cheltenham, Oxford, and
Dthier BrightoneNcytllt
oJsouoonn
oc toeiroosll,l,
Rugby, Swindon, and Wevinouth Direct Junction, 1,800,000/ ;
whilst the fields present an apyear
Southampton and Great Western Junction. Troops of engi-
neers and surveyors arc traversing the country in the neigh
gbherts'of flagstaffs, asif a steeple-chase on a
bourhood of Swindon in all directions ; and upon almost every
eminence may be seen seTe eminent surveyor spying out
erica,grand About to be run. A railway communication
flursoc
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ettahwkeahsingaubraisoi
from Swindon to Salisbury and Devizes is very much needed,
and any line which would afford direct means of communica-

tion between ttose places would meet with due encourage-
thent and support from parties locally interested.—Devizes
Gaztte.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET, MONDAY, HALF-PAST FIVE, P.M,

Of the racing this afternoon, time will not permit us to
say more, by way of preliminary, than that it was ample
and good, a promising commencement to a meeting that,
" weather permitting,"—and at present it is delightfully
mild and bright—will be unusually productive of sport.
The company is numerous, and embraces a large majority of
the most supporters of the turf.

The first event fur decision was
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soy. each, 5 ft. &c. for three.
Tears-old and upwards. T. Y. C. 9 subs.
Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 7 yrs. 7st 71b, (Pettit) 1
Mr. Worley's Example, 4 yrs. Bst 101 b
Mr. Payne's Sir Francis, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 3
The following also started :—Lord G. Bentinck's African,
6 yrs, Oat 21b ; Lord Exeter's f by Beiram, 7st 121 b ; and
Mr. NeWton's Sister to Ma Mie, 3 years, 6st 71b.
Betting.-5 to 2 agst Sir Francis-3 to 1 agst Mann► filly
—5 to 1 agst African—and 5 to 1 agst Skeleton. Sister to Ma
Mie made running at an indifferent pace, followed by African
and Example, Skeleton lying in the rear. They ran in this
way till near the cords, where, on Sister to Ma Mie. declining,
Skeleton went in first, and won by half a length ; a fine
race for second' place between Example and Sir Francis,
the filly gaining it by about a head.
Match, 100, h ft. First half of Ab. M.—Lord Miltown's
Duc-an,Durras, 7st 1 llb (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Cap-
tain PhMbus Bst 71b (H. Bell). 5 to 4on Duc-an-Durras.
Won by a neck.

First -61a-s-s----:E01. for 2 yrs old ;:.colts, Bst 7115, and fillies,

Bst-511). T.Y.C.

Sir J. Hawley's• Fugitive
Lord W. Powlett's. c by. Montreal, dam by Dr. Syntax... 2
Duke of Rutland's f Alexa, by Cesar
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr W.
Etwall's ch f by Discord, out of Soldier's Joy (Cr: Edward's);
Mr. Newton's ch c by Montreal, out of Jenny Jumps's dam
(Nat); Mr. Phillimore's Side-Saddle, (Sly); Mr. Drewitt's
br f MizA Love, (Esling); and Lord Albemarle's The Little
Vulgar Boy, (Whitehouse).
Betting-10 to 6 agst Discord filly, 7to 2 agst Alexa, and
sto 1 agst Little Vulgar Boy. Ali got .off well, and with
Miss Love slightly in advance ran in company to the:cords,
where the running was taken up by Fugitive, followed by
the Duke of Rutland's 'filly and the Montreal colt. In this
way the race finished, Fugitive winning cleverly by a length.
the colt beating the:filly by a neck. Toe favourite was a bad
fourth. The pace was moderate.
Second Class-501. for • two year olds, colti `Bst 71b, fillies
Bst 51b. T.Y.C.

Mr. John Day's The Hero ..
Lord G. 13entinck's b c Terrier
Mr. Payne's f Repeal
`.The following were not placed :—Lord Exeter's c by
Beiram, out of Agnes (Diann); Mr. Hook's Buttress (S.
Howlett) ' • Lord Chesterfield's Snake (F. Butler); Duke of
Bedford's Black Cat (H. Bell); and Mr. S. Herbert's c by
Venison, out of Pet (Sly). Betting-5 to 2 agst Buttress, 4
to 1 agt.4 the Hero, 5 to 1 agst Repeal, and 5 to 1 agst Black
Cat—Terrier (leading), Repeal, and the Pet colt ran to-
gether in front to the cords, wehre the Pet colt declined, and
his companions were joined by the Hero. This trio made a
very pretty finish, The Hero winning by half a length, and
the other two making a dead heat for second, and the Pet
colt a bad fourth.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three
Bst 41b ; four, Bst 12lb; five and upwards, 9st 21b. The
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(S. Day) 1
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winner to be sold for '260 sovs. if deinanded, &c._T.Y.C.

Lord Exeter's fby Beirarn, out of Manto, 4 yrs (Mann) 1
Lord Orford's bl b, by Clearwell, out of Fidelity, 2 yrs
Sir J. Hawley's Alamode, 4 yrs ... 3

Lord Albemarle's Nell COok, 2 yrs 4
Lord George Bentinck's Nereus, 3 yrs
Mr. W. Etwall's Spanish Ox, 5 yrs
Betting-2 to 1 agst Alamode ;3to 1 agst Nereus, 6to 1
agst Nell Cook.
The Clearwell celt and Nell Cook made the running to
the cords, where the latter gave way to the Manto filly,
who took the lead half way up, and won cleverly by a length,
about the same distance separating the second and third.
Nell Cook tolerably well up, the others nowhere.
Match, 200, h. ft Ab. M.—Duke of Bedford's Mi-
natour, Bst 10Ib (H. Bell), beat Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence,
9st llt (S. Day). Betting stol on Minatour, who won by
half a length.
Post Match, 300, R.M., one to the post.—Duke of Bed-
ford's c Prologue 5 st 71b (H. Bell), beat Lord Glasgow's f by
Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence, 7st 12Ib (Nat).
Betting--4 to lon Prologue, who won by three lengths.
Fifty Pounds, for three-years-old, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 71b ; five,
six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A. F.
Mr. Cooper's Event, 3 yrs ...(Crouch) 1
Lord Verulam's Maynooth, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Death's Misdeal, 6 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Stitch, 3 yrs
Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude, 3 yrs
Mr. Way's b g Sir Harry, 3 yrs (h b)...
Mr. Francis's Alexanderina, 3 yrs 7
_ .

Betting-7 to 4 agst Miscieaf,4 to 1 agst Event, 4to 1 agst
Longitude, sto 1 agst Stitch, 8 to 1 agst Maynooth. Lon-
gitude made play at a good pace, followed by Maynooth for
the first mile; Maynooth then joined the mare, ran with her
to the cords, and defeated her. Event, who had been laying
up, now went in front, had a decided lead half way up, and
won rather easily by a length.
Match, .500, last mile of B.C.—Mr. Clifton's Nottingham,
12st 81bs (Capt. B. Peel), beat Capt. Campbell's Crcesus,
lOst Blbs. _
. .

Betting-2 to 1 on Crcesus, who made all the running to
the stand, where Nottingham went up, laid with him a few
strides, left him, and won cleverly by a length. Mr. Clifton
wins a very large sum in bets.
Post Match, 500, h ft, Bst 71b each. A.F. One to the
post—Loral Chesterfield receives 150 sous forfeit from Lord
Exeter.

Match, 100, h ft, Bst 21b each. T.Y.C.—Lord Stradbroke's
Idas receives from Captain Daintree's c by Liverpool, out of
Negus, Portsoken's dam.
Match. 500, h ft. A.F.—Mr. Greville's Alarm, Bst 91b,
receives from Mr. Gully's Old England, Bst 41b,
Match, 204, h ft, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's
Black Cat receives from Lord Exeter's f (dead) by Beiram,
out of Marinella.

CESAREWITCH STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron—taken
9 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss
10 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid
12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren
16 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy
18 to 1 agst Mr. Clifton's Paint Brush—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Remorse
20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware
25 to 1 agst ➢ir. Mostyn's General Pollock—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng
30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Jet
30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron, and 5 to 2 agst him
300/., to be no bet unless he wins the Cesarewitch.
The above quotations are made up to twelve o'clock.

(RECEIVED
NEW
LATEST BETTING ON
4 to 1 agst The Baron
8 to 1 agst Boarding School
➢iiss—taken
12 to 1 agst Jenny Wren—t.
13 to 1 agst Intrepid
15 to 1 agst Paint Brush—t.
20 to 1 agst Remorse
25 to 1 agst Gen. Pollock—t.
CAMBRII
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14 to 1 agst The Baron
5 to 2 if he wins the Cel

THIS DAY).
MARKET, FRIDAY NIGHT.
I THE CESAREWITCH.
25 to 1 agst Lam-not-aware—l
25 to 1 agst Kesheng
25 to I agst Wee Pet—taken
28 to 1 agst Jet—taken
33 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent
33 to 1 agst Plantagenet
40 to 1 agst Nottingham
50 to 1 agst Alice.
DGESHIRE.

;arewitch (both taken).

The field is not likely to. fall above two or three short of
thirty. It will be made up from the following lot :—Gorham-
bury, Trueboy, Stomacher, General Pollock, I-am-not-aware,
The Baron, Intrepid, Vol-au-Vent, Nottingham, Teetotaller,
Hope, Wee Pet, Arctic (carries 21bs over weight), Plantage-
net, My Old Hack, Paint Brush, Laird o' Cockpen, Lady
Wildair, Boarding School Miss, Alice, Clumsy, Metal, Re-
morse, Jenny Wren, Seven's-the Main, Kesheng, Ruff, The
Cook, Petit Morceau, Devil's Dust, Deodara, Jet, and Ama-
ryllis filly.
THE CLEARWELL.—About seven or eight runners, to be
taken out of the following lot :—Borghese, Ennui, Princess
Alice, Mecca colt, Sting, Regina, Miss Milner colt, Coiling-
wood, Ohio, Cuckoo, and Wit's End.
Match—Sir Francis receives from Britannia.
NEWMARKET, TUESDAY 1110E141NC.
It is decided that Jenny Wren is not • bound to carry the
slbs. extra.

THE ANDOVER UNION.—The new master of the
union, Mr. Price, who was appointed on the recommendation
of the Assistant-Commissioner, has been dismissed. At a
meeting of the guardians, held on Saturday, the clerk read a
letter from the Poor law Commissioners, in which they
stated that they were not aware of the previous conduct and
character of Price, or they would not have sanctioned his
recommendation. They admitted that one of their Assistant-
Commissioners, Mr. Austin, was sent down to Oxford some
time ago to inquire into the conduct of the master there, and
that lie had forwarded to them an official report, which they
had not examined until the present time, having understood,
at the period of Mr. Austin's inquiry, that as soon as it com-
menced the master resigned, and that therefore the charges
against him were not investigated, and required no further
notice. Mr. Assistant-Commissioner Parker had written a
similar explanation, saving he had heard that Price had
resigned because he wisbed to leave his situation at Oxford,
and [not because of any charges brought against him con-
nected with his conduct in his situation there. The Com-
missioners having, consequently, recommended that Price
should be dismissed, the guardians agreed to a resolution to
that effect.

THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. Considerable changes,
which have been for some time past in contemplation and
under the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury and
Board of Customs, have taken place in the in• door de-
partment of this establishment. The office, or compart-
ment of the establishment, known as the " Principal
Comptroller of Accounts' Department," has been meterially
altered, and a variety of important duties made to devolve
thereon, which was not previously the case. The clerks
who composed this office hitherto formed a portion of
the general classification of clerks, available for the in-door
business generally ; but it being considered advisable that
this department should be a distinct and separate one, a
large number of clerks, consisting of the more experi-
enced or otherwise, have been selected and drafted from
the genet al body for that purpose. The business of this
Principal Comptroller's department has consisted in mak-
ing the official returns, for Parliamentary and other pur-
poses, of all imports into and exports from the United
Kingdom, accounts of which, particularly in respect to
the periodical importations of corn and other mer-
chandise of moment, so frequently appear; in addition to the
important duty of checking all the duty warrants or entries
upon which the duties have been computed and received by
the officers of the long-room. Besides these duties, in future,
an office called the examiner's-office, adjoining and forming
a portion of the long-room, is to be abolished altogether, and
amalgamated with the department alluded to, and in future
all the revenue official accounts received fromoinn thetertnhaelpdriiffnecriepnatl
ontports of the kingdom, instead of being examined and
checked in
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office, will
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arrange-
ments and alterations have been effected in the reception t,f
duties departments in the long-room and other portions of
the building, which, although not perhaps of any immediate
public importance, will, it may be presumed, by facilitating
business in that quarter, eventually prove to be the ease,
when they come fully and fairly into operation. Other mea-
sures sures in the in-door departments of the establishment arc sal t
to be in contemplation, although, as there is not at forbear
anything. known for certain in the matter, we must
entering into further particulars respecting the.m.
The places are ge-
sessions held at inns and public-ho
peaiP sEtTIiTatYinSEE ns gs
fusethe administration of
nerally wretchedly inconvenient or
t is aid a
L public justice. For a great many co. re p s the
SESSIONS.—By
d
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Blvyalaesrtehteurernar:jaussnt,,aelisns.uased3si7tpeagy-
, on the occasion.
cezter h7ought to the house is considered sufficient. In

DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION AT

INVERNESS.

On Wednesday, Inverness was visited with a more destruc-
tive fire than ever previously occurred, by which Hamilton-
place, the greater part of Inglis-street (west), and of
Theatre-lane (east), constituting an extensive pile of lofty
and valuable premises, has been, for the most part, burned to
the ground. It appears that, shortly before four o'clock on
Wednesday morning, a watchman perceived fire issuing from
the attic flat of that part of Mr. George 31`lia3,•'s premises
situated in Inglis- street, and immediately gave the alarm.
The town bells were rung, dispatches were sent for the fire-
engines and watermen, and for Dr. Nicol and other parties
whose premises were endangered. There is some doubt as
to the exact locality where the fire occurred; it appears, how-
ever, to have originated either in the pantry of Mr. George
Mackay, the proprietor, or in that of his tenant, Mr. Mackay,
tailor, as, on the latter descending to the street he saw the
roof burnt through over the pantries, but nowhere else. The
inmates of the extensive pile of buildings, on being made
aware of their perilous condition, made a hasty retreat,
many escaping merely in their night-dresses, or some
garment thrown hastily about them. Mr. Forrest, mail-
di iver, who lodged in Mr. 'Urquhart's premises' in
order to discover where the lire was, opened a door in the
gable that separated that building from Hamilton-place,
which, unfortunately, gave vent in that direction to a body
of smoke, which was so powerful as to drive him and his wife
and children from their bed-rooms, without. being able to
secure their clothes or even his watch. Mr. Mackay, tailor,
was in I:ke manner driven away, without being able to
secure his cash-box, containing 171. Mrs. Mackay, a lady
occupying apartments in the eastern side of Hamilton-place,
did not even save her gold watch, which was under her
pillow, being forced with her daughter, Mrs. Macleod, to
quit her bed-room with the greatest precipitation. S:mortly
atter the alarm of fire was given, numerous parties assembled
to render assistance; a demand fur pails and buckets was
made, which was not only complied with, but several servant
girls and females turned out many of them merely in their
lower clothes and bed-gowns, and for hours worked with
such untiring energy, in carrying water to supply the engines,
as to have elicited the admiration of all who were present.
The Provost, Dr. Nicol, Bailie Fraser, and other members
of the Town Council, and leading inhabitants were indefatiga-
ble in their efforts to extinguish the flames; unfortunately,
however, the hose of the engine was in bad repair, indeed
so much so, that we have seen the people press their hands
upon the holes to prevent the escape of the water, and the
want of experience and firemen having authority to com-
mand, was too manifest. ,
At six o'clock the fire raged with terrific fury—the upper
parts of Mr. Mackay and Mr. Urquhart's properties present-
ing one vast furnace of flame, with every appearance of the
destructive element sweeping everything away between
High-street and the Wesleyan Chapel. Great fears were
entertained of the new building at the eastern terminus of
High-street taking fire, and spreading the conflagration to
the eastward, which must have been the case, had not the
slight wind continued at S.W.
About half-past seven, the inefficiency of the engines were
such that the exertions of the people were paralysed, and
it became necessary to send the hose to the saddler for
repair, and procure additional ones from the gas works.
During three-quarters of an hour consumed in the repair
adverted to, and there being every prospect of the fire
making a clean sweep, having reached the house occupied
by Dr. Nicol as consulting chambers, it became necessary to
save the goods belonging to Mrs. Hunter and to Bailie For-
syth, by their instant removal. In order to arrest the flames,
a door in the gable between Dr. Nicol's and Mrs. Hunter's
was built up with wet turf. About nine o'clock the engine-
hose being in a more efficient state, a volume of water was
poured on Dr. Nicol's house, which arrested the progress of
the flames to the northward, all, however, to the southward
being burned to the ground.
By this calamity about thirteen families, amounting to 62
individuals, have been burned out. We understand Mr. Mac-
kay was insured to the extent of 1,0001. on his building, and
Mr. Urquhart 3501. on his, both in the Scottish Union. Mrs.
'f. Fraser, Mrs. Hunter, and Mr. Forsyth are also insured,
but many are uninsured and have lost their all.—Ross-shire
Advertiser.

'Among the numerous lines of railway that have
been ;projected, the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton ap-
pears now to be duly appreciated. Its sterling utility, com-
pleting the entire line of communication between Southampton
and the west of England, by the mere construction of twenty-
one miles of railway through an easy country, thus joining
the Great Western and its tributaries, and connecting the
English with the Bristol Channels, recommends it most
forcibly. As a permanent investment, the Wilts, Somerset,
and Southampton line offers advantages not exceeded by any
project of the day.—Railway Paper.
We understand that Sir Robert Peel has made a
valuable addition to his collection of portraits for his new
gallery at Drayton Manor, by a full-length portrait of Earl
De Grey and a half-length of Professor Liebig.
The Right Hon. John W. (poker returned to town
at the close of last week froir visiting Sir Robert and Lady
Peel at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are now in
Wales, having arrived en route at Holyhead, from Dublin, bn
Friday last. The Noble Viscount and Viscountess me ex-
pected in town to-morrow, and shortly go to Broadlands, near
Romsey, where a large party is to assemble. It is understood
that his Lordship has taken Baroness de Clifford's mansion
on Carlton-house- terrace for the ensuing season, as his term
of occupation for the Earl of Caledon's residence has expired.
The Marquis of Anglesey, on the receipt of the
melancholy intelligence of the demise of Lady Agnes Byng,
was deeply affeaed, and instantly left Bath for Beaudesert,
his seat in Staffordshire, accompanied by Lord Clarence Paget.
Lady Agnes's death was very,sudden, and we regret to say
attended by distressing circumstances, as her ladyship was
in the hourly expectation of her confinement.
Earl and Countess De Grey are prolonging their
residence in this city, and all thought of going abroad this
winter bas been abandoned. The Noble Earl has derived so
much benefit by his sojourn here, that it is said he has not
enjoyed such excellent health for the last two years.—Bath
Journal. _

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—FOUR LIVES
LOST.—On Monday, at noon, two of the pilchard driving
boats, in the roadstead having got foul of each other, and
a strong breeze blowing at the time, four men took a boat
which belonged to James Hill, the pilot, to go off to prevent
any other damage, in which they succeeded. When Hill
came to the beach, and found his boat had been taken with-
out his leave, he with his brother got into another boat with
four other men which was also going off to the driving boats,
to take away his boat from them. When he came near them,
he insisted on their bringing his boat alongside of the boat
he was in ; which they did at his request, when all four got
into the boat with the other four men, and Hill and his
brother left them, Hill wishing the boat might capsize before
she reached the shore. And we regret to say that she did
capsize just as she reached the breakers, being overladen
with eight men. Four men were lost, and with great diffi-
culty the other four were saved. The names of the four
men lost are James Pengelly, left a widow, but no children;
David Liddey, John Simons, a widow and five children ;
Richard Pengelly, a widow and two children. A subscrip-
tion has been entered into for the unfortunate widows and
children.—Falmouth Packet.l
JURY COURT THIN.—SUPERSTITION.—A singular
and interesting trial took place at Tain on Monday last,
showing that superstition is not yet wholly dispelled :
William Grant, a fisherman at Portmahomack, conceiving
that the wife of Walter Munro, fisherman there, pos-
sessed the power of witchcraft, and that her supernatural in-
fluence was directed against himself, went into her husband's
house on the 31 of August last, and with his pocket knife
deliberately inflicted a deep gash on her forehead. The pri-
soner admitted the assault, but stated that he considered
himself justified on account of the provocation he had re-
ceived. The prosecutor refused to accept such a plea, and the
case went to trial, when the jury found Grant guilty, and he
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Dingwall
gaol. The declaration made before the sheriff by the prisoner
was a very curious and original statement. He attributed
the loss of his new nets and the want of success in the
herring fishing, to the woman's " dark dealings in sorcery,"
and the rest of the crew were not willing to go out with him
while he was under the curse of the witch In consequence
of this, he took the opportunity, on the night in question,
to cut her " above the breath," believing that with the first
drop of blood brought out by such a process the devil would
come out along with it, and that the woman would be deprived
of the power of harming him ! It would seem that a super-
stitious notion of this sort is prevalent among the Highland
people ; but the " cut" is generally made by a pin or needle.
In the absence of these, the prisoner used his knife, by which
there was an effusion f blood for several hours, until the
doctor arrived from Tani, and also confinement to bed for
five weeks. The Sheriff addressed the prisoner at consider-
able length, in which he dwelt on the recklessness of his con-
duct in assaulting an old woman who was unable to defend
herself; and also exposing the groundless superstition which
prompted him to such an act of cruelty. It is to be hoped
that the punishment of . Grant will have a salutary effect on
the fishermen and villagers, of whom, it is said, a great pro-
portion entertain the same superstitious belief in witchcraft.—
Ross-shire Advertiser.
FOOT-RACE.—Yesterday, Martin, of London, and
Berry, of Lambeth, decided their match near the King's
Arms Inn, at Acton-bottom. Martin has but recently en-
tend the list of pedestrians, and Berry has been under the
tuition of the Regent-street Pet, and-was the favourite in
betting at sto 4. Martin led the way at a splitting pace,
Berry close up to him. At eighty yards they were equi-
distant from the goal, and the capabilities of each were fairly
tested. A despei ate struggle took place between them, arid
which resulted in the men coming in together. A claim wvs
made by the friends of the respective men, and an appeal,
was made to the referee, who decided the race to he a .‘ LIT I
heat," much to the disappointment of the betting fraterm ye,
by whom large sums were speculated. The contest will be
decided on a future day.
THE LATE GENERAL FRANCIS SLATER REBOW.—
This venerable general officer (formerly of the Ist Life
Guards), expired on Tuesday_t iris seat in Essex, in
his 76th year. The deceased. last,enraal had seen much service
in the army, having assisted. at the reduction of Martinique,
St. Lucia, and Guadeloupe, in 1/94, and at she taking. of the
last-mentioned town he was severely wounded in both legs.
In 1812 he took tart in the campaign under the Duke of
Wellington, in the Peninsula.
FALL OF A RETAINING WALL OF THE EDIN.
BURGH AND GRANTON RAILWAY.—On Thursday morning
last, about a hundred and fifty feet of the bulwark or retain-
ing wall of the Edinburgh and Granton Railway, opposite the
Wardie, fell into the sea. It appears that, in consequence of
the late heavy rains, a quantity of water had accumulated in
an intervening space between the bulwark and adjoining
embankment, and that this filtering through the earth on the
one side of the wall, and the sea beating violently against it
on the other, had loosened the foundation and carried it
away. Workmen are again busily employed in repairing the
damage.—Edinburgh Witness.
COD Fisx.—Our city was yesterday liberally
supplied with cod fish from the Murray. They werh7ain
a
large size, weighing from fifty to sixty poundesncee cto four-
were offered for sale in Hindley-street, 2
pence per pound. They were brought t
Adelaide in twenty-four hours, and werettrileemrefPetclily
fresh. to
South Australian Register.
or
foßtr:
river,u.—Lord
THE EARL OF LINCOLN docks, &c.
Lin-
coln is here on a tour.oif
hpebat with Lieutenant
inspectionsiN
On Tuesday
Evans, he inaniTirriedin t became of the dredging of the docks,
and was informed that the refuse was put into boats, and
then carried out to sea. On visiting the Egerton dock they
•
found the dredges at work. His Lordship anxiously watched
their movements, witnessed the sailing of the boats out of the
dock, and then, to his surprise, found the boats emptied their
contents into the river instead of the sea. Without loss of
time he wended his way to the Dock-office, and signed an in.,
formation himself against Lord Francis Egerton,for infringing
the rules of the Dock Trust.—Livelpool chronicle.
A numerous body of highly influential gentlemen
have come forward in support of the fine arta in the midland
counties, and undertaken the management of the Royal Bir-
mingham Art Union.—Birmingham. Gazette.
DURATION OF THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT.—The
existing House of Commons may continue in being till the
autumn of 1847, and from actual appearance there is no
Won to conclude that it will be dissolved much Lefore that
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