The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1845

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF Exeter and Crediton, 6-Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth
RAILWAY SHARES (Dave's line), 34 pa-Ditto (Head's), "A, p.-North Devons,
13/4 p.-Cornwall, 4-Bristol, New, 11.
SHEFFIELD, Ocr. 6.
STOCK Excwsw--.-;...-The sales are-London and Brigh-
ton, 71, ex new-Lor.don and Croydon, New, 234-Midland,
17214-Ditto, 401. Shares, 271,42-Cambridge and Lincoln,
5/. Bs. 6d.-East Lincolnshire, 61. ls. 3d.-Grimr,by and Shef-
field, 25%--Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6%-London and Wind-
sor, 315.-London and York, 71. Is. 6d.-Liverpool and Leeds
Direct. 6?/-Newcastle and Berwick, 2214 ex new-Not-
tingham, Eyewash, and Ambergate, 63/-South Wales, 8-
South Midland, 8/. 18s. 6,1.-Wakefield and Harrogate, 5%
-Welsh Midland, 41. 10s. 6d.
lIUDDERSFIELD, OCT. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Huddersfield and
2 Manchester, 24-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Nola 11 Eastern;
6 5%-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 7/. 55.-Leicester and Bed-
-3/i ford. 4/. 1 Is. 9d.- Manchester, Birmingham, and Welsh
Junction, 3%- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 776-Wexford.
Waterford, and Valentia, 3.
HULL, Ocr. G.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder.
land, 2634-Ditto. New, 5-Hull and Selby (10 per cent.
guar.), 101-Aberdeen 5%-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bol-
ton, 1114-Caledonian 'Extension, 5.34-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield (Quarter Shares), 61A-Leeds and Bradford, 611,6
-Axholnie, 80 p.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 51ADitt4‘,
New, 51(4-Derby and Gainsborough, 575. p.-Derby Staf-
f“rdsiire, and NV orcester Junction, 2 p.-Dtul:ey, Siadeley,
and Iron Bridge, 50s. p.-East Lincolnshire, 6w-East Coast,
31. Bs.-East and West Yorkshire, 514 p.-Fleetwood, Pres-
ton, and West Riding, 414-Grand Union, 41/6-Great North
and South Wales and Worcester, 17s. 6d. p.-Great North
of Scotland, 3/. 195.-Leicester and Bedford, 4/. 13s. 6d.-
Leicester and Birmingham, 3-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and
Preston, 8-Liverpool and Leeds, 7-London and York, 7-
London and Windsor, PA-London and Norwich Direct,
135.--Nottingham, Eyewash, &c., 6 -N ottingham and Bos-
ton, 5-Rugby and Huntingdon, 3/. Ils. 3d.-Scottish Mid-
' land, 51A-gouth Midland, 8/. 193. 6d.-Shrewsbury and
Trent Union, 4-Wakefield and Bradford, 7%-Wakefield
. and Harrogate, 5%-Welsh Midland, 41. Ils. 3d.-Woices-
. ter, Tenbury, and Ludlow, 614.
YORK, Ocr. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Durham and Sun-
!
derland, New (guar. 5 per cent.), 5(4-Eastern Union Ex-
_ tension (Norwich), 514-North British, 25-Ditto, New, 7-
Ditto. Car:isles, 5-York and North Midland Extension, 293/4
- Axholme, 55/6-Caledonian Extension, 53/-Coventry, Nun-
- eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 4%-Grand Union, 416
- -Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 25%-Ditto, Quer-
- ter Shares, 6%-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern,
_ 5/. 145.-Leicester and Bedford, 4% -London and York, 7143
- -Manchester, Buxton, &c., 976-.Newcaatle and Berwick,
- 20344 -Nottingham and Boston, 5-North Staffordshire,
Ys 8/. 16s. 3d.-North Western, 6%-South Midlands, 9.

morning, to which he reluctantly assented. He then
peremptorily repeated his order for the prisoner to leave
the house, when the latter instantly sprung towards the
work-table, and seizing a large carving knife, and ex-
claiming with a dreadful imprecation that he would stick
him through the body, made a desperate stab at him in
the direction of his chest; but the witness by a violent
effort warded off the blow with the candlestick, and
knocked the knife out of his heed. He then upbraided
the prisoner with the infamy of his conduct towards him,
when the prisoner tauntingly told him that his wife had
voluntarily sought the intercourse, and that it had taken
place between them upon numerous former occasions.
The witness had, in the mean time, thrown up the win-
dow, and called loudly for the police, and on the entrance
of a constable he gave the prisoner into his custody.
In answer to questions from the magistrate, the pro
secutor stated, that he had been married to his wife
for a period of seven years, and had four children by
her, the youngest of which was only a few months old,
and that he had never witnessed anrthing in her con-
duct which could give rise to suspicion until the present
unhappy occasion. What, moreover, added to the
enormity of the prisoner's guilt was the fact, that about
a twelvemonth since he had come up from the country
in a state of utter destitution, without even the means
of getting either food or lodging, and that lie (the wit-
ness) had not only afforded him immediate shelter, but
had since comfortably p ovided for him, and not only
supplied him with board and lodging, but had also
allowed him a liberal weekly salary for assisting him

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in his business.
Police-constable H 73, and Emma Samuels' the sister
of the prosecutor, gave evidence which went far to con-
firm the chief features of the prosecutor's.
The witnesses were subjected to a severe cross-exa-
-mination by Mr. Norton, the prisoner's solicitor, who,
however, entirely failed in eliciting anything in the
slighteit degree at variance with their original testimony.
Mr. BROUGHTON had no hesitation whatever in com
mitting the prisoner fur trial on the charge of attempt-
ing to stab his brother.
SOUTHWARK.
Yesterday Henry Killorby, the lad remanded on Thurs-
day last, on the charge of sending anonymous letters,
containing oxalic acid, to several of the inhabitants of
Southwark, was brought up for re-eximination.
The Rev. Mr. Horton, rector of St. George's, togetherwith
the churchwardens and several of the parishioners, at-

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tended the examination.
• When the prisoner was placed at the bar Mr. COT-
eTINGHAM inquired if he had any legal adviser? The
prisoner's father stepped forward and replied in the ne-
gative, observing that he was so conscious of the inno-
cence of his son that he did not consider it requisite to
employ any legal gentleman.
Mary Ann Holmes, servant of a Miss Ward, to whom
one of the anonymous letters had been delivered, said
she was convinced the prisoner was not the person who
gave her the letter.
Sergeant Kendall said, that the prisoner's father was
a straw bonnet cleaner in White street, and that he used
oxalic acid in the course of his trade. Several of the
anonymous letters had paste upon them of rather a pe-
culiar description, and not only did the prisoner's father
use such paste in his business, but it was also used in
the stationery warehouse in the City, where the prisoner
was employed.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said he did not wish to question the
elder Killorby on the subject, as he had no inclination
to call a father against his son.
A witness proved that the prisoner was at an office in
London-street, Fenchurch-street, between eleven and
twelve o'clock on Monday last, in the vicinity of a branch
post-office where one of the anonymous letters was posted
at the very time.
Sergeant Kend dl stated that when he took the pri-
soner into custody he found two clasp knives in his pos-
session, one of which had a long and sharp-pointed
blade, and was carefully wrapped up in paper. The
sergeant added, that he mentioned that fact as the writer
of some of the anonymous letters threatened to cut the
throats of some of those whom he addressed.
Another anonymous letter was produced, which was
addressed to the m igistrate, the writer declaring that
the accused was wholly innocent of the charges upon
which he was brought up to that Cuurt; that he (the
writer) was the real offender, and added that he should
cease to persecute people any more if the prisoner was
;liberated.
The Magistrate here referred to the letter addressed to
Mr. Stead, the parish-clerk of St. George's, in which the
writer threatened to set fire to St. George's Church if he
did not repeat some vile insinuations against a Mrs.
Spriggs on the Sunday during service. The Magistrate
inquired if the accused had any facilities for carrying
such a threat into execution ?
Two witnesses, bell-ringers of St. George's Church,
were then called, and from their evidence it appeared
that the prisoner was in the habit of assisting in ringing
the bells of that church, and that he frequently attended
during the service in the church. The witness had also
seen Miss Elizabeth Spriggs attending divine worship.
(Miss Spriggs was one of the persons to whom the
letters above referred to were sent inclosing poison.)
Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired if the prisoner had any
communic.tion with either of the witnesses respecting
the letter sent to Mr. Stead containing the threat to set
fire to the church ?
Jenkins, one of the witnesses, replied that he asked
the prisoner if Mr. Stead had announced to the congre-
gation the words used in the letter relative to Mrs.
,Spriggs, and the answer the prisoner gave was in the
affirmative, but that they were in so low a tone of voice
that the people in the church could hardly hear them.
Mr. Stead was examined, and in reply to Mr. Cotting-
ham, he said that of course he had not alluded in any
way to the contents of the letter referred to, but that he
had acquainted the churchwardens of the fact and the
threat of the writer to burn the church.
Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired if there were means of
carrying out. such a threat as that used, is hether a person
employed in the belfry could have access to any part
where there were materials of a combustible nature?
Mr. Stead replied that there was a quantity of shav-
ings and dry wood near the belfry, and that the place
was easy of access to those employed in ringing the bells;
but since the receipt of the letter alluded to, all matters
of a combustible description have been removed out of
the place. He added that the prisoner was engaged in
the belfry, and was present there almost every Sabbath
day.
Mr. CorrnrciliAm, addressing the prisoner, said that
although the writing in the letters was not identified as
his, still the evidence adduced against him that day
strengthened the suspicions as to his being the person
by whom they were sent ; the case, however, was far
from being so complete as to justify him at present in
sending it before a jury. The prisoner, if he had a
mind to make any statement, or to make any remark on
the evidence already brought forward, might do so, but
with this caution, that whatever he did say might here-
, after be used against him; after that caution he was at
iberty to act as he thought proper on the occasion.
The prisoner said that he did not wish to say
just groundsany-
thing
rrh
The
at
father said that he had
for believing that the whole affair had arisen out
out of the
jealous feelings of two women resitidliynagaaianttthe the parish.
palthriatsb.
In the course of the inquiry since
e ienrstiie
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o whom on no anonymous
so many had been
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had
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been
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previously addressed containing poison.
Mr. COTTINGHAM, having consulted
parochial officers, said that the further investigation of
the case should he postponed for the
procur-
ing further evidence, and that he should accept of
accept of bail to
the amount of 1501. for the prisoner's appearance.
The prisoner's father and another
into the required sureties, and he gentleman entered
was set at large.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GRAND JUNCTION, GREAT WESTERN, AND
SOUTH WESTERN.
On Friday a meeting was held at Bicester, to take into
consideration the merits of this line.
Mr. J. PAXTON presided, and in opening the proceedings
adverted to the advantages Bicester would derive 'from
having a line right through it. He believed there were
no fewer than seven lines preparing to run through the
district.
Mr. MALEY, solicitor, and local agent to the Company,
proposed the first resolution, to the effect, that a line through
Bicester, connecting it with the Great Wnstern at Slough,
and with the Oxford and Rugby at Heyford, would be a
great advantage, as it would enable them to reach London
and Birmingham direct, and to obtain communication with
the coal fields.
Mr. W. PAXTON seconded the resolution. There were no
engineering difficulties, and it would not interfere with
ornamental property.
Mr. POWELL described the line. It would be 64 miles,
commencing at the Farnborough station of the South West-
ern, crossing the Great Western between Slough and Maiden-
head, and terminating on the Oxford and Rugby line at
Lower Heyford, on the route to Birmingham. In its course
. it would accommodate Bracknell, Sunning-hill, Bagshot,
- Ascot, Windsor, Great Marlow, High Wycombe, Princes
- Risborough, Thome, Bicester, and several other places at
present without a railway communication, and form the most
direct route from London to Banbury, Warwick, and Bir-
mingham, and by the Grand Junction to Manchester, Liver-
- pool, Lancaster, and Carlisle ; and by the Caledonian Railway
- to Glasgow and Edinburgh ; and from Crewe to Chester,
- Birkenhead and Holyhead ; thus opening the most direct
communication with Dublin-also by the branch to Oxford,
_ in connexion with the Cheltenham and Oxford line, it
- would form the most direct route to South Wales, Water-
- ford, and the south of Ireland, as well as by the Oxford,
- Worcester, and Wolverhampton line to Worcester, and
- to all the central portions of 'Wales, thus forming
- the shortest, route to Wales and Ireland. It
would save an average distance of fourteen
- miles to each of the before-mentioned places as compared
- with the route now traversed by the Great 'Western. There
- were no engineering difficulties, and the land was the least
- valuable of any in the counties, avoiding parks and orna-
mental property. I'o the saving about fourteen miles in the
transits to London, was to be added that of connecting with
- the South Western and the Reading and Reigate lines, af-
- fording passengers an opportunity of proceeding to South-
-
ampton, Isle of Wight, Dover, Brighton, and all adjacent
places, without the necessity of passing through the metro-
_
_ polis. In compliance with the suggestions of landowners,
the Committee had decided on forming branches from the
- Theme station to Oxford and Aylesbury. Sir J. Macneill
- and Mr. Thompson were the engineers. Shareholders in the
„ Grand Junction, Great Western, and South Western, would
"7,, have a preference in allotment f shares.
Messrs. Douglas, Mills, Chapman, and Harris, addressed
--
the meeting. An amendment was proposed to the effect
- that further time be given for consideration of the various
- other schemes, but the original resolution in favour of the
proposed line was carried.

The following is an enumeration of the schemes, twenty-
-5% five in number, projected up to the present period, for sup-
a% plying the west of England with railways :-The West
- Cornwall, with a capital of 500,000/. ; the Cornwall Coast
- Line, capital 1,500,000/. ; the North Devon and its branches,
- capital 1,750,0001. ; the Launceston and Tavistock, capital
100,000/., ; the Tavistock and Plymouth Line. These two
are extensions of the South Devon ; the Cornwall and
- Devon Central in connexion with the Yeovil, capital
- 3,000,000/. ; the Bideford aed Tavistock (Hopkin's), in
connexion with the Central ; the Direct Plymouth and
Bideford, capital 800,000/. ; the Great Western and Falmouth
Junction, capital 1,500,000/. ; the South Devon, now con-
- structing, capital 900,000/. ; the Direct Exeter and Ply-
- mouth, via .Ashburton • the Great Western Extension
- Atmospheric, to Barnstaple and Ilfracombe, capital sr 0,000/. ;
- the Dartmouth and Exeter Line, via Newton, in conjunction
with the South Devon, capital 300,0001.; the Dartmouth,
Torbay, and Exeter Direct, in connexion with the Central,
- capital 600,0001.; the Exeter and Crediton, now in progress;
- the Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth, capital 120,000.
(Head's); the Exeter and Exmouth, capital 130,0001.
( Daw's); the Direct Western, from London to the Land's
End, capital 3,000,000/. • the Taw Vale Extension, capital
- 700,000/. • the Ashburton, Newton, and South Junction, Ca-
pital 133,000/.; the Bridport and Exeter, or South Coast
- Junction, capital 900,000/. ; the Great West of England, or
- South Western and Exeter Extension, capital 1,600,000/. ;
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, capital 1,250,0)01.;
the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, capital 1,300,000/. ; the
- Direct London and Exeter, capital 3,000,0001.
MANX LINES.—The Isle of Man, in common with every
- other isle, is to have a railway added to its patriarchal and
- picturesque possessions. Two companies, the Isle of Man
and the Great Manx, court thepopular suffrage. The former
_
is supported by the Earl of Uxbridge, and the latter by Dr.
- Bowring. Surveys are in progres, and application has been
- made to the Legislature of the island to give power of ex-
- tension by means of an act of Tynwald
The report that the dividend of the Newcastle and Dar-
lington will be increased to 10 per cent. this half-year, and
- that new 231. shares will be created for each 25/. share of
- the present stock, has received confirmation. The Lancaster
'N Guardian asserts that the high tides have done considerably
' less damage to the Furness Railway at Salthouse than has
been reported.
At the last meeting of the Carmarthen Town Council re-
solutions were passed in favour of the Welsh Midland Railway.
The contracts on the Berks and Hants line are let, the line
is staked out, and the works will be commenced immediately.
A contract has been entered into by Brassy, Stephenson,
and Maskeuzie, the contractors, for the construction of the
Trent Valley at 611,619/., at the rate of 12,0001. per mile, to
be completed by the spring of 1847.
DARTMOUTH, TORBAY, AND EXETER.—Arrangements have
been made within the last few days for co-operation between
this Company and the Taw Vale Extension, the Cornwall
and Devon Central, the Exeter, Dorchester, and Yeovil, and
the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Companies ; so that there
will be one continuous line of railway with the same gauge,
and without change of carriage, from the London station of
the South-Western Railway, at Hungerford -bridge, to Brix-
ham, Dartmouth, &c. By the 'raw Vale Extension a direct
railway will be opened between the harbours of Torquay,
Paignton, Brixham and Dartmouth, on the English Channel,
and those of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Ilfracombe, on the
Bristol Channel, and the long-contemplated scheme of
connecting the two channels with a direct line to London
and Ealmouth will be effected. It is scarce'y surprising that
this line should be supported by the local parties, when it
is considered of how much importance it is to Dartmouth to
have railway accommodation and in the shortest line pos-
sible. Dartmouth is one of the finest and safest harbours
on our south-west coast. Its situation and natural advan-
tages porticularly fit it for a packet station. In case of its
being chosen for such purpose, it would then become, from
a small town, a large and flourishing seaport. The commis-
sioners for inquiring into harbours expressly state that it
would be, had it good communication with the interior, the
best port for landing and shipping the West India mails.
They say that its waters are perfectly safe and. tranquil in
the most tempestuous weather, so that the mails could at all
times be put on board or landed, and coals be taken in. It is
not our object to establish a comparison between Falmouth
and Dartmouth ; but it is sufficient to state that Dartmouth
has merits of its own which make good its claim to a large
traffic. The Dartmouth and Exeter line gives the necessary
connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Exeter,
and so with Bristol, Gloucester, Birmingham, Liverpool,
Manchester, Leeds, and the north ; while the Yeovil lines,
or other direct lines, will give the main thing—a short com-
munication with the metropolis. Brixham is another im-
portant point which is accommodated by this line. Brix-
ham is the port of Torbay anchorage, and has shipping be-
longing to it of 20,000 tons, besides flushing craft. Brixham
' employs 1,500 seamen, and the merchants are very desirous
of having railway accommodation. Torquay, an admired
. watering-place, is now a steam-boat station to the Channel
Isles, and there are also the towns and stations of Paignton,
- Newton, Chudleigh, and Moretonbampstead.— Exeter paper.
CENTRAL STATION AT CARLISLE.—The formal adhesion,
says the Carlisle Journal, of the Newcastle and Carlisle
Directors to the plan for forming a united station for all the
railways which now have their termini in Carlisle, was re-
- ceived this week, and since then considerable progress has
- been made in the purchase of property in Court-square,
" where it is proposed the station shall be. The Maryport and
Carlisle Railway Directors still stand aloof; but we trust
they will soon see the propriety of joining the other three
companies in one general plan which will be ornamental to
- the town and useful to the public. They ought certainly, and
that without any loss of time, to put an end to their danger-
ous mole of backing out the carriages from the present
station. The Caledonian Railway, it is expected, will come
into Carlisle nearly in a line between the two bridges across
the Caldow, and so forward to the general station. In this
way they will save much of the embankment across the
Willow Holm, which would have been necessary upon the
original plan. We understand that the railway companies
have been met in a most liberal spirit by the owners of pro-
party required for carrying out their plans.
NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE.—A dispute has for some time
existopetween the Directors of this line and the owners of
ceitWiti collieries and stone quarries with respect to the race,
of carriage.. The owners of coil and 4:ale complain that
charges for carriago are not only high
higher in comparison tll :-.n thoso of a,ly other lin,.
kingdo:7a ; and that their c Anplaiut is not xn
one may be inferred from the fact that two of the collieries-
namely, those of the Blenkinsopp and Haltwhistle Corn-
pauies--have actually ceased from working for upwards of

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six months, in consequence of the high charges. Committees
have been app.inted, and meethz after meeting has been '
held to consider the subject; but still nith the same result—
an obAinate, and what we must cad a suicidal adherence to
high rates, on the part of the Mt-actors, who, :ilthou,,h they
live in the nineteenth century, have not yet found out that
two and two do not always mike four. The Blenkins )pp
Company has for many years paid them, on the average,
between 8,0001. and 9,0001. per annum ; the precise
amount paid by the Haltwhistle Company we do not
know, but it must have been considerable. The last
meeting was held at Newcastle on Tuesday last, when
blind obstinacy again prevailed by a majority of eight
to five, and thus the two sources of income above stated have
been effectually destroyed. Surely it is time fir the share-
holders to interfere in this matter, and no longer suffer their
best interests to be set aside for the mere sake of gratifying
the pig-headed propensities of men unfit for the emergencies
of the time they live in and the position they occupy.—
Carlisle Journal.

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lines, or ceming into collision with each other.:,of.rir7s
btil'etier
s bursting, may now be avoided--et least, s 3
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eegteeere theteselees are, for teheedyibecisventerestdelferteitb,e7.77o
they !tad escesed the more immediate
ki!led or meemed by the carriages crushing the '
engine aged toil& r. ty •hresk
Whether Directors will adopt this patent sale •
will a good deal depend on the publir. E e eeeeors, wee
believe, are not very anxieue to adopt any Oen 3 t, aleeld
danger from the
on, or in which they may have no direct mees"ca,
Directors seldom adopt plans of this kind unless
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mended by their engineers; but as safety in travelu,eg.ist
of the first importance to the pliblic, it ough. t t° 1,1 be
shown) being ado tee. Government,
upon this plan (or any other, if its superioritY ca' Los
the Board of Trade, which is pestered with all 'nets
nonsensical sshernee by on
and self-oOhn.°ri is.
persons, will not take upon itself the responsibility 0
ibis
we believe,.s
...r
commendieg plans; but it opposes none- Wl;ether.. to
neutral coeduct in the Ex, cutive Government.ls 5..,_
wisest course that could be pursued, is questionable;veu;
at the same time, it must be admitted that. If 11:Iti, the
meet were to recommend a plan that should !. it is
blame and reeponsibility would rest on it, and tnr,lts
desirous to avoid. The public. howeVer, inn a
:tot
to be protected. and if Directors and engineers two the
do it, application must be mode by the pohatic . to*
Legislature to compel them. The Means of s fetlass bi
much greater extent than that which POW existe.
ass
from without" wil', in the end, but perhePo n°ta t
Mr. Thornton's plan before the public, and the" Pori some
colgel
se ,re or two more lives have been secrifie
..,tcg,
Directors to adopt this or some other mede et. Pf'olo
produceding passe nsgoemrsusteghaainpsptrt(libteesnesidoanngers which of taw
etracheti t°
The safety-break, to be effective, must be e--- root
every carriage, aid therefore to ran
the c:.(l)%d for
complete, it is necessary that it. should be tried, Pl:t oi
a considerable time, on some line with a. train, 55:saele
be objected that that which maY answer well foll'iiner'of
carriage may not be equally adapted for a.l.ongroc, so ;
carriages. We believe that experieuce will P wood
but we hope that, in trder to put the questionc.ber of
doubt, the Directors of some line will have a . I"'
carriages fitted up with Mr. Thornton's tneerbntleirnc' sttlede
we know of no line better adapted for 0:1.40thll).
experiment out than that from Brighton t . © will do
therteofotirieenbiosepievethsabtythceauDsiincegeittortsoof thitihnene
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honoure . be made. .a •
v General Pasley and the other gentle.- eh, eis—
and examined an engine on
visit also to Mr. Thornton's factory at 11565°Teorote°
has introduced several improvements. One!_e V°
statute a wheel by which the speed is regulateilte 0.
of the winch or handle now used. It would uf.e'desd of
wheel introduced for the steerage of a ves'el 1 'osier
ode, the e")etrot•
the tiller. By another ingenious to ,seroin e ile,
could not increase his speed beyond S !'; e ,OCI 0
Eugineers sometimes neglioently . lose ton ;voodoo.
fetch it up by propelling the engine at a f accides
rate, which has been frequently the cause
doueed a •• Pre:
To prevent this, Mr. Thornton has intrlied te °lig'
which Alr.
.5
to
ob..
VernOr" simlar to thoss frsqtently oPP
..„iret erre,
can be so set that the en
eogines. This apparatus,
by means of 0 "7eve•ed the ftha
Jo 5' is
a gibed speed, as the moment he attemaO
_, the ;cello
" governor" acts on the spiral sprin, "ilere, by 10
let off. Another plan is in the ash 11
gineer can never :sx
ole. wbe reduce.. of
pressed the bat thee) sr
of water, the beat of the chimney wOl4 teselve=4 bt'Ato
Gen. Pa,slev and all present ex
eratified with thrse various experienents,ioiag tt ati
far less important than the plsn for nisintlhe
ate
curity of passengers at a moment when
tender may be sfaintie..d. tc....f...W,..) g
__------ - --"--.o_ • or
RAILWAY ItOnnri bo hoe tri'eis
It is evident from the ,eircunastences
et, re the vit!ijo•
pirt‘d during the recent investigations.bul°s4 sys r. 0
trates at Guildhall, that a most Delano 's_.:ii,cl on sbo,
tic scheme of railway plunder hag been ,-.lmissfie sib"'
alarming extent by ft gang of chevaliers et. Tiose fieilee
taking advantage of 'the carelessnessb_vvi jowly ' roer
whose duty should oblige theta to_ feu, :.„ co til.helr
extreme. have become touch more Os!! te'.u.serty to
e'0"00
and self-approbation of other pee' law
°F
:, or cell ob°
oven use, than any known process in !,_.50,0 Lf •
suggest. About three weeks ago o olieeeti," .01;ti P.),
styled himself a "Louse and esteftelityieboot weil
patient examination of facts, was cut/I'olo 6°l,:ateer
stand hit trial, as the receiver of
11_,
niteettee 005
knowing them to have been stolen,neny" te
for - W
frauduleptly to procure a sum of mo ,bief, one
...., the
ration; and his accomplice, the actual,ll,lcood) ;lee?.
Garrett (a ci-devant valet of Te0rd....,1 theles bveS big
criminating evidence of a host of. " f A jell soiee
den bas
0 for
els() committed to abide the etc ~,s bseu, „ Jese-0
countrymen. This individual, Who:l...as-aye" .og, Os
time under the surveillance of the tl'of obtvC„, 10,'''t
tire," but from his hie ct übique T_,0,.... .0 sore
.70 0
only his " local habitation," but 0111'_.ese, but el hoor10';
for a length of time baffled dis, T_'tile eeiglittotieetl' of
detected by Mr. Inspector co'llard in being e$ 0000 4
of Lisson-green. On his loclgingeoos *e°ll°lre et .0(
most extraordinary and beterogen.ooo3 Bgooticis
articles, which woula cut a eeesPl every Poor!
_Ds',
"gag Fair," met the officeie e9crexteeititat mei D 7.0
which has been, with singular e call tonneite
from the various railway ltsggtt' OO bo.
honoured with a visit
conefr° emirsthat gerfelily°l.bt t"
Now,
indeed is attachable to those officitton, to lt`o,as
we certainly do ve .I.
in rail
e_. to Was
mints whose especial depertnien..e,l.," traoftihs tat
.1.'''3,,,„.
passengers' luggage should be Sol oyeieer
je's of CO my
safely delivered up, to the psoperch 5 ser piseesgedes"
Lion of his journey ,• otherwise o_ taicen 11 00 „uir
Live pilferings could never havuatiiiarP,, 09 ii.),',06
peered, on the investigation At Gull Whit% toia 1,00
day, that one of the witnesses (14-0.',..,..,e, 03 he foot
ing after Mrs. Beingfield's !orator), ; disaffehe
" all right ;" but, on arriving in Slit 110,hose c right
it was " all wrong," and the Pr°I;00 ie ".11 ivos
.5 right
Now, why should the porter, ur.ert thot, all sass 90
the goods were, venture to orao the 0 for .P 0 •
without his being perfectly satirior Otifeer __,.,l':"ltr
case, unless he had some tat e the pits° t° if P; fer
doing, namely, that of lulling
_icing S. 400 „10.
false security, and thereby co; his do toga 'e,
tually aiding, the delinquent cast a 011,,,,,a`te..---11' 4001
suit. We do not mean to lot Wethter, fed
demnation on those people,
~,., seotO ors 5 ea.
duce it, as a natural inf ren'ihas tbeY feesoil)iree
of attention to their charge•to _say his;o she fltelti
g.reat facility to the plunderer
.!isttroencl t...flooesre,
signs into effect. We would reeeev_., trunk's pert sea
Afets
tors of each railway to hoe vEr op
_rtiool_trbio,
&c., labelled with a certain num"; ;other re,co_oo
or ticket, and a siroilar number 10,
00 Disbe p„teT ose
to the owner of the propertY., w'eket w t ouchtte 611°
destination, should show his tt „ gaereq,f toelenee.
claim the articles marked with r_easeg•et. 1.40, oi roe
We imagine this plan, reaugre the
b, sL.o,ii:el
ticket, woull add considerablY co
,Li great 01*Iie fraslo'
rangers' luggage; and it is ?leo 4troohie' ,00le ry
attended with die least poss!bi
loedlY f()r:/loider.
loss of property certainly ca:..__„, sear
tion of the kind to be 'lit'l)Wi 1 '''
____
....c.t,
_--- eel) JV 1118
1‘11)1. of tl
THE WA Nl' oxl , IVO. titie -tel'
ork:RA ecaoPtiodeP se'
EARNEST souse t° not tee t. 6
Every architect in practice bets
„....000
Lean
ii,
‘.
...
want of skilful and earnest operiativees, ow,
to; iorr,„o,P,
the trade they profess to practice, Oncrt Je g.Fie_eorst;eest;
ercise of it, and are anxious toaPre'be dec%:t it Poette,
have, before this, commented 0,
„I,o,sed ' tee 'teat
the
many of the constructive arts, o.l,!,.'"ioduces
„0 wit,ei,
from excessive competition, wio,(•_"t.roie a 10,:olore iere
require a certain quantity of wortea„..a to us, eer,si 104,
ference to its quality: he onnot ,
till:1'0'10ot :,;'o,it neelioro
ability, but demands the greaetr''or weree;°:,lP 1)0'
smallest space of time ; " s"Pho'pe to gl • A Ole 0
that will pass is all that he can
orloneo, as 40t
...espsm
tural result that our w , And that
Pli res
gradually "to their cunnaieglyieyed oat
ibe ii.co
jority of operatives now .5' Yitt all atforJdo, olii,,
of executing work which titas sroitil'ithesi".e.A,ec!'i'le
common way. Our brickla”rS . °ld C'
tOje' PO 're
s other f._oo. 01.0
toe 0
striking exempla of this decline ,
„title
still lingers, though feebly', oriwitienArtesi ' etei° 1 DA ile
with the masons, seems to hoes
_11,,,,,e ocetiosl.„ol4.o
do their work as mere labourers, and otebei'f 0 1-- iii to
suit. There are, of course,
IlliedYshotild w:3 All Ot°, feri.,` se'
speak of the mass. Very poe _teed, 0" will , gou.ieo
duce a different feeling on the 'Fra." induce esercr„ sot the
minds of the rising operatives, al,
excel, and to find their chief
hibition of their skill. The. 1t Wes
Pseil,leti,:oe
workers is figured in the follow!iie__ b.), tile ore elle, poles
pleasneesii:iitesh: os...g.ettivece.o;
Apocryp '--" The smith sitt'T of the... 000 be 4;pe
sidermg the ironwork, the vePeul, of tee wae,. and e 0 ie it
flesh, and he and
with the ii ee. ~. hie e
teat
ate
0 to
eiee
of the hammer and the anvil is ever itch tstac.netru t r
look still upon the pattern of the. I"s'o7"eet 0
tlf
setteth his mind to finish his worice '
nefeeee
perfectly."— The Builde'2---------"„ooe Mktg Lisa
its- --grs.rrlftitstibi: sti,c,"lo;
THE ATTRACTIVS JYLADT.
,ilt 0 ieeiof Mr '''fie' l'it's,o4
possesses sources of entertaintoti
elisetaa. , aeitioim ee.iote
which, in the hands of certasr%
thotetiell,%,,,.e
roce
000
amusement to a wearyprince her oarrativ 1_,,."0' th
ice
toer
—hut interesting as have been
this itsreareet,.tuirp I ), IV
ie"
heard that they are likelee
the shade by a work whichis
-‘1 Attraetrg lito 0 0
,ipeise/
her pen, under the title of ' wrosage ttitioo.°t.t. si-eics 0
her hero be a real or imagill3srTtli tbe rel).% the tired. 'co,
spired, but be is represented NT .
...aieg i
o,essb ... e kg,
handsomest man of his tinie---.--ae,iris Acc leseio.'Sco ~,,„
irresistible—fortunate--and sin,q7o ; eery.ip here fer,O;e
portrait would anPIY equally "c`ether elseerieolle'
or a very fortunate Prince, but
1.1
Ist •001 c e _ ,to. ,
..
about to olalis
e3ll. t
wet
oe
1 of '' VP
tractive Man," ere whether we, t"he rages
will soon be ascertaned througu reot°filtdi
_she to tee roof 1 ,
" attractive" novel. 1.3 0,00. . 1:0 I all het{
eirise - be j; br, .ot
, chorcla is wore' the ~..);el,
ST.
julsAtillyYceltletrpacteLdif 1151 ais
to .ocicteeee. es
minced in earnest. The gr elir'ainsgc h',' loeg t'lf e. Let
the church, and a system 0 ...t windoi,e,,oasy 0 tae
irreir
the
eezteraet inOide 00
ei ~ tio ,
eel is to be new roofed ;
ori eitbertifoi tlYl7cerlit!'ep
u is to be opened, and
the bes`,l We
ernsteltb o.lllpt,
to the top, including some
0.. _,,,,eweil• _se ispire, iv
,i
the chancel, with certaintphaeorfts
and pinnacles, is to be wli
‘1.1". eeave. rel
that the masons will now ne .ru!al atee le. Wile to ill
building, is restored,
is to crown the glory a 0,5 if„,.in ,_
_fo,
At
M.P., suggests that a s
d has fore illit" d'',lo
spire should be made, 8.1;,, _
'lnc:Pah:a:le sl'iciir'Peedtle. der: -''t:
t::#13;4::11?:
A OW • 1101011,
therane oaf it Buvuer- ---"'"'n for I°4e c
er liAl'i' pea ecii',oos
EvEsi in AT }IADPC!' ,5 Atiooo d to ;do, SO /
title , ierstan toe ell so ,es
work beering the ab(iiVely,
.ore iiii,
publication, which is cosr• it ligilisbl)o7'
tus tee" ' ':ctorial..., Agi eglho,
an extract from the proepecrest and pi
ewe i'froo acre e',o
annual competitors far the 151hlie .fgrehig w‘li.elolleero4
an amount of literary
64 io 011rni'e of 'VI" ear ((1 0
that has probably
lame, The Illustration% ~,0 weo_isse brie rate sot ,d
by Georg Cattermole,
.le_trit", aed I_ ITby
.siryVi ribil'e
cuted expressly for this 7.n,. 0,00-1,, ti,e, eel sor.ae....e
neeerinUefore teen hteir) orecil ,
steel, in the very tineeeretriyne
portioo_,°lo bee'dsy, 'isto'oo
guished artists.
liar 'the lit
ti)a t aL:bre:ll'
.3 of 1,10 4,0, itli
edited by the ouess . -
tz;
.. „lite] otili'6o;, 9
by innu.., of the leans pop ~..a,i
„, tho lit ~es 0 t% 1,744 tel
!:', -..ens ,1, wile conV'e;'i",,essoefike circle "teeeeet
e , enil of i 1 te ot eelebrtitne liniouttwootiL4 pr
i a i JlelUi., VIC litel,llY, a, tc":3;tv ort 6iit `
w,il. t:e isstted in a rich leSlice....ia sae,
will form the most spleothus7tesss.
sues from the Pre° fQr 59w

CONTINENTAL LINES.
OuLEANs TO JOIGNY.—The Minister of Public Works hax
ordered surveys of this line to be immediately commenced;
and in order to accelerate the operations, has ordered it to be
divided into two parts, one from Orleans to the River Loing,
and the other from the Loing to Joigny.
CAEN TO CHERBOURG.—The department of Calvados has
voted the sum of 3,000 f. for the preliminary surveys of a
line between Caen to Cherbourg, with a branch line to Gran-
ville,

.00RDEAUX TO BAYONNE.—The Prefects of the departments
f the Gironde and the Lower Pyrenees have announced
liat a preliminary enque'te has been opened for the line be-
tween. Bordeaux and Bayonne.
DOLE TO LONS-LE-SAULNIER.—The Minister of Public
Works has authorised M. Delarue and other engineers under
his orders to commence surveys on the line, at the expense
of certain private persons who have offered to supply the
necessary funds; also the preliminary surveys from Lons-le-
Saulnier to the limits of the department of the Ain; this
latter work, however, being at the cost of the State.
CORRELL to MELUN.—A Company has been formed for the
purpose of obtaining the concession of this line. The parti-
culars have not yet been published.
DIEPPE TO FECAMF.—The statutes of this Company were
examined by the Council of State on the 30th ult., and the
royal ordinance, approving of the concession, has been pub-
lished. Mr. Newman, engineer-in chief of the Havre line,
has been appointed engineer of these branch lines, and the
works are to coifimence in a few days. It is supposed that
the two branch lines will be opened on May 1, 1847.
NORTHERN OF' FRANCE.—The board of Directors of this
Company, with Baron James de Rothschild as President, has
delegated its powers to a committee composed of five of its
members, viz. :—Messieurs P. Hottinguer, E. Pereire, A.
Thurneyspeu, Marquis Delon, and M. Caillard, sen.
LINE ROUND PARIS.—The Government has authorised the
preliminary enQue'te for the line which is to unite together the
various termini of the railways from the provinces termi-
nating in Paris.
PARIS TO STRASBURG.—Two new companies have been
announced for this line, one with Admiral Arnous as presi-
dent, and the other with Admiral de Heide. The first-named
admiral is the president of the Company from Creil to St.
Quentin, of which Malachy Daly, of the Place Vendome, is
the banker; and the second has just been united with the
company called "Les Riverains," composed of persons inte-
rested in the lines in the several departments through which
the

line passes.
.uORDEAUX TO THE SPANISH FRONTIER.—A new company
has been formed for this: line, passing through Bayonne, with
a capital of 25,000,000 f., divided into 50,000 shares of 500 f.,
of which the fourth part is reserved to the Spanish subscribers.
The surveys have been made with great care, and the exe-
cution of the line is declared to be without any difficulty.
MULHOUSE AND THAUN.—The number of passengers on
this line, from the 6th July to the 21st September, was
18,398; the receipts during the same period amounted to
10,808 f. ; showing an increase for the present year, compared
with the corresponding date of 1814, of 11,115 passengers,
and of 4,486 f.
STRASBURG.—Upon the section between Strasburg and
Colmar the number of passengers, from the 7th to the 21st
September, were 6,401, and the receipts 6,784 f. ; showing an
increase, in comparison with the corresponding period of 1844,
of 3.166 passengers, and of 1,770 f.
CECIL AND SAINT QUENTIN.—Anew company, half English
and half French; has been formed for undertaking this line ;
capital 35 millions of francs. It has taken the title of " Corn-
pa..mie de l'Oise."
PARIS AND OES.AY.—SinCe the announcement that the sub-
scription list would soon be closed, there have been demands
for shares to • the number of 45,000, and on the last day they
increased to the number of 80,000.
BORDEAUX AND CETTE.—M. Berlin, chief engineer of the
department of the Haute Garonne, has been appointed by
Government to report upon the two proposed plans of this
line between Beziers and Cette.
Zuracii AND BALE.—A subscriptiOn has been opened for
the construction of this line at Zurich, Vienna, Berlin, Frank-
fort, Genoa, and Milan. Capital 20,000,000 of francs, to be
divided into 40,000 shares of 500 francs each. The projectors
of this company are residents at Zurich. M. de Negrelli is

the engineer.
SCHLESWIG, HOLSTEIN.—On the 18th of September, ex-
actly one year after the opening of King Christian VIII.
Baltic Sea Railway, the Rendsburg and Neumuenster
Railway was opened with the usual ceremony. In the
incredibly short 'space of five months this line has been
completed, with the except!on of the terminus at Rendsburg,
through the zeal of the direction and engineers. Everything
seems to show that the newly-opened line operates advanta-
geously for the traffic in West and South Schlesien ; and at
the same time, its construction having cost no more than
900,000 marks (43,7501.), there ii little doubt that it will
afford a good return.
SWITZERLAND.—A conference of the statesmen and engi-
neers of the cantons Tessin and Piemont is being held at
Turin, for the purpise of constructing a railway through Bun-
den to the Bodensee.
NUREMBERG AND BAMBERG.—The Royal North Railway
from Bamberg to Lichtenfels is to be opened on the 15th
inst.., and the journey may then be performed in three hours.
MOEDLING AND LUXEMBERG.—On the Ist of October this
line was opened with the usual ceremonies.
TELEGRAPHS.—Major von Mageru has left Vienna, com-
missioned to undertake and commence a telegraphic commu-
nication between Trieste and Venice. With respect to the
great projected lines of telegraph, the commencement is to be
made on the line between Vienna and Milan.

PATENT SAFETY SELF-ACTING

BRE AK FOR RAILWAYS.
(From the Brighton Herald.)
On Monday last a series of experiments were made on
the London and Brighton line with Mr. Thornton's
patent safety self-acting break, before General Pasley
and they were also witnessed by R. Heavi,ide, Esq., W.
Seymour, Esq., Mr. Bridges, the railway coach•builder,

and other gentlemen. -
The object of the inventor is, to devise a' means
wherebyithose frightful accidents, so common of late on
railways, may be effectually prevented ; and in this we
think he has fully and completely succeeded.
We are aware that numberless plans have been sug-
gested for this purpose ; but none that we have heard of
is to be compared to Mr. Thornton's.
Amongst the dangers of railroad travelling, there are
—lst. Running off the line and over an embankment, or
a bridge, as the case may be.-2 1. Two engines meeting
and dashing into each other.-3d. The blowing up of a
boiler.
In fact, whatever danger an engine may be in, the pas-
sengers are partakers of it. As remedies, it has been
proposed—let. to place a luggage van always between
the engine and the carriages. 2nd. To place a waggon
load of faggots, cotton, or of some other material, in
that position ; and beyond these clumsy contrivances we
have heard of nothing to afford protection to passengers
when an accident happens to an engine.
Mr. Thornton's plan is to have a rope (which is pre-
ferable for the purpose to either a chain or a wire rope)
attached to the tender and the first carriage, the rop:
being from twenty to thirty yards long, or, if required.
much longer, as it may be c.aled on a roller beneath the
carriage. The engine in this way would tow the train
along, and the engine may be either on the same line or
on another, or the same engine may tow two trains, one
on each line, along. But neither of the two latter pro-
jects is essential or important.. But it will be apparent,
that, with a space of thirty yards between the train and
the engine, the latter might be dashed to atoms over an
embankment, whilst the train would escape much of the
danger.
The project, however, wend,' be very inefficient if it
ended here. Supposing, then, a train towed along by
a rope 30 yards long, and the engine running off the
line or running against an engine coming in the oppo-
site direction, it would be necessary, to give safety to
the train, to have means of stopping it as instantane-
ously as such accidents happen, and yet not with such
a jerk as to knock the carriages with violence against
each other, to the imminent danger of the passengers.
To avoid all this, Mr. Thornton's plan is, we think,
admirably adapted, and the plan will be best understood
by describing the experiment itself.
On arriving at Hayward's Heath by the half-past 11
train, we found an engine with an old second-class car-
riage attached and fitted up on Mr. Thornton's plan, so
far as regards the apparatus of the safety-break. We
mention that it was alt old carriage, to show that it is
by no means necessary that carriages should be built
for the purpose, and that, as we learned, the whole
safety apparatus may be fixed to any carriage at an ex-
pense of a few pounds. The expense of the apparatus
itself would be reduced, as some of that now in use may
be dispensed with.
General Pasley having mounted the engine, and se-

veral gentlemen caving entered the carriage—, the engine
was set off at a rate of forty miles an hour towards Has-

sock's Gate and when it arrived, still going at an acce-
lerated speed, at the 14 milestone, the rope was discon-
nez...ted, and away flew the engine by itself, whilst the
rapidity of the carriage was gradually slackened, till,
about thirty yards from where the rope was cast off; it
came to a dead stand, but so gently as to occasion only
the slightest shock. It was a splendid experiment and
was repeated several times, once with the engine on one
line awl the carriages on the other.
General Pasley and the company then accompanied
v[r. Thornton to the Hassocks Inn, where he showed
them a great number of drawings, beautifully executed,
and a model of his break and apparatus.
To describe things of this.kind in words is very difficult,

so as to convey a correct idea of them; but we believe
that Mr. Thornton will feel pleasure ia exhibiting them
to any person. In the first place, as regards the rope.
One end, as we have already observed, is attached to
the tender ; the other to a catch, in front of the
carriage, so constructed that the guard can detach
it in an instant ; and the moment it is detached, the
dragging being no longer on the catch, it draws back,
and very simple machinery is set in action by the wheels
of the carriage itself, which compels the break to act
upon them and gradually delay their pribgress, until
finally, but in a ftw seconds, they stop. Ti.e invention
is exceedingly ingenious, and the experiment put its
practicability beyond doubt. The breaks, we may add,
are always just before each of the wheels, but kept just
clear of them by the apparatus, which, in form, resem-
bles the elbow of an arm, which extends as the traction
power is removed, and as it descends the breaks press
against the wheels.
One thing is certain as regards the project, that if it
were to fail, which seems impossible. the danger will not
be, as is sometimes the ease, in the snall!est tlogree in-
;:reitsecl. If the rope, for instance, were to brcal., no
misehit f would accrue. The' oily possible illeonvoli, ;Ice
would be the ilrlay of a few 'mantes till the rope was
iplieed, or another put in its place.
To our minds, then, it has been proved that the
means of avoiding the danger of engines running off the