The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

THE S UN, LONDON, TITESDA I' MORNING, AUGUST .26 I t 145

seventh, Is. 7d. Fur the Heroine, the commander shares
as first class, 21. lls. Bd., and the other ehtsses io pr,.
portion
Trig HtnottiE.-----CtrAtnan(ter (the lieutenant) Foote;
and the officers and crew late of the Heroine, 6 brig; .tltrlf6
captured, on the sth of April, 1843, th+e. Senooner
Maria Louise, will be paid., Nn ".nu after the 28th instant,
the amount of ptitn-tton,y, 6371. 125., arising from the
slave and tonnage duties, in the following proportion :
Lieutenant commanding 79/. 14s. ; second Oats,
28/. 17s. Id. ; third, 14/. 18s. 6d. ; fourth; Ad,
fifth, 4/. 16s. 2d. ; sixth A/. it. 1.25.
THE ALP AT RO.l. —Commander Reginald Yorke and
the officers and crew of this 16-gun sloop will have an
account. of the Spanish slave brig Constancia, seized on
the 30th July, 1844, deposited in the Court of AdmirAlty
on the 26th instant.

THE GROWLER STEAM ELOOth—The tlitounts of two
slavers captured by Commander young and the officers
arid crew of this steam-sloop—the Spanish brigantine
Veteran°, seized 21st July, 1844, and of the Spanish
schooner Concepcion, seized on the g3d September,lB44,
will be deposited in the Curt of Admiralty on the 20th
instant by the apnts.

E.,C,:AP..E of YOUNG BONAPARTE

FROM ITALY.

You have seen the accounts of the arrival, some time
since, of young Bonaparte, to take possessio❑ of Bor-
dentown, the former residence and property of Joseph
Bonaparte; Mr. Mallaird, the old secretary of the ex-
King, and his son reside at Bordeatown, with the young
Prince Canino, as is his title. There is quite a romantic
incident connected pith this, on the truth of which you
may safely rely. Tne estate of Bordentown was be-
queathed to the young Prince, with the ex !eption of a
comfortable farm, w hick was left to Maillard. But the
father of Canino resolved that he should not take
possession of his property. Fearing that through
his prodigality his estate wouid be squandered,
or wishing to hold it in his own hands for his
own use, he resolved to &lain the young Prince in
Italy. The son having derived his title of Prince
Canino from the Papal States, the father had control
over his person in those States, and could by the laws
of the kingdom imprison him there till he was twenty-
five years of age. The young Prince having resolved
to come to America and take possession of his
estate, the father, to prevent it, determined to throw
him in prison, and in the mean time, to preclude
the possibility of escape while they were in Florence, he
wrote to the various parts of Italy authorising the
authorities to arrest him if he should appear there with
the intention of embarking for any foreign country.
Finding himself locked in on every s'de, the young
Prince gave himself up to despair, and awaited the day
when he should be carried to the Papal States and be
shut up in the walls of a prison. But young Maillard
in the meantime was active for his friend, though all his
efforts seemed abortive. At length but one day was left
in which to escape before the father should take the son
to prison. Almost in despair, young Maillard hastened
to Leghorn, and there to his joy found a Swedish vessel
bound for New York. Jumping into a carriage he hur-
ried back to Florence, and dressing himself in female
apparel (a sign agreed on between the two when Mail
lard wrote him), sent a note to the young Prince saying
a female wished to see him. Hastening to a by-street, he
found his friend awaiting him, who told him of the Swedish
vessel that was to sail next morning for New York. The
Prince needed no urging, instantly jumping into the car-
riage with Maillard, he drove with all speed to Leghorn,
where they arrived a little after daylight. The vessel
was to sail in two hours, and aboard of that miserable
craft with its miserable accommodations the young
Prince was hurried, and in two hours was making out
of port and away from the shores of Italy. After a pas-
sage of seventy-three days ho arrived in New York.
Maillard went to London and took passage in the packet
for the United States. 'We saw him a week or two after
his arrival full of delight to find his feet on American
soil. He is a nobleman, and loves the United States
better than half our own citizens. He brought over
with him several fins dogs and some pheasants, which
he has taken to Bordentown to turn loose in its parks.—
New York Letter, July 10.

BAD VENTILATION OF PLACES

OF WORSHIP.

Churches and chapels, though more lofty than schools,
are usually less in area, in proportion to the numbers
frequenting them ; and, though in most cases they are
occupied for fewer hours in the week, they seldom profit
by much pains taken to change the air, whilst they are
unoccupied. "In regard to churches," says a medical
witness, " many illnesses and deaths proceed from
faults of ventilation and warming ; from the rush of
cold air in one place on those who sit near the doors and
wind ,ws, and the want of fresh air in other places."
And if such be the case with the congregation, in a
building often of the most clstly character, wherein a
triflin.t expense would permanently secure abundant
ventilation, what must be the injury sustained by the
preacher in the pulpit ? Placed on a height at which
his voice acts at a disadvantage, as if on pur-
pose that he may breathe an atmosphere composed
of the breath of all who sit beneath him on the floor,
he has to exert his lungs to the utmost pitch, while
they have the worst of the air to work with. And
the more promising his talents, the snore success-
ful his exertions in interesting and edifying a multitude
of hearers, so much the sooner is he likely to be con-
signed to_ silence, consumption, and the grave. Still
more pitiable, if possible, is the lot of Sunday school
children, whom modern architects, and committees, and
commissioners, are apt to place in the recesses of a lofty
roof. Above the vent afforded by the windows, and
with rarely any ventilation in the ceiling, they have
the foul air of the whole building in a sort of halo round
their heads. And there, where they can scarcely see
the minister, much less hear him, with perhaps little
c.nvenience for sling, and none for kneeling, and with
their attention previously exhausted in school, they are
required, under penalty of chastisement, to keep still,
and silent, and awake, in an atmosphere which of itself
is quite enough to produce in a grown person, much
more in a child, inattention, restlessness, and drowsi-
ness. To say no more of the unhealthiness of a posi-
tion such us this, I cannot refrain from expressing my
apprehension that there must be hundreds of thousands
in the land who, having had these for their first im-
pressions of Divine service, have hence conceived a deep
and lasting aversion to the house of prayer.—The Un-
healthy Condition of Dwellings, 6-c., by the Rector of
Alder ley.

NAMES or RA,MWAPT

Aberdeen •• •• • • .. •• ••
Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar • • • •

Ditto Half S11:•rel i s •
If4ez.Portritsh
flandon and Bantry .• • ••

[lelfast and Ballymena ••
Belfast and County Down
lOrmingllntn and Clotster
Do. New (imat 7% dis.)

Ditto Half Shares ....
Birminghm &Oxfrd.Junc.
Malawi, and Preston • .
Blekhurn, l)arwn,& Baty
Bolton, W igaN, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stainfrd and liirm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter • . .. • •

Ditto New .... • • • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon. & Dumbar. June
Cale& niau • . .. • . • • • •

Ditto Extension • • ••• ••
Cambridge and Lincoln..
Che.ter and Birkenhead..
Ditto new Shares • • ••
Ditto Half Shares •• ••
Chester and Holyhead • •

Cheltenham and Oxford..
Chichester and Brighton..
Churnet Valley ••• • • • •
Clitheroe Junction
Clydesdale Junction
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .•• • . ••
Cork and Killarney .•• ..
Cork and Waterford • • ••
Cork and Youghal •• • • ••
Canterbury and Dover...
Coventry and Leicester ••
Cornwall.• • •• •• ••
Derby and Crewe . •• • • ••

Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccics, & Yarmoth
Direct Northern . • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich .• • . • •• •
Dula n and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Coir. c
Dublin and Drogheda • • • •
Dublin and Gal w- y
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath .

Ditto New .• • ••• • • •
Dundee and Per h ••• • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. I)
Ditto (No. 2) .
Eastern Counties ..... • •

Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No I

Do. do. No. 2
East Dereham & Norwich
East Union . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Extension • • • • . •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares • • •

Do. gew Quarter Shares
Edin b. Leith, and Granton
Do. I'ref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth • • • •
Ely and Huntingdon • • ••
Enniskillen and Sligo•• • •
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Ellwood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow • •
Glasgow and Ayr. • • .• • •
Do. Quarter Shares.. • •
Glasgow and Gretuock
Ditto New . •
Ditto Preference - • • ••
Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car.
Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster ....
Grand Junction
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters .•
Ditto Eighths
Grand Union•
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and She Meld
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Irind)

Ditto Extension • • •
Great Munster • • • • • • • • • •
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England
Do. New 401. Shares • •
Do. New 301. Shares
Great Western • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Ilalf Shares • • • •
Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • •
Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports.
Iditrwieh
Iludrstid & Man. IL & Cant
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough. •
Hull and Selby • . . •
Ditto Quarter Shares. •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Inverness and Elgin ..
Isle of Jersey
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray
Killarney Junctions . • • •
Lancaster and Carlisle
Lancaster and Preston
Leeds and Bradford

Ditto Extension ......
Leeds and Dewsbury....
Leeds and Thirsk • • .. • .
Leeds & W. Riding June.
Leicester & ilinningnam
Leicester and Bedford ...
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
Liverpool and Manchester

Ditto Half Shares •• ••

Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Liverpl, OrinskrkA Prstn
London and Birniingham
Ditto Thirds • • • • • • • • • •

Ditto Quarters • •• •• ••
London and Blackwall
Lou .&-Man. (Rem ingt on's)
London and Brighton. •
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon •• • •

Ditto New. ••••• • • ••
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut.
London and Greenwich
Do. Pref. or Privilege..
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares • •
Do. New, 401. Shares..
London and York ... • • • •
Ditto (Bawtry) .• • • •
London and Windsor • ...
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine
Londonderry & Emaiskilln
Lynn and Ely ..........
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds ..
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto Sixteenths • • •
Manchstr and Birkenhead
Manchester &Birminglim
Ditto Quarter Shares .
Ditto New Quarters . •
Do. Con. & Welsh June.
Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury
Mnebstr, Buxtn, & 31atik
Man. Shef. and Mid. June.
Manchestr & Southamon
Midland .. • • • • ••
Ditto Fifths
Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • •

Do. Con. Birm. & Derby
;lfidlnd Gt Westni ( Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newestl & Darlngtn June.
Do. New (Brandling) • .
Newcastle and Berwick..
Newcastle and Carlisle..
Nwcstle, Durham, Sc. Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen .•
Newark and Sheffield .
North British • • • • • • • • •

Ditto New Shares ....
Northern and Eastern ..

Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)

Do. Quarter Shares • •
North Devon .•• • • • • •
North Kent • t • •• .
North Staffordshire ....
North Eastern..
North Union (A)
Ditto (B)
North Wales Mineral
l)itto New Shares
North Western •• •
North Wales ..
Norwich and Brandon • •
Ditto New ...... .
Not., Bulvoir, & Granthtn
Nottingham and Itoton • •
Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. June
Oxford and Worcester • .
Oxford and Cambridge
Perth and Inverness ....
Portsmouth Direct......
Preston and Wyre • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares •

132

19%
6%pj

117%
47Y,
314

lii PI

46N
29%
10%
'p
77k

26
INp

208%
101
37
13%

-7101

Aug.
23.

16-9s6d i 1

14-389 d

12-Bs9d

12%
13%
3756 d
314

4%
206

Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & di v.
Preston & Wyre„ Extend.
Richmond & W. End June
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring
Scottish Central ........
Scottish Midland
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto ditto (No. 2) ..
Ditto ditto (No. 3)
Sheffield and Lincoln....
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb.. Wor., & Crewe
Shrws„Wolv., Dudl, & Bir
ihrwshry & Trnt Val. Mt.
lierefd,& N. Wales
Slamannan . • • • • • • • • • • • •
South Devon. ••••• • • • •
South Midland • •
South Eluiteptitnd Dover
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I
Do. (155.33/.Cs.fid.) ~ 2
1)o. (iss. 301.) „3
Staines and Richmond .. •
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales . • • •
Tean and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley .
Do. and Holyhead Juno
Vale of Neath
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Coun.
Wexford it,d Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub
Wakefield and Bradford .•
Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Gool
Wakefield and Ilfirrogate
Warwick and London .
West Lancashire
Worcester and Tring..
Whitehaven and Furness
1)o. New Half Shares
Welsh Midland
We t Cornwall
West Yorkshire •
Wilson'wn, M. & Coldness
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich
Ditto New. • . • • • •
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland
l)itto Half Shares
Ditto Scarbro' Branch
Ditto Selby
Ditto Extension
Yorkshire & Glasgow Crn.

12%
6%
6156 d,

7%
7156t1

12-166 d

I I
15256 d

lOspl

151;341

27%
1214
l3ji
17s p
40s Pi

iiiPl

55s pl

GU,

IClos'd,

1-34spl

Aug.
I 23.

EXETER, AUG. 23.
&WM. EiCHANGE.—The sales are—Exetet Tad Credits:M.
B%—Eneter, Dorset, and Yeovil, X ptsin.--Bristiol on 4

Eiteten 10/:los.".Nortb Devori 105: mini--En:lth Mid-
)afidg; 6f. Ks. pr•ern.:::SpUth 5!:
ttrribEil/SFIVi!D Ntii 23: ;
ExcitAsGE..--'1 lie sales are—Great GrittlSuy Hoch
Extension, 3.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales,
18s. 6d.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 31s.—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 41s. 3d.—Huddersfield
and Sheffield Junction, 147 A with new—Lancashire, York-
Notth,r,a§tern, /68. prem.—Liverpool, Ormskirk,
cilil 3
lands, 7%. 4..-=Stiti.th Mid=

YORK, Am. 23.
STocK ExcliAso E. —The sales are—Eastern Union Exten •
sion, WA—Great North of England, New, 543!—Ditto, ditto,
32—London and Croydon, New, 2/. 11s.—Midland, New,
2614--North British, New, 9,l3—York and North Midland
Extension, 243:I—Leeds and Bradford, 554—London and
York, 53j—Manchester, Buxton, &e., 84(3—Newcastle and
Berwick, 24—North Staffordshire, 51.' 2s.—Shrewsbury,
lereford, and North Wale's, 3:117-South Midlands, 71. 12s.

HULL, Ict:G 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton, 9'.c—Great Grimshy and Sheffield, H. 178. 6d
Grimsby Dock Extension, 3—North British, Half Shares, 914
—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2/. ls. 6d.—East Lin-
colnshire, 15s.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 35s.—Leeds and
We't Riding Junction, 14s.—London and Birmingham Ex-
tension. 15s.—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 1/. 17s.
6d.—Nottingham and Boston, 13s.—Nottingham and Mans-
field, 275. 6d.—Rugby, 2%—South Midland, 714—Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Junction, 31/2—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and
North Wales, 4!4s—Texan and Dove Valley, 225. 6d.—Wake-
field and Bradford, 21. 18s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union,
7s. 6d.

EDINBURGH, Aua. 22.
STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 35.-
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. I Is. 6d.-Arbroath and For-
far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,lsl.- Armagh and Portrush, 2/. -
Banffshire,2/. is 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3L 75.6d.-Bel-
fast and County Down, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln,
3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 105.-Caledonian Extension, 2/.
16s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/.175. 6d.-Clydesdale
Junction, 9/. - Direct Northern, 21. - Dundee and Ar-
broath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, W.-Dundee and Perth,
41. 7s. 61-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 9s. 6d.-Edinburgh
and Gldsgow, 881.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New,
15/.-Edinburgh Glasgow, and Dumbarton, -IL 17s. 6d.
-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, IL 145.-Ditto,
New, IL 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 21.155. 6d.-Edinburgh
and Perth, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto,
New Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 145.-
Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. IN.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.
-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. ss. 6d.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 21/.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 59.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. Iss. 6d.-Inver-
ness and Elgin. 11. 25.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan 51. 15s.
-London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and doleraine,
31. 17s. 6E-Londonderry. and Enniskillen, 31. 155.-Monk-
land and Kirkintilloch,33/.-Morayshire, U.-North British,
31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 91. 55.-North Wales Mineral,
New, 61. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. Is.-Scottish Central,
71. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Os-
westry, and Chester, 4/. Is. 6d.-Slamannan, 181.-South
Midland, 6'. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 11s. 6d.-
Stirling and Dunfermline, IL 14s. 6d.-Waterford, Wick-
low, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 391.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER.

BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon,
the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above
Company was held at the Company's offices, Lawley-street, in
this town.
Mr. Samuel Bowley took the chair.
Mr. SAUNDERS, the secretary, read the report of the Direc-
ton, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which
has been entered into between the Midland and Birmingham
and Gloucester Company.
Mr. GILL, of Plymouth, inquired what was the number of
shares in the Company ?
The SECRETARY answered 11,421 1001. shares; and in
answer to further questions, said that the shareholders in the
Worcester deviation line were being paid off.
Mr. GILL wished to know what the weekly returns on the
Gloucester line had been during the last two months?
The CHAIRMAN could not answer the question, as the
returns had been amalgamated with those of the Midland
Company.
Mr. GILL said he understood that the returns had increased
to the extent of 3,0001. per week.
The SECRETARY said this was evidently an exaggeration.
A short conversation ensued as to the Midland Company
being able always to fulfil their engagements, after which the
report was received and adopted.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution declaring a divi-
dend, said it was right that he should explain to the share-
holders why the dividend was less than had been anticipated.
At their last meeting he had informed them that the dividend
would not be less than 11.:17s. 6d. per share. In consequence
of a claim which the Bristol Company had set up, but which
this Company did not acknowledge, the dividend would be
less by sixpence per share than had been anticipated.
Although the Directors did not admit the justice of the claim
of the Bristol and Gloucester Company, yet they had deemed
it right to avoid any dispute and give up the amount in ques-
tion, which would average about sixpence per share. They
had thought it better to do this than involve the Company in
any difficulties. It was only fair to the Proprietors, how-
ever, that he should state that the Directors had not bound
the Company. If the Proprietors were of opinion that the
claim of the Bristol Company should be resisted, they were at
liberty to take steps to oppose that claim. He thought, how-
ever, that it would be better to leave the matter as the Direc-
tors had recommended.—( Hear, hear.) He then moved that
a dividend of IL 16s. per share of 1001. be declared, and made
pas able on the 15th of September.
hlr. GILL inquired what was the aggregate amount of the
claim of the Bristol Company?
A PROPRIETOR said he believed that if the claim were not
male by the Bristol Company, the Gloucester shareholders
would have 11. 18s. 6d. per share.
Mr. GILL said that would in the aggregate then amount to
1,1001.
The CHAIRMAN said the real difference in the dividend was
only about tid. per share, as the dividend was made payable free
of income-tax.

The resolution was then carried.
The thanks of the. shareholders to the Chairman and Direc-
:ors closed the proceedings.

LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX.

SOUTHEND, SATCRDA —Yellefdiy afternoon a 'public
meeting of the inhabitants of Southend and its neighbourhood
was held in the large room of the Royal Hotel, to consider the
proposed London and South Essex Railway, and the propriety
of adopting measures for promoting it.
Mr. Tyerman, solicitor, of Gresham-street, London, at.
tended on behalf of the Company.
Colonel Kesterman presided, and there were also present
General Thompson, Lieut. Gooch, the Rev. Edward Lilling-
stone, incumbent of Prittlewell, the Rev. Fred. Hope, James
Tabor, Esq., James Haggett, Esq.,'John Harris, Esq., A.
Holt White, Esq., M. Comfort, Esq., C. Giles, Esq., Archi-
bald Hunter, Esq., J. Scott, Esq., &c.
Mr. CLARKE felt convinced that, by means of a direct com-
munication with London by railway, the town of Southend
would be in a much better condition than it could ever be
without.—( Hear.) It could scarcely be doubted that the
scheme, if carried out, would be of incalculable advantage to
Southend, and to those other populous districts which were
altogether unsupplied by the Eastern Counties Company. At
present Brighton was easily accessible by railway, at moderate
prices, giving Londoners the benefit of a sea-side residence,
without the difficulty or expense of a long journey. By the
proposed line, Southend would be but little more than an hour's
ride from London, even to the very heart of the City. It had
been thought that Brighton would be injured by the influx of
weekly visitors, but such eras not the case. He was assured by
the principal tradesmen of Brighton, that the busine-s of the
town had greatly increased through the facilities afforded for
cheap and speedy communication with London. When the
railway was constructed, he (Mr. Clarke)
saw every reason
to believe that Southend would be quite as good a place as
Brighton.
Mr. TT ERMAN said the Company had been formed to open
the nearest possible direct line of communication between the
metropolis and the coast. The object would be effected by the
construction of a line from the Stepney station of the Black-
wall Railway to the town and harbour of Burnham, on the
river Crouch, with branches to Grays, Tilbury, and Southend.
The line would pass through or near Barki,g, Rochford, and
numerous agricultural towns, and at Ockendon would meet
the line of the Thames Haven Dock Company. The distance
from London of the Principal places on the proposed line, or
immediately connected with it, would be—Barking, 7 miles;
Ockendon, 17 miles; Tilbury, 22 miles; Gravesend (by a
steam-ferry from Tilbury), 23 miles ;
Thames Haven, 27
37 miles ; Southend, 40 miles ; Town and
;thieve, 41 miles. By the proposed line
harbourmiGriae
Gravesend ;
eseßn;:firwiO Burnham,
be reached from the City within less than
an hour, and Southend within an hour and twenty minutes;
and, by the proposed extension of the Blackwell Railway
to the Thames Embankment arid City Railway,
the means
would be afforded for the most speedy communication with
the western districts of the metropolis. The present dis-
tance of Southend by road, from Whitechapel Church, was
forty-two mile., and the tediousness of both the land journey
and the river voyage, had hitherto been felt as a serious draw-
back to the peculiar advantages of its position. By means of
the proposed line Southend would become the nearest water-
ing-place to the metropolis, and more easily and economically
accessible than any other. The proposed line would also
shorten, by nearly two hours, the length of the voyage from
London to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, Dover, and the
continental ports. It was proposed to carry the line beyond
Southend to the river Crouch, connecting it with the existing
natural harbour for colliers, fishing-smacks, and other vessels
at the south-eastern extremity of the county of Essex. The
line had been laid down so as to avoid all property of an orna-
mental or costly character. It travelled, for the most part, a
least 10 per cent.
peculiarly expensive character. The net profits on
would be free from
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Mr. LEIYCHILD was convinced that by such a line Southend
would assume a position it bad never yet occupied. The pro-
perty of the neighbourhood would be increased 20, 30, or 40
per cent., in addition to the great local accommodation that
would be afforded.—( Hear, hear.)
The Rev. FREDERICK HOPE proposed a resolution, affirming
the desirableness of forthwith taking measures for the construc-
tion of a line.
seconded the resolution, which
Lieutenant Goocit, R.N.,
that they would proceed with
was carried.
The Rev. E. LattstosroNE, incumbent of Prittlewell,
moved that a memorial should be presented to the Provisional
Committee, expressing a hope
their line, and promising on behalf of the inhabitants of South-
end their hearty co-operation.
Mr. COPELAND addressed the meeting, and stated that if
nothing better were done for
be a watering. Southend than had been done
been the worst that place altogether.
_Southend had ever
experienced, and a railway might go far to improve its position.
After same discussion, resolutions of approval were passed
hitherto, e
present
ae it
at wouldyear bad soon cease to
unanimously in favour of the project.

SOUTHAMPTON AND MANCHESTER.
CHELTENHAM, SATURDA Y.—A highly influential meeting
of the capitalists and inhabitants of Cheltenham took place this
day, at the public assembly rooms, to consider the best means
of ensuring a direct railway communication between Chelten-
ham and Southampton ; and to hear the statements of a depu-
tation from the Manchester and Southampton Company, for
carrying that object into effect. The tneeting ;mai convened
by a full bench of the county magistrates, acting for the Chel-
tenham division, in accordance with a requisition signed by
nearly 500 of the leading gentry and tradesmen of the
borough. In the absence of the Honourable Fitzhardinge
meeting was pre-
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Lordthe of the Manor of
Cheltenham.
The proceedings were commenced by Mr. Edward Hophin
son, High Sheriff of the county, and Mr. Joyner Ellis Verner,
who spoke of the importance of the proposed line of railway to
the interests of Cheltenham. —( Cheers. )
Mr. WALKINSHAW being called upon to address the meet-
ing. said he would not debate upon the advantages of the pro-
posed line of railway to the great termini, Manchester and
Southampton, but he would confine himself to the benefit it
would confer upon the town of Cheltenham. Its advantages
to Cheltenham will be, that it will open the counties of, Hants
and Dorset, and other districts, alindst hermetically waled to

Cheltenham at the present moment; the produce of thami
great o.grictiltttral disiriets would be brought for consumption
tq,cr,;,!.,i,jog pepdlotts testis foreign traffic would also be
directe4 to this drstrii f. gild, faeied and health-dealing
springs of this celebrated wateig-flac!, OMY.Ict be bfonght
within easy distance of the foreign valetudinarian. lire dis;
lance from Cheltenham to Southampton would be performed
in two hours; and when it was borne in mind how many
Indian families were constantly arriving and departing at
Cheltenham; he advantages of thi3 transit could not be over
estididted. this line, iii cotinelion with others in e/tist•
enee and contemplifibh, *Mild make Cheltenham the radius of a
great circle of railway eommunleatidri; which could not but
benefit the town.—( Cheers. ) As to the probability of the
completion of the line, the best guarantees were the highly it
fluential directory of the Company, and the high approval
with which the project had been received, an approval which
was greater than bad been met with by any line of railway
ever projected. It had been truly styled a great national pro-
jeet— the great trunk line of the national commerce.—
( Cheers.) In addition to the names already in the Directory,
he had now to mention the name of the Right Hon. Earl
Bathurst.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Earl had not joined
the undertaking without due deliberation, but the result of that
deliberation was, that he had resolved to support the line by
all his influence. Mr. Hopkinson, the High Sheriff of the
county, Sir J. Tancred, Mr. Cripps, M.P., and Mr. Lyme, of
Mullidine Park, bad also added their names to the supporters
of this project.—(Cheers.) Not only from the local benefits
which the line would confer on Cheltenham, but also on the
great commercial grounds on which it was projected, he called
upon the meeting to strengthen the hands of the Directors of
the line.

Mr. NEWBERY, of Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the
North Lancashire and Manchester and Birmingham Railways,
spoke to the inconvenience of the present circuitous route to
Southampton by way of London. The London and Birming-
ham and South-Western Companies felt that it was impossible
to interfere against the project. They felt that a direct line
between the north and south would and must be carried ; anti
he knew of one Director on the former line who wished his
name to be added to the Directorate of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway.—( Cheers.) The speaker alluded to
the concurrence of the landed proprietors on the route, and
especially to the courtesy and urbanity the deputation had re-
ceived from Earl Bathurst, whose possessions and influence at
Cirencester were so well known. They brought Manchester
and all the northern districts in close proximity to one of the
most flourishing seaports in the world. In Manchester the
public feeling was unanimous in favour of this line; the appli-
cations for shares were numerous beyond precedent, and there
was not a doubt entertained of its successful completion.

Mr. LANCASTER, member of the town council of South-
ampton, raid that, to prove the importance of this project to his
town, he need only say that to attend this meeting he had him-
self been compelled to come by the circuitous route of London,
when he ought to have travelled the distance by a direct line in
less than three hours. He was prepared to contend that
Southampton was the natural port of Cheltenham. From
Cape Finistere and all foreign countries to the eastward, it
was 600 miles nearer than the neighbouring port of Glou-
cester, and the saving of light-house expenses between the two
places would give in every cargo a sum of 251. in favour of
Southampton. The speaker entered at considerable length
into the advantages which the line would confer upon the
southern portion of its route, and sat down amid loud cheers.
Mr. STEBBINGS, of Southampton, also addressed the meet-
ing, dwelling upon the unanimity. which prevailed in its south-
ern terminus in favour of the prok.ct.
Mr. WILLIAMSON, of Cheltenham, thought, before the
people of Cheltenham were irrevocably pledged to the line,
they ought to insist upon having a few more local names on the
direct road. At present the Committee of Management con-
sisted almost entirely of Manchester and Southampton names,
and he did think that some Cheltenham names aught to be
added.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. Gsvist NE, the local solicitor, said the subject was by no
means lost sight of, and there was every disposition on the part
of the leading roprietors of the line to give Cheltenham its due
share of influence in the Committee of Management.
A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Williams, Newmarch,
Shewell, Aldridge, Captain Watson, Dr. Gibney, and others
took part. A string of resolutions were passed in favour of the
line, and a petition, to be presented to the House by the Hon.
C. Berkeley, was unanimously adopted.
On Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants of Ramsey and the
adjoining districts, in pursuance of a requisition to the Mayor,
was held at the Town-hall, when resolutions were passed in
support of the undertaking.
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.. -The half-
yearly general meeting of this Company was held on Saturday,
at their offices, Lawly-street, Birmingham. Samuel Bowly,
Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, having taken the
chair, Mr. Saunders, the secretary, read the report of the Di-
rectors, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement
which had been entered into between the Midland and Bir-
mingham and Gloucester Companies. The report was received
and adopted. The Chairman moved that a dividend of 1/. 16s.
per share of 1001. each be declared and made payable on the
15th of September. The resolution having been unanimously
adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors,
and the meeting terminated.

TO THE MANCHESTEREADEs2 PUBLIC.

LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAYS.
GENTLEMEN—I am one as much interested as any of
you in this important matter ; have patience with me
while I say a few words which may tend to the common
advantage of all parties, except the lawyers ; and I sup-
pose that neither you nor I care much about them, as
they generally know pretty well how to take care of
themselves ! We all want a direct line to London, and
we want it for our own business, not for other people's,
nor to fill other people's pockets ; therefore it must be
independent. Well ; we have got such a line before us,
and it has been before us long enough to understand it :
it seems to be so good a one, that there is ageneral
scramble for it among engineers, attorneys, and direc-
tors, all anxious for the honour, and some, perhaps, for
the profit of carrying it out. It must therefore be a
good one, and just what we, want—if we can get it !
This is the only point to which I wish to draw your at-
tention, for what is it to us who does the work, or who
gets the pay for it, so long as the work is done, and well
done ? Now my opinion is, that if we remain neuter on
the question much longer, we incur some risk of not
having the work done at all ; " between two stools," but
I need not finish the proverb ; only if we want to secure
a firm seat, we had beat look out in time, before we sit
down, to make sure of the stool with the firmest legs !
I, for ore, have no mind for an awkward fall.
I have read Ashurst's letter, and I have read Reming-
ton's ; and, as an indifferent person to the dispute, ex-
cepting as one of the public, I think I see pretty clearly
where the merits lie. Ashurst says, " the line is public
property, and therefore it is my line as much as your's,
or any body else's." " No," says Remington, "I planned,
surveyed, and spent time, labour, and money on it years
ago, and now you want to fi ch it from me, because I re-
ject your aid in carrying it oat I" And, in truth, Re-
mington seems to have the best end of the stick, and the
strongest arm to use it ; " but," rejoins Ashurst, " you
shall not go on without me, for I have the Manchester
I ou=es under my thumb, and right er wrong the)'ll back
me " We will see about that," retorts Remington,
" for it was my line and my project to which they gave
their names, and you have dishonestly transferred them
to yours; when they really know how the matter stands,
the Manchester men are too honourable to countenance
your conduct." I believe Remington is quite right ; we
have still certain bull-headed notions among us, of
what is right 'or wreng, in regard to property,
though such notions are getting a little old-
fashioned in these railway days ; but we are not likely
to be bamboozled by lawyer:, even though true-bred
London lawyers ; we know the value of new patterns,
and what it is to pirate them. But thin is stray-
ing from my point. Ashurst only states the truth, when
he says that he if backed by the trade (though be much
exaggerates his trade strength, for I am sure there are
not here a dozen first-rote houses in his list, while all
along the line, everyman, woman, and child, is against
' him), and Remington states the truth when he says that
the trade don't know what they are about in backing
Ashurst, and this is what I want to impress upon you.
We want the thing done, and no miAthe ; if matters go
on as at present, we shall make a great mistake, and a
fatal mistake, and a mistake for which everybody but
the lawyers will be cursing his own stupidity six
months hence. I have been inquiring carefully about it,
and I find, as anybody else may find, if they will only
take the same trouble, that Ashurst's line, or Rastrick's,
or whosoeVer line they choose to call it, is all bobble
and rnoonshilie.' It is now the end of August ; plans, and
sections, and books of reference, and all that, must be
deposited in some hundred places by the 30th of No
vember ; engineers, surveyors, levellers, and assistants,
must be employed by the score, and then followed by
scores of attornies, clerks, and other beasts of prey ; and
to this hour, neither Ashurst nor Rastrick has a single
soul at work between London and Manchester, while
Remington and Rennie have nearly finished the job !
and Nlesirs. Stephen, Hutchinson, Rogers, Owens, Wil-
son, Cobbett, and nobody knows how many dozens of
country attorneys besides, are eternally on the road from
one end of the week to the other, speechifying, agitating,
O'Connellizing the whole country, and cramming all the
newspapers with puffs, notices, and advertisements.
Now, this looks like serious business at all events, and
there must be money forthcoming somewhere, to pay the
piper ! but better than all, I find that Remington is
actually employing Rastrick's men, because Rastrick had
no funds to take thetn on, and now there is not a sur-
veyor, leveller, or working engineer in the market, to be
had for love or money ! ! !
i Let Ashurst deny this if he can ; if he cannot gainsay
t, then we have a right to ask him what he means ? and
we have a right to ask his backers too, what they mean
by all this chaffing ? it is clear what they do net mean :
they do not mean to do business, unless for themselves ;
they may mean to kick up a dust, for Remington to
water down again ; they very likely intend to shew
fight, so as to make it worth while to buy a cross ; they
may create such an alarm among the shareholders as to
keep back the deposits, and prevent Remington's shares
coming out at a high premium ; and if they do this their,
turn is answered, for they must be bought off; but who
will have to pay the cost ? Why we shall ; if we buy
off Ashurst for ten or twenty thousand pounds, this is
an addition of ten or twenty thousand pounds to the ex-
pense of our independent line, and we have to thank
Mr. Ashurst and his Manchester friends for it, for it is
only by their aid that he ever can be worth the purchase;
if he is net bought off, and goes to Parliament to fight it
out with Remington? then it will .cost some fifty or a
hundred thousand, as with the London and York people,
and we shall have to pay it to the lawyers I If he is
not playing his cards either for a fight in Parliament, or
a cross, then I should like to know why he shuffles them
at all, when there is no good to be got by it, either for
himself or any body else ? It must be merely to re-
venw, himself for being discarded by Remingtou's com-
mittee, and therefore, we forsooth are to hazard
our line altogether, that we may gratify Ashurst with
a triumph over his former allies and present op-
ponents ! I defy Ashurst to escape out of one of these
three alternatives ; he means to be bouelit off at our
expense ; or to fight a Parliamentary battle at our
expense ; or to defeat the line altogether, careless at
‘OIOSO expense, so long as he obtains his revenge ; let
him take his choice of the three ; either is equally
disgraceful to him and to his friends, and equally vexa-
tion's and injurious to the Manchester trade.
But Ashurst's friends will certainly come in for their
full share both of the loss and the abuse : if no business
is intended, they a, e helping him t, gull the public for
his own selfish purposes: if they really mean to go on,
where is the money to come from, except from their own
Pockets ? If they succeed in checking payment lot

ReMington's line, can they hope that they will get
their own deposits rtitli when they have nothing in the
way of progress to show for it 7 Gf en they expect to
b 9 in time fur the next session, when as yet they have
done nothing but talk ? and if not in time, can they
doubt Put, their shafta rill fall to a low discount ?
Thud tile Colittnittee of Ashurst will have to
" pay for alO ltlie Nithcle in the pia', ent of their own
purses, and all Manchester will t i't set lit tri for the die-
appointment to the trade. Whether dies, 3tfe indemni-
fied or not, by Ashurst, I cannot pretend to PaY ; if
they are, then it chows that it is Ashurst's personal,
interest, after all, which we are fighting for, and I fancy
that the trade will hardly consent to thin when they
know it ! but if his backers are not indemnified; and by
good waterproof, air-tight bonds too, they had better
look to it in times it is not very pleasant to cash up
one's quota of some tens of thousands for useless sur-
veys, and profitless sections, and acrimonious adver-
tisements in the papers.
The gist of the whole question is this ; we want a
line, and two people want to make it ; and they want to
fight their battle with our money, and some of our own
people are fools enough to lend their names to get up
and promote this costly sham fight, at the imminent
hazard of depriving us of the object on which we have
set our hearts, by impoverishing those who alone seem
able to accomplish it ; the question is, whether you
will submit to be made tools of for such patty, private,
and selfish purposes ? If you will, then my time is
thrown away, and in common with yourselves, I must
submit to the disastrous consequences ; but if you will
not, then you have no time to lose, but come forward at
once, like men of business, and tell Ashurst and his
friends that you are men of business and common sense,
and have no notion of having your best interestsacri-
ficed to gratify personal cupidity or spleen.—l am,
Gentlemen, yours obediently,
A MANCHESTER MAN.

P.S. While writing this letter, I have heard that
Ashurst and Rastriek have had a meeting of their
friends at the Royal Hotel, this morning ; this royal
game of humbug must be checked ; it would be more to
the purpose if Ashurst would call a public meeting,
as invited by Remington, and give a broad contra-
diction to Remington's charges of vindictiveness and
dishonesty ; these hole and corner meetings only
prove that there is nothing substantial in the mat-
ter ; fair play is always open play ; but however
that may be, I aver, and I challenge contradiction, that
having regard to the progress made by iemington's
people, and the less than nothing done by Ashurst, our
only chance of getting the line at all, is to give sta our
help to Remington, and carry him through on our
shoulders; if we trust to Ashurst, and to people who
will lend their names without knowing why or where-
fore, only to make difficulties where all ought to do their
best to smooth them, we shall spend a deal of money for
nothing, and may wait till doom's-day for our railway.
flow does it happen that out of such a host of pretended
patrons and supporters, Ashurst can g. t no stronger
acting Committee ? This looks very queer ! Some six
or eight names, out of more than a hundred influential
patrons ! ! ! and this petty list to manage such a magni-
ficent undertaking as a line from Manchester to Lon-
don ! ! ! Methinks this fact alone speaks volumes—hut
insist that Ashurst and his Manchester friends shall give
a plain answer to two plain questions—they have been
answered already by liemington's Committee, and an-
swered publicly and satisfactorily, and in person, and at
Manchester.
Will you pledge yourselves to go before Parliament
next session ? _ _

Are you in a state to do so ?
Answer this, Met.s-s. Ashurst, "{astride, Dillon, Cal-
decot, and Co., and we shall know what to make of
you !
22d August, 1845.

LATE HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE

NEAR ROUEN.

(From the Memorial de Rouen of Friday.)
The clearing away of the ruins of the three manufactories is
completed, and the detachments of the troops of the line
returned into the town yesterday.
The final number of the dead bodies dug out from the ruins
is 75. The Number of the wounded, as we said yesterday, is
from ISO to 170. Besides the 75 dead bodies dug out from
among the ruins, we have to add a certain number of wounded
who have died, and many others are so dangerously hurt that
there is little hope of saving them.
It is impossible to praise too highly M. Slawescki, the civil
engineer belonging to the administration of the mines at Rouen.
He directed the labours of the workmen and soldiers at M.
Picquot's manufactory with the greatest zeal. He was 48
hours on the spot, and did not go away until it was ascertained
that no more victims could be found among the ruins.
The search was not finished until 3 o'clock P.M., when,
upon reference to the registers of the establishment, it was
ascertained that no more persons were missing.
The examinations having been most scrupulously made, it
was found that at the moment of the misfortune there were
163 persons at the time of the disaster in M. Picquot's estab-
lishment. Among the details of this melancholy calculation
are the following :-33 dead, three of whom were found on the
night of the 19th, four on the 20th, and one yesterday ; 58
very severely wounded, and the rest saved; or at least few of
them very seriously hurt. The wounded in this establishment
were the most numerous, and, in general, the most severely
injured.
In the midst of this calamity it was, as we have already said,
most consolatory to see the zeal and devotedness which every
one who came to the spot displayed. We have already stated
that a great number of citizens and public functionaries dis-
tinguished themselves by their activity. Assistance of this
kind came to us from all quarters to such an extent that we
cannot record the instances. Besides, it is not the notice in a
journal that can recompense such acts—it is only the self-satis-
tion of having done well. We must, however, not omit to men-
tion the master of the Black Horse Hotel c.f. Manville, who
opened his house and placed all his linen, towels, and napkins,
at the service of the victims. The cloths were all used or cut
up, as found necessary. The director of the hospital of Rouen
also placed everything► at the disposal of the medical attendants.
The English labourers employed on the Havre Railroad
eagerly hastened to give their assistance.
M. Dupont Delaporte arrived from Eu during the night.
He was very much fatigued by his journey, and was obliged to
go to rest. He rose, however, soon, and accompanied by M.
Touard, coun ellor of the prefecture, visited all the points of the
disaster. He gave orders at the hotel to furnish everything for
the service of the unfottunate sufferers. Just as he got upon
the ruins two victims were found. He afterwards visited the
sufferers in their beds, and spoke to them with the greatest
affection. Accompanied by Doctors Blanche and Hellot, he
visited all the private houses to which the wounded had been
carried. He then visited the owners of the destroyed es-
tablishments, and promised to interest the Government in their
favour. He begged the Mayors of Malauney and Monville to
spare nothing for the comfort of the sufferers, and told them he
would obtain the sanction of the Government for defraying all
the expenses. On his return to Rouen, he found a letter from
the Ministry, approving all his proceedings, and promising
prompt succour.
Subscriptions fur the relief of the sufferers have been opened
at Monville and all the neighbouring towns.

FO
BRANDESTONUF HALL ESTATE,
SLK. . . _

This properke has been doomed to strange vicissitudes
latterly. The history of the hull may be traced to the
time of our Queen Elizabeth, and its architectural form
is in strict kkeping with that order. It has been the
residence, from time immemorial, of the most respectable
nobles andC esquires of the county. It was only about
twenty years since Mr. Mills, a gentleman of respect-
ability, became the possessor. Four years ago, Fortune
(that uncertain jade) forsook him, and untoward cir-
cumstances compelled him reluctantly to quit it. It
was then placed in the hands of trustees, who
ordered a sale to take place, under the di.
recticn of Mr. George Robins. At that period,
land was heavy in the market, and with all his exertions
he failed to obtain the reserved price, which was then
35,000 guineas.. It should be remarked that the hall,
from lack of means, has fallen a good deal into decay,
and the stabling, once the pride of former owners, who
hunted this country, were laid prostrate for want of
means. It is environed by a pretty park of. 80 acres,
with the river Deben flowing through the estate for
two miles and the domain extends to near 700 acres
of very fine convertible land. Connected with it are
the extensive manors, royalties, and immunities ; a re-
spectable tenantry occupy the farms at 1,0601. a year ;
and the mansion, when placed in good order, with the
park and manors, will be worth 3001. a year. The
outlay to restore the house and the farms will .not
exceed 4,0001., when the annual value. for the whole, will
be 1,4001. or LAO/. a year. Such is an outline of
the property under review. The sale, about four years
ago, failed (as it has already been stated), and two
years since Mr. Robins was deputed by the mortgagees
to sell it peremptorily. The result was, a purchaser is as
found at the auction for 30,000 guineas, independently
of the timber, which is estimated at 4,000 guineas.
This gentleman, from reasons not qu to understlndable,
became an unwilling purchaser, and sought relief in the
Court of Chancery, where, upon a point of technicattg
(gone, he avoided his contract. A third sale took place
this season (in June), when this trivial flaw was
provided for by more stringent conditions of
sale, and it was announced fur peremptory sale.
Much excitement prevailed throughout the county, but
prejudice was strong in respect to a doubtful title, and it
was sold to a friend of Mr. Robins's (to include the timber)
for thirty thousand guineas. An arrangement, however,
was shortly afterwards made, by which the contract was
consigned to Mr. R. At the sale Mr. Austin, the eminent
counsel (more especiully in the railways, who, it seems, was
born hard by) bid 30,0001., Mr. Robins's friend very
soen sold his bargain to him, who purchased it
solely for investment, and took immediate steps to
have his architect to look over the estate, and adjudge
what was necessary to render it a fit abode for the M.P.
for Ipswich, and to make all his tenantry comfortable,
indeed he ordered a thorough repair of every farm. The
result was, an outlay in view of four thousand pounds.
During this progress it became known that Mr. George
Robins was the bond fide buyer. No one doubted that
his prudence would not allow him to hazard 30,000
guineas on a doubtful title, and still less to doubt his
judgment as to the value. Prejudice soon gave way, and
Mr. Austin, after having reconsidered his previous deter-
mination, thought he could not do better than tread in
the steps of the new possessor. A negotiation commenced,
and on Wednesday last., fur certain VERY WEIGHTY
REASONS (we know not how many thousands of
pounds), Mr. Robins assigned his contract to the King
of the Railways.

MILITARY COURT-MARTIALS.—On Fri.lay mom-
ino• the 22d inst., the Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards, undo
67:command of Colonel Lascelles, were assembled at St
John's. wood Barrack!, to hear the following sentences read :
The first on private T. Roadknight, of No. 6 Company, who
had been tried by district court-martial, for absenting himself
from the battalion three nights without leave. He was found
ty, and on receiving a bad character from the adjutant
g(huailving been tried by nine court-martials for similar offences
within seven years), was sentenced to undergo three months'
imprisonment with hard labour. The second sentence was on
private J. Emery, of No. 8 Company, who had been tried by a
battalion court-martial, for absenting himself six nights with-
out leave. He was found guilty, and sentenced to forty days'
imprisonment,
.with hard labour. The prisoners were imme•
diately placed in irons, and marched by an escort to the new
military-prison at Chatham,