The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-17 00:00:00

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE 'THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Nigh 4 thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, & GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE OFFICE,
78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.
Notice is hereby given that a DIVIDEND of Five per Cent.
on the SHARES of the SOCIETY will he PAYABLE at this
Office on and after SATURDAY, the 20th of August instant.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Aug: 17. GEO. CI. PINCKARD, Actuary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,

FOR (I RANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.

T. LAME MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. Jehn Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. I
Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. I ProfessorGraves,A.M.F.R. S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A.S.
Elliotson, M. D 2; P.R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens,and Ommanney.

Baxxxus—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
The most rational motives to Lzfe Assurance arotfound
in
the plan adopted by this Society; viz. joined to a secure
provision at death for inheritors of the Amred, the Society
affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre-
vious payments) in the event of -unforeseen reverses.
Annual Division of Profits.

F7FEITG—USOiI- CASIROUX, Secretary.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
" ' 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords
the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in
he great success which has attended it, since ita commence-
ment in 1834.
In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Share-
holders of one-half of their Stock, and also added 2!. per
Cent, per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par-
ties who had insured with Profits.
The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scale,
and only a moiety need be paid for the first five years, where the
Insurance is for life.
The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence-
ment of the Company in March 1834, to the 31st December
1840, is as follows : ,
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy.
£l,OOO 6 Year!. 10 Months £136 13 4
1,000 4 Years BO 0 0
1,000 3 Years 6O 0 0
1,000 1 Year
Every information will be afforded on application to the
Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd,
Esq., of No. 8. Waterloo. place, Pall-mall, London.
Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., Surgeon, 48, Berners-street,
attends at the Office daily, about Half-past Two o'clock.

NVESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Office-49, Parliament-street, Westminster.
Capital 500,0001; 10,000 Shares, 501. each.
Deposit 51. each Share.
This Society is established for the Assurance of Lives, upon
principles combining economy with perfect security.
DIRECTORS.
H. Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq., 28, Upper Bedford-place.
William Cabell, Esq., Newington-place, Surrey.
Thomas Somers Cocks, jun., Esq.,, Charing Cross.
George Henry Drew, Esq., Bermondsey..
William Evans, Esq., Millbank.
William Freeman, Esq., Millbank-street.
Francis Fuller, Esq., Poultry, London ani Croydon.
James Hunt, Esq., Whitehall.
John Arscott Lethbridge, Esq., Greenwich Hospital.
Edmund Lucas, Esq., Millhankstreet.
George Kennet Pollock, Esq., Great George-street, West-
minster.
James Lys Seager, Esq., Millbank. . •
John Barley White, Esq., Millbank-atreet, andesttinanssiceor.m be.
Joseph Carter Wood, Esq., Artillery Place, w
Henry Wrench, Esq., King William-street, London Bridge.
TRUSTEES.
William Whateley, Esq. I L. C. Humfrey, Esq.
George Drew, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Ormus Biddulph, Esq. I John Freeman, Esq.
John Barley White, jun., Esq.
CONSULTING COUNSEL—WiIIiam Page Wood, Esq.
CONVEYANCING COUNSEL—SamueI Jay,' Esq.
PHYSICIAN—WiIIiam Richard Basham, Esq., M.D., 17,
Chester-street, Grosvenor-place.
Sultazolis—Alfred Leggatt, Esq.; George D. Pollock, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. J. L. Bicknell and J. C. Lethbridge,
25, Abingdon-street, Westminster.
TABLE OV TILEMIIIAIS TO ASSW4:I4;49. FOR. 'ruit—KIIOLE

Age. AnnualPrem. Age. Ann*Prem. Age. Ann. Preen,
20 XI 14 2 3.5 £2,11 0 50 £4 .3 3
25 1 18 11 40 2 19 6 55 5 5 4
30 2 4 8 45 3 9 1 , 60 615 3

The object of this Society is to afford to the Assured all the
benefits of Life-Assuranee, at a great reduction in the rates
of Premium.
-

FOR. EXAMPLE.
A personaged 30, may with this Society assure his life for
500/., by annual payment of 11/. 3s. 4d., which in a Society
where the Bonus is held out as a main inducement, would cost
him 131. 7s. 4d., or, in other words, for the same annual pre-
mium he could at this Office assure very nearly 6001., whereby
he derives AN IMMEDIATE AND CERTAIN BONUS
OF 1001.
All particulars as to Shares, Loans, Assurances, &c. may be
obtained on application to the Secretary ; and, if required,
forwarded to the country.
Parties in tho country eligible for undertaking Agencies are
requested to apply.
A very liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents.
EDW. T. RICIIARDSON, Actuary and Sec.

ARGUS ,LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET. BANK.
EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College.

Low Rates of Piemium.
In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the As-
sured have the security of the Company's income of upward 4
of £50,000 per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating
Assurance Fund invested in Government and other availa'sle
securities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated
liabilities of the Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale com-
patible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of
the Company, thereby, in effect, giving tb every Policy Holder
an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the
deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division
of Profits.

25 £1 0 3 £1 0 7 £1 15 1
30 1 1 10 1 2 1 1 19 10
4$ 1 9 7 1 10 9 3 4 7
50 1 16 1 119 0 319 3
60 3 10 5 3 15 5 6 0 10

In Assurances for Advances of Abney, as security for ebts
or as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay
is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus
Office will be found particularly favourable to the Assured.
A Board of Directors, with. the Medical Officers, attend
daily. E. BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal commission to Solicitors and Agents.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER.
CATALOGUE, with ENGRAVINGS (Gratis),
POSTAGE FREE.—The celebrity of the rich and silvery
appearance and extreme durability of the material made ex-
clusively by ourselves, has induced many attempts to foist
upon the public the notoriously deleterious German Silver
under the guises of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," &e.
&c., against which we especially warn them. Aided by an
eminent chemist, we have succeeded in purifying our material
so that acids do not afiect it ; it is now so well known and
appreciated that it is universally superseding silver in all its
uses. The genuine metal, which is more durable than silver,
can only be had at our warehouses. It is the same through-
out, and can bo engraved and made in all the various articles
that are in silver, from which it can only
be toad
reference
to the stamp. Fiddle Threadeby d King's
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.
Table Spoons and Forks, full
size, per dozen l2s. Od. 28s. Od. 30s. Od.
Desert ditto and ditto, ditto llls. Od. 21s. Od. 255. Od.
Tea ditto and ditto ditto ss. Od. I Is. Od. 12s. od.
Gravy ditto • 4s. Od. 63. Od. 7s. Od.
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells.street, Oxford-street.
Established I h3o.—Catalogues gratis.

FASHION, ELEGANCE, and ECONOMY,
are the predominant features at DREWETT'S exten-
sive Repository for STATIONERY of every description.
The prices of a few Warranted Articles are quoted to afford
the Public an opportunity of comparing:them with articles pur-
chased elsewhere ;
Observe the New Stationery Case, fitted complete, s. d.
only
Envelopes, with the penny stamp affixed, per dozen
Enveh,pes, per 100-3 d., 4d., and Gil. ; extra super-
fine ditto
Very best black-bordered, per 100 .
Parisian papaterie envelopes, arid envelopes silver and
gold, per dozen
Envelopes, paper and wafers stamped with coronets,
crests, &c. (no charge for dies), per dozen
Envelopes cases, in every style of elegance, fitted from 2 6
.Splendid patterns, in albums, scrap or blasting books,
from
Church Service, in velvet, morocco, or illuminated,
Bibles, handsomely bound, 2s. ; Prayer, or altar ser-
vice
Ladies' rosewood dressing-case, fitted complete, only l6 6
Ditto, with silver fittings, 7 to 70 or 100 guineas.
&did mahogany writing desk 6 6
Russia leather travelling case, the ne plus ultra 9 6
Papier machee goods, desks,*tea caddies, companions,
blotting books,vnvelope and card cases, baskets, &c. 10 6
Writing papers of every description. foreign and Eng-
lisa, 3d. per quire; note ditto, Id., 2d., 3d., reduc.

(ion by the, ream.
Card plates engraved and altered, 100 cards printed for 2 6
Every article purchased at this Establishment must be ap-
proved of, being purchased for ready money, and sold for the
smallest shade of profit by DREW ETT and Co., 62, QUA-
DRANT, opposite Swan and Edgar's. Mark the No. 62.
N. IL —Subscrition to the Library only One Guinea per
year.

CI HARING•CROSS HOSPITAL MEDICAL
COLLEGE, LONDON.

WINTER SESSION. 1842.
October the lAt to the end of April.
_ _ _ _

INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS (Oct. 1.)-Dr. Shearman
CHENIISTRY—\Ir. Fownes
MATERIA MEDICA—Dr. Stegall and Dr. Willshire
DESCRIPTIVE and SURGICAL ANA TOM —Mr. Hird
DEMONSTRATIONS—Mr. Hird and Mr. E. Canton.
HOSPITAL
.PRACTICE.*
MIDWIFERY, &c.—Dr. Chowne
ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY—T. W. Jones, F. R.S.
MEDICINE—Dr. Shearman and Dr. J. R. Bennett
SURGERY—Ur. Hancock
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY—Mr. Hancock
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY—Mr. Henry Watts.
General Fee for all the Lectures required by the College of
Surgeons and society of Apothecaries, Forty Guineas.
f Medical Practice Six Months £lO 10
Full period required ... 15 15
Surgical Practice Six Months ... 10 10
Full period required ... 15 15
Full Period, to both Medical and Surgical Practice, Twenty-
five Guineas. • •

* PNYSIGIANS—Dr. Shearman,, Dr. Golding, Dr. Chowne.
SURGEONS—Mr. Hancock, Mr. Avery.
Certificates of attendance at this Hospital and College qua-
lify for Examination on the respective Subjects at the Univer-
sity ,of London, Royal College of 'Surgeons, and Saciety of
Apothecaries. - •
JOHN ROBERTSON. Pon. gee.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that the next HALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING or the PROPRIETORS of ti is
COMPANY will be held, paisuant to the'Aet of Parlimitent,
in Bristol, at the Bristol Station, To-Moanow, TimitsoAT,
August 18, at Twelve &Clock, for the General Purposes of
Bu4iness.

The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely.
CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
ROBERT BRIGHT, Deputy Chairman.
The Transfer-books will be closed on the Bth of August, and
will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly General
Meeting, on the 18th. Clause 123 provides that no person shall
be entitled to vote as a proxy unless the instrument appointing
him shall have been transniitted to one of the Secretaries of
the Company at least five days before the meeting.
By order, C H ARLES -A. S AUNDERS, Secretaries.
THOMAS OSLER,
Railway Offices-2 Princes's-street, Bank, London. Rail-
way Station, Bristol.

FROII THE AMERICAN PAPERS.
ATROCIOUS MURDER AT PHILADELPHIA.

The subjoined account of a dreadful murder which
was perpetrated, this morning, is copied from a slip
issued by the Ledger. An inquest was held on the
body of the unfortunate victim, by Alderman Brazier,
and the jury returned a verdict of wilful inur,ler
against Smith.
A man named Noah Lougee, who kept a broker's
office in Third-street, aboire Chesnut-street, was
inurdered this morning, at about a quarter-past six
o'clock, by a man who entered his office, it is sup-
posed, for the purpose of robbing him. Mr. Lougee
received one or two stabs in the side from a dirk, one
of which entered his heart and produCed death almost
instantly, From the appearance of the wound, it
would seem that the murdered man was stabbed across
the counter although he afterwards got to the door,
and attracted attention by an indisoribable noise with
his hands tightly pressed against his breast. The as-
Sassin, though he resorted to the stale custom of being
himself the loudest alarmist, crying, 44 stop, thief !"
"Stop thief!" and. " Murder 1" was immediately pur-
sued by a number of citizens who heard the cries,
and was finally captured, after a vigorous chase, in the
fourth story of a warehouse in Front-street, near
Walnut, where he had endeavoured to secrete himself,
On being arrested, the only reply he made to ques.
tions asked of him was, "he called me a liar !" but it
is repotted that he subseqtitntly. pox-deep,' to officer
Russell that he purposely excited a quarrel with Mr.
Lougee, with the intention of robbing and murdering
him. The dirk with which-he killed his victim wa:
found in a heap of sand and mortar, at the corner of
Third and Chesnut-streets, where he had thrown it in
his flight.
The murderer first stated that his name was Smith,
but he afterwards denied it. his real name is
Alexander. _

Mr. L. was fornierly a broker in Cincinnati, and
kept also an office in Louisville.
He was 48 years of age; and has left a wife and
three or four children: _ _

Mayor and
Alexander has been tried before the
committed for " Murder " on the evidence adduced.
—Philadelphia Gazette.
No DOUBT ABOUT IT.—A western paper says that
young ladies who are accustomed to reading news-
papers are always observed to possess winning ways,
most amiable dispositions, und invariably make good
wives ; while on the other hand, those who read
nothing, or, what is far worse, novels, are generally
unfit for either society or domestic cares, and their
company is but little sought for by either sex, farther
than the rules of common civility actually require.
Anon= AMERICAN INVENTION.--An enter-
prising American, resident in England, has lately in-
vented a bomb shot of the most destructive character,
which he has sent to this country to be offered to our
Government. The principles of this infernal wea-
pon are as yet kept secret, and will remain so until
experiments are made td prove it, We understand
that it as an explosive shell which bursts on striking;
it is provided with two edged cutters or wings, to
clear the way for it into the side of a vessel. John
Bull had better look out now or we will play the
Kilkenny cat game with him with this infernal ma-
chine, and a few Paixhan guns against his long
tems. The model of this shell is in the hands of one
of carr most intelligent engineers, who will shortly
proceed to Washington with it, for the inspection of
the Secretary of War.
Tun BUNKER'S HILL MONUMENT.—The cap stone
of this monument was laid on Saturday morning,
July 28. At the first stroke of the public clock, a
cannon was fired, and the machinery was instantly in
motion. In sixteen minutes the stone was raised to
its proper height, and in about fifteen or twenty mi-
nutes more, a salute of twenty-six guns announced
that it was laid on its lofty bed, where we trust it will
remain for ages.
The corner-stone of this monument was laid on the
17th of June, 1825, by Genehil Lafayette,' attended
by ceremonies more imposing than we have ever seen
on any other occasion. The address, or rather dis-
course, was delivered by-Daniel Webster. The dinner
table on the bill that day was set for four thousand
guests, all upkler,a single canvas roof.
Zllll lie_ Ccu--
kreAbi' xissourt bias u requisition en the
Governor of Illinois for the surrender of Joe Smith.
Joe Smith seems to be in thOsaine predicament in
which Mahomet found himself, when the Korcish
tribe repudiated his mission, and attacked his person.
According to the account of each of the other, his
master spirit seems to have . been overflowing with
love for handsome women, and has been endeavouring
to take to himself, out of the number of his prose-
lytes, at least half-a-dozen " spiritual wives
HAVANNAIL—An accident happened at the theatre
the other evening, which under other circumstances
might have been accompanied with serious conse-
quences : the immense chandelier of the Tacon
theatre fell with a tremendous,crash into the pit, and
though no one. was injured, a few were most dread-
fully frightened. Had it fallen during the crowded
houses of last winter, the consequences would have I
been terrible.

ANOTHER
hsdeaelyafdaDfotofeira invcoeoosnisTeo:lksl7iineaaPt
to.vertised i tor fellow,
eodjlflui oviinwelp:acr‘fhiNdlelolslottlhel errtaololi%el;
nshSlua slriumnlt
was also
mersets in the water, &C. Disappo:nted in not get-
ting leave to jump from a vessel there, he came Sup
with a crowd at his heels to jinni) off the Falls in the
centre of the city. He was stripping for this purpose,
when Justice Warner sent him to gaol as a vagrant.
LET'S HAVE ONE IMMEDIATELY.—There has been
a Cardinal of every nation except an Irish one—per-
haps' lest he should encroach upon the authority of
the Pope in making bulls. We can spare Bishop
Hughes for that purpose.--He would look well in a
red hat.
MELANCHOLY.—A lad named M'Carty was sen-
tenced to fifteen days' imprisonment at Boston, for
crying newspapers about the streets. Melancholy
times when a person is fined for crying.
NEW MOVEMENT IN STEAM.—The steamboat
Bangor, built in this city, is to be altered into a steam-
ship and sent from Boston to the Mediterranean in a
few days. She will take passengers, give them good
berths, clean linen, and excellent soup at reasonable
rates. We have always said that the Atlantic and the
Pacific would soon be dotted with steam vessels as
thickly as abolition meetings of white people are with
negroes, and we now believe that at least one half of
the steamboats that run through Long Island Sound,
up the Hudson, Mississipp., and Ohio will be turned
into steamships, with good berths, clean sheets, and
good soup. This certainly is the age of steam.
A Bows.—A penniless loafer at- one of our hotels
received the other day from his landlord a_ present of
a small bill of fifty dollars for board. Not taking
the hint, he was told the next day that his rooms
would be wanted on the morrow. Upon this, he
packed up and and v ent to another house. " Why,
Stu," said his new h st, " how came you to leave the
House ?" " Ch, d—n it, they gave me a bonus
of fifty dollars ror n Fro nns, and I thought I'd give
'em up."—Boston Drily American.
THE NEW ExcH 1241 i BOSTON.--This building,
which is truly an ornament to the city of Boston, is now
nearly completed. This building was commenced on
the 2d of August 1841, mid will be completed soon
after the termination of the first year.
FIRST-RATE TIMES FOR THE follow-
ing is an extract from an Act of the Scottish Parlia-
ment, passed in the reign of Queen Margaret, about
the year 1288 :—" It is statut and ordainit that during
the reine of hir maist blissit Magestie, ilk maiden ladve
of baith high and Lowe estait shall hae liberty to I:lJ-
speak ye man she likes; albeit, gif he refuses to take
hir to be his wif, he shall be mulcit in ye sume
of
ane
hundredth punis or less, as his estait mai be, except
and always gif he can make it appear that he is be-
trothit to ane ither woman, that then he shall be
free

muchTh greater
supply
0 f
cCa
tAtTi
eTariE UDDER
Smithfield-market
than for several weeks past. There were
EoWnlgTonAdiaaryFF';--as
60 head of
cattle imported under the new tariff from Rotterdam and
Hamburgh. They resemble very much the Linconshire
breed, but are far inferior to our own as regards fatness,
and met with a very dull sale. The importation of
foreign cattle offers but a poor profits as our markets are
so plentifully supplied from Stvtiand and Ireland with a
much surior quality.
ts • .
On 1 ridgy evening, the 0100 ra g rhi ', corps of
the Italian Opera will apptar for one night only
at the
English Opera-house, before their departure for the Con-
tinent, for the benefit of Master Henri Lau: ent, the Ju-
venile Pianist, pupil and son o.' Mons. Laurent, stage-
manager at her Majesty's Theatre. The whole of the
company of the English Opera will perform in three of
the most favourite 1
p ays of the season, and-Master Henri
Laurent will introduce the celebrated " Mose in Egitto" of
Thalberg, and we trust the young pianist will meet the
support of the public.
THE ABSENTEE TAX.—Some of the gentlemen of
the Bank of Ireland, employed in the Payment of divi-
dends upon the various kinds of stock, Complain of the
great trouble imposed on them by Sir R. Peel's tax upon
ithe Irish absentees; which i 4 likely-to realise a round
:um in due time, provided the truants shall continue to
L ojouru in foreign lands,—Dublin Paper,

THE RAILROADS OF GERMANY.
(Abridged from a Morning Contemporary.)
lIAMBURGII TO LUBEClC.—Perhaps the most im-
portant railroad that could, at the present day be pro-
jected, or be constructed, in Germany would be
one that would connect the Baltic and the Nprth Sea.
Such a railroad need not be longer than forty miles,
and would run the whole why upon nearly a dead
level—namely, froM Hamburgh to Lubeck. The ad •
vantages of such an undertaking are so obvious that
the necessary.capital would be raised in twenty-four
hours in London alone, if the King of Denmark could
be induced, even for a moderate consideration, to give
his consent to the execution of the plan,.
HAAIRURGH TO BERLlN.—Another of the projected
railroads of Germany, for which capitalists would be
ready enough to advance the necessary funds, is that
from Hamburgh to Berlin, which would open a rail-
road communication with Stettin, Dresden, L?ipsic,
Breslau, and eventually
,with Vienna, and the very
heart of Hungary. This would connect the Elbe, the
Oder, and the Danube.- Of this railroad the first
eight miles, "to Borgedorf, running over Hamburgh
territory, have already been completed. When the
remainder will be completed it, is difficult to say.
HAMDURGH TO HANOVER.—Another projected rail-
road of considerable promise is that from Hamburgh
to Hanover. This would run all the way through
Hanovrial territory, with the exception of some five
or six miles over a few-sandy islands in the Elbe, that
belong to Hamburgh. This railroad-would lo!Ig ago
have been undertaken, were it not for the anxiety of
the Hanoverian Government to prevent Hamburg))
from deriving any material benefit from it.
Out of Germany, there is probably no country
more interested than England in the three projected
railroads of which we have just been speaking. Por
the last 16 years there has been a regular steam com-
munication between London and Hamburgh, anti
were the railroad from Hamburgh to Lubeck once
constructed, there would be a regular periodical in-
tercourse by steam-boats and railroads from the West
Indies and New York, by' the way of Bristol and
Liverpool to London, thence over to Hamburgh anti
Lubeck, from which place, except when the Baltic is
frozen up, there are steamers constantly running to
Cppenhagen, Christiania, Stockholm, St. Petersburgh,
and to various other of the Baltic ports.
THE MAGDEDURG.BAILROADS.—The principal rail-
roads from Magdeburg are one from Berlin, and one
over Halle and Leipzig to Dresden. As far as Coe-
then the two roads are one and the same, but at Coe-
then they diverge. In point. of fact, these railroads
are three and not two; that is, they belong to three
different Companies, but they are so intimately con-
nected with each other that they may almost be
looked upon as one concern. .
tTHE MADGEDURG AND LEIPZIG RAILWAY.—The
principal of these tnree railroads is called the Madge-
bUrg-Coethen-Halle-Leipzig Railroad. The first
stroke of the spade was struck in the month of April,
1838. In fourteen months afterwards, on the 29th
June, 1839, the road was opened as far as &hone-
beck ; in September following as far as the Saale ;
in June, 1840, as far as Coethen ; in July, as far as
Halle ; and on the 18th August, 1840, the road was
opened to the public in its entire length of 16,a Ger-
man geocrraphical (724 English) from Magde-
burg to Leipzig. The road runs all the way over,
level ground, the highest embankment not exceeding
30 _feet in height, while the deepest cutting is one of
24 feet in depth. _ _ _

There are three trains daily from Magdeburg to
Leipzig, and eaoh performs the journey in about three
hours and a quarter. Each of these trains is in im-
mediate communication with the trains from Coethen
W Berlin, and by these two lines the distance from
Magdeburg to Berlin (26i German geographical, or
123 English miles) is effected in 61 hours.
Between Magdeburg and Leipzig there are eight
stations, between Coethen and Berlin ten.

THE DRESDEN AND LEIPZIG R AILROAD.— The
Dresden and Leipzig Railroad is 1i German (711-
English) miles in length. The first stroke of the
spade was struck on the 29th of February, 1836,
and the road in its entire length was opened to the
public on the 7th of April, 1839. More than half
the railroad runs upon embankments, some of which
It flax Detu iivet-ssiu -roAnc w Lln ‘..1.51.4. 41.1 .11.
There is a tunnel at Oberau, 900 ells, or about a
third of an English mile in length. On this road
there are two mail trains, and three goods trains
daily, each way.
BERLIN RAILROADS.--On arriving at Berlin the
traveller will find three other railroads running off in
opposite directions from the Prussian capital.
XIIE POTSDAM RAILUOAD.—The first of these is
the short railroad to Potsdam (19 English miles), on
which the trains run daily six times to Potsdam, and
as often to Berlin. The latest train. from each place
starts at ten o'clock in the evening, ,for the conveni-
ence of persons. returning from the .theatre... Of the
traffic on this little railroad some idea may be formed
from the fact that 14,000 passengers travelled by it
during the week ending on the Ist of August.
THE BERLIN-STETTIN RAILROAD.—The second is
the railroad from Berlin to Stettin, which was opened
on the 30th of last month (July), and which will
place the Prussian capital in immediate connection
with the sea. When we say that the railroad was
opened on that day, we ought perhaps so far to cer-
rect ourselves as to say that it was opened as far as
Neustadt Eberswalde, six German (27 English)
miles from Berlin. This, however, is a good third of
the whole distance.

THE BERLIN AND FRANKFORT RAILWAY. - The
last of the four railroads to which the Prussian capital
forms the central point, is that from Berlin to Frank-
fort on the Oder, a distance of about 50 miles, and
which it is intended to extend to Breslau, and even-
tually to Vienna. Part of the intermediate road is
already completed, namely, from Breslau to Oppeln,
and from Vienna to Olmutz ; but though these three
fragments coirprise more than half the distance be-
tween the capitals of Austria and Prussia, there does
not appear to be any immediate probability of the
completion of the remaining portions of the road.

CONVENIENCES AYFORDED BY THE RAILWAYS.—
The tourist, by the system of railroads we have de-
scribed, may visit namburgh, Magdeburg, Leipzig,
Dresden, Halle, Berlin, Potsdam, and Frankfort on
the Oder, and every mile of the way by steam. From
Frankfort to Breslau the roads are excellent, From
Breslau to Oppeln he again travels along a railroad.
Prom Oppeln to Olmutz, over the Moravian moun-
tains, if the roads are not the best, the picturesque
scenery will afford abundant compensation ; and from
Olmutz to Vienna (about 130 English miles) the
tourist is again conveyed with the accustomed rapidity
of railroad travelling.

THE VIENNESE RAILWAYS.—The railroads really
in existence from Vienna are two in number. Of
these, the principal is the one already mentioned to
Olmutz, with a lateral branch, about thirty-five miles
in length, to Brunn, and a smaller branch, which it is
in contemplation to extend to Prague. This railroad,
orginally undertaken by the house of Rothschild,
will'be carried to Bochnia, in Gallicia, and perhaps
even as far as Lemberg. The other railroad runs
from Vienna to Raab, in Hungary, and will probably
be carried out as far as Pesth.

The above are the only railroads of magnitude that
have been really carried out in Germany, but there
are several smaller ones .in full activity, all of which
are intended at some future time to form parts of a
large system. _ These railroads are :

From Hamburgh to Bergedorf, about nine English
miles in length, which fis to be extended to Berlin,
whenever the consent of Denmark and Mecklenburg
can be obtained ;
From Dusseldorf to Elberfeld, about 20 miles in
length ;

From Aix-la-Chapelle to Cologne (not quite com-
pleted), about 50 miles in length and already in cor-
respondence with all the railroads of Belgium ;
From Wiesbaden to Frankfort-on-the-Maine, about
25 miles in length ;
From Manheim to Heidelberg, about 15 miles in
length ;
From Brunswick to Holberstadt, about 30 miles in
length ;
Prom Munich to Augsburg, about 35 miles in
length ; and
The miniature railroad from Nuremburg to Furth,
about five miles long, and remarkable as being the
first that was opened for public use in Germany.
Some smaller railroads have been completed in
Saxony and other parts of Germany, for the service
of individual mines, &c., and there are likewise horse
railroads from Linz to Budweis, from Linz to Gu-
munden, and from Trentshin in Hungary to Teshin
in Moravia.

The above' may be taken as a list of all the Ger-
man railroads as yet finished, or nearly se, in Ger-
many; but the list could hardly be considered com-
plete, without some account of the Belgian system.
THE BELGIAN RAILROADS.—in comparison to its
extent, there is no country in the world in which the
system of railroads has been carried out further than
in Belgium. Of this system, M alines forms the cen-
tral point, from which railroad's. branch off—west-
ward, over Ghent to Ostend ; northward, to Ant-
werp ; westward, over Lovaine and Liege, to Aix-

la-Chapelle ; and southward, over Brus;els and Mons
to Quevrain, on the frontiers of France. All these
roads are at present in full activity.
In connection with the railroads of Germany and
Belgium, are the steatri-boats of the General Steam
Navigation Company, from Loinion to Hamburgh,
frOm London to Ostend, from London to Antwerp.
and from London to Rotterdam • and the internal
steam navigation of the Elbe, the Rhine, and the
Danube, by means of which almost uninterrupted
steam communication is constantly kept up between
the British capital mid nearly all the principal cities
of Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
STEAM NAVIGATION ON . THE ELBE.—TO the
Rhine, the facilities of the tourist who starts from
London, are various. On his arrival at Rot-
terdam, he may at once transfer his per-
son and luggage from the vessel of the General
Steam Navigation Company, to that of the Dussel-
dorf Rhine Company, which will carry him, without
any further traushilment, to Mayence, if be should
happen to feel no Wish to stop at any of the inter-
mediate cities. The traveller who lands at Antwerp
or Ostend may proceed by railroad to Cologne, and
there embark in the boat of the Dusseldorf Company.
with which he may proceed down the river to
Rotterdam, or up the river to Mayence. From
Mayence to Basle he will find the steam-boats of ,
another Company (the Eagle Company) at his,
disposition. Thus, by the wa -of London, Liverpool,
and Bristol, the, -city ofd; ,sin Switzerland,
__lt.
may be said to keep up -it s til • communication
by steam with Havre, Bordeaux, Gibraltar, the
Mediterranean, Canada, the United States, and all the
principal parts of the West Indies. There is a third
steam-boat company on the Rhine, called the Cologne
Company, whose boats run constantly between Co-
logne and Basle, and the competition between these
different Companies can. scarcely fail to secure rea-
sonable prices and gpod accommodations.

DANUBE STEAM-BOATS.—On the Danube, the highest
point to which the steam-vessels of the Austrian Com-
pany ascend is Linz. From Linz to Vienna, a steam-
boat starts every fourth day, and from Vienna to
Pesth, in Hungary, every third or fourth day. The
boats of this Company descend to Orsova, where, partly
on account ofquarantine regulations, the passengers are
transferred to other boats, by which they proceed to
G-alacz, near the mouth of the Danube, and thence, by
other steamers, to Constantinople, to. Smyrna, to
Salonica, and Trebizond. All these boats, we believe,
are the property of one company. The passage from
Vienna to: Constantinople, in the chief cabin, costs
125 florins, or about twelve guineas English money.
On the Danube a system has been introduced similar
to that already described in speaking of the Rhine.
The traveller, namely, who books himself at Vienna
for Constantinople, has a right to land at any of the
principal stations, to remain there as long as he pleases,
and to continue his journey with any of the subse-
quent boats of the Company that may be passing the
same way.

RIOTS AT MANCHESTER.

MEETING OF TILE LONDON CHARTISTS.

Yesterday evening, a numerous meeting of the
working men of London, and the friends of the Peo-
ple's Charter, was held upon Stepney-green, " to take
into consideration the conduct of the authorities, in
violently assaulting an unarmed populace, whose only
crime was want of food."

About 8,000 to 9,000 persons assembled. A num-
ber of the K division of police were on duty in the
immediate neighbourhood, but the greatest order
prevailed throughout.
Mr. Drew was called to the Chair about seven.

Mr. BLACKMORE proposed the resolution for the I
paising of which the meeting was, convened. It was
deprecatory of the conduct of the authorities at Man-
chester in firing upon the people, and praying that her
Majesty would withdraw the troops and ameliorate
their condition, by adjusting the disputes regarding
wages, and passing the People's Charter as the law of
the land. I'he speaker alluded to the countenances
of the workmen, on which famine was depicted, and
complained of the gross inattention of Parliament to
the miseries of the people.
Mr. MANSEL seconded the resolution, which was
Das4ed unanimously.
6everal working men spoke in support of the reso-
lution, after which the meeting separated.