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HER NI AJESTN"S THPATRE
THE LAST NIGHT BUT ONE .W THE SUBSCRIPTION.

Tidy EVENINO

Will be performed s Opera NORM.I. Norma, Madame
f:risi; clotoda, Madame ; Adalgisa, Ntale. Ro,;etti ;
Muriaui Flavio, Sig. DM F:ori; Oroveto, tg. Lablache.
Bet.veen the Acts a Divertissement from the Ballet of F.OLIN ;
on. L.t Dryade. Eoline, Male. L. Grahn. Compesnig the admired
.Pas de Troia, by Mdlles. L. Grahn, Ferdinand, and Moncelet, and the
Mazourkt, d'Extase by Mdlle. L. 41ihn and M. Perrot.
In the course of the Evening "La Cud:lane," by MdUe. Lucile
Grahn and M. Perrot.

To conclude with LA VIVANDIERE. La Vivandiere, Mdlle.
Cerito; Le Postilion, M. St. Leon, wh will Introduce " La Redowa
P aka," the original dance or Bohemia.

el olt 7t st4ll‘, Pit Ticket, to I,e wade at the
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',ors ilt Opttra to r,ontne-ole it Half-Oar Seven.

l'j,k,AettE

Signor MORIANI has the honour to Inform the Nobility. Sub
,rib,tr, to the 9peca, and the Puthiie, that 1113 BENEFIT will take
place
ON THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, -

IT BEING THE LAST AN!) iAR..WELL NIGHT OF THE

SEA-ON,
When will be performed DonizettPs Opera, entitled LUCIA DI
LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. A. Castellan ; Alicia, Madame
Bellini ; F.nrico, Sig. Fornasari ; ithiebent. Paltoni ; .trtulo,
Sig. A. • ,;il,l ,i; Normando, Sg. Ilai Fiori Edgardo, Sig. Moriani.
With ();:era Buffs, LA PitOVA D'U'. OPE;.A BERIA.
Corilia, ROS-,i Caccia (her first appearance In that charac-
ter) ; V 1,1,1•4,, Madame BAUM ; Federico, 81g. Corell; ; Griiletto,
sig. F. Lablache; Campanone, Siyt. Lablache.
With a varety of Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Lucile Orahn
and Mdlle. Cerito will anpear.
To conclude with the ONDINE. Principal Characters by
Mdlles. Cerito, Coperc, Ferd.nand, and MonCulet ; M. Perrot, and 11.
St. Leon.
App4c:ition. for Boxes. stalls, 410 rOliPtr.4 m hit made at trio .la,x-
-oni,,, pers. C;c;ionnad,,
~ren a; 1 ialt-A.st Seven o,Clock.

TiiiSATRE ROYAL, ;IA
LESSEE, :AT,. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented the Comedy of - PRING AND AUTUMN; et,
The Bride of Fifty. Sir Simon SI tek, Mr. W. Farrell Rattle. Mr.
H. atoll; Mrs. General Dartmouth. Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Rattle; Mrs.
W. Cl.fford.
:'o a foTowed by th.; wimiretl Dram,. of GRANDFATHER
WHI TEHEAD. Graudtather W-itehcad, Mt. W. fatren ; Dray-
ton, Mr. Tilunry; I.A.n.‘lec, Mr. z-tua;l; Louisa Drayton. Mrs. E.
ary:old ; Steal: y.
The celehrattAl Pianist. Leopold de Meyer. for Six Nights more,
and will periottn this Evoning, after the Comedy, '' R :see."
I. the cows, the Evetiats;', Mr. John Parry wad slug his NeW
Song of " Young England.'
Alter which will ltr. ropeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled
MRS. cAUDLE,'S CURTAIN LE-TUREs ; or, Matrimonial Cha-
pters. • Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buelts,otte ; Mrs. c'patle, Mrs W. Clifford.
To cum:lade with a AV TO I'AY TIE RENT.
7rivatc Guine,s and •.nte Outnee and a-Halt each.
Ticket: and laces to he had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office.
Flee

TitEAV,t. KoVAL, ADELPfiI
TIM DIRECTIOS OF It ADANCE.
Tfw: FVFNINO

Will be performed SWEETHEARTS .A ND WIVES. Billy Lacka-
lay. Mr. Wright; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar
in he followed by a S.yw r'arce, utitled ORA MATIC COOKERY;
or, 110 W TO 1)1511 UP A FARCE. I'3 thia. Eizzwit, Mr. Selby;
Saul Smear, Mr. Wright; Miss Taylor; Diana, Mrs. Laws.
After winch. ao Original Terpsienorean iii.rletta, called POWDER
AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr.
Lambert; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ;
Mrs. Montgomerie Tibbs, airs. Frank Matthews ; Sally Knobbs,
Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with JUNK', THE BAGMAN. Binks, Mr. Wright.
Prompter, Mr. llithot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the
sand, Mr. Mellon.

Fht. C.UI
UN -,k..11 M xNAiIEMENT
Splendid Reception of " The Govenior's Wife"—Roars of laughter
at " An Object of Interelt" and " Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures"
--C,,ntinued Success 01 " Les Danseuses Anglaises," and undimi-
nished Attraction " Cinderella."

THIS EVENING

Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE
GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, ant:
Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. oiddear, -Keeey.
F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Ct'llier, :iss Dawson and Mrs. Keeley.
Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel I.rand Fairy
!›, ALL ET I/ VE IZTI SS 1.31 ENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Le,
,ansewes Anglaises Kill appear.
Co he iollowed by s New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT 01
NTERE:AT, in which Mrs. Keeley wilt perform.
To a Inch will 'as added ttn apropm ,;agatelle, in One Act, entitled
MILS. CAUDIXS CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea-
dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley.
To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric,
IPairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal
Characters by Mr. Reek:, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr.
J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keele.,., Miss Villars, Miss Falrhrother, Mrs.
,voollitlee, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c

The llox-oftlce la open daily, tinder the direction of Mr. Elrovar
Ten till Four.

7,P •,ir•E, mg. J M tX.
OPEN EVERY EVENING I:LI, THE END OF THE MONTI"

litiT E.
Will be performed an Original Farce, in Ow Act, called LOVE IN
LIVERY. Lord Sparkle, Mr. Walt,,r Lacy, Violet, Countew,, de
Ilaneastel, 31iSS Emma -Stanley.
After which, THE 1;2IG AkssauJro Massaroni, Mr. Wal-
he,k Rabaido, Mr. vaaue; Ottavia, Mis,4 Gray ; Maria Grazie, Mrs.
Brougham.
i Whit+ will Ft, ittikitli COU BALL IN 1710. in which will
iittrodu,ed the. I)a!lees as ts,rfornied at her Cos-
tun,e.with the Orelna
Aitn which, THE IRISH .01i;A:“.kr.011. Sir ratrick O'rle-
rap°, -Mr. k_:4,lliiis; Lady Emily 1),1,..t,y, Brougham; Isabella,
Miss Emma Stal,ley

co conen,li, with .1 Nev Drciiiintie S'A,t.t.h. entitled MRS
CA' lll.l-.., ; or. curtain Lectures. sir. Caitiile. Mr. ; Mrs
Caudle, sir. ini.lx•rry.

A t ,zi,.
Pq,fir-RIETOR... ILK. lIATT f ,
Kyst Perk of MT. "F Thompson, rio onrivalied
Last Wee!,. bitt Om; of tho En4agerhent ui the French C.cuteriaris
e...sa of the New ,peeta,..lc.
Tuts F.V1,..‘ LNG
Nvr: :Ind Natio

Will be penrnmeu al spectacle, eta-
,racing the chief features of tlw hcroio mcilieveinthts of the British
trms in Northern India. called Tat: 4;OYILTEST OF SCINOE ; DY.
"he Siege of tryd,rduitd.
which, a variety of :joy 4oci Surprising re.tts of Horseman-

Eque6triiiitis
!hide with Tilt

ra

Mr. T. l'hulopmur

MI: MAN OF MANCIIEATER; or,
lleir. Toni, the Dmnb Man,

the is

dux-odic, open feom Elevcn Five,

DAVIDOF.

ROYAL rzITUREY TIIEATUE
Eannense Attraction- First ‘Vc4.S of 7+l,,,Lime inittrls' and -Mr.

C. Mutt

VHS E.VEN
Will he performed r-,Ef) UT. Stipp,,r.
R. Homier. Neville, 11e5lop, Fiedcrit:h

,:upp,,rted by Messrs. 'l. Matthews,
--11s,Lesvii,, Mrs. E. ilunner, and

.karr which, THE SWISS CO 1"f AGE ; or, Why Do,'l She
Marry? Nalz..r•,,,:h. • r.Clbirios Mathews; List Ate. MAdiune Vestria.
"I o followed by IMO ritEtt llcojainin Bowles, Mr. C.
MAthow4.
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DISPLA it LAVOttI.S.

' 'Affilt,orkt Five, • and Polar Heart;
• !!.1. 1-Dart . ; ,u:. 1 Kfr, Ivor's: timt Nine.
On M fl i.ty and Tuesd.q, Aug. 25 and 25. a Magnificent Fete
t!hu:npetr,., to coutmonorwe the Itirtliday of F1.R.11. Prince Albert.

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13 MlRUttli atter 0 Evening .. 46 minutes after 0.

TIIE WEATHER.—Sur OFFICE, AUG. 15.
THERMODIETER, Lo Nest, 49; j►igi e.t, 61; Noon, 60.

BAROMETER, 29.82.
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wo %teve Irtriity pr; pured for the
il,teifigeoce we derive from the Dublin Eveuing
of. whttt is called the Great Protestant Demonstration at
Enniskillen. From 12.000 to 14,000 Orangemen are
stated to bay:, as in the mea,lows, adjacent to the
mansi f)ue of her MAJESTI.. the Pelee.
ENNISKILLEN and

11th instant, the anniversary of the battle of Attglir;e:,
so fatal to the Irish arms, under St. RUTH, in 1691, and
still regarded by the Irish people of that district as a
day of traditionary mourning. After an interval of less
than ten years, so little is the regard paid to the solemnly-
recorded and often vaunted self-dissolution of the Orange
faction and discontinuance of their processions, that at
this very gathering it was publicly announced that the
mist vigorous measures are being taken t'or the re-estabe
lishment of the one, and the periodical renewals of the
other. So that we have but " scoteti'd the snake, not
kill'cl it." How deeply are such manifestatiOns of unex-
tinguished party virulence to be deplored by all who
have really at heart the welfare of Ireland. And how
instructive, though fearful, a commentary do they supply,
on the inevitable results of the " Monster Meetings"
anti reckless agitations'of the ultra-advocates of Repeat.
Thin: result is—in a word—reaction ; and of that reac-
tion, the unhappy victim is—the noisle country herself,
the fiercest passions of whose excitable people are thus
appealed t'., with equal vehemence, by parties the most
diairetrically opposed, the one to the other, in their
p dither! opinions, übjeets, and declarations. We are
tempted to despair, almost, of the pacification of Ireland
when we see how readily these latent embers of com-
oustioe, which we hoped the foot of legislation had
veme years Since crushed into extinction, can be again
kindled by the hot breath of reckless partizanship.
At the same time we are compelled to acknowledge that
it would have been, perhaps. to exp. ct more of
human nature—as it exists in ordinary temperaments at
least—than human nature is gifted with. tc look for a
perfect abstinence from obtrusive display in one of the
two great sections into which the Irish community is
divided, under the species of perpetual challenge and de-
fiance which are habitually addressed to it by the over-
boiling zeal and intemperate enthusiasm of the other.
Why cannot the Irish people seriously emulate the ex-
,mph. which has, from time to time, been set them by
almost every established nation that exists, of merging
party or factious objects in an *.47fieient, not a lip-na-
tionality—in a genuine, not a declamatory, vindication
of the equal rights, neither of particular families, nor
creeds, nor alliances, nor associations, but of the whole
Irish people ? On this side the Channel, no advocate of
those rights has looked on at the progress of political
agitation on the other with a more sincere desire than
ourselves that such agitation might speedily determine
in the establishment of that full, fair, and true equality
for Ireland which is enjoyed by the other members of
the Imperial ; nor has taken greater pains to en•
I:oree upon public attention and acquiescence the indefea-
6:ble character of her claim to that equality. But we must
fairly own that ire have seen much in the movement and
the political manifestos of our Irish friends, little calcu-
lated to conciliate support or sympathy among their
compatriots here; much that has been emphatically ex-
pressed in a tone, if it was not conceived in a spirit, of
.nsult to the feelings and the prepossessions of the
peitp!e of England ; and still more that has been said
and done with the worst possible air of intended menace
and intimidation_ in addressing those upon whom the
arts of intimidation, or menace were in every respect
certain to. fail. That which we have long been painfully
an ticipa ti pg,htte. now Kt nal lyeocnuiTed.e.:.:gliat evittrapiein
of politico-religious faction is abroad *Lin ; anti the
7.i?ponsibility of having invoked this display of it will
;trove far greater, we apprehend, than they imagine who
have incurred it. We can find but one excuse for the
part assumed by Lord GEORGE LOFTUS on taking the
chair at this "demonstration;" and that occurs in The
fact announced by himself from the chair—namely,
that ha, is a very young. 'Men." . As•fpr the. reverend
exeilitors on the occasion, they ought to have known
'over. but we suppose they are incorrigible. If we are.
io have the High Protestant and the High Roman
i!athol.c factione again throwing the firebrands of civil
and religious discord at one another whenever they
encounter in Ireland (as where do they not ?);—if we
are to have processions with one set of colours and en-
nizances marshalled against others with other distinctive
emblems ; and arrays of physical force parsded with all
the " pomp and circumstance" of organization, in po-
ouloes districts of the country, on fair days or saints'
days. a collision of parties must ensue, the horror or the
event of which no man can foresee. All that has been
lone tow arcs the holy work of conciliation will speedily
he obscured, eradicated, and forgotten a and the vessel
ef the Irish State will be fast drifting upon that lee•
shore of political convulsion and social disorganization
which she has hitherto so often approached but so often
weathered. Were Ireland herself bodily launched by
some tremendous effort of nature into the centre of the
Atlantic Ocean, she would not be farther removed from
her present geographical position than the revival of the
fatal Orange faction in all its development, together with
its inevitable eencernitant, the revival of the immense
nutagenistic forces opposed to it, would remove her poli-
tical 1-ind moral destiny from the track in which itscourse
.:hould be steadily shaped, in order to arrive at the goal
of her true welfare and her permanent prosperity.
We cannot close this article, without expressing our
regret at the uncivil and ungenerous treatment to which
Mr. Thomas STEELE appears to have been exposedin
the town of Enniskillen. The temper and moderation
with which he behaved, under circumstances that would
have been irritating to any gentleman, but might have
been expected to be especially annoying to an individual
in his position, exhibited a combination of becoming
epirit and dignified forbearance which leading advocates
(.// ',pinion:" and parties in Ireland might imitate with
advantage. •

The Universal German Gazetie states that,%"Within
,:he last few days ten extensive domains have been per-
ei,a,,,4,d in the Grand Duchy of Posen, and there is every
reason to imagine that these acquisitions have bten made
for the Je:Atits. It is well known that Father ROOTHAN
n•n been at Mock,"

I, sipeurs, frow a lt•tter from Constantinople, inserted
in the same raper, that the French Ambassador has re-
ceivt d assurances from the Porte that the Sheik of the
iiruses, who kiiled a French priest, shall be punished,
and that the convents shall be indemnified for the inju-
ries duce to them.

AccouLts from Lisbon to the 9th instant hare been
received. The election of Deputies to serre for the next
four years in the
.Cartes took place throughout the king-
dom on the ad. The supporters or the Cabral Ministry
were everywhere returner;• by hrge majorities.
Th;• QUEEN and Court left the palace of Belem after
the c!vetion9. They vrt.re at Mafra on the 7th.

Lisbon was perfectly tranquil ; there were reports,
h,,aeNer, of enteutes in the provinces.

Madrid journhls to the 7ta have arrived.

Tbt• Ifaves St. Sebastian far Barupeluna on the
18th, inhere the Duke and Duchess DE Nimoutta and. the
Doke D'AV3IALF. were expected to arrive on the 24th.

':'he Duke of SAN CAttLos Li charged with making the
necessary preparations for their r. coption. .
The Tiempo attributes the ill-success of the Spanish
liegotiatoes at the Court
the
el 1171). pear Sell:: frSnteaet Stair.
C:rdins; LAMBRUSCHINI,h
The F0,,,e, to of Barcelona contains a cDtnmiiiiieation
feotn The Finance Minister, according to which ma-
chinery may be imported at a duty of 6 per cent. ad
volotem, to be 7 per cent. if carried in foreign bottoms.
General CONCHA had resigned his cominand—a letter
tst. all Barcelona. of tie 9th, says :
" The resignation of General Concha produced a great sen-
Fation here. It is said that the principal cause which led to
this resolution on the part of the General was the arbitrary
arrest of 120 persons by General Narvaez, while General
Conchha was at the head of the army, and in pursuit of
the in.turgents. General Concha, besides, protested against
the interference of Chiro, who was the agent of the police in
the time of the Count d'Espagne, and whom General Narvaez
has taken away with him. This man, who has exercised so
injurious an influence in Catalonia, has allied himself with the
dub of ultra-Moderadoes, established at Barcelona to prose-
cute the Liberals and exercise private acts of vengeance.
" M. de Gispert,,the ex-political chief, has been succeeded
by M. de Eaciso, who was political chief at Soria."
Letters from Sti.,:litga, of the sth of August, represent
that tom n as in a state of commotion in consequence of
a rise in the price 01 provisions of all sorts. CA.MINERO,
‘l,llO had been most active in searching for arms and
ammunition, had only found a few old muskets out of
repair. He had however caused eleven persons to be
arrested in addition to those now in prison.

On the Madrid Bouts() the Three per Cents. fltr cash
ere 30i ; for account, 30i ; the Five per Cents. for
account, 22*.

We have received the Paris rapers of the 7th.

The .lo,t, sal des Debirts trlves s report tf a speech
tLti._ rid M. GuizoT, F•unclay last, et u.lklinlier given
by his constituents at Lisit;;•ux.

It ,s.k.s re porto> in Paris that Mar!.hal SOU= was so
hocikerl at the cruel tyranny of BUGEAUD in Algeria—a
tyranny exercised not only en the unfortunate Arabs,
but on the French themselves—that he had determined
to recal him from Algeria. The College of Justice of
the colony had r ,monstrated with the home Government
s*.:ttne4 many of Marshal BUGEAUD'S acts as illegal, and
t;c1! sent a memorial to the Minister, claimTeg• his pro-
tecion for the colonists against the Governor. On this
subject the Algerie says
6, Persons ordinarily well informed announce the recal of
Marshal Rugeaud. We believe, ho,vevrr, that the Ministry,
uneasy at seeing the Governor-General undertaking a war to
Kabytia, in opothition to the will of the Chamber, has called
Marshal Bugeatul to Paris under some pretax or other, to pre-
vent him frnm engaging further in an undertakuLt generally
bknu d and 41%aktlirove4 of. However test may be Alarshal
Bugeaud is expected in Paris towards the end of August."
The saint' journal contains a letter from Tunis of the
21st July, which confirms the reports of an assemblage
of Turkish troops at Tripoli with hostile intentions to-

TRH: S TIN', LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST l6, 1845.

wards Tunis. Possession of the island of Gerbis, etre of

the richest parts of the Tunis regency, is stated to h
the object of the Turks. The Bey of TUNIS was pre-
paring to defend himself. The French had sent the
Neptune ship-of-the-line to guard the station at the
Goletia at Tunis, and had sent two ships of war to
Tripoli. _ _ _

The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS are to leavo
Borleaus en the 28th to visit the Queen of SPAN at
Pampeluna. They return on the sth September.
The upward movement of public securities expe-
rienced a slight :,heck on the Paris Bourse on Wenesday.

Tba Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
that day at 84f. 45c. ; the New Loan at 84f. 70c. ; the
Five per Cents. at 121 f. 95c. ; Orleans Railroad' Shares
1.985 f. ; Rotten, 1,0621. 50c. ; Vierzon, 7851. ; Havre,
900 f. ; Avignon, 1,067 f. 50c4; Basle, 281 f. 25c.; :Spanish
Three per Cents, 381/2.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :
Orleans and Bordeaux, 2351. premium ; Boulogne., 137 f. 50c.
ditto ; Troyes Mid Montereau. 53f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
( Laffitte). 35f. ; ditto (Won ), 7f. 50c. ; dicta (Ganneron), 12f.
; Northern Line (Laffitte), 50f. ; ditto (Rosanne!), 24f. ;
ditto Pepin Lelialleur, 15f. ; ditto (Decan), 7f. 50c. ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 15f. ; ditto (Drouillard),
par ; ditto (O'Neill), sf. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre),
par : Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c. ; ditto
(Talabot), 40f. ; ditto (Coatpagnie Meridional:), 71. 50c. ;
Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie). par ; ditto and Cette
(Espeleta), 161. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par;
ditto (Carette), sf. ; ditto (Colbert), If. ; Paris and Stras-
bourg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c.; Dijon and Mulhauaen, par;
Dieppe. 25f.
Ll'erss, Aua. 9.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,090 f., end
of August; Paris and Orleans, 1,3001., ditto; Paris and
Rouen, 1,0921., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 7961, ditto;
Orleans and Bordeaux, 690 f., ditto; Boulogne, 640 f. ditto ;
Montereau, 567 f., ditto.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Atm. 14.
Boulogne and Amiens.. 11 Orleans and Bordeaux 1114
Bordeaux &Mediterran Over Yawl
Bordeaux and 'Foulonss Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) 3%
Do. and Cette Ditto (Ganneron's). 2%
Dutch Rhenish ... -2%
Dendre Valley ...... -
Dieppe & Paris Junct — Paris and Rouen —
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 'Paris and Strasburg
East Indian
Grt Northern of France Do. ( Compte de L' Est) 2
(Laffitte's)
Ditto ( Rosamers)
Great Paris and Lyons — Royal North of Spain. 24
Jamaica Junction — 'Sambre and Meuse .... 8
Do. South Mdlnd June — Strasbourg and Basle .
Louvain and Jemeppe 4% Tours and Nantes
Lyons and Avignon — 1 (M'Kenzie's)
Luxembourgh.. 2% Do. (Lefebvre's)
Namur and Liege.....,. 43' Verona and Ancona —
Orleans and Vierzon .. 163 West Flanders 4

We have inserted, to-day, a letter on the subject of
claims made by engineers to lines which they profess to
have surveyed, and therefore claim to engross, should
the formation of any line through that country be after.
wards determined upon. Such a claim is sufficiently
absurd upon the face of it ; but as the 'Ater deals with
it in a forcible way, and bears the name of the writer,
we have given insertion to it in our columns.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

The vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Benjamin
Wood, will undoubtedly be filled by Sir William Molesworth,
whose previous services in the cause of liberal government,
and whose address now issued, amply satisfy the wishes of a
vast majority of the electors. It will be remembered that
when thocootesVai*.-04(Ce between 'Mr. Wood end.-Mr.
Walter, a section Of tte RadiCal party coalesced with the
Tories in supporting the latter. on the ground of his ultra
Opposition to the new Poor-law Bill; but that in spite of
this, and of a most lavish expenditure of money, the majority
for Mr. Wood was about 600, leaving many promises un-
polled. But now the Liberals of all shades of opinion are
united in support of Sir William Molesworth, no other candi-
date would have the remotest.chance.

Mr. Jerehtiah Pitciterc Who has announced his hopes of
being selected for the honour. is one of those waverera about
whom it is unsafe to assume anything. He would fain be
thought to be independent; but if any public act of his may
be taken as an index of his political predelictions, his vote
for Mr. Baring, in opposition to Mr. Pattison, at the last
City election, might be taken in proof of his Toryism. The
Tories, however, disown hint, and talk of putting up some
more declared and consistent supporter of their principles.
Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey is the third candidate
named, but we believe by no means ascertained, as an-
tecedent to his consenting to stand, must be the vaca-
tion of his office as Commissioner of the City Police. Sir
William Molesworth has the advantage of a very powerful
Committee, formed of electors from every district., parochial
or sectional, in the borough, having canvassing-books al-
ready prepared, and all the machinery of an election in active
operation; for which himself, and the Liberal party at large,
have to thank the Southwark Reform Registration AsSociation
composed of a large number of the most active and influential
electors. Among many erroneous statements which appear
in the Times of yesterday, and oue of which the Morning
Advertiser has not escaped, is the assertion that certain pre-
liminary meetings of the electors had been attended by Mr.
Black, the late editor of the Morning Chronicle. That gen-
tleman has not taken the slightest part in the affair; and it
is unaccountable how Sir William Moleswort h's friend, Dr.
.1. R. Black, could have been assumed to have any con-
nexion with the Morning Chronicle, either past or present,
as we are assured that his name, on either occasion' was not
even mentioned with reference to that journal. For our-
selves, we have the utmost reliance on the prudence and
vigour of the Liberal electors of Southwark, and, therefore,
on their success.

[-MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From ne Sqnof Last Night.)

'Lha Cottpii marker., gt Liverpool yesterday-, wows very
arm. Sales 7,000 b,:les, at full prices; 1,000 being on specu-
lation. Shares were very dull, and there was a decline in
price&. _ _ _ _

We hope it may not be correct, as stated in advices from
the Continent, that at the great Zollverein meeting, now
being held at Carlsrhue, Prussia finds itself, on account of its
liberal principles, in a decided minority, because the whole
weight and influence of that powet would be thrown into
the reduced duty scale, and the opposition of the other states
must wax stronger if, in the present instance, the
views of the Berlin Cabinet should be se aside. if ever the
injurious character of arbitrary constitutions was felt, it is
in this apeicial instance of commercial relations. i fere are
the poor folks of half Germany bandied about at the caprice
of their princes, petty or great, merely because these are
accessible to the narrow-minded influences of a
few cramped manufacturers greedy for protection,
and apparently the less able to support fair competition, the
more they are hol-tered up. The consumers suffer conse-
quent!y, both in respect to the price they pay for their manu-
factures, and the restriction they pat upon the foreign out-
lets for their corn.

The Funds are down a little, nad the weather is again
"the cause. the renewed firmness in the corn mar-
ket acts as an indicator of rather an unfavourable
change in the opinion of the factors since Monday and
Wednesday last, when wheat receded in value. Consols
have been down from 994 to 99 for immediate transfer, tuti
to 994 1f.13 for time, Exchi quer-biils have been 495. to 51:i.
premium. There is some demand for money to-day on ac-
count of the settlement in the Share market. The New
Three-ar:d-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 102% %, and the
Three per Cents. 99% % Bank Stock is worth 210% to 2114.
The Foreign Investments have been very inactive, and are
rather flat. Spanish Five per Cents. obtain 27%, and the
Three per Cents.3B%. Venezuela are 454. Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. realise 101 to 1004, and Dutch Four
per Cents. 100 4 to 100%.
Shares are fluctuating.
The Progressff Cauchois of Ficamp mentions a circum-
stance which is very curious, if true. Our readers no doubt
are aware that a junction between Laffittes' Company and
Messrs. Rothschild has lately been talked of, but the paper
above quoted asserts that a pigeon fell from exhaustion at
a place called Benonville, being no doubt en route for Eng-
land, and that a paper taken from it announces the fact of
the treaty between the above parties having been actually
signed on the 28th July.

- -
ONE CLOSINU
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 210% 2111 LA 210% 210%
3 per Cent. Reduced 99%
99r
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99 99 99
3 per Cent. Aunuities,l726 9B A 98%
New 314 per Cents 102%1A % % 102%
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11%
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ll 5.16 11 5-16
South Sea Stock

Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account .. ....
exchequer Bills, 1,0004.. I%d 5l 49 pm. 49
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.

viacES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Small
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela —
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 89%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent........... 38%
Ditto, Account .............».
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 451%
Belgian 4th per Cent. ...... 101
Dutch, 2% per Cent .

Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific.... 1004 100%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN(a
BAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bristol and Exeter 7O —
Ca!edonian

43/4
96 %
10
2

Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 14.••••• . 3'%
Canterbury and Dover.. 1% 2%
Chester and Holyhead-. 15
Coventry, Nuneaton, B ir.
and Leicester, 1
Cornwall'
3$
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast,Junc. 2% B%
Dublin and Galway.- .. 2% -
Eastern Chnia ties 141. 165...... 20
Ditto New 44 166. 6%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1.-51. 139 4d — .....- ........
Ditto- ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d —..-
Eastern Union , '2O —•• •••
Ditto Extension , l% 3l/9
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 . BB •••
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%...... 21% 21
Ditto New 14 Shares.- 2% 1196 11
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
A
Great North of England-100
Great Western
Ditto Fifths
Hull and Selby
Do. Half Shares
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
Limerick and Waterford 2% ......
London and Birmingnm (atnek) 217 214 220
Do. Quarters
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 24.96 24%
Do. New l3s 4d 1%%.... .... - 114 p
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent....
London and York •• 2% 4% 5 4%..... 4%
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ...... .. ...... ...... 2% -2% 2%
London and Manchester
(Remington's)
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham 1%2
Manchester and Leeds... 76 196 .
Manchester,Buxton, and
Matlock 225....... 6%34 6% p
Midland... 100 175 176 174 175
Do. New
Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 135
Midland Great Western
(Irish)
New.,astl and Berwick 11/e 23% 24
forth British
Do. New
North Wales .. 11,4 -.-
New Ross and Carl0w...
Oxford and Worcester... 21,E 744
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Portsmouth Direct 2% 4 3%
Preston and Wyre
Richmond 1
Rugby, Worstr. & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland l%. ...
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union 22s
Shrewsbury, Hereford,
and North Wales 23d 33(i Yi
• South Devon... 2O ... 301/4
S outb Midland 224 5% ...
South Eastern Sc Dover 33/ 2s 4d...
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No, 3 • 21/2 ~.... 714 .. ~, ..
Staines and Richmonf? 1 I,'
' south Wales ..... ...... ... 2% 4 5 ,-i, . .
Trent Valley 2 ..... . 19
York and Carlisle 2%.
York and North Midland 50 •,
Do. Extension .. - 14..
FOREIGN R

Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ss.
Caeat North. of Franca

(Laffitte's) 4
Do. do. • (Roearnel's) 2
-Luxembonrgh
Louvain and Jemeppe 4
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ti
Orleans and Ilordeanz.,... 4 .
Over Yssel 413 s 4d.
Paris and Rouen
l'aris & Lyons, Latiltte's 2
Pails & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) 2
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse , 4
West Flanders
JOINT ST(
London & Westminster 20
COURSE OF EXCHA]
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 84
Antwerp 26 20
aamburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona
E'aris,3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles • 25 95
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine.. 122*
Petersburgh, 3 Us..
Berlin
Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 3
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville

lo 81„;.,

23,N
',,A1141A-AIS
7% 8/

63(3% •_ .

21,6 .

1211

31
89
21
11

2314

41 4 .....

30V!.
5%

2

-I-

••• . ..
21/4
..... 8

33
CK BANK,

2814
4GE.--(Y i
Gibraltar._
Leghorn .
Genoa ...... 25 95
Milan ..... .......
Venice
Naples ...... . 40
Palermo, !.4..• 120 i
Lisbon... ..... 534
Oporto
Rio
3ahia .....
Buenos Ay, es
NewYork.::.ldyssight
......
qULLION, PER OZ
Foreign . ;old,bars. £3 17 9
Portutga: •Tthold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
New !):,:lars 0 4 94
•-• 4 114

FL ANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, AWG UST 12.—The King and Queen will set ant
f..r Germany early to-morrow morning. A special train will
convey their Majesties to Aix-la-Chapelle.
We find the following statement in the Journal du Conpneres
of Antwerp:—ln the month of November, last year, seven
ships, which were at anchor at Taganrog, in the Sea of Arof,
were wrecked. Among them was the Frederick Franz, Capt.
J. J. Cordes. The captain was on shore at the time of the
accident. By order of the Consul, he took means to find the
remains of the ship, but in vain. The faet of the shipwr.-ek
could not be positively ascertained, but a letter from Kerlseh.
of the 7th of July, states that a ship had drifted into t ha- port,
and was found to be the Frederick Franz, *unposed to have
been lost eight months before. It was taken into the port, and
everythingon board, the goods, baggage, ese., was found in the
came condition in which it had been left, only that the crew had
abandoned the vessel.
The accounts from different parts of the country continue to
be very unfavourably as respects the crops. The rye has beet
roved. indeed, but a very small portion has hero got in. In
the Ardennes. even. the hay is nut all got in, anti the corn i-
crushed by the winds and the rain.

BErAMAN FUNDS.--BaussEts, Ara. 13.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ...
Ditto Three per Cent..
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, .litto
Ditto, ditto, 1840 . lOl%
Ditto, ditto, 1844. •
Ditto of the City, 1832 ....... ...... 1013 i
Ditto, 1843 .............
Bank of Belgium...—. ..... • •• •.•• .. • . 750
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 13.
i We

..40r4 illiain idArvey has be:2m appointed Ministel
Plenipotentiary from the Queen of England to the Court ,t
France, during the absence on leave of Lord Cowley.— Gaily.
,al►i's Miniver.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

!VFSTERN I?,iiLWAY COMPANY.

The half-) early general meeting or the Pi oprieters
this company was held, pursuant to the Act of Parlia-
ment, at the Bristol Railway- station, on Thursday, for
the general purposes of business.
Mr. C. Russell, M.P., took the chair at one o'clock.
The attendance of Proprietor: was very numerous, the
large room in which the meeting was held iieine com-
pletely filled.
The tiotice convening the meeting having een read
by. Mr. Saunders, Secretary to the company,
The CHAIRMAN seid. that at the last half-yearly
meting of the Proprietors the i,irectors submitted to
them the various scheme: they had in contemplation hitt the
protection of their own interests, and forathireit.g m. re
extensive accommodation to the public, and it we, most,
satisfactory to the Directors that all those schemes had
been practicslly carried out.—(ilear.) t.e Cornish
line was the only of e in which they hod taken any arise
interest which tool not pissed into Lsv ; and that t ro-
jea might tether be regarded as having been poscpoi,ed
than as having been defeated. The Cornish line had
reveived the sanction of the House of Commons,
hut was rejected by the Lords, wider circumstances
which justified the belief that the general scheme
;net their approval, and that their assent was with-
held from it only in order that it might undergo
some modification and improvement. The South Wales
and the Monmouth and Hereford lines were considered
undertakings of such great national importance that the
Legislature departed from its usual course to sanction
them, though it was found necessary to postpone that
portion of the project relating to the passage of the Se-
vern. He (the Chairman) believed that the mode in
which Mr. Brunel proposed to pass that river would have
effected a substantial improvement in its navigation; but
the Board of Admiralty thought otherwise, and it was
therefore necessary to postpone the further consideration
of this portion of the plan. He hoped, however, that
before the next session of Parliament the Directors of
the Great Western Company, with the assistance of Mr.
Brunel, would be prepared to recommend some plan for
connecting the great western railways with the impor-
tant principality of Wales, which might meet the objec-
tions to the former proposition. The Oxford and Wol-
verhampton and the Oxford and Rugby lines had involved
the Great Western Company in a somewhat severe
contest with the Birmingham Railway Company; but he
wished it to be distinctly understood that the Great
Western Company had not been the first to adopt mea-
sures of hostility and aggression.—(Hear, hear.) The
success which had attended the lines of railway projected
by the Great Western Company was, in his opinion, and
as had been stated in the House of Commons, mainly
attributable to their adaptation to the wants of the districts
through which they passed. Ile could assure them it
would never be the policy or the purpose of the Great
Western Railway Company to strain the principle of
competition, either for their own undue aggraedisetnent,
or for the wanton injury Of' their neighbours.—(Hear,
hear.) The success which had attended the various
schemes they had submitted to Parliament had rendered
it necessary for the Directors to consider to what extent
and in what mode the capital of the Company shy uld be
increased. The Directors, taking a prospective view of
their financial position for the four years from 1845 to
1848, found that they would require, during that period.
about 1,600.000/. for the new works in centempletion,
and about 600.0001 to pay the debentures and total
notes which would fell due within that time. That
amount, 2,200,000 L, was nearly equal to one-half of their
present share capital ; and the Directors had, there-
fore, thought it advisable to issue new shares,, in the
ratio of one -half new share to the holders of each
whole old share. Ten per cent, only would be called
for immediatei, on the new shares, and-the- eemaindee
of the " calls,' he hoped, would nut be required until
1847, and 1848, by which time many of the new works
would be completed, and the receipts of the Company
would be proportionably increased. The ,proprietors
must regard with satisfaction the steady progressive
increase which had taken place in the receipts of the
Company, notwithstanding the reduction of their charges
upon passengers and merchandise. The projected hoe
of railway from Oxford to Worcester would necessarily
give rise to two other schemes—a railway from
Oxford to Cheltenham, a distance of bout 20 mils,
and a line from Worcester to Pert Dynllaere which
would afford the most direct line of communicatien wish
lrelarele The Directors had desired Mr. Brunel to survey
that pate of the country, and he (the Chairm-,n) was
convinced the proprietors would arm them with power to
render tiny aiti and a•,sistanee to companies formed with
the object of carrying out those lint.- which they might
consider advisable- 'The heti. eentletean ttotti railed on
the secretary to read the report.

Tftr SECHFITARY then re-;,1 the repw

The Directors present on this occasion the u•ual accounts
of inctme and expenditure for the information of the Pro-
prietors, which they trust will be considered as satisfactory
evidence of the progress►ve prosperity of their affairs.
The line from Kemble to Gloucester was opened f.r public
use on the 12th May last ; and the revenue account, therefore,
comprehends the receipts over that portion of line ,'wring the
interval to the 30th June. The rent for the use of ;he Bristol
station by the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Gutpany from
the Bth July last, and for their use of the line between Stone-
house and Gloucester from the 12th of May, are included in
the same account ; while the interest of money for the period
antecedent to the opening from Kemble to Gloucester ►s carried
to the credit of the Company, in diminution of that which has
been paid during the construction of the works.
The arbitration which was pending to-determine the com-
pensation receivable for the conveyance of mails up to the 22d
of June, 1544, has been closed by an award which has brought
to the credit of revenue a further sum for that service. The
Postmaster-General has thought fit to require another ( being
the third arbitration) in respect of the mail services performed
by this Company since that date.

R. s. d.
The total receipts to the 30th of June are 433,296 16 2
The expenditure for the same period

Leaving 'balance of ........£274,9.29 12 10
During the last half-year two calls have been made upon
the Proprietors, which entitle them to a dividend upon an in•.
creased capital of 408,056/. After defraying the interest on
money borrowed, and the rent of the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way, the nett income will admit of a dividend of 41. per cent
being paid on the whole capital called up--viz., on 4,080,656/.,
and the Directors recommend that such dividend be now de.
dared payable on the tat of September next. The amount of
it will absorb 1612251. 44. 9d., and leave a balance of
1,6961 ss. 7d. to be carried to the nex►. account. _ _

During the last half-year considerable reductions have been
made both in the fares of pas-engets and charges on inerehan-
dive, wh.ch, before an increased traffic can be attracted on 'he
line and developed. will naturally have had some influence in
diminishing the receipts of the Comrnv- The Direc,ors, how.
ever, feel with co, florae.- that the result will eventually justify
the steps they have taken, and that the future revenue will be
improved by the lower rat, a of charge.
The Dig ectors derive great sattstaetion from bring enabled to
record in this repot- the success of their several important ap-
plications to Parliament tturing the recent seaajon. The royal
a,sent h:is been given to 1111 s fur making the following lines,
viz. :

The Berke and Hants 'Railway ;
The ' )xford and Rugby Railway;
The M ...mouth and lierett•rd itailway ;
The Oxford, Worcester, and W lv, rhampton Railway ;
The wilts, somersei, an Railw ) ;
The S.itr Wales
It is iiintinied at a oneras iue ttrg, convetwit e:
after the half-yearly meeting, to apply for the 'it • I,e
Proprietors to a purchase of the three first-tn,titt•tiled rail
ways, so as to form one complete amalgamation of then With
the Great Western Wilxay Company, in the same manner Rh
was heretofore arranged with the Oxforii Railway, S•ep•
wilt then be forthwith taken for construetiog this tin's u.tto
the exclusive management anti control of this Board
Directors.
The Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth littilway,•
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway kvil. I. het ,t
by this Company permanently miner Lease—u,.on 1 oraetro.t,-en
rent with contingent advantages to their Shareteiltiers, tinker •
agreements winch will hereafter he suhtnittt•d f.r the forrtid

approval of . general meeting of this Company.
The S.tutli Wales Rtailway Company lets been =s=i tel by a
contribatien rtely from this C.,iripany as Subscribers to tneir
capital under the resolution of toe la, half-yearly ineettng, but
without any base or engagement :o wink it.
In addition to these measures, all of viral importairee to the
furore welfare of this Company. the Directors may
that the 8.11 for eetritig :he lease and lie:--.,-,.,, f b. .eter
Loudon Balla ay to th.• Great Wi.,teto and ti.e Lo it n rod
Birminehato Rahway Compeller- Hotly, it, eqeat nuoiet.es, has
also been p .ssed during the same session.
The Direc ors consider tiler .he time has at length arrived
when, upon a, careful review of the engagements eon, raii ed by
this Company in the snap,. ut lean= fur th-• comploton, a 3
of the Cheltenham and the Oxford Hallways, t.s of the Gr. at
Western, regard b. :ter also bad to the prospeetive want
he new hoes just sanctioned by Parliament, provisiini may he
advautageousl, made by the creation of addition-3 Snares. It
seems obviously the interest of th. Proprietors in any such
operati..ti to keep steadily in view the m.notertailee at least of
the present rare of dividend on the subscribed capital, and the
Directors confidently entertain the opinion that, exercising
prudent caution in that respect, a new subscription mat be now
raised to the amount of one.half of the rireaent shares in this
Company. For such purpoies they rt.enmmerid that the
sum of 2,325,000/ be capitalised in 93,000 quarter shares
of 251. each ; and that the other be made rate 'lily to each
Proprietor who may be registered upon the books on the
6th September next, of one half the amount held by him
in shares, viz. :—two quarter shares in respect of the 100/.
sh tre—on. quarter share in respect of the 501. share—two
quarter shares in respect of five Tit shares.
The Directors should be emeowered to arrange eqnitably
between any Proprietors holding less than five of the fie n shares
of 20/. each, so as to distribute among, them the fair value of
any fractional parts of the new share , and iu the event uf re-
fusal, or neg:ect, to accept and pay upen the quarter shares,
within a prescribed time, authority shored be given to dispose
of such shares for the benefit iit the Comp, rty. They propase
that a deposit of 2/. Ids itri eaiei quirter snare, 'tumid he mail.
Payable on the Bth October, and that no further call shouln be
made for at least. six months This whale sum isili p obahly
be required within tour years, and the Director: will call for it
as may be found expedient. The came dividend will be paid
from time to time. rateably with other share., on the amount
of deposit or calls which may have been paid up. but. nut upon
the nominal amount of the new shares.
The re-purchase has 'teen made re the
between Gleucester Chenentinne and tn., air,
has been paid or invested under the provision= of the ,k,es uf
Parliament relating 'beret., within the time prescribed , i•te
the Directors have not thought ii ~esci de, )ei t., rem et, the
line into Cheltenham, or to build tee stature itiotr, 1,. een-e-
-quence of the new railway enure:pleated between that !owe and
the Oxford and Worcester Reilway, at Sliver' meter Wych-
, been
wood, which would probably render the intermediate outlay on
any buildings unprotl able, at all events until the future plans
can he more distinctiy defined. rh Direct.) s have
obliged to forego for the prk,etur. all the advantage, or Lavine
improved station, and
in consequence of a legal :i
right of this Company to the 'and bought for that express pur-
pose;
pose and in the meantime this Company are merely pus.
a
session of the premises under a ten-literary arrangemeet with
the Birmingham and Ciloue,ter galls t) Cempariy,
In the next session it will be necessary not only to romote
the line referred to between Sherrie, wiae,. w,ehicothi amt
Cheltenham. but al e to connect the NI, ninituta and H.:reford
Railway with the Svviniten lie, at ft...wester. These te,
measures are essential ti cern I •te eh en throw earn sat
nicetion between the railw,ya r , t , .
the whole westerodiatriets.o •• .it rt.-) e.ne .t.
Herefordshi. e, through Chelteutiam and pr.
Arrangements have been made with two local Companies tat
apply to Parliament tar Bills to carry alit tho,e lines, for which
'Anted the engineer.
purpose Mr. Brunel ha* been app

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