The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

No. 15,445.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS an?
EVENINGS except SATURDAY EVENINGS.
NEW and VARIED LECTURES DAILY, with beau-
tiful ILLUSTRATIONS. On Thursday a Lecture on LIN-
GA RD'S VIEW of the ORIGIN of FUNGI and the PRE-
MATURE DECAY of TIMBER. BAGGS'S PATENT
PROCESS of PRINTING on CALICO, PAPER, and other
Fabrics, by Voltaic Electricity. New DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Messrs. It ARWISE and BAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC
CLOCKS, on which principle one, on a large scale, is now
at work in front of the Institution. WRIGHT and RAIN'S
NEW PATENT ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAILWAY'
TRAIN CON I'ROLLER. TheMICROSCOPE, DIVING
BELL and DIVER, ORRERY, &c. &c., including 2,000
Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. A VIEW of
CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST. The MODEL of the
ITNDERCLIFF, Isle of Wight, and various COS 11ORAMIC
PICTURES, are added to the Evening Exhibition.
Admission to the whole, One Shilling.

Legal, Banking, and Post-office references, that are in daily re-
quisition ; and while it is of the most ample dimensions (ex-
tending over 1,500 pages) is accurate in the minutest particu-
'ars. No public office or mercantile house should, in fact be
without it.

SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAINS:

' PROCEEDINGS OF THE SABBATAI tIAISTS.
' WZDNESDAY, MARCH 2.—Dr. Candlish, oft Wednes-
day at t%:
I
Meeting of , the Commission of th• e General
Assembly,
Tii,;.lnburgh, recounted verbally the ,proceed.
higs th regard to Sunday travell mg, and
, of his party It.
stated, that he thought*
.the Commission ought to reap-
point the Committee, and au,horize them to report to next
'General Assembly, and that the 4,.. ssembly in returns should
instruct them to prepare and issub a pastoral ,address 1
L•ex.c their
4, Sabbath
to the people of Scotland, warning them ..
a
desecration ; and that the Committee shorn
testimony of approbation to the shareholderg of those
• ,-n•ping
other railways 'who had refused to run iitain on thea
the
Sunday, viz, the Dundee and Arbroath Ititilwk',
Glasgow and Ayr Railway, and the Glasgow ."'",,
Greenock Railway. Dr. Candlish added, that for ti,
means of stopping this Sabbath desecration, he had no
hesitation in expressing his approval of combining toge-
ther the friends of the Sabbath to abstain totally from
the use of the railway on other days of the week, as well
as on Sunday (!) Dr. Candlish attempted to refute the
idea that by combir;ng together to give a preference to
those modes of conveyance which do not desecrate the
Lord's day, we are inflicting a pecuniary penalty on the
Proprietors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway for
the offence of Sabbath desecration; and that, while it may
be competent for the Civil Magistrates to punish in their
way, it is not competent for private individuals tc,s do it.
Dr. Candlish added, "I saw it stated in a newspaper &few
days ago that we were liable to a prosecution under Lice
Act for preventing combinations of workmen ,to raise
their wages.—(Great laughter.) lam perfectly willing,
for my own part to run the risk of prosecution in de-
fence of this or any other part of God s law ; but if we
are liable to prosecution, under the Act referred to, for
combining together to discountenance Sabbath desecra-
tion, I can only say that the combination laws are ten
thousand times more oppressive than in their worst shape
1 ever thought them.—(Hear, hear.)
A memorial on the subject of Sabbath Observance
_ _

the solicitor of Derby, was proved by Mr. Moss himsel
on his examination in Court as a witness for the defence
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient and
faithful servant, ALEXANDER RAINY.
14, Regent-street, Feb. 26.

Sun, November 25, 1841.
We have great pleasure in noticing this useful work, of which
we have received, an early copy. It exceeds the size of the
Directory of last year, and. probably is the most complete and
correct town-guide yet published. The following outline of
,he contents will enable the reader to form some idea of the
vast undertaking. It-contains an Official Directory, with the
names alphabetically arranged, of all civil officers under Go-
vernment, in the Bank of England, East India House, and all
other public establishments. A Street Directory, which in-
cludes gentry as well as traders; and subjoined to this, are two
others, giving the rames at full length, of sixty thousand per.
oris engaged in commerce, and lists of two thousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, and the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
There are separate Directories also ler the Court; the Par-
!lenient., with the most, recent addresses of the Members of
both Houses; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor down to the usher of the most inferior Court :
and the City of London, with the names and addresses of all
CRY Officers, CompaniesL &e. The Court Directory includes
the names of twenty-five thousand persons not engaged in
trade, and takes a wider range than any other work of the
kind. The information respecting the Post-office will be
found eminently useful to persons of every description ; and
among ether additions made to jt for this year is one of great
importance, shaving the time at which a 1 ttor from London
'should be delivered at any place in England or Wales, and
the time at which the letter-box for London closes in each
place. The-facilities afforded by the Postmaster-General give
the compilers advantages which could not otherwise be obtained
The information is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously,
it is of the latest possible date, and has been all collected or
confirmed within the last two months. We have had little
time yet to test its accuracy, but have no doubt that it fully
maintains, in that respect, the high character of that published
for the year 1841 The work is beautifully printed, sold at a
moderate price, and will be 'ound cf great service to persons in
every rank of life.

'OOD PAVING OF OXFORD.
STREET,
The Vestry of St. Marylebone was attended very nu-
inerously on Saturday, in consequence of the long-con-
tested question of the paving of Oxford-street with wood
being to be decided. The chair was filled by Mr.
Tabrum, and in the room we observed Lord Kenyon,
Lord Nugent, Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Joseph Hume,
Esq., Dr. Dibdin, &c. After some preliminary business
had been disposed of, the Clerk of the Vestry read Mr.
either confirmed or the contrary.
Joseph's motion for extending the wood paving in
Oxford-street from Wells-street to Vere-street, which
been carried on last Saturday, and which was to be
Mr.ZARBERT opposed the confirmation of the motion,
then-.,either
that the Wood Paving Company, when
Ithe Wood pavement they had executed in
Oxford-streetfailing, had taken up some of the blocks
clandestinely ; he had procured three of these blocks,
which he exhibited to the meeting, stating that they had ' worn down from 6 indicate 4i inches in eighteen months.
Several other members opposed the motion, but none
of the supporters of the motion spoke. It was evident
that they felt secure of a majority on a division, Ind had
no desire to prolong the discussion.
The motion was then read, " that the Committee are
ready to receive tenders for paving Oxford-street with
wood from Wells-street to Vere.street." A division was
called for, when there appeared—
For confirming the motion .
Against it
24
Majority.
It was then moved and carried that advertisements
should b.
,put forth, stating that the Vestry would receive
tenders for :he proposed work on that day month.

MR. HENRY RUSSELL (from AMERICA).
HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. •
Programmes, Single Tickets (bs.), and Family Tickets
(10s. 6d. each, to admit three), may now be had at CRAMER
and CO.'S, 201,. Regent-street, and the Principal Music Ware.
houses, for Mr. H. RUSSELL'S VOCAL ENTERTAIN-
MENT on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, March 8, and
FRIDAYMORNING, March II ; on which occasion he will
sing his Dramatic Seems and Characteristic Ballads, including
THE MANIAC and THE SHIP ON FIRE.

THE LATE WILLIAM COBBETT, M.P.
The ANNIVERSARY of the BIRTH of THIS
CELEBRATED MAN, will be commemorated by a PUBLIC
DINNER, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th instant, at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, Strand.

JOHN FIELD EN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair.
Dinner on the table at Six &Clock precisely.
Tickets bs., to be had at the Tavern, or at Messrs. SWAIN
and Co.'s, 92, Fleet-street.

B. TILLY, Honorary Secretary.

- ,
TAR. 'EPPS, M.D., will :deliver aCairse of
SEYEN LECTURES on HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY,
or the Structure and Functions of the Body, illustrated by a
Skeleton, 'Preparations, and Drawings. To commence on
TUESDAY' (To-morrow) EVENING, March 8, at Half-past
Eight o'Glock, at the SOCIAL and LITERARY INSTI-
TUTION; 23, John-street, Tottenham,court-road.

MINAS GERAES MINING COMPANY.-
Notice is hereby given, that the Ditcctors ofthAs Coin
pany have made a CALL of Two Pouturs-vet-lfaeon-tire
Shares of this Comp-my, and that the same is to be paid on or
before the 12th day of April next, to Messrs. Barclay, Bevan.
Tritton, and Co., for account of the Directors. The Banker's
eceipt is to be brought to this office, with the certificates of the
Shares, to have the payment endorsed thereon.
GEO. D. KEOGH, Sec.
8, Tornkiason-yard, 4th March, 1842.

Admission to the Hall, 3d. ; Gallery, 6d. Y Tickets for the
Course—Members, Is. ; Non-Members, to the Hall, Is. 6d ;
Reserved Seats, 3s.

CONTRACT FOR SUPPLIES FOR CONVICTS ON
BOARD HULKS.
Q, UCH Persons as are desirous of Tendering for the
Supply of Bread, Meat, Beer, Oatmeal, Cheese, Salt,
Coals, Candles, Oil, and Soap, Clothing, and Bedding, for
the use of Convicts on board the Hulks at Portsmouth, Devon-
port, Chatham. Woolwich, and Deptford. may obtain forms of
Tender by application on board either of the Hulks, or to the
Superintendent of Convicts, at No. 15, Lambeth-tezrace, Sur-
rey, where samples may be inspected.
Tenders (on Printed forms only), duly signed by the Parties
and the Persons offering to become their Securities, to be de-
livered sealed up and addressed to the Superintendent, marked
" Tender to supply Stores for Convicts," on or before Twelve
o'Clock on Thursday, the 17th day of March, 1842.

PUBLICATIONS

• Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28, 1841.
We have been favoured with a sight of this elaborate work;
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vol-
umes. The contents are admirably arranged. There is a
distinct alphabetical Ii t of the names, in number, of all civil
officers under Government, in the Batik of England, East India
House, and all other puhlic establishmen's ; an alphabetical list
of streets in the metropolis and its vicinity, with the inhabit-
ants according to their numerical order in each street; the only
Street Directory yet published which includes gentry as well as
traders. 'There is also a list of all officers, from the Lose' Chan-
cellor down to the Usher of the most inferior Court • Police
Courts, with their officers and jurisdictions; alphabetical lists of
Queen's Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Serjeants at law, Bcnchers,
13a. ri • tern, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, Attorneys,
Notaries, &c. Tr.e names of all persons in the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity not engaged in trade, are given with the
most accurate' lists yet published of the New Parliament, and
the most recent addresses of the Members of both Houses.
There are, besides, the name and addresses of City Officers and
Common Councilmen; City Companies and their clerks; lists
of sworn brokers ; Lieutenancy of the City, &c A list is
given of all the principal places in England, Ireland, and Scot-
and di tinguishing those which grant and pay money-orders,
land, refers ing to the money-order office nearest to those which
do not ; and an alphabetical list of the streets of London, with a
reference from each to the nearest receiving-house whichgrants
and pays money-orders. This will afford the opportudity in
all cases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, arid of obtaining it upon the office moat.
contiguous to the residence of the party in whose favour
it is drawn. Another important introduction this year
shows the time at which a letter from London should
be delivered ats7 any place in England or Wales, all the
time at which tai letter-box for London closes in each place ;
thus affording the oportunity of calculating in all cases
the "return of post.'' independent of all this information,
we have copious accounts of all conveyances by railways,
stage-coaches, waggons, casts, vans, vessels, barges t nd boats ;
with complete accounts of all the bankers, joint-stock-banks,
and banking establishments of the United Kingdom ; the
names of the Directors and officers of the various Assurance
Companies, with the rates of Assurance, &c , are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature in this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of any number in the
street, by no'ing the intersection of churches, courts, streets,
lanes, alleys, &c., between one house and another. It often
happens that a person may forget the name of the tradesman
ho wants, although he knows the street.. The Street Directory
in this book helps him out of this difficulty by giving the
names of the inhabitants of each house of No. 1 upwards.
Sund y Times, December 5, 1841.
This useful work is just published ; it is, in short, a Corn-
mercial,Trades, Law, Court, Parliamentary,City, Postage,Con-
vejance, Banking, and an Official Directory. It contains an
almanack, list of stamp duties, Post-effice rules, and, in fact,
a body of intelligence too great for detail. Respecting the
accuracy of such a work, it is, of course, impossible to speak;
the most inveterate Magliabechi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, would scarcely undertake the perusal of a Direc-
tory. It is not saying too much to declare that tire Post-office
Directory is a work unexampled even in this country. To ap-
proximate closely to the communication of the names, resi-
dences, and trades of the inbabitaus of London, a lark from
which a literary Hercules might flinch.
Railway Magazine, December 4, IS4I.
Judging from the great superiority of the last edition of this'
work over its competitors, we did not anticipate the improve-
ments which hive been effected in the present, which not only
place this Directory at the bead of the list, but must drive:the
others out of the field. An entirely new division has been
introduced, viz., the " Official Directory," which furnishes
the lull names and positions of all persons holding public
intuitions under Government, the East India Company, the
Bank, &e. The scope of that important brancls, the " Street
Directory," has been very considerably extended ; and thou-
sands are new included, who reside without the narrow limits
beyond which our books of. refet cote have not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Besinghallsztrect. or Belgrave-square, in King's-
road, Che'sea, or in Kingsland ; and one of tire great advan-
tages peculiar to this publication is, that all inhabitants arc
inserted in their •numericsl order. We know of no other
street list in which either all the gentry, or all the mer-
chants, traders, and tradesmen, are not —incredible as the
fact may appear—entirely omitted. We may mention that it
gives the names of the Directors of most of the Railway and
Insurance Companies, and Ocomplete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
pious; in it the offices held by every Peer and Commoner are
accurately detailed, even to the recent appointment of Lord
Ellenborough as Governor. General of India, and of his suc-
cessor at the India Board, Lord Fitzgerald. The "Postage
Directory" furnishes much original and highly valuable in-
f. irmation in reference to Motley Orders, and to the precise
time of the deliveries of letters throughout the country. A
volume so valuable as this will be generally appreciated. It
does honour to the establishment which can put forth so vast
an amount of authentic information of character so diversified,
and it reflects credit on those who have so arranged it that the
work is equally a model of compilation and of typography. We
cannot but think that a title more appropriate than merely
it Post-office London Directory' migh be chosen. 'The work
surely merits a name that would convey a definite idea of in-
fermailii so vast and varied, uniting as it does, in ono volume,
Directory, Court Guide, and Court Kalendar, and superseding
the whole class of ,imilar publications.
Globe, December 1, 1841.
This useful " Annual " comprises, among other information;
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law Court, Parlia-
mentary, City, Postage, Conveyer ce, and Banking Directories.
It is only necessary to announce the publication itself, and to
add that, arranged as it has been with care and attention,
aided by sources of official information peculiar to itself, it may
be taken as a safe guide in the various matters upon which it
professes to enlighten the public.
yri isa tNi
so vgeomobde rto2l7e,t 144111.
The old proverb says alone ; but we
see no possible reason why well should be left to stand still, so
long as better is clearly attainable; and such appears to be the
opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the " Post-office Lon-
don Directory." The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its first appearance, it
was a neat and correct rocket volume—nothing more ; but
it has gone on improving and augmenting from year to
yerr, till, by the mere force of its manifest superiority,
it has fairly beaten every competitor out of the field, and
become, from the variety, copiousness, and accuracy of
its information, an indispensable requisite to every count-
ing-house and shop in the metropolis and its suburbs. It
would be quite impossible, in a brief notice, to give anything
like an adequate idea of the contents of a closely-printed
royal octavo volume, running to upwards of 1,500 pages. It
can,only be justly described as a series of Directories, each
one complete in itself, and each of peculiar value to every per-
son engaged in business. For instance, is the residence of
anv particular person required, a reference to the " Commer-
cial" or " Court Directory" will at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engaged in any
one of the various professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the "Trades' pirectory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alphauetical order,
and with the residence attached, a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, &c., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mortality. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. We have never seen any volume containing
so much matter, so well divided, and clearly arranged. The
intimate connexion of the proprietor with the Post-office en-
sured him the most accurate information; and his printers'
extensive printing-office and steam-presses enabled him to issue
his sheets with surprising rapidity; so that every change is
made up almost to the day of publication. The whole book is
worthy of the mighty city it anatomises ; the most correct. as
wel as the most useful, record of its industry, its vastness, and
its intelligence ; and, if we keep in mind the enterprise neces-
sary for the conception of such a work, the immense care re-
quired in its preparation, the enormous capital required to
produce it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the sur-
prisingly low price at which it is issued, we must pronounce it,
rrotwithstanding the typographical wonders daily issued front
Press, the most surprising volume to which the first city in the
world has yet given birth.
John Bull, November 27, 1841. •
Again we have to bestow our praise on the completeness and
cheapness of the multifarious information comprised in the
" Post-office London Directory," which comprehends within
one moderately-sized volume, of clear and easy reference, a
Commercial, 'Trades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the most ex-
act, has the most recent intelligence—the information it em-
bodies having been collected within the last seventy days from
official sources, and through agents possessing the requisite lo-
cal knowledge, and is altogether the completest guide-book to
the metropolis that has hitherto appeared.
Spectator, Dec. 4, 1841.
This extensive work still continues to grow. Besides a revi-
sion and extensionof the other branches, the Official Directory
has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This
part, like the other sections of the subject, is subdivided ; one
part containing a list of Government and other public offices,
under which the names and employments of the persons are
arranged ; the other presents an alphabetical list of persons
holding offices under the Crown, in the East India House,
Bank of England, &c. And such a muster-roll I—an1—an army,
nay, a population, of place-holders !
W. Kelly and Co., 19, and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-
bar, and all Booksellers.

MR. HENRY RUSSELL'S VOCAL MUSIC.
DRAMATIC and DESCRIPTIVE SCENAS and
CANTATAS, also Illustrative Sorgs aid Characteris is Bal-
lads, by Mr. HENRY RUSSELL (from America), are now
being published by Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street.

from the Edinburgh Comniittee of Bankers, Merchants,
&c., was then read.

The Rev. Mr. GIBSON, of Glasgow, said, I think it
would be very desirable, that, in addressing the people
of Scotland on this subject, it should be pointed out to
them specially and openly, that they will subject them-
selves to Church discipline if they are guilty of taking
employment as servants of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway, or in any other way desecrating the Lord's
Day in connection with it. He was aware that Kirk
Sessions had this power already.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. JAMES BRIDGES, W.S., said he had a suggestion
to offer. He thought that if individual members were
to use their influence with the Shareholders, in order to
bring them to right views on this important question,
great good might be effected. It was so far satisfactory
to them, as Scotehmen, that the resolution of the Share-
holders had not been carried by Scottish influence.
Mr. W. COLLINS, Glasgow, begged to correct a mis-
take into which Mr. Bridges had fallen from want of pro-
per information. It was not true that the resolution of
the Shareholders was carried solely by English votes.
He had been informed by Mr. Leadbetter, the Chairman
of the Directors, that even independent of the English
shareholders, there was a majority for runir;ng the trains.
He thought it right that the truth should be known.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI
NEERS.

Now ready, revised, with corrections, additions, &e., in 3 vols.
• Bvo., w.th Portraits of Columbus, Cardinal Ximenes, Gor.
salvo de Cordova, Far :Inand and Isabella. &c.,
THE THIRD EDITION OF
THE HISTORY of the REIGN of FER-
DINAND and ISABELLA the CATHOLIC, of
SPAIN.

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Ma ncu I.—The discussion upon copper sheathing was renewed
and a member rematked that many curious facts might be elicited
from Air. Wilkinson's paper. The early specimens of copper
sheets were found to have been more durable than those of re-
cent manufacture : the former contained an alloy of 1-300th
part of zinc. Muntz's patent metal was alloyed with about the
same proportion of zinc, which accounted for the good reputa-
tion which it enjoyed for durability. Professor Faraday, Mr.
Phillips, and Mr. Taylor had been consulted by the Admiralty
upon the difference of durability of metal sheathing. They
had recommended assaying, but bad not been able to detect
any difference in the chemical constitution of the numerous
specimens submitted to them. Several curious circumstances
relative to the uncertainty of the quality of copper produced by
the process of manufactnre were mentioned, and commented
upon at length.
A Paper " Upon the Permanent Way of the South-Eastern
(Dover) Railway," by Mr. Pope, described principally the
kind of sleepers used on that line ; they are of a triangular
form, four being cut out of a piece of square or whole timber
containing about 10 cubic feet. The upper side is planed in
two places, so that the chairs shall be perfectly bedded. They
are fastened down by compressed oak trenails, which expand
after being driven into the sleeper and exposed to moisture,
and hold very fast, at the same time avoiding the possi-
bility of breaking the chair, which so frequently occurs in
driving down the common iron spikes. The sleepers are
found to possess great advantages in permitting the bal-
last to be more easily rammed beneath them without lift-
ing, as in the case of the square, or the irregular-sided
sleeper. The ;mils are also secured by compressed wedges,
the accuracy of the castings made by Ransome and
May, of Ipswich, being so great, that tho wedges all fit any
chair indiscriminately. Nine miles of single line and two
-miles of double line, permanent way, are laid on this system.
The portion first laid at Bow Beach cutting has had 70,000
tons of ballast running over it by a locomotive and ordinary
waggons without springs, and has not yet required the least re-
pair or packing, although the weather has been very unfavour-
able. Great advantage is felt from the regularity of the incli-
nation of the upper surface of the rail, which is provided for in
the chair, instead of relying upon the common rail layers giving
it in foundation fur the chair in the usual manner. Litt'e or
no oscillating motion is felt in consequence of this arrangement,
as the inward inclination of the rail is made to accord perfectly
with the conical shape of the wheel tire. The whole process
appears to possess great advantages over the ordinary rough
and unscientific method of laying rails. A very ingenious in-
strument was exhibited : it is a short iron tube, bored within
to the exact diameter of the auger to be used, and turned out-
side to fit the conical mouth of the hole in the casting for re-
ceiving the trenail ; one end rests horizontally upon the sleeper,
and the other extremity being inserted into the hole in the
chair, it forms an unerring guide for the auger of the workman,
and the trenail is subsequently driven exactly into the centre of
the hole without its having any tendency to twist or displace
the chair. A series of iron gauges restrain the rails from being
forced either outwards or inwards while being laid, and the
work proceeds with great rapidity.
The piper was illustrated bra drawing, and by specimens of
the full-sized sleepers, witifrails, chairs, &c., all laid with corn-
pre-sod trenails and wedges.
A very animated discussion ensued, in which a full account
was given of the process patented by Messrs. Ransome and
May for casting the chairs, and compressing the wedges and
trenails—the mode of laying the way—and it was generally
acknoss lcdged that Mr. Cubitt, the engineer of the Dover rail-
way, had succeeded in constructing a line which was more per-
fect than any other, whether viewed in a scientific point of view
or in point of economy, as these perfect castings and fastenings
with re;:ular shaped sleepers of rough timber, although appa-
rently costing more, were in reality more economical in labour
and on account of the small amount of waste from broken
chairs, and other parts in which there was usually much waste;
added to which, it might be safely argued that the railway
when in full work would require less repair than was usually
the case

NE SOVEREIGN ItEIVA RD.—L OST, at
Hyde-park Corner, on SATURDAY, February 26,
between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a GOLD CHAIN
BRACELET with LOCKET, on which was the following
inscription Rose to Ada, Nov. 2,1839." Any one bring-
ing the same to Mr. Bywater, Jeweller, 99, Piccadilly, shall
receive the above reward.

By W. H. PRESCOTT, Esq.
pi chard Bentley, New. .Barlington-street.
`)E'ublisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.
_

This day ip published, in one very thick volum-, Svo., with
numerous Woodcuts, price 2/. 2s. cloth,
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY. By J. ELLIOT-
, SON, M.D. Cantab F.R.S.
" One of the most intelligent and readab e medical books
with which we are acquainted. While it is thoroughly scien-
tific in statement, it is essentially popular in style. He displays
an eloquence and spirit that rarely illuminate publications of
this description. "—A tlas.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmsns.

SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S SHIPWRECK.
Just published, 3d edit. with a new Nautical and Geographical
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SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE
of his SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of
certain Islands in the Carribean Sea ; with a detail of many
extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from
1733 to 1749, as written in his own Diary. Edited by JANE
PORTER.

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STAR HOTEL, SOUTHAMPTON.
CHARLES STATES begs to inform his
Commercial Friends and the Public that he has jointly,
with Mr. Shepherd, taken the above Hotel; and in soliciting
the support of Commercial Gentlemen wishes to express to
them his desire to afford them that accommodation which,
he trusts, will not fail te ensure their patronge and future
support.

On Saturday morning, about o'clock, a fire, DESTRIA.ITIVE FIRES.
at-
tended with considerable destruction of property, broke
out on the premises occupied by Mr. H. Tyer,- tailor and
woollen-draper, Nos. 33 .and 34, •Newington-causeway.
It is supposed. to have originated. in, the kitchen, which
was situate in, the rear of the front premises, together
with workshops. Among the-first-who discovered the
fire was Mr. I'yer's daughter. From her "statement it
appears that she was awoke by being almost suffocated
by the smoke that filled her apartment, and on going to
the window which overlooks the kitchen and back pre-
mises, perceived the flames raging fearfully in those
buildings. She instantly alarmed her father and the rest
of the family, consisting in the whole of fifteen persons,
five of nhom were young children, and they were forced
to escape immediately into the street, without even
-saving their clothes. Mr. Tyer's mother and a female
servant had a most miraculous escape. They, it ap-
pears, slept in a bed-room over the kitchen, which
was wholly detached from the dwelling, and by the time
the fire was discovered the staircase had caught, thereby
cutting off all escape, and they would have inevitably
relished had not Mr. Tyer got to their assistance and
got them across some planks placed into the bed-room
.wind.)w from the dwelling. Within ten minutes after
the fl tines had reached to the front premises, Nos. 33
and 31, and quickly extended throughout the buildings,
consuming the different floors with extraordinary ra-
pidity. The first engines that arrived were from the
fire-establishment station in Southwark- bridge-road,
with a party of' brigademen under the command of Mr.
Henderson, the foreman of- the whole of the brigade
force quartered on the Surrey side of the Thames, who
caused them to be directly put into Operation. All that
y
• remains of the above premises,
which were ver exten-
sive, are the walls, and a portion of the
first-floor
flooring. The whole of the furniture, stock, &c., that
were on the premises, is destroyed. The houses ad-
jacent, namely, 32 and 35, the former occupied by Mr.
Clark, carpenter, and the latter by Mr. Joy, have sus-
tained injury; and there are several houses situate in
Meder-place greatly damaged. Throughout the raging
of the fire a detachment of the M division of police were
on the spot and exerted themselves with great credit,
both in assisting the firemen in their operations, and
saving property from the houses adjoining, which were
for some time in imminent danger. The loss of property
is supposed to be nearly 3,5001. Mr. Tyer is insured in
the Hand-in-Hand Fire-office.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon of the
same day, another fire, but of a more serious
description burst forth from Mr. Nisbett's • aca-
demy, situate adjacent to Kennington Manor-house,
Lower Kennington-lane, and so terrible was its ravages
that in less than one hour after the commencement, the
entire building, together with a portion of the adjoining
house, Has destroyed. It seems that the family were
about sitting down to dinner, when screams were hard
to proceed from some of the servants, and immediately•
aftewards one of them rushed into the room where they
were assembled and gave the alarm that the house was on
fire, which Mrs. Nisbett found to be the case, for at that
moment an immense body of smoke shot up the staircase
and almost suffoca•ed them. In the course of a few
minutes after the alarm was given, Mr. Superintendent
Grinsell, of the L division of police, arrived with a posse
of men, and by the time the engines were up a large
space was cleared for their operations. Amongst those
who first arrived were the brigade from the Waterloo-
road station, and that belonging to the West of England
fire-office, which were as soon as possible got into play,
After cooling the lower part, they forced their wa3r
to the staircase of the burning building, and
strove their utmost to save the basement story, but this
was found utterly impracticable, and shortly
afterwards
the roof and floors fell in, and the destruction of the pre.
inises became complete. By this time, Mr. Braidwood,
the superintendent of the force, had arrived with seven
to various stations, the
greater
atep"ropaerit.fuolfenglvtelsi bweeb;engbirnogught to bear on the fire.
Mr. Nisbett's dwelling being ill ruins, the exertions of
the firemen were directed to the house adjoining, belong-
ing to Mr. Bermuda, the engineer, whose factory near
Southwark-bridge, it will be recollected, was burned
down about 18 months since. The roof had canght, and
for some' time there was every appearance of its-sharing
a similar fate to that belonging to Mr..Nisbett ; but
after much exertion the flames were prevented from de-
svaletrsthme
abkainsegrnaent of' the
de-
scending further than the third.
_flroln which was
destroyed, as well as the roof. Mofr.trie 'fiirdelv°°d onin-
stituting inquiries as to the cause
r..N ascertainedisbett
"bonfire"
which had been d •
amongst six sacks of shavings
Din
de
there on the day previous.
rthiaentiiisteosri bynaotnede ionfthtehecelblaoia•
His loss is estimated at 3,000/. While his_ house was a
juror at the Old Bailey
de-
stroyed, he was engaged as .
is not insured for one fractionUofnlohreupirmo tpeelr.ty consumed.
Sessions,to

RAINY v. BAINBRLGGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—As some explanation seems to be necessary in
reference to the report of this case, which appeared in
your journal of yesterday, you will much oblige me by
affording a space in your columns for that purpose, as
the means of correcting any erroneous impression it may
occasion. The facts were these :
Mr. George Davies, of Tavistoek-square, a gentle-
man well known and much respected (since deceased),
was co-trustee of the estates in question with
Mr.. Bainbrigge, a medical practitioner at Market
Drayton, in Shropshire ; and after the estates
had been twice brought to auction, without success,
in the country, under the management of Mr.
Moss, a solicitor, of Derby (a period of between
two and three years having been taken up in the affair),
Mr. Davies applied to me to undertake the sale of
them in London. Now as there were circumstances
affecting the estates claiming special consideration
as to professional charges, it was arranged and agreed
between Mr. Davies, Mr. Moss, and myself, that although
it was contemplated to divide the property into
lots, a commission of 1 per cent. only (the, usual
one in the case of an estate sold in one lot) should be
charged, which commission should include all advice
and assistance on my part as to value, either as an
entirety or for each specific lot, and also the ex-
penses of advertising and printed particulars, and all
other expenses whatever (except for travelling) ; and
with respect to two other separate farms, called Knighton
and Macs y Gws, that a reasonable portion of mill-
tional expenses should be allowed ; but it was under-
stood-that as previous offers had been made for those
two farms, no commission on them should attach if the
biddings'at the auction did not exceed such offers. The
commission, however, of 1 per cent.., including all ex-
penses, was to be payable on the Hall of the Brand
estate, unconnected with any such contingency.
The estate, not having been disposed of, either in part
or the whole, at the auction (which was held in August,
1838). remained in my hands for sale in the usual course,
and the agency went on, and was in continuance in 1839.
Subsequent to the auction, applications were made to
me, and much correspondence passed in negotiations, for
the main estate, and-for detached portionz, and of which
circumstances Mr. Davies, Mr. Bainbrigge, and Mr. Moss,

were cognizant.
Ere that correspondence terminated (at about Fe-
bruary or March, 1838), a gentleman of the name of
Sillito offered Mr. Bainbrigge 35,0001. for the Hall
of the Brand estate (the sixteen lots in one), in-
clusive of the timber, supposed to be worth about
1,0001., the estimate formed by me, be it observed, as a
full price for this estate, after my inspection of it, being
36,0001., and the apportioned reserved biddings for the
16'lots at the auction having been so shaped as, in the
event of sale, to bring the total amount to about that sum.
When the offer .was made by Mr. Sillito my advice
was sought by Mr. Moss ; and Mr. Bainbrigge was
apprised that the ordinary practice was that Mr. Sillito
should be referred to me, as I had been, and was still,
endeavouring to effect the sale of the estate,
and was actually in treaty for some of the' lots.
Mr. Bainbrigge, however, did not think proper to
do so, and he shortly afterward closed a bargain with
Mr. Sillito at 35,00C1. From this I cou'd draw no other
conclusion than that the reason for not .referring Mr.
Sillito to me was to avoid the commission, whilst the
advice and estimate submitted by me as to the value was
made available, as a guide for his decision, and as a
ground for removing.any future liability from himself
and Mr. Davies as trustees.

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p,Srcaicezel
imPortance
recommendsADvEßT iistEsemlptoNT.al---1 UclTassTsToYf
utility, and by the numerous advantages and benefits which it
and the benefits of scientific research and disccvery
OmranSkci
continually brings to light.. To expatiate on the
would be superfluous; and it will be sufficient to select from
the mass of facts a single illustration to prove the advantages
which its investigation confer on mankind. We would there..
fore select the " Odonto or Pearl Dentifrice," prepared by
Messrs. Rowland, of Ilattonlarden, and of Macassar Oil
celebrity, as constituting at once an indispensable
requisite for
the toilet, and an instance of the success of scientific research
in discovering an infallible preservative of those indispensable
attributes of beauty, the teeth and gums, in balmy fragrance,
freshness, and beauty.
The Courrier de la Gironde asserts that, about 18
months ago, a young man in eating
.an apple got one of the
piepins fixed in a decayed tooth, which occasioned him great
Pam, and was totally unable to be extracted, notwithstanding
the use of all manner of toothpicks. At length the pippin,
by dint of pushing, was driven down below the tooth into the
gum and no more pain wasfelt. Six weeks ago, however, a
swelling was perceived in the gum, and ultimately an abscess
was formed; the niedical men examined it, and found that
the pippin had begun to germinate ! o The young man," adds
the Courtier, "is in the habit of k seeing cotton wool in his
teeth, and this is supposed to have hastened the vegetation!
This remarkable phenomenon is still in his mouth !"
A letter from Naples states that a pheaomenon
similar to what has been observed in Sweden, has taken place
on the coast of Italy. It appears from the report of M. Nic-
colini, and other Neapolitan geologists, that the level of the
sea fell gradually, from 1823 to 1838, 112 millimetres, or be-
tween four and five inches English.

Neither Mr. Davies (who supposed Mr. Bainbrigge or
Mr. Moss would have acquainted me with the sale) nor Mr.
Bainbrigge nor Mr. Moss ever wrote one line to inform me

that the estate was sold, when in April, 1839, (the agency
never having been withdrawn from me), I re-advertised
the Hall of the Brand estate at the same time with seve-
ral others, then on the market, for sale by private con-
tract ; when Mr. Sillito, seeing the advertisement, called
and told me that he had bought the property of Mr. Bain-
brigge nbout a month before.
The sum demanded by me, in the account delivered
part:po tete.llnit.r.oSnil3l6i t,o'oosoczo;mspolegting
uinelis
aisfiv purchase,tio,,rlnTs one
3,sofllalf
my-
self and assistant, and for drawing the particulars and
putting up the fifteen lots ; besides 1511. 6s. forexpenses,
which were proved in Court to have been advanced out
of pocket, making together 383/. 16s. Under the ad-
vice of Mr. Moss, the trustees refused to pay that sum,
and tendered 2031 165., which they afterwards paid into
Court. I offered them a reference, and to leave the ad-
justment of the account to any respectable auctioneer
(naming several to them), but to this fair arrangement
Mr. Moss would not accede, and after repeated endea-
vours, through Mr. Davies, to settle the matter amicably,
I was at length obliged to bring the action. Now, it is
essential here to remark that the three particulars of ac-
count did not, as stated in the report, vary in the total
amount. Mr. Moss requiring further particulars, after the
commencement of the action, they were. furnished in the
second and third accounts under the usual " Judge's
order," and were prepared by Counsel ina form to enable
me to show, and to prove in Court, the expenses. But
the action was brought for the commission of one per
cent. on 35,000/, and which included all charges and ex
penses whatever, except the ousts of travelling and a
fair proportion of the expenses applicable to the other
two farms (not forming a part of the Hall of the Brand
estate), making together the same total as the first ac-
count—viz., 3831. 16s.

The principle contended for had been recognised and
established by several special Juries of merchants, and
is the one by which all brokerage is regulated. Is it
reasonable, therefore, or consistent, to oppose its appli-
cation in the case of the landed estate broker ? Besides,
this mode of payment by. commission has existed for
centuries, and is universal in matters of agency in every

part of the world.
Unfortunately for me in this trial, only five special
jurymen out of the twenty-four who were summoned
could be found, when the cause was called on at half
past nine, and I was compelled either to consent to pray
a tales, or to allow the trial to stand over ; which latter

The following papers acre announced to be read Tuesday,
'arch Bth :

" Description of t!Je tanks for Kyanizing timber on the Hull
and Selby railway."—lly J. Timperley.
"Description of the roof over Alessrs. Simpson's factory at
Pimlico."—By J. Boustead. oun-
"Description of an iron skew bridge on the Eastern C
ties railway."—By E. Dobson.
Description of the Menai Lighthouse."--By D. P.
llewett.

HENRY WOODTHORPE. ESQ.
LATE TOWN-CLERK FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.
Few men were better calculated to till the ancient and ho-
nourable office of the Town Clerkship of London than the
lamented subject of the present notice, who, after some years of
indisposition from dropsy, was carried off by that malady two
clays since. In the above capacity, as well as in the ordinary
interchange of business, the natural urbanity and kind disposi-
tion of Mr. Woodthorpe, joined to the sagacity and penetrative
spirit of his d scourre, rendered him no less respected and ap-
preciated by his fellow-citizens than by his numerous friends
elsewhere ; and it is with pleasure we recur to the fact, that
his particular friend, Mr. William Herbert, the erudite Libra-
rian to the Corporation, has recognized these kindly traits of
his' departed friend's character in a more lasting than epheme-
ral_ manner, by acknowledging, in his " History of the Twelve
Great Livery Companies of London," the very great and re-
peated obligations he was under, and the constant attentions he
received from Mr. Woodthorpe, in his capacity of Town Clerk
The knowledge of the ancient deeds and documents in his
keeping, as well as their bearings upon the historic periods to
which they appertained, combined with his own antiquarian
powers of research and discrimination, rendered the office so
adequately and so efficiently performed, that his loss would be
for some time severely experienced, were it not that it has every
chance of being replaced by the ability and qualifications of a
successor like Dlr. Pritchard, whom we rejoice to find an-
nounced as a candidate, and who desei ves success.
fhe office of the Town-Clerk or Common Clerk of the City,
is to keep the original Charter, the books, roll., and other re-
cords, wherein are registered the acts and proceedings of the
City. By virtue of this his ?Mee, he may not improperly be
called the City Register. His duty is also to attend the Lord
Alayor and Aldermen at the Courts.
The custody of the City Records, is an institution of very
ancient date, and mentioned in a roll of the 33d of Edward I.
A. D. 1304, as relating to the preservation of the " Rotuli
quw aunt in custodia aped Turrim, London ;" the place where
they were then kept being in a certain house afterwards called
Wakefield's Tower, wherein that King, it is said, "caused to
be laid up the rolls, and other memorable matters of the Chan-
cery ; as well from the time of his progenitors, heretofore
Kings of England, as in his own, for the safe and secure custody
of the said rolls and memorable things."
The keepers of the City Records have usually, and from the
earliest times, says Stowe, been such as have been skilled in
the law, and studious in antiquity. They have been always
learned in the perusal of records and instruments, and withal
persons of great faithfulness.
Among the first superintendents of the City Records were
—Walter tie Reginald, Robert de Hoton, William de Kildesby,
John Burton, temp. Rich. IL ; and in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, William Fowyer, who digested and arranged these
invaluable documents which, till then, were scattered and
deranged. During the time of King Charles 11., William
digesting P ety
the mass of documentary records, and deducing them to order.
t,
Prian, the Barrister of Lincoln's Inn, was appointed by that
King, after his restoration, and his labours in this respect are
William:effect in
After these we find in the Appendix to Maitland the follow-
o f highlythe spoken
Innerk e nofby Temple, the
afro
chronicles
laboured of the
great
* r day
follow-
ing given in chronological series:—

tliernalive;;;;ldhit;e occasioned great inconvenience
and loss of time to the witnesses, and which I was un-
willing to expose them to ; but had twelve mercantile
gentlemen been in the Jury-.box, I have no doubt what-
ever that I should have received (as I did on a former
occasion) an instantaneous verdict for the full sum
claimed (instead of the one returned of 50 guineas and
and the 2031 16s. paid into Court), notwithstanding the
summing up of the Learned Judge who tried both these
causes and which there is some difficulty in reconcilingwith his Lordship's summing up in the case of " Dri-
ver v. Cholmondeley ' —a case which involved a similar
point and was grounded on the same principle. In ad-
dition to this, my demand for the whole sum was based
on a usage and practice well understood and admitted in
respect to all contracts entered into upon faith ; and
that such a contract was so made with me, and with the
privity and knowledge and in the presepe of Mx!. Moss

TOWN CLERKS.
1672 William Wagstaff, Esq. '
' 1691 John Goodfellow, Esq.
1700 Henry Ashurst, Esq.
1705 James Gibson, Esq.
1717 Randolph Stracey, Esq.
1724 Thomas Jackson, Esq.
1737 Miles Man, Esq.
1757 Sir James Hodder, Knight
1770 William Hay, .Esq.
The fees of the Chamberlain, Common Sergeant, and Town-
Clerk, were anciently 10/. per annum. In the year 1758, when
William Hay, the last keeper of the records, mentioned above,
was in office, a salary of 650/. per annum for himself
and clerks collectively was allowed ; and his deputy, Mr.
Howcker, was paid at the rate of 1001. per annum. The salary
and perquisites at the present day are well known.
Among the very valuable documents which are under the
guardianship of this City officer, and consequently of Sir.
Woodthorpe till within these few days, are a. number of very
special books and rolls, and among them the original of the
Book of Common Prayer, the foundation rolls of Abbeys, and
other religious houses, Leagues of Foreign Princes, and Treaties
with them, bonds, charters, deeds; enrolments, tenures, ex-
tents and surveys, &c., of England, too multitudinous to be
enumerated. In addition also to these, are at least 68 rolls of
the times of King John, 305 of Henry 111., 242 of Edward 1.,
157 of Edward IL, 575 of Edward lIL, 210 of Richard 11.,
126 of Henry IV., 93 of Henry V., 285 of Henry VI., and
150 of Edward IV.
The appointment of the Town-Clerk is vested in the Court
of Common Council.

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