Star.
London, England, 1829-10-14 00:00:00

BALLINASLOE FAIR.

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The Fair of Ballinasloe has been a very indifferent
one. The truth is, though the exports of cattle proceed with
as much, pethaps more activity than usual, the prices have been
rapidly declining. Nor is this confined to cattle. Butter is cheaper
now than it has been for forty years—With respect to the Corn
Market, prices are certainly declining, and likely to decline—yet
the protecting duties are next to a prohibition.
OCT. 5-Up to twelve o'clock this day not a sale took place.
At one, however, a ftw lots were sold, but the majority of the
sheep must remain over until to-morrow ; one let of ewes sold
to-day for 345.
OCT. 6—The sheep fair terminated this day ; it turns out to be
the worst fair for selling that bas occurred some years. Sheep
are supposed to be from 6s. to 10s. under the price paid for them
last May.
Sheep sold on the sth 27,352
6th 4‘2,662

70,014
Left unsold

Total hi the Fair 77,993

At the fair of 1828, them were sold on the
lst day 52,051
2d day 33,092

85,143
Unsold 12,241

Total number on sale at the fair last year, 97,384
The average prices at the fair of 1828 was for Ewes, 20s. to 221.
for Wethers,3os. to 403.
In this year's fair the reduction on sheep is stated to be, from
last year's prices, on an average, on ewes, from 41. to Ss. and on
wet hers, from Bs. to 10s. Yesterday, the black cattle fair com-
menced, and we regret to state that the sales effected have been
upon terms fully as bad as those upon sheep.

The Court of King's Bench will resume its sittings in
London on the 19th inst. on which day only undefended causes on
bills of exchange and promissory notes will he tried. Special Jury
cases are appointed for the 22d. 23d. 24th. and 26th. Oa the
:rib, which is the Adjournment-day in Middlesex. Common Jury
causes will be tried, and continued till the 31st inst. inclusive.
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The Court of Common Pleas will resume its sittings on
the 19th inst. when London Special Jury causes will be tried, and
continued to the 29th. Common Jury causes will be tried on each
day after the Special Jury causes. Middlesex Special Jury causes
are appointed for the 'soth.
The county of Louth will soon he the scene of a very
warm and angry contest between the rival car.didates, Mr. Bellew
and Mr. Shell. Mr. Leslie Foster retires immediately, and takes
his place upon the Bench of the Exchequer Court, made vacant by
the resignation of Baton M'Clelland. Mr. Forster takes his place
as Politic Judge, at the commencement of the ensuing Term. The
":^n was again offered to Mr. Doherty, and he retused it. At
'• election. the chances of Mr. Shell and Mr. Bellew
would be impossible to make even a guess 4
• successful.
ition, on Saturday last, to a mild, al-
Acre, from the severe cold of the there pre-
a striking instance of the variableness of our
,ticious climate. It is a singular fact, that the dart-
sheltered situation out of doors, from half•past five
--ws to half•past eight on Sunday morning, d:d
. single degree. The mercury, which had
ednesday night, stood at 32 the whok of Satur•

TRIAL OF LOCOMOTIVE CARRIAGES.

WEDNESDAY,Sacossa DAY.

The course was far from bring so crowded to-day as it was yes-
terday. The company was more select, however, consisting chiefly
of Gentlemen and men of science. Persons whd visited the
ground for purposes of amusement did not experience the same
degree of gratification which those experienced who visited it on
the preceding day, in consequence of all the machines which
exercised yesterday not having exercised to-day. Still the
experiments, though limited, were highly interesting to scientific
men.
Messrs. Braithwaite and Erickson's engine (the Novelty) proved
itself to-day to he as good (proportionally) at drawing a load as
running without one. It drew in one hour, three times its weight,
a distance of 2(1 miles ! The carriage of Messrs. Stephenson, Ack-
worth, and Brandreth, were also on the course this day, and took
several trips, but merely by way of exercise. One of the horses
engaged in working Mr. Brandreth's carriage fell, we understand,
through the floor, but was extricated without much injury. The
weather became wet, and the rail-ways clogged with mud, which
made it necessary to suspend the prosecution of the experiments
before the day had half elapsed. The attendance of spectators this
morning was by no means so numerous as on the preceding day,
but there were few of those absent—the engineers, men of science,
&c. whose presence was not wanted. The Earl of Derby paid the
rail-way a visit in the course of the morning, and seemed to take a
great interest in the proceedings.
THURSDAY.—Tnsan Day.
The principal conditions on which the tar* was at first offered
were these :-Ist, That each engine entered for the competition
should weigh not more than six tons, and be capable of drawing
after it, day by day, on a level plane, a train of carriages of a
gross weight equal to three times the weight of the engine itself,
at a rate of not less than ten miles per hour, with a pressure of
steam in the boiler not exceeding 50Ib. on the square inch. 411.
That the engine and boiler should be supported on springs, and
rest on six wheels, and the height from the ground to the top
of the chimney should not exceed 15 feet. 51. That the engine
should " effectually consume its own smoke." 4th. That there
should be two safety valves, one of which should be completely
out of the reach of the engineer's intetference.—On Tuesday,
afternoon, however, the Judges drew up a new set of conditions,
which were published to-day, and which made a number of mo-
difications ea the original ones. We subjoin a copy of the new
conditions :

" TRIAL OF Tilt LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.
" The following is the ordeal which we have decided each Lo-
comotive Engine shall undergo, in contending for the premium of
5001. at Rainhill :
" The weight of the locomotive engine, with its full complement
of water in the bone:, shall be ascertained at the weighing machine,
by eight o'clock in the morning, and the load assigned to it shall
be three times the weight thereof. The water in the boiler shall
be cold, and there shall be no fuel in the fire-place. As much fuel
shall be weighed, and as much water shall be measured and deli-
vered into the tender carriage, as the owner of the engine may con-
sider sufficient for the supply of the engine fur a journey of 55
miles. The fire in the boiler shall then be lighted, and the quan-
tity of fuel consumed for getting up the steam shall be determined,
and the time noted.
" The tender carriage, with the fuel and water, shall be consi-
dered to be, and taken as a part of the load assigned to the engine.
"Those engines that carry their own fuel and water shall be
allowed a proportionate deduction for their load, according to the
weight of the engine.
" The engine, with the carriages attached to it, shall be run by
hand up to the starting-post, and as soon as the steam is got up to
501 b. per square inch, the engine shall set out upon its journey.
" The distance the engine shall perform each trip shall be one
mile and three quarters each way, including one-eighth of a mile
at each end for getting up the speed and for stopping the train.
this means the engine with its load will travel one and a half mile
each way at full speed.
" The engine shaU make ten trips, which will be equal to a jour-
ney of 55 miles, 30 miles whereof shall be performed at full speed,
and the average rate of travelling shall not be less than ten miles
per hour.
" As soon as the engine has performed this task (which will be
equel to the travelling from Liverpool to Alanchester) there shall
be a fresh supply of furl and water delivered to het, and as soon as
she can be got ready to set out again, she shall go up to the starting
post, and make ten trips more, which will be equal to the journey
from Manchester back to Liverpool.
" The time of performing every trip shall be accurately noted, as
well as the time occupied in getting ready to set out on the second
journey.
Should the engine not be enabled to take along with it suffi-
cient fuel and water for the journey of ten trips, the time occupied
in taking in a fresh supply of fuel and water shall be considered and
taken as part of the time in performing the journey.
" J. U. RASTRICK, Esq Stourbridge, C. E.
" NICHOLAS WOOD, Esq. Killingworth, C.E. Judges.
JOHN KENNEDY, Esq. Manchester.
" Liverpool, Oct. 6,1899."
Mr. Stephenson's engine, " The Rocket," weighing 4 tons
5 cwt. performed to-day the work required by the original con
ditions. The following is a correct account of the performances :
The engine, with its complement of water, weighed 4 tons 5 cwt.
and the load attached to it was 12 tons 15 cwt. which with a
few persons who rode, made it about 18 tons. The journey was
one mile and a half each way, with an additional length of 290
yards at each end to stop the engine in, making in one journey
three miles and a half. The first experiment was for thirty-five
miles, which is exactly ten journeys, and, including all the stop-
pages at the ends, was performed in three hours and ten !Mertes,
being upwards of eleven miles an hour. After this a fresh supply
• of water was taken in, which occupied about sixteen minutes,
when the engine again started, and ran thirty-five miles in two
hours and fifty-two minutes, which is upwards of twelve miles
an hour, including all stoppages. The speed of the engine with
its load, when in full motion, was from 14 to 17 miles an hour ;
and had the whole distance been in one continued direction,
there is no doubt but the result would have been fifteen miles an
hour. The consumption of coke was very moderate, not exceeding
half a ton in the whole seventy miles. At several parts of the
journey the engine moved at eighteen miles an hour.
Mr. Ackwerth's Darlington engine was withdrawn, on account,
we believevof some part of It falling accidentally out of order. It
is nearly of the same size and weight as Mr. Stephenson's, and,
like that engine, requires the addition of an engine tender to carry
its water and fuel. Judging from several short trips which it per-
formed on the rail-road, by way of exercise, we should pronounce
it to be a machine of great power.
F R.I DA Y.—Foment DAY.

To-day a public notice appeared from Messrs. Braithwaite and
Erickson, stating that in consequence of the alteration made in the
conditions of the competition, the definitive trial of the new engine
h4d, with the approbation of the judges, been deferred till Satur-
day at eleven. Friday became thus a dies not in the competition ;
the engines of Mr. Stephenson and Messrs. Braithwaite and &ink-
son being the only two which, to use the language of the turf, had
been placed by the judges.
SATURDAY—Finis Day.
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In the expectation of-witnessing the Novelty perform its ap-
pointed task, the attendance of company on the ground was more
numerous to-day than it had been on several of the preceding days.
Three times its own weight having been attached to the engine,
the machine commenced its task, and performed it at the rate of
sixteen miles in the hour. Mr. Stephenson's engine, the Rocket,
also exhibited to-day. Its tender was completely detached from
tt, and the engine alone shot along the road at the almost incre-
dible rate of S 2 miles in the hour. So astonishing was the celerity
with which the engine, without its apparatus, darted past the spec-
tators, that it could be compared to nothing but the rapidity with
which the swallow darts through the air. Their astonishment was
complete, every one exclaiming involuntarily, "The power of
steam Is unlimited!"
The experhnenu will be continued during the present week.

The Bulletin des Sciences Historiques contains an ac-
count of the discovery of some antiquities at Vienne, in France.—
Amongst other things, were two figures in bronze repre%entlng
Atlas and Mercury; they have been deposited in the Museum.—

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Not far from the spot there were found a glass urn and some phials,
which have also been sent to the Museum. A gold ring was near
the latter but it was taken away by the workmen. A few years
ago, M. Verney found in has garden a square piece of marble of
nine or ten inches, on which was cut the following inscription :
" L. Valerila vitalis tires sad a svisfivii."
A lad about 16, named ltobert Squires, an errand-boy
to Mr. Mantiering. linen-draper, High-street, Borough, on Satur-
day took from a shelf at the back of the shop sonic cheese lying upon
a piece of clean paper, which appeared to be covered with flour.
He blew it off, and then ate the cheese, which lie had no sooner
done, than he expectorated violently, and became very ill. It was
a.cortained that one of the temale members• of the family bad
toasted the else, se, and whilst in a soft state she had infused in it a
quantity of white arsenic, for the purpose of destroying rats, and
had pieced it (she says) in she cellar,where the vermin moat abound.
No Mile was lost in carrying the poor lad to Guy's Hospital, and at
twelve o'clock, two hours after be was brought in, he expired. The
unfortunate youth had been in Mr. M.'s employ about six months,
and nothing can exceed the distress the family hive been thrown
. into at tbr deplorable event. About ten months since, the father
of the deceast.d was drowned in the West li:dia Docks. The pour
widow is now left in the greatest distress.

situation was again offer
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The rapid transiti
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11 ceding days, affords a si
proverbially capricious
mometer, in a shelterec
on Saturday afternoon
not vary more than a
fallen to 34 on Wednei
day night.
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