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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

REPORT

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS [LATHE CALEDONIAN
RAILWAY COMPANY,
By the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of
MANAGEMENT.

ARE-SURVEY of this Railway having now been com-
pleted by Mr. Locke, and several new features
having recently presented themselves in connexion with
the project, your Committee deem the present to be a
fitting opportunity for addressing you on the position
and prospects of the undertaking. This course is, more-
over, desirable, in consequence of the Company having
been organised in the .early part of
_the year, and of an in-
terval of comparative inaction lusting necessarily inter-
vened between the completion of the subscription and the
preparations for applying to Parliament.
It is not necessary to inform you that the selection of
the Caledonian Line was based upon the decided prefer-
ence given to it by the Government Commissioners above
all other routes of Railway communication proposed for
connecting England and Scotland ; but it is desirable to
advert, very briefly,, to the nature of the Line to which
that preference was given, with a view to a proper under-
standing and due appreciation of circumstances which have
been developed since the Commissioners' Report was
made, and since the Prospectus of the undertaking was
published.
The Line preferred by the Commissioners, as combining
the greatest number of advantages in respect of " the
distances and gradients, the probable cost of construction
and working, the numerical and commercial importance
of the population to be accommodated, and the relative
traffic and other statistical properties, ' consisted of a
Trunk Railway, extending from Carlisle to a point about
seventy miles northward, and diverging from that point to
Edinburgh on the east, and Glasgow on the west. That
was the proposition submitted to the Commissioners, and
adopted by them " as being the general route which would
fulfil the greater number of requisites in the railway com-
munication under consideration."
All the information which your committee have been
able to collect has confirmed the soundness of the opinion
pronounced by those impartial judges. It is an important
fact, that more than seven-eights of the whole population
of Scotland are to be found to the north of the proposed
point of divergence to Edinburgh and Glasgow, compre=
bending very nearly the whole of the manufacturing classes
of that kingdom. Such being the c ase, it scarcely admits
of dispute, that the shortest practicable route to the seat
of such a population must afford the greatest accommo-
dation to the greatest numbers. To divert that route
from the direct line, for the purpose of benefitting a rem-
nant of population, would be to sacrifice the interests of
the public at large to considerations of a comparatively
trivial description. The Caledonian Line possesses the
advantages of affording accommodation by the
,shortest
route, and at the cost of one trunk line, to, very nearly the
whole of the population of Scotland.
Such was the plan recommended by the Government
Commissioners and adopted by the Caledonian Railway
Company ; and, considering the importance, in every
point of view, of the districts immediately connected
with the Northern Termini of Edinburgh and Glasgow,
it was not surprising that the traffic of the Line should
show a return of 8 per cent. as anticipated in the pro-
spectus. The public responded to those anticipations,
and a short period sufficed to fill up the required sub-
scription, upon which a deposit of ten per cent. was im-
mediately paid. The original Provisional Directors
thereupon concluded their exertions; and the committee
who have now the honour of addressing you were ap-
pointed by the Subscribers' Agreement, and have the
satisfaction of bringing under your notice the following
circumstances of importance to this undertaking, which
have arisen or been developed since the prospectus was
issued :
First : The Act for the formation of the Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway has received the sanction of the Legisla-
ture, and that Line is already in course of being con-
structed.

Soconlly : A company has been organized for the es-
tablishment of a Railway, called the " Scottish Central,"
leading from Perth to Sterling, and thence, southward, to
Castlecary, where it into be connected with the Cgledo-
nian Line, by a short extension of the latter. The whole
capital require,' for the Scottish Central Railway has
been subscribed ; and a deposit of ten per cent. has been
paid thereon. It would be difficult to exaggerate the im-
portance of this new feature in the undertaking. It
forms a third Terminus to the Caledonian Railway no
less important than the connexions with Edinburgh and
Glasgow ; and Mr. Locke has stated, that, in consequence
of saving on other parts of the Line, the Castlecary
Extension of the Caledonian Line can be constructed
without exceeding the capital upon which the prospectus
proceeded. This connexion will secure to the Caledo-
nian the traffic between the northern parts of Scotland,
(including the important towns of Stirling, Perth, Dun-
dee, and Aberdeen,) and the western and southern parts
of England.
Thirdly : by the extension of the Caledonian Line to
Castlecary a junction will be effected at that place with
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, by which the towns
of Falkirk, Linlithgow, Kirkintilloch, and others will be
brought into direct communication with the Caledonian,
manifestly to the advantage of both undertakings.
Fourthly : By the prospectus it was contemplated that
the Caledonian Company should avail themselves of other
Railways in the neighbourhood of Glasgow as an access
to that city. Following out that intention, your Commit-
tee are upon the point of concluding arrangements with
the Proprietors of certain existing Railways of a satisfac-
tory nature both as regards the public and the Caledonian
Company. Among the advantages which will be thereby
secured is the use of an eligible terminus at Glasgow.
within a few yards of the Exchange of that city.
While your Committee have thus in view one connec-
tion with Glasgow, very advantageous in many respects,
they do not intend to pledge the Caledonian Company to
the exclusive use of the Railways alluded to. This
freedom of action is reserved by your Committee with
reference to a proposed Line. called the " Clydesdale
Junction Railway," which will be of the greatest benefit
to this undertaking. The Clydesdale Junction will con-
nect the Caledonian Railway with Glasgow on the side of
the city opposite to the terminus already referred to,
thereby affording to the Caledonian Company a double•
communication with that city.
The Clydesdale also extends to the Harbour of Glatt-
gow, from which the other terminus is separated by the
intervention of a part of the town.
The Clydesdale line is moreover connected with existing
Railways leading from Glasgow to Paisley and other ma-
nufacturing towns of Renfrewshire, and to the Seaports of
Greenock and Port Glasgow.
Your Committee are happy to state, that they have con-
cluded arrangements with the Provisional Committee of
the Clydesdale Junction, of a description beneficial to
both Companies, and on such terms as to enable the Cale_
donian Company to avail themselves, with advantage, of
that line to any extent which their traffic may require.
Under these favourable circumstances you will be at no
loss to attribute to its true cause the original determina-
tion of the promoters of the Caledonian line to trust to
other railways for their connexion with Glasgow rather
than to incur ►he large expense of forming an independent
line for themselves.
Lastly : Your Committee have much satisfartion in
stating Mr. Lc.cke's expressed opinion, that a large saving
in the construction of the works, will be effected upon the
estimate given in the prospectus, particularly upon that
portion of the line which diverges to Edinburgh, and
vOich your Committee have always considered a most im-
portant part of the undertaking.
In aid of the foregoing explanation, your Committee
refer to the Map which acconapan;es this report, It af-
fords convincing evidence of the judicious selection of the
Caledonian Line. It has seldom, if ever, happened that
any newly-projected Railway could boast the possession
of so many contributing Lines already in existence or sure
to be immediately formed. The Map shows that the

Caledonian will, from the moment it is opened, command
the following connections, in addition to its principal
Termini, in Edinburgh and Glasgow :-
1. By the Scottish Central Railwav,with Stirling, Perth,
Dundee, and the North of Scotland generally.
2. By the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, eastward,
with Falkirk, Linlithgow, and the important districts of
which these towns form the centres._ _ .

3. By the same Railway, westward, with Kirkintilloch,
Kilsyth, and other towns and villages in that quarter.
4. By the Forth and Clyde Navigation, with Grange-
mouth and the Firth of Forth.

5. By the Clydesdale Junction, with Paisley, Greenock,
and Port-Glasgow ' • and
6. By the Clyde Navigation, with the Firth of Clyde.
Your Committe have likewise carried out the original
views of the promoters, by ordering a survey and plans
of a Branch to Dumfries, and these are now in course of
execution.
These various ramifications must always give the Cale-
donian Company the command of the railway traffic be-
tween Scotland and England.
This leads your Committee to the only other subject to
which they think it necessary to allude before concluding
this Report, and that is. the competition of other Lines.
Your Committee are of opinion, that much more impor-
tance has been attempted to be attached to that compe-
tition than it deserves. They say this without the slighest
disposition to underrate any real or well-founded danger
from such a cause. but they look upon the danger in this
case as neither iminent in its circumstances nor serious in
its consequences.
The routes alleged to be Lines competing with the
Caledonian are the projectad Railwys from Newcastle to
Edinburgh, by Berwick, and from Carlisle to Glasgow, by
Dumfries.

...
With regard to the first of these routes, your committee
do not regard it as a competing Line at al. It was de-
cided not to be ao by the Select Committee on competing
Railways appointed last session, by the House of Com-
mon.; ; and a statement to the same effect was made, in
Parliament, by the President of the Board of Trade.
The Caledonian Line must always be the shortest and
cheapest route from Edinburgh to three-fourths, at least,
of all England. Any one examining a map may ascer-
tain that Berwick, while it is 57 miles distant from Edin-
burgh, it is only 14 miles to the southward of it. The
distance from Edinburgh to Liverpool, by the Caledonian
Line, will be 226 miles, whereas, by the route to Berwick,
it would be 304 miles, making a difference in favour of the
Caledonian of 78 miles. .

Under such circumstances, your Committee are of
opinion, that the Caledonian Company has nothing to fear,
in any event, from Railway communication along the east
coast.
The other projected Line is a proposed continuation of
the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Railway, by way of Dum-
fries, to Carlisle. If that project were to be sanctioned
by Parliament, it might, to a limited extent, compete with
the Caledonian in the west of Scotland traffic. It has
not, and never can have, any direct communication with
the Northern and Eastern Railways. The navigable river
of Clyde, and the city of Glasgow form insuperable bar-
riers to such a connexion. Beyond the western traffic,
therefore, the competition could not be extended ; and in
regard to it, it would be conducted by the rival Company
under the disadvantage of a great excess of distance. For
instance, between Glasgow and Carlisle the excess is 24
miles. Between Edinburgh and Carlisle, besides the in-
terruption at Glasgow, the excess of distance, by the Ayr
and Dumfries route, is not less than 70 miles. Competi-
tion on such terms would be so hopeless or ruinous that
your Committee cannot suppose that any influence which
the Glasgow and Ayr railway Company possess will be
sufficient to induce Parliament to sanction such an under-
taking.
On the subject of the merits of the Kilmarnock and
Dumfries Line, as compared with the Caledonian, the
Government Commissioners are very Explicit. "It is
true," says their Report, "that, as each of the three
(Nithsdale) routes is intended to form a Junction with
the Ayrshire Railway, or its branch to Kilmarnock, there
would be a shorter length of new Line to construct ; * *
but this is rather to be considered as an advantage to the
proprietors of that Line than to the public, whose fares
would be in proportion to the distance travelled over,
whether on the old or new Line ; * * and it would be
very unjust, for their exclusive advantage, to tax passen-
gers between Carlisle and Edinburgh and Glasgow, both
in time and expense, to the extent it would be requisite
in this instance. Viewing the matter in this light, it is
conceived that neither of the three Nithsdale Lines can be
recommended as a Main Trunk Line of communication
between England and Scotland."
In conclusion, your committee have to state, that vigor-
ous measures have been commenced to obtain the Act for
the formation of the Caledonian Line. Your committee
anticipate that the Act will be passed and the Works
commenced early next summer ; but as there is already a
large sum of money in hand, a second call on the capital
will not be required before the month of July, 1845.
By Order of the Committee,
21st August, 184 i. BELHAVEN, Chairman.
Holders of Scrip in this undertaking will receive
copies of the Report and relative Map of the Railway,
upon applying to Messrs. FORSYTH and PRITCHARD,
Shareholders, Exchange-street, Liverpool.

GAINSBOROUGH, SHEFFIELD, AND CHES-
TERFIELD RAILWAY.
SHORT AND DIRECT—LINE.
CAPITAL, £750,000, IN 15,00erSHARES OF £5O
EACH.
DEPOSIT, £3 PER SHARE.
PROVISV4A`AL COMMITTEE.
Wm. Jno. BagshieEN., The Oaks, Sheffield.
Wilson Overend,sq., Sheffield.

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Benj. Burdekin, Esq., Sheffield.
Richard Bayley, Esq., Castle Dyke. Sheffield.
Thomas Creswick, Esq., &desalt Grange, Sheffield.
Henry Wilson, Esq., Westbrook, Sheffield.
Henry Houldsnorth, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester
and Leeds Railway Company.
William Entwisle, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman of tha
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and a Di-

rector of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway
Company.
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, a Di-
rector of the Manchester and Leeds, and of the
Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway Companies.
Leo Schuester, Esq., a Director of the Manchester and
Leeds, and of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston

Railway Companies.
Captain Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, Lancashire.
Thomas Clark, Esq., Mayor of Chesterfield.
Edward Humble, Esq., Itenishaw' Derbyshire.
Samuel Butcher, Esq., Endcliffe, Sheffield.
Thomas Ellin, jun., Esq., Sheffield.
Henry Wilkinson, Esq., Endcliffe flail, Sheffield.
Robert Younge, Esq., Greystones, Sheffield.
Roger Haywood. Esq., Hooton Levet, Maltby.
•_

Thomas Dyson, Esq.,Braith well Manor House. Yorkshire.
Thomas Didsbury, Esq., Rotherham.
Charles Frederick Younge, Esq., Sheffield.
Henry Jubb, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield.
John Sansom, Esq., Moor Lodge, Sheffield.
John Green, Esq., Neepsend, Sheffield.
John Newton Mappin, Esq.. Sheffield.
Richard Ellison, Esq., Sudbrooke Holme, Lincoln,
Chairman of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston
Railway.
The Bev. H. W. Sibthorpe, Wasbingborongb, Directors
Lincoln, of the
Edward Fowler, Esq., Lincoln, Wake-
T. M. Kevworth, Esq., Lincoln, field,
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Lincoln,
Col. Cracroft, Hackthorn Hall, Lincoln, &Boston
Weston Cracroft, Esq., Hackthorn, Lincoln, Railway.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER.
William Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S.
BANKERS.

Sheffield
Company ; the Sheffield and Retford
Bank.
Gainsborough t Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co.
Lincoln
Chesterfield.... The Chesterfield and Derbyshire Banking
Company.
Boston ........ Messrs. Gee and Co.
Bawtry The Yorkshire Banking Company.
Manchester Messrs. Cunliffe. Brookes, and Co.
London Messrs. Cunliffe, Brookes, and Co. ;
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ; the
London and Westminster Bank.
THE object of this undertaking is to construct the most
direct and perfect LINE OF RAILWAY from the
Town and Port of GAINSBOROUGH, through S H EF-
Fl ELD, to the Station of the Midland Railway at
CHESTERFIELD, thereby effecting a more expeditious
and economical communication between Gainsborough,
Sheffield, and the Midland Counties on the one hand, and
between Sheffield and the Metropolis on the other ' • and,
also, to bring into immediate contact the whole of Lin-
colnshire and the Eastern Counties, with the important
Manufacturing and Mineral Districts of Sheffield, Dron-
field, and Unstone.
For detailed Prospectus see LIVERPOOL STANDARD of
September 3 and 10.
The Line will unite with the projected Wakefield, Lin-
coln, and Boston Railway, now merged in the London and
York, constituting, in conjunction with that Line, the
best and most comprehensive system of Railway commu-
n shirei at i
ao
nnd between t
etlrine
Counties,Agricultural d Districtsu
loof u imn caonl
un
--
facturing Towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
From acareful estimate of traffic on data accurately taken,
the Promoters feel themselves fully warranted in stating
that a profit of at least £8 per Cent. will be realised on
the proposed Capital, after allowing .£‘lo per Cent. for
working expenses.
Applications for Prospectuses, with Maps, or other in-
formation, and for Shares, (in the annexed Form) are
requested to be made to Messrs. WILSON, YOUNGE, and
PIERSON, or Mr. DIxoN, Solicitors, Sheffield ; or to the
following Sharebrokers :—Mr. Duncuff, Manchester ;
Messrs. H. and G. Towgood, 33, Throgmorton-street,
London; Messrs. WILLIAM REYNOLDS and SONS, and
Mr. JOHN HALL, Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Beard-
ahaw, Leeds ; Messrs. Moore and Gatliffe, Huddersfield ;
Mr. James Harvey, Halifax ; Messrs. Beaumont, Kenne-
dy, and Binks, Bradford and Leeds ; to Messrs. Collinson
and Flint, or Messrs. Trigg and Hodson. Hull ; Messrs.
Earp and Son, Derby ; Mr. James Pearson, or Mr. Lane,
Birmingham.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

I request you will secure to me Shares
in the Gainsborough, Sheffield. and Chesterfield Railway,
upon the Terms of the Prospectus. And I agree to take
such Share as may be allotted to me, and to pay the De.
posits upon the same, and execute the Parliamentary Con.
tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated

1844.
Name.
- Residence.
- Trade or Profession
To the Provisional Committee of the Gainsborough,
Sheffield, and Chesterfield Railway.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
DUBLIN CONFECTIONERY ESTABLISHMENT. -- In
compliance with the wishes of numerous fainilies of dis-
tinction, a central branch of the Dublin Confectionery
and Fancy Bread Establishment has been opened, at 20,
Berry-street, on such a new system of style and prices as
seems to astonish the public, as well as insure an im-
mense sale; indeed, so great a variety in the art of con-
fectionery and fancy bread could not be surpassed in Lon-
don, and certainly nothing has as vet appeared in Liverpool
to equal it. The proprietors, Feenr-Brothers, wish to
bring under special notice the priedi per pound of a few
leading articles. as it would take" an entire column to form
a list of all:—Plain Wine Biscuits, sd.' Cheese ditto, 5d.,
' Butter ditto, 6d. Abernethy ditto, 7d., Mixed Wine
Ditto, 9d., Savoy, Rice, Sugar, and Imperial ditto, Is. 3d.,
Tournament ditto, ls. 4d., German ditto, Is., Prussian
ditto, Is., Sponge Cake, ls. 3d., Seed Cake, ls. 3d., Plum
Cake for weddings and christenings, Is. 3d., Almond Seed
Cake, is. 4d.
IMPORTANT TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD.—By far
the most influential of the graces that contribute to per-
sonal adornment is the Hair. Its recovery, preservation,
and improvement, proportionably concern the elegantes of
our fashionable circles, and any information which will
ensure these desirable results will be hailed as an inesti-
mable boon. The following extract from the letter of a
respectable chemist in Bridlington will be read with the
highest interest :—" A lady, a customer of mine, has
found great benefit from the use of your Balm. About
six months ago her hair nearly all fell off. f recom-
mended her to try your Balm of Columbia, which she
did. In the course of a few applications the hair ceased
to fall off. Before she had used one 3s. 6d. bottle it be-
gan to grow very profusely, and she has now a beautiful
head of Hair. I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
" \VM. SMITH, Chemist and Druggist,
" Market-place; Bridlington.
" To Messrs. C. and A. Oldridze,
" March 13, 1844."
C. and A. OLDRIDG E'§'BALM OF COLUMBIA
causes the Hair to curl beautifully, frees it from scurf,
and stops it from falling'off, and a few bottles generally
restore it again ; it alscr prevents greyness. 3s. 6d., 65.,
and lie. per bottle. No other prices are genuine. Ask
for OLDRIDGE'S BALM,I, Wellington. street, Strand,
London. Sold hi respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and
Stationers.

How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the small
beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon us
in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world.
" The young disease, which must subdue at length,
Grows with ourgrowth, and strengthens with our strength."

An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of
constitution, late hours, both of retiring to rest and rising
in the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal, as well as
skin diseases. Te all such we would recommend first a
change of system, and secondly, as a powerful assi-tant
for the recovery of health that efficacious Family Medicine,
Frampton's Pill of Health, which has procured the appro-
bation of persons in every station in society.—See Ada.
SINGULAR MODE OF RELIEVING A BESIEGED CASTLE.
—There was a peculiar custom in Cheshire. During the
sanguinary feuds on the Welsh borders which succeeded
the conquest, and which continued more than two centu-
r'es, Randle Blunderville, the celebrated Earl Palatine of
Chester, 1181. and founder of the then impregnable castle
of Buston, was beseiged in the castle of Rhuddlaw, by a
numerous army of Cambro-Britons. He im en ediately'des-
patched a messenger to his constable, Roger Lacy,
Baron of Halton, who, in the exigency of the moment,
assembled at Chester, (it being the time of the fair,) a
great body of idle and dissolute people, including all the
fiddlers, minstrels, and players then present, besides a
considerable number of women, and other dissolute peo-
ple; with these he marched to the Earl's relief. The ap-
pearance of this motley multitude operated so strongly
on the fears of the Welsh, that they fled in all directions.
Asa reward for the signal services thus rendered, the Earl
gave to " Roger Lacy" power over all the fiddlers and
shoemakers in Cheshire. The constable, however, pre-
sented his steward, Piers Dutton, with the authority over
all the shoemakers, reserving to himself only the right
over the fiddlers.—Polytechnic Review.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, OF
1830 TO 1840.—" On the publication of the ordonances, the
members of the Chamber who were in Paris met at each
others' houses to discuss measures of resistance. But it
was not from the members of the Chamber that the move-
ment was to emanate. Those who had any position to
compromise looked on, for the most part, with anxiety
and astonishment, waiting to see what current the dis-
turbed waters would finally take. "On the evening of
the 27th, a man, name unknown. appeared on the Quai
d'Ecole, and paraded the banks of the river with the tri-
coloured flag, which had been folded up and hidden away
for fifteen years." The symbol was adopted by the
people. The revolution had commenced. Then followed
all those strange scenes of levity and blood, buffoonery
and heroism, which the history of Parisian revolutions
has familiarized to the imagination, but which, never-
theless, have an inexhaustible interest. The people arm
themselves wheresoever and howsoever they can. One
brings into the Place de la Bourse two large hampers,
full of muskets and accoutrements. T..ey come from the
Theatre du Vaudeville, where a piece had been played, a
few days before, which required that a number of actors
should be armed. To command men thus equipped there
there were extemporary generals, whose epaulets were ob-
tained from the wardrobe of the Opera Comique. The
students of the Polytechnic were, as usual, on the alert to
pt actice whatever they had learned of military science ;
the younger sort entering into the war with the same
spirit that other schoolboys enter into any minor mischief
that is going forward. A student of the Polytechnic is
standing on the left bank of the river; he has a musket,
but no ammunition. A fellow-student, a lad of fifteen,
bas a packet of cartridges, but no musket : " You shall
share them " said he, showing his treasure, " if you will
lend me the gun to shoot my half." A party of the royal
guard were coming over the bridge. He started with the
gun to have his shots. He was swept off with others by
the fire of the military."—Blackwood's Magazine.
USE OF BATHS.—Sir George Lefevre, in an article en-
titled " On the use and abuse of domestic remedies,"
strongly recommends the use of a shower bath, which he
says can be employed with advantage and comfort in
many cases where the space is ton limited for the esta-
blishment of a plunging bath, and he observes that its
refreshing effects in warm weather contribute much to
the perfection of the animal functions even :in the most
healthy state. A morning shower bath, or if that cannot
be accomplished, one taken after the morning fatigues are
over, as a part of the ante prandium toilette, will often
secure a pleasant sensation for the evening, and add a
charm to the dolce far niente of the remainder of the
day. It is a restorative to strength in those cases of
languor, attended without actual disease. Delicate fe-
males derive the most pleasurable advantages from its
use; and even during pregnancy it is not counter.indi-
cated, if proper precautions be adopted. The proper
hour of the day for it is immediately after rising, or before
dinner, and it may be used every other day with advan-
tage. It should not be administered, however, without
certain precautions, and should he progressive as regards
its temperature. When first used, this should vary with
the season of the year. If it can be commenced in sum-
mer, Sir G. Lefevre recommends that the water be placed
over night in the bedchamber, so that it may possess the
same degree of temperature. The cold should not be
such as to produce a shock in the first instance, but when
the system has been initiated into its effects by degrees
the caloric should be lowered daily, so that the fluid 'nay
be cooled down to the freezing point, without any risk of
producing discomfort, but the certainty of luxurious sen-
sation. If commenced in the colder season, the water
should at first be raised to a comfortable temperature,
and afterwards gradually cooled down to the same extent
as in summer. It is necessary to rub the body smartly
during the drying process, and that too in a room free
from cold draughts and currents of air. A flannel dress-
ing gown should be put on immediately afterwards in the
winter season, and rest indulged in for some time. This
remedy is of great utility in nervous head tches, and those
produced by frequenting crowded assemblies, and indulg-
ing in the luxury of the table, and also in hypochondriasis.
—Lancet.

[The following, which appeared last week in oter
Town Edition, is re-inserted for the perusal cf
distant Subscribers.]

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

(From our own Correspondent.)
LONDON. MONDAY, NOOK.

This morning, her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, left
Windsor Castle for the braes of Athol.
Precisely at seven o'clock, the Royal party quitted
Windsor Castle, and arrived at the railway station (which
was fitted up as usual on such occasions) at twenty-six
minutes past seve Her Majesty and his Royal High-
nes,, as well as the Princess Royal, were neatly attired
in deep mourning, and were received by the gentlemen
in attendance, and conducted to the special train in waiting
for them amidst the congratulatory cheers of a number of
ladies and gentlemen who had obtained permission to
view her departure from the railway pl .tform. The train
consisted of five carriages, and was propelled at twenty.
four minutes past seven by the Phlegethon steam-engine,
under the direction of Mr. Gooch, the chief engineer.
In the meantime, the arrangements at the Paddington
terminus were satisfactorily carried out. A troop of the
11th Lancers mustered at six o'clock at the Kensington
barracks, and arrived at the railway at a quarter bafoce
seven, commanded by Lieutenant Hayworth, where they,
took up their position as a guard of honour to the Queen.
A few minutes before seven o'clock five of the Royal car-
riages and a luggage van, drawn by four horses, and two
outriders, arrived at the railway, and remained there until
eleven minutes to eight o'clock, when the bell announced
the approach of the illustrious travellers. Upon the ar-
rival of the train, her Majesty first alighted, followed by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who led the Princess
Royal by the hand. The ladies and gentlemen at the
station heartily cheered the Royal party as they crossed
the platform to the Royal carriages destined to carry theca
to Woolwich, and the enthusiastic display seemed to con-
tribute to the delight of the Princess who as she skipped
along by her parent's side, laughed heartily.
Her Majesty, the Prince and Princess did not enter the
retiring room, but at once entered their travelling car-
riage ; and one of the directors offered some of the mora-
ine papers to the Queen, but they were declined.
The Royal party were attended by Col. Boaverie and
General Wemyss, equerries in waiting, and Viscountess
Canning and Lady Caroline Cocks, ladies in waiting, and
the French and English preceptresses of her Royal High-
ness the Princess Royal.
The transfer of the whole of the distinguished travellers
from the train to the Royal carriages did not occupy more
than five minutes, and the Royal cortege set off at a brisk
pace for 'Woolwich, by route of Vauxhall-bridge, Ken-
nington New Cross, and along the Trafalgar-road, Green-
wich, by the lower road, to the principal entrance of the
Dockyard. The Royal party were repeatedly cheered
along the line of road, and on passing the Royal Naval
School at Greenwich, the boys, under the superintendence
of Lieut. Rouse, were drawn out, and gave a vociferous
demonstration of their growing loyalty, while their band
struck up the national anthem. On the opposite side of
the road, many of the old weather-beaten tars in the Ho-
spital tried to outvie the boys in their display of regard for
the illustrious personages. Her Majesty and Prince Al-
bert, throughout the journey, noticed, in a condescending
and affable manner, the warm greetings of their devoted
subjects.
At Woolwich, the marines, under the command of
Colonel Mercer, in the absence of Colonel Parkes upon
leave, mustered at their barrracks at half-past seven, and
100 of them rank and file lined the Dockyard as a guard
of honour, and the remainder were stationed along the
Woolwich road as far as the White Horse Inn, Charlton.
The assemblage of persons of all classes was very great,
despite the unfavourable state of the weather, the rain
still descending. The splendid bands of the oyal Ma-
rines and Royal Artillery were stationed in the Dockyard
and played at intervals.
At nine o'clock the Royal party arrived at the principal
dock-yard-gate, and were sat down at the Water-gate,
fronting Sir F. Collier's, the superintendent's house.
They were received with due military honours, and wel-
comed thus far on their journey by the Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl of Liverpool, Sir James Clark, the Earl of Had-
dington, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Gage, Admiral Bags, Sir
G. F. Seymour and the Hon. H. T. L. Coles. The Hon.
Sydney Herbert, Secretary to the Admiralty, and Cap-
tain Brandreth, of the Engineering Department, were
likewise present. Amongst the officers from the garrison
were Lord Blomfield, Brigade Major Curpage, Colonel
Jones, &c., &c. Sir R. Peel was to have attended, but
the sudden indisposition of his daughter prevented hint
from coming. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and
H.R.H. Princess were assisted to alight from their car-
riage by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Blomfield and Sir
F. Collier. The illustrious party at once descended the
steps leading t? the river, which were covered with green

cloth, and 'embarkeo in the William and Mary, steered
by Sir F. Collier, and towed by twelve watermen, and was
safely conveyed on board the Royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee.
During the time of the embarkation the numerous spec-
tators loudly cheered the Royal voyagers; and the artil-
lery, under the command of Col. Jones, fired a salute of
21 guns. The military bands struck up the national an-
tional anthem, and the numerous vessels lying off the
dockyard manned yards, and a fleet of steamers, tastefully
decorated with flags, were lying to at the time, and imme-
diately after the Royal yacht got under weigh (at twenty
minutes past nine,) accompanied the Royal squadron
down the river as far as the Nore. The Black Eagle,
commanded by the Earl of Hardwicke, was the only go-
vernment steamer that kept company with the Royal
yacht. The Eclair having set sail soon after six o'clook
with some members of the Royal household, and the Earl
of Aberdeen, carriage, luggage, &c. The Lords of the
Admiralty in attendance wore their state uniforms; and
Earls Aberdeen, Liverpool, and Sir James Clarice pro-
ceeded with her Majesty to Scotland, in addition to
Viscountess Canning end Lady Caroline Cocks. The
Royal voyagers, in passing down the river, were saluted
by the Royal senal, Tilbury Fort; and on leaving the
mouth of the river the whole of the royal party appeared
in excellent health and spirit, throughout their route from
Windsor to Woolwich, which only occupied two hours
and twenty minutes.
On Saturday the Prince of Prussia, after visiting the
National Gallery, called upon the Earl of Aberdeen and
the Duke of Wellington, and afterwards proceeded to
Greenwich where his royal highness embarked on board
the Lightening steamer, and proceeded down the ricer to
Ostend, at which port the Prince is expected to land
en route for Berlin.

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MR. BRAHAM'S CONCERT, LAST NlGHT.—Yesterday
evening, whilst the admirers of the ballet were worship-
ping their goddess in the person of " the divine Fanny,"
at our Theatre-Royal, this veteran vocalist, with his two
sons, Messrs. Charles and Hamilton Braham, were de-
lighting a numerous and fashionable reunion of the lovers
of song at the Royal Assembly-rooms, in Great George-
street. The programme, much altered from that of his
last concert here, was an excellent one, comprising many
of those standard songs which Mr. Braham has made his
own, and in which his two sons seem destined almost to
rival their distinguished sire. On the present occasion he
was in excellent voice, little altered from the Braham of
years gone by, and executed the songs assigned for him is
his usual admirable style. In consequence of the non-
arrival of the gentleman who was to have accompanied
him in the celebrated " Picture Song", he substituted Lo-
ver's charming song of " Molly Bawn," which was given
with an effect which left nothing to regret in the change.
Mr. Charles Brahain and Mr. Hamilton Braham greatly
exerted themselves, and were warmly applauded in the
various pieces assigned to them. The latter gentleman in
particular gives great promise of future eminence.
THEATRE ROYAL.—The spirited management of this
theatre have, this week, manifested their anxiety to con-
duce to the gratification of the public by adding to the at-
traction of the eminent Haymarket performers, who have
lately been added to our regular company, the superior
attraction of the unrivalled Fanny Ellsler, assisted by
Madame Proche Giubelei, Mademoiselle Ferdinand,
Mdlle. Barville, and Monsieur Silvain, principal dancers
of her Majesty's theatre, with a full and efficient corps de
ballet. Last evening the performances were commenced
with the amusing little piece entitled, "Tom Noddy's
Secret," which was received throughout with shouts 0E
laughter. The Ink_ven of Mr. Clark was full of outrageous
drollery ; and Mr. Strickland's Tom Noddy, like all that
gentleman's efforts, was unique. The ballet selected for
the display of the wonderful powers of Ellsler was " Giselle;
or the Wills" and was excellently put upon Inc stage-
To describe its plot would be, at the late hour at which
we write, quite impossible. Suffice
it to say that, like
most other pieces of the Ballet kind, it is partly of
fairy and partly mortal scenery and character, the princi-
pal and most attractive personage, Giselle, (Fanny
Ellater) belonging to the former. As a matter of course
it is more a vehicle for affording occasion for the display of
the wonderful powers of this beautiful artiste than any other
kind of performance, and as such it is most effectual. The
first dance given, at the first meeting of the Giselle and
her mortal lover (Sylvain) was most beautiful, as
were every effort of the fair one. But the gem of the
first act was a pas, by this inimitable danseuse,
partaking more of a hornpipe movenient than of anything
else that we can liken it to, in which the rapidity and cor-
rectness of execution excelled everything we ever saw in
ballet action. This dance met with an enthusiastic en-
core, which it well deserved. In this act several beautiful
dances were executed by Mademoiselles Ferdinand and.
Bat-silk, both most graceful and talented artistes, and by
Mons. Sylvain, which were loudly applauded. The con-
clusion of the act, in which Ellsler has to sustain the part
of one dying or maddened, displayed a power of acting in
this talented artiste quite equal to her feats upon the light
fantastic toe. Like our own Celeste, she is more than 11
mere danseuse, and only wants the voice to be an aetress
of the first order. The second act displayed, in Fanny
Ellsler a lighter, and a more sober order of dancing, its
which she shone equally as in the more joyous efforts of
the first. It left upon our minds the impression that,
even in an art, generally esteemed din sy and often immo-
dest, genius can rise to the height almost of poetic embo-
diment. In this act Easier was more than a mere artiste.
She was the creator of many beautiful and gracefiil
images, mental as well as of form. We must not omit to
record our meed of praise to Madame Proche Guibelie.
We have admired this chaste danseuse in her yonnger
day's ; and she is not degenerated from her pristine grace
and elegance. As a whole, including the corps de ballet,
although placed awfully in contrast with the first-rate
performers engaged, we have seldom had so much to
praise and so little to find fault with.

Stu W. NOTT.—This gallant general made a triumplituit
entry into his native town, Carmarthen, on Wednesday.
when he was received with every possible demonstratic
of enthusiasm. He is to be entertained at a grand dinner..

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