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with equal advantage ?
Our authors furnish some particulars of the rise and pro-
gress and present state of the reformed religion in the north
of Ireland ; also a most interesting history of the linen ma-
nufacture, from its earliest introduction to the present time,—
pointing out the whole process from the growing of the flax
to the final finishing of the cloth—the whole illustrated by
fine wood cuts ; and we rejoice to find that the labourers,
young and old, employed in the production of the valuable
commodity, are not only comfortable in circumstances, and
the enjoyment of health, but much more intelligent and
happy than any class of our own manufacturing population.
This is attributable to their superior education, and, in no
small degree, to the enterprise and generous conduct of their
employers. To our cotton lords on this side the channel we
would say—" Go, and do likewise." ..

The part is embellished by two beautiful engravings from
steel—one of " Dunluce Castle," and one of " Fair Head."

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS

(From the Railway Magazine of Saturday, June 11.)

The following calculation of the last weekly returns of 39
railways, 1271 miles in length, given in our present number,
will, we believe, be of interest :—Number of passengers on
23 railways, 284,454 ; consequently, the total for the week
must be about 400,000. The receipts for passengers on 38
railways, £63,633 13s. 7d.; ditto for goods on 33 railways,
£16,598 3s. 9d. ; total, £80,231 17s. 4d. This is an average
of £63 per mile per week. The traffic, therefore, is certainly
at the rate of more than three millions a year, and carrying
fifteen millions of passengers.

NAME

I Passen-
gers.

Birming. & Derby
Birming.& Gloster
BrandlingJunction
Chester & Birken. 5072
Dundee &Arbroath 5761
Edinb. & Glasgow 13394
Eastern Counties.. 17207
Glasgow and Ayr . 14144
Glasgow & Paisley 19621
Grand Junction ..

G. Nth. of England,

Great Western

Hayle

Hull and Selby

Lan. and Preston

Passen
'per day

£llB9
1653
SG4
530
266
2055
1035
1137
960

Cor. wk.iPer mile
last }earl per wk.

£1233 241
1817 30
- 341
661 351
- 16
- 441
1001 591
1182 28
826 421

" When this vessel settled down and got firmly embedded
across the reef which runs at right angles with her keel, and
which could be perceived by the whole frame of the heavy
steam machinery being forced up about seven or eight inches,
the mercy of PROVIDENCE was clearly shown; and that
there was a prospect of the loss of life being very trilling in
comparison to what would have been the result had she
lain in an oblique position on the said reef or parallel to it,
in which case she might have been capsized by the heaving
of the sea; and as heavy articles of every description were
loose about the deck, amongst the rest 229 iron jars of quick-
silver, each weighing from 90 to 1001bs, and to have been
disembarked at the first, owing to their great value, as well
as chains, spars, &c., almost all loose, the cabin doors
broken open, and opening and shutting with the greatest
violence every time the sea struck her, had she capsized, 179
persons (150 men, 15 women, and 14 children) would in all
probability have been drowned or crushed to death, the wa-
ter being deep on all sides of the reef. A message was de-
livered in my presence to Captain Burney by Lieut. Davis,
admiralty agent of the Tweed, that Lieut. Keatley, R.N.,
on leave of absence from the Tweed, begged to offer his ser-
vices to do all that lay in his power on board the Medina,
which were gladly accepted, and were very efficient.
" On my reaching the Larne schooner I learned that the
passengers for Jamaica were ordered to the Tweed, those for
England to the schooner Larne. _

"I am happy to say his Excellency the Earl of Elgin,
with his lady and Lady Charlotte Bruce, were ultimately re-
moved to the Tweed, they having embarked from the Me-
dina and reached the schooner Larne with nothing but his
lordship's despatches.

. .
" The detachment of the 2nd West India regiment, sta-
tioned at Turk's Island, under the command of Lieutenant
Howell, were most active and useful, as will be seen by the
official letter marked E. herewith sent, addressed to me by
the admiralty agent, now on board here, in charge of her
Majesty's mails, the original of which I have handed over
to the officer commanding the left wing at Nassau.
" The passengers, who are to go to England, of the Me-
dina, when wrecked, are—Robert Dick, Esq., of the Island
of Trinidad, with his family; Monsieur Rennay, a resident
of St. Thomas's, but a native of Bourdeaux ; a Mr. Har-
risoultz, a Polish gentleman, lately from La Guayara these
gentlemen are ready to express their entire satisfaction at
the ample attendance and obliging conduct of all the autho-
rities on board the Medina and Lame, which must be grati-
fying to any person interested in the welfare of Ibis establish-
ment, so desirable to be entertained uninterrupted, not only
by the colonies of Great Britain but by those of the States.—
I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble
servant "T. FALLS, Lieut.-Col.
" Deputy Adj.-Gen. in the Leeward and Windward Islands.
" May 29."

Rev. Walter Gee, 8.D., formerly Fellow and Tutor of
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has been appointed, by
the Bishop of Exeter, to the Archdeaconry of East Corn-
wall.
Rev. George Allen Proctor, to the curacy of Castlecomer.
Rev. John Reed, curate of Downpatrick, to the rectory of
Bailee, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Bond.
Rev. William Archer Butler, M.A., Rector of Clondevod-
dock, to the Living of Raymochy, vacant by the promotion
of the Rev. J. B. Chapman, M.A.
Rev. Fairfax Franklin, M.A., formerly Fellow of Clare
Hall, Cambridge, and Perpetual Curate of New Buckenham,
Norfolk, to the Rectory of West Newton, in that county,
vacant by the promotion of the Rev. William Holmes.
Rev. 11. R. Slade, LL.B., formerly of St. Peter's Col-
lege, Cambridge, Perpetual Curate of Kenley, Salop, has
been appointed by the Earl of Clarendon one of his Lord-
ship's Domestic Chaplains.
Rev. Thomas M`Neece, Fellow of Trinity College, Dub-
lin, has been presented, by the Provost, Fellows, and Scho-
lars of that Foundation, to the Rectory and Vicarage of
Arboe, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Dr. O'Brien to
the See of Ossory.

CAMBRIDGE, JUNk; 11.
At a Congregation held this day, the following degrees
were conferred :

B.D.
The Venerable Archdeacon Thorp, M.A., Fellow and Tu-
tor, Trinity College.
Rev. James Dalziel Simpson, M.A., Fellow, Sidney Sus-
sex College. _ _ .

M.A.
Rev. Alfred Tolver Paget, Caius College.
Charles Thomas Osborne, Sidney Sussex College
B.M.
Robert Palk Carew, Downing College.
William Balderston, St. John's College.
Francis Henry Laing, Queen's College.
Henry Lee Warner, St. John's College.
BARNABY LECTURERS.

The following_were this day elected :

Mr. Ansted, Mathematics ; Mr. Eddleson. Philosophy ;
Mr. Birkett, Rhetoric; Mr. Buston, Logic.
KING'S COLLEGE.
On Wednesday last, the Bth instant, William Talman was
elected a Foundation Fellow of this society.
SiR. W BROWNE'S MEDAL.

The prize for Sir W. in imitation of
Horace, subject, " Navis Ornata atque Armata in Aquam
deducitor," was yesterday adjudged to Henry James Sumner
Maine, Scholar of Pembroke College. Mr. Maine, as re-
cently.announeed, also obtained the Chancellor's and the
Camden medals.