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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE, 
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Castle, and then inspected the Ordnance plans, which are 
rawn on a similar scale for the office of Woods and 
Forests. The whole of the work is executed with great 
. de La Beche in the contemplated drainage of the 
Castle and town of Windsor, which has long been con- 
His Royal Highness 
sidered of an infectious character. 
and North Midland, 1,980/. ; Greenwich, 865/. ; 
483/.; Brighton, 5,2517.; Blackwall, 1,4087. ; Hull and 
Selby, 1,210/. ; Midland Counties, 2,865/.; Grand Junc- 
tion, 9,4202—At the annual general meeting of the Can- 
terbury and Whitstable Company the accounts showed a 
total receipt for the year of 7,785/., and the expenditure 
of 4,9352., leaving a balance of 2,849/. The report stated 
that great improvements had been effected at the Canter- 
bury station, and that, in addition to the saving that 
would accrue to the company, the distance between Can- 
terbury and Whitstable might henceforth be performed in 
the space of thirty minutes. The railway does not yet 
return sufficient profit for the declaration of a dividend, 
but the report gives hope of such announcement at the 
next meeting.—The profits of the Great North of England 
Company for the last half-year have amounted to 18,6220, 
from which the Directors have declared a dividend of 
ll. 5s. per share, carrying to a reserve fund the balance 
of 5,2597. ; thinking it advisable to apportion this sum to 
The interest on a greater 
and the amount 17,351/. 
showing a decrease of 63,332 in the number of passengers, 
and 3,057/. 19s. 6d. in amount. In the receipts for 
wharfage there is an increase, and the goods traflic was 
double that of the last half-year. The total revenue for 
the half-year was 23,937/. 12s. 1d., and left a balance of 
3,0162., 19s. 5d., which would be reduced by 1,433/. 98. 9d., 
for repairs of engines. The total capital up to the 30th 
June was 1,289,080/. The committee of investigation had 
concurred in the recommendation of the directors-for 
extending the steam-boat traffic, as the only means of 
insuring a dividend, It was stated that if a good Wool- 
wich traffic could be supported, the present prospects of 
the railway warranted the conclusion that with industry 
and perseverance a dividend at the rate of 7} per cent. 
upon the present prices of the shares might shortly be 
expected. The whole of the Directors having resigned 
their seats, five of them who had expressed their willing- 
ness to serve again if required, were re-elected, with five 
other large shareholders, who were members of the 
late committee, and for their services they are to 
receive collectively 10007. per annum.—At a meeting 
lately held at Redruth, subscriptions to the extent of 
25,0002. were offered for the purpose of constructing the 
proposed Cornwall Railway, including 5000/. from Lady 
Bassett, and 50007, from Mr. Pendarves, M.P. It was 
also announced that Lord Wodehouse and others had 
taken the value of their land in shares.—The half-yearly 
meeting of the Pontop and South Shields Company took 
place on Monday. The report showed that, notwithstand- 
ing the depression in the coal trade, on which the income 
of the railway mainly depended, the total receipts for the 
half-year amounted to 33,264/., the expenditure being 
23,047/., leaving a balance of 10,216/., out of which the 
directors recommended a dividend of 30s. per share, being 
at the rate of five per cent. on the paid-up capital. The 
total amount of tonnage for the half-year was 324,826, 
being an increase of 9,000 tons.—A new line is now in con- 
templation to join the Brighton Railway at Croydon. Itis 
proposed to issue from the Greenwich line, near Deptford, 
and from thence to pass through Lewisham, Southend, 
Eltham, Addiscombe, and Bromley, ultimately falling into 
the Brighton line at its junction with the Croydon, ‘The 
estimated cost is 300,000/. 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess de 
Grey left Corrig-na-Greena, Killiney, where they have 
been enjoying the sea-breeze during the summer, on 
Tuesday, for the Vice-regal Lodge, and they were expected 
to embark yesterday for England.—Circumstances have 
eccurred which have enabled the authorities to place the 
mysterious murder of Lord Norbury in a train of judicial 
investigation, It is now about five years since his Lord- 
ship was assassinated, in open day, in a plantation on his 
own demesne, and within view of his house. Aji that 
could be ascertained at or subsequent to the inquest was, 
that the murder was committed by a single individual, 
who was seen to cross the country after the deed had been 
perpetrated. An immense reward was offered, but no 
clue could be discovered to reach the murderer, It 
pp beats that a man named Peter Dolan is nowin custody, 
charged, upon sworn informations, as the actual murderer. 
He was apprehended in England, and is committed to 
| take his trial at the next assizes for King’s County.—The 
weekly meeting of the Repeal Association took place on 
Monday, when Mr. J. O’Connell, ‘in consequence of the 
absence of his father, moved its adjournment to the next 
day. The rent for the week was announced to be 
1,1387. 8s. 7d. At this adjourned meeting, Mr. O’Con- 
nell laid before them his ‘‘ Plan for the renewed action of 
the Irish Parliament.’ This document is arranged in 
nine clauses. 1. The first declares that the people of 
Ireland recognise, acknowledge, and will maintain the 
rights of Queen Victoria and her heirs for ever. 2in 
this they also acknowledge the privileges of the Peers of 
Ireland. 3. They insist on the restoration of the Irish 
House of Commons, consisting of 300 members, and 
solemnly ‘declare that they will resist the Union by all 
legal, peaceful, and constitutional means. 4, The plan 
for the restoration of the Irish Parliament is as follows : 
The county members to: be increased to 173; and 127 
members to be returned from cities and towns. The 
county of Carlow, being the only county in Ireland with 
less than 100,000 inhabitants, to have an increase of one 
member ; every other county having above 100,000 inha- 
bitants, io have an increase of two members ; those above 
150,000, an increase of three members; those above 
250,000 inhabitants, an increase of four members 5 
Tipperary, having more than 400,000 inhabitants, but 
less than 500,000, an increase of eight members ; and 
Cork, having more than 700,000 inhabitants, an increase 
of ten members. 5, With respect to towns and cities, 
Dublin, having more than 200,000 inhabitants, to have 
eight members. The University of Dublin, two. Cork, 
five, having more than 100,000 inhabitants. Limerick and 
Belfast, four, having more than 500,000 inhabitants. Gal- 
way, Waterford, and Kilkenny, three, having more than 
200,000 inhabitants. Other towns, having about 7000 
inhabitants, to have two members, and 49 other towns, next 
highest in the ratio of population, one member each. 
schedule of the different places to return members to the 
Irish Parliament is here added, to show their relative 
population according to the returns of 1831, and the num- 
ber of members assigned to each. The report then pro- 
ceeds as follows :—6. The right of voting to be what is 
called ‘household suffrage,’ requiring six months’ resi- 
dence in the counties ; with the addition in the towns of 
married men resident for twelve months, whether house~ 
holders or not. 7. The mode of voting for members of 
Parliament to be by ballot. 8. The monarch de facto of 
England, at all times hereafter, whoever he may be, to be 
monarch de jure in Ireland, And so in case of a future 
regency, the Regent de facto in England to be Regent de 
jure in Ireland. 9. The connection between Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland by means of the power, authority, and 
prerogatives of the Crown, to be perpetual, and incapable 
of change, or any severance or separation. ‘The foregoing 
plan to be carried into effect according to recognised law 
and strict constitutional principle.” Mr. O’Connell then 
proceeded to address the meeting on the subject of the 
Catholic oath. After animadverting upon the recent 
speeches of Lords Brougham and Beaumont, in the Honse 
of Lords, he concluded by moving that the Repeal Asso- 
ciation prepare a petition for the abolition af all oaths 
affecting Roman Catholics, with the exception of the one 
specified—the Oath of Allegiance—in the second article 
of the treaty of Limerick. Mr. O’Neill Daunt seconded 
the motion, which passed unanimously. 
Dalkey.—A preliminary experiment of the principle 
upon which the atmospheric railway is to act was made 
on Saturday, and answered in every respect the expecta- 
tions of the patentees, as well as of all those concerned 
in the introduction of this important project into Ireland. 
The experiment was one made solely for the satisfaction 
of the engineers, the works being as yet in a very crude 
and imperfect state. Some carriages being placed on the 
line with the engine, and all the necessary arrangements 
being made, the train started from Glasthule, a little 
below Kingstown, and proceeded at a very rapid rate, 
travelling over a mile and a quarter in three minutes and 
ahalf. The arrival of this train, the first ever moved 
upon any regular railway by atmospheric pressure, was 
hailed by loud cheering at Dalkey. The result of the 
experiment was idered to establish satisfi ily the 
success of the atmospheric system. A few data of the 
line of railway and the machinery may not be uninterest- 
ing. When finished there will be in length 9200 feet of 
open pipe. The close pipe forming the connection with 
the air-pipe is upwards of 400 yards. The engine is 100 
horse-power—to be worked on the expansive condensation 
principle. The air-pump is double stroke, its diameter 
67 inches; the diameter of the tube or open pipe 15 
inches. The station at Dalkey is 76 feet higher than that 
at Kingstown. The elevation varies—one in 57 being the 
reatest, one in 240 being the least, and the main ascent 
being one in 115. It is computed that the train will 
descend from Dalkey by its own gravity, at the rate of 
from 30 to 85 miles an hour. The sharpest curve is only 
547 feet radius. Another trial took place on Tuesday 
afternoon, in the presence of the Lord-Lieutenant, with 
still more success than the first experiment. Two carriages 
ascended at the rate of 25 miles an hour, in three minutes, 
and returned down the inclined plane, by their own mo- 
mentum, in five minutes, so thata rate of 50 miles an 
hour may be easily obtained with perfect safety. 
Cork.—The business of the British Association is the 
chief topic in the Cork papers, and the proceedings are 
reported at too great length for us to enter into the details. 
The Earl of Rosse was chosen president of the meeting. 
The report of the council stated that the Lords of the 
Treasury had granted 1000/. to defray the expenses of the 
publication of the reduction of the catalogue of stars in 
the Histoire Celeste, and of the catalogue of stars in the 
> 
Southern Hemisphere made by Lalande, which had been 
effected at the expense of the Association. The report of 
accounts shows that the receipts for last year were 
3,271/. 4s. 4d., and that the expenditure consisted of 
payments for various grants for scientific purposes, 
1561. 5s. 114d. ; printing reports, &c., 446/. ; salaries, 
435/.; and expenditure at Manchester, 3287. 8s. 10d. ; leav- 
ing a balance in hand of 496/, 4s. 1d. The property of 
the Association consisted of funded property, 5,500/., 
which, with other assets, made a total of 6,705/.—At the 
meeting on Monday the general committee resolved that 
the next meeting should be held at York, under the pre- 
sidency of Dr. Peacock, the Dean of Ely. 
Roscommon.—The Repeal demonstration in this town 
took place on Tuesday, and was attended by as great a 
number of persons as any previous meeting in the pro- 
yince. The Hon. Mr. Ffrench presided. Mr. O'Connell 
spoke at great length, and said he ‘‘ would place the tee- 
totallers in the first rank of the Repealers. Napoleon 
boasted of his Body-guard—his Imperial Guard—but he 
boasted of a more than Imperial Guard—he boasted of a 
guard of Christian teetotallers. He adduced the fact as a 
precursor to Irish liberty, that they had five millions of 
pledged teetotallers—for that mighty moral miracle had 
not emanated from the hands of the Almighty for nothing. 
It was it that gave them all the security they had in their 
present movement. How could he have assembled such 
masses—how could he have brought a million and a half 
of people together if he were not backed by the teeto- 
tallers? They were the first preservers of the liberty of 
Ireland, and it was for that Father Mathew was sent. 
Before the expiration of the week he would publish his 
plan for the restoration of the Irish Parliament. They of 
course acknowledged Victoria as their Queen, God bless 
her. And they would maintain all her prerogative. The 
Irish House of Lords would be acknowledged with all its 
privileges, and they would insist upon the Irish House of 
Commons having the number of three hundred members. 
He would submit to the public the number of counties, 
and the towns which should have representatives in the 
Irish Parliament. The machinery of his plan for proceed- 
ing for the repeal would be laid before the people, and he 
had no doubt they would seriously read it. Their success 
was at hand. He read in the signs of the times and in the 
actions of men, that the hour was come when Ireland 
should have her own Parliament, and when her virtuous, 
faithful, and religious people, would be free, prosperous, 
and happy.’’ At the dinner in the evening, Mr, O’Con- 
nell adverted to the late discussion in the House of Lords 
on the Catholic oath. He said he had “‘ intended to propose 
to them a resolution that day, agreeing to petition for the 
abrogation of the thing called a Catholic oath. If the meet- 
ing had been a smaller one, he would have done so, but 
he promised them that he would let no other meeting 
pass without proposing a petition to abolish that oath. 
For it was without example, and it was not to be endured 
that scoundrels and hypocrites should insult them, and 
that they should be taunted and insulted every other day 
by Broughams and Beaumonts. He never would have 
consented to any.arrangement including that oath, if he 
did not conceive that they would have put the same con- 
struction upon it as they did upon the coronation oath. 
Nothing but the most prejudiced malignity could have 
dared to attach the imputation of perjury to a body of 
Christians who were not emancipated for years because 
they would not consent to perjure themselves. Than be 
subject to such insults they ought rather not to take the 
oath any more, and fling the emancipation in their teeth ; 
for that which he had wrung from them before, he could 
get from them a second time.” 
Law. 
CENTRAL CRIMINAL CourT.— The late Duel.—At the sitting of 
the Court yesterday morning, George Gulliver, Surgeon in the 
Royal Horse Guards Blue, and Holland Leckie Daniel Cuddy, a 
Lieutenant in the same regiment, surrendered to take their trial 
on an indictment charging them with being concerned in the 
death of David Lynar Fawcett. few minutes after 10 the 
iy) 
Judges (Williams and Rolfe) took their seats upon the bench, and 
Alexander Thompson Munro. 
the names of , Duncan Trevor 
George 
Attorney-General for the course he had 
to know whether it was his intention to enter a nolle prosequi 
on the Coroner’s inquisition as well as on the indictment ? 
The Attorney-General replied in the affirmative. Mr. Gulliver 
The Attorney-General then stated the case for the prosecution, 
‘ ts which are already known to our 
Gulliver was called as a witness to the main facts, 
given their evidence before 
the Coroner, were also brought forward as witnesses ; but their 
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this young man in the commencement of his career in life. He 
left the case with confidence in their hands, and if they could 
not come to.the conclusion that the prisoner had gone out by 
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