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THE NEWSPAPER. 



there has be-n^ »"„" ™ apta ° f 2500/ -> whU e "> '""age 



the South.Eai.tern Company tZ ?on^ v W - W f ? 7 



the South-Westem Con^'to iL S f ° H 55* by 



fine ha, not damped the' ardour of tn?C* *? f ^ 



holders who have authored their dtetoffijnT 



Poruaioulh Junction scheme, so as iT^Twi* 



Chatham and thus increase the general traffic of the 



road I he atmospheric principle, it is understood, will 



be introduced on this line.— At the meeting of the West 



-London Company it was stated that the directors are 



endeavouring to enter into arrangements with the Bir 



mingham and Great Western boards, for the purpose of 



taken pmce during the evening of Friday, at the time the 

 apartment was crowded with Her Majesty's guests, might 

 have been attended with the most serious results. One 

 of the five massive chandeliers fell on the floor with a 

 loud crash, and was broken into a thousand pieces. Of 

 the several circles of cut plate glass, upon which were 

 emblazoned the star, garter, and motto of the Order of 

 the Garter, not one escaped. None of the workmen who 

 were in the room at the time were beneath, or they must 

 have been crushed to death, the chandelier, it is stated, 

 weighing upwards of seven hundred weight. These 

 chandeliers are of or-molu, and of exquisite workman- 

 ship, and are suspended from the ceiling at about fifteen 

 feet from the floor. They cost, it is said, from 2000/. to 

 3000/. each, and are considered to be the most rich and 

 beautiful specimens in this country. — The state apart- 

 ments have this week been again re-opened to the pub- 

 lic. As a large portion of these rooms will be required 

 for the use of the King of the French upon the arrival 

 of His Majesty in this country, in the early part of next 

 month, the carpets and furniture placed in them on the 

 occasion of the christening of Prince Alfred will not be 

 removed. The rooms will continue open to the public 

 until within a few days of the arrival of the King of the 

 French. — Game of every description was never known to 

 be so plentiful as it is this season on the Royal preserves 

 at Swmley, the Norfolk and Flemish Farms, in the Home 

 and Great Parks, and at Rapley Farm. Some idea may 

 be formed of the immense number of pheasants now on 

 the preserves, when it is stated that not less than 2250 

 pheasants were reared by hand, having been hatched by 

 barn-door fowls, in the spring, at the several farms be- 

 longing to the Queen and Prince Albert, independently 

 of the large number which were bred wild. 



Ma il ways. — The following are the returns for the 

 past week : — Birmingham and Gloucester, 3072/. ; 

 Bristol and Gloucester, 1122/.; Eastern Counties, 

 470H/. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2840/. ; Great Western, 

 18,263/.; Grand Junction, i>lC6/. ; Glasgow, Paisley, 

 and Ayr, 1702/.; Great North of England, 2228/.; 

 London and Birmingham, 18,026/.; South Western, 

 8o63/.; Blackwail, 1537/.; Greenwich, 906/.; Brighton, 

 6477/. ; Croydon, 6i)5/.; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull 

 associated, 8696/. ; Midland, 10,702/.; Manchester and 

 Birmingham, 3358/. ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1906/. ; 

 Newcastle and Darlington, 1049/.; Preston and Wyre, 

 <>o2/. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 7004/. ; Sheffield and 

 Manchester, 782/. ; York and North Midland, with 

 Leeds and Selby, 3259/.— The Railway Department of 

 the Board of Trade have given notice, that it is their 

 intention to examine into the following schemes, in addi- 

 tion to those mentioned in a former paper:— 1. The 

 scheme proposed for extending railway communication 

 through South Wales to Pembroke and Fishguard. 2. 

 The Trent-valley scheme, from Stafford to Rugby. 3. 

 IneChumet-valley scheme, from Macclesfield to Derby 

 and Tamworth. 4. The proposed branches of the Grand 

 Junction Company to connect Shrewsbury, Dudley, and 

 the lotteries with their line, and to shorten the distance 

 to Liverpool by means of a new line across the Mersey, 

 Jeaving the Grand Junction line near Preston-brook. 5. 

 I he Leeds and Thirsk scheme, and, in connexion with 

 it, other schemes proposed (or connecting Harrogate 

 and Knaresborough with the Great North of England or 

 1 ork and North Midland. 6. The Lancashire and York- 

 shire Junction scheme, from Blackburn, by Burnley, 

 Skipton, and Keighley. to Leeds and Bradford, and, in 

 connexion with it, the Blackburn, Burnley, and Acrring- 

 ton, Leeds and Bradford extension, and other schemes 

 5* acc °mmodating portions of the same district. 

 /. ine Scottish central and other schemes, for extend- 

 ing railway communication north of the Forth to Stir- 

 ling, Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 8. The Lynn and 



?n 7 ^ T' iJ ' The Belfait and Ballvmsna scheme. 

 a!\ I* Llv ? r P° oi > Ormskirk, and Preston scheme— 

 At the Manchester and Birmingham meeting last week 



w/. -™° f P ro ?VPP^»ble to dividends this year 

 was 34,000/., of which 30,000/. are appropriated to a 

 payment of II. per share, or 5 per cent. The increase 

 of receipts on the half-year is 2700/., and a further aug- 

 mentation of traffic is expected from the late arrange- 

 ments made with the Birmingham and Gloucester and 

 Bristol railways. The Macclesfield branch has been 

 contracted for under most favourable circumstances, and 

 the Trent- \ alley line is to be immediately carried out. 

 It was resolved to apply to Parliament for authority to 

 make a junction with the Liverpool and xManchester 

 railway, including a branch line to Altruigham. Some 

 arrangements with other companies were also completed. 

 w«a \ j Manchester and Leeds meeting last week it 

 W,* te l ^ * here had beea a weekl y increase on this 



the rate of -° L '* *"* the di?i(Jend declared was at 



was *Tnr M ' ? er , cent# P er annu »n. An encouraging opinion 



EnrSrk tect t^ n e- sbor 4h and P Lon- 



have dec Jefa ^J^ST^ K^h C ° npM,y 



show an increase in « \ ; per share ' the ac « ou °ts 



. ^crease in recemta nf 2500/., while in tollage 



1500/. payable by the 



forwarding the interest of the company, and communi- 

 cations having alrea< been made on the subject, it was 

 deemed advisable to adjourn for a few weeks till the 

 result of those negotiations are known. It was admitted 

 that the line of itself would not attract traffic, but with 

 the assistance of these great companies it seems to be 

 considered that success will be attained. The question 

 of some common London terminus for all the principal 

 lines is now beginning to be much discussed, and if 

 railway speculation continue in its present activity, it is 

 supposed that it will at no distant day be supplied. — A 

 meeting of the Dublin and Kingstown Company was held 

 last week, for the purpose of issuing 30,000/. debentures 

 at 4 per cent., to pay off the loan from the Commis- 

 sioners of Public Works on account of the Dalkey 

 branch, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. It 

 was stated that the receipts from the 1st March to the 

 27th August were 28,662/., or 4000/. above the receipts 

 of the same period last year. The revenue of the line 

 steadily increases, and the Dalkey branch, which is 

 remunerative, is regarded as an important feeder to 

 the general line. It was suggested in the course of 

 the proceedings to extend the Dalkey line to Bray, 

 every confidence being expressed in the economical 

 working and good order of the atmospheric principle. — 

 At the Dublin and Drogheda meeting it was announced 

 that the works of the line are in substantial and excel- 

 lent condition, and that the railway will be completed 

 throughout for 14,000/. per mile — At the special meet- 

 ing of the Greenwich Company on Tuesday it was 

 resolved by a large majority to accede to the terms upon 

 which the Greenwich line was to be surrendered to the 

 South-Eastern Company. They proposed that a lease 

 for 999 years of the Greenwich line, together with all 

 works and conveyances connected therewith, should be 

 granted to the South-Eastern Company at a rent of 

 30,000/. for the first year, and 1000/. per annum ad- 

 ditional until it shall reach 45,000/. per annum, to 

 include the land on each side of the railway reserved for 

 widening the Greenwich line, but not other surplus land 

 belonging to the company which might be taken at a 

 valuation of 20,000/. for the whole or in parts in propor- 

 tion. The engines, carriages, stores, and working plant 

 to be taken at a valuation in the usual way. The lease 

 to commence from the 1st January, 1845, subject to the 

 ratification of the shareholders of both companies, and 

 the sanction of Parliament. A lengthened discussion 

 took place respecting the propriety of acceding to these 

 terms, on the ground that new railways connected with 

 the north of Kent were in contemplation, which, when 

 connected with the Greenwich line, would yield greater 

 returns than those proposed, but ultimately the terms 

 were agreed to without modification. — The meeting 

 of the London and Dover Company was held on the 

 same day. From the report it appeared that the gross 

 revenue of the South-Eastern railway and of Folkestone 

 harbour for April, May, June, and July, was 81,482/. 9d, 

 to which had to be added a balance of 1223/. 10*. }0d 

 making in the whole 82,705/. 11*. Id. The working ex- 

 penses amounted to 40,994/. 6d., leaving a net profit of 

 41,711/. 11*. Id., out of which a dividend was declared 

 of 10*. 6d. on the paid-up shares, and 1*. 3fdL on the 

 last issue. The Directors stated that they had considered 

 the expediency of carrying out at once many extensions 

 of the South Eastern Railway, and had directed Mr. 

 Stephenson to survey the country from London through 

 Woolwich to Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham, Sitting- 

 bourne, Faversham, and Chilham, for a line uniting 

 with that to Canterbury and Ramsgate, in the valley of 

 the Stour; and from Rochester to Maidstone for a line 

 uniting with the present Maidstone branch, and forming 

 a communication across the counties of Kent and Sussex 

 A survey was also in progress by Mr. Cubitt, from the 

 Ramsgate and Canterbury branch to Sandwich and Deal. 

 They had taken steps for making, by consent of the 

 andowners, a branch to Tunbridge Wells, which would 

 be highly profitable, and capable of being advantageously 

 extended horn Tunbridge Wells to Hastings. They had 

 also concluded an arrangement, under the power of the 

 Canterbury Act for a lease of the Whitstable Railway. 

 Ihe Maidstone branch to Paddock Wood will be opened 

 within a month. The works of the Canterbury, Ramsgate, 

 and Margate branch had been offered to public competi- 

 tion, and would be placed in the contractor's hands 

 wnhout delay A careful examination of the country 

 between lunbridge Wells and Hastings had enabled 

 the board to select a line which would reduce the 

 di=tance between London and Hastings fourteen miles, 



Tl/XT Wlth the r ° Ute h * ^ of M8hton 

 The chairman announced that the Greenwich Com- 

 pany had agreed to lease their line to their Company on 



tLTjtZ J - aUn T Ced t0 tbe P ublic ' and a formal 



n ST? 810 the Same ' Was carried by acclama- 

 t.on. The directors were authorised to take the neces- 

 sary steps to secure the North Kentline to this company, 



Zi, thl? f t0 n Farhamen t.--The nailwau Chronide 

 states that the Dover excursion trains did not for the 



first two weeks meet with adequate success, but the 

 directors persevered and now their Saturday trains, re- 

 turning up till Monday night, are crowded with passen- 

 gers, who can thus spend part of Saturday, Sunday, and 

 Monday in France, going and returning from London at 

 a single fare. The number of excursion tickets issued 

 for the six excursions, from the 27th July to the 1st 

 September inclusive, was 45 ,532 -being an average of 

 ,000 each excursion. The last excursion consisted of 

 14,000 persons—On Saturday last 31 carriages, con- 

 mmg, 00 individuals, left the Vauxhall station of the 



2"?T- lia M7 . fo I Southampton and Gosport, 

 completing the journey in four hours and twenty minutes, 



Bl e hop h st P oke Junclio^Ta^dlaToci^ Go * S « *, 

 ampton. The greater part \VZ?\ a H ° n l 



up to Tuesday night. Iu order Z V Xi fh^ ^ 

 people the same means of enjoymTnf !Vi -i ^ "**** 

 announced from Southampton to UndL ," trip w * 

 day morning 21 ***£ canto^M^ *!* 

 Southampton, being joined by 8ev ^ f™ . P er *>n«. left 

 Gosport. They were permitted to re tur Tl ?"** tt0re * 

 to Thursday night.—The Londnn ,m b ? an * trai * «P 

 cost 326,67 7 0/. ^er mife , whfch ?s ZkT^ **** 

 railway in the "kingdom. The VreL^fch isTh * **> 

 having cost 264,733/. The three W w^ hc ^ 

 cutedat the lowest cost per mUe are the Arh"^"* 

 Forfar, the Aylesbury Ji^tio^.^^^^ 

 ways, which severally cost 9130/., 8710/ and Gq!^ 

 mile. The London and Birmingham cosT^ha' ** 

 mile; Great Western, 55,330/. ; South Wes^T-^ 

 Liverpool and Manchester, 41,320/.- ManewL^ 

 Leeds, 59,800/. ; and the London and B^S T^ 



' Dublin. 

 which Mr 



IRELAND. 



.—The decision of the House, of Lords, bv 

 . O'Connell and his fellow prisoners *.*£ 

 at liDerty, was known m Dublin on Thursday aftern^f 

 mmense crowds were assembled at Kingstown, *££t 

 he arrival of the packet from England, which m^ 

 the harbour shortly before 5 p.m. Mr Ford if? 

 Cantwell, and Mr. Mahony, the agents of the trave'rJi; 

 appeared on board, bearing white flags, on which we£ 

 inscribed, Judgment Reversed by the Hou* of Lord! 

 — O Connell is free I" A tremendous cheer arote from 

 the multitude, and the acclamations were renewed ania 

 and again whilst those gentlemen proceeded to the rail- 

 way station, accompanied by great crowds. The newt 

 spread like wildfire, and cheering was heard in all direc- 

 tions. The streets all along the route were deniely 

 crowded, and in front of the prison an immense main, 

 tude were assembled. In a short time the crowd became 

 so numerous that it was necessary to send for the Hone 

 and Foot Police to preserve a passage. In less than 

 half-an-hour after the arrival of the packet at Kiogstown, 

 Mr. O' Connell and his fellow prisoners were acquainted 

 with the reversal of the judgment. Nothing could 

 exceed the excitement which prevailed in all parts of the 

 city. It was scarcely less on Friday, when the formeli. 

 ties were gone through preparatory to Mr. O'Connell'i 

 release, and he received his friends for the last time ia 

 prison. In the early part of the day a communication 

 was made to the High Sheriff, by means of an official 

 letter from Mr. Lucas, the under secretary of State, that 

 he should hold himself in readiness to discharge the state 

 prisoners as soon as the order of the House of Lords should 

 arrive. Mr. Gartlan, one of the agents for the traversers, 

 in the late prosecutions, who remained in London after 

 the other agents, arrived in town on Friday evening with 

 the order for their discharge. Immediately after bin 

 arrival he proceeded to the Richmond Bridewell and in- 

 formed Mr. O' Connell and his fellow-prisoners that they 

 were at liberty. This intelligence having spread rapidly 

 through the neighbourhood, a considerable number of 

 persons collected round the entrance door of the prison 

 in order to see and welcome them upon their liberation, 

 it having been generally understood that they would go 

 to their respective homes for the night and return in tbe 

 morning for the purpose of leaving the prison in triumph 

 — passing along the same route by which they were con- 

 veyed there. Shortly after seven Mr. O'Connell left the 

 Penitentiary leaning upon his sons, Messrs. John O Con- 

 nell, and Daniel O'Connell, jun., accompanied by Mr. 

 Steele, and proceeded on foot, amidst the sbootinf of 

 the mob, to Merrion-square, where he arrived aboit a 

 quarter before eight. The other prisoners subsequent!/ 

 left the gaol, and were also loudly cheered upon maJtinf 

 their aopearance. A considerable assemblage couecieu 

 about Mr. O'Connell's house, and in a few minutes w 

 his entrance he addressed the people from hisb alc ^*' 

 horting them to go gome peaceably and he woul 

 them in the morning. On Saturday Mr. O'Connell .m 

 his house at seven o'clock for the prison, where a PJ 

 sion was formed to escort him in triumph to his ^ e "T^j 

 The procession was headed by the trades of 1^°^' ^ 

 consisted of thousands of people, carriages and c 

 all descriptions, including the Lord Mayor and C0 J,P 

 tion in their state coaches, several members j ot 

 ment, and the personal friends or political admire 

 Mr. O'Connell. It is said that altogether th( ;p # 

 not less than 500,000 persons present. - Mr in He 



wore a green 



ded by a 



rode in a triumphal chariot surrounded ny » 

 so dense that it was with great difficulty™ 



six 



mot- 

 tle 



along' 



iect*o 



dorert* 



wmou cvcij * UO u»«. ^s, adorer* 



car of Juggernaut, and crush some of i* 



On the top of the chariot were two large arm "^^| 



which welt 



covered with purple velvet and giluing. in whictt 

 placed Mr. O'Connell and his son John. ia **fr 

 gentleman stood up to his full height, and war ^ 

 velvet cap and bowed incessantly, whilst at in" 5 ^^ 



bis 



santiy, wnuai »«-»« ^ 



were seen to move ; but it is needless tosay 

 whatever he said was utterly inaudible throughjtne^^ 



lips 



of cheers which raged around him. On the seco 

 was seated the Rev. Dr. Miley, and on the lowest rsjr 

 sat Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., an Irish harper in fun 

 playing on an Irish harp, and two of Mr. O ton rf 













Mr. O'Connell moved on tnrougn an «•"* V"^ 

 of Dublin, which were thronged to suffocation. 



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