1842.] 
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199 
Birmingham and Gloucester, 1,4337.; Ma pepe ot 
587.; Eastern Counties 8, 7 
ort 
hy, 8461. ; 
ds, 
2 
Edinburgh and SIMEON: 
a, applied to the tunnel, and that 
with it last a, i 
gen cfectly siccessfl 
on each e 
by of its brea biilliancy, ee} mpediment or ob- 
Satin on the line. The twelfth_half-yearly eeners 
meeting of the proprietors of the West ar don Rai 
way, took place last week. a coe oni read the 
report, which regretted that the were in mu 
the same condition as at an a mete. with th 
r 
di ort to 
the line. Negotiations had been entered into with the 
London and Birmingham, and Grea stern Railway, 
» forming a junction wit ose 
_ two 2 spb te ; but, although as yet hee wane it. was 
f € was not far distant when ould be 
ritton, In moving the adoption of the 
or 
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o 
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4 
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a 
Be = 
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wn 
eke 
o. 
1 carried, a lo 
me it 
| “pany, to explain the course the directors inte 
sue as to the disposal of any 
aon ae os 
of the pee ty of t 
r 
_ directors showed that the debts of the c ny, amongst 
 agreat num cc rs, amounted to 37,000/., and 
that it was i ssible arrangements could be made t 
_ meet the creditors within so shor period. Mr. Cra 
ford subsequently mov amendment, which was car- 
adj the meeting for a month, to receive a re- 
e e mee 
3 ‘port from.the directors as to 
the arrangements they had 
the creilitire of the company.—The h 
with he half- 
oti of roprietors of the don an 
aiieae h : held. From the report it 
red pony i pap Aanailips, on the line, 
t had been great age interrupte 
had greatly impeded tof bat BI of the Brigh- 
ton Railway. Notwit Siacdinrs the traffic for the | 
half-year, with the toll received from the Bri Com- 
pany (5,750/. 14s. 1d.), sufficed to pay the ordinary ex- 
of it, 
unties and the agiern ae 
1 ( ad edie the directo 
Wi ny would bg he propriety iy of rl 
ing their tolls. so as to lower t on ines of 
e South Ba ern Compan: . a 
merchandise as near to London as 
possible, the directors had entertained their proposition 
in approach to the Croydon line from 
s-lane, about two miles ae Rigs ter-bridge 
bill f — ve before total ca 
arl 
31, 1842, mas 626, ti hd ld., and 
E tal piyioonts, 637,8752. aching ac- 
i” othe for the half-year (214, 88 eR ape was 14,174/, 
_ 19s. ; the other receipts made a total of 19,232¢. 13s. 11d., 
_ which, ch the expenses, i ft 2 a balanaes of 1,073¢. 17s. 
6a, The toll paid te = e 
j = poe Company was | pers gin 10d. ; and the 
fo 46, 16 19s. 2d. The chairman entered fully into the 
jects of the report, and stated that 21 0008. 
e lan 
requi grok for other 
and to Mong ~ $+ the joint station the company’s 
a Z 
capital: i woul py 
pital, it would better 
Mr. Pare 
—On 
- of the shareholders of | 
4 oe the p Prpose of receiving. the report's 
{ 
committee appointed on the 20th Jan. 
it appeared that the pgeemettes had exam 
accounts of the c on in 
rai the sae 
the vari 
spected the eh 4g 2 
mantiner in whic 
eceiyed from the Sout h Eastern Railway 
onclusion, they recommended that 
é cetiaesa s 3; that the ac- 
na aycteys that a 
hp re +e st; ay that 
three Sa iy ig a ab audito Sir 
Li. mid, Bart., tile tae. ail the hirehibaans 
would, nie himself, feel much indents tn he comm mittee 5 
rs ; as their report contained matters aed mportane 
d that required c konatderitton: td should move that it be 
adited, printed, and circulated amongst the proprietors, 
and that it be taken i int 0 consideration that day fortnight. 
he chairman 
pirieig cae pad fig? 4 likely to prejudice the company, 
which mend 
dee: sna 
s hurled down t e declivity, 
A Bbeaing clogge he soil. 
various 
doustint of of | the audience ave t ihe n 
w 
engers were shortly ise 
t to the sauelnes s another engine. 
; but n 
either the conductors 
r passengers oameren 4 po ir pjury. 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—The usual sd meeting of the Repeal As- 
sociation + was held on Monday, Mr. J. C. nh ee 1 in 
the ¢ The tog pata ave a letter from i 
Missou uri Associ the Frie 
of the foll aI charitable eee receiving 
os from Parliament, with a view, $f ead gee = 
ontemplate a " pethetth of the 
hitherto ir in har rr gus ae 
the ut @:—Fema 
Weatshorclond Lock Hos mr} ingin Hospitals tg nyse s 
Hospital, Cork-street Fe ever Hos Hospital for Incura- 
les H Comp Sk iin ee 
ildren -—A deputa 
unt of m 
as sini ie fly 
se: 
with Lord Eliot on Saturday, igs urge upon G 
te eer of a continuation of ga Cestin, Haley, 
and the esta sabiibhinent 0 f a packet har 
Wiles, » whifch mene Rony me the Post-office bl 
munication bet ae ane s city. 
is said, pro 
the fis of the 
Adm harbour. 
‘lead 
miralty upon the Webjen of a packet 
THEATRICALS. 
Italian Opera.—Her Mai 
the pie on Saturday, ae Sexopeaie é; 
terati 
port 
ant of which i is Bi adoption of a new system of Yes oat 
thes, on iB principle recommende r. Reid. 
a ce, 
he flowin ing ri : brief account 
ec 
racen prisoner and slave. enges 
the object of his ity by ere ing her siioustant hus- 
and tabs him- 
ban » being ted by her for the deed, s 
self. Gena and the curtain drops, the chorus 
imploring the sun ‘to cover the-walls which such abomina- 
tions have sullie a notte eterna and eterno orror 
The prima donna, Sigaore Moltini, who personated the 
heroine of the piece, is a fine woman, with an “oe 
ive countenance and handsome person. Her sa 
clear soprano, 0} of —- SoeARS i ae style i is good, and her 
intonation true. ergetic and impas ; and 
her performance stieited feeqn $84 ung The 
puacipel performers % were Signor Guasco, the new 
Sige Sant the t base, and 
OU 
Lord Eliot, it 
Board of | sio 
ated — in a pleasing maniier. The choruses well 
there was ie good deal of applause at sy fall of 
Signora Moltini and Signor Guasco 
ents to the au- 
e 
M. I 
acco 
débutante at this theatre, made a successful appearance, 
and was much applauded. The ara bg: well filled, and 
many ra. of hare Hcy were pre 
hs OVENT —On Tuesday, Migs te saaigee sg 
made nee deiilies nee at this theat a new 
sate, viz., Susanna, in ** A gs Marriage sof a ad 
wi uw Besa of Mozart is too 
e€ any cohim The aiberent. pct in 
effec ny a sata aine nef by Miss Kemble, Miss 
as the Count, ss dimacien, “Madame Vestris as 
ie as Figar d Mr. Stretton as 
The inferior characters « were filled ina 
represented, went off 
cat were — sung; 
accompaniments beautifully played is 
scene race g and de eae ee rasa 
i 
nd 
chestra. The 
at this theatre, were rich and beautiful. The success of 
ste Opera was co fie 
~ PMscellancous. | 
The agra Earthquake.—W ednesday, the day fore- 
told as that ich this event was to take place, has 
p Ag by bout any disturbance of the order of na- 
ture, and popular delusion has proved to 
be any others of a similar cha- 
racter. Ita re ars, however, Bas the prophecy not 
only very popular and aie uch repute at the east end, 
but obtained influenc er ace ont Eigen: Ae es 
a 
mongst other peste mentioned, 
Paddington-street, Mar lek pe former "4 police costae 
ess 
signed 
lamity. The credulity of belief in this vicinity is stated 
have been n se fined to the ap and e ignorant 
classes of Rom atholics, but to have been participated 
in by many belong ng to the W pore and er “ 
On Tuesday morning, about four oslock, several of the 
inhabitants of the sou uthern Parts of t e Afetropolis ae 
gin 
sequence ot there being fs ime or three Toud pals of hanger, 
mpanied by sever vid flashes o tning, which 
> CG 
scribed limits of the 
cath of the hecy does appear to 
ba more serbentic than that Lon- 
be beret 
bout debts on the | Race 
of ihe Metro moans by by an 
n London, where, 
from the peat of the strata, it is aasthieer impousibla 
they could occu 
The Olivers of Jerusalem.—The following is an ex- 
tract ite obinson’ ee a oe ished * "Researches 
in Pales ” which perhaps g prere in niet. to 
tat of ay footers, ‘The onthe sp of ar mense 
erypts some hundreds of feet in extent in the immediate 
neighbourhoo Temple: ‘ The in 
h are little more 
than high. The surface sf the ground is ev 
where covered with heerg heaps of stones, the men 
ere 
of innumerable pil 
r way down through 
jooediae have again thik te root in the soil at the | 
of the ae ve 
Chim heer ars may be worth while te 
attention of our readers to spent & 
tides an Act fort 
Chimneys, from which the 
