There is every prospect of a revival of the project
for a railway between Brighton and London, with a branch to Shoreham. A meet There is every prospect of a revival of the project for a railway between Brighton and London, with a branch to Shoreham. A meet
° - iu- of gentlemen, all of whom are deeply interested in the prosperity of Brighton, was held at the Town-hall; where it was, we hear, determined to take prompt steps for the purpose of getting a bill through Parliament in the ensuing session. The prospect of the for- mation of a railway between London and Dover, and that to South- ampton being actually in progress, appeared to produce a very serious impression upon the meeting ; as it was considered that those outports might supersede the "Queen of watering-places," if the distance be- tween them should be virtually lessened, as it will by a railway. The meeting appeared to view the carrying forward of the proposed plan as a matter of urgent necessity.—Brighton Guardian.
A contest respecting a church-rate, at Prestwich, near Manchester, terminated on Saturday ; the numbers polled being, for the rate, 1443; against it, 1248.
There have been incendiary fires within the last few days in several places in the country—in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, at Bideford in Worcestershire, St. Mary Cray in Kent, Boythorpe in Yorkshire, and elsewhere. The circumstances attending these fires have not been remarkable; nor have their perpetrators been discovered, though of course in every neighbourhood there are suspected persons.
Captain Cunningham has been deprived of four fine hunters, which were standing in his stable at Wellesbourn. It appears that a brewing copper is erected, so that the flue runs up close to the wall of the stable ; last week, this had been used in brewing for two successive days; and on Thursday evening it was discovered, that the heat of the flue had ignited a piece of wood hi the stable-wall, and turned the smoke with a smouldering fire (which did not break into a blaze at all) into the stable. The stall of the best horse was next to this part, and the poor animal had its ears burnt completely off; the other three horses were suffocated without being burnt in the slightest degree. The whole of them died. We are assured that the four horses were valued at 1,000/.' while the injury to the stable does not amount to more than about a— Warwich Advertiser.
On Tuesday week, the smack, William Scott, Gelling, sailed from Whitehaven for the Isle of Man. During the afternoon, the wind veered to the west, blowing a heavy gale; and she put back too early for the next tide. It is supposed that she must have struck the ground and immediately gone to pieces, as she was a slender vessel, and every soul on board, eight or nine, perished. At day-light in the morning, very little of the wreck was to be seen ; a bundle or two was picked up on the beach, and recognized as belonging to one of the female passengers.
As the two gamekeepers of the Honourable Edward Robert Petre, and two other men usually employed by them to watch for poachers, were out on the manor of Brayton, near Selby, on Saturday night, they discovered a parcel of nets and snares set; and supposing that the per- sons who had planted them would presently return for the purpose of taking up them and the captured game, laid themselves down near and within view of the place. They had not been there long before four men came in sight, each armed with a bludgeon and short stick, the latter to guard with, and one of them leading two dogs of the lurcher description and having in his hand a hare. The keepers, who, when the poachers came within about six yards of them, were observed, rose upon their feet ; and the principal keeper, David Lamb, seized the dogs. Immediately upon that, all the four poachers commenced an attack wish their bludgeons. The two principal gamekeepers had each a loaded double-barrelled gun, and the two assistants each a stout walking-stick. In the course of the scuffle, two of the poachers were shot : one died on the spot, the other on the following 'Tuesday. It does not seem to be clear whether the guns went off accidentally, or whether the keepers fired purposely. A Coroner's Jury declared the two keepers guilty of murder, and they have been committed to York Castle for trial.
On Sunday evening, the house of Mr. William Wallis, of Burleigh Street, Cambridge, was broken open and entered by some thieves, during the absence of the family at chapel, and robbed of a large quan. tity of valuable plate, together with 13 sovereigns and about 30s, in silver, with which the thieves escaped.
An extraordinary birth took place at Houghton, near Market Weighton, Yorkshire, a few days ago. A gipsy was safely delivered of three children, in a plantation belonging to the Honourable C. Lang. dale, of that place. As soon as he heard of the event, Mr. Langdale ordered every assistance to be given to the woman ; who is now, with her offspring, doing well.
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