WE come before the public to-day in a somewhat altered form, and under a somewhat different character. The transformation we have I submitted to, has been to meet the wishes of many of our subscribers, and to adapt ourselves more fully to the altered character of the times. I Ma

WE believe it was Mr. Macauley who once observed, that the English people are affected by a periodical fit of morality. On such occasions, which occur every few years, they select their victhns, offer them up to the offended gods of decency and virtue, with all the ruthless viol

The Railways opened are followed by a figure 1; those in progress by 2; and those for which acts of incorporation have not yet been obtained by a 3. The prices given are the highest of the day; i. e., those at which purchases are made. For the Prices on the days omitted in this

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PP " :VS: Jl, r 1.171 7fr , r THE DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, and DEVONPORT RAILWAY, by Chudleigh, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh. (P‘ovisionally Registered purstlant to the 7th and Bth 1 .7:c., cap. 110.) Cpital 1,000,0001, in 40,000 Shares cf 25/ each. Deposit 2/ l 2s Gd per Share.

Ulste r 1 Pontefr., & Goole 2 Warwick and London 3 Warwick and Cheltenham 3 Waterfol d and Kilkenny . . 2 West London Old Shares 2 West Lancashire 3 West Yorkshire 3 Wexford and Carlow •••• • ' 3 Wexford and Dublin 3 Welsh Midland 3 Whitehaven and Furness 2 jilts, Somerset, and

Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway. Smith, John Huson, Esq., 57, Friday Street, London. Spiers, Edmund John, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida Vale, Paddington, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield

The surveys for the following lines have now been completed, and the nece.tsary plans are about to be deposited with the clerks of the peace for the several counties through which the lines are intended to ruit. The lines contained in the following list, altogether thirty hi num

B. We last week staled, generally, the distinguishing features of Mr. Pa kin's locomotive system. A contemporary, the Courier, has entered more minutely into the subject, and expresses an opinion, preciselo in accordance with our own, al to the importance of Mr. Parkin's inventi