The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-14 00:00:00

Z . / 7' r~/mil/ r; • Tr 7 4-C / e fr‘ NEI\ SP'WER r'flig CAMBR lA' N CONBOLIDATED GOLD MINI !:S ' CORPANY (Limited). ?fo be incorporated un der the Joint - stock Companie s A c t , Capital £l5O , OC )0, i wit h limited liabilit y. , 11 ‘5,0c.10 Shares of X 2 eac h . ' Deposit £1 per Sh e .re 10s. I -0 ,•. be paid on application, and IN--41 allotment. Charles M -t hitrEcrohs,artin, J ?Re, ~ Vigra and Clo t ---x., zB, Buckl ers b ury (Ch a i rman of the Frederick 4F os t e tral!,`Gold IVlining Compa n y). Grosvenor •s o Quin, - Esq.. M.D., 111 , Mount-street, , M ining c an Y) rsoa'cire, (Chairman of the C en t ra l Amer i can - William W 1 -;t" Y ) • ' usher, Esq., 3, King. street, Cheapside : t john Addis , p,,, an d reema Wharf, Southwark (three or of the ynar e 6 sFortuna Mining Companies.) William %VW damg, Tl'sq , Brynti r i on , Dolgelly (Director of 13 thll4l Itse Vi gra and Clogau. Gold Mi n i ng C ompany ). 2-- Mr. , ss7.-s. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. IR( nt 'zhei—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill. F.3CRETARY—J. C. Goodman, Esq. Terrip °Lary Offices-29, Th rea d nee dl e - s t reet, B.C. I /. . , t,, :::7 *, =-#. 4111:1-L ie7,- . ' :t l .- ....;:::: A 9 1 .4 • . - -1111Eg rai lei. ;k1'414::::4166.1:" . c.'1; 17 7 7rw7,0 :4) .: 5149 ''' '" -libillil fte, 1,.../,414.- .311'..At1k:.,,,.---'4s!r-2.-4-11::.11;:411,-.1;111-:4:!3 ..- -- = w v., ---- .. 4 kli ws' - ': \ ' '. ht. ~...,..,.,1 ~,_ ,'T 4-, ''," .# , T , .4,4w 1 " /0 -.. 'h. - , ' ~ , ....,---..„ . • it. ,- 3 ,txts , : Ron. - .0 . . i • k i............ ..„_----,---, itn - 7 - 77 ; • "4:\ 1 2 agriculture, and those w r .tu l3 e or,n2 eleme te.br success among th e 35 new Ailtrivslnow:ppenKng. Colonel MEssoun a ,Afflpresentine l turkey, stated that the question -,4- 4 's gleat titerest to the Sultan and his GOYETI.IO,9nt. lie bad had many opportunities of knowing xh, eir desire to in crease the production of cotton, zeference to which the Turkish Empire offered st. important a field. He believed that a great ir , crea Be would be derived from that quarter. Some further addresses having bee n . de l 'ivel'ed, the proceedings terminated. A sumptuotio )nte.r tainment was subsequently provided by the Coltoo Association to the commissioners in the refro,3l:.- ment department of the Exhibition. m room to turn veritU- -- 1. rgeant, of the 3 to the nstable iid that is wife. h o rn he c a cer- Id have er place NO. 21,879. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1862 PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. respected little friend DE COURCY is thus addressed : "Hi 1 Cabman, are you engaged ?" [lmagine De C.'s disgust.] HOTELS, &c. PUBLICATIONS. run four times round the course, was beaten half a mile from the finish. CHAPLI.NTS hoTEL, Now ready at all the Libraries, 2 vols., post Svo., cloth , ice 215., LA BELLE M pr ARIE. A Earl's Cedars," &c. ROMANCE. By the Auth or o f " Smugglers and Foresters, " "The A QUESTION FOR Z OOLOGISTS.—How many ounces go to the pound ? The Wrottesley Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for all ages ; selling allowances. Straight half mile. AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON, Comfort, combi ne d with inoderat charges, will be found at this Esta.bli;hment. P RIVATE APART MENTS FOR FAMILIES. Slain°. R oom , 3s. per Day. 13 ed My:Ana,' ls, 6ci. and 2s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. COOK'S DISCOVERY.—" Time is money." Yes,—but Thyme sauce would not do as a substitute for Mint sauce. KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. —We thought that was the road it came by. 6 subs. Mr. (1 3 0 0 ) ) , sst 91b 91b (J. G (Clemellt) 1 Mr. Hart's Phantom, an cr t i o s m is: 26 yrs s s Lord Wrottesley ns Duke of Cambridge, 2 yrs ~ I _ l 7 . 7 . y thaw) 2 121 b - 1°), Sat .. (H• Marlow) 3 Mr. Devereux's Bcetia 2 yrs (VO), sst 91b (Williamson) 4 Lord Coventry's The Event, 2 yrs (X 3O ; , s s t 121 b - (J. Loates) Betting-5 to 4on Phantom, sto 1 each agst Bcetia and Event, 7 to 1 agst Crisis. Bcetia, followed by Duke of Cambridge and the favourite, led into the straight, where Phantom took up the running. Event was there beaten. At the half-distance Phantom was joined by Crisis, and an interesting race resulted, the favourite, who was never caught, ultimately winning easily by a length; two lengths between second and third, The winner was bought in for 65 guineas. The Chillington Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2 -Yr-olds; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 61b ; winners extra, and maiden allowances. Straight half VAG'? A AND CLOGAU GOLD RETURNS' from JAN. 1, 1861 to AUGUST 2, 1862 .. , 4 861. Tons.Cwts.Qrs. 02 s• DP:ts. 455 1.4 of Gold. Ist Quarter .... 79 7 2of Quartz yielded 2d ad " •••• 102 10 1 " " 51', 14 4th f• •••• 86 0 0 " " - 63 ioz.. • . 188 6 0 ~ ~ 1,268 1/ ~ 4 „ Ist ° " 4 2d ~ • ... 193 2 0 ~ ~1, 395 0 5 W e eks of .... 205 9 1 1,966 18 " 3d `Qr., to A ug. 2 Be, 17 1 , " The romance of ' La Belle Marie' is one which we have no hesitation in recommending to those who, whether at the sea side, at home, or touring abroad, give themselves up to the 'dolce far mente,' an d we feel sure they will thank us for naming one book the interest of which never flags."—Eng lish Church. "A YOUNG WOMAN PROM THE COUNTRY."—Mr. and Mrs. Coobiddy, tired of London servants, import the raw material from the wilds of Devonshire.—Time, 10 p.m. Order just given :—" Bring in the tray, Ann." Ann brings in the Washing Tray, WHAT THE TORIES SEEM TO THlNK.—(Communicated by Lord Dundreary.)—Game Preservation is the law of the nation. ALLEGED WILFUL DESTRUCTION 0 F SHIPS. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate charges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ez. - perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Government s, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." (From Punch.) TURNING THE TABLES; OR, A LITTLE SAUCE POE THE GANDER.—Henrietta (who is joking, of course)-- ,, I've been thinking, dear Charles, that, as you require change, it would be so nice for you to go down with the children to some quiet place at the sea-side, while I and Mrs. Fred. Spanker went to Baden-Baden for a few weeks—Eh ?" (This last being just what the wretch Charles has been proposing to himself and Fred. Spanker for the last month.) MOTTO FOR THE FEDERAL PARTY. " Routs Fur nished." THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET, near Temple-bar. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER for THIS DAY, the 14th bast, will consist of Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. POTAGES. A la Regent —A la Madeline. POISSON. Anguille 6tuvde—Filets de Brille frits. ENTREES. Tete de Veau a la Marechale—Rissoles de Volaille. (REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA SIDE. On SATURDAY, Aug. 16 an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 3.45 p.m.', and Reading at 4.50 p.m., for WEYMOUTH, Dorchester, Maiden Newton, and Bridport (12s. and Bs.) ; Yeovil, Castle Carey, and Bruton (11s. and 75.); Promo, Westbury, Trowbridge, Melksham, and Chippenham (10s. and Os.); returning either on Monday, Aug. 18, or Fri day, Aug. 22, at 7.30 a.m. turned a thing.. Boeuf rota—Mouton bouilli. ENTREME. Pouding a la Vietoire—Compote de Pommes de Normandie. DRAWING THE STEMPEL—Cobden to Dizzy—" Carries out his bat ? of course he does I your underhand bowling 'll never get him out 1 I'll show you how to do it next innings." (Pam walks off bat in hand.) ral other an unin- Fromage et Salade. TO-MORROW, the 15th inst., "THE LONDON DINNER" will consist of TER. and at ster, took of felo de y stated. I suicide, any man. Weigh ble. He ;h consi at Cock :ondition, Am with •med cer- 3 of age, traveller to Mrs. s she had It in the lthy and tachment this, no I tragedy iumanely ins of the d be de -6 o'clock .:eremony angerous ad of her supported, ides. r, and sold late quota- .30s to 33s ~24s to 260 .40s to 440 id e steady. r 36 stone. per 30 st. Levi', —s to Lee, and the dy without ;eable, and ) week. wheat, and eeded. In 7 sustained id to 22s 6d 3d to 25s Od )d to 22s Od kl to 24s 6d kl to 19s Od )d to 58s Od Dd to 37s Od Od to 42s Od Od to 27s Od 28 5d per wheat, 59e ne ; beans per 38 st. ; per qr. for ..Aug. 18. .. Aug. 12. .. Sept. 3. .. Sept. 1. n. Aug. 18. ..Aug. 12. .. Sept. 3. ~Aug. 14 ..Aug. 18. ~Aug. 12. ~Aug. 14. . Aug. 23. • . Sept. 3. .Aug. 14. .Aug. 12. ..Aug. 20. , . Aug. --. . Aug. 14. • • ;t.Aug. 13. , . Aug 10. ~Aug. 28. . Aug. 28. Aug. 13. D Wanda the follow under is an he distance Iring-croset tting up at arriving at tract being ing on the Passenger the passeW To or from tediate die re, tho wife of Lieut." .teers, of 6 wife of W. ?ley-stree t, Lter. St. Anne'o; Esq 0. ~ ey, fouirt.b. 'sq., 80110- nt Janidg 0 AUgUSS Rosamond ..,,,ffer d yow-p h ~ Sloug , Flail, la ne ~ ar oweste ce, Nc'' s ' I 64. uth p olo I Itegent's a Ap ple• 3;1, BK.' Br i g iitout ....•••••"" P _---- - ._, [APL II No. 112; 4 3 0 unty of r v, ~ 702 19 9.12 12 1 ------- 942 tons 12 'cwt. 1 (Ir. of , o re gave „ 7,041 0 eqUal to 7± our ,ces per ton. 7,041 ozs. of Gold, -.The above operati.or,s of the now celebrated Vigra and ti.looga.o CotaT ,any, f7Sttirate near Dolgelly, Merionethshire, existencequ of gold i'a tl - je ioi ing the results o'i 191 months' working, prove the quartz reefs of North Wales in such aboa4vel a* ..,ss as to be largely remunerative. The ginaloea CAd Hu nt , tveo , r ° ' J3Par',Y) rAlthough profits s been in operation doubleslss than et 3-des 'yielded in p more than its or& awia ,' itlr...y, o, nd is at the present moment making returns its ea Ay At Po rate approaching three times the amount of proc (pital, from operations on a very limited scale, and by me mosses which are, no doubt, capable of great improve fit. c Ara Thiops Companym is est a bli s h e d f or the purpose of carrying erat of on a very l arge sca l e, and by the best known kl rou - ethod ext-ruction, and th e di rectors h ave secured a il of gold .-;: quartzjinine s immediately contiguous to, and almost surrounding the famous Clogau Gold Mine; they th e of tl,lO Cambrian, the North Vigra, the Wellington, "le liendr eforion setts, comprising .. an . extent of upwards of 1,600 acrrj,s, and abounding in ,magnificent quartz lodes, Which f„7.1 are in appearance identical with the Clogau gold .. , ,,e, e.nd 'may be pronouticed to be inexhaustible. have The , 112 f ..nes have been opened, and important discoveries prop uee a made. In the Cambrian are several lodes already e .-i h ave u.._ to contain gold, and levels to a considerable extent t ons L'.een driven upon t'aem, opening up many thousand wi T 'of quartz. Rich visible gold has been broken there la , ein the last few days. Buildings, stamps, machinery, a a eF,'e water-wheel, dressing floors, tramways, and other P'liances, have beeat constructed at a large expenditure, d at least three y ears' nee time commence active operations at ' The Directorf, have availed themselves of the presence :in England of Car,dtain Thomas Treloar (late Chief Captain of the St. John. del Rey Company), to obtain his valuable fa ction to 1 opini on on the several prop er ti es , an d th ey refer with satis -1',.5 report, as bearing out their expectations of sUccessful 'results. tenln the Wellington and North Vigra Mines, levels have dri yen. on large lodes, which Captain Treloar has pro- David, las identical in character with the quarts of the St. ''',,,_ a vid' s Gold Lode, and this is confirmed by the opinion of :11°Lute), competent authorities, including Captain Parry, of ,_ .e Vigra and Clogau Mines, and Captain Pascoe, who all .03-tik that one of the lodes now working on the North Vigra Hi a c ontinuation of that now famous lode. No st Ram power will be required. The property possesses 44 unfailing supply of water, amply sufficient for all pur „Pesee,. and r...Terything is in so forward a state that the Com pany wili be able to stamp at the rate of 70 to 100 tons of 'I II , tz per week within one month from its formation. n 4 he Directors have made arrangements to purchase the 'zit i re interest s o f th e several proprietors, embracing all pre vi, ans outl a y on the mines, and every expense up to the for t" lotion of the Company, and including buildings, machinery, reps, waterwheels, tramways, w a t ercourses, ore upon &urc, &c., upon the following terms, viz. :—The sum of 425,000, and 25 ,00',) shares with £1 paid, which the vendors have stipulated to have appropriated to them. the That on nearly one thou san d t ons of quartz crushed by of standard gobi per ton has been obtained, is an indisput able fact ; but it would be too sanguine to expect a result so fitvouralJle on the large scale of operations contemplated by this Co mpany. Yet the Directors feel bound to call atten tion to, another fact, viz., that a profit of nearlyXloo,ooo has 'Pen realised by the St, John del Rey Company, in Brazil, u _ariug the p as t year, from ore containing an average of only l'iee aree. q once uarter s of an of gold p er t on, an d they are ad- Parly that an very l arge dividends can b e ma d e by this Cora i ta:med. of f avert-Age only half an ounce per ton can be ob- Samples c.,f the gold ore from the Cambrian Mines to be seen B at tb , a Exhibition; of the Class 1, E as t ern Annex, and copies author kports of C a p ta i n Thos. Treloar and other mining Ales, may be had at the offices of the Company. FArge portion of th e capital has already been subscribed. Pros pectuses and for ms of application for th e rema i n i ng she cos may be obtained of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, 'Threadneedle -street, the brokers of the company. A deposit of 10s. upon each share applied for must be paid to 'the Company's Bankers previously to the application being gent in ; this sum will b e re t urned if no allotment is made 'to the applicant. August 14, 1862. REPORT OF OAPT, THOMAS TRELOAR, LATE CHIEF CAP TAIN OF THE ST, JOHN DEL HEY MINES. London, Au gus t 7, 1862 . To the Dir ectors of the " Cambrian Consolidated Gold Gentler Mines Company," L on d on. the Doll, y I have, agreeably t o y our request, visited eill gold field in North Wales, rn „ . ° f °Al'. existence of gold in Wales, I have been aware for qi rY years, but that it occurred there in any appreciable p i l ajl titY, I did not believe until a few days ago. Indeed, piece you asked me to inspect some gold mines at that ' s r ce, my impression was, that I should find there a little .) the precious metal manifestly out of its place. I was agreeably disappointed. b 0 the The future of 'North Wales is in the womb of time • but rtehs,ault wliat it may, at present there is a goldfield V eal. D olgelay of high promise, one which merits the atten -miner and capitalist, and my regret was that I all not Pectin, days at my di s?osa l th an I had hours for in ca.,"z ,eareful geological examination by me was out of th e owing to want of time ; b u t I may state that, on th o' B.7.ateal at the gold field, the rock, the hilly nature of s urface, the rugged onAcrop of the lode, and th e moun -41'4 offo Ceder Idri s i n t h e di stance, forcibly reminded e a portion of the gold mining field in Brazil. .. 13 At the D o l ge ll y gold fields a kind of green stone seems to the th fram e rock of the count, but the rock aUriferous lode is a tolerably hard dark slate. enc To losin the g / l flie latter appears wanting in the mineral life, but this at•tire is contradicted by the lodes, for they, so far as yet 'eltd, present great mineral and metalliferous vitality. Of tile number and extent of the lodes in the Dolgelly g o ld field, or the extent of the field itself, I believe no one iet k nows. I saw mines and surface diggings at nine dif vehtellt Points d I believe they aro on six different lodes -6hie l adingcharacters are more or less the same. They al'e Parallel, fhey run easterly and westerly, underlie a trifle 11°1 th, forr d: in many places high angles with the cleavage planes "A the containing rock, and consist chiefly of aurife °-: clwartz, iron, copper, iron pyrites, and blende. f o ,Z A s rA class, they are not so wide as the auriferous rock thtijaa ;: t t i j i:o e ll o s ra in p Brazil. They do not average, perhaps, more three feet wide ; but, as I shall show directly, the ensates for the difference in size. blhe names of the mines, or infant diggings, are St. avid's, Wellington, Vigra, Hendreforin, Llac h-Fraith, t ild Camb r i an. Of these. St. David's and Cambrian have tifforded the greatest quantities of gold, because they have ,ceil more extensively wr ou ght. In b o th th e preciou s- 'etal was visible w'aen I was there, and handsome speci tells were quarries} in my presence, especially at the Cam- At Q 'eei ng w:ts believing. the Wellin g t on sett the lode is wide, so it is capable of Yielding large liesim ilar of mineralto St. David's which inLode. all respects, "eept visible gol m d, p is s tilThe longitudinal extent examined by me was about two es, or fr,Jrn Wellington to Cambrian, and this distance it!euffl:scieritly large for extensive mining operations. "P•vid's Lode, in the Clogau Hill, is the most eaten fielddeveloped, but even this, I must repeat, is in its in- Taking, however, the results already obtained here 1-Ja.sis, I feel constrained to say that the Dolgelly gold i s a locality of very high promise. The excavations "a the lode consist of a couple of levels, a winze, and a little mtoping. The total quantity of mineral quarried does not *perhaps exceed 2,010 tons, Of this I find by the official returns supplied me that 942 tons have been treated, that it yielded 7,041 ounces of gold, or 7i ounces per ton, and that its net value amounted to £26,579. The rich ore has been very properly se fro te poor for t rea t men t, a n d w hi le the former ha p s arated yielded n m nearly 400 ounces of gold per ton, the latter has given upwards of a n ounce , Even if the ore on the bank were worthless— 'Which is not the fact, for it consists of the ordinary stone t three from the Mine—still the gold give extracte dvf u o p uld ardsof an aver ago standard or yield for the Mine of w o unces of gold per ton. Viewing, therefore, all the e i rcum • st ances as to the quantity of the ore yet untreated, and the uode of t rea t m ent, the average value of thooetw the elaovderalsg ore peetri the l l iirards of five ounces of gold per ton. N 'celebrat e d St. J o h n Del Hey 1V rme does not quarters of an ounce per ton. believ th e O c lrlg in e e ll e y ev g e o r ld y A. visit to t Exhibion would, I "oubting mind as to the high promise o- F tem . It may not be amiss to mention that in . working gold Illines in rock formations, quarrying by driving ct should be avoided as much as porsible, and uncley m ha e n n d w s o to rk p : !rig be the mode tesorted to. As a rule, a pair of 411 R on blasting ground h cannot quarry in .a year, when labour and 14° Ping underhand ld with the same dri ving or iakhmore t an about 240 tons, whereas when hey wou cs_ost, except a trifle more for hauling the ores,. quarry 600 wa s . . ti • This difference is of great importance in the hand ng of mines. e reduction process, too, now in operation at St. " d's, would be inadequate to the treatment of gold cre o s r i 1 ,4 a large scale. If amalgamation be the best system f Dolgelly gold field, then stamping mills and barrel Xalgalnat now ien in op wo ra uld ti on. be more suitable than the small ma e I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) THOMAS T RELOAR. TUE VIGOUR OF YOUTR RES TORED IN Lip I ,FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICA ws, -,-, S ESSENCE OF wonderful agent will restore r an , 'ha t ter nnood to the most excessesd constitution, whether_ arising r c limate, or natu from self-pollution, ra , nocturnal emissions , the effects ca e "Uses. The time required to cure . the most inveterate "tractions e is four weeks ; and, if used according to th e simple), failure is imp o t:„. r , i g,te (which are very d in- ThThis life-restoring remedy should be taken by a u" le abo . ut to e r e. t Y , as its effects are permanent. It is acknowled d s medical press to be the greatest discovery ever tna g d e . by thi: B eee t ss M every case is as certain as that water q t Q ches :ti)r• Iticord's Essence of Life is sold in cases,. with full t r ,_ ructions for use, at 1.15., or four quantities in one for 33 e otil,„,Will be sent to any part of the world, carefully Paeke.i: aad - ,-,` c elPt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout - ' O ., Patent MedidneWarehouse, 229, Strand London. PoTAGES. De Tortue—Consomme Ordinaire. PotssoN. Saumon sauce Persil—Merlans frits. ENTREES. Saute de Volaille—Cotlettes de Veau sauce Tomate. Bceuf bralsd—Hanche de Mouton rot'. ENTREMETg. Pouding de College—Beignets d'Ananas. Fromage et Sal de. Turtle Soup included in the London Dinner three times a week without extra charge. An extensive and carefully selected stock of RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES imported expressly for THE LONDON DINNER. Turtle Soup and all Fish in season daily. The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen is especially drawn to the advantages offered by these elegant Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-end Club of the most aristocratic and exclusive cha racter. L'on trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les meilleurs Journaux Anglais, mais aussi Journaux Allemande, Francais et Belges. N.B.—During the Exhibition Season, THE LONDON DINNER will be served daily from 2 until 9 o'clock ; and Dinners in the Coffee-room, a la Carte, from 1 until 1G o'clock. Open on Sundays at 4 o'clock. FREDERICK SAWYER, Proprietor. AMUSEMENTS. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A l' HOME." at HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT ROOM, Haymarket, THIS EVENING (Thursday), at 8, in an entirely New and Original Entertainment, written by Eleury.J. Byron, Esq. • "MY WIFE AND I." PART I. PART 11. A Romance of intense Interest, yclept THE " SENSA TION" FORK; or, The Maiden, the Maniac, and the Mid night Murderers. Performed by a double Company (Two). EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight; SATITR DAI MORNINGS, at Three. Places m a y be secured at the Box-office, from Ten till Five; at Mr. Mitchell's Royai Library, 33, Old Bond-street : at Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, and of all Booksellers. No extra charge for booking. Open at Half-past Seven. Carriages at a quarter to Ten. W. CORBYN, Acting Manager. wS. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC HALL, Ring William-street, Charing-cross, Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), - - with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. Willi am Callcott. Morning Performance, Saturday, Aug. 16, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, Is. Box-office open from eleven to five. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Haymarket, in his celebrated character of "Lord Dundrcary, ' Morning and Evening. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the relebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor an d Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. Bour.couuT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'Day Valse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—M anager, M. Grenet. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. THIS EVENING. A KISS IN THE DARK. Followed by the first part of the Arab Entertainment at half-past 7. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson, Searle ; Madame Celeste, Jordan, Stevens. To conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT : a Troupe of the Beni-Zouz-Zouv,, at 10. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATRE-R 0 YAI . HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, FISH OUT OF WATER, Mr. Compton, Mr. Rogers, Miss Caroline Bill, &c. „ . After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (174th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled CELOS Y'CALIA ; or, Love and Jealousy. Senora Perea Nene, Se nor Ricardo Moragas. and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lcesee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higgie, Meadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eight, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To cenclude with THE TWO POLTS. Mr. Widdieomb. Commence at 7. No half-price. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 234th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS E VENIN G, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara eston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN BAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open athalf -past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence a 7 NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. rms EVENING. OUR CLERKS : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, D. Fisher, Sefton; Miss L. Keeley and Miss K. Bland. After which, MEDEA : Messrs. Stuart, Billingion, Sefton; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. H. Marston. Followed by THE PRETTY lIORSEBREAKER. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, MissWoolzar. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Phillips, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of "Mazeppa. ,, THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse of Tartary, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. To be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with a COMIC BALLET, in which the Misses G unnis and Harry Croueste will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. fENEY SMITH, M.D., of the University of sufrerers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE Jena, has just published, for the bene fi t of Nervous WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). 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CURTIS' MSEADICAL WORK, MANHOOD : 5, ,t napl MEDICALs;uje Published, ;esodhee ds:v the hl AND oe 15, RA TIV B IthEoY OusNand, with numerous plates, E P I DEBILITY,II 11 SI AT ORR HZ A t 150th is., Sold by all Booksellet,an sent post paid, by the Author, fbr 12 stamps, V , with Plain Directions VI ANHOOD : the CAUSE and 1 S MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, CURE of PRE for Perfect Restoration to Health and VI CCBTIS, 15, .A.;.bernaarle-street, Piccadilly, ( J r- By Dr. J. L. CONTENTS: ondon. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the h ysiologioai Dangers of Neglect. P AT:view of the various Disqualin itructure and Functions of the Reproductive Or P- Ab cations CHAPTER H.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea earn' potence; •AcTITAVrTiCIOEUES f r n a d . u_ . 1 Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.' ‘t 111arriage ; whether resulting from Youthful CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of lonorrhcea and Syphilis. 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Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., 0 N SPERMA TORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.—The "limes," the " Lancet," and other leading journals have been lately canvassing the social considerations in volved in " the amount of death a n d di sease c a used by vice." Some interesting statistics are brought to bear upon the inquiry ; but it would greatly add to their value if they in cluded the facts respecting the or i g i n , th e r avages, and the prevention of that SPECIAL VICE, which wars more than any other against the welfare of society—destroying the happi ness and disappointing the objects of matrimony, under mining the constitutions, blasting the prospects, embittering and shortening the lives of its.victims, and spreading desola tion through families. The essential particulars relating to this great social evil (the besetting snare of inexperienced youth and the curse of maturity), together with ample instructions for removing its tflects, and recovering health, vigour, and all the ennobling privileges of our being, are contained in Dr. LA'MERT'S " SELF-PRESE RVATION," a Treatise on Nervous and Physical Debility, of which the 90th Edition has just been published by Mann and Co., 39, Cornhill, London, price Is., sent post free for 13, or in a ' sealed envelope for 20 stamps' Dr. LAMERT, M.D., &c., having for 20 years devoted himself entirely to this branch of practice, may be consulted daily, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No 37, BEDFORD-SQITARE, London. VARIETIES. (From Fun.) CAUTION TO FATIIERS.—If you indulge in the pastime of catching moths you will become Mothers. A FEW LINES FOR A FLY-PAPER. BoTIrER the flies I now their nuisance commences, Biting and buzzing from morning till night, Sticking on papers, annoying our senses, Sprawling in liquids, offending the sight. Basins of sugar audaciously robbing, Nipping our noses and blinding our eyes, Into our coffee vexatiously bobbing, Hark I the loud chorus of " Bother the flies I" You want forty winks, and give way to the feeling, When just as you dreamily fall in a doze, A fly, by desire of his friends on the ceiling, Performs a pas-seul on the tip of your nose ; Or dinner is over, and buzzing the bottle, As in, busy buzzing, some bluebottle pries, Your health is proposed, you respond, and your throttle Is choked with a spluttering " Bother the flies I" At tea all in vain we anathemas utter, Of peace and of pieces each mortal they bilk, That impudent fly oils his hair with your butter, Who takes every morning his bath i n your milk. Of patience exhauster, of temper a nattier, Philosophy only can hinder the cries, Of " Bother the " - -fiff! I thi n k th a t was a settler— Missed him, by ji ngo I—of "Bother the flies 1" Why may the Apollo Belvedere be called solid music? — Because it is a new ditty in stone. T HE NEW GAME LAWS. —On and after the passing of and give it a young a ppearance ; hut if he gives these is a poacher must not dy e game to improve its uphis unlawful calling, enters the army or navy, and falls lu m a ge, : c u r with DEERFOOT must study the in action, he may then die game. Poachers may in future any penalty. A young man rlicknegt billiards, cards, Aunt Sally, Henceforth it will not be necessary to take Dundreary whiskers, he will not be out a game licence ' etc. If a "convalescent Adonis" wishe s to cultivate downy ni p:ch in e s. game. who wishes called on to pay for shooting hairs. s wi t . o tho en u g t fao in er While in pursuit of are in future to train their mustaches game, sportsmen zuust ,, ‘hes and Loyd with gum, a la Kftpokon ; they will then have no trouble with their dogs, for their pointers will always be under their very nose. Although all pieces, or guns, have per cussion locks, it is not in future necessary, however quick the game are likely to rise, to send your guns to the Jockey Club to be handy -capped. said a phrenologist, " Ah I" gazing on a fine expanse of forehead, " there's a development ; See what nature has done for him ; and y e t h e won't lend me sixpe nce .. ' During the t emPorary absence of Cabby for change, our i THE CAB CONSPIRACY.—The Cabmen of London me nace insurrection. Thete is no time to inquire into the origin of their disaffection, but it dates from the time when their Glorious Three Days of strike produced the tyranni cal Act of Parliament which compels them to be tolerably honest and civil, except when their fares are women, stran gers, or other unprotected persons. The foul wrong which 'placed means of redress within the reach of any person who has plenty of nerve and perseverance, and a week to throw away, has rankled in the minds of the cabmen, and the exultation into which they have been thrown by the plun der which they have made this Exhibition year, has brought them to exploding point. They now-announce, in fiery placards, headed " Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen," that they are resolved and united, and that they are about to make a great demonstration in favour of their right to commit highway robbery. When cabmen conspire, good men must combine. They announce that they are going to meet, several thousands strong, in Exeter Hall, and that on the day of their meeting no cab shall be brought out after twelve o'clock. They say, in print, that they wish " to give the public a notion of the inconvenience of hav ing no cabs." 'What the innocent public has done to de serve that the whole business and pleasure of a great city should be stepped, in order to promote the interests of the pockets of any set of men, is not worth discussing. Be this as it may, the licensing authorities have the matter pretty much in their own hands. If the cabmen want the law altered, the same means are open to them that are employed by her Majesty's other subjects for obtaining a revision of the law. But if they proceed to conspiracy and coercion, they should be made to comprehend that the law of cabs is made for the benefit of three millions of Londoners, not for that of three thousand drivers. Suppose Somerset House announces that the licence of every cabman who strikes, as threatened, shall be, ipso facto, cancelled. Doubtless there will be some inconvenience to the public for some time. But we shall be relieved, at once and for the future, from a system of extortion and ruffianism. REMINISCENCES IN CHURCH AND STATE. A new generation has sprung up since the passing of the Reform Bill. The working of the older system is begin ning to be but faintly understood among us. Bribery, in deed, and treating, with all their attendant scenes of vice and blackguardism, will not suffer themselves to be shaken out of our memories; but with all the elasticity which be longs to living and active 'forces, they have contrived to fasten themselves to the new system, and to feel themselves as much at home in it as they did in the old ; but though the principle was the same, its manifestation and modes of work were different. Our cleverest electioneering agents now-a-days would be puzzled to get through the work that fell to the lot of their luckless predecessors. We can fancy a man not necessarily of sensitive conscience, or needlessly dainty about the cleanness of his hands—a man who has, as it is termed, the poorer voters of his borough under his thumb, sigh in dreary despondency at the approach of the election day ; and as he thought of the dirty work he zoust "get througlr - by evening, feel inclined to say with Falstaff—" Would it were bedtime, Hal, and all were well.' " But what would he say if that pressure upon his conscience, and those mil dies upon his hands— to say nothing of the strain upon his wits in looking after the interests of his client, bribing the voters for his oppo nent, and preventing his own voters from being bribed away from him —were to last not for the day, but for 14 ? It is hard enough now upon a candidate to hunt up all his voters in a town, and in his course to make such acquaintance with its holes and corners, and out-of the-way places, as none but a parliamentary candidate or detective policeman can boast of? But what is that corn pared to the endless labour of seeking for stray voters in every county, almost in every town of the kingdom? Trac ing them through all their peregrinations, and coming upon them at last only to find that, before you can have the be nefit of their vote you must take their clothes out of pawn —perhaps their persons out of prison, pay the expenses of the journey to and from their native places, and allow them reasonable expenses for the loss of employment (which pro bably they never had), and for staying at home a short time after the election to see their friends. And when to this is added that the worst scenes of revolting rioting and drunk enness which we now hear of in some of our modern bo roughs, were then kept up during the whole fortnight of the election, it will be understood from what a sink of abo mination the Reform Bill has delivered us. My recollections in this matter relate to a seaport in the North, which enjoyed its full share of these unenviable distinctions. In some respects it was more favourably situated than others of our old corporations ; it was not a close borough, it had no patron, it was open to generous impulses, and it was rare indeed when one of its mem bers was not to be found on the Liberal side. In its better days it had been a pure democracy ; in its latter it had degenerated into a perfect form of oligarchy—that is to say, one privileged class in the borough. The freemen de cided by their votes in Guildhall all points of internal ma nagement and regulation. There was no town council, nor committee, nor representative body in the place. The bur gesses managed all by their direct action. Was there a street to be paved, or a lamp to be put up, or a piece of the town land to be let, a guild was called in a public hall, some 200 or 300 noisy freemen decided upon the right and the fitting; and the right and the fitting in their eyes was just what may be expected from such a course. It happened that the lands in possession of this sapient body were extensive and valuable. James VI. of Scotland, on his way to take pos session of Elizabeth's crown, first set foot on English ground there, and was entertained by his new subjects with gene rous hospitality, and what he liked as well, a flattering ad dress. In gratitude he endowed them with a large slice of crown lands that lay round the town, the appanage of a royal castle that had once played a conspicuous part in bridling the Border. These lands, the burgesses at a very early period came to the resolution of appropriat ing, not to the benefit of the town as a com munity, but for their own individual advantage. With the single exception that they could not be alienated from the corporation nor transmitted by hereditary descent, they treated them exactly as the neighbouring squires treated their estate, as existing entirely for their own be hoof. The burgesses therefore throve, but the town languished; for as every improvement and reform of the public property must be paid for ont of the fund, thus otherwise appropriated, it may easily be supposed that the patriotic freemen regarded with jealous eyes all propositions that involved expenditure, and looked upon them as so many downright robberies committed on property. And in the long run it was found that t hese estates did not even benefit themselves. They operated in this way. There was not enough to divide among all the burgesses; so the residents, who, of course, bore rule, passed a law that all their brethren living beyond the bo rough bounds should be excluded from the benefit. So rigidl y was this enforced, that a burgess living on the opposite bank of the stream which divides what for all practical purposes is one town, had no share in the division of the spoil. The natural effect of this was to deaden the spirit of enterprise among the freemen ; to induce them to re main at home, vegetating upon the pittance they received from the public property, rather than to seek for wealth and independence farther afield. But even with this restriction the pigs were more t ea t s —the burge sses than thethan the patches of A farther discrimination common land. -- Nitation was therefore resorted to, and the lands were given according to age. The oldest burgess had the fattest share ; the benefit gradually diminishing as it reached the juniors; and there was a considerable proportion of young fellows who kept l oa fi ng a b o ut the tow n, with or without work as the -8 e might be, in expec tation of the older men whose obstin ate vitality kept them out of their inheritance, dying off at last, and admitting them upon the first step of the ladder. Their earnings at other work were eked out in the meanti me by their attend ance at the guilds, where a shilling or two m i g ht often be icked up by voting for or against a proposition which some person might have private reasons for taking an inte rest in. Then there were the agents for the sitting mem bers, and the attorney who aspired to so me be the agent for future member—all men of practically benevolent turn of mind, who would not see a poor fellow—of course a burgess I—want for a half-crown at an odd ti m e. All this was ex cellent training for the great septennial orgies when they came, and produced a gradual sapping of the independence of the whole body which it required no small amount of moral courage to resist. But these special municipal privi leges operated to the disadvantage of the - borough in another way. They were so valuable, and their value depended so much on keeping down the number of those who could claim a share in them, that the utmost jealousy was shown in admitting any one to the burgess roll, who had not an indisputable claim. The only terms of admission were hereditary right or apprenticeship ; for which latter an enormous fee was charged, and not the fee only but actual service for seven years was rigidly exacted. This of course prevented any man who had come into the town from becoming a burgess. He might, by his energy, industry, and enterprise, have risen to be the richest and most influential man in the borough, but he could not hope to have as much voice in the election of members of Par liament as a drunken day-labourer whose father happened to have been a burgess before him. Every new election in the borough brought a contest. Such a thing as an unopposed return was hardly ever known. This arose from the position of the out voters. The resident s might have been bribed into quiescence by the old members, but it was not in their power to persuade the electors who had gone away to forego their visit home to see their friends, their three weeks' or a month's holiday and their being paid for idleness at a far higher rate than could ever have been earned at their work. So that the members, on taking th e i r seats at one election, might reckon upon it as a matter of course that they must en counter a " third man" at the next. A requisition was got up for some gentleman, wh ose existence was never heard of before, but who was suddenly diacovered o -possess all the virtues under heaven; and to that requisition there was sure to be appended the names of all the out voters. The sitting members resorted to various ex pedients to defeat the practice and enlist the out-voters in their favour; but they rarely succeeded. There was honour among thieves ; and the voters were true to the man without whom they felt they could not have enjoyed the advantages the sitting members were offering. Here and there cases were found where a mean-spirited wretch had signed the requisition for one man, and when the poll• ing came had found reasons to vote for another, but he was held " ruddering " by his stout Saxon companions, who stood stiff upon their honesty that they were invariably faithful to the first briber. Sometimes the bribe was trans ferred from the voters to be conveyed to the person who conveyed them. One such successful trick still lives in the memories of the borough. The great body of the out-voters were to be found in London ; and from London the voters were conveyed, generally in one vessel, by sea. An in genious sitting member bethought him of opening com munications with the skipper of the smack that was to con vey them; and the result was seen in the poor fellows— some hundred or more—being kept tossing about in the North Sea during the days the election lasted, the cross grained elements only allowing them to reach the port after the return was made and all was over. The trick was only played once, but it was often apprehended; for in those days steam was not, and in the capricious elements that vex our eastern coast, a seven or eight days' pasaage, even with the most pushing of skippers, was of no uncommon occurrence. When such a delay took place with the ves sel that was freighted with electors, and the fortune of the election, what an agitation and speculation and general state of fidget there was all over the town. How many anxious eyes were turned seaward to the grand expanse of dark blue water that rolls through that bay. How every flow and puff of wind was watched as indicative of a coming change I For one of the peculiarities of election here was, that though the poll could be kept open for a fort night, that was only on condition that voters were con stantly coining forward. If a given time elapsed—an hour, if I recollect right—in which no voter appeared at the hustings, which in those days was synonymous with the polling booth, it was held that the list of voters was ex hausted, the poll was closed, and the members declared. Therefore it behoved the candidate who was lowest on the poll, but who expected his out voters to turn the scale, to husband the resident votes that remained to him. If his supply had run very short, he would expend them in drib lets, one vote an hour. The candidates in the majority on the other hand withheld their remaining votes altogether— to send a man to the poll was only to help their antagonist ; for the law did not care on what side the elector voted, every vote recorded left the poll open for another hour. And the burgesses at large did not care how the poll went, or how long it was likely to last. It was enough for them that the public-houses on both sides centinued open, and that drink was to be had in them during the fortnight with• out stint and without p4v. 'What exhibitions need to be made I How the pot-valiant electors used to strut about the streets shouting out the names of their favourite candi dates, while others, in a more maudlin state, insisted on slobbering and kissing the candidates or their principal agents as often as they met them in the streets. With much drunkenness there was little or no fighting. The praetiee of hiring "roughs" to decide elections by club law did not then exist, and as for the electors themselves they were not enough in earnest to fight for their favourites. Tongue-doughty warriors there were in plenty; but the brawl seldom or never proceeded to a riot, At that time a single constable sufficed to keep the peace for a town of 6,000 inhabitants. The temper of the burgesses on those political questions which they might be expected specially to look atter as the theoretic guardians of the constitution, may be gathered from one characteristic incident. While the agitation for the Reform Bill was at its height, the great majority of the burgesses were Tories, and opponents of reform. Their opposition did not stop the measure, which in due time became law. When the measure was passed,a motion was made by an anti , Reformer—a drunken hell-ringer—that each burgess should get a sum—a sove reign, I think —out of the common fund of the borough, to "drink the Reform Bill's health." It was seconded by ano ther man of the same kidney ; and though opposed by the Reform party among the burgesses, yet as they were in a small minority, the motion was carried. On this the Reformers took counsel together : they held . that though it was a monstrous waste of the public money, yet, as the waste was to take place, they might as well go and take their share. And so they did, and for once in the borough annals the two parties exhibited an edifying spectacle of drunken unanimity. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON RACE S.-WEDNE SDAY. The Shakespeare Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 25 added ; for all ages. Three-fourths of a mile. 8 subs. Mr. Mills's Vulture, 6 yrs, Sst 21b Grinishaw) 1 Capt. Christie's Spicebox, 5 yrs, 9st 31b ....(Fordham) 2 Mr. Angell's Astarte, 4 yrs, Bst (T. French) 3 Mr. Barber's Ophelia, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Noble) 4 Mr. Crook's Redpole, 4 yrs, 7st 12lb (Cl emen t) 6 _ _ _ _ _ Betting—Even on Spicebox, 9 to 2 each agst Vulture and Red pole. Vulture jumped off first, but in a few strides was passed by Astarte, Spicebox occupying the third place, and Red pole bringing up the rear. Entering the straight Vulture took up the running from Astarte, and at the distance was joined by Spicebox. A slashing race ensued from the half distance, Fordham, however, failing to get up, was beaten a length ; a similar distance separated the favourite and Astarte; and Ophelia was a bad third. The Stamford Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies and geldings, Bst filb; certain penalties and allowances. One mile and a half. 39 subs, five of whom pay forfeit. Lord Stamford's Dusk, 9st 81b Mr. Lincoln's Ross, Bst 61b Mr. Ward's Ellangowan, Bst 21b (Keeler) 3 Mr. T. Parr's Equator, Bst 6 b (Marlow) 0 . . . Betting-5 to lon Dusk, who made the running through out and won, after a magnificent race from the half-dis tance, by a neck. A bad third, and Equator did not pass the post. The Borough Members' Plate of 60 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 7 soya each, 4ft, for all ages; winners extra. Straight half mile. 27 subs, 4of whom pay four sovs forfeit, and 6 two sous to the fund. Capt. Christie's Lady Clifden, 9st 91b (includ. 71b extra) (Fordham) 1 Lord Coventry's Mousetrap, 4 Ta t ....(Maidment) 2 Lord Stamford's Ellerton, Bst • Yr . s'. . ... (Edwards) 3 Captain D. W. Pack Bbresford's: . Diaz(` ... . (inc 71b extra) .. Virodehous 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr., Barber's The Cutler, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ...... (Cf. Noble) 5 Mr. W. Saunder's Bradord, 5 yrs, 7st 41b •... (Ruby) 6 Lord Wilton's Achyranthus colt, 2 yrof 6 8 t.... (Hulme) 7 Betting-5 to 4 agst Lady Clifden, 9to 2 agst Ellerton, 5 to 1 agst Diana, 8 to 1 agst Mousetrap When the lot got away together, which occupied a little time, they were sent away by Mr. M`George simultane ously. Ellerton and Diana, however, showed in front, with Lady Clifden third, and Mousetrap and Cutler together ft, next. Lady Clifden waited upon Ellerton and Diana to the extra, ; half Aiiie distance, where, sp litting the pair, she came away, and Fo rdh am whh hands down, by two length s secon d and third, and a length b e t ween a length between the the third and fourth. The flolyoake Stak es (Handicap) of 20 sous each, 10 , and 5 if declared, with 100 added ; winne rs and a half. 18 su bs, 10 of who m Mr. E. Buckley's Wy nnsta y , 4 Yrs, Bst 41b pay 5 ft , an d one 10 ft. Mr. F. Swindell's Millio naire. 5 (H. Grimshaw) 1 yrs, 7st 131 b (in 71b ea) (Challoner 2 Mr. Hawksley's Satanella, 3 yr s , 6 st 51b ..(Williamson) ) 3 Betting--Even Wy nn st a y, on Wystay, 5 to 4 ags t Millionaire, 10 to 1 agst Satanella. wynnatay made all the running, and won bl . r: l en gths; Millionair e on b e i ng called upon at the balf tart had t an ce refused to t ry , Satanella, who prior to the . mile. 24 subs, one of whom pays forfeit. Count F. de La grange ' s Vivid, Bst 131 b (11. Grimshaw) 1 Capt. A. Ha w k s l ey ns Ab erne thy, Bst 131 b.. (Castance) 2 Lord Stamford's Barchettina, Bst 101 b (Edwards) 3 Lord Coventry' s Z ara , B s t 101 b (J. Adams) 4 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Stockbroker, Bst 41b (Challoner) 5 Betting-7 to 4on Vivid, 4to 1 agst Zara, 100 to 15 agst any other. Zara on the inside, with Stockbroker next to her, and Abernethy wide on the left, came on to the distance, where Zara giving way on nearing the inclosnre, and stalling off Abernethy's Vivid took beaten,up the running, rush, galloped home three lenahafg§t. A length divided the second and third, and a similar distance separated third and fourth. The Cleveland Cup, of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra, with maiden and selling allowances. Twice round, starting from the Stand. 9 subs. Mr. Astley's Atherstone (not to be sold), 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. James Barber's Ophelia, 3 yrs (S 200), 6st llb (Noble) 2 Lord Stamford's Dusk (not to be sold), 3 yrs, let 71b (Edwards) 3 Betting --6 to 2on Atherstone. Ophelia made running into the straight, where she was joined by Atherstone and Dusk, the latter, however, died away up the straight and was beaten at the distance. At the paddock enclosure Atherstone took up the running from Ophelia, but did not win without being called upon, Ophelia being beaten only by a neck. THE CULTIVATION AND SUPPLY OF COT7ON. A et f n cew Horticultural was held yesterday, Society, n the betweenCounc a p i - t Council room u ) f ion from the Manchester Cott on S upp l y o e oao conference Royal Association and the commissioners representing countries contribating specimens of cotton to the International Exhibition, in reference to the growth and cultivation of that article. The deputation consisted of Mr. J. Cheetham, President of the Association ; Mr. E. Ashworth, Vice-President : Mr. H. Mason, Mr. E. Walmsley, Mr. T. Mosley, Mr. W. Armitage, Mr. W. Wanklyn, and Mr. S. D. Sutton. Mr. CHEETHADf having been called to the chair, in opening the proceedings, said that the cotton manufacture of this country was in an unexampled state of depression, owing to the difficulty of obtain ing an adequate supply of the raw material. As an individual, he looked forward to the next few months with feelings of the greatest anxiety, amounting almost to despair. The cause of this state of things was the civil war in America. Hitherto our main supply of cotton had been de rived from America. The value of the American crop for the yearlB6o was estimated at £40, 0 00,000, but it was now evident that for many years to come America would not be able to attain the position she had lost, and indeed it was held in some quar ters that under no circumstanees would she ever attain that position again. He thought that in future other countries would at least obtain £20,000,000 worth of the supply previously mono rlised by America. If the represente*ives of dif ferent countries whom he saw before hini wanted to extend the cultivation of cotton in their respec ttve countrie s , he recommended them to make the American planter their guide, and to remember that the quality whioh he had produced with so much satisfaction was the quality which they should attempt to produce. The country which came second in point of quantity was India. The -pro duction in that country was 400,000 bales annually, but they had nothing whatever to learn from India, except that it produced the worst possible cotton on the face of the earth. The question for the meeting to consider was, whether they could look steadily forward to remuneration, if they could induce the various countries they repre sented to enter upon the cultivation of cotton. If they could produce cotton at from sd. to 6d. laid down in Great Britain they had a perfectly safe market. Mr. MARKT, M.P., observed that, as had been fairly stated by the chairman, cheapness was the essential element to be borne in mind in the consi deration of the whole question of cotton supply, because inasmuch as it was used to clothe all man kind, from the most civilised to the most savage, the question of price became of the most paramount importance. He warned them against deluding themselves, or the Cotton Association, or the starv ing population of Lancashire, by vain hopes and expectations of supply from the colonies, especi ally that of Queensland, in Australia, unless a con siderable change took place in the rate of labour. He presumed that in Queensland, which he repre sented on the present occasion, the class of bullock drivers might fairly be taken as representing the class of men who would be cultivators of cotton ; yet that class would earn about £6O a year, includ ing rations, and it was quite useless to expect a cheap cotton to be grown that could at all compete as respected labour with other articles. Under the circumstances, he considered it was imp ossible a good description of cotton could behproduced under e ver, fertile Bd. or 9d. a pound. There were, districts extending towards th e Gulf of Carpentaria, the climate of which was more t r opics, where they had regularra lika that of the , ins and mons l o d o b n e s If c heap labour cou six months in the year. obtained in that district an excellent would be cheap and good. He thought sample of cot ton could be produ ced , Wo uld be possible to bring b o th Chinese and Coolie it labourers, and therefore he that i n n et fu b tu e re pr t e h d e u c e o ed tto i n n I was not prepared toirsay w for the English mar—et Q,ueenslan d 1 2. .p„ who represented B ar b a d oes, Mr. CAT, observed that he had some knowledge, as chairman o f the Indian C ommittee, of the capabilities o f t h a t country for producing cotton, and although he quite admitted that the West Indies could produce cotton, yet the real fact was, that the cul tivation of sugar paid better, and it Was in vain to suppose that cotton would he gro wn while other things paid better. Various gentlemen from different cotton-growing districts addressed the meeting, from whose state ments it appeared that the principal difficulty was the dearness of labour, but the general o pinion of the speakers app eared to be, that if there w as any thing like a Prospect of continuance of the demand, tl.ere would be no difficulty in o btaining an effi cient supply of cotton. ..' Mr. ASHWORTH observed that this was one of the most important meetings that had 'grown out of i the I n t erna ti on al Exhibition. Nl' th respe c t t o t h e Cotton question, there could be no doubt that the Northerners had stimulated the cotton producers of the South, but the withdrawal of the Northern ca pital would probably shackle her one-third, and i ns t ea d of four millions of bales, one-third of that would not continue to reach Engla n d. It was the cotton-producing countries that had to consider this, in order to see which country should produce it. There could be no doubt that the cotton culti vators were men ct vast energy, education , and talent, and they had their associations for the pro motion of the growth of cotton, just like we had our agricultural associations fo r the promotion of For some ti me pastplaearAs have. been extensively . Cir cu l ate d 'th roughout the contry And advertise that it had men ts inserted in the newspapers become known that divers ships huA late been unlawfully end innliciousi ic,t , troyt - d. v cast away by fire or otherwise, with intent to deire.:td writers and others, at the instance of fra'ucl ulent shipowners and their accomplices, and that a is%vs and of 1:200 would b e pa id and a free pardon given t o any persons who would give such information C s would lead to the conviction of their accomplices. .4- case involving facts bearin g upon the above was yes terday brought before Mr. Raffles at the Liverpool Police-court, when Thomas Jamieson, late a sea cap tain, and we believe a part owner of some vessels, was brought upunder the following circumstances : —He had written a letter to a shipowner and mer chant, in which he intimated that unless Ruckstow gave him money he would expose some joint viii an y connected with the destruction of ships. This letter was banded by Mr. Ruckston to his legal advisers, and ultiMately on Jamieson refusing to retract the assertion as to Mr. Ruckston's culpability he was given into custody on the criminal charge of en deavouring to obtain money by intimidation. The information was yesterday laid against the priso ner under the Act 24 and 25 Vic., cap, 96, which provides that whoever shall send any letter or writ ing, knowing the contents thereof, to any person, with menaces, and without any reasonable or pro bable cause, for the purpose of obtaining money. shall be guilty of felony, and liable upon conviction to penal servitude for life. It appeared that some ten years ago the prisoner became acquainted with the prosecutor, and he then suggested the purchase of a ship called the Roscoe. Ruckston and Jamie son then became joint owners of the Roscoe, and after she had made several voyages was (as Jarnic son alleged in his letter) purposely lost at the re quest and instruction of Ruckston. The following: is an extract from Jamieson's letter demanding an arrangement :—" Now my intentions are that I must have a settlement, for I cannot lose the op portunity the advertisement gives me of exposing our joint villany when you reaped all the reward." * " I would advise you to come to terms immediately." The prisoner and Mr, Ruckston had also transactions with another vessel the, Ma.- rino, about which there was some difficulty respect a mortgage-deed, and Jamieson had quarrelled With the prosecutor several times about it. The solicitor for the prosecution stated that on several occasions the prisoner had been most abu sive to his client before he had sent the letter of in timidation. For the defence it was contended Jamieson would be able to substantiate the allegations made in his letter if a remand was granted ; and that he would not only be able to substantiate these allegations, but expose a gigantic system of swindling practised upon underwriters. A remand was then granted, bail being refused. THE SINKING OF 7IIE IRON SEW GANGES IN THE .RIVER. It has now been ascertained that five of the crew of lascars of the iron ship Ganges, which capsized in the river off the Shadwell entrance of the London Dock, perished iu the vessel when she went down. On the crew being mustered at the Home for Abiaties, at Liulebouuo, on Tuesday night, five were found to be missing, and 'there is no clubt they were drowned in the ship. They were fife tascar doctor, or compounder of physic for the men, and a lasear who was sick, two ether lascars who were cleaning out the hold, and a little boy, “n Asiatic, servant to the captain. It appears that the little fellow was in the cabin, and, probably being over whelmed by the rush of water, he perished. On the fall of the tide yesterday vigorous efforts were made by the Thames police to find the bodies of the missing men. The officers mounted the side of the hull of the ship, which had been left several feet out of the water, and after working about some time the bodies of the doctor and the sick man were discovered in their bunks in the outhouse on deck. A drowned dog was lying near the latter body. The remains of the deceased men were sent ashore and deposited in Shadwell bone-house, and the police continued their search after the other sufferers, but nothing could be seen of them. It is expected, however, that they will be found in the ship. During the ebb tide of yesterday morning and last evening gangs of shipwrights were engaged in getting the masts out of the ship, but owing to her being fitted with wire rigging the work was one of much difficulty. It is anticipated that in the course of to-night they will be got away, and operations will be at once commenced to lift the sunken wreck. Application was made to the East and West India Dock Company for the use of the powerful floating derrick, which is in the East India Dock, to raise the ship, and which would have made short work of it when once the chains were firmly fixed. The dock company declined, however, to grant the ser vice of the derrick, on the ground that, by the terms upon which they held the machine, they were precluded from employing it outside the dock. A n ap p e al was then made to the Thames Conservancy Board for the attendance of their powerful chain lighters. They also at first declined, g ing that it was not usual to grant t h em excea p l t l allegingthe board up, and i undertook the hew work. e ti e o tn n m o e f re th e e o s f h t i h p e really The application was followed beingpoint e d ou t th a t the posi tion lighters t o affected the navigation and whole ft le a port, the board directed the be placed the vessel. a t the Should service of those who are employed inraising all go well, the well,it is thought that the chains will be got under sunken ship in the course of to-morrow morning's ebb, and the lighters being pi nne d down alongside her, she will float at the afternoon At present she is a very serious obstruction, right in the fair way of the stream, and a foreign barque in coming up the river yesterday afternoon touched, it is thought, the upper part of her starboard bul wark, and remained so for 10 minutes. Fortunately and a tug being at hand the e e tide fore wasigner not was f t a o l w lin e g d , off, but whether she sus tained any damage or not we cou ld no t learn. Capt. jm principal h ar b our master a ttached to the T a han e i s e thsCeonservancy Board, has taken every pre caution to protect the shipping passing up and down Green (wreck) flags are placed n ear the wreck during the d ay, and li ghts at n ight. At high water yesterday a f ternoon s h e w as perfectly covered with broken water. It appears that the ship had only 40 tons of bal last and 20 tons of water in tanks in her. Her top. masts were also not struck, and some of her yards were not sent down, which would all tend to make her topheavy. e s e s e commander,l,which was Purchased owns the Sh e was intended to have bee n placed on a be rth in the London Dock, for Austra plirai.nciCpaapl ptaeirntioNnooutrsteh,e vth o f M es srs. Pill, of Sunderland, last year. .._......... 1 GOVERNMENT EMIORATION —The Government ew i g rant ship I Northumberland, of 812 t ons, Capt, W. H. Hawkins, belonging to Mr. G. W. Tyser, of London, sailed from Plymouth on the Bth of August, for Sydney) New South Wales, with 18 married couples, male and men, 106 single wom en , 2 1 b oys between the ag es of 1 and 12, 25 girls between. the sam e ages and three 106 single three female infants, making* a total ' of 300 sot : ils, equal to Surerintendent C. '271 statute a d u l ts, under theb charge of G. H. Graham, M.D., assisted by the services of Thomas Thursby, schoolmaster, and Ellen A. Smith, matron. Mef= ~ _ "~'_ _.