The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-09 00:00:00

.+.11W, m .._ •••••.... _ 11 / E -UNITED STAIE,,,. 4 .RRIV AL OF THE 111ARMRIN. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MOP:SING. 1 ,Ve have this morning received advices f eom N ew 1 " , irk to the 19th ultimo inclusive, by the nrri-, a i i n th e Mersey of the line-of-packet-ship ma ".r.;ion, Cap. ti tin Edwards, after a rapid run of eiB 4 _,teen and a half iys from that city. Our advices from WashingteA by t e altimo. No later intel d to th e c l ose o f the 18th - this arrival ex iii;ence from th e G u lf or the frontiers of Mexic o h a d ben rece i ved, and our accounts relative to the pro gress of the war are, consequently, extremely barren •C interest. Dispatcl-. e5 received at the War Depart confirmnt the I et intelligenc e con t a i ne d i n private ters with regard to the movement of General 7 aylor's force_ from Camargo. Advices from St. 4115 renew the expressions of solicitude mentioned in our last with regard to the supplies required for G meral Kearney's command. Verbal accounts from B luta Pe state that Armigo had been called upon by til e prin,Sipal citizens of New Mexico to repel the in ve of their country. Armigo is said to have ex pr eyed his willingness so to do, were competent forces Ph i *ed under I'As command. th The United St a t es f r i gate Potomac had arrived off harbour of Pensacola from Vera Cruz. No in tel i igence had been received from her up to the close of 'our dispatches. A letter from Vera Cruz, dated 4 ugust 25 U , states th a t t h e officers of the unfor .tr nate brig o f war T ruxton were residing with the ieutenant-Governor of Tuspan, and were in perfect 118 fety. An arrival from Campeachy revives the doubts en t eutained as So the nature of the relations of Yucatan rr~w ith Mexico and the United States. The accounts ceived, convey intelligence that Tobasco had joined in the revolt for the recal of Santa Anna. The block (4' that port by the United States brig of war E 30 rners was threatened. A -Washington correspondent of the New York Herald,• itates that the War Department had resolved to change thie base of operations in Mexico from Monterey to ampico, on the Gulf Coast. Domestic politics were assuming a somewhat more 413teresting aspect. The elections in Maine had re : Ci ted in a Whig triumph. In some quarters this ietory is 'viewed as an indication of " a gradually sturning Conservative feeling amongst the electors ) t. l'roughout the Unio n ." Th e M ormon t rou bl es i n 31innis Lad assumed a mos t th rea t en i ng aspect. T he anti-llormons had assembled to the number of 1,200 Th en, armed with several field pieces, and were on tal e Point of marching against Nauvoo, with the in t 4 ration of throwing red hot balls into the city, and etermined to drive the sect from the spot. The Mormons, on th e o th er h and, had fortified their cele tille 'brateci Temple, and, a l so armed with a few pieces of alr rY, were r eso l u t e l y determined to repel the im nlinent attack. A battle was fully anticipated by the titizens of St. Louis. The southern coast of the united States had been visited by terrific gales. On the 7 th ult, a loss of seventeen lives t oo k p l ace near alveston, Tex, been struckas the steamer New Y or k h av i ng that p by a sea a n d sun k, w hil e running from znaind port to New O r l eans . Th e captain, and the re of of the crew and passengers, were afterwards picked up and taken to New Orleans. Other shippi gn disasters are also reported. 4 . Mobile had b een v i sited casually by the yellow 'ever, the victim having arrived from New Orleans e labouring under the disease, and died subse quently. No other case had occurred, however. Niblo's theatre and garden had been entirely de stroyed by fire. The loss was estimated at 45,000 dollars. Commercial accounts are interesting. The Cam bria arrived at Boston on the 18th ult., and her in telligence w4s on the same day telegraphed to New York. The accounts she conveyed were considered favourable. Stocks and cotton advanced, but the full ette.et upon the market had not been developed up to the dispatch of our letters. We subjoin full accounts. Exchange remained inactive at un changed rates. Our last advices from Canada by this arrival con tinue to be unimportant. OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY. (From the Washington Union.) We are indebted to the head of one of the bureaus fir the following extracts of letters " from officers of Ckeneral Taylor's command, which he thinks will be found full of interest":-- 44 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF THE ENGINEER STAFF (TOPOGRAPHICAL) WITH GENERAL TAYLOR'S ARMY. " Camargo, August 24. " On the 4th of August I received verbal orders from General Taylor, with my assistants, to a ccompany C o l one l Garland's command f o r the p ur p ose of reconnoitering the road between Matamoras and Camar go . " General Worth having been ordered to advance and establish a depot at Seralvo, he was engaged on the 19th of August in passing the river St. Juan, as the best route is found to be by the vicinity of Mier. Meade and P ope have been ordered to repo Li eutenants t to hi m . They began th e i r march on the 20th inst. The command consists of about 1,000 men, inclusive of Captain Dun can's artill er y. " Seralvo is at a distance of 66 miles from Camargo, and about 70 from Monterey, and is generally regarded as the half-way point. It is in a direction from Ca margo W.S.W. The last portion of the road, in ap proaching Seralvo, is through a hilly district, and passes many small mountain streams; the mountains are dis tinctly visible from Seralvo. " From Camargo to Mier the road lies in the valley of the Rio Grande; it then follows up the vall e y o f the Purit o A guda. A lamo to Seral vo , e i t h er passing by Agua Lea gua or " The road over which Lieut.-Colonel Garland's com mand passed from Matamoras was that by Gaetano and iteynosa, as the river road was too wet and miry for 13 ., envy trai ns . I t i s called the ' upper road,' is 17 miles 'longer, and in ver y d ry weather impracticable for troops, a w e to th e d e fi c i ency of water. In rainy weather, or W hen the snow melts at the head stream s , the Rio Grande r i ses at a great elevation, and overflows the back country. It is a topographical feature of this region worthy of note that the rivers generally rise and fall through an unusnal vertical space; and it is asserd that in some instances the fluctuation reaches as much as g 0 feet. "In the late flood the water was two feet deep in the Plaza at Camargo; this came from the St. Juan, but it Was an unusual rise, as many of the houses were destroyed by the inundation. The rise at this poi n t was not, ho wever , more than 30 or 35 feet. " In my reconnoissance of the ' river road,' long after the flood was at its maximum, and had begun to subside, I found the water across the road, in various places, up t s o my saddle skirts. This was the back- water from the • Rio Grande. " The ar m y i n th e fi e ld b etween Seralvo and Point Isabel, amounts to, volunteers and regulars, perhaps 16,000 men, the volunteers being portions of the quota 4r on2 each state that has been called upon ; the re- Mainder, perhaps about 8,000 volunteers, are yet to arrive. “ At Poi n t I sa b e l there remains but one company, and the place is command e d by M a j or G ar d ner ; it is the depot of ordnance, an d th e genera l h osp i ta l . In the v icty of th e B razos and Burita are encamped two brigades of volunteers. At Matamoras and Fort Brown, three companies of regulars and one regiment of volunteers. " Captain Vinton was expedited from Camargo to Idler with a small command about a fortnight since, in cnequence of an irruption of the Indians, and for the p r o t ection. of the inhabitants against their incursions. a 3 eritlvo General Worth Was about 1,000 strong, as before stated. " The br:gade of Colonel Smith has crossed the river, and is awaiting the means of transportation, to enable 1 11111 to move towards Seralvo. The rest of the army are either en route towards this place, or are encamped here. "The transportation of h oops from the Brazos is ge nerally operated by stea mboats, after marching them - across from the Brazos othe uth of the Rio Grande. The river is no rble forest eamers of small • class to a distaece of aboutgtwo m i les th above the mouth of the St. Juan, at which point tare arrested by rapids. A similar obstruction occurs arrested about six miles above this ; gbaubtl,eaofovrethr6ceoomngjutah?..st, obstacle, it is said the river plac e nevi would almost be worth while, should the po - o miles.sitin army be permanent at Monterey, to take advantage of - high, water in the river to get a boat above the rapids, which I presume might be effected; it would be a - vast economy of transportation. • , "It is understood that it is the wish of General Taylor .I:dvance upon Monterey, but that he is delayed by the n essary arrangements for depots of various kinds, and the throwing forward of the necessary munitions ; or, in a word, in perfecting his line of communications. The -difficulties encountered in operations of this nature seem to be very formibable, for very little reliance is placed •11Pon the resources of the territory in which we are en- Re . d ; and it is difficult to procure any supplies from tap inhabitants, who are utterly thriftless and lazy, and who nvaxarequire for the little they do supply the most ex ,trndnt prices. We pass through a country richly ed with grass, and covered with herds of thriving mtle, yet they supply the camp with fodder, beef, milk, 0. , ‘r ,- .,_ at a price far exceeding what it can be purchased "% ill the most populous cities of the United States. Such a people can obviously never meet us in battle -with success; they will abandon the field, though their Giber; should triple our own, He grants that books are More ntinerous than at any previous period, and that readers are in proportionate abundance, but he is, and not without reason, im pressed with a conviction that, in depth of investiga tion and solidity of knowledge, our generation is in ferior to those of our forefathers, 4 : Unhappily, whatever is written in order to be ac quired passes under the name of knowledge, without much reference to its nature or its uses : and whilst men congratulate each other on the progress of the age, and the vast increase of attainments, it is too often forgotten that, iu the general amount, there is many an item to be reckoned of most pernicious quality and calculated to work much evil as its consequence. The penny publi cations, for instance, which are rife on every hand, are most of them neither instructive nor wholesome. They have all something to teach, it is true ; but that this something is good for the learner is more than doubtful. "In some of these publications the tastes which may be expected to prevail within the range of popular com prehension are consulted ; and, whilst there are Chartist essays of considerable ability for the thinking but dis contested artizan, there are tales of horror, of crime, and depravity for the idle or doubtfully occupied youth, dressed in all the forms most likely to win morbid and ignorant minds to imitation. What is thus sown will one day bear its fruit, and make itself fearfully known as part of that knowledge triumphantly spoken of as `power.' It is true that the efforts of benevolent and re ligious societies are directed to check the evil. The penny press of philanthropy struggles with that of vice ; but no one, who is at ail conversant w i th the pur lieus of the metropolis, or curious in observing all the indications of their moral and mental condition, cats fail to see that the publications of which we speak are far more numerous, and far more in request, than those which an active charity disseminates in opposition." We are persuaded that there is much truth in these lamentations. A purgation of the literary garbage would be of most beneficial effect, if such a purgation were possible. Then again, as the Reviewer ob serves, men are not contented now with pioneering their own way to any science—they must be afforded some railway insight into any matter with which they wish to be familiar ; and hence their knowledge on those points is of a more superficial and unsatis factory character. In endeavouring to asperse those who have struggled for the dissemination of know ledge among the multitude, the writer hos, however, descended from the dignified position which he had previously assumed. The old cant outcry against the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, the miserable shallowness of which attack we have already repeatedly exposed, is again revived and in sinuated. Nevet was anything more preposterous than this accusation, as if the divulging of the won - ders of creation could by possibility tend to any thing but the advancement of morality ! As if there was anything inherently inimical to religion in bo tany, zoology, geography, physics, ichthyology, ma thematics, astronomy, and the other kinds of human science ! The reasonableness, however, of the arguments employed by the Reviewer is too inimitable not to be definitively adduced by an instance. In a preceding portion of his lucubrations he had spoken emphatically and nobly against the baneful nature of superstition, and the advantages likely to result from its thorough eradi cation ; yet he afterwards assails the promoters of " the diffusion of useful knowledge," forasmuch as they have "supplanted the traditionary and legend ary lore of the cottagers by tales of operative wonders and f ac t o ry blessings (!) ; turned Mother Shipton out of doors to make way for Jeremy Ben • them !) ; and banished the Seven Champions of Christendom and the fairy tales from th e nursery i n order to give place to Miss Martineau's stories of political economy (! ! !)." The accusation is borne out in the following conclusive and pathetic lan guage: "From news received thi s morn i ng , t h e f orce at Mon t terey consists of about 6,000 men, of whom about 2,000 are regulars, being the remains of the army defeated on the Bth and 9th of May. They have likewise a force in advance of Monterey of about 700 cavalry (at Caderna, 25 miles from Monterey). The informant represents them as well prepared for action, and states that the horses are in miserable condition. " They have at Monterey two pieces of artillery, 24-pounders, and four of small calibre ; he states they are fortifying, but that their works are not in a state of completion. LITERATURE. THE NEMESIS IN CHINA. From the Notes of Capt.: W. U. Hall, R.N., and the Personal Observations of W. D. Bernard, Esq., A. M., Oa en. Third Mr. Colburn is entitled to the gratitude of the reading public for republishing in a cheaper and more accessible form this, the most amusing and instructive " voyage" that has appeared since the days of Anson. The Nemesis, it will he in the recollection of our readers, was the first iron steamer that ever doubled the Cape of Good Hope. She took part in all the operations of the Chinese war, and was at Hong-Kong during the time that colony was founded and settled. A review of the first edition of this work appeared in The Sun shortly after it was originally published: The present edition, in addition to the illustrations contained in the two former editions, is embellished by a portait of Afah," a Chinese boy, at present resident in England, of whose romantic adventures the following interesting account is given by the editor in his preface to this, the third edition. When the island of Chusan was taken by the com bined English forces on the Ist of October, 1841, they found there, in a state of complete destitution, a Chinese boy, whose father, a military man, had been killed in the attack, and the fate of whose mother could never be as certained. The child was in consequence without a home, without a friend, and nearly famished. Captain Hall took him on board the Nemesis, and the kindness with which he was there treated soon reconciled him to his new abode and protectors. On the following day, this boy, whose name was Afah, went ashore and visited Tinghae, his native city, but could learn no tidings of his mother or any of his rela tions. The former had no doubt fled with many others to the hills in the interior of the island, when our troops began to bombard the town ; for the terror of all, but especially of the women, was extreme. He appeared de lighted on his return, when he found himself once more on board the Nemesis. His visits to the shore were frequently repeated, and he met with many of his old play-fellows, whom he treated to sweetmeats. From his smiles and manner when on board, he appeared to be perfectly contented. He soon picked up a few words of English, and, to keep up the knowledge of his own language, he was sent to school to Chusan ; but such was his dislike to it, that he invariably tried to get excused from going, and so completely was he domesticated with his new friends, when the Nemesis proceeded northward with the expe dition, that he expressed no wish to be left behind. In a few months, Afah learned sufficient English to be useful as an interpreter, and was very serviceable in assisting to procure fresh provisions for the fleet, which was in great need of them, especially for the sick and wounded. On one occasion, there was a warm dispute between the two Canton interpreters and a mandarin, who had undertaken to procure oxen and vegetables at a mo derate price for the troops, on condition that they should not molest the inhabitants of his town, a few miles distant from the place where the Nemesis and Dido lay at anchor. The mandarin explained, through Afah, that those interpreters " no good and no speak proper ; they want plenty things first before they talk about your pidgeon (business)--not so with the little boy, he speak all proper." The consequence was that all the extensive purchases at that place were ever after wards made by Afah : and, whenever foraging parties were sent out to collect supplies for the expedition, it was absolutely necessary for their success, and to keep up a good understanding with the natives, that Afah should accompany them. At Nankin, Afah was in great request to attend par ties to the far-famed porcelain Pagoda ; and at that anchorage he was frequently seat for by the captains of ships to clear up any misunderstanding that might arise between the Chinese and the English, when bar gaining. An English party, rambling one day on shore near Nankin, came upon a farm-house, where a woman, on seeing the strangers, instantly ran and threw herself into a deep pond. With difficulty she was taken out alive, and nothing but the assurances of Afah that no harm would happen to her, prevented her from throw ing herself in again : but at length she walked off to a neighbouring cottage, persuaded that she had no injury to fear from the English, and that they were not so bad as they had been represented. At dinner one day on board the Thames transport at Chusan, Sir Charles B u rd e tt, o f th e 41 s t M a d ras Na tive Infantry, said to Afah that, if he would pronounce his name, he would give him a pistol. The little fellow immediately ran to Captain Hall, and inquired what was the name of that soldier-gentleman, pointing to Sir Charles. On being told, he found the task a diffi cult one, exclaiming, •• Too much hard, no can." He persevered, however, until he mastered it, when h e hastened to Sir Charles, and calling out his name, claimed the reward, which was duly presented to him. A few days after receiving the pistol, he accompanied Captain Hall and a party to Ningpo, to act as interpre ter. One of the public offices was allotted for their re sidence during their stay. In one of the rooms required, lay a Chinese soldier, half asleep, and who could not get out of bed. Afah was summoned : he entered the room, pistol (not loaded) in hand, and pointed it at the man's face, telling him at the same time, " Suppose he no get up, he makey shoot." The fellow, in great alarm, roared out, " No fire ! Igo ! Igo !" and ran out of the house to the great amusement of all present. During the action at Woosung, when the shot were flying about rather briskly, and one of the crew had his arm shot off, to the no small surprise of Captain Hall, he perceived Afah upon the bridge which runs across from the paddle-boxes, and on his asking him what brought him there, the boy' replied, "he only came up to see the fun and what go on." Of course he was im mediately ordered bt low. On his arrival in England, Afah became an intimate in the family of Mr. Pope, of Manchester-square, who received and continued to befriend and protect him. As he possessed only an oral knowledge of the English lan guage, and was necessarily i gno r an t o f th e fi rs t princi ples ;of religion, Mr. Pope was induced, on the recom mendation of the rector of St. Marylebone, to place him for a time in the infant school attached to the rectory. There he soon became distinguished for his general good conduct and his aptitude for acquiring knowledge ; and, after careful previous instruction, he was baptised by the rector, by the names of William Leong Afah. Ile was afterwards sent by Captian Hall to a good board ing -school at Hanwell, where he continued to improve, and became a favourite of his teachers as well as of his school-fellows. When on board the royal yacht at Woolwich, Captain Hall left hi m one day to go to the Admiralty. On his return in the evening he was informed that the boy was mi ssing, and it was feared some accident had befallen him. Captain Hall, thinking it likely that he had hid himself, called him aloud by his name, " Here I am, Sir !" h e i nstantly answered from his cabin. The cap tain a s k e d hi m why he had locked himself up ; he re plied, "S oon board the you go a way , p l enty of people come on yacht ; all want to see China boy ; China boy no want to see them ' • they no your friends, every body friends. I tr i ed and go into your cabin, and leek myself up till you come back ; all the sailors look for me v an oi ce d call Chin a b oy. I no answer till I heard your ." "General Taylor received the news last evening of the movement, without orders, of Lieutenant-Colonel Harney from San Antonio towards Monclova ; it is now almost a month since he set out out upon the expedition. " Monelcva is on the Rio Grande, on the road to Chihuahua—the route on which General Wool's corn wand, to which Colonel Harney is assigned, is destined. " Under ex i s ti ng c i rcumstances, it is believed that General Taylor will make the utmost exertion to reach Monterey, as it is believed that no resistance will be made of any monent to the entrance of his army. The person who brings this intelligence asserts that the Teople of Monterey and the country adjacent are anxious for the arrival of the Americans. "The station of my camp has been determined by we. I find it in latitude 26 deg. 20, 01.8 ; about one third of a mile north of the Plaza. I regret extremely that I have not the means of determining longitudes ; it would be one of the best means of verifying our re connoissances, and establishing geographical points." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 19. Cotton—There has been a moderate demand through out the week, at steady prices. Yesterday there was a little more inquiry, and 2,400 bales were sold at an ad vance of *c. per lb., at which the market closed firm, lc. per lb. advance being generally asked. The sales of the week reach 7,700 bales, and were at the following prices until the advance took place : Upland and Mobile and New Florida. Orleans. Inferior Ordinary to good ordinary 7+ to 7i 71 to 7 Middling to good middling 7i —B+ 8— 8 Middling fair to fair 8 —9 9 9 Fully fair to good fai r 9l —9l 10 —lO Fine Flour—The market has been quite firm during the week, with light supplies, and a good demand for home use and export. Prices advanced from 4 dolls. 56+e. to 4 dolls. 75c., until the receipt of news per steamer on Friday morning, when they became unsettled. A few sales were made of Genessee at 4 dolls. 75c. to 4 dolls. 814 e., and 3,000 bbls. at 4 dolls. 871 e., and 1,000 bbls. at 5 dolls. For export, 3,000 bbls. on Saturday and Monday, at 4 dolls. 564 c. to 4 dolls. 62ie.• ' since then, 1,500 bbls. 4 doll s . 75 c ., an d 2, 000 bbl s. 4 dolls. 87ic.; 2,000 bbls. fancy Ohio, 4 dolls. 87ie. to 5 dolls. 12ie. Holders of Southern are asking higher rates. Sales of Southern on private terms. Northern rye is still wanted for distilling and export, and the sales reach 30,000 to 40,000 bushels, at 73c. to 75c., delivered ; 1,500 bushels at 77c. Sales of 1,400 bushels old barley at 50e., and a lot of new on private terms, supposed to be betwe en 55 c . and 60c. Northern oats have advanced considerably, and are now held at 35c. to 36c. Corn arrives slowly, and is wanted, and prices tend upward. Early in the week sales were made of 40,000 bushels mixed Western, at 65c. to 68c., and since 18,000 bushels at 69c. to 71c., and yesterday 5,000 bushels at 75c. Provisions—Beef is scarce, and holders are advancing their rates. Mess is selling at 7 dolls., and prime is mostly held by one house, and they decline selling at present, although 5 dolls. is the nominal price, Pork is very firm at 9 dolls. 75c. for mess, and 8 dolls. 25c. for prime; the demand is also active, and some holders de cline selling at present rates, anticipating higher prices. Lard is firm at 6 4 c. to 64e., with a steady but a very active demand. Butter arrives freely, and sells at our figures—say from 10c. to 15c. for Western and Goshen. Cheese sells freely at 64e. to 64c.. ; Hams, 51c. to 7c. ; Shoulders, 4c.; Smoked Beef, 6ic. Ashes—Ashes continue in demand, and the receipts are small. All offering meet with a ready sale at 3.1 for pots, and 4i for pearls. Stock of ashes on hand in the inspection warehouse. September 17, 1846: Pots. Pearls. Total. Stock on hand last report 4,923 2,327 7,250 Received this week 5,205 2,553 7,758 Delivered ---., 4,859 2,158 7,017 Beeswax—Prime Northern yellow is in fair dem and, and 3,5001 b. have been sold at 27c., cash. Coal—Liverpool Orrell coal has been sold to a mode rate extent, at 7 dolls. 75c. The market is not active for any description. Rice—The transactions of the week amount to about 650 tierces, from 3 dolls. 37ic. for ordinary and fair to 4 dolls. 12ic. per tierce for the best. Many holders have withdrawn their parcels till news by the steamer transpires. Salt—Three cargoes of Ragged and Turks Island Salt and an invoice of Liverpool, have been sold on private terms. Tobacco—The public and private sales of Kentucky leaf extend to about 175 hhd.; 70 hhd. were disposed of at about 51c. By auction-50 hhd. 21 to 4i, and 24 hhd. damaged and inferior at lic. to file. 45 cases of Florida at 4c. to Sic. At private sale, 80 bales of Cuba at 18c., cash ; 30 ditto on private terms. Hops—About 50 bales of 1846 growth, eastern and western hops, have been received this week, and 30 bales sold for exportation at 14 to 15 for first sort and unin spected. Brewers have taken about all the growth of 1845 that remained, and a few bales of new at 14c. and 15e. Iron—Scotch pig has declined; sales at 31 to 32 cash; 200 tons Swedes sold at a decline. following rates : To Liverpool—Cotton, id to i d • wool, IA to i beef (304113) 4s to 5s ; b ee f and pork ' d ; er barr e l, 3s 6d;er flour, 2s 6d ; turp en ti ne , 2s 6d; leathe p r p lb, 5-16 d heavy goods, per ton, 25 t o 30 ; Grain, per bushel, Sid to 9d. To London—Tobacco, per hogshead, 305 to 355; flour, per barrel, 2s 9d to 3s; naval stores, 3s to 3s 3d; mea surement goods, per ton, 30s ; heavy goods, 30s to 35s ; seeds, per tier tierce, 10s to lls; beef, per barrel, 3s 6d to 4s. To Havre—Cotton square and round bales, per lb e to ic; ashes, per ton, 8 dolls. to 10 d o ll s . ; r i ce, 10 dol l ; measurement goods, 10 dolls. ; whaleb one , per lb, ie.; flour, per barrel, 80c. To Marseilles—Cotton square and round bales, per Ib, Ic to ic ; rice, per ton, 10 dolls quercitron bark, 10 dolls. ; whalebone, per lb, is ; rosin, per barrel, 75c to 80c ; measurement goods, per ton, 10 dolls. ; lard, Ic. BUFFALO, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 18. Our markets have not been very animated to-day. There have been the following transactions : Wheat-4,000 bushels Milwaukie sold at 77c. per bushel. Flour-150 barrels mixed Michigan, at 3 dolls. 87ic. per barrel; 276 barrels good brands at 3 dolls. 70c. Corn-5,000 bushels were sold at 49c. per bushel. Wheat at Marshall, Michigan, sold at 50c. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 9. Cotton—We hear of two sales, viz., 86 bales new at 9i, and 76 ditto old at 7i-c. Freights—No new engagement has transpired. Exchanges—Transactions limited. London 8 to 81 per cent. premium ; Paris, sf. 30c. to 51. 35c.; New York, 60 days, to 2 per cent. discount; sight, par; United States Treasury Notes, 2 to 3 per cent. discount. During her Majesty's visit to Scotland, Afah was on board the royal yacht with Captain Hall. When at Dundee, he came up one day without shoes and stockings and asked leave to go on shore. "Go on shore without shoes and stockings !" said Captain Hall ; certainly not." He immediately answered " The women in Scotland no wear shoes and stockings ; why should I not go without them all same ?" To the great delight of the little fellow, ber Majesty and Prince Albert were graciously pleased to notice him, and, with their usual benevolence, inquired into his history and asked if he bad any relations left. The Princess Royal, who was present, appeared much amused : she wished to shake hands with him, and sweetly expressed her sorrow, when the Prince told her his father had been killed. These will be precious re collections for Afah, and, should he ever return to his native land, they will no doubt be proudly and grate fully detailed to his countrymen ; and it is impossible to calculate what beneficial effects may some day accrue, either to the land of his birth or to the British Empire, from the humanity, kindness, and protection extended by Captain Hall and other benefactors to the Orphan Boy, and from the Christian instruction and the Eng lish education which they have taken care to give him. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked this morning early in the grounds adja cent to the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, tcek pony exercise this forenoon in the Slopes. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and her Royal Consort at the Castle to-day. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Worcester, Viscount Palmer ston, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de Speth, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and the Gentle man in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess of Hesse, and at tended by Frances Lady Clinton and Sir Andrew Barnard, arrived at her residence Marlborough House, Pall-mall, at a quarter before twelve o'clock yesterday, from Cashiobury-park, Herts. The Queen Dowager and the Princess left town in the afternoon, soon aer rive o'clock, proceeding to th e terminus at Euston-squaftre, and travelling by the London and North- Western Rail way to Cashiobury-park. Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday. Mr. Hope, Governor of the Isle of Man, had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet in the afternoon at the Home-office. The Railway department of the_ _Board of T rade re moved yesterday from the office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, to 29, Great George-street. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND REVIEW. No. XL. Because, possibly, of the inherent romance and in terest of the subject, we conceive that th e article en titled " The Church in th e Catacombs"is the most admirable in the present collection. No chapter, in deed, of religious history—in other words, the moral and intellectual history of man—possesses anything comparable in solemnity and beauty with the narra tive of the privations and the constancy of the early Christians in the Catacombs. The sublime heroism of those neophytes of the new Church, their voluntary entombment in those territories of the dead, the piety that lived in those subterranean passages, extending for miles u n d er th e pa l aces o f t h e eternal city, and the desolati on o f th e C ampagna, fill t h e imagination with astonishment and awe. And it is from these considerations, probably, that we are inclined the more readily to discern excellence in anything relating to that extraordinary epoch in Christianity. The re viewer enters ' into th e f u ll exam i nat i on o f the various topographical data appertaining to the Catacombs, and in doing so evinces his admiration of the confessors and martyrs with whom their dark and intricate recesses were once populous. A multitude of most interesting par ticulars may be gleaned from his observations. The famous story about the " Nag's Head" tavern in Cheapside is revived in a curious article; where the controversy as to whether it be authentic or apocry- phal is sifted to the bottom. " Civilisation" is the heading of a paper cleverly compiled from the first volume of Mr. Mackinnon's elaborate work upon that vast branch of political philosophy; and in another article in the re v i ew th e quest i on as to the amount of civilisation observable in the present generation is endeavoured to be answered. The article to which we make.. reference is quite a literary curiosity ; the idea . of it admirable ; but the manner in which that idea is carried.. out is so amazingly incongruous that we conceive it might have been omitted without con siderable injury to the publication. It is entitled " The Books and K now l e d ge of the Day. " Great eru dition s discernable in so me parts, and remarkable ig norance of historical and bibliographical facts displayed in others. Many sagaci ous hi nts are, nevertheless, thrown out in the midst of this jumble of crude and mellow thoughts. The Reviewer, with some show of justice, doubts the superior learning of this age. "Nature has her own work and philosophy its proper sphere. It is unwise to seek a benefit to one portion of society by creating a condition in another which is un natural. The poor and children (especially the rural poor) live in the regions of faith—faith is proper to their estate. It is what is naturally suggested by all the asso ciations which the elements of nature, in which the poor man labours, ereate : it is what naturally grows out of the influences by which the tender age of infancy is sur rounded. To break down faith in the one bemuse it is mixed with supersition—to destroy its fascinations in the other because they are poetic fictions—.is the present ef fort of philosophical sagacity . ; and we do not think it either well or wisely employed. As far as we have seen, it can only end in the destruction of faith itself. Take this out of the heart of the poor, and you leave them nothing to console them in their poverty . : take it out of the nature of a child and you destroy its innocence. " There are many popular superstitions which, though they may be errors, are not vulgar errors. A thousand influences, the value of which is lightly thought of, or passed by, have been at work in their creation, and many things which indirectly chasen the spirit and soften the heart are associated in their maintenance. In times when tradition was the only chronicler of history, truth took fantastic forms, but still taught h er l essons ; and in districts where the eye and mind are ever in contact with wild and beautiful scenery, it is not to be wondered at that the spirit of man should be tempted into another region than the material. The superstition that abides in cellars, and amongst the debased of large cities and manufacturing towns, is doubtless a hag ; but that which walks the mountain path and dwells by the waters of the glen has a beauty in keeping with the elements around, giving to every object a double charm. The one is gross in its form, and often cruel in its instincts-- the other poetic in its birth, and mostly humanizing in its influence." We must candidly avouch that we have but little sympathy with any one who could seriously lament the downfall of Mother Shipton ; and as to the preservation of the superstition which is so elo quently described here as taking constitutional " walks upon the mountain path," while that which "abides in the cellar" is eradicated—we eau only say that such notions are very pretty, no doubt, but very silly into the bargain; very romantic, but not at all feasible ; admirable in theory, but impossible in prac tice. A fig for the delicate poultice ribbons and gruel spoons, that may be swept away in cleansing a fever hospital. " Davenant's Works,' the "English Bible," with " Baillie's Letters and Journals,'" form excellent materials for the remainder of this publication. THE STORY OF TOBY.—(Home and Colonial Library.) Heartily rejoiced are we to discover from this little pamphlet that poor Toby is still enjoying existence. The information is conveyed to us in a supplement to the description of a few months' residence in the THE GREAT BRITAIN.-LIVERPOOL, TRURSDAy. We have no further intelligence of moment to-day with regard to the Great Britain. FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF WALDEGRAVE --The remains of the above lamented Nobleman were conveyed to the family v a u lt o f th e E ar l s o f W a ldegrave, in Nav e .. stock Church, Essex, on Tuesday last. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Married at Fawley, near Southampton, on the Bth instant, by the Rev. F. Fulford, R. G. Lumley, Esq., of Tickhill Castle, York shire, to Frederica Mary Adeliza, daughter of Andrew R. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, of Cadland Park, and granddaughter of his Grace the Duke of Rutland. THE EARL Y CLOSING MOVEMENT . ..-Last evening public meetings were held in the school room of York road Chapel, Lambeth, at the Grotto Tavern, Southamp ton-buildings, Holborn, and at the Castle Inn, City-road, to organise district societies to co-operate with the Me tropolitan Early Closing Association, for procuring an abridgement of business hours in and about London. The committees and oth er o ffi cers for conducting the affairs were elected, and a determination was expressed to support the object of the Association in every pos sible way. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. " Marquesas Islands," and has only just been issued by Mr. Murray. Every one who has, like ourselves, devoured with hungry ears the beautiful narrative of Hernan Melville, every one who learnt from that most delightful traveller the pleasures of "pee poee," the potency of the " taboo," the primitive charms of Fayaway, and the general habits of the Typee savages, will be gratified at any circumstance which could elicit an additional chapter from the same graphic and a ccomp li s h e d hand. But when t(hthaet companioncircumstanceof AeassureMr. ilville) the world not devouredrld that Toby by the cannibal Typees, as was originally imagined, we are satisfied that hundreds will rejoice as heartily as ourselves. Hernan Melville has interested us so much in his own fortunes and those of Toby (and interested us simply by the perusal of his unpretend ing little book on the Marquesas), that we only re gret the brevity of the present supplement. The Committee of the Stock Exchange yesterday, ordered the resolution passed last January, for the pro tection of the brokers aga i ns t fr a uds by their principals, to be posted up a ga i n , th ose frauds having been very numerous of late. The plan, it will be remembered, is to set down the dishonest principal's name in a black book, which all the brokers, on the appearance of a new cus tomer, are recommended to consult. VICTORIA PARK.-The greatest activity prevails in making the drainage, the formation of clumps, and other preparations for planting, which it is expected will be completed in the course of the ensuing spring. Amongst other interesting circumstances to visitors connected with • its progress, is the congregation of many thousand birds, particularly ,starlings, in the wooded part towards Old Ford. Many p ersons h ave taken advantage of this, by taking guns and shooting them, to prevent which, and the disturbing of the so of= fending several additional . park-keepers have been ap pointed, o custody. The . site of the lake has been staked out, and its excavation will take place imme fpeoninditnedg, into o have received orders . to tak e any Y the report of a imme diately. this part of the HEINOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. able offence, the thewNOWICH, OCT. ,muchs of this city during county clergymanweek a h v iannvfgee considerable attbeide ea standing x n ci a t ebd abominable un before the ma! chief evidence being that of a man named Roberts, by the afore st'd be longing to the 'constabulary force. On Monday last the Rev. E. Saul Dixon, rector of Intwood-cum-Keswick ut"intkgonNorfolk assizes. constable, oni ma gistrates sr c ta h atb a e lspelf,anwirnit with hfe having hundred n union, f w H a n s n l c b h i a e r y g a e r d d , attempted to commit the heinous crime above-mentioned. The nlgicosto:amnt,emsibtuttthoeotkhreevtehre charge in a private room at Norwich Castle, and the communication Secretary of State for rever end nv re sultid evidence edne wascfee pis i di s t ac, such tnf so therefore, ot trial an t but ear in the hnen partiallyensuing nh se was THE il sent E the Home Department, to the Commissioners of Police at Scotlard-yard, late on Wednesday, suggesting the withdrawal of the rewards offered for the apprehension of the murderer or murderers of the policeman Clark, in June last, at Dagenham. No less a sum th an 675 / . has been collected for the apprehension of the guilty parties, including the Government reward of 100/. This has been done in the several divisions of police, whose sub scriptions have varied according to the number from 70/. to 20/. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, BIRMINGHAM. —A very numerous meeting of the m em b ers of the Li censed Victuallers' Associ ation was held the other day, at which it was resolved to give the sum of 1002 out of their funds towards the erection of the proposed asylum in this town. It was also agreed to engage the theatre for two nights next month, and the proceeds of the even ings to be applied to the same purpose. Since the last annual dinner a number of subscriptions have b een sen t in for the above desirable project, and it is expected before long the building will be commenced. THE SUN, LONDON, S'R'l DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1846. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CESAKEWITCH STAKES. From the multitude of horses in the market for this event we may select half-a -dozen as having been prominently in favour, viz.:—Tom Tullock, The Terrier, Jonatha n Wild, Auricula, Glossy, and Cherry, the latter in consequence of her victories at Derby; the outlay on the first three of this lot and Cherry was rather heavy. Sting, The Baron, and Sir Tatton Sykes were not in good odour. The last prices were— 6 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tom Tullock-7 to 1 take)] freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. Croekford's Terrier —taken to a good deal of money 12 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild 16 to 1 agst Mr. W,Sc c ott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's The Baron 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesbeng 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Khondooz— taken 25 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Dulcet 25 to 1 agst Sir J. B. Mill's Giantess 25 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moor's Wolfdog 25 to 1 agst Mr. E.R. Clark's Conjuror 25 to 1 agst Lord 'W. Powlett's Fort William 28 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Cherry—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's nd Flabowlagh 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wit's-end—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's Auricula—taken. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. Ivo opened first favourite, but soon gave way to Mr. Nunn's colt, which was backed heavily at 9 and 10 to 1, and at the last at Bto 1. At present very few horses are in the market, but appearances are in favour of its becoming a good betting race. Closing prices :- 8 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Sister to Johanna colt—taken 10 to 1 agst CoL Anson's lago—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Evenus—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Boyce's Colleen Bawn—taken. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1846. SATURDAY. Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, Sst 71b, agst Mr. Mytton's Baron, Bst. T.M.M. 1,0001. h ft. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) YORKSHIRE UNION HUNT CLUB MEETING. THURSDAY. The Stakes of 5 sovs. each, pp, with 25 added. T.Y.C. (8 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs, 12st 41b (Owner) 1 Mr. L. Fox's June, 4 yrs, 12st 41b 2 Mr. L. Fox's Wrestler, 3 yrs, lOst 121 b Mr. H. Baker's Porto Bello, 6 yrs, 13st 4 Sir J. Gerard's The Snob, 4 yrs, 12st 41b Mr. Milbank nd Northumberland, 5 yrs, 12st 121 b.. Won by a head. The Cup of SOL One mile. Mr. Broadley's br mby 3beet Anchor, 5 yrs walked over The Railway Stakes o f 5 sovs . eac h p p, with 25 added. One mile and a half. (9 Subs.) Mr. Milbank nd Jane, 4 yrs (Capt. Broadley) 1 Captain Williams nd Charcoal, 3 yrs Sir J. Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs.. 3 Mr. Broadley's br mby Sheet Anchor, 5 yrs 4 Won by a length. Handicap of 10 sovs. each and 25 added. One mile and a quarter. (16 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b ........(Owner) I Col. Cradock's Jinglepot, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring, 3 yrs, 9st 101 b 3 Won by two lengths. KN UTSFORD RACES.— THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each and 20 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Johnstone's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ... walked over The Cavalry, of 30 gs., was won in two heats by Mr. Mas sey's Princess, 6 yrs, 12st 71b (Hopwood), beating three others. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each and 40 added. Heats. 2 miles. Mr. Mostyn's Chartist, 3 yrs, Tat 51b (Dufflo) 0 1 1 Mr. Worthington's Doctor Husband, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b 10 0 Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, 7st 51b 0 0 2 Mr. Harrison's, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Billington's eh m Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b 0 2 0 PERTH RACES.—TUESDAY. The Caledonian St. Leger of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 3 yrs old, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and three•quarters. Mr. Ramsay's Inglewood (Holloway) 1 Mr. Merry's br c by Don John, out of Peri Won by a length. Plate of 501. for 3 yrs old, ist 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st. Heats, two miles. Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, 6 yrs .(Parr) 1 4 1 Mr. Merry's Pilot, 4 yrs •••• Mr. IL Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged 2 3 3 Mr. Dawson's Magnet, 4 yrs . Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 6 vrs 3 dr Won easy. Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, once round and a dis. Ryan's Claudia, 3 yrs .(Noble) 1 1 Wilson's Lillie, 5 yrs 2 Hbbson's Reaction, 6 yrs Robertson's Bullfinch, 6 yrs 4 dr Campbell's Miss Colwick, aged .. 5 dr Won in a canter. CHANTILLY RACES. FIRST DAY.—SATURDAY, Ocr. 3.—Notwithstanding the every respect and to f f er s i p o o r n rt i in sporting characters, of persons taking an intere s t i n h orse rac i ng, g la i r s g e very attendance i n o was repeated on this occasion, on account o f t h e opening of the Northern that October . f iv meetin g ti n a Railway having facilitated the means of reaching and re turning from Chantilly. Unfortunately, from an early hour in the morning the sky was overcast with heavy clouds, and at intervals rain fell rather heavily. Nevertheless, there was a very fair attendance of the members of the Jockey Club, and other distinguished patrons of sport. Among them we observed M. le Comte de Pontalbe, M. de Norman die, M. C. Laffitte, M. le Comte de Cambis, M. de Baroi A. de Rothschild, M. le Baron de Rochette, M. le Baron , de Pierre, M. le Comte Cornelissen, M. Lupin, M. Fould, and M. Fasquel. M. Charles Laffitte officiated as commissaire and judge and M. de Normandie. assisted by Corringham, started theorses. The Marquis of Normanby was present, with a party of ladies, and occupied a place in one of the tribunes. The races are under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours. It was fully expected that his Royal Highness would have honoured the course with his presence, but to the great disappointment of every one a message ar rived in the course of the morning to say that he could not attend. At two o'clock exactly the weighing of the jockeys com menced, and immediately after the races took place in the following order. The weather held up well until their close. Criterion Stakes of the first class, for two year old colts bred in France. 1,000 francs given by the Duke de Nemours. Entrance, ICO francs; each colt to pay two napoleons to the racing-fund. Weight 54 kilogrammes. Distance about 815 metres. Eight colts entered; four ran, viz : Baron N. de Rothschild's b c Gland (Flatman) 1 M. Aumont's b c Morok Comte d'Hedouville's b c Dividende Baron de Pierre's b c Stop Gland took the lead and kept it, winning easily. Stop was awfully behind Criterion Stakes of the second class, for two year old fillies bred in France. 1,000 francs given by the town of Chan thly. Entrance, 100 francs. Each filly to pay two napo leons to the racing -fund. Weight 53 kilogrammes. Dis tance about 815 metres. Four subscribers; two ran. Baron de Rothschild's b f Laura (Flatman) 1 Comte de Cambis's b f Girandole The Constable's Stakes of 500 francs, given by the town. 250 francs entrance. Distance one and a half round, about 2,940 metres, starting from the stables. Weight, three yrs, 48 kilogrammes; four yrs, 57 kilogrammes; five ang up wards, 60 kilogrammes. The winner to be sold for 1,000 francs with his engagements. Baron de Rothschild's 3 yrs b f Convalescence (Flatman) 1 Baron de Pierre's b c Charlemagne 2 The Omnium.- 4,000 f. given by the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, for horses of all ages; distance about 2,400 metres; the winner to pay 15 naps to the Racing Fund; weights according to age; the winner of a 2,000 f. stake to carry 2 kilos additional ; the winner of two such stakes, 3/ kilos additional. Twenty horses were first entered, but twelve declined to accept the weight. Of the remaining eight the following only warted : Prince de Beauvau's 3 yrs b f Dorade, 50i kilos (Chifney) 1 Baron de Rothschild's 6 yrs ch c Drummer, 63 kilos , 2 M. de Pontalba's 2 yrs b f Tronquette. 40 kilos 3 M. A. Fould's 3 yrs b f Mariquita, 45 kilos M. Guichard's 6 yrs b m Catin, 32/ kilos The betting in the yard was 2 to lon Dorade. The race was a very good one. They all got well off at the start, Tronquette taking the lead. They kept together exceedingly well, until they arrived at the stables, when tailing began. At the hill it was all up with Mariquita and Catin. The latter was far behind, and every minute left further. On turning the corner, Dorade, Drummer, and Tronquette struggled pretty stoutly. Drummer at one time took the lead, but Dorade, who laid well to her work all through, and seemed determined to win, gave him the go-by, and kept ahead until she passed the winning-post, distancing Drummer by about a length and a half. Tronquette was about a length and a half behind Drummer. Mariquita came in shortly after, and at a long interval Catin hobbled up. Dorade's triumph seemed to afford general satisfaction. SECOND DAY, SUNDAY, Ocr. 4.—To- day the weather was everything that could be desired, the sun shining gloriously, and the sky being undimmed by a single cloud. This circumstance, in conjunction, perhaps, with the interest felt to witness the running of the St. Leger, attracted a much larger attendance of the beau monde than on the previous day. his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours was on the course some time previous to the commencement of the day's business. • A stand had been specially prepared for the Prince and his party, and his Royal Highness seemed to feel much interest in witnessing the racing. In the intervals be tween the different races the Duke descended into the yard, where he entered into conversation with many persons, and among others with the British Ambassador. We observed on the ground the Marquis of Normanby and a party of ladies, Lord Exmouth, M. le Comte de Pontalba, M. le Baron de la Rochette, M. de Normandie, M. Charles Laffitte, M. le Comte de Cambis, and many other eminent sporting and distinguished characters. M. Charles Laffitte again officiated as judge, and M. de Normandie 'started the horses. A few minutes after two o'clock the races commenced, and went off in the following order : The Comte de Paris' Stakes of 3,000 E, given by his Royal Highness the Prince Royal for two-yrs old colts, and fillies bred in France. Entrance 300 f., hf. The owner to pay 10 naps to the racing fund. Weight, colts 54 kilos ; fillies, 53 kilos. Distance about 800 metres. (11 Subs.) Count de Pontalba's b f Tronrette (Hardy) 1 Prince de Beauvau's f Mi•Careme Baron N. de Rothschild's b f Laura 0 Baron N. de Rothschild's c Gland 0 Baron N. de Pierre's c Stop At the start all got off well together. Tronquette ran ex ceedingly well, and won easily by a length and a half or two lengths. Stop was greatly behindhand. The race altogether was a pretty one. In betting Tronquette had been backed against the field; and we heard that her owner, the Count de Pontalba, had backed her to the amount of 1,000 naps. The Consolation Stakes.-I,ooof. given by the Racing Fund. Entrance 200 f, for horses, mares, and geldings bred in France which have never won. Weight, three yrs. 49i kilos; four, 55 kilos; five and upwards, 57 kilos. The mares and geldings to carry 1 kilos less. The win ner to be sold for 2,000 f., without his engagements. If the winner of the Constable's Stakes should be engaged, his entry will be repaid. Entry, 2 naps to the racing fund. Distance once round, about 1,960 metres. Three heats. (3 Subs.) Baron N. Rothschild's b c, 3 yrs, Ulm ( Flatman) 1 Comte de Cambis's b f Sans Tache 2 In the first heat Sans Tache started off with the lead, and kept it up to the corner beyond the stables; Ulm then began to push forward, but Sans Tache contrived to maintain the lead up the hill, and saved the corner coming home. At that point, however, Ulm began to show pluck, and came down to the winning-post in good style, with about half a head in advance of Sans Tache. Sans Tache went admirably, and the heat was a spirited one, though not so quickly run as it might hare been. In the seeond heat Sans Tache again took: the lead in starting, and kept it without difficulty until she arrived at the hill. Ulm then gained ground, and they came together round the corner. After keeping quite close for some little distance, Ulm got first, whereupon the jockey of Sans Tache used the whip freely, and improved her pace. Ulm, however, got a neck in advance and kept it until the winning •post was passed, notwithstanding Sans Tache tried hard to out strip him. The Haras Royaux Stakes of the Third Crass, 4,000 francs, for four yrs old horses and mares, thorough- bred, whose genealogy is traced in the French stud-book. Entrance 400 francs. Horses bred and trained in other departments than the Seine, Seine and Narne, Oise, and Seine and Oise, not to pay entrance unless they run. Weight, 54 kilos; mares, 1 1 A kilos less. Every horse which may have run three times in the year without winning to carry 31,4 kilos less. Winners of the Jockey Club Stakes, the St. Leger, or a royal stake, to carry 3% kilos additional. The winners of two such stakes, or of two royal stakes, to carry 5 kil os a ddi t i onal. The winner of the Great Royal Stakes not admitted to run. Entry of the second horse to belong to the racing fund. Distance, 4 kilometres, at one time. (18 Subs.) M. A. Aumont's b c Fitz-Emilius (Love) 1 Prince de Beauvau's b f Confiance M. Fasquel's b f Tomate 0 Comte de Cambis' b c Old Nick. 0 Confiance took the lead, and kept it for some distance. Fitz-Emilius and Tomate were close together. Old Nick was behind. The pace was slow. At the stables, Temate fell behind, and Confiance still maintained the lead. The corner was turned in a canter. Fitz-Emilius then rattled forward, and got in first by two or three lengths, very easily. The St. Leger, 6,000 f. given by the King. Entrance 400 f. for three-year-old colts and fillies bred in France. The winner to pay 15 naps to the racing fund ; the second horse to save his entry. Weights, colts, 55 kilogrammes ; fillies, 53% kilos. The winner of the Jockey Club Stakes to carry 2% kilogrammes additional. A horse having started three times in the year without having ever won, to carry two kilogrammes less. Distance once and a half round, about 2,940 metres, starting from the stables. (20 Subs.) Prince de Beam an's b f Dorade (Chifney) 1 Prince de Beauvau's Souvenir 2 M. Fasquel's b c Philip Shah • 0 M. Sabatier's b f Comete 0 M. de Calenge's b c Le Chourineur Mr. Carter's b c Meudon M. Aumont's b f Miss Waggs Comte de Cambis' b c Va-nu-pieds 0 The start was very good. Comete first took the lead, Meudon was second, Philip Shah third. From thence to the hill all laid so close together that it was difficult to dis tinguish ono from the other. At the corner Souvenir was driven out, but instead of this acting as a disadvantage, it caused it to push forward and get the lead. At the same time Dorade got in front, and in coming down home, got a little in advance of Souvenir. Arrived near the winning post Souvenir's jockey pulled in violently, so as to let Dorade win, which she did by about a neck. Had Souvenir's jockey not done this, he would certainly have gained the victory. Both Dor ade and Souvenir belonging to the same person, the object of the latter in letting Dorade win was to save Souvenir's entry. The race was a very fine one. All the horses were so close together at the winning post, that it was impossible to say positively which was third and which fourth. Some accounts say that Le Chourineur was third, others Miss Waggs. The result of this race sadly disconcerted the knowing ones. Meudon had been the first favourite, Miss Waggs the second, Philip Shah the thi r d. Th ere was little, in fact no betting among the members of the Jockey Club, but other people freely backed Meudon 2 to 1, and 7 to 4 against the field. Miss Waggs was also warmly supported. FOOT RACE FOR £220. This match, between Sherdon and Manks, came off on Tuesday, on a piece of road contiguous to Doncaster. Sher don, who is a cutler, matched himself against Manks, known in the sporting world as' the Warwickshire Antelope. One false start took place, but at the second bidding they both went away well together at a tremendous pace, which was kept up for the first quarter of a mile, when 'Wanks began to show strong symptoms that he was no match for his oppo nent ; and at about half the distance to be accomplished, he was completely inn off his legs. Sherdon slackened his pace, and gained the winning point amidst tremendous cheers from the assembled crowds.-- Sheffield Iris. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN. In all railway projects, particularly with regard to those of any magnitude, it seems an inevitable conse quence that some disappointment, some disquietude, some fancied grievance, should arise on the part of pri vate individuals touching the right of property, the ad vantages of locality and position, and those many.cir cumstances whose centre will be invariably found in a man's own pocket, without, in some instances, the most remote reference to the conveniences of the public, or to the interests of the shareholder. It would seem as it one party possessed peculiar privileges, and another was exposed to all the annoyances and injuries conse quent upon a determined and inevitable purpose. It is, however, ; the duty of a directory not to be deluded by any :one; but, acting on the principles of justice and propriety, to pursue that course which is found, after due consideration, in accordance with the interests of the public, and in the end, with the interests of those who, as shareholders, are more immediately con cerne d, it yet remains to b e shown whether the one can be ju diciously separated from the other, without inflicting injury on both. These remarks apply to the proposed deviation of the line of the Great Northern, so far as the town of Don caster is concerned--a scheme whose magnitude is of the first importance, and the extent of whose beneficial use• fulness it is a matter of some, difficulty to correctly define. It would be foreign to the purpose of this notice to lay any particular stress upon the plan of Mr. Locke ; to point out theimpropriety with regard to this particular course or that particular position with respect to the station ; equally foreign to throw the imputation of blame here, or the presumed advantages of self-interest there. But, in carrying out successfully the gigantic scheme of the Great Northern—taking at the same time all matters into due consideration, with regard to the sub stantial good which seems fully calculated to arise from the full and proper operation of the whole undertaking —we are decidedly of opinion that the plan of Mr. Cubitt, with regard to the town of Doncaster, in altering the site of the station from the eastern to the western side of the town, is marked by a sound discretion and a judicious propriety. This opinion is justified by many circumstances, not only of an immediate local character, but of those in which the true interests of the directory and the company are intimately associated. The beauty and convenience of the south entrance to the town from the race-ground, once the great north road, whose fame is spread far and wide, will be preserved, with its range of magnificent elms, as well as the beautiful race ground itself. The open town, field, too, which is the ad miration of strangers, as well as the property imme diately contiguous or connected with private residences, will remain intact. Besides, the inconvenience, which, from the nature of the approaches alone, would inevi tably have been experienced by fixing a station at Docken Hill, without mentioning the interruption of the river navigation to the town itself, will be wholly obviated. In short, a bad course and a worse locality for all the purposes and requirements of an important station are now abandoned, for one the adoption of which satisfactorily evinces that neither the true inte rests of the town of Doncaster and its neighbourhood, nor those of the company itself in one portion of its essential particulars, are disregarded by those who are placed in the position to carry out, successfully, one of the most gigantic and magnificent schemes that ever was projected or brought into operation. The proposed new site, indeed, while it forcibly evinces the correct judg ment of Mr. Cubitt, is better in every point of view— better as to mere locality—better as to convenience—. better as to the population—the approaches—the outlets —the transit and receipt of, goods—the arrival and de parture of passengers, and those many means and ap pliances, ramifications and branches, connected with railway operations, which are of essential importance ; affording, at the same time, facilities for the erection of buildings, whether of a public or private character, which are in vain looked for in the locality which has been very wisely abandoned. The more, indeed, the proposed new site is taken into consideration, in comparison with the original proposi tion, the more apparent will become manifest the cor rectness of the views which have been diCtated, and the soundness of the judgment which has fixed upon the important, the essential change. The main entrance to the station, which will be of the first class, as we before stated, is proposed, we believe, to be fixed at the very spot where the gaol now stands. This position, as Mr. Cubitt remarked, is within two hundred yards of the High-street, and immediately connected with the main arteries of the town. It presents, too, the greatest facilities of ingress and egress, for all needful purposes, net only , to the inhabitants of the town, but to those of the surrounding country. The space immediately in front is central and capacious, and can be reidered mere so, if it may be required ,• with West Laith gate, Factory-lane, St. Sepulchre-gate within, and St. Sepulchre -gate without, and Printing-office street in front, all meeting at one point, present ing, indeed, the means of convenience which are too obvious to require either elucidation or enforcement, and in comparison with which, we repeat, the abandoned site now shrinks into insignificance. For the erection of the station itself, and all the build ings connected therewith, as well as those with regard to the plant, however extensive, there is " ample room and verge enough." Nor is this all. The appro priation of the ground for all the required purposes of one of the most important stations on the whole line, inflicts no injury upon private individuals, creates no public in convenience, and mars no existing realities. As, there fore, all matters and circumstances are as admirably adapted to all the required purposes as could have been possibly desired, with regard to ground, buildings, and position, so the site which 'has been fixed upon by the engineer, and which, we doubt not, will receive the sanction and approval of the directory, is decidedly the best which could have been selected; looking to the best interests of the town at large, as well as those of t he surrounding locality, and consequently, to the be st in terests of the company itself. w With regard to the deviation of the lineiliinhoatvhe to h erree spects, no loss, with regard to distance , sustained. It will remain the same as the o ri g inal line ; so that many important advantages, so far as the town i e t c h t o s. o t he e i in con f erred other re s w p i o n f fi D i eotinocnasetfe rloss c o t n e c t e h r e n e e d e , m w p a i ill 3 b , In deed the company, by the adoption of the proposed de viation, will save a sum of money amounting to nearly 100,0004—an important point in all railway under takings, especially as is the case in this instance, when a larger amount of benefit is conferred upon no inferior portion of the community, and the line itself is ren dered more ef f icient, more comprehensive, and more sa tisfactory. It is impossible to contemplate the operations of this magnificent scheme without being impressed with the most powerful, if not the most overwhelming convic tions, particularly, as will undoubtedly be the case eventually, when other contemplated lines shall find their junction at the Doncaster station. A wholly new era will be opened upon the town of Doncaster and its fruitful neighbourhood. The capabilities of both will possess the best chance of a full development; aud, in r - connexion with other borough improvements, concomi tant as to their means, and appropriate as tO . their appli cation, the elements of prosperity, associated with judicious enterprise, with more extensive markets, more extensive intercourse, and more improved trade, linked with rapidity and cheapness of communication will be rendered fully available, and produce their beneficial results to all classes of the community:--Doncaster Gazette. THE LATE COURT-MARTIAL. SENTENCE ON PRIVATE MATHEWSON. On Wednesday afternoon an order was issued at Hounslow Barracks for the 12th Lancers, with the pri soner Mathewson, and the officers and men of the 7th Hussars then remaining there, to assemble at four o'clock that afternoon, and on their doing so the finding of the late Court-martial was read, with the sentence, the latter being, imprisonment for six months, including solitary confinement at various portions of that period, not ex ceeding• two months. It is understood that private Mathewson objects altogether to the legality of the proceedings of the Court-martial by which he was tried and sentenced, on the ground that he was tried by the name of Thomas Mathewson, while his proper name is John Thomas Mathewson; and it is stated that a re port of the objections he has made was to be forwarded, as yesterday, to the Horse Guards. It is also believed that formerly that objection would have been fatal to the proceedings, but since every man entering the army has latterly had a number given him, by which he is alone known and tried, it is considered that the objection will not stand good, although it is said that one or two of t t r he ied 12 i n t h L a ncers av,,rnn h wrong name.ave got v i o sn ff nu t n h t ro u s g t h La h w av r i e n n g ne, b t e h en e officer, or Lieutenant, by whom Mathewson's charge was signed left the barracks yesterday morning with the other men, who had been left behind for the purpose of the court-martial, en route to Join the regiment, so that the only soldier of the 7th Hussars now remaining at Hounslow Barracks is the prisoner Mathewson. Both the officers and men belonging to the 12th Lancers, now stationed at the barracks, appear to be in no way pleased at the part they have had to act in the matter, and are very shy at all questions put to them by civilians. A few days will, however, show whether the objections taken by Mathewson to the legality of his sentence are valid or not. FLANDERS MAIL BRUSSELS, OCT. 5.—A letter from Ostend of the 4th of October says ,the English steamer the Garland, Cap tain Suntheel, which came to Ostend on the 19th Sept. expressly' to wait for the India Mail, received on the 2nd of October orders from its Government to return to England. The Garland had scarcely left our pert on Friday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon—was;hardly out of sight, when the India Mail arrived by the railway. It was immediately sent on board the Princess Alice steamer, Captain Scriven, and forthwith proceeded to Dover with all expedition. For the first time the dis patchs from India, that is to say those •of the Govern ment and of the merchants, have reached England by the way pf Belgium, passing through Germany for Ostend. Yesterday morning, a little before high mass, in the Church of St. Jacques, Mr. Caudenburg, a than of lofty stature, with his hair falling below his shoulders, a red beard, which fell over his breast, and dressed in a red blouse, having in his hand a large white bat, and a cane, representing a crucifix, with a grave and solemn step entered the building, and advanced to the foot of the high altar. The beadle pursued him, and endeavoured to stop him, but was vio lently pushed aside. A vicar then addressing him, sought, with great mildness, to induce him to retire, but he immediately fell into a passion, declaring that he was , God, and threatened the crowd who had gathered round him in order 'to remove hits. With great difficulty, he was carried out of the church, when the police took this unfortunate madman and conveyed him to the Amigo. It is said that this man spoke several languages, alter nately German, Italian, Spanish, and French. A letter from lionigsburgh, of the 26th of September, be remembered t h h a a s t, the so f m ol e low t i i n m g e arti ag cl o e , :—.ll‘ll-Z ma} be a young Jewish physician of our city, who was going to marry a Christian, could not obtain permission from the Government to consent to their union. Mr. Talkson has just had his marriage' solemnised at Trinity Church, Hull, and having returned to our city required that the certificate of his marriage should inserted in the registers, a formality which the la* de mands from all Prussians who marry in foreign coun mos. He was informed, in reply, that this insertion could not be made, because marriages between Jews and Christians were not recognised in Prussia, that they did not possess a legal character, and that the children of such marriages were considered as illegitimate. Mr. Talkson has addressed a remonstrance on the subject to the Government. LEMBERG, SEPT. 18.—We learn from the i3urnal of the Austrian Lloyd that the agricultural reports from several parts of Galicia are very unfavourable. The want of water which succeeded the long drought has had a most baneful effect upon the cattle and caused much disease among them. Added to this is the lamentable failure of the potato crop. In the uplands this disease attacks the entire potato, so that it is utterly unfit for use;; and in the plains, although this disease is not so prevaent, the crop is, nevertheless, very scanty, and the potato small. BRAILA, SEPT. 7.—The wheat which we have been obliged to import has suffered much from the damp, and we have been compelled to send to Calafat for a fresh supply. IiEGERSBERG, SEPT. 29.—Our magistrates have issued a proclamation containing this resolution, that the poor inhabitants shell have good rye bread under the tariff prices during the present distress. THE PENINSULAR MAILS .-.-. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. B.—The Madrid steam-ship, Captain Bingham, with the Peninsular mails, has just made her appearance in the river. She is somewhat late in her arrival, having been retarded, no doubt, by the heavy gales of the last few days. Messrs. D. Chambers and D. Phillips, the bar risters appointed to revise the lists of votes in the elec tion of knights of the shire, for the county of Kent, will hold a Court for revising the lists of voters for West Kent, to-morrow, at the Green Man, Blackheath. OPENING OF THE PORTS IN THE DUTCH COLONIES. —The Presse says—" It has already been announced that the Dutch Government had declared Mucassar a free port. It appears that this was only a prelude to a general measure as regards all the colonies of Holland in the Pacific Ocean. We have reason to believe that a decree opening the Molucca Islands to foreign trade will shortly be promulgated." _ _ _ _ _ SUSPECTED MURDER.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker held an inquiry at the London Hospital on the remains of a child unknown, which was found deposited in a coffin in Church lane, Whitechapel, by a labourer who was excavating a foundation for a brewery. Mr. Annin gibay, a surgeon, examined the remains, but could not discover the sex. The child, he thought, was two months old when it died. The jury returned an open verdict of Found dead. _ _ _ --- DARING ROBBERY. — Last evening, between four and five o'clock, a robbery, of the most serious conse quence to the party concerned, was effected in Regent street, under the following circumstances:—A Captain Knock, of the Rifle Brigade, who had been lodging at a tobacconist's in the above-named street, intending t• leave London for Sheerness to joiu his regiment, caused his portmanteau to be removed from his chamber to the shop, and entered the inner room, from which it was se parated only by a glass partition, for the purpose of paying his bill, when, on returning after an absence of five minutes, his property was not to be found. Some very adroit conveyancers must have been on the alert, as the shop was untenanted scarcely a minute. The loss has been the occasion of the greatest inconvenience to the gallant captain, for, independently of his travelling wardrobe, the portmanteau contained a considerable sum of money, together with jewellery and other valu ables, amounting to nearly 200/. THE LONDON CLUB SCULLEBS' RACE.—The Lou- don Club scullers' race, for a gold challenge cup, came off yesterday, from Putney to Mortlake. The following gentlemen came to the post to contend for the prize, and past the winning-flag as follows :—John C. Cornwall, first ; Burton, second ; C. J. Richardson, third ; Vin cent, fourth ; Strutton, fifth ; Shaw, sixth ; Allen, seventh ; Lawrie, eigth ; Pollock, ninth. The start was beautifully taken by all parties, directly afterwards Vincent shot a-head, followed by Shaw, J. Cornwall, Burton, Richardson, and Strutton close up, the others not able to live the pace. On passing under Hammer smith-bridge Shaw, Vincent, and Strutton retired, leav ing the other three to contest the race, which they did nobly and gallantly, but Mr. Cornwall managed to main tain his lead by dint of great exertion„and to go in win ner by nearly three lengths. Mr. Burton beating Mr. Richardson by about the same distance. Messrs. Vin cent and Strutton were pretty well up, but the rest were nowhere. Time occupied in rowing the race a few seconds under 28 minutes. As soon as it was over, Mr. Burton offered to row Mr. Cornwall a match over the 4 s tin ! : vv c . h o i ti e r h s e o w ffe i trhi3ni for. rtnight, Mr. l d M e r c . l i ß n e . d t , o a s l t l ak eg e i n g 6o th a t o t his health would not permit him to undergo the fresh exertion, and from his distress at the conclusion of the race there appeared little ground to doubt his statement. EMBEZZLEMENT OF A LETTER FROM TUE POSTg. OFFICE.—A wan who was employed in the post-office, Birmingham, as a letter-carrier, and dismissed about four years ago, has been committed for trial on a charge of stealing a letter containing bank-notes prior to that time. It seems that he had kept one of the 10/. notes in his possession till within about ten days ago, when, being sent to the bank of Messrs. Attwcod and Spooner to advise a bill for a party in whose service he was, he substituted one of the notes given for that which had been stolen, and the number of which had been preserved at the bank. The prisoner's own ac count of the affair is, that he found the note in Wol verhampton. _ BERLIN, SEPT. 22.—The Courier of Nuremburg affirms that the Prussian Government has renzonstrated in the name of the Zollverei n aga i nst th e new cOmmer cial treaty between Holland an d Belgium. It, i s ~- t ated that a declaration has already been made to the Cabi:et of the Hague, that unless the advantages granted by Holland to the Belgium manufacturers are extended to the Zollverein, Prussia will be obliged to make:ra prisals. THE LORD PROVOSTSHIP.—The citizens of Edin burgh, of all parties and ranks, will receive, with no ordinary satisfaction, the announcement made in the Town Council yesterday, that Mr. Black has consented to retain the office of chief magistrate for another year. ' The admirable manner in which Mr. Black has dis charged all the duties of the office is matter of universal admission and congratplation, and by consenting to the. continuance of his services he has largely increased the debt of obligation due to him. by his fellow-citizens.—. Scotsman. ~A~.