The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-26 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, ._ SPORT/NG NOTES. No,rexcii TilE PAST RACING OF THE WEEK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. 'lR:—Tlie miming of the last three cr four days has acme peculi ar i t i es attached to it which require notice, more er less affecting what is yet to come. The T aunton Stakes at Taunton on Monday were coeclusion, it was thought, for Madame t i v !t Wh arton or Sleeping Partner ; consequence was , a 4t Air. G. Drew 's Odtham was the only one sent to laecnettb,,i,3 couple, the test being frightened away. He a purpo,;e, for, after a good. race, he won very of ' e r'Y iiii,)tber specimen of the glorious uncertainty tart cart lutieN. k r the raci ng at R a d cl i ffe the runn i ng o f E xac t is a !kinlinent feature; on the first day winning the Two __()tlEras,olldo Sugtahkes easily by two lengths, beating, among eld not live thu)en—the horse of dubious pedigrce—w Purs e a i pace. Yesterday she won f t r h o e m ß A u Bury fllittle , most as easily as the preceding race, ti:;:nly difference being that the race was drawn a ne t a k , Mond ay Little Davie wins the Wilton Cup by the beating, among others, Lerrywhent. Yesterday "st-named animal wins the ;Manchester . fo; ve rlY, beating Mary Nobbler (who beat him in the th nler race) ea(ily; Mary Nobbler running sr d flat Wilton and third in the Manchester Cup. This . th iu rn al f of Osborne's (Little Davie) will be a very useful hia .g or , cuie of the small autumnal handicaps; but as b et r ace for the Wilton Cup, when there was only a neck n th e ween him and Mary Nobbler, and the same betwee Vie Littl e 8 6 at, it is evident that Lerrywhent is three or " Pound s b etter than Little Davie. B a e d hl u sc races seem to have been the order of the day at e ; "ff , , Lough Bawn having had great difficulty in 1 1 , - 1 : d i llIg the Stewards' Cup from Barbata, and only by a th 4 R tid uhon. previous to his defeat by Exact, had won by ta :°r l Park Stakes with the most luxurious ease '`) le ngths; being an additional certificate of exce - T ee in E xact, tbe., l l,, E gllaln Races have furnished one great fact in tethiYfi ,_easy victory of Frantic for the Queen's Plate d 1 3 1116, -11 ' l aying had a chance with him from end to end lik e double nearly all the way, and, had his jockey tredit coUld have gone in alone; and yet he beat some end Bat platers in the shapo of Dame Tattle, Sanita, .uut terfi Th e tisec e i ß unnymede Stakes were won by Azle], a very sa to , mile horse, who will be heard of satisfactorily in Tas et i: f the small races at the Newmarket October Bilb bu r , e rrY, receiving 381bs for theyear from Hesse Horn 13e,Te°r'clY just managed to win by a very short length; hesti o ' c , r`eEding to Constantine 2.41bs for the year, A him cleverly for second place. I)lat' anticipated, Aaron Smith Pon the Tradesmen's Ileein e e a t t „ D erby yesterday; but I did not at all anticipate therty ro b eathergage in the second place; and, like f IY in the amber, wonder how the devil he , got That here of Babe liere was some great mistake made in the trials *ith , t , t ? some time ago is now quite clear; for, what %hd - b h " . ..,Lug her out a good animal after the first ordeal, tad 1, 1 one after the second. she comes out yesterday it ren i sPoses of a field of four, all of whom I had, on the to h e 4th of the aforesaid trial, supposed to be superior A fine This running has undeceived me on that point. t oEdi z-! , race in tor the Grand Stand Plate, between the htvou r l- Y. filly, Don Carlo s , and Carinetta, terminated in other oi the first -named by a short half-length; the ItiPN't) made a dead h e at of it for second. tf 8 t IrY intenti on to pu bli s h to - mo rrow a small budget A, • news,—l ere, Sir,yours. 'g " &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Th e r EGHA.Nt RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Thue -Lntilsep2rs' Plato of 50 soya. (handicap). kr Tiquorters of a mile. ~ 7 t lb (Hiett) 1 ...a o , Blood, 3rs .s., i , kr, J an ra Paaa a RnYal - kr. o"'s'a Heroine, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Barker) 3 11_•oait's V entro-a-Terre, 4 yrs, 7st TT mond) 0 kris: ,I.ason's Haresfoot, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b•••(-, „a al , ann) 0 k r aaarnas's Carbuncle, 6 yrs, 7st 41b•••(ur -`-' k r - ; laahrard's Lady Isabl, 3 yrs, (Arthur) 0 k r. 1) paler's Prince Rupert, 6st 10. ... (Rickards). (Sabin) 0 kr. ,ark's Freestone, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ( 7st (Arthur) 0 Kendall) 0 4....arling's Rage, 2 yrs, sst 91b - _ lb. (Bundy) 0 c4thirnimptori's Michaelmas Maid, sst r roi tle.. .& -- -3 To 1 agst Blood Royal, the elf" a g o went off with the lead, which h to ah l e ahgesltd.Etea w4,e, , distance, whets she . • _i n g , ra ce, ‘ 4 ;, ° Y the judg. , ; Bloodgroey. a w i ay in t w t u ) the afterthree a ho e r ia se se s hsli a i' a neck ; Heroine b e ating w Ve m rit a r i o d -a w - Le t r h r r e ow by n aft, "igth. The rider of Michaelmas th,kePa ss ing the winning cha i r, an d wa s a good deal T he ti• Rue iu 1 min. 17 sec.' a d Magna Charta Stakes of ; 5 sous, each, with and zi el d e i ti ., : two yrs old, 7st; . and three, 9st; mares s f or "P allowed 31b; winners extra, f an , d 2o a o llo s w ev azce if ~,_det al t f td h le ( l lle t . h e winner to be sold es T.Y.C. (Sabin) 1 341r..Uthby's Pride Est 61b k r. t'LieleY,'s, Tavistock, ist 31b (G. Mann) 2 (Hiatt) 3 kr. A ( L IU ' Anxiety Est 81b - a -. ateata a , ' • nib (Arthur) 4 l'ettia a . , -°te 8 Tobolski, 6st alld T ir a" - -a to 4 agat Pride, 5 to 2 each . Is A gst fi A ne nx r i a e e ty e bst.._ Tistock, and 3to 1 agat Tobolska • '"9 4 the a Pride, made all the running, Am ain , first two, who . _ _ sec. Th e oVY s a neck only. Run in 1 min. 17 ;lir:. tilt! Gillei so Plate s of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7at 71b; nal ' 'at: five, 9st 71b; six and aged, 9st 101 b. Two 1,.... , i es ad it distance (Flatman) I Air. t a g?: v. I:)a r rn an o t T io . ,. 71b 2 ist 71b tr• G. ti: n r r 'a Sanita, 3t3tyleYr'rs,3‘4737srtsi :labs: 71b (Hammond) ...(Ke ll ud ie a t l t l) 3 4 '''.r. Bow % - f 8 Butterfly, 3 yrs, Tat 71b (F. Balchin) 5 10 to 1 Betti L 411 8 Ply Tra Frantic,6 yrs, to 1 agst Butterfly, and m s Tattle mad© all the run- g --9 to 4on lai n U ag" any other. IrD ~ otil half -way u p the a length and a 4 g ist e ance, when she was passed hii•ri,,..ue favourite, w ho won in a canter by The Tun in 3 min.sous. each, h ft, with 25 58 10 ~ A mateur Stakes of ~ list wied. three save list 101 b; the a( 10s,, four, ll e s a t e l d lb h ; ors fi e ve to , I I - 'ix and aged, sovs if do r to be sold for 250 . ~iii stake. The 81b l ' yrs o . ld, and allowances if to be sold for less. O u'ert n " t e em'c! e? de a rs. One mile and a half. '''srp.t.Stelw- --- ar:t - '; ' Bordeaux, 5 a rs, 10st 101 b (Mr.L.F n o e x r ) ) 2 1 y I.3eebeeßunnoo. s:yrs, lOstl 01b(Ow ) 3 4 a ri l it arb l u e rg d la'sHa bletonian,lOst (Mr.Osbaldeston el ''attiog_a to 1 on m Bordeaux, who waited on Ha . lal atr , .-• and won in a canter by ih l _ e tlian into the distance, Til. ,leh gt h s . R un i n 3 m i n . 2 sec. t;aham S ta ki s of 5 soya. each, with 25 added; thr ee yrs olds, 7st; four, Bst 411); five, Bst 10ib; six did sled, 9 st 11 1 h; mares an d ge ld ings allowed il 3 2 , 0 b 0 , Xii • a eta . Horses to he so allowed Extra 31b; 1501. 91b; entered 1001. 121 b; 80/. 16lb; and (5 Subs.) It " 2 "a• Heats, ono mile. r. %ilia •' (ft% s h r° a Amber Witch, 6 1 st 9 7 1 sl at 51 ( h li ( e u nd ie a t 1 t 1 ) ) 2 1 2 1 k r s. e a rr ing's Woodlark, ( 80 • 41 1 . • i) ocott's Gaiety f, (501.), 6 ) st 31 t b i ( 3 1 1 t h ic ( k s is t r e c e ls o ) 3 4 4 3 „ ally's Miss G , I&midt (50 1 ) 49 t ivo , first heat was won by a 4.11 e fi ' s3 ' ' 1,." - lagths al, will . (-1 I tests and pr oduce Li be seen from the returns tha t t h t a l t ie th tw e two first races eked Let h a , cry close con , de average; in e harZ,'eata, was up to the RnnaYrne a , tarw.:er, however, it was mediocre, the everybody almost sa 4 ''R out as great a certainty as uzueen's Plate little e : td it would be, and the other events exciting and _ a"interest. The weather was delightful, tiel,alt,?lerably good, the attend-v very sho wed a ma b rk u e t' d c f o a m lliTg r - s o d fl w. . IT. LEGER BETTING. ith previous "Brand 6 to 4 agst Stockwell. 12 .._-- 1 Daniel O'Rourke (taken). 12 1 C araca ra (taken). D aniel -- 1 Harbinger. I,suliela.c,, O'Rourke, in the course of the meetin, against •otiniel, (1 4 ' a r about 1,5001.; 600 to 40 was laid - ' - o•ourl as and Song'tress. The Ste w t . RA -) 3 , eLIFFE iIACES. — T _ UESDAY. s au -4 " Cu of 40 soya., added to a Handicap of Pcas s ' , 4 ' ac 11,.,; the w i nner pays 5 bOVS. toward e . x te., 41r, ii 1,,, ( 16 Subs)''' the second saves his stake. • One mi kr: ll6l32° n ' s Ila b"gh Basin, st 121 b . I\l ' s ' "elul ''s L ist 51b ................................ 32 . kr. Wulter' kairclata. 3 yrs. li alley, ist 91b (Osborne) 0 kr, 11 "greave.' of T " m 7st Plb•••(%\r' Sharpe) 0 5 k r. baw,,,,, ,, ,I, O e shaldestan, yrs, ist 91b ......... (Ly 0 k John so4 , 1 ,,1a Italian, 5 yrs, Tat 71b ...(Oates)l ) 0 r. J ar „, a Lady Jersey, 6 ~,,„ sst 121b(Vee e Ilia:, BL a Sister to Fencer s 5 .r. - 7 •t Osbaldeston, atiti t - 47 to 4 agst Barbata, 3 to 1 agst k m ] , same i ita to 1 agst Lough B Won by a ' ~. e e,, „..._ _ . awn. AL it 5 ,, 4 7 , - , cn arid third. each, and 25 viiils-: colts Bst 71b; fillies and geldings,Blt ziad a i ' ff e St. Leger Stakes of 5 sa va ' for less; if f o ,aer to h e sold for 1001, unless entered 21b; the 30/., 21lb; Vti t r 1, allowed 51b; 601,, 91b.; 401., hsi f "'s onee this year, 51b extra. 141b;One mile and a kr. 6 ( 7 Sub%) Ntar:Q3,-;Teti Day and Martin (300 ( 13croft) 1 olr j "-cotes Lady li e Troth VCr oti htti:h' hg's LI Enchantress (30/.) ....(Wel ls ) Th e ,Y alf a length. The winner sold for 5 8 g uineas. ,r,...0 (301.) ........................... 23 .t ree Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. One ir ti . ~, mile anti a dis. (12 Subs.) (Neale) 1 r m?laYnton'S J aginatio, 4 yrs, sst 81b _ r ' . "4laufs Eva m due 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Aldcroft) 3 2 kr. INTqthingtou's Reehetea, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Carroll) _ kr, a arßr elav e 's Osbaldeston, Set 51b .. (W. Sharpe) u_ M. s: (401"Ltt's ' , tot, %Dt . ' il a Cauriri, 6 y ra, Thu Cutler, 4 yrs, 7st 41b(Osborne) 0 6st 121 b (Astel) 0 Scott,llea,'s rely, 5 yrs, fist 121 b (Wells) 0 `", a-ItLl"--7 to 4 ag st Rachete, sto 2 agst Osbaldea tilt(llgtiZ 1 agat Evadne, sto 1 agst Cauriri. Won by t hree StakQ s of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, for had: Yrn old, 7st 121 b; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; s ul ix . geldings allowed 1 3 , 4, t ,'d, 9st 101 b; mares and li ' w - ”alna(o• to be sold for 1201.. if entered for 100 . al- 1 ,9 i ''',•;" 51 b; for 80/ 101 b; for 601., 14lb; for 401., 211 h; f -)r (ri ' 281 b. Th'e second saves his stake. Heats. L\lir smile and a quarter. (5 Sub ( sd harlt r, :`,.l',lk,'r's Alma, 5 yrs (300.- o on n ) ) 5 1 1 4 1. r, ‘,."(7l's eri 4 l e Katt' (301.) k r. jv, iiklieb May blossom, 00/ ) --(Carr IL.) 41 3 2 3 ( ( G . W c e r , n ,) 2 0 dr kr, Th'lLLtion's Dasthury, sr4r (301.) „, i , \ 3 0 dr - "npson' s R 4 y (301.) (Aidcr , ., / Won by a head. 'T'l l ti WEDNESDAY. s,„:ll'Y P urse of 301,, added to a swee ,stakes of 5 r- 2 9st; filo "` e h , for t wo yrs old, 7st, and three y r s, •clear 5( /. this" sad geldings allowed 3'.b; winners of k e , Y !'", 31b ; two, or the T wo years old aStayse stake. on kTh r l , r ; a37, Sib extra. The ss collet saves hts al r. 4 -P- quarter s of a mile. (8 Subs.) . Chilton's Audubon: 2 yrs ........ i (Carr°ll) 2 • , ) 1 kr ° ' ls "r•c c 's I Exa c t 2 yrs ... (Osborne, g • $ i tin to lon Exact. Won by a neck. The Manchester Cup of 50/., added to a handicap of 10 sovs. each, h tr., and 3 only if declared; the winner to pay 10 sovs. towards txpenses, and the seciud to save his stake. Ono mile and three•quarters. (20 Sub F.., 11 paid.) Mr. Rothwelt's berry Whent, 3 yrs, 6st 91b(Alderoft) 1 Mr. James na Sister to Fencer, 5 yrs, Est 51b (Veele) 2 Mr. W. Phillips's Mary Nobbler, aged, 6st 61b ( 1 / 3 11) 3 Mr. Worthington's Bache( ea, yrs, Est 71b (Carroll) 4 Mr. Hentl.rson's Crabbx, aged, Est 91b ...(Morton) 5 Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 6 yrs, Sat (Osborne,) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Mary Nobbles, 2to 1 agst berry Whent, 5 to 1 agst Sinter to Fencer, 5 to 1 apt Crabb, and sto 1 agst Alp. Won by a neck; two lengths be tween second and third. The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Three quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Chilton's Audubon, 2 yrs, Gilt (Carroll) 1 Mr. Walker's Alma, 5 yrs, Sit 21b Mr. Wilkins's May-Blossom, 3 yrs, Oat 7in (Aldcroft), Captain Scott's Day and Martin, ist 4th (Osborne), and Mr. Saxon's Cauriri, Bst 51b, also ran. Won by two lengths. DERBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added; colts Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 31b. One mile and a half. (16 Subs.) Mr. R. E. Oliver's oh f Babette, Bst ...(Whitehouse) 1 Mr. W. Jepson's Bess of Hardwick, Sat (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. G. Barton's Bethgelert, Bst 41h (G. Oates) 0 Mr. John Scott's Don Carlos, Bst 41b (Harrison) 0 Mr. Copeland's Director, Bst 71b (Marlow) 0 Betting—Even on Bothgelert, and 3 to 1 each agst all the others. Won by a head after a fine race with three; half a length between second and third. The Grand Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added, for three yrs old and upwards. One mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Infidelity f, sst 91b (Ashman) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Carinetta, 3 yrs, sst 51b (501.) (Wells) 0 Mr. J. Scott's Don Carlos, sst 51b (501.) (Sherwood) 0 7to 4 on the filly. Won by a head; a dead heat for second place. The winner was sold for 105 guineas. The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 soya., added to a handi cap of 15 sews. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the winner to nay 20 soya. expenses, and the second to save his sake. Two miles. (26 Subs., 15 of whom declared.) Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith, 7st 81b . (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs. 7st 21b (Charlton) 2 Mr. R. E Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard, ist 71b.. 3 Mr. T. Parr'a Carinetta, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Wells) 0 Mr. Drinkaid's Snarry, 3 yrs, sst 61b (T. Sherwood) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Weathergage, 2to 1 avast Snarry, 3 to 1 agst Aaron Smith, and 4 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard. Won cleverly by half a length, Sir Rowland Trenchard a bad third, and Carinetta beaten off. Tho Maiden'Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya. each, for three yrs old and upwards, about ono mile and a half (4 Subs.), was won easily in two heats by Mr. Coates's Haled, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Charlton), beating Lord Chesterfield's Ellar, 3 yrs, 7st (Ashmall), Doctor Buck, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (West), and The Drag, 5 yrs, Bst 6!b (White). TAUNTON RACES.—FIRST DAY. The Taunton Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 30 sovs. added. One mild and a half. (11 Subs ) Mr. G. Drewa's Odiham, 4 yra, Sat (G. Knight) 1 Mr. Crossing's Madame Wharton, 4 yrs, 8s slb 2 Mr. T. Stevens's Sleeping Partner, Bst 71b... (Yates) 3 Won by half a length. The Ladies' Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 boys. each, for three years old and upwards, once round and a dis:(3 Subs.), was won in two heats by Mr. Elwes's John of Berwick, 5 yrs, 9st s!b, beating Surge, 7st 81b, and Fazeley. 9st 101 h. The Innkeepers' Plate of 20 soya. and a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, wero won cleverly in two heats by Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Yates), beating ! Phan tom and John of Berwick. A Handicap of 2 sovs. each, and 15 soya. added; one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Carlilo's Surge, ist 71b, beating Madam Wharton, Bst 101 b, and Ciugari, 7st 101 b. ROYAL IRISH AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION IN KILLARNEY. We have often referred with admiration to the perse• vering and successful exertions of the Royal Agricul tural Society, and of the R >yal Dublin Society also, during all the distress and difficulties of the past eight years. Their annual exhibitions—latterly fully equal to any similar displays in England or Scotland—have given a decided impulse to agricultural enterprise. The recent exhibition in Galway, under the auspices of the former society, afforded most gratifyicg evidence of steady improvement in Connaught, which had been not very long since in a state of utter prostration. We are happy in being enabled to announce that the next annual exhibition of the Agricultural Society will take place in Killarney. and that we can con gratulate cur friends in Kerry and the adjoining counties upon an arrangement calculated to confer so much advantage upon that part of the country. The necessary preliminary steps fur effecting that object were taken, before the close of the Galway Exhibition, by Mr. Pierse Mahuny, with the earnest co-operation of that sterling friend of Ireland, Mr. William Dugan, who has generously volunteered to give the necessary indem nity to the society, on his own account for 5001. But we are confident that the gentlemen of Kerry will gratefully and thankfully decline his offer, which, however, has se cured the holding of the Cattle Show for 1853 in Kil larney. We have learned that Mr. St. John Jeffreys, of Blarney Castle, although he has not an acre in Kerry, has joined Mahony in tendering his subscription to wards the indemnity fund of 5001.1 n short, the matter is settled, and it only now remains to adopt all needful measures for rendering it completely successful. We have some reason to believe that the Queen an d R o yal Family contemplate a visit to this city during the Great Exhibition of 1853, which owes its origin to the public spirit and munificent enterprise of Mr. Dargan. From the Irish capital her Majesty and her illustrious consort might proceed, by the railway constructed by him, to visit the far-famed scenery of Killarney, at the opportune period of the Cattle Show. This would in deed be a royal progress, the very anticipation of which t c h l i u s b p s o w rt o i u on id o h f a h v e e r it re in al t m h . ei estY'a loyal and would cheer the hearts of her M a j their power Irish and d an e c v l o E te r d ig s li u s b h je Y e a ts ch in t contribute to the usefulness and glory of the event by having their Regattas for 1853 at Bantry P —Ay and at the Kenmore River. This is a subject in which our hopes and feelings are deeply enga ge d ; an d , b ecause we see the prospect of great advantages for the country, we ear nestly urge the necessity and duty of prompt and cordial co-operation, on the part of all who have the means of promoting the grand object we seek to accomplish. When our gracious Sovereign paid her first visit to Ireland, the country was but struggling out of the diffi culties of a terrible famine. That period of disaster has passed away ; and with the brighter prospects that now open upon us, we would hail with joy the second advent of our beloved Queen, to receive renewed pledges of affectionate loyalty from her Irish subjects.—Dublin Evening Post. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GRICAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 285 i) -Return of Traffic for the Week ending Aug. 11, 1852:-- Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £8,490 12 7 Merchandise and minerals ... 5,274 1 2 Cattle .„„ ... 308 9 8 Total .. £14,073 3 5 Corresponding week, 1851 (241* miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. £10,553 19 2 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 4,229 8 3 Total ... ...£14,783 7 5 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 22, £21,137 14 11 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) •-• ...£19,128 7 8 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Aug. 22: B kILWAY. Passengers, parcels, &C. ... £3,397 14 4 670 12 11 Goods ... Total .. £4,068 7 3 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers £.161 0 2 TOTAL. Passengers, parcels, &c. £3,g58 1 4 6 Goods 670 12 11 Total £4,529 7 5 Corresponding week last year ... t,060 1 2 S C OTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY. — Traffic for the Week ending Aug 22, 1852 : Passengers (23,203), parcels, horses, and carriages £1,913 13 7 Goods, cattle, 4c. ... 824 10 0 Total .. 2,738 3 7 Corresponding week in last year... 2,346 1 2 Perth, Aug. 25, 1852. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—lieturn of Traffic for the week ending Aug. 21, 1852 : - Passengers, parcels, &c. .- £156 12 10 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... '25 2 1 Total ... £lBl 14 11 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) : Passengers, parcels, &c. 3 5 3 1 Merchandise, cattle, 6:c.... 0 1 3 Total .. ... £35 4 4 CHILD AhnDEß.—Last night considerable cfortsidAedraible.e.xcite ment prevailed in neighbourhoodthe veroftlie o of te f e em pl t l i i e l i n nf c a o n n t - , con sequence of the of fcotbe name of William Busby, on the roof by a young man 1 i n th g t i a n b g i e t to ,2. M, F,r. P w u b g o h , , o o n f b S i s a l a i r s b r i u v r a y b I s V a ll id a b rf e , in the Adelphi . terrace durin g the tim e o Ah f adde t h i np e obti s .s t a ei b :n l o e I s ai on; ebeoooon e f the body of the child several -- am i na tion o h s e t. \i‘vaiasrtoitni,sduwtoyruthbenrue:e,caonndvelydeeftitthine e b b o a d r y ge in of a tb ) e Yr o a l p il p e e e r r to f that place. On c.,. f marks metw were e s MANCHESTER RAILWAY violence_ hnleefes little doubt that the in- DIRECT LONDON AND ~ n recently held before (REMINGTON'S LINE). --At a . meeif d d i e s a co th ve f r r e o c n i t w v h i ed the (fficial manager, Honour, after some inquiries, direct to return is. 3d. to Mr. Tuiquand, of Old Jewry Chambers. is at present the Master in Chancery (Senior) in the above matter, his the scriptiolders. This order Mr. Turquand carrying into effect, so that the shareholders imme diately present their scrip at his office. FREEmASONRY IN ARMAGIL—The craft Armagh city and county are resolved that the mystic shall have a worthy home in that city. Arrn ts are in should rethren, active progress for the erection of a hall for the brethren, which which some of them are desirous to designate the Eg .a_ freemasonsgeinen in Masonic Hall, in compliment to the Viceroy, who is a nist', , guished member of the craft. The Member for the borougD hlr. Ross Moore, is —hi mse l f a Mason—mos t favourable to e project in questi on . Forms and other prelim i nar i e s have been arranged, and liberal subscriptions from influential quarters are already promised. :SI IRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TiTIS DAY. TIMF,S —ln oue of the Western States of,Ame rice, before civilization bed entirely conquered nature, coneiderable annoyance wes experienced from the multitude and ferocity of the indigenous bears, and to such a pitch did the evil arise that it was taken under the immediate cognizance of the local Govern ment. With the view of accelerating the extinction of this troublesome tribe, these authorities recurred to the ingenious and highly popular machinery of " bounties"—that i 3 to say, they promised to pay from the common treasury a certain sum for every bear's head that was produced. To be sure, it was already the interest of every man to lend his best aid to the extirpation of a plague from which he, es well as all the rest, was suffering; and, if the work properly pertained to the people, it could hardly be requisite to pay the people for doing it. However, the terms were published, and the coffers of the State were pledged to a fixed premium upon slaughtered bears. The new pursuit thus opened was followed with ala crity by a good many woodsmen, but to none did it appear so profitable as to a certain citizen, highly dis tinguished for his intelligence, but not hitherto re markable for excellence in sportsmanship. At last the steady and increasing supply of bears' heads from this quarter attracted some close inquiry, when it was discovered that the producer had been privately breeding the animals to a very large extent. The " bounty" awarded by the State was sufficient to render bears a profitable agricultural stock, and was accordingly made instrumental in perpetuating the identical race it was designed to extinguish. On the practice being denounced as unlawful, and the pre miums being withdrawn from this home manufacture, it is said, at once turned his whole the proprietor, stock into the woods, and thus supplied the neighbour hood with rather more bears, upon the whole, than they bad enjoyed before the first experiment of " bounties." Whether this story is either very true or only very well imagined we are not much con cerned to decide, but if any reader is inclined to dis miss the former supposition as intrinsically unlikely, we can help him to a fact of the present day which is v cry little behind the American anecdote. The French Government pays a " bounty" upon the cap ture of herrings, not, indeed, with a desire to sweep the sea of these savoury little creatures, but with the " higher aim," as it is termed, of fostering a hardy school of mariners. It appears that these prize scholars repair to the British shores to fish but, as the work comes by no means so naturally to them as it does to us, they are in the habit of pur chasing herrings from our Scarborough and Yar mouth sailors, and presenting them for payment as their own proper and original produce. So noto rious has the practice become, that overseers are now appointed to secure the Government in fair play ; and at this very moment a fine French steamer of war, with a couple of tenders, is stationed off Shields—not to protect, as Mr. Webster would express it, " the hook and line, bob and sinker" of these honest fisher men, but to keep a watch over their doings, and see that they perform the part for which they are paid. On the whole bargain, therefore, the French Govern ment first pays a gratuitous " bounty" on the take of fish, which are not taken by the alleged takers; next, provides an encouragement extraordinary for the very rivals which it is aiming to surpass; and, finally, in order to stop the cheat, is obliged to find men-of-war to prevent its own traders from defrauding its own exchequer. A more delightful illustration of Pro tection it would be hard to find. This is the species of favour for which our North Ame rican colonies have recently been petitioning. It is said that their fishermen ought to have " boun ties ;" that is to say, that, over and above the natural inducements to take fish for sale, there should be a special premium on every cod's head and shoulders, payable by the State. Not hin g less, it is declared, will put the colonists on a le v e l with the Americans, and maintain that " har d y school of mariners" t o which we must resort in the contingency of war. Now, it should he understood—if, indeed, there can be any misconceptions after the fate discussion of the subject—that the fisheries lie off our own coasts, and not off the coasts of our neighbours ; that three miles' space, measured from the shore, is secured to us ab • solutely : and that to the more distant grounds of the north we are many leagues nearer than the Ameri cans. The consequence of these advantages is that our fishermen can employ a smaller class of vessels than their rivals, and thereby start with a less expen sive outfit. The best fishing grounds lie at their very doors, and they can use light manageable nets with great effect. It was urged, too, by Mr. Everett, in his note to Lord Aberdeen, that all the rough materials of the trade—such as timber and iron, canvass and cordage, hooks and lines—were cheaper in the colonies than the-States, and that the former were notoriously favoured in all facilities for salting and curing. It was in consideration, in deed, of the superiority thus enjoyed by the colonists that the protective duties of the States were instituted —an arrangement by which the Americans are sad dled with a halfpenny a pound on all the fish they consume for the satisfaction of going out to fetch it themselves instead of having it brought to their doors. Now, with the view of the Unitedtntes Gorcrnmont in this respect we will not at present concern our selves. They have made it a duty not only to purvey fish, but to create fishermen, and fishermen have been forthcoming. On the other hand our colonies, it is said, are being fast excluded from their natural avocations under the operations of the system thus artificially maintained, and it is proposed accordingly to set them on their feet again by taking a leaf out of the Ameri can book, and protecting our seamen as well as theirs. But, we ask, where is this competition to stop? We may describe the whole rivalry as a race for the working of the fisheries. The fish require men to take them, and there is a struggle between two States which shall supply these men. The British colonies have the precedence of natural superiority, which the Americans encounter by artificial encouragements on the other side. These encouragements it is proposed aga in to counterbalance by colonial their own protection or retire from t alternative , so that the only discernible result ‘ l i4 l b e hoe fi ur e n l it d ni . ee s They which event the Americans must cease in y are not very likely to adopt the lat teris a race of folly which would end in making a dish of salt fish about as costly as haunch of New Forest venison —a joint estimated, we believe, all forest charges included, at the value of 130 guineas, or thereabouts. But the experience of commerce is now sufficient to prove that these artificial arrange ments are never d es irable. If our colonies, with all their inalienable advantages of situation and produce, cannot find encouragement enough in the ordinary way of trade to practise fishing, the conclusion is, not that fishing should be ma de still more attract ive by pecuniary bounties, but that some other calling must supersede it. We need hardly say, however, that such an event is utterly improbable. No doubt the colonists would be glad of a bounty, but they are not likely to fail for want of it. The Yarmouth boatmen would still be the best herring fishers, even if Holland or Denmark gave a premium of a shilling on every fish. HERALD.—" There is no doubt," says the Ti mes of yesterday, " that the correct principle of taxation is, that every one should contribute to the yearly ex penditure of the country in a fixed proportion to the amount of property in his possession during that year ;" and he informs us that he is supported in this opinion by Mr. Farr, in his evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons. We take leave to differ from these high authorities, and shall briefly state our reasons for so doing. A mart may , possess property in land, houses, shipping, or rail ways, and yet the produce of such property forms the incomes of many individuals besides himself; and, therefore, to tax him because he is the possessor, and allow all these others to escape taxation, would simply be a gross injustice. " Let the tax, ' says our contem porary, " he levied on the value: of the property, no matter what they may be, the land in fee, a post in Somerset House, the Treasury, skill in healing human disorders, or in playing on the fiddle." We ask what is the property " in possession" of the man whose income is derived from " playing on the fiddle," or from hi s " skill in healing human disorders?" What is the pro perty "in possession" of a man with an income of 1,0001. a year in Consols ? and what the property i n possession" of another who "has the reversion:of rents of 1,0001. a year after the death of another party?" Again, how are we to ascertain the "capitalised val ue of industrial incomes, called inherent property," w h en these incomes may become doubled in real value, a lthough their nominal a mount in pounds sterling re mains the same ? How repeatedly have we been told possessed e purchasing power now to vehat . twenty by the Times that the pound _sterl i i t ng has double th yea editor of the admitted on such subjects, the years ago? And another alleged High Economist, autnority f h t fore, b some short time back t hat an income of 8001. a year now was equal to more than 1000/. a year in 1820 • , and in this we perfect l y agre e. I compel , the ere labouring g ma t e rial wealth, eLleagssiessla,twivheaeiviarcotruceentasn your to part with twice as much of their labour, or the produce of that labour, to provide the p ound sterling wherewith to pay th e pr o f e ssional man or tax- g atherer on behalf of the fu n dholder, and ye t es timate the " capitalised b value y a of common their in her rule,en t property"and tax them (vie like thephrase) accordingly, would there not be good reason to com plain of injustice and fraud, greater even than can befal any class under the existing system, bad as it may be ? The really true and equitable principle of taxation is, that every member of a community s h ou ld con tribute to the public ex penditure of the country in proportion to the amount of national produce or income annually received by bum. The Times has altogether failed to fathom the depths of this most important subject, and to enable us to reach the bottom we must first ascertain the source of all incomes; and if we admit th is to be the so il of this country and it s dependencies,and the in- TIIE THURS DAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, dustry of our people employ e d thereon, I obtained in exchange for ou r own , it w ill at OI3CP be . I seen that every man's income. consis.ts of a portion of the produce of the raltion. A n d as t h e pu bli c revenue o r on produce must be derived from the same source, and is only a portion of the national pr o d uce or i ncome macie over to the state by the memb ers of the community at large, and who would oth erw i se reta i n suc h portion for their own benefit, it f o l lows indisputably-, that, 1 in , a perfectly equitabl e system of taxation, eac h India vidual should give up to the state a portion of the national praduco formin g hi s i ncome propor tionate to the whole amount cf that produce or income received by him. The man with 1,000/. a year from landed p roperty or Consols has not, stric tly speaking, an inco me t o this extent. If he pays h is lawyer and doctor 50/. each, an d ot h er perso ns 201. annually, out of it, f or serv i ces rendered, this portion of their profession a l i ncomes is derived from the same. source as his own, an d th e produce of 4,0001. out nt , the 33,3331. of his C onso l s i s the " capitalised va l ue of this portion of th e i r i ncomes. And to charge the nominal possessor of this sum a certain tax upon this 4,0001. in Consols, a n d a ll ow the parties to whom the interest upon it i s even t ually paid to escape, i would, in our humble opinion, b e most unjust. " Let every man contribute in pr o p ort i on to the amount of va l ue in his possession," says our contemporary. B u t there could scar ce ly b e a more false an d fatal method of t axat i on adopted. The land owner, or shipown er , or railway owner may be in possession of real property ; but if, as shown above, they annually t ransfer a large portion of the produce of such pr operty to make up the in comes of professional men, in return for services rendered, on what possible plea should the man in possession be taxed, and the others, though de riving their incomes from the same source, escape ? Oh ! but, says our conte mporary, " The 11. paid to Dr. Chambers or Sir B. B rodie is a simple 11., while 1/. from landed estates or the funds repre sents 301. besides itself." B ut will not this 11., when paid to the phy.sician, represent just as much the 301. whence it is derived as when it remains in the other's pocket? But, repeats the Times writer, the merchant and manufactur er the dropping in of his i own life." B ut all men are equally mortal, and f the land or ra il way pro prietor " must insure against prietor leaves to his son an income from his " pos sessed property," do not the m ercantile men, the shopkeepers, the solicitors, the au c ti oneers, bequeath in their flourishing and profitable business just as safe and good an inheritance ? Are there no risks in land, shipping, or railways —no risks in being a bond holder in a debt of 800,000,000/. sterling ? Is the income therefrom so much more secure than that of the cotton spinner, whose " property in possession" may not be valued at 20,0001., and yet may yield him an income of 2,0001. yearly ? All admit the evil"g reat an and d itfi e injustice ul ty of of the providing suitable remedy," existing a incom e -t ax b ut th e and which the './ imes so readily admits, remains as much unmoved as before our contemporary under took the task of removing it. We think abolition the safest and best mode of dealing with all such inquisi torial taxes. EXCURSION TRAINS. A speedy alteration must be made in the system of excursion trains, or it will become totally impossible to pass alone. any of the great lines with a reasonable amount of safety. What are passengers to do? If the danger only menaced those who travelled by these ex cursion trains, we should have an easy remedy; but the fact is that au excursion train is somewhat its the nature of a cannon ball, which sweeps the surface of the line at uncertain intervals, and which does not invariably share the destruction it scatters around it on its progress. Perhaps it would be the safest thing a passenger could do to take his place about the centre of an excursion train. The train by which ho travels will probably run into some others which may be waiting at the various stations along the line, but that will only affect the pas sengers in the first two or three carriage s . It will also, in all probability, leo run into by other trains, but then the passengers in the lust two or three carriages will be the victims of that mishap. Meanwhil e, the circumspect traveller will sit calmly in the midst of the ruin around him, with his lint and diachylon ready for application, and perorate at his ease against the imprudence of those who have availed themselves of the regular conveyances on lines which are travelled over by excur sion trains. The system is an outrageous one, and from every point of view from which it may be regarded is obnoxious to the reproach of fraud and of a wilful dis regard of human life. If the companies cars afford to carry passengers at these reduced fares, why do they not give every traveller along the lino the benefit of the reduction in price? We say if they can afford to do it —that is, to carry out the operation with perfect se unity to the passengers; for it is a highly criminal act to run more trains along any liue of railway than the staff of the company can properly and efficiently manage. Now, the method by which these excursion trains are run at so very reduced a scale of fares is simply this:— a particular company engages as many servants as may be requisite for carrying on its regular business. There is just as much to do upon any line of railway as the re gular servants of the company can accomplish with reasonable security against accident. Suddenly the thought strikes some sharp-witted member of the board that, as there is still the perma nent way, the unemployed carriages and loco motives, and the clerl:s, porters, ana servants of the company, it would be e very bright idea to send an additional number of trains along the line at reduced fares. The mere existence of a discrepancy between the regular and the fortuitous fare will be sufficient to attract the public. Who would not go to Manchester and back, or to Bath and back f or 55.? If there were no other inducement, it wo u ld b e enough that the to ll wa s so preposterously small. All that the company care for is that the receipts should cover th e costs o f t h e journey and the deterioration o f t h e rolling stock, an d l eav e something of a margin ov er . All that remains i s net profit—gained, no doubt, ut i mminent risk cf lif e and limb to the public—but still i t is gained. Acc idents may occur now and then —and j ust now they ere' oc curring with frightful freq uency —but it is pract i c ally mound that the impulse which prompts passenger s to avail themselves of these ch eap trains is a cont inuous one, while the terror cau se d by a railway tragedyffect is transitory in its effect,. and d oes not materia ll y receipts. so very want on a manner. The frightful accident at t h e Bolton stat i on , which we recorded yest e rday, i s a very fair instance of he con sequences which result t rom running excursion tra ins in er The details o f t h e story . given in a ve r y f ew word's. The train from Liver poole was due at B o lt on at 7.20, ''.3oconsequence of gross tniernacageneent was two hoursluts At Bolton the passengers by thi s t ra i n had to be sorted out — s ome ° were going to Manch ester, some to Y rkshire—for it is just on the other sid e o f B olton chat the line bra ncbee but in into two. Late as this train arrived at Bolton, it went away, proportionately, still later. The carriages had been indiscriminately packed, and twenty „d il utes were lost in separating the Y or k s hi re from the Manc hester passengers. " Only tho se persons "writes our corres pondent, " who have se en t h e Bolton and Fres ton sta tions, and have observed h ow f ar short they are of Eerf vents, sad not only deficient i n number, but in me n of the right stamp, can form a n id ea of the d i sgra ceful con , fusicn which such a scene presents." While the train of which we have just spoken was standing still there came up a second train—an excursion train from Liverpool—with 36 carriages. We should, Pe rha P s ' have said that there were al so 36 carr i ages in th° first train. While these two we re standing there , next came !IP a luggag e tr a in (from Li verpool to Manc hester), and luggage t ra i ns a r e not o ft en d eficient i s general powers of obstructiveness. Then arrived a fourth train. This was an excursion train from Fleetwood to Blanchester, with 25 carriages. Then came a filth—il4l luggage.. , train laden with timber, and of enormous length. It is . said that these five trains occupied a mile of the line, ell wa s hopelessly blocked up. As though to roils . length, or in the situation of the unfortunate asses ere inure appa ling, it appears that the line for this • z EOl 0 iextends along a curvewhich is series of • liuitAll bridge d and tunnels. ' . rho night was very dark. At the distance 6 A at a place of a mi!e from Bolton, and - d Called Bullfield, stands the cabin of a pointsman, an 250 yards beyond this cabin e signal post. The enor mousextended f length of trains we have described rota the station to midway between the cabin and the signal post. When matters were in thissixth position, and all five trains at a 9 . lxt standstill, a ... h train—the regular late passenger train from 'Aver- The points man to Manchetter—cemeup at full speed• man should have shown the light s i gn al, in order to check but ho had cheek the speed of the advancing tram, quarter to 9 quietly walked away from his post at a first extin and it was now nearer 10 than have guished the signal light, as appears to have been the or dinary prectice when there was nothing extraordinary in the condition of the line. The driver of the advancing train did not sight the obstruction until he arrived at the signal post —a distance of only 125 yards from the last carriage, into which his train ra n with fri g htful violence. Three carriageses were s mashed to pieces, and h it may -0 considered a List fortunate circumstance that the tr a i n which was run into was only a luggage train laden with timber, or we should have had to speak of a far more t err ibl e catastrop h e . providenti e ally, not more than one lif e i s i n ser i ous danger, but fiftn persons re e ceived wounds and in of a most alarming descrip tion, From the nature of the accident, and from the s p ee d at which the Liverpool and Manchester train was travelling, we scarcely know how to express our wonder that the consequences of the collision were not infinitely more severe. The immediate cause of the accident, obviously enough, was the absence of the pointsman from his post and the withdrawal of the signal on an evening when such wild confusion existed upon the line. The wretched man, who seems to have quitted his station un der the iefluence of a combination of stupidity and fatigue, com mitted suicide about a couple o f hours after the aceient occurred, so nothing more can be said of his share in the matter. I he best arranged scheme may every n ow and the n fail in producing its effect through the miscon duct or carelessness of individuals; but in the case of the railway company of w hich we ar e now speaking it is th e whsle se'etena w hi c h is in fault. As long as th ey con tinue to work their line with an insufficient or defective staff, ac c id ents w i ll occ ur over and over again. Te i e best evidence of their mismanagement and neglect may be found in that long mile of railway, choked up, a s i t was on Monde night with a serie s of overdue luggage and excur s i ce trainee.' The first remedy that should be ap p lied is the introduction of an extensive change in the sYstern of excursion trains, if, indeed, they should no: he Übolished altogether. Let the regular fares be lowered. s:.) that pas Angers may go upon what excursions they will by the reguler train - a, and let the, regular basinFes of the line s b e con d ucte d w i t h out i nterru ption. That will coustitute our best secmity rgain , t danger.— Times. NAVA IN L.C.SCE- His Grace tllc Duke of Northumberland has left the Admiralty for Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, to en tertain the members of the Arc.re )logical In2titute. APPOINTMENTS. - Commander Edward Weenbv Vansittart (1849), pro meted from the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, has been appointed to the command of the Bittern, 12, at Sheerness, in the room of Commander the Hon. C. H. Douglas (1851), son-in-law of Sir W. Pdrker, and pro moted from third or fourth lieutenant of his flag-ship, who has declined the appointment. Commander Van sittart entered the navy in 1831, passed his examination in 1837, and for his conduct as mate of the Cornwallis, 72, during the operations on the coast of China, where he served ashore at the capture of the Woosung butte ries, was promoted in 1842. As a lieutenant, previ ously to his appointment to the royal yacht, he served in the Serpent, 16, Spiteful steam-sloop, and Hiber nia, 104. and . late Second Masters—Henry M'Ausia d (1843), formerly Devonport, to the the Nautilus, Sekow troop-ship, n r s e r s d e ' rve at Portsmouth; Henry a si3t e .e t : A n n Ks m i ao a so s tp t e e , r r squadron R o : f 3; the Megrera 6, apprentices' tender, D evoe - Stromboli, 6, to the Nautilus, vice M'Ausland. Midshipman—Gordon C. Sinclair to the Wasp. Master's Assistant—Charles B. Rya 11, 1' e to the Impreg nable flag. ship. Devonport. Assistant Engineer—Joseph Williams, l to the In flexible 6, steam-sloop, Portsmouth. Naval Cadet—Hugh B. Hammersley, to the Sans Para!, 81, screw-ship, Davenport. Gunner —William Dick, to the Daring, 12, fitting at Chatham. ARRIVAL FRONT THE COAST OF AFRICA..—Hound, 8, Commander Robert Hall (acting), arrived at Spithead on Tuesday night from the coast of Africa. She left Ascension the 19th July, consequently has been 37 deys on her passage, not touching at Sierra Leone. She has been out two years and eight months, and has been very healthy, but has only taken one prize, and captured some slaves. She has come recently from Princes Island. There was nothing (Ling on the coast when the Hound left, and no capture made. The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Tyster, with Rear-Admiral Bruce, was ut Ascension; and the Athol store-ship, Lieut. Commander Pearce, all well; and the island and ships of the squadron all healthy. The Hound has brought home Mr. Robert Bone, principal clerk in the secretary's office of the Penelope; Mr. F. G. Poarse, clerk of the Athol; and about nine or ten seamen, in valids; Mr. Henry Temple, late commander of the Dolphin, 3, acting commander of the Penelope, who superseded Captain Hillyar, on promotion; and Lieut. G. B. Puddicombe, R.M., from the Tortoise guard-ehip. The Hound spoke the Trincomalee, 24, Captain r. Howstom on the 22d, in the Channel, and likewise passed a large steamer, bearing a pendant, but she made no number. The Hound has been under the command of Acting Commander Robert Hall for the last fourteen mouths, and appears to be in excellent order, and re markably clean. She got out her boats yesterday morn ing, and will be mustered and inspected to-day. Do lphin, 3, is the next vc:sel home. Then the Pro metheus steam-sloop, Commander Foote. The latter vessel had been very unhealthy, from lying at anchor so long in the Congo, but her crew were recovering. Commodore Talbot, the newly appointed Commander in-Chief to relieve Commodore Wyvill at the Cape, has returned from leave of absence, and has joined his ship, the Meander, 44, in Gillingham Reach. The Meander will be ready for sea by the 4th September, when she will proceed to Portsmouth, and be paid advance, pre paratory to leaving for her destination. Comman d er Lord John Hay, who has recently been appointed to the command of the WaFp, 14, screw-sloop, at Woolwich, i s , we believe, one of the youngest com manders on the list. He is son of the Marquis of Tweed dole, was burn in August, 1827, became a lieutenant in 1846, and commander in August, 1851. He was flag tieutenant to his late uncle, Rear-Admiral Lord John flay, when superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, and was promoted on his decease. The iron screw steam-frigate Greenock, now at Woolwich, was sold last week to the Australian Mail Company. This ship was built at an enormous expense by Scott end Sinclair in 1849. She is of 1,413 tons, and originally had machinery of 565-horse power ; bet, like the Simoom, Vulcan, Megeera, and other iron screws, it wee found on trial that she could not carry her ma chinery and the proper armament and stores of a man of-war, and accordingly she was taken into Woolwich, where she has been in dock since the 4th of March, having smaller engines substituted for her too heavyori ginal machinery. •She is to be tried down river on Sa turday, to ascertain the working state of her engines. Orders have recently been issued to prepare the Ter magant, 24, screw-frigate, for commission. This ship, designed by Mr. Joseph White, of Cowes, has been kept in the back ground, although she is one of the few full powered screw-ships we have in the service, having en gines of 620-horse power, by Seaward, to 1,547 tons. It is high time that she should have a good turn at sea, in order to prove the economy and advantage, or otherwise, of a vessel with so much horse-power to tonnage, and to ascertain whether it would not be advisable to give her, as they have done moat of the others built at the same time, less heavy machinery. 1852. Trident steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Harvey, • I will be completed at Woolwich this day. She is to be i paid advance wages at Portsmouth. Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, will be ready to leave Woolwich wiih stores for Ascension and Rio by the Ist of September. Valorous steam-ship, will bo completed for the reserve squadron at Dovonport on the 31st. Vestal, 24, Captain C. B. Hamilton, at Spithead, is fully manned. Rear-Admiral-Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., paid her crew advance wages yesterday, and she will probably sail on Saturday for Halifax. Captain Hamilton, we are glad to hear, is better. Vivid steam-p ac k et , M a s e r-Commander Luke Smi thett,. arrived at P ortsmout h yester d a y afternoon, and went into harbour to coal; she will go to Cowes this day, to embark the carriages and suite of the Grand Duchess of Russia for Dover. Wasp, 14, screw -sloop, Commander Lord John Hay, will be completed at Woolwich by the middle of next month. - Widgeon steam-vessel has arrived at Devonport, from Woolwich and Portsmouth, en route to Pembroke, to be em ployed as a tug tender, in lieu of th e P ros p ero . DVIONPORT, AUGUST 24 . — Equestrian, convict-ship, arrived on Monday, and communicated with the autho rities at Dartmoor, from which place she will co mplete her complement, previous to sailing for Hobart Town. WOOLWICH, AUGUST 25.—The Trident s t eam s l oo p, Li eu t enan t- Commander Harvey, will leave Woolwich at an early hour to-morrow for Greenhithe, t o h ave h er compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, and will then proceed to Plymouth, and thence to her desti na ti on . The Medusa steam-vessel , Lieutenant-Commander John 0. Bathurst, was paid off at this port to-day. The Dee steam-vessel went down the river yest er d ay at six o'clo c k A u., in charge of Lieutenant Robertson, and returned at five P.M., having been employed all day in trying her engines, which were found to work well. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 19. CROSBIE 1. YOUNG. Thi s was an action brought by Mr. Crosbie, tailor and draper, o f Stafford, against the proprietor of The Sun, for a libel. The defendant pleaded that he dis closed th e aut h or of the libel, and gave up the manu script, in sati s f act i on of the cause of action. Mr. Sergeant Wirdei t i s , in • counsel for the plaintiff, stated that an arrangement this case had been came to on both sides to withdraw the d e f en d a nt, ajuror. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., f or said, this action is brought by th e plaintiff, M d r. Cro sb ie, against Mr. Young, who i s th e editor publisher of The Sun newspaper, und er the follow i ng an circumstances:— A gentleman br oug ht to Mr. Young a report of a trial which took place in Staffordshire, and on the full assurance that this report was copied Sta f fordshire Ad ver ti ser , an d that wasit lo from the a a correct report, it got into th e newspaper. afterwards an applicati on was made to Mr. few days andb eYoung, when he found he had b een imposed upon, to removeuld there fore gave up the name of th e aut h or ; o have inserted anything in hi s newspaper any imputation from the character o f M r. Crosbie. He believes there is no truth whatev er i n t h e state- ment made against Mr. Crosbie. We have, in Mr. Young, a gentleman of influence and character. Mr. Young has conducted The Sun for many years with the greatest respectability, and he regrets that such a thing should have got into his newspaper. He was imposed upon by a person whom at present I shall not name. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—The only object which my client, Mr. Crosbie, has in coming here is, being a tradesman, depending on his reputation for his well being in society, he wishes to set himself right with the public and with his customers. Mr. Watson has done only what is right in withdrawing the imputa tion from Mr. Crosbie, and expressing regret. Mr. Young, no doubt, has been imposed upon, and the re port in his newspaper was a pure fabrication, without the slightest shadow of foundation. Mr. WAT3ON—We have made inquiries, and we 1 find Mr. Crosbie to be a very highly respectable man, and Mr. Young is very sorry. Mr. Young gave him every assistance to obtain redress from the author. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE GREEN. The bankrupt in this case was described as a wholesale stationer and paper-maker, of Bread-street hill, and of Postford Mills, Surrey. His debts are, to unsecured creditors, 1,908/. ; to those holding se curity, 5,4991.; estimated assets, 1,5301. Mr. LiNKLATER said he understood the assignees required further time to examine the accounts. On the part of the bankrupt he would consent to an ad journment for a month. Adjourned accordingly. IN RE KELLY. Charles Louis Kelly, grocer of Woolwich, applied for his certificate. His debts were 1,300/. ; assets, 764/. ; profits, 848/. ; losses, 486/. ; expenses, 9841. Mr. LINXLATER, supported ; Mr. SArDON, for the assignees, offered no opposition ; and his honour granted a second-class certificate. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aug. 25. (Before Mr. WITHAM.) Thomas James Holloway, a respectable-looking lad, 17 years of age, was indicted for stealing a cloth coat, value 61. 10. a, tee property of Capt. Wm. Shepheard, R.N. his master. Mr. Payne appeared for the prisoner. The material facts of the case were these. The prisoner had been for some months in the employ of the prosecutor, who formetly resided at Woodbine cottage, Ealing, and latterly at 102, Jertnyn-street, as messenger and general servant, and it was part of his duty to convey articles to and from the Senior United Service Club, of which the prosecutor is a member. On the 22d of July he went to the club, and from a port manteau or carpet-bag which was lying in the hall, and which belonged to Captain Shepheard, he took a new coat, just sent from the tailor's, and valued at 61. 10s., and went away with it. On the same day he pledged it for 11., and on the 2ath he was given into custody. Captain Shepheard said the portmanteau from which the coat was taken was at the time, if be might borrow a phrase or expression from his Learned Friend on the right (Mr. Payne), in transitu.— (Laughter.) When the coat was taken there was pinned to it an artificial sprig of myrtle, furnished to him by a sweet young lady in the Burlington-arcade. (The coat was produced.) Way, said the Captain (in answer to an inquiry whether he could identify the coat), here is the very phi put in by the young lady herself; but the myrtle is not here. Oh, yes, the coat is mine. My Lord, she is a very pretty young lady, but married.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Parree—Mad! Why then there's a good pair of you. The Captain—Who said she was mad ? I said she was married, Sir. God forbid that I should say she was mad. Oh no, she's not mad.—(Laughter.) Mr. PAYNE—WeII, captain, you borrowed the phrase in transitu; now, are you yourself not always in a state of transitu? The Captain—No, lam not alwAys in transitu. I wish I was. Mr. PAYNE—Why you are never more than a fortnight without being in transitu to a station-house. The Captain—Yes I am, if they let me alone. Mr. PAYNE—Are you not very often at station houses ? The Captain—Yes, indeed, I am ; but that's not transitu—that's durance, you know.—(Laughter.) I wish you to know that no man ever yet shook th e imperturbability of my good humour, and ther e f ore you had better not try it now. But you may. ir do—try; and you will see.—(Laughter.)) I've :". ea : g iven you warning, you know. Mr. PAYNE—WeII, are you not the celebra ted Captain Shepheard who figures so often.o tat the police courts ? The Captain—Yes, I am am not responsible for all the nons en sebut the papers about me. Allow me to ask if seen the Morning He ra ld of to-d ay you have 0-day ?—(Laughter.) Mr. PAYNE—N O , I have then, I wish you had, fo r ve 't no c t. ont T ai h ns, C in a . The Captain—Well, e , mine, a complete refutatio n.1 letter W oil/. Mr. PAYNE_W ere It does indeed. stabbing a man with Sou not fined at Brentford for I I was fined 10s. by thae magistrates. Captain—Yes, I wee. istrates. Mr. PAYN E t; nd confined, too, by the magistra tes ' were you not ? . The Captain—Oh, no. You know that well enough. I was not by the magistrates. They confin ... ~... ay improperly, fined me l t o b s e .; Pc' e ll e ce t ' y you know that.—(Laught er.) for de- Mr. PAYNE—And then you summoned taming a portmanteau, and he proved money ? The Captain—.Yee; that ysootiiirwed him a w a s as s witness the Mr. PAYNE—And you produce - o f which was sent lady with the lovely foot, t h e tap o e u v wanted the ma to China as a model, and w e hi s c e a...(Loud laughter)— The Captain— gistrate to look at, but the " Exhibition foot,'. 1 ) Oh • he,reu Captain ? , Wit h gee ,my friend, That is precisely 50 v . 38 c gotrate would have been had how delighted thhe bad seen it. You would not you he seen it ! I svI,I. .00 I'm haed if you would. have laughed at it , you used t o But Mr. PAr r4 not The Captain—Ah, BO she said.— leg, did youade use of an expres ' sion too indelicate to ( H e here m and excused hi If ruse for using it by es be repeated, a Court that it was a common fairing the technical phrase in the profession he belonged to.) M r . rarriErAnd you amused yourself sometimes by biting off dogs' tails.—(Laughter.) The Captai n _did I tried the thing once on a peppy, but not s ucceed. No, I did not succeed, so I did not try the experiment again. Mr. PAYNE—And you used also to pull flo wers of other people's gard ens ? The Captain--Cite C ' out Citi hollyhocks—it was on ly h o llyh oc k s . i , yes, Blr. PAYNE—And you were taken before trate for b e ati ng t wo b o ys, and fined ? Th e aMagi" Captain —Yes ; I was fined 51. I was, indeed , and I was locked up. B u t, as you ask the question, ex plain th e c i rcu mstances. I was fined - 1 I must ° a Saturday, and I bad but 2 1. 2 * and as . It was on I could not get I the 3/. on the Sunday, why, w - a% in Coldbath-fields till Monday. I summoned the officers for what they had done, and shall again most ce rtainly. I've put the whole thing before her , Maj es t y ' s the Home Department, and s hall have the officers up again assuredly, though the magistrate improperly, as you know (winking at mivsed the summons. Mr. PAYNF:--And yo, southerly - I know a haw Shakspeure." Tne Capta, ShakiTeare ? I beg your should quote correctly, see what he says on the su and hawks and handsow, wrong in your quotation. :o prove it. Mr. PAYNE—What, the who used to live with you as your wife ? The Cap tain—Not the same. It is a lady, though ; would you Ike to see her ? Mr. PAYNE—No, tha n k y ou, C aptain. How many times have you been locked up i n stat i on-houses . ? The Captain—Which station-h ouse ? You know I must be particular in answering that question, as I'm - on oath. Let me see —twice at Vine -str ee t— once at Westminster. Now, mind, I gi ve y ou t hi s informa tion gratuitously; it has not yet appeared it. the papers.—(Laughter.) It was once for th row i ng an oyster-shell through a fanlight. Mr. PAYNE—Were you ever in a lunatic asylum ? The Captain (to the Court)—My Lord, t o th a t ques tion I must give a very discursive answer, if I am to answer it at all. If it can be considered that such a question has anything to do with the case, I will reply with pleasure; but I must go on at length if I once begin. Mr. PAYNE—Oh, very well, I will not press it. The Captain—Well, I'm sorry for it. I wish you had. In answer to further questions the gallant Captain immoral kind he had never had conversation of a loose, kind with the prisoner. He might have asked him to pay a cabm an f or him, as any gentleman might desire his servant to do, but he had never asked him to pay for his dinners. He was not in the habit of carrying money about with him, because the last time he did he was robbed of sixteen sovereigns, and now he car ried not more than as many shillings. As to the state of . his mind, h e could refer to Si r W. B u rnet, Dr. Richardson, and D r . A n d erson. H e had said he should like to have the p r i soner trans p o rted, but it was all out of kindness to hina—(A laugh)—as be (the Captain) had influential friends at the antipodes who would take care of him an d b r i ng h i m on i n the world, while if he went to the House of Correction be would be corrupted and ruined. Mr. PAYNE, in his address to th e j ury, urge d th a t the prisoner had no intention of steal i ng the coat. The act of pledging was not necessarily an act of theft; the prisoner had not sold the coat, and by doing so placed it out of his power to restore it to the owner; but he had thought, from the inti ma t e terms on which he had been with Captain Sheph ear d, al though he was his master, that be might take the coat and raise upon it a small sum—it was pawned for about one-seventh of its value—to enable him to go into the country to see his sister. It was a dangerous prin ciple to lay down with regard to servants ; but, con sidering the extraordinary conduct of the captain, who he thought was crack-brained, and as mad as a March hare, a n d th e t erms o f f am ili ar ity b e bad been on with the prisoner, who asserted that he had bad repeatedly to p a y for the captain's dinners, it might reasonably be inferred that he had no intention of actually 3lr. O s a te kl a e l y in , partner stealing the tphaeener coat. the house of Fortnum and Mason, gave the prisoner a good character for honesty. The prison er had beenflveyrs e a i n u d ry le , ft a o ft f er his a own accord.ea in the employ of the T short consultation, firm, acquitted the prisoner. The prosecutor th en went to Mr Payne and cor dially shook him by the hand, la ughinghe c artily. He clusEd considerable mirth among the saying to " his learned friend," " Ah, myousesrel by Diddle; have you such a thing as half-a-crown aboutemy you?" t the Learned Couu;el) dis- S a said, marl vk fr, • !: 4 :141. ••••••• ' • e d'onti IT D Übj • l ert*iit4ffe" - • • dv atw Zar . ,. Ahem 1/12: ?s: • 104.. ' 3e lady with the love y I _ _ THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. We have stated that Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., with his fleet, left Gibraltar fur Vourla, on the 16th inst. Oa the 10th 1,000 marines were landed for shore exorcise, and on the 11th a body of 1,200 seamen, emull-urm men, and twelve guns were landed, and wore exercised on the neutral ground, in the presence of the Military Governor, General Sir R. Gardiner and staff. The seamen went through the field movements with the utmost credit, and the whole sight is described as one of which an Englishman might justly be proud. All wont off exceeding►y well; the firing was good, and not a man straggled or was intoxicated. At twelve o'clock at noon the entire force was embarked on board their respective ships, and were at their dinners. The Mediterranean squadron, we hear from all quarters, is a credit to the country, and what is more, the efficient force is a con tented and happy one. Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, left Gibraltar, on the ilth, for Algiers, thence to Malta. Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander G. Parker, and Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander C.II- Young, were sent on a visit from Gibraltar to the Riff Coast, to show the pirates that they were looked after. THE FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—The Frenh experimental squadron anchored before Naples ou the 12th. Tee King invited, on the 15th, the officers to a grand dinner on board the Neapolitan steamer the Tan crede. On the 17th another dinner was given to the French by the Neapolitan officers in the arsenal; and on the 22d Admiral de la Susse was to give a grand ball on board the Ville de Paris. The screw squadron Arrogant, 46, Captain R. S. Ro binson; Highfiyer, 21, Captain Matson; Dauntless, 33, Captain Halsted, and Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon, have not yet been reported. The squadron left Gibraltar on the 11th inst. At the request of Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the Blenheim, 58, screw-ship, that vessel will proceed to sea ou a cruise for three weeks or a month, to exercise her crew in seamanship and gunnery. The crew of the Blenheim are now complete, as the officers end seamen lately employed in the Odin have returned to her. The band of the Portsmouth division of Royal Marines went to Osborne yesterday afternuou to be ready to per form in the grounds this day, in honour of the anniver aary of Prince Albert's birthday. The destination of the Bittern, 14, Commander Van sittart, fitting at Sheerness, is to the East Indies station as soon as she is ready. She is to have a complement of 30 officers and men. The destination of the Daring, 12, Commander Lacon, fitting at Chatham, is the North _America and West Indies station. She relieves the Ssppho, 12, Commander the Hon. A. Cochrane. The _Daring's complement is to be 130 officers and men instead of 125. Devonport Harbour at present has a Gallant appear ance. There aro the Lnpregnabte, 78, flag-ship; St. George, 120; Hogue 60, screw-ship; Edinburgh, 56, screw-ship; Sans Pareil, 81, screw-ship; and Ma gicienne, steam-frigate, besides the smaller craft. Archer, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Strange, is ordered from Lisbon to Portsmouth on the arrival there of the Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, now en route. Barracoute, 6, steam-sloop, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, remains a short time at Madeira for the pro tection of British interests, before she returns to Spithead. Brisk, steam-sloop, will be completed for the reserved squadron at Devonport, by the 30th. Dasher, 3, steam-vessel, Commander Lefebre, having had her defects completed, hus proceeded from Ports mouth to the Channel station. Electra, 14, at Portsmouth, is ordered to have her de fects made good for service at sea. Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, is ordered to Devonport from Galway, where she has been protect ing the fisheries, to refit for foreign service. Gladiator, 6, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, is ordered to be repaired for further service. Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Captain M'Dougall, will b e paid off at Devonport, on the 2d of September. Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander \Vooldrige, i s now complete for service at Portsmouth. Lightning s t e am-tender, Master Com man d er Allen, at Woolwic, has been ordered to the coast of Northum berland, with a new life.boat. Medina, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Ba thurst, was paid off at Woolwich, from the Mediterra nean packet service, yesterday, m eg rea, screw troop-ship, Commander J. 0. JAn son, was ready to come our of dock at Sheerness, yes terday. She will be completed by the dockyard by the 4th of September, and will be readv for sea within a week afterwards. She is to take 200 troops to the West Indies, Miranda, new steam-sloop, just arrived at Sheerness from the Clyde, has been ord ere d proceed to Leit h, with stores to be sent to th e E ast I n di es. h Win Niger, 14, screw-sloop, Commander G. L. Ilea Int be ready to come out of d oc k at P ortsmo uth by th e of September, and will be ready for sea by the 7th i,i n , at Odin, 12, steam-frigate, was complete for sea ag Portsmouth, yesterday. Resistance troop-ship, Commander Br kith 1 with artillery river on Tueday, for Gibraltar and Malta, with stores troops and stores. She returns to the and the relieved artillery companicris. L. T. J o nes, pro- Sampson steam-frigate, CsPtai- out through the needed to sea from Spithead, gal She is gone Needles passage, at one o'clock Ye s to Gibraltar. Devonport for a chain- Savage old brig is fitting as lighter for Malts. frigate, Captain Kirgenm e Sirnoorn, 10, iron screw at l',)rtsMOLlth by left the Saturday, w ill be complete for sea She will be tried this day. EVTERNATIONAL POSTAGE. The following is the basis of a proposed a in rrange ment with respect to a reform the present system of international postage, which has been issued in a circular under the sanction of the association recently formed at the Society of Arts. As it is essential that the postal revenue should be divided in fair propor tion between the contracting parties, and as it is de sirable that each country should be allowed to use its own coins, weights, and measures, in the collection of that revenue : " To satisfy these conditions," says the circular," the following plan is proposed. Let a postal union be formed between as many countries as possible, on the following simple grounds:— " 1. Each country shall fix a rate of foreign postage at its own discretion, provided that rate be uniform to every country in the proposed postal union, and every part of that country; and that rate shall be prepaid in all cases. " 2. Each country shall engage to receive, transmit, or deliver to its address, free of any charge whatever, any letter passing to it free from the post-offices of the other subscribing countries. " In other words, each country shall levy a revenue on letters outwards, none on letters inwards. " Thus, each country would collect its own revenue in its own coin, subject to its own regulations; uniformity and simplicity would be secured as far as they are pun , field'' , useful to.thuinhabitants of a country, and cheap nese-would come - ofltsett Indeed -4u Onvegnment would enter into such an arrangement that did not recognise the advantage of cheap postage, and no country would very long charge its citizens much more for.the carriage of a letter than a stranger would have to pay for the reply to that letter, when the service rendered is pre cisely the same Such a plan as this requires only time and the earnest co-operation of a few men to enlist the public, and after the public the Legislature, and after the Legislature the Government, in favour of its prin ciple, if not of its details. The principle being once conceded, the details will soon shape themselves to the general convenience ; and we cannot bring our selves to doubt but that, sooner or later, the postage of the whole world will he proportionately as cheap as that of Great Britain. Public opinion differs as to the policy of some movements which call themselves by the name of peace ; but this is a peace movement about which there can be no difference, and which is certain to unite in its support as soon as it is suffi ciently known and proved to be practicable, men of all countries, all classes of life, and all shades of opi nion.—lllustrated London News. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORN E — , -- Vil;DNEsnAr. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Derby, and attended by the Countess of Desart and the HOD: Mary Seymour, drove over to Carisbrooke Castle yesterday afternoon. Colonel Bouverie was in attendance on their The royal dinner part esterday includ ed bridge and Royal Highnesses the Duchess horse b a ck. Princess Mary, the Earl and Countess of a ni sroness Spetb, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney,c_ . of Derby, Lady Suffield, and Baron Knesebe k The Cambridge University Commission had meeting a yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Professor Sedgwick, and the Key. W. H. Bateson (secretary). I Co w pTs — ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM — 2 OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ant COWES, AUG. 25. T 's BIRTHDAY.—To-morrow the royal Parscs yachts win A b l " l3 62 ;o n e v y ed from Cowes roads close in, in front will be brilliantly lighted up in the of Oshorne.d They a grand display of fireworks made from evening,,rah-ne Royal Marine band arrived at Cowes this them. - Tomorrow will be a grand day at the afternoon. Pala fi g ' MAJESTY'S ANNUAL R USTIC F ETE IN HONOUR .11 42 v PRINCE ALBERT ' S BIRTHDAY.—On Sat ur d ay next the ann ual gathering will t a k e pl ace o f the (Incen , B tradesmen, servants, and tenants, and th e i r f am i lies, the s ailors from the yachts, the labourers on the farms in f ac t, of all parties con nec t e d w i th h er Majest)'s establish ment at Osborne, when they will enjoy themselves each after his own style. There will be running, jumping, and throwing matches, and all other descriptions of Rustic games and sports—her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children being present, an d en j oying the sport as much us the rustics or the sailors. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury leave Grantham House on Friday, and the Earl mid Countess of Wilton and family leave Grove House for the season on Monday next. The children of the Royal Military Asylum, Chel sea, with their milit ary band, visited " Wyld's Great Globe," in Leicester-s quare, yesterday forenoon. The boys were very much gratified with their treat, and since the new r _s tern of education has been adopted the children seemed hirh h been fa miliar with every "quarter of the lobe,'' w--- d w ho has Mr. wi l eo n , the constant care of the head-master, of youth. written some valuable works upon te educe i Within the last The little soldiers looked remarkably wel few years their diet, health, and e ducation have. , sir band been pro fhe perly a tt ended to, which formerly were ne gl ected. played some li ve l y a i rs t h roug h the par corn „ which caused m an y k to cheer their rades on "to all quarters of the g.i °be6l.ongh the ranks, indi cating, pleasing countenance to b e seen they would see the cri eating, no d ou bt, some day .or foreign ginal spot—wh e n they were m climes defending th e i r Queen and country. NATIONAL ORMA was held at the Lectinorner Hall, Orphan on behalf of the .Natins' HomE.—A meeting Richmond, on Thursday last, Girls' Rome at ham common, in ordertrao promote the interests of the society, and ore prominently before the notice of the to bring its claims virPaynter occupied the chair, and briefly public. There were many other charities, opened theil n eighbourhood, but the Orphans' Home had Pedings. he said, in the peculiar claims upon their symp at h ies. Several resolutions passed in furtherance of the objects of the charity. were _„ r t by the Revs. P. Brown, Harry Duptus. which w ere .u . 11,-... i ,„, T Li P. Rough, T. Pyne, A. Wilkinson, and I. Jac g A vote of thanks to the chairman closed A. G t he proceedings during which a su b scr i pt i on to the amount of i including 1001. f rom Mr. and Mrs. W oo d s, o f Fur ' I - i v e s Inn, 51. from Lord D. Stuart, M.P. , and M. from Mr. Paynter—wa.i announced. 003 , Tuns. 71 P Y') AO New and IJ, ;or o ' rt( 4 ' II b, 3 Ocl ! MI )3 t ° 139 861 led I t iS to 03' BUJ r ; "g° 010 tip nee to c 1 Of .3 ), 4 ; too , td gl° f Wig alai Arl eth t