The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-23 00:00:00

e.9. 14 ' market, today, wits again hemily supplied with , - „T, kind of foreign steak, the general quality of Re on was by no means first rate. Amongst the supply th r e 3 9 Oxen from Oporto, in miserable condition— &re/ bile' , valued at only 6/ pct. head. From our own A .zing di;triets, the arrivals of B...aws were cArsiderably .4 the . i4th 'teen, and tht-re was a decided improvement d e condition of the Shorthorns compared with Mow I t l3 ',,les_t• A few . very superior ..‘ko , ts produced the fate itti'vrercent in the currencies; hut the general top quo nierl,e ter - Beef did not exceed 3s Btl to 3s loci per Sibs., redil-.tha trade was considered sernewh•4 heavy at a shi t , tr en in prices of 2d per Sibs. From Lincoln hee.) Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, we , t es .'yed nearly 3,000 Shorthorns. The supply of h t ;t 3 from other parts of England was Con ti,' to 400 Herefords, Runts, Pencils, &c.; and, Ilk Scotland( 68 Horned and Polled Scots. t0i4, 811 _,PP 1 3 7 of all breeds of Sheep, opeeially from the tiad'' 4 '' ehd northern districts, was unusually large, 4 0 0 fair average quality; neverthelliss the Mutton N. e . a w ail firm at the improvement in the quotations re re tt ir%nn this day se'nnight. The primest old Downs 1n t ,,,!" 4 tl to 43 2d per 81b3. We had only a limited bl '4 4 Y for lambi, the number cf which was seasonably ho:sive, end in some instances prices, whichr lastld *30 1 . 43r ; 33 per Sibs. were a shade lower than pri ce , . Prime small Calves moved off freely at . full ,. Ire l : in other kinds of Veal only a limits d business k eit "ilnsacted at la rtes. The sale for Pigs l was 17) b ut we have no te change to notice in their va ue. Per Sibs. to slat the Offal. Littln la s. d. to s. d iiiAliateestyts..... S i d i t° 2s. d. 6 Enferlor Sheets •• '•2 10 3 Second ausl. Sheep 3 4 3 h ,, S l argo oxe ;;•• 2 8 210 1, - ;," 8e44, . •• 3 0 3 8 Coarsde-Nionowlleedtdhietrto43 8 0 ,i 3 10 .±,.. 1, ;te. c oar ••• • • 3 8 310 South ow „441 4 , se Calves 2 8 3 6 Ditt out of the wool 0 3 0 is,tlckn,24llditto .• 3 $ 4 0 Large Ilogs ••• • 2 3 8 Lapis, Calvs3 —lB 0 24, 0 Small Porkers •• 3 6 b .......... 4 0 5 0 Quarter ol d Pi gs .. 16 0 19 0 ...cuts TOTAL SUPPLY AT Yr &PRET. 4 >K27 Sheep. I Calves. 245 Pigs. 33,760 399 I B easts FOREIGN SUPPLY. 1 1 .774 I Sheep. 1 Calves. rigs. ' 4 kltt e 7,00) 315 30 Fat s qleht and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of eit k t ' c k exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, ~ oada, Aug.-5, 185. ). 4 , 25, 1851, and this day, Monday, Aug. Per 81bs., to sink the oftals. Aug. 25, 1851. Aug. 23, 1852 Coo s . s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. tSetoia4 and inferior Beasts .. 24t0262 4 to 2 6 ritaei c a l r ua litY ditto 2 8 210 2 8 210 e r o iz set lar ge ( , ) i f ee. 3 4 363 8 3 1 3 0 3 23 0 3 and pond 2 6 2 82 10 3 2 p r r 1 . 41 e eZ ti l'ltY ditto 210 3 0 3 4 3 6 ue 8,1;,woolled ditto ... 3 2 3 6 3 8 310 ' 4 ' ll. °lvn ditto ... ... 3 8 310 4 0 4 2 0 1 .4. 1' rjr7 e° , 042 48 . 11 e .6 a1Ce . s 2 3 "6 4 11: 2 3 5 6 cte e -- ditto 3 4 3 6 3 8 4 0 r4llll°ger.s. r........ ... 2 4 3 32 2 3 8 6 4 8 casts 3 4 ... 4,642 8 4,827 C Sl ieeP and Lambs —.31,560 33,760 a , 399 :alves . ... ... 3951383245 ah ß tPitn,. i g B - ... ' • • -4 RD --' ox SALE, AUG. 26. 1850.—Beasts, ' 4 alid Lambs 31 620 • Calves, 332 ; Pigs, 25a : C 41 ,13. 27 , 1849 ' i; et, 2 0. •-- eas.s, , , f ' 4 323 • Sheep and Lambs, 32,070; k ..... , Pi's, 220. h , Tlis -",,, 7 G ALT33I &ND X.I6.&.:DENZ.A.LX. , bl it ket a t - b.,"?'ter , of each kind of meat on offar in these ilPeel i ll m ilag on the increase—though, for the most l* ial l - .7 (l liag condition—the general demand is in a - "qtti e ,;,_" ft te. .In prices, however, wehave very little Le notice. .it per stone by the Carcase. t '.., r ',_ l 4t . t r i o?. ... a. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. to 8. '• ....„41igkin,. .. 2 2 2 4 , atutton,iaferior .. •.‘ 8 210 `\ l'rt zlel: •• " ,‘_, 2 6 2 8 1 idclang• • 3 0 3 Vi c Prizet. Th 'sa •• 2h) 3 0 , ' m prime —— 3 8 4 0 6 2 10 ."'.. - -411 •• 3 2 3 4 ! Pork, lerge• •••"•• 3 2 0 3 6 ..•• •• 2 8 310 ' --- small "•• .. Lamb. 4s 01 is 5s 01. I l t 4111141:":". 251: SPITALPXELDS. 144 1 hag been ".11 remarked D ha t the supplies of Potatoes ziat illy ee6ived here from t Essex, Kent, Surrey, &c., have 4 0es er „ 6 , 48 . ,q1 much 'n ize • yet they have exhibited no -Tki l 4 -' tlisease I Th s ' Ppl'es on offer to-day are 48 IP"Illt125:1per ton. :4 ha 4134311 Ga uctlP rixAaltETiorthe finest : % hot ! v t (i a Slightly improved demand . , 11 4 littilet4a-tYteear.'s growth; but all other kinds command 15 0 cooliierepip. The accou d ntsfrom the plantations d the duty is called 6 / ~ , 0 0 0( , '_, favourable,. an 8 1 ` u 10/ 10 .° 200,000/. Mid. and East Kent pockets, 2, to 615 x 3' Weald of Kent, 61 to 71 Os; Sussex, Si '' la i• -i• Old Olds, 11 to ~s per einearungs, 31 lOs to o , 11 1 11tir,2 5 dam med f WOOL. }bate I, .or all kinds of Wool, owing to the ma- T and r a a - ueing We ll i n stoc k, is hea- iNo - rcward tendency Last week'simports t0 .,6q l i a r were ,186 bales from: Sydney, 83 from Malta, i,,r _ tt .. o , 12,., '441 0 °ill -I goa Ba 136 from Mogadore, 18 from 'a 60401Yres, 327 fro y na , ilamburgh, 252 from Bombay, t. rora Launceston. 11: 11:4°1 v h 4 4°n d ttY las T t " tho LO de vr ma . nd for most kinds of '"' tt4 rllled steady, notwithstanding that . arri , vals 11 4480 's t, 14 P l ace from Russia, and the stock in Ns are .ar, 1 ...e m , k 'ai to pt. 3 Y 9B 6t To - day old P.Y.C. on the spot is firm l ta ed t a r u c e l t new, 40s per cwt. Town Tallow tli e ?Ar ° Bl - 1 , - . 8 Per ew ; cash; rough Fat, average, 2s zcast thre Uontracts for the delivery of Tallow during e...? lib n,, e months have been closed at 39s per cwt. - *its ) ,I,7A,ects have t e br h have been 9,520 g ' 44ls t 1 5, 811124 ditto in ter l s Bsl. It, . ti t th ,_ I'lic e --.'"411 • • .... .. r 1 Z 1 7 71 1, Itst p r ., " 44,10,-.0% j tula -z. .. 4 1tt o al t.' 144 t W. 4. mom j uz . a . , ' ll 4 Of T orn .:.. . 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1 3,783 448 9d to 090 d , 2 ,902 4.556 1 ,358 24 ,808 47 8 6d 25,583 39s Ud to OsOd 24,228 36s 6d t 037 s Od 33,006 38s Od to 388 31 1.519 15,863 2,477 12,336 398 6d 41,158 39s 3d 'to 39s 6d 1,724 13,096 1 2,674 13,626 40a 3d 1,301 1 ,7 88 14,161 14,919 1,614 374 14,276 13,583 405 Od 385 Od .6,10...,, '""-:......_____:_-- lki IN rz,-.. A c AT TIPREE. bi" ci a th e L ' i .; RIGHT PL -ot ltk r -03 f a . . . i s the great tank, u to the h mound. set . .q of a , ; „•ra buildings the side of a ia te 'sepl e e r.a . _ We mount beingup the opened, rough look g down gloptrap-doors size 0 tilttite•nl°Y Vault of the of a small we cottage, '14141- s e re th sleep, in ! It ita °I gr tny things. a dul very or sheep , 4 a p the f a all heavy way, the m r a e •- • o ffal, every dead dog slibliscl he arm' aattle dead of disease are t skinned, rap-door. : Vi la - ', .ttear t L. B and thrown down thi s If 11% titre 14 th density of this mass, Mr. Mech r v;6 a ll tt e )llmP in, it would float us all, and a s ti p e l l ). e y - Z' %I 4 ; tw ,... 0 into the bargain." This is a country I trikaakt2l-53.agic Paste, intended to improve the blades % %p at ekld corn. Any gruel so thick and slab never fa;idieal°ucsoted in a witch's cauldron; a frog would be 0 1 110 us drop to throw into such a bucket; and , t , h i e f titot-alue,re,rs_ w . ho " round about this cauldron go, tt l t t ke c i I._?l,l.e.k.spere, must think him far from having Ith, 4i t h tinuratty in his ideal of a filthy mess. This is oortell collected on a single farm. every grain of Z e ta bs seed te,-Itihthhe scheme the farm, fulfilling its appoin . ted uon of nature, is ready to convert into tt'ttilet°l447.lt,ers! clover, and . the lik , e, which will again pass b. ,.. 4, 1 ,is pool is not a Slough of . Despoovnedr, this te 'sl lecs' ims da to the sickly land about it. tt , reltlitusay Well think how large a tank would It o lait ts (I d to hold the filth ?f. f a r t seother city. Such filth lies partly London, and pours into 4 ;1 4 t i, e Under towns, and partly ISA)... h e rs ; it ripens crops for undertakers in ,:_ll 5 ci'laud yields crops for butchers an d , for_b_a o k h e a r i s f '44 '' If Wo look down into the tan k , we * wheel Nl4 e. Ilew t hat is stirred, no soli d - let., dove , the .pool ix it properl y ; i: l 6 it ott _i the thick mass to 'a labil?tud [the anage is done L I y - streams of tOre fo re `. 4ll et? of air. Powei u adjoining en_ 00 is I t ,u 1 from below by thethe impal: stp! t kesa stirs their way upward, and slowly the Itute o itt. tt_ Bs the scum breaks upon its sur fa ce, passand [lidsltt %lid 4 6 1 : ef corruption rise to the top, s lowl y Nk vlr4t r th at ° Cain- Water, drained from . the farm— O ac e, a b °ne e Puffed the land up tk t , , the 03,02,,g tabl our—flows into the tank, is i as a dise.asemd_xexed kihgtte cc:mai:2l°l4l matter, and having thinne d it to '4 ti mti re, throtttTe, passes with it, in the form k ste %teatil 'en • 4 DiPe that lies under the strong . thumb of liquid t th e mat kult% Through keti ertm..eo .1 -rough a pipe . fi . ve . inches in dia the es 0 tubes Ptt e, forces the fertilising stream into /0 4 (1 as strteri 11, - u . euri eite e: hieu run under the brown skin of 117 wilt - . !It. nk t 0.4...0 .4... .4... probabl k Whatever rots in the ta ! ult . under our own skins, c . harged to-morrow; V Is no Ybe growing in the field tilvisi:i4tTclhe tiZtiter,..(4 ztatter. and there is no waste of ; " p might be transformed tho tw i c e V 4°4l37r°w-"g vegetables, and be back in . idle f t i tw 1 e %Nit of l y in g ttl lti t rek Yof manure, instead f ac e f r °n th tts it does occasionally in the Tolhde kilt% Lthelrra2,lto. Nothing lies idle at Tiptree. all re -qe frvs aii,*. s tomach of the farm into whic hpass as of o," t te' a b, tend, aed forms the chyle that is to 5 tOr4:°ll%llifood through Pipes under the whole h.c p surface h there 4 tOk 'ti 4 elv d It creates new life, out of w ka li sob aaAtuth, which returns to the greatthe boys ibit,tte at l e ap htlild 8 up new life again. As a boil- I central die desuP•frog, the pot here is always kept _._ he, ~t th in the pot becomes life in the pasture liouseltold Words." ak, tilt;p4x ) , 1 .,.. --"---!---"-----.......-______._. , 4 414111,81 - 'cit tuotsm. During the late gale a barge e . ; lt - e,,i ) 11:trhe4r Cawsand beach, and the crew, two in 'in ...",, th,„--ewing the coast, and considering they were il,ll47laors''W theinselve ov , erboard and attempted to h. ttle " h t at - t . i , It being just after ni htfall, and a heavy sea ~,;4:l4lltitte:.4atislzpe, t heir situation was g not noticed for some h 'Y a Airs. Oliver perceived their peril, and ,„itiodVery much ater ar high, and rescued both men, who - ' l4 P 4 l,_tliti s eXh aus ln te s cl, from a watery grave. Having li."l4tit.Z.r.l restoratives were used, and they are now 4 '4 . qeinouth Journal. Iv dtql oh P ''l t d r -I c - rite Exconsiolc—A. large party I , 6 ftt I llk ' 6el lti...e q triljo The W Y, at Saint Jesu l'Angely, to celebrate a too 10 4 4, t o t , :ather being very he w re arm they adjourned, were a number of i,ttl4:, ' rbe,, u , vr arden,.where b t the proprietor not to o rl to ‘ t ro of tiii thei;,l,7._? csaitioned disregarded, and one St o „ ell ou 'rie p art ',2- 11 " Lis advic r y w e as h sufferers were implu !tith.lll4t 111 t o af i'_ were stung. i o ick o4 I,ao hive, w het to revenge themselves by throwing til lt t t le h e .oet n. ;„,7 en the whole of the bees sallied out and cl i • 1 , 1 1 : 3 4 b oar "eY were obliged to fly ti ot ll4i r e b e es , closely followed by their winged assail a.nd take refuge t o ttra,trizeniteorris flooding they could not av i e u nge themselves edttaalcsked a poor hors e roo, _ rip o r l i . cl i e ' t &, allo p, a ' of its tormento, prudent y jumped o t w o dogs, o l of tqt 4 htt to i h a: . t i , u which r d h e e r wha-ce thetthtr .„ TO O Ailneri A into t thee)*ll,..l„. a„toialatai .--- /l a e t i n ' the folio e. spot, with birds and ~o _ _ " young couple flowers abou t j loi Y i t _ . e b r al _ ~,eWwing .dial_ogue ensued : Blv dear, if , la d ly would t, frotoev,t.tb3, feJet::L„ 0 111 d please thee, mos t e. . , J "t t:- I l ul she that I co "---- . Oh,Sir, you are too kind . But it f ii '4 .y ' , lnk , f .. t , Wish you'd stop using tobac ~ r ia. well Si I It a a habit to which lam wedied. Oitilit hd n ,r, snace this it the wa ou lay down Your lil,s atp ~'Olll3-Iterue are already wedded to tobacco, l'd take xltver Wedded to me, as it would be 1 FILE SUN, LONDON, SPORTING NOTES. No, CCXC. THE EGIIAM MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Trie majority of the stakes at this meoticg holdeu on the famed Runnymede do not close until this evening. 'The list shows five-races for Tuesday, and the sAmo number for Wcdriesda,y; four out of these only have yet closed. The Surrey and Middlcir.x Stakes, two miles 220 yards, ought to he carried of; by HESSE HOMBURG; but if it ehcuid not be thought by the Captain worth run ning for, BILBERRY will, in probability, secure the stakes. _ _ _ The King John Stakes of 25 s.ovs. each, 10 ft, with 50 added, notwithstanding the mighty names of Ciuens and Pharos being enrolled in the list, will be won by Goss, who has an allowance of 3ibs., Bountiful, in all likohnood, being the second animal. The Runnymede Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, &c., over the mile count?, will probably produce the most interesting race of the first day. Dame Tattle, Lady in Waiting, Hatabletonian, and Merry Peal, have all shown forth lately in a very favourable light. Longinus at the weight-8g for a five years ald—and over the length in which ho was to most advantage, must be highly dan gorouc; in fact, if I look to him or LADY IN WAITING to produce the winner, with Merry Peal and Dame Tattle in the third and fourth positions, I think I shall about foreshadow the result. _ _ The only stake closod on Wednesday is that 'yclept the Ilagna Charts, for two and three years old. This ought to be won by Mr. Clarke's POETESS; for, with her allowance as a mare, and 51bs as having been beaten more than once, she will only have to carry Bst 61b; which, I think, bad as she is, she may be able to do. After her Titvistock looks as good as any thing. The betting this morning on the Egham events is as follows:—Surrey and Middlesex Stakes—Even on Besse Homburg, 2 to 1 agst Bilberry, 3 to 1 each agst Con stantine and Edward of York. King John stakes — Even on Gossip, 4 to 1 each sgit Cineas. Bracelet, and Bountiful, 5 any other. The Runnymede Slakes-5 to 2 agst Lady in Waitin!, 3 to 1 agst Dame Tattle, 4 any other. I am, Sir, &e., Aug. 23. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. COURT Ci RC ti L AR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses Princess Louisa, Prin cess Helena, and Prince Arthur, embarked at Tri nity-wharf, in the Royal steam-yacht Fairy, at a quarter-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to Cowes-roads, to witness the regatta and aquatic sports which took place there. The Royal party returned at half-past six o'clock. The Countess of Desert, Lord Colville, and Colonel Bouverie were in attendance. Duke George and the Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg, attended by Madame Jaffimovitch and M. Chrontschoff, arrived at a quarter before seven, on a visit to the Queen. SUNDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, accompanied by the Baroness Spetb, and at tended by the Countess of Desart and the Hon. Mary Seymour, drove out yesterday afternoon in the neigh bourhood of Ryde. Lord Colville was in attendance on horseback. The Royal party returned to Osborne at half-past seven o'clock. Lord Milford, Mr. Caesar Hawkins, President of the College of Surgeons, and Mr. W. A. Eade, bad interviews on Saturday with Mr. Secretaryr Wal pole, at the Home. office. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting on Saturday 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 Rev. W. H. Bateson (secretary). Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office, on Saturday, to the Governor of New Zealand. Dis patches were received on Friday night from the Go vernors of the West India Islands. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUG. 21. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. SAILING MATCH FOR THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON _ _ CUP, ♦ALUE 100 GUINEAS. At eleven o'clock the following yachts started with a nice little breeze from the N N.B.:— Mosquito cutter, 50 tons, Lord Londesborongh. Aurora ditto, 45, Le Merchant Thomas, Esq. Arrow ditto, 102, T. Chamberlayne, Esq. Lavrock ditto, 72, Capt. C. namlyn Williams, R.N. Gloriana schooner, 134, Joseph Free, Esq. Claymore ditto, 138, A. Campbell, Esq. Alarm ditto, 248, Joseph Weld, Esq. The wind was in favour o, the smaller vessels, and the cutters hung well together, the schooners hanging on their quarters, so that there was scarcely a minute be tween them on rounding the Nab, the Arrow at 12.44, the Mosquito 12.45, Aurora 12.48, Lavrock 12,501, Claymore 12.51 i, Gloriana 12,52, Alarm 12.54. The wind decreasing, the schooners made but little ground; the cutters got into Shanklin Bay, when it fell stark calm, and the committee, with the commodore, in the Medina steamer, which accompanied the yachts, decided soon after two o'clock on terminating the race and agreeing with the wind for that day. The Mosquito was at this time the first vessel, the Arrow the second, the schooners a mile astern; the orders were no sooner given than the anchors were let go. Soon after a light breeze sprung up from the S.E., enabling the yachts to return to Cowes Roads by the road they went out. They aro to start again on Monday morning, when we hope there will be a stiff breeze. The following yachts are at the station:, —Her Ma jesty's yachts, the Victoria and Albert, the Fairy, and the Elfin; the Xarifa, the Earl of Wilton, Csoema mseordpoernet; the Capricorn, C.R. M. Talbot, Esq,, M.P.,Vice-Comrno dore • Alarm, Joseph Weld, Esq.; Bacchante, Pearl, Eliza beth,'Wizard, Amazon, lone, Nymph, Stella, Osprey, Constance, Gauntlet, Lavrock,Turquoise, Gip -; Queen, Susan, Aurora, Arrow, Camilla,, Spider, Cygnet, Claymore, Mosquito, Nautilus, Dolphin, Plover, Rippl e Freak, Fancy, Leda, Beatic, Frisk, Pandora, Marii a ` u Sybil, Lotus, Flower of Yarrow, &c., &c. At one time we counted thirty-two schooner yachts, and nearly sixty cutters and pleasure vessels. The steam-packets with difficulty thread their way through them. Aug. 22—A fine day, with a slashing breeze from the N.E.; such a spanking breeze to-morrow, and we may calculate on a fine day's sport. Barometer, 30.01. A FRAGMENT. Night fades away, and Morning's gradual birth Sheds bloom and freshness o'er the awakened earth, Gladly the wild lark flutters towards the Day, The diamond dew-drops glitter on the spray, And the rose-petals open to the sun, Blushing—like Beauty—at being gazed upon. R. S. M. HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY TO BALMORAL.—GLOU CESTER, SATURDAY.—To-day a special meeting of the town council of Gloucester has been held, to take into considera tion the measures e3 ti w t ehhein on instant.chshou herld Mr. way Sanders through be e r h th e m fitting erre ception r a lo on f the th the Midland Railway, has placed himself in' communication with the Mayor of Gloucester, and the necessary arrange ments are in preparation for the fitting reception of her Majesty. In consequence, however, of the unruly conduct of the public on the occasion of the last visit of her Majesty to Gloucester (in the autumn of 1849), no persons, except offi cials, will be admitted upon the railway platform on her Ma jesty's arrival. It has been resolved by the council to-day that an address shall be presented to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and this will constitute the principal feature of the demonstrations of leyalty to be made on the occasion of the expected Royal visit. Accommodation , however, will be provided along the line of railway adjacent to the station for the public to view the Royal progress. COMPOSITION OF PARLIAMENT.—The new House of Commons comprises the large number of 101 barristers and 18 attorneys returned. Of merchants, manufacturers, and wholesale dealers there are 99, and to these classes may also be added 20 bankers and 2 brewers; while of occupations more sparingly represented may be mentioned 1 architect, James Bell; 1 builder, William Cubitt ' 3 e ngineers, Messrs. Locke, Stephenson, and Peto ; 3 medical men, Messrs. Hume, Brady, and Michel. An exact estimate can scarcely be formed of the railway influence, but 11 magnktes of that in terest are certainly present in the persons of Messrs. Glyn, Hudson, Waddington, Laing, M'Gregor, Chaplin, H. Brown, Cobbold, Coffin, Hawkins, Stephenson, and Ricardo. Smaller directors and endless shareholders will be found among all classes in the House. The army is fully represented by 67 of its members, while the navy can only count 13. The Irish Peers present in thea y, lw L a ow e; 10n House c k ,and Palmerston, are Earl A ne s andley , Viscounts Barrington,G Lord Hotham. Since the Reform Act not a Parliament met without some popular Member being returned for two places, and having to take his choice between them. But no such occurrence marks the present Parliament. Knaresborough, however, has returned a superabundance of Members, from the accident of equality on the poll ; and death has occa sioned three vacancies, in the cases of Messrs. Duncuft, Watson, and Granger. The closest contest has been Youghal, while in the large numberbf 167 places there was no contest whatever. Tue ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. -- Among the fashionable audience present at the performances at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening, we observed th e Prince and Princess Masimo, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Munster, the Countess of Kinnoull and the Ladies Eliza beth and Auguste Hay, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Dungannon, Lord John Nay, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lady Bate man and the Hon. Miss Banbury, Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburton and the Misses Kennedy Erskine, and the Hon. Louisa Carey, Lord Frederick Fitzroy, Lady Macfarlane, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Bulteel, Baron de Steinberg, Mr. Justice Talfourd and Lady and the Misses Talfourd, the Hon. Major Pitt, the Hon. Major Needham, the Hon. G. Mlles, the Hon. G. S. Jerningham, the Hon. H. L. Bathurst, the Hon. Arthur Hay, the Hon. Mr. Hanbury the Hon. E. S. Russell , the Hon. C. Hay, Sir Henry ebb, ' Sir George Armytage, Sir Abdy, Sir James Ferguson, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir E. Page Turner, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir J. Paul Joddrell, Colonel Freestun, M.P., Colonel T. B. Lawrence, attaché to the American Le gation, &a, --- KENNINGTON. COMMONe—The disgraceful scenes perpetrated on this common for some years will soon be put put an end to, as workmen have now commenced operations under a recent Act, p assed to make it a publ i c par k. A large piece of the common, exactly opposite the Horns Tavern, has been enclosed with a hoarding, for the purpose of making a lodge, in th e f orm of one of Prince Albert ' s cot tages, exhibited at Hyde-pa r k, . All the filter and rubbish will be screwed near that portion of the common required to be levelled, and the arranging of the walks and planting of , the usual ti me f or remov ing t r ees will take place in October trees. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, A UG. 22. The Europa has arrived, with advices from Ne w York to the 11th inst., arid 726,000 doll?. in specie. Tile Pacific arrived out on the Bth. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, writing on the 10th, says that President Fill more teed idr. Secretary Webster had had a violent altercation relative to the fisheries question, and that Mr. Webster was about to retire from the Cabinet. In confirmation of this, several waggon-loads of fur niture belonging to Mr. Webster had been shipped on board a Boston packet. Mr. Webster had written to a friend that he would visit Washington to wind up his business, and retire. In the House of Representatives, on the 10th, the Speaker laid before the House a message from the President of the United States in reply to a resolu tion asking what has been done on the subject of the fisheries on the coast of British North America. He gives no information different to that heretofore com municated to the Senate. The message was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. A schooner, which arrived at Boston on the 9th from Prince Edward's Island, reported the seizure of the schooner Lion for fishing off the islands. The vessel was reported to have been in a calm at the time, and fully three miles from land. The fishing schooner Florida was seized and taken into Charlotte Town on the sth. The New York Herald says the fisheries question had become the chief topic of discussion throughout the country. " There appears," it says, "to be but one opinion as to the final result of the controversy, and t um h si a na t ays i t.p s h , eec t ilr h tn a j Indeed ev s t e t h e dr e rights, every thde aya affair American laeaitrntand unless e fis seems ue h no fishermen soci e m uaa n es great ure u eme a s s te t b b dae e e rnalwhatoro pro tectedsthe r e they f caution is exercised by both Governments, the finale of the flare•up on the part of our provincial neigh bour mey really terminate more seriously than was at first apprehended. We have a rumour from the fish ing banks that one American vessel has actually been fired into, which may or may not be a fiction ; but at all events, if the statements of the passengers and crew of the American schooner Lion, of Brookhaven, which was seized off Prince Edward's Island, be correct, the British are certainly carrying things beyond their proper limits. Those on board of the Lion at the time state that she was becalmed, and fully three miles from the land. This must be in quired into with promptness, and, if the story is correct, she must be released. According to a dis patch from Boston, another schooner, the Florida, was captured and taken into Charleston on the sth inst." The Boston Advertiser of the 7th publishes a state ment of the captain of a fishing-vessel arrived at Co hasset, to the effect that an American fishing-vessel had been fired into and sunk by a British cruiser, for refusing to come to when ordered. The Boston Transcript of the 7th says that the condemnation and sale of the American schooner Carrel had been ascertained to be wholly illegal, as the seizure was a mistake, and intended for another vessel. A dispatch, dated Warrington, August 9, says— " Mr. Webster returned to this city this morning. Commodore Penny was to have an interview with Admiral Seymour on Saturday. The fishing question will, in Mr. Webster's opinion, be settled. The Administration does not wish Congress now to pass the measures about light-duties. They wish to reserve the question. Havannah advices to the 2d inst. state that great excitement prevailed in consequence of the alleged discovery of a political conspiracy, in which a number of influential persons were said to be engaged. A large number of seditious documents were reported to have been found, and the persons accused of circulating them had been arrested. The markets were generally unchanged, and but little business was doing. The Herald says there is reason to believe that the Japan expedition has been abandoned. On the 9th the Senate requested the President to communicate all the correspondence that had taken place between the United States and Peru regarding the Lobos Islands. The President had not replied to the Senate, but a letter from Mr. Secretary Webster to Captain James Jewell, master of the barque Phi lomeia, had been published. It appeared to be in reply to an inquiry as to whether citizens of the United States could take guano from the Lobos Islands without infringing on the rights of other nations. The following is a copy of Mr. Webster's letter : " Department of State, Washington, June 5,1852. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d inst. inquiring whether citizens of the United States can take guano from the Lobos Islands, which aro situated near the coast of Peru, without in fringing upon the rights of the citizens, or subjects, or Government of any other nation. In reply, I have to inform you that if those islands should lie within the distance of a marine league from the continent, or if, being further than that distance, should have been dis covered and occupied by Spain or by Peru, the Peru vian Government would have a right to exclude there from the vessels and citizens of other nations, except upon such conditions as it might think proper to pre scribe. There can be no doubt that the title of Peru to the Chincha Islands, whence guano is now chiefly taken, is founded upon the basis of discovery and occupancy. That article was taken from those islands and used as a manure by the Peruvians anterior to the conquest of Peru by Spain. It continued to be so taken and used through out the Spanish dominions in that country, and this practice has been kept up to the present day. Al though those islands are uninhabitable, the custom of resorting to them from the neighbouring continent for the purpose of procuring guano may be said to hav e constituted such an occupancy of them as to give the Sovereigns of the continent a rieht of dominion over them under the law of nations. This department, how ever, is not aware that the Lobos Island were hat t either discovered or occup ied by Spain or by Peru s , or the guano on them has ever been used for manure on the adjacent coast or elsewhere. It is certain that the dis tance from the continent is five or six times greater than is necessary to make them a the r e dpen her denc and,h t eof pur- On suant to the public law• probable that Benjamin Morrell, jun., who, as master of the schooner Watson, of New York, visited those islands in September, 1823, m ay justly claim to have been their discoverer. He gives a tall account of them in his nar rative, published in New York in 1832. Under these cir cumstances, it may be considered the duty of this Government to protect citizens of the United States who may visi t the Lobos Islands for the purpose of obtaining guano. This duty will be more apparent when it is considered that the con sumera of Chincha Islan d g uano in this countr y might probably obtain it for ha lf the p rice they now p a y , were it not for the charges of the Peruvian Government. letter l to shallctehnesesetqoucerntalyry a vessel of war be ordered to repair to the Lob os Islands for the purpose of p rotecting from moles tation any of our citizens who ma y wish to take guano from them. com municate m t the i N ca a t v e y , a and copy sugg of this est that " I um, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " DANIEL WEBSTER. " Captain James C. Jewell, Master of the barque Philomeia." " P.S.—lt is considered important that this letter should not be made public at present?' The Secretary of the Navy directed Commodore M'Anley, of the Pacific squadron, to send a war vessel citizens The Governmentg h t b o e f Peru lvhomi to those islands to protect the interests of Ameri c a n there.have lately, however, en deavoured to give proof to the United States Govern ment that they have exercised, long since, rights of ownership of the Lobos Islands. Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, bad been nominated as Minister to England. In the money-market exchanges had been in good demand, London being quoted 1101 to 1101, and Paris 5 15 to 5 13k. Stocks had been active, and railroad bonds were in request by capitalists. The accounts from all the cotton growing districts were extremely favourable, and the market continued remarkably buoyant ; the stock on hand being small, prices had advanced id. and per lb. The sales for the preceding three days amounted to 9,400 bales. The " fall" trade bad scarcely commenced, but sufficient had been done to denote a healthy, pro. fitable business. The sales of tobacco during the se period in cludes 73 hhds. of Kentucky, at &i came 7ic.; 40 hhds. of Savannah, at 35e.; 620 bales of Mayure, on private terms, &C. Scotch pig iron co ntinues in great request, and is sold at an advance, 100 tons have realised 21 dolls. at six months. T 1 :a 11 1;70! ' t •••••••=•••••= valuable, newly-invented, [ADvEriTIsEMENT.] -92 ::: y by which a person can be pocket glass, the size of a walnu t, • they answer every purpose seen and known li miles distant , Gstt'ir powerful xEsl and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles ; Sportsmen, Gentle men,for shooting, deer stalking, yachting,. to had at Messrs. S. and on the Race-course, at the Opera - hous es .heeyouatuteryinvsaieeunaebrlye Gamekeepers, and Tourists. --To be serve, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes—. ing such extra important invention in Telescopes, possess 13. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, P n i e c w ca a n d i I d l y most, oh will show distinctly, Jupiter's lkloons, Saturn's ordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with aneßstirnageyaenpdietchee, three Double Stars. With the same Telescope, on lyweighing eistant ounces, can be seen a person's countenance n miles , and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of lar g er and all sizes, with inc reas i ng powers ac cordingly. Ope ra and Race course glasses, with wonderful p o wers ; an objec t can be c learly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before of imper fect -vision, every obje c t appears clear an d distinct, the mos t aged defective sight becomes bri g ht a nd brilliant, is br ou g ht to its youthful , na t ural , and original s t a te. The Invisib le Or ganicratdoera, deafness. -39. s d s._ all g :td . s l i t i i,, f ,e A r m co a u ri s e t l e s treet, instrumentspieeadfiollry ,ob serve relief soefrer i l e V i brator, Duchess ex t reme opposite Di pbe ositethe York 1 - intel. hNorthutriber/and has arrived from Sydney, whence she sailed on the 23d of April, with 4,594 ounces of gold, valued at 18,2001. 1852. MONDAY EVENING, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—By this time we hope our dispute with the United States of America is over, and we trust that all parties will return without deity to those amicable feelings and friendly relations which oar own Government has so needlessly disturbed. It le not, however, of the obvious and glaring errors of the Government of England, or the wild and precipitate proceedings of the American Legislature, that we wish now to speak. Our desire is to make the denger we have just escaped the subject of a few practical reflec tions, which we submit to the good sense of the Eng lish nation. We have been on the verge of a war with a nation which, from its identity in race and language with ourselves, would have proved a truly formidable enemy—a maritime and commercial people who would have met us with our own arms, on our own element, and visited our commerce with mis• chiefs similar to those which we should have in flicted upon theirs. So closely are the two countries united, that every injury which we might inflict on our enemy would have been almost as injurious to our merchants as bombarding our own towns, or sinking our own ships. And yet it is no exaggeration to say that with this people we were on the very verge o f war, for, had we persevered in carrying out with a high hand, by seizure and confiscation, our own interpre tation of the treaty, a collision with the American Commodore was unavoidable; and such a collision must almost necessarily have been followed by a formal declaration of hostilities. Now, what is the question which has so nearly led to such serious re • sults ? It is simply whether a certain number of the salt fish consumed in these islands shall be ceuget by citizens of the United States or natives of our own colonies. The question whether American fishermen shall be allowed to spread their nets in the Bay of i i n n abt laiicnhtertehse people o f thi s coun try t ; they will neither be h F a u v n e d n y o i s im on s e g richer nor poorer, stronger nor weaker, more admired or more feared, should they secure the monopoly of lin th p e os oeld no doctrines of commer cialfishing in these northern waters to th e i n h a bi tants o f the sea-coast of our North Americ an co l on i es. O n those e we colonies restrictions what ever;havewagenivdneonw are up content to co mpete w i th every once th made e supply colonial appointments so t s monopoly, of their markets. rrahtfeei a patronage h rliamentary corruption ha s b een , nte u v r e c w o e r h o l d ifcrh for a rtile at least in North America, entirely surrendered. The affairs of each colony are administered by a Cabinet responsible to, and removable by, the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly. The North American provinces owe us little more then a nomi nal dependence, and almost the only mark of suborda nation which we exact is the power —very seldom employed—of withholding the Royal assent from the Acts of the local Parliament. But, if we have little to do with the internal government of our colonies in North America, they have absolutely nothing to say in the deliberations of the Imperial Parliament, and do not feel at all bound to adopt for their guidance the principles which have triumphed there. Thus we find in this very matter that at the time when the English nation has decided against Protection in any shape, the Colonial Assemblies are willing to adopt that prin ciple in its coarsest and most repulsive form by pro tecting, through bounties, those fishermen whom they call upon us to protect with the sword. Another con sideration well worthy of the serious attention of the nation is, that had we gone to war for the sake of these colonial fisheries, it is upon ourselves, to whom the matter is indifferent, and not upon the colonists, to whom it may be of some importance, that it would have devolved to find the troops and treasure re quisite for carrying on the war. Our fleet s mus t h co a m ve m e e n rc c e ou :• t o e u r l e d a be t ex heA p m os e e r d ic t a o n theshipsofwar. O ur ravages of their privateers, and our troops must defend these very colonies against an invading force infinitely superior in number. Parliament has no power to compel the colonies to raise a single shilling towards the expense of such a contest. It entirely depends upon the friendly spirit of the colonies whether they would raise a single man to aid us in fighting their battle. On the other band, any assistance in men or money derived from these colonies would have been re garded by them and treated by us as a free and generous concession, for which we were bound to be suitably grateful ; yet these dependencies form the most vulnerable parts of our empire, and the first idea which occurs to our warlike contemporaries on the other side of the Atlantic, in case of a conflict, is an invasion of them by three hundred thousand American citizens. Removed ourselves by the interposition of a mighty ocean from all points of contact with the great American Republic, it is from our colonies alone that we have to fear any serious ground of quarrel. Their vicinity, the similarity of their pursuits, and a spirit of natural and laudable rivalry, provoke the occasions of constant collision. Formerly this danger was diminished, because the Colonial-office, reserving to itself almost all the sub stantial powers of government, left the local Legis latures little more than the semblance of authority, and was therefore able to establish a complete har mony between colonial and imperial policy. The surrender of these rights to the Legislatures of the North American provinces, while it has been pro ductive of much good by diminishing the causes of dispute between them and the mother country, carries with it also this evil, that greater freedom of action renders it more easy for the colony to exercise a disturbing influence on our relations with foreign Governments. We are, in fact, in this disagreeable position, that according to the present compact between the mother-country and her colonies, she is obliged to take up quarrels in which her interests are in no way involved, and is bound over as surety for the g oo d b e h av i our o f Go vernments and Legislatures a c t uated b y f ee li ngs , principles, and interests totally diff erent f rom her own, and over whose actions she has renounced all efficient control. Public attention has been repeatedly drawn of late years to the relation between the co lonies and the mother country, and it has now come to be admitted as a political axiom, that flourish b es t w ith ou t th e i nterference of Englan d. This is the col on ial side of th e question ; the v i ew which we are now su b m i tt i ng is the the powers whi c h s h e h as hi therto Im perial one. If En g l an d di ves t s h erself of almost a ll her colonies, i s it j us t and reasonable power of influenci ng th e i r action being t e h r ec that, he ad colonies to hv ee rr gone, her responsibilities should remain the same ? Mu st not the one change almost necessarily draw after it the other ? Old principles are abandoned, old relations broken up. Centralization is replaced by local government, and responsible Ministers take the place of irresponsible officials, nominate d by the Crown. The only things which ' do not change are shose cast-iron maxims and unbending tra ditions of government which are handed d own in public offices from one generation of Ministers to another, an d re main the prescriptive policy of the empire till som e unforeseen conjuncture demonst ra t es that th e y survived the state of things which gave them birth, and are ripe fur alteration and abolition. The true lesson to be learnt from recent transactions i s , that we have introduced and raised up within the empire a power in these Colonial Governments which We are not able wholly to control, which is day by day in creasing in importance, and assuming greater pro minence in the affairs of the world. We have either too wemuch cannot o r too make little them integral the empire we ought to reconsider the extent of our responsibility for • their acts; and if we are to continue responsi ble for their acts we are entitled to a ower which wil l make that res 'hint safe. The blein is a new onsi y pro and interestingmore awrtitshofour colonies.ehave one, and would be all the investigated to recei ve a p roper solution if it were with leisure• put off to and calmness, instead of being a period of • embarrassment. anxiety, trepidation, and ember The preparations for this really national work have been progressing f or th e l a st two years under the superintendence of Mr. Gravatt as engineer and ma thematician, but it is only about three months since the superstructure at Wandsworth-commoa was com menced, and it is already near completion. We understand that the Observatory is likely to be endowed by its liberal and enlightened creator. It will not only be a monument to his enterprising de votion to science, but an admirable illustration of the perfection to which the mechanical arts have attained in this country. Lord Rosse has visited the Observatory, and ex pressed his admiration of this novel and interesting invention. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—A great treat is provided for the million at this favourite place of resort, Mr. Wardell, the proprietor, having determined on the reduction of the price of admission to one shilling. AG this reduced rate the Gardens open this evening for the remainder of the season. The attractions are numerous and excellent. The ballet, in which a very clever troupe of French artists dance, is magni ficently mounted. Then we have a concert, in which M. Jongmans, the celebrated Belgian Buffo singer, takes part, his powerful voice being heard to great advantage in the open air. Besides this gentleman, the Misses Jolly, Miss Pearce, and a numerous choir, sing some very delightful glees, madrigals, &c. The fireworks are superbly brilliant and unequalled for novelty of design. The dance music is very skilfully executed under the direction of M. Arban. CAPTURE OP A WHALE NEAR HARWICH. HAR BOUR.—Considerable interest has been excited in this neigh- , bourhood by the capture of a large fish, supposed to be of the whale species, on the Dovercourt shore, in Mill Bay, on the 12th instant.. It appears that the attention of some men on the beach was attracted by a kingbulky-loon object on one of the st one -b an k s , and on approaching hey found it to be an immense fish, which spurted up a stream of water twelve feet high. In the absence of any more ef fective weapon, they fastened a knife to a staff, and by successive wounds so weakened the captive as to be able t o get a rope made fast round the tail, when a large number of men hauled it up on the be ach. In order to dispatch the monster a scythe was procured and thrust into the bod y, causing an immense flow . of blood. The dying struggles of the ca pti ve ware so violent that the assembled crow d were obliged to retreat to a more safe distance. The fish is supposed to be a fin-ba . cked or rock whale ; it measures in length 21 feet, and in girth 15 feet ; has n spout hole on the top of the head, which, with the mouth, is cur i ous l y shaped, resembling the bottle-nose. There is a sketch of a fish si milar to the one now taken in " Dale's Hi s t ory of H arw i ch and Dovercourt," which is called there the bottle-head or flounder's-head whale. The fish remai ne d upon t h e b eac h until the following morning, when the men h av i ng procured a small vessel to take it in tow, proceeded w ith it t o I psw i c h, where it was exhibited until the effluvia became so great that the authoritTs ordered its removal. It was accordingly once more committed to the waters and towed away by its owners.—Essex Standard. ...T. Luxt the direction Al has 'S - , — CHTELiSEA.- - RATING OF -- CRENLOHNE GARDE N at the bs.— the and-room for the purpose of hearing appealsagainst new asses eyor, under On Saturday a meeting of magistrates sment made by Mr. Paine, the sury „._. Son, the of the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. Duni) , proprietor of Cremoane Gardens, appealed against assessment which had been increased from 288/. to 7401. . k t the last sitting the appeal was adjourned by direction of ttiheepnaroainastrates, with a view of the surveyor coming to an cir cumstances of amicable arrangement with Mr. Simpson. Mr. Paine now proved the data from which he took his valuation of _i_ 4 . o /. Mr. Simpson agreed to be assessed at 450/., but sub- Mated that the tap ought to be separated in the assessment from the gardens, the latter being open not more than from four to five months during the season ; and as the rates in with a twelvemonth's rate upon Chelsea were made twice a year, that it was hardly fair to saddle hi the whole of property, Mr. Paine said that under the peculiar or wild amount. The bench, after some consideration, settled the assess ment at 5004 WOOL up of a fibrous material, —The the case he would not press for the full 'MOM THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. r n . am e of vegetable wool has been applied to a fibrous mate. 9:nployed T i t n ie A l u at s t t e ri r a m , mate rial w hich the extraeting from leaves of the fir. A manufsctory of this Material has for some time past existed near Breslau, in ."_i_leasia, in a district termed the "Prairie of Humboldt." ingenuity of M. Pannewitz has succeeded in The species of pine there operated upon is the minus sylvestris, i b n y a resinous sub. Pr and out by means of alka ppiinnee t ; ri b b u e t m it i g w h o t u b l de turnedse e m t that t omemberth. the f cha ritable The e leaves of these trees, if examined, will be found to be made sub stance. nes, leaving the woolly matter behind. Coverlets, blankets, and other articles made of vegetable wool have long been institutions. The materials are warm, durable, and Vienna be e nb h ne e al dissolved i es ss t po o ei g ve e ie t ad h il e y r agreeable to the eye ; moreover, they .eajoy the excellent quality of Preserving a certain b a l s amic and rather agree able smell, which nevertheless is so inimical to insects that they never harbour in it. In the Silesian manufactory the resinous matter holding the woolly fibres together is alsoalo turnedas to account, me di c i na l baths being basis, made with it is, and which be use ful in many chroni c diseases. are found to LITERFOOL, SATURDAY.—The screw steamship Great Britain, Captain Mathews, sailed at three o'clock to day for the Cape of Good Hope, Port Philip, &c., with up wards of 630 passengers, and a very large mail. She bad on board 2,150 tons of coal for consumption on the voyage n at the time she left the river was drawing 22 feet of aia.ate_r_. An immense multitude lined the banks of the river , w tt " ith the vessel steamed down the Mersey she was greetedtispecie, enthusiastic cheering. The Great Britain took. 2,__ Aay, at jewellery, &c., of the value of 89,000/. sterling.. " " noon, the British and North American t a u l re from the America, Lang commander, took her r a I steamship Mersey for Boston, United States, with 15d2ePpaaer sengers and a large cargo, besides the usual mails. ILLNESS OF THE D E AN O F - C ANTERB URY.—It with deep r egre t th a t we learn that o ur late muchD respected IS ted al .D., Dean archdeaco n , the Right Rev. Will iam Rowe Ly of Canterb ury, and R ector of Great Chart, has l, been seized 1 with Paralysis.—Essex Gazette. APOTHECARIES'.the names . of the gentlemen who passed theirexam i nat i on in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on 'Thursday, the 19th of August, 1852: James. Scarborough Loe, Leeds • Benjamin Hunt, Napton,. HALL —The following are Warwickshire ; George Vinicombe Coates, London ; William I.s.iver, London ; John Brendon Curgenven, St. Kew, Corn wall; Bernard Haldan Preston . Amos Ingham, llebden bridge, York; 'Thomas Walton, Bull; Thomas Alban M`blann# 9 , Hull; And Thomas DialtV, *helton. AUGUST 23, 1852 CHRISTMAS BOXES TO POSTMEN. GIGAIVTI cons , . to the C TELESCOPE AT WAND,S I- , asotfer!•Geperneesreanitabtiyonsa whi numberb c e h r ofw ere WORTH-COMMON. eq i u ) :l , i t c ro e The constructi on o f a mons ter reflecting telescol se made ln in by the Earl of R osae cons tit u t e d for a considerabl es j fiuenti 1 • • period a p • individuals, setting forth the impolicy and prominent topic of interest and converse- e i injustice posi tion in the scientific l men, eof an abolition of Christmas-boxes to world. The patience and peree-verance of the noble the instruction of • projector under every kind of • few days which we gave an outline, a discouragement, and the unwavering faith with I accept those y ago, and by which they were forb•dd 1 en t o which, at a large outlay gratuities, has been • ie . s, , not issued. The to himself, he prosecuted his folio wing letter enterprise to a successful contains the official announcement of conclusion, m /he secured to him, act:f the admiration and esteem of all who took an interest in the higher departments b of science, while the dis coveries that have since borne en made through ite instru mentality have ampl lt out his anticipations and rewarded his exertions. y was necessary, however, that something further should be accomplished. To those not conversant with the subject it may be ne cessary to state that a reflecting telescope on a large scale must always be a work of exceeding difficulty, y and comparatively limited utilit The possibility of cons tructing an achromati c instrument rument of a power equal to Lord Rosse's, and thr oug h which the objects looked at could be directly magnified (as with an opera-glass), has long been considered extremely doubtful; in fact, beyond the reach of mechanical and optical app l iances. This desideratum is, however, now 00 the eve of being supplied. In the course of a recent ramble on a Wandsworth common our attention was attracted by singular looking structure, consisting of a plaintower with l on g tube slung by its side, surrounded with a wooden a hoarding to keep off its intruders. On making - in quiries we learned that it was a new monster telescope on the achromatic principle in process of under the superintendence of Mr. W. Gravatt, F.R.S., for the Rev. Mr. Craig, vicar of Leamington. Having obtained an introduction, we inspected the instrument, and ascertained some particulars respecting it which may not be uninteresting. The site, consisting of two acres, has been liberally presented by Earl Spencer in perpetuity, or so long as the telescope shall be maintained. The central tower, consisting of brick, is 64 feet in height, 15 feet in diameter, and weighs 220 tons. Every precaution has been taken in the construction of this building to prevent the slightest vibration ; but, if any disappointment in this respect should arise (which, however, Mr. Gravatt does not anticipate), additional weight can be obtained by loading the several floors, and the most perfect stea diness will be thus insured. By the side of this sustaining tower hangs the telescope. The length of the main tube, which 13 shaped some what like a cigar, is 76 feet, but with an eyepiece at the narrow end, and a dewcap at the other, the total length in use will be 85 feet. The design of the dew cap is to prevent obscuration by the condensation of moisture, which takes p lace during the night, when the instrument is most in use. Its exterior is of bright metal, the interior is p ainted black. The focal distance will vary from 76 to 85 feet. The tube at its greatest circumference measures 13 feet, end this part is about 24 feet from the object. glass. The 1 determination of this point was the result of repeated experiments and minute and careful calculations. It was essential to the object in view that there should not be the slightest vibration in the instrument. Mr. Gravatt, reasoning, from analogy, applied the principle of harmonic progression to the perfecting of an instrument for extending the range of vision, and thus aiding astronomic research. By his improve • ments the vibration at one end of the tube is neu tralized by that at the other and the result is that the utmost s teadiness and precision is at l i - tained. The ironwork of the tube was manufactured by Messrs. Rennie, under the direction of Mr. Gravatt. The object-glasses are also of English con struction, and throw a curious light upon the manner in which an enlightened commercial policy has re acted upon and promoted the advancement of science. Up to a recent period the flint glass for achromatic telescopes was entirely of foreign manu facture. Since the reduction in the duty great im provements have been made in this department. The making or the large flint glass was entrusted to Mr. Chance, of Birminghanit•.who at first hesitated to manufacture one larger than nine inches in dia meter. Upon being urged, however, by Mr. Craig, he has succeeded in producing one 24 inches, perfectly clear, and homogeneous in structure. Besides this, there is a second of plate,glass of the same dimensions, cast by the Themes Plate Glass Company, either of which the observer may use at his option. The manner in which these object-glasses are fitted into the tube is a marvel of artistic invention. By means of 12 screws, numbered according to the hours of the day, they can be set M an instant to any a ngl e the observer may require, by his merely calling out the number of the screw to be touched. The object glasses also move round in grooves to wherever it may be considered that a more distinct view can be gained. The tube rests upon a light wooden fret ne work, with iron wheels attached, and is fitted be a circular iron railway at a distance of fifty-two feet from the centre of the tower. The chain by which it is lowered is capable of sustai • ning a weight of thirteen tons, though the weight of the tube is only three. Nothwithstanding the immense size of the instrument, the machinery is such that it can move either ' azimuth, or up to an altitude of eighty degrees, • i h n as much ease and rapidity as an ordinary teee w co lt and, from the nature of the mechanical arrangements, Pe with far greater certainty as to results. The slightest force applied to the causes the instrument to move horizontally round the central tower, while a wheel at the right hand of the observer, by a beautiful adaptation of mechanical powers, enables him to elevate or depress the object glass with the greatest precision and facility. So easy, in fact, is the control over the instrument in this respect, that a lifts ten cwt. It may very slight touch on the wheel be observed, also, that there can not be the slight es t xure in the tube ; no error or deflection arising from flexure that cause can occur, while the ease with which it can be directed towards any point of the heavens will enable the observer to make profitable use of any patch of clear sky, however transient it may b e . The great value of this need n ot be pointed out to thoselvi accustomed to making astronomical observation s . mag nifying power of thi s novel th respect to the instrument, it is only necessary to state that, though the focus is not so sharp as it will be shortly, the nebulas in th e same way it has already separated as Lord Rum's. It has also separated some of the double stars in the Great Bear, and shown distinctly of fifty a clear distance or sixty degrees between them, with 9 several other stars occupyi n es e the intervening space. Ordinary readers will b e tt er u nifyin ndersiand the extraordinary mag g powers of the telescope when we inform them that by it a quarter-inch letter can be read at the dis tance of half a mile. "General Pest- office, Aug. 12, 1852. " reference to your letter of the 30th m'tintos I am directed by the •Postmaster• General to at qt , taint you that his Lordship has been pleased to decide that the lettcr.carriers of the London general pest end L t indon district post - , shall, for the present, be exempted ft an the operation of the recent regulation prohibiting tl to servants of this department from soliciting Christ n Las gratuities from the public.—l have the honour to b e, sir, your obedient humble servant, "J. Mas Lerman, Esq., M P.", " MAZERLY. The following petition has been prepared for pre se otation t o Parliament : " To the. Honourable the House of Commons in Par li an tent assembled. The humble petition of the Letter Carriers of the London District Post, " II umbly showeth, " That. your petitioners, in approaching your Honour able Hot "le, beg moat humbly to state, for a series of year a t' ley have memorialised the heads of their depart ment, tl le Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea sur r, id your Honourable House (in the year 1837), for an 'increase of salary, as recommended by the Com mis sinners of Revenue Inquiry in their Eighteenth Re port, or to be put upon the same scale of salary no sup erannuation as the letter carriers in the inland de- Par: anent. y peti your Honourable House, eighty of the senor letter carrie rs h a d their salaries increased to twenty-five shil. a That i n t h e year 1837, s h ort l y a ft er thetioned lings. per w ee k ; and in the year 1844 t h e num b er o f your petitioners was considerably increased, when eixty class, . re , more rect.() added to the twenty- five shilling sultin g from a p e ti t i on to the Right Hon. the Earl of Lonstle le, th e then Postmaster-General; and in the year 1;847 two hundred of your petitioners %etre raised to tvve City-two shillings par week, and four hundred and ninety -fieven to twenty-one shillings per week. The above . trale, your petitioners regret to say, was discon tinued in the same year; so that your petitioners who have et stored the service since 1847 have no prospect beyond twenty shillings per week. And your petitioners have ft earn time to time waited upon the heads of their departs tient, in order to get these small sums restored, when b .opes have been held out to them ; but your peti tioners regret to say they have not yet been realised. " That your petitioners beg moat humbly to inform your leTonourable House that, from the continued im provements made in the Post-office, and the increased corres pandence consequent thereon, and the rapidity of cemmiaeication caused by the railway system, mails ar rive in. - London from all parts of the country at all times of the day, and with the delivery of which your peti tioneit are charged, as well as a considerable portion of the morning delivery, and have become so amalgamated wale the general post letter carriers, that they are iden tified an one and the same body, doing the same duty, and bearing the same responsibility, and upon a recent order, giving the same bond; they therefore beg to sub. mre p q o u n ire t m h e e requirements are scale co of salary - equ a l, and and superannuation as the letter-carriers in the g eneral that it t theyht their shoul w d an b t a a and put u post . n a few years to 255., department, i who enter the service at 23s per we e k, rising and again to 30s. per week. " That the duties performed by your petitioners are of consitherable importance to the community with regard e far to their correspondence, as they are held responsible any it istakes in the delivery of t letters: they therefore beg moat respectfully to submit to your Honourable House, that, although the responsibility and labour are admit red to be great, their salaries are much below the average wages for ordinary employment, and leave your petitioners to a con tinu e d state of want and embarrass ment. " That prior to the establishment of the ten deliveries daily, some of your petitioners' duties terminated with the six o'clock delivery on three evenings in each week, but in consequence of the heavy eight o'clock night de livery, those men were required to assist at the eight o'cloA night delivery, for which they were paid three shillings per week; b ut , upon the establishment of the before-named ten deliveries, this payment of three shil lings per week was discontinued. "That the only extra duties for which payment is al lowed to your petitioners are a few casual ones occurring in the course of the day in the immediate metropolis, which arise from assistance given to walks that are over burthened; those of your petitioners not engaged in those deliveries, who have time and are able to keep up such continued exertion, are employed to assist, for which they get one shilling; but from the quick recur rence of their own duty, a portion of your petitioners are unable to avail themselves of those opportunities of increasing their incomes. " Thai in consequence of the improvements made in the Post-office from time to time, the numbers of your petitioners have been considerably increased; six men are now employed upon each walk instead of four: consequently the income derived from Christmas gra tuities is considerably reduced when divided among so many; and your petitioners beg to state that in the frequent returns they have been called upon to make of their salaries, they have always had to return the amount of extra duty and Christmas gratuities as a portion of their official incomes. " Tbat in consequence of the late order issued by the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, that in future all Christmas gratuities would be discontinued at the public offices, and the pub licity given to this order through the medium of the press, has led the public to believe that the Christmas gratuities were discontinued altogether to public ser vants, such as your petitioners, so that the amount now collected is but a trifle to most of your humble peti tioners. " That some of your petitioners beg to state that their losses since the introduction of the ten deliveries daily, cannot be computed at less than from 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per week to each letter carrier, for which they have re ceived no co m p ensat i on; w hil e the letter-carriers of the in land department have received compensation for their losses and a fair scale of salaries and superannuations, such as your petitioners wonld thankfully receive. " That your petitioners are unwilling to intrude upon the time of your Honourable House with the full detail of the time occupied in their duties, it being of a com plicated nature, commencing at seven o'clock in the morning and continuing till from nine to half-past ten at night, except to a portion of your petitioners who are engaged in the immediate metropolis, whose duties con clude on two nights in each week at eight o'clock; this time is occupied, with a few intervals in the morning, to some of your petitioners; but the quick recurrence of the hourly deliveries and collections throughout the after-part of the day leaves such short intervals, up to so late an hour at night, as not to be sufficient for rest required by such harassing exertions. " That from the lateness at night when your peti tioners' deities terminate, they are unable to avail them selves of joining any societies for mutual instruction and other purposes, now so prevalent among the working classes; your petitioners are therefore shut out from in struction and recreation enjoyed by all other classes of working men. " That your petitioners humbly beg to represent to your Honourable House that their superannuation al lowance, like their salaries, is very inadequate, which is according to the following scale:—Above 15 and under 20 years, 6s. a week; above 20 and under 25 years, 7s. a week; above 25 years, 9s. a week. " That with superannuation allowance upon such a low scale, it leaves your petitioners in a'st s at a e l e o f : _ actual over want when unfit for further duties. "That your petitions beg most hum bl y to sta te that the superannuation allowance to t he other Lond on let ter carriers is according to the following c 15 and under 20 years, 201. per year; over 20 and under 25 years, 301. a year; over 25 and under 30 years, 401. a year; over 30 years, 50/. a year. ' Your petitioners beg to submit that superannuation fixed earnegtstly pray your fixed upon such a scale as the preceding w 13. knowing that they would them through a long life of service, their would not suffer privations in their old a " Your humble petitioners most them, accord- Honourable House to take the subject of their in the respon sible duties into consideration, years report of f of revenue service , inquiry, at"sing similar to the letter-carriers in the e in ig g hte t e o nth or upon a scale " And your humble petitioner inland department. your Honourable House to take 8 most fervently pray pensions into your benevolent the low amount of their them a scale of superannuation consideration, and grant post letter Carr' similar to the general carriers, as Duke of Richmond, recommended by his Grace the proved by the when Postmaster-General, and ap proved by of her Right Honourable the Lords Commis'_,dew' Treasury Ch _ Majesty's Treasury, in a letter ,_., in a report ambers, the sth of March, 1833, and prin t, T i ; .returned to Mot your Honourable House o the motion of T. Duncombe, Esq., dated 21st Ju l y . 1847. " And yo ur petitioners will ever pray ° ___. 8 " 8 4 Ma. C. P. RoNEy.—The Weekly to to s tate that —" We feel great pl easure in being ITT'!" will secure per such arrangements have been entered n y in e tu in t h e discharge of manently the abilities of Mr. C. P. Bee b es ter and Holyhead those duties in connexion with the n Eng l a nd and Scotland, Railway, and the other rail wa Y tilt:public a dvantage, and con that have tended so much to is of the several lines. This tributed so largely to the int _ te d at the desire of the sixteen arrangement has bee a n eg res ec ted in the through traffic from different companies i te , d. The fact we now communicate Great Britain to Irw rec au eive d with great pleasure ; for there will, we are sure , 1 1 hi w hich the value of Mr. Roney's pa is no part of ireyin exertions to promote the prosperity of his triotic and an , " - r as fully appreciated as th e y are gra t e f u lly native land are n° recoz. zroET OF THE H IGHLAND S OCIETY ' S Eria tis'n R m • had a reporter f rom it s es t a bli s h men t a t The A " nes w eatin g of the society h ere, w h o wr it es ra th er the late as to our farmers' adherence to their old imple sneering f his knowledge of agriculture is no better than man ta, u. es to be of arboriculture our countrymen need not it depreciatory tone amiss,he describes . the take his ehesnuts and beeches of the South Inch as " fine elms." I n his report of the dinner, also, he adds the office of Lord Provost of Perth to the other dignities of the Marquis of Breadalbane, commencing his lordship's speech thus The Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Provost of Perth) rose and said I "— North British Mail. Ma. MACALJLA.Y.—Many of our readers will regret to learn that there is not only a chance, but a strong proba bility, that Mr. Macaulay will not take his seat for Edin burgh. It i s con fid en tly reported that the st a t e of his health is such that his medical attendants have advised him to re frain from making any public appearance whatever. Should the story unfortunately prove true, there will, in all likeli hood, be another severe contest for Edinburgh, unless, in deed, some man of transcendent claims be brought forward to unite the suffrages of the great bulk of the Liberal party.— , Aberdeen herald. THE PREROGA - TIVE OFFAICE. To THE EDIToIt OF - THE TINEi. • Sir,—Mr. Moore, the greatest sinecurist in th . king .dew, commenced his let.ter of .the 14th Of Au , us% with these words," T.'let the pubLe „ins) , not be I ;islit 4 on the subject of the - Prer.igatl've-Office, the'emoltihnee it Of my office of Principal Registrar, er the manner in 1 hick thoduties of the office.have b=en fadlieri;"--but he , does not-give the public any id ea of what the outoluniet is of the office are. ile knows that the sum sttelea in, your leading 'article is far below the real 'amount (..f his ;sine cure income, and he is silent upon the subject. He antiquity,merely ad adds, d " , the n t o laf o r- t - patent one ,of rest (any more Haan Any other patentees similarly circumstanced) should be held up by you to public odium, and. made the subject of misrepresentation and exitggerution." These are Mr. Moore's words, and with your pt 'rafts sion I will prove that you have nowt 'been guilty of misrepresentation or exaggeration. —that the emoluments of the office are greater than 705 t have named—that Mr. Moore is in the enjoyment of se o im meese income, and does little or nothing in return and that the Prerogative Court is a disgrace to the (sou fury. Mr. Moore was appointed registrar by hi s fathizr, I kreh bishop Moore, on the 6th of December, 1799. ~80 is then described ies of Christ Church, Oxford-1 to was probably a minor at the time; he is nominated i. x con junction with two other relatives of the same nate e, one .of whom was a prebendary of Canterbury, and the other M.P. forSVoodstock. The fees received by the re.k. ;istrar asin e l n B4 a B ve a r m ag o e un fo t r ed th t e o 5 1, 3 0894 L 6 years :. 63. ince T thed a a k t i e ng of tli tb i s e t; relatives s d h t s o ve pro ve Z i t v h ed e f P rO i In tna tb e e ° Pub hi l ic, office, no less than wills of tboir relatives in this r. 5 77,799 L 4s. 6d. There is not any exaggeration in. th is; M wh o o ore ha s v n e d be l e )i n s c r o e m ia p t neither is there any misrepresentation. In addition to has his been .proportion of the above enormous sum , Mr. Mpore R P e r c e t b o e r nd o a f r a y u o n f t C on aa z t o er y b e u a ry rs 4B years L5O,OOO* Rector o f L tt d aen d en 48 y ea rs 46,000- Making another total of £133,400 117 m uch duty he hag done for thes e sums it would be difficult to define. But to return to the Prerogative. office. Mr. Moore is not the only sinecurist. The office abounds with those happy p eop l e: ne i t h er i s h e the only one of his name. Ho h as a nephew, whom he appo i n t e d " clerk of a seat," the Rev. G. B. Moore, and he received in 1848 2,0401. for doing nothing—paying a deputy. Mr. G. 13. Moore has also the living of Tunstail, near Sittingbourne, worth about 6001, per annum, from which living he has received about 9 ,0001., having been ap pointed in 1837. There are four other seats are called in the office; one, worth 1,7254 6:.-..," as they led., is " held by the three deputy - registrars, and the duty , is done by deputy: another, worth 3,2514 na 3d., is held by two Messrs. Abbot, one of whom perform, the duty, the other doing nothing; and it would be an endless task to detail the enormities of abuses in the Proregenive Court. If any of your readers wish to satisty themselves, let therm look at a Parliamentary paper already brought under the notice of the public in reference to this court and to the Episcopal Court of Wells by Sir Benjamin Hall. It is entitled " Second Report; Fees in Courts of Law," will and is N o . 711 o f t h e sess i on o f, 1 850 . an d the price is 3s. 6d. It is a document well worth perusal. It will there be seen how great is the sinecure patronage of Mr. Moore, who thei teamed public are.t h er robbed d t t s o i n m e e a u k r e i s o t ;;;: h h e e s Y see how s ovmaseteine6odm. incomes—rifioczottifeopruwbloicrkpathyaris.,acantudautyhe will also see the appointmento a ll ow w of onor li ktf i s g in h ilg e lid.—how all the fees are at the maximum, and how the judge was petitioned t because " the great sinecur" " these words of this of his emoluments to p a y . let would not give up any presents To all the faithful in an Act Cbehgriinstniuringtowiwthhom these notwithstandingof seats shall b "great sinecnrist, how, declares that c lerks their duty in person, this Act is set proctors, and do These, and many other wonders ofetthlst nought, court, and of other courts equally vicious in Principl e , they will see, and they will read the report of thendoPle' mittee, of which Mr. Bouverie was chairman, and m oi which the present and the late Attorney-General, M r. Walpole, Mr. Henley, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Sir w. Page Wood, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Hume, Sir .I",,„ vis Graham, and others were members. In this report the gross abuses of the Ecclesiastical Courts are severely animadverted upon, and the whole is summed up in th ese words:—" Your Committee, in conclusion, invite the consideration of the House to the evidence taken before them, which is a proof that the attention of Parliament should be directed without delay to the epplioation of the necessary remedies." And, having read the evidence arhrai-leli leasm officers; cb eeonm:ga,edn:dwtni laehtrakahfiepcnoeshnd:, and the report, your readers will then ask, " Why should these abuses continue, and wby does not Parliament in terfere to save the public from such extortions? " Mr. Moore seems to beg the question, why should he and his court be selected for public consideration in preference to all others? He will find an answer set forth in the report of the Committee in the following words:— " Your Committee have dwelt at some length on the Prerogative Court, partly because it is the Ecclesiastical Court collecting the largest amount of fees, and partly because the mode of their appropriation affords an in stance of a long known and still uncorrected abuse." When the subject was last noticed in the House of Commons by Sir Benjamin Ball, an intimation was given by the present Government that a Bill should be introduced next session; and it is to be hoped that any Legislative proceedings will go to the root of the evil, and that such abominations as the Ecclesiastical... Courts now are may bo swept away. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, _ _ AN EXECUTOR. GREENWICH TIME SIGNALS. The arrangements for transmitting true Greenwich time automatically from the Royal Observatory by electric telegraph are now completed and in practical operation on the South. Eastern Railway. At noon and at four P.M. a single beat or deflection of the telegraph needle is visible at London, Ton bridge, Ashford, Folkestone, and Dover, which repre sents Greenwich mean time. The first time signal from Greenwich was taken experimentally by Mr. C. V. Walker in the clock-room at the London terminus at four P.m., August 5, passing down to Dover. The eleven ex. signal, on August 9, was received at London in the presence of Dr. O'Shlughnessy, of Calcutta ; and the noon signal of the same day in the presence of Mr. Herbert, the secretary of the South- Eastern Railway Company. Since that time experi ments have been daily made, end the necessary ad justments completed; and the daily transmission of time commenced at noon, August 19, and will be continued from day to day. At two rae.. the signal will pass in like manner automatically to stations on the North Kent line ; and arrangements are in pro gress by which all stations on the South-Eastern lines of railway shall have true time at least once a day. The methods of accomplishing this may be readily understood. A treiu of wheels has been cons':,ructed by M. Shepherd, which is kept in motion by Mr. Carter's large clock at the London terminus. Cer tain of thes e w h ee l s carry one or more pins or etude , according to th e number of signals required , hours at which they are required. In the common state of thiege, when these etas are out o f action, re or the wire leading from Greenwich Observatory rests on the wire that will eventually lead to Lothbur yrests the Strand ; and the wire leading from nt' vgr t ainating at on a wire leading to the earth, and te.r l t. m ; d with pa mu , Lon dun ; that is to say, springs t•PPe and the o h other. But and terminating these wires rest on things are now settled, on the approach of noon, wheel that revolves a pin inserted for this hourastbtg:bi ter of springs ; and a Pin in times passes clean once in the hour, which at in thrusts thiseclus contact with the Dover up the springs, now comm e l n utes before the hour, lifts spring, and, at about elkGreenwich wire, at the same time clearing the latter it into contact with the in this position for about 9k from the Lothbury or Strand wire; and it hold o o n necting Dover with Greenwich minutes, thus th e signal' ready to receir ....r. Shepherd's electro-magnetic At Greenwich, lu. It is connected in such a manner clock is ill ! ic e l e ading from London, that precisely on w i t h the -. 11 established between a spring attached to this : r oad of the last minute of the hour a con "l.exi6-.0g..td1:- eanother attached to the ordinary sand-acid wire l''''' i r battery use d tor telegraph purposes, and a signal of instantaneous duration passes. ir. Carter's clock pursues its course, th e p i n passes forward, the Dover wire returns to its pl ace , and the b Y w w ire is again free for telegraphic purposes, until an. other pin arrives and thrusts f o r war d the springs, which, in this case, w ill b e 4 P.M. In respect to th e L o thb ury w i re, this connexion is not yet establi s h e d, b u t w ill b e i n a few will ha ve da s hen the Electri c T e l egrap h Company the ' means of taking a time signal at any of the remaining 21 hours, and having it visible both by dropping the ball that has been erected in the Strand, and by dis tributing it throughout the king d o m va rious lines of railway. om along the THE GREAT CARD -CHEATING CASE. AT BRIGHTON 7 —ln consequence of the conviction of Sill, the attornT 11. t. the Central Crier's' Court, on Tuesday last, Mr• steps Howe, the solicitor, has taken the necessary prelireinr:nm_ towards prosecuting a " writ of error" as regards tn ee r . The tion of Staden and James at the last Lewes petition to the Attorney -General in suPPoinie, .., of the 3• writ of error sets forth that although Staden and to two years' quitted of conspiracy, yet they were sentenced including imprisonment on all the counts of the indic tment, , lengtah and was those for conspiracy. The petition very dstu r day, so that an early filed in the Court by Mr. Rowe, on Eie were ac of error be successful, not the Court of Appeal. If the writ liberated, but the decision only will Staden and James ro be oine. will be favourable to John B TOBACCO ON BOARD day will be appropriated for the writ of error to be argued in SEIZURE OF CONTRABA ND vicrORIA AND ALBERT.—IIIfOf lIER :MAJESTY'S Saturday at the Custom House that besn seized on board her Ma n and Albert, by & - a revenue jesty's steam - Ya cht t l i. It is supposed that some person or officers at Portsmouth• m a qataiaonntiwtyasofretcoebivaceoldo'AOnCiat'o .a the vessel during the late visit of the persons belongi n g r .... shipped the tobacco, Queen to the Antwerp , th p hi belonged to her Majesty, no search doubt, that " I this, however, they were deceived, the made• n . would be goods being duly seized and lodged in the imagining, no contraband gw ehouse at Portsmnouth. The teloaco is warehouse of the first quality. A strict in. Queen's Into the c ircumstances institute , i, • a in cumstances has been .11. vestigatio usual in such cases, the contrabandistas are but, as is MOO! described as