The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

IFFT `~:.~_ THE SUN, LONITON, WEDNESDAY _EVENING, AUGUST 26 9 1546. COURT CIRCULAR. Th e and Prince Albert accompanied by the 1 b rin e° 0 1 Wales and the P r i ncess Royal, and attended J the royal suite, landed yesterday morning from the !al Victoria and Albert yacht, and arrived at Os one House soon after ten o'c:otk. 6 La , 1 1 9 r Royal Highne s s the DucheLs of Kent. attended Anna Maria DaWOll, Baroness de Speth, and vi ir sit George Coup er , Bart., arrived in the afternoon on a • to her Majety. Her Roy al HihnP:s left her Frogmore House at half-pa , t eleven o'clock rsterd ay morning, travelled to the Farnborough sta - Ci, and p roceeded from thence by the S out h-W es t ern lw aY, crossing to the Isle of Wight in the Fairy. Her Majesty w ill h o ld a P r i v y C ounc il to-morrow Thursday) afternoon at Osborne House. Ik ill s Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of I 7eklenb urg Sterelitz left Kew on Monday, for the e°t Wight- His ioyal Highness went to the King ,s,,°e station, an d procee d e d f rom t h ence by th e South stern Railway, Railway. Gper Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left oucester House yesterday afternoon, for her resi u▪ eece at Richmond. eheir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of ierlickbleindbgue; and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of efternoon. g Strelitz, returned to Kew yesterday 1 2 1 . Str a t enus, the Netherlands Charg e d' A ff a i res, h a d i nterview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign-office.oMr. Hume and Mr. Loch had an interview with Earl ley yest,:nsday at the Colonial-office. //o The Com m i ttee on Ed ucat i on o f h er M a j es ty' s Most eourable P r i v y C ounc il h a d a mee ting yesterday afternoon at the Council-office. The Lords present were t he Lord P res i dent, Lord John Russell, S i r George G rey , th• e Chancellor of the Excheauer, the Earl of Auckland, t oe Earl of Clarendon, and Viscount Morpeth. Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted busi tlese yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Bell had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey t the Colonial-office. DEATH' OF THE EARL OF STR ATHMORE. We have to announce the demise of the Earl of ~..'trathmore, which event took place on Saturday last, at golyrood House, Edinburgh. The deceased, Thomas Lyon Bowes, Earl of Strath. 111 4 ,csre and Kinghorn, Viscount Lyon and Lord Glamis, ."•_ lll3 nadyce, Sydlaw, and Stradictie, in the Peerage of .4uotlane, was born on the 3d of May, 1773, and sue riled to the family honours on the 3d of July, 1820. 0l Lord s hi p was th rice married: first in 1800, to Mary Getzlheth Louisa Rodney, only daughter and heir of in l ge Carpenter, Esq., of Redbourne, Herts, who died latelli; secondly, in 1812, to Eliza, daughter of the 181 7 -(l 'onel Northcote; and thirdly, after her death in „ id t. Marianne, daughter of John Cheape, Esq., and th e ° R A ' Sir Alexander Campell, of Ordkinglass. By da tc ,7, r , s t marriage his Lordship had issue a son and ni ar ' r r,". The former, Thomas George Lord Glamis, st ea d e ,u , in 1820, Charlotte, daughter of Charles Grin sow ' and died in January, 1834, leaving issue two o „alia One daughter, the eldest of whom, Thomas hi e s 'b e, a Lieutenant in the Ist Life Guards, succeeds tgrandather. with Y o a ti i ngular coincidence, Sir John Paul , in whom others, the castle and estates of Glamis have been fared since the year 1820, by the will of the tenth Earl, the7,enniulation, arrived in Edinburgh, on his way to t rtle, with Lord Glamis, now Earl of Strathmore, Th e very day of his Lordship's death. th e Present Earl of Strathmore succeeds at once to of / l at ates of his grandfather, in London and the county tr u , t el ls, and in the year 1850, at the expiration of the estate to the ancient Castle of Glamis and the large s surrounding the same. (I' A RLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. r ° ll l tlae Vtes and Proceedinps of the House of Commons.) Messes TUESDAY, AUG 25. to Wh ichges from the Lords brought up the following Bills, their Lordships have agreed A _Leunnatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill—New Zealand Loan Act jeivadin, ent Bill —Income-tax Deduction Bill—Naval ln 8 14 r3 y D e partments Bill—Turnpike Roads(lre a d)Bill Orel, Licenses and Duties Bill—Baths and Washhouses ) Bill—Public Works Commissioners (Ireland) Bill pauper Works, Fisheries, &c., Bill—Lunatic Asylums and CoJ er Lunatics Bill—House of Commons Offices Bill— gt3; Works Presentments (Ireland —No . 2) Bill—Com a) nloure (No. 3) Bill—Public Works ( Ireland—No. Works and Fisheries Bill—Dublin Wide laZets Bill— Exclusive Privilege of Trading Abolition (Ire- Inept) Lill— Amendments to Marriages (Ireland) Act Amend 13ill—CorkandWaterford Railway Bill—Sir Richard fail:l3lls' Estate Bill—Duke of Norfolk's Estate Bill—Mac- Pitai li f , (Glasgow College) Estate Bill—Virgin amend-os nletit“l,,ewcastle-upon-Tyne) Estate Bill, witho.ut Com reek and Salvage Bill—British Possessions Bill— A", Diseases Bill—South Devon Railway (No. 2 ", ndnaent and Branches) Bill, with amendments. SPORTINU IN TELL IGENCE. have EGHAM RACES — TUESDAY. hav e nominations for the events, that for a long period 4 , l tlio n 'amed the st a pl e o f th e m eetings on Runnymede, trie ijrh admitted to be an improvement on the average of eotri;‘ Silt or eight years, were ill supported by the plate ;he ,od the list generally contrasted unfavourably w _h 14,014:taorie bill of fare so recently offered in the north, f eebl e ,out small inducement to sporting men, and but I°o - 7 ) , : ei a :tractions to the customary attendants at races on asse nlb ,' °Hit. Still the weather was so favourable that the indiZ liege was larger than we had expected ; the sport was . ob el ent, and so well was the advertised time of starting to S erlred, that by a few minutes before four it was brought thea conclusion. We can promise better things for to-day ; programme comprises a two-year-old stakes with eight nominations, the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, for which Ave Or six will run, the Queen's Plate, with two entries, '(Wolfdog and the Hero,) in additicn to those already made Public • the Amateur Stakes, in heats, for gentlemen r id ers , Western B ; , e 'en Public; entries; and the Egham Stakes, to which the South Company have very liberally contributed 201., this has four and will be run in heats. Owing to the number of events the first race will be run at one o'clock Jecisely. Ile Magna Charta Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added Por three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Win ners of any stakes of 1001. each 7lbs extra, of the Derby. 101 bs extra ; maidens at starting alllowed 51b. Old mile. ( 7 Subs. rCoHeat) unt hcote's Japan (Chapple) 1 Battliyany's Muster .. 4 " 1 „ • Death's Thrapston . 3 % Vain Marten nd Camelia etti lg-7 . t0 4 agst Thrapston, and 2 to 1 agst Japan. k "'en by three lengths; Thrapston a bad third. Devil. loft ; weight for age. One mile—Mr. Dyson's 6 t v o ll " t°-P ay , 5 yrs (Nat), beat Mr. Oldaker's The Witch.— ,„, 4on Devil to Pay, who won as he liked. ' lle Gold Cup of 1201. (in specie), by subscription of 10 sovs. " 4 i; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be Id for 4 00/. ; three yrs old, 7st ; four yrs, fist 71b ; five ; SiX and age d, 9 s t 31b ; mares , & c ., a ll owe d 3lbs. Mr, d' oh ni iLes. (12 Subs.) Lord E "s Bourton, 3 yrs ... (A. Day) 1 Sir Ex Days Sister to Pergularia, 5 yrs e,hathcote's Japan, 3 yrs G i'-",ichmond's Red Deer, 5 yrs ~The- -` „ agst Bourton and 5 to 2 each agst the others. %vas between the first two all the way, Bourton a l e , tl g p lat gth, t he running, and winning rather cleverly, by half _ B l. ;v e e o e f nx t i ,•• given by the County Members, added to a 3 ' -- cuies of 5 sovs. each ; three yrs old, 6st 121 b ; 3 fo l u b r . 41 8 9 Bst 71b ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9 heat h allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for t 200/ Sir S. o ' s, two miles. (3 Subs.) Cou„ . 4 " - ;PrY's f. by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs 1 1 44.-s•zatthyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs Thompson nd Barmy Lass, s _Yr s dis Even on Mast er St e pn e y. Won in a canter. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) Th e p re STOURBRIDGE RACES.—MONDAY.• stwood Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats, :r. Sillubb's one mile and a half. (4 Subs.) Il r. avenport's Florine 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Denman) 3 1 1 Hyacint , yrs, 7st Th r e • Pc,arr's Felix, 3 y h rs, i 7st 41b lib 1 2 2 3 1 dr n?!ourbridge Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 2 ft, if declared, with t t ..•)/ a . added. Mile and a quarter. (34 Subs, 19 paid.) 1 4. -1' . rr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, 7st 91b iirr -Fltntoff's The Rhine, 6 yrs, 7st • Fryer nd Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, sst 61b Th 3 A t . -...e following also ran :—Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 1 1 ,'•d• Knight's Jolly Beggar, and Mr. hooks Buttress. 'e Stand Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs.) Sir C. C oc kerell's Amazon, 3 yrs, Est lllb (J. Sharpe) 1 1 r• Davies' Kitty Wee, 4 yrs, Bst 41 b. *r. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 41 18 East Worcestershire Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 80 added. Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.) lir. Barton's Reliance, 4 yrs, 7st 41b i i. r • Whitehouse's Charlotte, 3 yrs, Est 31 b ',qr. Jones's Sailor, aged, Bst 31b 3 3 dr BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. THE LEAMINGTON STASES.-3 to 1 agst Mongrel, 7to 1 agst Roderick. to S I• LEGER.-5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (taken)-15 ta agst The Traverser (taken)-15 to 2 agst Brocardo-11 t o , agst F anc y Boy (taken)-14 to 1 agst Grimston-15 Er ' aROt ga Poynton (taken)-15 to 1 agst Sting-20 to 1 agst '-Bragh. Tb ROWING MATCH. -e scullers' contest between Loader and Blinkoe, two zeateurs, came off yesterday, and terminated, in conse ta:Lee of an accident happening to the latter, in favour of arai t ",!r; The distance was from Chelsea-bridge to Hammer thj" °ridge, and the stake 101. aside. Loader went off with hart ea tl3d, closely pressed by his adversary, and off the White ~ boats fouled, Loader at the time retaining a slight th e , Is linkoe, whose boat's head was upon the quarter of eat ()13 er'e, went to clear himself by a smart stroke, but fue lling a crab was thrown out of his boat. Loader conti his „ A ° ,°.and won, although his adversary, having resumed dree a "n the boat, rowed after, and came up within a hun• Yards of hi m at the winning-post. Mira.—On —On I tti 4jllEA nytrt ACCIDENT IN A POWDER . 0 Way morning, about half-past eight o'clock, a on n earg e l leererrrence took place at the Karnes powder- 11 powder-mills, s Wera just ab e ,Y, side of the Kyles of Bute. The workmen th e ' to commence operations in the corning -house, where eotsPeoivder undergoes the operation of sieving, and where d hen by sonic ' aoat e ci o tien tin a large quantity is gathere N building was in a Ino_ ountable accident, this portion of the fi -a in number, el: r e t blown into the air. The workmen, Wered the fate of the building; and their mutilate r d emains who , tas found scattered at a great distance. A workman bet • at some distance, although severely bruised, is Still alive,ll b av i i s not expected to survive. The scene is described to be 0 been awfully grand. The report was so loud as ; Ip it Zd at Inverary, a distance of forty miles.—Edinburg h ur9l TU E 1) tow; , 14ALLOON Rem—The " Albion" and " Corona kl. _._ nail U r , ° ens, which ascended on Monday night, with Mr. G ree „ - een, the veteran aeronaut, and his brother, Mr. H. I)itto-' made their safe descents—the former at Thames ore, n; and the latter at Kingston—the former having, there eietepne the greater distance. Mr. C. Green was ably as -1)4,4'3; bY the inhabitants, and subsequently was most !los boure entertained by Mr. Walker, a farmer of the neigl.l - Air. H. Green, unfortunately, met with aW hy thception, as his machine was very roughly handled usage, tovnie People of Kingston, find suffered very serious t urn, '` u- r• C. Green arrived a t the Gardens, on his re -111,1 is a out eleven o'clock, and he was soon after followed by oher, POOR EMPLOYMEN _IRE LAND. A BILL TO FACILITATE TriE EMPLOI MEET OF THE L 'RING POOR FOR A LIMITED PERIOD IN DISTRESSED DIS TRIM'S IN IRELAND. [NOTE.—The words inserted in italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] Whereas by reason of an arprehended failure of a portion of th. potato crop of the present season of Ire land, it is expedient to make provision for facilitating and encouraging the employment of the poor in districts *here distress may prevail. Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in the pre sent Parliament assembled, and the authority of the same, that whenever, on representation of the existence of distress in any district, it may seem expedient to the Lord-Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, that an extraordinary presentment sessions for any barony, half barony, county of a city or county of a town in Ireland, the county of the city of Dublin ex cepted, should assemble and make presentments for the execution of public works in such district, it shall be lawful for the Lord-Lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, from time, to time, by a notice to be published in the Dublin Gazette, and also in one or more newspapers circulating in the respective district, and of which notice copies shall be posted in the usual places for posting public grand jury notices in such dis trict, to direct and require that an extraordi nary presentment sessions for such barony, baronies, half barony, half baronies, county of a city or county of a town, as the case may be, shall meet and assemble at such place or places in such district for the purposes of this Act, on such day or days and hours as shall be specified in such notice, not being sooner than ten nor later than fifteen days after the pub lication of such notice in the Gazette as aforesaid; and it shall and may be lawful for every justice of the peace for the county, county of a city, or county of a town respectively, not being a stipendiary magistrate, to attend, and such justices respectively, and the cess payers associated with them respectively, as hereinafter mentioned, are hereby required to assemble and hold such extraordinary presentment sessions respectively, for the purposes of this Act, in such place or places,.and t such time or times, as shall have been so appointed. And be it enacted, that the justices or justice present at every such extraordinary presentment sessions, together with the number of the cess payers appointed by the grand jury at the then preceeding assizes of the county, county of a city or county of a town in which such sessions shall be held, to be associated with the ustices at the ordinary presentment sessions to be holden next after such assizes for the purposes of an Act passcd in the 6th and 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty king William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to consoli date and amend the laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland," for the barony or half barony, or the county of a city or county of a town, as the case may be, for which such extraordi nary presentment sessions shall be holden, shall constitute such extraordinary presentment sessions ; and the pro visions contained in the said recited Act of the sixth and sexenth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, relative to the selection of a chairman and of the cess payers to be associated with the justices or justice at presentment sessions, and to the casting voice of such chairman, shall, so far as the same are applicable extend to such extraordinary presentment sessions under this Act, and the secretary of the grand jury and the county surveyor or surveyors shall attend thereat; and also an officer or person appointed by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, if the said Lord-Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors shall so think fit to direct. And be it enacted, that any such extraordinary pre sentment sessions are hereby authorised and required to make presentments for such public works within the district for which such sessions shall be held as they may think fit, specifying in all such presentments the maxi mum amount which shall be raised for the execution of any such work, and the San extraordinary present ment sessions shall sit from day to day until all the business which may come before them of the nature hereby described be dispatched, or may adjourn for any period not exceeding three days; and every such pre sentment so made by such sessions shall be as valid and effectual for the purposes of this Act as if the same had been duly presented by the grand jury, and fiatod by the court at any assizes or presenting term. And be it enacted, that the chairman at such sessions shall cause to be made out, and shall sign with his name a schedule of all works which shall have been duly approved and presented at such sessions respectively, and shall deposit such schedule with the secretary of the grand jury of such county county of a city or county of a town, who within three days shall transmit to the Lord-Lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, a copy, signed by himself, and verified by his declaration before a justice of the peace, of such schedule of works so presented at such presentment sessions. and it shall be lawful for the said Lord-Lieutenant or other chief governor or governors, if he or they shall so think fit, to cause the same, or copies thereof, respectively to be reported upon by the Commissioner of Public Works, and to be afterwards transmitted to the CommissiOners of her Majesty's Treasury for their sanction or approval. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury from time to time, to authorise the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to execute the said works so presented and specified in any such schedule of works, or such of the said works, or such part of them, as the said Commis sioners of the Treasury shall think fit, at and for the amount so presented for each such work respectively or proportionate part of it ; and it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of the Treasury to advance and place at, the disposal of the said Commissioners of Public Works the several and respective sums of money so presented for each and every such work, or proportionate part of it, so authorised to be by them executed, to be by the said Commissioners of Public Works applied and expended respectively to and for and in the execution of the said several and respective works so to be executed by them, and to be accounted for to the said Commis sioners of the Treasury. . And be it enacted, that the said Commissioners of Public Works shall, upon the receipt of any such war rant of the said Commissioners of the Treasury, cause the execution or construction of any such respective works therein authorised to be proceeded with, subject nevertheless to such directions as they may from time to time receive from the same Lord-Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, and shall for such purpose have and use all such powers and authori ties as they are by any of the Acts now in force for the extension and promotion of public works in Ireland in vested with for the construction whereof a grant shall have been sanctioned by the said Commissioners of the Treasury, and also all rights, powers, authorities and privileges of any county surveyor or contractor acting under and by the virtue of the said Act passed in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to conso lidateisnd amend the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland." And be it enacted, that the several county surveyors in Ireland, and their assistants, do and shall, from and after the passing of this Act, in addition to all their other duties, obey, perform and execute, either alone or oon jointly with or subject to the direction of any other per son or persons to be appointed for that purpose by the slid Commissioners of Public Works, all such orders and directions as the Commissioners of Public Works shall from time to time transmit to them, or any of them, re specting the planning, laying out, superintending, or overseeing any such work or works within their re spective counties, as shall be specified in and by such orders or directions, or the disbursing any such sums of money which shall be placed at his or their dis posal for that purpose, and cause to be expended on such works so presented, any sums not exceed ing the respective sums presented for the same respectively, and for such purposes shall have power, subject to such directions as aforesaid, to employ suffi cient workmen, either at reasonable wages, or by task work, and also an overseer for each such work, if he shall deem such overseer to be necessary, at reasonable wages, sanctioned by the said Commissioners of Public Works, and shall account to the said Commissioners of Public Works for the execution of such respective works, and for the expenditure thereon, and for the sums advanced to him for such works ; and all and every the powers and authorities or provisions given or contained in the Acts for consolidating and amending the laws relating to the presentment of money by grand juries in Ireland, with reference to the execution of works thereunder, shall, as far as the same are appli cable, extend and apply to the excecuting of such works as aforesaid by the county surveyor or his assistants ; and any such county surveyor or surveyors or assistants (in addition to his or their usual salary), shall, in con sideration of such employment for the purposes of this Act, receive such further remuneration as the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors shall deem fit and sufficient. And be it enacted, that the moneys from time to time to be advanced pursuant to the provisions of this Act, by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, for the execution of any works under this Act, in any county, county of a city, or county of town shall be repaid by grandjury presentments by half-yearly instalments not less than four and nor exceeding twenty in number, as the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury shall direct, with interest at the rate of three pounds ten shil lings per centum per annum; and the Commissioners of Public Works shall from time to time certify to the secretary of the grand jury of each such county, county of a city, or county of a town, in which respectively such works shall have been executed, the amount of the in stalment or instalments so to be repaid ; and each such secretary of the grand jury shall lay such certificate be fore the grand jury of such county, county of a city, or county of a town, at the next assizes or presenting term after he shall receive the same ; and it shall be lawful for every such gi and jury, and they aro hereby required to present the sum mentioned in every such certificate relating to such county, county of a city, or county of a town, to be raised and levied in the manner hereinafter mentioned off the respective baronies or half baronies, county of a city or county of a town in respect whereof the works for which any such moneys shall be so advance' by the said Commissioners shall have been presented; and the treasurer of such county, county of a city, or county of a town, shall pay the sum so pre • sented by the grand jury, when and as by him received, into the B ink of Ireland, to the credit of the paymaster of civil services, on account of loans under this Act, or in such other manner as the said Commissioners of the Treasury shall direct: Provided always, That such Treasurer shall issue a separate warrant for the levy of the sum mentioned in any such certificate; and if the grand jury of any county county of a city, or county of a town shall fail to pre sent the sum, or any part thereof contained in any such certificate, relating to such county, county of a city, or county of a town, the treasurer of such county, county of a city, or county of a town, shall and he is hereby k acquired to insert such sum, or such omitted part there- inof, such separate warrant for raising, such moneys as if such sum had been duly presented by such grand , jury, to be ra;sed in manner hereinafter me n t io n ed nil the respective baronies or half baronies props ray charge able therewithail as aforesaid, or county of a city, or county of a town (as the case may be) and the same shall be raised and levied off such barony or half barony. county of a city, or county of a town (as the case may be) accordingly as if the same had been so presented ; and the said treasurer shall pay over the amount by him received as hereinbef ore provided in the case of such money being presented by the grand jury. And be it enacted, that any sum of money so to be raised and levied off any barony, half barony, county of city or county of a town under the provisions of this Act shall be charged upon, and applotted, raised and levied upon and from the occupiers of, and other persons rateable in respect of lands and hereditaments within such barony, half barony, county of a city or county of a town respectively, and rated under the then last pre ceding rate or rates made, or from time to time made in respect of' the same, under the provisions of an Act of the first and second years of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Irelanfi," and any Act amending the same, and shall be payable by the respective ratepayers, who under the said last preceding rate or rates shall have paid or contributed or been liable to pay or contribute rate in respect of property in such barony, half barony, county of a city or county of a town, a ccording to the several valuations and proportions according to which respectively such last preceding rate or rates shall. have been so made, charged upon and payable by the rate-payers in respect of such lands or hereditaments respectively ; and any such sum of money shall be assessed and levied by the respective collector of grand jury cess for such barony, half barony or plea', as a poundage assessment equally upon the net annual value, of the several lands and hereditaments within such barony, half barony, county of a city or county of a town respectively, rated as aforesaid, as such net annual value shall have been stated in such last pre ceding rate or valuation as aforesaid ; and on receipt of the respective county treasurer's warrant as aforesaid, such collector is hereby authorised and required to levy the money therein mentioned ; and such money shall and may be collected and levied, sued for and recovered, by such and the same ways and means as any grand jury c* ss, or the money applotted on the several persons liable to pay any grand jury cess, may be collected and levied, and with like powers, authorities and privileges to any such collector, as in case of the levying of any grand jury cess. The tenth clause authorises the grand jury collector to take a copy of the last made rate from the rate-book. And be it enacted, That when any person occupying such lands or hereditaments within any such district shall be liable to pay a rent in respect of the same, he may deduct from such rent, for each pound of the rent which he shall be liable so to pay, one-half of the sum which be shall have paid as such assessment in respect of each pound of the net annual value (whether such rent shall be greater or less than such net annual value), and so in proportion for any less sum than a pound. And be it enacted, That where any person receiving rent in respect of any such rateable property within such district, shall also pay a rent in respect of the same, he shall be entitled to deduct from the rent so paid by him a sum bearing such a proportion to the amount of such assessment deducted from the rent received by him as ti the rent paid by him bears to the rent received by him : Provided always, That every lessor assessed instead of any occupier of rateable property shall be entitled to de duct from any rent paid by him in respect of such pro perty a sum bearing such a proportion to one-half of the assessment on such property as the rent paid by him bears to the net annual value of such property. The third clause empowers the grand jury to present for the payment of the secretary and collectors such sums as may be deemed compensatory for their additional labour. - And be it enacted, That when any public work shall be presented or executed under the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any occupier or owner of any ground taken and occupied for the purpose of such work to demand and obtain from the officer of the said Com missioners of Public Works or the county surveyor, as the case may be, by whom such work shall have been or shall be executed, a eertificate under his hand, which such officer or surveyor is hereby required to give, stating the quantity of ground belonging to such occupier or owner which shall have been so taken and occupied for the purpose of such work, and an estimate of the average annual value of such ground, the tenure of such occupier or owner thereof, and an estimate of the total damage sustained by him or either of them by the taking and occupying of such ground for the purpose of such work; and upon giving or tendering such certificate it shall be lawful for such officer or surveyor as aforesaid to proceed in the execution of such work without interruption of any person; and it shall be lawful for any such owner or occupier, or either or each of them, giving ten days' previous notice to the secretary of the grand jury, to make application to the grand jury at the assizes next following the giving of such certificate, or the next subsequent assizes, for the amount of such damages specified in such certificate, whereupon it shall be lawful fur the grand jury to present, without previous applica ticn to presentment sessions, such sum or sums of money, for the use of such owner or occupier, or each of them, as the case may be, in respect to the damage sus tained by him, as they, upon inspection of such certifi cite, shall deem reasonable to be raised off the barony or half barony in which such ground shall be situated, and to such presentment -no traverse shall be allowed .or received ; but in case such owner or occupier shall not think fit to make such application to the grand jury, it shall be lawful for him, at the assizes next following the giving of the said certificate, or at th 3 next subsequent assizes, upon giving Ten days' notice, previously tlf such assizes, to the secretary of the grand jury, of the amount of damages intended to be claimed, to have a traverse for damages entered in the crown book in respect of such damage sustained by him; and thereupon such traverse shall be tried in like man ner and like proceedings shall be had, and like present ment made in respect of the same, and subject to like provisions, as far as the same can be applied, as in the cases of traverses entered for damages under the Acts for consolidating and amending the laws relating to the presentment of public moneys by grand juries in Ireland. Clause 15 is the usual interpretation clause; and Clause 16 enacts that no sessions can be holden under the Act after the 15th day of August, 1847. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.—The weather con inues very unsettle d. The intervals of sunshine and dry weather during the week have been few, but every advantage has been taken of them to push forward the labours of the harvest. A considerable breadth of crop has accordingly fallen before the sickle. Wednesday was a charming day, but yesterday was gloomy and drizzly in the extreme. Harvest wages are still high, and labourers scarce. We observe that the East Lothian farmers have been paying 18s. to 1/. per week, with victuals. Considerable quanties of oats have been cut in that quarter with the scythe, at 95., including gathering and binding, and without victuals. From the same district we have the inauspicious intelligence of a destructive disease in the bean crop, which is thus described in the Mercury:—" Many fields are already as black as they generally are in the end of October, and when the pods are opened, there is found on many of the immature beans a black speck, not larger than the head of a pin, on each side of the plumule. As the affected bean advances and darkens in colour, the spots become invisible, but on examination the bean is found to be tainted through its whola substance of a dull yellowish brown colour; the vegetative power has evidently been destroyed, and when boiled they remain hard and tough. The roots of the diseased plants are in general knotty, and exhibit numerous minute whitish-coloured tubers." Harvest is now general throughout the country. In the nothern counties, says the Inverness Courier, it is " interrupted only by unfavourable weather, or the difficulty of ob taining shearers. Yesterday (Tuesday) rain fell during nearly the whole day, to the discomfiture of many hun dreds of farmers and labourers,:who were ready to com mence operations in the corn field. On Monday a great deal of barley and oats was cut down, and several flue fields of wheat." In the Carse of Stirling the weather, more than any want of reapers, obstructed the progress of harvest. The Observer of yesterday says—" A great part of the beans is cut, and also a considerable quantity of wheat, but very little barley, and still less oats. The Perthshire Advertiser of yesterday men tions that " a day foul and a day fair is the rule ; nevertheless, the stocks on the hairat rig' are in creasing in number, and the farmers evidently seizing every propitious moment for cutting down their golden treasure. Indeed, on Monday last, some persons were observed busy • leading' on the banks of the Tay, a little below Newburgh, apparently determined to place their produce beyond the teach of the changeable weather, by safely stowing it under ths,ck and rape.' " In Ayrshire the wages of reapers have run up as high as 3s. Bd. a day. In Kilmarnock, on Monday, 3s. 2d. was given, and on Wednesday as. 6d. In Maybole, on Monday, wages varied from 3s. to 3s. Bd. On Wednesday shearers were engaged in Irvine at from 3s. to 3s. 6d. In Girvan, 3s. and 3s. 6d. can easily be got. In Colmonell, reapers are exclusive of victuals, besides from the field. The harvest in receiving being conveyeds . and to 3 s ti.n 6 d cl. ' Ayrshire is proceeding slowly, owing to the obstacles of bad weather and paucity of hands. THE HARVEST IN OXFORD:HIRE. During the past week we have been visited with frequent and heavy rains, which have had a most prejudicial affect upon harvest operations. The wheat is nearly all housed, and from information derived from nearly all parts of the country, it is gratifying to know that the crop has been quite an average one and that the quality is rather superior. There is a great deal of barley cute and only waiting for fine weather to get it ricked. The crop is considered rather deficient, and very inferior in quality to that of last year, and unless we very soon have fine weat ther, there will be very little good malting barley in many fields in this county will only be fit for the pigs. Oats are abundant, but, the bean crop his very bad. The late rains have proved very beneficial to the turnip lands, which are looking remarkably well, and also to the meadows and pasture land. The crop of Lattermath is exceedingly thick, and promises a heavy crop. Several meadows near Oxford are already cut. The potato disease is developing itself to a most-alarm ing and fearful extent. Wheat rose yesterday (Satur day) in Oxford market, 6d. per bushel. During the present week, we regret to say, the wea ther in this neighbourhood has been such as materially to retard the labour of cutting and housing the crops. With the exception of Sunday, every day since Saturday last has been showery, and at times the rein has fallen very heavily. Yesterday the wea ther was pleasanter, and although a little, rain fell, and the sky was cloudy throughout the day, there were tokens of a change to fine weather. Should such be the case, the farmers will be working double tides next week, feeling tea they do that there is now no time to lose : the potato blight will, no doubt, add to their anxiety for their other crops.—Manchester Examin. r. INVERNESS.—Tire weather, we may say for the week, has, been the most unfavourable we could have had at this season of the year. We can complain very little, howeVer, in this neighbourhood, beyond the stop put by the rain to cubing down. It has not yet been so weighty as to occasion material damage, further than what a few days of good weather would repair. Still it is disheartening, when activity should every where prevail, to be cinspelled to submit to listless idleness and delay. This, though the danger be not evidently near, may bring it eventually. The rains we have had about town were neither alarming nor con stant, and perhaps were rather provoking than either. In the south, we see the same complaints exist, of " changeable weather, rainy and dry days having alter nated almost regularly." Our correspondent in Bade noch writes:—" Further continuance of rain, which we have often in torrents, will cause incalculable loss and in jury where it has not done it already. This same day (18th), with a storm of wind and rain, is more like a day in Octoter or November, than this early period." This corresponds with reports which we have from various quarters. The crops still continue to hold well to the eye. There will be no loss in this quarter if the heavy August rains, so frequent, be no severer than they have been hitherto. In the upper districts great loss has been sustained. The authority shove quoted says, " The crops, which we thought not long since would have been stinted by extreme heat, are, iu many places, laid level with the -ground, without any prospect of its ever rising. In some places clover hay is still on the fields. The natural hay is all uncut, and some of the best in this country is irrecoverably lost by spets which cover the meadows with mud." The potato dis ease has now unhappily established its reign in this vicinity, and our correspondent thus describes it as it is in that quarter, " There is no denying the disease is making rapid strides among the potatoes here." It is yet more prevalent in the parish of Laggan, the highest parish in Scotland, where it made its appearance in several places at the same time ; but during the last few days, it is supposed, that no other parts of the country are visited by it. He proceeds—" Nothing can exceed such of the oats as are approaching to ripeness, and the grain promises 'to be of good quality. The here crop is very deficient in many places, owing, it is sup posed, to the extreme heat which continued so long be fore the rain came. That, and if the potatoes are de stroyed, as at present threatened, this part of the High lands will feel its share of inconvenience, however safely the harvest may be got in."—lnvernas Journal. THE LATE DEATH OF A CLER- GYMAN IN ST. rANCRAS. Yesterday, pursuant to adjournment from the previ ous Tuesday, a special and very fully-attended meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Pan cras, took place in the Board-room of the workhouse, King's-road, for the purpose of proceeding with ther investigation into the case of the Rev. Charles Cay, whose death took place under the melancholy and mys terious circumstances already laid before the public. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. M‘Gahey, the clerk to the Board, had been instructed to make inquiries into the way in which the Rev. Charles Cay had become an inmate of University Hospital, and how he came into St. Pancras Workhouse, and they had better now hear his evidence. Mr. M'GAHEY stated that Dr. Quain said that the Rev. Charles Cay was brought there by Mr. Montague Cooper and Mr. George Cooper, of Keppel-street. This was on the Saturday when he was away, and on the fol lowing Monday morning he found him raving mad; that Mr. T. H. Cooper, the parish surgeon, called in about a woman who was there, and that on his showing Mr. Cay to Mr. Cooper, the latter recognised him as a client .of his brother's, and there being a card over his head, with time address on, " Wilmot -street, Fitzroy Chapel," but afterwards rectified, " W ilmot-street, Brunswick-square," Mr. Cooper wrote a note to the overseer fir his imme diate admittance into that workhouse. The CHAIRMAN considered it quite clear that the Rev. Gentleman improperly became an inmate of that work house through the misrepresentation of Mr. T. H. Cooper, the parish surgeon, to the overseer. If Mr. Cooper, the solicitor, had anything to offer in explana tion of what he might consider imputed pn his conduct, the board would be ready to hear him. Mr. WILLIAM DANANT COOPER said Mr. Montague Cooper and Mr. George Cooper, of Keppel-street, were the persons who took the deceased to the hospital. They were no relations of his, nor did he know anything about the occurrence until Tuesday, the 4th, the day on which the Bev. Mr. Cay was admitted to the workhouse from the hospital, and when he received a note inform ing him of the fact. He sent a verbal reply back, to the effect that Mr. Cay was a man without much money, and the best thing was to deal legally with him and send him to Hanwell. He did this, fully believing that the Rev. Gentleman belonged to the parish of St. Pan cras, and as a proof of it, even so late as Monday last, the letters of administration described the Rev. Gentle man as late of that parish. He also produced the cheque alluded to. which was on Messrs. Robarts and and Co. for 3,000 L, dated the 11th of October, 1825, and the bankers' book, which proved the money had been received, and the Rev. Gentleman's account closed the following day. The CHAIRMAN said, after the statement of Mr. W. D. Cooper, together with his production of the cheque and bankers' book, there could not, he thought, be the" slightest impression that he had acted in any way im properly in the matter, and he had no doubt the public press would set him right with the public. The Board then proceeded to investigate the conduct of Mr. T. H. Cooper, the workhouse surgeon, in the affair. _ _ _ Mr. T. H. COOPER complained, in defending himself, of the course the Board had thought proper to pursue, in sending for letters behind his back, and the injury inflicted upon his character by the publication in the papers. After a long and rigid investigation and discussion, in which same of the members of the Board declared that it was clear that Mr. T. H. Cooper had used undue in fluence with the overseer to get the Rev. Mr. Cay into that workhouse, and others considered he had only com mitted an error of judgment, A resolution disapproving of his conduct was passed. Mr. Cooper was then called before the Board and ad monished by the Chairman, who expressed his opinion that the resolution was an extremely moderate one, and he hoped that Mr. Cooper would feel the force of it. The proceedings connected with this protracted and extraordinary case then terminated. CARBONIC ACID GAS IN STEAM BOILERS. An extraordinary occurrence has taken place within the month in the boilers of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's steamer Montrose, .at Southampton. The vessel having been laid up for repair, made a trial trip to the mouth of the Southampton river, and about forty- eight hours after her return, when the boilers and machinery were all cold, a man, who was sent into the boiler for some purpose, suddenly fell down, as it was thought, in a fit. The alarm being given, the engineer of the vessel went in to bring him out, but no sooner had he reached the lower region of the boiler, than he too fell down in a state of insensibility. Fortunately, Mr. Lamb, the engineer of the company, happened to be on board, and he immediately dispatched in another person with a rope round his waist, so that he might at once be pulled out if similarly affected; but this person, on being lowered down, immediately became senseless, and had to be drawn up again with all possible dispatch. As there happened to be a man-hole door directly over the fur naces, Mr. Lamb caused this door to be instantly re moved, and no sooner was this done, than the men within the boiler begari to revive. They were then taken out through the lower man-hole without inconve nience, and, after a little spirits had been administered, they perfectly recovered. Our opinion having been requested as to the cause of this mysterious occurrence, we have tested some of the water taken from the river at Southampton, and upon pouring some of it into lime-water, a flocculent precipi tate was abundantly deposited, showing the existence of a large quantity of carbonic acid in the water. We have here, then, an explanation of the mystery. The effects produced were precisely those due to the presence of carbonic acid, and, as the whole of the water in the boiler was taken out of the river, without being diluted by cater from the sea, it is not difficult to understand how the carbonic acid gas might accumulate in the boiler SO as to produce the effects observed. When the boiler was blown off it would contain a mixture of carbonic acid and steam. The steam would be condensed as the boiler cooled, leaving the carbonic acid, on which the entering air, being lighter, would float. Had the mud hole doors been opened, as well as the man-hole door in the top of the boiler, the carbonic acid could not have remained in the boiler, for, being heavier than ',air, it will run out of a hole in the bottom of a vessel in the same manner as water. It is very expedient, therefore, that in all steam-vessels entering the port of Southamp ton, or any other river the water of which holds much vegetable matter in suspension, the mud-hole doors should be for some time removed, and the man-hole, or safety-valve, be for some time left open before any one ventures into the boiler; and before venturing he should lower a light.—Artizan. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TITESDAY.—The royal yacht, with her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family On board, accompanied by the Fairy and the Garland steam._ packet, hove in sight round Egypt Point, West Cowes, at half-past nine o'clock this morning the yacht having the royal standard at her main. The squadron pro; ceeded off Osborne-pier. Her Majesty descended into the barge at 58 minutes past nine A.M., when the standard was struck on board the yacht and hoisted on the staff on the summit of the new tower at Osborne. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite, landed at Osborne-pier at five minutes past ten. The royal yacht and the Fairy anchored in Cowcs Roads after the debarkation of the royal party. The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master =ruder Cook, arrived this morning from Plymouth, and came into harbour to replenish fuel, prior to proceeding to Rotterdam for the Queen Dowager. The Netley tender arrived yesterday with supernu meraries from Devonport, and returned the same day. The Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Aplin, left to-day for Woolwich, to be paid off, taking a umber, ofsupernumeraiies. ale Fairy royal yacht, with Commander Crispin on board, came into harbour this afternoon from Cowes, to embark her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and convey her to Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert, whose birthday will be celebrated to morrow, Her Royal Highness arrived in the Clarence yard at 5 minutes past 3 in her Majesty's state carriage, per special train on the South-Western Railway, and was received by Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, the Com mander-in• Chief; Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.8., Captain-Superintendent Carter, R.N., and the officers of the Clarence-yard, the chief officers of the South-Western Railway Company, and other officers. Her Royal Highness took the arm of Sir Charles Ogle, who conducted her to his barge, which was steered alongside the Fairy, on board which her Royal Highness and suite embarked at 12 minutes past 3 o'clock, and left the harbour 10 minutes afterwards under royal salutes from the Victory and platform bat- tery; and as the Fairy crossed the Swash the Nort i la Star at Spithead also saluted. A few minutes after 4 her Royal Highness and suite arrived at Osborne. The Curlew, 10, has been brought into the dockyard, Camber, for conversion to a mortar vessel. • The Manceuverer navy lighter arrived yesterday with stores from Woolwich, and sailed again to-day. Mr. John Fincham, the master shipwright of this dockyard, assisted by other scientific officers, commenced his annual survey of the ships in ordinary at this port 3 esterday, in order to ascertain their state and efficiency, and provide for their necessary repair. MYSTERIOUS CASE. Yesterday an inquest was held at Greenwich, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., coroner, on the portion of the body of a female found off Ship Dock, on Saturday. The jury proceeded to view the remains, which had been deposited in the bone-house, and which presented a sad spectacle, having apparently been imbedded in the mud for several months. The upper portion of the body above the breast-bone was wanting. Henry Sprigg, waterman, at Greenwich, found the mangled remains. The only clothing on it was the boots; there were no stockings on: Mary Casey deposed that she resides in George-street, St. Giles's. She had a daughter by her former husband, named Catherine Donovan, about twenty-one years of age. She was an unmarried woman. The last time she aw her alive was on Easter Sunday, about four o'clock n the afternoon ; nor did she know what had since be come of her. When she left home she was dressed in a new striped cotton dress, stays, petticoats, new cotton stockings, boots, and a fancy pattern shawl. She saw the body yesterday, and knew it to be that of her daughter by the particular position of the toes. Mary Quindon, cousin to the deceased, deposed that about four o'clock on Easter Sunday she saw the de ceased pass her door. Three young men accosted her, and asked her to go to Greenwich with them. Her cousin told her what the young men had proposed, when she advise& her not to go, as they were strangers to her, and she had no money in her pocket. One of them pulled out a quantity of silver, and told her she should not want for anything. The young men then went across the street to a public-house, and witness went in doors. In about ten minutes after she saw deceased and the young men in company repass her house, when she said she was going to see an acquaintance, and should shortly be home. Witness went and told her mother, never having known her keep company with any young man. She has since, upon two occasions, seen one of the young men in Wardour-street, and she believes he lived at No. 71 in that street. Could swear to deceased's boots, as she was with her when she bought them, on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, and was with her when she put them on, when, having broken one of the silk laces, witness gave her a cotton one. The boots found on the body were produced, and corn pared with another pair bought at the same shop by the last witness. They were examined by one of the jury (a shoemaker), who pronounced them to have been bound by the same person, and they were evidently a new pair of boots, and had not been worn more than one day. ' Examination continued—When witness first saw the boots taken off the body, the one had a cotton and the other a silk lace in it; but in taking them out of the boots they broke in small pieces of about half an inch in length, consequently she did not preserve them. The CORONER, at this stage of the proceedings, said he should adjourn the case, in order that there might be a surgical examination. The inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday next. EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS.—It was stated in the last annual report of the Inspectors of Millbank Prison, that arrangements had been made for supplying the convicts, both male and female, with work during their voyage to the places to which they were transported, and in the report just issued a very satisfactory account is given of the good effect which employment has produced upon the discipline of the ship and the health and conduct of the prisoners, as also of the amount of work executed. Several of the surgeons-superintendent have asserted that more than double the amount could have been execute& had sufficient materials been placed on hoard. An increased supply has, in consequence been provided. It is added by the inspectors in their last report, just printed, " These results of the ex periments of furnishing work to the convicts during the long voyage to Australia are highly gratifying, and reflect much credit on the officers in charge of the ship, and on the prisoners." . ABUNDANCE OF C ucumßEßs.-:—T he very warm weather with which we have been favoured this summer, seems to have been favourable to the growth of cucumbers — no less than two tons of which (a novel way of reckoning this fruit) were brought to Norwich on Tuesday night last. They were taken to the market the next morning, and in a few hours nearly the whole of them were disposed of. Two or three small heaps remained about one o'clock, which were being retailed at four a penny. They were brought from Bedfordshire, where they are grown in the open air, in great quantities. Though small and not very inviting in appear ance, they are t?) , no means ill-flavoured, and are well adapted for pizklwg.—Norfolk Chronicle. THE MOORS. EAST LOTMAN AND BERWICKSHIRE.—The accounts from the sportsmen on the Lammermoors this season are of a most unfavourable description. " Everywhere," writes a correspondent, " the grouse are more or less affected with the tape-worm, producing such a state of emaciation as to render them unfit for use. The healthy birds are so strong and shy as not, or very seldom, to be within the reach of shot, and younger broods, cheepers, the old cock the only one fit to be bagged—he (poor fel low) from his natural feelings, never failing to fall a vic tim ig the first instance. The mother seldom rises until almost caught by the pointer, and, when shot, is also unfit for use, not having recovered the effects of incuba tion. In fact, we may almost say that grouse shooting on these moors has been a total failure. It is recom mended that a jubilee be given them next year, through the districts." Nor are the accounts from the moors in the counties of Northuml erland and Durham of a very flattering description as respects the number of birds. They are represented as being in rather small coveys, so strong on the wing that they will soon pack, and as be coming very inaccessible.—Berwick Warder. PERTHSHIRE RIGHLANDS.—We are happy to be able to confirm the favourable accounts of the opening of the campaign on the moors, shortly referred to in our last. The weather, as we then mentioned, was the most auspicious which could be desired—a gentle westerly. breeze, with sunshine and occasional intervening clouds, moderating the heat and spreading the scent to the dogs. From early morn to dewy eve not a drop of rain fell, and the sportsmen were enabled to keep the hill in most cases for twelve successive hours. The results cor respond with such favouring circumstances, being, on the whole, fully better than has been experienced for several years. On Dalnaspidal, at the extreme north of this county, in Atholl, a party of five guns brought down no fewer than 436 brace. Of these 190 fell to the guns of Mr. Stirling Crawford and Mr. Little Gil mour-164 to Mr. Fel!owes and Mr. Everard— and 82 to Mr. Willoughby. The total of three clays shooting on Dalnaspidal and Dalnacardoch moors to the above party was 1,200 brace I At Drummour, Sir P. M. Threipland shot 1039 brace grbuse, and eight hares — Lord Mexborough and party, over the moors of Dal chosnie, ICinloch, and Innerhadden, 100 brace, of which 59. brace were bagged by his Lordship—Lord Glenlyon shot in Glenloch 64 brace, but was only out in the af ternoon—Mr. John Cameron and friend, at Dalnamine, 121 brace, all full grown birds—Sir Henry Pottinger and Mr. Burn, at Glenbruar, 118 brace Messrs. Graham, at Calvine, 84 brace Captain Hogg and friend at Loch Valigan, 90 brace. In Inverness shire, the sport was not much inferior, but the morning was wet. Mr. Laverock and friend, at Pit main, shot 200 brace, 105 falling to the former— at Glenshero, Lord Cantalupe and friend, 156 brace—at Dalwhinnie, Colonel Dundas and friend, 94 brace — Sir John Trollope, at Glenfernate, 70 brace 7 --Lord Gray and Mr. Drummond at Straloch (on the 14th) 45 brace —a very wet day. In Strathbraan the sport was un commonly fine—Captain Campbell, of Kinlock, on his own grounds, bagged 108 brace—Mr. Brown and Mr. Anderson, same moors, 1061 brace—at Loch Kinnaird, Mr. Stewart and party (three guns) 2031 brace grouse, 2 snipes, and 54 hares—Mr. Robertson of Foreran, 103 brace grouse, 1 snipe, and 36 hares—at Auchanfree, Mr. Ramsay of Barnton, and party, bagged 162 brace on the 12th, and 163 brace on the 14th—in Guay Forest, Mr. Deveaux and friend, 105 brace of grouse on the 12th, and 140 on the 14th. Altogether, the loads of boxes from the north, by regular and irregular con veyances, are beyond all precedent; and yesterday (Wednesday) a vehicle had to be sent express to Dundee, with boxes for the London steamer, which the morning coaches and omnibuses could not carry.—Perth Courier. CAITHNESS.—Mr. Greville and party, at Lateeron wheel, were very successful. Mr. Greville with his own gun, shot 25 brace. Mr. Slcid, Captain King, and Cap tain Webb, all of the same party, were also very fortu nate. Mr. Murray and Mr. M.Beath, of Berwick, bagged, in two days, upwards of 80 brace. Bob s ert Nicholson, Esq. and party, at Strathmore Lodge, as might have been expected from such well stocked grounds, had capital sport. On the 12th 60 brace, and on the 14th 50 brace, were bagged. On the 13th it rained incessantly, which damped the eagerness of the keenest sportsmen. Mr. Nicholson, by his own gun, bagged 16f brace, in an hour and a half. STIRLINGSHIRE.—On account of the previous'rains, the grounds were uncommonly wet, and the birds, although not scarcer than last year, wild, would not allow a near approach. The sportsman had thus to be contented with single birds, and the numbers bagged were not nu merous.—Stirling Journal. AYRSIIIRE.—We understand that in general the mea sure of success is but indifferent, and that the grouse, old and young together, are scarcely more numerous now than they were at the end of last season. The tape worm has, it is said, affected the old birds to a serious extent. On the 12th, Sir James Boswell, on the moors of Boghead, near Auchinleck, killed 20 brace. He has been the most successful, however, of the Ayrshire gen tlemen, so far as we are aware. On the same day, Dr. Eaton killed 12f brace at Darnaconar. He did not go out on the 13th, but on the 14th he killed 81 brace. 'rho birds at Darnaconar are all packed in flocks of from 50 to 60. Captain Drake brought down 17 brace on the Craiglure moors, parish of Straiton, on the same day. At Blairquhan, in the parish of Straiton, on the 12th, two guns only killed 12 brace, but it was two o'clock P.M. ere the party sallied out. A party of two from Ayr, on the moors on the borders of Auchinleck parish, where Sir James Boswell was successful, scarcely found a bird. Another gentleman, on the Galston moors, only bagged 81 brace. We hear that the Duke of Montrose, on his estate near Lochlomond, killed 24 brace on the 12th.—Ayr Observer. DIIMFRIES•SHIRE.—AII the accounts we have received concur in stating, that the birds are remarkably wild, and that, in consequence, the number bagged has been less than usual. Disease has also made its appearance in some moors, and we heard of one gentleman who shot fourteen brace, only a small portion of which were worth bringing borne, ou account of the emaciated con dition of the birds. Nevertheless, there must have been a good deal of slaughter, for thirteen boxes were dis patched to the south on Thursday last, by the Standard coach alone ; and other vehicles have carried a fair pro- portion of welcome presents from the moors to those who prefer grouse on the table cloth to whirring from the heather. Mr. Maxwell, of Terregles, and his brothers, who shot over the K inharve y m oors on Wednesday , suc ceoedrier. edin bagging fifty-eight brace of birds.—Dumfri(s Courier. y oRK , HIRE .—We understand there is likely to be a great scarcity of moor g ame this season on the York shire moors, as the birds are found dead in large quan tities.—Leeds Me rcur y . Sir week,Graham, has since been en j o yi ng th e I M.P., ar r i ve d a t Netherby hal on sport o grou se shooting — a very pleasant c h ange , we have no doubt, fro m his recent practice of shooting (with so little effect) common sense at th e head of the protec tionists.—Carlisle Journal. James n.m Saturday es CHESS MATCII—.--A match wh- excttes considerable interest among chess amateurs, is now being played by Mr. Staunton, who hitherto in even games has not met with his equal, and M. Harwitz, the eminent player from Breslau, who distinguished himself in the recent blindfold match. The match is for 25/. a-side, and consists of 21 games : the winner o f 11, of course, to be the victor. Mr. Staunton gives his opponent such odds as his friends think will b e f a t a l t o hi m . In 7 games he gives him paw and one move, and in 7 others pawn and two moves; the remaining 7 to be played even. Two games have been played, one at the London Chess Club, and the other at the St. George's Club. One of these ga mes, which was oven, was won by Mr. Staunton, but the second, in which he gave pawn and one move, was won by M. Harwitz. EXTRAORDIN.ARY CROP OF WHEAT.—Mr. William Noon, of Great Bardfield, in this county, plumber and glazier, we are informed, has about twelve acres of land, w hich he has cultiv ated b y s p ad e labour, performed with 116 own hands; he so wed it this y ear w ith winter wheat, which, o n appearance , eeee'was considered by a ll w h o saw i t so th i n a p l ant many of the farmers i n th e ne i g hb our h oo d strongly itsa that " a d v i s ed him to plough it up. H e a t one ti me re solved to take tha t course, but bei ng subsequenely advised to abstain from d oin g so b y one or two tradesmen in Bard have evped paid great attention t o agr i cu l ture un d er t h e new d and system, and who were d ec id e dl y o f op i n i on fi th el at ' t wh e oi hpelliront was one calculated to produce a good and abundant crop, Mr. Noon fortunately adopted the recom mendation of the latter friends, and having reaped his crop, finds that it has produced eight quarters and two bushels per acre, and the wheat is a very superior sample.—Essex Herald. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—E. W. Sanders, to the Bulldog ; C. W. Hallett, to the Hound. Midshipman—George Parker, of the Hibernia, to be supernumerary midshipman of the Excellent. Surgeon-Superintendent Harvey Morris, to the Elizabeth and Henry Convict ship. Master's Assistant—J. M. Pridbam, to the Recruit, in lieu of a mate. THE RIVER PLATE. (nom the Liverpool Times.) The following extracts of letters of the . loll and 13th of June, from Monte Video, which are the latest advices in this country, show that the commercial results of the commercial expedition up the river Parana have been very favourable. They are in direct contradiction to the communications published in the daily papers, but, from the respectability of the parties by whom they are written, we feel no doubt that they are quite correct : Extract of a letter dated Monte Video, June 10, 1846: " I have now the satisfacti,on of informing you that we have news of the convoy from Corrientes having crossed the batteries o'f San Lorenzo without loss of life. The British barque Caledonia and two or three national vessels were burnt by order of Captain Hotham, they having grounded ; all the rest passed safely. The news of the markets for goods is very flattering ; also as to the prices of produce. The opinion is now that the goods sent up will do well ; those on hand in Corrientes when the convoy left are expected to do still better, as both that province and Paraguay were entirely bare of supplies. As to political news it is still involved in mystery." Ex tractfrom a letter dated Monte Video, June 13, 1846: " The news this evening received from the Colonia is, that General Reviera, has again defeated Montero, who had been joined by a force sent from the Cerrito under the command of Colonel Flores, a chief of Roses's. The April packet arrived here this afternoon. The whole of the convoy have not yet got into port, but are expected hourly. The prices for goods were very flattering-- flour 22 dols. to 24 dols. silver, wine 70 dols. to 80 dols. silver, and dry goods in great demand. The general opinion here is, that the Madariargas are working against Rosas ; the doubt is, whether Urquiza is or not, but it is thought that he has committed himself." WHOLESALE POISONINGS IN ESSEX. CLAVERING, ESSEX, TUESDAY NIGHT.—In this jour nal last week appeared an account of the examination of a woman named Sarah Cheeseman, before Lord Bray brooke, and other magistrates of the county of Essex, on a charge of attempting to poison a child belonging to another female, by rubbing a quantity of salve over and in its mouth, which was found to be impregnated with arsenic. The case was so clear, that the magis trates felt it their duty to send her for trial. in conse quence of this, suspicions were raised that the children of Cheeseman, who were known to have died in rather a sudden manner, might have been got rid of by poison, and the authorities or Clavering parish felt it their duty to transmit their suspicions to Charles Cain Lewis, Esq , the coroner for the southern division of the county of Essex. Upon this Mr. Lewis kit it his duty to enter into an inquiry into the circumstances attending their deaths, although they took place as far back as the early part of 1845, and ordered the bodies of two children to be exhumed. This was done, and the stomachs, with the contents, were forwarded to Professor Graham, of the London University College, for analysation. This gentleman being compelled to leave town, the analysa tion was confided to Mr. Alfred Taylor, of Guy's Hos pital. After a variety of experiments, a large quantity of arsenic was discovered, sufficient to cause the death of several persons, in each stomach. On the result being communicated to the Coroner, that functionary felt it his duty to order another body to be exhumed, and the stomach, with the contents, to be sent to London. This was done, and Mr. Taylor, on making an analysis, found it to be also strongly impregnated with arsenic. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A YOUNG FEMALE AT HUNGERFORD PlER.—Yesterday morning, as early as three o'clock, and indeed even before that period, the attention of some of the watermen acd others connected with Hungerford Pier, was directed to a young female, named Mary Ann Butler, who was walking about there for some time in a very suspicious manner, and on being ques tioned as to her business at that early hour, she made no reply, but merely sobbed and shed tears, appearing altogether melancholy. Soon after she walked away, and about five o'clock she again returned, and having passed under the floating pier, she made a few signs in a somewhat theatrical manner, and then ejaculated in an emphatic tone, " Alas ! I cannot bear it any longer, I must and will die ; God for give me my sins." She then made a terrific plunge into the water, and almost immediately disappeared. Two persons, who had witnessed the occurrence at this moment arrived at the spot, and both being expert swimmers dived in after her, with all their clothes on, and in a few seconds she again appeared on the surface, when they succeeded in rescuing her from a watery grave. The unfortunate creature, who is well educated, and appears to be highly respectable, was then conveyed in a state of insensibility and exhaustion, to the Charing-cross Hospital, and placed under the charge of Mr. Channon, the house-surgeon. It was at first considered that life was extinct, but after half an hour's labour at re suscitation signs of life became evident. She still remains at the above institution, conducting herself in the most rational manner, but refusing to give any information as to her friends or the inducement to attempt so rash an act. MORE POISONING BY THE DEADLY NIGHT-SHADE. —Monday morning a fine child, eight years of age, was brought to the Westminster Hospital, evidently suffering from the effects of poison. Mr. Tabay having administered the usual antidotes, instituted an inquiry into the cause of the symptoms which betrayed themselves, when he ascer tained that the sufferer had eaten a quantity of the berries of the belladonna, or deadly night-shade, which another boy collected in the Willow-walk, Chelsea, and gave him. For six hours the child endured the most frightful convul sions, which were fortunately accompanied by frequent vomitings, which circumstance, aided by unremitting atten tion, saved his life, although he was for three hours in a state of syncope. REDUCTION or RAILWAY FARES.—The London and North-Western Railway have announced a considerable re duction of fares between Liverpool and London, and Man chester and London, to take effect on the Ist of September, and promise a reduction of various short fares on the Liverpool and Manchester line. SWANSEA PILOT RACES.—These interesting sports came off at Swansea on Wednesday last, and were witnessed . by a large assemblage of gaily-attired persons, among st ' whom were several of the principal families of the neighbour hood. Throughout the afternoon the pier, the beach, and the look-out house were lined with' spectators, and at the hour of starting the scene was truly animating' and exciting. At three o'clock eleven boats took their respective stations at the buoy. The signal gun having been fired, an excellent start was made, the boats being hurried along by a favour able stiff breeze. They kept together in admirable order for some time, and ere they rounded the first mark it became evident there would be a severe contest; and so it proved, after a beautiful race, and a run of two hours' duration, the Singleton passed the last mark in gallant st y le only three cr four minutes before the last boat came up. Neptune arrived second, and the favourite, the Faith, the third. When the boats were out the spectators had to witness, to their mani fest delight, several excellent rowing matches between two oared and four-oared boats. The day's proceedings were terminated by the usual regatta ball, which was numerously and fashionably attended. MORPETH G AM.—A prisoner under sentence of death has just made his escape by means of a key he had cut out of leather. This building cost the county 100,0001., and during the last three or four years workmen have been con stantly employed in pulling down and building up, at an ad ditional expense. The court-house, forming part of the prison is now used as a place of public worship, and on week-days as an exclusive school-room. It would be well if the rate-payers, whose property it is, would inquire what damage it may have sustained, and by what authority it has been thus employed.—From a_ Correspondent. SMITHFIELD HORSE MARKET.—Yesterday the new regulations for the sale of horses in Smithfield were posted in the market. During the months of September, October, March, and February, sales are only permitted between the hours of two and five P.m. • in November, December, and January, between two and our • April and August between between three and :six ; and during May, June, and July, from three to seven. • EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.-0/1 Saturday, a man named Cunningham, in climbing the rock at Ailsa, lost his balance when at an altitude of 300 feet above the level of the sea, and rolled to the bottom, bounding from crag to crag, and in one instance falling thirty feet. He was taken up insensible; and, strange to say, though dreadfully cut about the face, he was not materially hurt. 77 - THE POTATO DISEASE CAUSE BY INSECTS. (From the Glasgow Herald.) We are indebted to a Cambusiang iarmer for the following remarks on this painfully interesting sub- ject:— " It may be said by some that the primary matter of importance, in connexion with the unfortunate malady which has assailed the potato crop, is to provide a cure. I consider, however, that the first point of information to be obtained is the nature of the disease itself, and the causes which have produced it. No surgeon who wishes to do his patient justice will prescribe the medicine, and then try to find out the disease. lam satisfied that I found out the disease, and did so last • year, but was laughed at for my pains. lam now prepared with proof that the potato disease, both this year and last, was pro duced by the assaults of insects. In ISI9, oats %vete affected with the same disease—viz., by a small insect of a different colour; in a great many parts of the country the green oats got ripe in a day or two, and had a strcug smell, but when they were cut it put an end to the disease. Many people may well remember also that in 1826 some fields of oats were attacked by the same malady, and many of the shearers, when employed in reaping, had their arms all covered with this small insect. The green field of oats emitted a strong smell, but wht n cut it put an end to the disease, as above. In 1842 the turnips were affected by the same insects, and in many cases they became a complete fsilure. According to accounts, the disease was much worse in England than in Scotland ; but I know, in my own district, of some fields of turnips amongst which scarcely a sound one could be got, and, what is very strange, in some cases the root end of tha turnip was first affected with rot, although the insect only partook of the shaw, and the disease did its w ork in a very short time. In 1842, also, th e b ean crop was attacked by the same insect, and was rendered a miserable crop in many cases ; but also when cut and dried up the disease dis appeared. In 1845, about the middle of September, I wondered what was the reason of the ptato shaw failing so fast, and paid them a visit or two, and saw the same malady as at present, but gave little attention to it, as potatoes were never known to fail in the same way in our land before. The cry got up, however, that the potatoes were diseased over the whole country, but by that time the insect had disappeared, and had left the malady its the potato ; but it was different from its appearance in the oats and beans, as the vegetable nature of the potato does not allow them to be dried up in the same way. I have obtained ample proofs as to the insects being the cruse of the disease. I know, in my own district, a farmer who had a field of potatoes to a considerable extent safe, and they remained so ; but the reason was plain : they were ripe by this time, and the insect could neither get nourishment nor shelter from a bare stem. I know another neighbour who cut the shaws from the potatoes for the purpose of digging for the Glasgow market, and left a small quan tity of those cut in the ground till common digging tunic; these were all safe, but the others, where the shams were allowed to remain, had all become diseased. I knew some cases in moorlands, and in low marshy grounds where the potatoes were frosted to the ground about the Ist of September, they were not diseased, and the reason of it is plain, viz., the insect could not par take of a rotten thaw. Early potatoes, too, were all pretty safe last year, and that was on account of their being ripe. But they are nearly as bad as other potatoes this year. lam perfectly satisfied that if any person had potatoes at full size, and no disease amongst them, that cutting the shows to the ground would save them; but if diseased, I have obtained proofs that they will decay faster than those uncut. Potatoes are some times diseased, perhaps, a day or two before it is ‘isible to the eye, and this insect, though very small, appears to be of so poisonous a nature as to affect the constitution of the whole plant at once. The insect is yellow upon the potato, blueish upon the bean; greenish upon the turnip; and a dark red upon the oats. It is about the size of a large mite; has two long horns, black eyes, six feet, or legs; with a small tail, somewhat like hairs; it has a small head, and a large body; and varies in shape, according to its age. I am satisfied that potatoes will become sound, without any other cure, should the insect leave us — but i t may never leave our land altogether, it may have troubled our country longer than any person is aware of; and as for its progeny I will not attempt to say anything about them. I mean to state nothing here but what I can prove. It has been alleged for years that the potato bad become deteriorated, and would require to be renewed; butwhen had we a crop like 1845? It is not a common thing for run-out seed to raise such a crop. lam perfectly satis fied that a renewal of seed might be of much value; but how to effect that will require some study, for I have a neighbour who has :potatoes raised from the apple or plum, and they are diseased already before arriving at maturity—this being only their second year; and I am informed that those from America are diseased also. I am satisfied that any man who lays prejudice aside, and makes a thorough investigation of the potato, will soon satisfy himself of the nature of the disease at the present time, when the potato and insect are in progress. Wherever it appears to set in upon the blade, it decays at once, or partakes of the stem, shich becomes like a piece of wood. I am of opinion, too, that the potato is more likely to be affected by an insect than many plants, owing to the nature of its growth, for the young potato receives no nourishment from the roots ; the roots nourish the shaw, and the sbaw supports the young potato. Some persons attempt to say that the insect is nut created until the potato is diseased ; but, in reVy to this, I have only to ask one question, and that is--Is the gooseberry bush diseased before the caterpillar attacks it ? I think no man will attempt to say so ; but it very soon after , I),cortu s diseased ; for, although this insect does not partake of the berry, it nevertheless speedily decals. What dues the gardener say with regard to the apple tree? ' I have seen the, blossom falling off, and the young apple malting its appearance very beautifully, when a cater pillar or maggot was found upon the tree, covered as it were with a coat of mail resembling a spider's web, and when this was the case the young apples fell off as if they had got a night's frost. ti great deal has been written with regard to the potato to little purpose. Some will be ready to say the same of this, but I am perfectly prepared to prove my position as to the cause of the potato disease. I own, it is true, that great care ought to be taken with regard to the pitting of seed potatoes to keep them in their natural condition ; if kept too damp, they become callous if too dry, they lose their proper nutriments ; and if too warm, they will begin to grow before spring is ready for them. In 1845 I knew a farmer who planted an acre or two of potatoes in the month of December, and again in the month of March, 1846, he planted another quantity, and those planted in the month of March showed the first braird and the best crop, but are all now diseased." A WEALTHY FARRIER.—The late John Swinford, Esq., of Minster Abbey, Isle of Thanet, whose much la mented death, occasioned by a fall from his horse, took place on the 4th inst., in the 81st year of his age, is reported to have died possessed of a quarter of a million of money, which enormous wealth, it is said, he has bequeathed in fair and just proportions to his nephews and nieces, Mr. J. Swinford, Mr. H. Swinford, Mr. S. Swinford, Mr. S. Collard, Mr. J. S. Basset, Mr. H. Horne, Miss Swinford, Mrs. Francis, Mrs. F. Fox, Mrs. Cornish, and Miss Home ; and to his grand nephews and grand-nieces, Mr. D. Swinford, Mr. J. J. Wad dington, Mr. H. Waddington, Miss Waddington, Miss J. Waddingten, and Miss F. Wordsworth. To the Marquis of Conyngham a small parcel of land which it was desirable to add to the Minster Abbey estate. Nor have the poor and needy been forgotten. The benevolent testator has left his nephew, Mr. H. Horne, 4001. in trust to pay the interest an nually, on St. Thomas's-day, to certain poor old women be longing to Minster. To the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, 100/. ; to the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, 501; to each of his servants, 19/. 195.; to each of his farm servants, 51.; to every poor inhabitant of Minster, rated in the last assessment at 41. or under, 51. Mr. J. Swinford, Mr. S. Swinford, and Mr. J. S. Basset, nephews of the deceased, are appointed joint-executors and co-trustees.—Canterbury Journal. FLIGHT OF INSECTS.—A singular phenomenon oc curred here on Sunday last. During the entire day a heavy murky atmosphere prevailed, hardly a breath of air being perceptible, while the close dull warmth was most oppressive. About two o'clock a small but thick and dark cloud was dis cernible hanging, as it were, around the lion, at the top of the old castle tower, so dark, indeed, as almost to obscure the figure. On ascending the castle, and going out on the leads, it was found that this thick cloud was composed of myriads of insects, which we are not entymologists enough to describe by name, but which appeared like large winged ants. These insects settled on the iron rods which support the figure of the lion, while thousands clung to the walls and the floor of the tower. Many thousands of them fell on the leads, where they gradually died. In an hour or two the great bulk of them - had taken their departure, but large numbers were left behind in a dying state. We picked up a handful of them, dead and dying; and when placed on a paper those which still retained life showed no disposition to motion. They have expansive wings, their bodies being dark and shining. Their heads are somewhat large, and they are apparently armed with powerful forceps.—Lewes paper. ANECDOTE BY COUNSEL.—At the Cork assizes Mr. G. Bennett, canvassing the term " temperate habits " in a policy of insurance, said, " The late Sir Hercules Langrishe was exceedingly fund of drinking, and being ill he consulted the celebrated Dr. Plunket, who advised him to drink only a glass of wine in the day. Sir Hercules promised to obey,but the doctor called in upon him a day or two after, and seeing his patient a little out of order, said to him, ' I hope you fol lowed out my advice.' I did,' replied the other. ' Well,' says the doctor, ' I am anxious to see the size of the glass,' upon which Sir Hercules brought in a glass which contained two quarts.—(Laughter:) The doetor then restricted Sir Hercules to a pint of wine in the day; and on the following one, having called on his patient, told him to stick to that quantity and it would lengthen his days. ' 1 believe you, said Sir Hercules, ' for yesterday was the longest day I ever spent.' " DISTRAINT AND RESCUE.—CORK, SATURDAY.--Be tween one and two o'clock last night a large number of per sons, to the number of about sixteen, assembled, and pro ceeded to the lands of Browningstown, in the neighbourhood of this city, where there was a large quantity of corn in charge of keepers, belonging to a person named Flyn, which had been seized by Richard Longfield Jameson, Esq., re ceiver under the courts of Chancery, for arrears of rent due. On arriving at the premises they demanded admission into the barn where the corn was stored, threatening the keepers that if they did not open the door they would break it in and murder them. Those inside being apprehensive that violence would be used towards their persons, refused to give them admission, upon which they broke in the door, and knocked down the keepers, one of whom afterwards succeeded in effecting his escape through a window in the attic of the barn. The party then tied the other man's hands behind him, and some of them. suggested that they I should put the rope round his neck and strangle him, but this was resisted by others. Information of the transaction having been conveyed to Constable John Cudmore, of the Capwell station, he proceeded with some of his party in pursuit of the offenders, and succeeded in arresting two of them carrying off a car load of the corn. Both of them were brought before the Mayor this morning, and being illy identified as being of the party who attacke d the barn, were remanded to take their trial.—Cork Reporter. 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