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the ; the amp ieltfr e tb° a nti, Ito" .g 61 1 ; 24V; so° l5Lr3" [ 04 a title ri D r : [l4 0 1 1 130 ax 111 Ul ' $ i'°' 0 rill' 1 ll ° ) co of VI tics e re PI o s V• 5 • Id ld rii l 1 ti 0 0 4 0° 110 $ p, 0% f 11$ a ri r , ‘" E 1) t•ell Y• .1a I ° looking especially at the insua - iient nature of the evi dene,!.. Lord ;Frankfort deniNt that; there was a 6ingl , l won; 01 truth in the ev.d,:uce of the witness Gray, whz, was ez mined cn thi, former occasion. Mr. HENRY mtliA the attention of &Ir. Dearsley to the evidence of Macbeath, who proved his Lordship's handwriting. Mr. Dearsley said he thought this evidence alight to he admitted as proof in a civil ease, but he spoke too loose!), saying it was something like his Lordship's hand, but was greatly disguised, to have any weight in a cri minal proceeding. The best termination of the whole matter would be to cii,qniss it, for the public knew that the position of the noble defendant was too high to be injured fur one moment by such absurd and ridiculous stuff. 111. • HENRY—I arts of opinion there is quite ruffieient b at to justify me in sending the case before a j ur y; rt I shall n ot prejudice the defendant by s t a tin g at le ngth the rca.ionn why I think so. It is enough for me r say there is sufficient evidence. Lot the wit nesses be uoaud over. The witnesses were accordingly bound over to prose cute Lord Frankfort at the next session of the Central Crinlinal Court. MARLBRO'-STREE r—(THIS DAY.) UNCOMFORTABLE QUARTERS. —Francis Stewart, No. 3 , Pelhsrn-place, North, and James Frosbrook 14, Pel batn-place. North, both described on the charge-sheet !Is gentlemen, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Bing "ln, charged with being drunk and disorderly. , Inspector Monckton stated that, between nice and ten clock on the preceding night, the defendants came to the door of Vine street station-house in a state of in toxication, and, ss their conduct was exceedingly dis orderly, he ordered them to go away, which they re fused to do. He then had them brought into the station and locked them up. The defendants admitted the charge; and Mr. Stewart asid he had passed a most uncomfortable night in a filthy " 11 , and his arms were covered with bites from fleas or other vermin. Mr. BINGHAM fined them ss. each. Mr. Stewart handed over a sovereign for the poor-box, and left the court with his friend. A SSAULT ON A CONSTABLE,—Thomas Lennard was Charged with assaulting police-constable Silverton, 53 C, who stated that on the previous afternoon he was on duty in Crown-street, when his attention was called to the defendant, who, with about twenty others, were Standing in the centre of the pavement, to the great an noyance of the inhabitants. Witness requested them to go away, when the prisoner with an oath rushed upon him and dealt him a tremendous blow on the nose. Wt:h the assistance of 131 F, prisoner was lodged in the station. Mr. BINGLIAM committed the prisoner for ten days. ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF FISR. Au account was given a short time ago of the dis covery of the means of producing fresh water fish to an immense extent, by preserving the eggs of the female and applying to them, at the suitable time, the milt of th e ma l e ; and it was stated that an exten sive application of the system had already been made 'With most extraordinary success in numerous rivers and streams in different parts of France. The French Go vernment, in order to increase the food of the People, and to create a new branch of commerce, has resolved still further to extend the application of the ,system ; and it has directed several eminent scientific 6 '! ° , t temen to occupy themselves with it, and espe cially to asc er t a i n w h e th er it can be applied to salt water as well as to fresh water fish. In execution of its instructions, M. Coste, member of the Institute, 1 and prof essor o f t h e C o ll ege de France, has visited an t establish ment for producing fish near Huningen, i. I ,?und e d by MM. Berthot and 'Detzem, engineers of ') il t as canal f rom t h e Rh one t o th e Rhi ne , to see whether c annot be made t o supply all sorts of fish in sutra ti_ e ta quantities t o s t oc k a ll the rivers, streams, canals, Z.ilakes i n t h e country, M. Coste has given an accou nt te s mission i n a l ong repor t t o the Minister of the In • rt ur, Agriculture and Commerce ; and the report has Just been publishedfor public information. A f t er briefl y noticing the vast importance of the discovery, and mentionin g that the credit of having turned it to practical account b e l on gs to two fishermen , named "in and R emy o f B resse , i n the Vosges, M. Coste states that he has ascertained by experiments made in t e i rjunctio n w i t h Messrs. B ert h o t and Detzem that e e gg s of the fish may b e conveyed any dista nce out f 13; water without losing and that they any of their quali ties, may be made, by a vcry simple appa ratuv' t° beco me excluded or hatched, more safely than la when dep os it e d by the females in beds of streams. •Le 3' this pl an , M . Coate asserts that it is possible to get :7 0 yields of fish instead of one in the same period of _ l _ a e rt a i le t i r an tla y er e e x b p y en t s o e. stock all the waters in France at He then goes on to say that essrs. Berthot and Detzem have this year, notwith standingtheir resources have only been scanty, pro ducein the reservoirs of the canal, not fewer than million of trout and salmon. He recommends that a 4 ...1 1 ! il of money shall be placed at their disposal to carry on operations on a grand scale ; and be goes meuteiehgthened details to prove that their establish vq..ttr.om its position near sheets and streams of tr 7_r i a I . e peculiarly adapted to become the great cen invinuuitethdc artificial production of fish. He gives a emplo escription of the apparatus he proposes to enable Yin preservin the females' eggs, and in causing ern to h e ,„ g ' come excluded • and he states that it will "'" Peculiar to the 'Rhine, to the lakes of Con- Ln ce aducpd and zeirich, and to the Federsee, to be easily pro and naturalized in French waters. He next shows how the extensive reservoirs, which exist or t ry be cr ea t e d at H un i ng en, will allow the fish to be :hied according to their species and age ; and how *ue fi t when grown up to a c ertain size, ma y , if re quired, be removed from place to place. He proceeds to state that a sum of 22,000 f. will be sufficient to prepare the establishment of Huningen for what is re quired, and an allowance of B,ooof. a year enough to keep it up. In the course of his report M. Coste takes occasion to mention the curious experiment he Made some time ago of producing salmon in a vessel at the College de France, by simply causing Water to flow from a cistern over fecunded eggs ; and he says that the salmon so produced are at present more than two inches in length, one fifth of which they have grown within the last twenty-five days. He further announces that he has likewise succeeded in producing, also at the Col 14ge de France, a considerable number of lobsters ; and he dwells on the importance to the country of in creasing the production of that and other descriptions of shell fish. M. Heurtier, director of agriculture and commerce, has also addressed a report to the Minister, in which he relates the extraordinary results obtained by Gain and Remy's system, and strongly recom mends that the 30,000 f. demanded by M. Cote for liutangen shall be at once awarded; also that that gentleman shall be sent into Italy to examine into the Means of preserving and producing fish employed near the Adriatic, and especially at Commachio. The linister has approved of these recommendations. ------- - EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA . gall, night a public meeting was held at the National .. 1101bern, for the p u rpose of forming a great na umal working•man's co-operative association on sound and philanthropic principles, to promote the emigration s of thei r c l ass to the A ustra lian colonies. The c hair of ( Vied by Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell , M .P. Letters inti a ti : i r o ja g from the Earl of Harrowby . Sir James 13°6, Bart ., M.P Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., and other entlem " en, ' having been read, the . chairman portion Von the necessity of emigration, seeing the great i tt ;,,, or the population at present in want of employ: f r ,:,,, a - Th au ,d pointed out the advantages likely to result . granta "log properly carried out—lstly, to the ern:d -e-a0 himself, and, cautioned the 2dly, to the mother country ; a t 1,,,,. ea. from his own painful experience, not to aeinbt e -- ": movement like that which they had as bsuypiportedto -r ` g `" t e , however influentially it might be antic® would calling the ried eventuate in success, unless taken up the industrious classes. A resolution in the spirit of the meeting was proposed and car .; . Mr. Prevost d the meeting, urging the would brine • lag it eed, r the Friendly So- IP.inciPle of fellnirigall:ihreesssoeciety upon such a basis as cietiest Act. The secretary, Mr. M. Walter, then c provisions of the d . to the ! iled the outline of the plan of the society, which was favourably received . Mr. Harris proposed an amend ment ivected, and, after' "Teo, that Mr. Walter's plan should be re ted the procAeedvointe a stormy discussion, the amendment as carried. ha of thanks to the chairman termi nated - during reporta of the state of trade inAtthemparnocvhineseteesr there g the past week are all satisfactory. to f' ' has The home been little alteration, but the tendency of business de tua in , er ease, and prices are also rather firmer. l um_ continues large. From Birmingusw , • lass qs e men ai.._eu that the strike in the iron trade lies been le._ d exten con- " than was expected, and that a rise in price, an -Zitient natural advaece of wages, is shortly to be look a ed t 4 ibciielr..e. has been no further alteration in 'copper, butt ransa - wo.,zua articles of that material are still checked. In th r e . a b,"nela districts operations go on upon a large and favour scale. Seale. At Nottingham there has been nothing to c 11 far...remark, except that the American fisheries dispute has 13 : nc ld no alarm, although the manufactures of the place de. t en la rgelY upon the United States. Confidence was en jarti_ Tied from the first that it would be immediately ad- Al ow ‘ed• In the Irish linen markets stocks are extremely s.l and, owing to the scarcity of hands, it is difficult, as far he finer branches of manufacture are concerned, to keep P a supply. A s NARE A ND ITS LARDER.—By the Orinoco, eit re arrived last week from the West I n di es, a venomous reptile of the snake species arrived from Demerara. It was C9ntained in a box about five feet long, three feet broad, and l i g h teen inches high. This box was parted off long ways. .„ 4 One comp artment hi s tmAlteship was lodged, an d t h e other 118 f illed with li ve f ow ls when the box left Demer ara . A door lifted up, by which a communication was established between the snakery and fowlery. When the box arrived at Southampton, only one fowl was left, a beautifully 4peekled hen, all the others had been devoured by the rep tile. This poor bird was strutting about its apartment Un emiscione of the propinquity of its loathsome enemy. Th e crevices of the box were, the snake was lodged were covered IyYla.wire guaze, to p revent any acc id e nt by the protusion ot the reptile's tongue. , Jan§ BUCKINGIIAMSHIR E it On SatUr °4l- afternoon l as t a brick-builtbArildLgWeAoYver—the Bucking !aelosirire Railway at Biut-hill, between Winslow and Buck lliparn, fell on th e li ne ; and for a time delaye d the traffic. T 11 the debris co u ld b e removed, which was comme nced as soon as Possibl e, t ra i ns worked to and from the ruins, w h ere a t re-loading from one train to another took place. This,he is he second b r id ge that has fallen at the above place. i c ontinued wet lyeAther is mi ned 14 th e cause of the build ings LITERAT EIRE. THE ADVOCATE. Vol. I. By Edward W. Cox. Crockford. A remarkable production is here comavneed— which it completed with any ability compatible to that evidenced by the initial volume—will at once assume. an honourable pozition as a standard autho rity in law literature. The author has admirably q whiled himself for the composition of the work by those protracted studies end laborious researches, and various and extended practice, which could alone enable him to pronounce upon the subject-matter in hand with any degrre of judgment. There was a lack of some work of precisely this character. Whenever en important enterprise in letters is ad ventured upon, we know perfectly well that the critic is sure to discover that hitherto there was ma nifestly some extraordinary hiatus in that particular department. Although liable, therefore, to be charged with the same cant phrase of the ordinary reviewer, we must repeat that the volume here submitted to us for consideration is precisely what has been long re quired, and what will consequently be peculiarly welcome to the legal bibliographer. Our author un dertakes in the course of his present interesting lite rary enterprise to specify the exact nature of the training necessary for the proper education of the Advocate. He purposes, moreover, to relate the Practice of the Advocate, the Rights of the Ad- vocate, and the Duties of the Advocate—a prac tice sometimes very complicated, rights al ways peculiarly elevated, and duties invariably dis tinguished by their responsibility. It must not be erroneously imagined, nevertheless, that the chapters constituting this important legal treatise present attractions solely and exclusively to the professional man—to the Attorney or Barrister-at-Law. It is diametrically otherwise. No one, whatever his put.. suits, can peruse those chapters without deriving from them a very considerable amount of information. Mr. Cox addresses himself to the extraordinary questions which he has here undertaken to solve with, mani- festly enough, the fullest appreciation of their difficulty. As a tolerably clear assurance that the work will be in no respect super- ficial, we may mention that the author has formally dedicated the result of his industry in the matter to no less distinguished an authority than Lord Denman. The terms in which this dedication is couched are honourable alike to the author of the work and to the eminent man to whom it is inscribed. " In the performance of this task," says Mr. Cox, "I have sought to set up the high standard of acquire ment and of conduct that has made the bar of Eng- land, for so many centuries, the nursery of its noblest and truest gentlemen—the school of its statesmen — and the profession of those patriots to whose courage, independence, and honesty, the liberties of the land have been more than once indebted for their salvation." This is a lofty and befitting spirit in which to enter upon the composition of a well digested treatise on the training, practice, rights and duties of the British advocate. It is a mood in which the members of the English bar will discover abundant evidence that the writer has understood the dignity, the value, and the importance of their common profession. Another source of interest in the undertaking here commenced is the peculiarity, and we may even say the a ct u al peril of the positions in which the advocate is placed at the present junc ture. "My Lord," says Mr. Cox, upon this subject, n cne of the most solemn and effective parts his able and judicious dedication, " I much fear that the glory of the Bar of England has departed, that its sun has set, and that it is doomed to destruction, or to a change of character and position that will be more lamentable than destruction." This has reference, of course, to the extraordinary changes which have recently t a k en place in the constitution of the British bar—changes which do in many respects justify our author in con jecturing the possibility of its disorganization. Whether the treatise before us, however, be regarded as relating to the past or to th e f u t ure , it w ill a l wa ys retain its interest as a masterly delineation of the character long maintained in this country by the advocate, to his own credit and the advantage also of the general population. As illustrative, in a rapid and yet complete and comprehensive manner, of the elaborate nature of the treatise here penned by Mr. Cox, we may refer cursorily to the heads under which its constituent portions are classi fied. After a very intelligent introduction, pre paring the way for his argument, the author succes sively particularises the capacities required in the advocate, and his various natural, physical, and mental qualifications. He comments at appropriate length upon such topics as the " pecuniary resources," the " v►ill and courage," as well as upon the moral, in tellectual, and physical " training' of the advocate. Under the division referring to the moral training, he devotes one chapter to the consideration of "practical morals." Under the division referring to physical training, he dedicates another - chapter to the " art of speaking." While under the more complex division referring to the intellectual training, he enters more at large into the subject of the re sponse by successive passages, informing the student specifically bow to study, how to read, what to read, explaining the nature of professional studies, the ad vantage of studies that educate, and the benefit of studies for information. During the course of the chapter upon the last mentioned theme, Mr. Cox re veals a capacity for the systematising of human know ledge, entitled, we conceive, to the very highest and most ardent admiration. A happier illustration of his lucidity and thoughtfulness as a writer could not pos sibly be adduced than that portion of his treatise which immediately follows the supposition of a person whose mind is a blank being suddenly awakened to sensation with the capability and desire of receiving instruction. Here follows his grand and elevating argument. He says this man would inevitatbly, on first looking about him, inquire " Where am I?" Contemplating himself—" his form so curious and his feelings so strange"—he would next inquire—" What am I?" After which, meditating upon the world within and without, striving instinctively to penetrate the "mystery of existence"--he would inquire " Why am I?" Under the replies accorded to these three inquiries, says our author, will be found arrayed in their natural order the " entire circle of human knowledge." The thought is wonderfully ingenious, and we conceive also wonderfully admirable. " Stu dying upon a ball that rolls in infinite space, a part of a planetary system, itself a part of another system, the individual already supposed to have awakened to con sciousness would find in answer to his first inquiry Where am I?' that Astronomy teaches the relation of this globe to the rest of creation—Geology, the past history of the earth— Geography, the aspect of its sur face—Chemistry nnd Mineralogy, its composition— Botany, the vegetation clothing it—Natural History, the living creatures inhabiting it—Meteorology, its atmosphere—Electricity and Galvanism and Magnet ism, the subtle fluids by which its whole mass is per meated—Mechanics and hydrostatics, and Hydrody namics, the laws of motion and not as the result of gravitation. In answer to his second inquiry, ' What am I?' this man would next learn from A na t o my, the mechanism of the human frame ; from Physiology, its functions; from Mental Philosophy, the anatomy and physiology of the mind, building up the golden framework of Metaphysics ; while, from the relationship of this mind and body with he would . find revealed science of sight—t hrough Acous ticstthhre through h xte o r p n t a i l cs world, rld , the science of soun d —through Mathematics and Geometry the apprecia tion and amplitude —throug h r a n d Log ic the faculty A of numbers—through Grammar space all t a b l e n it o s tio f n orm of of thought—through Rhetoric and Lan g uages the h the Fine Arts the se nse capacity of speech—through nuity of construction. Finally, from t e repli of the beautiful—through the Useful Arts h theesinge_e_: cited by the third and loftiest query, the oo g d in su ar o y oess in iv q e u l. i y re t r o w'o l u or ld al Poli- Why am 1 Y nduimctaeauthor) be be tics! Philosophy, and to Religion—to Moral Phdo• sophy showing the relation of man to man as (says Philosophy , eur at indi viduals—to Political Philosophy as revealing the duties and relationship of men as members of the community—and ultimately to the noblest study of all that can be conceived by the human intellect, to Religion, disclosing the relation actually existing b e tween man and his Omnipotent Creator." In this really masterly arrangement of human knowledge, we recognise a scope and capacity in our author's intel lect very greatly elevated above the generality. Re- Member, moreover, that, in referring to this portion of the treatise we are alluding to one of the most incidental in character. Possibly for that very rea son, however, it may be the most judiciously ac cepted as an illustration of the remarkable ability shown by Mr. Cox y in the volume of hi s now wor k on -e a n ee Advocate. BORN'S CLASSICAL LIBRARY. August. Four of the Itoman satirists are here collected to gether. The metrical version of Juvenal and Per sins, by William Gifford, is preceded in this volume of Bohn's Classical Library, for August, by literal prose translations by the Rev. Lewis Evans, o f not only Juvenal and Persius, but of Sulpicia and Luci liine4t i uore t o, a t n h y e bargain. That the two former illustrious w of ri:r e s di s j ould be printed and reprinted is comprehen sible—but why Sulpicii, who wrote only half-a-dozen verses on the expulsion of the philosophers from Rome !?' Domitisn,' should be preserved, we cannot con ;torethan we ~ ~ . c^n undentand the value ()lilted fragments of Lucilius—broken lines scattered sentence - s—tho very lumber of literature. etcher, one of the G ----- P ------".----------- p We regret to hear of the death of Mr. Jose h Fl ov., n 1 F r letcher wa-i a most valuable me nt Inspectors o f British public servant, as hi s educational reports amply test ify. SUICIDE AT SEA.--A'lr. Adamsou, the chief stovera of the Brazilia n packet Severn, comm itted suicide byjurnP in g and Foreign S c h ools. yr, overboard a few d ays before the packet caught fire. Intem perance is believed to have been the cause of the rash act. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY COURT CIRCULAR. AUGUST 14. Yesterday her Majesty the Queen, accempaeied by his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Prince Albert, and the junior members of the British and Belgian Reyel Families, proceeded in the carriages of his Majesty froel Lacken to the palace at Brus selt, where the Royal party partook of luncheon. During luncheon, the chorus singers of the SociCee Royale de la Grande Harmonie perfoimed the follow ing serenade concert, under the direction of - el. J. Fischer : Hymme a l'amitie ... Limmander. La Re traite .. • • •. • Soubre. La Mouette .. • • .. Ruberti. Pas Redouble .•• .. Lintermans. Valse Pyrrhique M!chaeli. At half-past three o'clock her Majesty, with the King, the Prince Albert, and the members of the Royal families, proceeded to visit the Hotel de Ville, the Mmee, and the Church of St. Gudule. The Royal dinner party in the evening consisted of the following distinguished personages :—Her Mjesty the Queen, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Due de Brabant, his Royal Highness the Comte de Flandres, the Countess of Gainsborougb, Lady in Waiting to her Majesty; the Honourable Beatrice Byng, Maid of Honour to her Majesty; his Grace the Duke of Northumberland; Lord Howard de Walden; Lord Colville, Equerry in Waiting to ber Majesty ; La Comtesse de Merede Westerloo, Dame d'Honneur • M. Rogier, Minister de l'lnterieur; M. de Hcffsch ' inidt, Minister des Af fairea Etrangeres ; M. Van Hoorbeeke, Minister des Travaux Publiques; le Lieutenant-General Anoul, Minister de la Guerre ; le Lieutenant-General Baron et Madame la Baronne Hooghvorst; M. Charles de Brouekere, Bourgamastre de Bruxelles; Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert; Sir James Clark, Bart. ; M. Quetelet, Directeur de l'Observatoire ; M. Le Comte de Marnix, le Mare achal de la Cour ; M. Van Praet, Ministre de la Maison du Roi; le Comte de Briey, Gouverneur; le Comte de Lannoy, A.D.C. Service; le Lieutenant- Colonel de Maerkerke ; le Major Comte de Fiquel mont, Officier - d'Ordonnance de Service, le Comman dant de la Garde. AUGUST 15. Her Majesty the Queen, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses the - Prince of Wales, the Due de Brabant, the Comte de Flandres, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Prince Alfred, proceeded from the Palace at Lacken to the neigh bouring station, where a special train was in waiting, and at ten o'clock precisely started for Antwerp. Upon their arrival at this city their' Majesties were received by the civil and military authorities. The Royal cortege proceeded, escorted by the Ist Regi ment of Lancers, to the Palace of the King of the Belgians. After a short interval, their Majesties, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the junior mem bers of the Royal Families, proceeded to visit the Exposition, the Musee, and the Cathedral. Their Majesties were everywhere received by the acclama tions of the people. Upon the return of the Royal party to the Palace, luncheon was served, and at a quarter-past two o'clock precisely, the Queen, the King of the Bel gians, the Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Due de Brabant, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Charlotte, the Comte de Flandres, and Prince Alfred embarked on board the Victoria and Albert, attended by the Duke of Northumber land and the Ladies: and Gentlemen of the suites of their Majesties, the Prince, and the Royal Families. The Royal standards of Great Britain and of Bel gium were hoisted, the ships of the squadron manned yards and saluted, and the vessels proceeded on their course amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the crowds of s p e ctators. His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Brabant and Comte de Flandres, took leave of her Majesty, the Prince Albert, and their royal relatives, upon reaching the frontier of the Belgian territory, and proceeded in the Belgian steamer, Le Chemin de Fer, upon their return to Antwerp. The royal squadron anchored for the night in the roads of Flushing. The Cambridge University Commission had a meet ing yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschell, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson, secretary. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Labuan. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BELGIUM DOVER, AuG. 16. The royal yachts have passed down the Channel, hugging the French coast. They were about seven miles southward of Dover at 3.15 P.m. No salute was fired, the squadron being too far from the Dover shore. The weather thick, wind moderate, but freshening. A distressing accident occurred on board the Ra vensbourne, from Antwerp, one of the General Steam Navigation Company's vessels, while saluting the royal yacht on passing. An old man-of-war's man, John Castles, and who has been for many years in the service of the company, was employed in firing the signal carronade, when, upon the seeond discharge, o wing to the explosion of the cartridge while in the act the of thumb and it home, one of the poor fellow's hands, with and a portion of the other hand, were blown off, his wrist and arm were frightfully shattered, and several severe injuries were inflicted upon his face and other parts of his person. The cause of the accident appears to have arisen from not exercising sufficient caution with respect to the closing of the vent hole. The carpenter, who was engaged in closing the vent, did not, it is said, sufficiently cover it with his thumb, and was at the time of the explosion also severely in jured in his hand. Both the sufferers were conveyed on board her Majesty's ship Retribution, where pro per surgical assistance was readily afforded. The carpenter's wound was immediately dressed, and he returned to his own vessel. The gunner was taken into the cockpit, where the Hon. Captain Drummond stated that every possible attention should be paid to the poor man, and that if well enough to be removed, he should be landed at Spithead or some other place, where he would receive every a ssistance. The acc ident excited a strong feeling of inter est amon g , and thre w a gloom over, the passengers a nd crew of the Rave nsbourne. "rr Jack was highly respected by his messm a t es , and, inconseq ue nce of his invariably d r firin g guns wh en n t upon him for support—induced the occasion required, was called the " Gunner .. The circumstances under whic h the accident too k place— de the sufferer being upwards of sixt y y ears of age, and having a wife and large family dependent fi passengers, before sending the poor fellow on board the frigate, to comm ence a subscription for his benefit, and in the short spa ce of about a quarter cf an hour a sum of 201. was col lected, and placed, with the man's consent, in th e hands of the captain, to be applied for him in any manner which might be thought best. The following statement was also drawn up, and signed by the pas sengers on board : " On board the Ravensbourne, off Flashing, August 15, 1852. " The passengers of the Ravensbourne, which left Antwerp at three o'clock this ct a. ernoon, having ex pressed a desire to pay her Majesty—whose yacht was anchored off Ternouse—every mark of respect in theirs power, instructions were given by the captai n t o fi re s alute from the ship's carronade on passing the Victoria a and Albert. The man who was engaged in the per formance io rmance of that duty, an old man-of•war sailor, was- most severely injured by the second discharge, the car tridge exploding while he was in the act of rammingit home, blowing both his hands, and otherwise disabling him for life. " With a view of placing this matter before the public in its true light, as rega rds the ca p tain and offic ers of the vessel, and of engaging t he s y m p athies of the public on e behalf of the unfortunate sufferer—who has a wife and seven children dependent upon him — we, the un d er _ signed, have deemed it our duty to attest these facts, as well for our own satisfaction as for the information of the parties who may be more immediately interested in ascertaining the facts of the case." (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY M ORNING The Royal squadron hove in sight from this p or t at 10.45 this moreing. The commercial advices from India aro of a check ered degreechoafraacetteivr.ityAftorßtohmebsaeyastohn, and ereh pricesadb an unusual had in roost cases advanced. At Calcutta, however, there was much dul ness, and a decline had been experienced. From the Chinee markets the reports are also unfavourable. At Shangh" , however, the weakness of prices was partly attributable to difficulties in the interior navigation, in consequence of drought, and partly to excessive arrivals from Europe. The Singapore dates are to the Ist of July, but they mention no change of moment. From Labuan the ac counts were to the Ist of June. There was great activity a t , the seal-mines, Chinese labourers having been obtained and found very efficient. Fever wa s p revalent, but not of a fat al character, and the European reside nts avoided it b y rema in. ing on th e hill s . At a recent land s ale 27 lots, from 10 t o 17 acres e ac h, were put up an d disposed of, the prices ob tained rangi ng between SO cen ts and 2, 1 4 - dolls. per acre. The w ee kl y rev i ews o f the Amsterdam and Rot terdam produce ma r kets state that b usiness generall y had been rather limited, and that price s had not experienced material alteration. The sole exceptio n was rice, which had been more acti ve l y operated in owing t o the advance in g rain. Indigo was well supported, and late ste ad y purchases ha d favourably influenced. quotations. Coffee and sugar remained quiet, the contracts conc l u d e d being chiefly to supply imme diate wants. Rice at Antwerp and Hamburgh was in greater , demand, and the quotatim a of the several descriptions had I advanced. EVENING, by Captain Joseph Walker, a man who, without any injustice to others, may be said to have travelled more aruoug, and to be batter acquainted with, the Rocky Mountains than eny other living person. His time, perhaps, f or more th a n thirty years, has been chiefly spent in wandering over them, in almost every possible direction. Ile has made repeated trips between New Mexico and California; and about a year since he came from Monterey, or San Diego, to Albuquerque (seventy five miles below Santa FC!, N. M.) within twenty-five days, travelling leisurely with pack animals. The route he travelled was an entirely new one, hitherto unknown; and last fall he returned to California by the same way. The route is directly west from Santa Fe, and he repre sents it as being in every way as practicable for wag gons and carriages as that between Santa Fe and Mis souri. It crosses no mountains, but lies upon broad and level mesas, or table Lends, where the finest of pasture abounds, and a sufficiency of water is met at short intervals. Moreover, the elevated lands adjacent furnish a variety of the best timber. lam sorry it is not in my power to indicate this route with particularity, but the public may rest assured that the fact of the existence of such a pass to the Pacific is past all doubt. I believe there is but one man who has obtained from Captain Walker a plan of the route, with accurate date, and that gentleman (Mr. Kern) is, I believe, now in Washington' city. Mr. Kern, who was with Fremont in one or two of his expeditions, is represented to me as being a skilful engineer and draughtsman. Captain Pope, an accomplished and energetic officer of the United States' Topographical Corps, is at present in Santa Fe This gentleman, aware of the facts I have mentioned in regard to this new pass through the mountains, has made application at Washington to be allowed to explore the route in a thorough and scientific manner; and in the event of his request being granted, • the moderate facilities he will require will be readily granted him by Colonel Sumner, the military comman der of this department. It is not to bo doubted that so reasonable an application, and ono that bids fair to fur nish such valuable and interesting knowledge, will be granted by an intelligent and patriotic administration like the present. "Captain Pope is in daily expectation of receiving orders to explore this new route, which promises so favourably to furnish results in interest and importance far transcending any hitherto brought to the knowledge of the country. Should it be found practicable for car riages and a railroad , two marked advantages over the p as s will at once present thems e l ves . I n t h e fi rst South distance to the Pacific is shortened by some place, the 700 or 800 m iles; and secondly, the w i n t ers are so m i ld in this latitude as to make it certain that from natural causes no impediment to travel Nsould exist at any season of the year." _ d'i'e h a ve advices from the city of Mexico to the 14th ult. Great exc i t ement was manifested in conse quence of the daring depredations of the Indians, the Yucatecas tribe having attacked a town not more than 100 miles from the capital. It is said that several battles bad been fought between the Mexicans and Indians, in which the former were defeated with con siderable loss. Tht President of Costa Rica had issued a manifesto declaring the assent of his Government to the basis of the settle between the difficulty nit Nicaragua . as agreed upon Great Brita and the United States. The New York stock market continued to have an upward tendency. The money market was rather easier; there bad been a better inquiry than of late, b u t the demand was promptly met by capitalists. ge was firmer, with only a moderate demand,Foreign ex p chilalsn on London, 110 5 - 8 to 1101 ; Paris, 5 16 1 to 5 15 ; Hamburgh, 361 to 361; Amsterdam, 41 to 4 1 ; Bremen, 79 791. Cotton had an iup ward tendency ; strict middling upland was quoted at 101 c, and New Orleans 104 c. per lb. The flour market was inactive, the demand being almost exclu sively forthe home trade. The wheat market was Indian corn was buoyant, western mixed depress ed. selling at 64c. to 65 per bushel. Iron was quiet; Scotch p ig selling at 20 dolls. 50 c. to 21 dolls. Both pot and pearl ashes were inactive. THE AMERICAN FISHERIES. We extract the following from the Ministerial journal of yeste rda y evening : " We believe that we may with perfect confidence as sure our readers of the satisfactory termination of the dispute on the subject of the North American fisheries —a dispute, we may observe, that has been treated much more seriously in newspaper controversy and hus tings speeches than in the communications of the British and American Governments. The terms on which the matter is likely, we ma y say, certain, to be adjusted are extrem ely simple, and as it will be teen perfectly equit able. They are terms of absolute reciprocity, as far as the right of fishing is concerned. The Americans are to be at liberty to fish in all British wa ters, the British to fish in all American waters, subject on both sides to the general law which prohibits the vessels of foreigners to fish within less than three miles of the shore of any country to which they do not belong—the three miles to be measured from the nearest land, without distinction of bay or open sea. This general law, as we have before observed, is absolutely necessary for fiscal and police purposes; and, therefore, there can be nothing offensive or invidious in its enforcement, whether by British or American authorities. We may add that, upon a care ful review of all that has occurred, the American Go vernment acknowledges that no offence has yet been offered to it, though it slightly complains that a notice had not been given by the British Government of its purpose of protecting the three miles border of the sea with mere vigilance than before. Such a notice, how ever, upon a further consideration, it has been ad mitted, would have been equivocal, if not positively insulting, as implying a suspicion that the Government of the 'United States had connived at a contraband fishery. DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, CALCUTTA, 6-c. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Lady Jocelyn screw steam-ship, Captain N. Stewart, sailed this afternoon with the mails for St. Vincent's, Sierra Leone, St. Vin cent's, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and Calcutta. This splendid vessel (built by Mr. Mare, our worthy M.P.), which is a sister ship to the Queen of the South, resembles her in all internal fitments as well as general model. She arrived here from the river yesterday morning, and has since been visited by a number of per sons taking an interest in naval architecture, all of whom speak of her in the highest terms, as one of the most complete specimens of ship-building afloat. The visitors are warm also in their acknowledgments of the kindness and attention shown them by Captain Ford, the company's superintendent, who accompanied the vessel to this port, and Mr. Laming, the local agent. In addition to the mails, which are under the charge of Commander James Bridges, R.N., the Lady Jocelyn has 200 tons of general cargo and 50,0001. in specie, and about 50 passengers. Among the latter are Lieutenant- Colonel M'Duff and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ar dieno, the Misses Derom (2), Ensign Egan and Mrs. Egan, Deputy Assistant Commissary General Allinson, Mrs. Allinson, and three children; Deputy Assistant Commissary General Baker, Mrs. Baker, and four chil dren, for the Capo. Mr. W. Johnson, Mr. James Scott, Mr. J. Lambert, Mr. Ogilvie, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and two female servants, Miss Chapman and friend, for the Mauritius. Captain J. P. Cooda and Mrs. Conde, Mr. H. Winch, Mr. and Mrs. Ratcliff, Captain and Mrs. May and child, Lieutenant Wiscott, and Quartermaster Daises, for Madras. Mr. Charles Wright, for Ceylon; and Mr. G. I. Wight, for Calcutta. During her stay at this port the Lady Jocelyn has been supplied from the dockyard with one of Porter's anchors, 42 cwt., acid two Brown and Redpath's fire hearths, which have been substituted for Grant's cook ing apparatus, with which the ship was before supplied. It is but justice to Mr. Grant to add that in this instance, as in that of the Queen of the South, his apparatus, which has been found to fully answer in our ships of war, has been supplanted simply from want of skill in the cooks, who appear to be so perplexed with the new ap paratus as to utterly despair of mastering a knowledge of its requirements. It will be recollected the cook of the Queen of the South attempted to commit suicide in consequence of vexation at not being able to succeed in his art with Grant's apparatus. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, M ONDAY.- By th e R o yal Mail steam ship America, Sh annon comman d er , w e have advices from New York to the 3d inst., and Boston to the 4th. She has 152,000 dollars in specie, on freight. The America sailed from Boston at noon en the 4th inst., and at 2.20 A.m. on the sth passed the steam ship Niagara, hence for Boston ; at 1.20 A.M. on the 611 the America grounded going up Halifax Harbour, but so slightly as to be scarcely perceptible. She arrived at Halifax at noon on the 6th, and at 5.17 rm. again proceeded to sea, having been detained 31 hours by the Admiral on the station. She came gg north abou' - ," and arrived in the Mersey at a quar ter past twelve to-day. The America will go into the graving dock to morrow, for examination, and will sail at her ap pointed time on Saturday. The steam-ship Hermann arrived at New York, from Southampton, on the 31 ; and the steam-ship Niagara, hence for Boston, arrived at Halifax on the 3d. The steam-ship Asia, hence for new York, was passed at ten A.M. yesterday, 285 miles from Liver pool. - The steam-ship Ohio had arrived at from Aspen wall, with 219 299 s p e cie on dolls. in New York freight, and 100,0 00 dolls. in the hands of pas sengers. Congress was t o a dj ourn on the 31st o f August, whether the publi c b usiness was done or not . In the Senat e , on the 2d, a message w as received , from the President, i n answer t o mr. Mason's resolu tion calling for i n f ormation respecting the fi s h e ries, transmitting a r e p or t of the Actin Secretary of State, and stating th at Commander Perry g , with the steam-frigate Mi ss i ss i ppi, had been dispatc h e d th e re to protect America n r i ghts. Mr. Cass move d it s re ference to the Com m it tee on Foreign Relat i ons . The greater part of the correspondence accompany i ng the message has been pri n t e d heretofore, as it em b race s all that has taken pl ace on the su bj e ct since 18 23 , a large part of whi c h was sent to the Senate in February, 1845. The following letter is, however, interesting : Mlt. CRAMPTON TO MR. WEBSTER. " Sir,—l have been dire c t e d b y her Majesty's Govern ment" Washington, July 5 . to bring to the kno w l e d ge of the Government o f the United States a m easure which has been adopte d b y her Majesty's Gover nment to prevent a repetition of t h e complaints which h ave so f requently been made of t h e encroachment of vessels b e l ong i ng to citizens of t h e United States and o f F rance upon the fishing groun d s reserved by the convent i on of 1818. Urgent representa tions having been addressed to her Majesty's Govern ment by the Governments of the North American pro vinces in regard to these encroachments, wherdby the colonial fisheries are most seriously prejudiced, directions have been given by the Lords of her Majesty's Admiralty for stationing off New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Is land, and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, such a force of small sailing vessels and steamers as shall be deemed suf ficient to prevent the infraction of the treaty. It is the command of the Queen that the officers employed should bo specially enjoined to avoid all interference with ves sels of all friendly Powers except where they are vio lating the treaty, and upon all occasions to avoid giving grounds of complaint by harsh or unnecessary proceed lags where circumstances compel their arrest or seizure. " I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurance cf my high consideration. " JNO. F. CRAMPTON." Acting Secretary Hunter, under date of July 6, acknowledged the receipt of this note. Mr. Cass addressed the Senate for more than an hour in examination of the treaty of 1818, and in reading from the instructions and correspondence of the Commissioners who negotiated that treaty, as well as the correspondence between the British Com missioner and Minister upon the subject, showing that the British construction was wholly untenable. He contended that the American construction was the proper one. He alluded to the importance of the interests engaged in the fisheries, and strenuously urged that they should be protected by all the power of the United States it necessary. He re garded the movement of Great Britain as most ex traordinary. Mr. Davis said his opinion, expressed some time since, that there was no cause for alarm, and that no war would grow out of this matter, was still unchanged. Still he considered there was much in it of an irritating and vexatious character. He had listened to the Senator from Michigan with much pleasure. Incidentally connected with the matter was the question of reciprocity. He now protested against any settlement of the reciprocity question by treaty. He would never yield that ques tion to be determined by negotiation. He did not be lieve Congress would consent to yield the control of the revenues of the country to the treaty making power. One year the wants of the Government would require a revenue of 40,000,000 dollars, and the next year 80,000,000 dollars, perhaps, would be necessary. While events were so uncertain the question of the revenue of the country should never never do to limit by treaty be placed beyond the power of Congress. It would the nation. To do so would be an encroachmentesue' upon the fundamental principles o f the . e t n would tion. So jealous was the Constitution diet 1 not permit the Senate in its legislativecapacity treaty to originate money Bills. Should such a his meet come to the Senate, it would never witht on the the ,revenues o approbation. He considered this movement policy i part of Great Britain as intended as a strokend thecolo which might result as a dangerous one/ a- had nies might perhaps find out that the object they H in view was not to be advanced by it• unced the examined the question of right, and prono as construction passed on the treaty by Great Britain would altogether erroneous. He did not think a war Britain grow out of this. He did not think Great . . He have it wanted a war, but if she did she could Hamlin would never surre n d er any right to hen. Mr ' and followed in a critical examination of the treaty, of the correspond ence at the time of it s negotiation of He maintained th a t the American i nter pret a tion sus- the treaty of 1818 was correct, and tha t it was the tamed by all th e authorities. Se considered that conduct of Gr e at B ritain could not h a d not con he submitted to - without disgra ce and dishonour. Se eluded when the subject was postponed. t e in their The newspapers are much more modem., an . the tone when discussing the fisheries' question d siderably excitement appears to have abated CO II throughout the Union. n A great numb er of people assembled ° the 31st nder way to for see the steam frigate Mississippi general expeo. the fishing grounds. C ontrar y to g e . demon tation, she left th e port without ma ki n g any stration. • and Sae The fitting out of the frigates Columbia vannah was proceeding with great activity. Northern The United States' fishing h sce eoner Gui - f of St. Light, at Boothbay, Maine, from th e , a British Lawrence, reported being boarded by three miles cutter, and requested not to fish vvithin,, e line was of the land, headland to headland ; the t and crew. marked out in the presence of the P ca reported that The schooner Wave, at Gloucester, d, i in company while lying at anchor near Sable Is'a? 6 , , a British with the fishing schooner Helen - 1 . 1‘ s o rne fresh bait cutter boarded them, and, on finding ! d took her into on board the Helen ' Maria, seized and vessel alleged Pubrico. The crew of the captured ne intention of that they were not fishing, and ba c !. of s upplies and evading the treaty, but were short had put in for them. tate that the • D st., 8 Letters dated Boston, the 2d 1 eee , on b a d been United States' fishing schooner. Lin' s treaty and taken seized for a violation of the fiseerie,s Island. into Charlotte-town, Prince Edward rt 011 the 28th, In the St. John's Admiralty C° i li n the case of the presided over by Judge Han r t a ckle and cargo, " Queen v . th e sc h ooner Coral, o f s he Crown for the Jud ge -Ad voca t e move d on b ehdefault. It appeared sentence of condemnation by read, that the Coral , from the affidavits which were owned by Mr. W. E. Pennell, ° f Machias, and sail ingeawas discovered by the under th e A mer i can g ' 16th of June last, to officers of the N e tl e y, on the 0 . fish at or near a well have been then recently tak` ° ‘ ,* a Long's Eddy" (ex known fishing ground cane.", f rom the shore of the tendin g less than half a It In t l wand Manan. On being North Head of the island 0. gear was found wet, boarded the schooner's fishinget slime. A quantity of and her decks covered with Th e judge thereupon fresh fish were in her bola• her tackle, apparel, and pronounced the schooner, her a on board at the time furniture, with the na r g ° t o her Majesty ; and in of seizure, to be forfeited the terms of the Conven doing so, after referring to 1818, the Imperial sta tion of the 18th of October, , an a tute 59th George We choaP•t, case no que s tion arose as 38 - r observe d d the that several in this davits produced to the court, to the true construction to be put up on the Thomas Conventions jiaine, Judge Bett s h a d decided th at t h e writ In the case of a h a beas corpus mu s t b e dis r remanded to the custody charg e d, an d t h e prisone t _ e be hcommitment of the c om e of the Marshal, under mission'ers. Berea gives a list of th e s t eam- The New York J a nuary 9to July 28 , f rom boat ac c id en t s from 'l il by occurred, which it appears that 20 accidents p which 488 people w e re killed and 100 injured. severely at Rochester P The cholera was rag in g f ' , having up wards of 100 cases, many of them fatal, oc curred within three days' with horrible e • filled The papers are the destruction of the steamer loss of life caused by Henry Cl a y. Mr Thoma s Collyer, part ow ner of the vessel, lied been arrested and held to bail. The reported °au- .. Captain gbter ofMarcy and his troops by th e Indians i s contradicted. communication relative t o a new The following eon' 'h New e York overland route to the Pacific appears in t Herald:— " Another pass — b es ides the South pass of Fremont— is not kn own to ex "co exist through the great Rocky Moun very was made about a year ag o , tain ranee. The -- AUGUST 17, THE PREROGATIVE OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE TIMES. Sir,—Tbat the public may not be misled on the subject of the Prerogative-office, Doctors' Commons, the emolument of my office of Principal Registrar, or the manner in which the duties of the office have been fulfilled, I trust to your sense of impartial justice, which I have admired on so many occasions, to insert the following statement in your next publication : The office I hold is a patent one, of great antiquity, which has always been executed by deputy, and its emoluments are regulated by Act of Parliament. I know not why I, any more than other patentees similarly circumstanced, should be held up b y you to public odium, and m ade the subject of misrepresenta tion and exaggeration. If, as you allege, I have not maintained the office in full efficiency, .but have underpaid my deputies and assistants, there is a judge of the court who has jurisdiction in the case. But no app ea l h as b een made to him by any parties aggrieved ' nor have I re ceived from the Archbishop of the province, from whose prerogative the patent is derived, any complaint whatever against me. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT MOOSE. Hunton Rectory, Aug. 14. - - v _—So TILE SWORD T URNED INTO THE SICICL.- _;_ great is the scarcity of hands in West Sussex, owing t `L e c u ' h ie gration and ether causes, that the farmers, enabler t Pr h coni the means of housing their crops, have applied t manding officer of the Scots Fusilier Guards, vfliott,gron !cultural tion that his men did not compete n wrlte vacant, con labourers, but only supplied their 1 'laces • kle instead of the condi sented to allow his men to wield the S slur. Edward Wyatt sword. Two of the farmers of Boshain,e _ LI • of and Mr. Holloway, engaged a scoqa_ve cool the Fusilier pleted tha in- Guards, and, with their assistance,cillsaY them for winter gathering of their sheaves and sr! o f the South Downs is threshing. The harvest south.woara. always the earliest in the kinga M r_l DOLT, BART.—We have DEATH OF SIR JOHN ...•. hoh baronet, which took JOSE this .• to announce the demise o f John Hindie Pelly, Eh ° ex , on Friday last, i n his 75th place at Upton House t P.,. son year. Sir John waste 3" daughter of the late John Blake, of Upton, Essex, hy stroof . Ire was Deputy Governor of the Es - q., of Parliament - was elected Governor in 1841. He was Bank in 1840, andhe Hudson's Bay Company, and Deputy also Governor of C lie i 5 succeeded by • his oldest Master of the TrinitY n i n e n o s 9 e : . SOD, Juba 1 10120 °al 1852. TERMINUS OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AT KING'S-CROSS. The magnificent terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King's-cross, having b:-en appointed to be opened on Monday, the 20th September, i s rap idl y approaching towards completion. The extent of land situate in the pari s h o f S t. Pancras, occupied by the terminus, on the southern side of the Regent-Canal, Maiden-lane, and between that point and King's-cross, is about 30 acres. The offices of the company, together with the temporary station, wharves, warehouses, the granary, engine house, &c., on the northern side of the canal, also oc cupying from 45 to 50 acres, making the total amount of land occupied by the station and works of the London terminus of the Great Northern line about 70 acres. The grand entrance to the newly erected terminus of the Great Northern Rail way at King'secrose has a north-western frontage, and is a large and elegent building, composed of brick and faced with stone, abutting on the ad St. Pancras-road, and with much the same aspect as the rears of the old Small-pox and London Fever Hospitals, which it has superseded. The building, including the parcels' office at the extreme northern end, is 805 feet in length, and upwards of 70 feet in height. Its centre compartment contains the pay-offices and the avenues leading to the departure platform of the railway, and which is really a beautiful structure. The length of the room designed as the pay-office is 99 feet in length, 41 feet in width, and its height about 40 feet. It has a rich panelled ceiling somewhat in the style (although plainer) of the ceiling of the large waiting hall of the ' terminus of the London and North- Western Railway, at Euston-square, with large coves. Adjoining the pay-offices are the various waiting rooms for the passengers, offices, &c., connected with the carrying department of the railway. On the eastern side of the paoffice is erected a stone ga ller y , supported upon 34 large and exceedingly e le g ant iron brackets, an d a light and unique railing. of a Gothi4 design. The ea ea df sedon t o 3dao t f ro h fo e . hu T si h n e es p s u e r fa po e s e e s o o f f th th i this geaolmlepryanlys ttoegceotnhneerctatnhdje southernalso lengthlrntddheatiepailnepebrufoilrdminagn, board - room , which - is - 50 feet in , in width, and situate at the extreme ware housingls'hieh goods a of the terminus accommodation for rai L lw ea ay ving the basements eromthineru soe offices fee o f as requisite to the management the main buildin g b y pay-offi ce , the departure platform, and under at once find s himself on the the eastern side of the passenger the tw t o h h e u e i n l d o i r n m g o s u , s w g h l i a e s h s roof of the more western of lloatoek scorymstuaclhplaiklaee Palace in egreatly-admired tr ansep t o f th e Hyde-park. Each of the ar rival and departure sheds are, like the ma i n b u il d i ng, already described, 805 feet in length and 110 feet in l w m id es tb o , f an r d ai, lwillsomeeacho,f ich w w h h encompleted, contai n seven are arrival and dep ar t ure already being l a id down. The roof of ea c h of these laminated sheds is what is technically terme d roof, 105 feet span, and the largest osfenii the before attempted. The lower part of th e roof ind ever of each building on either side is panelled, and is supported upon 80 laminated ribs with hips, their base s resting on large cast iron stancheons, firmly embedded in the g brickwork and walls of the main building. The de parture platform is 25 feet wide, and 800 fet long, and consists of 6-inchYorkshirelandinsss, erected on brick work. The upper portion of the semicircular and laminated roof is composed of glass of patent manu facture, and the effect from the interior, without dis tracting the eye, is exceedingly light and airy. The extreme height of the roof of the arrival and departure sheds from the level of the rails to the centre is 80 feet. At the extreme northern end of the arrival and departure sheds the roofs and building will be, when finished, terminated by two immense " trusses," or supporters, at the end of each roof, the largest ever manufactured, and they will form a footway as well as be the means of supporting the hips and ends of the roof. The arrival and departure sheds, although mainly separated by a wall about four feet in thick ness, are connected at intervals by large open arch ways, at which points the turn-tables of the line will be fixed, so that carriages can be passed from the arrival to the departure compartments with the greatest facility. On the eastern side of the ter minus, running parallel with the arrival depart ment, is the arrival-platform, and on the extreme east, abutting on Maiden-lane, is the roadway for the cab stand, all within the walls of the building ' • an ex ample which would be well to be followed by other railways (more particularly the North-Western), in stead of destroying respectable neighbourhoods by the nuisance arising from their cab-stands. On the western aide of this road and cab-stand the eastern side of the arrival-shed is supported upon 40 pillars of large dimensions. This roadway is the same length as the platform, extending nearly from the extreme southern point at King's-cross to the btidge which crosses the line at the Imperial Gasworks in Maiden lane. The cabs can only enter at this upper end, and make their egress by the southern front; so that complete regularity will be preserved, and anything like confusion avoided. The concrete of the roadway is already laid, and, in a few days, the substratum will be covered with blocks of wood paving, in order to free the station from noise as much as possible. The south facade of the terminus, which, being surmounted in the centre by the clock tower, is looked upon by the general public a s t h e principal front, pos sesses a frontage of 253 feet, and including the width of the grand entrance on the north-western side, which is 58 feet, a gross frontage, abutting on the St. Pancras-road, of 311 feet. This building, like the general entrance, is constructed of brickwork, with stone facings. At the basement of the stupen dous arches forming the southern facade of the ar rival and departure sheds or terminus of the railway, are six openings for the introduction of six pairs of gates, through which it is intended the mails and all carriages alone, which are to travel by the line, are to enter, and there is an avenue or road running towards the eastern end, to enable the vehicles to make egress by the arrival platform r oadwa y . The south facade of the terminus consists of t he most stupendous receding brickwork arches ever "turned." They are all " turned" in brick, each receding arch is composed of eight rings of bricks , the width of the first arch 74 feet, the third 77 turned being 71 feet, the second feet, and the last or outward arch towards the front being 80 feet. The height of this building is upwards of 80 feet from the metals to the summit. In the centre of the southern f, cede stands the clock tower, the height of which is 112 feet from the level of the rails. It is 22 feet across at its base, and 16 feet across above the level of the roof, from which it springs. It is a square constructed tower, and is sur mounted by a slanting leaded roof, ornamented with rolls of lead tapering from the edge upward, and sur mounted by a large and handsome gilded vane. The clock tower is fitted internally with rooms and stair cases leading to the clock - room a nd other compart ments. The grand feature, however , of the clo c k tower will be the clock itself, which is having four faces, which are composed of slate, fitted, and rapidly progressing. The clock itself is Dent's clock, which stood in the centre of the British avenue of the latech Great Exhibition, and excited so much attention. w There will be three bells attached to the clock ; the large were sdeeferpe-qtaonenedtlybbeells,rdthaet tsionnocrroyusst.tlopnessiscoet, which intended to strike the hour; whilst two other bells of .11 strike the quarters. lesser calibre and compass The faces of the clock at night will be lighted up by electric lights, and will no 1 After passing out of the doubt,arrivalwhaenild depcomplete,arture have a very beautiful effect. which strikes attention' sheds on the extreme wide bridge, still withinisththe northern side, the first object e a actual terminus, crossing erather boundaries ha o n f dw th in e over the line at the entrance to b. Imperial Gas-works, and through whic • h the eaelitn of the tunnel under ' f ay de veloped, although. the Regent's Canal is., erc e of it can be seen through we the bridge, even while ' a dorn' of standing on the P c h is the terminus. Th e en t rance t o the tun n el? w hide the but a very few yards on the sout her _ a ode of tveping w ith the canal, ~is a ne a t s t one s tructure, jaiii i i portion of it bridge and surrounding objects. iron aqueduct, the which passes under the canal • is below the bed of the top of which is about five ?t i ), from the roof to canal, and the depth °f 19 or 20 feet. This tunnel, the level of the rails, sae canal, and completely under after passing under the. o - op t e of the Great Northern the present teroporty:„e iy te close to, and on the Railway, etriersideweslia lane viaduct or bridge, which eastern side f. %way year Bellisle, and in close proxi crosses the r,a .dge w hich fell so many times, crossing mitt' to thkese # rthern line in continuation of ' the Bir the Gres' ° A Blackwell Junction Railway. mineethane and • The e this tunnel is stated to be about 1,500 yards, spah:- sidered a safe and sound structure, although " en were le'll one or t w° in - i ed on account of the cha meter of the soil during its construction. At the extreme south-western corner of bu ilding, abutting on the St. Pancras. road n and passenger entrance to the station, the foundations have been dug out for the erection of a comfortable hotel, and the workmen are proceeding most rapid manner. Some idea may with h it in a what this hotel will be when finished, d e formed of stated that the design is that the hotel e ' hen it is stories high, 190 feet long and 54 feet shall be five of vaults and other outbuilding. wide, exclusive The entire arrangement of this elaborate wor k of art hays been 1 enormous and conducted superintendence of Mr. Louis Cubitt, under the the architect, and the pratical development of his plans carried out by Mr. John Jay, the contract Jay, his brother. There are ae o t r t's and Mr. William up wards of 1,000 men employed 4 see present time to complete them by the times on the works in order s computed by judges, although pecified ; and it 1 . named, that the London terminus no actual silt:112: on terminus of the Great Northern Railway li . - • ? Ing's.cross, will coat sometlaiog like 300,0001. Notices have been served for some time past on the inhabitants of Weston-place and Tunbridge-place, I New-road, and it is expected that in the course of a few days the railway will take possession of the pro perty they have purchased, and pull them down at once, so as to throw open the site of the southern façade and clock-tower to the New-road, which will then be seen for a considerable distance from many points, and it will then form one of the most promi nent features in London. We understand also that it is the intention of the Great Northern Company, with the permission of the local authorities, to erect splendid re s t s an d we ll-li g h ted lamp-stands, as alrea d y King's- cross , f rom th e i mmense number of roads con verging at that point, is considered one of the most dangerous places for crossing in London, and, without the proposed rests and lamps, the loss of life from cabs rushing out of the Great Northern Terminus at the time the trains arrive would be very great. SPORT/N G NOTES. No. CCLXXXV. THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING TO-MORROW'S RACES AT YORE. F c T s o e u H v r e s E n e Ss and,t U ak 2 V Sin,—To-morrow's stakes, u a t n d of r_TTOo.mToHrrEow.thirisTß list EDITOR exhibits is headed, as usual, with that yclept' the Dundas. This is run over the mile-and-a-quarter subscription of fifteen, will probably have half a dozen at the post, including RADULPHITS and th e S op hi stry filly, who will, I have very little doubt, occupy the first and second places. The Ebor St. Leger, it is said, will attract but a small firld, which will be selected from the following:—Daniel O'Rourke, Bst 131 b; Sackbut, Bst 71b (d); Lucio, Bst 71b (d); Caracara, B st 71 b; Frantic , B st 71 b; the Golden Age, Bst 71b (d); and, Alfred the Greatt, Bst 71b (d). It will be seen by the foregoing list that Daniel, Caracara, and Frantic are the only certain runners. Scott's horse and FRANTIC will, I fancy, finish first and second ; and in giving the third place to Caracara I have a notion that the result is foreshadowed. The field for the Yorkshire Oaks (mile and a quarter) will comprise the following:—Bird on the Wing, Am monia, Evadne, Merry Bird, Hirsute, Kate, Snowdrop, and perhaps another or two. The result will probably show BIRD ON THE WING and AMMONIA in the first and second places, with Evadne close up. The Convivial Stakes, I understand, will have a large field, consisting, amongst others, of Defiance, Bst 51b, Sittingbourne, Bst 31b, Auld Acquaintance, Bst 21b, filly by Melbourne, Bst 21b, filly by Assault, Bst 11b, Nicotine, 7st 131 b, filly by Touchstone, out of Cuckoo, 7st 131 b, and Comfit, 7st 131 b. This stake seems destined to fall to the lot of either the owner of Defiance or else of Sit tingbourne. The Chesterfield Handicap, one mile, will have The Saxon, 4 yrs, Gst 131 b, Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, Est 71b, Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, 6st, and, perhaps, two or three others at the post; the winner's name, however, .is included in one of those given above, THE SAXON being the animal. If he, by any chance, should fail, Lady Agnes will act as prima donna, The Selling Stakes and her Majesty's Plate have not closed as yet. Weathergage's defeat yesterday has settled his chance for the Ebor.—l am, Sir, &c., Aug. 17. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. Tho betti ng yesterday, flat beyond precedent for the season, and noticeable only for a considerable outlay on Odessus for the Ebor Handicap, and a further decline in Songstress for the Great St. Leger, admits of but a brief quotation:— EGB rev i r s D A I C d A i ne 5 to 1 agst M r . 12 to 1 agst Mr. J. M. Stanley's Storyteller 12 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oliver's Sir Row]. Trenchard 12 to 1 agst Mr. Cooper's Montague 12 to 1 agst Mr. Parki nson ' s Odesus 15 to 1 agst Lord Clifd en ' s Sseklonst 100 to 6 agat Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Hale's Bilberry 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Brown's Nancy 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird EBOR ST. LEGER. 6 to 5 agat Daniel O'Rourke GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ilex ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Songstrcsa—taken and afterwards offered 7 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell 7to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke—t 4to I DERBY, 1853. 1,000 to 30 agst Lord Caledon's Brother to Shyloek—t LICHFIELD RACES, MONDAY. The Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added, for two years old. One mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. Flintoff's f by Heron Mr. Copeland's Director Won easy. . _ _ The Staffordshire Stakes of 15Sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. The winner pays 10 sous. towards expenses, and the second saves his stakes. Two miles. (17 Subs.) Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 7st Blb ... (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. J. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, 64t 121 b 2 Mr. Yardley na Liberty, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Lord Ribblesdale's Herbert, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b Won by a he ad. The Two yrs old Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 40 added. - Last half.mile. (6 Subs.) Sir C. Rushout's Sextus, Bst 7lb (Whitehouse) 1 Lord Caledon's c by Simeon, Bsl 121 b Mr. Shelmerdine's Evening Star, Bst 10Ib 3 Mr. Merry's Valour, Bst 71b Mr. Phillip's La Juive 0 Mr. Taylor's Game Chicken Won easy. _ _ _ _ _ _ The Anson Stakes of 5 sovs. eaith, 3 ft, for three yrs old and upwards. One mile. Heats. (5 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Sally, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (A lad) 1 1 Mr. Oakoy'a Theorem. 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Taylor's Gentle Kitty, 3 yrs, 7st 71b YORK AUGUST MEETING. YORK, MONDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK. ARRIVALS.—Lady Amyott, c by Melbourne,lont of La Femme Sage, Frantic Sackbut, Maidstone, Ode ssus , The Queen, Eleanor, Pitfall, Tittle Tattle, Bell Tinker, Conrad, MerryiPeal, Barcelona, Adine, Hesse-Homburg, Defiance, Haricot, Tho Saxon, Vivandiere, Cat's-paw, Vindex, Nancy, Killarney, Bilberry, The Puritan, f by Piearoon, out of Coimbra, 2 yrs, Sittingbourne, Kate, Malice, Helen Faucit, Auchinleck, Dame Tattle, Lord- Lieutenant, Eliza Middleton, Wings of a Dove. GREAT EXHIBITsION OF 1853 IN DUBLIN In order to render the Irish Exhibition of next year as extensively useful to the commercial and industrial interests of Ireland as possible, the com mittee, since the munificent subscription of 20,0001. to the funds by Mr. Dargan, have placed themselves in communication with the most influential persona who were connected with the Great E f all Nations, in the Crystal Palace, and the y ears have also receive all possible encouragement. b 7 " I tant of the also invited the most remarkable and im P°r send their exhibitors of all nations, of last year,: have been contributions to Dublin, and we believe they j ose. It is promised the co-operation well known that many branch e s either not at all, or inadeqnatey;ors park, for many were restrain! d interrogative suggestion, of InanY ef industry were xhibitionsap! represented in Hyde -f exhibiting by the wh a t good could it fact is that the advan do you ?" But tb e to the public at taxes of the Ex hibition .n nterests of commerce, large, and to the g were not greater. r e o portion, than they were to the in r s P themselves. For instance, al individualexhaibiganch of manufacture, and by no though in on;mportant one, that of organ tube and means an, n un li la certain that the English surpass pipe-mal"fci it whatever may be the excellence of French t! ev an7eriengdanGceeromfan build,organ 0 builders, u in i l ders, loudnessin theof ing clang, e- perfection of the English organ in depth, mel lowness, o nal r uil:e lled brilliancy of tone, they make no approach to lowness , and rich s n t e h s e s m of f t ar one h . ehi T nd h . e English make was neveorf e a d ve until it came to be proved at the Ex elsfiasrtmleyear, and it would have remained to this f ay con . hthiboebuirtiPejuanacknowledged if it had not been for the spirit of one maker, a Mr. Roome, of John-street, Fitzroy square, who, alone, of the whole trade,wseentreininceomnbtreir: and t tops , reed. but c T o n h e tdbaiiudt i n e o nd n o s st p!e o ocni ms t i h se e tn so E fo f x s h en i ly, b e i rp t i3erorknf perfect ne dt T sos h ft e v s oi e fp , e s result was that the German exhibitors themselves acknowledged the superiority of the English work, and actually procure af d rnoci p m i n p great prize transferred orga n; numerous m f e e r r o f nomur foreign l o n r ; dßteor°s°thweree for rnagtfhtreerihr exhibitor. The consequences 13 have g been so advan tageous to the latter, that it is to be hoped no trader or as makertihnogseeneioxuhsibitions afford wil o l ra ne n g f le s c h t o such opportunities what really i s d one in this country in the way °f perfect manufactur e . sho wing the world way WRECIi OF THE CHRISTIAN. —By ti l e the ri eV) mail we have received intelligence of the ivre" o bserved about Christian. On the 23d of June she was ot.Angria's Co- labs. She went to pieces on the rocks three P.m. ashore, within a mile and ahalf hi d seventeen of the she struck. The tide was at the full,waon mates, took to the crew, including the master and the &c.,t but, owing to the tide being on the turn, water in the long boat and on 1:!half an hour after D istance could be rendered were carried out to sea. 1 % hundreds were witnesses of them from the land, though . an d rain now for some time eb their danger. T therecouiaarnaot make the shore, but she had struck, and when the latter wind shore thought the Christian bad scored t t h he e p s e p e o p t le w " h n e w r rothey beheld a vessel tacking and making got off the reef, On the morning of the 24th eleven of Pilgrim ; the Christiro, had entirely cacheddisae Alibaugh, they having managed to land the crew down the coast—the other six were drowned. four miles_, w as shown the unfortunate men by Mr. out again, This was Every attentioL!, Karr and Mr. ilearn, and all their wants supplied. Thu the ship ma ster t fltr. Brown) and the ten seamen left Alibaugh fo . r Three of the six drowned sailors had been, found sa fety. buried at Alibaugh ; the other three were still missing. zom b i *, on the morning and bur l The Christian was laden with coal. of the 25th, and have reached in The cause of Vice -Chancellor Parker' s sudden d ea th was angina p ec t or i s. , i t isremar kable that the de. cea sed judge was fi rs t se i zed with it the first day he assumed hisofficial duties. F rom the per iod of that attack the disease had been a source of great uneasiness to his family i and . at no time did he suff er more f rom it than during the dlietlsBloll of the Wagur me.