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I i Gte 1 .• 9 14 ' I 9. Il• 5 t ( ••• ~• f. ; ;.•• I t " r ivy ; . 0 , t O. 51' 11 e 1 711 I 0 :41 ; i.' ( be u 6 'ar ) y 3 10 t o • j .1' ° d B et '1,1314 LITERATURE. BENTLEY'S SHILLING SERIES. Among the cheaper and yet at the same time the really, valuable publications of the day, Bentley's Shil ling Series has alre a dy assumed a ver y consp i cuous position. It comp r i ses some o f th e most d e li g htf u l little v o l umes i maginable—precisely the very books t o amuse and instruct a traveller. Here, for example, as" Notes on N oses "— t h e very thing to t i c kl e t h e e a phragm of even th e most dy spep ti c i n t o laughter— ,r_ammed with conc e it s th a t wou ld h ave b een "nuts" 1,%,. S . aakenburgius .1 Here again is "The Comic Grammar," with fifty of Leech's most prepos fr"os (and by that we mean most delectable) illus trations. Leech, by the way, from his earliest and symboli ca l s i gnature — to say not hi ng o f his fun must surely be the very " bottle imp" of caricatu rists ! Here are " Turf Characters," including both officials and subalterns—and interesting to all those bo have ever h a d a love for " t h e ring, ' an anxiety o utTattenha m C orner or an interest in the colossal bettin g of Davis—of all betters the Leviathan. Here g o o• d, honest "M ar ti n T o utrond"—showing us what t uts droll er i es J ames M or i er imagined might in uig r adventurous Frenchman. of ours hefal an unlucky wight of an Frenchman. Besides thes e, we have th e fir t eus "Nights at Sea," written by the Old Sailor, IC es all the (reading) world knows n o w w as no ether the e let H. Barker. Then there is another N'oltu sene of th e ser i es devoted to the grim l ad awful st or y of the " Loss of the Maze r' e'teoln- vessel," at every mention of which a lon g wh i le to come eac h gen tle heart will v e h il Y e e a sigh for poor Eliot Warburton ! Added ,B to de tl,pcomes another vglume comprising the '• or . - , told by W. H. Maxwell—pathetic in his O —r ` es of Waterloo," enthralling in "My Life, theaPtain Blake," and renowned in his history of Tale ‘Dt4 c of Wellington." Through these" Border re : e at" poor Maxwell recounted, as his readers will ae—ember, some among the legends of the Cheviots too Lammermuir. Again—comes before us, a e Great W es t ern —loot Railway, Public,"but]—Re-'y as d escr ib e d b y C o l on el Cunynghame ! Th en ourri P i Albert Smith's merry little magazine cbight his "Comic Tales and Sketches." odna st i by no mea n s least in the series of these very rabl e and diversified reprints, we meet once more -.. g i t e G . °ln' delight—with Thomas Henry Sealey's St rie o , " Porcelain Tower," consisting of Nine .11: 7 1"—a work famous from its first appearance in th e a ,e.Y's Miscellany. Dismayed as we are to find h ar P' is easant punning title—than which nothing could int o "eau happier or more appropriate—transformed "Broad Grins from China," we are disposed, " e yerth fro m e ess, to welcome the work as heartily as ever, furebili full and cordial appreciation of its humorous tine I .' Who that has once lingered over . the n , a , rra ev._ the life of " Hofi of the Yellow Girdle, can 4, rorget him ? Who can lose a remembrance of a describing the siege of Kinsai; or th e :• Fashions in Feet," telling us all about or bea utiful To-To; or of " Hyson and Bohea ;" th e a gaia, of the " Porcelain Bath," or of fro m Feast of Lanterns," comprising letters Steoe Fin Sing to Weep-Weep, and from In to Pin-Wing, or of the " Emperor k an g . Te " anent the plough and the loom, or of gne e tt e r e ria ge in a Mask," introducing us to that tep e ;,." e g the Cunning Shaver Chin ? Who, we fail — 1 can ever forget—but who, least of all, could % e l ° cherish a recollection of , the " Student of upon I :e—that immortal tale about opium con- eh" • woiale it is remarked by the author at its 81°13,Z. 4 G 4 6' er o song,' says Pi-Ping, in concluding this tale, And te „ ezaters of tame with thine oar and thy sail; Of V ft , t .gges, and ages, and ages to come -;;; 4 w, and Fee-Fee, and Fo-Fo, and Fam- If fot r . u. to th. no teing else in the whole series, the subscribers Weed! °Armin g volumes published by Mr. Bentley lei Weed grateful for the reprint of Sealey's " Force- G rin 4.-°,wer," grotesquely illustrated as the " Broad cut e b fr aErl China" by the oddest little fantastic wood fancy 3r„,., John Leech. Bentley's .Railroad Library, as we ohe o " " 6 have tolerably well proved, may—among o f its P serials —be regarded as comparable to the best cau temporaries. b(e) (4 ",., "Ja.' S GUIDES. Vol. 11.—Switzerland and Th e i Savoy. celebrat e d in the di The guide-books for travelling li ah _, ot countries of the European Continent, pub eo. during the last ten or twelve years, aft er litt_ mead, by Mr. Murray, appears to have at last the ad vistal;!.ted to another enterprising publisher n _ _ a a 1144 1).11)1y of producing at a cheaper rate, a d i Mr. Bo I ler form, other works of a similar character.. as e g u ll , e has in the present volume afforded additional .f G - " I " of the great intrinsic merit of the series o _ uid en r eoe ,, ;for Travellers, upon the issue of which he has d de aiol "t'Y adventured. Within 338 pages uo . a ft , i 4 here compacted together an extraordi- tha c ; ll 2 7 a loont of information conducting the tourist d Switzerland,g all the interesting localities in Savoy an d are tl n „ Foremost among the facts introduce dons fo ;` , I, course, having reference to the prepara- Passp ort - , Le journey, in regard to baggage, money,. tau '' 4141 language. A section is devoted in lik manner to „inns goidesn n _ ari l'ue of Switzerland. Another to the Terl cY if ° ther t o the charts—another to the cur ls th e ot th e l eas t valuable portion of in the Pa ge relating t o the relative value of . coins uOte Ria c ie r tries traversed.. After an allusionto the iill n • ' scarcely less interesting than the previous sion to the •is in circulation, . the guide-book /)14 Pile cc"' at once upon a minute descrip tio„ _. r adventures routes in Switzerland. In this ru :Lor the various t the reader through Basle, tho ° .. aer he conducts the Zug, Zurich, Horgen, t a „_ u gh Berne,__ Freiberg, by Geneva, by Lake t e `' ln 3 atine, d Fr h eib y Lake Lucerne. The portable a lla rt tare ' f a t n his volume is a great recommendation, .for 1/4-Iv n formerly, " a great book is a great evil." _ , as _ I ,, e r,e compactness, however, would . be of little use t:'teout fulness of information, which is the c harac -'tistie of the work. It is no mere guide-book, but always able and ready really a compagnon de voyage, . . A i sa ,PPIY the necessary information. There is the as lyttLuer advantage of as good a map of Switzerland t e e i ° aye ever seen—clear, full (but not crowded), and .cl ot s Printed on the newly patented transparent linen IC" , has the further advantage of being free from . t i t) usual liability to get torn. No, book of this iiii ail h :' il l frequent use, should have maps printed upon r ` r )thin and fragile. A 0 p .. 18 , ESSAYS, AND OPINIONS. By A. B. Th e Richards. Aylott and Jones. . a from (I 11, 3 e are four volumes of articles rep mite f tit . ' Mirro r of the Time "originally , in which they b jictged They treat of a great number of su - lead some of the verses are pleasing. 4 f -,,, By s ' 4 URES ON POLITICAL ECO NOMY. The a ,F* W. Newman. John Chap • %li e v lectures were recently delivered "zan at the Ladies' ave re t' io Bedford-square, but some passages which Ar e ',len omitted are now restored. The subjectsan l a cre ertai i t -- a'Y somewhat unusual for the study t raent' revenuesuch national debt and poor-laws, Govern . , 44 'a but i ,, public remedies for our pauperism, cod t o , a ,*4eY are well suited to the general reader, NiqUibe- ve r g evo ted to the study of such subjects they attractive. NOT , E _____ r-, 1. R OT' Ar ° , l V THE NORTH-WESTERN - "Pnia 2 ,, - --es OF INDIA.. By Charles Raikes. An i nt - - 4741 nail. -t or of m ere stin p „g ; Work b the magistrate and collec t: Ma °f Yn- a—Bwhich describes the various ens the i nh ~ . . 11 arrei s ~,„ 4 abltants, which give rise to frequent t°, sho w -- i",,' r aUrders. "The attempt of the writer is ' v . ; il tid n ,' ;-,,-; a Popular manner, the working which our 'I attacCrstration in that part of India to ~ he He Il ucves fi:'" 13 3' the ties of duty and long service. is. t ikee, : ale _, by evils that arise from trifling fromm the Dec g°vernment, and the difficulties arising The l ime _ culler nature and habits of the peop e . . us 0 _ a tn d ".renst be a great advantage to those desiro s the f tath Y o l r il g the details of Indian government, 44 tily L tieing a resident in that country, must aneces til. hse which opportunities of observation ' alithority to 1118 sta Lt v es _ tements. scvL l3 - T oi . op THE PAINT ERS, f ro "S, AN 1) ARCHITECTS. T k llz the Italian of Giorgio Vasari. biogra- Trans/stied pli.esse volumes contain - V asari's renowned :6 rst t " the most celebrated painters. This is the I)earn.limaslation of this immortal work that has ap ot in our language. Tli t AUTY OF AMALFI. Smith, Elder, Thi s • and Co. of t h 18 a Wild and romantic It a li an t a l e o f t h e d ays trav rev olution of Masaniell o . Th e conclus i on is tlqi' le in the t•xtreme and well calculated to enter the admirers of the awful and appalling. Th e THE ZOIST. D to first article in this number treats of the new There of metals, illustrated through mesmerism ; t t er e are also "A Few Words on Electro-Biology;' l'argi t - he last meeting of the Bristol Institute. Se e stances of cures br i m esmerism are given, and _ft ßen clairvoyance derd. 77i - ———— - - 41: ~.E.III IG RANT' S GUID E TO TILE J-41-E, S ZE RN STATES OF A MERICA. By 2 tin liegan. Oliver and Boyd. of the adven t4l7.2l interesting. volume, descriptive I t tares Interesting the author, who started for the klek emigrants, Its , W . III . prov e of the greatest assistance to the prairie woods. lti2. gives an account of the capacities of ~ in se_ ie44.•8) instructions for emigrants in fitting out 0 ",„ , t ,, p:tiaFc lands, &c., and describes the manners vi t h ' ic n h ' is people 6c e. The present is the second edition , Gang e best proof of its utility, and the Appendix answer i to fo-t v- twoquestions lion have be en A L 'ESSe4 t 3 • ration Illiie e to the author on the subject o f emigration the publication of the first. ~c!eni-i ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. We have to congratulate M. Jullien on the great improvement which last night was visible in his opera —subjected, as it evidently had been, to a system of wholesome and judicious curtailment. The audience evidently shared the opinion, and the second and third acts, both of which went somewhat unsatisfactorily on the opening performance, were last evening as prosperous as the first. The opera, indeed, is shortened by nearly an hour. We dare say the " cuts" went to M. Jullien's heart, but he showed his good sense and amenity to advice in making them, and last night he reaped the benefit. Peter the Great, as it is now played, is a far more agreeable performance than it was on the first night. It has gained by the shorten ing of the chorusses and the excision of the repetition of vocal passages and stage business originally per formed more than once. The chorus in the first act, and the threatening of Rommi with the axe, have been compacted with great advantage, and the ballet has been shortened. So also of the ballet in the third act, while in the second there has been a regular sweep made of all the horses. There is no defiling of the army—the scene opening in nicely arranged groups of northern warriors instead ; tha brass bands are kept within limit, and the latter portion of the act, particularly the lengthened chorus, is cut down to more modest dimension. We repeat that the im provement has been great. The good points remain the same, but they are brought closer, and thus made to support each other, while the general effect is far lighter and more varied. Pietro it Grande is now an established triumph. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family walked in the grounds yester day. At the Privy Council held yesterday the Marquis of Granby was sworn in Lord-Lieutenant of Lin colnshire. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Malmesbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Herries, and the Duke of Northum berland had audiences of the Queen. At three o'clock the whole of the noblemen and gentlemen who had attended the Council embarked in the steam-vessel Fire Queen, and crossed over to Southampton. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yester day for Hughenden Manor, Bucks. Mr. Corry bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. R. Hall had also an interview with the Right Hon- Secretary. Sir John Pakington left town for his seat, West wood-park yesterday. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. Pre sent, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Pro fessor Sedgwick, and the Rev.W. H. B ason (Secretary). Dispatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon, the Lord High Commis sioner of the lonian Islands, and the Governor of Malts, from the Colonial-office. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUG. 18. At the Royal Yacht Squadron dinner were present — Earl of Wilton, Commodore, in the chair; C. R. 11.1. Talbot, Vice-Commodore, in the vice -chair; Marquis of Conynghem, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Bateman, Sir B. Granam, Sir J. Bayley, Lord James Butler, Sir H. Bold Eloghton, Bart., Major-General Simpson and Aide-de-Camp, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Joseph Weld, Esq., Colonel Petre, Lord Exmouth, W. Dela field, Esq., T. Chamberlains, Esq., A. J. Hamborough, Esq., Captain Crispin, John Beardmore, Esq., A. Gre vine, Esq., and about 30 other noblemen and gentlemen, dined together. Lord Adolphus kindly sent some ex cellent singers from the royal yacht, who afforded much pleasure to the company. _ _ AUGUST 19. PRINCE ALBERT'S CUR—The following schooner yachts started at 11 A. 81., with a light breeze from the north ward : Alqrm, 248 tons, Joseph Weld, Esq. Claymore, 138 ton, A. Campbell, Eq. Glorianu, 134 tons, J. Gee, EEq. Gipsey Queen, 160 tons, Sir B. B. Hoghton, Bart. The Gipsey Queen took the lead, as usual, but the wind is so light, that there is great uncertainty where the advantage really lies. Glorious weather for the harvest. THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD DIGGINGS. We have been favoured with the sight of a letter from a young man now at Adelaide to his parents in this country, which contains some points cf information that may be useful to persons intending to emigrate. The letter is dated March 1, and begins by stating that " trade at Adelaide is at an end and the town deserted,' there not being more than 1 00 men at that date in the colony. Last December the writer joined a party who travelled on foot overland 500 miles to Mount Alexan der to work at the diggings; but not liking his compa nions, he returned to Adelaide by sea, and was about to start afresh with more congenial associates. He thus describes the labours and sufferings he underwent in his gold-digging e xcursions:—" I have b een t e n weeks sleeping on the ground without a bed, and for weeks not un d ress ed I have gone through swamps up to the middle in water, traversed burning hot sands—deserts 30 miles across—travelled under a scorching sun, nearly dead with thirst, and for days not able to wash myself, from want of water. One of our party was killed on the road, and we had to bury him 200 m il es f rom home." Again:—" The gold is not to be obtained with out hard work, such as labouring men c an h ardly en dure. Advise everyone who is getti ng p e t a h fi t e e t s,:pf will h i b r e: d E d i i n g sa g g p l i a n p u g otn t w t o e h d r o ; em c sn a ai n d n n . h o " e t en drink water of all colours, go for a week unwashed and unshaved, and submit to be overrun with vermin. " The Californians are coming over. Th ere are about 30,000 diggers at present, all well armed. Hitherto they have successfully resisted the attempts o f Government to overtax them. They have commenced lynch-law, and the sooner it gets general the better, to get rid of the hordes of ruffians who are prowling about. Lynch-law has no terrors for an honest man." Provisions are very high: the 41b. loaf, Is. 9d.; butter and cheese, ss. a pound; and everything . else in proportion. The writer, who hopes to make his fortune at the di gg i ngs , expresses his intention of returning to South Australia to spend the remainder of his days in that colony, which he has no doubt will in a year or two become exceedingly prosperous. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20„ 1852. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Midshipman—Charles R. Forest, to the Penelope. Naval Cadet—Seymour Osborne, to the Sanspareil. Foreman of Sal!makers—J. S. Stephenson, to Sheerness. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY,—There never was rola a powerful steam squadron a Spithead as there is at present. It consi s t s o f the Blenheim, 60; Edin burgh, 56; Odin, 16 ; Retribution, 28 ; Tiger, 16 ; Megicience, 16 ; Sampson, 6; Barracouta, 6; all fine and effective ves se l s o f war, besides the Inflexible, in harbour. The Sprightly steamer arrived with supernu meraries last evening from Plymouth. The fine frigate Indiaman Alfred sailed from Spit head to day f or C a l cutta. The Equestri an convict ship dropped down to Cowes from Spith ea d last evening, to take i n priso ners from Parkh urst f or transportation. The Edinburgh, 56, C aptain Hewlett, sa il e d f r om Spithead for Dev on p ort this afternoon. The Retributi on , 2 8, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, came i n t o h arbour from Spithea d thi s morning, to coal an d store for foreign service. Tho Magicien ne , 1 6, steam-frigate, Captain Ram say, returned to Devonport to-night. The Barracouta, 6, steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, came into harbour this morning from Spithead, to coal and store for special service. The Termagant, 24, White's new screw -frigate, is being fitted out by the riggers at this dockyard with all possible di s pat c h. Sh e is reported intended f or immediate service. The body of the Marine bandsman Roe, that was unfortunately drowned i n the late gale when crossing the harbour by the capsizing of a wherry, was up by the coastguards man on Southsea beach, near the Castle. An inqu es t h as been held, and accidenta l death returned. We thi n k that some Act of Par liament should be pas se d to prevent any wherry from crossing Portsmouth h ar b our when the danger flag is hoisted without two men —one to attend the helm and the other the sail. picked The Dasher steamer, Commander N. Le Febre, is ;o come into dock. The Stromboli, has gone alongside the coal depot For fuel. The assistant-surgeon of the Express has died at Bahia from yellow fever, taken at Grey's Town. The Express is otherwise healthy. We had thunder, lightning, and rain, last evening again at Portsmouth, and to-day it is fine, but the weather is very sultry. DEVONPORT, THURSDAY. —The Sprightly, steam tender, arrived here on Tuesday night from Ports mouth, with supernumeraries for the Sanspareil, and sailed yesterday with men belonging to the Fisgard, fitting at Portsmouth. The Trincomalee, 24, Captain Wallace Houston, is hourly expecting her sailing orders. She proceeds to Rio and Valparaiso, and takes a large quantity of stores for the ships on the station. The Sylph, tender, sailed on Tuesday afternoon with stores for the Nautilus, apprentice brig, at present at Dartmouth, entering boys for the naval service. The St. Jean D'Acre, new steam screw line-of battle-ship, of 650 horse-power, and to carry 100 guns, is nearly completed in this yard, and, it is said, will be launched in the month of October next. This will be the largest steamer in the British service afloat, and, if launched as stated, will have been built within twelve months from the period of laying down her keel. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., arrived at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, yesterday afternoon. There was more speculation as to the probable ob ject of the Right Hon. Gentleman's visit, but it ap pears that one of Sir James s sons goes out in the Trincomalee as a cadet ; and tbat to attend to the embarkation of the embryo naval hero is the sole object of the visit. PEMBROKE.—The Admiralty have ordered an 8-gun schooner, upon a new principle, to be laid down at this dockyard. She will be fitted with a screw propeller, and will be one of two which have been ordered to be constructed. Nearly a dozen men of-war will then be in course of construction at this establishment, comprising almost all rates, with large and powerful steamers. The James Watt is progress ing fast. The various defences and works for the better pro tection of this arsenal are steadily progressing, and it is understood that on their completion other works will be commenced. SHEERNESS, THURSDAY MORNING.—Her Majesty's cutter Active was dispatched to Chatham on Tues day, with invalid seamen for treatment at Melville Hospital. A naval cadet also took passage in her to join her Majesty's ship Meander, 44, Commodore C. Talbot. Her Majesty's ship Daphne, Captain Edward G. Fanshawe, was paid off into ordinary at Chatham on the 14th instant. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Wildfire, Mr. Brockman second master commanding, left port yesterday, at 6 A.M. for Dover, having on board Vice- Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, C. 8., Commander in-Chief at the Nore. The Admiral is gone on leave of absence for a few weeks , Os tend, and other part s o f t h e continent . His flag (blue at the fore) was str uc k on b oard t h e Waterloo, 120, at sunset, and the broad pendant of Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, as senior officer of the p ort, hoisted at the main. and intends visiting Her Majesty's ship Diamond, 28, it is stated, w ill m shortly be removed fr om her oorings in the Med way, and taken into the fitti ng basin to be got ready for commission. She was launched at this po rt in 1848, being built from d es i gns of S i r. W. Symonds, and is 1,054 tons burden. The committee of m anagement assem bl e d ANCHOR, T RIALS. day in the Dockyard, an d drew lots for t h e relative positions of the anchor s , t h e third series o f experi meets on which comm ence to-morrow (FridaY) t at Black Stakes, in the ri ver Medway. Tile following is the result of the dr aw i ng for stations : Port. Starboar d. 1. Trotman' s . 1. Aylen 's. 2. W. G. L e nnoz' 2. Isaacs '. yester s. 3. Admiralty (new). 3 . Rodger's Ex hibition 4, Mitcheson and Son's. Prize. 4. lioniball's (Porter's). . The soil at Bla c k St a k es is of a stiff blue clay, an d strong holding pow er . Th e anchors will be let g o in from nine to te n f a th oms ' depth of wa ter; the chain, each end of whi c h w i ll be attac h e d to them, is twenty-five fathoms i n l ength. It w ill he passed through a large iron bl oc k , upon wh i c h w ill be affixed a pendant leading to a four. fold p u rchase ; the pen dant will pass in over th e b ow of th e lighter, the four fold purchase fixed ther eon , and taken t o the capstan. In order to increase the p ower p l ace d u pon the pur chases, there will be extra ones f rom the windlasses forward, and aft in the light er , w hi c h will be moored to a first-rate's mooring -ch a i n b y t h e centre swivel, with a scope of seventy-tw o f a th om s of chain upon each arm of the moorings. The mooring - an chors on the extreme ends of the ch a i n we i g h e ach 74 cwt. THE .. W FATHER AND THE CROPS IN TELE WEST.-- The weather for the last fortnight has been most boisterous in the west of England, the rain haVing fallen in torrents, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning; in fac t, Fareely a day has passed without there having been indica tions of electricity ; and the falls of rain have been so great as to deluge the country to a great extent. The effect of so _ mu ch wet upon the ripening and ma tured grain has been very disastrous. In many places the wheat crops have been Orally battered down by the rain and the ears forced out, _ whilst in some districts sprouting has not been prevented. The crop is described as having promised to be a remarkably line and full one, beyond the average yield; but now there cannot be any d o ubt that it ha s suff ere d ma terially by the unfavourable weather. A large quantity has been clit, and t ts i en:nool complete, 11 and ele, et oh h ne e saduvemys destruction falls di o o n f b yorain,fthe he with is still out, the weather not permitting the carrying of The above remarks apply with equal force to barley and oats, of which large breadths have been laid. Such con much electricity, have not been known for many years. The represented as having been largely potatoes have suffered very much, and the blight has pre the prevalence of so veiled to a large extent ; indeed, on some tracts, the failure u able ba roo be t a h n a s vi a n r g e this bl i a a t i . i ojuied by the same visitation. FIRE AT TUE GAOL AT PETERBOROUGH: On Wedneada Y , at about a quarter-past three o'clock P.M part of this p r i son was di scovere d t o be on fire. All the prisoners , eeilings but one were immediately removed to the lock-up by the constables, it being feared that the fire might reach the in terior of the gaol. It appears that owing to the late heavy rains the water had effected an entrance through one of the the morning, and subsequently the plumber was sent for to repair it. A fire was made by the latter on the slating of near the court-house. The mason was called in in the sessions-house, to melt the lead required to be used by h im- Two boys were left to watch the fire, and the plumber went to work at a distance from it. At the time first men tioned an alarm was raised, and it was found that the fire had heated the slates and was making great progress in the destruction of the roof of the court -house. Assistance was promptly given and on the arri val of the fire brigade the y found the building enveloped in one mass of flames. The negligence. The roof of the court house soon afterwards fell in with a dread ful crash. The attention of the firemen were then directed to the adjoining. parts of the gaol. A communication with the rnagiArates' room was cut off, and the engines kept in continual play upon it and the store-room adjoining. Ab out Six o'clock in the evening the flames were subdued without any further damage being occasioned. How the fire origi nated is at present only conjecture. hapTe lumber's man, named Scotney, and one of the boys, are in cody to undergo an amou n t e e damage sustained is calculated at about 1,000/. and examination upon the charge of gross neglig upwards; but the insurance effected upon the building • wi ii cover the destruction caused. FOREIGN CATTLE.--The arrivals in the port of London on Monday last from abroad included one of especial novelty and interest, an iportation having taken place for the fi rs t ti me o f a cargo of c attle from Prussia, the produoe of that country, and forming another feature in the supplies of this kind from the continental states of Europe, whi c h have hitherto been confined to Holland, Denmark, the Han seatic States, Belgium, and France. The arrival alluded to took place in the vessel Green Isle from Memel, and com prised 95 head of oxen and cows and 10 sheep, consigned to order. No less than 6,641 bead of live stuck were imported from abroad in Londou on the Same day. BYLAUGH HALL, NORFOLK. A spirited paragraph in the Atheneum has made known the near completion of Bylaugh Hall amongst hedge-rows and turnip-fields, and prepared the way for the more complete information we were about to give up identifiesrnodpe e r r s l t y o o called itself, a l b l e y t by yh e term niogtfsli emleh leas sssAme architecture. our readers. The style adopted is what is now generally style which ga g ni n °cl i - t i u ot d 3u e ltin th n T e a ; :h a' ew h a it s ti house b w ee h n iast i n oi 8 - f ample E in, thou dicated in the notice referred to, and the engraved plan will best show its arrangements for comfort and con vertier,co. The Chancery joke, too, of our able contem porary, unluckily falls to the ground, since, by the wish of those who are interested, the inscription referred to, " Ex jussu Curiae Cancellarite," has been cut out and replaced by a frieze ornament. The building has been erected from the design and under the superintendence of Messrs. Banks and Barry, of London, by the Messrs. Piper, of Bishopsgate-street, who have performed their wo chrkairnaitvecerts. T very creditable manner, er, w t h o ic th h e h s a a s tisl u a s e t tio b n ee o n f the completed, amoun ted to 29,389 1 ., a su m below the original estimate, and the work has been brought to a conclusion without any extra expenditure. The ma terial fro isMa which nLh theimes ntoneo,ufsreos of mthie,aqiulaiarmrieesntofhMavre. Grissell, been constructed, and, seen without the disadvantage of London smoke and dirt, is of a warm and pleasing colour. Messrs. Piper have just entered into a second contract for the formation of the terraces, conservatories, and enclosure walls and balustrades (which, it is under stood, are very complete), befitting a mansion of such importance; and these works, as well as the enclosing of the space appropriated to the park by means of a brick wall, with lodges in the Norwich, Derehaw, and Faken ham Woods, will be at once commenced. The park and pleasure grounds will be arranged and laid out from the designs of Mr. W. A. Nesfield, the well-known landscape artist, whose advice, it seems, was also followed in the outset as to the precise position where the mansion could best be placed, and whose choice in this respect has met the approval of all the parties concerned. — Builder. MUTlLATlONoautlmutilation i o A n N AND andD E A deathT ever recorded Saturday last a DEATH:—One of the most l o dr ß e n ad in fu L l I cases a of h as occurred in Leeds. It appears that o ma n named Thomas Nicholson , aged 48, an ngineman at the brewery of Messrs. Spong , w as tending the grinding malt. During the morning he was mis m se a d ch f machine for hours ; it was not, however, supposed that anything or two amiss until a person entering the grinding room(wh was ceased had been employed alone), observed a portion e o r f e des body whirling round the shaft, and the • Ni room like a slaughter house. The machine was as speedily as possible stopped. It was then found that both Nicholson's feet had been cut off, an d that his left arm was torn from th e body by the should e r-joint, and that his right arm, legs, and body w ere frightfully mangled. It is unnecessary to add that h e was quite dead, and had been so for some time, it being pro bable that the mutilated remains had been whirling round the shaft for two hours ! It is supposed he had been caught by the jacket and got amongst the machinery. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." NEW LINE OF OCEAN STEAMERS BETWEEN PORT LAND AND LIVERPOOL —Arrangements have been fully con summated, by which a line of ocean steamers is established between n Portland and Liverpool, in conne xion with the Port arid Mont rea l Railroad, commencing in the autumn of 185 ' 3, The season for the fall and winter business of that year. in contract is entered into with an eminent English house boats Liverpool,tobe largely connected with ocean steamers; the ere— - propellers constructed of iron, equal or su perior to any thinof th kind e afloat, of large tonnage, de signed for first, for second, freight of or third-class passengers, with a ca pacityßoston Atlas. of at least 1,000 tons measurement cargo.— LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE DIVIDEND.—At a meeting of the B oar d of Directors held on Wednes d ay, it was resolved to recommend the proprietors to declare a di vidend at the rate of three per cent, per annum. SPECIMENS OF THE DELUGE. A PROPHECY, BY LORD MUDSTONE.-IN LEAVES FROM THE LOG. Weather hazy in the bay. Wind: Downing-street by Somerset House. Took soundings in the hold.* No water; or should have sent ferries to the pumps. Ordered Malmesbury aloft to look out: reported that be could see nothing betoro him: didn't expect ho would. Ship rides like a duck—sounded again, and not a drop of water; but then, as Pakington says, we pitched it so very strong. Hazy weather, with scudding fogs. At 12 P.lll. bumped against something: took soundings, with a piece of butter at the end of lead : brought up a bit of stone, which, the B—p of L—n—n, bursting into tears, iden tified as a piece of Fulham Palace. Fog very thick in deed. At noon, Dizzy takes an observation. Swears ho sees, &c. &c. Sec. in distance: nobody believes him — laughs, and says he doesn't believe it himself. Wind, the Bank by Exchange-Change East. Noon : Dizzy protests that, &c., &c., &a. This time, others protest so, too—somebody floating in the distance. We put up the helm, and shake out all red tape-1 mean all reefs Approach the man in the water. Make him out with our glasses—and to he proves to be—Palmerston in his Windsor uniform, with his hair curled. What can he float on? We put the helm up again and near him. The B—p insists we shall take him aboard; Malmesbury opposes, swearing he'd take the ship from us. We hail him through speaking trumpet. " Pam., will you come aboard?" "See you drowned first." " But, Pam., what do you float on?" Whereupon, Pam. held up for a minute the cork—the single one cork—of the bottle which, before the deluge, he judiciously held. We put up the helm, and run aforo the wind, Pam. singing the " Bay of Biscay," and floating towards Windsor. _ Wind variable, in all places at once. Dreadful to see everywhere the bodies of Freetraders—even Dizzy nearly wept! Colonel Sibthorp counted two hundred, entering their names in his own pocket-book of ass's skin. Again put the helm up to get rid of the spec tacle. Wind light. Called upon Walpole to make a joke; and mast•headed him for disobeying orders. Wind anyhow. Freetraders' bodies still float by our gallant craft. Walpole swears he sees a man alive. Boatswain Beresford declares he's only one of the rabble. Man nears us, and proves to be the venerable and vera cious editor of the Standard. He calla for a life-buoy, when Dizzy—(that Chancellor in the human shape)— throws him over, but he declares in mistake—a file of the sinking man's own paper: both instantly disappear. Wind gone to bed. Ship answers everything but her rudder; Dizzy says he's ready to answer for even that. What a fellow ho is! Swears he sees next week in the distance. Took an observation; found we were just over Manchester. At 1 P.M. John Bright, floating in his own hat, passed us. Sibthorp wanted to bring a howitzer to bear upon him, but B—p interposed. Again called upon Walpole for a joke: still obstinate, and threatened him with irons. Wind, worst and by worst. Found we were directly over Free Trade Hall. Saw the top of one chimney at least, with Cobden distinctly upon it, waving a flag of distress, a Manchester bird's-eye. Saw the Agitator through telescope; but remembered Nelson's blind eye and the signal, and—though the B—p suggested some thing—would not see him. Wind, squally. Passed Gladstone on a cotton bag. Light airs. Saw Manners, whom we forgot to take up when the deluge began, astride a dolphin. Blowing a gale. Passed Joe Hume in a patent life belt. Going straight to the Exchequer. Dizzy wanted to have a shot at him: B—p benevolently interfered. Wind got down. Took soundings. Found we were just over the Victoria Tower of the Houses of Parlia ment. Thought we were sinking; to lighten the ship, threw Malmesbury overboard. • Foundered on the House of Commons. • • • • • (Here the log becomes broken and fragmentary,) " Only a shower." and no deluge alter all! - " Mr. Punch need not observe, even to the most ladylike readers of even nautical novels, that the ship-knowledge of the keeper of the log seems a good deal at sea.—Punch. THE ELECTRIC TIME BALL IN THE STRAND. Yesterday, consequent upon an announcement to the effect that the electric apparatus, desigod for distribut ing mean Greenwich time throughout London and the provinces, would be in active operation at one o'clock, when the ball would fall simultaneously, by electrical sympathy, with the Observatory Ball at Greenwich, a considerable concourse of people assembled in the Strand and at the Electric Telegraph Company's station to witness the novel experiment, but were doomed to be disappointed. The announcement that the experiment would come off on the occasion was; we are requested to observe, not only premature, but erroneous and unautho rised, the fact being that the arrangements were not com plete for the purpose, the necessary wires, forming a por tion of the circuit, in connexion with the South-Eastern Railway Company's wire to Greenwich, not being con nected. This, however, will be done immediately, we understand, by Mr. Edwin Clark, the company's en gineer, and a given day will bo fixed for the first re gular falling of the ball. It may be interesting to state that although the experiment of causing the ball to fall at the same hour with the ball at Greenwich (the great object of the apparatus) has not yet been accomplished, the ball of 186 ►bs. weight has been liberated by a bat tery of two plates at Greenwich, that power being found sufficient for the purpose. Yesterday the electrical dial in the centre of the five thoroughfares opposite Hunger ford Market was fixed upon its ornamented bronze pillar, and at night, on being illuminated, presented a very elegant appearance; the four dial plates being formed of enamelled glass, with the hours and minutes marked in stained glass upon the base, and the pillar surmounted by a gilt ball. The appearance of the great ball or re gulator, of a bright vermilion, sashed with a gilt circle, presented, from its prominent position, a novel and im posing appearance, and was the subject of much admira tion during the day. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. The following opinion from Dr. tire has been ob tained by parties interested in the coffee trade, with a view to its circulation among the retail dealers previously to its coming into force. It will be recollected that it was maintained by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer that there was no reliable method of detecting the adul teration of coffee with chicory. The error of this state known : state ment was demonstrated by the Lancet, but it has been t h ou ght advisable to ta k e furt her ste p s to make a sim p le processp y URE'S OPINION ON THE POWER OF DIS COVERING THE ADMIXTURE OF CHICORY WITH COF FEE, FORWAR DED TO CHARLES H. BURTON, 27, cog enerally p erally MINCING -LANE. "No problem in science is simpler or more certain than the detection of chicory, or of similar substances, a pale sherry colour, whereas when it is in coffee powder. Ground roasted coffee imparts to cold water merely nt o adulterated with g round roasted chicory it communicates 3, of coffee a brown colour, o f g reater or less intensity, to cold water. If three g lass tubes, set upright, be charged re spectively with a few grains' weight of-1, pur e coff e e ; 2 m , i o x f e d pur w e i t c h o ffe m e umehixect icwoirtyh s a l n i d ttle if eh i ic o ry e ; ach of these , tubes a like quanti t y of cold watFr be poured, and if after agitation the tubes be set upright at rest, the solid particles will soon fall to the bottom, and the transparent liquid in the stems of the tubes will show, by the variable depths of the tinetures,the presence and proportion of coffee and chicory in each of them. An apparatus for making this experiment may be had for one shilling, and would give test results of sufficient precision. M D., F.R S & (Signed) " ANDRE W URE, THE CHINESE RATrEATERS.—The Chinese, wh o are emigrating to California on a large scale, are, it is found, amongst the most ingenious, laborious, economical, and docile labourers among the mines. They demand less wages, and California is so abundantly supplied with rats, that they can live like Celestial Emperors and pay very little for their board. The rats of California exceed the rats of our older states, just as nature on that side of the conti nent excels in bountifulness of mineral wealth. The Ca lifornian rats are incredibly large, highly flavoured, and very abundant. The most refined Chinese in California have no hesitation in publicly expressing their opinion of " them rats." members of the College COLLEGESURGEONS.OFwera admitted I f , e o l l l l o o w w s h i n i p g , — to T th h e e under the provisions of the recent charter, at the last meet ing of the council :—Messrs. J. R. Atkins, Stoke Ne ' 2 ton ; H. W. Bailey, Thetford, Norfolk ; H. Blath wle- ' Louth, Lincolnshire; G. E. Blenkins, Whitehead's wayte, Chelsea ;T. L. aundell, New Broad-street ;P. B -grev y e ' Woolwich; R. Brown, Preston, Lancashire; P. H. Chav es a s s e s - a ' Birmingham; R. R. Cheyne, lerners-street ; T. F. C,hii v e; New Burlington-street; J. Courteney, Artillery-place; -' Curling, Ramsgate; J. S. Daniel, Ramsgate; E. Do a Double day, Blackfriars-road ; A. W. Dumville, Manchester Dunkerley, Oldham ;R. Gasquet, Euston-place ;C. N. b r ii; son, Norwich; H. Greenwood, Horselydown-lane ; J. Hain; worth, late of Lincoln; S. Hare, Langham-place • W. 'flar ris, Clapham-road ;W. Heane, Bury St. Edmund's ;F. i Hicks, Henrietta-street, Cavendish -square; C. Hogg, Pin E. Fins bury-place, South; W. B. Hutchinson, Guildford-streets; H. D. Jones, Soho-square •W. Jones, Weston-super-Mare ; U? Nelson, Sevenoaks; E. Lacy, Poole; J. Lavies, Great George-street; W. Lloyd , Arm y and Navy Club ; C. J. ton, Upper Seymour-street; M. Marley, Cork-street; T. L. Matthews, Orsett-terrace, Hyde-park ;T. Mellor, m an - c hester ;J. Nichols , Sa ville-row ; G. Ord, Brixton -bill . J. Phillips, Bethnal-green; L. Powell, John-street, Be r k e ' ley, , quare ; D. Pr ice, Margate ; T. Radford, Manchester ; G. Rawbone. Chelsea ; G. S. Snowden, Ramsgate ; W. Sole, St. Neot's ; C. T. Staunton, Royal Artillery, Woolwich ; T . Stevenson, Upper Grosvenor -street; R. Stokoe, Peckha m _ rye ;F. Symonds, Oxford; W. Thomas, Pembroke -dock ; C. Sunaley, Millb rook. p lace; T. Ward, Southgate; 11.1", son, Halfmoon-street ; G. Webster, Sussex-gardens; and W. C. West, Great Malvern. ALTERATION OF MAILS FROM CHESTER.--We are i n f o rmed that the Liverp ool mail, which has hitherto been dispatched at noon, and at four o'clock P.m. will in future be dispatched at ten o'clock A.M. and 2.40 r.at. The reason a s . signed for this alteration is that the letters dispatched at ten a.m. will be in time at Liverpool for the midday d e li very, and those dispatched at 2.40 net. for the afternoon delivery ; but we conceive that, however advantageous such alteration may be for Liverpool letters, some consideration should have been had for those parties who have correspondents in the north, and which the late noon post gave; unless the Post.. master-General will allow two more letter-carriers to effect an early delivery, and thus enable those parties to receive their letters in time to answer by the mail at ten o'clock.-- Chester Courant. mth..s.x ELECTION—A tabular statement has just been issued f rom the Middlesex R eform Registration office, showing the state of the poll in this at count the y late at every district of each h our on t h e d a y s of polling elec tion, corrected by the sheriff's returns, gto ether with the number of electorsandthe total number who polled in each district, the register, election in 1847. From and also the close of the poll at the this statement it appears_ that number of electors is 4 610. the these 8,761 voted atill the register in 1852 _. Of for Lord R. Grosvenotr, e late election, the numbers39boeing—. for the Marquis of Bia , n s d , c 2ll ; for Mr. Osborne, lB 4 In 1847 the nu' and of persons who voted was 7,514, 4,258. i 7,514, the numbers being—for Grosvenor, 4,944, Osborne, 4,175; Wood, 3,458. It that ap pear' that 1,247 more votes were in 155 9 tha n in given ..- ~ 18 47, SPORTING NOTES. No. CCLXXXVIII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The result of the great Ebor Handicap having favoured the first favourite, Adine, upon whom so largo a sum of money has been invested sicoe Thursday last, it is expected it will be a very stiffish settling, and dead against the book-makers. Mr. Greville is in great force this time at York, having had the extraordinary luck of carrying off the Ebor St. Leger with Frantic, and the Yorkshire Oaks and Ebor Handicap with Adine. Both these animals are perfect pictures of condition. The , largest field for many :years that has started for the Ebor Handicap went to the post yesterday; the race however, was confined to a select quartette, who, from half way up the distance, raced in rather closely; Adine winning, somewhat cleverly, from Lady Amy oft by half a length; the latter beating Haricot half a length for second honours. Bilberry, notwithstanding the feather on her back, finished a very indifferent fourth, Little Harry, and a cluster of four or five being close upon her heels. Adine's victory does not bear upon any stake that is at present closed. The Queen was closely run in by Young Beverlac for the Prince of Wales' Stakes, winning, with anything but ease, by half-a length from the young gentleman. Ann Eliza and Lady Vernon were very close up, the rest of the field, including Auld Acquaintance, were out of the fray at the half distance. Vindex won the Colt Sapling Stakes with ease. The other races require no comment. _ _ The betting yesterday and Wednesday evening on the St. Leger has been, as I prognosticated, in favour o Daniel O'Rourke; who, notwithstanding that he Lia: receded three points in the odds in consequence of his defeat on Wednesday, has been pretty nearly the only h orse supported, and, for the most part, in large sum s . Stockwell has only occasionally been inquired after, an d Songstress' price is merely a nominal one, no genuine . support having been awarded to her of late. Harbinger has come with a bit of a rush from the outside division into the leading lot, and his price cannot be quoted at more than Bto 1. Augur has soon followed his stable companion into obscurity, both being scratched for this event. As far as I can ascertain ;the field for the Great St. Leger will be composed of the following:—Daniel O'Raurke, Kingfisher, Stockwell, Lapidist, Trousseau, Harbinger, Alfred the Great, Caracara, and, perhaps, Songstress or Longbow, Claverhouse, Maidstone, King of Trumps, Bermuda, and the Major. Next week is wonderfully prolific in racing meetings, not less than eleven occurring in four days. Radcliffe is marked to come off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes day; Taunton, Barnsley, and Barnet, on Monday and e d s a d y ay an a d nt ,ri T da h y u ; rs a d n ay d ; T r iv a e i r s t l o ey n Tuesday; Westbury and Egham on Tuesday and Wed in all conscience. I shall not touch upon these meetings to-day, but shall make a point of considering Radcliffe andn an e s d d Bostonay ;CanterburyDerbyo nT oo l Thursday; r TCV s d he a ud y rns ; plenty of sport for one week races to-morrow, as they begin on Monday, my accounts not having come to hand at the present time.—l remain, Yo1 ) 1 . 1 a 4 1 34 !). THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. yoßs R ACES.—THIIRSDAY. The Bramhans Park Stakes of 100 soya. each, 30 ft, for syssold ; colts, Bst 71h; fillies, Bit 31b; winners 's Freestone, Sat 71b ...(Poole) walked over. Mr. Payne extra, one mile and a half. (6 Subs.) The Great Ebor Handicap of 20 soya. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &C.; the winner of any handicap, value 100 tsovs. subsequent to tbe publication of the weights to carry 61b, of two 91b, of three 14lb; the winner of the Goodwood Stakes to carry 101 b extra; no horse to carry more than 141 b extra; the winner to pay 25 sous. towards expenses, and the owner of the miles, on the Oldd e Course. Course. (90 Subs, 51 of whom paid second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes; two 5 soya. each.) Mr. Grevillo's Adine, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Rikcards) 1 Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott 3 yrs, sst 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. J. Anson's Haricot, 5 yrs, Est 131 b (J. Osborne) 3 Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (J. Marson) 0 Mr. J. Brown's Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst (F. Matson) 0 s Lord tr. Eglinton's (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Cooper's Montague, 6 yrs, 7st ppolytus, 4 yrs, 7st (Basham) 0 131 b ...(A. Cowley) 0 Mr. Oliver's Sir R. Trenchard, 6st 101b...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden, 5 yrs, Est 31b (Ashmall) 0 Baron Rothschild's Hyacinth, sst 121 b ...(Chillman) 0 Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 3 yrs, sst 111 b ...(T. Smith) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Carroll) 0 Howard's Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ...(Hiett) 0 Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Jaggard) 0 Tlittile Harry, Est Mr. Meiklam's Cleveland, 3 yrs, 4st 13Ib ...(Bates) 0 Lord Glasgow's cby Ithuriel, 43t 121b...(J. Goater) 0 Mr. W. Hale's Bilbury, 3 yrs, 4st (Fordham) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Mine, 7to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard, 11 to 1 agst Bilbury, 12 to 1 agst Sackbut, 12 to 1 agst Little Harry, 15 to 1 agst Odessus and Montague, 20 to 1 each agst Haricot, Weathergsge, and Cleveland, and 25 to 1 against any other. Won by half a length, the same between second and third, Bilbury a bad fourth, Little Harry fifth. Run in 3 min. 33 sec. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b, winners extra; the winner to pay 10 soya. towards ex penses, &c. T.Y.C. (31 Subs.) Mr. Woffenden's The Queen (Templeman) 1 Mr. Thomas's Young Beverlac (J. Matson) 2 Mr. Richard's Ann Eliza (Bumby) 3 Mr. W. Stebbing's Lady Vernon Mr. Bowes's Auld Acquaintance (A. Day) 0 Sir H. Boynton's Wings of a Dove (Charlton) 0 Mr. Farrance's Miss Emma (H. Goater) 0 Lord Glasgow's Miss Norton (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Halford's Eliza (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. Jaque's Catspaw (Bartholomew) 0 Duke or Richmond's William Rufus (Flatman) 0 Mr. J. Wilkinson na Lord-Lieutenant (F. Marson) 0 Betting -6 to 5 agst the Queen, sto 2 net Ann Eliza, and 6 to I agst Auld Acquaintance. Won by half a length, three parts of a length between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. Run in 1 min 9 sec. The Eglinton Stakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, and 100 added, for two yrs old, 7st; and three yrs, M.; mares and geldings 41b; winners extra. One mile. (31 Subs.) Mr. J. Osborne's Exact, bat bib 0 ( sborne, jun.) 1 Duke of Bedford's Maidstone, 3 yrs, 9st (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Jaques's Auchinlock, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Wells) 3 Mr. Dawson's Anteverta, 2 yrs, Est 101b...(Charlton) 4 Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (A Lad ) 5 Mr. Chilton's Audubon, 2 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 6 Lord Zetland's Grapeshot, 2 yrs, 7st (Metcalfe) 7 Betting—Even on Exact, 7 to 2 agst Maidstone, and 4 to 1 agst Evadne. Won easy by a length. Run in 1 min. 51 sec. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst :lb. T.Y.C. Sir C. Monck's Viudex...... (T. Ewart) 1 Mr. Howard's Eulogist (A. Day) 2 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Mr. Sykes (Bartholomew) 3 Lord Chesterfield's Mocassin (Flatasan) 4 Mr. Jaques's Pitfall (Butler) 5 Mr. Morris's Youthful Days (Basham) 6 Betting -5 to 4 agst Viudex, 3to 1 sgst Mr. Sykes, and 4to 1 agst Eulogist. Won in a cantor by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 8 sec.: The County Plato of 100 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft; the winner to pay 10 soya to wards expenses. T.Y.C. (29 Subs.) Mr. J. Osborne's Lambton, Est 121 b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Halford's Prime Minister, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Marlow) 2 Mr. Howard's Vaultress, 2 yrs, Est 91b (A. Cowley) 3 Mr. Fowler's Forester, 6 yrs, 9st 3lb (W. Sharpe) 4 Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (J. Masson) 5 Betting-6 to 5 agst Vaultress, sto 2 agst Lamb ton, and 5 to 1 each agst Prime Minister and Voltigeur. Won in a canter by a length. Run in 1 min. 8 sec. Tho Lottery Plate of 25 sous., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sot's. each, for three yrs old and upwards. One mile. Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady in Waiting, 7st lib (J. Mann) 1 Mr. Jaques's Vivandiere, Bst 111 b (1001)...(Flatman) 2 Mr. Pedley's Conrad, 3 yrs, 7st (301) (Charlton) 3 Mr. Morris's Priam the Third, 3 yrs, 7st...(Basham) 4 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, eat 121 b (501) (T.Osborne) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Priam the Third, sto 2 agst Lady in Waiting, and 4to 1 agst any other. Won by a length. The winner was sold for 135 guineas. ST. LEGER. No betting. Augur is scratched. The - races commence te-morrow at one o'clock. The Great Yorkshire Stakes is fixed for ten minutes past two. YORK, FRIDAY. LATEST BETTING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. Even on Stockwell 6 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's two ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Stockwell 4 to 1 agst Songstress—taken 6 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke 11 to 1 agst Harbinger Advices from Guatemala to the Ist of July give accounts of the fatal injury sustained by the cochineal crop. It had been got in, and the whole would not exceed 3,000 serons (of 1501 b.), while the total last year was 13,251 serons. The destruction bad been caused by a kind of plague which had attacked the insect, and had not only killed the majority, but had caused a mixture of the dead with the perfect grain that would materially lessen the value of what had been saved. Of the 3,000 serons, 2,475 had been exported, and there remained very little on the market. For this a dollar per lb. was the price demanded. It also appears that in the stores for preserving the insects for next season's seeding the disease had begun to manifest itself, and great fears were entertained that next season's crop would be worse than the present. The accounts are likewise unfa vourable with regard to the young indigo plants, as the ravages of locusts were causing serious damages. The prices demanded were consequently such as to check all . - - business. A DANGEROUS PRIZE.--One day last Wecill iri a ; two little boys from the village of Dodmill were s ° ' h tr which over B!ythe Moor one of them caught a heron, iv! _. 1 -1 0 he eagerly ran to his compamion to show him groun d,the orizv had no sooner, however, placed the bird on the e . es, • which it it drove its bill into one of the other Y than pecked quite out, depriving him of sight b° ll s i t i s a matter of l'helinjured eye. The surgeon who examined the wound :f surprise that the bill of the bird did not pierce the poor little fellow's brain. —.Kelso Chronicle. vrA ic.--NVORCESTER, MB FORGERY BY A. CLErtG:rti:charged with forging THURSDAY. —The Rev. Jaraes tsebifor 300/., upon which he the acceptance to a bill of iaxtl --- w . s. F. Hughes, attorney, obtained a sum of 2551. fro En r : brought up again yesterday and coroner of Worcester, • "8 ded for final examination on afternoon, and formally ra' 33 : ns are to thebe brought from the Monday next, whenparty represented witness London railway stations to p L er of the bill in question is not, by the prisoner as the dralv rovOu: h i m a clerk at the Nine Elms station as was represented by r , __ Aon. nor at any other station in .1.0.,mk& RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, GREAT NORTHERN. The directors of this company have just issued the-re port to be submitted to the shareholders on Thursday next. It states that the gross amount of revenue earned during the half-year ended 30th Jane amounted to 290,6741., and the working expenses to 144,2401., leaving disposable revenue to the amount of 146,4,34/. After provision for fixed rents, other charges, and for dividend on the preference portion of the capital, there remains a balance of 72,905/. applicable to the payment of the in terest for the half-year on the mortgage debt, and to a dividend on the original and the B stock. The amount of the mortgage debt on the 30th of June was 2,580,9801., and of unproductive works about 1,700,000/. The half yeer's interest on the mortgage debt (payable the 15:h of July) was 59,297/. Of this sum it is proposed to charge or add to capital 35,578/. 145., and to charge upon and deduct from the revenue of the remainder of the mortgage interest, being 23,719/. Thus the disposable balance of revenue, 7 9 ,905/., being charged with 23,7191., becomes reduced to 49,186 L, and out of this amount the directors recommend the payment of dividend for the half-year ended 30th of June, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the original stock, and at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on the B stcck, which will absorb 48,0821., and leave, to be carried to the next account, the sum of 1,103/. The last portion of the Great Northern main line from Warrington, four miles north of Peterborough, by Grantham and Newark to Retford, being 60 miles, was opened for traffic on the 15th of July, making the distance between London and York twenty-nine miles shorter than any other route. By the opening of this portion of the line the important town of Nottingham is brought into the most direct communication with London by means of the Ambergate Railway, which joi ns the Great Northern at Grantham ; and the distance to Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, and Leeds, Sea, to which places the Great Northern trains now run, is also shortened by 20 miles. From the date of op enin g of this portion of the main line the Great Northern Company becomes entitled by agree m e nt with other companies for five years, f rom t h e Ist of January, 1851, to 63 instead of 331-3 per cent. of the recei p ts from traffic between London and all places north of York. The Roystoa and Hitchen Railway was in April last transferred to and is now worked by the Eastern Counties Company, the Great Northern being relieved from the guaranteed rent. Under the pressure of a mandamus obtained by persons locally interested, and for other reasons, the ° p directors determined to p roceed to purchase the land, and to take the steps requiredbefore the expira tion, on the 2d of August instant, of the come pangs powers to construct th e Isle oZe f sxholme Rail way from the present termination of the Great Northern line at Gainsborough, across the Crow le, and by Haxey, Ep wort b , and Thorne, to the Askerne Junction, the north r e u rn ie extremity of the Great Northern, about four miles of Doncaster.lt is intended to constru c t on l y a north of line, and the length being about 26 mile s , the capital authorised to be raised is considered ample, being 00 and 100,0001. by loan. The di rectors, with by muehre gret, shares find it necessary to state th at the land, the lo general works, and the buildings and plant, requireci accommodate and carry on the tr a ffi c have, and will, cost so much larger an amount than was estimated in 1850, that they have no alternative but to ask the proprietors to sanction application in the next session of Parliament for power to raise further share capital to the amount of 1,000,0001, and to autho rise them iu the meantime to take such measures as may appear to them best adapted for provid ing the required additional capital on the most favourable terms for the company, and in the form best suited to meet the convenience of the proprie tors generally. The following is a schedule of the as certained liabilities of the company, viz,:—Land account, 167,3011.; works, stations, and permanent way mate rials, &c., 522,494/.; engines, carriage and waggon stook, tools and implements for workshops, &c., 226,883/.; interest account, part of half-year's mortgage interest (payable on the 15th of July) of 59,2971, say 35,0001.; total liability, 951,678/.; available assets, 245,4281.; leaving, to be provided for, a deficiency of 706,250/. The directors advise also that the intended application to Parliament should embrace powers for consolidating the mortgage debt into a debenture stock, in the expec tation that it may be disposed of at a comparatively low fixed rate of interest, probably not exceeding 3} per cent., and by which a considerable annual saving to the company will be effected. The station at King's-cross is approaching completion, and arrangements have been made to open it for busi ness on the Ist of October next; and being convinced that an hotel at the London terminus is indispensably necessary for the accommodation of passengers, the di rectors have contracted for building one, under the cer tainty of its paying good interest on the outlay. The capital account shows that 9,373,907/. had been received to the 30th of June last, and 9,249,401/. expended, leaving a balance of 124,5061. in cash and South Yorkshire Railway Shares. The length of railway maintained by the company out of revenue is 241:k miles. The number of miles run by the trains during the half-year is 1,789,168. The consumption of coke per mile for passenger engines is 20.91 b., and for goods. engines, 37•11 b.; the average consumption, 29.31 b. of coke per mile. The working charges are 49 . 62 per cent. of the gross earnings, and show an average cost of 1.615. per mile per train. le additioa to the 2411 miles of the Great Northern sys tem, the company's trains have worked over 150 miles of the lines of other companies. The gross length of railway worked ever in the early part of the year was 391 k miles, but on the 14th of February the Great Northern ceased working over the 24 miles to Wisbeach, and in April over the 18} miles of the Royston and Hitchin, making a deduction of 42k miles, and leaving the length over which the company worked on the 30th of June 3491 miles. EASTERN COUNTIES. The report of the directors to be submitted to the shareholders on Wednesday next states, that the receipts upon the Eastern Counties Railway for the half-year ending the 4th of July, 1852, are 334,1804 and the Noi folk 56,9941.; total receipts, .comps Fro the Eastern Counties receipts, for the sake of ison, are to bo deducted 2,4781., being the amount received from the working of the Shepreth and Hitchin line, re• clueing the receipts to 388,696/, as compared wit h 366,921/. for the half-year ending the 4th of July, 1851, and 421,973/. for the same term up to the 4th of Janu ary, 1852. The working expenses have been 208,358/. for the six months ending the 4th of July , 1851; 186,535/. for the like period to the 4th of January, 1852; end 177,645/. fore six months up to the 4th of July, 1852, which tatter incl the working expenses of the Shepreth and Hitchin branch. These results are most gratifying, as the direc tors have continued to give increased accommodation to the public, and by this means have laid the foundation !or an increasing and remunerative return to the pro prietors. The increased receipts, as compared with the half-year ending July 4, 1851, are 24,253/i be., and th 712/ e re duced expenditure for the same periodbeing 30,, gives a positive increase for the past six months over the correspondicg half•year of 1851 of 54,9651., and, after meeting all contingencies, leaves a net balance of 53,2321. on the last half-year's working, which, with the sum carried forward to the credit of re venue on the 4th of January, 1852, of 19,774/., leaves a nett disposable balance of 73,0061. Oat of this sum the directors have declared a dividend of 4s. per share, which amends to 68,2701., carrying forward to the credit of revenue a balance of 4,736/. It will be observed that thi, balance is left after paying a sum cf 4,2001., being the amount due to the Great Northern Company, according to the terms of the lease entered into with that company for the use of th e lines from Shepreth to Hitchin for the three months not the b ei e n i ending 30th of June, 1852, a nd also 2,5001. to the i New market Company. The dir ectors re g re t that, owing to the accounts of the East A n g lian Company . made up, they are unable to g ive the resu lt of months' working under the agreement with that com pany, and they therefore present the accounts debiting n be rectified t hat company with the expenditure madewibthtihse com pany for locomotive power, See. This next half-year. The directors have adopted sug gestions made by Mr. Ashcroft, the superintendent of way and works, in charging of 901 e expenses of perma nent way at the rate by which this half-year 3,17 8 1., th Per mile per annum, in excess of expenditure for being the amount road during the past six m the maintenance of the depreciation fund, which ' months, has been added to the "fish -jointing" is now mainly applied to the jointing" has hitherto fullyrails. This system of "fish' f p e o a r r t s t , o as fh giving r e i iin a g smoother of the diture in maintenanactoe.ck,Tahned brobrande,onwtitMbrietsh owea r rofe s and tear aormt loc • omotive superintendent, proving p that a. deprecstior: fund is not necessary for maintaining in andefreb' u o c f h mrerdueed aspen rate the working plant of the companY , Lat b s further reduction in this branch of expenditre directorsm ii,T___e_ relied on, is also moat satisfactory. The tated as re paid the ac quired to enable this company paid during the half-year out of the sun! s capital providing count 8,589/. for additional z_ ;1 ,)8 traffic - 21. increased accommodation for 'Company for Par to the Midland Railway by . that com liamentary expensesf wu this r ailway an the session pang on account to works,at% 0 the o w awarded to Mr. John of 1847; and 7,1024 .1 balance of his engineering il Braithwaite, being rwetion of the line from London to wants, with the sum of 32,600/ charges in the coo"' Colchester. These PO_ , of . t h e East Anglian plant, as also the " n the branch from Shelford to the junc ° G r e a t Northern line at Shepreth, have in- - creased the bonded debt of the company 101,280/ The y h a a m f a e a neds time t t e d a n e d o s W f e s of directors obtained . . of the Legislature to form el: i xa:Pndeon ofcinit Cueer c: a a i ne d the In di a Dock Junction Ream). a junction with the ming about 50,000 L, and also for the construction of o short extension from Wisbeach to the river Nene, at a an estimated cist of about 18,000/. Parliament like wise sanctionee, the arrangements with the Newmarket Company; and the latter applied for and obt a i ne d the authority of Parliament to construct tension of th - Ar lino from Newmarket and, as this line is now in course of con struction, the directors feel confident that when the traffic from Bury is opened out to the Cambridge the maximum amount of 5,000/. per annum company is bound to pay to the route under certain circumstances , will be materially ' et Company if not entirely cancelled. The Bill for arrangements made between this company Anglian also received the sanction The seal of the company has been affixed agree ment entered into with the Great The result is a cordial eo-operatio in promoting an interchange o f re ceipts of this company are increased , rest promoted. The directors reduced, Newt:tal, which , this carrying out the of and the East the Legislature. to the b Northern Company. traffic, etween the companies whereby the . and the public inte rest are informed that a large portion of the land on the line of the Harwich itailwitY has been secured by the Eastern tnion Company affording the hope that this important branch will be opened for traffi c i n th e course o f nex t year. A satis factory arrangement has been made for the joint work ing of the Tilbury and Southend line by this company and the Blackwell Company, so soon as that line is com pleted, and from which the directors confidently antici pate a large increase of traffic. In concluding the report the directors assure the proprietors that they are now, as they have hitherto been, most anxious to cultivate a good understanding with neighbouring companies, and with this object have had repeated interviews with the Eastern Union Company, but they regret that hitherto they have produced no satisfactory result. .The report of Mr. J. V. 'G ooc h , the locomot i ve su perintendent, states, that 1,473,110 miles were run by the trains in the half-year ending July 4, 1852, corre sponding period of 1851, 1,249 , 22 6 m i les, and the same period of 1850, 1,185,628 mil es . Th e cost of working, including repairs and renewals, was at the rate of 11.11 d. per mile per train the half-y ear , en di ng the 4th of July last; ending July 4, 1851, 13.79 d.; and July 4, 1850. at the rate of 17.22 d. A comparativ e s t a t ement shows that ' there has been an increase in the number of miles run w th the trains over the half-year 1851 of 223,884; and an actual decrease of expenditute of 3,5781.; and over the half-year 1850 an increase iu the number of miles run by the trains of 287,482, and an actual decrease of expenditure of 16,8661., or at the rate per mile per train of 6.11 d. on the average of the half-year 1850, and upon which the mileage past ui half-year is equal to a saving of 37,494/. ; o en f d t i h n e g jY 4 of which increase of mileage 109 . ,596 mil es are doe to that run on the East Anglian Railways, and 18,829 miles en the Royston and Hitchin Railway. The con sumption of coke was gradually reduced from 39.891 b. in July, 1850, to 28.151 b. in 18.51, and to 3 31_1- in July, 1852. The report of the auditors (Messrs. J. Reeves and W. Mayhew) states that they fndtheaccoeunatoio accounts correct otion after a tharough and contmeoue i monthly examination into their details. The capital account, to the 4th o July, shows that 9,675,3191. had been received, and 9,655,565/. expended, leaving a balance of 19,7541. The revenue account for the half-year shows that 391,1751. including 8,2341. been r ece i ve d , an d 177,645/. expended, 8,234/. rates and taxes and 7,0971. Government duty. The liability to the Newmarket Company amounted to 2,500/.; to the G rea t N ort h ern, f or the Hitchm 1ine, ,.. t0 4,2001.; interest on guarantees and loans, to 153,5911., including 30,7871. to the Northern and Eastern, 93,7501. to the Eastern Counties, and 29,059/. to the Norfolk Company, leaving 53,232/. f or di v id en d on the ordinary shares. • • LONDON AND BLACKWALL. The report of the directors to be submitted to the pro prietors on Tuesday next states the gross receipts on revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, with the surplus of 1,3954 from the previous account, have amounted to 29,0821., and that the expen diture, including 2,3051. for rates and Government duty, amounted to 14,7891,, leaving a balance of 1 4,2931. The interest on debentures, amounting to 2,7161., being de ducted, there remains 11,576/. available for dividend, which will admit of the payment of 2s. a share, clear of income-tax. There is an increase in the receipts during the past half-year of 2,0621., as compared with I the corresponding period of 1851, and a decrease in the working expenses of 6001., and in the gross revenue charge s of 8981. The number of passengers conveyed theov pts er rec t e h i eline during the half-year was 2,718,978 period of 1851 b , e 2 in , 25 , 1021 , showing al of 6/ i 07 2 54, increaseB293.l o passengers, f the receipts being authorised to lae expended. 9 30 9 936 thein n orresponding number of passengers , and Fenchurch-street term i n u s has i n n p th e on receipts. the enlargementa have also raised the of debentures bearin g • tiltileterest at 4 per cent. The direc torsbeen raised by th in e ofo is ut s hn u et e per cent. inter es t, to rep l ace sum of 30,8001., at 4 and 4 They are assured th at the debentures at 5 per cent. branch to the Haydon-square warehouses will come into ope ration in October next. A contract has been enter ed into 3e with the emi nent contractors Messrs. P eto, of this n t Be tts, , and for 482r5703071,. for the construction Upon completion of the works thee contractor s to take a lease of the line for 25 are they guarantee a net r et u rn of 6 per cent, on t ars, he s hare capital paid up, from the I st of January next, during the term of their lease. T he whole lin e is to be com pleted in eighteen months, but it is believed that the portion to Tilbury will be ready for working by th e en suing summer. The works of the Fenchurch-stre e t sta tion enlargement have been commenced, and will be car ried on with all possible energy, so to enable the com pany to avail itself of the traffic hom the Eastern. Com l . ties Railway and the Tilbury and Southend branch at the earliest possible period; and the directors feel confi dent that the operations now in progress will, when com pleted, realise all the advantages which have been held out to the shareholders. The capital account shows that 1,438,8591. had been received, and 1,389,420/. expended, leaving a balance of 49,4391. NORTHERN AND EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bishopsgate station; Mr. Paterson in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the guaranteed di vidends on the 5 per cent. and 6 per cent. shares were declared, the retiring directors were re-elected, and the business terminated with the usual vote of thanks. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors of this company, to be submitted to the proprietors on the 24th instant, states that the works between Howrah and the Ranegunge Collieries continues to progress satisfactorily. To com plete and stock this division of the line some addi tional capital will be required. The existing contract with the Honourable East India Company provides for raising such capital, and when the proper time arrives the option of subscribing it will be given to the then proprietors of the old sharek. The surveys between Paudoah and Rejmahal, alluded to in the last report, have been carried to such an extent as to enable Mr. Turnbull, the resident engineer,. to report upon the general features of the line, w hich are highly favour able to the construction of a railway. Mr. Turnbull's report is now before the authorities foreonsideration, and any arrangements that may be made founded upon that report will be announced to the proprietors at the earliest opportunity. MELANCHOLY C ATAST HOP H GALWAY, TUES.. DAY EVENlNG. — Yesterday morning a most calamitous cir cumstance occurred in one of the islands of Arran, by which 15 unfortunate men have been swept from time into eter nity in a single moment. All of them were fishing with lines on a eliff, when, notwithstanding that the weather was calm. a sudden wave broke over the cliff on which they were standing, and washed them out into the deep. Only four of the bodies have been found up to last night. Many of the poor fellows have left large families to mourn over their irreparable loss. A subscription has been already set oa foot, and it is hoped a large sum will be raised for them, now that Galway is so crowded with the nobility and gentry of the United Kingdom. PLYmor.rru.--Loss or LIFE.—On Thursday morn ing, about half-past two, a poor woman named Blagdon, anl her two childre n , were suffocated in bed. The husband ce the unfortunate woman is a brickmaker, and being at wora: in the night it is supposed that his wife must have placed.,.: lighted candle on the chair near the bed, for on the neigh' bours being roused by a smell of burning, KIT, the room door and found the bed and bedding bo la children though but smouldering. Mrs. Blagdon andarks of burning were dead, evidently from suffocation, as non resided in Vaux hall, any consequence were on them. TreYheld this day. hall, near the Quay. An inquest will The usual guar liosprrAL FOR SICK CHILDEENn•— d subscribers to this terly general court of the governors end at the latter part of valuable institution, which was foundedisl with an hospitl for last year for supplying the metrono -in Paris and other Conti- children, similar to those existing , d y afternoon in the board they brogu board nental cities, was held Yea‘ e orm ond-street, Queen's-square, room of the charity, Great tbe report of the committee of for the purpose of receivinbgr ,Totam-ss Whitford read the report of business; Sir Henry Dukin field in the chair. , alr ininittee, from which it appeared the the management c° ery satisfactory progress. The number charity was makirg d to the institution during the t p t a t st . of children_ i at rn en _in-Eatients, management, and upon 36 ; ou a t v laien s, 3 lately intro makingthe benefit of those king a t° ctice of vaccination for maduced the a w i s h it, which has proved of great advantage quarter had o f 350. The committee h ats who b ogress of disease. The committee, in P: I c e nt i o ng h t ei; r p eport, appeal for further aid, the benefits in institutiont having been greatly extended. The r eport d to the chairman, and the meeting separated. Trio Pas se of tu : s h - l iving been received and adopted, a vote of thanks AND FonEsTs.--Invernes s has this T „, moons n esented more than the usual an preparation Yneratrhrer shooting season. Every day during the last week f m ight be seen full complements of sporting appointments hurrying off to the mountains. All statements agree that grouse are more plentiful than they have been for the last fivo years ; the covies generally contain from eight to ten birds, and we have heard of fourteen being seen in a single brood. Even in the first day's bags cheepers will be a rarity, as the young birds have mostly all black tails, the certain sign of full growth. Red deer are very forward this year, owing to the early abundance of pasture in the forests. - We have already seen some very fine heads sent for preserva tion, with the horns almost clear of velvet. At Ben-More (Sutherlandshire), on Saturday, the 7th, Mr. Ross, of Cro marty, killed two good stags in two stalks, using a single rifle. The second stag had a very handsome wise head eleven points with three on the top of each beam, and weighed upwards of nineteen stones when clean. A royal stag was shot by Captain Baring, Strathgarve ; and tw o l arge s t ags were shot right and left by Dlr. Mill s , Erchless Castle. Sir Ar thur . Chichester has al so s h ot a stag and hind. The Master were Lovat, a c oup l e of stags, right and left. Two virit w ehead, shot by Capt a i n W alter Boyd h, and one by Mr' stalked and in the forest of Balnagown. Robert Reid, Esq. , 9 , shot a fine st ag i n S utherland; and we he ar an antlered monarc h, s h o t a l a rge stag a t t Fasnakyle.— Edinburgh Ad vert i ser . that the veteran stalker, Colonel T owers , w h ose r ifle has k nocked over many TEE C HIEF J USTICE OF JAMAICA. —The departure of Sir Josh ua R o we, Chief Justice Jamaica, was mark e d of by the regret of the entire island. A deputation of the lead ing gentlemen of the place wa ited on tiara with. a suitable and feeling address; and ''t is not too much to add, that the services of Sir Joshua, during the 20 years he has pre sided over the common law co urts, have procured hi m t h e re- spect of all. last. Many houses, and barns full Accounts have been received from Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay territory) of a desolating flood in the Red in sw l‘f e a p y t away. The __ _ news has reached Lon don•ialexpre of the biud,on's Bay Company, which on too he of J left the Red River and the une. The water was then o ß f i v g e rb r ayi settlemen t p e had c been rapidly subsiding, with their c attle to the higher grounds, and had been living wer e preparing to return. It was feare d th a t m an y of tents f ttehethalt-breed population would be obliged to quit the colony for a season, and encamp i n s ituations where they cou ld maintain themselv es b y f i shing an d h u nting. Among the arriv a l s at Ch e l ten ham we recognise the name of General Whish, the hero of Moultan, who, ~ a gain retired from war's alarms," has once more taken up his residence among his old associates and brother officers in Cheltenham.-Cheltenha m Examiner. at let lir of 11) 1 : pia P ri• +lB ps t .l b : OP/ , fo re lOW ca osl Ve l3. Ter" ro itsr 16th ir" t ' Pr