The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-. GOODWOOD RACES—(FmnAr CONCLUDED.) FOR TH. . The winners CHALLENGE of the two classes F to run MARCH for the 5/. forfeits, staking 10 sovs. each, and carrying 61bs extra, and any horse who has not started, to be allowed to challenge fur the forfeits, staking 101., carrying his original weight. Lord -G. Bentinck's African. aged, 12st ......(Mr. Moore) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's King Charles, 3 yes, lOst 31b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :--Mr W. Johnstone'a Newhaills, 6 yrs 12st 21b—Lord George Ben tinck's C oa l Bl ac k R ose, 5 yrs, ' llst 41b—Lord Chesterfield's avelin, 4 yrs, list—Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 5 yrs, lOst 101b--Mr. Payne's Collingwood, 3 yrs, 1O t. PRESTON RACES—(WitDITESDAf j . The Ilolme Plate of 7 sovs. each, with 20 added; three yrs Old, 7st; tour, 8A 21b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. Two "le. Owen's Thalia, 3 yrs (Abdy) 1 Cdr. Dawson na Lavender, 4 yrs Ihe Borough Cup of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Two miles and a half. Sir J. Gerard'a Parthian, 6 yrs (Edwards) 1 Ale. Redlinad's Factory Girl, 4 yrs ,112% Arrol:sinith's Tractarian, 3 yrs 3 The Champagne Plate of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 1 0 sovs. each ; three yrs old, lOst 41b ; four, list 21b ; five, 1 lst 10lb ; six and ag e d, 12 s t 21b.• T wo m il es . Sir J. Gerard's Perpetual Motion (Si r Gerard) 1 kr. T. Parker, na g by Valentine, out of The . Lady Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added; three yrs old, 7st 121 b; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; six and aged, 9st 101 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. Heats. Two miles. ill'. Davie s ' T a ll e y ran d, 5 y rs .(Bond) 3 1 1 Skelto n ' s F a th er Mathew, aged 11r. Brown's Ferona, 5 yrs "tr. Fox's Deuce Ace, 5 yrs 2 2dr THURSDAY. Illuadicap of 5 SOTS. each, with 25 added. Two mike and Si r a half. , j. Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs walke I over. Tae Tradesman's Plate of 50 sovs.,added to a Sweepstakes of a t 0 sovs. each, sft if declared, &c. Two miles. r• Worthington's Sharston, 3 yrs... 1 Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs '"e Borough Member's Plate of 20inces, added to a S weepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Thew ner of the Chem.. S' Stakes to carry 61b extra. Mile and a half. 1 J. Gerard na The Maid of Ankland, aged J. T. Parker na gby Valentine, oat o f The Lady Rail way Stakes of 20 sovs., add e d to a Sweepstakes of 5 ears. each ; three yrs old, Est 121 b; four, Bst 21b ; five, Bat 1 01 b; six and aged, 9st Mares and g e ldi ngs a ll owe d fir. S ih• Winners extra. Heats. Mile and a half. Lamb's Lady Flora, aged ... 1 walked over -4 Dawson ns Lavender, 4 yrs SUMMARY OF RACES. .2. 1 1 the course of the meeting thirty-three races were run, ..%'`Vasive of three dead heats, t in addition to four stakes " ( lied over for; and one match which did not produce a 1. , 1 ,_c; total value 22,905/., exclusive of the Orange Prize. Tae following is a table of the principal winners:— Lord G. Bentinck won 9 1 4 races, value 5,0551. Mr. Gulley won 4 races, value 5,4301. Mr. R. Bulke.ley won 1 race, value 2,4501. Mr. O'Brien won 2 races, value 2,435/. Mr. Bowes won 1 race, value 2,0501. Sir J. Hawley won 1 race, value 1,1007. Duke of Richmond won 3 1 /, races, value 9251. Colonel Anson won 1 race, value 900/. Mr. Drinkald won 1 race, value 510/. Including the walks over, there were 250 starters. Lord G. Bentinck's horses ran 48 times, and the Duke of Rich. Mond 21. The effect of Lord G. Bentinck's retirement on future rneetingS here must be great, for independent of the im mense number of nominations taken by him for every stake, it must be admitted, on all hands, that the unequalled cha racter of the sport, and the perfection of arrangement attained in every department, t o say nothing of the many admirable regulations that have been established, and are now become the "law .of the land," muet be attributed to his Lordship's tllmost unassisted exertions. We undustand that the Noble L9O ord dispOwl of his entire stud, viz.:-Bay Middleton, about brookinarea, nea r ly 80 foals and yearlings,- and 30 or 40 ryes in training,. s t a lli ons ' & c., - i n one lot, to Mr. Payne, kr ten _thousand pourds, allowing-him the option of being a$ en bargain on Monday, on payment of 3001.• The annual 1 7Pense of _this monster and, in, which we include training, joekies, Sze,' but irrespective of stakes and forfeits, a w Wer e , enennotis,;.amountel to- about 11,000/. (Rather ,11.e51Pensive hobby, as the Is.toble LOrd observed to a gentle elrei.*.ariswer.to a question as to the truth of the reported r- • th e s also reported that Mr. Gully retires from the turf after ~St. Leger. We fear the retirement will not stop here. that the late meeting we have given the fullest particulars e b,. at . ll lne and opportunity will permit. We should, in c0n e4,7„,T11, observe that its management was everything that h$ u ip "'" have been expected; the judging, starting, and weigh were in the most competent hands. The course, under th e t B "Pervision of Superintendent May, was well kept, and NvulLeturn lists issued• from Mr. Mason's press, on the course, r apidity and correctness that did him great credit. [tY BUSINESS. 44 tile Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JULY 31. At 4 , MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. l eir iZgers from the Lords brought up the following Bills, which n hitt k %hips had agreed to:— ,oatb,V.!ea Park Bill—Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and I . *4 Y(g t ge Railway Purchase) Bill—Newcastle and Darlington Ra - ' lll Dr e ," n toP and South Shields Railway Purchase) . Bill—Cambri4e ~'ereent Acts Amendment Bill—Portbury Pier and Railwa, tre e Lill, without Amendment—and to Amendments to Philp s ( „ 13 3'11 1 ;', 1 ' 00 1 Bill, without Amesdment —and to Amendments made we'efonlmons t;) the Amendments made by the Lords to 9orbals 44 4 ta — "° ll Waterworks Bill, without Amendment—Birmingham hu l a ,ford Junction Railway (Birmingham Extension) Bill—Mid• 1441 (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches) Bill—Birming •tspis ittlxfo Ord Junction Railway Bill—West Cornwall Railway organ -Z ' 9l Amendments—Cornwall Railway Bill—Cockermouth and *lthgton Extension Railway Bill—Vale of Neath Railway Bill, to t%Rn Amendment—Sugar Duties (No. 2) Bill--New . Zealand tow, e t— Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving IBM— , without Gla ,ktnend&iirk, and Coatbridge Railway mad c E ty t Ti s e lo C l om B 111011.5tZ) the t i ldi t Cr ei t s — as azid an to the Amendments and Coleraine Junction Railway Bill—Shropshire tak . l l Railway and Canal (Newtown to Crewe with Branches) Bill-- • Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches) Bill, without ItT m e nci n m 'a e n nt—R ugby and Leamin;ton Railways Bill—Sheffield, Aii""th m B rnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway -41 a a Bill—Llynvi Valley and South and Edmonton Railway 'es Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. )414, : following resolution was reported from the above Corn ce _ th;nat, the case of the Booth's Charities (Clowes') Estate Bill, 1,,,11g erders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be .tandin 'ltteel to proceed with their Bill. lI ARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. FRIDAY, JULY 31. I t STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT (No. 2) BILL. I ,t_illn er)° r : t larch 26) from Select Committee on Petitions for Private r re ' ; Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be gives uore u ,, in a Bill for the better regulation and improvement of the "of StockpGrt." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 32. Bar e i l „ So rt `,, David Forster, Mathew Strutt, Edward ho ilw ick p Gibson, T. M. Thornely, Thomas lir 'xi lig, f)r." Ilastie, A. Tufnell, Henry 11, ght, J ohn „ lig ,-, Hawes, B. Villiers, Charles i, olth , s.. S . llill, Lord Marcus Wall, C. B. Cr a 'oke, Sir T. Nutt, William Wilshere, W. b Wford W. s en,, . S. Mostyn, E. M. L. Wrightson, W. B. uitg:.° 4 4l - rt, J. O'Connell, Daniel N,r, , , 0t i0. ., 5 Gorge Philips, Mark TELLEWL t ,''''rao,7l,Admir al Ricardo, J. L. Marsland, Henry `4(g . ,..' Mr De Lacy Shell, R. L. Brotherton, Joseph '. William Stanley, W. 0. kii x , MAJORITY—NOES, 40. Ark u ;.• I'. Gore, W. 0. Repton, G. W. I l laget r , l E:', l 't , George Ilatton, Captain Sheridan, R. B. h ailp v "Plrintri Hay, Sir A. Smith, Vernon .4r 4 " "(lel dr Ilayter W. G. Somerset, Lord 0, 1 11 401 1 r d, Ed ward G. Henley, J. W. Spooner, Richard tir o .4 , l lrne . d I I ttai vil ie, m. ,,, .I. Horsman, E. Wakley, T. Hume, Joseph Wawn, J T. =nippy VP. Inglis, Sir R. White, Samuel b ou Ps, w . James, William Wodehouse, E. tiplP B , Sir C. Wood, Colonel T. t t,o t t e sli , ile ~. H. 3 3 1 1 a as e th kinno a n n , W. 1 '44 t ' I licil;ani 'ir Miles, P. W. S. TELLEES. l'orb'''' 1 1 ear: 7. Osborne, Ralph Duncombe, Thomas 0 4 ,.,! , , Wiz Plumridge, Captain Estcourt, T. (I. - ' , er, J. D. Reid, Colonel ILFRACOMBE. f 1, 4 a he OiIONV ing petition has been extensively signed (up- Ars t ,of 700) in this spirited and liberal t own , which is the Le ktnat we have seen) to set an example that deserves to ,reoxtensivel y followed:— , Tits Iv - MOM:AISLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PAR LIAMENT ASSEMBLED. t c; The Petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the r cHigh an d parish of Ilfracombe, Devon, " Hr His mbly showed:, That IA ing deeply convinced of the importance to this rat empir e of the army and navy, for its peace, order, and rbtection • 9 and that whatever lowers the self-esteem or alie 7Aes the p. itriotism of the soldier or sailor, tends to weaken ,„,% 11 r defenc. 3 and peril our safety, your petitioners are Zqicted to 1 ram that the barbarous practice of flogging is still ' 4 intained as a mode of punishment. Tour p etitioners, moreover, being deeply convinced that t o b Pde of mnishmeut so unmanly, savage, and unchristian, 16 11 sultin [ ; to our common humanity, and so alien to our re ar and mr age, may exasperate and degrade, but never tk e rld the offenders, D humbly beseech your Honourable ,Pse to ix move the raconic stain from the British name. yo ur petitioners will ever pray," &c.—North Devon Ap t - 11 -- Tt:PtI4AND OF TROOPS FOR , IRELAND.—The I ,th I i t4 ,goe a Guards, now stationed at It anchester, and the ragoo " n. now stationed at Norwich, under . orders n ot te 'ado tion at Liverpool by steam-vessel to Dublin, are e l ) „r t eed thither, the order for embarkation having :te rman(led. Nest C r - A BSURDITY.—It will readily be admitted by co uld i e l 4 dlrs . thatAhe following scene of h t u a m n oroabsurdity Irish court of tett y a redy have :occurred in any bu thel v : 4 glb.ms because no other country would be at all present plaintiff 'errl e " b ° l")eaess such a character as the 1 ` ettx Sessions, July 23.—A Matrimonial Ambassador. 4i ierZtl. ' Sullivan, a man whose appearance indicated con- Sq rn '• Intelligence, summoned a man named Pat Trite for the lee 1 7s 6d„ for work executed. The bench inquired of tkiliv, 44 tiff when and how he had_ ea_ rn..iedd my y e money? business, 4 1t1 b , 411---Last Shrovetide and well 1. a-4it'ugh that epalpeen has failed to fulfil his contract ; but b9has a fe.w more such cattle en his hands, and may e Y won't find a ready market. Bench—What are you? your li o `f i g cattle do you allude to ? Sullivan —Why, please d lau h ter '3 ' 4 V am a - a , matrimonial ambassador."—(Los g . e- Rcrjilti lien eli--Perhaps you would favour us . with a ce d_ (La ep , ° , ef the duties appertaining to this high Dffi 4 re '""r.) Sullivan—Why, please your honour, I . obtain as a-6Vectable livelihood by match-making, and time e le h i n ' a i e t as profitable.—(Laughter.) I engaged withe was to eo a husband for his Cathine , t 043 mor e of the cure me mat ho. The cattle I daughter was speaking of ra,l ° honey/ rs, was the other unmarried daughters I was o .ttr Well now ; proceeding on rny embassy to W. Wsll, oftelasaaugl ita, by dint of argument, backed by the smiles they e i , l 'dY rself, I succeeded in making the . match, and 6 , 1 % . ere aanaiel On closing the bargain, Tuite gave me 1 11te e f e „_; he had promised me tne pound if I succeeded; toe 1 , ''' , acca , rdin g to Cackee,he o ;cos me( they te . ) t a eocu dammed to the " ambassador" thawere or lia,t war,4 „f any law to authorise them to order the ayment p c ci,`"ou, but advised him to make a surer bargain in future, liak,: - “'ting his fee before the marriage contract was entered 43ent;'.. Sulli-van seemed th un d ers t ruc k, sa y s the Ca,low e°ll litr e at this announcement ! From the laws of his he which were said to be the perfection of all wisdom, an d ';ll'...pacted an immediate decision in his favour; truth, Ir e " , c'e, and fair dealing being manifestly on his side. sh oul ,f'd on his heel, declaring that. in future, the money ( 1 / I tiZ_Dt paid down before he undertook to perform the froe;°:illnertaining to a matrimonial embassage; and retired ttcjiy4"lrt indignant at the scurvy treatment hehad THE MAGAZINES. BLACK WOOD. Honour to old Maga ! Honour to Christopher North! Notwithstanding all the wit, wisdom, drollery, senti- Mont, " peptic precept , , and dietetic instruction " lavished upon their readers during three hundred and sixty-ninenumbers of the former, under the supervision of the latter, the wit,is not less piquant, the wisdom less mellow, the drollery more resistible, the peptic precepts less digestible, or t :e dietetic instruction less palatable, as the pages of the old Edinburgh magazine accumulate in hulk. Blackwood for August, 1346, is scarcely in ferior in intrinsic merit or extrinsic attraction to any preceding number. We are not, unquestionably, treated with a revival of the "Noctes Ambrosianm"—•as Glorious Nights as the famous One Thousand and One. We miss the crutchet-stick of Christopher, the familiar patois of O'Doherty, and the interjectional pithiness of Tickler. •' Ten Thousand a Yesr " tells us no longer of the machinations of Oily Gammon, or of the 'gentle and beautiful Kate Aubrey. Jerrold no longer presents us with the "Peregrinations of the Man of Wax, or of any other specimen of the genus holm. Sir Frizzle Pumpkiii hath no more Adventures, and the lyre of B. Simmons is silent. Yet. despite all these deficiencies of our old favourites, Blackwood is Blackwood still ; and from the perusal of this present number, we cannot think any one can rise without haying derived both information and amusement. What we welcome so heartily in this number for August is the purpose which is traceable in almost every individual article. Generous principles are inculcate l—principles both mornland utili tarian, and we are the more rejoiced at this circum stance because of the frivolity which has been latterly the most striking characteristic of so many periodicals. Maga is not, this month, without his political article ; and, bearing in mind the extraordinary measures of commercial reform, which have s ) recently been carried through Parliament, the singular vieissi Ludes which have in consequence befallen the dif- ferent legislative parties, and more especially the "strong party" of Conservatism, advisedly so called. we turned with peculiar interest to the lucubrations of old Ebony. Our curiosity was excited by the mere heading of the essay, a suggestive one under present circumstances—" The Late and the Present Ministry." That we can have but little sympathy with the views entertained by Blackwood with reference to the most advisable movements of the legislature, we presume, our readers—we readily comprzlend, and fancy that Chris topher himself, could not scruple to admit. Our opinion upon this point cannot therefore be tinged with any thing approaching to partiality. Yet we are so eminently satisfied with the pervading tune of the political article before us that we commend it most seriously to the atten irn of all sticklers for protection. Although the writer thinks infinitely wrong, to our mind, as to the probability of the Russell administration, and mistakes the prudent and circumspect phrases of the Premier for hesitation and premeditated obscurity, we admire the spirit of the strictures upon the illustrious statesman who so re cently and so gloriously retired from the office of First Lord of the Treasury. There is none of that vulgar acerbity in Blackwood which has lately been in dulged in so lavishly ; there is no gratuitous abuse or supplementary sarcasm—yet Blackwood is not one jot less devoted to the cause of protection then my Lord George Bentinek himself. When we find so much earnest- ness and so much gentlemanly toleration linked together, wo are compelled to attribute the leaning towards the protective system to a conscientious conviction. Though, at the same time, be it obsorved, we are at a loss to comprehend the adhercnce of such talents to such an exploded system. Thus spcaketh Blackwood:— We cannot join with the more violent of the protec- tionists in their virulent denunciations of Sir Robert Peel." Again: "as the financial reformer of the whole national system, .he (Sir Robert). may, though at heavy risk, .become a public benefactor." Again, say we, ho nour to Maga I Such language is most graceful after the coarse and revengeful epithets cast by others upon that same extraordinary statesman. Time, we feel sa tisfied, will ,alter the writer's preconceptions as to the intended policy of the new cabinet ; and he possesses so much fairness that ho will not then shrink from con fessing his misapprehensions of Lord John Russell. "The Array," is a courageous and stirring appeal in be half of a very noble and a very neglected class—the soldiery. Recent occurrences have tended to display the lamentable state of mismanagement into which the cor respondents of the Horse Guards have fallen, or rather in what a degraded condition they are allowed to con tinue. We have ourselves represented the brutality, and indecency, and immorality, and impolicy of that ex ecrable system of military flogging which only a few days ago deprived a fellow creature of life at Hounslow, and deprived him of life moreover, through supertluous c:uelty, hurrying him to a premature death in the most excruciating agony. A system that permits such exhi bitions of barbarity is one which calls very loudly for reform ; and calls for a reform, moreover, of the most comprehensive character. Black wood recommends the substitution of rewards .for punishments ; rewards to lure good to conduct, not punishments to awe into subordination ; ribbons to ex cite a wholesome spirit of emulation, not scourges to goad into drunkenness and to debase. The writer re commends likewise a material alteration in the plan of enlistment ; condeming on very adequate grounds the enlistment for life, and proposing in its place an enlist ment for a limited period ; namely—for seven or five years. He observes, " Let the lash, at once and totally disappear ; replace torture by instruction, hold out ju dicious rewards instead of disgraceful punishment • ap peal to the sense of honour of the man, instead of the sense of pain of the brute." We cordially coincide in these very admirable views; we would gladly know our soldiery to be properly educated, properly stimulated to exertion by medals or other recompenses, properly allowed an opportunity of rising in their profession, and that not merely to the post of non-commissioned officers, hut to the , highest and noblest ranks.. Surely,there would beno degradatiOn to the service in such an ar rangement; premising that the privates of each regiMent were prepared by tuition. Surely, Ney, Massena, and Murat, and Junot, were no discredit to the Gallic legions ! Surely the father of Lady Peel was no dis grace to the mess-rooms of the British army ! Were such a system as this introduced our soldiers would be morally and socially elevated ; they would be enabled, like the veterans of Napoleon, to beautify their native country during the continuance of peace, as well as to defend it during the period of war • their leisure hours would not, as now, be irksome and wearisome ; they would no longer be the drones of the national hive, but would tend to the improvement as well as to the glory of the empi: e. Blackwood has come forward nobly for the vindication of these enlightened principles ; and if its fellow labourers of the press join in the like spirit of independence and benevolence, the boon will be achieved, and our army will be most ma terially benefited. Well may the writer repeat that excellent old adage, " Kis est ab poste doceri 1" The military syst, m pursued on the continent is not wholly unworthy of imitation. Another admirable article is intitled, " Mesmeric Mountebanks." It is a delicious bit of irony : overwhelming the followers of Mesmer by an adroit and capital satire. " Moriamur pro Rcge Nostro," is likewise a delightful and enthralling story. It reminds one of the best fictions which have appeared in this magazine. The characters are cleverly grouped, the incidents vividly coloured, and the plot ingeniously constructed. Although we are by no means inclined to agree with the writer of the paper on the " Romantic Drama," in his admiration fo'r 'the old unities, we must nevertheless confess that his arguments in favour of a revival of those unities, as a means of reviving a love for dramatic entertainments, are singularly striking, and deserve a trial. "My College Friends," is the fourth continuation of an agreeable series, and one which promises an unlimited source of entertainment. The article suggested by Dr. Tschudi's " Peru," and the re view of M. Soyer's " Gastronomic Regenerator," are conceived in admirable spirit. They revive our re membrance of the pungent criticisms indulged in of yore by Maga, while they improve both our taste for litera ture and dietetics. With an assortment of papers thus varied, sparkling, and serious, Blackwood cannot fail to increase its popularity, and to perpetuate its supremacy. 4 K , BENTLEY. We are delighted to meet with our old friends Mr. Ledbury and Jack Johnson in the present number. " Mr. Lebury revisits Paris and is ignominiously ex pelled from his Lodgings." Wo have not the actual ignominious expulsion in the present number, although the following escapade of the wine warmed Ledbury at the Chaumiere seems very likely to lead to his expulsion from the good city of Paris altogether. Mr. Ledbury determines to play the jeu de Bague, a game in which the player, seated on a wooden-horse in a roundabout, tilts with a small spear at'some small rings. On one of these horses Mr. Ledbury mounts:— " For the first few rounds Mr. Ledbury simply smiled at the company, politely bowing to them every time he came near them, like the little man at the evening party on the top of the organ, and then he kissed his hand, and waved his pocket-handkerchief, and finally, with the flourish of his spear, began to play, imitating martial mus . c on a cornet. By some good luck or another, he carried off a ring or two, at which the students and grisettes who were lcoking at him, cheered. This was quite enough to drive him into any a of wildness : and, after a few more turns which did not im prove his ste idiness, coming on the champagne, he formed a project of unequalled boldness. One of the garde was stand ing near the gime, looking with folded arms and frowning brow, upon the players. As Titus came near him, he seized his helmet, and lifted it forcibly from his head, directly after wards putting it upon his own, to the intense astonishment of the soldier. " Any insult offered to the authorities is sure to be hailed with acclamation by the frequenters of the Chaumiere and a roar of delight burst forth. At this Mr. Ledbury was so excited, that by some marvellous exertions, he contrived to stand up in his stirrups, and would have got upon the horse itself, to have thrown himself into a tableau, bad not the enraged functionary stopped the machine, and pulled the offender from his charger. The crowd pressed round, and tried to hustle him away, by pushing the grisettes, all in a heap against the guard ; knowing that he would not attack them. Jack had sprung from his perch like lightning, and seeing their object, caught Ledbury by the collar, and dragged him actually through a party of gendarmes, who were coming to the scene of the row." This paper is illustrated with great spirit by Leech ; the other illustrations of the number are illustrative to the continuation of Brian O'Linn (this tale increases in interest as it proceeds, and promises to be the chef d'auvre of Maxw,ll); and a beautiful little vignette of the caves of aihra, and which serves as a headpiece to an article of Everard Clive, on military atrocities. Among the papers of permanent interest, we have a translation, by the Archbishop of Dublin, of a review of Dr. Nean der of the Memoirs of Dr. Arnold, which is full - of deep theological learning, and a paper by E. V. Rip pingille off, poor Hayden, which should be studied by all who are endeavouring to create a taste in this country for works of high art. Of light and amusing articles, we have an , abundance. " The Lioness," for instance, is a capital story, capitally told ; and Paul Prendergast's "Last Days of a Bachelor," in the merriest manner imaginable, inculcates an ex , colleut hwral. Thos D rs. Aletherf in ber Tea Table, - THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAIT ... MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1846. talk, tells piquant anecdotes of the late Justice Parke, and or Miss Mellon, and of Theodore Hooke, and an annonymous contribution in "A First Evening in Na ples, and "La Festa di Santa Brigida"—(we imagine both papers proceed from the same pen)—gives us some pleasant off-hand sketches of Neapolitan scenery and Neapolitan society. For some time past we have ob served a marked improvement in this periodical, and the present number more than sustains the character of its predecessors. (of which latter we ou raolves have already given a ifa vourable notice), have suegested a theme to one of the contributors of the !üblin University, which he has treated in a capital article, leading off the Au gust number. The delineations of an uncommon race of beings in a dig ;ta,nt quarter of the globe ; the account of their domest is manners, of their recreations, their religious ceremon ies,dispositioo,features, language, dress, and general charetctei is always a subject of the utmost fascination; brit the; fascination is infinitely en hanced when the narrator writes in a good-humoured and agreeable strain. Sucl t is the case in the specimen before us, and the reviewec r has rendered his composi tion equal in attractiveness to a passage of romance. In the subsequent pages of tin s magazine, however, we are presented with veritable pied :es of fiction, among others, the continuation of Mr. Carl.eton's vivid tale of an "Irish Famine," and " Signor .T or mica," a pleasant fiction, in four chapters. Now that; fehe French metropolis is in an unusual state of animatio a from the elections, and from the recentattempt upon th. ;King's life by Henri, the paper entitled " Paris in 184 6" will be devoured with an appetite. Nor has the recent recurrence of the July jubilations detracted from . Who interest with which any thing relating to that 131 iriant city will be regarded. With no city in the world,. :perhaps, are associated more reminiscences of glory and a home than Paris—the glory of Charlemange, Henri 1V.., le Grand Roi, and Napo leon ; the glory of the Ch amp de Mai and 1830 ; the shame of its double capi tole .tions, and the devilries per petrated in its precincts during the Reign of Terror. Paris is indeed tesselated w ith grandeur and meanness, and the writer of this article has felt this whilst penning his lucubrations. "Strav Leaflets from the Oak of German Poetry"—alway's right welcome—are this month peculiarly so. Sot no of the verses are inimitable. We cannot refrain from quoting a very elegant sonnet, addressed to Sir E. Bulwe.' Lytton, by Kenealy, and we do so the more readily, as they are a favourable speci men of the poetry admitted 'lnto the magazine : " Like the young Moon, when down from Heaven she came, To court the slumbering She pherd, as he lay Nooked in a dell amid the IA dmian hills, Filling the spot with an anib rosial flame Of light ethereal from her a .ver.ray— So to my soul comes genius : from the skies, And such immortal splendou 1...3 there instills As charm the young, and gl ad the old and wise. 0 Venus—souPd—Hiss onus i—Minstrel—Sage— Weaver of dreams of lil;ht from olden love — How shall I thank thee for the enchanted hours Pagsed with thy spirit ?er thegolden page? So Plato rnus'd—so Sh: ►kspere wrote of yore— So dreamed of loYe, Rousso tan, Clarens' lakes and hovers. " Political Prospects" is a marvellously sombre and long-winded lamentation: on the hopeless position of national affairs. The Dub lira University might have saved itself the trouble of writing: :such unnecessary expressions of grief. It will meet withi :few sympathies, either in its indignation with Sir Robimt or its melancholy forebod ings as to the Russell Ord inet. Its intolerant spirit, moreover, :is here and them developed in a manner ab solutely ludicrous. It scorns the Maynooth grant, as another "attempt to give to Popery an ascendancy" in Ireland, as if Popery was not already in the ascendant among a people more than. ei/ ;ht-tenths of whom number themselves in the pale of r.hat church! Again, it speaks of Popery being " aggrandise d in Ireland " by that same grant. As well might we tat; 1k of a pauper at the street corner being aggrandised br the gift of a few halfpence! The literary portion of the. magazine is, however, of ex ceeding merit. what had passed, telling her now that she had sworn, if she told, God would strike her dead. She was then allowed to, go. Since that ti me suc h h as b een h er m i sery t h at she could no longer bear it, and on Monday last she made her dis closure. Yates was a young man of low stature, and slender, while the accused young men are tall and strong. Breacon and Barker, as we have said, are in custody, but Raine, one of those charged with having committed the crime, has net yet been secured.—Sunderland Hemet!. FRASER'S. We are glad to perceive, from the commencement of the "political" article of Fraser for the present month, the more sensible of the protectionists—in fact the great majority of the party—accept, like sensible per sons, the establishment of free trade as "un fait accompli." "There is no employment more profitless, in public as well as in private life, than to look back upon misfortunes that are beyond remedy, and to complain of their occurrence. Peel's Corn Bill, whether for good or for evil, has become the law of the land. The great principle of free trade is estab lished as that on which the commercial policy of this country must henceforth be conducted, and let its remote conse quences be what they may, there is no power in any quarter to avert them. We have taken a step in politics which does not admit of recall. Lovers of the Arcadian state of exist ence may mourn over this, hankerers a. ter feudalism coin plain or threaten, and men of soberer jugdment than either doubt the wisdom of measures which bid fair to convert England, at no distant date, into a huge manufactcry. But the impulse having been fairly given, we may no more hope to stay the progress of events than to arrest the speed of the railway carriage, or the descent of the loosened rock into the lake. We are in the beginning of changes, of which it would puzzle the sharpest sighted to foretell the end, and there is positively no help for it. 'Entertaining these opinions, and heartily subscribing to the doctrine that the bravo never repent,' we purpose for the future, as often as the projects of politicians make a de mand upon our attention, to look at them with a forward rather than with a backward glance, forgetting, as far as we are able, party feelings that have been engendered of old as sociations, and delivering our sentiments on men and things more with reference to the effects which they seem calculated to produce upon society hereafter, than in the idle purpose of trying them by the test of bygone arrangements." Of course, then, there will be some few impracticables who will repudiate the doctrine of Fraser, but we be lieve that he speaks the sentiments of all, but the most minute fraction of his party; and, believing that, we re joice at the determination here expressed, to look for the future at political matters rather with a forward than a backward glance. The paper is entitled " Will the Whig Government stand?" and the writer answers the ques tion in the n-gatire. The fact, however, that the ex pectations of the writer have already been falsified would seem to show that the writer has been somewhat hasty in making his calculations. The writer of the series of " Contemporary Orators," takes as his subjects. Mr. C. Wood, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Hawse, Mr.Wyse, and Mr. Ward. His sketches of Milner Gibson end Ward are highly graphic. He does ample justice to the talents of Mr. Hawes, who has always been, in our opinion, an under-rated man ; and he passes a high, but most de served, eulogium on Mr. Wyse. With regard to Mr. Charles Wood, the writer considers that he will turn out the least efficient Member of the Administration, and that he will prove a foil even to Mr. Goulburn. There a another political article in this month's Fraser, de voted to the praise of the aristocracy, in which the writer sets about gravely to argue that the aristocracy of rank in England is also the drisctocracy of talent. Of the manner in which the writer makes out his case, take the following as a specimen :- - "It was a review, in fact, of the late struggle against the corn-laws that suggested this article ; for it proved most in contestably that, with the exception of those two remarkable men, Richard Cobden and Robert Peel, the overwhelming superiority of talent lay, on either side of the question, with members of the aristocratic body." - . . The writer should have carried his exceptions to a much greater extent to make out his case, for unless he includes among his exceptions such menus Sir James Graham, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Disraeli, he will not have a leg to stand upon; and once admit exceptions to be made in this manner, there is no propo ition, however absurd, which may not be demonstrated. The literary contents of this number are excellent. We have an admirable philosophical analysis of the life ani writings of John Foster, the essayist—a continuation of the series on the " Manners, Traditions, and Superstitions of the Shetlanders "—a Celtic story entitled, " Red Finlay of the Deer "—a plea sant gossiping paper about Hampton Court—a most amusing feu d'esprit, entitled, "Proposals for a continua tion of Ivanhoe," in a letter to Alexandre Dumas, by Mon. Michael Angelo Titmarsh, and a variety of other amusing articles. TAIT'S. Unusual merit characterises Ithis magazine—a ma gazine, by the way, always meritorious in some degree or other. The principal feature, perhaps, in this number is, the amount of sterling information conveyed in a most popular and agreeable manner. Elizabeth Thorn ton coptinues her excellent romance of "Truth and Falsehood ;" and, if the succeeding chapters are only equal to the elventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth, her present fiction will unquestionably obtain a much larger circulation than either the " Marchioness " or "Lady Alice." This authoress succeeds best, we con ceive, in her delineation of the emotions of her fic titious characters in situations of excitement ; here her writings are invested with a very charming, and some times a very touching delicacy ; in evidence of which we would adduce the description of the scene between Herman and Lady Fslsenburg, when the former dis covers that Betta is his sister. " The Catholic Doctrine of Music" is an admirable paper, and will afford gratifi cation to all truthful lovers of the "divine art." Some of the reflections are remarkable for their sagacity. The notice of " Mary, Queen of Scots," and the continuation of the analysis of Ulrici's recent criticism upon the dramatic art of Shakspere, are both of them elaborate compositions. It is' a singular fact that while a Frenchman was the first - to attract the attention of the learned to the supreme genius of our wonderful countryman, the Germans have displayed the most peculiar capacity . for analysing his productions. Indeed the commentaries of William Au gustus Schlegel may be regarded as the noblest tribute ever paid to the glory of this divine teacher of humanity. There is more subtlety in his elucidations, more ardour in his panygerics, more appositeness in his illustrations, more indications of capacity in his "Lectures," than in all the commentaries upon the same poet that have ever proceeded from the press of any nation—from Voltaire to Ayscough, from Malone to Collier. We say this, moreover, not in depreciation of the latter, but in all justice and candour towards the renowned German. In the disquisitions which he has produced upon the dramatic genius of Sophocles, Aschylus, Aristophanes, Calderon, Racine, Cervantes, Corneille, Moliere, and especially of Shakspere, Schlegel has displayed a noble affinity in his intellect for theirs; in crowning others with, what we may be allowed to term, the chaplet of eulogistic genius, he has endued his own name with a reflex of their glory. It is frivolous to imagine that too many books can be written in exposition of such works as those of him who wrote "not for an age, but for all time." Every perusal of such works discloses some hitherto unrecognised beauty ; every mind, especially if remarkable for astuteness, appreciates some meaning which would never have presented itself to another dif ferently constituted, and hence the interchange of thoughts between such minds; and the collation of those innumerable perusals cannot but tend to divulge more excellencies than could otherwise superficially present themselves. The advantage of commentaries on a by gone author is tantamount to the dissections made upon a corpse. The veins and nerves, which are concealed under the surface, are then displayed by the skilful touches of the dissector's knife. The veins and ramifica tions of thought in literature are disclosed in a precisely analogous manner by the penetrant survey of the com mentator; with this advantage, however, that the dissec tions of the latter cannot mutilate or injure. For these reasons, we are always prepared to welcome any fresh illustrations upon the plays of Shakspere, provided they possess the characteristic of novelty. If collected together, the folios, and quartos, and essays and pamphlets, directly or indirectly relating to Shakspere would form a gigantic and splendid library : Ul rici has just added another volume to the collection ; and still there is room for more. A perfect edition, and a perfect biography of this poet have yet to appear, and this despite the industry of Mr. Payne Collier, the costly labours of Mr. Blondell, and the enthusiasm of Mr. Charles Knight. "An Even ing's Adventure at a Country Inn," is a comical conceit, and the pourtraiture of the resurrectionist with a nose "much rotembling the toe of a crab in formation ; the colours rich, rare, burnished red," and with a complexion which appeared " as if the outer skin had been peeled off, and the under cuticle suddenly frozen, so red was it; — not the redness of health, but an unearthly, dark, crim son hue, like a stain of blood on a towel," is ludicrous though extravagant. We arc greatly pleased to observe, that while Tait acknowledges the real talent of M. Michelet, the bigotry of his recent productions on the People and Jesuits, meets with a severe and deserved castigation. As usual the literary notices in this Maga zine are copious and discriminating : the one on poor Haydon's last performance "Lectures on Painting and Design" will be perused with singular interest. Among several choice pie ces of verse, scattered between the prose contributions, the translation of Freiligrath's " Revenge of the Flowers" must be particularised for its fantastic notion and its dainty imageries. The emerging of the elfin phantoms from the petals of the different blossoms is beautifully described : "From the flower-bells, gently sweeping, Come three spirits robed in air; Shields they bear with light emblazoned, Crowns amid their flowing hair. Starts a tall and graceful maiden From the rose's purple lap ; Pearls upon her forehead glisten, Waving curls her bosom wrap. From the Iron-Casque' up-springetb, Girl with sword, a valiant knight; From his helm, a heron's feather Pending, long and silver bright. From the' Turkish turban,' stalking Proudly comes a Moorish king; With the half-moon's golden crescent On his turban glistening." In reviewing the " Politics of the Month," Tait evinces its general impartiality, though we cannot but regard its strictures upon the new Administration as rather super cilious and unflattering. Its indignant remonstrances at the injustice of the Irish Church Establishment are likely to impress the public mind forcibly, and to drive the popular opinion in the right direction. They, there fore afford us very considerable pleasure. Time and events will place Lord John Russell and his colleagues in their true light. Till the policy of their government be further developed by acts, we shall continue, like Tait, expectant and sanguine. DUBLIN UAIVERSITY. Dr. Coulter's "Adventures in the Pacific," and Her a= Repideuce is the iitartwoo THE SPORTIN G MAGAZINE. Two capital conceits form the illustrations of the August number, " Success to the Secret," and " The ComOiments of the Season"—the said compliments being nothing less than a brava of grouse painted by Han cock. Surely such complit vents are ever welcome, like the cup of sack dispatch( ,d per Bardolph to Sir John Falstaff. There are som e rare articles too in the Sporting Magazine, sue: ti as would prompt the hermit of Vauxhall, hims( :If, to induct his lower extre mities into buckskins anzl tops, and to sport " pink " one day in the week at the least. " The Sportsman's Dressing Room" for the nonce, would give even the dispeptic a longing for an amble over the stubble. John Mills continues his'" Life , of a Foxhound" with excel lent spirit ; there is a freshness and originality about the second cha ptar quite exhilirating. Whe will discredit the notion of dogs having aanguage of their own, after reading the conversation between Ringwood, the hero, and. `Trimbush, the old adept in the chase? Who would not carol with Linton?— The moors! the mow's! the joyous moors! When autumn displa; Is her golden stores— When the an orning's breath Blows across , the heath, Oa the main ttain-side, 'Tis gladness to ride, At the peep of dawn o'er the dewy moors! At this iniatory season, wh en the young sportsman, like Aurora, in Shakspere, " stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's top" with expectation, this magazine will prove a welcome instructor, and we will engage that the aspirant will not find his tutor in the smallest degree churlish or superficial. The number is in most respects seasonable and clever. a::7 • MONTHLY PRIZE ESSAYS. What has attracted our especial perusal in this second number of a new adventurer among the periodical literature is an essay upon. " The Works of Charles Dickens." We have read it very carefully, and are forced to pronounce it mast ogregiously flippant : it is the very coxcombry of critic ism.. First of all, it is merely a trifle beyond nine pages, :Ind. the possibility of analysing the works of such a variteyr _fts_Dickena, _m_aine pages, appears to us about as reaionable as the compression of the Iliad into a nutshell. Secondly, the writer assails the writings of Dickens as being of a decidedly immoral tendency, and if that; be not the very prudery of literary squeamishness, then Archer's Sermons are only fitted for the shop-windows of Holywell street. Thirdly, the writer throws himself into a violent fit of excitement and indignation at the dinner of tripe devoured by poor ' , Crotty Veck upon the door step of Mr. Alderman Cute ; " Delicacy," says he, " would have prompted us to turn away till the old man had finished his dinner !" Fourthly, Dickins is called something little short of an advocate for Drunkenness, from such circumstances as that of Dick Swiveller moistening his clay till it becomes of a slippery and uncertain consistency ! Fifthly, Miss Haredale and Dolly Varden are discovered to be identical characters: and so on "to the end of tire chapter." We will not insist upon the arrogance of such opinions, or of their moral absurdity: they are their own counterpoise. In a rather grandiloquent piece of metre, called " The Dead and the Dying," there is this solemn expression, of an angry spirit:— " - Slapping round mine ears Those cursed wiags !" &c. in other words, actually boxing his ear! Th© other contributions are, however, in a great measure devoid of these blemishes, and if the publicaticn be judiciously impervised it will prosper. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. We are glad to see a letter quoted here, from the Mark Lane Express, in which the writer says " Sir Robert Peel has conferred a great boon upon the coun try by a repeal of the corn-laws :—I cannot believe Sir R. Peel would have consented to remain in the House of Commons to assist in carrying out other commercial reforms, if he had not the go o d o f hi s coun t r y a t h ear t, and more particularly so after having submitted to the most insolent and degrading language that ever fell from the lips of man." The mere admission of such sentences into a professedly agricultural periodical is a point gained in favour of justice and fair-play, which latter, as everybody knows, is a jewel. It is satisfac tory also to observe a very great modification in the reprehensive language employed against the obnoxious freedom of importation to foreign grain. Though a considerable reduction is declared to have taken place recently in the prices of grain the Farmer's Magazine acknowledges that "it would be unfair " to attribute that roduction altogether to the Parliamentary realisa tion of Free Trade. We welcome this spirit of con cession cordially, and expect before very long to find the Protectionists among the warmest admirers of the late League. "Wonders will never cease." The Farmer's Magazine for August is commendable. DISCLOSURE OF TWO MURDERS AT BARNARD CASTLE. In the early part of August, 1845, a young man named Yates, a tailor, and a girl with whom he was acquainted, of the name of Raine, were missed, and no tidings could be heard of either of them until nearly a fortnight after, when the body of Yates was found at the brink of the river Tees, a few miles below Barnard Castle. There were, we believe, some marks of violence about his head, and his pockets were empty of money, but at the inquest no criminating evidence could be obtained ; and a few days after the in quest the body of the young woman was found in the river also, but several miles further down ; and it appears that on the night when they came to their unhappy deaths the river was much flooded, and when so its course is rapid. Some few weeks ago there were some rumours afloat charging upon three young men the murders of these persons, but these soon subsided, unil Monday morn ing last, when a young female, twenty-one or twenty-two years of age, named Humphrey, went to a constable to ease her mind, and ste subsequently has made such statements to the rural police-officer as to lay a charge of murder upon three young men, named Breacon, Raine, and Barker. Two of them, Breacon and Barker, are now in prison, the former on another charge. It is publicly stated that Yates had altered a coat for Barker, and while doing so he had found the name of the owner therein, " Captain Bainbridge," of Cotherstone, at whose house, in the absence of Captain Bainbridge, a seizure had been made, which led to a trial at York about a year ago, and at that seizure Barker had acted as under-bailiff, when this coat was missed from the premises. This statement seems to point out at least one cause leading to the crimes against Yates and his sweetheart, and we be lieve the following to be the substance 9f the girl Hum phrev's confession on Monday last. That on the night of the 9th Of August the man Yates and the young woman Raine were together, near the passage where Humphrey lived in Bridgegate, and she was conversing with them when they saw Brecon, Barker, and Raine, standing together, who drew near, and ultimately they all went for a walk as far as the bridge. It was then very dark and wet. The rapid flow of the Tees caused more than usual noise, and the time was after mid night. The whole party left the bridge, proceeding down the Yorkshire aide of the river to the end of the tram road, about 130 yards from any dwelling on that side of the water. Some of the party questioned Yates about hi s mone y, an d Barker asked Yates if he was going to app ear aga i ns t hi m at York on account of the coat before spoken of, and he an • swered in the affirmative. Barker then struck him several times—where, the girl Humphrey- does not know, as it was dark; but she heard him say " Don't knock my eyes out," or something to that effect, and after that the three young men all beat Yates and took his money from him ; they then lifted him off his feet and threw him over the low tram wall ) in ,o t u o n t g he w d om ee a p n p ß oo a l in b e el b ow yand was horrified, but the said she woald tell the police. She made her way towards the bridge in com pany with the party, still declaring that she would tell, and when they came to the recess on the bridge they seized both the girls, threatening to throw them over if they told. Raine still declared that she would tell the police, when in a few seconds they threw her into the foaming stream below, vici des wita LluisPlue7 grew that an Tinki a% toll TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM. On Saturday afternoon, at about a quarter before four o'clock, a tremendous thunderstorm passed over the metropolis. Several vivid flashes of light ning, followed b e y loud peals of thunder, were the preludes to a perfect hurricane of wind, rain and hail. The storm burst at once, as though a water spout had burst—the wind raged with terrific fury, and the hailstones, which fell with the rain, were some of them of the diameter of at least half an inch. In several instances windows were br, ken by the hailstones. The hurricane of wind and hail lasted shout ten minutes, when it became nearly a dead calm, but the rain, and lightning, and thunder, still continue, and the rain is at this moment pouring doe n like a shower bath. SUN OFFICE, lIALF-PAST FOUR. The storm has returned with increased violence the hailstones were some of them at least an inch and a half in diameter. Our readers may judge of the force of the storm and the size of the hailstones, from the fact that in our establishment alone upwards of thirty panes of glass have been broken. The above appeared in the third edition of The Sun, of Saturday evening. The storm lasted until half-past six o'clock, and was at its greatest height at half-past four. There is scarcely a building within the metro politan district which has not been damaged, and even at the present moment the extent of the mischief done cannot even be guessed at. Amongst the public buildings in the metropolis which have suffered most severely by the fracture of skylights and domes, from the hailstones, are Buckingham Palace, Somerset House, Burlington Arcade, the Bazaar (Baker street), end the Paddington terminus of the Great Wes tern Railway. The Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, the Botanic Gardens, Kew, and those in the Regent's park have also suffered severely. In the neighbourhood of Brompton, Kensington, and Hammersmith, the storm was particularly severe. About four o'clock the electric fluid struck a stack of chimneys at the house, No. 21, Lower Phillimore-place, at the cor. ner of the road leading to Notting-hill, by which the stack has been much shattered. In the Victoria road a skylight was carried by the force of the wind into the middle of the road. In the lower parts of Kensington and Brempton, the basement stories of several of the houses were inundated by the great body of water which descended like a torrent upon Notting-hill and the higher parts of the locality, and which carried everything before it. The nursery grounds westward of town have suffered severely, as have also the market gardeners, their lights being all more or less damaged. In the metropolis considerable damage has been done, all buildings having skylights being more or less injured. The houses on the western side of Farringdon-street have sustained considerable injury by the overflowing of the Fleet-ditck, which filled the various cellars and underground apartments. One house, occupied by / a linendraper, had five feet of water in the lower rooms, and it required several men to be engaged nearly two hours to empty the place. The lower stores of the Angel Inn were completely flooded. A number of sheep were saved just in time. Battle-bridge was a scene of great excitement and confusion, in consequence of the waters overflowing the land from near King's-cross to Acton-place, Bagnigge Wells-road, which was so inundated that the thorough fare had the appearance of a river or canal, and was not only rendered impassable, but the inhabitants could not obtain egress or ingress to their piemises without the assistance of some conveyance. The kitchens, parlours, and back yards of many of the dwellings were so over. flowed that parties could not enter them. The homes nearly opposite the police station in the Bagnigge Wells-road were completely filled with water, arising from the elevations of the surrounding neigh bourhood. Mr. Kerr, a baker, in Hereford-row, Bag nigge Wells-road, on the day before had in 36 sacks of flour, which were entirely spoiled. The lower part of the house of Mr. Greenwood, of the Northumberland Arms, was quite inundated. The lower part of Mr. Silcock's, the Carpenters' Arms, Bagnigge Wells Toad, was also filled with water, as well as other public-houses in the neighbourhood. At the police station-house, Bagnigge Wells-road, and also at the police-court, nume rous windows were broken. _ The skylights at the Euston-square railway station have suffered so much that the whole of them must be replaced. At the lower end of Mutton-hill the rush of the flood was so powerful, that it burst through the gratings, and before the inhabitants were aware of their danger, the water, which was mixed with the most nauseous soil rose three or four feet above the surface. The utmost alarm necessarily prevailed, but iu a few minutes the cellars were filled, when those who occupied them were obliged promptly to take their flight, leaving their furni ture to mercy of the flood. At the bottom of Mutton hill, it was at a depth of four of five feet, Adjoining Mutton-hill, to the north, is Wignall's-place, in which are eleven houses; here the water had risen about seven feet. The utmost consternation prevailed among the inmates who were at the first floor windows, imploring assistance, many of the suppliants holding children in their arms. Assistance was promptly afforded by the neighbours. Among the first was Mr. Hunter, landlord of the Two Brewers, who swam to the aid of many, and rescued several children. A man named Smith, a French polisher, followed his example, and also saved many. Ladders were also brought to the spot by means of which the women and men were extricated. The consequences of the flood are such that some of the houses are undermined, and cannot now be occu pied. The back of the Coach and Horses, near Wig nall's-place, is swept away. In Round-court, to the south of Mutton-hill, two houses, the property of Mr. Langdon, were forced down, and but for the activity of the inhabitants, who hastened to the assistance of the in mates, many lives would have been lost. A Mr. Clarke saved three children. The premises of Godson, carcase butcher, wero nearly swept away. Among the property lost was a cart, which was swept into the sewer that is here open. In Thavies-inn the kitchens were filled with water. A vast quantity of timber and other materials have floated down the Fleet-ditch. Two houses above Mutton hill are also down. The rush of water was tre mendous, and carried away the whole of the back part of three houses in Round-court, occupied by poor fami lies, who with the greatest difficuhy succeeded in making their escape. A large warehouse in the same court, belonging to Mr. Fox, drysalter, had the back front also carried away. Mr. Nichols, a broker, of No. 1, Vine-street, has sustained considerable loss, by a large quantity of furniture being carried away down the ditch into the Thames. Mr. Knight, a publican, had his cellars so flooded, that the barras of beer were forced upwards, and knocked in the bar and parlour flooring. He also is a great loser. At eleven o'clock at night the poor people in the courts and alleys in the neighbourhood were busily employed in removing their furniture, as many of the houses, in consequence of the water sapping the foundations, which are very old, have sunk several feet, and are rendered extremely dangerous. A strong body of police afforded most efficient assistance in this distressing affair. The autho rities at Clerkenwell workhouse gave a general order for the immediate admission of the poor people and their families, who have been rendered homeless. During the time that the st•)rm was at its height, ther air, which was falling in such immense bo dies, ran down the various conduits into the Fleet ditch, which very speedily became filled. The outlet at Blackfriars- bridge, not being sufficiently large to al low the water to rush out as fast as it entered the sewer, the extraordinary pressure of the water blew the iron crown off the covering of the ditch with such violence, that it made a noise like the explosion of a piece of ar tillery. At the same moment the water flew out with such impetuosity, that No. 3 Waterman steamer, which was going down the river, was driven against one of the piers of Blackfriars-bridge, and so disabled that she was forced to put back and land her passengers by means of one of the Citizen steamers. Soon after it took place, portions of tedsteads, chests of drawers, cheffoniers, &c., were seen emerging from the mouth of the great sewer. Intimation of the circumstance was very quickly communicated to the officers of the Thames. police, who soon took up their position in boats in front of the sewers, and this efficient body of men were occupied until a late hour in conveying from the sewer portions of articles such as those that we just mentioned. The articles in question were all conveyed to the other side of the bridge, contiguous to the steam-boat pier, where they were placed under the care of an officer of the Thames Police. The several articles were supposed to be the property of the furniture brokers and others whose houses were destroyed or injured in the neigh bourhood of Saffron-hill; these persons will, of course, be on the look out to ascertain how far this assumption is a correct one. In the Strand, also, considerable injury was done to the windows of many houses owing to the hail -storm. Several squares of glass in the workshop of Mr. West, the optician, were broken to pieces. The glass domes which light the Lowther Arcade were all of them more or less injured, and the shopkeepers in the Arcade were obliged to give up business altogether. Buckingham Palace has suffered severely. It appears that the Royal Picture Gallery is lighted by a skylight, consisting of a centre piece and sides. There is an im mense dome over the grand staircase, composed entirely of glass. A glass dome over the Ministry staircase, and a variety of others. All these have been utterly de stroyed ; the ruthless torrents of hail and rain poured in with the force of a cataract, making the various stair cases so many waterfalls ; the basement floors of the palace were completely flooded. The Picture Gallery, in which are some of the most splendid productions of the old masters, was at one time in imminent danger, for when the large hailstones had removed all oeposition to the ingress of the rain, the gallery was flooded to the depth of many inches, and the water assumed all the appearance of a natural current. No time was lost in removing all those pictures that were liable to be injured, and we believe that in no single instance has damage been done to any one. The more valuable pictures were ranged under the engraved plate glassof the sides, which successfully withstood the violence of the storm. As soon as the rain had in some degree abated, active measures were taken to clear the various rooms and lobbies of the palace from the water that had accumulated, and to achieve that object speedily the services of the police stationed at the palace were called into requisition, and a company of the Foot Guards wero sent from the Weilingtoll bltralcki to 011ieti their Denim were put to a severe test for more than an hour. Mr. Cohbett, the pa inter and glazier to the royal palaces, visited the palace, and having ascertained the extent of the damage, he at once gave the necessary directions for covering in the picture galleryand the various rooms with tarpauling, and a great number,of men were instantly set upon that work. Many thousand squares of glass are demolished, and at a rough calculation the loss in that article alone will be little short of 1,8001. or 2,000/. It is satisfactory to state that the Queen's decorators have closely in spected the various royal apartments, into which the water obtained access, and have not discovered that any material damage has been sustained by any of the costly embellishments. The parade in front of the palace, ex tending from the foot of Constitution-hill to James street, Buckingham -gate, was one sheet of water, and so deep as to render it impassable to pedestrians. The deep barrel drain in the Green Park burst from the immense accumulation of water, and formed a com plete river to the ornamental water in the enclosure of St. James's Park. Here the violence of the storm dis mantled the flower-beds, tore up the paths, and so flooded the pastures, that it became necessary for men to wade up to the middle to rescue the sheep that would otherwise have been drowned. The water accumulated to that depth in bird-cage walk that it was rendered impassable to podestrimr, and almost so to vehicles. At the metropolitan police office, Scotland-yard, 300 squares of g',ais were broken. The Admiralty stables sustained great damage, and not a house in Whitehall. place-gardens escaped. Lord Liverpool's and Sir W. James's windows suffered most. We were also informed, from a creditable source, that the Houses of Lords and Commons were so inundated, from the destruction of the fan lights, that it may be questionable whether they will be in a condition to re ceive the members this evening. Carlton-terrace has suffered very much, the vestibules of those houies which are glazed being considerably shattered. Every square of glass over the Regent Quadrant was demolished, and the pathway strewed with broken frag ments. Several of the large houses have their stock in trade greatly injured. A considerable number of windows have been broken in the Government Gazette-office, and the building saturated with water. Scarcely a house in Cannon-row has escaped injury by the storm. In the well-known r*nge of premises belonging to Messrs. Harvey, termed Lambeth House, in the West minster-road, the floors of the shops were covered with water. The stock in trade is most severely injured, The skylights were demolished by the hail falling upon them The Baptist chapel in the Waterloo-road had upwards of three feet of water in it. The Hero of Waterloo Inn, in the same road, had between 40 and CO tons of water in the cellar and about CO squares of glass demolished. Messrs. Jones's oil factory in Robert-street had 90 squares of glass broken. The Pear Tree Tavern, in the New-cut, had the water in the cellar almost up to a man's arm-pits. The West of England engine was engaged nearly two hours pumping the water out. Mr. Knight, an oilman in the same thoroughfare, had a most valuable stock in the cellars spoiled by the water. The Surrey Theatre had the skylights demolished and the windows broken. The rain poured in such a manner that the place was flooded. A notice was put up last night that, in consequence of the damage done, no performance could take place that night. The sur gery belonging to Mr. Brookes, in the Waterloo-road, had five feet of water in the kitchens. The Nine Elms terminus of the Southampton Railway was extensively injured. Astley's Theatre was injured almost as bad as the Surrey. Messrs. Fell's brandy distillery, in the Waterloo-road, had eighty panes of glass broken. In Bishop's-walk, Lambeth, it is stated that the lightning struck the wall of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Palace, and tore up a tree in the garden. Mr. Bacon's printing premises, in Robert-street, had a number of squares of glass broken, and the business was in conse quence suspended. Mr. James's grocery premises, in the New-cut, was injured to such an extent that! the place was forcel to be closed last night. The Victoria Theatre,and Lawrence's miscellaneous,s tores at the earner of Webber -street, had several feet of water in the cellars. The neighbourhoods of Fore-street and Princes-street have suffered by the water. Scarcely a house in Belgrave-square or its vicinity has escaped receiving some injury. One mansion alone has 701. worth of glass demolished, and many of the rooms saturated with water. At the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the conservatory, in which the carnivorous animals are kept, has sustained such injury that to repair the glass will cost 2001. This building is 100 feet in diameter, and its domed roof, which is 300 feet in circumference, is covered with glass and its sides are secured with the same material, leaving a space of about eight feet between the latter and the dens of the animals. This space, when the storm had subsided, was found covered with broken glass to the depth of two or three inches, and scarcely a whole pane was discernible in the roof. When the storm was at its very highest a singular in cident occurred in this building. A noble lioness, which had been noticed for some time to be in young, became most uneasy, and roared terrifically ; but it was at first considered that this was produced by fear, as the other animals were more or less acted on by the appearance of the vivid flashes of lightening ; but it was soon dis covered that the poor beast was in great pain, and in a short time she gave birth to a cub lion. The keeper at tended to her as well as they could ; and the youthful addition to Mr. Tyler's stock of animals was taken care of. It is much feared, however, that it will not live, as there can he very little doubt that its birth was pro moted and hastened by the fears of its mother. The monkey-house, which was also seriously damaged, presented an extraordinary scene during the storm ; its inmates were so dreadfully alarmed by the lightning, that many of them covered their eyes, to prevent them seeing the flashes of lightning. The splendid foliage of the gardens suffered severely by the hurricane, and one tree was blown right down. Three parts of the garden were covered with water. The injury done to Vauxhall Gardens was compara tily trifling, and will be repaired by an outlay of, per haps, 301 The lightning struck the Chinese Temple, and dashed a large portion of the panelling, which was an inch and a half in thickness, to pieces. By the violence of the storm a large beech tree at the bottom of the Italian walk, was snapped off at about four feet from the ground, and fell on the roof of the stabling, but did not do it any mischief. This, with the exception of the breakage of some of the lamp glasses, and the glasses of the private rooms, was all the damage done to these gardens. Mr. Alford, the coach-maker, in the Walworth-road. will be a severe sufferer, a large sky light on the part of his premises, where a number of harne.s-makers were at work, was nearly wholly de molhled. The Catholic chapel, in the Londdh•road, had a great number of squares of glass destroyed, as had also New ington Church. The damages sustained by the publicans in the vicinity of the Kennington and Walworth-roads has been very considerable. The cellar at the Elephant and Castle was inundated to a depth of several feet, and the loss will be considerable. Mr. Hewitt, of the Lamb and Hare, in Kennington-lane, had his cellar filled to a depth of five feet. _ _ The owners of green-houses in the neighbourhood of Kennington and Lambeth, must be severe sufferers. - The damage done to the banks of the Thames by the rush of water, especially about Chelsea and Milbank, is very extensive. Boats were forced from their moorings, and it required the greatest exertion to keep them from being washed away. At the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, some thousands of squares of glass were broken. The houses in the Clapham, Vauxhall, and Wandsworth-roads have scarcely a square of glass left whole in those fronts which were exposed to the fury of the storm. The windows of the houses in Larkhall-lane were literally shattered, Mr. Kennedy, flymaster, having only six panes left whole, and the fruit, young tendons, and whole limbs of his celebrated vine being scattered in all directions ; and the well-known Larkhall Tavern has one front a complete wreck. At Mr. Chapman's, florist to the Queen, in the Wandsworth-road, the storm has been most destructive. The glass roofs of all his hot-houses and green-houses are completely de molished; the fronts and sides being very little better. Mr. Chapman estimates his loss at 1,000/. ; and the rare plants and flowers are greatly damaged, and some totally destroyed. In fact, the ravages of the storm in this locality are beyond all conception, the hail stones which fell being generally the size of common marbles, and some were picked up as large as walnuts. Such a scene of destruction was never before exhibited over so extensive a district; whole streets for miles— indeed, the whole district from Battersea-fields to Clap • ham-common, including Brixton, Stockwell, Kennington, and Newington-butts, has suffered most severely. It was, literally, a West Indian tornado, with the addition of a hailstorm. Several of the lower floors in the Penitentiary, Mil• bank, were several feet deep in water. In open ground, facing the Quadrangle, the water rose so high that the officials and other parties were forced to climb over the iron railings to effect a retreat. The Citizen steamer D was struck by lightning off Battersea, and her paddle-box was carried away ; for tunately no lives were lost. WORLD'S TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. —A . grand muster of teetotallers from various parts of the united king dom and the world, will take place in the metrop o li s t hi s week. Already numerous deputations have arrived, and special trains are engaged to convey many more on Monday next. In addition to the regular sitting s o f th e convention, a series of public meetings are announced, including a soiree in Freemasons -hall on Thursd a y evening next, and a large demonstration in Covent-garden Th ea t re on Friday evening Among the arrivals are Archdeacon Jeffreys, from Bom bay; Dr. Baird, from Stockholm; Drs. Beechor, Cox, Pat ton, De Witt, Mussey, and a goodly company of temperance worthies from America, including Elihu Burritt, " the earned blacksmith." MALIBRAN A SAINT.—M. Beriot caused a monument to be raised in the church of Laeken, to the memory of his first wife, the lamented Malibran. This monument consisted of a statue in white marble, representing the celebrated cantatrice as Norms, and was placed in a chapel of blue stone, closed by a bronze open-work gate, through which the statue could be seen. The number of visitors attracted by this monument, however, displeased the cure of Laeken. who caused a tin plate to be nailed over the door, pierced with a few holes, through which detached parts only of the statue were visible. He states, as a pretext for this act of Vandal ism, that some peasants had knelt before the statue of an " actress," and adored it as a saint. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON (CHICHESTER BLANCH) RAILWAY.—On Friday afternoon a frightful acci dent occurred on the Chichester branch of the Brighton Railway. As a special train, containing a portion of the company from Goodwood was proceeding along, the guard, perceiving some of the luggage on the roof of a carriage dis placed by the motion of the train, imprudently got on it for the purpose of securing it. Whilst so employed the train passed under a bridge, and the head of the poor fellow came in contact with the crown of the arch. He was killed instan taneously, the upper part of his body being shattered in a WQat dreadfal manner. &a Inwly awaits a cgrearrwiaguest. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR OF REFUGE. Reports have just been laid before Parliament rela tive to the Holyhead Harbour of Refuge. The follow ing is an extract from a copy of Major-General Sir Love Parry's letter, with copy of the plan annexed thereto : "Madryer Park, Pwllheli, Sept. 23, 1844. " My Lord and Gentlemen—Understanding that the Government have referred to Mr. Rendel the several plans for the construction of a harbour at Holy head, with a view of his making a new design and estimate for a packet station there, I deem it right, as chairman of a public meeting, recently held in Caernarvonshire on the subject, to ap prise you of the fact that Mr. Bendel is the engineer of the Birkenhead Dock Company, which consists of the same promoters, and has the same solicitor and Par liamentary agent, as the Chester and Holyhead Railway and the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Companies ; indeed, so dependent upon the Holyhead Rail way did the Dock Company consider their project (as the terminus for the Dublin and Liverpool steam vesels), that they subscribed for sham in the Ilolyhead Railway to the amount of 70,0001. each, as appears by the printed Parliamentary con tract of the latter Company. It is also deserving of re mark, that the same parties are the principal share holders of the Birkenhead Railway, which has been conditionally disposed of to the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company. Under these circumstances a refe rence of the question to Mr. Rendel would, permit me to observe, be naturally considered by the public and the parties locally interested as a reference to the engineer, of the Holyhead Railway. (Signed) "I have, &c., " L. P. J. PARRY, " To the Commissioners of Holyhead Harbour." A copy is appended of a report made by Mr. Rendal to the Lords Commissioners of her Majzsty's Treasury. The following are extracts relative to the design for a refuge and packet harbour in the West Bay : "As the mountain of Holyhead is only about one mile frome the site of the proposed harbour and abounds in stone suitable for building the ordinary kind of sloping sided breakwaters, and as such breakwaters may be economically and rapidly formed by means of railways laid from quarries to be opened in the side of the mountain, so that the stone may be brought in waggons to the work, I propo>e in this manner to carry out both breakwaters at the same time, as rough stone embank ments, raised 10 to 15 feet above high water mark, 36 to 40 feet at top, and with slopes such as the materials would rest at, or the breaking of the sea upon them would occasion. On drawings Nos. 3 and 4, the sections of these rude breakwaters areshown by red dotted lines. They could be formed in four summers, so as to enclose the harbour and make it available for refuge ; and though the gales of each winter would doubtless occasion considerable derangement in the work, espe cially between high and low water, such disturbance would not materially diminish the shelter the break waters would afford, whilst it would effect the impor tant object of consolidating the whole mass of stone, and prepare it as a compact nucleus for the permanent structure. " The mode I have to propose for finishing the break waters is also shown on drawings Nos. 3 and 4, viz., after the rough stone breakwaters have undergone, by exposure, sufficient subsidence, I should commence at the shore end of each to throw down the top to the level of low water, using the removed stone to form the slopes to the angles marked on the drawings, and to build, in its place, inside and outside, ashlar stone walls of the strongest description ; these walls to be built from the level of low water only for the North Breakwater, but in the East Breakwater, to be brought up on the harbour side from the bottom, with diving bells, so as to make the whole length of this breakwater a convenient wharf, which I consider necessary, from its being in immediate connexion with the dockyards on Salt Island, and calculated to become an important part of that branch of the establishment. The head of each break water will also be formed of ashlar stone wall ; that of the Eastern Breakwater will be built up from the Plat ters (rocks), and that of the Northern will have its walls founded thirty feet below low water, as shown on the drawings. " All these walls below low water will be built of large squared blocks of sand-stone, and above low water with limestone ashlar facing, and sandstone ashlar backing, or with the stone of the locality set in suitable cement. "The top of the great or North Breakwater would be 40 feet wide, and raised 18 feet above ordinary spring tides, with a parapet 8 feet 6 inches high, " The East Breakwater would be formed as a wharf, 100 feet wide, and raised eight feet above spring tides, with a parapet eight feet high. All other dimensions and details arc so plainly shown on the drawings as to make further description unnecessary." FATAL ACCIDENT AT HOLM-lAN. On the afternoon of Wednesday last, the town of Wells and its immediate neighbourhood was thrown into a state of much excitement and alarm, by a report that Lord Lei cester had been accidentally drowned near the beach at Holkham. Numbers immediately hastened to the scene of the accident. It appears that in the course of the afternoon his Lordship, accompanied by Mr. F. Astley, brother of Lord Hastings, the Hon. Wenman Coke, and Mr. George Hill, went out to the sea-side for the amusement of " draught sea" fishing. They were attended by several of his Lordship's servants, and a fisherman accustomed to the beach. In approaching the sea from Holkham, the party had to pass through a narrow channel, in which, at that time, the water was not above a foot deep, but after fishing for about a couple of hours, on their return the water had considerably accumulated, and the tide coming in fast they suddenly found themselves in imminent danger. Lord Leicester and Mr. F. Astley, and the rest of the party, immediately dashed through the channel ; but J. Foster, a servant of Mr. Astley's, hesitated. Alarmed at his situation, Lord Leicester called out earnestly, and directed him as to the way of escape; but, mistaking his direction, the poor fellow speedily got out of his depth, and found it impossible to extricate himself. Mr. Astley, knowing his inability to swim, immediately rushed to his rescue—swim ming about thirty yards to reach him ; but his strength being nearly spent in the struggle, Mr. Astley speedily found himself unable to save him. At this moment both were in the utmost peril, Foster having seized him by the throat, and impeded his efforts to assist him. Lord Leicester seeing their situation, without a moment's hesitation, heroically determined to risk his own safety for their rescue, and instantly throwing himself in, swam to the spot, resolved to use his utmost exertions to save both. Mr. Astley having succeeded in breaking Foster's hold of him, assisted by his Lordship, each taking him by an arm, they succeeded in getting him ashore, but in the struggle life was nearly extinct. Such was the great exertion re quired, and the consequence of the excitement and alarm of the occasion, that, on reaching the shore, his Lordship fell from faintness and exhaustion. The body of the servant was immediately conveyed to the Victoria Inn, Holkham, num bers having arrived at the spot, who, by this time, bad heard of the accident. We regret to add, that although every effort was made by way of restoratives for the resuscitation of the servant, the vital spark had for ever fled. On Thursday a Coroner's inquest was held on the body. Verdict, "Acci dentally drowned." Mr. F. Astley was sufficiently restored to return home last night; and his Lordship is now perfectly recovered. The heroic conduct and generosity of his Lordship arc the subject of universal admiration. THE LATE COLONEL MACERONE.—It was on Mon day our painful duty to record the sudden death of this dis tinguished officer, which occurred on Saturday last. From a subsequent examination into the circumstances of the case, we have discovered them to be of the most distressing kind, and that Colonel Macerone's death was accelerated by anguish of mind at beholding around him his wife and children in an utterly hopeless condition. Only a few days previously an execution, made in the house in which he lodged, took from him the whole of his furniture and clothing. Such was the state of destitution in which his widow was left, that, until the last few days, she had not actually wherewith to purchase a coffin wherein to inclose her husband's remains. This is a case which we feel sure only requires to be made known in order to excite the most prompt and warm sympathy .?fth public. The widow, with her two orphans, are now r e siding at 1, Mortimer-terrace, Norland-road, Not ti ng-h ill , 11 and would be grateful . for any assistance which may be ren d ered chro MEETING OF TUE LONDON DISTRICT Posr LETTER- Csnrasns.—Late yesterday (Friday) evening, a meeting of this body was held at the Pied Horse, Chiswell •street, for the purpose of taking into consideration their present condition. Mr. Mannicomb, on being elected to the chair, observed that as one of the deputation, he had waited upon Mr. Saltwell, by whom they were told that the Alterations now in progress in the General Post-office would not at affect the district post department. He (the Chairman) was, therefore, of opinion that some steps should be imme diately taken to memorialise the Postmaster-General on the subject,. The draft of a memorial was then read to the meeting, praying for the allowance of " a scale of wages proportioned to their respective daily duties, and rising according to years of service, as recommended in the 13th Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry.' One of the reasons urged for such a measure was, that it would "go far in doing away with that jealousy that does and ever has existed between the two departments, and make them work with that unanimity so essential to the service and interests of the public." Mr. Elwood pro posed that a committee be appointed to draw up a memorial on the foundation of the one which had been read. In moving the proposition he described most forcibly the evils which arose from the existing practice of receiving Christ mas gratuities from the public. This he described as a beg garly system, degrading to the feelings of public officers and re;pectable men, and the source of dishonest practices be tween fellow -servants, frequently leading to disputes and serious misunderstandings. This proposition having been seconded by Mr. Church, a discussion arose with reference to the injustice of the present system of making out the " extra duty balance sheet," in which, it was contended, the amount paid to the men who were actually employed was mixed up with other payments for services performed, not by letter-carriers, but several other officers, either of a dis tinct class, or entirely unconnected with the letter-carriers' duty. The motion was then carried unanimously, and a committee of thirteen letter-carriers was appointed. Thanks were afterwards voted to " the press" and the chairman, and the meeting separated. DREADFUL FlRE. — Shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday a destructive fire took place at the firework manu factory OfDrewell and Co., Hatfield-place, Westminster-road. The workmen on the premises discovered the fire in a front shop detached from the dwelling-house, and having raised an alarm, Mr. Inspector Arnold, of the L division, soon reached the spot, as well as engines belonging to the London esta blishment and West of England Company. No want of assistance was experienced, and an abundant supply of water was quickly obtained from the Lambeth mains, but such was the dangerous and destructive nature of the materials on fire that but a few minutes elapsed before the front shop, with its contents, were entirely destroyed. At the back of Drawell's house were many small ones belonging to poor families, who began to shift their humble furniture for fear of destruction, but by the advice of Mr. Inspector Arnold, as the fire had been so far subdued, the poor alarmed creatures experienced no injury. No person, thank Providence, was injured on the occasion. The__ ac- THE APPROACHING PARTRIDGE SXAsoN. urable to Me ap counts in Surrey and Sussex are very filr are very strong in proaching partridge season. The broods prospect of an the wing, and the coveys am 'aid H yman to enter the field on early harvest will enable ibis , o w reitrictions with tO. the let of September wituollifr spect otandins =DPI' - , i