The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

L ETE RA T URE. BENTLEY'S SHILLING SERIES. Among the cheaper and vet at the same time the really valuable publications of the day, BentLys Shil ling Series has already assumed a very conspicuous Position. It comprises some of the most delightful little volumes imaginable—precisely the very books to amuse 4n(l instruct a traveller. Here, for example, are " Notes on Noses" —the very thing to tickle the diaphragm of even the most dvsneptic into laughter— crammed wi'h conceits that would have been "nuts" to S:awkenburgius ! Here again is "The Comic Engli s h G rammar, " with fifty of Leech's most prepos terous (and by that we mean most delectable) illus. trationv. Leech, by the way, from his earliest and symbolical signature—to saw nothing of his fun "7-must surely be the vary " bottle imp" of caricatu rist,! Here are "Turf Characters," including both officials end subalterns—and interesting to all those who have ever had a love for "the ring," an anxiety about T ottenham Corner, or an interest in the colossal betting of Davis—of all betters the Leviathan. Here i 8 good, honest "Martin Toutrone—sho wing us what capital drolleries James Morier imagined might in this great Babel of ours befsl an unlucky wight of an adventurous Frenchman. Besides these, we have the „, fa k in °us "Night s a t S ea ," wr itt e n by the Old S a il or , ""), AS all the ( rea di ng ) world knows now was no other than M. H. Barker. Then there is another l'olutne of the series devoted to the grim an d awful story of the "Loss of the .Amazon Steam- vessel," at every mention of which =or a long w hil e to come eac h gen tle heart will , he l , a , v ,e a sigh for po o r Eli o t Warburton ! Added to en —come s another volume comprising the " Bor der T ales, " told by W. H. Maxwell—pathetic in his Stories of Waterloo," enthralling in "My Life, 45 „ 1 ' Captain Bl a k e, " an d renowne d i n hi s hi s t or y of r i ,"" e ," Duke o f W e lli ngton. " Th roug h th ese " B or d e r ' l "es," poor Maxwell recounted, as his readers will remember, some among the legends of the Cheviots a n,c l the L ammermu i r. Again—comes before us, P 'he 'he Great Western—[not Railway, but]—Re- Then as described by Colonel Cunynghame we have Alb er t Smith's merry little magazine t t Pourri bi g h t hi s " C om i c T a l es an d Sk etc h es. " ad mirable but by no means least in the series of these very i rable and diversified reprints, we meet once m o re t o Our delight— w ith Th omas H enry S ea l ey ' s gloriou s " Porcelain Tower," consisting of Nine Stories _. a —a work f amous f rom it s first appearance in e ntle y ' s Miscellany. Dismayed as we are to find 4,u Pleasant punnin g titl e —th an w hi c h no thi ng cou ld ;.,I,,ve been happier or more appropr i ate — trans f orme d ~7' ° "Broad G r i ns f rom China," we are disposed, i r ev er e thele ss , to welcome the work as heartily as ever, ebi T oar full an d cor di a l apprec i at i on o f i ts h umorous litY• Who that has once lingered over the narra "re of the life of " Hofi of the Yell o w Girdl e ," c an zv i l , forget him ? Wh o can l ose a remem b rance o f o n blai Khan," describing the siege of Kinsai; or Fashions in Feet," telling us all about 07 beautiful To-To; or of " Hyson and Bohea ;" t' a gain, of th e " P orce l a i n B a th," or o f frh: " Fea s t o f L anterns, " compr i s i ng l etters s te t n Sam- Sing to Weep-Weep, and from I : 6 °° •Pin to Pin-Wing, or of the " Emperor i d an g - Te " anent the plough and the loom, o r o f arriaga in a Mask," introducing us to that t er l er ,dog the Cunning Shaver Chin ? Who, we f a fi' ll ') Can ever forget—but who least of all, could f 0 cherish a recollection of the " Student of u po l l ti n "—that immortal tale about opium smoking ? which it is remarked by the author at its con ,. tieruly song,' says Pi-Ping, in concluding this tale, .ethe waters of tense with thine oar and thy sail; of p t 11 a- es, ,s and ages, and ages to come pC, : ;;f, aw, and Fee-Fee, and Fo-Fo, and Fum- If f or to th ese- nothing el se i n th e w h o l e ser i es, t h e su b scr ib ers v,oul c harming volumes published by Mr. Bentley ( Veel grateful for the reprint of Sealey's " Force- Gri n : - ;?wer," grotesquely illustrated as the " Broad from China" by the oddest little fantastic wood fane-,:l John Leech. Bentley's Railroad Library, as we th,: We have tolerably well proved, may—among ofit"P serials —be regarded as comparable to the best 8 contemporaries. 330 0 , - 4) S GUIDES. Vol. V.—Switzerland and the Savoy. Celebrated guide-books for travelling in the edition lisped h t countries of the European Continent, pub after during the last ten or twelve years, e d it ion 8_ . nay of au gßast ' b y Mr. Murray , appears to have at last $o oaller form, the ad viittb. ed to another enterprising publisher . producing at a cheaper rate, and in a other works of a similar character. Mr. as s g u l r ls has in the present volume afforded additional .f tecentlf°r Q u i d an " of the great intrinsic merit of th e . series o Travellers, upon the issue of which he has ni mo 3' adventured. Within 338 pages duode bary is bore co mpac t e d toget h er an extraordi thriWnl°llnt of information conducting the tourist S witz g . h , all the i nterest i ng localities in Savoy and ~r e t-riand. Foremost among the facts introduced tio o , f ° o 7+ of course., having reference to the prepare- Plasport, t he journey, in regard to baggage, money, ma nner t 'n', l _ language. A section is devoted in like "ides ~,- too inns of Switzerland. Another to the t inc k Y. -- Z t her to the charts—another to the cur t—he" a ke - : l ,be least valuable portion of the work „., eo P p, - ,,. - lating to the relative value of coins in " 5 1 1 , 4 oier u , - " 68 traversed. After an allusion to the 44144): t o less interesting than the previous co mpile t h e coins in circulation, the guide-book sloo- i fl a dventures at once upon a minute descrip tha n ° ,, - " various routes in Switzerland. In this th r ,, ll-- r he conducts the reader through .13asle, /., -1;4'4 Berne, Thun, Zug, Zurich, llorgen, L it al -aanue l Freiburg, by Geneva, by Lake e t ,7") and by Lake Lucerne. The portable 13, 3 44 ,,, -40 of this volume is a great recommendation, for Za.. , as formerly, "a great book is a great evil." 1 ,, ; ', 1 :_a Compactness, however, would be of little use t„,"gollt fulness of information, which is the charac gatie of the work. It is no mere guide-book, but 4 411 Y a compagnon de v o y age, a l ways A ble an d rea d y 14, 8u ,PPly the necessary i n f ormat i on. Th ere i s th e N,„•':!er advantage of as gold a map of Switzerland as Wave ever seen— c l ear, f u ll (b ut not crow d e d) , an d ti otti g Printed on the newly p a t en t e d t ransparen t li nen th, has the further advanta ge o f b e i ng f ree f rom tlEt i Mual liability to get torn. No book of this 1)4/11.3 thin a : 1 " 1 freue fragil nt use should have maps printed upon q nd e. -S, ESSAYS, AND OPINIONS. By A. B. h Richards. Aylot and Jones. . Tee are . four volumes . " T""" " Altrror of the Time," in which they originally 4Peared. Jett s They treat of a great number of sub ) and some of the verses are pleasing. Z ,-., '2'ORES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY. By These -P. W. .Newman. John Chapman. eciii;e tß'' inse e -P ct ures were re cen tly delivered at the Ladies' Ver Bedf or d- square, but some passages u ge s sw kit h e i e ch s 4e the omitted ar e now restore d. The s taffladierl y somewhat unusual for the s, _ study of Govern an as national debt and poor-law i te revenue public remedies for our pauperism, 414 t b n ilt l t hey 'arewell suited to the general reader, Villhea deVOted to the study of such subjects they \Tel,' attractive. No Pioi IN N THE NORTH-WESTERN eh ap ES OF INDIA. By Charles Rakes. AA Ilt ntn a nd Hall. t o t°r °f 1 M e y r h eBti ng work by the magistrate and collec --ela of t - h - P° o , tio, which describes the various Gus toe n (Marro, 'l,l,ehabitants, which give rise to frequent show sand Ilaullers. "The attempt of the writer is , in civil d • a Po • a tniniv .Pular manner, the work t i o ng wh o ic f h o h u e r I s att ac h 4 I , ‘ latl nu in that part of India . ~ °bows the 'Y the ties of duty and long service.'' mile talieB e urn el'cus evils that arise from trifling i t otte l e la u; e i r lt r i t eenta,nadndhtahbeitsdiofflfcutlhteies arising p from e littl dbi llluB ' be a great advantage to thos p e eo des e ir a o s us th o e f 7 Aat4 r ti g the details of Indian government, lit4it„itl,3;lthvseintligoaseresident in that country, must neces .tathorit 1. Y to h e P is p s o t r a t t u e n tn it e i l e i s ts o . f observation which 4 4-tp b ., 4 8 .0 Op THE PAINTERS, SC Tied fo,4"'' -CV b ARCHITECTS. Trans tiThe the Italian of Giorgio Vasari. llea o B P t oluenes contain - V asari's renowned bi.ogra 'tat t r - ; title luost celebrated painters. This is the PeareOlstation of this immortal work that has IT' la our language. Z'i l, AUTioI77AMALFI. Smith, Elder, Thi s . and Co. q th 18 a Wild and romantic Italian tale of the days tr a4i e revolution of Masaniello. The conclusion is hi ll t e ,, ,4 4 1 the lttreme and well calculated to enter "- adtnirers of the awful and appalling. Tile 211 E ZOIS2'. pr,Perti, first article in this number treats of the new 0 , 4 ' Metals illusrated through mesmerism. io ogy, 44 4 'L ate also '' e t I , ew Words on Electro-13. 1 " ~' ''r4 ll4 r e , 1113 t mee - ting of the Bristol Institute. Se 'hes ,I`alleeB of cures by mesmerism are given, and °' elsirvosanee thscrihed. ?`isi r ., 11;84,,,IIIIGEANT'S GUIDE EIiTTOCAT.II4 Joh n „` -EltN STATES OF AM %Ah 'teegan• Oliver and Boyd. ea Illterehting volume, descriptive of the adven- It till l f the author, who started for the w oods. back fit B,ivProve of the greatest assistance to em i gr ants,...,e prairie , s alid i , ; 8 an account of the capacities of the hi ,e,ti--) .nstruotions for erni rants in fitting out, Per, lI R 14ods, &c•, and d g ribes the manners of t . n 3 tt e le ia ' a te. The preentesics the second edition,. in se- . the tai ,t, proq t i Cl.' . d the A pondix co 48 ho s '' ts "`"'3) 'n p ' been dr eg wers to fotty-two question 3 which have . whlc n h . 1 14 4 ,!ed to the author on the subject of emigration 140 insblioattion of the first. T H E 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 unsaiisfactorily on the opening performance, were last evening as prosperous as the first. The opera, indeed, is shortened by nearly an hour. %V 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 Rummi 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 ; the brass bands are kept within limit, and the latter portion of the ac`, 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 Cii - CCULAR. 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. Berries, 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 had 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 bad 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 Sedg wick, and the Rev.W. H. Bason (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 Malta, 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. M. Talbot, Vice-Commodore, in the vice -chair; Marquis of Conyngham, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Bateman, Sir B. Graham, Sir J. Bayley, Lord James Butler, Sir H. Bold Hoghton, 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 ville, 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 CUP —The following schooner yachts started at 11 eon., with a light breeze from the northward:— Alarm, 248 tone, Joseph Weld, Esq. Claymore, 138 ton, A. Campbell, &q. Gloriana, 134 tons, J. Gee, Esq. 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 of 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 en end and the town deserted,' there not being more than 100 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 excursions:—" I have been ten weeks sleeping on the ground without a bed, and for weeks not undressed I have gone through swamps up to the middle in water, traversed burning hot sands—deserts 30 miles across—travelled under a scorching BUD, 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 miles from home." Again:—" The gold is not to be obtained with out hard work, such as labouring men can hardly en dure. Advise everyone who is getting a good living in England to remain." Thousands, he anticipates, will be disappointed; and he observes that none are fit for the diggings who cannot sleep under a tree in the open air, drink water of all colours, go f or a week unwashed and unshaved, and submit to be overrun with vermin. The Californians are coming over. There are about 30,000 diggers at present, all well armed. Hitherto they have successfully resisted the attempts of Government to overtax them. They h ave commenced lynch-law, and the sooner it gets gen era l th e 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, ls. 9d,; butter and cheese, ss. a pound; and everything else in proportion. The writer, who hopes to make his fortune at the diggings, 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. BYLAUGH HALL, NORFOLK. A spirited paragraph in the Athenceum 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 our readers. The style adopted is what is now generally understood by the term Anglo-Italian; a style which identifies itself, by its masses and outlines, with what is properly called English architecture. The house is of dawriclaiptlebede'jsitZ: showbt h e onuog its o i notice referredrleas g n m a e g t n o n t , s i t a t i f and the comfortthan ha s a engraved n been p lianncon venience. 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 Cache Cancellarite," h as b een cut out and replaced by a frieze ornament. The building has been erected from the design and under the superintendence of Messrs. Banks and Birry, of London, by the Messrs. Piper, of Bishopagate street, who have performed their work in a very creditable manner, to the satisfaction of the architects. Their contract, which has just been completed, a mounted to 29,3891., a sum below the original estimate, and the work has been brought to a conclusion without any extra expenditure. The ma terial is Megnesian Limestone, from the quarries of Mr. Grissell, from which the Houses of Parliament have 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, Dereham, 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 landacape 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. ° er ne r HORRIBLE MUTILATION A ND DEATH. — Ono ever most dreadful cases of mutilation and death recorded f r t d h ed e has occurred in Leeds. It appears that on Saturday last a man named Thomas Nicholson, aged 48, an the brewery of Messrs. Spong, was teading th e e ngineman at machine grinding malt. During the morning he was missedfor two for hours; it was not, however , supposed that anything w a miss until a person entering the grinding room(wheredaes- ceased had been employed alone) , observed a portion of Ni cholson's body whirling round the shaft , and the 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, and that his left arm was torn from the body by the shoulder-joint , and t hat his ri g ht arm, le g s, a nd hod were frightfully mangled. It is unn e c essar y to a dd that lie ' 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 LlVERPOOL.—Arrangements have been fully con summated, by which a line of ocean steame rs is established betweenn Portland and Liverpool, in connexion w ith the Port land and Mont rea l R a il roa d, c ommencing in the autumn of 1853, in season for th e f a ll a nd winter business of that year. The in Liverpool, is enter e d i n t o w ith an eminent English house boats teorPrel, largely connected with ocean steamers; the to screw prop e ll ers , cons t ruc t e d of iron, equal or su perioranything of the kind afloat, of large tonnage, de signed for first, pacity for frei hsteco.nd, or third-class passengers, with a ca- Boston Atlas. g of at least 1,000 tons measurement cargo.— LANCASHIRPI AND YO RK .IIIRE Al. a meeting 01 the Board of Director 3 held on Wednesday, it was resolved to recommend the proprietors to declare a di vidend at the rate of three per cent. per annum. S UN, LONDON, 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. Tock soundings in the h01d.*... No vvater; or should have sent Herries to the pumps. Ordered Malcsesbury aloft to look out : reported that he could see nothing before him: didn't expect he would. Ship rides like o 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 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 7 titled as a piece of Fulham Palace. Fog very thick in deed. At noon, Dizzy takes an observation. Swears he sees, &o. &c. &c. in distance: nobody believes him— laughs, and 6 ciy s he doesn't believe it himself. Wind, the t3ink by Exchange-Change Last. Noon: Dizzy protests that, &c., &c., &c. This time, others protest eo, too—somebody floating in the distance. We put IT the helm, and shake ou: all red tope-1 mean all reefs Approach the man in the water. Make him .out with our glassea—and so he proves to be—Palmerston in his Windsor uniform, with his hair curled. What can he tl)at en? We put tee helm up again and near him. The B—p insists we ti halt take him aboard;, Malratsbury opposes, swearing he'd take the shiprfrom us. We bail him through speaking-trumpet. "Pam , wid you come aboard?" "See you drowned first." " But, Pam., whit 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 afore the wind, Pam. elnging the "Bay of Biscay," and floating towards Windsor. Wind variable, in all places at once. Dreadful to see everywhere the bodies of Freetraders—eveu 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 epec taclo. Wind l'ght. 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 Berosford 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 calls for a life-buoy, when Dizzy—(that Chancellor in the human shape)— throws him over, but be 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! Sweais he sees next week in the distance. Took en 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 ealltml 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 belr. 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 atter 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 eff:ct that the electric apparatus, desiged for distribut ing mean Greenwich time throughout London an d th e provinces, would be in active operation at o ne o ' c l oc k, when the ball would fall simultaneously, by electrical sy m pathy, 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, f orm i ng 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 be 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 lbs. 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 vermillion, 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 front Dr. Ure 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 ment was demonstrated by the Lancet, but it bas been thought advisable to take further steps to make a simple process generally known:— " COPE OF DR. ERE 'S OPINION ON THE POWER. OF DIS COVERING THE ADMIXTURE OF CHICORY WITH Cop- FEE, FORWARDED TO CHARLES H. BURTON, 27, MINCING-LANE. "No problem in science is simpler or more certain than the detection of chicory-, or of similar substances, in coffee powder. Ground roasted coffee imparts to cold wa t er me rely a pale sherry colour, whereas when it is f eh in ic t o o ry; 3, of coffee each these of a d u l tera ted with ground roa s te d chicor y it comm unicates g lass tubes, set upright, be charged re a brown colour, of g reater or less intensit y , to cold water. If three spec!ively with a'few grains' weight of-1, pure coff ee; 2, of minedPu alittle i tubes a like quantity of cold water be p oured, and if r:itchoiremeu mixed ile c d hic w o i r t y ti , and after etitatiou the tubes be sot upright at rest, the solid panicles will, soon fall to the bottAn, and the transparent liquid in the stems of the tubes will show, by the variable clop:hs of the tinetures,the presence and proportion of coffee and chicory in each of them. An apparatus for making this experiment maybe bad for one shilling, an d would give test results of sufficient precision. (Signed) " ANDREW URE, M D., F.R S., &c. 8,, ,, ,, _____--------- THE CHINESE RAT-EATERS.—The Chinese, who 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 v ery little for their board. The rats of California exceed the rats of our older states, just as nature on that side of the conti nentsexcels 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." ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. The following undermembers th o p f ro t b y e C i 8 io o n t s l College of the wereree recent admitted m di charter,tte t o a t t h t e h eFel lastl o ws hip, meet ington o ; f H th . e l e v er n ci a l r ey ll , l T es i s i r e s tior J d . , R N . or A fo tki lk n ; s, H S . to ß k i e a N th e w w a i y n t g e - , Louth, Lincolnshire; G. E. Blenkins, Whitehead's-grove Chelsea ; T. L. Mundell, New Broad-street ; P. Boss e ; Woolwich ; R. Brows, Preston, Lancashire; P. H. Chav asse : Birmingham; It. R. Cheyne, Berners-street ; T. F. Chily er, New Burlington-street; J. Courteney, Artillery-place ; H. Curling, Ramsgate; J. S. Daniel, Ramsgate; E. Double day, Blackfriars-road ; A. W. Dumville, Manchester • E. Dunkerley, Oldham; It. Gasquet, Euston-place; C. N. 4in., son, Norwich ; H. Greenwood, Horselydown-lane ; J. H a i m ., worth, late of Lincoln; S. Hare, Langham-place; W. Har ris, Clapham-road; W. Heane, Bury St. Edmund's; F. E. Hicks, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square; C. Hogg, Fi ns _ bury-place, South; W. B. Hutchinson, Guildford-street;' H. D. Jones, Soho-square; W. Jones, Weston-super-Mare;, G.' Nelson, Sevenoaks ; E. Lacy, Poole; J. Levies, Great George-street; W. Lloyd, Army and Navy Club ; C. J. Mel ton, Upper Seymour-street; M. Marley, Cork-street; T. L. Matthews, Orsett-terrace, Hyde-park ; 'l'. Mellor, m an _ chester ;J. Nichols, Saville-row ;G. Ord, Brixton-hill J. Phillips, Bethnal - green; L. Powell, John-street, Berk e -. ley-square; D. Price, Margate; T.Radford, Manchester; G. Rawbone. Chelsea; G. S. Snowden, Ramsgate ; W. Sole, S t. Neot's ; C. T. Staunton, Royal Artillery, Woolwich ; T . St eve nson, Upper Grosvenor-street; R. Stokoe , Peckham_ r).'egunFaleyS,yMmoilnlbdrso, o O k . x p f l o a r n d e ; W. Thomas , Pembroke-dock; C .; T. Ward, Southgate; ILWat son, Halfmoon-street ; G. Webs ter, Sussex-gardens; and W. C. West, Great Malvern. ALTERATION OF MAILS FROM CHESTER.—We are informed that the Liverpool mail, which has hitherto been di.patched at noon, and at four o'clock r.x., will in future be dispatched at ten o'clock A.X. and 2.40 P.M. The reason as signed for this alteration is that the letters dispatched at ten A.M. will be in time at Liverpool for the mid.day delivery, and those dispatched at 2.40 r.m. 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 lette rs in time to answer by the m ail at ten o'clock.— Chestei• Courant. MIDDLESEX ELECTION.---A tabular statement has iri st been issued from the Middlesex Reform Registration office, showin the g state 'of the poll this county at every district of each hour on the days of polling at the late elec tion, corrected by the sheriff's returns, t o gether with the number of elector's on and the total number who polled in each distri ct ,the register, of the poll at the election in 1847. From and also the close . P , number of electors on thethis statement 1852 , it appears that the -,14 610 register in is . Of these 8,161 voted at the late for Lord R. Grosvenor, 5,2. t election, the 4,390; and for the Marquis of Bland(or(11.; for Mr. Osbor4n7e, 4,258. In 18, the number of persons who voted was 7 - Grosvenor, 4,944 , Osborne, 4,i7 1 4 . , the numbers being—for Wood, 3,458. It than ap -1 pora that 1,247 mere Me, were given in 1e52 than in 1847. EVENING, AUGUST 20. 1852 FRIDAY NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Midshipman—Charles R. Forest, to the Penelope. Naval Cadet--Seymo ur Osborne, to the Sanepareil. Foreman -of Siilmakers—J. S. Stephenson, to Sheerness. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—There never was such a powerful steam squadron at Spitbead as there is at present. It consists of the Blenheim, 60; Edin burgh, 56; Odin, 16 ; Retribution, 28 ; Tiger, 16 ; Magicienne, 16 ; Sampson, 6; Barracouta, 6; all tine and effective vessels of war, besides the Inflexible, ha harbour. The Sprightly steamer arrived with supernu meraries last evening from Plymouth. The floe frigate Indiaman Alfred sailed from Spit head to. - day for Calcutta. The Equestrian convict ship dropped down to Cowes from Spithead last evening, to take in priso ners from Parkhurst for transportation. The Edinburgh, 56, Captain newlet o. , sailed from Spithead for Devonport this afternoon. The Retribution, 28, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, came into harbour from Spirhead this morning, to coal and store for foreign service. 'Cho Magicienne, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Ram say, returned to Devonport to-night. The Barracouta, 6, steam-frigate, Captain the lion. S. T. Carnegi e , 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 dispatch. She is reported intended for immediate service. The body of the Marine bandsman Roe, that was unfortunately drowned i n t h e late gale when crossing the harbour by the cap s i z i ng of a wherry, was picked up by the coastguard sman on Soutbsea beach, near the Castle. An inqu es t h as b een held, and acc i denta l death returned. We thi n k that some Act o f Par liament should be passed t o prevent any wherry f rom crossing Portsmouth h ar b our when the danger flag is hoisted without two men — one to attend the helm an d the other the sail. The Dasher steamer, Commander N. Le Febre, is to 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: W e had thunder, lightning, and rain, last evening again at Portsmouth, and to-day it is fine, but the weather is very sultry. DEVONPORT' TEIIIRSDAY.--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 Moorehead': 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 that 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, and intends visiting Os tend, and other parts of the continent. His flag (blue at the fore) was struck on board the Waterloo, 120, at sunset, and the b roa d pendant of C ap t ain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, as senior officer of the port, hoisted at the main. Her Majesty's ship Diamond, 28, it is stated, will shortly be removed from her moorings in the Med way, and taken into the fitting basin to be got ready for commission. She was launched at this port in 1848, being built from designs of Sir. W. Symonds, and is 1,054 tons burden. ANCHOR TRIALS. The committee of management assembled yester day in the Dockyard, an d drew lots for t h e re l a tive positions of the anch ors , t h e third series o f experi ments on which commence to-morrow (Friday), at Black Stakes, in the river Medway. The following is the result of the drawing for stations: — Port. Starboard. 1. Trotman's. 1. Aylea's. 2. Isaacs'. 2. W. G. Lennox's. n 3. Admiralty (new). 3. Rodger's Exhibitio n 4. Mitcheson and Son's. Prize. 4. Honiball's (Porter's). The soil at Bl ac k S ta k es is of a stiff blue c l a y, and strong holding power. - The an c h ors will be let g o in from nin e t o t en f athoms' depth of water; the chain, each end o f w hi c h will be attached to th e m, is twenty-five fathom s i n l ength. It will b e pa ssed through a large iron bl oc k , upon which w i l l b e a ffixed a pendant leading to a four fold purchase; the Pen dant will pass in over the bow of the lighter, the four fold purchase fixed thereon, and taken to the ca pstan. In order to increase th e power placed upon the pur chases, there will be e x t ra ones from the windlasses forward, and aft in the li g h ter, wh i ch w ill be moored to a first-rate's mooring -chain by the centre swiYe I ) with a scope of seventy-t wo f athoms o f chain upon each arm of the moori ngs . Th e moor i ng . anc hors on the extr eme en d s o f th e c h a i n weigh each 74 cwt. T n h t e h lv e THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN THE WE ST.— e w a e th st er of f o E r o t g h l e so la d s , t th fo e rt r n: l accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning; in fact, ssarcely 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 much wet upon the ripening and ma t u red grain has been veryit disastrous. In many places the wheat crops have been whilst battered down by the rain and the ears forced out, d. ignhthahvaisogbeen most boisterous e l t in some districts sprouting has not been f a llen in torrents, prevented. P 5 l crop is described as having promised to be a remarkably fine and full one, beyond the average yield; but pow there cannot be any doubt that it has suffered materially by the unfavourable weather. A large quantity has been cut, and is still out, th e weat h er not permitting th e carrying of it. The above remarks apply with equal force to ba rle y and oats, of which large breadths have been laid. Such con tinuous and heavy falls of rain, w ith the preva l e nce of so much electricity, have not been k now n for many y ears. The p o tatoes have suffered very much, an d the blight has pre yailed t o a l arge extent ; indeed, on some tracts, the failure is complete, the destruction of this invaluable root having been -fully consummated by the blight. The beans are e p r esented as having been vi sitation. largely injured by the same ednesda ceiling s w Put T A AT THE GAOL AT PETERBDEOTJGII.—On . of this prison was p discovered to be on fire. All the p risoners but one were i mmediately remov ed to the loc k-u p b y t he y, at about a uarter-ast three o'clock Pm., p ar t 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 w a t er h a d ef f ected an en t ra nce through one of the the morning, and subsequently the plumber was sent for found that the fire near the court-house. The mason was called in in to repair it. A fire was made by the latter on the slating of thioenseedssainenas-lahromuswe,atsormaiseeltd:haendleiadt w+ found to he used by him. Two boys were left to watch the fire, and the plumber went to work at a distance from it. At the time first men had heated the slates and was making great progress in the dest ruction of the roo f o f the court - ho use. Assis tance was promptly given, and on the arrival of the fire bri g ade they found the b u ildi ng envelope d in one mass of flame s . Th e roof of the court-house soon aftervar ds fell in with a dread ful t crash. T he attention of t h e fi re men were then di rected ,F. the adjoi n i ng parts o f t h e gaol. A communication with t ne magistrat es ' room was cu t off, and the engines kept in continual)six o'cl oc k in the evening the fl a mes were subdu e d w i thout any furth er damage being occas ioned. How the fire origi nated is at present only conjecture. Th e plumber's man, named Scot ne Y, and one of the b o y s, are in custod y to u ndergo an laY upon it and the store-room adjoining, About examinatio n upon the charge of gross negligence. The amount of damage sustained is calculated at about 1,0001. and u p w ards ; but the insurance effected upon the building will cover the destruction caused. Foule --Mx CATTLE.--The ar rivals in the port of London on - Monday last from abroad included one of especial novelty and int eres t, an i m portation having taken place for the first ti me of a cargo of catt l e from Prussia, the produ ce of that count r y, and forming anot her feature in the su pplies o I this 1 , -dud from the continental states of Europe, which have hitherto been confined to Holland, Denmark, the Han seatic States, Belgium; and France . The arrival alluded to took pl ace in the vessel Green Isle from Memel, and com prised 95 headof g and 10 sheep, consigned to order. Ni,- oxen and cow 1. o less than 6 641 head of li ve stock were imported from Abroad in Lc. ' ndon on the same day. SPORTING NOTES. No, CCLXXXVIII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. Slit;—The result of the great Ebor Handicap having favoured the first favourite, Adino, upon whom so large a sum of money has been invested since Thursday last, it is expect e d i t w ill b e 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 fur 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 Amyott by half a length; the latter beating Haric)t half a length forsecoud honours. Bilberry, notwithstanding the kether on her back, finished a very indifferent fourth, Little Harry, and a cluster of four or five being close upon ber hoels. Mine's victory does not bear upon any stake that is at pre.,ent closed. _ The Queen was closely run in by Young Beverlac for the Princt, 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. evieneinfagvou on r the The betting yesterday and Wednesd a y St. Leger has been, as I prognosticated, Daniel O'Rourke; who, notwithstanding that he h a d receded three points in the odds in consequence o f his defeat on Wednesday, has been pretty ne ar ly the onl y horse supported, and, for the most pa r t, in large sum s. Stockwell has on only occasionally been inqui re d after and Songstress ' price is merely a nominal one, no genuin e su pport having been awarded to her o f 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 hi s s t a bl e companioninto 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 : —D an i e l O'Rourke, Kingfisher, Stockwell, Lapidist, Trousseau, Harbinger, Alfre d the Great, C ar acara , 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 Tuesday; Westbury and Egham on Tuesday and Wed nesday; Derby on 'Wednesday and . Thursday; Paisley and Canterbury on Thursday and Friday; and Tiverton and Boston on Thursday; plenty of sport for one week in all conscience. I shall not touch upon these meetings to-day, but sha ll make a point of considering Radcliffe races to-morrow , as the y be g in on Monday, my accounts not having come to hand at the present time.—l remain, yours, &c. , Aug. 20. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK RACES.—TiItntSDAY. The Bramham Park Stakes of 100 soya. each, 30 ft, for three-yrs-old; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b winners extra, one mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Freestone, Bst 71b ...(Poole) walked over. The Great Ebor Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c.; the winner of any handicap, value 100 Bova. subsequent to the publication of the 61b , of two 91b, of three 14lb ; the weights to car r y winner of the Goodwood Stakes to carry 10lb extra; no horse to carry more than 141 b extra; the winner to pay 25 so es • towards expenses, and the owner of the second horse to receive 50 scree. out of the stakes; two miles, on the Old Course. (90 Subs, 51 of whom paid 5 soya. each.) Mr. Greville's Adige, 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. Manson) 0 Mr. J. Brown's Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst (F. Marson) 0 Mr. Cooper's Montagu e, 6 yrs, Tat (J. Mann) 0 Lord Eglinton's Hi ppolytus, 4 yrs, 7st (Basham) 0 Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 6st 131 b ...(A. Cowley) 0 Mr. Oliver's Sir R. Trenchard, Est 10Ib...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Pilling's Lady Eden, 5 yrs, 6st 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, 3yrs,6ssstt 71b 91b ...a (C ( arr ie o t l t l ) ) 0 0 Mr. T. Parr's Weatherg a g e, 3 yrs, Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, 3 yrs, sst 21b (Jaggard) 0 Mr. Meiklam's Cleveland, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b ...(Bates) 0 Lord Glasgow's cby Ithuriel, 4st 121b...(J. Goater) 0 Mr. W. Hale's Bilbury, 3 yrs, 4st (Fordham) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Adine, 7to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard, 11 to 1 agst Bilbury, 12 to 1 apt Sackbut, 12 to 1 agst Little Harry, 15 to 1 agst Odessus and Montague, 20 to 1 each agst Haricot, Weathergage, 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 sovs, each, with 50 added, for two yrs old, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b, winners extra; the winner to pay 10 sovs. towards ex penses, &c. T.Y.C. (31 Subs.) Mr. Woffenden's The Queen (Templeman) 1 Mr. Thomas's Young Beverlac (J. Maraon) 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', Wings of a Dove (Charlton) 0 Mr. Ferrance's Miss Emma (lf. Goatee) 0 Lord Glasgow's Miss Norton (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Halford's Eliza (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. Jaque's Catspaw (Bartholomew) 0 Duke of Richmond's William Rufus (Flatman) 0 Mr. J. Wilkinson na Lord-Lieutenant (F. Marson) 0 Betting --6 to 5 agst the Queen, sto 2 agst Ann Eliza, and 6 to I agat Auld Acquaintance. Won by half a length, three parts of a leng . h between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. Run in 1 min 9 sec. The Eglinton Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 100 added, for two yrs old, 7st; and three yrs, 9st.; mares and geldings 41b; winners extra. One mile. (31 Subs.) Mr. J. Osborne's Exact, Est 101 b (Osborne, jun.) 1 Duke of Bedford's Maidstone, 3 yrs, 9st (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Jaques's Auchinl ec k, 2 yrs, 6sl 71b (Wells) 3 Mr. Dawson'a Anteverts, 2 yrs, Est 101b...(Charlton) 4 Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (A Lad) 5 Mr. Chilton'a 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 agat 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 71b. T.Y.C. Sir C. Monck's Vindex.... (T. E wart) 1 Mr. Howard's Eulogist ••• (A. Day) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark e ' s Mr. Syk es .........(Bartholomew) 3 Lord Chesterfield's MOCEISSiEI (Flatman) 4 Mr. Jaques's Pitfall Mr. Morris's Y out hf u l D a y s (Basham ) 6 Betting -5 to 4 agst Vindex, 3to 1 agat Mr. Sykes, and 4to 1 agst Eulogist. Won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 8 sec.: The County Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft; the winner to pay 10 soya to wards expenses. T.Y.C. (29 Subs.) Mr. J. Osborne's Lainbton, 6st 121 b (j. Osborne) 1 Mr. Halford's Prime Minister, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Marlow) 2 Mr. Howard's Vaultress, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (A. Cowley) 3 Mr. Fowler's Forester, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (W. Sharpe) 4 Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (J. Manson) 5 Betting-6 to 5 agst Vaultress, sto 2 agst Lamb ton, and 5 to 1 each agst Prime Minister and Voltigeur. Woo in a canter by a length. Run in 1 min. 8 sec. The Lottery Plate of 25 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sem each, for three yrs old and upwards. One mile. Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady in Waiting, 7st llb (J. Mann) 1 Mr. Jaques's Vivandiere, Bst 11th (100/)...(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, 6st 121 b (501) (T.Osborne) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agat Prism 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 Advioes 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 serous (of 1501 b.), while the total last year was 13,251 serons. The destruction had been caused by a kind of plague which had attacked the insect, and had not on l y 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 th e mar k et. 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 DANGEnous PRIZE.—One day last week, as two little boys from the village of Dodmill were strolling over Blythe Moor one of them caught a heron, with . wb;V_ he eagerly ran to his companion to show him the prize_...lf had no sooner, however, placed the bird on the grouutiten it drove its bill into one of the other boy's s. pecked quite out, depriving him of sight in . the - "'matter of The surgeon who examined the wound says s it is poor little surprise that the bill of the bird did not pierce the ju w red eye. fellow's brain.—Kelso Chronicle. THE FORGERY BY A CLEno?rmall• A rged with forging WORCESTER, Tnuasnmr.—The Rev. James Nesbitt, 00 a c the acceptance to a bill of exchange for upon which he p ifughes, attorney, obtained a sum of 255/. from Mr. w. 5.,. t i . i., again yesterday and coroner of Worcester, was examination on afternoon, and formally remanded for to be brought from the brougafinai Monday next, when witnesses S London railway stations to the bill in question is not, prov:rtnat the party represented by the prisoner as the drawer of as was rep resen t e d by him, a clerk at t h e Nine Elm s station nor at Any other station in London. 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 durinq the half-year ended 30th June amounted to 2 90,6741., and the working expenses to 144,2404 leaving disposable revenue to the amount of 146,4341. 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 stack. 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 year's interest on the mortgage debt (payable the 15th of July) was .59,2971. Of this sum it is proposed to charge or amidto capital 35,578/. 145., and to charge upon and deduct from the revenue of the remaieder Of the mortgage intere:A, being 23 719/. Thus the disposable balance of revenue, 72,0054, being charged with 23.7191., becomes reduced to 49,1861., and out of this mount the directors recommend the pa)mcnt of dividend to the half-year ended 30th of Jane, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the original stock. amid at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the B stock, which will absorb 48,0821., and leave, to be carried to tha next account, the sum of 1,1031 The last portion of the Great Northern main line from Werrington, four miles north of Peterborough, by Grantham and Newark to Raiford, 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 etif the line the important town of Nottingham is brought into the most direct communication with London by means of the Ambergate Railway, which joins the Great Northern at Grantham ; and the distance to Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, and Leeds, &c., to which places the Great Northern trains now run, is also shortened by 20 miles. From the date of opening of this portion of the main line the Great Northern Company be comes_ entitled by agreement with other companies for five years, from the Ist of January, 1851, to 63 instead of 33 1-3 per cent. of the receipts from traffic between London and all places north of York. The Royston and Efitchen R a il way was in April last trans f erre d to and is now worked by the Eastern Counties Company, the Great Northern being relieved from the guaranteed p re e n rs t. ons U lo n o d a e l r ly th ine steps e t p o proceed to p r r e e s s te au d r , e of a mandamus obtained by danirdeettoorstadkeetertneheine spAreu c cig n uu d id.srtet f do or p n o r t o h h er a se r e a t s h o o n s land,the p w a a n y y 's p f o ro w m ers tothcoonstprrusectstenatthe Isle re the expiitte lion, on the 2d o f ainsb instant,f the cone , E p thew ort h , Cof ai x o holme Rail ti,hTrent, o nA r ka N enrd o n r eb t yh Junction, H r u n na ca l te i t n yo e n, termination of the Great orough, across thele, Crow the and Th orne , t o north ernextremity of the Great North ern , a b out f our miles north of Doncaster. lletnigstihntebenindgedabtoontco2n6smtruileets, othnelya single li ne , an d t h e capitalr authorised to be 0 8 ,0004 by share s raised is consider e d amp l e, being and 100,0001 . by l oan . The directors , re gret, find it necess ar y t o state that th the w ith land,. the general works, and the buildings ') and l h a a n y t, o re a q n u d ired to traffic accommodate and carry on th e cost so much larger an am ount 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 1,000,000 L, and to autho rise them in 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., 522,4941.; engines, carriage and waggon stock, tools and implements for workshops, &c., 226,8831.; interest account, part of half-year's mortgage interest (payable on the 15th of July) of 59,2971, say 35,0001.; total liability, 951,67 8 / 4 available assets, 245,4281.; leaving, to be provided for, a deficiency of 706,2501. 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 31 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 9,373,9071. had been received to the 30th of June last, and 9,249,4014 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 20'91b., 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 P6ls. per mile per train. In addition 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 over in the early part of the year was 3911 miles, but on the 14th of February the Great Northern ceased working over the 24 miles to Wisbeacb, and in April over the 18f miles of the Royston and Hitchin, making a deduction of 42i miles, and leaving the length over which the company worked on the 30th of June 349 k miles. has been secured by the Eastern Union Company affording the hope that this important branch will be opened tor traffic in the course of next year. A satie factory arrangement has been made for the, joint worker ing of the Tilbury and Sauthend line by this company and the Blackwall Company, so soon as that .line is com pleted, and from which the directors confidetaly 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 act with this object h ave h a d repeated interviews with the Easternthey have Union produced Company, n o a; I, isf ory they but result.re gr e t that hitherto The report of Mr. J. V. Gooch, the locomotive su perintendent, states, that 1 ,473,110 miles were: run by the trains in the half-year end;ng July 4, 1852, corre eponding period of 1851, 1,249,226 mites, and the same period of 1850, 1,185.628 miles. The cost of working, including repairs and renewn.l9, was at the rate of 1 1.1 ld. per mile per train the half-year, ending the 4Th of July last; endirg July 4, 1851, 13.794. ; and July 4, 1850, at the rate of 17.22 d. A comparative statement shows that there nos been an increase in the number of wiles rue w th the trains over the half-year 1851 of 223,884 ; and an actual decrease of expenclitute of 3,5781.; and over the half-year 1850 an increase in 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 ending July 4, 1850, and upon which the mileage of the past half-year is equal to a saving of 37,4941.; of which increase of mileage 109,596 miles are due to that runon the East Anglian Railways, and 18,829 miles on the Royston and Ilitchin Railway. The con sumption of coke was gradually reduced from 39 .891 b. in July, 1850, to 28.151b.in 1851, and to 23.391 b. in J u l y, (Messrs. 1852. The report of the auditors J. Reeves and W. Mayhew) sta tes that they find the accounts correct after a tharough and continuous monthly examination into their details. The capital account, to the 4th o f July, shows that 9,675,319/. had been received, and 9,655,5651, expen d e d , leaving a balance of 19,7541. The revenue account for the half-year shows that 391,1751. had been received, and 177,6451. expended, including 8,234/. rates and taxes, and 7,0971. Government duty. The liability to the Newmarket Company amounted to 2,5001.; to the Great Northern, for the Hitchin line, to 4,2001.; interest on guarantees and loans, to 153,5971., including 30,787/. to the Northern and Eastern, 93,7501. to the Eastern Counties, and 29,0591. to the Norfolk Company, leaving 53,232/. for dividend on the ordinary shares. LONDON AND B t oL beik C submittedliW A L L . The report to the pro prietors on Tuesday next stares the gross receipts on reven ue account for the half-y ear end i ng the 30t h o f June last, with the surplus of 1.3954 from the previous account, have amounted to 2 9,0821., and that the expen diture, including 2,3051. for rates and Government duty, amounted to 14,7891., leaving a balance of 14,2931. 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 the corresponding period of 1851, and a decrease is the working expenses of 6001., and in the gross revenue charges of 8981. The number of passengers conveyed ever the line during the half-year was 2,7 18 , 978 the receipts being 25,8932, and for the corresponding period of 1851, 2,416,042 passengers, the receipts being 25,102/, showing an increase of in 309 936 in the number of passen gers , and of 7901.' . the receipts. The amount authorised to be expended upon the enlargement of the Fenchurch-st reet t ' e terminus has been raised by the issue of debentures bearing int erest at 4 per cent. The direc torssum of 30,8001., at 4 and 4} per cent. interest, -to re p l acedebentures at 5 per cent. They are as sure d that t he branch to the H a yd on - square warehouses will co me i nto ° A contract has been enteredperation in October next. emi nent contractors Me s s rs . Peto, i i 7 e to with the for the construction of t hi s l Us, and Brassy, i Upon completion of the works th e contractors for 425,0001. to take a lease of the line for 25 are years, and they guarantee a net return of 6 per cent. on the share capital paid up, from the lat of January next, d ur i ng the term of their lease. The whole line is to b e com pleted in eighteen months, but it is believed that th; portion to Tilbury will be ready for working by the en suing summer. The works of the Fenchurch-street sta tion enlargement have been commenced, and will be ,car ried on with all possible energy, so to enable the c om pany to avail itself of the traffic from the Eastern Conn 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 corn.. pleted, realise all the advantages which have been held out to the shareholders. _ _ _ The capital account shows that 1,438,859/. had been received, and 1,389,4201. 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 submittea to the propriehors on the 24th instant, states that the works between Howrah and the Itinegunge 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 shares. The surveys between Pundoah and Rajmahal, 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 cf the line, which are highly favour able to the construction of a railway. Mr. Turnbull's report is now before the authorities for consideration, and. any arrangements that may be made founded upon that report will be announced to the proprietors at the earliest opportunity. 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, 185 2 , are 334.1801., and the Norfolk 56,9941. ; total receipts, 391,1751. From the Eastern Counties receipts, for the sake of comparison, are to be deducted 2,4781, being the amount received , from the working of the ShePreth and Hitchin line, re• ducing the receipts to 388,6961., as compared with 366,921/. for the half-year ending the 4th of July, 1851, MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHEo—GALWAY, TUBS. and 421,973/. for the same term up to the 4th of Janu ary, 1852. The working expenses have been DAY EVENlNG. — Yesterday morning a most calamitous ch.- 208,358/. for the six MOllOl3 ending the 4th of cumatance occurred in one of the islands of Arran, by which when,w notwithstanding that the weather was July, 1851; 186,535/. for the like period to the 4th 15 unfortunate men have been swept from time into eter hveedbtrohkeme o e ve t r . the cliff on which they were of January, 1852; and 177,645/. for the six months u o ily i n a single eliff moment. All of them were fishing with ee le n ft iou la n r d g up to the 4th of July, 1852, which latte d r i i ncl e d h F u s u fam in i t l o ie t s he to de m ep o . urn O o n ‘ l , y er tou th r e o i f r of the the working expenses of the Sbepreth an the A t ' 1 a m s uda ; ioinrefc.o- calm,hn ona saudden, standing, and washed large families to last night. Many poor the bodiesfellows h a h v a e v b e branch. These results are most gratifyin(g)l,33 tors have continued to give increased laid . to the irreparable loss. A subscri tion has with the o no:i T lit h y u a r n sd d a g y en m try orn o - f for r e an public, il er increasing u le g y a t n h d i s in e remunerativeanshav e pro- Sum as been already set on the that and it is hoped a large PLYMOUTti.—Loss OF I . n wi l l be raised for them, now that Galway is so crowded l a r i return u t r h n e half-year ending July 4, 1851, are 24,253/., and the re prietors. The increased receipts, as compared with the United Kingdom. duoed expenditure for the same period being 30,712/., pest six months over the gives a positive increase for the pa . ing, about half-past two corresponding halt-year of 1851 of 54,9651., arid, after her two children, were suffocatedapoor woman named Blandon, and meeting all contingencies, leaves a net balance of the unfortunate woman ' - in bed. The husband of 53,2321. on the last halt' year's working, which, with in the night it is supposedis a brickmaker, and being at work that his wife must have placed a the sum carried forward to the credit of re- lighted candle on chairthe near the bed, for on the neigh venue on the 4th of January, 1852, of 19,774/.. bours being roused b leaves a nett disposable balance of 73,0061. Oat the room door and Zuanstretlhleof burning, they broke opeen, of this sum the directors have declared a dividend though but smouldering. Mrs. bed ilia d a o n n d a b n e d dd bo l ate fire, of c hildren of 4s. per share, which amounts to 68,2701., carrying were dead, evidently from suffocation, g as no marks of burning forward to the credit of revenue a balance of 4,7361 of any consequence were on them. They resided in Vaux- It will be observed that this balance is left after hall, near the Quay. An inquest will be held this day. paying a sum cf 4,2001, being the amount due to the HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. —The usual quer- Great Northern Company, according to the terms of th e terly general court of the governors and subscribers to this lease entered into with that company for the use of the valuable institution, which was founded at the latterhog i f a a l r t forother ending 30th of June, 1852, and also 2,500/. to the N ew _ children, similar to those existing m afternoonParisa in the board market - Company. The directors regret that, owing to nental cities, was hetd yesterday _d -street, Queen's-square, the accounts of the East Anglian Company not being room of the charity, Great Orrn re on a . r t of the committee ef wade up, they are unable to give the result of the b for the purpose of receiving thee esa; n Sir Henry Dukin months' working under the agreement with that co management, and upon (vire, Whitford 1 read the report of parry, and they therefore present the accounts debitingin- field in the chair. Al re n: itte, from which it appeared the that company with the expenditure reticle by this the managementg covery satiefactory progress. The number parry for locomotive power, &c. This will be corn- charity ofchildren was madrigal to the institution 6 during the past next half-year. The directors haverectified had been—in-Thenatients, 3 . ; out-patients, 314 ; adopted the u p. quarter gestions made by Mr. Ashcroft, the superi t 8 p - making a total of of vaccination for the benefit of those n endent of way and works, in charging the expenses doted the practieft ; ,, h , o which has proved of great advantage nent way at the rate of eee per .. of perrna- patiepts wh° wish progress of disease. The committee, in by which this half-year 3,178/ , lnlie per annum, in chec e _ kiv e g s e - eir report, appeal for further aid, the benefits in excess of expenditure for the. being the amount concluus" institution having been greatly extended. The road during the past six months maintenance of the of this n e s;T o g been received and adopted, a vote of thanks depreciation fund, which is now , has been added to the report b ed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. " fish jointing" of the rails. Thi s mainly applied to the was goons awe FORESTS.—lnverness has thi s system of " fish jointing" has hitherto fully borne presented more than the usual bustle and preparation ports, as giving a smoother out Mr. Ashcroft's pee ye r s t a b shooting season. Every day during the last week road, with less wear an d fo in ig ht be seen full complements of sporting appointments tear to the rolling stock, and at a much reduced expo off to the . mountains. All dilute in maintenance . hurryingstatements agree that The reportof Mr. Gooch, the are more plentiful than they have be e n locomotive superintendent, depreciation five years; the covies generally contain from eight to ten fund proving fund is not necessary efficient • and have heardof fourteen - ' for in an birds, we hemseen • g in • state the working plant maintaining d tha t a brood. Even in the first day's bags ch a single of the company , a n be • eepers will b further redu c ti on i n thi s branch of expenditure ineY rarity, as the oun birds have mostly all black t s, s h a relied on, is also most satisfactory. The directodrsash r a e r - e certain sign of lull h growth. Red deer are very forward te paid during the half-year out of the stun state d as ao- year, owing to d t e early abundance of pasture in the forests.this quired to enable this company to close it s providingca pi t al tion, vzhalfrheea hornsy seen a r l ome t very fine heads sent for preserva mos clear - of velvet. count 8,5891. for additional works, traffic ; increased accommodation for the any for Par- marty, killed two good stags in two Mr. Ross, of Cro to the Midland Railway rg.. that coin. rifle. The second stag had a very stalks, using a single liamentary expenses incurred to the session —eleven points with three on handsome weep head Pally on account of this railway to Mr. John beam, and weighed upwards f the top of each of 1847; and 7,102/, the stunnee of his engineering when clean. A royal stag waso nineteen stones Braithwaite, being the ' ha 4 line from London to Baring, Strathgarve ; and two _ shot by Captain action of the. right and left by M large stags were shot charges in the conetr pays s at with the sum of 3 2,6001. r ee . --es Mills, Erchless Castle. Sir Arthur e. Colchester. These p a Y; s i Anglian plant, as also the Chichester has also shot a stag and hind. The Master of paid on account of tit b reech from Shelford to the junc-shota' c a cel 9 l n of stags right and left. Two were n the by aptain Wal expenditure op al Northern line at Shepreth, have in- in the forestof ter Boyd, and one by Mr. Whitehead, tion of the Great d debt of the company 101 2601. The shot fine Balnagown. Robert Reid, Esq., stalked and the bonde d . of the Legislature , a ne stag in Setherland; and we hear that the veteran creased obtained the sanction directors obta w eb theßirmingham and East and West an antlered monarch, at Fasnakyle.— shot a large stag a unction e nation Irtailvvav at an estimated coat of Edinbur g h Adrert• • • India Dock u lse,. 000 L and also fur the construction of about 50, , ~ II THE CHIEF JUST ICE JAMAICA. —The departure OF extension from IN isbeach to the river None, atof short e Sir Joshua Rowe, Chief Justice of Jamaica, was marked estimated cost of about 18,000/, Parliament like- by the deputation of the lead wisean e - regret of the entire island. A sanctioned the arrangements with the Newmarket nig gentlemen of the place waited on him with a suitable Compa ny; and the latter applied for and obtained and feeling address; and it is not too much to add, th a t t h e authority of Parliament to construct an ex- the servi ces o f Si r Joshua, during the 20 years he has p re . ten sion of their lino from Newmarket to Bur sided over the common law co urts, have procured him the re st. Edmund's, and, as this line is now in course of ten_ spec tof all. struction, the directors feel confident that whenthe Accounts have been received from Rupert's Land traffic from Bury i s o p ene d ou t to the Cambridge (Hudson's Bay territory) of a desolating flood in the Red the maximum amount of 5,000/. Newmarket route which this River settlement in May last- The news houses, and barns full ' news has reached Lon company is bound to pay to the Company eft grain, had been swept sway. ompany special express of t son a Company, wich under certain circumstances, will be materially don by on the Ist of June Th ew reduced , left the Red River ter was then if not entirely cancellr d. The Bill for carrying and the inhabitants arrangements made between this company fend tF o e ut E t 9, h s e t rap i h dlei le sli r b e s a id t i t n e g , i w the higher ground,,,awndhohandandemenoviendinogff Anglian also received the sanction of the LE.g . 't with t heir cstt w the higher ground, and had been living Anglian also received the sanction f t Legis la ture, in tents were preparing to return. It was feared that many The :reel of toe company has been &Axed to t h , ts attire' in n f the halt-breed population would be obliged to quit the agree - merit entered into with the Great Northern Company.,' colony for a season, and encamp in situations where they w i l e maintain themselves by fishing and hunting. The result is a cordial co-operation between the c in promoting an interchatsge of traffic, whereb oni t p h an e r ie e s I among the arrivals at Cheltenham we recognise ceipts of this company are increased, and the public into - i the name l ot Genera l Whish, the hero of Moultan, who, rom war's alarms," bag once more taken up rest promoted. The directors are informed that a largo portion of the land on the li ne of the Harwich Railway b i b residence among his old associates and brother officers in i chow/theme—chafe/them Examiner. , II) rota ow cow DO; • win )1 814 0 ,0 it I" yettri Leol 4 if pp' irony the )1 tb e er o f verdl 00 0, oet roor t 0 °' rose' ri iilar f the AO - Is 00 e S C) id 25 dept Ol d Tile 11 ell Y eo t- • . e tore 00Y 00 0 ga r' P 4 lien' iUW , alto, Art, Tea' Ter a ltar 101 40 l', ' t tlitS . •, -• tt ----•'..