The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

DONCASTER RACES. t„ . O N . cAST ER , MONDAY AFTERNOON, Two Saturday night, no very striking indications of the . inectit.o. had been apparent ; more lodgings ther e true bad b een l et, an d— a t l e ast so a e were told — t w as more company in the town than at this tim e q. : ei l'ear. hut there was a total absence of anything like ieeoZme-nt soeculation. Not above half- a-doz-n th e d 'eless St. Leger nags had arrived ; less than ha lf b b numb er of itain, 5 appeared in the subscriptio n at the rooms. N ot a b et was laid; and our repose, d U e the first night of our arrival, was not in the slig htest at a v r broken in upon by the bustle that of old preva iled uhours on the eve of this once unequalled meeting. few additions to the company in the morning, and tour r ous arrivals by the day-train from London, gave of h e thing like an i ma tion to the place, but still the show ty a ,: \ ra v es was unusually small—Kent's lot (Mr. Mos ueing the only addition to the small number seen the ,ul the m orn i ng . N one o f the " cracks" had made by it appearance ; and so great are the facilities afforded It t4dw aYs it was ascertain( d that none of Dawson's tould come before Monday evening. John Scott's C.:! e g, and Sir Tatton Sykes, were also to he kept upon e as ,L ) wu ground until the last moment. The only hors es C ued 111 the St. Leger, as yet in the town, were Sting , oa r t li ,ebrook, Wi t ' s E n d, Wilderness, Mr. Johnstone 's bp23' Jerry, dam by Ebor (said to be a certain starter), Erin-go-bragh, Lord Eglinton's two year olds. k"atupher, an d a t ew o thers of less note, had also ar -1 and took their exercise in the morning with the s e - -aler nags just enumerated. It is usuel here, as at l asc rna:ket, t o o p en th e betting-rooms on Sunday, and ar an impression that the same accommodation as e h e, b .. - . o tore would be afforded them, several of the leading ti „ l aturs, some of them strongly commissioned, reached h a f t !ter on Saturday ; a great many others arrived toz r uay evening, and, from the anxiety evinced in a si - J quarters to back Sir Tatton Sykes, liroeardo, and I) etJ 3r 33° Y , there was every reason to expect some heavy a ki : a g ; their mortification, however, was extreme on tn g the doors closed against them, and a notice stuck T t h an aouncing that, in deference to the wishes of th e • °Pi ties, the rooms would be closed until Mon da y . a.s t a ant business out of the question, and the day passed a s ``Y with a quietude and decorum that must have been g a greeable to the sticklers for a religious observance s iue sabbath as it was e difying to those who, for the dii a ti me in their lives, discovered that there was any i0,, - ;: th ae . e between the first day of the week and the Littl e o am 0 has transpired to-day that will add to the modi up to f information given above. The arrivals, however, pe c the present hour, would appear to justify an ex t it s % ."ou that, with a continuance of fine weather , the will be well attended. That it will be a profit s s e h t: Me to th e i n h a bitants is beyond a question, far, with ts ay . °ll- sighted policy that admits of no defence , and h as eventually bring about its own punishment, they ao 7aised the price of lodgings enormously. The York 4 4 ; with a wiser estimate of their own interests , a re ta fi l „us to s ee th e i r f r i en ds again; and are, therefore, sa with moderate profits ; the consequence is, that to a r aces are every year rising in importance. In all 1 4s 7leeling we recommend the Doncaster people to fol l'neir example. rim ST. LEGER.—LATEST BETTING. 3 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 7 to 2 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo 7 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklana's Fancy Boy 9 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago 1 1 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser 1 1 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 1 5 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Cranstoun's Cranebrook 16 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance Sting The 8 advance arises out of a trial this morning with AlliZ• e ro- It is said Dawson will start six, including p eio ce and Jon a th a n Wild ; Fancy Boy has been pep %if' a good deal, some parties laying as much as 10 to 1, k ori re Presenting him to be lame, short of work, &c. f: li do in great force, and lago very steadily in favour. Calculated that about 13 or 14 will come to the post. Tatton S y k es comes thi s even i ng ; it is said that Iviiir be is engaged to ride him, and that `° Bill" ki n ron Erin-go-bragh, but on this head nothing cer forL3 know n . S am D a y i s un der engagement to ride a %IQ ?hn Scott, and Marson for Mr. O'Brien. Brocardo 1a 0 , '4111 Tullock, it is said, will not be here until the ''ung of the race. ati HORSES ARRIVED. 3 441,! The Attorney, The Hero, Wilderness, Wits -44: L IY - by Kremlin, dam by Emaneipation; e by Jerry, uY Ebor, Erin-go-bra.h - , Christopher, Pic-nic, Lady c by Don - John, out of Gamelass, f by Elis, out mi r _atella,'Chainbearer, f by Retriever, out of Cascade, It e ;r' to Conspiracy, Draco, Coheiress, Sperm Gregis, Ratcliffe, Mount Charles, Cranebrook, Fitzwil tli Red Robin; George Hudson, Nerissa, Van Tromp, C, ll O, HOokey, .Bnilesque, Bravissimo, Pro- Dirt, Fair Charlotte, and a few others. T 44l e the a t re w ill b e opened this week under the ma rttlent of Mr. Simpson, lessee of the Birmingham 4 i ; he displays a strong bill, his company inclu vn the Mi sses K enne th, two promising vocalists, Miss 1▪ sw illiam, and a troop of thirty infant dancers. As • blies, ordinaries, &c., as usual. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DONCASTER, Mori DAY EVENING. The following are the latest odds on the St. Leger :- 3 to 2 a ST. LEGER. , I agst Sir T a tt on S y k es 11 t o 1 ags t G r i ms t on oto agst Brocardo 7 to 1 12 to 1 agst Traverser . apt Fancy Bo 16 to 1 agst Cranebrook to 1 agst Sti g y 8 to 1 agst Ia n - 20 to 1 agst Free Lance Of the abov g° 25 to 1 agst Poynton and Stinv i sl '' t he only horses in force are Brocardo, lago, Very b ea ;.. et ting at present flat, but promising to become avr son , T ARRIVALS THIS AFTERNOON. kriS tati ""°L—Poynton, Inheritress Godfrey, The Don , Cu,4 le, Liberator, The Field, Ellerd'ale, Sir George, and t o ,, Bl tY. Grimston, Traverser, and Fancy Boy are on the ``m) and will be here this evening. It is doubtful if Jona -4..11 Wild or Alliance will come for the St. Leger. "esseltine's Lot—Morpet, Quadruped, Fitzwilliam, Mary ta 4rti Fair Star, the Magnet and Porto Bello. Si r Tatton Sykes and Free Lance also came in this after- • plikent's lot, which arrived yesterday evening., consists of al l; Slander, Gabbler, Dawdle, Crozier, and Ennui. • PLATE ENTRIES. TUESDAY. Plate of 50/., St Leger Course. T he Don, 3 yrs—br f, by Kremlin, 3 yrs. ,Iler Majesty's Plate for 3 yrs old, &c. Four Miles. t 40 4- I :lPetual . Motion, 4 yrs—The Hero, 3 yrs—Duke of Rich ", 3 Yrs—Godfrey, 4 yrs—Aristotle, aged—JonathanWild, eirs- - Blind Hookey, aged--Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs—lnheritress, /rB-- Glossy, 6 yrs—Sir George, 3 yrs. WEDNESDAY. rn, • 114 T h e Selling Stakes of 10 sous each, St. Leger Course. Don John, out of Game Lass, 3 yrs—Coheiress, 5 yrs a gnet; 4 yrs—Rowland Hill, 4 yrs—The Don, 3 yrs— totle, aged—br c, by Jerry, dam by Ebor, 3 yrs. The C or p ora ti on Pl a t e of 601. Heats, two miles. u of Richmond, 3 yrs—Magnet, L 4 yrs—Fitzwilliam, ristotle, Hookey, aged—Ratcliffe, 5 yrs—Godfrey, 4 A aged. THURSDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate (closes on Wednesday), FRIDAY, -id 50 for the second. About The Gold - Cup of 300 sovs., am Wit' s.en two miles and five furlongs. - u —The Hero, 3 yrs—Free Lance, 3 yrs— tf i t, zubia, 4 yrs— yrs ßomance, 3 yrs—Miss Sarah, 4 yrs—Duke 4„ l thmond, 3 yrs—Cranebrook, 3 yrs—Quadruped, 3 yrs— yr;u-go-bragh, 3 yrs—Sir Tatton Sykes, 3 yrs—Morpeth, 5 y„:" - Fitzwilliam. 3 yrs—The Traverser, 3 yrs—Grimston, 3 y '',--Jtnathan Wild, 3 yrs—Fancy Boy, 3 yrs—Poynton, 3 Q t --- Inheritress, 6 yrs—The Don, 3 yrs—Brocardo, 3 yrs— peetra,ron, 3 yrs—Glossy, 6 yrs—Bravissimo, 3 yrs—Pros , yrs. The Town Plate of 1001. Heats. Two miles. 1 4 . - e Hero, 3 yrs—Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs—Erin-go • : a r y , damita, 3 yrs—Quadruped, 3 yrs—br c e rry, by Ebor, 3 yrs—Curiosity, 3 yrs—The Don, Yrs—Sir George, 3 yrs. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ilt---The great northern meeting has at length arrived *i ",ene of the last grand moves of the season is to be forth ito!.`l, made and explained at Doncaster; the racing will be Tee enough for moderate appetites, for though not on a cizr with Goodwood and Ascot, it will be quite up to the Ork, and a shade more interesting than it has been for the iset three or four years. From the number of arrivals on Sa aktit.l,daY and Sunday I have but little doubt the meeting will ',east be on a par, if not exceed any of its predecessors. ;he first race on the list, the Produce Stakes, will be a over for Mr. Daly, his nominations being without a For the Champagne Stakes, from eight to ten will show, I ll ur luding van Tromp, Sian i der, Planet, Tesane filly, and eetstone ; they will come n thus:— Van Tromp Slander Planet 3 blile Cleveland Handicap has dwindled to a skeleton, there „sng but eight acceptances; of these above a moiety will 'l 4ll —Newhaills and Trueboy have not the ghost of a , eg arlee. Fair Charlotte, Sir Henry, and he Duke of Kent, e pretty nearly in the same pickle, and the Lancashire Itch' s pins are not in the best condition imaginable. The racewill pr o bably come off thus:— Godfrey Lady Wildair 2 _tier Majesty's Plate will go to Day's stable. lA u ll Wednesday the St. Leger Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., L' 9 Subs., will be contested for by a "c rack field" of fou teen , allyrobability the rn following:— F ree aes. Jockeys . Trainers. Ott Tatton Lance Nat T. Ta y lor. Tatton Sykes W. Scott lv". Scott. Br ocardo Orley 80y......... T emp l eman si,,Marson r enehrol- 1 ago .. F. Butler ..... ... J. Scott. N s V d l(l erness........ Sam. Day "ng H. Bell ...... Smith. rrh Traverser Marlow Gr imston .. T. Lye ..... ... Dawson. Tulloch Simpson J. Scott. sintadrurn °Ynton ...... .. Cartwright ... Dawson. Of the foregoing lot, 1 presume that Humdrum, Poynton, T om Tulloch, and Grimston may be fairly set down as b oiled ,_ ` 0 all intents and purposes, and that The Traverser , St in g , an d Wilderness are but little better off. Cranebrook has some influential supporters, but on what mend they back him lam at a loss to know; he never e o roplished any ordinary feat as yet, and I cannot believe that he is likely to commence at Doncaster. I ngo is a fast horse, and well suited for a mile, or a mile tittt quarter, but no farther. His speed is very superior, the Leger distance will be found a quarter of a mile too ' 4r ,fer him. The stable back him in preference to Brocardo. 414 ° Bey he can beat the latter to " eternal smashes." lam not of this opinion, and do not expect to see him placed. liilv;us, by Tr uchstone, out of Interlude, the only dark na g that will run on Wednesday, is a superior animal in strength and size, possessing good lasting qualities, but comparatively little speed; of the outsiders I name him for rn ychampion. ,o ancy tioy, one of Tomboy's best sons, if, not the best, will take a great deal of beating, and if quite up to the mark (watch I believe he is), and not nobbled, will be either first eeeond. He can go a pace, and moreover can stay a dis nee_, and is game to the back bone. The only drawback is the division in the (Dawson's) stables, which must be, to B a 7 the least, very unpleasant, and difficult withal for Daw 'l,", to please two masters, and to attend strictly to both "Ink intereg& By some in the otable, and by some of the I ',4•lnize backers of the stable, Fancy Boy has been peppered most unmercifully, and almost unceasingly, of late, which looks very ominous. yet Mr. Meiklam declares the horse is well, in gcod condition, and very likely to win ; and I fur one believe him. This horse has been very un lucky this year as yet, in every race that he has run, with the exception of the Dee Stakes, which he won cleverly—a very good performance. lam inclined to think his star will be in the ascendant at Doncaster, and that he will finish either first, econd, or third. Brocardo will run game, and finish in front. Sir Tatton Sykes get a sight of the winning-port and the winner before he reaches it himself ; that I am quite convinced of. Free Lance will beat more than beat him, especially as he will have the assistance of Nat. To sum up, the front rank will be composed of Fancy Boy, Brocardo, Sir Tatton Sykes, and Free Lance—with Brocardo or Free Lance for winner, Fancy Boy and Sir Tattoo Sykes third and fourth. The Foal Stakes to Joinville. On Thursday, the Great Yorkshire Handicap to Gwalior, Milton. or Inheritress. The North of England Produce Stakes to Draco. The Municipal Stakes to Crozier. The 200 Sues. Sweepstakes to lago ; Grirnston second. The Scarborough Stakes to Brocardo or Fancy Boy; the former for choice. On Friday. the Cup to Alarm or The Hero. The Two-Year-old Stakes to Yams Tromp, Slander second, Devil-me-care third. The Gascoigne Stakes to Fancy Boy. The Park Hill Stakes to Vanish or Wilderness. By way of conclusion, I will, a la Bunbury, attach an index : RACE. PROBABLE WINNER. Champagne Stakes Cleveland Handicap Godfrey 1 ; Lady Wildair 2. (Brocardo or Free Lance 1 ; St. Leger Fancy Boy and Sir Tatton Sykes 3 and 4. Foal Stakes (-treat Yorkshire Handicap Milton 1 ; Gwalior 2. N. of Eng. Produce Stakes Draco 1 ; Kismet 2. .lunicipal Stakes 200 Sovs. Stakes Scarborough Stakes Doncaster Cup .. Hero 1; Alarm 2. Two• Year-old Stakes Gascoigne Stakes Park Hill Stakes I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Sept. 14. PROPHECY FOR THE ST. LEGER, 1846. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. Ab, why did Lord George quit the turf and the ring To herd with Disraeli, that mischievous thing? Why quit Goodwood's grove and its famed racing grounds, Li the Commons to share in the ups and the downs Of party and foolery, nonsense and strife, And with gall to embitter his moments of life? But Mostyn is fame and success to his stud, Consisting of ev'ry description of blood. Though the Leger this year is far out of his way, He'll be dreaded enough on the next Leger day. But away to the course, bidding Lord George adieu, For the highly bred cattle are passing in view. The Fancy Boy is but a fanciful child, Take care he's not beaten by Jonathan Wild. The Traverser, like the heroic King Dan, At starting will certainly be in the van; Strong running he'll make, if he goes on alone, To assist his companion, stout Goodwood's Grimston. Brocardo appears the best of the lot Of that once invincible stable of Scott. But Sir Tatton comes out neither sluggish or slow, Bill cries to his brother, " Dear John," it 's no go, As I settled Tom Tullock, I'll serve Brocardo. lago the traitor will treacherous prove, He'll find it was easier Othello to move Than the Leger to win,—he's but one of a drove. The Red House is past, and Tom Tullock is beat, lago does presently sound the retreat. The Free Lance is done, as is Erin-go-Bragh, And silenced at once is the Irish hurrah. Brocardo goes on in the Traverser's wake, And the running of Fancy Boy 's quite a mistake. Now Grimston runs stoutly, Sir Tatton lies next — See Cranebrook 's in trouble, and sorely perplex'd. The performance of Sting turns out but so so— Grimston wins !—next, Sir Tatton—the third's Brocardo! Bicester, Sept. 12 ESAU. COLLIERS STRIKES.—In the last report of the Commissioner of the Mining Districts, under the Act 5 and G Victoria, cap. 99, some, interesting particulars are given relating to the " strike" of the colliers in 1844 in Northumberland and Durham.. The last was the fourth strike in the north of England, and was the most complete combination yet effected among the collier's. In the words of the Commissioner—":lt, was set on foot by-certain delegates paid by: various districts, with the avowed object of•causing all the collieries _anti iron mines of the United Kingdom to limit their hours of work, to reduce the supply of coal and iron ore, to force up the prices, and then to make the public contribute to pay them higher wages for their diminished quantity of labour." The strike commenced on the sth of April, 1844, on which day nearly the whole of the persons employed below ground in Northumberland and Dur ham, amounting to upwards of 22,000 men and . boys, . _ ~ ceased work, and not until the end of July did they resume their labour in the usual manner, and on their .... masters' terms. It was the fourth great disturbance of labour that had occurred in that district since 1826 ; a strike of some duration took place in that year, and again in 1831 and 1832. " Hitherto," states the Commissioner, " the expectation among the best informed persons in those districts has been that an extensive combination or strike will occur once in every ten years. The experience of 1826, of 1831, and 1832, had no effect in preventing what took place in 1844. Two years have since elapsed, and having re cently, in the course of an official tour through those counties, informed myself as to the ultimate results of that obstinate struggle and as to the measures since put in operation by the masters in the hope of preventing its recurrence, I conceive it falls within my duty, as commissioner of inquiry into the state of the mining population, to record for your information auy facts which may have a tendency to bring about a more har monious state of things for the future, in a district so populous and important as that of the coal fields of Northumberland and Durham." It seems that the con duct of the large body of people was, with few excep tions, peaceable and exemplary. Two or three attempts at resistance to authority occurred, but they were soon put down. Their demeanour showed, that though ca pable of being misled, their general intelligence and their sense of right had undergone an improvement. The commissioner is of opinion that sound religious in struction is needed, and he gives an account of the im provements.-effected in that respect. Much, however, remains to be done to counteract the poison of hired de legates, both in politics and religion. COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.— BRENTWOOD, MONDAY EVENING.—An accident of a most serious and alarming character occurred near this station this morning, which it is feared will terminate fatally to one if not to two individuals. At seven o'clock this morning an excursion train, consisting of thirty car riages and two engines, Mr. Taylor, chief of the locomo tive department of the Eastern Union Railway, being upon one of them, started from Ipswich. They reached the Brentwood station in safety, and after stopping for a few minutes, proceeded on towards London at a slow pace. On reaching the Brentwood incline, the gradient of which is 1 in 90, the driver, on account of the increased weight of the train, shut off the steam, but had got but a short distance down it, when the train came in collision with a truck left on the line. The engine -driver and stoker jumped off the engine, by which they were se riously injured. The passengers were much shaken by the collision. Information of the accident was for warded to the terminus at Shoreditch, and several of the principal officials of the Company proceeded in the after noon to the spot, and after a most minute investigation, they felt it their duty to give the parties who left the truck upon the line into custody. CROTON OlL.—On a recent representation respect ing the mode in• which the duty was charged by the officers of the revenue, on the article called croton oil, it was decided that it should be leviable with the duty of Is. per lb. as a chemical oil, in conformity with a pre vious decision on the same subject in the latter portion of the year 1842, which did not appear to be generally known or put into practice by the proper officers, and directions have been issued for this rate of duty to be charged on all future importations of this article. Croton oil is a distillation or extraction of the croton seed, and is made use of for medicinal purposes, being a most powerful purgative, and it is deemed that it must be so considered for duty, and not admissible as if it were expressed or squeezed from the seed, as seed oils are generally, and useful in large quantities for mecha nical and other business purposes. DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WHITE.. BARN COLLIERY, NEAR NEwCASTLE.—A frightful acci dent occurred at this colliery, yesterday morning, to Joseph Lovatt, an old man, sixty-fire years of age. It appears that he was employed to attend to the engine fire from six o'clock at night till six in the morning, and on the morning in question he was seen about half-past three o'clock sitting in the engine -house, within a yard of the fly-wheel. On Mr. Platt and two or three of his men going to work at half-past five, they found the en gine stopped, and on proceeding into the engine-house deceased was discovered forced between the wall and the fly-wheel, a space of about four inches, hanging head downwards, and dreadfully crushed and mutilated. It is supposed that the deceased bad fallen asleep, and neg lected the fire, and that on awakening and finding the engine almost stopped, he got up in a hurry and, stumb ling, fell on the wheel, which appeared to have carried him about three parts round, and must hare killed him instantly. When Mr. Platt arrived, at half-past five, the fire was quite out. Deceased was removed to the house of his son-in-law, in Pepper-street, Newcastle. An inquest will be held on the body to-day.—Stafford shire Mercury of Saturday. L E OYD'S.—MONUMENT TO THE LATE MR. LTDEK NEn.—The Lord Mayor, Alderman Gibbs, R. L. Jones, Esq., the Committee of Lloyd's, Charles Francis, Esq., Vice-president of the Seamen's Hospital; Captain Sir Henry Hart, RN., Captain Nairne, R. A. Gray, Esq., 0. Ommanney, Esq., Francis Warden, Esq., and other members of the committee of the hospital, attended at Lloyd's on Monday afternoon, for the purpose of un covering a neatly executed statuary marble monument, erected in the lobby, consisting of a tablet surmounted with a bold projecting pediment on carves Italian trusses, supported by two seamen, one with a fractured arm, the other leaning on a crutch. The tablet stands on a bold projecting cornice, under which is a pannel representing southern whale fishery, and the whole is supported by a richly . carved foliage and shell. The tablet bears the following inscription:—" Erected by the Governors of the Seamen's Hospital Society of the port of London, in memory of John Lydekker, Esq , South Sea shipowner, gratefully to record his munificent bequest to that in stitution. He died on the 23d July, 1832, and was buried in the north vault in St. Dionis Backchurch, Fenchurch-street." The sculptor is Mr. J. J. Sanders, and the architect Mr. William The. The sum be queathed by Mr. Lydekker to the society was 58,000/., • being the residue of his property. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1846. COURT CIRCULAR His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, left Osborne House shortly before ten o'clock yesterday morning, and embarked in the Fairy for Southampton. The Queen, attended by the Visccuntess Canning, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Kerr, Maid of Honour in Waiting, and the Master of the Household, left Os borne House at twelve o'clock, and embarked in the Fairy for Southampton. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their accustomed walks and rides yesterday, in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. Mr. Abel Smith had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial•oice. Air. G. F. Davidson had also an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, tran sacted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. Lord and Lady John Russell returned to town yes terday, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American Pro vinces. . . Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Falkland Islands. Earl Grey returned to town yesterday from Eoe hampton. LYCEUM THEATRE. To Parents and Guardians.—At Jubilee House, Clapham, You'll. , Gentlemen are, 6-c. 6-c., is the title of a one-act comic drama, produced here last evening. The principal of Jubilee House is Mr. Swish (Mr. Meadows), a genteel edition of Mr. Whackford Squeers. His resident "Parisian" usher, Mons. Tourbillon (Mr. A. Wigan), is the hero of the piece. He is a French refugee—a noble; his wife has perished during the revolution, and he has taken refuge in England. With the feelings of a gentle man he finds that he is placed in a menial capacity; the slave, the scolded slave of the purse-proud vulgar master—the butt of the boys. The master, :in the mostrude manner possible, gives him his dismissal; but, hearing immediately afterwards that he has had his estates restored to him, the master becomes as servile as he has heretofore been tyrannical, apologises for his former brutality, requests him to remain, and endeavours to bring about a match be tween the Frenchman and Miss Mary Swish (Miss Howard), his daughter. In the mean time Master Robert Nettles (Mrs. Keeley), the captain of the school, who bullies everybody in general, and Master William Waddilove (Mr. Keeley), the fat lollipop-eater in particular, has seen an advertisement in the Times from M. le Comte de Tourplon, and writes to his uncle to answer it; but hearing that old Swish has destined Mary, whom he (Nettles) has taken under his special protection, for the wife of Tourbillon, he enters the field against him with all the malignity of a rival. Practical jokes are played off on the unfortunate Frenchman, and at length a French itinerant musician is engaged to pass herself off as his wife. They meet—it is his daughter. The recognition takes place, and at the same time Nettles receives a letter in answer to the inquiries which he had caused to be instituted, and which announces to Tourbillon his restoration to his titles and estates. These are admirable materials for a short, one-act drama, but unfortunately the present piece— albeit, it is in but one act—takes an hour and three quarters in Flaying. There are divers farcical scenes (mere common-places of farce, be it observed) intro duced, but they do not advance the plot one jot ; they are introduced inartistically, and the piece would be all the better for their omission. Nothing but the admirable acting of Mr. Keeley, as the fat, stupid fag, and of Mrs. Keeley, as the mischievous, but high spirited and high-principled pickle, could have saved them; and if the piece is to run, they must be greatly curtailed. Mr. A. Wigan, as the French usher, was most touching. Since Mathews' Monsieur Mallet, we have had nothing at all equal to •it, and we say this with the full recollection of Morris Barnett's Monsieur Jacques, to which it is much superior. Mr. A. Wigan does not growl harshly and rub his chest vehemently, as-though he Were labouring . under some cutaneous disease, assuming that by so doing he is pathetic; on the contrary, with him all is quiet, all is true to nature, all is artistical in the best sense of the *Ord as distinguished from melodramatic clap-trati. Beautiful were his solo scenes, in which he recalls the past and contrasts it with the present. Beautiful —exquisitely beautiful—was the scene in which, in contemplating the portrait of his wife, he recalls hap pier hours, and finds in the contemplation of the past solace for the present ills he is compelled to endure; and most beautiful, most touching, is the scene in which he recognises his daughter. We have long known Mr. A. Wigan as, in his line, one of the first comic actors of the day, but, until last evening, we were not aware that he possessed the same command over the tears as over the smiles of his audience. We hope the Lyceum management will revive the drama of Mons. Mallet, and cast Mr. A. Wigan for poor Mathews's part. It will draw crowded houses. The Magic Horn, which increases in attraction every night it is performed, followed by the farce of " To Persons about to Marry," concluded the performances, and sent a numerous audience laughing to their homes. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 9.—His Majesty the King arrived on the 3d of this month at Breslaw, and on the following day continued his journey to Heinrichen. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange, accom panied by - her youngest son, left the Hague yesterday for Stuttgard. Her Royal Highness the Princess Albert of Prussia left this town yesterday by way of Amsterdam, for the Loo, whence she will proceed up the Rhine to Italy. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 10.—The Amsterdam journals are filled with long accounts of the regatta at Amster dam yesterday. The weather being extremely fine, an immense concourse of persons assembled to witness the event. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 7. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent........... 60% 60% Ditto, 3 per Cent 72% 72% Ditto, 4 per Cent................... 94% 95 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent. Ditto, 3% per Cent................ Commercial Company, 43¢ per Cent .. 174% 175% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... 94% 945 Exchange on London, at sight 12 25 Two m0nth5............... 12 17 On Hamburgh, at sight .• • • 35 75 Two m0nth5............... 35 37 On Paris ................ 57 Two months. •• •• •• .• •• 56 62 Dutch Papers. Sept. 8. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaIISSELS, SEPT. 12. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••.••• • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •• • • .... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.. • • -- Ditto Three per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •••• .• Ditto,ditto,lB4o . • • • • ......... • • • • ... 100 Ditto, ditto, 1842.• ••.••••••• •• • • • • • • 102% Ditto, 1844..• •••••• • • .. • • • • 9954 Ditto, 1836... ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • • 96 Ditto, 1838 . • .. • • .• .... • 7 Ditto of the City, 1832 ........... ..... Ditto, 1843 .• • • • •••••• , Bank ofßelgium...... -Brussels Papers, Sept. 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 5. 5 per Cent. Metalliques— • •••• •• •• 11l 4 per Cent. ditto— 101 % 3 per Cent. ditto. ••••••• • • • • • • 73% Loan, 1834 •••••••• • • • • •• •••••• •• 157% Ditto, 1839 .. •• ..... .••.•• •• •• • • 127 ;4 Bank Shares .. • ........ ..... •• .• 1568 Esterhazy's Loan ..... ••• •• •••• •• RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .. .• • • -. 176 Vienna—Milan •••••••••• • • • • • • • • . • 113% Sienna ••• • • Apenninen •• • •• •• •• . —Allgemelne zeltung, Sept. 8. TIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, SEPT. 11. Bills. M oney. :kustrian 5 per Cents ... ..• • • • • 112 Bank Shares ...• • • • • • • • • 1570 Anglo-Russian Loan .• .•• Russian 5 per Cent., Hanab. Certificate. 101% Ditto Ist serieslnscription •••••• • • • • • • 102% Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 97 Ditto, in Certificate. ••• • • • •• •• .• .• 97 5s New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • •—• 90 90 Ditto Stieglitz . • ..... •••••• . • . • . 88% 8814 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • • 18% 1814 Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••.• • • • • • • • • 31% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • -- Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent... •.•••••• • • • • • • -- Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844. • 79% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• • 86 National Bank Shares.... • . • • • • 100 • ,••• •• •••• 930 93 THE POPE AND THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE. A letter from Rome, published in the Semaphore of Marseilles, gives the following details on the subject of the presents exchanged between the Pope and the Prince de Joinville:— " His Holiness has presented to the Prince the com plete collection of the engravings of the pontifical chal cography, representing all the ancient and modern monu ments of Rome. The value of this collection is estimated at 6,000 f. To this his Holiness has added two alabaster vases, which had attracted the Prince's notice, and which are formed of the magnificent alabaster sent to Gregory XVI. by Mehemet Ali. The Pope also presented to him chaplets for the Queen and the Princesses. That for her Majesty is of great value. The box containing these latter objects was brought to the French embassy by his Holiness himself. The presents made by the Prince were not less magnificent than those given by the Duke d'Aumale, on his visit to Rome. The family of the Pope (for such is the designation given to the household) received from the Prince 1,000 Roman crowns (5,500 f.) All the Roman personages who visited his Royal High ness received souvenirs suitable to their social position. The objects given by the Prince were all in gold, and enriched with diamonds. The servants of the embassy received- 1,200 f. The presents made by the Prince are estimated at 40,000 f. He has left with his Holiness, as with every one who has seen him, the most agreeable impression, and he is now the subject of general con versation." Viscount Palmerston came to town at lan early hour on Saturday morning from Broadlans, Hants, having the previous day received highly important dis patches from his Excellency Mr. Bulwer, at Madrid. The Noble Viscount was busily engaged up to the even ing, when his Lordship returned to_his seat near Romsey, by the railway to Southampton. THE ARMY. ARRIVAL OF THE 57TH REGIMENT FROM INDIA.— On Saturday night a detachment, comprising three companies, arrived at Cht,tham Barracks from Graves end, whence they arrived and disembarked from the ship Hindostan, Captain Pook, on that day. Their strength consisted of 10 sergeants, 5 drummers, and 202 rank and file, with 13 women and 29 children, under the command of Captain W. J. Saunders, with Captain L. Frost, Lieutenants Cassidy, R.F. S. Boughton, C. G. D. An nesh-y, Ensigns G. Armstrong and E. J. B. Brown, and Assistant-Surgeon E. W. Tupper. These troops em barked at Madras on the 16th of April last, some days after the Mary Ann had left with the head-quarters. The ship Westmorland had sailed with the other divi sion of the regiment on the 10th of July. The ship Hindostan put in at St. Helena, and sailed on the morn ing of the 12th. During the passage, owing to several of the men being worn out. and of broken constitutions, six of them died. One child died, and five children were born on board. Captain Saunders' lady, and also the lady and two children of Lieutenant Cassidy, came w ith the above ship. Upon inspection of the men it was found necessary to forward to the Hospital Depot at Fort Pitt about 80 of them. The 57th has been in India twenty-two years : its strength is about 650 men, and their depOt at this garrison is about 250 strong. At the time the Hindostan put in at St. Helena the troops on board heard that the Mary Ann, containing the head quarters, had been towed into the Cape by a steamer. The 57th occupy quarters at Brompton Barracks. ROYAL ARTILLERY.— Captain Thorndike's company, 4th battalion, and Captain D'Arley's company, Ist bat talion, at Woolwich, to embark on Friday next, the for mer to relieve Captain P. Markland's company, 4th bat talion, stationed at Barbadoes since December, 1841 ; and the litter to Bermuda, is relieve Captain J. R. Wil son's company, 6th battalion, stationed there since January, 1842. Lieut. Colonel Strangways, R.A., pro ceeds with the companies to relieve Lieut. Colonel Bell, who has been commanding at Bermuda since December, 1843. Surgeon George Farr, of the Ordnance depart ment, also goes with the detachment to relieve Assistant Surgeon Ross Hassard, at Bermuda. Lieut. H. A. Smyth, of Captain Thorndike's company, does not go to Barbadoes, having been placed under arrest to pro ceed to Dublin to be tried by a general Court-Martial on charges preferred against him, arising out of some tran sactions which occurred previous to his leaving that city on his promotion in July. Royal Horse Artillery, Portobello Barrack, Dublin.— The troop, consisting of Captain Teesdale, First Lieuts. Goodenough, Brandling, and Lennox, 10 non-commis sioned offices, 3 artificers, I farrier, 2 bombadiers, 47 gunners, 19 drivers, with field battery of two light 6- pounders, two 12-pounder howitzers, two ammunition waggons, one forage waggon, 65 troop horses, and eigbt officers' chargers, will march from Limerick for Dublin 18th September, halting at Nenagh, en route, Sunday, 20th, and will arrive by 25th to occupy barracks. A troop, consisting of Captain Levinge, Lieutenants Turner, Anderson, and Johnson,; staff sergeants, 5 sergeants, 3 corporals, 3 artificers, 2 bombardiers, 44 gunners, 18 drivers, 4 ammunition waggons, and 2 light 6-pounders, two 12-pounder howitzers, 2 ammunition waggons, 1 forage waggon, 11 officers' chargers, 70 troop horses, will march from Dublin, for Limerick, Sept. 23, halting at Roscrea, Sunday, Sept. 27, and will arrive by Sept. 30, to relieve Captain Levinge's troops. Officers on leave of absence:—Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Gordon, 9th battalion; First Captain Tylden, 9th battalion, Assistant Adjutant General in Scotland ; Tuhoh, Ist battalion, Inspector of Gunpowder Manufatory, Waltham Abbey; Second Captains, Franklyn, 3d battalion, Travers, 4th battalion, Hon. Robert Charles Henry Spencer, horse brigade; First Lieutenants, Johnson, horse brigade, Strange, Ist battalion, Leslie, 4th batta lion; Second Lieutenants, Macdougall, Ist battalion, Godley, 3d battalion. sth Fusiliers, Plymouth-3 companies (2d division), on board of her Majesty's steam-transport Rhadamanthus, arrived from Cork. The following officers accompanied the detachments:—Captains Guy and Woodward; First Lieutenants Master, Darell, Itenny, Bellew, and Hogge. 6th Regiment, Reserve Battalion, Cork—ls held in readiness to march to Buttevant, there to occupy the barracks. _ _ _ 15th Regiment, Depot, Waterford.—Lieut. Hague and a detachment occupy barracks at l)uncannon Fort. Effective strength :-284 rank and file ; at head-quar ters, 4 companies, under the command of Major Pinder. 26th Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin.- 7 -Paymaster Craigie is on leave to the 30th September... Officers pre sent :—Colonel Mountain, C.II. ; Majors Hogarth and Paterson ; Captains Mylius, Whittingham (brevet major), Layard, Carey, Edgar, Johnstone, Rodgers, Preerd, and Cameron ,• .Lieuts. Park, Wallace, Duff, Longmore, Campbell, Iludyard, T. Andrews, .40berts, Cresswell, Mountain (adjutant), Dickens, and T. W. Andrews ; Ensigns Clerke, Preston, Hon. Alexander Erie, G. Sinclair, Blackett, Blair, Bell, and Noyes ; Quartermaster Daines; Surgeon Stewart, and Assistant- Surgeon Home, M.D. Effective strength :-793 rank and file. Lieut. Betts is at Newcastle-on-Tyne, super intending officer of the recruiting district. Captain Nicholson is a student at the Senior Department, Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 33d DepOt, Birr, has received orders to move to Mul lingar, there to be stationed, relieving the 79th depOt. 38th DepOt, Londonderry.—Captain Murray's com pany, with Lieut. Scott, marched from Lifford, Sept. 10 (having been withdrawn), for Omagh, relieving a com pany of 92d Highlanders. Major J. J. Lowth is in corn mand of the depot companies. • 55th Regiment—Seven companies, with the band and colours, staff, &c., arrived at the Cove of Cork, from Devonport, occupy Cork Barracks. The following officers and men are present, viz.: —Lieutenant Colonel Warren. Captains Coats, Chaproniere, Whimper, and Cuddy. Lieutenants King, Schaur, Werge, Lloyd, and Briscoe. Lieutenant and Adjutant French. Ensigns Torreus, "Walker, and Marsh. Quartermaster Grigg. Assistant-Surgeon Smith, M.D. The march of this corps for Limerick, on the 9th, 10th, and head quarter division on the 11th September, was countermanded, as the regi ment will remain at Cork. 79th Depot—Two companies marched from Mullingar, for Castlebar, Sept. 3. Head-quarters, and one com pany, under the command of Major Elliott, marched from Mullingar, for Castlebar, Sept. 10, and will arrive by Sept. 17, to occupy barracks, relieving the depOt 88th Regiment. Captain Reeves' company, stationed at Arvagh, will march for Castlebar Sept. 16, to join head quarters, on being relieved by a company of the 92d Highlanders. Captain Taylor is on leave of absence to Sept. 30. 83d Regiment, Limerick—The march of this corps for Dublin is countermanded. They will remain in the Limerick district. Captain St. Aubyn is on leave of absence to Oct. 30, and Paymaster Brough to Sept. 28. 88th Depot, Castlebar.—The Ist division of two com panies marched for Birr, Sept. 9, and will arrive by Sept. 15, there to occupy barracks. Major Shirley, with head-quarters and two companies (2,1 division) will pro ceed en route in a few days for Birr. 92d, Enniskillen.—A field officer has been ordered from head-quarters for Belturbet, to take the command of a company of this corps. The company under Brevet Major Atherley marched from Omagh for Arvagh, Sept. 11, and will arrive by Sept. 16, to relieve a company of the 79th (Highlanders) depot. 93d (Highlanders) Depot, Naas.—Officers on leave of absence :—Lieut. Lloyd to Sept. 30 ; Ensigns Thompson to Oct. 26, Good to Dec. 31, Middleton to Dec. 31, ‘ssistant Surgeon Smith to Sept. 30. Ensign Carden and a detachment occupy barracks at Athy. Major Burgh is commanding at headquarters. 95th DepOt, Tralee.—A draft, consisting of Captain Baines, 2 sergeants, and 100 rank and file, are held in readiness to embark for Hong-Kong, there to join the service companies. A policeman has been dismissed from the Bir mingham force because he refused to go down a lane which was on his beat, where he had seen his uncle's ghost. —Birmingham Gazette. HEDGEHOGS.—In treatises on Zoology, hedgehogs are described as belonging to the order insectivore," and their usual food is stated to be insects, worms, slugs, and snails, but that they also devour frogs, toads, mice, and even snakes. They also—though, perhaps, it is but little known—devour chickens, as may be seen from the following statement :—Mr. Brown, of the Rhodes Arms Inn, Barlbrough, was going his usual round one night last week, to see that all was right in his farm-yard, when he heard a great noise with a hen and chickens in Mr. Rushby's farm-yard. He went immediately and acquainted him with the circumstance, and after having procured a light, they proceeded to the place from whence the noise came, and there found a large hedge hog in the nest among the chickens, which they secured, ind then examined the nest, and found seven of the chickens worried. Sentence of death was immediately passed upon the murderer, and very soonafterwards put into execution.—Local paper. POACHING.—SERIOUS AFFRAY.—On the morning of Sabbath last, Alex. Bain and Matthew Kirkland, gamekeepers to the Right Hon. the Earl of Eglintonand Winton, discovered five men on the fart of Lawthorn, parish of Irvine, in pursuit of game, after the destruc tive fashion of using a couple of dogs to scour the fields, and nets on the gates to entangle and secure the hares. [he keepers endeavoured to apprehend one of the par ties who carried a net, but were immediately set upon by the other four, who forcibly rescued their companioa, ['he keepers seeing that it was impossible for them suc cessfully to contend against so unequal a number, and being reluctant to make any attempt by which bloodshed might ensue, prudently followed the poachers at a dis tance4in the hope of obtaining sufficient assistance for their capture. In doing so they were subjected to considerable annoyance, being frequently threat ened and assailed by the poachers, who all carried heavy bludgeons, and one an open knife, and in one of these scuffles one of the poacher's dogs was shot, and one of the keepers severely cut in the face. The keepers having been joined by a young man named Fisher, and by Mr. Dunlop, farmer in Lawthorn, succeeded in se easeddaytmheorcnaisnegis now undergoing in curing four of the five poachers, and the fifth was ap in Kilmarnock. They authorities h ere . Th e whole p ,t,re r e e s h t ai e gl n ia d ti in e o d nA oz r, Wg the a e o d l n , circum stances having been made known to Lord Eglinton, we learn that his Lordship was so much pleased with the fortitude of the keepers, but more particularly with their forbearance, in refraining from using their fire arms under such provocation, that he presented each of them with 101., and the lad Fisher with 51.; while to Ar. Dunlop he tendered, in writing, his thanks for Mr. Dunlop's timely assistance, and sent 11. to each of his men who assisted in taking the poachers to Irvine.—Ayr Advertiser. • [ ADVERTISEMENT.] —A SHOCKING SKIN DISEASE CURED BY HOLLOWAY S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—MT. Hitching, a gentleman residing in Arbour-square, Commercial-road, who has been several years in India, where, about seven years ago, he was almast suddenly covered with a dreadf.d skin disease resembling lepra, since his return to Europe has been to the most celebrated waters in Germany, besides trj ing (without benefit) all other sorts of remedies both at home and abroad. At last he used Holloway's Ointment and Pids, which quickly effected a perfect cure. Any pimples, blotches or eruptions on the skin, even if of several years duration, might be eradicated ;by these fine medicines, which are sold by alt dealers in medicines, and at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand, London, THE DAGENHAM MURDER. DAGENHAM, MONDAY EVENING.—This afternoon, at two o'clock, Mr. C. C. Lewis, Coroner for the southern division of Essex, and the jury empannelled to investi gate the circumstances attending the atrocious and mysterious murder of the pdhce-constable George Clark, on the night of the 20th of June last, re-assembled for the fifth time, pursuant to adjournment, at the Cross Keys Inn, facing Dagenham Church, further to prosecute their investigation. The intense degree of interest manifested on former occasions was but small in comparison to that which appeared to prevail yesterday, no doubt arising from the extraordinary position in which the police have been placed, and the supposition, which has been gaining ground since the last sitting of that jury, that Sergeant Parsons, who has ever since been under the surveillance of the detective police, would be brought before the coroner in custody charged with the murder. Long before the hour appointed for holding the inquest the jury -room was crowded by several county magistrates, gentry, and most respectable inhabitants of Dagenham and the surrounding villages. Mr. Superintendent Pearce, of the F division, was again in attendance, with Mr. Superintendent Macquard, of the K division, to watch the proceedirgs on the part of the Police Com missioners, and Mr. B. W. Rawlings, solicitor, of Rum ford, attended for Sergeant Parsons. On the CORONER taking his seat, he said he regretted to observe that he had received a medical certificate, announcing the inability of one of the panel to attend, on account of illnegs, and that being the case, he felt it necessary to adjourn the inquiry again. It was true that there were still sufficient to form a competent jury, but having begun with fourteen jurymen, he considered, in a case so important as the present, he would not be doing his duty to proceed with a smaller number. Mr. Rawlings said, ma the part of Sergeant Parsons, he had to submit to the Coroner, if possible, the necessity of proceeding at once with the inquiry. The position of Sergeant Parsons was one of great hardship. Ever since the last sitting of the inquest, now nearly five weeks, Parsons had been subjected night and day to the, close surveillance of the police. Why, or by whose orders, Sergeant Parsons had been placed in this position he was at a loss to conjecture. The sergeant was prepared fully to meet any charge against him in connexion with the murder, and that being the case, without any charge being preferred, it was extremely hard that he should be continued as it were in custody for any longer period. The CORONER said, the fact was that Sergeant Parsons had only himself to blame for the unpleasant position in which he was placed. He had brought all upon him self by his conduct, and therefore had no right to com plain. Supposing him to be innocent of any participation in the murder, it was quite clear that there was another charge which he would be called upon to answer. Therefore, what took place there could not affect the sergeant, so far as his being under surveillance was con cerned. Mr. Rawlings said Sergeant Parsons was perfectly ready to answer any charge brought against him, and he (Mr. Rawlings) was prepared with witnesses to dis- prove all the statements of the police-constables on the last occasion. The CORONER remarked, that if Sergeant Parsons was prepared now to offer an explanation, he ought to have been prepared to do so previously, and thus have saved the time of the jury. Even if they were to proceed, cir cumstances had transpired (two or three witnesses, who must be examined, being in the country) to render a further adjournment indispensable. Mr. Rawlings considered it unfair to assume that Sergeant Parsons had any explanation to offer. He had been almost in custody ever since the jury had last as sembled, and that circumstance had tender to create a strong prejudice in the public mind against him. His being continued still under the surveillance of the police would only tend to increase that prejudice. The CORONER said, if any prejudice had arisen against Parsons, he could not complain, as it was his own act and deed. After some discussion with the jury, the inquiry was again adjourned. The sergeant (Parsons) was not in attendance, but be is so closely watched that he is not allowed to go to sleep but in company of one of the police. The most pro found secrecy is preserved by the police authorities as to circumstances which have transpired since the last ad journment of the inquest, but in addition to the blood stained handkerchief found in the field adjoining that where the murder was perpetrated, other articles have been discovered likely to throw a light on this cruel and mysterious murder. ACCELERATION OF THE MAIL TO LIVERPOOL. We learn that a desire has been expressed by the Post-office authorities that the London and North- Western Company should run a mail train between London and Liverpool (210 miles) in five hours, and we believe there is little doubt that such an acceleration of the mail will soon take place. On Friday afternoon the London and Birmingham directors, who, we believe, had to attend, at Manchester, a hoard meeting of the London and North-Western Company—of which, it will be re collected, the London and Birmingham is now a compo nent portion—tested the capacity of the ordinary passenger engines for such a rapid journey to the north. The train (a special one) consisting of six first-class car riages, left Euston-square at five minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon, and reached Birmingham at thirty-three minutes past seven o'clock, having been detained at Wolverton fourteen minutes beyond the time necessary for the change of engine, which takes place at that station. At Birmingham an excess of stoppage, amounting to nearly twelve minutes, took place, and at Crewe, a similar stoppage of five minutes occurred, notwithstanding which the train ran the 197 miles, from station to station, one minute within five hours. Of course upon a line with such im mense traffic as that conveyed over the North-Western Railway, very precise arrangements have to be made for running an express train. The completion of these arrangements will secure the proposed express mail train to Liverpool against any loss of time from slow or lug gage trains ahead, or the hindrances which must occa sionally impede a special train on such a line as the London and North-Western. Deducting the excess of time occupied at Wolverton, Birmingham, and Crewe, viz., twenty-nine minutes, it will be seen that the 197 miles, inclusive of the time that would be lost if the train were running daily, were accomplished in four hours and a half, or at an average speed of nearly forty four miles per hour. Liverpool is, however, thirteen miles further than Manchester, but at the average rate at which the trip of Friday was made, the 29 minutes excess of stoppage would be equal to 23 miles, so that it appears the journey from London to Liverpool can, with six car riage,:, be made in something like ten or twelve minutes within the five hours. It is necessary to state that the journey over the London and Birmingham line was made with the ordinary four-wheel passenger engines, with five feet nine driving wheels. They are Mr. Bury's make, and weigh, we believe, between 10 and 11 tons only. Within the last fortnight two very powerful six wheel engines, with six-feet driving wheels, and made by the same manufacturer, have been put on the London and Birmingham line. They are stated to be equal to 12 carriages, at an average speed of 50 miles an hour over the unfavourable gradients from Euston-square to Tring. We shall shortly have it in our power to test the stated speed and power of the new narrow-gauge engines ANOTHER FIRE NEAR SHOREDITCH CHURCH.— Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the inhabitants o High-street, Shoreditch, were again alarmed by the sudden outbreak of a fire upon the premises in the oc cupation of Mr. F. Watts, an oil and Italian warehouse man, carrying on business at No. 118, in the above thoroughfare, next door to the parish Church. When first discovered the flames had obtained a fearful hold of the stock in the basement floor of the building. At one time it was feared that the inmates would have been burnt to death, for about eight carboys of spirits of tur pentine and oil were blazing upwards with the greatest impetuosity. The mains of the New River yielded a good supply of water, from which the engines were worked for a considerable time, when the firemen at length got the fire extinguished, but not until a very serious damage had been done to the stock in the basement floor by fire, and the contents of the front shop were severely injured by water, heat, and smoke. Mr. Watts was insured in the Phoenix and Dissenters' Fire Offices. The cause of the fire is unknown. About a fortnight or three weeks since another fire occurred in the same part of the premises, which also did considerable da mage. A TALE OF MlSERT.—Yesterday Mr.: W. Carter held an inquest in Newington Workhouse, on the body of Mary Ann George, a widow, who died in that insti tution, under the following circumstances: Mary George, an intelligent girl, about twelve years of age, said that the deceased was her mother. Her father, who was a smith, died on the first of May last. Since that time the family had been obliged to seek parochial relief. Mr. Cox, the master of the workhouse, said that deceased was admitted on the 30th of August. She was then in a very debilitated state, and apparently in great pain. Mr. John Gannon, assistant-surgeon to the poorhouse, said that he was sent for to see deceased on the morning of Friday last, at half-past one. He at tended immediately, and found that her labour bad com menced, but was progressing very slowly, and to all ap pearance was not likely to terminate fa several hours. He therefore went away, and left word if deceased was worse he was to be sent for. About three o'clock the same morning he was again sent for, and on his arrival he found that deceased had been delivered of a still horn child. It bad been dead two or three days before. The mother was likewise dead. He considered that she died from exhaustion. Her constitution was not suffici ently strong to bear up against the shock of her labour. The jury, having consulted, returned a verdict in accord ance with the medical testimony. RAGGED SCHOOLS. —Last evening a meeting, for the promotion of schools under the above tide, was held at the Chapel, Phillip-street, Kingsland-road. About two hundred persons sat down to tea, after which the chair was taken by the Rev. Clement Dukes, M.A., the minister of the chapel, who delivered a very eloquent and impressive address on the importance of the objects for which the meeting was held, and called on Mr. G. Mead to read the report, which stated that the school was opened for the first time on the 3d of May; twenty seven boys attended, nine of whom could not either read or write; since which time the schools have been in regular operation, the average attendance has been thirty-five, and the behaviour of the children has, on the whole, been of a very tolerable description. The de mands upon the school having now outgrown the means at their command, this appeal was made for assistance. The Rev. Mr. Spong, Rev. Edward Muscatt, and Messrs. Ovarsh and Cobdin, City Missionaries, and Mr. Petch, Principal of the Lamb and Flag -court Schools, Clerken well, and other gentlemen took part in the proceedings, and resolutions were agreed to, pledging the meeting to support the schools. A liberal collection was made, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. The adjourned inquest upon the body of Henry Glover, who was killed by the unfortunate accident which occurred at Gonalstone, on the Nottingham and Lincoln line of railway, was resumed in the committee room of the General Hospital on Monday morning. The following letter was read : " Fleetwood, Sept. 11, 1846. " Sir,--In passing through Derby on Tuesday last, I was made acquainted with the fatal accident that oc curred on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway the day before, which is the subject of your letter to me, received this morning. " I immediately inquired into the particulars, and saw the engineman of the train and an inspector of the line who was travelling by it when the accident occurred; and Mr. Bell, the secretary of the Midland Railway, showed me the fragments of one of the springs of the engine, broken into small pieces, from about 8 to 18 inches in length. Mr. liirtley, the superintendent of the locomotive department, informed me that it was an old engine that had been long employed on the line ; and that it had nothing in its construction to cause oscillation or tendency to quit the rails. I was also informed that the train was travelling slowly, and that the part of the line where the accident occurred was in good order. I therefore came to an opinion that the accident must have been caused by the break ing of the spring, producing a shock, or jar, that threw the engine off the rails; and, under this impression, I thought it would be useless for me to go to the spot to examine the bent rails and broken chairs, which, of course are always replaced immediately: and I do not see what useful purpose could be gained by my sending to exa mine the state of the railway near the spot. " Locomotive engines cannot last for ever, and the springs of old engines may break. The fact of the spring breaking is sufficient to account for the accident; but the fact of an engine running off the rails, and even oversetting, would not break good springs. I have seen many engines overset by more violent accidents than that now under consideration, and never knew the springs broken to pieces by any of them. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " C. W. PASLEY, Major-General. " John Francklin, Esq., &c. &c. " P.S. I have not heard from Mr. Brown, the coroner. Be so good as to let him know that I think it would be of no use for me either to go or send a person to exa mine the spot, which would lead to nothing. lam of opinion that the breaking of an old spring of an old engine caused the accident. You may tell him so. " C. W. P." A variety of evidence as to the state of the line at that locality, &c., was entered into. After hearing the whole the jury consulted twenty minutes, and then returned as their verdict, that " The deceased was accidentally killed by an engine being thrown off the line, caused by the breaking of a spring atached to the fore-wheel, such spring being apparently in a defective state." CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT FOR DEBT. An inquest, adjourned from Saturday, was yesterday resumed before Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner, Mr. J. G. Mills, deputy-coroner, and a respectable jury, at the House of Correction, Colbath-fields, on the body of Richard Homer, aged 23, late a prisoner in that gaol. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, a cab-driver, had been summoned by Mr. Solomon Isaacs, of Great Ormond-yard, under the 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 86, for a sum of 145., due for one day's hire of a cab and horses, and in default of payment had been, on Au gust the 29th, committed to prison for 15 days. Mr. WAKLEY, on looking over the Hackney Carriages Act, found that, in order that a conviction should occur, a written agreement must exist, and upon inquiry could not find that any of the prison authorities were ac quainted with the fact of any such document having been signed by the deceased. Mr. Hutson, a solicitor, who attended for the friends of the deceased, said, that the warrant of committal should bear upon its face the statement if such an agree ment did exist. He would, however, go to Mr. Combe, the committing magistrate, and ascertain the fact. Upon his return, Mr. Hutson said, that Mr. Combe had re fused, to give any information, saying, " I suppose you want to find grounds for an action." He also refused to grant a copy of the depositions. Mr. WAKLEY said he could scarcely believe that such a- case as-the presentcould have occurred after an Act' of Parliament, passed in 1844, abolishing imprisonment for debts under 20/. He must say that.a cabman stood in a much worse position than anybody else. The debt for -whieh the . deceased was charged in execution by a police magistrate, under a penal statute, was a sum of 149., and for that he mas.sent to._prison as a misdemeanant. Evidence was given by several prisoners (examined in the absence of all prison officials) of the deceased hav ing complained of stiff neck for four or five days before his death ; and on his removal to the infirmary, all con curred in the kindness exhibited to him by the medical and other officers. Deceased on the morning of the 11th jumped out of bed, exclaiming that be was choking, and in less than two minutes after was a corpse. Dr. Smiles and Dr. Boyd had opened the body, and both expressed themselves unable to state with certainty the cause of death, but were of opinion that it arose from a sudden spasm of the respiratory organs of the back of the neck, the deceased having a peculiar malconformation of the top of the spine, which might have predisposed him to such an event. The CORONER said, it was clear that the deceased's death was occasioned by no neglect or ill-treatment from the prison authorities. He could only say, that he was sure when the Legislature abolished imprisonment for debt under 201., it could not have contemplated the continuance of such oases as this. The jury returned a verdict of " Died of suffocation, brought on by natural causes ;" and subsequently ap pended the following remarks : " In passing this verdict the jury cannot avoid ex pressing their regret that the law should afford to any magistrate reasons for considering that he can send drivers of cabriolets to prison and hard labour for debts under 201., when the almost universal public opinion is; that imprisonment for debt under that amount is abo lished. At the same time, the jury express also their regret that Mr. Combe, one of the magistrates sitting at the Police-court, Clerkenwell, should not know better what is the courtesy due to a gentleman from another, and from one judge of the law to another, than to send such a reply as he has this day made to an application from the coroner's court, by Mr. J. Hutson, solicitor, considering that the answer of Mr. Combe to have been in every respect improper, rude, and undignified." THE ROYAL METROPOLITAN SOCIETY OF HOR TICULTURISTS.—DAHLIA SHOW.—The 13th annua dahlia show and floral fête of the Royal Metropolitan Society of Horticulturists took place yesterday in the grounds of the Grecian Saloon, in the City-road. The grounds were very elegantly and tastefully adorned on the occasion with wreaths of evergreens and floral gar lands. The dahlia show was admitted by the judges present to be a very fine one, and certainly as regarded variety, both in form and colour, it was very beautiful. Messrs. C. Turner, of Chalvey, near Windsor ; Keynes, of Salisbury ; N. Gaines, of Surrey-lane, Battersea ; and Turville, of Chelmsford, were the principal profes sional exhibitors. There was also a strong and very creditable muster of the productions of amateurs. In the first-class dahlias, which was open to nurserymen, 24 blooms being required from each, there was a very fine show. The collection of verbenas was small, but contained some pretty varieties. Some beautiful dahlias, of which we particularly noticed the Scarlet Gem, Louis Philippe, Golden Fleece, Europa Cassandra, Model of Perfection, Robusta, Alexander the Great, &c., obtained first-class certificates." After the show the members of the society and their friends dined together in the large saloon of the tavern, when the various prises were distributed. A ball concluded the amusements of the day. TRINITY COLLEGE, PERTH.—The laying of the foundation-stone of the church or chapel of this im portant institution took place on Tuesday. Many re spectable parties from Perth and its vicinity, and still more from a distance, repaired to the scene of the inter esting ceremony. The day was gloomy in the fore noon, and some slight rain fell. About two o'clock, however, the day cleared up beautifully at Perth—and it is to be hoped that the heavens shone auspiciously on the occasion.—Ferth Paper. NATURAL ALAnual.—To those who wish to rise early during the summer months the following plan is worth their attention :—Go into your garden in the dusk of the evening, and pick a flower in which a dumble dore has taken up its night's lodging, place it near your chamber window previous to going to bed. Soon after sunrise the insect will commence a very loud tune on its trumpet, at the same time beating its wings against the glass in endeavouring to escape. This will soon awake you . , when you get out of bed open the window, let your living alarum fiy, and proceed to apparel yourself. FOREIGN GRAPES.—The grapes imported from Rotterdam in such large quantities within these few days, are the large and rich description known by the name of the Hambro' grape, and are grown in the neighbour hood of Hamburgh, but imported into this country by way of Rotterdam, for dispatch of delivery to their des tination, and during the period of their being in season, are a formidable rival to the hothouse grapes, which they very nearly equal in flavour, the absence of intense sweetness being the principal difference, having the ad vantage, at the same time, of being considerably cheaper than those grown in this country. The impertation of these grapes has taken place at a much earlier period this season than was the case last year, which is ac• counted for by the exceedingly fine and hot weather of the past summer, which has also been remarkably favour able to the ripening of grapes of home growth, reared in the open air, all of which this season are of unusual sweetness. PARAGRAPH FOR THE ANTIQUARY.—A silver groat of David the second, King of Scotland, was found near Bedcar a few days since. It is in fine preservation. Obverse—bust in profile, crowned, with sceptre on the right—" David Rex Scotorum." Reverse —cross, with radiating stars of five points in the quarterings, " Edin• burgh," with some vintner's name, having been minted there. Edward the Third first struck groats in 1354. Scotland immediately followed the same plan, the first being of David the Second. David was defeated and taken prisoner by Edward at the battle of He'd - lain, 1346 ; his ransom, amounting to 100,000 marks (13s. 4d. to the mark), drained Scotland of its coin ; and there it• every probability that this old coin formed part of thi ranscm paid for the redemption of David, whose coins, owing to this circumstance, are extremely rare in Scot land. A similar event occurred with reference t. Richard the First, who, on his return from the Hol) Land, was treacherously made prisoner by the Arch duke of Austria, and 100,000 marks paid as his ransom ; hence the extreme rarity of coins in England belonging to Richard.—Dumfries Standard. GAMBLING-HOUSES AND THE POLlCE:—Yesterda y a number of the West-end gamblers vacated their pre mises, in consequence of the recently adopted system pursued by the police authorities—placing a constable continually on the watch at the, principal entrance. THE IRON TRADE. In our notice of the state of the iron trade las we mentioned that in the contemplated advance great attention should be paid to the exports, whit prise so large a portion of our consumption of,ifon. Another serious consideration also presents itself, namely, the consequences with respect to the rat of wages, and the facility of getting labour performed'. • The workmen would, in all probability, in case of a general advance upon iron, demand a share of the advantage—but that the masters have a fair answer to such a demand cannot be denied ; for it is notorious that the workmen are now receiving a rate of wages much higher than corresponds with the present price of iron, ac cording to previous comparative rates in the district. The high wages consequent upon the unfortunate ad vance of two pounds per ton, when the nominal price of bars was fixed at twelve pounds, have in but few in stances been reduced; and the wages now received by the workmen connected with the manufacturing of iron, or raising material, are nearly at the maximum ever earned in the recollection of the oldest persons engaged in the trade. Instead of profiting by this opportunity to provide against old age or misfortune, the men are con tinually to be found in the alehouse or beer-shop, or on the peg•alley; while at every fair, or race, or wake within reach, or on any other, the most trifling excuse, they absent themselves from their work, to the great loss and annoyance of their employers. And indeed to such a degree is this neglect of work car ried, that orders, where the time of completion is stipu lated, have been refused by many parties, and can scarcely be undertaken at all. It becomes, therefore, a question of moment, whether a demand of higher wages ought to be and could be effectually resisted; as, if un fortunately it should be raised and conceded, the diffi culty of procuring the attendance of men to their work would be vastly increased, and a much less quantity of iron than at present would be manufactured. We are far from advocating the system of low wages, or wishing to reduce the labourer to the minimum upon which he can support his family ; but when, as at the present moment, among colliers and miners in particular, we see more than the extra earnings universally squandered in vice and immorality, and their families more neglected and distressed than during the prevalence of low wages, we are constrained to think that, until by a little more intellectual cultivation they have been taught to regulate the animal passions, there is a limit of earnings which it is injurious for them to exceed. The prevailing opinion that ironmasters are now realising enormous profits is altogether untrue. Instances may exist under very favourable circum stances and situations where a fair remuneration is obtained ; but at the present rate of wages and mate rials it must be evident to any one conversant with the details of the trade, that for some months iron has not been made, Where the materials have been sup plied by purchase, at the price for which it has been sold. That such a state of things will be pro longed under the present pressure of orders, and a ith the certain prospect of a steady and increasing demand, is scarcely to be expected or wished by any parties. Capital expended, and works carried on with judgment, perseverance, and caution, ought at all times to command a remunerative return. These considera tions, and many others, together with facts which are daily coming under notice, will doubtless be well and seriously weighed in all their bearings, while late ex perience will teach the due value of the flaming repre sentation of golden prospects, and twenty per cent. profits for twenty years to come, indulged in by some parties ; and from the information, talent, and judg ment of the gentlemen who occupy the leading position in the iron trade, the result of their deliberations at the approaching quarterly meeting is expected to be of such a nature as, while it evidences a due regard for the mer cantile interest, will strengthen public confidence, and be carried out with the greatest unanimity by the trade in general.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. HERRING TRADE. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) ANSTR LITHE R, SEPTEMBER 9.—As we anticipated, the herrings have come to the north shore, and a num ber of boats are just now seen from the coast hauling their nets with a great appearance of herrings. The price to-day was 9s. per crap ; and at this date the average take at this station 245.Urans, per . hpat. 10th. The fishing continues to be prosecuted vvith:un abated success. Therehave been heavy takes off ritten weem this morning, and the prices havp,again fallen 6s. and 7s. per cram If the weather keeps moderate, Isavy shots may be expected, as the tides arc- latrepritt4e,_and the water smooth. The curers, after 114whig4epaglted their cured herring; have a good .many'empty barrels over, which they are in courseof rafillingi;but,thestock here must soon be exhausted§ and/ If gin , l ,:there are some new arrivals of fish curers and stock, the ds'hing will soon be discontinued for want of buyers. Had the East of Fife Railway been in operation, the fishing must have been a source of considerable profit to it during the last two months, besides what is to follow, as this station gives promise of being one of the best fished in Scotland. BERWICK, SEPT. 11.—Our herring fishing seems now to be over for this season, and the boats here average about 100 crans. For this take they have been out to sea about 40 times, and the weather has never prevented them going—a circumstance that very rarely occurs. The highest boat has fished about 2,00 crans, and many have not, above 50. There has been a great loss of nets. Pickled herrings are selling at 21s. per barrel. FRASERBURGH, SEPT. 10.—Strangers have now gone home, and native crews are departing in quest of winter bait. The season has been exceedingly propitious, and, with the exception of a fisherman drowned last night, unattended by serious accident. Average of our fleet of 284 boats is 190 emus. NORTH SUNDERLAND, SEPT. Io.—The herring fishing is now nearly brought to a close. Since our last there has been no trial made at this place until hut night, when two boats went to sea, and this morning (Thurs day) they have not yet returned. We hear there has been a good fishing at Boulmer yesterday morning; from 2,000 to 6,000 herrings were got per boat, but only five boats were at sea. If the weather keeps fine, the Boulmer fishermen still expect to have a good take. HOLY ISLAND, SEPT. 10.—The fishing is now nearly concluded here. On Tuesday night one boat put off, and had just two hundred and a half herrings. Three boats were out at sea on Wednesday night, and the highest on Thursday morning had three craus. The tides being so very heavy, is thought by some to be the cause of the scarcity; others think that the season is over. WICK, SEPT. 10.—Our fishing is now entirely over for a season. The total average for the season, of all the boats fishing in the Wick district, is, therefore, 103 trans, and the fishing about an average one. At Lybster, Swiney, Dunbeath, Latheronwheel, and the neighbour ing stations, however, the fishing is far below an average one, and consequently the total quantity caught on the Caithness coast, this year, is considerably under that of the former season. THE SWELL MOB AT CHATHAM.--In consequence of the influx of business, arising out of offences on the race-course at Chatham, the county magistrates, after being occupied for several hours on Friday, met again on Saturday morning, when several eases were brought before them, but as they were all the offences of adroit thieves, the missing articles had in every instance passed into other hands, and the charges were in consequence disposed of in a summary way. Not only on the race course, but also at the steam-boat piers, and on board the boats, , which were crowded to excess, the light fingered gentry were on the alert, and much property changed hands ; amongst the sufferers, a Noble Lord (Calthorpe) lost a valuable gold watch and appendages. John Smith, apprehended on suspicion of having stolen a silver watch, the property of Mr. Alfred Foreman, of Stone-street, Maidstone, who, while sitting in a booth, and his attention being fixed on the performance of an itinerant musician, the prisoner, having first cut the. guard, was observed to slip the watch from Mr. Foreman waistcoat pocket. He was committed to the House of Correction, with hard labour, 1 for one month. Ot.ber cases of a similar nature were heard; the parties were all committed to the House of Correction, with hard labour, for short periods. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM DR OW NING...—. FEMALE I N TREPIDITY.-011 Mcnday last, as the Misses Crow, of Derriwillan, near Tynagh, in this county, were returning from the sea-shore to their lodge at Curren rue, where the family are at present residing, they heard an agonising shriek, and, on turning round, they saw a little boy running towards them, exclaiming that his brother, a young lad, was drowning in the sea. Both young ladies hastened to the spot pointed out, and ar rived as the youth made his appearance a second time on the surface of the water. In a moment he was down. again, and immediately Miss Crow, throwing away her cloak and bonnet, rushed into the water to save him, but, the place being awfully steep, before she was able to reach him she got beyond her depth, and down she went also. Miss Lucy Crow seeing her sister in such imminent danger, plunged in to her rescue, but she had not proceeded many yards when she found she could not go further without placing herself in the same perilous position, and that then all would be lost. In agonising suspense she stretched forth her hand to save her ; alas ! it was useless ; they were too far asunder, and down she went again, overpowered by the weight of the little boy, who, by this time, got entangled with the grasp of the dying, in her hair and neck. But, as iC Providence would have it so, this time she was shoved by the force of the waves on a rock in the water, and for a moment, resting her foot upon it, the brave girl sprung forward so as to be enabled to meet the out stretched arm of her equally intrepid sister, who, at. length, succeeded in bringing herself and her young charge in safety to the shore. One is at a loss which to admire the intrepid bravery of the one or the judg ment and presence of mind of the other of these young ladies, who, when returning to Derriwillin, will carry with them the blessings of the parents and friends of the youth whose life they thus, at the risk of their own, pro videntially saved.—Galway 111 e, cum. SINGULAR FACT.—There is now living at Farring-• ton Gurney, a young woman named -- Comber, aged about 20 years, daughterof James Comber, stone-mason, who has not tasted a morsel of solid food the last nine years. In or about the year 1837 she had a sister curie, and the occupation of her mother required her abse nce d a ily from home, leaving the present afflicted daug'ater in the house with the corpse. It is conjectured that this circumstance affected her mind, and worked upon her nerves so strongly, that it induced her affliction. She, in a short time, gradually weakened and took to her bed, where she was seized with locked jaw, and from that time to the present she has not opened her mouth. The only sustenance which has been taken into her stomach is fluid, which is passed into her mouth with a spoon through a small opening where a tooth is missing. And although lying in this state for such a length of time, she has grown nearly six inches in length , she is quite sen sible,_happy, and resigned, and appears to be often, en gaged in prayer.—,Bath Journal. IT N ~` r ev 1~ It ~' ,~