The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-18 00:00:00

SPORT/NG NOTES. Do NT No. OCCIX, CASTER PACES. THEIR EFFECT ON THE FUTURE. , TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ei'" ole l tt n e-- ,. The past week's racinte at Doncaster has been, 4°4, 4 ," exception, one of the best ever witnessed there, 4e.. ,ae,t,anding that the fields, for the most part, have t t ",° 1 w th e avere in size. 1 " a .11• Handicap, eeta ria L zwl lam on Tuesday, was won very viali " °Y halt a length by Alfred the Great. Thi4 toil, 8 • a like s ' 1 3111 . On the following day the Great Alfred to urse good running for above a mile on the St. Leger tae t ,' 411 c 1 yesterd a y finishes his week's work by making 1( 41 ' 6 7_ good f or a m i le of the distance in h i s race w i t h [ ag art ,W• From these performances some of the talent t he 0 " a t his chanc e i s un d en i a bly a superior one for tad tiitabbridgeshire. I agree with them in this opinion, i lltti n I k that th e h orse w ill see a s h or t p r i ce i n th e flat for that race. s,,tiiilaerford's performances in the races for the Great kal e O r e Handicap an d Doncaster Cup would have the dr ' a im the f avour i te for the C am b r id ges hi re, b ut f or kak; l 7back of h av i ng a pena l t y t o carr y w hi c h w ill 1 ' eeti ls , w eight 7st 61b : not stiff enough, in my opinion, tl, e _ r e'Y knock his chance over, though spoiling it ~ v iz ai d llai:lerably. kite s el s extraordinary running for the Champagne katiq i e . OuPled with his other feats, will prevent him l itgli tt ' e stly handicap this year or next spring, at any -1,,,,The h e '. winning weight. ''ore a ' l vea's exhibition must be looked closely into ( l ito n Y decisive opinion can be given concerning it. [t ad 4 '4ll' - s performance in the St. Leger makes the tjo a t. . li tti ee Michael Stakes at Newmarket a certainty ty !illa ft(l ,, n a e 's Victory in the Cleveland Handicap, giving 'a " are a - h kdea tt • la, is good enough to entitle her to some oim, lon for the Cambridgeshire. 1 , - ", 11 1, t h 3n a l t heeWing won the Park Hill Stakes so very `old tot ' , her chance for the Cesarewitch at 7st 31b / 0 4 0libt s eem to be altogether out. ° r th e i 3 Noble and Harbinger ran so very close a race liip dt athi ° ll Stakes that the former's hopes for the Cam to p o j e will be upset by the latter having the pull of ,'ll twee in his favour. . ' , 41 :1f th e e for the Doncaster Cup proved the correct ,,',4ttp, e running for the Cup at Goodwood, as Ted ,,a b at a difference of five and twenty pounds, was t 'b ot e s te h a length in Sussex by Kingston; whereas t 'ati - t tlter the latter, reserving only nineteen pounds, ,k "s Scale in Teddington's favour, but only by a e,/ . tic a , , ';er - 'nu Newminstor, who figured among the i.''', 1r411,71,ere wheat's beaten off. ',' sw,u,ent s victory yesterday for the Town Plate Ika" l ,,e Dawson to draw a capital line for the Cosa -14 -11 `t Cambridgeshire. kt , °f t d - brier tti e principal moves consequent upon the Don al th„ tln log has been the advancement ot Koh-i-noor 'se,aoutside division to the position of first favourite klatilllabridgeshire. `a,, , ta g conclude with a few words on the Bedford ala ii. ,, ' l ii i tka,,,`' A °fershir e Stakes would seem to be a good h t t 'ert 6 il l AEL, notwithstanding his 51bs penalty. He 1, the w n eY hitherto only proved himself a mile horse, ,'llte t „ e ights are so much in his favour that I think „ . 'a,"a well lose the race. Bilberry and Aaron Smith 11Y.61.1-1,41(:),Uht, run well. & ov,. `lt. and NEWPORT, although the top weights, L 4 6 s 1, -Nosed for the Scurry Handicap. ‘?,old Stakes will fall an easy prey to .. e ll l ‘ e' - :,,' should he be in a condition to run. . f e atly ' t iling the winner of the Produce Stakes is ti '' '''llie ()llt Of the question, the whole of the entries ,iltippsi:orth a hundred pounds, and are, more or less, lt.,1 8 : -- I am, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 4 0 , ,KTIN G INTELLIGENCE. e I I'api t .,„, () NCASTER RACES—Forney. "lel gill Stakes, of 50 Boys. each, h ft, for three ) t , cl; fill' I of a _ fillies, Bst 71b; the second to receive 100 sovs. ItSa the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 Boys. Var rv e xpenses. The winner of the St. Leger ki Itee' 91 b., of the Oaks 51b. extra. St. Leger LqaPe k atre r a - er's Bird-on-the• Wing, Bst 711)(11. Goater) 1 ,4, 11 ,'s Sally, Bst 71b 4 lt t f a , '! 3 Hirsuta, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3 • IZenl4's Caloric, Bst 21b (A. Day) 0 Ilit i , ' o ** - 6 to 4 on Bird-on-the-Wing, 3to 1 against p i. 'ili ci t il ti c l 7 to 2 against Sally. Bird-on-the-Wing a u „lee4 running, and won in a common canter by I:,,,lloa st s• Run in 3 min. 25 sec. A eat [,ekes of 50 sovs. each, h fc, for three yrs old; ,' 1, 1i,,, t ,' ' lb; fillies, Set 41b. One mile `oil t rs, Robbie Noble (Marlow) 1 4t:ti e , teuraond's Harbinger (Flatman) 2 .ia t 'b - 6 to 4 on Robbie Noble, who laid off to at aile e k i d 9 got to his opponent's head opposite t . he •,,,,l. Woo at the post by a neck. Run in 1 min. q tiri . I. Y Plate of 100 sovs., for two yrs old. Last ':, L , k R mile. ~ tt e n q' 1 aa,...t a, , tiley's Corybantes, 7st 41b (Charlton) 1 ,Vazi a , " 1 8 Ada, by Poynton, sst 101 b ... (Bates) '2 ktir ow cow's Don John f, Est 21b Ili'ili t l s Rattlecap, sst 61b ',.'filk i l4B 's Polly, 7 s t (Wellington) 0 eli, ai l:W s Peggy ist 21b (T. Lye) 0 '' . 4T/1.3 Th' Hatchet, I e , 6 Est S b i l, N I Ott 'y Eatot, est, iolb (Harrison) 0 Q4l,„ 4 OSon's Nerve, Est OhltOti's St. Andrew, 7st 21b qt e 4"erd na Ace of Trumps, Est L 'l t n q.t .i ; le s'a Auchinleck, 7st 71b F,Clulter's cby Velocipede, Est 41b ... (Kendall; 0 tt,, e ' , 4"„ e tl's Molasses, 6et 101 b ...... lial b a lL vtlek's fby Melbourne, 7st 111 b (T. Smith) 0 It: „ 4 1t 4 T, r leY 'a Ann Eliza, ist 101 b 1 4,1tha t "erley's cby logo, 7st 111 b i ,tt,e t . : l 4 'l Audubon, ist 41b (J. Osborne) 0 li'4 , - 1 , 41 's RO 0 6et 6lb (Wells) 0 tl it rk k, g e,", d _sol . f m s ~..e a la, id of . Golborne ... (Ashman) 0 , ti ka laukas Little Swift, 6st 81b (T. Sherwood) 0 'de I , 6 to 1 agst Corybantes, Ace .of Trumps, of 4 '1 4 0 e l l Ada; 7 to 1 each agst Ann Eliza, Maid N' k 4tl ) - R rl d Rattlecap ; 8 to 1 each agst Audubon , "36.'t t e aZ wi fl; and 10 to 1 agst Auchinleck. x 6 , n or three failures a good start was a ccom- Vqii (51 asses only being left behind. St. A ndrew, 61 Q t l 4 t-3 ' tk ud Romeo headed the lot at starti n g , and .1 klit hß tri i l atly for about a quarter of a mile, when ' $; 11 e tc) ek a decided lead, held it to the finish, yi ea by two lengths, Ada beating the Con bt a tta Y a neck; Eaton was a bad fourth; The It tl °tie a ,";. Run in 1 min. 43 sec. to 4 t r oi at ;`,r Cup, value 300 sovs; three yrs old, 7st; t) " 113 ; five Bst 12lb; six nud aged, 9st 21b; t a eed geld , In I,a, ngs allowed 31b. The winner of any a t Nit tY • Leger, Emperor's Cup, or Goodwood Cup,try t 7113; the second for any of t ry k these races 51b itll 4 a tilii siden f our yrs o ld , not carr yi ng ex t ra we i g ht I lOa e ll e g s econd, allowed 51b; maiden five yrs old ik 4 tri, i l'ls, not carrying extra weight for running 0. 1 4 h 'wed 71b. Cup Course; about two miles I Q i pp y ,. l ''!4,,°tr' B 6 , 3 ta. t2 .llley'd TeddingtoLa,Bst 121 b( J. Marson) 1 aatilt4, B reangston, 3 yrs, 7et 71b ......(Flatman) 2 IN r,' 4 "udoeerford 4 yrs, Bst 51b ...(Basham) 3 e el °Set , i '4 ifi c , s Alonzo, Bst 121 b it. e' li ' w 3 Caracara, 3 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 0 ~, Kellen's N tilit p, P's ewminster, 8a , c -Ivp, P$ Truth, 4 yrs, 8 , 4 21b (Lye) 0 ~ ,1 4` 1 1 , 1 R,..... - ~, Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst 9lb (F. Masson) 0 ' ' "to 4 agst Kingston, 6to 4 agst Tedding 1t a 1 0 t t6 El ,,, ,t 0 1 agst any other. Hungerford went off tt l ,)i,? o l a ` e kl, and, increasing it at every stride, was .t' eta al - Atils ahead after making the top turn, his '' l ,, a qet c ` l ,, tlg Caracara and Truth, Kingston, Alonse, iela k t s, t c'Ll lying next. They continued in this 0 e bi t hatq a pace as Hungerford could make it to , I ll ifl lla tto e, where Caracara gave way, leaving Truth 1'; k W 05, 4 ;a 1 0 wainting on Hungerford, whose lead I l l t i t ia rs let a l".•' l Y lessening. At the bend Kingston took 0 1 , h': , th, l , ll g , and, being joined by rangTeddinton at the laala l t lle, I singled themselves out and a splendid rtl ea, e ddinefon getting his head first half-way A tt , tl ,, ll al - 2„, i °g by' a neck; Hungerford . was a bad a eeee s , - "tainster fourth. Run in 4 min 45 sec. i ti4,,.' 4 4,,'t Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 100 added, ~ ' lta"k N e - Xa olds; colts, Set 71b; fillies, Set 31b; 1,,,''4 1 . ,, t ki1t - " Cs • The second to receive 50 Boys, out of 0 t ia, Lend the winner to pay 20 sovs. towards ex ' aa e , 4 st mile awl a half. `tbk. 4 6 1.0 (F. Butler) 1 Itk,itte ele , ngbow, Bst 71b % 8 k h q, 4 R , ..3 4 Alfred the Great, Bst 71b (J. .Marson) 2 hrtld ~,,‘° I on Longbow, who waited to the 'l, lee:?-ee Very easily by two lengths. Run in 2 It? , °'v i 4 PI t ,; 4 j,c l ti, fi a- ° (Handicap) of 70 sovs., for three yrs 4 4 4 i', l : l ,l 4 Pwards. One mile and a quarter. 1 y ; i I "'oth a i,"" 2B Lerrywhent, Est alb (Aldcroft) 1 1. ,t1b7, aT t e h r i n'a The Al p , 6 y es , 7st (J. Osborne)_ 2 N'tit' tl Y -.2 r 5 Clincher, 5 yrs, Sat 61b (A. Day) 0 I P .lt a i h , B„,,eroupier 4 yrs, 7st 10lb •••(Flatman) 0 k l 'al' i lh ,' v I,l +W Hil 67st . ~(T. Smith) 0 1 1, le `thy '$ Vir 1 1 °°' yrs, i - (j Marson) 0 , 4.,..11,,, ,estow s dam filly, 6st 101 b • la att e t t " ll , s Jack Leeming 6st Sib ...... (Iliett) 0 4 , , ,%t.„,, owe Phantom, 3 is, 6st 'lb (Chillman) 0 f l ','% t tiEll 1 ,-, ri lta the Third Y 3 yrs,ast 71b (Kendall) 0 (.Itl'lDia: +tee onamendation, Gst llb (Carroll) 0 l'el',ltatiPon's Saddler's dam f, Est llb (Ashmall) 0 "Ps B D . • b;1 1 , , ow, blvidend, 3 yrs, sst 81b --(Harding) 0 ~ItZt q tCt it i tith;l sB e i . B of Hardwick, sst 61b (Wells) 0 yl at ga..; tourPheus 3 yrs, Est 81b (Hayhoe) 0 ,p e 4 kl t) °l e le a 4 agst Recommendation, 4 to . 1 agst e 4 :e t '. Ulp 9 ,,' a " 6 to 1 each agst Lerry whent, Clincher, 1 , mik il l u a - Z e nd, and Bess of Hardwick. 'tt ' tui e ' llte r by two lengths, Croupier a bad third. 1 1 % ) °' 16 see s 4 1 at e h ,- • , VA' Ifiere a -,-,' j h ft. Red-house in. Vt l iegnsee" o ublethong, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 lis ll ia., 2 t " Abbess f, Bst 31b (A. Day) 2 [ , Pa l t old ° l on Doublethone who made all the e, elk w arl , te, , 1 it t li,D e e ci ~n e Y a neck. Run in 1 min. 17 sec. r "tt,' 1., '' 7 1b. '° save, each, h ft, for three yrs old ; kioa t .tee 'fillies, Bst 21b; the second to save his stake. ta ttli lte, t our ee. t 4k „ l ) , Aas: S ackbut (Flatman) 1 1 4 11 e 2tItl e n t ''s Greyi eg (F. Butler) 2 l`Qsll,ta,ll,s4l:4asoki but, who cantered . home by himself, V'e ht ao ta, wale before starting, having only , g, , h, oof ,P"st to save his owner's stake. ,11,11,a.ft Ongland Produce Stakes, of 50 sovs. {.,,>,;', i t , 'r three yrs old; colts, Set 71b; fillies, la elai e °4 51b allowed, &.ca winers extra. St. 4(1 ik oti u:. )t 4 b sr tlEtt t i s , e,laverhouse, Bst 71b... walked over. t b i ,ql 4 rd 11,, 11° . 1. 150/ ft. Red House in, t t i ty.., 'amid 8 71 b ic, e t -, 40 , et i' p,,,, tir,,,f. olitilcthon-, 8 a 41b Paid. t 4 1 t ' ° c ' r the f " s - t h k), nq ta otwi th our days must have shown , t o w kdri th ')e,., c at&lning the srnallness of the fields in Ns %tt i at ages'' ul b4ve left nothing to desire; we .. tt eh. er, attendance throughout was immens.e, "me, th e -14 on tho 4 St. Leger day, favourable in "ila gement unexceptionable, and the THE SUN, meeting in all its details eminently successful. The re ceipts at. the grand stan , 3.3001 ; shn cving considerable excess over last year, a portion of which, we are glad to hear, will be applied by the corporation in the providing adequate accommodation for the trans action of business on the course and the promotion of sport. The railway traffic during the week was prolli giow, and it was no small credit to the authorities at King's•cross and their head man.atzer, Mr. J. Palmer, that it was carried on without accident and with leas of confusion or delay than could reasonably have been ex• pected. COURT CI RCU LAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 16. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Balmoral yesterday, for the Shiel of Aut na Giuthsacb. The Hon. Mary Seymour is in attendance upon her MDjPsty. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred drove yes. terday to Invercsuld, and passed the afternoon with the younger sons of Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson. A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Devon, Lord Erskine, Colonel Richard Wright Warren, and Mr. L. H. Winckwortb, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday, at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the inter-oceanic communi cation between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Lord Dynevor, Sir William Pym, and Mr. John Parkinson, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Secre tary Walpole, at the Home-office. HER MAJESTY'S SOJOURN IN THE NORTH. CRATHIE, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert proceeded to-day to " The Hut," the shooting box of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, where they will probably remain for a day or two. " The Hut" is about seven miles from Balmoral, and the road, after passing Lochnagar distillery, is rather a rugged one through the hills. " The Hut" is situated at the end of Loch Muick, a fine sheet of water, three miles long and about half a mile broad. It is surrounded by wild rocky scenery, and abounds with trout of excellent quality. Her Majesty has had a new road constructed from " The Hut" up the side of Loch Muick to a new gamekeeper's house that was built last year, four miles off; also a new pathway to the foot of Lochnagar, which greatly facilitates the pro gress of the tourist. The Royal children visited Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar son, of Invercauld, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty, I now learn, did not, as we have been informed, proceed to the top of Lochnagar yesterday. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OLDHAM ALLIANCE. An extraordinary meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Oldham, for the purpose, as stated in the circular convening the meeting, "of determining whether application should be made to the Lords or her Mljesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations in the manner prescribed by the Abandon ment of Railways Act, 1850, that the whole of the rail ways authorised by the Oldham Alliance Railway Act, 1847, may be abandoned." Scrutineers were appointed to examine the votes against the proposition, and the result was a majority of about 16,000 to 60 in favour of the application being made. SOUTH WALES. An enormous excursion traffic passed over this line throughout its whole extent on Tuesday last. The at traction was the Chepstow Horticultural Fite, which was held in the ruins of Chepstow Castle. The weather being exceedingly fine, a vast number of people took excursion trains, which were advantage of the cheap crowded to a most extraordinary extent. A train was advertised to leave Swindon (Great Western line) early on Tuesday morning, calling at Ci rencester, Stroud, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Newnham, &c., and it is calculated that 3,000 people left the Gloucester station for Chepstew. Thre© trains were provided as soon as the carriages could be collected from the different stations, the last leaving Gloucester some four hours after the announced time, while many excursionists travelled in the ordinary trains, the com pany being unwilling to disappoint any. The return from Chepstow was to take place at eight P.M., but an other delay took place, and many passengers from Glou cester did not reach their destination until midnight. FURTHER OPENING OF THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Yesterday (Friday) a further opening of this lino of railway from Swansea to Carmarthen took place, and was the occasion of much rejoicing in the district. , Swansea, Llanelly, and Carmarthen were crowded to re pletion, and the innkeepers in all three places had more to do than they could undertake. Beds on Thursday night were at a high premium. The directors arrived on Thursday night at Swansea from London by the ten P :$l. train and an express which followed it running in connexion with the evening express from London. Some of these gentlemen rested last night at Martian Abbey, near Neath, the seat of Mr. Talbot, M.P., the chairman of the South Wales Company, and came on by the early train, arriving in Swansea at 10.30 A.M. The official proceedings of the day included a public recep tion of the directors at Carmarthen, a grand dEjetiner at the Market-hall, fireworks and a ball in the evening. The directors and their friends, together with the guests of the Mayor of Carmarthen, travelled fr om S wansea over the new line by a special excursion train, leaving Swansea at noon. The train was a very heavy one, and it is computed that a thousand persons travelled by it. It stopped at all the stations on the now portion of L fli i n e e ns. viz., Loughor, Llanelly, Pembrey, Ferryside (e tephan), and Carmarthen, the present western terminus. At all of these places there were crowds of p a e s o s p e l n eas : as sembled to welcome the arrival of the first p train connecting the county of Carmarthen with kerthe railway district. The usual popular demonstrations, were were made which we need not particularise. line, after leaving Swansea station about a mile anndewa half, passes through Cwmbwrla tunnel, one of the heaviest works on this portion of the line, and pro ceeds along an undulating country towards Loughor, where the tidal river Loughor is crossed by a aw i n bridge. There is nothing remarkable in the construe-- tion of the lino between here and Llanelly, Near Llanelly, and between that port and Ferryside, the line traverses a sandy district, running close to the sea in many places. At Llanelly is a long embank. ment of sand, cutting ofT a portion of the tidal way, which embankment is faced with stone, sunk to acme depth below the surface of the mud. Much low land is recovered from the sea by this embankment. At this place, during a heavy spring tide, some months ago, a portion of the embankment was carried away by the rush of tide, bat the damage has been repaired, and the embankment is now pronounced secure. The line runs from Llanelly through Burry Port and Pembrey to Kidwelly along a dead flat, the works being very easy. There is a bridge over the Gwendraeth at Kid welly. At Ferryside, on arriving at the mouth of the Towy, the line turns to the northward, and runs up that river to Carmarthen. At different points, Loughor, Llanelly, Burry Port, Pembrey, and Kid welly, there will be depots for the reception of the coal and other minerals abounding in this district. The line is not yet pro nounced ready for public traffic by the Government rail way inspector, but it is expected that it will be opened on Monday next for public traffic. The special train rached Carmarthen about two o'clock, before train time this report had to bo dis p atched to catch th to London. ----- LIFE-BOAT at DOVER.—THE LATE DUKE. An interesting trial of Clark son's life-boat took place at Dover on Monday last, in presence Hall, R.N., Montague Gore, Esq., of Captain W. H . Captain Hawthorn, R.N., Capt. Fisher, R.N., and severa l other gentlemen. The boat was thrown into the sea from the end of the New Pier, a height of 30 feet. It went into the water bottom upwards, but immediately r i g hted itself and freed itself from water. It was then capsi zed, and again righted itself and freed itself from water. Its capacity as a rowing-boat was then tested, and prove d ver y satis factory. As, however, the trials were made in smooth water, it has been deemed desirable to make another in a gale, and the boat is left at Dover for this pur pose. It is an interesting circumstance connected with this experiment, that the illustrious man whose decease a nation now mourns, wrote a most courteous reply to a letter written to him by the inventor, and expressed his intention to look at the boat—thus showing the interest he took in whatever concerned the public wel fare. After tho trial Captain Hail and Mr. Gore visited Deal, with the object of seeing whether, by the esta blishment of a Sailor's Home in that locality, the com forts and welfare of that brave and meritorious class of men might not bo promoted. They were highly grati fied in conversing with the men to find that they were sensible of the advantages of such an establishment, and most ready and desirous to avail themselves of them. THE MAGISTRACY.—The Irish Lord Chancellor has been pleased, on the recommendation of the Earl of Lucan, to appoint Patrick Tuohy, Esq., of Oxford, a magis trate for the county of Mayo. A CHILD KILLED WITH KINDNESS.—CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Thursday Mr. G. S. Brent held an inquest at the Chalk Farm I avern on Stephen Claverly, the infant son of Mr. Claverly, architect, Grove-street. Deceased The its parents' first pledge of affection , and as such was so ten derly cared that it was p ut to slee p on a down pillow. ri nurse, after leaving her charge upon the pillow, returned in a short time, when she found it upon its face quite dead, its head having been buried in the soft pillow, whereby it was smothered. The Coroner remarked that he had never met with a clearer case of death through kindness. Verdict —Accidental death. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR JOHN ROSE.—We regret to announce the demise of General Sir John Rose, of Holme, a gentleman who has resided in this neighbourhood for a great many years. On Friday morning his carriage was ordered for a short drive; but after quitting his room that lie might descend to it, he suddenly felt worse, and counter manded his previous instructions. He expired in the course of the afternoon. Sir John served for many years with much distinction in India. His death will be deeply felt in this district.—lnverness Advertiser. ILLNESS OF LOF TUS H. B LAND , ESQ., 11'1),:,—„W i s regret much to hear that L o f tus H. Bland, Esq., AL" , s seriously indisposed, and that the accounts received here yes terday were not so favourable as all who have any know ledge of him must anxiously desire to hear.—Ki.) s ' County Chronicle of Wednesday. We understand that the magistrates of Manchester have agreed to co-operate with the magistrates of this town, in order to induce Government to make a change in the present mode of granting licences for public-houses. Liverpool Mercury. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OVERLAND MAIL DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. J g a h m t e t s t s E g a u r a l re of f D ro e tu rb ß y n a lin rr o i r v n ec i l . at Her Majesty and Prince Albert had received, with des p Ahti,anilaatneshioonurinlasst St. D . concern,d,,a tloath, and the Noble Premier had at once, compli ance the a nnouncement of the Duke of Wellington's with the command of, her Majesty, returned to town. At noon yesterday the new Duke of Wellington ar rived at Walmer Castle. Ho was at Baden Baden when the news of his father's death reached him, and hastening back, without an hour's delay, landed at Dover yester day morning by the Ostend boat. His presence removes the chief cause for delay in the arrangements for the fu neral, but, as already announced, they will not be de finitively settled until her,Majesty's will h as b een d ec l are d by her constitutional ,advisers. In the meantime steps are being taken for removing the body of the illus trious deceased to Apsley house, where it will remain until the preparations for the interment are com pleted. A leaden coffin was set down to Walmer Castle last night from Messrs. Dowbiggan, Holland, and Co., of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and it is ex ' petted that the removal to town will take place to-night or on Monday. The Duchess, it is thought, will arrive at Walmer Castle in time to have a parsing look at the well-remembered features of the departed. It is said that these have been little changed in expression by the hand of death, a circumstance the less surprising from their singularly marked character. Most great men have had striking ends. The Duke of Wellington, having compressed within the space of his existence the interest of many lives, died as a lamp ex pires, the oil of which is exhausted. The Spartan simplicity of his habits was maintained to the last, and the only relaxation which he permitted himself was an occasional extra hour's rest at Walmer. In his 84th year he was still the same ab stemious, active, self-denying man he had ever been, rising early, never latterly tasting wine or spirits, taking regular exercise on foot and on horseback, sleep ing on a hard uncurtained couch, and rejecting even the luxury of a downy pillow. The Duke used a pillow, but it was an exceedingly hard one, stuffed with horse hair and lined with washloather, and he carried it about with him wherever he went. His life had for years been a steady system of defensive warfare against the ap proach of disease, and death overtook him at last from sheer exhaustion, without being preceded by a single day's illness. On the very morning of his fatal attack mwheeetnLsnaffdyeriWngesftrnaornorealasnevderaot eDolodv,erh,eaenoduldnont not t on be long it was much feared t h at he would persist in going to per , suaded to keep his room, but joined the dinner circle in his great coat. His habits certainly throw a striking light on his whole character; and when we learn that acted w th a e slightest l e i du g p h t t ot e o s h t aa a vf s ae s v i s ao t nn a yr n it e the e n motto anything to the last hi s d a il y toilet was performed without n e properly e a o his own—thatappreciatedone i o b o n a w iufs fully do ni a he nt himself. It took him from half-past six o'clock till nine every morning to dress; but even to the operation of shaving he did all himself ; and at his age that must have been nearly as difficult a feat as winning a battle in early life. Though in his 84th year, he still wrote a firm hand and carried on a large correspondence—cu rious confirmations of the Strength of ' nerve require • d to furm a great commander. The Duke was a most diligent and indefatigable reader of the newspapers. Nothing was too minute to escape his notice, but the advertisement columns had his special attention; and if, in glancing over them, he found an announcement of a new patent pen, to which were assigned some peculiar virtues, or any thing else which struck his fancy, forthwith a dispatch was sent off for the article. His great mental activity has often been a theme of conversation; but there was an illustration of it shortly before his death which is no less interesting on account of its relation, than astounding in itself. Shortly before his decease, his Grace was engaged in the task of read ing a ponderous document, which has excited a good deal of public attention, being no other than the report of the Royal Commission appointed to examine into the manage ment and condition of Oxford University. This he doubtless did with the view of mastering the details, so as to be able to form a sound judgment on a question of so much national interest, and possibly to take part in the discussion of the subject in the next session. The Duke was, like the late Sir Robert Peel, one who would take no opinion second hand, and in this instance he laboured hard to understand the subject in all its bear ings. It is a striking, and, all things considered, a most interesting fact, that before his death he had nearly concluded his gigantic task, and, up to a certain point, it is believed, had read every word of the report. The Duke's diet was as simple as his habits, or as the architecture of Walmer Castle, consisting of th e very plainest dishes. Ile had, indeed, a French cook, but had his Grace always lived alone, the office would have a perfect sinecure. The cook, who no doubt partakes of the enthusiasm of his art, was even chagrinned at times at having so little opportunity of displaying his artistic powers. The bill of faro was duly placed before his master, but was nearly always returned with, in addition to a plain joint of meat, some such words as "Pudding and tart." n 0r,..;,,,-..ny byiise [transposition of the words into " tart and pudding," as if by way of joke at the baffled ingenuity of the gastronomist. Another source of disquiet to the cook was positively that the Duke never complained. "If I cook a good dinner," the de sponding artist would say, "the Duke remarks It is well;' and if I cook a bad dinner he says It is well." No complaint ever evinced dissatisfaction, or marked a ruffled temper; and the reason doubtless was, that the dinner and the stomach were as well regulated and at tempered as the mind. Of all his Grace's peculiarities none, perhaps, was more remarkable than the tenacity and accuracy of his memory. Ile had a clear recoll ec tion of ma n y m i nute facts connected with Mr. Pitt and his times. Some allusion being made ono day to an approaching Lord Mayor's dinner, the Duke remarked that the last public dinner a ttended by Mr. Pitt wa s on such an o ccas i on, and that he happened to be present, and heard Mr. Pitt make an excellent speech. A speaker at the dinner, in proposing Mr. Pitt's health, spoke of that statesman as " the saviour of his country,' and in his reply to the toast, Mr. Pitt denied that he was the saviour of his country, observing, The country saved itself by its own exertions, and other countries would be equally for. tunate if they would follow its example." This speech the Duke grea tly admired: it was after his own heart, The Duke bad many aphoristic rules for his guidance in the common affairs of life. One of his maxims was, that" He who wishes to have anything done well must do it himself." A pleasing trait in the Duke's character is the long period during which a large proportion of his dependents hits, and the have been connected with or served un varying testimony which they bear to his good and kind qualities as an employer, a landlord, and a master. Exact and punctual in the management of his private affairs, up to the last moment his weekly bills were dis charged by him as usual; and this precision, which he carried i nto everyt hi ng , made him easily dealt w ith. Amid the spl en d our o f his public achievements his con duct as a landed proprietor is apt to be forgotten. Yet was he one of the most liberal and improving landlords in the country. The estate of Strathfieldsaye, which he used to say would have ruined any man but himself, has had more done for it in the shape of permanent improve.. ments—of draining, of chalking, of substantial farm pre mises and such like, than perhaps any other single pro perty in the south of England. It was a wretched in vestment of the public money; but the Duke, true to his usual maxim, did the best he could with it, and the an nual income for a long series of years has been regularly laid out upon it. Tho announcement will certainly be received with immense satisfaction by the whole nation that a cast of the Duke's head was taken yesterday afternoon by a gentleman perfectly qualified to perform the task well, namely, Mr. Adams, a pupil of Mr. Wyon, the eminent medaller, and himself well known as the artist who suc cessfully computed for the juror's prize medal in the Great Exhibition. Orders wereilued yesterday from the Horse Guards to all the commanding officers of regiments in the United Kingdom to go into full mourning. A general and very erroneous impression has existed in the public mind that the Duke of Wollingtion was extremely parsimonious in his contributions to the l e different benevolent institutions with whi c h L ondon abounds. Such was not the case; but when h e gave dona tions,he always requested that it might not b e bl azoned before the public; and (that his private benevolence whonc ewas extensive, we have only to instance the late p rosecution of the female Stanley and her male accomplice, ob tained from the Duke above 5001. at various periods extending over seven years. Of the hospitals and charitable institutions he was connected with, w e may mention that his Grace was President of the R o y a l Westminster Ophthalmic hospital, President of the Royal Maternity Charity, President of the E as t ern Dispensa ry (Great Alie-street), Patron ( e f cep t t h in e g t S h t e . George's and St. Jamo's Dispensary, Patron of the of Musicians, President of the So c i ety of In'roiyeanldeSocoifetyForeigners in Distress, besides being a also liberal charitable ias ti unostentatious toti s o c th e e supporter trop o li s o . f many as of , t , he go e v h e a ra rt o e r r-h o o f u i s i h iows College, a 13 t g n uo e vec lI elre u nu n ocr t h e 3 ri f an Collection, aad President of th® theputrtrustee ski oldest ttoee de oo s ff erv ice Institution. PEDESTRIANISM. -- A man n ßorough named ti eng Gardens, Manchester, in fulfilling the arduous task of walking 1,500 miles in 1000 hours, commencing in the first jam E e x s TA O Jonestir s I: t 1 1 ler present quarter in each hour, day and s, night continuously. li e commenced at seven o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the 14th of August, and his task will be completed, if hi s strength do not fail, on the 25th instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. On Monday next, at seven in the evening, ho will have accomplished 1,333 miles. The man has suf fered considerably. At one time his feet were covered with blisters, and his toes were exceedingly sore, but by constant attention and judicious application they ate nearly restored, while his bodily health is good. He is temperate in respect to drink, taking only a pint of porter per day, but consumes flesh meat to the extent of six pounds per diem. If he succeed in going through his excessive exertion —and at present there is every reason to believe that he will, on Saturday, the 25th, he will be presented with a purse con taining 1001., the amount promised him when he started. He will then commence to walk 1,000 quarter miles in 1,000 quarter hours, starting in the first live minutes in each quarter. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. —On the evening of Mon day week, two little boys were flying a kite in Glasgow green; the kite had obtained a very considerable elevation, when a vivid flash of the electric fluid struck the kite, and in the twinkling of an eye the kite, tail, and paper appended thereto, MO the greater part of the twine, were consumed, leaving the poor little fellows staring in utter amazement at the disappearance of their ftiyourite...Edinburgh Advertiser. INDIA AND CHINA, (From the Chronicle.) We have received by extraordinary express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our private cor respondence and journals from Bombay of the , 6'll August, Calcutt a 7th, M a d ras 14 t h , an d ll on g-Kong 23d July. BOMBAY, AUG. 6. • (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) t We are hourly looking for the English mail of the Bth July, but as yet the steamer conveying the pre cious freight has not been signalled. My present letter will take a longer time in reaching you than usual, owing to the circumstance of no overland mail leaving BAnbay direct during the present month ; and consequently we denizens of Western India are obliged to transmit our letters by the roundabout route of Madras. Why the authorities :here do not dispatch a steamer to Suez during August is a mys tery to the public; for August is generally a less tempestuous month than July, in the course of which two mails are dispatched direct from Bombay. The anomaly must speedily be rectified, for it is too ab surd to last. I have just heard, however, that the Government have it under contemplation. Nothing of much importance has occurred in India since the date of my last communication. In Burmah warlike operations are at a stand-still, and will doubt less continue so during the monsoons, to be recom menced in November, when the rains shall have ceased, and fit campaigning weather set in. At pre sent everything appears to be as quiet in Rangoon as in one of our provincial cantonments. The troops have been comfortably housed, and are well provided with supplies —an admirable contrast to their condi tion during the former Burmese war. General God win seems chiefly occupied in administering the in ternal economy of his army. lie has issued stringent orders regarding the landing or sale of spirituous liquors, and has threatened offending parties with the punishment of martial law, which, to use his own words, "involves corporal punishment on the spot by the provost marshal, and without respect to persons." A very proper order it is, in my opinion, and it must be so indeed in the opinion of all acquainted with the circumstances of an Indo-European army, placed in an unhealthy climate at its unhealthiest season, during a cessation of hostilities. The general has also issued a notice permitting Burmese who have private property buried within the stockade of Rangoon to take it away on the production of a pass from the quartermas ter's department ; and another notice, which is important enough to be quoted entire :—" The lieutenant-general is afraid, from the anxiety shown by the Burmese to obtain passes of safety from British officers, that they believe the annexa tion of this country is probable, but of which, at present, there is not the least prospect. It is there fore requested that no passes of any kind be given to any native of Burmah, since it may be construed into an authority which may hereafter cost the holder his life." From this assertion of the general, that at pre sent there is not the least prospect of annexation, no inference as to the results of the overthrow of the Bur mese military strength can be drawn. It is probable enough that Lord Dalhousie himself has not decided on his future policy touching territorial aggrandizement, but will be guided according to the current of events and instructions from home ; but at all events the military commander of our troops in Burmah will have little to do with the ultimate political de cision, and at the date of his issuing that order he was probably as much unacquainted with what has been passing in Lord Dalhousie's mind on the subject as any subaltern of his army. The Governor-General has himself proceeded from Calcutta to Rangoon, to ascertain the state of matters by personal conference and observation. His Lordship's visit to Burmab, like that of Lord Wellesley to Madras during the second war with Tippoo Sultan, and that of Lord Minto to the straits at the time of the capture of Java, will no doubt be advantageous in removing difficulties, facilitating operations, and confirming the prospects of success. Lord Dalhousie will now be able instantly to order every deficiency to be sup plied, and to arrange with General God win for the assemblage of the army in winter to march upon the capital. He will also be able to learn in some degree the state of Burmese resources, the feelings of the people, and other matters necessary to be known, before coming to a conclusion as to ulterior measures—which ulterior measures will, I have very little doubt, consist in the annexation of the richest and most convenient provinces of the Burmese em pire. These barbarians must be made to feel that they are inferior in every way to the civilised power edllol.il MU) , LIU( ell lv laJjs.4".. rasa that Burmese strength and valour were irresistible. The expenses of the campaign also must be paid for in some way or other. The expenses for the forces from Bengal alone have been, up to the Ist of July, above twenty-three lacs of rupees ; and if to this be added the expenses of the Madras contingent, the Bombay navy, marching allowances, and so forth, the total expenditure for the present Burmese cam paign, up to the Ist of July, will probably not be less than fifty lacs of rupees, or half a million sterling. At length tranquillity is announced on the north west frontier. According to the latest intelligence from Peshawur (July 21) everything was quiet on the frontier, and several chiefs of the turbulent tribes with whom we have been warring so long were on their way to that cantonment to tender their submis sion to Colonel Mackeson, the British political agent. It is therefore probable that no expedition will be necessary against the borderers in the cold weather. But it is impossible to foresee the manceuvres of these fellows, or what these may lead to ' • and the Afreedee mountaineers are stated to be still rather turbulent. Sir Colin Campbell has been succeeded in command on the frontier by Brigadier-General Roberts. It is gratifying to the former gallant officer to resign his command to his successor when all disturbances have been tranquillized. Peshawur, by last accounts, was extremely unhealthy owing to the excessive hest, and soldiers were daily dying from apoplexy, ociP de soled, and fever. Sinde is now and has long been as tranquil as our oldest provinces. The dethroned chief of Khyrpore bears his misfortunes, to all appearance, submissively; he lives quite in seclusion, seldom indulges in his former sports, and occasionally still expresses a hope that Government will reconsider their measures towards him. Two annual commercial fairs are about to be established by the British Government, in accordance with the wish of the principal traders of the country; one at Kurrachee, in Lower Sinde, to last for sixty days ; and the other at Sukkur, in Upper Sinde, to last for forty-five days. G o vernment is to provide shelter for those frequentin g these fairs, and to afford them all practicable faciliti es f o r trading pur poses. The Indus is rising so rapidly, and to such a height, th a t th e cu ltivation near it s b an k s begins to he endangered, and the town of Gorabarree was so encircled by the inundation that fears for its safety were entertained. The monsoons have been very heavy this year in Bombay as yet. Tip to the evening of the Ist of this month 51 inches of rain had fallen in the island, but the weather has been moderating since. Sickness is prevalent. The Bombay Railway is progressing so rapidly, despite the rains, that it is probable a part of the line will be open before the close of the year. The su ccess of the electric telegraph at Calcutta is making us ask here why there should not be a telegraph line from this to Poonab, the second most important city of the Presidency. The expense is computed at no more than 3,0001., and it would bring Bombay into immediate communication with the capital of the Deccan, the principal depot for troops in Western India, and the residence of the Governor during four months in the year. It is to be hoped that the Court of Directors will sanction the establishment of lines of electric telegraph between the principal cities and military stations throughout India, which it is estimated would not cost more than 25 lees of rupees, or one quarter of a million sterling. The Commercial Bank of India have announced a dividend of rupees 17 8 per share, being at the rate of seven per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of the bank, for the half-year ending on the 30th June. At the recent meeting of the shareholders the utmost satisfaction was expressed with the state of the bank. At a recent meeting of the Bank of Bombay it was announced that the net profits of the half-year ending 30th June, after paying all current expenses of the bank, was 147,031-14.2 rupees. The Governor of Bombay, Lord Falkland, is at Poonah, and, I regret to say, in very bad health. General Staveley, commander of the forces, and the Right Rev. Dr. Harding, Bishop of Bombay, are also there, enjoying the fine and comparatively dry cli mate of the Deccan. Our new Commander-in-Chief, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, is not expected here until November. His good name as an efficient and considerate military ruler has preceded him; and it will be his own fault if he does not find himself highly popular with the army under his command. The Zenobia steam-frigate, which was on her way from Burmah to Madras, and whose non-arrival had excited fears of her safety, is, I am glad to see, safe. She broke her shaft in her passage, and was obliged to put back. I make this communication with more pleasure, as a local journalist, with most culpable in difference, inserted a statement in his last Overland Summary to the effect that the vessel had most likely perished. The grief of the relatives of the numerous persons on beard the Zenobia will now be turned to gladness at h ear i ng t h at th e v essel, w ith a ll on b oar d of her, has reac h ed port sa f e an d soun d . One of th e Celcu3a papers has been favoured with a letter f rom t h e vicinity of Hooghly, dated the 23d instant, wherein the writer with great confidence states that the East India Railway Company will be obliged to break up the line which runs through SEPTEMBER 18, 185:2. Chandernagore, in consequence of the French Go vernment not feeling disposed to come to any reason able terms. It appears that the enormous and un justifiable demand of two lacs of rupees has been made for the appropriation of a space of ground not exceeding 300 biggahs. The writer further adds, that on making the necessary calculations, he finds that 60,000 rupees will be the average cost of break ing up the line at the disputed point of ground, and taking a circuitous turn round Chandernagore, to join it at Ackra, a village in the neighbourhood of Hooghly. QUARTER TO FIVE, P.M. P.S. A sailing vessel, with the London mail of the 6th of July, has just been signalled ; but as this leaves in 15 minutes by express to Madras, and thence by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger, I cannot keep the packet a minute longer open. I may, as stated above, be able to write to you again on the 11th of August. (From the Madras Athenceum.) MADRAS, AUG. 14.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger arrived from Calcutta last evening. The Governor-General returned to the seat of Government from Rangoon on the 6th. The precise object of his visit remains a secret. It seems to be expected that an onward move by the river will be made on Prome, and possibly Ava, immediately after the arrival of the re-inforements. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL REPORT. (From the Bengal Hurkaru of Aug. 7.) The steamer Hindosytn, with the L on d on ma il s o f t h e 24th of June, arrived in the i ns t. , river on th e 28th and the letters were delivered i n the evening of that day. By this opportunity the intelligence received is not ma terially different from that by the last two' ma il s . Th e London produce markets continued in a h ea l t h y state , and business to a considerable extent w as i n progress. Sugar was rather quiet, and, excepting for particular sorts, prices have shown some little tendency down wards. Good to fine yellow was quoted at 375. to 41s. per cwt. Saltpetre was selling at full prices; 7i to 11 per cent. refraction had sold at 255. per cwt. Rice con tinued in a fair position. The stocks were small as compared with the previous year, whilst consumption was increasing. Prices quoted for Bengal were 9s. 6d. to 109. per cwt. Lac dye was dull, especially in respect to ordinary and low qualities. Shell lac, on the other hand, commanded a fair market at pretty full prices. Castor oil remained steady in value. In catch no thing appears to have been doing, and price s were nom inally as before. The indigo market was quiet, in anticipa tion of the approaching public sales. Arrivals of the dye Just before the departure of the mail had been extensive. Money continued plentiful and very cheap in all parts of Great Britain. In Manchester only a moderate amount of business in piece goods and yarns were in progress for this quarte r. Prices being too high with reference to the rates obtain able here. Here matters remain much as they were at the date of our last Overland report. Sugar has been largely shipped, 1,86,112 mds. having gone forward in July. There is still a good deal of business in progress. Prices since the fall in Exchange have been stiffer. Raw silk continues in good favour amongst shippers; the ex ports of the month of July being to Great Britain 2,042 mds. In corahs and tossers not much has been done. For choppahs . there has be e n a good demand. There is scarcely anything doing in salpetre for any quarter. Rice shipments may be said to be confined to Mauritius and Bourbon. For shell lac a good demand has pre vailed for shipment to Great Britain. Lac dye is in moderate request for Great Britain and North America. Safflower continues to be shipped almost exclu sively to Great Britain; the exports during July were, 3,170 mds. Hides have been largely shipped to Eng land, and a fair supply has likewise been sent to the United States. Oilseeds continue in fair request. In castor oil there is rather more doing. Jute is attracting a little more attention, but quantity shipped is small. No fresh shipments in catch are reported. Exports of rum have been chiefly confined to Genoa and Sydney. The seventh Government opium sale of the season was held on the 12th ult. The following was the re sult:— Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds. Behar 1920 1195 1175 1178 9 6 22,62,900 Benares 880 1195 1185 1190 6 44 10,47,550 These are very high prices and show an advance of about 225 rupees per chest above the prices realised in the July sale of 1851. Gambling has been going on to a considerable extent in the Bazaar for some time past, and there is no saying how prices may rule in the eighth sale of the season, which will be held on the 10th inst. Prices in the Bazaar yesterday were very high but quite nominal. From China we have news done to July 12th per Shanghae steamer, which arrived on the 29th ultimo. At Canton quotations of the drug at that time were Patna 555 dolls., Benares 562.50 dolls., Malwa 515 dolls. Company's accepted Bills 230 per 100 dolls. Bank Post Bills 4a. 9id. to 4s. 10d. Baring's Credits 4s. 1 lid. In our Money Market there is no change to note. Both the European and native community innw are ap- ' pareutly wen u% <4..se in this respect. For all legitimate purposes means to an a aspic extent are available, though there is now less capital, seeking investment than there was a few months back. Government Securities are steady of value and demand at our previous quotations, which are as follows:—Transfer Five per Cent., re. 6 0 0; New Fives, 6 0 0 to 64 0; Old Sieca ditto, 2 12 oto3 0 0 prem.; Co.'s Rs., Four per Cent., 8 12 0 to 9 0 0 dia. The Share Market remains without much change. Bank of Bengal Shares are selling at Co.'s Rs. 6,000 to 6,050. Agra Bank are wanted at 525, but there appears to be few if any sellers. North-Western Bank Shares are quoted at 300. Our import market is :again without much alteration. Fortunately what little ethange has taken place is all in favour of sellers. Somewhat higher rates have been ob tained for grey shirtings and mule twist, as well as some other goods. Holders can now get on with sales to a considerable extent, still there does not appear to be much, if any, prospect of a further enhancement, nor is it at all certain that the present advantage will be main tained. Low white jaconets are in good demand, and rea lise rather more favourable rates. Several styles of prints, too, are more valuable that., before. Books, mulls, and lappets are all overdone in stock, and not in demand. Turkey red goods are still dull of sale, even at ruling low rates. The twist market has undergone some slight improve ment since the beginning of this month. Prices are higher by about 1 pi per morah, and 30's to 60's find buyers without difficulty. 70's to 100's appear to be in better demand. Turkey red yarns are dull of sale. Orange and green sell to a moderate extent at previous rates. In metals very little business has been done. Holders are asking highe.r rates for copper, and speller is quoted at Co's Rs. 65 0 per factory md. For iron there is very few buyers. Exchange declined considerably after the departure of last mail, but has again rallied a little. A good deal has been done in bills. Banks have sold rather largely at 2s. oil. Present quotations are as follow:—First-class credits, 2s. Old. per rupee; ditto, documents, 2s. oid. to 2s. Id, per rupee. Freights of late arrivals have been elceedingly light, and the river at this season ht is seldom of late years been so clear of shipping as it now is. Quotations to London are as follow:—Sugar, 41. 15s. to 41 17s. 6d,; saltpetre, 41. 10s.; rice, nominal; oilseeds, 4/. 12s. 6d.; hides, 31. 12s. 6d. to 3/. 17s. 6d.; jute, 3L 10s. to .11. 15s. To Mauritius, Co.'s Rs. 11. 14s. to 11. 15s. per bag, payable there at 50 cents. per 'rupee. Indigo—A small public sale took place on the 19th ult., which went off with considerable spirit. Futtyghur indigo sold at an advance of 25 to 30 rupees per and. The accounts from the upper provinces continue good, and the Thirhoot planters, it appears, will not be so badly off as was expected. ln the lower provinces, how ever, although reports are somewhat contradictory, there appears no reason to doubt that the ultimate out turn will be very far short of what was fully calculated on in the early part of the season. The weather in Bengal 'has continued very rainy, and all the factories have suffered severely from inundation. There is no sufficient data in our possession on whioh to found an estimate of the crop, and we refrain therefore from com mitting ourselves to figures, which would probably end in our being very wide of the mark, as in fact we were only last year. We then gave an estimate of 95,000 to 102,500 by the August steamer. A table of exports shows that 131,583 factory ands. have been shipped. We may, however, mention that the two extremes are 105,000 and 115,000 mds. MONEY MARKET. Bank Shares—Bengal Bank, Co.'s Rs. (4,000 prem.), 2,050; Agra and U. S. Bank (500), 520 to 525; North- Western Bank (400), 300. Bank of Bengal—Discount on private bills and notes (3 months), 7 per cent.; on Government acceptances (ditto), 4 per cent. Interest on deposit of Company's paper, 5 per cent.; on open cash credit accounts, 5i per cent.; on deposit of metals, &c., 6i per cent. Rates of Exchange—Agency Bills at six months' sight, 2 Oi to 2 1; Agency bills with documents at six days' sight, 2 0; to 2 1; American bills under credit ditto 2 of to 2 04; Treasury bille, thirty days' sight, 2 oto 2 0*; Navy bills, three days' sight, 20; Bank of England Yost Bills, at sight, 2 0. Government Securities—Transfer Stock Paper, five per cent. prem., 6 oto6 8; Bombay Five per Cent., 3 rs. to 3 2 prem.; Old Sicca Five per Cent., according to number, 3 rs, 3 2 prem.; New Company's Five per Cent., Prem., 6 8 to 6 9; Third Sicca Four per Cent. Disc., 11 4to 11 8; New Company's Four per Cent., 9 4 to 9 8. Price of Bullion, &c.—Sovereigns, 10 1 to 10 2; Ma dras gold mohurs, 16 to 16 3; old gold mohurs, 20 7 to 29 9 each. China gold bars, 15 10 to 16 2; gold dust, 13 to 13 3; Sycee Silver Company's Rs., 100, 104 6, to 104 12 per sa. wt. Spanish dollars, 220 12 to 221 4; Mexican ditto, 220 6 to 220 12 per 100. CHINA. (From the Overland Friend of Chi na, July 23.) Defeated in every encounter, u y to carry on the contest, its prestige inbroken! and from within and from without altog ether wanting that affection and sympathy which alone form substantial support to a throne—the days of the Tartar dynasty appear fast drawing to a close. Choo, or Tsou, the several times Prince of the old Ming family, who has made known to his countrymen that be is anxiously watching the progress of events, still remains in the back ground; cautiously, perhaps, anticipating the time when, the country from end to end being i n a state of a n archy, the throne will revert to his posses sion an easy prize. In our last summary it w as stated that the insurg ents h a v i n g attacked lin-foo, the capital of KWitngsi, proceeded towards the borders of the adjoining province of Hunan. Dividing, it would appear, into two parties, one body attacked and captured the town Tsiuen at the north, the other crossed the . border and took the township Ta u ; an d ano th e r smaller place which we do not find in the map of Hunan, called Keem-wha. Keem-wha, at last advice 9, was held to a ransom of thirty thousand taels. In Hunan large gangs im mediately joined the insurgents, as a distinguishinr x mark wearing blue caps or turbans—the Kwanipi men red. The information given in our last, that Commis sioner Seu bad formed a coalition with Saishangah at Kwei-lin-foo, has not proved correct. Saishangah is said to be still at that place; but Seu has had to fight a hard battle, and has been terribly defeated. This engagement has been described as follows : " The rebels of Lo-king-ahan, belonging to Kaou chow, had encamped on the top of a high mountain, by a dangerous pass. On the 19th of June S eu reso l ve d on dislodging them, and, leading a body of four thousand men, proceeded directly to the rear of the mountain where the rebels were. But, anticipating thi s movement, the insurgents had undermined the ground, dug pits, and thrown up various obstacles. The mines being sprung, fire, arrows, and stones were hurled down on the unfor tunate army, and fully the half of the whole body were killed or seriously wounded. Among the latte r , mor tally, were the military Keujin Wei-tso-pang and Hwang-yu-kee, spoken of as talented officers." Yeh, Governor of Canton, has not got any further than Lo-ting, in this (the Kwang-tung) province. Seu has fallen back on Wuchau, but a short way from the borders. The body of the deceased Wulantai having lain in state within the city of Canton for some time, was the other day taken away to Pekin. It is a singular fact, that of ten Tartar officers who formed the staff of the old General when he left Canton, in June last year, only two are now alive—four having died from wounds received in battle, and four from sickness consequent on the unusual exposure, harrass, and anxiety to which they were subjected. HONG KONG. In looking over the monthly file of local papers for materials to weave a summary of extraordinary events, we find but very little recorded. The month, on the whole, has been a very quiet one—the weather and reports of shipping disasters being the occurrences of most stirring import. On the 3d, and again on the 6th instant, the great fall of mercury gave sure token that bad weather was somewhere near to us ; and we now learn that over wide spaces there have been fear ful cyclonic gales, of the effects of which we have not yet, perhaps, heard the worst. The American ship Courser experienced the heaviest weight of one of these gales on the sth instant, in about 18 lat. N., 128 long ; the Invincible on the 6th, in about 20 lat. N., 119 long. E ; the W. Watson (dismasted) on the 6th, in N. lat. 20, E. long. 122 30; the .Osceola (totally wrecked on Caro Babuan) on the 6th, say in lat. 19 36 N., long. 122 E.; the Eliza and others on the 7th, off the Lamocks, say in lat. 23 17 N., long. 117 21 E.; and by the Waldemar on the sth and 6th inst., in the vicinity of the Bashees. Since last report we have had rain on 14 out of 30 days; the pluvio meter showing a total depth of 18/ inches nearly. Last month we gave the total number of sick in garrison as 75 ; this month shows an increase to 90 (against 105 at same period last year). NVe have as many as thirteen deaths, too, to tell of — viz., four of the Ceylon Rifle Corps and five Gun Lascars (all of Beri-beri), two of H.M.'s 59th, and two in the Ar tillery Corps. The hospital list stood yesterday as follows :—H.M.'s 59th Regiment,6l ; Ordnance De partment, 16 ; Ceylon Rifles, 13. We are told that the etiology of Beri-beri (so fatal to the Asiatic soldier) is not known. The first symtoms of this singular disease are pains and slight swelling in the feet and ancles, with an unsteady motion in walking—death occurring very suddenly—the patient only a few minutes before dis solution, it may be, being in a cheerful conversation with those around him. SHANGHAE. The determination to d fspatch the mail steamer a day earlier than usual this month will, it is antici pated, prove of serious injury to our Shanghae friends, whose letters will have to remain in the Post-office here a whole month, should they not arrive in time. Our last advices from Shanghae are to the 28th ult. The tea market had not opened at that date, but there had been transactions in silk of some magnitude. Patna was quoted 545 dolls.; Malwa, 495 dolls., but little or no demand; Sycee, 136.40 dolls.; gold, 197 dolls. The mails by the Lady Mary Wood came to hand after the above was written. The tea market bad opened, musters of 120 chops new congons shown, and some 55 chops sold at from 11 to 131 taels for lio-hows, and v;st t 0.17 for Monings. Green Teas—rnees not n&ta. Silk—Tsatlee. Noc.. 1 and 2 quoted 420 dolls. to 430 dolls.; No. 2, 400 dolls. to 410 dolls.; No. 3, 375 dolls. to 390 dolls.; Taysaam, fine, 370 dolls. Opium—Patna, on the 17th inst., 535 dolls., stock 550 chests; Malwa, 490 dolls. to 195 dolls., stock 5,000 chests. The following vessels arrived after the Island Queen left on the 25th ult. :—June 25th Prince Charlie, 27th Capricicuse and Cassini, 29th Gem, 30th Ariel and Menem, July 6th Emigrant, 6th Cambula, 6th (U.S.S.) Plymouth and Eclipse, 7th Oriental, Bth Earl of Chester, 11th Candace and John Bartlett, 13th Sas soon Family and Audax, 14th Huntingdon (aground at Woosung), 15th Lady Mary Wood. The Sophie for London, and the Sea Breeze for New York, both with teas, sailed on the 13th and 14th instants respectively. Exchange on London, a t six months' sight, clean cre dits, ss. Id.; bask post bills, 55.; with documents, ss. 2d. to ss. 2id.; East India Company's bills accepted rupees, 240 per 100 dollars; drafts on Canton, 10 dis., 4 per cent. rremium added on sh. drs.; Oriental Bank, on England, at six months, ss. Id. Freights—To England, 31. to 31. 10s. for tea , in Ame rican clippers ; 41. to 51. for tea, and 1/. for silk. Ton nage abundant. To United States, the rate not fixed. Sycee—Dre. 136,50 per 100 taels. Gold bars—Drs. 196,50 to 197 p er 9 t . 7 m . 3c.-IVorth Ch i na Herald, July 17. AMOY. From this port (Amoy) we have advises per Sermira mia to the 17th instant. Large stocks having been thrown on the market, cotton had gone down—best offer for good Banda 11i per pecul. Madras, 10 dolls. 10c.; Bombay, 9 dolls. 90c. to 10 dolls. 20c. (sales of 500 bales). —Stock estimated at 30,000 bales. Cotton yarn was firm at Nos. 16 to 24, 30 dolls. (100 bales per Denis, duty, sold at 291 dolls.) Rice, in consfqmence of heavy rain, had advanced in price; quo tations—Arracan 1 dolls. Manila, 1.60 dolls. Patna was quoted 670 dolls.; Benares, 580 dolls; Sy cee, If premium, and plentiful. GENERAL MARKET REPORT. Dates—Canton, 22d July; Shanghae, 17th July; Amoy, 17th July. Opium Market, Tuesday, July 20—New Patna, 550 dolls.; New Benares, 5621 dolls.; Malwa, 525 dolls. _. British Chamber of Commerce, Canton, July 20. The business ofthemonThhas been as follows: Cotton Piece Goods—Shirtings, Grey—The demand still continues inactive, and the sales made, 43,000 pieces, show a decline. Whites have improved, owing to the small supply at market, 2,000 pieces sold• American goods—The stock continues ample, and fur ther supplies expected. The demand is not active; sales drills, 19,500 pieces; sheetings,3,2oo pieces. Cotton Yarn—The heavy deliveries last month have led to less inquiry; this, coupled with the large arrivals, has caused a redaction in prices for all numbers; 700 bales found buyers. Cotton—Market depressed, and shows a decline on last month's rates. Owing to accumulation of stocks, which are exceedingly heavy, only 9,000 bales of Bombay, 1,800 bales Bengal, and 900 bales Madras have found buyers, and it is now difficult to effect sales at the prices quoted. _ Imported during the month—Bombay 40,261, Bongs' 10,037; Madras 6,597. Bales 56,895.—Deliveries — Bombay 17,332, Bengal 1,709, Madras 752, America! 40. Bales 19,833.—5t0ck--Bombay 76,227. Bengal 33,182, Madras 25,471. Bales 134,880. fi nish Woollens—Market continues heavy, both SP rates stripes and long ells having been realised at Icor : tr i nes with a further tendency to go down. Spanish , sales 500 pieces, long ells sales, 1,500 pie o l°- p Camlets—Sales s ma ll ; 330 pieces Efiglo il pieces Dutch, Market p are heavy and dull. Chintzes —Stocks of a ll d e scriptions a nd 100 dealers unwilling to purchase. i s more diffi- Metals—lron, owing to heavy ° alecks, petals have changed cult of sale; at lower rates, O w r-- d i former value; 2,000 has been neglected at hands. Led has maiataineel peculs American sold. I!: sales about 1,500 boxes; former quotatins. Tin P '. stock continues heavy, but moderate demand, at about last Ginseng—OnlY jE t : - S ine may be said of cochineal. mail's prices, an d th ster Dols and prices show a alight holders firm. Pepper—ls in: p Goals black sold. improvement; sgood demand, and stock small. 4 000 peculs new have arrived; o ld Betelnut---3, d stock heavy. is unsaleable o_ Rattans a d Fisbmaws ha ve been ' kfing a n in good request at stair prices. Pri d But little doing, 250 peculs sold. -4° 90 0 to , g woo EXPORTS. Tea—New congous arrived 110 chops, of which 38 have been sold. Oonams at 15i, monings 18 a 20, adsvaardiani ooapacks 21 a 27. Prices are now rather easier. Of Canton made teas only one chop sold at 16 tads; old congous 3 chops sold at 11 i a 14, l ea ving 31 chops in stock; sonchongs, 2 c h ops so ld at 11i and 18k, leaving 70 chops in stock. Flowery pekoes 300 packages sold at 22 a 30, leaving 1,000 packages in stock. Plain orange pekoes none, prices asked 18 a 20; arrived 2,000 a 3,000 new crop p l ain caper, 4,000 packages sold at 9i to 10, stock a b out 4,000 packages. Oolongs and Ning yongs none; prices as ked 14 a 16, stock 1 ,000 packages. Ankoi 3,000 pac k ages f o r packing at 10 a 11, stoc k 6 a 7,000 pack -1,560a4e5a t i: pac kages.a2o. Scented c Scenteden tedg o r a capers pekoes 14,000 pack ages 12k a 24, the former very common. Canton gun powders 10,000 boxes, and 1,000 half-chests at Ili a 21, and a considerable quantity of the tea contracted for at 11, also 2,000 half-chests of this tea settled for America at 13 a 16. Canton young hysons 600 boxes and 1,000 half-chests at 12 a 19; also 500 half-chests for America at 18 taels. 1 Country Greens—Hysou 3,000 packages sold at 20 a 35, stock 5,000. Imperial and gunpowder 3,000 pack ages sold et 20 rs 2S and 30 a 33, stock 2,700. Young hyson, 3,600 'eackages at 20 a 28, stock 11,000. Twankay 0000, stock 1,0t)0, and 8,000 packages old teas have been take ii f or America. The cleality of the 110 musters of new congou that hava driived is reported to be superior, as regards the fin e st chops; there is a larger proportion than usual of 'ixtra fine, but of simply first class teas there is a defici ency; the others are said to be inferior in quality, both leaf and taste, the former being much mixed, whilst many of them are tarry flavoured, although fewer than last year. At this time last season 230 musters had been shown, but no prices axed, although seven chops were shipped, rates to be agreed on the opening of the market. Canton Silk—The second crop has just arrived • the quality is reported to be go o d, b ut the prices asked ex tray agantly high, the demand being principally for lo cal manufacture, for which orders are very extensive ; sales about 400 or 500 peculs ; stock small. Lune Km ig 325 dolls to 350 per pecul, Shatow 316 a 326 a per petal, Leklow 312 a 327 per pecul, Cumchuke 311 a 326 per pecul, Hin Tan 245 a 265 per pecul, Shulan 235 dolls. a 245 per pecul, Coucong (No. 3) 277 doll s . a 21:0 per pecul, Tsatlee and Taysaam none. The crop of 1 lew Nankin silk expected to arrive in about a fort niest. S ugav —Has been sold to the extent of 20.000 peculs at2octsintheirunder demands. quotands. tions, since which holders are more firm Casein. Lignea—Considerable sales effected,_t_hemarket is now quiet with a stock of 4 , 000 petals. _ N buds in market. Oil has been bought at 214 dolls ., but has since advanced to 218 dolls. Stair Aniseed—A small stock of rather inferior ; oil 112 dolls. having advanced since the middle of the month some 4 dolls. per petal. therelit ba Luisarb—Two quantity chops yo in a f r e e ri b o e r ld fo a r t 3 w s to be .made. h d i o c l h l s n . a o n o d ff 4 e s r s d s o e ll e s m . ; Cats phor—Purchased freely at Hong Kong as it ar rives, at quotations. Exchanges—On London six months' sight. O r ien talnk Bank 'Corporation, 4s. 9d. per do ll ar; C om mercial Bank of India, 4s. 10id. per doll ar; A mer i can C re dits, 4s. 11d. to ss.lper dollar; Docume n t ary Bill s, ss . Id. per dollar; Rank kogr Bina, do. 1113 - to 4s. 10d. per dollar; on India, Oriental Bank Corporati on , on B om b a y three days' tight, 227, and Calcutta 228 per 100 d o ll s . ; Com• mercis 1 Bank of India, and Bombay three days' sight, 228, and Calcutta 229 per 100 dolls.; East India Com• pany's paper on Bengal 2321 to 229 per 100 dolls. Gold-100 touch 21.60 dolls.; Sycee silver Ta. 1.5 per cent. premium. Freights—To Englund 31. 10s. for tea and 41. for silk per ton of 50 feet. Tonnage abundant. To New York 10 dolls. to 12 dolls. for tea, and 25 dolls. for silk per ton of 40 feet. - --: (Signed) D. W. MACKENZIE, Secretary. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. . 1852. ------- 3713/4 B A e b l e f r as d t een ana . i . all 3 .. R . i . 11811 2 • ----, £1, 548 11, 772 662 683 17 293 298 Belfast and;Coturty Down- • • • • •• •• •• 33 1 569 1,954 Birkenhead, Lancashire, stud Cheshire -' 26% Bolton, Blackburn, and *est York 914 936 85 % Bristol and Exete r .... •• • • 5,330 5,466 1 8 9 Ca1ed0nian......... ~, -••••-• ' • • • • • • 9,308 9,643 94 % Cheater and Holyhead...., :••'• ' • • • • 4,716 5,051 6% Cork, Blackro c k, and Passage • : • • • • • 198 245 20 Cork and Bandon ....... • - • • 37 210 .... 5 6 Dublin and Belfast Junction ...... .... . 672 1,106 53 Dublin and Drogheda- -• . ... 6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 1,170 1,156 16% Dundee and Arbroath .......... . 4 58 551 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction•. . 738 740 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.... - ....., 174 143 68 East Anglian-. - „ „ 711 732 79 East Lancashire •• • • ..............., 5 ,037 5,085 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.... .... 15 , 58 6 15,766 95 Eastern Union.. ••••••• • • • .. • . 89 1 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • • ••"• • • • 4 4 11 4 : 6 3 6 3 . 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Du ndee .. ' , u l ' o 'l 2,540 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • .... • • • • • • • • 137 4; d 392 19 Furness Railway •• • ••..•• • . • • • • 171% Glasgow, and South-Westera•• 25,603 20,624 1 2 53 ;p : 4 81 2 1 4 285 Great Northern and E. L.- ... • • - 188 Great Southern and Westei a (Ireland) 277 Great Western ••• • • ..... •• • • ••• • • • ~ 463 152 25 Irish South Eastern ••• • • ..... ••• • • • 5 517 5,830 90 Lancaster and Car1i51e....... . ' 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... .••• . •• 18,018 19,039 1,23, 1,613 70 Leeds Northern ....•, 18} Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport- • • 6 09 724 58,650 52 639% London and North Western •• • ,404 5% Loudon and 81ackwa11........ •••• • • ,„. 91, 1 ,412 1 '--- x 6 n 173 U London, Brighton, and S ou th Coast.. '" 14,474 244 3 ,E London and South Western. •••• •• •• 16,301 13 , 4 28 24% Londonderry and Enniskillen •• •• •• •• 163 305 11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 196 231 167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 7,553 7,395 9% Manchester and South Junction • • .... 634 685 28 31aryport and Carlisle •• • • • • • • • • • • . • 624 689 498% Midland • .. 24,927 25,130 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ....., 2,467 2,514 37 Monkl ands ...................... , „ 955 792 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • - ........ 2,500 2,933 149 North British . . • .... . ,, 4,04 i 4,256 232 North Staffordshire 47 North-Western ..... •• • ..........., 6191 1,142 45 Scottish Central • 2,460 2,475 32 Scottish Midland •• ••• • • ..... • • 293{ Shrewsbury and Birmingham 47 Shrewsbury and Chester 29 Shropshire Union 58 South Devon.. • ..... . ........ 288 %out h Eastern .•• • • • ..... ... ~, , , , , 2 0 ,421 19,580 1603{ 3 South Wales ..............., „ .... 1,553 2,604 77 South York., Doncaster, and o.ore .. 1,245 1.252 40 Taff Vale .. -••••• • • • • • • .... ..... ~ 2,396 2,710 36 roister. •• • ...... ................„ „ 975 1,029 50 Waterford and Limerick ............ 235 467 16U West Cornwall ...... .. „ ~., „„ .. 299 546 12 Whitehaven Junction 304% York and Newcastle, and Berwick • 14,957 15,860 279 York and North Midland . Towox. 57 3 ,,( Dutch Rhenish; .. •• • 213{ Maria Antonia .. •• • ...... ...... ~„ 241 302 63 Monteresu and Troyes 1,022 1,259 63 Namur and Liege ..........., „ .... 1,030 1,200 4423{, Northern of France ..............., 28,170 28,262 493% Orleans and Centra1......~ ~ . . 240 Paris and Lyons .... ...... .... „ „ 14,670 18,092 84 Paris and Rouen. - ........ • • .... ~, 8,579 9,190 305 Paris and Strasburgh .• • .. .. 8,531 23,601 by Rouen and Havre .......... .••• •• „ 3,463 3,652 99 Western of France ... ~ , .. 5,306 , 4,9951 ALARMING FIRES. Yesterday afternoon a fire of a very alarming cha racter broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Hamling, scale-board cutter and lucifer splint manu facturer, situate at No. 36, Union-street, Lambeth walk. The fire commenced in the drying-house, which at the time contained a large quantity of splints. The moment these articles became ignited the flames began to assume a fearful ascendancy, and from the fact of the building being enclosed with wrought iron doors, it was a work of considerable difficulty to force an entrance to throw water on the flames. The en gines belonging to Messrs. Hodges, the distillers, and those of the parish and West of England Office were soon on the spot, followed in rapid succession by those of the London Brigade, from Waterloo-road, Southwark-bridge-road, Chandos-street, and Far ringdon-street stations. Previous to the arrival of the first engines an abundant stream of water was flowing from the Lambeth Company's mains, and as soon as the engine s were charged the firemenfiremen cu t away a portion of the brickwork, and by that expe dient they wer e ena b led to pour water on t h e .. fire ; but several hour s e l apsed b efore the flames cou I d had be extinguished, an d not unt i l the dryin g- house in the open y ar d , as we ll as i n tlie ma The present literally burn e d out. Th e extensive articular factory, pilesfor of timber tunately received no danger whatever.Pfire, portion of the is the third ti me th a t this works has been destroyed taY which in each case ove rbe was caused by the ng of the stove. Fortu tunately Mr. Hamling w as insured in the North f England Fire-offic b e b p.revions night a fire, nearly at tended with ; disastrous results to sever a l p er . sons, premises of Messrs. R e id an d Co., inendra b N 0.16, Oxford-street, near Rath- It co mmenced, from som e cause no t .A t a r l o a k t ee outlit re r hour s irn most of o the b o ne-place. clearly the other parties ha v i ng re ti re d u pstairs 1.. to boy on ly was theirbelow, be drooms. The lad i mme di a t e l y gave an alarm, an ascertained, in the front shop, at which time a and called to those upstair s , b u t f a ili ng to make them hear, rushed up to apprise th em o f t h e i r but the smoke and flame increasi ng so fi erce l y, b d e ange wa r s t unable to return, and was obliged to mak e hi s u i s r t l escape by getting out of the front room first fl oor. The servant maid was also oblig e d t o get ou t o f the first floor back. Two young men wbo were in the top of the house ran down, but were met by the flames, and were, therefore, obliged to return o ne went to the second floor and the other to the third floor, and no doubt would have precipitated them selves out of window, had it not been that the Royal Society's fire-escape came up just at the time, when the conductor ascended the machine and brought both down in safety. The engines of the parish and Lon don Brigade were soon on the spot, and plenty of the firem en set to wor k, unablebeen procured, toge the flam es ex ti ngu i s h e d but water t h ehaving were until the stock-in-trade was nearly destroyed. We understand that the sufferer was insured. THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF C ° MM I TTEEs.---Amongst the first duties of the New House of C ommo ns will be that of appointing its various officers. We are not about to spe culate upon the way in which this routine business will be got through, but we cannot refrain from an observation upon one appointment which the initiated say " looms in the fu ture." We refer to the anticipated election of the Right Hon. M. T. Baines to the post left vacant by Mr. Bernal. Mr. Baines has, indeed, beennamed for a higher office, and there,are many well-qualified u dges who believe him destined yet to fill the offi ce o f Speaker; but meanwhile his name is men tioned in connexion with the Chairmanship, to which we unfeignedly hope he will be elected. Mr. Baines's qualifica tions are is all respects such as wou l d g u a r antee an efficient public service. In everything relating to precedents and questions of form he is up to th e mark; whilst the urbanity esandtlinsfgacatill appointment that to all parties.— of his manners and his general abilit y are all that could be desired. We hope that the me ntion o f M r. Baines's name is something more than an on dtt ; or, if at present nothing more, we shall count ourselves a s o n l y discharging a public o c b ou li l g d at n i o o t n fa b i y l steoriorivley perfectcomni Bradford Observer. -Yest e rday morning, at an F ATA L ACCIDENT.- -- Y e ste early hour, the following fearful accident happened in the Broadway, Hammersmith :—A young man, named Charles Bern, a carter to Mr. Jones, the market gardener, of Ealing lane, Brentford, was sent by his master with a load of vege tables for Farringdon-market, but on reaching the above named thoroughfare, he stumbled against something, and fell in front of the vehicle, and before the horses could be stopped the wheels of the heavily laden waggon passed over the unfortunate man's body. He was immediately picked up and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where death soon put an end to his sufferings. C.