The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-21 00:00:00

w''' 11, 3 d 6s to 4s 6d •, Lamb, 3s 8d to 4i 10d; Veal, 3s d to 4 5 4d; it nd Pork, 4s to 5s 41 per Sibs.: by the okTesse. BAY 111.6-ILICETS. %mar/ELI) —Old Meadow Hay, 313 s to 31135; New ditto, 21 Fa to 31 8s; Old Clover, 414 s to 51; New ditto, . 31 , 10 4 t.) 41 les ; an d St raw , 11 6 s to 1/ 105 per load. 6 moderate supply and a sluggish demand. tti IdIIEULAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 3/ 15s; New ditt), 2/ 8s to 31 8s ; Old Clover, 41 to 4/ 18s; I s4 v , ditto, 31 lOs to 4/10s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. WI IITEcEIAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 155; ,ditto, 2/ 8s to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New 31 128 to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per 4° ---". Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. M B ate's West HartlCOALey RKE' l A 5s 6 . B uddle's W. Hartley 16s 6 Cheater Main l3s 9 41 !_ l ivison'sWeatHartley 16 s 6d k iely ri e 1 1 Main d ew Pelton Main lls Od' A eVI Tanfield l4s Od North Percy Hartley lss Od Ord's Redheugh l anfield Moor Tanscad Moor Butes l3s Od ToWnley l3s 9d Walker's Primrose ~ Wall's En as ewicke and Co. d, &c. 158 Od B rown's l3s 6d Bens on Marton Rotspur tilda R illingworth l4s 94i No rthumberland /lulgrave Walker %-TICSTERDAT. Washington Eden Main Lambton Primrose Belmont lbs 9d Braddyll's Hetton l6s Od Bell Hetton .. Haswell l7e 3d 16s Od Russell's Hetton .. l6s 06 Stewart's South Hartlepool Thornley Adelaide Tees Denison Seymour Tees South Durham l4s 9d Tees Hetton West Cornforth Howard's W. H. meth. 16s 6d Hartley Powell's Duffryn Stm l9s 6d W. E. Elgin CORN AVERAGES. p. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN ": the Week ended Sept. 21,1848, made up from the Returns of the 41,4 Pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales Der Imperial Quarter. biro. I WHEAT. I DAILEY.' OATS. EYE. I BEANS. PEAS. •• 5111 ad 33s 3d 22s 2d 335 r,d I 383 10d 40s 2d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. yr ILEAT . BABLET. OATS. I aye. I BEANS. I PEAS. 04 2s Od. Is 6d 2s Od 28 Od 25 Od CITY OF LONDON REGISTRA TION.—(THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT DECISION.—Mr. M'Christie delivered the r 19110esing decision this morning, by which 1,400 objec !t_ons nearly the whole of the objections taken by the Conservative; aide, will be set aside, and the parties ren dered una'ule to enter upon them, and which, it was stated. if acted upon by other revising barristers, would lOC the effect of rendering altogether void some thou s ands of objections taken to the names of voters in other tarts of the country :—He said, George Franks, of 0. 45, Drummond-street, Euston square, a freeman of t l e city of London, and liveryman of the Company of Itkers, entitled to vote fur the City, was objected to ?esterday by Mr. Brown, and a paper was put into my and which was stated to be a duplicate of a notice of biection which it was said had been sent to Mr. Franks through the Post-office, and I was called upon to receive these papers as evidence that the alleged notice of objection had duly reached the hands of Mr. Franks. T hat paper is addressed on the face of it, " To Mr. Georg e Franks, 45, Drummond-street, Euston- square," rd gives that gentleman notice, in the terms required J' the Act, of an objection to his name being retained on t ee list of voters. It has also on the face of it the P ost -office stamp. Mr. Sydney Smith and Mr. Ledger a ppeared for Mr. Franks, and objected that the paper Productd was not such a notice of objection as the Act of Parliament contemplated, which makes it lawful That a notice of objection may be sent through the Post i f fiee• They contended that the document was a nul t3", because it did not appear from it that its coun terpart had been addressed, as directed, on the out aide or back of it, to the party to whom it was s aid it had been sent ; and they, therefore, sub mitted that I ought not to call on Mr. Franks to ItPear t o d e f e nd his title to remain on the list. rt Brown, on the other hand, strenuously ar gued that the notice was in all respects in s trict conformity with every requisite of the statute ; that the decisions which had been come to, as far as they could be made applicable to the present question, were all in, support of the perfection and legality of the notice, tied that consequently Mr. Franks must appear, or his damn be expunged. The arguments were sustained on both sides with great ingenuity and ability ; and it is bot to be wondered at that a good deal of zeal 4bo ßid have been imported into the case when it 4s known, as it was stated, that if I hold that be legal notice of objection has been given in Mils ease, the consequence will be that no less than four !?en hundred objections, taken in the city of London leis year by the parties whom Mr. Brown represents, 'unit fall to the ground; and when, too, as Mr. Smith added, a vast number of notices of objection, in the pre eise• form of the one now under consideration, have be „en sent this year from persons at other places uy nroughout the different parts of the country. Now, the 20th secti.Jn of the Registration Act, one person the t another on a Livery lis shall, on or bet - or e the said 25th day of August,t give to such Other person, or leave at his place of abode, as described in such list, a notice according to the form cumbered 4, in the said schedule C, or to the like effect. ection 100 enacts, that in all cases it shall be sufficient if th e notice of objection be sent by the post, free of t °4, .ge, or the sum chargeable as postage for the same e 5, [11.; first paid, and whenever ?any person shall be de xtrous t,f sending any euch notice of objection by the I)ost i ho shall deliver the same, duly directed, open and In duplicate, to the postmaster of any post-office, and the postmaster shall compare the notice and the duplicate, and en being satisfied' that they are alike, in their address and in their content's, shall forward one of them to its ad dress by the post, and shall return the other to the party bringing the aerie duly stamped, with the stamp of the said Post-office; and the production, by the party who op- Posed such notice, of such stamped duplicate shall be evidence of the notice having been given to the person at the place mentioned in such duplicate, on the day on such notice would in the ordinary course of post gave been delivered to such place. Then the 101st sec „"()P enacts that it shall be sufficient if such notice be sett by the post, provided with respect to sending notices 'of objection by the post, free of postage, or the postage thereof being first paid, addressed with a sufficient direction to the person or persons to whom the 'tame ought to be given or sent, at his or their usual place of abode. Now Mr. Smith submitted that this paper ashich has been produced is not a notice of objection directed to the person to whom" it was intended to be pent that it is not a notice "duly directed ;" that It is not >a notice having an " address," and also having " contents ;" that it is not a notice " 1 addressed - with a sufficient direction to the person" to whom it 'was to be sent, and that, therefore, I cannot let upon it. Mr. Brown, however, insists, that it is Itlfficient'iy addressed, having the voter's address " thal'ace of it; that the Act requires that it shall be del t , lye red to the postmaster open; and that it having `"e post-office stamp on the face of it, I am bound ; 0 receive it as evidence that the party has received 'that legal notice by which he is required to attend *this court. Had there been no decisions at all of the Court of Common Pleas bearing on this question, I do not think I should have had any difficulty in disposing of the point; but there are cases which, in my °,Pinion, place the law beyond all doubt. Mr. l'Cliristie.then proceeded to quote several authorities. -u The document produced before me has no address on The outside, though it has one inside, and which is precisely the case Mr. Justice Maule dealt with in his Judgment ; therefore, as in " Birch v. Edwards," ao there is hero " an entire omission of evidence to show what it was that the party sending the notice di rected the Post-office to do." Mr. Justice Williams likewise states in that case his clear opinion to be, that if a notice of objection is served through the agency of the Post-office, it must have a direction on t he outside. He goes further; he declares that in gla judgment, even if it has an address in tile) inside, it must also have one on the outside. Con sidering how self-evident it is that a document to be 'Bent through the Post-office, which the statute requires shall be duly directed, and properly and sufficiently ad dressed to the Ipereon for whom it is intended, should he thus duly directed, or properly addressed on the out 'tide, e ven without the clear and explicit authority of the Common Pleas, which I have, I should have held that this document which has been banded to me, called a notice of objection, is no notice of objection whatever within the statute notwithstanding it has, upon the face of it, the Post 'Ace stamp. This is the first time that my attention 'has been called to the form of these documents, and the course that has been adopted in bundling them off, and I am only surprised to think how such a mistake in the Way of transmitting these things through the Post-office could have been fallen into. The form given by the schedule of a notice of objection to be sent through the Yost-office to a liveryman of London, does not require the address of the party intended to be objected to, to be given inside at all, but it the form bad required that, according to Mr. Justice Williams' judgment, it would have to be addressed outside also. Here, however, the objector thinks proper to place the address inside, omitting to put any address or direction whatever on the outside, tumbles it into the Post-office, and then thinks all is right, but which cannot be correct, as the case of " Birch v.-Edwards" was decided long before these things called notices were thrown into the Post-office. My only difficulty from the first has been, to satisfy my mind that I ought not to give costs in the case: how ever, upon the whole, I do not this time give the costs, but I reject this document as evidence that a notice of objection has been given or sent to Mr. Franks by Mr. Perkins. Mr. Brown said, the decision which the Revising Bar rister had just given would affect tens of thousands of similar objections in different parts of the country. He therefore trusted that the Court would at once grant a case on which an appeal could be made to the Common Pleas. Mr. M‘CuntsTlE—lt would be absurd to grant an appeal when the question has been so clearly and directly decided by the judges of the Common Pleas. I shall not at present say anything about costs. Tile Court then proceeded with revising t he liver y lista, - but nothing of interest occurred. COAL PIT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, William Whittaker, engineer at Rollin Grove Pit, near Burnley, went down into the pit to change the water bucket, and as he was ascending, the rope broke at a part where it Was spliced, and he fell to the bottom of the pit, a distance of sixteen yards from where the rope gave way. His arm was broken, and his head and breast severely bruised. The poor fellow died on Sunday morning, at iota ceclOck.—Manchester Examiner TILE SUN, LONDON,_ THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT - EMBER 21, 1848. -- - BANK OF EN GLAND-(THIS DAY.) A half-yearly general court of the Governor and Pro prietors of the Bank of England was held at twelve o'clock, this day, in the Court-room ; Mr. James Mor ris, the Governor, presided. The attendance of Proprietors was very large. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The GOVERNOR said—l beg to inform the court that this is one of the quarterly general courts appointed to be held by the Charter, and also one of the half-yearly general courts appointed to be held by the bye-laws, for the purpose of considering a dividend ; and that the Court of Directors having considered the state of the Bank accounts, are of opinion that a dividend may be made if the court think fit of three and a half interest and profits for the half year ending on the 10th of October, without any deduc tion for income-tax. The Court of Proprietors regret that they are not able to propose the same amount of dividend as at the last half yearly court ; but owing to the rate of interest and the little demand for money the Proprietors must necessarily anticipate such an an nouncement on the part of the Directors. I had better state the rest. The rest on the 29th of February, 1848, was 3,946,5241., out of which a dividend, at the rate 01 four and a half per cent. was paid in .April, amounting to 654,8811., leaving, after the payment of the dividend, I have mentioned, 3,291,643/. The rest on the 31st of August, 1848, was 3,808,5441., out of which it is proposed to pay a dividend of three and a half per cent. in October, amounting to 509,355/. after which a rest will remain of 3.299,1891., showing an increase in the rest as compared with that of the 29th of February, 1848, after the pay ment of the dividend, of 7,5461. Mr. FIELDER wished to make a few observations, but in the outset of his remarks he wished it to be expressly understood that he did not wish to suggest anything which might by any possibility destroy the permanent stability of England's bank—the glory of the world — nor in speaking of the government of the bank, and the course it had adopted in its manage• ment, should he say anything which was improper a hen applied to those entrusted with the ad ministration of their affairs. The proprietors were much indebted to the governor for the very accurate and useful summary of the proceedings of the bank for each week. He found by that summary that the profits aris ing from the business of the corporation—not capital but cash, were 14,553,0001. (as we understood for the half year), showing that the bank possessed a nett capital of 18,381,6721., independent of the amount funded in 1832, and other property valued at near 1,000,0001. Such, at. least, was its value in 1832, and he apprehended that the great improvements that had been made in the bank and its vicinity, that it was of that value now. In round numbers, it might be said that the funded property amounted to 19,000,0001., of which he found that no more than 11,000,000/. had been subscribed, and that no less a sum than 7.739,2671. were entirely from profits.— (Hear, hear)—interest and profits on the business of the corporation. In looking at the Act of Incorporation he found that the spirit of the charter was to the effect that the annual profits were to be shared amongst the proprietors without the deduction of one single shilling. —(Cheers.) That was the spirit of the charter. It did not say a single word about hoarding up their profits for future generations, although he admitted that sufficient of their profits should be retained for the efficient working of the establishment. The Act of Anne spoke in a similar strain with respect to the disposal of the profits; and the great principle which was understood to guide the operations of the establishment was, that di vidends should not in any case be paid out of capital, but out of the legitimate profits. The Act of George 111. laid down the same principle for their guidance, and laid much stress upon the profits of the Bank being divided every year amongst the Proprietors. But there was another class of persons to whose interests they were bound to look, because they were comparatively help less—namely, aged widows and orphans, and others, perhaps, entitled to a life interest only. Why should they accomplish the hoarding up of a large, and to his mind an unnecessarily large, sum at the expense of those en tilled only to a reversionary interest?—(Hear.) He was opposed to the adoption of the principle in the Bank of England of paying the proprietons only 7001. a year when they made 1,0001., reserving 3001. to increase the capital for the benefit of those persons of whom the widow and the orphan knew nothing. He would ask the professional advisers of the Bank, whether a Court of Equity would sanction the payment of a similar sum out of an estate yielding 1,000/. a year on the ground that it would be well to lay out 3001. of it in increasing the land and building upon it, when the heir-at-law devisee would derive the sole benefit, not the life pro prietor, who was to be the sufferer? In 1694, 12,000,0001. was subscribed, which was subsequently increased, and he found that they had for many years been in the habit of sharing the profits fairly and justly, and without apply ing any portion of them to swell the capital. Whilst this plan was in operation, they went on extremely well; but from the time they began to accumulate from the profits to the extent of 7,000,0001. or 8,000,000/. an entanglement of their affairs ensued from which they had not recovered. No proprietor of right feeling would favour the application of any portion of the pro fits for the creation of capital. In 1816, 2,910,000/. was taken from the proprietors for this purpose, but he should consider an old man of business could not understand why it was done, since it was at the sacrifice of those who had only a life interest. Instead of paying it off, the same system was pursued up to the hour he was speaking. Bence all the entanglement of " the old lady in Threadneedle•street."—(Laughter.) He did not wish to cast blame upon the directors, nor to cripple the c fficiency of the Bank, he merely wished to point out how they might best avoid the errors of the past. He considered they should be dividing 101. instead of 71. per cent. Ile begged to move the following amendment, and trusted the Governors would take it into their serious consideration :—" That the Proprietors should have the same bonus, in addition to the dividend, as they were awarded at the last meeting."—(Hear.) Mr. DE WINTON seconded the amendment. After paying a dividend of , q per cent. for the half-year, they would have a rest of upwards of 3,000,0001. Mr. LEVY said that this question was discussed in 1847, and he believed it was then understood that when the rest was 3 000,0001., the remaining profits ought to be divided. He defied any one to say that the Bank had been injured by dividing 4i per cent. He thought the directors were not the best judges of how the funds of the Bank ought to be appropriated. If they did not know how to lay out the money of the Bank, the proprietors did. The GOVERNOR said they had not earned more than 3i- per cent. during the last half-year. Mr. SELWYN supported the amendment. Mr. GREY wished to know, when a larger profit had been made, why the proprietors had not had a larger dividend than 41 per cent? He concurred in the amend ment that the dividend should be 4} per cent. A PROPRIETOR thought they should have had a stn and o he o pro petal for a dividen d of 4 p er cent., but he considered it mwaosnstdreotuesrmtoinperdoptoosegaiNd,eiviidt his of mostu 3 per r e cent., ou sp p sition. Mr. COOK, considering the present state of the Cor opiosreadtiaonso, u fe n l d t bound e t t i o o n s ay i n tr p h r a o t r o t s h i e n gdirectorsthe d h eandde they had done. Mr. Alderman SALOMANS thought the Court of Di rectors ought to give some reasons to the Court of Pro prietors why they had reverted bac k to the dividend of 34 per cent., when, if they paid 4f per cent., there would be a rest of upwards of 3,000,0001. The GOVERNOR said the reason of their making larger profits on previous half-years was the railway deposits, and the high rate of interest. During the last halt-year they had only made the :3 1 1- per cent. Ho could assure the proprietors that the directors had well considered the subject, and he trusted the Court of Proprietors would support them. Mr. Alderman SALOMANS, under such circumstances, would support the proposal of the directors, expressing at the same time a hope that when greater profits were made they would have a larger dividend. Mr. GOLDSMID had heard no reason for the dividend being decreased, and if the directors were to make what dividend they liked, it was no use the proprietors com ing there. After some short discussion, The GOVERNOR put the amendment, and declared it to be carried by a show of bands. A ballot was then demanded by nine proprietors being members of the Court of Directors. Mr. JONES LoYD thought that before a ballot was demanded it was necessary to put the original resolution as amended. The GOVERNOR said, as the amendment had been carried the original resolution had fallen to the ground. Under the advice of Sir F. Kelly, he thought Mr. Fielden had better make his amendment as an original motion. Mr. FIELDEN did not care how he put it, so as they got a dividend of 4i per cent. After some further discussion, it was determined that the question should bo settled by the ballot, whether the dividend should bo 3 or 41 per cent. The ballot was ordered to take place on Wednesday next between the hour of eleven and four. Mr. DE WINTON then brought forward the motion of which he gave notice at the last Court, relative to the alteration of the constitution of the Court of Directors, and proposed certain resolutions. A PROPRETOR suggested that the resolutions should be printed and distributed among the proprietors, and their consideration postponed to a future Court. After some further discussion, Mr. DE WINTON ultimately postponed his motion to the next Court. Mr. WEEDING gave notice, for the next Quarterly Court, to move that a Committee be appointed to consi der and report on the present state of the bye-laws of the Corporation, and if, in their opinion, it be expedient to make any and what alteration therein. The Court then adjourned, at two o'c!ock, till Wed nesday next, at eleven o'clock. On Sunday afternoon, about five o'clock, some . children pl a yi ng w i t h l uc if er ma t c hes on the premises of the Rose public-house, at Crovdield, near Stonham, set fire to the s t raw i n a b u ll oc k- s h e d, an d the flames rapidly extended to the b arn an d th e p u blic-house, which, with about six coombs of wheat, were entirely destroyed; but Mr. Somer s , th e l an dl ord, succee d e d i n remov i ng his fur niture and effects.—Bury Post. GLASGOW AUTUMN ASSIZES.—TUESDAY, SEPT. 19. —Th3 Glasgow Autumn Circuit Court was opened to day by Lords Aloncrieff and Cockburn. The only case of interest tried during the day was that of Margaret Park, accused of child-stealing, or " plagium," as the offence is termed in Scottish law phraseology. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner picked from the streets a little girl, the daughter of a Mr. Morrison, a pattern drawer; that search was afterwards made for her in every direction; and that many days afterwards the child was found in a state of nakedness in this woman's possession in an obscure part of the city. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to fuurteen years' transportation. THE COGGESHALL ROBBERIES. CAPTURE OF Two MORE OF THE GANG.—During the past week two more of the parties connected with this gang have been apprehended under the following circumstances :—On Tuesday last an inquiry of a private character took place before some of the magis trates of the IVitham division, touching these rob beries, when, from the particulars which transpired, it was considered necessary to institute some inquiries in the neighbourhood of Fordham, near Colchester. The result of these inquiries was, that a letter was brought to light which put the police upon the right scent to some parties who had rather suddenly diappeared from Coggeshall. A special warrant was therefore obtained from the Rev. Henry Du Cane, at Witham, and placed in the hands of a police-constable, Francis Livermore, No. 150, who left Witham by the mail train at two o'clock on Wednesday morning, and proceeded direct to Liverpool, where he arrived about three ,'clock the same afternoon, and having obtained the assistance of two police-officers there, he proceeded to make inquiries for the Colonist sailing-vessel, which had been lying in port there, but found that she had ailed the previous night, and was supposed to be lying about four miles down the river. He there upon procured a sailing boat and went down the river, and about six o'clock came in sight of the vessel. He at once, on reaching the side of the ship got on board, and there apprehended William Payne and Thomas Whittaker, two parties well known to him, and for whom the warrant had been made out. They made no resistance on the appearance of the officer, and were at once ironed and taken back to Liverpool, where they stayed that night, and the next day were brought safely in custody to London, and from thence to Witham, were they arrived by the mail train in the evening. On the following day they were brought up for examination, before Sir John Page Wood, Bart., and the Rev. Henry Du Cane, but, in order to give time for getting up the evidence, th e y were remanded until week. The p r i nc i pa l c harge standing against the prisoners now i s , o f b e i ng concerned in the robbery at the residence of Mr. Charles Skingley, at Coggeshall, several years since, but it is expected that several further charges will be brought against them. We need hardly state that the apprehension of these parties, under the circumstances just named, has created quite a sensation in the neighbourhood of Witham and Coggeshall, and much credit is given, both by the magistrates and the public, to Police constable Livermore, for the zeal and activity he displayed in capturing these fugitives in the manner he had, when they must have considered themselves beyond apprehension, for the ship was only waiting the going out of the tide to set sail to New York ; whence the parties were booked, and had paid their fare; and we have no doubt that, when an opportunity for promition occurs in the force, he will not be forgotten.—lpswich Express. Shortly after the third dose, or when six grains had been given, she fell asleep, and thus was rescued from inevitable death.—Correspondent of the Times. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERNENTS.—The following appointments have taken place:—The Rev. Charles Wood, B.A , to the rec tory of Beaford, near Great Torrington, Devonshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. J. B. Bussell, M.A., on the nomination of Thomas May, Esq.; the Rev. John Postlethwaite, M.A., perpetual curate of Lit tledale, Lancaster, to the rectory of Taslcy, Shropshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Moore; the Rev. A. Seaton, 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Great Wirley, Staffordshire, on the nomination of the Rev, F. T. Blaekburne, M.A., vicar of Cannock; the Rev. W.W. Griffith, curate of Llanharry, Glamorganshire, to the in cumbency of the church of St. John the Evangelist, Brecon, rendered vacant by the cession of the Rev. R. Davies, on the nomination of the Archdeacon of Brecon; the Hon. and Rev. Lewis Denman, M.A., to the rectory of Washington, near Gateshead, on the nomi nation of the Bishop of Durham; the Rev. William Jackman, M.A., vicar of Falkenham, Suffolk, to the ru • ral deanery- of Colneys, in that county, on the nomina tion of the Bishop of Norwich; the Rev. William Webb, M.A.. rector of Suuderland, to the rectory of Winston, Durham, on the nomination of the Bishop of the diocese; the Rev. E. Davys, M.A., to the vicarage of St. Martin, Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire, rendered vacant by the cession of the Rev. Ellis B. Were, M.A., on the no mination of the Marquis of Exeter; the Rev. William Sharpe, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Altham, Lin colnshire, rendered vacant by the cession of the Rev. Wm. Wood; the Rev. Oswald L. Chambers, 8.A., minis ter of Smithilis, Chapel, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, to the lectureship and curacy of the parish church, Leeds, on the nomination of the Rev. Dr. Hook; the Rev. Thomas Drosier, M.A.,:curate of Burnham, Norfolk, to the vicarage of Colebrooke, Devonshire, ren dered vacant by the death of the Rev. A. Grueber, M.A., on the nomination of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter; the Rev. H. Tacey, M.A., rector of Swanton Morley, near East Dereham, to an honorary curacy in the cathedral church of Norwich, on the nomination of the Bishop of the diocese; the Rev. Arthur Browne Spry, 8.A., curate of Weeting, near Brandon, to the vicarage of Shouldham, with Shouldham Thorpe, Nor folk, on the nomination of Sir Thomas Hare, Bart.; the Rev. George Rawlinson, M.A., curate of Oxton, Not tinghamshire, to the perpetual curacy of Bothamsall, in the same county, rendered vacant by the cession of the Rev. John Chapman, on the nomination of the Duke of Newcastle. BENEFICES VACANT.—The following benefices and ap pointments have become vacant :—The rectory of Hart hill, Yoikshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Jonathan Alderson, M.A., value 6891. per annum, in the gift of the Duke of Leeds ; the rectory of Stody, with the rectory of Hunworth annexed, near Holt, Norfolk, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Jos leh Webb Havell, M.A., value 320/. per annum, in the gift of Lady Suffield ; the vicarage of Escombe, Bishop Auckland, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Hon. Lewis Denman, value 204/. per annum, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham ; the vicarage of Hedon- on-the- Wall, Northumberland, rendered vacant by the prefer- ment of the Hon. L. Denman, value 2521. per annum, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham ; the incumbency of smithill's Chapel, Deane, Lancashire, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. 0. L. Chambers, M.A., value 200/. per annum, in the gift of P. Ainsworth, Esq.; the rectory of Sunderland, with the perpetual curacy of St. John's, rendered vacant by the preferment of the R e v. Wm. Webb, M.A., value 3861. per annum, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham ; the perpetual curacy of Thw&tes in Ilillom, near Ravenglass, Cheshire, ren dered vacant by the death of the Rev. James Willies Sanders, M.A., value 115/. per annum, in the gift of the landowners of the.district ; the curacy of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Arthur Trollope, M.A., in the gift of Archdeacon Hamilton. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. QUARTER TO SIX O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH. 20 to 1 agst Palma 20 to 1 agst Lanesborough 20 to 1 agst Dacia 20 to 1 agst Loadstono 25 to 1 agst Dough 25 to 1 agst Remembrance TRIENNIAL. 5 to 2 agst Elthiron 4 to 1 agst Tadmor 5 to 1 agst any other DERRY. 40 to 1 agst Escalade We are happy to state that, according to accounts received from Canada by the last mail, the health of the Countess of Elgin was in a fair way of permanent im provement. It is now understood that the Noble Earl has abandoned all idea of retiring from his high office for the present. The Earl and Countess of Harrowby and Lady Frances Ryder, Lord Dudley Stuart, and a select party are visiting the Hon. G. M. and Lady Louisa Fortescue at Boconnor. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The inquest on the bodies of the two children murdered last week by Martha Jones, at Willenball, has terminated in a verdict of wilful murder against the unfortunate woman. Since the horrible occurrence the wretched woman has been in the workhouse at Wolverhampton in a state of insanity. She, however, is sufficiently sensible of having committed the terrible offence, and has repeatedly ac knowledged her guilt. She will be removed to Stafford gaol to take her trial at the next assizes. SOITTEIAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20.—The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship, Hermann, c a rain E. Crabtree, sailed this afternoon with the United States' mails from Germany, France, and Eng land, for New York. The Hermann took out 129 pas sengers, amongst whom was the famous Dr. Hecker, the leader of the insurrectionary party in Baden—an exile to the United States. The cargo was a large one, con sisting of valuable silks, watches, jewellery, lace, &e., from France ; woollen goods from Bremen ; and cotton and silk manufactures from England ; also some opium, and raw silk, and specie value ' , '25,000. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Indus, Captain Soy, also took her departure, with usual East India and China mails, via Gibraltar and Malta, to Alexandria. The Indus had ninety first-class and some second class passengers, and about 160 tons of manufactured goods, cottons, linens, &c., on freight. The auxiliary screw-steamer Waterwitch arrived this morn ing, in six days, from Oporto, with seventy-nine head of cattle. EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF POTATOES.—A gentle , man in Banff having in the spring received a few potatoes, part of a small quantity procured from Rotter dam, planted them in his garden in the Seatown, having cut the seed as usual. The plants very soon appeared, and through the summer continued to grow most luxu riantly, so much so that all who saw them predicted that there would be nothing but shawl. This prediction, however has been anything but verified; for, on the crop being dug, which was on Tuesday last, there were gathered from the ground, which consisted of exactly one Scotch rood or fall, or the 160th part of a Scotch acre, the unprecedented quantity of eighteen pecks, or four and a half bushels—the produce being thus at the rate of 720 bushels per acre. At several of the stems upwards of forty potatoes were found; one had sixty three full-grown potatoes, and at another were counted the very extraordinary number of 110. We understand that the gentleman who received them has determined upon greening and preserving the whole for seed, and we sincerely trust that he will be successful in bringing this very prolific potato into general use. We may mention that there was not the slightest appearance of disease, but on th e con t rary , every tu b er h a d t h e mos t i healthy appearance, giving every reason to believe that not a seed will be lost.—Bang . Journal. THE At'oNso STEAU FRIGATE.—This fine vessel, the crew of which have earned an European fame for their humane and disinterested conduct, sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday for Lisbon and Rio de Janerio. DEATH DT AMMONIA.--On Saturday evening a journeyman hatter in the employment of a firm in the Canongate went into a closet on the premises, and lift ing up a phial, containing ammonia, took a mouthful or two of this powerful excoriative, the consequence of which was that he died within an hour, his mouth, tongue, and throat having swelled to such an extent as to produce suffocation. The case is under medical in vestigation, and as yet it is not known whether the de ceased partook of the ammonia from a suicidal intention, or mistook it for spirit of wine, of which he had been in the habit of tasting freely and with impunity, he having been greatly addicted to intoxicating liquors.—Caledo nian Mercury. THEFT AND RECOVERY OF THE PROPERTY. — On Wednesday a lady, while attending a sale of furni ture, discovered that her purse had been taken from her pocket. On mentioning the circumstance to some par ties in the room the comp an y were desired to remain, and in the meantime the police were sent for. On their arrival a search was made, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful in discovering the thief. All hopes of ever again seeing the purse and its contents having been given up by the lady, she returned home. In the course of the evening, however, she was not a little surprised to hear of its discovery; for about six o'clock in the even ing she received from the auctioneer intimation to that effect. It appears that a respectable gentleman, who had also been attending the sale, after dinner had put his hand into his pocket for his handkerchief, drew out the missing purse. He immediately delivered it over to the auctioneer, with its contents all safe. There cannot be a doubt that the thief, fearing detection, had slipped it into that gentleman's pocket.—Glasgow Chronicle. SUFFOCATION OF A NEGRO.—On Tuesday evening an inquest was held by J. M. Favell, Esq., at Mr. Mur ray's, the Ship public-house, Gateshead, on the body of George Thompson, a negro, aged 36. Deceased was cook and steward on board the Calais Packet, Captain Alexander Ellis (the property of Mr. John Carr, coke manufacturer), having shipped on board that vessel on the eve of her last passage from London to the Tyne. On Monday, when she was lying on the Tyno Main Patent Slipway ,at Messrs. Gaddy and Lamb's, ship building-yard, arrangements were made for smoking her with charcoal and sulphur to destroy the rats; and Mr. Lamb, therefore, at the instance of Mr. Ellis, took lodgings for the night for a ll t he crew. They had " a glass" together on shore, at Mr. Rennison's, the Neptune public-house, where, at twelve o'clock, the negro still remained, occupying the neutral ground between drunk and sober. The rest of the men slept at their lodgings; he, on Tuesday morning, was found lying upon a chest in the forecastle of the shipidead. Medical aid was instantly procured, but he was past that—he had perished with the rat s. Verdict, " Died of suffocation." Nothing was known of the poor African previous to his engagement in London, but his comrades inferred from his conversation on the passage Shot he bed a wife and children.—Gatohead Observer LITERATURE. SERMONS ON PRACTICAL SUBJECTS. 1 I 1 Vol. pp. 363. By the Rev. Samuel Warren. It is not only as the father of one of our most dis tinguished novelists that any literary production whatever from the pen of Dr. Warren, of Man chester, is welcome to our heart and agreeable to our imagination. It is also, and in a particular manner, because of his own ripened abilities. The fruits of his meditations, mellowed by the sunshine of piety, and smacking of the flavour of a scholarly and re flective intellect, form a rare contrast to the crudities of thought which are thrown off in such'abundance by the younger and less experienced members of his pro fession. Of this the goodly volume before us is a sufficient evidence, containing as it does the musings of one whose religious feelings have been neither embittered by fanaticism, nor darkened by the wrathful emotions of which are too often generated in the heat of polemical dispu tation. Although we are seldom induced to touch upon matters at all approaching to an ecclesi astical character, and although the present volume is merely an improved edition of what had already been printed, we are impelled to notice the circumstance of its publication because of the amenity of disposition and the sweetness of philosophy displayed in almost every syllable. Among the twenty-five sermons comprised in the volume, we must particularize in an especial manner the one upon " The fading of the Leaf." It brings to our remembrance the brilliant and condensed eloquence of (Id Jeremy Taylor, that eloquence which glittered with the gems of wit, and the gold of wisdom. THE STORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR. 1 Vol. pp. 399. By the Marquis of Londonderry. Better, immeasurably better, in our estimation, than the " Story of the Battle of Waterloo," by that indefatigable book-maker, that semi-clergyman, and demi-semi-soldier, the Rev. Mr. Gleig, is the story of the campaigns in the Peninsula, as told by Lieu tenant-General Charles William Vane, Marquis of Londonderry. The story has the advantage in this instance of the story-teller having himself partaken of those perils in " flood and field" which his pen delineates. As colonel of the second regiment of Life Guards the noble author shared in the 'vicissi tudes and glories which marked the progress of British arms on the Spanish and rortuguese peninsula. He was, therefore, peculiarly qualified to record the achievements of his gallant brethren in arms, and the more so, because :he) hasbetrayed no disposition to gratify a petty vanity, by pushing himself forward into an unnecessary prominence in the course of his manly and soldier-like narrative. In speaking thus decidedly of the merits of this com position, we are aware that the work is long since familiar to the majority of English readers. We are commenting upon a narrative whose merits and de merits have long since been weighed in the balance of miscellaneous criticism. Nevertheless, we con ceive ourselves to be justified in some measure in our allusion, from the fact of the re-publi cation of the work of the Marquis of Londonderry in a more accessible and portable form than hitherto, in a form calculated to extend the range of its popu larity, and to render it welcome in the public estima tion as a running commentary on the more ornate and laborious effusion of the historian Napier. Mr. Colburn deserves some expression of eulogium for the production of this fascinating account of the Peninsular War in a manner so singularly elegant and compact, and at a price so peculiarly moderate. The work is embellished with engraved likenesses of the author, of the Duke, of Lord Hill, of Viscount Beresford, of the Marquis of Anglesey, and of General Sir Hussey Vivian ; besides an elaborate map of the entire Peninsula. It is worthy of remark that the republication of the " Story of the Peninsular War" has some direct pretensions to originality, inasmuch as, appearing in three parts, the whole of the third part, with t he exception of the 28th chapter, has never before appeared. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION From 1789 to 1848. Part I. By T. TV. Redhead. A very remarkable compilation, of which the pre sent part is the first instalment, has just commenced by the Messrs.[Chambers. To the other boons which those industrious and gifted publishers have conferred upon the people of these islands will undoubtedly be added, and that, moreover, in a very prominent posi tion, the work written by Mr. Redhead upon the French Revolutions. From the Preface and Advertisement we observe that the history will be completed in six monthly parts, forming three volumes octavo. It will embrace the narrative of all those wonderful events which occurred in, or emanated from, France from the year 1789 to the year 1848, inclusively. The style of the writer is perspicuous, and occa sionally even characterized by a nervous energy of expression. THE ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE. I Vol. pp. 129. 7ranstated by J. A. F. Jwige. A little book, emblazoned with the royal diadem, and consisting of the Private Letters between Queen Victoria and Louis Philippe—those letters which, with other strange manuscripts, were discovered in the port folio of the ex-Sovereign of the French, on the cap ture of the Tuileries, and which subsequently ap peared in the Revue Retrospective. As a curio sity in the Belles _Lettres the correspondence is not unworthy of preservation, and especially as contain ing very important materials for the future historian. THE MILITARY LIFE OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. 1 Vol. pp. 504. By Archi bald Alison. Had this noble volume by the historian of Europe appeared in the first instance in its present state of isolation, we should have indulged ourselves in a comprehensive criticism upon its general character. As the work, however, originally appeared as detached and fragmentary sketches in the pages of Blackwood's Magazine, and as Mr. Alison has merely compacted those brilliant sketches into a finely-proportioned biography, we find ourselves only enabled to record the fact of its publication. As a companion to Maxwell's "Life" of Wellington" and Gur wood's edition of the Duke's Dispatches, Ali son's " Life of Marlborough " will be an essential addition to the bookshelves of every true Englishman. The volume is embellished with a map of France and the Netherlands, with a plan of the siege of Lille, and plans also of the renowned victories of Blenheim, Ramifies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet. Now that the biography of Marlborough, by Alison, has ap peared in this substantial and elegant guise, the public can no longer be accused, without blame, of having as feeble an idea of his fame as of the fame of Timour and of Bajaaet. SADIVESS AND GLADNESS. A Novel, by the lion. Miss Sidney. 3 Vols. THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE. A Novel. 3 Vols. We cannot refrain from uniting in the same re view these two works, which, we believe, made their public appearance on the same day, and which in many respects singularly resemble each other. Their very names conjure up a similar train of ideas. " Sad ness and Gladness," and " The Discipline of Li fe." The object of both works is the same, and that object is a high and a holy one. Both are from the pens of ladies, and of ladies of the aristocracy—one authoress being a descendant of Sir Philip Sidncy, and the other the daughter of a Noble Lord (now deceased) justly celebrated for his admirable qualities as Lord-Lieu - tenant of Ireland. The position of the wri ters in this instance adds an additional in terest to their works —those ladies reared in affluence, and surrounded by all the luxuries of life, have dedicated their talents to the illustration of the trials and troubles of humanity, and not to illustrat ing those trials and troubles only, but to showing how those trials may be overcome and those troubles turned to advantage. The object of both works is, as we have already said, a high and a holy one. But by classing these two works together, and by declar ing them to be to a certain extent very similar, we are far from meaning to recommend either one as being capable of affording the amusement and benefit of both. The perusal of the one is in no wise calculated to diminish the interest of the other, for resembling each other as they do in name and object ; in plot, style, and manner, they are totally dissimilar. The one is a com plete novel filling three entire volumes, the other work consists of three 'separate tales. But, in order the better to demonstrate their points of resemblance and of dissimilarity, let us enter more particularly into the peculiarity of each. " Sadness and Gladness," from the pen of the accomplished authoress of " Home and its Influence," consists of one story occu pying three volumes. Its object, as implied by its name, is to illustrate the different influences of joy and sorrow, or rather the different effects of a joyous and sorrowful temperament. " As half in shade and half in sun, The world along its course advances," there are some individuals whose path seem to lead perpetually through the sunshine, and others who are as continually in the shade. So it is with the two heroines of Miss Sidney's tale. Mabel is a creature of " gladness," endued with that happiest of dispositions—happy to its possessor and to all who come within its influence—the disposition which is prone to look on the " bright side " of every thing. Lady Flora, on the contrary, is one of those unhappy ones who, miserable in themselves, can find "gladness" in nothing. As if more particularly to demonstrate how little fortune and worldly circum stances have to do with happiness, the " sad'' heroine, the Lady Flora, is the daughter of an Earl, and is surrounded by all the appurtenances of wealth, while the " glad " Mabel is reared in comparative poverty, and compelled to devote her talents to the support of au unloving and ungrateful father. In this picture of life in its various phases, which Miss Sidney here presents us with, if some of the adjuncts of the picture be not quite natural, NI e are Billing to for give, and we can easily forget these incidental blunders, in consideration of the reality and vitality 01 ettrU bttton RUSSIA. Letters from St. Petersburgh of the Bth instant announce that the Emperor NICHOLAS had instructed his envoy in England to support the indissoluble union of Schleswig with Denmark, at the conference about to be held on the subject in London. PRUSSIA. The New Rhenish Gazette of the 19th instant states that a popular meeting of several thousand in dividuals was held on the 17th instant in the neigh -1)ourhood of Cologne. The entire assembly, with one dissentient voice, voted for the establishment of a Democratic and Social Republic, and it was re solved, on the motion of M. E. DRONKE, that an ad dress in that sense should be presented to the Na tional Assembly at Berlin. The assembly likewise recognized the Committee of Public Safety es tablished at Cologne. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) Edward Sharnock, aged 21, described as a labourer, was charged with robbing John Roots of 30s. The prosecutor came up from Rochester to endeavour to get into an hospital, and being unable to get lodgings he sat down on a door step, and fell asleep at twelve o'clock one night. Whilst there he was struck by a person whom he swore to be the prisoner, who was ac companied by another person. Whilst in a senseless state he was robbed of his money. The policeman came up and found the prisoner, whom he gave into custody, standing near him. No money was found upon him. The jury did not consider the case proved, and Ac quitted the prisoner. (Before Mr. Justice EARLE and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) George Holden, aged 42, a labourer, was indicted for committing a violent assault, with a rake, upon a lad named William Payne, with intent to murder, at Brom ley, on the 22d of May last. It appeared that they quarrelled, and the prisoner, in the heat of passion, inflicted the blow, which caused much blood to flow and rendered it necessary that he should have an operation performed upon him at the hospital, and to be an in-patient for six weeks, and he was now an out-patient. The prisoner expressed his sincere regret, and said he struck the boy after much aggravation. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the assault, but not with the intention of murdering the boy. Mr. Justice EARLE sentenced the prisoner to im prisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour, for nine calendar months. THE CHARTIST PRISONERS. Mr. BALLA.NTTNE applied to have a copy of the in dictment furnished by the Crown to the prisoners, for whom he appeared. Mr. Iluddlestone and Mr. Kinderley made a similar application on be half of other prisoners. Mr. Justice EARLE said the trials of the prisoners were for felony, and it appeared to him that they should be conducted in the same way as other cases of felony, and that it would be improper to make any difference between them by furnishing the parties with copies of the indictments. The depositions with which the pri soners were supplied would give them full information as to the charge which they were called upon to an swer. He did not think it right that any other facility should be afforded to the prisoners except that which was allowed by the law. ASSAULT.— William Joseph Bailey, 21, a labourer, was indicted with feloniously cutting and wounding John Payne, with intent to murder him. It appeared that the . prisoner, while in' a state of in toxication at a public-house, was engaged in a quarrel, when Payne interfered, and in doing so the prisoner struck him under the left arm with a knife, by which a deep, but not a dangerous wound, was inflicted. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and ,he was sen tenced to transportation for ten years. FORCERT.—A young man, named Waddy, was in dicted for uttering a forged cheque for 101. upon the London Joint-Stock Bank, in the City. Frederick Roundtree, a publican, stated that the pri soner, on Saturday, the 21st of August, came to his house, and asked him to advance him some money upon a cheque until Monday morning, as the bank was shut up, and said, if he would do so he would pay off a por tion of an old debt he owed. He said the 10/. was his share of some property belonging to his deceased aunt ' and that in a month he expected to receive some more. Witness advanced him 2/. Tho cheque purported to be ' drawn by E. Kealy, of Elm-court, Temple, but the:bank refused to cash it on its being taken on Monday morning, and the forgery was discovered. Cross- examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner was not in a state of intoxication when he gave him the cheque. Several other witnesses having been called, Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury for the defence, and called witnesses to character. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The trial of Ann Trinham, the unfortunate woman who stands accused of murdering her child by leaping from a steam-boat in the river, was postponed until next session. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) .Zanies Kingsley, a respectably dressed young man, who gave his address No. 967, Strand, was brought.before Mr. Bingham, charged with begging. Mr. George Fred. Hardy, a gentleman residing in Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, said last night as he ft as proceeding along Berry-street, St. James's, the pri soner came up to him and asked him to assist him (pri soner). Witness immediately recognised the prisoner by his voice as the same individual who had addressed him in a similar manner some few weeks ago. Witness, to satisfy himself as to that fact, questioned the prisoner, when he repeated exactly the same tale as he had done on the former occasion, which was that he was a student of Trinity College, Dublin, and that he had been dis charged from a situation in a school at Cowley, near Oxford, for having a quarrel with a fellow tutor, and that his family had discarded him and refused to assist him ; he was, therefore, in the greatest distress. Witness told him if he really was a schoolmaster in distress, and his tale was true, he would give him a sovereign. The prisoner, however, declined to satisfy witness as to the truth of his state ment, and on arriving in Regent street he gave hiai in charge. _ _ In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had lately left a situation as tutor in a school at Cowley, near Oxford. He previously held the situation of a tutor in a school at Sunbury. By writing to those places the Ma gistrate would be perfectly satisfied as to the correctness of his statement. Complainant said he would leave a sovereign in the Magistrate's hands, in case the prisoner's statement should prove true. Mr. I.3iiiciEsu said he proposed to let the matter stand over until Saturday next; and if ho really was in the distress he said he was, it could not in the least act as a punishment, as he would be extremely well cared for in prison. He (Mr. Bingham) would di rect t h at pr i soner should be furnished with writing materials, to write to the places mentioned, as he (Mr. Bingh am ) h e ld i t hi s duty to make the fullest inquiry into the case. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES.-WEDNESDAY. _ _ The Bedfordshire Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft., ece., with 70 added. Two miles. Mr. Parr's Sponge, 3 yrs Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 4 yrs Count Bathyany's Egremont, 3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed:: Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 3 yrs Mr. Russell's Legislator, 4 yrs The Two years old Stakes of 20 sous. each, with 50 added. Last half mile. ... (W. Butler) •.. 2 ... 3 Lord o morr.dD e Ly. „i f Bedford's s ,ni d ,sa ie ,3c. Newport ... ( Pettit) 1 Christiana by Epirus •• dam, by •D'Eg;ille :•• .: 2 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Ongley's Maid of Lorn Mr. Charlton's Kiss-a-way Major Martyn's Caesarian Mr. Douglas's Repletion ... The Preparation Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 25 added. Once round and a dis. Gentlemen riders. Mr. J. Daley's Wee Bit, 4 yrs ...(Mr. Tow neley2 2 1 Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie , 3 y rs ... Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 3 yrs Count Bathyany's Bellinden, 3 yrs Mr. Edwards's Polly, 6 yrs ••• ••• ••• 5 The Town Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats, 0041 i one mile and a quarter. Sir S. Spry's ch m by Sir Hercules out of Taglioni 6 yrs ...(Nat) 1 1 Mr. Pettifor' s fby Martin Chuzzlewit dby Belers 4 2 Duke of Bedford's Sable, 3 yrs ••• ••• 2dr Mr. Edwards's Amazon, 5 yrs 3 dr AQUATICS. ST. JOHN'S, WAPPING, AND ST. GEORGE'S REGATTA. This regatta, which commenced on Tuesday and was adjourned in consequence of some fouling and the late ness of the hour, came off yesterday. A coat and badge and sundry other prizes were given by the gentry and tradesmen of the vicinity. The contest was among eight young watermen plying at various stairs, and drew together a large concourse of spectators. The distance was from St. Katharine's Dock Buoy, and go twice round a boat moored off New Crane wharf. First heat—Thomas Lucy (stripes), 1; John Cannon (purple), 2; William Teery (pink), 0; George Jones (green), 0. Lucy took the lead, kept it, and won easily. Second heat—H. Jones (blue), 1; J. Punafrey (orange), 2; J. Legan (red), 0; T. Watkins (yellow), O. Won easily. Third heat—This heat was composed of the two first men of the two preceding heats:—T. Lucy (stripes), 1; R. Jones (blue;, 2.; J. Cannon (purple), 0 ; J. P umtrey (orange), 0. This was a well-contested heat between Jones and Cannon. Lucy at starting rowed right away from them, and won by some boats' lengths. Fourth heat—This, the grant heat, was comprised of the two first men of the last heat:—Thomas Lucy (stripes), 1; Richard Jones (blue), 0. This heat was: rowed with good pluck and skill on both sides. Lucy, first took the lead, but was passed by Jones, who, how ever, soon lost his position. They were, towards the end of the heat, nearly scull and scull, Lucy winning, after a severe 0 7& •'''4Ut ,by about two boats' lengths. THE IRON TRADE. The last three weeks of delightfully seasonable weather have dispelled all anxiety as to the result of the harvest, and afforded an opportunity to secure a good and pletiful supply of provisions for the winter season. The iron trade has partaken of the conse quent improvement in the general tone of feeling, and a marked impression is prevalent that no necessity can exist for much longer submitting to the present unremunerative prices ; although the scarcity of money, arising from an unwillingness on the part of capitalists to entertain anything like speculative pro jects, still cramps the operations of every trade. We are glad to learn that the steady home demand for manufacturing purposes continues unabated, and that within the last fortnight it has been deemed ad visable, in one instance, to declare an advance of ten shillings per ton upon nail-rods, by a house of the first standing, in order to prevent too great an accumulation of orders; since the nail ironmongers of the district, after having been induced to abandon an attempt at reducing the wages of their men, are now rather freely endeavouring to supply themselves with rods. It appears, also, that very con siderable orders have lately arrived from various parts of the Continent, where the novelty of military car nage and devastation seems to be losing its charms under a practical comparison between the results of civil convulsion and commercial industry, and it is likely that in a short time our business transactions there, which have been suspended during these dis turbances, will be again resumed to their full pre vious extent. In the pig trade prices are also well supported, and a brisk demand prevails. Several small lots have been taken at rather higher rates, and a great amount of business might have been done had the makers beck willing to sell. In the Scotch and Welch markets also a decided improvement has taken place, and the demand is so much more lively that some of the furnaces that were standing have been again put into blast. It is, however, to be hoped that this example will not be incautiously followed to any extent, as the prospects and gradual progress of amendment may be easily blighted by over-produc tion. A cheering trait also may be noticed in the number of advertisements for large contracts of iron of different denominations that have lately begun to make their appearance in the newspapers; and we are happy to observe that many of the new branches of railway, where operations for a time have been suspended, are again exhibiting indications of renewed progression. Upon the whole we think that the trade is now gradually assuming a healthy position ; and rational grounds exist for the uni versal opinion that an advance of 105. at least may without hazard be proposed at the coming quarter-day. In this ease the workmen will doubt less partake of the benefit ; and notwithstanding the colliers and miners on Saturday last gave notice for 3d. and 6d. a day advance—with the prospect re ferred to so near at hand—their own good sense and feeling towards their employers. just emerging from so severe an ordeal, must point out to them the pro priety of deferring a premature application. Indeed, e do not learn that the notice was the result of any unanimous expression of feeling among the men themselves, or that it. was universally given—but it seems to have arisen in most instances from anony mous handbills, industriously circulated by some ill-designing persons, calling upon them to take such a step. A fruitful source of complaint, however, exists among the thick-coal colliers, in the fact that different rates of wages are now given in different localities of the South Staffordshire district, and this has not generally been the case.—Birmingha nt Gazette. CHOLERA., In reading over the account of the efficacy of the Arabian prescription of opium, assafcetida, and black pepper made into a pill, for the cure of cholera morbus, in yesterday's paper, I was struck with the re markable instructions far its a dwinistration. The account states that " The best mode of administering the pill is not by swa llowing it whole, lest it be rejected in that state, but by chewing it and swallowing it with the moisture of the mouth, and a very little brandy and water to wash it down." Now, as assafautida is a drug most offensive to th e smell ' and taste, and as opium Is exceedingly bitter, and as everybody knows that sickness may be pro duced, s ympathetically, even in health, and there fore more readily in disease, by vision, as the witness ing of anything filthy ; by smelling, as occasionally happens in passing the open gratings communicating with the common sewers in the streets ; and by hear ing, as when brought within sound of a person vomit ing—l think the method recommended is the very worst that could be adopted, and that the chewing of these substances, offensive both to the smell and disagreeable to the taste, will, in such a disease as cholera, be productive of sickness in 999 cases out of 1,000. The remedy itself, although old, I consider to be a good one, inasmuch as it recommends the ad ministration of large doses of opium —the assafcetida and black pepper being the auxiliaries, and the opium being th e s h ee t a nchor. Opium is the peculiar gift of Providence to mankind. It assuages pain, qui e t s rest lessness, allays irritability, promotes perspiration, and, consequently circulation in, and warmth in the skin_ a thing so desirable in this disease. It paralyses the excessive peristaltic action of the bowels, and conse quently diminishes the frequency of the dejec tion', and also arrests the constant vomiting. The manner, therefore, in which I should recom mend this remedy to be given would be this—make up the ingredients, consisting of two grains of opium, two grains of assafastida, and two grains of the pepper, into three pills, instead of into one, and let them be taken at one gulp by means of a small quantity of brandy and water. By this process you would prevent sickness being produced, as far as the administration of the remedy goes, either by exciting the taste, smell, or imagination of the patients. You would take the stomach, as it were, by surprise, and, by virtu e of t he smallness of the pills, you would have them quickly dissolved in the secretions, and their effect produced on the nervous system without the stomach being cognisant of their presence ; for it is a well known fact that during irritability of that viscus from any cause, all substances, whether solid or liq u id , o f any quan tity, are invariably rejected. The following case shows. the value of opium in cholera :—During the period that bowel complaint was prevalent in the tilonth of July last, a lady, after suffering from diarr'acea for ten days, was attacked with cholera. 1 say cholera, because, in my opinion, the disease is the same whether it occurs in London or Grand Cairo_ aris , s from the same causes, and is only modified in intrmsity by locality or climate. She was in. strkntly cold, skin blue, no pulse, constant sickness, ri ce water evacuations, countenance collapsed, voice -altered and feeble, and constant cramp. The collat , aral means used were—raising the temperature of thes room, heat to the surface of the body, mustard, ammf.inia, and brandy. But what cured her was— and 'what would have cured her without the agency (if t e lle, other things was—the administration of two # Olid 8 tains of opium every three quarters of an hour. otr. the most conspicuous portraits. The character of Lady Flora, for instance, is delineated with most painful truthfulness. Naturally neither beautiful in person nor captivating in manner, yet possessed of a good heart and amiable disposition, poor Flora was reared in an ungenial climate. Her natural affections were allowed no vent; she grew up painfully con scious of her own defects—defects greatly exagge rated by that very consciousness. Lady Flora was proud, and bashful, and painfully sensitive, and the numerous trials and annoyances to which these qua lities exposed her on her entrance in the world are admirably described. We do not purpose following the career of the timid debutante; we will not say how the influences of kindness at length converted into " gladness" the "sadness" of her heart, neither shall we speak of the trials of the happy Mabel, nor the disappointed ambition of Georgina Mulgrave, whose portrait, disagreeable though it be, is capitally drawn. We prefer leaving these interesting passages to the consideration of our readers. Turn we now to the " Discipline of Life." The three tales which con stitute this work are all most beautiful. If their brevity renders them individually less attractive than the more elaborate work we havejust been considering, that defect is more than compensated by their pecu liar characteristics. Necessarily less interesting, as far as regards the complication of the plot or the va riety of the incidents,, than the three-volume novel, the three tales which illustrate the discipline of life are imbued with a beautiful pathos, and fraught with a depth of passion which render them most attractive. " The course of true love never did run 'smooth" is apparently the text upon which these tales were written. The sorrows of love are here made to act as the most effectual "discipline" of life, and perhaps they are so. Be this as it may, the heroines of these three tales are most assuredly sufficiently disciplined by love and sorrow. The third tale, "lhe Moat," illustrates the moral most effectually, yet it is perhaps too much pervaded by an air of melancholy. Margaret, one of the heroines of this tale, endeavours, not (happily) without success, to emulate the conduct of Marion in the " Battle of Life," and surrender her lover to her sister, because that sister also loves him. But " The Moat" concludes, to our thinking, more happily than the "Battle of Life." The lovers are united, and the unloved sister, " disciplined" by the trial, obtains that highest kind of happiness which is inseparable from self-conquest. It is not fair, however, thus to dis close an author's secrets, and tell the denouement of a tale; we will therefore leave undiminished the inte rest of "Isabel Denison" and " The Country Neigh bour." This latter tale is peculiarly attractive, on ac count of its peculiarly attractive heroine, the sprightly, joyous, wilful Evelyn Villars. Her light-hearted genial gaiety is most infectious, the reader of her history is perforce fascinated and amused. Her joyous presence suffuses the pages with a spiritual sunshine. PAYNE'S ROYAL DRESDEN GALLERY, from Pictures by the Great Masters. Divisions 1, 2, and 3. The Dresden Gallery is well known as one of the richest in Europe, both in Italian and Flemish masters. To make the glorious works enshrined in that Gallery familiar to all the lovers of art in Eng land is the object of the present publication. Each division contains ten splendidly engraved plates by Payne, from the originals in the Dresden Gallery, and each plate is illustrated by a notice, biographical or critical. These notices are exceeding well written, and, taken as a - whole, Payne's Dresden Gallery is not only one of the cheapest, but the best, of the artistic serials. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—In addition to the attrac tions of fireworks, music, dancing, Juba, Van Amburgh, the lions, horses, &c., the proprietor has caused a model on a large scale to be constructed of the contemplated transformation of these gardens, hitherto used only as summer gardens, into a place of winter recreation, and into gardens that shall flourish all the year round. Ac cording to the plan described in the model, which fills one of the large apartments in the premises, the covered walks will be enclosed on the sides, in such a manner that the cold air will be excluded. They will be illumi nated with an immense number of gas burners, by which heat as well as light will be obtained; the sides se ill he so contrived so that they will afford a pano ramic exhibion of the overland route to India, com mencing with the city of Marseilles, and showing all the principal points. The Rotunda will be made into an elegant dining-room, a conservatory will be erected, and stocked with plants and flowers ; and on the ground now devoted to fireworks will be raised an immense Hippodrome, in which it is stated that M.Franconi, from the t.ippodrome at Paris, will exhibit his chariots, horses, and equestrian pageants. There are many minor alterations and additions to be made for the opening of the place for the winter amusement of the inhabitants of the metropolis. The model, which is a very perfect one, will be interesting to all who are in search of recreation, and who have been accustomed to seek it at Vauxhall. If the design be carried out in the manner proposed there is little doubt of its meeting the patronage of the public, although the project is a novelty which a few years ago would never have been thought of by the most sp, culative caterer fur public entertainment. The gar dens were last night well attended, and the performances went off in their usual well arranged manner. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.-Dr. Bach • hoffr,er is at present engaged in delivering a course of most u:( ful and interesting lectures on the history and uses of Gutta Percha at the above named establishment. The substance has become so important, entering as it dues into the arrangements of our manufactures—the ac coutrements of our horses and the ornamental portions of our furniture—that a knowledge of its character, its origin, and capabilities, seems absolutely to be necessary. Dr. Bachhoffuer's method of handling the subject is ex ceedingly happy. From the natural history and the chemical analyses of this newly-discovered material, he passes easily and opportunely to its manufacture and its application in an economic point of view. The Gutta Percha Company have supplied the Doctor with a large and well-assorted supply of beautiful manufactured articles; and as the lecture embraces practically every style of solution and fabrication experimentally shown, we would strongly recommend all interested in the bear ings of discovery and of science upon the progression of civilization to visit the Royal Polytechnic Institution, for the purpose of hearing the learned Doctor's discourse on this interesting material. DISTILLING FROM SUGAR.—On the 4th instant, an Act (11 and 12 Victoria, cap. 100) was passed to permit the distillation of spirits from sugar, molasses, and treacle in the United Kingdom. The Act 10 and 11 Victoria, cap. 6, is repealed, and also part of the 4th George IV., cap. 94, and 6 George IV., cap. 80. It is now enacted that licensed distillers may distil from sugar (icily, or from potatoes only, or from molasses only, or from treacle, or from any of these materials, and malt or grain mixed. In the annual account of duty, when sugar only is used, the charge may be made on the distiller, but when other materials are mixed, then a different mode is to be adopted. There is a clause in the Act, directing that no sugar or molasses shall be received by distillers, except from the Customs warehouse, and must be in the same state as when cleared on the payment of duty, and to be accompanied with a certificate from the proper o ffi cer of Customs. Treacle an d molasses t o b used for the purposes of d istillation are to be key . is storehouses until used to pr event adulteration. No tice terials, and scales and wei g hts are to be provi ma de or is is to be given to the p ro p er o ffi cer of the removal d f of use. Distillers are to make declarations to claim the al lowance, and are to deliver an account of the quantity of the articles used. IMPUDENT TRICK.—Last week a stranger called at the office of a contemporary in this city, and ordered a large number of handbills, announcing a masqued ball at the Royal Subscription Rooms, " d la Jullicn," on Tuesday night last. Dresses and masques were to be obtained at the rooms two days-before the gala ; but there was a positive declaration that " no person in the garb of a clown or harlequin would be admitted." At the appointed time the rooms were prepared for the accommodation of the travelling wardrobe, but it came not, nor were there any tidings of its being on the road. At last Tuesday night arrived, with the same result, and the consequence has been a general feeling of amuse ment at the thing being a hoax. The only persons who appear to have suffered are our contemporary and the bill-sticker. He is no doubt the same person who at the same time placarded the walls of Taunton with the an nouncement.lll i p t e w London oas lairi n of that a grand town o concert d o n f vocalists Chronicle. esd em ay t COLD WATER CURE.—The; body of John Smith, • a labourer, well advanced in years, belonging _to the p a rish of St. Cyrus, who died here suddenly about a f o rtnight ago, was on Wednesday e xhumed, in order to an inquiry by the Fisc al before the Sheriff. It appeared that tile deceased had been attac ked by rheumatic fever, and was under treatment by a respectable medical gen tleman; when, acting on the advice of another, he was s ubjected to the cold water c ure, havin g been wra pp ed up in cold sheets for an hour o r two, when be expired. The inquest clearly brought out that death followed from the appliance of cold. The individual who recom mended the cure has been committed for trial, but libe rated on bail.—Montrose Review. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A man named James Col lins, a miner at St. Blazey, whilst picking nuts at a dis tance from St. Blazey, on an old burrow mine, known by the name of St. Blazey Consols, overreached a bash hanging over an old shaft, seven fathoms deep, and fell to the bottom. Having providentially escaped serious injury, he resolved to exercise every effort to extricate himself; and his only means of escape was by climbing up the shaft. He at once set himself to the task, which he happily accomplished in about ten hours, from eight, A.M., till six P.m. As the place was at a distance from the public road, and he was, of course, quite beyond hearing, he must otherwise have inevitably been starved to death.—Minitly Journal. During the last two weeks, that is from August 23 to Sept. 11, the eight military commissions have decided on the fate of 2,827 insurgents; of these 1,839 have been set at liberty, 858 condemned to transportation, and 30 sent before councils of war. From the time of their entering into functions these commissions have pro nounced 8,700 judgments in all, by which nearly 4,890 persons were set at liberty; somewhat less than 3,00 condemned to transportation, 229 sent before councils of war.— Galignani. REDUCTION Of DUTIES ON C OPPER AND LIAD— The following duties are no w p a y able on copper a nd lead, under the Act 11 a nd 12 'Viet., cap. _127, 'wh ichtook effect on the s th ins t. Co pp er ore and regulus of copper, ls. per ton ; old copper, unwrought copper, rode or ingots, in plates and copper coin, at 2s. 6d. tbi) ton. ' Lead, pig and sheet, per ton, 21. 6d. a yd n 1