The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

CREMORNE GARDENS. Great excitement was crewed at Cremorne Gar dens, and indeed throughout the metropolis, last ingl - 4, by the extraordinarily daring gymnastic per formance of Edward Bcuthellier under and with the Cremorne balloon. Bouthellier is one of the two clever artistes performing in Soulllier's Cirque Ori ental, under the title of the I - alian Brothers, and he Wa s announced to make a display of his extraordinary Powers with the balloon ; but the public were not pre pared for what actually did take place. At 7 o'clock a aplendid car, drawn by four beautiful horses abreast, wa s driven into the b.illoon-grcund, from which de scended Bouth e lli er appropriately dressed, and, without In n°lnent's p re p ara ti on, h e b owe d to the surrounding lnultltude, and catching hold of a small rope which was attach ed t o th e car , was i mme di a t e l y borne up 4 b Wa Y• In an instant he threw himself over and a i i ,;„""ging by his heels, without the slightest tw in-14.0e of the hands, though the balloon was bear half along at a very rapid rate, and for fully . fialcan hour did this young man execute all the dif cult positions for which he and his brother are so celebrated in the. Cirque. Scarcely had the feelings urn aat°ni shment at this display subsided when his was announced. The balloon bad descended in hC Victo r ia Park, an d a ge ntleman having kindly lent m nia horse h e wa s back in the grounds by nine () F l ock, and was literally carried in triumph to the Cirque, where he went through his usual pertormance, and from thence to the dancing arena, where he was received with unbounded applause. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY. Her Msjesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert,,, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales , Lae Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Di• vine aervice at Whippingham Church yesterday Morning. The Rev.' F. Prothero performed the service and preached. The Hon. Beatrice Byng has succeeded the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, as Maid of Honour in waiting. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom- Panieci by their Serene Highnesses the Princess of )11enlohe, and Prince Charles and Princess Adc.- rre of Hoh en l o h e , an d a tte n ded by Lady Augusta uce and Sir George Couper, left her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morning, for Abergeldie. Her Royal Highness remains all night St Carli s l e, cont i nu i ng t h e j ourney nort h war d th e fol lowing day. Earl Pi tz h ar di nge , L or d S o ndes, and the Earl of San ,thvich had interviews with Mr. Secretary Wal pole, Yesterday, at the home-office. Mr. David Waddingt on M.P. for Harwich, had also an inter- With. the Right Hon. Secretary. r- hapatches were sent off yesterday to the Go• vernor s tAce. of Hong-Kong and Ceylon from the Colonial- b ST OPPAGE OF ALDERSGATE- STREET. — Yesterday, Y order of the Lord Mayor, Aldersgate-street, from Falcon street to Jewin-street, was closed for the purpose of laying et ° ," a new roadway, of square granite blocks, on a sub. gum of concrete. The great inconvenience of stopping ea a l ong and important line is much felt, as the mail carts and other vehicles are obliged to take a circuitous route, more than half-a-mile out of the way. On market days at S m i thfield the inconvenience w ill b e more serious, Bmith veh icles of all des cr ipti o ns are prohibited passing through field before noon. letter from Eslingen, Bavaria, of the 31st ult., Gi e t . " A dreadful murder was committed here two days on the person of one of the most learned anatomists of X 31 ,111 1, a nY, Dr. Ra m p o ld, h ea d phy s i c ian of the hospital of g a ll. On the day in question the valet of Dr. Rampold entered his ground master's room, and found him lying on the hi s covered with blood, and having a pitch-plaister over arti e j e (jut h,.. Ills secretary and the drawers of several other Burg er Watch,' or furniture had been broken open, and two gold Several jewels, some silver mounted.instrumenta of rY, and a considerable sum of money taken away. The icke u watch and purse of the deceased had also disappe d are . ri A b e rt°Pay of the body proved that Dr. Rampold knifePe. th from the loss of blood, caused by ten stabs of f reast. It is tbought probable that first o a u ll t . h h e Zataderer stunned the deceased by a blow on the head . wit tThee° blunt instrument and then applied the pitch-plaister. in e W Y clue that has , been as yet arrived at is the declare tor. i l) a t the porter of the hospital, that on the day on which bona, alPold was discovered lying dead, the doctor returned is balfi'le"napanied by a man in a peasant's dress, and that 11 08 , 4 t an hour afterwards the man descended and . left the pm;ed llitherto all the researches of the police have ~Ineffectual, the description of the man on whom sus u tails being but vague, the porter having only seen him Pidly~tix IN N BOND.— A hogshead of wine having Reticl e , w 4 leaked out in the bonded warehouse, application rea l iV 4 e by the owners to the revenue authorities for a rent d, lain i ° ll of the duty on the wine, and also the amount of on the package. It appeared that the cask had bell) on for some time, and on an official inspection 04_olade, it was found that the loss had evidently been win used from the head of the cask having fallen out, th ro f t 0 the bursting of the hoops, which were quite eaten interee with rust, a n d no t f rom a b strac ti on or f rau d u l en t it was r f lee, and a s th e o ffi cers had cert ifi e d to t h at e ff ect, whole considered th at the duty should be remitted on the th e Oaantity under the provisions of the 18th section of Wareh o arall '" i ng Act, 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 19, but that the thereonuuu. rent was due, and would be required to be paid ElNfiga land ATIO N FROM SUNDERLAND.—On Saturday t here was a considerabl e amou nt of excitement in Sunder , caused by t h e Lizzie Webber, the fi rs t em i grant vesse l from thous, t hat Part to Australia, leaving the docks. Some an " of persons crowded the docks to witness her de parture,wi and she was accompanied to sea by a large party, a ! ha d a bawd of music with them. She takes out sixty it).--engera, principally belonging to Sunderland, and dea l:lied for Port Philip. Other vessels are engaged to follow er•"'Netvcastle Guardian. There , was a rule in an old debatin g societ y which mi ght be advantageously recommended to some of onr public b " u1 " - -" That any gentleman wishing to speak the whole eveni ng should have a room to himself." Yesterday morning while a man was ploughing in a field near the Prince Albert public-house, East Surrey grove, Peckham, he turned up a gold coin, weighing half an °lince, and bearing the following inscription :—loArms V. b • G. PORT. ET ALG. Rxx. R. 1747 (John V., King of Portu gal and Alcarves, reigned 1747). The coin had evidently, from its appearance, lain a great length of time in the ground. Tnz NEW SHIP AMERICA..—This fine specimen of Canadian ship-building, commanded by Captain Andrew Crawford, arrived in the Mersey, on Friday morning, from Quebec, after a rapid passage. Captain Crawford parted with his pilot in the River St. Lawrence on the morning of the 16th ult., and took his Liverpool pilot on board on the morning of the sth instant, th us making the heavy in the remarkably short space of twenty days, with of timbtr and flour, drawing 22!A„ feet water, Thea vimerit a cargo is 1,483 tons register, was built at Quebec, and launched last tlay, by the eminent shipbuilder, Mr. G. H. Parke, of that city, under the special superintendence of Lloyd's sur veyor. The construction is of that superior order which can only be appreciated by experienced parties after a personal inspection ; but the form and finish at once strike the aye of the beholder, producing the instant conviction that the vessel has claims of no ordinary merit, and will no doubt prove to the satisfaction of any unprejudiced person that our Cana dian shipbuilders can produce ships of a model, quality, and fini sh, not to be surpassed by those of any other builders, either in the colonies or the United States. She had a large number of cabin passengers, several of whom are en route for Australia, and whose chief regret was that they could not proceed in the ship.—Liverpool Albion. ALARMING FIRE AT GRAVEsEND.-ocl Sunday evening, between the hours of nine and ten, the inhabitants of Gravesend were alarmed by the sudden outbreak of a tremendous conflagration on the farming premises of Mr. Collier, in the vicinity of the waterworks, which burst forth with tremendous fury, and illumined the horizon for many miles distant. The barns, sheds, and other out-buildings, together with several stacks of hay, soon became a prey to the devouring element, the wind blowing strong from the south-west; but suddenly shifting round, the mansion of Mr. Collier, situated at the north-east extremity of the farming premises, entirely escaped destruction. The town and Custoin-house engines having shortly arrived, and a good supply of water being at hand, mastery was obtained over the fire between eleven and twelve o'clock. Various rumours as to the cause of the outbreak were in circulation. Mr. Collier arrived from London about midnight, on receiv ing a telegraphic communication. IMPEOVEMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF SUEMA- I trl*E TELEGRAPHS.—Art improved plan is proposed for this desiderated purpose by placing the copper wires, gutta Percba and chemical covering, in a metallic casing to be se ored in the angular recesses of a link iron c hain, one an g le being capable of protecting from five to ten insulated wires, and one chain from thirty to forty. It is also proposed to 1 1 4 a testing apparatus in water-tight boxes attached to I , 4 °Ye at every one or two miles, the wires in the testing aex b • _being connected with the submarine wires below, so as . 0 Indicate the line of telegraph, and to detect and repair de tects by raising the able to the surface. CHI , PPING SODEURT COUNTY COUR . T —On the the 3lat ult. Knightly William Llorlock, Esq., one of the , u _a . gietrates Of the c,unty of Gloucester, passed his exami -07E1,T as an insolvent, suppported by Mr. Slack, solicitor, he f? 91. From the insolvent's statement it appeared that the us pressure(l en driven to seek the protection of the court by o his of creditors, who held security for their debts 4 °, s large estates which have been valued at 52,0001, til u e g that after payment to his creditors of 20s. in the pound, assets, if properly managed, would realize a handsome oßrphis. ,„„• CLEMENT DANES CHURC HYARD. —Th e "°1 ;"hoioners of this extensive parish h ave made repeate d toplaints to the parochial authorities of the daily inter tna that take place in the churchyard, which is literally ', h ied with corpses. Last week there were about fifteen e lB , and on the southern side, near the railings, opposite d eu x - street, there is a deep grave or fosse some 20 feet t ri e ell, Which is made the general receptacle of those whose .., e nda are not able to pay the usual fees, and as one fills zother one is sunk, so that not a space of grouud is left 'ltouched that can receive a corpse. The overseers and Wlardians of the Strand Union are trying to form a General the Committee or Board for the whole of the parishes in Aaste ci ty of Westminster, and to purchase a site of ground so me distance, but m uc h opposition is shown b y the U roch ial authorities of St. George's, Hanover-squa re , S t. Vrgaret's and St John's, Westminster, and other parishes. f" th e Beards A i underealth the consideration of the Commissioners of H. e,,,;1‘1111 WHALE PlSllERY.—lnformation was re n Saturday by the Dublin whaler, arrived at Ler i„2C of the progress of the fishery. The Dublin left the ,i7ola the 15th July, an d h ad four fish and forty tuns of oil. J he SPitzbergen was totally lost on the ice on the 24th ~.I.ne; she had 108 tuns; crew saved. A shoal of bottle ;.'"V whales, consisting of 295 fish, was driven on shore at Soe, off Sumbargli, on the 27th uit, ; the blubber ti o t f wpears tdurniv;enandonanshotshreer a s t ho g al u e ee f n th da e le s , ame des , cr_ip ., - ,',•, the bludder of about 200 • vor tu g , re alizing from 101.0tilo tlhoei.2B7t,h. 0- , ` s co , 0 " I cot ' h oe 000 Lre )peo eir sOl the od 0 9° E;t l i l / 1 /1 1, are. nal iber, rem TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, - - LITERATURE. A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE MOL LUSCA. By Mary Roberts, author of " The ' Conchologist's Companion." Reeve and Benham. In the cumpilation of this work Miss Roberts has evidently endeavoured to please both the student and the general reader. The former is furnished with a summary of the newest writings and researches of Mr. Reeve and other naturalists, with well-designed and beautifully coloured representations of all the latest discovered mollusca, their habits, &c. To those who do not understand such things, and who would throw asiue a book full of Latin names and scientific terms, the authoress has provided much information, which must interest all. Much light has been lately thrown upon the Molluscs, the fish which inhabit those curious and gigantic shells which adorn our mantelpieces, and at which, although many look with attention, they little think what cares and privations its owner once underwent to provide for his wants and guard himself from his enemies. Paley was wofully at fault when, in his " Moral Philosophy," he cited the oyster, limpet, and othershellfish as examples of those whose only happiness was found in peace and quiet. Of the fallacy of that supposition the follow random extract will give a sufficient proof : " The animal inhabitant of the Finns marina is a blind slug, surrounded with numerous enemies, and parti cularly obnoxious to the Sepia, or cattle fish, who watches the motion of the Piuna, and no sooner does the latter open his bivalve shell, which occasionally ex ceeds two feet in length, than he rushes upon him like a lion. _ _ "It will naturally be asked how such a blind de funcelesa creature can either procure food or protect himself from the attack of his implacable enemies? Nature uniformly redoubles her exertions in favour ot the weak; or rather, it may be said, that the God ot Nature offers, by this new and affecting compensation, an additional reason for unreserved confidence in Him. A k►nd of crab-ffsh, naked like the hermit, and:very quick sighted, is the constant companion ot the Pinna marina. iney live and lodge togethe.. in the shell which belongs to the latter. When the:Pinna has occasion to eat he opens his valves, and sends out his faithful purveyor to procure food. If any foe approaches, the watchtul crab returns with the utmost speed and anxiety to his blind protector, who, being thus warned of danger, shuts his valves and escapes the rage of the enemy; when, on the contrary, the crab loads himself with booty, he makes a gentle noise at the opening of the shell, which is closed during his absence, and when admitted the two friends least together ou the fruits of his industry. This curious fact, although well known to the ancients, escaped till lately the observation of the moderns. Aristotle tells 113 that the Pinna kept a guard to watch for him; that there grew to the mouth ot the Pinna a small parasite, having claws, and serving as a caterer, resembling a oral', and termed the Pinnophylax. In like manner Pliny mentions a singulr animal called Pinnotheres, which, he says, is liable to injury, and therefore }.ru dently bides himself in the shell of oysters. He also speaks of vie Pinna as belonging to a genus of shell fish, produced in muddy water, and constantly attended by a companion." Of the existence of this fish Pliny wrote some eighteen hundred years ago ; but the story was treated as a fable. The knowledge of its existence was for gotten, and only lately revived. Such anecdotes are to be met with throughout the volume. The history of how the ancients concocted their dyes, from the shells of fishes, and the labour and enormous expense that it required to dye but a small quantity of wool, is very interesting. The book is rendered still more attractive by the number of beautifully coloured plates representing the various specimens of fish of which it treats. It is also handsomely bound. ANCIENT AND MUDERA INDIA. By W. Cooke Taylor. Revised by P. J. Mackennu, Esq. James Madden. This work cannot but prove a most useful one to those who desire to know the history of British India f ro m the commencement, without going through many volumes and having to read a great deal of matter which is not required for the occasion. Here we have a complete history of Hindostan from the earliest ages, its conquerors, feuds, and the different nations that composed that portion of Asia. It will be interesting to those who have read Moore's " Leila Rookh" to find that the originals of Selim and Normahal, in the Feast of Rose, flourished in Hindostan in the early part of the seventeenth cen tury, and that Moore has rather underdrawn the influence that Normahal exercised over Selim. He became so deeply enamoured of her that he named her Normahal, or " light of the harem," and spent every hour he could spare from the affairs of state in her company, In his autobiography the Emperor declares— " At the period in which this is written (about four teen years atter he began to reign), I may say the whole concerns of my household, whether gold or jewels, is under her whole and entire management. Of my unre served confidence indeed this princess is in complete possession, and I may allege without a iallacy that the whole fortune of my empire has been consigned to this highly endowed family. The lather being my finance minister, the son my lieutenant-general, with unlimited powers, and the daughter the inseparable companion of my cares." The author gives graphic and interesting accounts of all the Dutch, French, and native wars in which Great Britain has been engaged since the commence ment of her Indian trade, with strictures or apologies for the backzlidings of the various governors and ge nerals during this eventful history. The accounts of the principal battles and memoirs of the more im portant personages are interesting and concise. The compilation of this work is excellent, for besides a full index of each chapter, by the side of every page are small notes stating what each paragraph conta i ns , so that the reader by glancing his eye down the mar gin ma y know the contents or where to find the para graph required. TEE DUTIES, RIGLITS, and LIABILITIES of JUSTICES of the PEACE. By Thomas William Saunders. John Crochford. In this little volume Mr. Saunders has endeavoured to enable justices of the peace to be independent to to a certain degree of their clerks, who, in nine cases out of ten (where the justice of the peace holds his office solely because he is a landowner) perform all the duties of their superiors. The author of this work has collected all the principal Acts which regu late the conduct of justices, with many useful rules to guide them. DISCOURSES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, Read before Literary and Philosophical Societies. By Samuel Bailey. Longmans. Tuis work consists of nine of Mr. Bailey's dis courses, which he has read at various periods before certain societies. Although, perhaps, the majority of the public will not feel a great interest in the whole of the essay, still, owing to their extreme variety, the reader is sure to find some of them to suit his taste. They consist of a " Treatise on the Mutual Relation of Sciences ;" " An Account of the Discovery of a Mam moth The English Language " Political Elephant . in the North of Siberia, with Geologi cal Stotrstic „ s;" " f the rh e y tt s l c u a d l eof Eng ; Gen " er it a e l fo P r r in in a c t i i P il les of l E a c n o d nry „ Investiga tion " The Mechanical Causes of Thunder ;" " Pa radoxes of Vision ;" " The Th eor y o f Witt, ,, s ce. From all these, which are w e ll wr i tten, the reader cannot fail to find employment. The account of the discovery of the fossil elephant at the mouth of th e Lena, a river in Eastern Siberia, is told by Mr. Bailey as though he had been an eye-witness. Th e monster was first discovered 1 , in 799 by a Tungusian chief while hunting, entirely encased in the ice. Three years afterwards, the ice having given way, the body of an enormous elephant in perfect pr eserva tion, was found lying on the sand bank, but b e f ore any ac ti ve measures were taken for its removal, it was much mutilated by the natives and wild animals. The remains were subsequently re moved to St. Petersburgh by Mr. Adams. Mr. Bailey gives a full descripti on o f t h e mons t er , a nd gives an able discourse on th e varims surmises which arose as to how it ever go t t o S iberia. T he ot h er t wo die courses have eq ua l i nterest in their way, and are di versified by various anecdotes. UNIVERSITY hfeyu•ood, Ls. OXFORD Mr. Heywood hiss at STATUTES. final teallength favoured the public has been By publicationwith Steward of delayed by the death of Mr. Ward, the Deputy High Heywood the former volume, and th e c . o rem . ainder. It has remainder. It Univertity, who translated superintendwho 3e dea t h t he translation or f , .all the uni versityhich have ex manuscript or brought t us up been the author's endeavour to statutes, as far as practicable,mpilnlwe ii fisted ead printed since its f 0 foundation, d a rr t i h o e n ,firefir s t whethery volume hi nay statute s are to to the year 1768. Vol. 11. carries us u the Royal Commission in 1850. be found in these pages which are not generally found in the printed statutes, as many manuscripts. have been translated and added to those already mostin print. A compilation of its statutes is, in fact, the correct history that is to be found of a university, for they embrace all from the chancellor to the under graduate, and an alteration in the statutes shows an alteration in the habits and requirements of those whom they affect. -- NOTES ON NORILI AMERICA, Agricul tural, Ec onom ic a l, and Social. Rll'azood and Son. By James T. W. John s t on . 2 Vols. W. —a° ' We con ratulate Mr. Johnston on the independent concernin g stand which he has taken as regards his r America, its inhabitants, and produc e. He g has acted u p to what ho has stated in tli i pre f a ce, vz , that, alth ough a "B r iti s h er " he has endeavoured to vi speak fai r ly and with candour of the states and pro get aces throu g h which he has travelled. It is alto her an uncommon book ; for instead of the tourist who carries hi s sketchbook with him to depict the beauties of scenery, Mr, hook w Johnston has taken his note ith him, an order that he may give his coun trymen a true account from personal observation and inquiry of the produce of the land in the North American provinces, its market prices, and the profit that the farmer makes on it. The author describes his travels throughout New Brunswick, St. Law rence, ac., in an off hand manner, evidently more in tent upon agricultural pursuits than anything else ; nevertheless he finds time to look into the , universi ties, and to describe the timber trade and other institutions of the country. He remarks "that in America, as with us in general, the most zealous im provers are those who retiring from commercial pur suits come fresh to the tilling of the soil, untram melled by prejudice, and open to weigh fairly the chances of profit from this or that mode of husbandry." This work must prove very useful to those about to emigrate to America. JOINT-STOCK AND PRIVATE BANKS DIRECTORY. Part I. Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster-row. The editor of the Bankers' Magazine bas emi nently entitled himself to the thanks and gratitude of the banking community by the publication of this valuable work, which will henceforward form an in dispensable adjunct not only to every bank, but to every great commercial establishment throughout the entire country. The collection of the lists of joint stock shareholders, and the description of the several partners i❑ the private banks, although taken from the official returns, have involved much labour in pro ducing the accuracy without which it would be worse than useless. The present part contains all the requisite information respecting the banks in England and \Vales. It also comprises a digest of the Acts of Paliament now in force relating to the constitution anti privileges of the Bank of England and joint-stock banks, and a digest and analysis of cases decided under these Acts, and also of the law affecting joint-stock bank shareholders, and of cases decided under the winding-up Acts. There is also a great variety of useful information, all of which exhibits unequivocal evidence of the extraordinary care and attention bestowed in its collection. We trust that the indefatigable author will receive many substantial marks of the gratitude that should be bestowed on the author of that which will, we have no doubt, prove for several years a standard book of reference in all matters relating to banks and banking. EXAGGERATION. BY ELIZL COOK. We wonder what would be thought of a person who deliberately loaded and fired a forty-pounder to kill a bluebottle, or who begged the loan of a sack to carry home a pottlo of strawberries in. What would be our opinion of any one who employed a sledge hammer to drive a tack, or who purchased a quarter of oats to fill a nose-bag; why we should undoubtedly believe him to be in no state to make a will, and question the propriety of his going at large. Yet we find greater innovations of consistency committed every day as regards the purpose and meaning of language, without our conceiving any direct notion that the parties indulging in such are fitting candidates for election at St. Luke's. The habit of exaggeration in language is a charac teristic in many people, which appears to us to afford a truer index of their general qualities than is ordinarily observed. A great depth in any faculty, or acute in tensity of any feeling, is seldom possessed by those who invariably use the most imposing words they can find to express their opinious and sentiments. The stereotyped grandiloquence and florid warmth of tone used by them in discussing simple matters, or relating simple incidents, are, to our matter-of-fact organization, little beyond the flourishing of drum and trumpet, which upon close in vestigation is found to be the issue of sheepskin, brass, and common atmosphere. Some p e op le ' s tongues are eternally emulating the frog in the old fable , and always straining into an ox—a state of ver b al inflation alike ridiculous and false. There are those who never expe rthieenycespaeamhondferiattaes sp o l c i c tt a i s e i g9 a h l ea d d e a g e r h e n e , a o n f d pain but " awful" spasm, or "dreadful" torture. If they meet with a slight incision of the skin, they have "cut their finger to the bone;" the application of a mustard poultice for five minutes never fails to "flay them alive;" a common cold is mentioned seriously as a" most violent influenza;" and a week or two of fever is recorded as a " severe and frightful illness." The " superlative" is the reigning mood with them; skim milk becomes Devonshire cream, glorious,” "horrible," " tremeonndothues,i; and small beer uinness's stout; " superb, " a:ttneegnx.qwtioisnidtee,r',' d w e o l n ic d i e o r u f s ° , l4' ' ' ' ‘‘ charming," " beautiful," " te r rific," " a ' 3 . lipss a h si as tonishing," ,' plentifully' an d s uacsh conjunctions, extreme adjectives , while gauging the narrow calibre of brain whence the big torrent issues, how such large furniture could be found in such a small house. Let these people repeat a story or circumstance, and you can hardly detect the original, they see everything through a magnifying glass and kaleidoscope blended. Talk of painting in veritable colours, the foreground and outlines, often given in mere words, beat the pre-Raphaelites by notches; a Dutch garden all tulips and peacocks, or a summer sunset all purple and gold, are soft and unimposing compared to the limning power of one of these fluent sign-painters. We once kept account for a lady, during a three miles' walk through rather sandy lanes, who declared herself " halt dead" with fatigue every few minutes; and we found that she had died exactly eleven times and a half at the end of the journey, when she swallowed cider and sandwiches in a most vital fashion, considering her mul tiplied state of demise. We met a cottager's child, which she rushed up to and pronounced to be an " an gelic little cherub;" but our near sighted eyes could only perceive about as average a bread-and-butter-devouring little biped as over plagued a mother: then she informed us that the view to the left was "grandly sublime," though there was nothing to elicit rapture beyond a broad common fringed with a plantation, barely relieved in the foreground with a very yellow pond, and still yel lower goslings. We chanced to tell this lady of a visit we had paid to the Porcelain Works at Worcester, and mentioned among other things, that a part of the materials used was ground animal bones; shortly afterwards we were told that we must have made a mistake in our recital, for Mrs. H. had repeated our account, and impugned our veracity by declaring, that cups and saucers were ma d e of ground human bones, and saying that we had assured her of the fact. We informed her one day that a marble figure just put up in a friend's hall was three hundred weight, and were laughed at soon after for hav ing told Mrs. H. that it was three tons. We have never talked much to Mrs. H. since these florid mistakes. An elderly gentleman amuses us very often by his de scription of his only son. The young man, according dtoeehdishipaa?,in p or traying, is an " immense , geniu s ,"...si g . his abiliti es are in fact so great that the y do not know wh at he is fit inspiration in a wonderful d egree; " papa's portraying, is too much for his body;' for; he "plays divinely , " " sin e s ex q uisitel y , " and ps s if e h s o livesn "pos sessions long enough the poet's "do so met hi ng very grand ; " and withal, he is "so delicate i n cunstitution hewill that he can hardly bear the wind to blow ea him." These are the doting sire's own words, but we should, in giving a candid opinion of the youth, use less elevated language, and say that he is nothing more than a spruce fir, entered and labelled in his pas grand conservatory as a cedar of Lebanon; and as for his "delicate const i. tution," it seems to stand pretty well under an unlimited amount of large dissipations and " small hours." Now these people are but types of a class. We met with these inflated exaggerations in manifold shapes—from the Prime Minister to the potboy, f rom the political leader writer to the last-dying-speech-and confession inditer, from the continentally-educated duchess to the A-B-C-less scullery-maid; there seems [4 , natural tendency in many to verbal apoplexy, and wo wonder some imaginations are not found dead in their beds, Our public press teems with this exaggeration a s much as our private parties. We should like to know how many " great national crises," bow many " awful and eventful epochs," how many vergings on " desperate revolutions," and how many " most serious and fatal consequences to th e country ," h ave occurre d i n t h e newspaper col umns d ur i ng our recol l ect i on ? Y et , St. Paul's st an d s w h ere i t alw ye did, and exiled royal foxe s seek old En g l an d as the safest cover they can run int o. We should like t o k now h ow many reviewers have held . up the "coming genius of the age," and pointed atten tion to the " most distinguished writer in English lite rature;" how many volumes have been pronounced a "the finest work that has appeared for many years;" and yet we offer come acro ss so me o f t h ese sterlin g productions in partnership with the trunk-mak er ' s paste. We should like to have the sum tot a l o f d omestic byp.rb 'les, such as being "as hot Z 46 fire,'. as black as a coal, being " delighted and charmed" to see a t enth- Tete acquaintance, and being " deeply distressed" to h ear that M: R )binson's seventh child has fallen sick o f too much pudding. What a census of illuminated "fig ures " we elicited have to wade through, and what outra geous fibs. We have no great objection to a respectabl e •• white lie" now and then, such a judicious bit of colour ing often gives valuable relief to a bit of domestic R em _ brands," and dispels the gloom of a household " Salvat or Rasa;" but we do not admire the silly and super fl e e us indulgence in lies that bear all the tints of the rainbow. Not that we are advocates for drab-coloure d sermons or pale grey philosophy solely. We can en j o y the true blue love-letter, and participate in the deep scarlet burst of enthusiasm, as much as any Parnassus-climbing idiot; but we certainly quarrel with the general mode of Spe c ch adopted by those who deal so widely in the big 6 ` word s . of the dictionary, without attaching to those words the slghtest portion of their meanings. The " flowers of rhetoric" are only acceptable when necked by the ever greens of Truth mud Sense. The habit of exaggeration in language should be guarded against; it misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive; it imposes on us would fill the place much better; it be g ets much evil in the society of a balloon, when a mo deratel y -siz ed skull promising what it cannot pk if ,rra, end we have of ten wand the most glowing declarations of intended good on we could name, service e n d i n mere I r i s h vows. Those who , when we ask a fav our , affirm they will do it, " c ost what it t ray," exaggeration iu everydey and th oug h t h ey may h ave to " move heaven and ear th ," are neve r f oun d by us to be so likely to confer it as te certain steady p er vino says h 3 will "do it if he can. " Sirens* langua ge s h ou l d be avoided, we think, as being mentally unhealthy, an d conversationally wear y i ng. A straight forward intention in speech is as grateful to associates as well ord ere d d ress, and we feel as muc h doubt and aislike in talking to one who, with very inferior intellect, flings all sorts of l oquac i ous y e ast in our ears , us we Should in graspine unwash e d , coarse han d, covere d with paste rings, Now, kind reader, we have filled up the "hoar before morn" with our pen-and - ink dreamin g , s an d if we express an earnest hope that it is for your amuse ment, pray do n 't accuse us of Ex. Eliza Cook's Journal, aggerstion.— HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• Mr. Balfe took last night his well-merited ben7 and was greeted by a f u ll and brilliant house . /he performance may be considered as the first of the farewell ones, as it was at play-house prices, and two evenings' entertainments of a combined character are to be given upon Thursday and Saturday on the same terms. Mr. Balf e ' s c l a i ms upon the musical pu bl ic are so perfectly kn own an d appreciated, that there is no need for a singl e i n t ro d uctory word of panegyric upon the present occasion. The warmth of his reception upon his appearance in the orchestra, and the repeated acknowledgments which he received at the hands of the audience, f o r me d th e best and most practicalin terpretation of public opinion. The entertainments were long and varied. They opened with the ever fresh Don Giovanni—its first performance this season—and introduced two ladies new to the boards of her Majesty's Theatre. Mrne. Erneline Garcia, the late prima donna at Drury-lane, was the Elvin', and gave the music with musician -like appreciation and effect ; whilst Mdlle. Toccani, who is known to concert goers, as Zerlina, won encores in " Batti, batti," and the " Vedrai carino." Mme. Fiorentini was th e Donna Anna. The part of the hero was in the hands , of Signor d e B ass i n i , who played and sang it with manly straightforward ness. Caizolari as Octavio, sang the famou s " mio Tes oro " w i t h g reat finish and tenderness, a n d, as a matter of course, Lablache was Leporello. Th e opera went swimmingly. Then came a short con cer t, i n c h aracter costume, in which Signor Gardoni, with M me. De la Grange and Mme. Charton, appeared, the l a tt er singing the " Ab non giunge." The entert a i nments of the ballet depart ment included a p as b y Md lle. Guy Stephan, and two divertissements, emb rac i ng the whole strength of the mute part of th e company of her Majesty ' s Theatre HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Adelphi company h ave moved hither for a month, and opened last evening with a new three act piece from the Mortonian mint, entitled The Writing on the Wall. There is an ancient country family with a murder twenty-five years old in its annals. Next there is a grasping, sinister neigh bouring proprietor, who is the murderer, and who, rdth comic villain, a v ill age fiddler,. But th ere i s a l so a sor t o by the spoil which he carried off on the occasion, lays the foundation of a fortune, a n d u l t i mately comes to force on a marriage waidthvantthaegeshorfinhkisincglahimeisreusspoonf er herthf whoe c os h pnh o esaucnisideebinehtebri been an a sa: taking b accomplice in the mur d er, an d w h o is the thorn in the principal criminal's side. It appears that the dying man, to the knowledge of the fiddler, wrote his murderer's name on the wall in bis own blood before his death. This terrible piece of evidence the fiddler concealed, by pushing a screen against it, and the room has since been closed up, and of course haunted. Now, however, the musical acces sory before the fact threatens to disclose all, in case his demands for money are not complied with; and so the murderer determines, as he has access to the house, to break into the room where the crime was committed, and efface the implicating lines. He ac• cordingly forces the door, when he is confronted with his intended bride, who had taken refuge in the de serted room, and who denounces the bridegroom— pointing to the terrible " writing on the wall." The bride elect is restored to her real lover, and finds a father in the sudden re-appearance of the murdered gentleman's brother, who has been falsely accused of the crime. The comic element is contributed by Mr. Wright, in the character of a cockney who comes down to the country to establish a " model farm," and who falls in love with the fiddler's sister, who has been an equestrian lady in the hippodrome, buc who captivates the model farmer as an unsophisti cated country girl. The scene in which the economy of the " model farm" is displayed is capital. All the labourers, male and female, are dressed in a species of rural uniform, with " model farm" inscribed upon their smockfrocks and pinafores. The former are discovered asleep, each man on a truss of straw. When Mr. Wright awakens them, they go to din ner—when he tries to thresh the corn himself, he hits his own head—when he goes to quiet the dog, he is chased round and round the stage by st• fine New foundland, capitally trained; and when he goes to feed the pigs, he lets them out ; when two of the young porkers, to the vast delight of the audience, jumped into the orchestra. Finally, after having been most outrageously swindled on all hands, and ill-treated by his model labourers, who get drunk and disorderly, the model farmer gives up agriculture, and his rural sweetheart re-appears as his bride, in a fascinating riding habit. Mr. Emery, as the villain of the piece, played with great care in the rugged and earnest style which characterises him; and Mr. Paul Bedford was admirable in the passages in which he recalls the circumstances of the murder to the perpe trator. Mr. Wright was as droll as usual, and created just as much merriment. Miss W oolgar's assumption was as clever as is her wont, and Miss Chaplin and Mrs. Leigh Murray, in their small parts, were as efficient as need be. The applause at the close was uproarious. _ ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Yesterday those charming little American prodi. gies, Kate and Ellen Bateman, took their farewe l benefit at the St. J ames ' s T heatre pr i o r to their departure for the United St ates. Th e eve nt was alto gether very brilliantly successful. Th e audience was numerous and f as hi onable, b e i ng under the patronage of her Grace th e D uchess o f S o merset and of their Excellencies th e A ustr i an an d Turkish Ambassadors. After the cornedietta of Perfection— delightfuly enacted in th e principal par t s by Miss Rebecca Isaacs and Mr. W a l ter Lacy , the always one of our especial f avour i tes—t h e real busi ness of the evening comm enced. Often as t h e Bateman children have been applaud e d i n L ondon b e f o re, they never met with a more cordi a l reception than greete d them on their last night' s appearance. We acknow ledge o u r se l v es at once t o b e among those w h o enter tain a feeling of particular di s lik e to the g enerality T stage-struck precocities. •• e have as instinc tive a horror of this kind of l uc i s natural a s Nioh° l " and contortions of that a b ominable little W latter of of Nickleby had when he fi rst w i tnessed the squeakings brat a Crummel, called on Mr s . G rundy ' s play bills a he Phenomenon." To this day that there was anything very wonderful after all in the Young Roscius as a juvenile tragedian — though we are ready to admit that M r ' William Henry Betty as a grown-uP p er " sonage is a very respectable and intelligent ge n ', tleman. But the little Batetnans stand entirely apart of the cock from the mass of these premature wearers and the buskin. They are as unequalled in the his" Chatter to.n trionic art, as children, almost as the boy was in poetry, or as the infant Mozart was as a musi cian. Their abilities appear to be e.s unforcedh t!s T . Their under any circumstances could be expected. we are not quite sure spontaneous merriment is one of the most contagion ebullitions of fun imaginable. When the tures laugh the whole audience laughs with ?Ir , and this laughter often becomes a roar of unmistak ablehic approbation. We don't precisely know W __ to prefer of the two—perhaps little Kate Bateillan!.! the most childlike, and, therefore, the most naturalthe but then little Ellen Bateman sometimes bears away• To palm triumphantly by her astonishing clevernekew— see these children in The Old School and the boy of Kate as Frank Mountain, the scapegrace ( a the Old School), always in mischief, with the curliest little flaxen little crea tures and the prettiest little features ch ildhood —Ellen, in ada little the joint suit, pper iloby, with production one might fancy of Stultz and bit, the an eyeglass about the size of a foureen e Y. e t n shirt trousers well strapped down over the boots' fitting collar unexceptionably starched and the cravat. • /4 A nalf, in to a nicety, in stature seemingly a foot-an---- • n manners vuice shrill, in bearing self-possessed, 1 the Hon. drawling, not to say affected, in characte r s pecimen of George Augustus Walme4 a p erfect eYl en r the ' • - -is l ng generation !To hear little Bateman Ell —we beg her pardon—Mr. w a imesley (aged fved seven years, but w ith the carriage o . th n - i n se e an most thirty) appealing for corroboration. is valet John• negligent way conceivable to h his exquisite son, or J-a-n-s-e-n according to " y -e-s, a-n-d pronunciation—to hear him ~ s ay „ t eia-en—b-u-t J-a-n-s- e •n g-o-t h-i-s h-e - a - u c--- i.n i-t—w-a-s t-h -e-r-e w-a. s n-o- tall-i-n-lf. t e n to this and t-h-e- r - e, J -a-n-s-e-n ?" To listen untenance, watch the littl e crea t ure ' s impertur ab The co mere con-. the w hil e was something d e licious• trast of the b oys represen ting the old school and the After this dramatic new i Was worthy of admiration ,in which the sketch came The Young C" ` le' celebrated b Bate man children have rendered themselves tions ; and th Y us, upwards of two hundred represen a,ta as b , benen wbrought with other amusements, the ' The house was to a most successful conclusion. crowded, and the audience—what they ought t o have been—enthusiastic. ___-..... t n h e e s s p t e hr performances r A i n r Madlle. Straudmann, s d bTyheatre with their pr e . HER MAJETY% TaBATa73.--Her Imperial High ness the Archduchess Catherine of Russia and his Royal Highness the Duke George of Mecklenberg Strelitz honoured pre sence yesterday (Monday) evening. Her Imperial High. a ch uc d e u s ch at es H s werasMaatjteesntdye' maid . of honour in waiting, and M. Kroutichief, gentleman in attendance. His Excellency the Russian Mster, the 0 13 f aran ess Brunnow, and Madlle. de Brunnow had the honour accoranlnyi her 1 erial Highness and his R o - l High F. - n g IT IP . c tary of the • " ~ ness the Duke. The firs , ~,ecre . Russian lain_ (AL de Berg) was in attendance upon her Imperial ighness and the Duke George. AMOngSt the fashionk.bla company also p resen t at the th eatre were the following :___ _Lord Ward a n d party, Lady M a ry Bentinek and party, th e Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Ranelagh, Sir George Armi tag arid Lady Armitage, Colonele., Lady S arah "aPpel, Colonel Freestun, ;IL P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, ~L a dy Jane Cole, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Mr. 1 distlethwait Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Bur -1 ton, & e. el - -•- crowd of au lihs_ admirers, . _ Mr. Daniel Webster, who is named for the Ameri can Presidency, being recently visited at midnight by a and serended,.tyrewil his bed-room 4 made tinin a speech in 413 shirt THE FISHERIES QUESTION WITH THE UNITED STATES. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, MONDAY EVENING.---The excitement on the subject of the eastern fisheries has been greatly increased by the speech which Mr. Webster delivered last Saturday on the occasion of his public reception by the people of Marshfield, where he has for twenty years reside-3, and to which place he has resorted at every interval of leisure for the practice of rural amusements and agricultural pursuits. As you will, doubtless, transfer the entire speech to your columns, it is not necessary to make any quotations in my letter ; but you may judge fromethe language the Secretary uses how decided his own opinions are on the subject, and how irrevocably the Government at Washington is pledged for the protection of our fishermen and fisheries. I should in my last com munication have surveyed the whole question, had I not supposed that publicity had already been given in England to the strange policy of Lord Derby's Government on this subject, and it could hardly be doubted here what course The Times would take in a matter of such great im portance. No rightminded or intelligent man can suppose that any sufficient cause has existed, or ought to exist, for hostilities between the two nations. And yet there seems to be a fixed determination on the part of the Government, the Congress, and the press of the country to repel any aggression upon our citizens, who have been suddenly interrupted in those pursuits which they have followed peacefully and I with impunity for a period of 30 years. The report of the Inspector. General of Massachusetts shows what interest that State has in the fisheries. Mas sachusetts alone has 858 vessels of 54,040 tons in the aggregate, navigated by 9,174 men and boys. The va lue of those vessels and their outfits is 3 532,000 dolls., while the an value of the fish they take amounts nual sum to a nearly as great. The inspector estimates the value f or t h e res t o f New England at nearly the same as that of Mass achusetts, and remarks that with all the pains he has taken he h as only approximated to th e tr ue fi gure , since many .vessels are employed in the cod and mac kerel fisheries, of which no proper register or reports are preserved. It appearsnthlaBtslthe mackerel- men o f Massachusetts caught in ibarrel s lBB 336 barrels in in those wat ers now A me rican waters , and t 141,000 claimed as the exclusive British right by E ar l Derby. The Boston Ti mes, which is considered, par ticularly in this matter, as of New Engla nd expressing the popular feel ing e t men, says . O ne half of the mackereamen are now in the waters, where Earl Derby proposes voyage to oust them by an armed suc cess force. The of each vessel depends on h er ability to fish ° u t the season by following the fish 2 vessels and till they are ful l. Probablnow expo y sed ,o to oo the cannon of a 30,000 m en and and boys are cruelties and horrors of British prisons, tish fleet and whatthecr hove for 30 years been accus tomedtor doing just t m olestation. The anxiety and can tress to do .fvaera__ilies o , f all our seaboard people can tress among vi ti l i t e easily be conceived —their d their traditionary recollections of British prisons and courts not being very happy," The remarks of Mr. Webster are a singularly s triking confirmation of t e statements and opinions whi h le it is most earnestly to be of the Boston Times, hoped, as ee Afl' W e bster says, that the subject of the late dispatches f ro m the Colonial-office had not at tracted a sufficie nt degree of attention from the prin cipal Minister of the Crown; yet he sees matter in them quite inconsistent with the arrangement made Earl of Aberdeen and Edward in 1845 by' the Everett. Mr. Webster lays the greater stress upon the fact that the Ear l of Der by was at that time Colonial Secretary under the (xovernment of Sir R. Peel, and consequently the definitive arrangement with Mr. Everett could no t well have taken place without Earl Derby's k no wledge, and, in fact, without his concurrenc e or sanction. Our Secretary, therefore, could not but think that this arrangement had been ov erl o oked as an i na dvertence. It is generally sup. posed in this country that the elections in England will have terminate d fatally for the Protectionists, and that,consequently, Lord Derby will be obliged Governm en t; in which case his suc cessor may, with grea t propriety, give a different in terpretation to the question of the fisheries, and take occasion, in doing it, to t o hr . j ow the onus of this contre temps upon his predecess.r. The more wise and uuicious among us anticipate this mode of relief from the present embarrassenen , that British and American statesmen are labouring under; because it is not to be supposed that any American whatever, mu ch less any American states man or journalist, would attempt to arrest the torrent of popular indignation that would burst out from every hill-side on the continent, if the news should come that the smacks of ou r New England fishermen had been sunk in the Bay of Fundy by British can• non. The course of Lord Derby in this respect may nave got him and the two countries into more diffi culties than he anticipated. Another subject of excitement at the moment is the extradition of Kaine. If Kaine had been an Englishman, or a Scotchman, or a Welchman, there would have been very little trouble about it, be cause in this case England is so manifestly in the right that it is preposterous, after reading the Ash burton Treaty, to dispute it. But the cause of all the " fuss " that is being made lies upon the very surface of our party polities. It is well known that the Irish vote in this country sways a complete balance of power between the two political parties, and consequently the leaders and demagogues of these parties resort to every trick and deception to win the Irish sympathy. Hence a numerous and tumultuous anti-extradition meeting was held a few evenings ago in Tammany-hall, the head-quarters of the democrats of New York city. Speeches were made by a con siderable number of well-known public characters. but the two principal speeches of the evening were those of Mr. Brady a popul ar s t um p speaker, and lawyer of New Yell, of Irish extraction, and a dis tinguished member of the democratic party, and Horace Greeley, the editor of the New York Tribune. Mr. Greeley gives us, in the report of his speech, the following clause, which we cut from his own journal : "He (Kaine) is not an ordinary criminal, but a mat; impelled to violence by a sense of wrong —not of indivi vidual hardship merely, but of political injustice. His is one act in a long drama of violence, having its origin in the conquest of Ireland and the confiscation of its soil to the use of tile conquerors. Admitting that Kaine is guilty of the act charged, his is not purely a moral of fence, but partakes of the nature of a political one." The New York Herald exposes the revolutionary tendency of such doctrines in the following lan guage : " According to this precious doctrine every man who feels himself impelled to violence by a sense of wrong' is justified in committing murder, and ought not to be brought even to trial! We scarcely ever knew an in stance of murder that the perpetrator was not driven to it by some 'sense of wrong.' Following up this princi ple, and applying it to the United States, let us see how it would work. According to Greeley, the coloured po pulation of the south suffer greater wrongs at the hands of their masters than the white serfs of Ireland ever suffered at the hands of their landlords. Impelled, there tore, to violence by a sense of wrong, a black slave is justified in committing one act in the long drama of vio lence having its origin in the introduction of slavery into this country by the British—he is justified in perform , ing his part in the play by the murder of his master, land when he flies to New York he is not to be surren , dared for trial. In his case killing is no murder—it is not a moral, but a political offence. And, to follow up the idea, suppose the blacks of a whole state conspire and murder every white man in it, not leaving so much as one to tell the tale, all this would be no crime against human or divine laws—it would be a mere political offence. Such is the atrocious, murderous higher law doctrine proclaimed by Greeley, and if some of the co loured race do not' better the instruction' the fault does not lie with him." When the first judicial decision in the case of Kaine was given some days ago, by which the Judge of the District Court of the United States decided that, under the Ashburton Treaty, the prisoner was to be delivered up to the British Government, another issue was made, and to-day the case was brought before Judge Bosworth, of the bench of the State of New York, on a writ of habeas corpus. The Hon. J. Prescott Hall, United States District Attorney, appeared for the Marshal, by direction of the Go• vernment, and, in compliance with the order of the Judge of the State of New York, produced the pri soner. Mr. Busteed, counsel for Kaine, and Mr. Edwards, counsel for the British Government, were both heard at length by the Court, when Mr. Brady, the popular orator before alluded to and the principal counsel for the prisoner, stated that application had been made to Judge Nelson, of the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington, for the purpose of bringing the matter before the highest tribunal of the nation for a final decision. He also stated that Judge Nelson had replied to the effect that the case in issue presented a novel ques tion, and some days would be required for the deliberation. Judge Bosworth rem ar k e d, th a t w h ere the liberty of the subject, and the reputation of the Government in the execution of the laws were at stake, it was imperatively necessary to proceed with all due deliberation ; he therefore ad journed the Court until next Wednesday, and re manded the prisoner again to the custody of the United States' Marshal. W e shall see what tb te, e , result will be ; but thus for we can ourselves. Mr. Greeley and some other e ditors f l a d e I done what they Pa could to inflame the congratullaa h s , si°.r tea o t the, Irish population, and things had gone the of Marshal exposed come alarm lest, in ti m court-roorn, the prisoner from his confinement to the a rescue would be attempted. Thr-', Irish ever Justice was surrounded by a large crowdoe% twhatever was tion during the day, but nn,,, en f r om the court made until the prisoner was tr. sol i ce , But it soon room, when the mob attackfedae the , ; P rioLers, who ended in the arrest of . are now in prison awaltshr;Ltyleeir e 28, 10 O'CLOCK A.M. WEDNESDAY , Yesterday, the great nig gathering took place at Niagara Falls. .-id and suppued, that It w as ,s 4 , AUGUST 10, 1852. there would be at least 50,000 . or 100,000 per sons present on the anniversary of tne first victory (a s it is called) of General Scott ; but up to last evening less than 10 000 had assembled. Few distinguished men of the Wbig party were there, and the whol e thing was likely to prove a failure. The fact c an no longer be concealed that the Whigs made a very unfortunate nomination, and no enthusiasm can be got up anywhere for General Scott. On the other hand, the mass meetings for Pierce and King are characterized by unprecedented enthusiasm and numbers. The fishery excitement is extending, and the new Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Kennedy, of of Baltimore, has started all our navy-yards and arsenals into activity. A powerful force is pre paring for the north-eastern coast, and in a short time several of our largest and most efficient steamers will be on their way. There is no subject on which the Americans are so sensitive as their fisheries. I confess that, with a knowledge of the exasperated state of feeling along the Canada frontier and through out the British provinces , and a kno w l e d g e also of the policy which the President and his Cabinet are deter mined to carry out,—l confess that I entertain the most serious a pprehensions of the final result. Our Government expects a collision. Of this fact there is no doubt. This morning Judge Bosworth was to have given his decision in the Maine case, but a telegr a phi c dispatch has just been received of the sudden death of Judge Sanford, at Toledo, and all the courts will meet only to pass resolutions of respect to his memory and adjourn. I rejoice in the delay , for it will secure the hearing of the extradition case before the Suprem e Court of the United States at Washington, where we know that wisdom and moderation and learnin g a nd justice will prevail. THE NORTH AMERICAN FISHERIES QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF TAE SUN. believe that no wise or sagacious man will deny that, if th ere are i n t h e wor ld t w o great coun tries who, in a m ora l, p h ys i ca l, so cial, and com , mercial point of view, are in a position to do each other the utmost possibl e goo d or th e g reatest pos sible mischief, these couutries are the Anglo-Saxon nations. On the day before General W o olfe gained the bat Angle -Salton, Abraham, single n roodß. British t n i s f h l a subj ec t, j e w c t i t , h n i n o the countries ' bordering on en of two lakes, or the S'.Gulfofin Nova o n r o G r s t on, htwofo Colonelsm al l settle mentso gl n . Thoszorgeiar, sovereignty west thorp's small colon e dun v d ast regions extend ing Allegheny Mountain y s. of the Bourbons of France an to the Pacific were then the Anglo- Americans, although highly prosperous, Spain. The ceed 2,000,000 of inhabitants, wil did not ex to the eastward of the Allegianiens were nhie all settled in small towns on the shores of the Atlantic. ' At% day the population subject to the Queen oft the present England and the citizens of the United States possess all the vast dominions extending from the islands and shores of the Atlantic to the coast of the Pacific, from Hud son's Bay to the coast of Mexico, from the Bay of Chesapeake to the Bay of San Francisco, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Co. lumbia. Since that period they have increased from two millions to thirty millions. Awful, indeed, in prospect would be the consequence of any policy which might possibly involve the United Kingdom and the United States of America in the certain calamities of a war. Civilization in .America and Europe would, for a time, be paralysed ; and not only the present generation, but future generations, would experience the disastrous results of any interruption of peace and social and commercial intercourse between the mem bers of the great Anglo-Saxon family, who, although they have different governments, are, nevertheless, bound together by historical bonds and common asso ciations and customs as one people. Not only are they bound together by the benefits of mutual navi gation and commerce, but by the inseparable bond of language, education, and traditionary usages ; they speak the same language, are educated at schools where they are taught the same lessons, trained at firesides where the mothers instil into their children similar morals. They read the same literature, pro fess generally the same religion, and study and obey the same laws. Until a very late period both nations have had a common history. Therefore, if there be one course of policy more than another which British statesmen or British subjects should advocate, it should be a policy best calculated to maintain peace and friendship between the United Kingdom and the United States of America. It is no wonder, then, that reflecting men should look with alarm upon the recent measure of the pre sent Government in sending a naval squadron to drive American fishermen from the fishing-grounds of British America. I concluded that when the North- Eastern and Oregon boundary questions had been settled, the true policy of the British Government ought to have been to place the relations of the British Empire and the United States of America as nearly as possible on the same commercial and mari time arrangements as if they were still under one great federation. If the United States had remained under British dominion until the present day, the ships and their fishing crafts would freely enjoy our home and colonial and coasting trade, and exactly the same freedom of fibbing along the shoals of New foundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as British vessels, while all British shipping would partake of the coasting trade and fisheries of the United tates. That both nations would derive great benefit from such freedom of trading and fishing cannot be denied. Instead, therefore, of sending ships of war, which will inevitably come into collision with the vessels of the United St a t es , ought not such a free commercial and maritime arrangement be at onc e negotiated with the American Government? Before the late Lord Ashburton sailed to America, for the purpose of settling the north-eastern boundary. ted he sub (lispute, which he so satisfactorily exec . o , mitted to Sir Robert Peel some very liberal observa tions on the maritime and commercial intercourse be tween her Majesty's subje cts and the citizens of the United States. Sir Robe rt Peel did me the honour Lord Ashburton's sug of requesting my opinion on f th gestions, and I find (having a copy o e same now before me) that the above were the conclusions to which I arrived respecti n g them. Bat at that time ripe for Sir Robert matters were not sufficiently Peel carrying out what he considered sound interna tional policy. It was necessary f o r him first to repeal the corn-laws, the taxes on the essential food of man, before he could venture to meddle with the navigation laws. It was the early wish of the American Go vernment and Mr. Pitt, who entertained the pro posal, that the commercial and maritime inter course between all the d o minions of the British Crown and the United States of America, should be placed exactly on the same footing. Under such a system, Great Britain might have enjoyed every possible trading advantage with th e United States which it would have been just to pos sess, had they continued under British domination. The trade, navigation, and fisheries of the United States ought, in like manner, to have derived every commercial and maritime advantage, which could have been on the most liberal unde rstan ding obtained from the mother country, without being subject to the • in capacities of the Colonial-office, or the veala dministra tion of colonial Governors, to the interference of the British Parliament, or to the absolute exercise so vereign prerogative. But the liberalof the policy proposed by Mr. Pitt as Chancellorcomtnerc:' al of the Exchequer, under the Shelburne Administration, of Mr. Adams, on the part o f the and defeated by an adverse party in United States, was finally led to the adoption ofa counterpart to the Great B r it a i n , w hich British navigatio n l aw b which until lately was y the United States, an d enforced with regard to all British vessels arri • ung in the United States. Dal all the relaxations made recently in our nevigetiotre laws have been met with perfect reciprocity b i oast e United States. Now, if the British colonial and ing trade and fisheries Ameri can were fairly opened to can vessels, the coasting trade and fisheries of the t United States would be at once thrownrdOeyn b her British vessels, and which is so much _I! des ererunswic k. Majesty's subjects in Canada and Ne'vitio,) with the There would be no necessity for g Pe - °tia ths wise and United States. Why not at once adopt by so i ng a war the profitable course, instead of boz h of war irritating and insulting or m es e e: c ; The laws of the among the American fishter•w hatever privileges Arne. United States provide tohteher countries, the vessels of rican vessels enjoy , e i o o . so American ports and seas. those countries wilip.l Scotland, nor the latter Bag- England does n c oasting trade and fisheries are land, although the d British subjects, so far from to both, an common a would be greatly benefited, '" th e being ii beiug i e j is 'and fisheries of the coasting ult. d States weree British dominioes and the U n ite d States f b rendered freely common Inhabitants s 0 oth countries. We admit to the at right of England to once the enforce the provisions of the treaty of 1818, but we dread the fatal consequences of sending a naval armament to enforce the strict ob servance of that treaty. I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. MACGREGOP 1,. 1, Prince's-terrace, Hyde-pe r k, Aug. 7, 1852. TUE CITAIIIMANSIIIP OF COMMITTEES r TTIE HOuSE or Gortimo fi commonly rumoured that tl:e Government will have no inconsiderable difficulty in award ing the vacant office of Chairman of Committees. There are, it is said, a Lost of clamorous applicants for the place, amongst others, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Floyer, Mr. 11. K. Seymer, Captain Boldero, and Mr. T. Mackenzie. EasT INDIA. —It is stated, in a Parliamentary - - . ---- paper just issued, containing the annual report (pursuant to Act of Parliament) of the A., , ,ts of Government in India, passed by the President of the Council of India in Coun cil, with the assent of the Governor-General, fur public and other purposes, that the number amounted to 45 in the year 155,..) SPORTING NOTES. No CCLXXX. READING MEETING, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sla,—Vicathercvage, by his double performanca4 at Goodwood and WElverhampton, has proved satisfactoily enough now that his quality is not of that stamp which Captain Rom; imagined it was when he transferred it from the Duke's stable into Armstrong's for the trifV.ng sum of forty pounds, from whence it went to Mr. Pair's for an advance of twenty pounds on that sum. He Won his race yesterday very cleverly, beating Doubt at a dif ference of 201 b for the three y ears; Li ndrick, who was strongly fancied, finishing a very fair third, with Alonzo, overweighted and on a course beyond his distance, a bad fourth and last. The Reading meeting will come off to-morrow and Thursday, beginning at a quarter-past two with the Abbey Stakes, which VAULTRESS, I presume, will win; in her absence Defiance would be my selection. The Berkshire Stakes, two miles, will be contested by five or six, LANARTINE, with Bst 51b on his back, look log by far the best; after him Dulcet and Stamford tire as well in as any, the former having to carry Est 111 b and the latter a pound less. The Reading Stakes, a half mile spurt, penalty and all, ought to be carried off by VAULTRESS, Sylphine, I believe, being a non-starter. Defiance and Michaelmas Maid look well for tho second and third places. The Innkeepers' Stakes, in the absence of Musician, probablytal w l t e o ll t u h p e . lot of KILMENEY or TIEEORRX; The latest betting on th© stakes have not as yet closed. orn''eaViantstreesys.entsßiesrlissslfr lEwo u i wT l r l s u b seA remaini n g b finishing by Stakes—Even .Reading Stakes-2 to 1 on th e to 1 tgst any 5 to 2 agst Ktlmeney, 4 to e field. Innkeepers' Stakes — Stakes-6 to 4 agst Limartine ! 4to 1 agst Stamford; agst any other.—l am, & Aug. 10. THE SPIRIT QF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. . TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Rumors was on a very limited scale, with scarcely any influerc3 on the quotations, and admitting of only a short " price current." EBOR HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Little Harry 8 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage 8 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville,'s Frantic 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus—t to 1001. ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. John Scott's Songstress—take 7 to 2 7 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell—take 4 to 1 15 to 1 egst Duke of Richmond's Harbinger—taken to 2001. 17 to 1 agst Lord Zaland's Augur—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lordyerby's Longbow—taken to 1001. READING RACES.—We aro authorised to state that these races will not commence until a quarter past two to-morrow. A special train will start from Paddington at a quarter past eight in the morning, and return in the evening at a quarter past seven. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—MoNpar. The Trial Stakes of 5 says. each, and 30 added; for three yrs old, ist 51b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st 1lb; six and aged, 9st 510; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners extra, &c, Once round and a distance. (3 Sub=.) Mr. F. Eglinton's b g Carrier, 3 yrs Mr. Phillip s ' s L e J u if , 4 yrs Tho addePdr;olfourcecoSlttsa, Stakes Bat o 6 f 1b 1 ; 0 oya an s clill e ie a s e , h9 round. (9 S u b s .) Bsta nd 3 b 2. Once sous. Mr. Flintoti's Ibis , (Wells) 1 Mr. Fowl er Parser (allowed 31b) Thu winne r was objected (Sh"Pe) 2 t The Wolverhampton Stakes of f.'. carrying short weight. 25 sox's. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if d ec l are d , with the Trade s m en ' s P urse o f n 100 sous. added, an d the win wards expenses, a n d the second to pay 20 soya. to o Twice round and a dis. (35 dared.) Subs., 22 o f whom de- Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Cwley) Mr. W. Palmer's Doubt, aged, 7 s t 101 b... ( Charlton) o 1 Mr. J. Dawson's na Lindrick , 3 yrs, sst 2lb (car° 2 Mr. W. Moteley's Alon z o , 5 yrs , B st 71b.. ( Marlow)3 The Welter Handicap of 10 so ya , each , h ft, and 2: added. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half (4 Subs.) Mr. J. Saxon's Caurire, 6 yrs, list 21b...(Mr. Sha w ) Mr. Shirley's na The Drag, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Davenport) 2 The Ladies' Purse of 50 sows., for three yrs old, 7st 81b; 'F; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st llb; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; half-bred horses 61b. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. E. Buckhy's Royal George, S yrs(Sharpe) 1 3 1 Mr. Taft's gr gby Don John, 3 yrs (Asbmal) 3 1 2 Mr. T. Parr's Carinetta, 3 yrs (Cowley) 2 2 dr Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star (Knott) 4 dr Mr. J. Adey na the Alderman (Crouch) 0 dr Mr. F. Eglinton's br f by Faugh-a-ballagh ... 0 dr Mr. Sberriat's Miss Ellen, 4 yrs...(Charlton) 0 dr Several nominations for the north country meetings become void by the death of Major Yarburgh. AQUA`[ ICS. WESTMINSTER (SCELOLARS') BOAT RACES. THE SILVER CUPS MATCH. Six members contended for a pair of silver cups, vin oars' wager, yesterday. The distance was from Batter sea to Putney, and Mr. Wright officiated as umpire on the College eight. Messrs. Bearings and Madden ... Vincent and Freeman ... Upperton and Williams ... o With very little loss of time the above got to their stations, a fourth pair from some unavoidable cause not appearing. A very even and beautiful start was effected, and the whole went off oar and oar at a fine pace. In this position they remained for upwards of two minutes, the work in all the boats being beautiful. The winners drew a slight lead then and gallantly main tained it throughout, although pressed to the end by the second boat. Won by two lengths. SILVER CHALLENGE SCULLS. This interesting annual match, which had taken place previously, was also most gallantly contested. The Westminster sculls, the symbols of aquatic superiority, wer e presented in 1844, by Messrs. E. B. Burton and E. P. Colquhoun (old Westminsters), for yearly competi tion as an encouragement to 'honourable emulation in the science of sculling. Mr. Wright, T. 8., was the suc cessful candidate iu both '49 and '5O, and as his superi ority was so well established, no race took place last year, and, consequently, being thrice the holder, he re signed the trophies of victory this season for competition amongst the challengers, three in number, the Hon. E. Bourke, T. 8., W. Maddon, Q S., and E. Hammond, T.B. The distance contested was from Putney-bridge ta Vauxhall. Mr. Burton, one of the spirited donors— himself one of the most distinguished smilers and oars men in many a spirit-stirring conflict—officiating as umpire. Messrs. C. Hammond (T. 8.) 1 Mr. Maddon (Q,55.) 2 Hon. E. Bourke (1`,13.) " " ••• ••• The Hon. Mr. B ourke got a • slight lea), which be maintained gallantly for a quarter of a mile, then they were almost all scull and scull again. Bourke again put on a spurt, and kept a slight lf-ad R little longer, tut off We.ncLvvorth was rassed by Mr. Hammond, and almost immediately attervcards by Maddon, w h o made a smart race with the Winner till nearly the end. SUADWELL REGATTA. Six free waternien contmded yesterday at the above place for a new skiff and sundry other pry3s subscribed by the residf•nts, and •orined v ery exce llent re g atta. The race rCacreanweatsointhfieveßhegeaent''stliCe 1 Baoy, twioo round each heat. adniastance ex ttuding from New First Heat. J. R.)binson, Stone-stairs ......... (Green) 1 S. Dunbar, Itsteliff-cross ............ (Yellow) 0 J. Nickerson, Bell Wharf ............ (Pink) o A very even El cart, green soon showed in front, win ning by a dozen lengths. second Heat. T. Kirkland, Shadwell Dock (Dirk Blue) 1 T. Speirt, Cole -stairs (Light Blue) 0 C. Fox. liing Janies's•stairs (Red) 0 Woo easily by three or four lengths. Thire? heat. T. Speight ........................(Light Blau Dunbar (Yeibiw) 2 S. F,x (Red) o C. Illi c kerson (Pink) 0 A very fiat heat, the two first boats winning at their leisure. Fourth Heat. J. Robinson (Green) 1 T. Kirkland (Dark Blue) 2 S. Dunbar (Yellow) 0 T. Speight (Light Blue) 0 Similar to the last. Fifth Heat. T. Kirkland (winner) (Dark Blue) 1 J. Robinson Dark blue got the start and was leading by two lengths, the first round, ultimately winning by three lengths, notwithstanding the most determined efforts of the other to lessen the gap between them. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Saturday morning, the ith instant, a marriage was solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, between the lion. Frederick Chi chester and the lovely and accomplished Miss Tighe, eldest daughter of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Tighe, and niece to Lord Crofton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Edw./Fe!! Stewart. We regret t o a dd t h at t h e D owager Lady Tempt more was prevented by indisposition from atten din g. re Lu: ceremony. The bride and bridegroon;l e ft London, at t to the o'clock, for Butler's Green, the re sidence of Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Ch ar l es P ee l , w h ere they intend to pass the honeymoon. CARISBROORE CASTLE A.PPOINTM . pointment of keeper of Ca the lemise of Mr. Dennett r . ENT .—The ap lebrated In iStbhreoock: Castle, rocktts for preserving the lives of P been prevented by Lord lleyte_sohnuourary known fiz inpny years as the h of Wight , gricultural Societ y, 1 . ,,t , e1y vacant by entor of the ryeto Air. H. D. Cole, well rsons shipwrecked, has secretary to the Isle the Race Committee, and other public matters. THE LATE FATAL A CC IDENT ON THE LONDON AND wAy. _ The inquest upon the body of NouTit-WESTERN ItM u l iv gentleman who lost his life by an William Floyd, the Y ° . which oceurred at the Beckwell cutting, untoward accidentupon the 31 instant, was re near the concluded Hampton junc tio n , .. yesterday,. at the King's Head, Coven sumed and mr. I v bi Seymour, the coroner. After a Coven try, before inaasttiolvt eleven n e coroner p p r o m ce e t d h e e d sumu p th e lengthened exa case, and at ui hair-p . , ~ We, the jury, are of t h e following v eruict : dis:e cause of the accident was from the defective opin re io l n urne4 that the Mime it state o f the straps of the ash-box, thereby causing the death o f William Floyd i and the jury cannot separate without ex „sin,' their decided opini on th a t the inspection of those constructed engines should be made more minutely and more frequently, cc 83 tAI insure the safety of the public." 4S; 65; 10 iiati otv )0 0 relf" ree6 WWI lae4 klnr With M )a* - were Pe a yid b osl‘ '~tiei~ o iar 0 )0 tnio. t : 1 ,11 ..-"' 11°