The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

urth NEWMARKET RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) 501. Plate (Second Class), ... 1 Grief Jellyfish ... 2 Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Traverser rhilosophQr ... 1 ... 2 Sweepstakes. D.M. Lola Montez Eelter Skelter Match—Loadstone beat Cony ngham. ... 1 ... 2 FRAN CE. On tie 26th ult., when the steamer Tage, which arrived at Havre on Friday, left St. Petersburgh, General Leflo, the French Envoy, was to be officially received by the Emperor Nicholas. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 19th ult. announce the return of Suleyman Pacha, the Otto man Commissioner in Wallachia. The greatest tranquillity prevailed in all the provinces of the em pire, and cholera was everywhere on the decline. FRANKFORT. The Courrier du Bas Rhin of the sth inst. states that the Central Government of Frankfort has called into active service all the Federal contingents; that 12,00, 15,000, and 20,000 men were to be formed 011 different points, composed of Prussian, Hessian, Aus trian, and Bavarian troeps, and that the latter were actually proceeding to the respective cantonments assigned to them between Manheim and the Swiss frontier. The same journal affirms that 4,000 Prus sians entered Manheim on the 29th ult. ; that they were shortly afterwards followed by several companies of soldiers of Wirtemberg and two battalions of Nassau; that another Prussian corps of 12,400 occupied Heidelberg, Weinheim,„Schwet zingen, and the adjoining villages; that troops of Wirtemberg, Hesse, and Prussia, was being concen trated at Friburg under the orders of a Wirtem bergian General, named Miller ; and, finally, that a Bavarian battalion entered Constance at the end of September ; that 1,500 Austrians marched through that town on the 30th ult., and that they were to be followed on the Ist day of October by cavalry and artillery and to take up positions along the Swiss frontier. The National thinks that France cannot be indifferent to those military movements, and invites the Government to explain facts of so serious a na ture passing close to her frontier. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 7.—A convoeation was this day holden at twelve o'clock. The Senior Proctor having read the Chancellor's letter, nominating the Rev. Frederick Charles Plumtre, D.D., Master of University College, to the office of Vice- Chancellor, it was submitted to the approbation of the House. There being no opposition, the late Vice- Chancellor, in retiring from office after the titial period of four years, delivered a Lati❑ speech suitable to the oc casion, and his successor was immediately admitted with the usual formalities; he likewise delivered a Latin speech on being installed into office, and appointed the following heads of houses as Pro Vice-Chancellors to act in his absence:— The Rev. Dr. Wynter, President of St. John's College. The Rev. Dr. Symons, Warden of Wadham College. The Rev. Dr. Richards, Rector of Exeter College. The Rev. Dr. Radford, Rector of Lincoln College. The three first being present were admitted on taking the usual oaths. _ _ _ Tuesday next being the first day of Michaelmas Term, n congregation will be holden for granting graces and conferring degrees. The Latin sermon previous to the commencement of term will be preached by the Rev. A. Hackman, of Christ Church, on Monday next, at St. Mary's. The several Colleges and Halls are appointed to meet as under : Oct. 7—Magdalen College ; Oct. 13—Merton Col lege ; Oct. 14—Balliol College, Brasenose College, New College, Christ Church, Trinity College, John's College, Wadham College, Pembroke College, Worcester Col lege, Lincoln College, Alban Hall, and St. Edmund Hall ; Oct. 15—Queen's College ; Oct. 16—Corpus Christi College ; Oct. 20—All Souls' College, St. Mary Hall, Magdalen Hall ; Oct. 21—Exeter College, Oriel College, Jesus College, New Inn Hall ; Oct. 22—Uni versity College. The Rev. James A. Park, of Oriel College, has been presented to an Honorary Canonry in Durham Cathedral. The Rev. Robert A. Rawstorne, of Brasenose Col lege, has been licensed to the curacy of Penwortham, Lancashire. • The Rev. Arthur H. Hamilton, of St. John's College, has been appointed to the curacy of Shute, Devon. The Rev. William Powell, of Jesus College, has been licensed to the curacy of St. John's Church, Ctiathham. The RO V. Thomas W. S. Langdon, of Pembroke College, has been licensed to the curacy of St. James's, Manchester. _ _ _ The Rev. Holland Lomas, of St. Mary Hall, has been licensed to the curacy of Farnworth, Lancashire. The Rev. Hugh U. Tighe, of Corpus Christi College, ikas been appointed First Chaplain to the Lord• Lieut enant of Ireland. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Thursday, Oct. 5, 1841: A IiSETS. Cash in coin and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills over due Bills falling due in Paris, of which 17,840,080 f. 58c. are from the branch banks Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Advance to the State on the lcan of 50,000,000 f. Stock forming reserve Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of lie new branch banks in f• .129,334,482 84 . . 101,336,118 00 • 666,326 00 ... 71,343,608 75 ... 115,072,562 25 14,606,085 00 33,965,796 65 1,489,404 00 50,000,000 00 25,000,000 00 10,000,000 00 33,902,413 62 the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property and branch banks ... 2,524,088 00 Loan of 10.000,000 f. to the city of Pari3 2,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Interest in old Departmental Banks in National Banks of Towns Bills protested in the Bank Ditto in the, branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ... Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 230,000 00 ... ... 15,545,968 83 8,777,282 00 373,473 33 256,933 00 393,962 41 6,993,170 00 f. 640,818,406 67 LIABILITIEI. Capital ••• • • ••• Ditto of the new Branch Banks Reserve fund .•• ••• ••• Ditto of the branch banks ..• Reserve-immobiliere ..• ••• Notes to bearer, in circulation ... Ditto of the branch banks ••• Ditto to order (post-bills) ... Account-current with Treasury Various accounts current Ditto in branches 7tecsipts payable at sight ... Ditto at branches f• .67,900,000 00 ▪ 23,350,000 00 10,000,000 00 • 2,980,750 14 • 4,000,000 00 • 341,464,900 00 ~, 48,472,225 00 780,314 15 • 21,506,485 45 78,347,737 74 ... 24,814,902 55 ... 1,984,300 00 ... 2,352,947 001 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... 5,093,859 60 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 1,961,741 OC Dividends payable Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 686,654 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 1,808,292 36 Ditto branch banks ... 1,758,577 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks .. 641,216 00 Miscellaneous ... 231,031 12 E 640,818,406 67 Certificate confirmed, The Governor of the Bank, D'ARGOUT. RAILWAY CASUALTIES—ASSUR. ANCE AND COMPENSATION. Our attention has lately been directed to a subject which, after much consideration, we are inclined to think highly deserving the favourable notice of the railway and mercantile world, and of the travelling public in general. An association is now in course of formation fbr the purpose of meeting the deficiency existing in a new but not unimportant branch of assurance. There has been no assurance company hitherto organized whose operations extend to railway casualties. The serious want it professes to supply is its best recommendation to extensive approval. Ex perience has already shown the impolicy of trusting to juries for damages arising from railway disasters. Such a resource, in the first place, is always uncer tain and expensive. The ma n y th ousan d s o f com mercial travellers and other persons in the employ ment of the great companies, and whose numbers Must still increase with the increase of" mileage" and business, will be naturally regarded as amongst those most likely to secure to themselves the advantages offered by the society. The Railway Record has the following remarks upon this subject : " We are glad to hear that the proposition to form an association of the whole railway interest, for the purpose of extending the application of assurance principles to railway casualties, in aid of railway servants, companies, &c., has the approval of se feral cji" officers of leading companies ; and that it is • 4'be carried into effect upon . a gigantic As, scale;`edm nsurate with the immense interest in volved. Th proposition is such, that, if all rail way -:-•_ -, companies would combine for - their common i l l c. THE SUN, LONDON, _ MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1848 good. it could not fail to realise more than all the ad-vantages promised by Mr. Cobb, the promoter. That gentleman has long been known to us as a care ful compiler of railway statistics, and as an able contributor to railway literature. We should, there fore, have confidence in the accuracy of his calcula tions, even had they not been certified by two eminent actuaries. The novel and most attractive feature in this comprehensive scheme is the con templated surplus profit flowing into the Railway Officers' Mutual Benefit Fund'—thus giving to all railway servants a direct pecuniary interest in the prevention of accidents; and securing (at a much less cost) far greater advantages to the recipients, than can be obtained from any ordinary benefit club.' According to Mr. Cobb's calculations, it would seem that the remoteness of the contingency is fully met by the smallness of the premium to be paid by the public. No doubt, therefore, can be entertained that all constant railway travellers would be glad to effect policies with the association at so tempting a price. We repeat, that the whole proposition pro mises to realise invaluable advantages to the railway interest, as well as to the public, and deserves the best consideration of every railway executive throughout the kingdom." THE FLOODS. The valley of the Severn may now be aptly styled the Severn sea, being flooded to a considerable extent• Owing to the continuous and heavy rain which pre vailed in the latter part of last week, the river con tinued to rise for several days afterwards, until over leaping its banks, it has covered the meadows on either side with an extraordinarily wide expanse of superabundant waters. The valley of the Severn now presents a very curious appearance; the river forcing its rapid and troubled course through a sheet of placid waters, which becomes all the more remark able, streaked as it is by the partially submerged hedge-rows, and dotted by trees. We are not aware that any material damage has been:caused by the flood in this locality, and it is now subsiding. On Monday, a young man, named Cooke, was drowned near Maisernore-bridge, by falling into the current while trying to get ashore with a cable from a long boat, which had broken adrift at the Upper Parting. At Tewkesbury, the Warwickshire Avon, which unites the Severn at Tewkesbury, rose much more ra pidly and to a greater height than has been experi enced for very many years; and if the waters of the Severn had run down with equal force with those of the Avon, the flood would indeed have been a most extraordinary one. The whole of the meadows in the neighbourhood of Tewkesbury were entirely covered with water to a considerable depth; and three out: of the four principal roads) which lead into the borough were rendered quite impassable; but no material loss, except the carrying away a quantity of timber, and removing some tensing, occurred in the immediate vicinity of the town. At Evesham Messrs. Burlingham, Malin, Hunt, Gilbert, and indeed many others in the locality, have experienced great losses. Mr. Holtom, of Cleeve, it is said, has had 70 sheep washed away, and Mr. Hopkins, of Offenham, 25 ; the latter has also lost a cart colt.— Gloucestershire Chronicle. " WAIT TILL YOU'RE ASKED." (From the Man in the Moon.) Following up the sentiments of the letter which he ad dressed to the Times, and in which he declared his earnest hope that the people of London would not be too hasty and enthusiastic in loading him with honours and dinners, M. Louis Blanc has written to us at length, repeating his determination not to allow himself to be made much of in England. M. Louis Blanc therefore declares— That he will not, on any account, accept of the Free dom of the City of London, enclosed in a gold box, and accompanied by a magnificent service of plate—♦alued at 5,0001. That he will not on any account accept of any such honorary distinction as being made a Knight Companion of the Bath, of the Fleece, or of the Garter. That he will not accept of any legacies which may be left him, of houses, lands, estates, or vast sums of money in the funds. That he will not accept of any public dinner from the Honourable East India Company, from the Directors of the Bank of England, or from any of the principal Clubs in Pall-mall. That he will not accept any invitations to any pleasant and brilliant parties, where he will be the lion of the evening and the admired of all observers. That he will not accept of any pension of 5,0001., 10,0001., or 20,0004 a year from the Government of this country, or from any other quarter whatever. That he will not and cannot for a moment allow him self to be made the object of numerous complimentary and sympathising addresses agreed to at vast public meetings, and presented by numerous deputations at the head of tremendous processions, and amid the clang and bang of trumpets and cannons. And, finally (and what is more extraordinary than all), that he will not accept of the situation of Contributor to the Man in the Moon. A PRECIOUS BUSTLE.—The wife of a Cornish bankrupt, who was recently examined in the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy, was supposed to have concealed about her person, money or other property of value, belonging to her husband's estate- She was searched a few days since by two females, by direction of the officers from the court, and in her " bustle," which was unusually bulky, were found watches and ar ticles of jewellery of the value of 1001.—Cornwall Graeae. SAPIENT JUDGES.—The Bedford Times states that at the recent horticultural show in that town the judges decided that a bundle of white carrots were the best parsnips; and g ave the prize accordingly. Nzw IRON MINE. - Preparations are now making to raise iron ore, a vein of which has just been dis covered, on the estate of Mr. John Shepherd, High Brow, Millom, and within a short distance of the White haven and Furness Junction Railway.— Carlisle Journal. THE ADVANTAGE or KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK FOR A HUSBAND I—A woman living in Ashby inquired the other Sunday of one of the police, if he could give her any tidings of her "mon" (meaning her husband), and said she wished " Parliament was fur enough for altering the laa" (alluding to the Act now in operation compelling publicans to keep their houses closed the whole of Sunday morning), " she could always find her mon till the last Sunday or two, for he always got drunk in the morning, and was in bed the remainder of the day; but now she know'd no more where to look for him than the mon in the moon. But Parliament folk cared nout what trouble they gee poor crateri."—Derbyshire Courier. SINGULAR BINITEST.—Mrs. Jane Thompson, who, with the exception of a short period, has held the office of the nurse at the Cumberland Infirmary since the opening of that institution, died on Monday last after a short illness. A few days before her death, feeling that there was no prospect of her recovery, she presented the whole of her savings, amounting to about 201., for the benefit of the infirmary. This is a very pleasing example of devotion to the interests of an institution, of the merits of which the deceased must have been a competent judge. We know of no higher compliment to the infirmary than such a bequest as this.—Carlisle Patrict. MURDER.—The Autumn Circuit was opened at Ayr on Wednesday. The only case of importance was that of James AL`Wheelan or M`Queen, accused of the crimes of murder and robbery, in so far as on the 26th or 27th of May, 1848, he did (on the Backhill-road, leading from Fort Acres, or Forty Acres' toll-bar to the turnpike road from Ayr to Kilmarnock, at a spot about nine miles from Ayr) attack and assault James Young, servant with Mr. Joseph Smith, farmer, Forty Acres, and did strike him with a stone on the head, and severely wound him with a chisel on the neck, so that the said Jomes Young did immediately or soon thereafter die. The libel also charged the prisoner with abstracting from the murdered man the following articles:—A silver watch, a watch chain and watch key, a watch guard, and 15s. in silver. There were no fewer than 93 witnesses cited for the prosecution in this case, which, from the peculiar barbarity and wan tonness of the crime, excited great interest. The trial lasted two days, and the prisoner was unanimously found guilty, and sentenced to be executed at Ayr on the morning of the 26th instant. The prisoner, who indiffer ence,throughout the trial maintained an air of stolid became nervously anxious towards the conclusion. On judgment being given, he with an excited voice pro tested his innocence, saying he had received the watch from a man named Hall, in Kilmarnock. The last exe cution in Ayr was that of the unfortunate Waugh (some 16 years ago), who shot a man during the Orange riots at Girvan.—Ayr Advertiser. VALUE OP LIPB.—In the West Indies, a colonel was ordered to disembark his corps t o a tt ac k one o f th e islands. In stepping into a bo a t h e f e ll overboard, the current carried him rapidly from th e s hi p, when an honest tar jumped after him, kept him afloat till a boat was dis patched to his assistance, and put him safely on board. One of Jack's mesamates observing the c o l one l put some thing into the hands of his deliverer, stepped up to him, exclaiming, " Damme, Jack, you are in luck to-day -," and eagerly opening his hands, expecting to share in a can of grog; but on discovering the reward, a six pence, the tar uttered a prayer, and whispered his mess mate, " Never mind, Jack, every man knows the value of his life best." NEW Houses or PARLIAMENT.—A facile means of hastening Ow completion of these works has been re sorted to by the adoption of Parian cement, a recent dis covery. Unlike other plasters, this is better for painting over in less tha❑ twenty hours. Its crystalisation is likewise so complete that cubes of a large size may be seen at the factory at Nine Elms, which, although painted upon all sides shortly after their formation, have not exuded the slightest moisture. It will mix with oil or water, and as it does not set for four or five boars, it can be worked to any desired end ; but so soon as it does set it rapidly becomes consistent, and assumes the hardness and closeness of, and will take as high a polish as marble. It differs from scagliola, inasmuch as the most delicate colours blend into each other without any piecework, and it is not unlikely to take a high position in domestic architecture. From the absence of all free acids, glass and other expensive tools are not requisite, nor need the upholsterer fear his delicate paper-hangings will suffer from a similar cause. Although this cement is of little more cost than the ordinary piasters, it is a considerably more economical one, when the saving of time, its check to rising moisture, its great beauty, and enduring nature, are taken into account. In inlaid floor ings, and the minute purposes of utility and ornament, it possesses its peculiar qualities—it does not swell, warp, or shrink while in the course of induration. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING TAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—The trial at Clonmel has concluded in a verdict of Guilty, accompanied with a most emphatic recommendation to mercy. Everybody will feel that both justice and mercy are satisfied by this return. Of Mr. O'Brieu's actual guilt there could be no serious doubt, though the splendid ability with which his defence has been conducted did just suggest the apprehension of a verdict, which we are sure would have been most injurious to the prospects of Ireland. "For many reasons," we are ready to join in the prayer of the jury, as, indeed, we have long before expressed in anticipation of this result. Mr. Smith O'Brien, with some qualities that crave our compas sion, cannot be considered an entirely accountable person. His enthusiasm scarcely allows him to be conscious of his own intentions. In other words, he hardly knows what he wants or what he means. On a former occasion he excited the ridicule of the nation, and even of his brother Repealers, by a piece of childish obstinacy, without either meaning or point. His present vagary has been of a more serious character, but they who identify the martyr of the coal-hole with the hero of Ballingarry will desire for him nothing more than an entire and final withdrawal from the excitement of political life. All the pleas of the defence have gone to prove that Mr. O'Brien is not capable of a real intention, and that words and deeds which are usually held con clusive as to the existence of a settled determination, in his particular case, and considering his character, mean nothing at all except the image of some project flickering before the mind. Mr. O'Brien had posi tively announced a rebellion beforehand, and invited the people to arms with that design. How is this met ? He had only done so for effect. It was a mere demonstration to bring out the spirit and strength of his party. Again, whatever exceptions may be made to Dobbin's evidence, and even if it be rejected altogether, it is not disputed that Mr. O'Brien and his confederates discussed in Dublin last summer the time, the occasion, the manner, the armament of a projected insurrection. This how ever, which in a strong minded man would have im plied an intention, in a dilatory, vacillating, and theo retical character, might mean nothing more than a dreamy anticipation of possible results. Again, Mr. O'Brien went a tour of agitation with several plain spoken confederates ; he delivered himself very strongly as to the necessity of a revolt, and also stood by while his companions went into the pike and rifle part of the business. All this, it is assumed, was only an emphatic way of talking, and did not imply a serious design. By and by Mr. O'Brien appears on the last closing scene, surrounded by a considerable number of men, more or less armed. He invites them to resist the police and the troops. These untoward appearances are easily disposed of. As Mr. O'Brien never had any serious intention of rebellion, much less has he now.:He is only standing on the defensive. Before long Mr. O'Brien is found peremptorily demanding bread for his men, and carts and horses for the construction of barricades. The bread he pays for, and takes very meekly a point blank denial to his other demands. This proves that either his resolution or his influence was not very strong. He barricades the highway against her Majesty's troops, but lets them through when he had ascertained that he was not himself the object of their march. This incident, which looks so Parisian, is pleaded in his favour as positively proving the ab sence of revolutionary designs. He writes to a min ing company telling them he is attempting a revolu tion. He did not mean what he said. He had no such intention, though he declared that he had, and acted as if he had. His words were a falsehood, and his army a hoax. He meant just nothing at all by either the one or the other. Finally, he and his army see a body of policemen approaching. They spontaneously attack the police, pursue them to a house, and besiege them till beaten off. It is nothing but self-preservation. Mr. O'Brien never had in tended a collision with the police. He had announced a collision, and now to all appearance was fulfilling his promise, but the announcement was a flourish, and the fulfilment was an accident. Mr. O'Brien was the victim of a runaway tongue and of the chapter of accidents. He spoke in excitement, and acted by force of circumstances. He said he would rebel, but did not mean it ; he did rebel, but it was contrary to his wishes. He procures weapons—lays them aside, pauses, relents—is pursued by the con sciousness of his own ill-intention—advances mecha nically to his fate—falls in with his enemy, wrangles —provokes—wounds— and in self-preservation is obliged to complete the crime with a weapon, of which he could, indeed, hardly say himself whether he had it about him for the purpose or not. If all vacillations, reserves, inconsistencies, and follies were to be admitted in apology for crime, scarce a criminal would be punished, and weakness would rescue its twin brother wickedness from its doom. It is enough for the purposes of truth and justice that the criminal act should be: found to agree with the declared or otherwise evident intentions of the doer. Where the design has developed itself in preparations, and those preparations have been actually used for the end— where the tragedy is consistent throughout, and one thread of intention connects the whole, that is all the insight into the mental history of a criminal act that any earthly tribunal can expect to obtain. The struggles, the hesitations, and the self-deceptions of the inward man are beyond human scrutiny. CHRONICLE.—The first of the " state trials" is over, and William Smith O'Brien has been convicted of high treason by a jury of his countrymen. As, throughout the whole period which elapsed between the arrest of the leaders in the Irish insurrection and the commencement of their trials, we urged the in expediency of committing so important an affair to a tribunal evidently unfitted for it, so we have much pleasure in admitting that (except as regards the pri mary and fundamental error to which we have alluded), the manner in which the proceedings have been hitherto conducted is, so far as we have the means of judging, creditable to the Government and to its officers. We retain our opinion that it was not fair to subject the gentlemen of Tipperary to the dangers and tempta tions inseparable from the anomalous position in which they were placed, or to put the issue of justice upon the hazard that not one out of the twelve men taken by chance from the panel, would, yielding to the influence of motives which it is easy to conceive, shrink from the performance of his duty; nor, as we have often said, do we see that any moral weight whatever has been gained by the adoption of a " constitutional" course. But having determined upon their course of action, we must say that the Government have shown neither indiscretion nor timidity in their subsequent proceedings, and that the case against Smith O'Brien has been conducted with equal judgment, fairness, and moderation. The speech of Mr. Whiteside, on the contrary, and the line of cross-examination adopted by himself and his fel low-advocates, appear to us as untoward as they have proved unsuccessful. The fact is, that the case against the prisoner was too strong. There was absolutely nothing worthy of real consideration to be said for the prisoner, except with a view to extenuate his crime ; and the only hope which his advocutes could entertain was that of either confusiug the jury, by diverting their attention from the real merits of the ¶uestion submitted to them, or by acting upon their feelings so as to pervert their judgment. The whole of the evidence, for example, by which Mr. Whiteside offered to show that Lord John Russell ind his colleagues were prepared to carry the Reform Bill by an armed insurrection, is no more a defence of Smith O'Brien against a charge of treason, than evidence of dishonesty on the part of any given public man would be a good defence for a delinquent, caught in the act of picking pockets; and so, again, the fact that Mr. O'Brien had often, at different times of his life, expressed to his friends his admira tion for the Constitution, and his dislike of anarchy and civil war, possesses no more value, against the irrefragable proof that he endeavoured to subvert the Constitution and to levy civil war, than would attach to the testimony that the aforesaid pickpocket had often expressed a theoretical preference for honest ways—if he could have afforded to live by them. When Mr. O'Brien left Dublin for the last time be fore the insurrection, he had no intention whatever of appealing to arms ; and it was only when he learned that the Habeas Corpus Act had been suspended, and that a warrant was issued for his arrest, that he saw, for the first time, the hopelessness of playing out the game which he had planned. That he was a gentle man, a man of honour, and a lover of his country, it would be cruel affectation to deny ; but that the jury who convicted him have been, in every sense of the word, justified in treating him as a rebel and a traitor, will be equally admitted by every just and impartial observer throughout the civilised world. The best thing that can be said for him is, that he was the dupe and the tool of men far worse than himself, that he is now their scapegoat, and that, if they had been successful, he would, in all probability, have been their first victim. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A most awful Wound Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—George Morris, a mechanic, of Newport, was for months rendered totully unable to work, or even move about the house, from the effects of a d rea df u l a b scess w hi c h had formed in his thigh, and which had been repeatedly lanced, under the advice of v ar i ous surgeons; ultimately h e was admitted into the hospit a l, f rom whence after the best medical skill had b een tr i e d , he was dismissed issed as incurable. Yet, to the astonishment of all, this dreadful bad wound was so . undly healed by the use of Holloway's Ointment and lls, a supply of which was kindly presented to him by by the minister of hi s p ar i s h . Sold all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 6.—The sales since our last have been considerable, both for pan and scale purposes, and prices may be quoted fully 6d. per cwt. higher for all descripti ons. Th e ref i ned market is also dear, with but few goods offering. Rum very dull. —Bristol Mercury. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POItTqMOUTTI, SUNDAv.—•The Comus, 18, Com mander D'Eyncourt, arrived at Spithead last night at sunset, and saluted Admiral Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, this morning. She sailed from Rio on the 4th of August, the packet has therefore one day's later news. Captain Free mantle, of the Raleigh, has come home passenger in her. The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier, Commander-in- Chief in the East Indies, had not arrived at Rio when the Comus sailed. This vessel (the Comus), it will be remembered, sunk on the rocks of Colonia, and remained under water for six weeks, but by the perseverance of Commander D'Eyncourt and assist ants she was raised without damage, and is now at anchor here. She brought a freight of 3,000 dou bloons from Rio, which Messrs. Casher, freight agents and wine-merchants of this port (the local corre spondents of Messrs. Stillwell, Commander D'Eyn court's agents), will convey to the bullion office, in the Bank of England, to-morrow. Messrs. Casher have also consigned to them a freight of upwards of 2,000,000 dollars, coming home by the Grampus, 50, from Valparaiso. A freight is also coining home in the Calypso, 20, Captain Worth. The Comus is ordered to Chatham to be paid off. The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. John son, is under orders to proceed to-morrow to Jersey with a company of Royal Artillery. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Dacres, flag of Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8.; the Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin ; and the Bellerophon, 78, Captai❑ Baynes, will at once reprovision for four months and store for foreign service. No orders as to their destination have been issued. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, left yesterday morning at daylight for the coast of Africa, with the mail, calling at Ply mouth. The Birkenhead steam-frigate, acting Commander Baynton, came into harbour after dark on Friday evening to be paid off. The Blenheim, 56, Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., came into harbour last evening. The exchange of officers and crews will be carried into effect with as little delay as possible, so that Captain Chads will return to the Excellent, and Captain Austin from the Blake hulk to the Blenheim. Mr. Vincent Pappalardo was yesterday appointed Vice-Consul of the United States of America for the port of Portsmouth, in addition to his other official honours. DINNER ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT VIC TORIA AND ALBERT.—After the uncommonly plea sant and happy cruize to Scotland with her gracious Majesty the Queen, in which nothing could exceed the amicable feeling and good will that existed be tween the captain and the whole of the officers of the Royal yacht, it was determined before their separa tion took place, to have a parting dinner on board her, which accordingly took place on Friday last, the day the Victoria and Albert was taken up the harbour to her winter moorings. Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and the whole of the officers dined to gether on board. Captain Crispin presided, and most ably conducted the whole affair. Nothing could exceed the cordial and kindly feeling that was exhi bited by all the members of the dinner party. There was no lack of true and loyal toasts, and many were the allusions to their late happy and gratifying cruise to Scotland, in which one and all had enjoyed much pleasure. At a late hour the party broke up—some of them to continue in the Royal yacht service, some for other appointments, and some to look forward for well-merited promotion—but all with a feeling of extreme regret at their separation, and at the break up of a mess where so much unanimity and good fellowship had existed between all classes of its members. The first battalion of the 23d (Royal Welch Fusi liers), about 350 officers and men, under command of Major Crutchley, landed at the dockyard from the Java, at eight, A.m., on Saturday, and marched to the. South-Western new terminus at Landport, and pro ceeded by rail to Winchester, their heavy baggage following during the day. The regiment had scarcely departed before counter orders arrived, which would have placed them in Portsmouth garrison. The Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners that also came home in the Java, will proceed for Woolwich on Monday, under command of Lieut. Mainwaring of the Royal Artillery. APPOINTMENTS. Master—D. J. Louttid, to the Cyclops ; H. Hill, to the Linnet. Assistant-Surgeon—S. Chift, to the Lucifer. Clerks—C. W. M'Dermott, to the Driver; Her bert Johnson, in charge, to the Merlin. Midshipmen—M. Pechell, to the Amphitrite ; R. Carter and G. R. Bell, to the Victory ; R. Sterne and W. T. Sterne, to the San Josef; H. M. Knox, to the Sidon. Master's Assistants—J. A. Bull, to the President; J. Fittock, to the Athol. _ Naval Cadets—F. Johnstone and E. Eldred, to the Hibernia ; 0. 0. C. Blyth, to the Wellesley ; R. Morris, to the San Josef ; G. S. Peard, to the Driver ; M. Hare , to the Stromboli ; C. R. Bush, to the Dragon ; A. R. Tinklar, to the Victory; Harrington Hudson, to the Odin. Clarence Tictualling-yard—W. 11. Churcher, to be clerk, vice Churcher, deceased. Mr. Alfred P. H. Helby, midshipman of her Ma jesty's ship Excellent, passed his examination for seamanship on board the Victory, on Wednesday, the 4th inst. WOOLWICH, OCT. 7.—The Sharpshooter steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, with Lieu tenant Robertson, assistant to Captain Austin, C.B , returned to Woolwich to-day from an experimental trial under canvas and steam, with her heavy guns and all her stores on board, and was found to answer remarkably well both in a strong breeze and in moderate weather, making a speed under steam of from 9 knots to 9} knots per hour answering her rudder with great ease, and proving in every respect a very useful vessel. The Sharpshooter went about 70 miles into the North Sea to be fairly tested, and when her two 10-inch guns are changed for others of less weight she will prove one of the most credit able screw propelled vessels of her size. Captain Alexander Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Ward, M.P., First Secretary to the Admi ralty, when they went down the river in this vessel on Wednesday last, were much pleased with her per formance. The Teaser steam-vessel, with screw propeller, was tried down the river yesterday under the charge of Mr. Gosman, Master of the Fisgard, and was found to answer well, her speed being nearly eight knots per hour, with only half the p ower s h e f ormer l y h a d ; two 25-horse power engines by Penn, having been substituted for her former engines, two of 50-horse power each. Vessels in the Harbour—Pisgard frigate bearing the pennant of (acting) Captai n S uper i nten d en t Fitz roy; Sharpshooter steam-v esse l , Li eutenan t Com mander Bailey ; Atholl troop-ship, Master Com mander Pearn ; Monkey steam-vessel, Master Com mander Bryant; Myrtle, Firebrand, Adder, Min; Niger, and Pigmy steam vessels. In the Inner Basin—Flamer, Hecht, Medina, Ad vice, Plazer, Prometheus, Confiance, and Ariel steam vessels. In the Outer Basin--Venus 42 gun frigate for Marine Society boys ; - Vesuvius, Styx, and Teazer steam vessels. The pensioners, 251 in number, including their families, who embarked in the Florentia at Deptford and Cork for the purpose of emigrating to Canada, arrived at Quebec on Monday, Sept. 11. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Saturday William Rhoads, the Paddington omnibus proprietor, was summoned by Mr. Sewell, a gentleman at the Bank of England, for not having conspicuously painted up in his omnibus a table of fares. Mr. Sowell, after renouncing any claim to the penalty, said he made the complaint to protect the public from imposition and a greal deal of annoyance, in consequence of the frequency with which the fares were changed. On Wednesday he got on the omni bus at Paddington, and got down at Tottenham court-road, and th en p a id 3d. He then got inside and rode to the Bank, where another 3d. was de manded. The only fare pa i n t e d up inside was 6d., and, by law, whatever is p a inted up inside is the only lawful fare. Whatever, therefore, the placards out side might say about Id., the proprietor could law fatly insist upon 6d., at either of the distances, which surely was a grievance. The defendant admitted that the fares were not painted up, as they had only b een chan g ed on Monday, a n d there had not been time to paint them up in the omnibus yet. The public had not, however, been imposed upon, as they were charged less and not more. The MAGISTRATE agreed with Mr. Sowell, that unless all the fares charged were painted up defendant did not set up his table of fares, and he incurred the fine of 20s. It was a salutary regulation to protect the public from the fraud of conductors. To enforce the regulation, he fined the defendant in the full penalty of 20s. and costs. Defendant paid the penalty. LAMBETH. Elijah Read, a cab driver, was finally examined before the Hon. G. C. Norton on the serious charge of hocussing and robbing George Cottrell of a silver watch, half a sovereign, Is., and some copper. On the night of the 19th of last month, at about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, when about to enter the Lord Duncan public-house, he saw the pri soner standing there with his cab, and he asked him if he wanted that vehicle ? He said he was going up the road, and he (witness) told him that if he was going to London and had no fare, he would go with him. He ultimately bargained with the prisoner to take him to the end of Bond-street, Oxford-street, for ls. 6d., but had to produce his money to show the prt4oner that he had sufficient to pay him before he V hold permit him to get into the vehicle. On en tering the cab the prisoner pulled up the windows, and on his objecting to this the prisoner alluded to the lowness of the fare for which he was about to take him, told him that he might go to sleep, and that at his destination he would call him. He then drove off, and witness being very tired, from having walked a considerable distance dosed off but did not go soundly to sleep. The cab was stopped in Westminster-road, and its stopping aroused him ; but finding that it had not got to its destination he lay back and dosed off again. In about two mi nutes he heard the prisoner say, " I've got a b--y old bloak here," or words to that effect. He also heard several voices about the vehicle, and one of them said "He is fast asleep." At this time one of the cab doors was opened gently, and he felt some thing like a handkerchief pass several times before his face, and then it was the person said " He is sound asleep." He next felt a hand in his waistcoat pocket, where his money was, and on its being taken out he heard one of the party say, " Put his knife back." He also felt a hand put into his trousers pocket, but was so prostrate from drowsiness as to be unable to make the slightest resistance or attempt to protect his property. In what appeared to him to be two or three minutes the prisoner opened the cab door, and said, " Come, old fellow, I ;can't take you any further for nothing," and pulled him out of the vehicle with great force. He fell on the pavement on his face, but by a great effort he managed to get upon his legs and follow the prisoner, who was driving off as fast as he could. Witness had not proceeded far when he was tripped up by some person, a confederate, he had no d )übt, of the prisoner, and had a second severe fall, and from this cause the prisoner was enabled to get off. In reply to the question of Mr. NORTON, the wit ness said, his perfect belief was, that when he felt the handkerchief pass over his face, some kind of drug was used, which made him more drowsy than he was be fore, and rendered him incapable of using any exer tion to protect himself or his property. Had been drinking a little, but nothing to affect him to such an extent. Police-constable 171 L said, he saw the prisoner on the morning in question flogging his horse, and going along the Westminster-road at a furious rate. On being informed of the robbery by the last witness, he endeavoured to overtake the prisoner, but he turned down the York road, and got clear uff. James Frost, another constable, deposed to having taken the prisoner into custody at his own house in York-yard, Yolk-road. On seeing him, he said he wanted him on a charge of felony for stealing a watch and some money from a fare he brought from Dept ford. The prisoner replied, that he had taken a fellow from Deptford, but that he was blind drunk, and he got rid of him in the Westminster-road, having taken him far enough for is. Mrs.:Elizabeth Hayes, the landlady of the Lord Duncan, deposed to having seen the prisoner and prosecutor at her house on the night in question, and to the prosecutor being perfectly sober at the time. The prisoner, who offered nothing in defence, was fully committed for trial. THAMES. A youth named Samuel Tame, aged 16, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with firing a loaded pistol in a public thoroughfare. It appeared from the evi€lence of Mr. Henry Young, of the Hannibal-road, Stepney, that he was passing along the Milo-end•road, when he was startled by the sudden report of a pistol ringing in his ears. Ile turned round and saw the prisoner, who was just lowering a pistol in his hand. He seized him, and, after a severe struggle, conveyed him to the station house. The prisoner then said he did not mean to fire off the pistol, and jeeringly remarked —" It was loaded with shot—did any hit you ?" The witness added that he had a very narrow escape ; the pistol was fired near to his ear, and the wadding passed close to his eye. A police-constable said that the prisoner was very fond of amusing himself with fire-arms, and his father had twice taken pistols away from him. The prisoner, in defence, said it was not his inten tion to fire the pistol; he was turning the lock down, ant it went off by accident. Mr. YARDLIT said the prisoner ought not to be entrusted with a pistol at all, and that his father should take effectual means to prevent him having one again. In this case the life of a respectable man had been placed in jeopardy by the foolish conduct of the boy. He fined the prisoner 205., which was sub sequently paid by his parent, and the police retained the pistol. THE ASIATIC CHOLERA. We very much regret to have to announce, on un questionable authority, the presence of Asiatic cholera in the heart of the metropolis. On Wednesday last two patients, father and daughter, suffering from cholera, were admitted into St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. The male patient's name was James George, aged about 40, a labourer, employed in looking after butchers' carts in Newgate-market; the female patient, his daughter, is in her seventh year. The man died on the day of his admission; the little girl is re covering. The three principal physicians of the hos pital have certified the death as resulting from Asiatic cholera, and have reported both cases to Sir George Grey —the fatal and favourable one—as arising from that disease. The hospital up to last evening had admitted no fresh case of cholera. A ward in a new wing of the institution bas been for some time past prepared and fitted for the reception of cholera patients. We have likewise the unpleasant task of recording the fatal appearance of the cholera in the vicinity of the London Docks. We cannot enumerate the particulars, as the medical men in the charge of the London Dock patients have had secrecy enjoined upon them. At an inquest held on Saturday, at the Bedford Arms, Bedford-street, Cenamercial-road East, before Mr. W. Baker, the Coroner, it was stated by the medical wit ness that the Asiatic cholera, in its most severe form, has made its appearance at the east end of the metro polis. In reply to questions from the Coroner, Mr. Faulkner, the parish surgeon, said he had three cases of real Asia tic cholera under his immediate notice, one of which proved fatal on Wednesday last, after a very short illness. There could be no doubt whatever in the case, the body turning quite blue. As it was most probable that the remaining two cases would also prove fatal, he wished to know whether the Coroner would, under the circumstances, hold an inquest. The CORONER said that undoubtedly he should hold an inquest in every case, in order that the public might know the course of the frightful malady, and guard against its approach. Under such circumstances there ' was no use in secresy. It was best that the public should know their danger, if there were any. Ile directed the constable to inquire into the case mentioned by Mr. Faulkner, and report the result to him. All the cases mentioned by Mr. Faulkner have occured in Mile-end Old Town, Stepney.—Observer. WooLwicrr, OCT. B.—The cholera has made its ap pearance here, and three fatal cases have occurred on board the convict-ship moored opposite the Royal Arsenal, the whole of the sufferers being convicts. The first case took place on Friday, and the convict died after about seven hours' illness. Of the cases on Saturday, two died, one after about seven hours' illness, and the other in about two hours after he had gone to the ship after being taken ill when at work in the Royal Arsenal. Two cases were reported as having occurred to-day, but up to the afternoon they had fortunately not proved fetal. A medical officer arrived and inspected the Con vict Hospital Ship to-day, and afterwards had a meeting and consultation with the medical practitioners in Wool wich. The whole of the cases that have as yet occurred have taken place among the convicts at the Royal Arsenal, and none have been reported ill from cholera on board the Warrior convict-ship, opposite the dock yard. The convicts on board the Justitia, at the Royal Arsenal, have been permitted to have tobacco and pipes to smoke, and tea or cocoa is to be substituted for their usual allowance of gruel ; tea and cocoa have have also been allowed to the convicts on board the Warrior, opposite the Royal Dockyard. The Warrior convict-ship, where no cases have occurred, is lighted with gas, and kept in a remarkably clean and pure state, under the superintendence of Mr. Masterman ; and the other convict-ship where the cases have oc• curred, is still lighted with lamps or candles. It will be worthy of notice to observe the ultimate result of the visitation of the cholera at Woolwich, breaking out as it has done amongst the convicts, and how far the well lighted and cleanly kept state of the respective vessels are likely to prevent or modify the severity or fatality of the cases that may occur before it entirely ceases. Hum..—No other cases of cholera have occurred in Hull since our last; and we believe that the apprehen sions which existed last week have almost entirely sub sided. This fearful disease appears on the point of leaving Europe, and we hope no more will be heard of it. Mr. Grainger, Dr. Sutherland's colleague, accompa nied by Dr. Ayre, proceeded to Hamburgh, in the Helen Macgregor steamer, Captain Frost, on Saturday even ing. Dr. Sutherland remained in Hull throughout Sunday and Monday. On the latter day he expressed his entire conviction that there was not any cholera in the town. On Tuesday morning he proceeded to Sun derland, but is expected very shortly to return here, and to follow his colleague, Dr. Grainger, to Hamburgh. Two vessels aralying in Whitebooth Roads, in the Hum ber, with the quarantine flag hoisted.—Hull Advertiser of Friday. SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. ARMITASH—This cele brated character expired suddenly on Friday evening, in Birmingham, at the rooms where she had been exhibit ing, in New-street. It appears that, she had just come over from the Swan Hotel, where she had been staying, when, on entering the exhibition-room, ske was seized with a shivering fit, and expired before her medical at tendant could arrive. The cause of her death, it is sur mised, was a disease of the heart. During one of her journeys to the provinces, to be exhibited, it was found necessary to fit up a horse-box in one of the trains on the railway, no carriage being sufficiently large to con tain her. The last places she exhibited in Londo❑ were, at the Strand Theatre, and the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent-street. The deceased weighed 31 stone 111 b., was four feet round the waist, six feet round the bust, seven feet one inch round the hips, and 22 inches round the upper part of her arm. She ate her dinner about an hour before her death. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. Que L.., and his Royal iligiin accompanied by the younger branches of the Royal Family, and by her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, and her family, walked and drove in the grounds and park of Osborne early this morning. Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon, and had the honour of joining the royal dinner party yesterday. Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson and Sir James Clark returned to London this afternoon. SUNDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Princess Eliza and Prince Victor of Hohen lobe, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the royal household, attended Divine service at Whip. pingham Church this forenoon. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Protheroe. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe arrived at Osborne ye.qerday after noon, and joined the royal dinner party. Her Majesty mill probably leave Osborne for Windsor Ca.tle to-morrow afternoon. The Marquis of Lansdowne has returned to 14s seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Lord John Russell has arrived at Minto House, Roxburghshire, the seat of the Earl of Minto. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Earl of Carlisle expired on Saturday morn ing, at his seat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - - NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, ARRIVALS UP TO LAST NIGHT. Tolley, Geraldine, Alpheia, Clarissa, Lady Cecilia, Egremont, Lepidus, Archery, Fireaway, Legerdemain, Mirmillo, Cervus, Damson, Dromedary, Puffy, Glen dower, Bl.ickcock, The Highland Fling, The Moor, New court, Resolution, Grief (brother to Joyful), c by Jereed, dam by Dr. Syntax; f by Don John, out of Receipt; Holloa, Clarendon, Miss Sarah, Big Jerry, f by Laner cost, out of Canada; f by The Provost, dam by Coffins; f by The Provost, dam by Actaeon; Clerk of the Coun cil, c by Don John, out of Impertinence; Blackbird, Princess Charlotte, Diana, Sylvan, Infanta, Helter Skelter, Pottinger, Pillage, Distaffina, Chicot, c by Co ronation, dam by Voltaire; Rosa, c by Birdcatcher, out of Cassandra; Miss Orbell, Besborough, Administrator, Meaux, Executor, Sir Robert Sloper, Camphine, Conyng ham, Marquis of Conyngham, f by Martin Chuzzlewit, m by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni; Dough, Lanesbo rough, Lancaster, The Tartar, Whitley, Little John, Goodboy, Tommy, f by Jereed, out of Rhodanthe; f by Charles XII., out of Benevolence; Piccola, Hagley, Shylock, Ulysses, The Liberalor, Fern, Ke leshe, Telegraph, Foreclosure, Cockermouth, Glenalvon, Cotton Lord, Routh, Jellyfish, Hornpipe, Traverser, Vice-Consul, Fu4leman, Nectar, Chat, The Dark Lady, Sister to Arkwright, Mrs. Taft, c by Colwiek, dam by Agreeable; f by Gladiator, out of Game Lass; Cesarian. The number now in training here exceeds all prece dent, they cannot be less than 600, nearly 150 of which have arrived since the last meeting. Should the present fine weather continue, therefore, it is not too much to predict that the season will terminate brilliantly. No business has been done here on the Cesarewitch, but we understand that as little as 7 to 2 has been taken in town about Surplice. The starters, it is thought, will not exceed 25 or 26. Fern threw a shoe this morning and pulled up lame. The ring at the Duke's Stand is now inclosed in the same manner as on the flat, and the horse-gates so placed as not to interfere with the entrance to the inner circles. The plate and other entries had not closed when our parcel was made up. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Will you go see the order of the course? Where the place? Upon the heath." SIIA.N.SPEARE. SlR,—Since my last letter (on the Doncasterleeting) was pill - 11,11M, Surplice, as I anticipated, has become the champion of 1848, I may say of the nineteenth century; for Mr. Wilson's Champion, the only other winner of the Derby and Lager, won these stakes in the last year of the eighteenth century; this performance of the unri valled son of Touchstone and Crucifix, at once disproves the correctness of the Goodwood running, and annihi lates at one blow the popular fallacy that every race on heavy or marshy ground must be as good a criterion of the quality of the horse as if it were run on dry or springy soil; when I say it is a popular fallacy, the sporting public seem to consider it as such, as witness the price of Surplice in the market before and after the Goodwood meeting; the week before he was backed at 6 to 4, and nothing else in the betting, such a cer tainty was he considered; when lo and behold the heavy state of the ground, not his opponents, beats him, and he is immediately sent to the right about with 6 and 8 to 1 against him going a begging; the con sequence of all this was a repetition of the Derby dose, many laying against him as if' he were dead. Such phy_ sickings as these have certaiely purified the ring to some extent, but at the same time have considerably en feebled it. My predictions on the two great races of the year, the Derby and St. Leger, ever since the spring of 1845, when "I took up my prophetic pen" for the first time as sporting counsel to your readers, have been marvel lously successful for the four Derbies, having predicted the victories of the Merry Monarch, Pyrrhus the First, Cossack, and Surplice ; but not equally fortunate on the St. Leger, having taken Pantasa in preference to the Baron in '45; and bowled over by Sir 'fatten Sykes in '46; but in 1847 placed Van Tromp first and Cos sack second; and in the present year placed Surplice first and Canozou second, which made amends for my former failures, and proved that " Heaven has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate." Some three or four weeks ago, in my observations on the destinies of the leading stakes of '4B and '49, I foretold the certain success of Colonel Peel's splendid son of lon, Tadmor, in his spin for the Triennial Stakes, which was won, as I expected it would be, in a canter! I also, at the same time, foretold the winners of the other leading stakes in the First October Meet ing, and, nothing having occurred to alter my decisions, I considered it unnecessary for me to write another epistle on that week's races. Tadmor I consider to be the best two-year-old out this season, the Flying Dutchman being second best. Among the dark division are to be found one or two celebrities in embryo—Nunnykirk, Indus, Osterley, John Bull (if he train on), and Saucy Dick (at present out of trim), for instance, but not one with a chance against " the flyers," Tadmor and the Dutchman. For the Cambridgeshire Stakes, run on the 24th inst., my pick of the basket at the present time would be Waisota, 7st 91b; Meaux, 7st 91b; Radulphus, 7st 81b; Glendower, 7st 71b; Loadstone, 7st 51b; and Kel es h ea , 7st; Glendower, with Nat up, for choice; but between now and then many moves on the board may occur to make me alter my fancy for the last great handicap of the season. The Second October Meeting commences on Mon day, with a very lengthy bill of f are , comprising thirty two stakes, and twenty matches, giving an aysrage of ten races per diem, an amount of sport that no one can find fault with, For the Cesarewitch Stakes, from 24 to 2S will muster at the post, to be selected from the fol io Ninz, the most doubtful starters being asterisked as usual : st lb i st lb *lnheritress, aged 8 8 'Panic, 5 yr s ............ 610 Surplice 3 yrs 8 sDough, 3 yr 5...., •...6 10 Ellerdale, 4 yrs 8 5 Ulysses, 4 yrs ....... The Cur, 6 yrs 8 3(Geraldi ne , 5 yrs ... 610 5 Cawroush 5 yrs 8 3 1 Sylvan, 3 yrs ..........„6 3 *Winesour, aged 8 2 Hornpipe, 3 yrs ......... 6 2 Fireaway, aged . 8 o,Pillage, 4 yrs ............ 6 2 *Executor, 4 yrs 710 Carnphine, 3 yrs ....... 512 Diplomatist, 4 yrs 7lO Fern, 8 yrs 5 9 Meaux, 4 yrs . 7 9Remembrance, 3 yrs 5 9 Newcourt, aged 7 9 Backbiter, 8 yrs . ....... 5 7 Lanesborough, 4 yrs 7 9'Palma, 4 yrs ............5 0 The Tartar, 4 yrs 7 8 1 ,Tophana, 5 yrs- ........,5 0 St. Demetri, 5 yrs 7 7 Hagley, 3 yrs ............ 5 0 *Keleshea, 4 yrs 7 0 D acia, 3 yrs ............ 413 Loadstone, 3yrs 612 M art i n Chuzzlewit filly *Antagonist, 4 yrs 6 12! 3 yrs 4 4 *Mirmillo, 4 yrs 6 10 Surplice, if he can carry Bst 51b and win, or even be second or third, giving years and weight to everything in the race, with the single exception of the old mare, with whom he receives 3 lbs, and gives in exchange five years, will prove himself to be not only the quadrupedal champion of the age, but also the best horse without ex ception that ever trod the turf ; the field he has to con tend with is infinitely superior to those that Foig-a-bal lagh and the Baron, beat at less weights; and, in my opinion, is better than last year's, when Cossack at tempted to cArry the annihilating weight of Bst 61b, and was beaten three and-a half lengths from the winner, War Eagle, with B,t 11b, being beaten off a long way ; that Surplice will be handy I have no doubt, but as to winning, that is quite another thing. Inheritress, Eller dale, Caurouch, Winesour, Fireaway, Ex ecu t or , Diplomatist, Meaux, Lanesborough, The Tartar, St. Demetri, Antagonist, Mirmillo, Dough, Ulysses, Sylvan, Hornpipe, Pillage, Camphine, Fern, Remem brancer, Backbiter, Hagley, Dacia, and Martin Chuzzle wit filly have no charms for me; Fern and Backbiter will be beaten at the distance, and the much cracked up Irish " crack" Lanesborough will, in my opinion, be stalled off. I take the remainder to form the first flight at the cords, viz.: —Surplice,:The Cur, Newcourt, and Keleshea (if they start, which is not at all certain at present), Panic, Geraldine, Palma, and Tophana; then deducting Newcourt and Keleshea as dubious, Panic and Palma as beaten in the struggle, it leaves me Tophatta, Surplice, The Cur, and Geraldine to stand on for the race. For the Clearwell Stakes the following six are all the likely runcers:—Sister to Arkwright, Elthiron, Czarina, Cotton Lord, Indus, and the Highland Fling; one or two more might start, but their doing so will not alter the judge's decision. I appf.nd, as usual, my summary of the meeting:— MONDAY. Stake. Probable winner. Produce Match—Colonel Peel 50 sous.—Lola Montt z or Rosalind filly Match, 200, D.M.—Archery Match, 300. D.M.—Conyngham Match, 100, T.Y.C.—Sotterley Match, 200, f.Y.C.—Rhodanthe filly. TUESDAY. Cuarewitch—Tophana or Surplice first, The Cur and Geraldine well up Royal—Glendow, r 50 sous. —Farthingale Clearwell—lndus or Highland Fling Match, 200, A.F.—Shylock Match, 100 ,First half Ab. M.—Farthingale Match, Soo, D.M.—Cervus Match, 100. Last half Al?. M.-_—___Dromedarx„ WEDNESDAY. r Bedford—Puffy or Little Frank Post Sweepstakes—Tadmo r or Indus . q 50 sow.—Raillery or Goodwood 100 sovs.—llawson , _ , . Match, 200, T.Y.C.—Foreclosure • • v: 0 1 1 1 Match, 200, T.Y.C.—Cashier edt Match, 500, T.Y.C.—Bishop of Romford's Cob frill:A Match, 200, A.F.—Backbiter. utosd THURSDAY. ' ' 1,711 100 soys.—Clarissa, Bretby Stakes—Sister to Arkwright or Glauea Post Sweepstakes—Legerdemain .• 50 sovs.— Woodcraft Match, 200, R.M.—lmpertinence colt Match, Cesarewitch Course—Remembrancer Match, 200, T.Y.C.—Cashier. Ao!a FRIDAY. 7 Prendergast—Honeycomb, Indus, or Elthiron first tor choice 100 sevs.—St. Rosolia Match, 200, A.F.—Miss Sarah Match, 200, A.F.—Loadstone Match, 300, D.M.—Glendower Match, 200, A.F.—Cervus I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Saturday Evening. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 7. STOCK ExcHANGB.—W e have had another wretched day in the share market, prices continue to recede, and no inch nation shown for business. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 9% dis.— Ditto (late C. and B.), 271. 10s. Shares, 12 —Caledoiian, Preference, 1 dis.—East Lancashire, 143 / 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late M. and L.), 473 dis.— Preston and Wyre, No. 1, 34 London and North- Western, 107 %—Ditto, 40/. Shares, (L. and M.), 11. Ss. 9d. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 7 1 ,4 dis.—Midland Stock, 81 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 11 1 / 1 die.--Midland (Birmingham and Derby), 5612—Shrewbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 101. Pre ference, 12%—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2,11.7 i dis.— Ditto, No. 3, 11 1 4 dis.— Ditto No. 4, Thirds, B%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), i dis. BIRMINGHAM, Orr. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The few transactions which took place to-day were done at about yesterday's quotations. The market was flat and little doing. YORK, - Ocr. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows :—Great Northern, 41. 1 la.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 5%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Ocr. 7. STOCK EXCHANGZ.—The sales are—Newcastle and Car lisle, 102—Ditto, Scrip (real), 1 Li s dis. GLASGOW, OCT. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer ence, 31s. 6d.— Dunblane, Doane, and Callender, 11s.— Edinburgh and Northern, 11 3 / 4 —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5/. 4s.—Ditto, Halve s , N o . 1, 41 , i — G reat Northern, 89s. 6d.—North British, Thirds, 93s.—Scottish Central, 22% —Scottish Grand Junction, 3s. SI INDIAN SUPERSTITIONS.—(From a Correspondent of the Bombay Times).—BELOAUM, JULY 13, 1844 S The festival of the Goddess Lutchmee commenced here on the sth instant, by the Hindoos, and still continues to attract crowds of its infatuated worshippers. For the first few days the bazaars and thoroughfares in all direc• tions were perfectly crowded, so much so, that traders were obliged to close their shops in consequence. The idol was conveyed through the streets of the town on a large car something in the shape of a pagoda. Owing to one of the ropes breaking several nten were thrown down. Two were killed on the spot, two others so badly shattered in the limbs that one of them died the follow ing day, and the fourth had to suffer amputation of one of his limbs, but is not expected to live. The quantity of sheep, goats, &c., sacrificed was very great. I believe I am not far wrong when I say that there were upwards of 30,000 people congregated on the first day of the fes tival. It is well for the poorer cultivators that this "monster" is adored but once in 12 years, for during its celebration all work is neglected, and their small savings soon squandered. ARCIIHILLD BOLAM.—THE SECRET RETEALED.— It has been always suspected that the murderer of Millie had made abominable overtures to his victim, and that, being repulsed with virtuous indignation —pro bably, also threaten , d with exposure—he took the life of the man whom he had only befriended with a view to his moral ruin. This explanation of the mystery is now corroborated in a letter of the 4th of April last, recently received in Newcastle from Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. The writer, although a convict, is evidently a man of much good and kind feeling. " About twelve months after my arrival," ho says, " I was constable in Hobart Town. I was in the Court that morning hearing a trial, just like the Kitty in Newcastle. The Chief Magistrate was trying some cases; but, among the rest, who appeared but Mr. Bolam I I recollected his features directly. He was placed at the bar for attempting an unnatural crime. The case was so clear that he was committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court. He was tried and sen tenced to seven years in Norfolk Island. Now, Norfolk Island is a place worse than death. He has to lie in a cell during that time by himself ; march to the place of work ; and as soon as he arrives on the station, into the cell he gees until working time again. When he com mitted himself he was clerk to the Register General of Convicts, and received a shilling per day, with house rent, firing, rations, and many other perquisites." The letter writer has recommended himself by his good con duct to the favour of the authorities, aad enjoys the pri vileges which Bolam forfeited by his crime. —Gateshead Observer. SUCCESSFUL IMPOSITION ON TUE Duza Op, WEI, LINGTON.-William Harris Rawson, a begging letter im postor, lately appealed by a letter, couched in well-set terms, to the Duke of WelliJgton, stating that he had an unsuccessful suit in Chancery, involving in its ruinous consequences five sisters, and soliciting a little pecu niary aid to enable him to proceed home to Leicester. To this appeal the Duke responded by a donation of two 51. notes. Rawson subsequently practised several similar impositions, and has at last been caught. He was taken into custody with a letter he had just received from the Duke. The magistrate considered the case fully proved, and sentenced the prisoner to one month's hard labour in Sandwich gaol. DIABOLICAL OUTRAER.—FOUR PERSONS 5H0T...... On Saturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, John Lanham, better known by the cognomen of " Happy Jack," who occupies a cottage and some land OR the western side of Maiden-lane, King's cross, came home intoxicated, and having had a quarrel with his wife, who was also the worse for liquor, he took down an old musket which hung over the mantelpiece, deliberately loaded it with powder and small shot, and fired at her. Several of the shots entered her jaw and lips, and her screams naturally attracted a number of persons to the spot, who, on learning what had happened gave expres sion to their indign at i on. This proceeding excited the ire 0' Lanham, who, without warning, reloaded his musket, and, coming out into the road in front of his cottage, fired indiscriminately amongst the people, and a poor woman, named Eliza Carter, residing at No. 4, Adam's -cottages, Maiden-lane ; two boys, one named Henry Chapman, living with his parents, at No. 4, Randall's-row, and the other named Robert Green were sever, ly wounded. The miscreant (who is said to be 86 years of age) loaded his piece a third time, but it was wrested from him before he could fire it off. Mrs. Carter and the two boys were conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital, where they yet remain in some danger. Lanham was taken into custody. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--A. joiner, named Smith, in the employ of Messrs. Harding, railway contractors, and who resides at Matlock, recently met with a singular and rather expensive mischance in his own house. Smith and his wife, it appears, sleep in the kitchen, or " house place," of their cottage, the upstairs apartments being let to lodgers, and on returning to his domicile some evenings since, after having enjoyed a cheerful glass— perhaps two or three—ho proceeded to undress himself in the dark, throwing his clothes, as he believed, on a chair. In the morning, however, the vestments were gone, and the first and the most probable idea that struck him was, that sone one had stolen the garments in the night; a little search, however, soon unravelled the mystery, and it was discovered that, instead of a chair, Smith had by mistake thrown his clothes at the back of the grate, where a small quantity of fire atilt smouldered; the clothes (chiefly cotton) ignited in the course of the night, and a large quantity of tinder, a small quantity of molten silver which had formed part of the case of a watch, together with a number of metal buttons, was all that remainded of the serviceable suit of clothes, &c.. worn on the previous evening. BIRTH. On the 4th inst., at Cadogan S -plaee, the wife of W. Trevor Parkins Esq., of a son. On the sth inst., in Portman-square, the lady of Charles Wynne, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at James-street, Buckingham -gate, the wife of the Rev. R. Hodgson, of a son. On the 3d inst., in Victoria-terrace, Limerick, the lady of Lieut. Thomson, /LE., of a son. On the sth inst., at Invertrossack, near Cailander, Perth shire, Steuart Macnaughten, Esq., youngest son of the late Sir F. W. Macnaughten, Bart., to Agnes, widow of Captain Lewis Shedden. On the 3d inst., at St. John's Church, Wolverhampton, John, eldest son of T. Bagnall, Esq., of Great Barr, Stafford shire, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of W. Ward, Esq., of Wolverhampton. On the sth inst., at St. James's, Westminster, the Rev. H. T. Glynn, rector of Melbury Abbas, Dorset, to Mary Fre derica, only dau g ht er o f t h e late Lieut.-Colonel Schreiber, of Melton, Suffolk. DIED. On the 24th ult., at Weston •super-Mare, aged 5 years, Vivian, youngest son of G. F. Houlton, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, and grandson of the late Colonel Houlton, of Farley Castle. On the 27th ult., at Shoreham, Kent, Thomas Norman Collier, aged 19, eldest son of T. N. Collier, of the Ordnance Department, Tower. On the 6th inst., at Peterley-house, Miesenden, Laura, the infant daughter of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Alves. On the 7th inst., at Dorset-place, Dorset-square, Janet, widow of the late Major-General John Lindsey, aged 65. At Boulogne, aged 39, Francis Ebenezer, third son of E Foster, Esq., of Anstey-hall, near Cambridge. On the sth inst., Laura, infant child of Berkeley John son, Marlborough-place, St. John's -wood. On the sth inst., at Compton-street, Clerkenwell, Henry Ambridge, Esq , aged 78. On the sth inst., Jane, relict of the late B. Bellchambera, Esq., of St. Jo'in's -street. On the sth inst., at Great College-street, Westminster, Marianne, the wife of J. Parkes, Esq., C.E. On the 6th inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Henry Gibson, Esq., of Greenhithe, Kent, aged 33. On the 6th inst., Thomas George, son of Mr. J. L. Jones of Harleyford-street, Kennington, aged 9 years. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No., 112, Strand. in the Precin c t f the Savoy, in the couuty of Middlesex, Monday, October 8,1848. , SQL 4