The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM. The annual meeting of this institution was held in the Town-hall, Birmingham, yesterday afternoon. Alderman Lucy, in the absence of Lord Lyttelton, the principal, presided. After the report had been read, and which was of a highly satisfactory nature, the Archdeacon of Coventry delivered a long, elo quent, and interesting address. The following prizes, &c., were then distributed:— DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES. Diploma, of Fellowship—William Roden, M.D., Kid derminster; T. H. Barker, M.D., Bedford; Alfred Freer, M.R.C.S., Stourbridge. Diploma of B.A. Degree, London University—Henry Stone Lambert. Second Certificate of Honours in Chemistry, London University—H. S. Lambert. Certificate, First Examination for M. 8., London Uni versity—J. A. Vincent. First Class Certificate, Matriculation, London Univer sity—John C. M. Bright, and T. C. W. Henchley. Second Class Certificate, Matriculation, London Uni versity—G. Henry Green, and Henry Coathupe. WARNEFORD SCHOLARS AND MEDALLISTS.. Schoi;; ; jertifie4te , — Webb, Franks, and Wilkinson, Warneford Gold Medals—Webb and Wailer. THEOLOGICAL PRIZE. Books (5 gainoag)—Perry. THE VICE PRINCIPAL'S PRIZE. The Vice -Principal 1 riz , , (books 5 guineas)—Bend, GENERAL LITERATURE. Tho Piercy Prize (books 5 guineas), Proficiency in German—Bond. The Webster Priz 3 (books 5 guineas), Proficiency in French—Bond. PROFESSOR'S PRIZES. Anatomy—Medal, Wilkinson. surgery—Medal, James; certificate, Franks and Salter. Medicine—Medal, Webb ; certificate, Franks and Wilkinson. Chemistry—Medal, Harris; certificate, Lambert. Materia Medica—Medal, Jacob; certificate, Fowke. Botany—Medal, Jauucey ; certificate, Fowke. Midwifery—Medal, Franks; certificate, Fowke. Forensic Medicine—Medal, Harris. Demonstrations—Medal, Fowke. CLINICAL PRIZES. Books (5 guineas), Medicine—Franks. Books (10 guineas), Medicine—Banks. Books (5 guineas), Medicine—Wilkinson. Books (5 guineas), Surgery—Jauncey. TUTORS' PRIZES. Classical Prize Books—Bright. Mathematical Prize Books, First Class—Smith. Mathematical Prize Books, Second Class—Bright and Coathupe. Medical Tutor's Prize, Chemistry—Coathupe. Anatomy and Botany—Bond. French Master's Prize —Moore. German Master's Prize—Bright. Drawing Master's Prize—Bond. MEDICAL STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. Books (5 guineas), Prize Paper—Franks. GOVERNORS' GOLD MEDALS. The Governors' Gold Medals for regularity and good conduct for a period of three years—Perry and Franks. The suspension of Messrs. Walter Logan and Co., South American merchants, was announced yesterday under painful circumstances, arising from the disappearance of a partner, who had recently been admitted to their house at Lima. The liabilities of the firm are supposed to amount to about 60,0001. or 70,000/., of which, however, a considerable portion is understood to be covered. STROUD'S VALE DAHLIA SOCIETY.—The last dahlia show of this amateur society was held yesterday (Monday), at Mr. Samuel Barnes's, the Junction Arms, Stroud's Vale, and was well attended. There was a choice display of green house flowers and plants in pots, and the show of cat flowers and floricultural devices was excellent. Several prizes were awarded for the best collection of dahlias in boxes of sixes, which were given in the following order :—Norris, Hockham, Hollyday, White, Wightwick, and Heather. The fuschias shown were in good condition, and attracted a great deal of notice. DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COINS.—Some workmen employed in making a culvert for the river Sherbourne, at Coventry, dug up last week from the bed of the river a large number of ancient coins and other relics. The most valsable Were two gold coins—a rose noble and a half noble of the reign of Edward the Third. There were also many small silver coins of about the same period ; with a number of eccle siastical pieces, bearing on one side a floreated cross, and on the other a figure of the Virgin, with the words " Ave Maria Gratia ;" but the major portion of the discovery consists of foreign brass tokens of various sizes, lettered round the margin " llans Shules, Nuremberg." The Windsor Express says the crop of potatoes in that neighbourhood is nearly all housed, and the general opinion is that it will be greatly below the average. Even where the disease has not affected the tubers, their size is unusually small, and in very many instances the crop has not been found worth digging up. UNIVERSITY or LONDON.—The annual examination of candidates for the degree of bachelor of arts in this univer sity is appointed to commence on Monday, Oct. 25. The candidates are to be examined in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and philosophy, the examiners being Mr. T. B. Burcham, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Rev. H. Alford and the Rev. Dr. Jerrard, D.C.L. GREAT BOAT RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—The great boat race for the championship of the Thames and 4001., is appointed to take place on next Thursday week, and creates the most lively interest in sport ing circles. The candidates for fame are Thomas Cole, of Chelsea, and IL Coombes, of Mortlake, the latter of whom held the proud position of champion of the Thames and Tyne, until this season, when he was defeated by Cole, but the match was so closely contested throughout that the friends of Coombes, anxious to give him an opportunity of retrieving his lost laurels, made the present engagement for him. The whole of the stake of 4001. was made good last night at Mr. Iladland's, Poppin's-court, Fleet-street, and preliminaries arranged. The race is from Putney to Mort lake, and the Messrs. Searle have chartered a steamer for the conveyance of the elite of the Thames. Mr. Saville Morton, whose untimely and painful death we yesterday recorded, was a gentleman of good family; a graduate of Cambridge, and a talented and zealous man of letters. He was attached to the staff of the Daily News from the day of its commencement,—his first duty being that of correspondent at Constantinople, from which place he travelled in succession to Athens, Madrid, Vienna, Berlin, and Paris. In these different cities he passed the last six years of his life, arid the readers of this journal are in debted to his fluent pen for many a pleasant description of scenes and events of interest, and for many a valuable dis quisition on passing political events. He was an ardent liberal, and wrote boldly and constantly in support of politi cal progress ; he had a keen appreciation of that which was generous and true ; fine literary taste, and a lofty idea of his profession as a journalist. D ur i ng th e revo l u ti onary period of 1848, as after the coup d'etat of Dec. 2, he never allowed any consideration of personal risk to interfere with the performance of what he considered to be his duty towards the journal to which he was attached; and when a few months ago the Minister of Police in Paris threatened and attempted to silence the representatives of the English press in that city, Mr. Morton was honourably conspicuous for the calm and dignified—the firm a n d proper tone h e assume d i n hi s com munication with Louis Napoleon's agent, and subsequently with the British Ambassador, Lord Cowley. As a corres pondent he was indefatigable in the performance of his duties—and his most untimely death is at once a grief and a loss to those with whom he was honourably associated. He was fortunate enough to number amongst his friends many distinguished men —most of whom will forget any faults he might have had in the recollection of his; warm heartedness, his talent, and his melancholy and painful end, --Daily News. ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCHES.—An English gentle man of fortune, of the name of Lassen, has lately arrived in Malta, with a telescope of considerable magnitude, for the purpose of making astronomical observations. ➢lr. Lassell has obtained permission from H.M. Ordnance Department to erect a temporary observatory on the Cavalier St. John, which is in coarse of construction, and will soon be in a fit state for operation. The telescope measures twenty feet in length and two in diameter. THE CLEOPATRA STEAMBR,--The following is an extract from a letter dated Madeira, Sept. 13 :—" From first to last the ship is well manned by most agreeable people, and one of the owners is on board. We anticipate a delightful day in Madeira. The captain read morning service yester day, in the aft saloon, to a numerous congregation. On Saturday night there was an alarm of fire, some of the wood work round the b ase of the funnel having' caught, or rather it was found to be smouldering; ad the tewbuckets of water, I am told, quite extinguished it, and captain i tei lee h r a n d e a t t h d e . whole of this woodwork tor n d own and thrown You will probably see some acc ount of this u perhaps an exaggerated one; for my se lf, I was asleep, l3 a q p i it s e , unconscious of what was passing, and only heard of it in the morning." LEGAL FICTIONS.—OD the 24th inst. the Common manymtnon Law Procedure Act will come into force , when a goo legal fictions will be abolished. In proceedings in ejectment, as already stated, John Doe and Richard Roe will depart, and with them a great number of technicalities. There will be no "casual ejector," and the pleadings will be Si mpli fi ed so that they may be understood. Instead of delivering a de _ claration and notice, a writ is to be issued and served on the persons in possession, and under a penalty of being turned out of possession they must appear within 16 days and make their defence In dehtulf of an appearance the plaintiff may at once sign judgment and obtain possession of the property. - Under the new law the jury is to find specifically—that is, to Which part of th e property the plaintiff is entitled. Another alteratian is that actions of ejectment are not to abate by the death of a claimant or defendant. There are 54 clauses in the Common Law Procedure Act with respect to proceed ings in ejectment. Proposals were issued yesterday for a Four per Cent. Swedi s h M ortgage Loan of 450,0001., at 93. I raised for pr ov i nc i a l i mprovements, and is secured„ut s ni to be derthe authority of th e S we di s h Di et and a Royal charter, by the estates of the district in which the outlay is made, such estates being valued for the purpose at two-thirds the amount of :their rating for public taxation. The Swedish Government have no doubt whatever, and the present loan is analagous to a county loan in this country. Stock of a similar description has from time to time been negotiated in Hamburgh, where it is popular, and a year ago it was proposed to raise 300,000/ in London at the same price as that now fixed. The bonds in that case, however, were rendered intelligible by being in marks banco instead of in sterling, the coupons also being payable at Hamburgh ; so that it is presumed a very small Portion, lf any, were taken hero, and that they were subse quently subscribed in Germany as usual. In the present instance the dividends will be payable at Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, and Co.'s The extinction of the bonds is to take place at par by drawings to the extent of 1 per cent. per an num. A payment of 13 per cent. is to be made on the is suing of the scrip, and the last instalment will be on the Ist of September, 1835. Toe annual dinner of the typos of Newington and Lambeth took place last evening, at the Printers' Arms, Lower Kennington lane, Lambeth, the chair being occupied by Mr. Gadsby, and nearly the whole of the " Knights of the stick and rule" in the two parishes being present. After partaking of most of the good things in season, served up in Mr. Roberts' usual style, the company were greatly enlivened by the not vocal abilities of Messrs. Debbin, James, Norcliffe, Arden. Sce., forgetting the originality of the inimitable J o h n THE LATE EXPLOSION IN PI NSBURY.—Another of the poor fellows who was burnt during the explosion which occurred on the premises of Air. Holyhead. in Finsbury, ritiiy noticed in this journal of yesterday, expired from the of he injuries there received. SUN, THE HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Adalphi company, which vacated this theatre on Saturday, has been immediatefy succeeded by its more legitimate occupants, under the management of Mr. Webster, who announces the present es his fare well season at the Haymarket. Last night was the first of the season, and the principal piece selected for the occasion was Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's well known and favourite comedy Money, in which Mr. Barry Sullivan sustained with great propriety, tact, and feeling the character of Evelyn. The cast in other respects also was excellent, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Leigh Murray appearing in the parts of Mr. Ben. Stout, M.P., Graves, and Sir Frederick Blount respectively, while Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. Stirling represented Lady Franklin, Geogiana Vesey, and Clara Douglas. We must not forget to notice also the effective manner in which Mr. Lambert played Sir John Vesey and the pathos and dignity which Mrs. Stirling infused into the character of Clara Douglas. At the close of the piece, the mem bers of the company whom we have named were called to the front of the curtain to receive the hearty plaudits of the house ; Mr. Webster especially, who had also been warmly greeted on his first entrance , at an earlier period of th e ev e n i ng , and Mr. Barry Sul livan, ruceiving a more marked expression of ap plause. The National Anthem was then played by the orchestra. The forty-second representation of Keeley Worried by Buckstone followed, and the even ing closed with Maddison Morton's face of Your Life's in Danger. The house was full. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night was the opening of the season. The event of the evening was the re-appearance of Ma - dame Celeste after her visit to America. The enthu siastic reception given to the lady, to whom divers bouquets were flung, showed how well her indefati gable zeal as a manageress, and her energetic and piquant acting, are appreciated by the patrons of the Adelphi. The drama was the immortal Green Bushes, and these ever-greens seemed as welcome to the house as on the night, we are afraid to think how many years ago, when Mr. Buckstone launched this mar vellous piece. Madame Celeste looked remark ably well, and her performance of Miami was as vigorous and intelligent as ever. The curtain had barely fallen when tumultuous cries were raised for Madame Celeste. The call was obeyed, and then the intensity of Miss Woolgar was remembered, and that admirable artist was called ; and then Mr. Honey, who had been giving an excellent transcript of Wright's quaintnesses, was remembered, and he, too, was called ; and the house, in its extreme good humour, proceeded with a sort of roll call from the play-bill, when the orchestra struck up the National Anthem, and stopped the demonstration. Mrs. Keeley's Jack Sheppard was the second attraction of the evening. The house was well attended. There have been some alterations in the company here. Mr. Wright goes to, and Mr. Wigan comes from, the Princess's, as does Mr. Flexmore. Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Mary Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Mdlle. Auriol (Mrs. Flexmore) are new engagements. SURREY THEATRE. This theatre opened last evening for the dramatic season. The house is re-decorated in a style highly creditable to the liberality of the managers, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. The ornamentation is of a very tasteful character, and renders the appearance of the interior light and brilliant. The entertainments commenced with a new Pastoral Drama in four parts, entitled The Seasons, the action of the several parts being supposed to occur at short intervals, so as to embrace a period of forty years. The plot of The Seasons is as follows :—Redland Brightheart, at the age of 24, falls in love with Amanda Leigh, and in continently marries her, to the great annoyance of his father, who disinherits him accordingly, and to the great mortification of Leeward Loftus, Esq., one of the black sheep of the fable. This is the main feature of the first part, which takes place in Spring. In the next season Redland Brightheart and his cara sposa re-appear on the scene: they are some ten years older, but they are also richer than when they left Hertford, the lo cality of the drama. In the meanwhile Leeward Loftus has grown poorer, through the act of his agent--another of the black sheep of the fable— who panders to his extravagance, and thrusts him over head and ears into that " slough of despond"—debt. Brightheart has come to take possession of his father's property, which had been won at dice—unfairly won —by Loftus ; and it is, of course, "wormwood and gall" to that roué to find that the mortgagor under the rose is his rival and his enemy. The " season" closes with the ejectment of this "village tyrant," amidst the acclamations of the assembled villagers, who, by-the-by, celebrate the event with a teed. Redland Brightheart and Amanda, his wife, have a large family, and in the third part, or season, they are introduced full-grown "sons and daughters of beauty." But the eldest son has been led into gambling transactions with Loftus, in London, and eke with th e b rot h er -i n- l aw of that needy scoundrel, " a leg," named Rooke, and the result is that he has given bills to the tune of 8,000/. These bills at once pass into the hands of Ephraim Iron, the agent in question, whose tools both scamps now are ; and he makes use of them, to seek the daughter of Brightheart, the sister of his victim, a beautitul young girl, in marriage. Foiled and re pulsed in his aim, he lets out the nature of the trans action ; whereupon Brightheart, in the plenitude of his virtuous rage, banishes his son at once from his presence. The fourth " part," or season, is " pre sented" in winter, as the latter was prefigured in autumn. All the original parties are now aged, some of them indeed are in their grand climacteric. Iron, the agent, however, is the stoutest of the lot ; and little to be surprised at either, for he has become a landed proprietor, of great wealth, and is no longer the servant of any one—except the devil. Brightheart, who sorrows for his lost son—as Rachel sorrowed for her children—and will not be comforted, remains in statu quo, a magis trate and a rural magnate. But Loftus and Rooke have become paupers and tramps—they were always vagabonds, and being rejected even by the thimble rig brotherhood, as too base, they had come down to Hertford to " try it on" with Iron. The ex-agent, however, harshly refuses them relief— even a crust of bread or a penny ; nay, more, he actually shoots his former master, Loftus, when the wretch, urged by hunger and despair, followed on his track. At this moment Redland Brightheart, jun., returns after an absence of fifteen years, and hearing the shot, seeks but in vain for the cause, and in so doing drops his pocket-book, containing " pearls of price" and much other valuable property. On discovering his loss he " tries back" and picks up the pocket-book of Iron. This he pre sents to his parents, but upon their discovering it to belong to that person it is sent back. And now, em boldened by success, Iron determines to annihilate his enemy—the virtuous Brightheart, sen., and at once charges Redland, jun., with having robbed him and attempted his life, calling upon the father of the pro digal son to commit him to prison. This the Hert fordshire Brutus in question is about to do, when Rooke, in semblance of a scare-crow, enters the justice-room and proclaims Iron the murderer of Leeward Loftus, erewhile esquire. The tables are, therefore, turned with a vengeance. The happy parent commits his enemy—of all things in the world—for perjury; the happy mother embraces her son ; the happy son kisses both father and mother ; and the happy villagers " swell the note of praise" with a spontaneous shout of enjoyment. The piece is enlivened by the peculiarities of Joe Griffin (Mr. Widdicombe), a farm servant, who mar ries and brings up his son as a regular " griffin." The latter, after showing fight to his father, goes for a soldier, and returns after several years of service with a wooden leg, a wife, and five children. The acting was very good, especially on the part of Mr. w Creswick, o. as Redland Brightheart, and Mr. T. Mead, aeanßndeoxycaelllent performer in his line, as Martin boards There no were several debits on the Surrey Thesene ofwtehree m mi d ss isc c r l e a d ra ita l la v l y e nn t e o , ma nagement.ftrloiemtbeTheatre Royal Edinbu Newcastle; h, w Miss b o ß p l o a w y r e i d n g p , le from asio g the l y and Messrs. W. Robertson, r J. Davis, Elmore, A. Younge, and Harwo o d Cooper,geilrw Sh arkably well put upon tll esta Theitiloi effective sce nery, and appropriate was admirable, up as Tom Rooke in hi s several especially when " at dissipation's end" and literally out at elbows, and Mr. Widdiconabe's turnout in the second pact was irresistibly ludicrous. The drama was quite successful, and Mr. Creswick was recalled. A new and extravagantly broad farce followed called Going to Cremorne , in w hich Mr. H. Widdicombe, as the ex- waiter, kept the audience in a continual roar. The performances concluded with a two act " drain% of intense domestic interest , " e ntitl e d T he Divorced. The house was crowded to excess, and all promises eminently deserve, of Messrs. Shepherd and Cre vet fair for a highly successful season , which. the i untir ing hitherto attained, _ accs of deserve, for they have placed the S urre y Tneatre on a higher footing than it had ever and it is now one of the most attractive pl amusement in the metropolis. THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH. On Monday last, in Pizarro, Mr. T. C. King im personated Rolla, the great Peruvian warrior, with consummate skill. The scene in the dungeon between him and Alonzo (Mr. Newcombe), WAS given with fine expression. Mr. Warde's Pizarro was true to the original character, and procured for him a good re ception. Miss Fanny Huddart played with great spirit and much good taste, the bold and enthusiastic character of the Spanish maiden, Elvira. Cora, the loving wife of the brave Alonzl, found a faithful p-r -sonatcir in Miss Page. At its conclusion both Mr. Slag and Mr. `Verde were called before the eurtia LONDON, to receive the unanimous congratulations of the au dience. The afterpit ce was a transatlantic ballet comique by M. Leciercq-I"heßoatmen of the Ohio. Mrs. and Miss Louise Leclercq danced some very pretty characteristic solos to popular American melodies, arranged expressly for this ballet by Miss Louise Le clercq, which brought down upon them thunders of applause. Sam Slick, a clock maker, Dandy Jem, and Julius Cwzar, a piccanini slave, found capital re presentatives in M. Leclercq, M. Leclercq, jun., and Master Arthur Leclercq. On Tuesday was played a legendary drama entitled the Fayre Lasse of Ply mouth. Michael Erle (Mr. T. C. King), the maniac lover, is driven to despair and madness by the loss of his sweetheart, who is carried off by Lord D'Arville (Mr. Warde), and for many years the unfortunate Michael wanders about a houseless and incurable mad man ; till at length he meets with D'Arville, the cause of all his injuries, and upon him he takes a terrible revenge. Miss Page supported the character of Mary the " Fair Maid of Plymouth." The after pieces were The Boatmen of the Ohio and The Broken Sword. On Wednesday, The Peasant Boy was performed. Mr. King played as well as need be the part of Baron Montaldi, whose cunning and treachery were_ well depicted by the actor. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 3. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove yesterday to see the Burn of the Vat. Sir Edwin Landseer arrived at Balmoral yesterday, and remains on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation of the Local Board of Health for Woolwich, consisting of Mr. Edwin Arthur Bernays, Mr. Joseph Tuckett, Mr. George Hall Graham, Mr. George Hudson, and Mr. Edward Sargent Clerk, bad an interview with the General Board yesterday, at their office, 'Whitehall, for advice on the drainage works required for that suburban district. Lord Lovaine had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land, Gibraltar, and Malta. THE COURSE OF STORMS. The accounts of the storm that swept along the Atlantic coast in August show some of the remark able features of that kind of atmospheric disturbance. Its beginning we have traced to the Gulf of Mexico, at a point south-east from Key West, where it raged eleven days before. In its regular course it reached Halifax, in Nova Scotia; how much further it went in that direction we have no accounts. It is the kind of storm that Mr. W. 0. Redfield, of this city, first proved to be a great whirlwind. This he did by showing that, at the same instant, in different places, the wind actually blows in a circle, of course the circle being very large, measuring some 500 miles in diameter, and, while whirling around, progressing forward like other smaller whirlwinds. We here give a number of dates which we have taken from the public journals to mark its rates of progress. On the 21st August the American barque Jasper, bound from Havannah to New York, was caught in the gale blowing from the south-east, and, while " lying to," was driven on the reefs the next day, ten miles east of Key West. Many other valuable ves sels and cargoes went in like manner ashore. On the 22d, at Key West, early on Sunday morn ing, it commenced,to blow a hurricane, the baro meter rapidly falling. Its greatest violence was at sundown, and by one o'clock on Monday morning, 23d, it had entirely ceased. The direction of the wind was from the south-east. It was the hardest storm there since 1846. On the 24th, Tuesday, it began at Pensacola; its greatest force was on Wednesday and Thursday, the 25th and 26th. The wind was at first easterly, and gradually shifted round southerly, and then westerly. The rain fell in great quantities, and the storm was the most severe that had raged there for many years. All the bathing-houses and more than two-thirds of the main reef were carried away. On the 26th and 26th, also, it was violent at Mo bile, doing damage to the amount of half a million of dollars. The dwelling of the light keeper at Choctaw Point was carried away, and five persons were lost. It extended west to Lake Pontchartrain. On the 26th and 27th, it spread over the State of Georgia. The Ocmulgee River, at Macon, rose to a great height, carrying away the railroad bridge. At Augusta, the Savannah River rose to such a height on Friday, the 27th, as to sweep off the railroad bridges, and stop all travel. The water rose four feet in the streets ; one or two houses were washed away, and several lives lost. The cars on the railways could not approach within a mile of the city. The telegraph accounts of the damage done to that city was 9,000,000 dollars, probably an exagge ration. In South Carolina, near Columbia, several bridges were swept away from Broad Myer, and in the Congeree, as far up as that city, the freshest was three feet higher than ever known before, and 32 feet above the ordinary level. The rain was heavy at Charleston. In Virginia we hear of the severity of the storm, and of the overflowing of the James River at Rich mond, submerging a number of cellars and houses in the lower part of the city. The Rappahannock rose to an extraordinary height at Fredericksburg, carry ing away the Chatham-bridge and injnriug the canal. A waggon and four horses were swept down by the current. On the 28th, Saturday, the storm raged at Balti more. Its violence in wind and rain on that day was remarkable in southern New Jersey. The same day it began in New York. Its first rain was about noon ; at five o'clock the wind and rain were severe ; at seven the storm was violent, and so continued until noon on Sunday, though the rain ceased early on Sunday morning. The wind was at first from the east, then from the north-east, and ultimately it veered around by the north to the west. The da mages were large in the blowing down of unfinished Louses in New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Jersey city. At Boston it began on Saturday evening, the 28th, and kept on until Monday morning, the 30th. At Newburyport the rain amounted to 3i inches durin g that time. On the 31st, Tuesday, the storm was so heavy to the eastward of Portland, Me., that the news by the steamer America, which arrived at Halifax at six, P.M., could not be telegraphed. We thus see that eleven days were required for the storm to progress from a little beyond K e y West to Halifax. A wind blo w ing in a direct lin e along its track with the violence of that storm would have reached that distance in twenty-four or thirty hours at farthest. All along its path the wind was constantly veering. For instance, at Pensacola, an the accounts say, " the wind was at first e asterly, and gradually shifted round sout herl y , then westerly." This shows that the cent re of the storm passed west of that place. At New Y ork it began easterly, turned towards the north , and then to the west and southwest. This shows that the storm passed east of this city. Its track was remarkably curved. Beginning near Havana, v thecentre a, c of cording to our limited notices, it progressed towards the north-west until about Mobile. "'here it turned towards the north-east, and follo wed the line of the coast, probably leaving the line of the coast more and more to the north. It is highly desirable that editors should state more precisely the times of the beginning an d ending , of the storms, how the wind begins, which w a y i t i veers, and where it ends. This s necessary in order to exhibit the proofs of the circular motion of the wind; for, it must be remembered, th a t some highly respectable scientific men do not believe i n M r . Redfield's discovery. Governor Reid, of the Bermuda Islands, was among the first who adopted the Redfield theory, and he has written two or three oc t avo vo lumes, giving the course and history of several great storms. Iu the East Indies, Messrs. Piddington and Thom, in the employment of the E as t I n di a Company, have each published several volumes, showing, from very careful data, that in the Indian Ocean and China Sea, the storms are also circu lar, and that, south of the equator, they whirl around in the opposite direction, that is, so u th o f t h e equator they move round in the same way as the hands of a watch. Mr. Piddington very properly calls them cyclones, from the cycloidal course of the wind. Here on our own coast they can be studied more easily than in any other part of the world, for they sweep so far along the land, and over the hundreds of vessels on our coasts, and hence many observations can be made. it is remarkable that, while the dis covery is entirely and indisputably American, the British have investigated it the most largely, and written on it most voluminously. Mr. Redfield's papers were scattered about in several scientific peri odicals, and have never been collected in a single vo lume. The separate volumes of Reid, Piddington, anal Thom on cyclone storms are numerous.—New York Courier. ADVANCE ON WELCH IRON.—The recent improve meta in th e d emand for iron has led, as was anticipated, to an advance i n price, and the makers have succeeded in esta bliAiing a r i se of 308. are in lull employ, and large orders are on hand, and several of the com pan i es are about to blow snore furnaces into blast. per ton. The whole of the iron-works This will give employment t o a l arge num b er o f men, an d b e productive of great benefit to many families. The Llynfi Iron Company purpose the erection of a new forge, which it is intended to be far larger than the one at present in opera tion, and likewise new blast furnaces will be added to those at,present in use. The workmen will also participate in this improved slate of affairs. as the rate of wages will be in creased. At the Cyfarthfa Ironworks the remuneration paid to the men has been raised 5 per cent. The commercial accounts by the Overland Mail are not unsatisfactory. At Calcutta prices showed a ten d i m p ro vement, and at B om b ay t h ey were steadily there was lea busi ness t h an usual. maintained, although STEBBING has five animals engaged, nameIy:—KINGSTON, 3 yrs, Bst 31b; NEAsIIAM, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b; HUNGERFORD, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (including 61b extra for winning the Great Yorkshire . Handicap); THE INDIAN WARRIOR, 3 yrs, 7st 41b; and ALFRED THE GREAT, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Without the last-named is deficient in preparation he ought to be able to make the rest of his stable compa nions perfectly safe; Neasham being no go; Hungerford a bud one, without ho is lightly handicapped; and The Indian Warrior is altogether out of the affair at 7st 41b. I presume the interest of the stable will be divided be tween the great Alfred and Kingston; who, though of the same ago, are separated by no less than thirty-three pounds in tee handicap. ISAAC DAY has only EPHESUS, 4 yrs, 7st 1210, in preparation for this event. He is very sanguine of winning with him; and has not only backed the horse himself, but several persons connected with the stable have done so likewise. This son of Epirus and Enterprise has only accomplished one respectable feat out of four efforts this year, and that one was for the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot, when, carrying 6st 121 b, ho won easily by two lengths from Little Savage, 3 yrs, 6st (second), and Pan, 3 yrs, Est llb (third), beating twenty others, including Hyacinth and Knight of the Shire; both of whom, however, were weighted very stiffly, having carried Est 91b. There is exactly a stone difference between the weight Ephesus had at Ascot and that that he will have to carry at New market, which I am rather inclined to think will seri ously militate against his chance of coming off victori ously. J. SHEPHERD has Sin CHARLES, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, in preparation. The course that this stake is run on will suit him; but the class of animals ho will meet, being much above his own grade, will not.—l am, Sir, &c., Oct 5. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. (To be resumed to-morrow.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE CESAREWITCH STALES. 8 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire—taken and afterwards offered 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Phillips's Le Juif—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parker's Bird•on•the-Wing 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Weathergage 25 to 1 agst Lord W. Powlett's Sharavogue—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Phlegra—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott 33 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Candlewick 35 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Dolland—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Rogers's King Charming The only outlay of any amount was on the Knight of :he Shire at 8 to 1, and on Ariosto at 11 and 12 to 1, the latter throughout the afternoon being in great force. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire— taken freely 20 to I agst Major Martyn's Convulsion 20 to 1 agst Sir W. Booth's Azael 25 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Ephesus—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Duncombe's Alfred the Great—t 50 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes's Longinus—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Combe's Brawn—taken THE CLEARWELL STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne—taken THE PRENDERGAST STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Lord Clifden's Cheddar—taken DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Umbriel—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Pharos—t to 5001. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CONGREGATIONS. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 4.—Notice has been given, that there will be Congregations on the following days of the ensuing Michaelmas Term:— Monday Monday *Wednesday Oct. 27, at Eleven. *Thursday *Friday Oct. 29, at Eleven. Wednesday Nov. 10, at Eleven. Wednesday Nov. 24, at Eleven. Wednesday Dec. 8, at Eleven. Thursday * At the congregations on these days the several graces recommended by the Statutes Revision Syndicate will be offered to the Senate. BILLETING OF SOLDIERS.—IMPORTANT DECISION. —A case was tried at a justice of peace (mud held in Crieff on the 9th ult., regarding the billeting of soldiers. The person upon whom a soldier was billeted, instead of accom modating the soldier in his own house, offered to provide him with quarters elsewhere; but the soldier refused to mail himself of it, and brought an action for billet-money. The justices were unable to come to a decision, and they agreed to reter the case to the Secretary at War. lle was accord ingly communicated with on the subject, and the question may now be considered settled whether or not a householder is bound to provide accommodation for soldiers in his own house. The following is the letter from the War Office : " War Office, Sept. 21,1852. "Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 10th inst. I am di rected to acquaint you that the householder upon whom the soldier was billeted was not bound to receive the soldier into his own house; and that having offered to provide quarters for him elsewhere, the householder has satisfied the obliga tion imposed upon him by am, &c. (Signed) " B. HAwss." NEW ARTICLE OF EXPORTATION.—Crowds of girls and boys are rambling over the face of the country here in quest of sloes, which they bring into the town in large quantities, for which they find a ready sale at sd. per stone, from a man who is styled the " sloe merchant." Already many tons weight have been shipped off, but their destine. tion remains a mystery. It would not be difficult, however, to judge for what purpose they are intended. It is well known that the sloe makes a capital port wine, as it gives the rough taste, with a rich colour.—Galway Packet. ANTWERP, OCT. 2.—The Lion. Mrs. Villiers and family arrived yesterday by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Rayensbourne from Loudon. Since the departure of the last steamer there has been a steady, unifonn demand, for Government stocks and other leading securities. The demand for those funds, for the purpose of forming banking capi tal, was so great that all offering were readily taken. Railroad bonds were in good request, and large sales had been made on European account. There was a more buoyant feeling exhibited in the money-market; the supply, however, was fully equal to the demand. Foreign exchange was in good de mand. Bills on London, 110 to 1102 ; Paris, 5.121 to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 40i to 401 ; Frankfort, 401 to 41; Bremen, 79 to 79i ; Hamburgh, 36i to 36g. The cotton-market was in a very inactive state; the stocks in port are very light, but still the little offer ing was too much for the demand, and parcels were obtainable at fully Ic. per lb. reduction. The wheat and flour markets were a little firmer. Provisions were unaltered. Freights to London, Is. 10d. to 29. per barrel for flour; Sid. to bid. per bushel for wheat and Indian corn. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals out at New York—The Pacific and Africa steamers, Great Western, Montezuma, Clermont, E. C. Scranton, and Samuel Lawrence, from Liverp oo l ; L a dy Knight, from Newcastle; Victoria, from London, Isabella from Glasgow, Peo y lope from Bordeau x , K osmo f rom Bremen„Medera rom Havre, James Reddin from Glasgow. Arrived at Boston —The Robert, from Liverpool. Arrived at Baltimo re—The Mary Hale, from Liver pool; Chesapeake, Aager, and Mississippi from Boston. Arrived at Quebec— -The Glasgow, from Bristol, St. John from Hull, Aurcira from Sunderland, Eromanga from Glasgow. Arrived at Charlest on—The John Routledge and Etiwan from Liverpool.. Arrived at Montreal---The Niagara from Liverpool. Arrived at Philadelphia—The Mary Pleasants from Liverpool, Superior from Londonderry, Emblem from Shields, Douglas from N eweastle. Arrived at Providence—The Zero from Glasgow. Arrived at Wilmington—The Muskingum from Liver pool. EVIDENCE IN THE COURT OF CHANCEEY.—The new rules and orders in Chancery will regulate the admix• sion of evidence, both mail and documentary, in proceedings under the new acts, which acts will affect some consider able alterations with respect to evidence in the court. The evidence on both sides, whether taken orally or upon affi davit, is to be closed with in nine weeks after issue joined. The Court has power to enlarge the time, but after the period fixed no further evidence is to be given without the special leave of the Court. Any witness who has made an affidavit is to be subject to oral cross-examination within one month atter the expiration of the nine weeks stated, by or before an examiner, in the same manner as if the evidence given by him in his affidavit had been given by him orally. Any party in any cause or matter may, by subpmna, require the attendance of any witness to be examined before an examiner, and may use his evidence upon any claim, mo tion, petition, or other proceeding, before the Court, in like manner as such witness would be bound to attend and be examined with the view to the hearing of a cause. tinder the new law something like expedition will be attained in obtaining evidence. PEDESTRIANISM EZTRAORDINARY.—A young gen tleman of Glasgow started on Sunday morning last, at a quarter past one o'clock, en a pedestrian tour to Dundee, a distance of fully 84 miles, and that notwithstanding the dis suasions of apprehensive friends, who insisted that his alight built frame would prove unequal to the task. Stirling was reached between seven and eight o'clock, where the amateur pedestrian breakfasted; and on resuming his journey at the latter hour he was joined by two of his acquaintances, whom, however, he was compelled to leave behind at the fifteenth mile-stone, arriving at Perth at ten minutes past sit in the evening. At this stage a halt was made of three quarters of an hour, when, after dinner, the dauntle ss y outh was again on the road, and successfully cemplete d his ardu ous task in little more than 23 hours, having reached Dundee at 15 rainutes past twelve o'clock on Mondlynforn ing. The triumphant accomplishment of this difficult un dertaking is all the more extraordinary in the office c c e o o n f one sider that the pedestrian busily drives the quill a of our leading storekeepers daily , and is3ta state of fy the e 2l ro y a e d a s r , years hiso f age. We may add that the rain f ell heavily during the last four miles, so that, from the sloppy progress must have been considerably retarded. that he will accom plish retarded. We beli eve that he is prepared to lay an even 90 m ilea within the 24 hours—the match to come off three week :s after the po stin g of the money.— Glasgow Paper. A LIR. mr SPECULATOR. —Shortly before the dis covery of gold in Australia, there happened to be living in Melbourne a Captain S—, formerly a resident in Liver pool. p„„ jug one day an auction-room, he entered it, though weft ,out intending to buy anything. However, some large t racts of land being disposed of at very moderate prices, he wf 15 induced to become a purchaser. He bought 2,5000 ace at 2s. 6d. an acre! Scarcely had he done so when a per ion in the room offered him 101. if he would transfer the purchase. The offer was accepted, and it was arranged tl ,at the money should be paid the following day. But it was ' not- therefore the land remained in Captain S.'s possession , It is now of considerable value, being in the centre of Ole gold regions.—Liverpool Mercury. A Ct as's TOILETTE.—An • amusing circumstance occurs et ee r y morning in Bridge -street-row, Chester, close by the entrl Lu c e to the Chronicle office. When the servant is employe cl p .ol ishing the external brasses of Mr. Davis's (the chemist) at top,, the spaniel belonging to the latter makes a point of tal sing up his station on the stall to watch the ope ration, and as soon as it is finished offers his neck to the man for the pull ,ose of having his brass collar furbished up in a manner sni table to a dog of his pretensions. Sometimes the servant pre tends to forget this mark of attention, when Don takes care t o remind him of his neglect by a very significant bark. The process of adornment invariably concludes by the present ttion of his paw, valet els n,.-{!Chester aironide. as an aoknowledgment to his LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.—We have made further inquiries as to the loss of the Mobile, Captain Tarbox (not Fur ber), and ascertained from Messrs. James Browne and Co., the consignees of the ship, that she sailed from this port on Tuesday morning last, with between fifty-five and sixty passengers, and not forty, as before stated. Being favoured with a fair wind she pursued her course at a rapid rate, and at midnight the captain went below, leaving the second mate in charge, with strict injunc tions to steer west-south-west, and to see that he (the captain) was called at two o'clock, or sooner, if the weather assumed a more threatening aspect. The wind at the time the captain went below was blowing a fresh breeze from the east-north-east, with a heavy sea, which increased to a violent gale; he was, however, not called until two o'clock. On coming on deck, the captain in quired whether the ship had been steered as he ordered, an then found that the second mate had misunderstood the crders given him, and had ordered her to be kept on a weee-north-west course, which had carried her directly on a lee shore, from which it was found impossible to extricate her, although every human effort was made. We saw two of the men who were saved, and from them we learnt that she had eighteen men before the mast, a cook, and a steward, who, together with the captain and first and second mates, made a total of twenty-three hands. The steward's wife was also on board the ship. From the above it will be seen that the loss of life will be upwards of seventy souls, instead of sixty as pre viously reported. DUNDALK, OCT. I.—The schooner Mary Elizabeth, Richards, of Nevin, North Wales, about 11 A.m., on the 30th September, Tara Hill, off Arklow, bearing N.W., distant 20 miles, saw part of a wreck with a number of people on it; bore down on her—got out the boat, and proceeded to the wreck, which turned out to be the ship Mobile, Tarbox, of Bath (United States), from Liver pool for New Orleans, with passengers. After a great deal of risk and exertion on the part of Captain Richards and his crew, they succeeded in saving the last four of the crew on board of the wreck, who report that five others were saved previously by a schooner bound to Glasgow; and also report that the fifty passengers (with one exception) were lost, as also the captain, mate, steward, and twelve of the crew. Capt. Richards treated the four men with the greatest kindness (one of them being nearly exhausted), and has landed them safely at this port. Two of the crew saved by Captain Richards are Swedes. The ship struck on Arklow Banks at three o'clock Ala. on Wednesday, having sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday, at twelve noon. DUNDALK, OCT. 2.—The American Consul was down here yesterday from Dublin, to look atter the crew of the unfortunate ship Mobile. He started at night to Arklow, to look after the wreck. A collection was made to-day by the Harbour Master and Swedish Vice- Consul to provide little comforts for the poor fellows saved by the crew of the Mary Elisabeth. The Steam packet Company, with the greatest kindness, provided them with a passage, per the Pride of Erin, this evening, for Liverpool. where they will be taken care of by the Swedish and United States Consuls, for whom they have letters from the Vice-Consul here and the American Consul at Dublin. Captain Richards and his crew de serve the greatest praise for their meritorious conduct and charitable sympathy for their suffering fellow-crea tures. The following is the testimony of the four men landed at Dundalk by the Mary Elizabeth:— " We, the undersigned, being part of the crew of the unfortunate ship Mobile, wrecked on the 29th ult. off Arklow Banks, beg to bear testimony to the kindness we received from Captain John Richards and the crew of the schooner Mary end Elizabeth, of Nevin, who not only risked their lives in taking us off the wreck, but also supplied us with food, clothing, and warmth until we arrived at the port of Dundalk, and provided them with suitable lodging and board. Wney must also bear testimony to the kindness they received from the Swe dish consul here, the hatbour-master, and the American consul, who posted at once from Dublin to render them assistance. They wish to tender their obligations for all the kindness they have received. " C. WYATT. " JOHN DOLSTREM—X, his mark. " JOHN BROWNE —X, his mark. " JOHN BISBURN—X, his mark. " Dundalk, Oct. 2, 1852." UPSETTING OF ANOTHER pF BEECH- LAG'S PRIZE LIFE-BOATS. Intelligence has been received of the upsetting of another of Beeching's prive life-boats, which was nigh being attended by as disastrous a loss of life as the trial trip of a similar boat, at Lytham, near Liverpool. As already known, Beeching obtained the Duke of Northumberland's prize of 1001. for constructing the most efficient life-boat, and different points of the coast have been supplied with craft of the above per son's build. One of them, intended to be stationed at Port Madoc, arrived at Carnarvon on Thursday evening, and on the following (Friday) morning Mr. Jackson, the surveyor of the Port of Carnarvon, accompanied by several beachmen from Port Madoc, proceeded to try her in the Menai Straits. They pushed off opposite the town, and when about three quarters of the distance over the Channel, a squall caught the boat, which carried at the time a large lugsail, and she was thrown on her beamends. The wind was blowing very fresh from the south-west, and a strong ebb tide running. All efforts to right the boat failed, and she eventually turned keel up wards. The occurrence being witnessed from the pier and shore, assistance was speedily dispatched to the crew of the overturned boat, who were hanging to her side. The ferry steamer and the life-boats of the port, with other craft, made all haste to the rescue, and eventually succeeded in preserving the poor fel lows, who had suffered much from fear and immer sion. One of them, a man named Richards, when taken off was 'completely exhausted, but proper resto ratives being applied, he soon recovered. the But for the pr o mpt help rendered them, however, ey would all have perished. The boat, after some difficulty, was towed ashore, and it was stated, with what truth we cannot state, that when righted the two end air-b oxes had water in them. The mishap with such a boat has created much excitement. THE LATE RIGHGA2E BURGLARY. Charles Johnson was again placed at the bar before Mr. Chester, at the Highgate Petty Sessions, y es terday, on the charge of burglary and assaulting a policeman while in the execution of his duty. Henry Donkin, 233 S, stated that he was on duty on Saturday night, t h e 25th ult., at about halflasteleven o'clock, and while passing near St. James's Church, and coming towards Highgate, he perceived the prisoner carrying g a blue bag a n d a He questioned prisoner, when he immediately aimed a blow at him. A struggle then ensued, during which witness's staff and rattle were wrested from his hand and flung away, and witness was compelled to use his cutlass before the capture of the prisoner could be effected. The pri soner during the struggle inflicted several wounds upon the face of witness, and had endeavoured to gouge out his eyes. Peter Thwaites, gardener, identified the articles as the property of his master and himself. Thomas Blanch stated that on the night in question he was aroused by cries of" Murder," and on proceeding to the Muswell-hill-road, he perceived the prisoner lying on the ground, being held down by Mr. Robinson. The policepiticakni,nwghuop t w hi a e s st b on l l e e eairi from the eyes and face, was ar ticles. Both policeman and prisoner were in an ex hausted state. T he prisoner stated in defence that he did not intend to injure the policeman, which the throwing away the staff and rattle plainly showed, but that having committed an offence he was anxious to escape. Th e prisoner was then fully committed THE WARDEIySHIP OF THE CIRQUE POETS.—We: understand there is no Lundation for the statement which has a ppeared in the papers, that the Earl of Derby has re ceived the Wardenship of the Cinque Ports. We have, on the contrary, reason to believe th a t hi s L or d s hip has advised her Majesty to offer it to the acceptance of Lord Dalhousie, whose absence in India may for some time prevent the actual appointment from taking place. In the mean time, how ever, the dutiea of that oftice will be temporarily discharged by the Earl of Derby.— Herald. LORD Jour' Rusamix.—Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at Stirling on Wednesday last, en route to Gart House from Tulliallan Castle, where they had been on a visit to Lady Keith. His Lordship and family leave their summer quarters for the south on the 12th inst... Edinburgh Crorant. EVENING, OCTOBER SPORTING NOTES. No. CCCXX. ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE HANDICAP. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. SIR,—We are rapidly approaching the termination of the regular racing season, for I am now about to take under consideration the last great stake of the year. The Cambridgeshire Stakes were ushered into exist ence in 1839, under the auspices of the Jcckey Club; and was wo❑ the first time by the celebrated Lanercost, 4 yrs, Bst 91b, beating the not less redoubtable Hetman Platoff, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b, and ten others, including the Mickleton Maid, 3 yrs, sst 121 b, who was third. Run ning second to Lanercost, at at difference of only 11 lbs for the year, was one of the best performances of Hetman Platoff. The winners of the subsequent years, ages and weights, are as follow:-1840, Roscius, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; 1841, Vulcan, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; 1842, Ralph, 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 1843, Nat, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; 1844, Evenus, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b; 1845, Alarm, 3 yrs, 7st 91b; 1846, Prior of St. Margaret's, 3 yrs, Est 71b; 1847, The Widow, 4 yrs, 7st; 1848, Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 91b; 1849, Raby, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; 1850, Lsndgrave, 4 yrs, Est 11Ib (carried Est 13ib); and last year, Truth, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. Thus the pull of ago is equally divided between the four and three years old, each age having won it six times. It has, therefore only once Callen to any other age, that being in the case of The Widow in 1847. Of the hundred and seventy-three nominations to the Stake this year, two-thirds—or rather ono hundred and eight—have accepted; and, i❑ all probability, the field will be as great as it ususlly is: all the great stables being naturally anxious to carry off the last great stake of the season. As Teddington heads the list, I will begin with ALEC TAYLOR'S stable, which contains two of the entries, TEDDINGTON, 4 yrs, 9zt 91b, including 61b extra, and SISTER TO SINGA PORE, 3 yrs, sst 71b; neither of whom oan have any reasonable chance of taking this stake. M. DAWSON has only one—TuaNus, 6 yrs, Bst bib, who it is re ported, will start; but though the distance will sink him, the weight will atop him, and he cannot win. TOM TAYLOR has a trio--LADY EVELYN, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (including 61b extra for winning the Leamington Stakes); GLADIOLE, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b (including 31b extra for her Warwick victory); and BABETTE, 3 yrs, sst 61b. The first named, in my opinion, has no chance whatever of win ning; the second but an indifferent one; the third has evidently the best, but bad is the best. TOM DAWSON'S string is the largest entered for the stake, numbering not less than nine, nameIy—RUSSBOROUGH, 5 yrs, Bst 51b, whose chance is not altogether out; STILTON, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b, who cannot win; KING OF TRUMPS, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, in a not much better predicament than the last; THE ITALIAN, 5 yrs, 6st 131 b, whose temper is so very queer, that without he takes a fancy to go, no matter what weight there is on him, neither jockey nor any one else can make him win; colt by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs, 6st 91b, is a bad spec; EVADNE, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (including 61b extra), is a very dangerous animal over this course, weighted perhaps a little too heavily; BIT OF BLUE, 3 yrs, Est 21b, a very moderate animal; LINDRIOK, 3 yrs, Est 11b, who has shown some running and will again, but not in this race; and VARMINT, 3 yrs, sst 71b, who, probably enough, may be trusted with some of the stable cash. Ile is well bred, being by Birdcatcher, out of Parasina, but has never done anything worth mentioning. lam in clined to think, at the present moment, that Mr. Meik lam's Evadne will be the representative of the stable; and if she had not undergone so many preparations this year, having started very nearly a score of times, she would have been the absolute winner of this race. As it is, if she runs to win, her chance is decidedly above par. KENT'S lot consists of HERNANDEZ, 4 yrs, Sst 51b; who will not run, having broken down • OFFICIOUS, 5 yrs, Bst 21b, who is not in first-rate fettle at the present time; HAR BINGER, 3 yrs, Bst (including 61b extra), who, notwith standing the weight, will probably represent the stable, but to no purpose; and CHIEF BARON NicnoLsoN, 3 yrs, 7st 81b, who is not thoroughly again himself as yet. DOCKERAY has a trio of Mr. Payne's among the nominations, namely—GrAveA, 6 yrs, Bst 31b, who has been off her work, but is now going on right again; ADINE, 3 yrs, 7st 41b, weighted rather too heavily; and COTTON LADY, 3 yrs, sst 51b, who, of course, bas no chance. DILLY'S batch is composed of ARIOSTO, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; GLEN LUCE, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; SCARECROW, 3 yrs, Est 51b; and KNIGHT Or THE SHIRE, 3 yrs, Est 21b. The interest a t the present moment entirely centres in the last named; but, without I am very much mistaken, will eventually be shifted from him to Ariosto or Adine. More about this lot when I have ascertained which way the money goes. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4. • By the Royal mail steamship Europa, Ryrie com mander, which arrived in the Mersey at four o'clock this afternoon, we have advices from New York to the 22d ult. She has 373,168 dollars in specie on freight. The Europa experienced head winds during the whole passage. The United States mail steamer Pacific, Nye commander, arrived at New York on the 18th ult. ; and the Royal mail steamer Africa, Harrison commander, on the 21st ult. General Scott, the Whig Presidential candidate, was on a political tour through the west. The official returns of the elections in Missouri, North Carolina, and lowa show (says the New York Herald) the following general result in each of those States : " 3IISSOURI. W inston—Whig. Price—Dew Vote for Governor ... 32,534 46,302 32,834 Democratic majority... ... 13,468 Newni CAROLINA. Kerr—Wnig. Reid—Dem. Voto for Governor ... 42,993 48,484 42,993 Democratic majority 5,491 lOWA. Jenkins—Whig. M'Cleary—Dem. Vote for Secretary of State 15,027 16,884 15,027 Democratic majority ... ... 1,857 Prom Maine and Vermont the official returns have not yet been received, but the following is the result as far as heard from : MAINE. Whig. Dem. Vote for Governor (two Dem. candidates) 27,990 59,603 27,999 Democratic majority VERMONT. .. . _......___. Whig. Dem. Free Soil. Vote for Governor 22,487 14,028 2,137 14,028 Total Democratic and Freosoil vote 23,165 22,417 Majority against Whig candidates 678 Whig Majority over Democrat ... 8 ,459" Advices from Tampico to the 12th ult., va New Orleans, state that " the City Council opposes Car denas, though the Legislature clothes him with ad ditional powers." A telegraphic communication from New Orleans says— " Matamoras dates to the 4th inst. have been received, at which date the excitement regarding Cardenas's usurpation continued. The National Guard have de clared in favour of Prieto, and encamped on the Ameri can side of the Rio Grande. General Avalos has issued a proclamation, which seems to be in favour of Car denas. The principal cities of Tamaulipas are opposed to Cardenati. _ _ _ " Governor Letcher, the late Minister to Mexico, left this morning for Washington." Intelligence had been received at New York from Para (Brazil) to the 29th August. At that date the yellow fever prevailed to some extent among the shipping. A French war steamer had arrived from Cayenne in search of provisions, the inhabitants of that colony being in a starving condition. Telegraphic advises from Quebec of the 21st ult. say— " The Assembly have placed in the hands of the Go vernor-General the address to the Queen, requesting power to pass a Bill for the distribution of the clergy reserves. This address, after being debated for four days, was finally adopted, by 52 to 22. Mr. Young, the Com missioner of the Board of Public Works, has resigned, in consequence of the Government having resolved to put on American vessels passing the Welland Canal the same tolls as are paid by British vessels passing both the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, and to restore the differential duties against direct American trade, by placing higher duties on goods coming that way than on those coming by the St. Lawrence. Mr. Hincks, in be half of the remaining members of the Cabinet, ex plained to the Assembly that the object of the new policy was to induce the United States to grant reci procity." The fishing schooner Charles Knight had been seized by the British cruisers, and taken into Char lotte-town. We have Havannah dates to the 14th ult. A court-martial had sentenced the persons connected with the Voice of the People to death. The Spanish war-steamer Pizarro had been totally lost on the bar of Marie'. At the time she struck she was in pursuit of a suspicious-looking American barque. The barque afterwards turned out to be a merchantman. There were very few ships in the harbour. 1852. DEATH OF 111 R. THOMAS THOMSON. We regret to have to announce the death of this gentlemen, which took place at Edinburgh on the 11 inst. Mr. Thomson was a very remarkable man. lie was a coadjutor of Jeffery, Sydney Smith, and Lord Brougham in the establishment of the Edinburgh Review, and was a prominent member of the Liberal party at the Scotch bar. He had an incomparably better knowledge of the history and antiquities of Scotland than any one of his contemporaries. He held for many years the office of deputy clerk register, and in that capacity rendered the most valuable ser vices to the public, by collecting the national records, and making them available. For these services he was very ill-rewarded. And it is, perhaps, to be regretted that he did not employ the time spent in arranging and elucidating the muniments a n d archives of Scotland in writing its history. For this task he was admirably qualified, as well by his pecu liar attainments as an antiquary as by his refined taste and the purity and ease of his style. But a certain constitutional indolence rendered biin averse from grappling with any great or continuous labour; and he contented himself with preparing those materials for others which he could have used better than any one e'se. For several years past Mr. Thompson officiated as one of the principle clerks of session. Instead, however, of having had to write out the judgments of others, he should himself have been judge. But that perfect knowledge of the law, and the possession of the other qualities that fit a man to adorn the bench, do not always raise him to that elevation. And superficial mediocrity, if assisted by a lucky combination of circumstances, has little diffi culty in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, in rising above the best sense and the most solid acquirements, if desti tute of such aid. Mr. Thompson was endeared to all who knew him in private life by the gentleness of his manners, the warmth of his affection, and the variety and extent of his information. Though he had at tained to a very advanced age, his cheerfulness never forsook him ' • and he preserved to the last the full possession of his faculties. THE LATE MR. WILLIAM FINDEN. ; It was only last week that we spoke of Mr. W. Finden as one of the seven or eight eminent historical engravers whose names were attached to a petition to her Majesty for the recognition of the claim of en ; gravers to the full honours of the Royal Academy, and we have now to announce that the affixing of his signature to that petition was one of the last acts of ' Mr. Finden's life. He caught cold on his retura from a meeting of his fellow engravers—the cold aggravated an old complaint, disease of the heaa't— and on the 20th of September he was no more. ,Fie died a widower, in the 65th year of his age. M:e William linden was the elder brother of Mr. Rd ward Finden, in conjunction with whose name his own is honourably mentioned, and will be remembered hereafter in the history of art in this country. He was, we believe, a pupil of the late M r . Ch ar l es W arren , k nown t o co ll ec tors y his exquisite engraving after " The Broken Jar" by Wilkie. From Warren he learnt much, but he was under more secret and really greater obligations in his art to Mr. James Heath (father of the late Mr. Charles Heath) than he was to Mr. Warren— many of his early works done for embellishing book* published by Sharpe, Suttaby, and others, bearing unmistakable evidences how carefully he had given his days and nights to the study of Mr. Heath's en gravings. In this style som e of big early plates for Smirke's " Don Quixote," are excellent examples of his art. Mr. Finden's,great works—works great in point of size—are not numerous. His largest and best is his full-length portrait of George the Fourth seated cn a ofa, from the original picture painted by Sir 'Thomas Lawrence for the Marchioness of Conyn is -ham. The work is a true translation of the picture rendered with the feeling of an artist. Uke price for the George the Fourth was large. Mr. Finden received 1,500 gunieas for engraving it—the highest price, we believe, ever paid for engraving a portrait. After the sofa King George, Mr. / l inden's next important large works in point of size and merit are his " Highlander's return" (the Wilkie still an ornament at Cassiobury) ; "The Village Festival," after the well-known picture by the same artist, painted for Mr. Angerstein, and now in the National Gallery; and "The Naughty Boy," a boy standing, with dogged look, close to his broken slate—after the original by Sir Edwin Landseer in Mr. Sheepshanks's collection. For " The Highlander's Return" he re ceived 600 gunieas ; and for " The Naughty Boy" 150 guineas. What he received for " The Village Festival" we do not remember to have heard. He was never happier tlnan in this engaving after Wilkie. Working for the booksellers as Mr. Finden and his brother worked, gave them both a taste for work on their own account. It was not long, there fore, before they became publishers—not ostensibly, but really publishers, as sharing in the profits and loss of their new undertakings. Their great work, in this branch of their profession, was "The Byron Illustrations"—a really beautiful work--conceived and executed with great spirit, taste, and success. Except in the remarkable instance of " The Byron Illustrations," Mr. Finden and his .brother were unsuccessful publishers. Buoyed up by the Byron success, Mr. William Finden launched into other expensive undertakings, and of which .the most important, and perhaps the most costly, w,as " The Gallery of British Art." In this venture he wrecked his Byron savings, and he became a poor man. The last great work on which Mr. Finden was emyloyed was an engraving for the Art Union of London, after Hilton's large picture of " The Crucifixion." Mr. Finden lies buried in the General Cemetery at Highgate.—Atheneum. TUESDAY LOSS OF THE MOBILE. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WALLACE. Mr. Wallace, well known as the late member for Greenock, and the zealous advocate of cheap postage, having ,fallen on evil times in his old age, a committee was formed in Greenock in 1850, with the laudable pur pose of raising a fund to make permanent provision for the honourable gentleman's declining years. The com mittee have succeeded in raising a fund which will se cure an annuity at the rate ot 5001. per annum. The ceremony of presenting this handsome testimonial, in addition to a bust of Mr. Wallace, executed by Mr. P. Park, took place on Thursday last, in Blackhall-street Church, Grenock, in the presence of the Provost and the principal people of the town and surrounding country. Mr. Wallace, on making his appearance, was loudly cheered. A report of the proceedings of the committee was read by Mr. A. Dennistoun, the details being closed by the following paragraph:—" Your com mittee have the satisfaction of reporting, that while they cannot state that their efforts have met with the success which they believed they deserved, they have secured to Mr. Wallace a testimonial worthy, at least, of his acceptance. The subscriptions under the charge of this committee, along with the contributions to the private fund already referred to, would together be represented by an annuity of 5001. per annum; and as the commit tee were desirous of providing some permanent and more public testimonial of the labuura of Mr. Wallace, they engaged the service of that eminent sculptor, Mr. P. Park, of Edinburgh, who has produced the bust now ou your table, which the committee propose to present to Mr. Wallace this evening, and they recommend that the Town Council of Greenock should be respectfully equestcd to procure a copy of the bust in marble, to bo placed in the Town-hall, in commemoration of the great public services of Mr. Wallace, the first representative ‘,l Greenock, during the four Parliaments of thirteen years he represented the burgh." Mr. J. F. Macfarlan, Edinburgh, proposed the adoption of the report, which was accorded by Baillie Campbell, of Greenock, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. T. Hamlin, the convener of he committee, then presented the testimonial. Mr. Wallace acknowledged the testimonial in a speech ot great length, in which he gave an interesting review of his whole public life; utter which the proceedings terminated. STATE OF TRADE. The reports of the state of trade in the provinces during the past week show no diminution of the activity which has so long prevailed in all parts of the country. At Manchester the increasing demand for goods renders it difficult to obtain them, except by long previous orders. There have been more purchases for India within the last few days, and the market has had a very firm ap pearance. Disquiet, however, is felt with regard to the exciteable state of the Liverpool cotton trade. At Bir mingham it has been announced that at a preliminary meeting of ironmasters not only has the anticipated further rise in the price of iron been resolved upon, but that, instead of 20s. per ton, it is to be 300., making the advance during the past month equal to thirty per cent. In wages there is to be s pro: purtionate increase, and fears are naturally expressed of the influence of these changes in checking the demand, especially from the United States. In that quarter, as elsewhere, however, the progress of railroad and other enterprise is likely to prevent any sudden reaction, whatever may be the ultimate result. In the general manufactures of the town of Birmingham there is a large and continuous business, particularly in marine engines and copper sheathing. From Nottingham a slight improvement in the and considerable orders are riving from America. In the woollen districts there has been no alteration, and it is affirmed that they never ex perienced a more healthful trade. The Irish linen market bas been steady, and, although there has lately been an increased production, stocks are still light and w ages are advancing. VIOLENT STORM AND HIGH TIDE. Yesterday the metropolis and suburbs were visited by a heavy storm of wind and rain, doing consider able damage to property. The rain commenced shortly before one o'clock in the morning ?::,d o Xi l n tinned all day long, but shortly after three 1 the afternoon the wind changed from the to an easterly direction, when it blew in a a and distant ricane, followed by torrents I::fect hur thunder, and for nearly an b o nrth °f e ei r h b i : i h e t a iTm trni-l he to e h m i ee r gr mo te f was darkened by the black heavy lasted till near six o'clock, during the h gut.te . ra f being stopped W as e out. 0 the adacent the streets were impassab le, up with dirt and rubbish o rtly before si 'c o'clock in the s unusually high, ovrerflowing the courts and alleys. Sh A evening the tide wa a p w p e i r n e g 13_a t n il k: i cellarsd e , B e r i m n banks of the river in many pl aces. Those' parts which suffered most com pletely inundated, places hithe, andonaldlseiyi,\,osietother although coL viderable being water rushed with great force up the but have recently been made in the o`tainage, lal t i drains, t a l C. e on made its way into the underground dwt 'fling of the poor people who inhabit them. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BLACLWALL RAILWAY STATlON.—Yeiterday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Baket a,t_the London H os pital, on the body of Mary Phillips, aged u years. The deceased was the wife of an eating..bouse keeper, eper, of No. 3, Horse Shoe-court, Clerkenwell. On the evening of August 29th, the deceased and a male frie.nd proceeded from Blackwell by railway in a third-class car.' riage, and when the train stopped at the Fenchurch-street station, the deceased got out on to the platform, being at the time intoxicated. Directly afterwards an alarm 'vas raised by the guard, just as the train was starting on its re turn to Blackwell, when the deceased was lying between the rout of the platform and the carriages. The deceased was released by the servants of the company, when she was found to have received a severe injury to her rigt Rashand, whereby several of the fingers were cut off. She con veyed to the hospital, where she died on Saturday last. Mr. Alfred Dale, the house surgeon, said the deceased died from exhaustion from the operation and shock to the system. Verdict, " Accidental death." RARE callEd the " gr( at weever' ( Trachinus draco), was caught off Usan the other day, and has been presented to the Museum. It is exceedingly rare on our coast, and some peculiarities in its conformation render it worthy the attention of naturalists. One of the moat remarkable of these is a large spine at the end of each of its gill-lids, or operculie, which are charged with poison, and with which it can inflict a serious blow. The possession of these remarkable instruments of warfare induced the ancients to call it " draco," or the sea-dragon. The weever is predatory and solitary in its habits, living at the bottom of the deep sea. There is no record of a specimen ever being caught in our locality before.—Dundee Courier. Intelligence received of the Cleopatra screw.. steamer, which sailed from Plymouth on the 7th ult. with 200 passengers and 160,0001. in coin for Australia, gives the expectation of a speedy passage. It appears she arrived at Madeira in five days and four hours. Her burden is 1,500 tons (900 register), with 300-horse power, Arid she was dis patched by private enterprise. 3 , 4 3% 6P 3WI c d r .) ith V., ml. ►id leo- ,tto rOM the for Ikh g la over oad. over oad. 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