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Jt ne. 68 p CK. t. Y.) with s. W., I Sun rest€T- -1 ia a angel, ;ht in h the on the here. port, 28th my.— !, for S.W., idicea, Arrd. flields, fliber, ohn's, mony, pulco, •Arrd. 3 Rid- Deo ditto, etting from pt the Id for leaky, 3rig is Lord ;away, ndaor, burgh, !thud, Sept. ditto; Hero, nbay ; Oak, t, New Con- Jacob port, on the de. :Mover Load. ;lover r load. Nova load. 1, but Is in Is 6d, low to quest. ek at 4 Ma ption same a not st and I were id ex places old at as all to 9i 383 to a tho ) 81d, 1+ Q UE E N' E (IE, BIRMINGHAM. Tne ~ z :i1311•41 i;:tsr_V liivei was hild in the Tov. , Ja•hy)! yesteriv nittrnoon, tn. 1,1,1•3 y, in th,i ;Lbscuce of Lori Lyttelton, the Af;er the reprt had been read, nad wl,g of a higi'dy smistactury nature, the Archd- , ne;:n cf Covc-nary delivered a long, elo cnent, a[ld7e6s. The 1'011014'i:1g- L 7., were then distiibuted:-- DIPL-,MAS AND CEATIFICA.TES. Diploma of R.Aen, id D., Kid demi ins(er ; a. ter, BtAford Alrcd Freer, Stont - Inid4v.' Diplom% of B.A. 13 Stone Latilbr. Second Cf;r , ifi , . - :ate of honours in C4calistr,y, London Univer-ity—H. 8. Ll,sibPrt. Certificce, First Exunin3tion for M. 8., London Uni vrrsity—J. A. Vincent. First CI LS6 Certificate, l!atriculltion, London Uoiver city Jobu C. M. Bight, lAnd F. C. W. lic:nchley. Second Class Malricukti , n, Lindun U. vcrsity—G. ll,Lry Green, ;and dory Coeithuae. WARNEFORD SCHOLARS AND MEDALLISTS. London Utlivereity—Henry Ck,•;'l.!tie übb, Franks, wid ‘llLlkinson Viarnefurd Guld ill,l,ils—Webb and Waller. THEOLOG ICAL PRIZE. Moks (5 guine..)-2,rry. THE VIC.',E PRINCIPAL'S PRIZE. (books 5 gu i neas ). —Bona The Vico-Prinetpt:C.; PrizA GF.NERAL LITERATURE. The Pierey Pric (eoulcd 5 guin eas ) , proficie,.icy in German—Bond. The Webster Prizl (hooky 5 guineas), Prefi. ieney in Frepeti—BoLd. pllorEssm's PRIZES. A n ,tom . 7—Menal, Surgery—Med 'I, Jane ; eerti fi cat e, Frank s an d S a l ter. Medicine—Med:lJ, Webb ; certificate, Franks and Wilkinson. Chemistry—Medal, Harris; certificate, Lambert. Materia Msdica—Medal, Jacob; cortificato, Fuwke. Botany—Medal, Jauncey ; curtificate, Fowke. Midwifery—Mtaial, Franks; certificate, Fowke. Forensic Medicine—Medal, Harris. Demonstrations —Medal, Fo w ire. CLINICAL PRIZES. Books (5 guinoas), Medicine—Franks. Books (10 guines), 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 Priz'), Chemistry—Coathupe. Anatomy nod Botany—&tid. French Master's Piize—Moore. German Master's Prize—Bright. Drawing Master's Priz!—Bond. MEDICAL STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. Books (5 guineas), Prizs Poper—Franks. GOVERNORS' GOLD DIEDALS. The Govzrnors' Meth),l3 for regularity and good conduct fur a period of three years—Nrry 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- Louse flowers and plants in pots, and the show of cut 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, Hoc , ham, 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 snaking 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 valuable 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 faeces, 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 " Hans 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 tide disease has not affected the tulers, their size is unusvAlly 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 aitY 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, ALA., 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 R. 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. Hadland'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 recor d ed, 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, filadrid, Vienna, 13erlin, and Paris. In these different cities he passed the last eix years of his life, and 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 j ourna li st. During the revolutionary period fees on after the coup d'ktat of 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 and proper tone he assumed in his com munication with Louis Napoleon's agent, and subsequently With the British Ambassador, Lord Cowley. As a corres pondent he ens indefatigable in the performance of his deities —and his most untimely death is at once a grief and a loss to those with whom he w honourably associated. lie 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. _ • AsruoraomicAL RESEARCRES.—An English gentle man of fortune, of the name of Lassell, has lately arrived in Malta, with a telescope of considerable magnitude, for the Purpose of making astronomical observations. Mr. Lassen Juts obtained permission from H.M. Ordnance Department to erect a temporary observatory on the Cavalier St. John, which is in course of construction, and will soon be in a fit state for operatien. The telescope measures twenty feet in length and two in diameter. THE CLF.OPATRA STEAMER.—The following is an extract frona a letter dated Madeira, Sept. 13 :—" From first to last the, ship is well manned by most agreeable people, and one of tb.e 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 base of the funnel having caught, or rather it was found to be smouldering ; a few buckets of water, I am told, quite extinguished it, and the captain had the 'whole of thia woodwork torn down and thrown overboard. You will probably Bee some account of this in the papers, perhaps an exaggerated one; for myse , was asleep, nu he quite morning." unconscious of what wa s passing, and only h ear d of i t in the LEGAL FICTIONS.—On the 24th inst. the Common Law Procedure Act will come into force, when a good many legit/• fictions will be abolished. In proceedings in ejectment, Kias already stated, John Doe and Richard Roe will depart, and th them a great number of technicalities. There will be n o c asual ejector," and the pleadings will be s im plified so 'that th ey may be understood. Instead of delivering a de claration and notice, a writ is to be issued and served on the per in po ssess i on, an d un d er a p e nalty of being turned 'out of Possession they must appear within 16 days and mak e theirt defence. In default o f an appearance the plaintiff .... on aof the sign jud gment and o b ta i n possess i on property. u nder the new l aw t h e j ury is to find specifically—that l. Another is, to ' w hich part of th e property the plaintiff is ent i ted alteratim is that actions of ejectment are not to abate by the d ea th of a claimant or defendant. There are 51 clauses in the Common Law Procedure Act with respect to proceed ings in ejectment. Proposals were issued yesterday for a Four per Cent. Swedish Mortgage Loan of 450,000/., et 93. It is to be raised for provincial improvements, and is secured„uuder the authority of the Swedish Diet 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-thi r d s the amount of :their rating for public t axation. The Swedish Government have no doubt 'whatever, and the present loan ;s, analagous to a county loan in this country. Stock of a similar description lias from time to time been negotiated in H am b urg h , w h ere it is pop u l ar, and a year ago it was proposed to raise 300,0001. in London at the same price as that now fixed. The bonds in this case, however, were rendered intelligible by being in marks payable at banco instead of in s t er li ng , the coupons also being ILintburL;li ; so that it is presumed a very small portion, if any, w ere taken here, and that they were subse quently bacrihed in Gerraauv as usual. In the p resent instance lo the dividends w ill b e payable at Blessrs. Palmer, 111ackilp, and co,'S The extinction of the bomls is to take place at par by drawin,ga to the ex.tent of 1 per cent. per an nu sui m. of A p a yment of 13 per cel:t. is; to be mad e on th e is of h September, sotip. 1835. and the last imtalinent will be on th e I s t Tne nnu nal diner of roe tvw•,s of Newizigton ani Lambeth took place last oyeeing, at the Plinters' Arms, Lower Kenhington•l%ne, L •mbah, the chair being occupied by Mr. (-Ikirlsby, and nearly the whole. of the "Knights of in tho two parishes being present. Alter the stick and rule" parthkini: of most of the giod things in season. served up in kr. nob,‘-t*' wot ilsr!:do. the company were grcaVy enlivened bY the 'vocal abilities of Messrs. gebbin, James, Noreliffe, Sie , not fo , getting the originAity of the inimit." l J I ~.,,e o nt Arden. ' , Vim LAT E I".,XPL:,JON IN PiNsturtv . —A notiier of the p:)0r te.lows who was hatot durin g the explosion •ivhich occuir nre'ed on tne preinisis of Mr. H olyhead, in Finsbury, briefly eell in this journal of yesterday, expired from the -- a _o: fi4e injuries there received. SUN, THE Hzi1. 7 2 1 ,1-111KIT THEATRE. T. Adtilphi company, which vacated this theatre on Saturday, has been immediately succeeded by its more legitimate occupants, under the management of Mr. Webster, who announces the present P s his fare w,ll season g.t the Haymarket. Lilt night was the first of the season, and the principal piece selected for the occasion WAS Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's IN ell kno wn and favourite comedy Mon e y, i n w hi c h M r . 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. Stoat, M.P., Graves, and Sir Frederick Blount respectively, while Mrs.Fitzwillia rn , M rs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. Stirling represented Lady Franklin, Geogiana Vesey, and Clara Douglas. We must not forget to notice also the of eetive mariner in w hi c h M r . L am b ert 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 plauArs of the house ; Mr. Webster especially, who had also bean warmly greeted on his first entrance at an earlier period of the evening, and Mr. Barry Sul livan, receiving a more marked expression of ap plause. The National Anthem was then played by the orchestra. The forty-second representation of Keeley Worried by Buchstone followed, and the even ing closed with Maddisora Morton's farce of Your Life's in Danger. The house was full. LON DON, to receive the unanimous congratulations of the au dience. The el fterpi, ce was a transatlantic ballet comique by M. Leclercq—Theßoatrnen of the Ohio. Mrs. and Miss Louise Leciercq 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. Sara Slick, a clock maker, Dandy Jem, and Julius Cwz4r, a piecanini slave, found capital re presentatives in M. Leclercq, M. Leclercq, jun., and Master Arthur Leclercq. Oa Tuesday was played a legendary draws 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 bouseless and incurable mad man ; till at length be meets with D'Arville, the cause of all his injuries, Mies ra g e and upon supported m h e takes of revenge. M ary Ms 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 I actor. COURT UtUCULAR. 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, had an interview with the General Board yesterday, at their office, Whitehall, for advice on the drainage works r6quired for that suburban district. Lprd 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, wbere 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 25th 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 River, 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 injnring 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 houses 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 3f inches during 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 .ley West to Ilailfax. A wind blowing in a direct line a lon g its track with the violence of that storm wo uld 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, the accounts say, " the wind was at first easterly, and gradually shifted round southerly, thin westerly." This shows that the centre of the storm passed west of that place. At New York it began easterly, turned towards the north, and Shen to the west and southwest. This shows that the centre of the storm passed east of this city. Its track WBB remarkably curved. 13,ginning near Havana, ac cording to our limited notices, it progressed towards the north-west until about Mobile. There it turned towards the north-east, and followed 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 beg innin g and ending of the storms, how the wind beg ins, which way it veers, and where it ends. This is neces sary in order to exhibit the proof'sof the circular motion of the wind; for, it must be remembered , that som e highly respectable scientific men do no t believe in Mr. Redfield's discovery. Governo' Re id, of the B e r mu d a Islands, was among the first who a do pted the Redfield tileory, and he has written tw o or t hree octavo vo lumes, giving the course and hist or y of several g r ea t storms. In the East Indies, Messrs. Piddington and Thom, in the employment of the East India 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,Ley whirl around and that, south of the equator, 1, in the opposite direction, that is, south of the equator they move round in the game way as the hands of a watch. Mr. Piddington very properly calls them cyclones, from the cycloidal course of the wind. Here ou 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 invebtigated it the must largely, and written on it most voluminously. Mr. Redtield'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, Thom on cyclone storms aro numerous.—New York Courier. ADVANCE ON WELCII InoN.—The recent itrprove iilent in the demand for iron hes led, a 3 was anticipated, to an advance in price, and the makers have succeeded in esta blishing a rise of 30s. per ton. The whole of the iron-works are in lull empl o y, and l arge or d ers are on. h and, an d several of the Cull are ab ou t t o bl ow more f urnaces i n t o bl as t . 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 Llynti Iron Company purpo 3e the erection of a new forge, which it is intended to be tar 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 iroproved sate of affairs, as the rate of wage's will be in creased. At the Cyfarthta Ironworks tile remuneration paid to the men has been raised 5 per cent. cmiltntrf,,ial accounts by the Oc , ,rland are not unsatisfactory. At Calcutta p r i ces s h owed a ten dencyand at B om b ay they Were steadily ra there was less busi ness t h an usual. de a n i e n y ta t i o ne i d m , puriot iioth ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night was the opening of the season. The event of the evening was tho re-appearance of Ala 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 I' village tyrant," amidst the acclamations of the assembled villagers, who, by-the-by, celebrate the event with a feed. Redland Brightheart and Amanda, his wife, have a large family, and in the third part, or season, they are introduc, d full-grown " sons and daughters of beauty." But the eldest son has been led into gambling transactions with Loftus, in London, and eke with the brother-in-law of that needy scoundrel, "a leg," named Rooke, and the result is that he has given bills to the tune of 8,0001. 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 beautiful 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. Bat 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 hut in vain for the cause, and in so doing drops his pocket-book, containing " pearls 01 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, bat 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 wood en l eg, a wife, and five children. The actin g was very good, especially on the part of Mr. Creswick, as Redland Brightheart, and Mr. T. Mead, who i s an excellent performer in his line, as Martin Iron. There were several debuts on the Surrey boards,e and none o f t h em discreditable to the ma ngement. These were Miss Clara Wynne, from the Theatre Royal Harwood J• J. Davis, Newcastle;Edio Miss Bowring, from the Theatre Royal Robertson burgb, who played pleasingly ; and Messrs. W. Elmore, A. markably well put upon the stage, Youngs, and e The m piec ff e . was re nery, and appropriate costumes.glirwtSheeheercdt'vsemsackee up es Tom Rooke in his several phases was p admirable, especially when " at dis s i pat i on ' s end " and literal!' turnout in the y out at elbows, and Mr. Widdiconahe's second part was irresistibly ludicrous. The drama was quite successful, and Nile Creswick was recalled. A new and extravagantly broad farce followed, called Going to Cremorne, in which Mr. 11. Viiiddicombe, as the ex-waiter, kept the audit:Lee in a continual roar. The performances concluded with a two act "drama of intense domestic interest," entitled The Divorced. The howe was crowded to excess, and all proinisrs Lir for a highly successful season, which the untiring► exertions of Me: , ::irs. Shepherd and Creswielc eminently deserve, for they have placed the Surrey Theatr e ou a higher footing than it had ever hitherto attained, end it is now one of the mast attractive places of 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 shill. The seen in the dungeon between hiin and Alonz o (Mr. N-wconabf), v 71,3 given wi fine expression. Mr. W a rd e ' s Pi zarro was t rue to the origibal character, and procured for him a good re 7 cepi:ion. Miss Fanny liuldart plqsed with great spirit and much good tate, the bold and entlatkiastic character of the Spanish maiden, Elvira. Cora, the loving wife of the brave AIOPZO, found faithful pfr ,ffl.nit.4r in Miss Pag e . At it s conc l us i on b ot h M r . Bug and Mr. Wade were called before the cats n EVE NING, T UES a. AV SPORT/NG NOTES. No. MCXX. ANALYSIS OF fHE CAMBRIDGESHIRE HA NDICA TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We are rapidly approaching the termination of the regular racing season, for I am now about to take under considfration the last great stake of the year. The Cambridgeshire Stakes were ushered into exist ence in 1839, under the atispiPes of the Jcckey Club; and was won the first time by the celebrated Lanercost, 4 yrs, 8 t 9th, beating the not less redoubtable Iletmen Platoff, 3 yrs, 7a; 121 b, and ten others, including the Mickleton Maid, 3 yrs, sst 121 b, who was third. Run ning second to Lanercost,' at a 1 difference of only 11 lbs f•a• the year, was one of the best performances of I:feta:lan 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 71h; 1843, Nat, 3 yrs, Est 91n; 1844, Evenus, 4 yrs. 73t. 101 b; 1845, Alarm, 3 yes, 7st 91b; 1846, Prior of St. Margaret's, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; 1847, The Widow. 4 yrs, 7st; 1848, Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 91b; 1849, Ruby, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; 1850, Lnidgrave, 4 yrs, 6st 11lb (carried Est 13:b); and last year. Truth, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. Thus the pull et ago is qually divided between the four and three years old, each age having won it six times. It has, therefore only once fallen to any ether ego, 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 one hundred and eight—have accepted; and, in all probability, the field will be as great as it usutily 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 begia with ALEC TAYLOR'S stable, which contains two of the entries, TEDDINGTON, 4 yrs, 9ot 91b, including 6lb extra, and SISTER TO SINGA PORE, 3 yrs, sst 71h; neither of whom can have any reasonable chance of taking this stake. M. DAWSON has only one—Timms, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b, who it is re ported, will start; but though the distance will sink him, the weight will stop 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, 6At 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, ist 111 b, who cannot win; KING OF Thomas, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, in a not much better predicament than tho last; THE ITALIAN, 5 yrs, Est 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 ehe can make him win; colt by Melbourne, out of Sally Wartoot, 3 yrs, 6st 91b, is a had spec; EVADNE, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (including 6lb 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; LINDRICK, 3 yrs, Est 11b, rho has shown some running and will again, but rot in this race; and VARMINT, 3 yrs, sst 71b, who, probably enough,' may be trusted with some of the stable cash. He is well bred, being by Birdcatcher, out cf 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 recu. As it is, if she runs to win, her chance is decidedlj above par. KENT'S lot consists of HERNANDEZ, 4 yrs, Bst 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 NICHOLSON, 3 yrs, 7st 81b, who is not thoroughly again himself as yet. DOCKERAY has a trio of Mr. Payne's among the nominations, namely—GLAticA, 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, has no chance. DILLY'S batch is composed of A RIOSTO, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; GLEN LUCE, 3 yrs, Est 91b; SCARECROW, 3 yrs, Est 51b; and KNIGHT OF THE SHIRE, 3 yrs, Est 21b. The interest at 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. STEBBING has five animals engaged, namely : —KINGSTON, 3 yrs, Sgt 31b; NEASHABI, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b; HUNGERFORD, 4 yrs, 7st 6113 (including 61b extra for winning the Groat Yorkshire Handicap) ; T HE I NDIAN WARRIOR, 3 yrs, 7st 41b; and ALFRED TUE GREAT, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Without the last-named is deficient in preparation he ought to ho able to make the rest of his stable compa nions perfectly safe; Neasham being no go; Hungerford a bad one, without ho is lightly handicapped; and The Indian Warrior is altogether out of the affair at let 41b. I presume the interest of the stable will be divided be tween the great Alfred and Kingston; who, though of the same age, are separated by no less than thirty-three pounds in the handicap. ISAAC DAY 1 has only EPHESUS, 43rs, 7st 121 b, 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, he won easily by two lengths from Little Savage, 3 yrs, 6st (second), and Pal), 3 yrs, 6st llb (third), beating twenty others, including Hyacinth and Knight of the Shire; both of whom, however, were weighted very stiffly, having carried 6st 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 chatce of coming off victori ously. J. SHEPHERD has SIR CHARLES, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, in preparation. The Course that this stake is run on will suit him; but the class of animals he 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. T ATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire—taken and afterwards offered 11 to 1 eget 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.thc-Wing 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Weathergage tis to 1 agat Lord W. Powfetes Snaravogue—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Phiegra—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott 33 to 1 apt 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, ,he 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 1 apt Major Martyn's Convulsion 20 to 1 agst Sir W. Booth's A zsel 25 to 1 agat Mr. Waller's Ephesus—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Duncombe's Alfred the Great—t 50 to 1 ugst Mr. Elwes's Longinus—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Combe'3 Braun—taken THE CLEARWELL STAKES. 2 to 1 agat 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 eget 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 eourt 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 avail himself of it, and brought an action for billet-money. The justices were unable to come to a decision, and they agreed to refer the case to the Secretary at War. lie 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 fillowing 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 ecquaint you that the householder upon whom the soldier was billeted was cot 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 law.—l am, &c (Signed) " B. HAWES." , NEW ARTICLE or EXPORTATION.—Crowds of girls and boys are rambling - over the face of the country hero 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 Hon. Mrs. Villiers and family arrived yesterday by the General Steam Naviption Company's ateam-ship Ravensbodrno from London. OCTOBER AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4. By the Royal mail steamship Europa, Kyrie 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 i❑ Missouri, North C trolifia, and lowa show (says the New York .Herald) the following general result i❑ each of those States " MISSOURI. W Ifla on—Whig. Vote for Governor ... 32,834 Price—Dery 46,302 32,834 Democratic majority.. ... 13,468 NORTH CAROLINA. Kerr—Whig. Vote for Governor ... 42,993 48,484 42,993 Democratic majority lOWA. Jenkins—Whig. M'Cleary—Dem Vote for Secretary of State 15,027 16,884 15,017 ... 5,491 Democratic majority ... 1,857 From Maine and Vermont the official returns have not yet been received, but the following the result as far as heard from : MAINE. Whig. Dem. Vote for Governor (two Dem. candidates) 27,990 59,603 27,999 amocratio majority VERMONT. Whig. Dem. Free Soil, Vote for Governor 22,487 14,028 2,137 14,028 Tutal Democratic and Freesoil vote 23,165 22,417 Majority against Whig candidates 678 Whig Majority over Democrat ... 8,459" ' Advices from Tampico to the 12th ult., via 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 Cardenas. " 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 advices 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 beingdebated 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 en those coming by the St. Lawrence. Mr. Ilincks, 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 llavannah 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. Since the departure of the last steamer there has been a steady, uniform 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 bad 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 110. ; Paris, 5.12 f to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 408 to 408 ; Frankfort, 401 to 41 ; Bremen, 79 to 798 ; Hamburgh, 368 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 ie. per lb. reduction. The wheat and flour markets were a little firmer. Provisions were unaltered. Freights to London, ls. 101 to 2s. per barrel for flour; bid. to 6kd. per bushel for wheat and Indian corn. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals out iit New York—The Pacific and Africa steamers, Great Western, Montezuma, Clermont, E. C. Scranton, and Samuel Lawrence, from Liverpool; Lady Knight, from Newcastle; Victoria, from London, Isabella from Glasgow, Penelope from Borde aux , K osmo f rom Bremen, Aore from Havre, James Reddin from Glasgow. Arrived at Boston—The Robert, from Liverpool. Arrived at Baltimore—The Mary Hale, from Liver pool; Chesapeake, Adler, and Mississippi from Boston. Arrived at Quebec—The Glasgow, from Bristol, St. John from Hull, Aurora from Sunderland, Eromanga from Glasgow. Arrived at Charleston—The John Routledge and Etiwan from Liverpool. Arrived at Montreal—The Niagara from Liverpool. Arrived at Philadelphia—The Mary I'leasants from Liverpool, Superior from Londonderry, Emblem from Shields, Douglas from Newcastle. Arrived at Providence—The Zero from Glasgow. Arrived at Wilmington—The Muskingum from Liver pool. EVIDENCE IN THE COURT Or CHANCERY.—The new rules and orders in Chancery will regulate the admis sion of evidence, both oral 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 within 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 subpcons, 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. Under the new law something like expedition will be attained in obtaining evidence. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—A young gen tleman of Glasgow started on Sunday morning last, at a quarter past one o'clock, on a pedestrian tour to Dundee, a distance of fully 84 miles, and that notwithstanding the dis suasions of apprehensive friends, who insisted that his slight 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 six in the evening. At this stage a halt was made of three quarters of an hour, when, after dinner, the dauntless youth was again on the road, and successfully completed his ardu ous task in little more than 23 boars, having reached Dundee at 15 minutes past twelve o'clock on Monday morn ing. The triumphant accomplishment of this difficult . un dertaking is all the more extraordinary when we consider that the pedestrian busily drives the quill in the offic e 2years of of one 1 of our leading storekeepers daily, and is not yet . age. We may add that the rain fell heavily the d roads, the last four miles, so that, from the sloppy state r retarded. We be lieveshis e t ta ha r t he will progress must have been considerably that he is prepared to lay an even bet accom plish 90 miles within the 24 hours—the match to c ome o ff three weeks after the posting of the money.— Glasgow Paper. A LUCKY SrEcuLATon,---Shortly before the dis covery of gold in Australia , th ere ha ppened to be living in B— day an: formerly a resident i n Liver pool. auction-room, h e en t ere d i t, Mel Melbourne as a Passing Captain one though without intending to buy anything. However, some large tracts of land being disposed of at very moderate prices, he was indu ,, ced to become a p urc h aser. He bought 2 5000 acres, at Gd. an acre ! Scarcely had he done so w hen a person in the room offered him 101. if he would transfer the purchase. The offer was accepted, and it was arranged that the money should be paid the following day. But it was not— therefore the land remained in Captain S.'b possession. It is now of considerable value, being in the centre of the gold regions. —Liverpool Mercury. A CUR'S TOILETTE.—An amusing circumstance occurs every morning in Bridge-street-row, Chester, close by the entrance to the Chronicle office. When the servant is employed polishing the external brasses of Mr. Davis's (tha chemist) shop, the spaniel belonging to the latter makes a point of taking 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 purpose of having his brass collar furbished up in a manner suitable to a dog of his pretensions. Sometimes the servant pretends to forget this mark of attention, when Don takes care to remind him of his neglect by a very significant bark. The process of adornment invariably concludes by the presentation of his paw, as an acknowledgment to his valet do chien,— Chester Chronicle. 1852. - - LOSS OF TILE MOBILE. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.—We have made further inquiries as to the loss of the Mobile, Captain Tarbox (not Far 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 iejunc lions to steer west-southwest, 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, and then found that the second mate had misunderstood the orders given him, and had ordered her to be kept on a west-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 Aim 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 after 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 Elizabeth. 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 and 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, end provided them with suitable lodging and board. 'Riley must also' bear testimony to the kindness they received from the Swe dish consul here, the harbour -master, and the American consul, who posted at once from Dublin to render them assistance. They wish to tender their obligations for ali the kindness they have received. " C. WYATT. " JOHN DOLSTREDI—X, his mark. " JOHN BROWNE—X I hia mark. " JOHN BISBURN—X, his mark. " Dundalk, Oct. 2, 1852.'; UPSETTING OF ANOTHER OF BEECH -ING'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 tl?e 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. Tae 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. But for the prompt help rendered them, however, they 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. boxes had water in them. The mishap with such a boat has created much excitement. THE LATE HIG-RGAI E BURGLARY. Charles Johnson was again placed at the bar before Mr. Chester, at the Highg ate Petty Sessions, yest e rd a y, 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, the 25th ult., at about half-past eleven o'clock, and w hile passing near St. James's Church, and coming towards .Highgate, he perceived the prisoner carrying a blue bag and a gun. 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 w ounds 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 " m u rder, and on proceeding to the Muswell-hill-road, be perceived 'the prisoner lying on the ground, being held down by Mr. Robinson. The politeman, who w as b leeding from the eyes and face, was picking up the stole n ar ticles. Both policeman and prisoner were in an ex hausted state. The prisoner stated in defence that he did not intend to injure the policeman, vih;.ch the throwing away the staff and rattle plainly showed, but that having committed an offence he w as anx i ous to escape. The prisoner was then Tully committed THE WAIMENSIIIP OF THE CINQUE PORTS.—We understand there is no foundation for the statement which has appeard in the papers, that the Earl of Derby Las re ceived the Wardenship of the Cinque Porte. We have, on the contrary, reason to believe that his LorJship 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. Iu the mean time, how cver, the duties of that office will be temporarily discharged by the Earl of Derby.— _Herald. Loan Joan RUSSELL.—Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at Sti r li ng on Wednesday last, en route to Cart House from Tulliallan Castle, where they hed been on a visit to Lady Keith. His Lordship and family leave their summer quarters for the south on the 12th inst... Edinburgh Courant, DEATH OF MR. THOMAS THOMSON. r THE LATE AIR. WILLIAM, FINDEN. We regret to have to announce the death of this It was only last week that we spoke of Mr. W. gentlemen, which took place at Edinburgh on the 21 Finden as one cf the seven or eight eminent historical jest. Mr. Thomson was a very remarkable man. He engravers whose Haines were attached to a petition to was a coadjutor of Jeffery, Sydney Smith, and Lord her Majesty for the recognition of the claim of en- Brougham in the establishment of the Edinburgh gravers to the lull honours of the Royal Academy, Review, and was a prominent member of the Liberal 1 and we have now to announce that the affixing of his party at the Scotch bar. He had an incomparably r signature to that petition was one of the last acts of better knowledge of the history and antiquities of Mr. Finden's life. He caught cold on his return Scotland than any one of his contemporaries. He from a meeting of his fellow engravers—the cold held for many years the office of deputy clerk register, aggravated an old complaint, disease of the heart— and in that cap ac ity rendered the most valuable ser- and on the 20th of September he was no more. He vices to the publi c , by collecting the national records, I died a wid owe r, i n t h e 65 t h year of his age. Mr. and making th em ava il a bl e . For th ese services he I William Finden was the elder brother of Mr. Ed was very ill-re w ard e d. And it is, perhaps, to be ward Finden, in conjunction with whose name his regretted that h e did no t employ the time spent own is honourably menticned, and will be in arranging a nd e l uc id at i ng the muniments and remembered hereafter in the history of art archives of Scotland in writing its history. For this in this country. He was, we believe, a pupil of task he was ad m i ra bly qualified, as well by his pecu- th e l ate Mr. Charles Warren, known to collectors liar attainment s as an ant i quary as by hi s re fi ne d t aste by his exquisite engraving after " The Broken Jar" and the purity and ease of hi s s tyl e . But a certain by Wilkie. From Warren he learnt much, but he constitutional indol ence r en d ere d him a v erse from was under more secret and really greater obligations grappling with any great or continuous labour; and in his art to Mr. James Heath (father of the late he contented himself with preparing those materials Mr. Charles Heath) than h e wa s t o Mr. Warren— for others which he could have used better than any many of his early works done for embellishing books one e'se. For severa l years past Mr. Thompson pu bl is h e d b y Sharpe, Suttaby, and others, bearing officiated as one of the prin c ipl e c l er k s o f sess i on . unmistakable evidences how carefully he had given Instead, however, of having bad to Write out the his days and nights to the study of Mr. Heath's en judgments of others, he should himself have b een gravings. In this style some of his early plates for judge. But that perfect, knowledge of the law, and s m i r k e s "Don Quixote," a re excellent examples of the posses s i on o f th e ot h er qualities that fit a man to his art. Mr. vinden'sigreat works—works great in point adorn the bench, do not always raise him to that of size—are not numerous. His largest and best is his elevation. And superficial mediocrity, if assisted by full-length portrait of George the Fourth seated cn a a lucky combination of circumstances, has little diffi- sofa, from the original picture painted by Sir Th omas culty in Edinbur g h, as e l sew h ere, i n r i sing onyngham above the Lawrence f o r the Marchioness of C . best sense and th e mos t solid acquirements, if desti- The wor k i s a t rue t ran slation of the picture tute of such aid. M r . Th ompson was endeared to all rendered with the feeling of an artist. Tbe who knew him in private life by the gentleness of his price for the George the Fourth was large. Mr. manners, the warmth of his affection, and the variety Finden received 1,500 gunieas for engraving it—the and extent of his information. Though he had at- highest price, we believe, ever paid for engraving a tained to a very advanced age, his cheerfulness never portrait. After the sofa King George, Mr. Finden's forsook him ' • and he preserved to th e l as t t h e f ull next important large works in point of size and merit possession of his faculties. 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 GOO 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 than 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 sbariug 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, was " 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 employed 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.—Athenaeum. 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 of 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 Blackball-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. Dennisioun, 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 Oh committee, along with the contributions to the private fend 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 labours of Mr. Wallace, they engaged the service of that eminent sculptor, Mr. P. Park, of Edinburgh, who ha: produced the bust now on 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 requested to procure a copy of the bust in marble, to be placed in the Town-hell, in commemoration of the great public services of Mr. Wallace, the first representative of Greenock, during the four Parliaments of thirteen years he represented the burgh." Mr. J. F. Macfarkn, Edinburgh, proposed the adoption of the report, which w,:s seconde d by Baillie Campbell, of Greenock, and unattimonely agreed to. Mr. T. llatzlio, the convener of the committee, then presented r,he testimonial. Mr. Wallace belinowledgEd the testimonial in a speech of gr.:at length, in which he gave en intere.iting review of his whole public life; after 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 diffieult 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 h.en announced that at a preliminary meeting of ironmasters nut only has the anticipated further rise in the price of iron been resolved upon, hut that, instead of 203. per ton, it is to be 305., making the advance during the past month equal to thirty per cent. In wages there is to be a pro portionate 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 el-ewhere, however, the progretis of railroad and other enterprise is likely to prevent any sudden reaction, whatever may bo the ultimate re,tult. In the general manufactures of the town of Birmingham there is a large and conJouous business, particularly ita ma r i ne engines and copper sheathing. From Nottingham a slight improvement in the home demand for hosiery is nastntioned, while early and considerable orders a r e ar riving from America. In the woollen districts there bat; n i been o alteration, and it s affirmed that they never na, alaiough th ere h as l ate l y ex perienced a more healthfu l , trade. Th e I r i s h linen marketbeea ant h in a c s r i e l red 6t ;r a c d d Y u ' a etion, stocks are s till li g h t an d wages are advancing. VIOLENT STORM AND HIGH TIDE. Yesterday the metropolis and suburbs were visited by a heavy cl:arni of wind and rain, doing consider able damage to property. The rain commenced shortly before one o'clock in the morning and con tinued all day long, but shortly after three o'clock in t the afternoon the wind changed from the south-west to an easterly direction, when it blew a r_ hur ricane, followed by torrents of rain atmosphere thunder, and fonnearly an hour the whole ds time most of The storm was darkened by the black heavy p a n e d fec d t istant lasted till near six o'clock, durin ggutwters being stopped the streets were impassable, washedthe gutters out of the adjacent clo h u ich . up with dirt and rubbish before six 0 , clock in the, evening courts and alleys. Shortly high, overflowing the evening the tide was unusua l ly_ laces. Those parts which banks of the river in many. p , _ suffered most were Bank" ae B ermondsey, Rother. hithe, and WaPPI •ng —tbe cellars i n a ll those places b e i ng completely h ay inundated, although considerable haverecentl been • improvements but the water rushed with great force up the drains, and soon m ade its way into th e un d ergroun d d we lli ngs of the poor people who inhabit them. FATAL ACCIDENT AT TIIE BLACXWALL RAILWAY StATios.—Yeiterday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of Mary Phillips, aged 63 years. The deceased was the wife* of an eating-house keeper, of No. 3, H orse Sh oe - court, Cl er k enwe ll . O n t h e evening of August 29th, the deceased and a male friend proceeded from Blackwell by railway in a third-class car riage, and when the train stopped at the Fenchurch-street statics!), the deceased got out on to the platform, being at the time intoxicated. Directly afterwards an alarm was raised by the guard, just as the train was starting on its re turn to Blackwell, when the deceased was lying between the front 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 right band, whereby several of the fingers were cut off. She was con veyed to the hospital, where she died on Saturd , y Alfred Dale, the hous3 surgeon, said the deceased died from exhaustion from the operation and shock to the system. Verdict, " Accidental death." e. e o e th 2d e i r n day,gly a d Faro ranr RARE Fisn.—A. fizh, called the " g re at Weever' ( Truchinus dram), was caught off th bus been presented to the Museum. It is xe on our coast, and some peculiarities in . its conformation render it worthy the attention of naturalists. One of the most remarkable of these is a large spine at the end of each of its gill-lids, or opercuire, which are , caarged 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 " drace," or the sea-drag o n. The weever i 3 predatory and solitary in its habits, living at the bottom i of the deep sea. There sno teeard of a specimen ever being caught in our locality before.—. Dundee Courier. Intelli-ence received of the Cleopatra screw stsamer, 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, and she was dig , patched by private enterprise. X ex d .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 ,Y.) treet, 3art., per 'bout ap it he 3-OX WAN) ll for for 1 his Oval. had flied ode. but and 5.111 t. had d at Kith