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MAUND.ER'S TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY. asunder I Another " Treasury" from the indefatigable Already he has given us a `°Treasury of o " Treasury of History," a " rea 81111owledge, ' a T of Biography," and a " Treasury of " Science," eac h of which volumes is almost a library in itself: But evi lently desiring to give us a treasury of "Treasures," Mr. Maunder has not yet abated his e xertions, e or su ff ered his zeal and energy to diminish, has now pre sen t e d us w i t h a fif t h spec i men o f hi s digenee. Th e 44 Treasury of Natural History" is tbeluset.described in its o wn wor d s , as se t f or th i n it s which declares it to be " a Popular Dic tionary of 'Animated Nature, in which the zoological characteristics that distinguish the different classes, i fen eral and speci es , are com bi ne d w i t h a var i ety o f id . n a s te tie r n e . s t t s in , g informati on , ill us t ra ti ve o f th e h a bit s , and gen era l economy o f t h e an i ma l ki ng - In order to render the work more attractive to the general reader, it is embel .l'bed with nine hundred wood-cuts, represent vg the principal animals described, besides a the Whole a n i ma l wor ld , f rom the b utterfly to the 4 1 e i thallt, are group e d t oge th er w ith mos t art i st i c The " general reader " will, moreover, find abund ant amusement in the cou n tl ess a nec d o t es illus trative o f the habits and customs of various animals scattered throughout these pages, while the naturalist Will find his taste consulted by an introductory enumeration of the various divisions, orders, and sub orders of the animal kingdom. The subjects have Work arranged a l p h a b et i ca ll y, so as to ren d er t h e s vfork a zoological dictionary, where the pecu liarities of any individual animal can be learned en a moment's inquiry. The personal ap- Pearance of Maunders' treasuries, their com pact form, the s o b e r e l egance o f th e bi n d 4 1, and the peculiar excellence of the typo trePhY—are too well known, and too generally relat3 ap ed, t o requ i re comment or commendation. It . aufr eient f or us to say that, in its general charac teristics, this new corner resembles and equals its Pt ed ecessors, while its individual peculiarities render i worthy to rank beside them. In these closely. Printed double-columned (but withal most legible) 1: 6 -Pages, are conden se d, th e i n f orma ti on , t h e in ' I. l r ,eati, and the intelligence of a whole naturalist's r avY• The stores of Cuvier and his confreres have be en ransack e d w i t h most scrupulous care, and rifled Wit h 1, unscrupul ous av idit y —th e i r scattere d gems of ti l l i.uivled ge , are here collected, and constitute the b e ef treasures o f th e "T reasury. " M r. M aun d er has e i careful to acknowledge all select materials, and to append to them the author's name. But if many of the rns of the " Treasury" have been amassed from other :res the selection and the arrangement alone mus t have cons tit ute d a peculiarly arduous and diffi . lt labour— a l a b our w hi c h great l y i ncreases t h e _cebt of gratitude already d ue by th e p u bli c t o th e in,niversal lexicographer. Appended to this work is v ,a Syllabus of practical taxidermy," which gives co us instructions as to the best methods of preparing isd Preserving spec i mens o f na t ura l hi story; to w hi c h added a Glossarial Appendix," or dictionary of Words. These appendices render the Treasury" complete. T HE KELLYS AND THE O'.KELLYS; or, A NDLORDS AND TENANTS. By A. Trol (°PPe. 3 Vas. t It 'night be supposed, from the second title of this °o h, that " The Kellys and the O'Kellys" is a poli tic l a novel, and th e fi rs t c h a pt er , w hi c h re l a t es t o t h e tri a l tr , of O'Con ne ll, t en d s t o corro b ora t e suc h a sup - W B4t i° ll . Having perused the entire w ork, h owever , e can assure those who may only have seen the title, 4 Sluiced at the commencement, that " The Kellys 1,•;u O'Kelly s " his absolutely nothing to do with po -"ca---that it is no treatise on the relative positions °f landlord and tenant—that it is, in fact, neither more id'Or less than a genu i ne pi c t ure o f I r i s h lif e . Th at wor k, at once conveys th e b est d escr i pt i on o f t h e hi nv h, and cons tit utes i ts hi g h est eu l og i um. Th e E ot is exceedingly simple, its chief interest is excited oc t he difficulties which beset Lord Ballandine (the 41-e lly) and Martin Kelly in their several endea vours t o obtain an heiress as a bride. A half-friend , P subsists between Lord Ballandine and his te a . on . a ct Martin, " for shure they were all s ad - family, at least so the Kellys said, o,Juever heard (writes their historian) that the (4 . Kellys denied it." The most interesting portion t he tale is that which relates to the humbler heroes. sk ue Kelly's, and more especially old Mrs. Kelly, are y Irish, and consequently possess those fP O Wers of attraction which are inseparable from the rn-he ar t e d , genial, mirth-loving Hibernian. In ini,.4ving the f o rt unes c f L or d B a ll an di ne we b ecome 4 wi tted in all th e myster i es o f " Th e Curragh, " and quainted w i t h t h e peculiarity of the Irish " turf. " Dte Blake, the friend, though by no means the dis nd of Lord Ballandine, is an amusing s,..wu! somewhat anomalous character no t qu it e a indier what anomalous quite a gentleman. FINE ARTS. THE AR7 JOUR.NAL. Under the m a t ure d an d a bl e !editors h. p o f Mr. S. '• dull the Art Journal continues to maintain its f lin ent reputation as tie principal organ in the Fo o rld of a r t. B e f ore us are now l y i ng th e numbers _ August and September. If only for their splendid ernbellishments they would be valuable. The picture (4 Salvator," by Maclise, is characterised by much It the genius of that distinguished Academician. tell • t - th 4 It 3 story in a glance—Rosa in the apartment_ of s Jew Picture-dealer offering him one o 1,433,n4thful productions. " The Fisherman's Wife, Paul Falconer Poole, is among the most felicitous, if it be not one of the most ambitious of the of this eminent artist. Those who are familiar bi N s vith his powers, simply through the medium of vixitlroordinary painting of the "Plague of London, ere Defoe's immortal history is realised upon the fr t ver 4 s, and the fanaticism of Solomon Eagle is Zthassociated with the awful devastation . of 1665, r o , ugh his noble prize painting exhibited in West • th 'nster will be somewhat amazed at the grace, Pre e , - , a ,"lre, and the bewitching simplicity of the i of \ - ', 4 C omposition. As the Art Journal remarks stoc r ; Poole, th ere is scarcely any other in sox.ire,in the hi s t ory of English art of a painter lil t -I °N' suddenly into a wide-spread reputation, a b that We ii i of the artist we h ave mentioned. " e d o a l. be mu c h di sappo i nted, " says the writer, " f we achi e t greater things than any he has yet is 'el. " The Cherry Seller," by W. Collins, rural scene taken from the orivinal in the col ectio now n " Sir Robert Peel. " The Intruder," if for i. (1 -I ,ng else than being a specimen of the abilities o ioteWlo Landseer at sixteen years of age, would be re s s , s ti ng• From the broken pipe to the sparrow trap •'"e barn-door, from the rat in the rat spittin. the broken cart-wheel, from the cat th e l ug forth the whole venom of her rage, to is fulls' ) ready to leap upon his antagonist, the picture clever of nature. The dog alone is wonderfully Mo n - • J. Roberts has engraved in a very masterly " from an original picture by C. L. Eastlake thi," e latest Portrait of Napoleon." The history of V. Portrait is one certain to excite curiosity, lak: rll i' b een roughly sketched from life by East two. 0 1815 in an open boat lying amidst a tonfirn of others under the bows of the Belle- To our t hi n ki ng, the portrait is altogether r rl e r , t , 11 3 7 of the su bj ect an d o f t h e art i st, who has eiao - en acquired celebrity as a Royal Academi reco l e features are w ith one except i on scarce l y e eeio g , n f i able, and the chief point o f resem bl ance that- of '0 be i n t h e costume—the face being more like a pnat rer , 4 ,fat lubberly boy than of the glorious man nruised by Byron in his renowned couplet— Reaven,-of Which he was in form a featurn , l th -,Earth, of which he was a noble creature I Wake as about in his open boat, we certainly think a him ie'f-respect, not to say vanity, must have drivenbe tero,, r° , 4l the deck into his cabin. Still it must obt e .""ered, in extenuation, as the Art Journal itse lf sorr'ves, that the artist was "sketching in a boat fro: u nded by crowds, and at a considerable distance to loollcis object." At the least the picture is curious eiss us 11 1 3 °o, and is beautifully engraved. " Nar tr°lll the original statue by Bacon, is, b e tar)or, thinking, the hideous. If the statue th e zsot hide itself we would certainly recommend must in to prosecute the engraver for libel. We Union -Injustice make particular allusion to the Art are j designs for domestic purposes, some of which tea. xquisite. Among these—the teaspoons with the handl e . t wining up the stem, strengthening the el tlste wlth its stalks, and bossing the top with a ju., r °I. tea-blossoms and leaves—the water yntoPresenting the transformation of Syrinx Itteci reed s the bowl of the jug being deco jug ad o bulrushes and lotus-lilies—the beer twinettirrned with bunches of hops, and a handle br ush - about with wheat ears—the back of a hair a Nobor hand-mirror pourtraying a mermaid " with hai r of Pearl, on a throne of gold, combing her et it taper candlestick, the card case, the ink oftheA i.t e fire irons, Sze. Besides the foregoing, .`"'t Journal contains many other embellishments superior merit. TU RNER'S HEIDELBE RG. Our, n im p r ession of thi s no b le engraving by T. A. lifl taken from the celebrated picture of " The .. v"vil and Castle of Heidelberg," by J. M. N. 1-41 r, is lying before us for consideration. When . Re beta is one of the ivra called the fact to recollection that this t most splendid productions of this wonderful painter of l a el o ndsc aPes, we have pronounced an eulogium more I Tient than could be written even in the enraptured . 44,0P,uage of the Oxford Graduate. The atmospheric tilltanees, the refractions of air and water, the cirrus, ,le rainbow, the half-hidden mountains the glimmer- IN. roofs of the town, all have been copied by the Al:aver with an accuracy very little short of the kuriteulous. Even 1 - 1. Boniton, the printer, deserves Y r Trifil, SUN, LONDON, mention, for in his subordinate capacity he has aided the skill of Prior and the genius of Turner in the production of this masterpiece of art. ALISON'S HISTORY of EUROPE. The pnpulpr edition of this great standard history ~nas,.jtist been completed by the publication of the twentieth volume. A better reprint in any essential particular cannot appear. The Messrs. Blackwood have issued a work in a manner worthy of themselves and creditable to this advanced epoch in the art of typography. And in addition to this, the seventeenth part of the Atlas, illustrative of the campaigns, battles, and sieges of the times described by the nar rative has appeared with the commencement of Sep tember. One would have imagined that having ac complished so much, no further enterprise, at least no further enterprise of a judicious character, was within the reach of the publishers. That such an impression, if entertained, would have been singlarly erroneous, however, is sufficiently shown by the handsome and substantial volume of some 562 pages, which has just been published. The book is an " Epitome of Alison's History of Europe," compiled for the use of schools and young persons. All the facts of the more voluminous work are enumerated, accumu lated, and condensed ; and notwithstanding the com pactness into which this bulky composition has been compressed, the epitome is more remarkable for its symmetry than for its deformity, some of the most brilliant passages in the original being preserved un t;uched. As a lucid and portable history of the most wonderful epoch since the rise of Christianity, the book appears to us to be altogether invaluable; though at the same time our political opinions and the records of our judgment are so diametrically the reverse of those of Mr. Alison, that we could wish the narrative cleared of many absurd calumnies long ago disapproved, we mean such preposterous assertions as those respecting the assassination of Pichegue and Captain Wright. Apart from these blemishes of opinion, the volume is of most laudable excellence. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. The Freeman' s Journal of this morning says— "The Premier was visited at the Viceregal Lodge, at eleven o'clock on Saturday, by the Lord Chancellor, who remained more than half an hour. It is understood that his Lordship has accepted an invitation from the Earl of Charlemont to pass a few days with him at his beautiful residence, Marino, near Clontarf. Nothing has yet transpired respecting Lord John Russell's intention of going down the country; but for whatever period his stay in Dublin may be prolonged, he will continue to re side at his Excellency's lodge in the park." The weather is now all that could be desired. Last night there was a slight frost, and this morning every symptom of rain has disappeared. Notwith standing the favourable change, there has not been any revival in business here; on the contrary (says t trade report), the present week has been worse in the produce-markets than any that have preceded it; transactions are, in fact, as near at a standstill as can well be imagined. Money is comparatively cheap, from the absolute want of employment for it. The same document thus refers to the Irish railway meet ings of the last week : " The half-yearly meetings of most of the Irish rail ways have been held during the last week or tyro. Of these the only one in full operation is the Dublin and Drogheda, whose report is sufficiently discouraging. It appears that the gross receipts of the company are barely sufficient to pay 5 per cent. per annum on its capital of 800,0001., and that although a portion of the expenses are charged to the amount of capital, the amount left fcr a dividend is only 10s. per cent. on the half-year. If this bo the result of the working of the Great Northern Trunk, after being some time in operation, there is small room for hope on the more distant and less frequented lines of road. We observe that the expenses are rather disproportionate, being about 60 per cent." THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. According to the Clonmel Chronicle, it is still un certain whether Messrs. Duffy, Leyne, and O'Do noghue will be tried at the special commission to be held for that county, but the trial of Mr. O'Brien there is positively decided upon, that being the main object of the commission. The Chronicle also states that— " The informations in Smith O'Brien's case, which are very luminous, and of immense length, are at present in the hands of a Dublin artiste for the purpose of being lithographed. We believe such a course is never adopted but in cases of high treason, when a large number of copies are required, in which there would be a possibility of mistake if prepared in the usual manner. In lithographs, however, there is no such liability." It is expected that a military force of little less than 4,000 men will be located in Clonmel, and the neighbourhood, during the sitting of the com mission. _ _ _ ----- INCREASE OF THE POLICE FORCE. The following statement appears in the Limerick Examiner : " We have heard from very good authority that Go vernment intend augmenting the police force to 30,000 men, to whom the peace, protection, and possession of the country are chiefly to be intrusted ; the morel im portant fortresses only being selected for military occupation. The means will thus be afforded of withdrawing great part of the present army of occupa tion. It is stated that ten pieces of artillery—field pieces, will be appropriated to the police force in every county." INAUGURATION OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE.-FES- TIVITIES AT DUNKIRK. DUNKIRK, MONDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday, for the first time, the shrill whistle of a locomotive awoke the echoes round the old battlements of Dunkirk. Extensive as were the preparations that were made at Calais for the ceremony of opening the great Northern of France Railway on Saturday, they were as nothing compared with those made by the good people of Dunkirk for the same event. For many days past the town (one of the most beautiful in France) has been busy in anticipation of the great event which yesterday gave a direct line of rail way communication from the Northern coast to Paris. - Visitors have been pouring into the town ever since yesterday morning, and the throng still in creases. The streets, all day yesterday, were literally choked up with pleasure-seekers, and unalloyed en joyment seemed to reign in every quarter. The townspeople appear indeed to have been animated by a desire to eclipse everything that has hitherto taken place in the shape of public rejoicing in their neigh bourhood. As soon as the day for the opening of the railway was announced, the authorities commenced a subscription, and in a very short time a sum of up wards of 3,0001. was subscribed to carry on the fes tivities, with which to do honour to the inauguration of the Great Norther❑ Railway of France. At half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning a pro cession was formed in beautiful order opposite the Hotel de Ville, and proceeded to the railway station which crosses the Calais road inside the ramparts. A splendid canopy has been raised over an altar opposite to the passenger station for the ceremony of the benediction. The various companies of the national guards hav ing been drawn up in the open space surrounding the station, the Cardinal Archbishop of Cambria, and the clergy of the district, ascended the altar, and awaited the arrival of the train from Calais, contain ing the directors of the line and their friends. A burst of artillery having announced that the train was in sight, the municipal authorities, all wearing tricoloured scarfs, placed themselves in line on each side of the railway, and the train having drawn up to the platform, the directors alighted and were introduced to the municipal authorities, and by them were conducted to the foot of the altar. The Cardinal Archbishop then addressed them, and in warm terms complimented them upon their having succeeded in extending railway communication to Dunkirk. He enlarged upon the advantages which would result to France by the extension of the rail way system from Paris to the northern frontier, and said that as France, par excellence, had always taken the lead in matters connected with the civilization of the world, so she ought to be foremost in widely ex tending the railway system. The ceremony of the benediction then commenced. The platform on which the altar was placed was crowded with priests of various classes, in the midst of whom stood the Archbishop, attired in all his splendid pontifical robes. Leading to the altar from the station was a broad flight of steps covered with crimson carpeting, and on the top of those steps the Cardinal stood and blessed first the engines, then the road, and finally the military and the people. The ceremony concluded, the principal authorities on the railway formed into procession again, and marched back into the town with banners flying and military bands playing. We never saw any place display such animation and general rejoicing as Dunkirk did on the proces sion entering the town. Every house was crowded with spectators, and from every window in the place depended festoons of tricolour. Down each side of every street poles had been thickly planted, round which evergreens were twined from the ground, and carried along the tops of the poles for the entire length of the street. At intervals of about three yards were carried across the streets, sashes o f re d and blue and white drapery, interspersed with gar lands of beautiful flowers. The windowsin every house were ornamented with diamond-shaped tri coloured lanterns, each containing a variegated lamp for the illumination at night. The procession having arrived at the Place Jean Bart, the Cantate Inauguration was performed upon an elevated stage in the centre of the square, near to the statue of the celebrated Jean, after which the authorities proceeded to the harbour to witness the launch of an iron war steamer, called Le Biche, and again returning to the Place Jean Bart, a military musical performance took place. At four o'clock a splendid banquet was given by the authorities of the town to the directors of the rail way, and the leading visitors. The banquet was held at the college; and amongst the company present were M.M. Marie, Gamier Pages, Pallier, ol lowski, and several other members of the National Assembly. In the evening the town was splendidly illumi nated, and public balls were given in various parts of the city, an d i t was a l ate hour b e f ore the festi vities of the first day were brought to a close. To-day the rejoicing commenced by a distribution icce e hs dl s s oinl will will t ei hi Reuse, a c o k r e ps p do aa / c ep in ,e u srt personage ue apgr , afterncb bearing n g which, a as character t mo ro n ck procession o g resemblance to our own G og and Magog. This in dividual is a figur e t wenty - two feet high, and is attired in a sort of ancient costume. In the evenin g th ere w il l b e a concert of vocal and instrumental music, followed by a grand ball • and to-morrow the festiviti es w ill b e b rought to a'close by regattas, races, and amusements of that descrip tion. A great number of English visitors are here, ex cursion boats having been running from Dover since Saturday last. T tu o, Saturday lt l A a l sT someAr BRIDGEre st ACROSS N r TwEED.—On S e.acited by th e appear once, the first time, ".,c a rail way carriage thit-rt . class) on the temPo'7.ry wooden brid ge aeros,3 tile Tweed. a a c lv i nte The carriage, which was filled with people, was, pushed to and fro several times along the bridge —even the div. 7 3, height from the river not preventing many from hang ing round it. A piece of artillery planted on the bridge was fired in honour of the erent, and the structure was also decorated with a number of flags. The temporary bridge is ready only across the river; the communica tion with the embankment behind Tweedmouth is not yet formed. It is anticipated, however, that this will be made by the Ist of October, when the trains will pass without interruption, and the delay and expense of omnibuses for passengers, and carts for goods, coke, &c., will then be avoided. The temporary bridge at Newcastle was expected to be opened to-day (Friday). — .llerwid; irarder. SURREY THEATRE. Extraordinary attraction is now the order of the day, and the gay little Surrey, under its present ma nagement, is not second to any of its kindred houses of the sock and buskin in the production of it. Last night, after the performanCe of The Pedlar Boy (a new drama,' from the pen of Mr. J. Harrington), in which Mrs. R. Honner, as the Pedlar Boy, sustained her acknowledged talents in dramatic impersonations, Monsieur Herrmann, acknowledged to be the first professor of magic in the world, and the wonder of the age, made his first appearance here, and, with the exception of five nights more (also at this house), the last of his entertaining soirees in England. M. Herrmann, to be duly appreciated, must be, ought to be seen. Nothing that we can write on paper can thoroughly describe his Illysterieuses in the " magic" art. We have seen " ground and lofty tumbling" in the House of Commons, and particu larly on " budget" night ; but no "state tricks," no efforts of honourable and distinguished magicians of that great National Theatre, can at all stand com parison with those of M. Herrmann. But M. Herr mann has had great continental experience. He has also exhibited at the Haymarket, and at the Prin cess's, and now we fairly have him— caught like "Mrs. Glass's hare"—at the Surrey Theatre, situate on the south bank of the river Thames. M. Herr mann, " the juggler of the sun and moon," truly surprised us with his new and wonderful illusions— illusions which he varies every night. He is an excellent card, and deals his cards with as easy a pitch to " the gods in the gallery," " the beaux in the boxes," and " the critics in the pit," as an expert hand would at a 100-table. But amid all the tricks, amid all the extraordinary legerdemain which M. Herrmann performed, that of his inexhaustible, his many liquored bottle was the most extraordinary we have ever witnessed. "One bottle more" is familiar to every lover of hospitality, but M. Herrmann's bottle— a black one, not a shade larger than a wine bottle, is a standing article—it contains spirits and liqueurs of all kinds, and seems interminable in its quantity. The real tun of Heidelberg is nothing to it. M. Herrmann entertained a party of some hundreds last night out of it, serving with the rapidity of the quickest hand all kinds of liquors of the above, which their taste, caprice, or whim led them to call for. The scene was most amusing, as the company pressed for ward for their glasses, and the great magician dis penser cried in rapid succession whisky, rum, brandy, gin, liqueur, &c. Another most singular feat of M. Herrmann was the sustaining of a child by the power of ether in suspension in the air. This and his various other feats elicited rapturous ap plause. In a word, those who have not seen M. Herr mann have _seen nothing. BALLOON RACE. Another' of those interesting and attractive en- tertainments was given yesterday afternoon at Cremorne•gardens. The weather being extremely warm and fine, a circumstance almost despaired of in these times of wet and wind, the grounds were early thronged by a company of some thousands in number, a testimony at once to the excellence of the enter tainments provided and the desire of the multitude to participate in healthful out-door recreations. The aeronautic contest was between the Royal Cremorne and Albert balloons, the former conducted through the regions of epace by Lieutenant Gale, the letter under the direction of Air. Gypson. The balloons being very nearly of a size, and of elegant shape, rendered the race more interesting and exciting; circumstances, heightened by the knowledge in some degree, of the ascending and sailing powers of the two machines obtained in the last race, of which we made favourable mention some time past. Both balloons were inflated on the grounds, thus ren dering the whole arrangements complete. Shortly after seven o'clock, all preparations having been ef fected, the signal for starting was given, and the bal loons were released from their moorings to set out on their struggle for supremacy. The Royal Cremorne was the first to rise, thus gaining the lead of its anta gonist. For some time it kept low dowp, proceeding in a straightforward direction, thus obtaining a consi derable advantage over its opponent, which had by this time made its ascent perpendicularly. They continued in this state, the one ascending and the other proceeding onwards for a considerable time, when the Albert appeared to be fast overtaking its adversary, evidently with a view to pass . over it. Lieutenant Gale appeared to perceive this, for his tight aerial vessel darted for ward and was lost to the sight, closely followed by the Albert. The two racers had a most beautiful appearance as they sailed through the fine clear air; the one opaque and dusky appeared to reflect the rays of the setting sun, while the other, clear and transpa rent, seemed to be illumined from within, its yellow coloured silk and crimson zone showing like amber set with rubies. When the balloons were fairly lost in the distance ? and not till then, did the company turn to participate in the other amusements afforded by the spirited lessee. The ballet in the theatre, with its characteristic dancing, pretty dresses, and light sparkling music, gave general satisfaction. Previous to the bal d'ete, a piece of music, entitled " A Storm in the Pyrenees," was performed by the band in the Pagoda Orchestra. This musical novelty is rendered more striking by the introduction of novel scenic and pyrotechnic effects. The ball and fireworks which followed both attracted their due share of attention and eulogy; indeed the proceelings throughout the afternoon went off with the utmost eclat. REVIEW OF THE MONEY MARKET FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1848.—The general tendency of the transactions of the month of August has been towards decline and circumspection. There has cer tainly been no marked depreciation, nor the prevalence of any distinct precaution, but the general observation is nevertheless true. Consols have fluctuated between 87i and 851, and Exchequer-bills have gradually come down from 38 to 28. in the Railway market the dealers have been very much at the meroy of the half -yearly meetings, and we are not sorry to observe that the result of most of these meetings has been such as to impress the holders of railway property very strongly with the conviction that, after all, a railway company is only a shopkeeping concern on a large scale, and that to obtain the pounds it is more than ever essential to take care of the pence. The French loan, to which we al luded in our last review, has been subscribed, very much to the justifiable surprise of most people, entirely out of French capital. Our own Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the House, on the 25th August, that he also wants a loan for 2,000,0001., and he proposes to take an Act which will authorise either the issue of Exchequer bills or the creation of stock for the required amount. Unless he uses great expedition, we do not think be will find it expedient to interfere with his own bills in the market by increasing the supply. We should rather sup pose that a funding operation would suit the times better than ono of the opposite character. If ho sells Con sols, he will certainly not sell them at 89—the price he obtained for the Irish loan. The scrip of that speculation has left behind it many unpleasant reminiscences, and we are disposed to fear that Sir Charles Wood has had the imprudence to postpone his announcement until a conjuncture at which a borrowing minister will have, as well the recollections of the past as the difficulties of the present to contend with. He should have tried his hand in the market five weeks ago, when Consols were at 89 and looking up to 93.—Bankers' Magazine. RAmsGATE.--The town is now, we think, at the top of the season; vast numbers crowd the splendid sands every morning. We have heard some complaints as to the practice of the bathers, and hope that the pier authorities will use the powers invested in them. With the many visitors that arrive there are also a great num ber who have come down with the intention of preying upon their neighbours' chattels. A female last week lost her purse and 6/. 19s. This town is far behind any other watering-place in having amusements for its visitors. The only place, Victoria Bazaar, is nightly crowded, as is the Marine Library, by the gentry. W e have no theatre or public garden nearer than St, Peter's, which it is often difficult to roach, owing to the weather being so unaettled.—Canterbury Journal, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1848. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA.LL'S.—YESTERDAY. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Craufurd's The Cur—taken No others mentioned, and scarcely a bet laid. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Alliance—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Keleshe—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie—taken Most of the horses quoted were backed; but, with the exception of Vampyre, who had several friends, for very Brasil sums. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou 3to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice—take 7to 2 4to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland—t 9 to 2 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher—take 5 to.l 100 to 7 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. G. O'Sfore's Bandit-.-taken 500 to 10 agst Mr. R. Whaley's Mareschino—taken Canezou was backed for four or five hundred pounds at 5 to 2 and 3 to 1, but the greater portion at the smaller odds. Surplice was steady at 3to 1, and Flatcatcher at 9 to 2; Justice to Ireland gave way to 4 to 1, and Springy Jack from 8 to 1 to 100 to 7; the betting on this, as on the other events, was fiat. DONCASTER CUP. Even on Lord Eglinton's Van - Tromp 10 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Brocardo—taken DERBY. 1,000 to 55 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Watts's Chatterer—taken 2,500 to 50 agst Mr. Pedley's Fellow Commoner—tkn AQUATICS. WENTZELL'S OARS MATCH. The annual (contest for two .pairs of silver oars, the gift of Mr. A. Wentzell, for competition amongst tradesmen, and other respectable amateurs, came off yesterday, and was throughout a very spirited• affair, affording consi derable gratification to a vast concourse of spectators. First heat—Saxby and Blinkho (yellow), 1; C. Mining and Erwood (red), 2; Dimes and D. Mining (white), 3; Clark and Price (purple), 0; Burns and Derbyshire (green), 0. The race was confined to the vicinity of Lambeth. The winners took the lead and kept it. The other four made a capital , race. _ Second heat—Hawes and Laii(black), 1; Regan and Smith (pink), 2; Pegler and R.. Clayton (stripe), 3; Harris and J. Claxton (blue), G. - Black Soon went in advance, and kept it. It was ag a i n a cap i ta l race for second place. Grand heat—Saxby and Blinklio- 1; HaWes and Law, 2; C. Mining and Erwood, 0 ; Regan and Smith, 0. Black took the lead, but off the Penitentiary shipped a deal of water, which much impeded him, and Red, with a good chance of success, fouled the umpire's boat. Saxby and partner won by half a dozen lengths. AGGRAVATED HORRORS OF THE SLAVE TRADE. Great Britain has for msny years declared it to be piracy for any of her subjects to be engaged in the slave trade, and for nearly half a century has, by means of treaties and armed cruisers, expended a vast amount of treasure and human life to induce other nations to relinquish this inhuman traffic. Never theless that it continues to be carried on to an awful ex tent, and with unprecedented horrors, will be seen by reference to the evidence given before a Parliamentary Committee of the present session, recently published, and from which extracts are subjoined. The reports disclose such an amount of atrocity on the one hand, and of suffering on the other, that but for the undoiibted character of the testimony, it might be deemed incredible. The evidence also proves, beyond all doubt, that the employment of armed cruisers for the suppression of the slave trade, has not only been ineffectual, but that these measures have caused an extent of suffering to the slaves unknown in the earlier history of this terrible traffic. After all that has been done for the suppression of this trade, the reader may perhaps be tempted to turn from the subjoined details with a feeling of despair as to the remoyql of such enormity by human effort, especially when our own Government have recently adopted measures by which it has been greatly stimulated and encouraged; but with the conviction that such diabolical atrocities continue to be perpetrated, the Christian and philan thropist, instead of allowing their exertions to be para lysed, may profitably inquire whether they can expect the Divine blessing on their efforts so long as they are knowingly and willingly the consumers of produce raised at such a sacrifice of human life, and by such an amount of human misery. EXTRACTS FROM EVIDENCE GIVEN BEFORE A COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DURING THE PRESENT YEAR.—INCREASE OF THE SLAVE TRADE. Commander Thomas Francis Birch, R.N.—During the time that you were on the coast of Africa, did you come to the conclusion that the slave trade had di minished or increased ?—lncreased latterly, most de cidedly. To what circumstance did you attribute that increase? —I have been informed by the men that I have taken, the Spanish and Portuguese captains, that they attribute it to the extra demand for sugar in England. Jose E. Cliffe, M.D., an owner of mines in Brazil, and a slaveholder—Are you aware of what number of slaves might have been landed in Brazil from the coast of Africa, in the year 1847 ? Taking it from November, 1846, to November, 1847, we estimate the quantity at not less than 60,000, and not exceeding, perhaps, 65,000, landed alive. Between 60,000 and 65,000 landed alive in Brazil ? Yes. Are you at all aware of what number of slaves might have been taken from the coast of Africa, for the purpose of landing alive 65,000 men in Brazil ?—The only means which we have of calculation is from the captains, or those employed in it, stating that they receive on board their different vessels a certain amount of men. To produce that number, with what are taken by English cruisers, and what die in various ways, no less than 100,000 would leave the coast of Africa, to produce that amount of living subjects in Brazil at the present time. You conceive that to land 65,000 men in Brazil, 100,000 must have been taken from the coast of Africa ; the difference being made up by the numbers who pe rished in the course of the voyage, those who were cap tured .by the British cruisers, and those who perished after landing?—Yes, subject to those deductions. Commander H. J. Matson, R.N.—Will you state to the Committee whether it be or be not the case that more slaves are ordinarily embarked that the captain believes he can convey to the coast of Brazil or Cuba? —Yes ; the effort of a slave captain is to land as many slaves as he can on the coast of the Brazils; but as it is not possible for the most practised eye to tell a healthy from an unhealthy slave by seeing him in the barracoons, if the vessel could take 300 slaves mode rately crowded, the captain would take half as many again, say 450, and cram them on board below, and on the decks, for the sake of putting them to the test, knowing that all those who were not likely to cross the Atlantic would sicken during the first 48 hours; then directly they show the symptoms of weakness, on account of their• weak constitution, they are put on one side of the deck, no food nor water is given them, and they are allowed to die ;tthey are then thrown overboard. Then, at the end of the 48 hours, that man has a prime cargo of slaves, of those who do not sicken. Those whose constitutions are strong enough to stand the first crowding and the heat will live till they have crossed the Atlantic ; they will live during the passage. You mean to state to the committee that it is a de- liberate plan of the slave-dealer to embark, to take your own illustration, 450 slaves on board, knowing that he cannot hope to carry more than 300 to the opposite coast ?—Yes ; it is a very common practice. Captain Wyvill, R.N.—I suppose, under favourable circumstances, the loss by death must be considerable in the voyage from the eastern coast of Africa to the Brazils ?—I should think:one-third ; they generally think so, because they take one• third more than they are allowed by their rules, so that they may have the full quantity to land in the Brazils. For instance, if by their tonnage they are allowed to take 400 on board, they will take in 550, so as to have as nearly as possible the 400 that they are allowed to carry. W. Smith, Esq.—You have seen occasionally slave ships captured by British cruisers, with the slaves on board, which were brought into Sierra Leone?—Yes, I have been on board of some ; and v er y fr e q u ently when they came in I could compare the appearance of the negroes on board to nothing but a swarm of bees settled upon the bough of a tree—they looked one black mass. Can you mention any particular appearances about the slaves which would denote the nature of the sufferings to which they had been exposed?—Nothing but a gradual exhaustion and wasting away from malaria and defi ciency of food and water. Mr. J. L. Hook, lately employed in the Customs at Sierra Leone—As you consider that the British squadron has not diminished the slave-trade, aro you of opinion that it has diminished the horrors of the slave-trade?— On the contrary, I think it has very much increased the horrors of the middle passage. I have had an oppor tunity of seeing many slave vessels when they have been brought into Sierra Leone. I have gone on board ; the spectacle which presented itself to tae was truly awful. I have seen men, women, and children lying upon the deck in the very last stage of existence, and the majority on board were little better than living skeletons; indeed, no language can describe the scene. In general, what was the condition of the slaves which you saw on board those vessels?—The most wretched condition, as I have before stated. Would it be possible to increase their sufferings?—l should think not; hardly possible. It is as bad as can be?—lt is as bad as can possibly be, I think; they are huddled together like so many articles of merchandise. They have been compared to herrings in a barrel; is that a good illustration of it in your opinion?—Yes, I think it is. Captain G. Mansell, R.N.—You mst be generally ac quainted with the state of suffering that the slaves are in on board the slave-ships?—Yes. You made, I presume, some captures while you were on the coast?—Yes. llave you ever hea r d or rea d of such horrors as you witnessed on board those slave-vessels?—Never. I could not have supposed it possible that so many people could have been packed into a vessel, by any device, as I have seen packed into slave-vessels. Did you ever yourself capture a vessel in which there were a number of slaves packed in that way? —We cap tured a vessel not much larger than a river barge, a vessel of 127 t ons; i t had stowed between decks, in close confinement, 447 people. Must not thi s state of things go on year after year without any intermission, so long as there is a demand for slaves in Brazil, and an attempt to intercept the supply on the part of the British squadron?—l fear so; it is the only conclusion that I can arrive at. Is the agony occasioned by the desire for water very great?—lndescribable. There are no words that I can make use of that will describe the sufferings in the tropics From the want of water; it is ten times more horrible than the want of food. A man may suffer from the want of food four or five days and think nothing of it; but the sufferings from want of water for two days in the tropics are almost beyond endurance. Did you aver experience it yourself ?—Yes, I have suffered it; I speak from what I have felt. The slaver, I suppose, is in a Very , dirty condition? — It must be, because the slaves are jammed in, as I ob served before. They are packed in upon their Fides — laid in heads amongst legs and arms, so that it is very difficult frequently, until they become very much ema ciated so a s t o l e ave room, for them to get up alone without the whole section moving together. Are they permitted to get up?—Small boys would be. Small boys are never confined; but the way in which they are put in now is, that they are generally jammed in in such masses that, oven allowing that there was elevation sufficient for them to rise up, they could not rise without the whole section rising, They make two or three slave-decks in a vessel, which has perhaps six feet between her deck and the beams above. There would be three tiers of slaves stowed away. In six feet?—Yes; sixteen to eighteen inches would stow them in; then the timber, or whatever you term it, of which it is built, would occupy the rest of the space; so that you would have three tiers of them in a common deck; therefore there is not room for a very small boy to sit. They are put like books upon a shelf, conse quently there is plenty of room for them to lie flat, but not enough for them to elevate themselves, Do they lie upon their backs ?—No ; all upon their sides. Can they turn from side to side ?—By the whole sec tion turning, not otherwise, until they have become a good deal emaciated, and some have died out; that, of course, makes more room for the remainder, Are they so placed for the convenience of sto*age P- Yes, for the possibility of stowing larger numbers. Did you ever know an instance of a vessel losing one half of her cargo ?—Yes ; a good deal more than that. There was an instance in which, out of 160, which was but half a cargo, only ten escaped, and ten were sold for 300 milreas f about 371, j know that personally to be a fact. Do not they suffer from bruises, from being jammed together between the casks ?—When they are first put on board they do bruise ; but afterwards they become so emaciated, and are so very light, that the bruising is very trifling then. In point of fact it appears tha t the progressive emacia tion of the slaves is a sort of means of pres erving their lives ?—ln a medical poi nt of view, if it for that emaciation they would not exist, because the system being in a torpid state a very little portion of food will sustain life for a certain time, and a very small portion of air also in Lreathing; the system is in a state of partial torpor. Is the Committee to understand that slaves ever pass from Africa to Brazil without being taken on deck at all? —Yes. I should think that in the present state it is fre quently done. Ido not mean to say the whole of them, but a great number are never brought on deck. When the food is supplied to them, is it possible for the person who supplies it to get among them, between the rows of them, or is it handed from one row to ano ther?—lf I were to speak the truth it would be this; the vessels are so excessively offensive that it is, perhaps, the greatest punistment to which you can put any per son on board. There is some half-witted person whom they generally have almost on purpose for it, to pass the food round to them, and he is in such a hurry in doing it, that those who are nearest to one of the hatchways arc more likely to get a double portion of food, rather than that he should go round the sides of the vessel, which is so ill ventilated that it produces a sickening effect upon him. Then he does not get upon the level where they are, and pass between the rows of them, helping each one singly ?—He should do it, but from the excessively filthy state it is not always done. He has to get upon a mass of filth?—He has to get upon a mass of filth, and almost upon a mass of living bodies at the same time, because they roll out and take up everything that they can. In that case some may go without food ?—Frequently those that are more remote do not get anything at all, unless they can crawl up over the others, and get nearer to the hatchway's. In the case of one of these people dying, how is the body removed?—lt lies there till, perhaps, an alarm is given, or something like that, and in the morning it is generally thrown overboard. Is it always noticed ?—There may be instances, and I believe there have been instances, in which they have remained until they have increased the amount of putridity ; and, in fact, when they have been thrown overboard you could hardly keep them together, because the putrefaction would be so rapid in a temperature of that kind, and in a few hours decomposition would take place ; they would hardly hold together to be thrown overboard. According to the account which you have given, it must be a matter of considerable physical difficulty to get out the body frequently, if the person happen to die at a considerable distance from the hatchways ?—There arc, no doubt, instances where they have been three or four days. Since the slave trade has been carried on in such a suffering manner, personally and directly I have had nothing to do with it. But you have seen cargoes when they have arrived ? —Yes ; I have seen some within six months past. When they were just in the state in which they had come in ?—When they have come in I have gone on board a few minutes afterwards. And have you been below deck ?—I have put my head below, but not for very long. A thoroughbred white man could not endure it ; I have no doubt he would die from asphyxia. When the cargoes come in, are the slaves, or a great many of them, unable to walk?—Most of them are. Have you seen many cases of the slaves landed from the slavers on their arrival?—Yes. In what condition did you find them?—l do not know I could describe it to be intelligible to you. I do not think that I have power of description enough to de scribe it. You have told us these three things—that they are, very many of them, in a situation of acute suffering, and at the same time of great physical reduction and torpidity of the animal functions?—Yes; so that the knee bones appear almost like the head of a person; from the arm you may slip your finger and thumb up; the muscular part of the arm is gone; it is a mere bone, covered with a bit of skin; the abdomen is highly protuberant; it is very much distended; ♦ery large. I am speaking of them just as they landed. A man takes them up in his arms and carries them out of the vessel; you have some slave or some person that must do it, if they are not capable of walking; they are pulled out, and those that are very dirty are frequently washed. Are they for the most part lifted up on deck?—A great many of them are; a good many make attempts; they could not stand, even if they were not so much emaciated. From not having perhaps stood upright for a month or two, the muscles have lost the power of sup porting them. The eye has lost its speculation?—Precisely so; it has an idiotic appearance; a leaden appearance; in fact, a sunken appearance. It is almost like the boiled eye of a fish. In fact, nature is reduced to the very last stage con sistent:with life?—To the lowest stage in which itis pos sible to say that they are living. Do they suffer more from bruises and sores?--Many become bruised; and there are many cases in which a gangrene probably takes place, or a very large ulcer takes place from lying so long in such putrid materials they have to lie in. Many no doubt die from it. The slaves usually require some period of time before they can be sufficiently recovered to be brought into the market ?—Frequently three months; they require to be fed and taken care of before any person would take the trouble of buying them. J. King, Esq., M.D.—llas the operation of the squa dron on the coast been unattended with evil?—lt has been the means of aggravating fearfully the miseries of the slaves. It has, in your apprehension, not only failed in its object of preventing the slave trade, but it has also ag gravated the sufferings of the slaves?—Yes, to, a most incredible extent. Captain G. Mansell, R.N.—Have you any hesitation in condemning entirely the employment of a marine force as a means of "extinguishing the slave trade on the coast of Africa?—No; I think it is impracticable. You concur, also, I apprehend, in that sentiment of Mr. Clarkson, that the employment of a marine force on the coast of Africa has increased the horrors of the slave trade?—l should fear so. 1 It is indeed a lamentable fact that the Government measure of 1846, by which the slave , grown sugars of Brazil and Cuba are admitted to the British market, has directly implicated the people of this country in the en couragement of a traffic of which the foregoing extracts give some impression. . _ . Ought not, iherfore, the friends of humanity to avoid, as far as practicable, any connexion with a system which inflicts such an extent of unutterable misery upon their fellow -creatures? Will not the people of England strictly confine them selves to the consumption of free-grown sugar, especially when they have an abundant supply from their own colonies, and from other parts of the world; even if it entail upon them a littlo more trouble in the selection? Although what is used by one family may form but a small portion of the aggregate amount of the national consumption, and the plea may be urged that though some decline the use of the sugars of Brazil and Cuba, they will be bought by others in this country, and on the continent of Europe; yet who can estimate the effect and the influence of one consistent example? Those who resolve to wash their hands of all partici pation in support of this enormous evil, and by no act of theirs to stimulate the tyrant t 9 the torture of his victim, will have the consolation of reflecting that they aro guiltless of their brother's blood. JOSEPH STURGE. Birmingham, Bth month, 21st, 1848. The competitors of Mr. Stephenson for the premium of 5001. offered in 1819 by the new Liverpool and Man chester Railway Company for the best locomotive engine were Mr. Burstall (or Burstall and Hill), Messrs. Braith waite and Ericson, and Mr. Hackworth. Burstall's lo comotive, the Perseverance, was withdrawn: it was made for locomotion on turnpike roads, on which it had re peatedly run with success previously, as we happen to know, although we cannot now recall the precise reason why it was withdrawn at a critical moment, when, had its parts been properly readjusted on the ground, we cannot doubt but that it would have run, as it did before, and well too—better far, of course, than it had already done, even on the rougher and more trying track of a common road . It was, indeed, the fruit of much perse verance and more cash, and, in all probability, lost its place in the grand race of renown by the mischance of some mere accident. In justice to Messrs. Borthwick then merchants at Leith, we think it right as we are sure Mr. Burstall would, here to record, that to their liberality, as well as to his own talent, was he much in debted for the means of perseverance. The other two lo comotives, the !Novelty and the Sanspareil broke down, while Mr. Stepbenson's Rocket outran the requirements of the directors, averaged 15 miles an hour in speed, won the prize, and ushered in " the greatest mechanical re volution effected since the invention of the steam-engine by Watt," and its more immediate friits.—Builder, THE VERNON GALLEnt.—The trustees of the National Gallery directed their architect, Mr. Penne• thorne, to examine and report upon the facilities for plating and exhibiting the Vernon Collection in the lot Ht` rooms of the gallery in Trafalgar square. We unLrfitand his report to be, that the rooms in question are tote tinsuited to the reception of the pictures with regard both to light and space. The space required for their proper display is three thousand square feet. Mr. Pennethorne has, we believe suggested to the trustees to erect a plain, temporary building in one of the parks—a building that will not be require d to last more than ten or twelve years; and to apply to Parlia- Went for an annual grant of 15,0001. or 20,000 L to accu mulate during these ten or twelve years, by which means a fund will be formed for the erection of a National Gal lery; and the site he recommends is Cleveland-row, the leases of a number of houses in which will expire about the year 1860, when the ground will become the property of the Crown. The period during which the public will be admitted to view the Vernon pictures, at 50, Pall Mall will eXpite on thie9oththoefcSoempmteemnbceerm.enOt onfti\hreaTy,utehse days and Thursdays eno rooms of Mr. Vernon's three us a h n o df e ou h r a usually between ay on sc s r h o crowded, vhundrede been a I p w e persons applications of at least thrice as many. for which there availed themselves of the admission, were generally t almost It is gratifying to s tate, that u pincon- say to the present moment, not the slightest injury—we nalgh tenienee---has be en sustained; and although Mr. Vernon has remained i n t he house (unhappily an invalid, con• tined Chiefly to his bed) during the whole of the time, he has experienced no etmoyance whatsoever ; and expresses himself perfectly satisfied with the result of this experi ment for the accommodation and pleasure of the public. We trust that Parliament will not have separated with out conveying to the donor of this munificent gift to the nation some expression of public gratitude, in conformity with the wish so generally signified by both Houses on the 23d of May.—Art Journal. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—OH Wednesday after noon an accident of a very distressing nature occurred at Babberton Mains, parish of Currie, which has un fortunately proved fatal to one of the parties, and occa sioned much distress to the other. From what we have learned, it appears that Mr. Scott, farmer there, had taken down a loaded gun from the wall of the kitchen, and while engaged in examining the lock, it went oft'. when the contents were lodged in the body of a man who is well known in that district by the soub r i que t of " Johnnie Bauchels." The unfortunate individual was • killed gloat instantaneously,—Scot man. CRICKET. THREE OF ALL ENGLAND v. THREE OF SHEFFIELD. This match was got up after the termination of the Eleven of all England v. Sixteen of Sheffield contest had been brought to a conclusion, and was played on the Hyde-park ground, on Thursday and Friday last. It could not, however, be played out, in consequence of the Eleven being compelled to start for Bradford, a t w hi c h place they will commence operations this morning in op position to twenty of that place and district. As the respective sides were at.first arranged for this single- wicket match, England was to have been repre sented by Mr. Mynn, Parr, and W. Pilch, but the second party having been injured by a blow from the ball, his vacancy was supplied by Mr. C. 11. Hoare. England having won the toss took the bat in the first instance. ENGLAND. W. Pilch, b Wright C. H. Hoare, Esq., b Hunt 8 b Hunt 1 A. Mynn, Esq., b Hunt... 15 b Hunt 8 Wide—Wright 6, Hunt 3 9 Wright 4, Hunt 4 8 32 First Innings. Balls bowled—Wrigh t , 100 balls: 84 hits, 2 no hits, 11 runs. Hunt, 73 balls: 47 hits, for 12 runs. Second Innings. Balls bowled—Wright, 100 balls for 70 hits, 1 no hit, 5 runs. Hunt,ls9 balls,lo2 hits, 4 no hits,l4 runs. SHEFFIELD. Sampson, c Pilch, b Mynn 7 Wright, b Mynn Hunt, c and b Mynn Wide—Mynn 6 6 Mynn 1 First Innings. Balls bowled—A. Mynn, Esq., 204 balls: 142 hits, 11 no bits, 8 rune. Second Innings. - • - Balls bowled—A. Mynn, Esq., 94 balls: 64 hits, 1 DO hit, 6 runs. The match was drawn on Friday' evening. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. THE AUBERIES, WITH WISDEN. The annual match between these two celebrated clubs was played last week, at the Auberies, the beautiful seat of Mr. C. Alexander_ The,.,Marylebo.ne, Club unlisted Hillyer, Diver, and Lilly.white; whilst the Auberies played but one player, Wisden, whtim he has bad in his service during the season. Still the latter gentleman's club eventually proved victorious. They gained the toss at the outset, and went to the wicket first, commencing with Mr. Layton and little Wisden. The small man of Sussex ran a long career, notwithstanding Hillyer and Lilly white did their best to displace him. He was not removed from his wicket until be had obtained 38, in which there were one four, two threes, seven twos, and a prolonged string of singles. The score of Mr. Layton amounted to five. The Hon. E. Grimston, who will be recollected to have been one of the finest bats Lord's has ever possessed, followed, but was bowled before he could make even a single. This gentleman was succeeded by his brother, the Hon. F. Grimston, by whom eight runs were scored by a four, a three, a n d' a s i ng le. The Rev. F. French then came, who havin g ma de two singles and a four from Hillyer, was sent to th e right about by Lilly white. Then came Mr. Hammer s l e y, who, after dinner, placed a four and two twos on the paper, and retired at the bidding of White. Mr. E. Walton was then got rid of for 2, when the wicket was protected by the Rev. H. Pickering, whose efforts resulted in 4 only. Mr. Jones Nash amalgamated the like number (not out), but the " donor of• the feast" made 7, whilst his brother was stumped without any addition to the general score. This innings amounted to 83. The Marylebone then went in and opened with the Hon. R. Grimston and Mr. Hartropp. The former made 8, the latter 2, the one being bowled by Wisden, the other falling a victim to the slow.bowling of Mr. Jones Nash. Mr. Harence and Diver were the next to handle the bats, and between them there was some very good play. By the one 14 were told up, by means of a three, two twos, and a balance of ones. Diver obtained 17, in which were one three, two twos, and the rest singles. Mr. Kynaston told up 9, but the Hon. E. Bligh was re moved without any score. The Hon. F. Ponsonby fol lowed, and in the end, as he has often done before, carried out his bat with a score of 19 attached to his name. Hillyer made 7, and Mr. - Vigne, who was the next, contributed 11. The Earl Darnley did nothing, and Lillywhite but 4. This hands in its total was 99, or 16 above that of their adversaries. The Auberies then, on the following day, opened their second innings, but their efforts did not realize more than 64 runs, of which the only two-figured scores were those of the Rev. F. French 19, and Mr. Jones Nasy 10. The result of this total was to cause Marylebone to go in for 48 to tie or 49 to win. Neither of these ends did the Marylebone eleven achieve, for when their last wicket , fell eight runs were yet required to enable them to as sume the position of tyers. By that number, as the ac companying score will demonstrate, they were vanquished. The Auberies— First innings, 83 second innings, 64. Marylebone—First innings, 99; second innings, 40. A FOOT-RACE.—On Mandarmorning, information having reached the County Police-office, in Edinburgh, that a foot-race was to come off hat day in the neighbourhood of Corstorphine, between Billy Jordan, of Manchester, and John Willcocks, o f Ed in , burgh, two well-known sporting, characters, th e super intendent dispatch e d Sergeant Fraser and a b o d y of police to see th a t no breach of the peace was com mitted. Ab ou t a qua rter past three o'clock i n t h e afternoon, the competitors made their appearanc e at a placeeablly twenty carriages, eaGryrilages e, n, thirty eaCo rstorphine, horsemen,accom panied and a few hundred pedestrians. Sergeant Fraser imme diately accosted Jordan, and informed him that the race would not be allowed to come off on the highway ; and that if ho and Willocks would attempt to obstruct the passage in any way, they would be prosecuted under the Turnpike Act. Jordan re plied that ho was not aware they were infringing any of the statutes; and, after consulting s ome t i me to gether, the whole party moved off in the direction of the county of Linlithgow, where, they said, the police would not interfere with them. On their arrival at Gogar store, still within the bounds of the county of in drone sight, off upon along the road, which Edin burgh, they commenced to make arrangeme n t s f or the race, believing they had left the police far they c hind; but, just as the men were about to st art , t h e i r be jumped . indefatigablefollowed into by an apursuers immense carriage, and hovecrowd. wd• By thi s ti me the num ber of spectators was immense, the road being com pletely blocked up for a considerable distance. The mob at length reached the Village of' New Bridge, where a third attempt was made to complete the race, bat again the police inte rfered, and Once more 'lie sporting ge ntlemen had to " move on," and experi- At last they arrived at a bridge which crosses the turnpike-road, about three-quarters of a mile from the villag e of New Bridge, and which at this part of the country divides the two counties, Of course, the police could go no they were dispatched from Edin nt c, ! , . .., prevent. g"L ,. , ....,, lentZthetilmeyorthiafideattioonhaolft bridge, w at itn t l e h s e r s o i ,„ the race which etty•;:6, which amounted tO the sum of 25Z, were won by Junian, who beat his opponent by three yards. Several other races came off, after which the party returned to Edinburgh about seven o'clock, calling at every public-house on the way, and making a terrible noise along the road. Farther than frightening some of the country people half out of their wits, the assemblage behaved themselves altogether very peace ably, and we understand that no damage was done to property.—North British Daily Mail. DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH STHATFORD.—This lady died lately at Stratford Lodge, county of Wicklow. Her Ladyship was daughter of the 1 % 0 and sister of the preaeut Earl of Aldborough, . ,i I, DR. HAWTHORNE ON CHOLERA. TO THE EDITORS OF THE " LIVERPOOL MERCURY." Gentlemen,—ls it a time to linger in the path of duty when the destroying angel is winging its rapid flight to our shores? Do not the exigencies of the occasion demand that the talents and energies of all should be put in requisition to devise the best means of preserving the lives of the people? Need I, then, offer any apology for soliciting a space in your paper at this alarming crisis? My attention has been directed to a report of the Liverpool officer of health, entitled "The Frecautious Expedient with Reference to the Possibility of Cholera appearing in Liverpool," published in your paper of Friday last, and I am most happy to find that that report does not recommend the providing of cholera hospitals further than what may be merely necessary for the accommodation of the actually destitute, and of those in whose cases home treatment may be impracticable, and that the ta lented author has expressed an opinion that patients affected with cholera would sustain injury by their re moval to an hospital. This opinion is in strict accord ' ance with the soundest views of the nature and cure of the disease. In any encouraging placardsissued by the Health Committee, such as have been wisely recommended by their excellent officer, I would respectfully suggest that an assurance be given that no one be sent to an hospital who can be possibly treated in his own house By doing this, they will easily persuade the poor to give timely notice of their illness, which will afford the medical attendants every facility of treating their cases with Success. In my pamphlet on cholera, lately published, to which I beg to refer the reader, I have already stated that hospitals for the reception of cholera patients are worse than useless; that to remove a patient affected with cholera from his own habitation, however humble, to an hospital, is utterly out of the question, such a step being totally incompatible with the ascertained proper method of cure. The evil, however, does not rest even here ; the moral effect produced by them on the general community, is most disastrous. The dread of being removed to a cholera hospital causes the majority of the poor to con ceal their illness till they are beyond the reach of cure. As the object of the Health Committee is to save life, and not to destroy it, I am sure they will meet the difficulties of the case in the way most effec tual for the former purpose, and doing least violence to the feelings or even prejudices of the poor. I have also already stated, in my pamphlet, that the precautionary measures to be adopted, and the necessary remedies and appliances to be employed in the cure of cholera, must be provided for, with a view to their applicability to patients in their own houses. I have also given ample directions to guide the civil authorities in this matter. The ' preparations there recommended are absolutely necessary. A malignant case of cholera could not, by possibility, be cured without the external application of heat to the bodies of the patients by solid substances such as I have there recommended ; and in the majority of cases, there would be no opportunity of procuring these in the houses of the poor. The necessity, therefore, of being provided with such materials, ready prepared, at the different dispensaries, is too obvious to require comment. As it is admitted that the disease is not contagious, why not be prepared to admit a casual vagrant, destitute pauper into the hospitals already existing in towns, as in the case of accidents? I may here explain, for the information of the ge neral reader, that the advantages derived from the external heat applied to the body of a patient in cholera, is not merely its effect in exciting perspira tion, but it has the effect of restoring the electro producing functions of the body in a remarkable de gree. The instantaneous relief and improvement of strength experienced by the patient on the heat being applied, even before any perspiration has flowed, the electric effect (if I may so speak) could not be satisfactorily accounted for on any other principle. I again repeat it, and I beg the medical profession to bear it in mind, that a malignant case of cholera could not, by possibility, be cured without the external applica tion of such hot substances as I have described. This fact I have proved, in the presence of medical witnesses, in above a hundred instances. This, then, is the grand distinguishing feature of my mode of treatment. This leads me to remark, that the editor of the Economist is in error when he alleges that my mode of treatment differs from others only in the larger dose of opium, for, says he, others recommend the horizontal posture and perspiration too. Had the editor of the Economist been a medical man be would not have said so. I wish the editor to understand that the ordinary sudorific medicines which are prescribed with a view to produce perspiration in other diseases, when their use appears to be indicated, would be altogether inadmissible in cholera; and they have never been employed in the early stages of cholera by any sensible or skilful practitioner. Neither has perspiration itself been ever, as such, recommended as a means of cure in cholera. The fact is, spontaneous profuse perspiration is one of the characteristic features of a malignant case of the disease. On the first watery discharge from the bowels, a profuse perspiration breaks out over the body ; it is not, therefore, likely that the profession, unacquainted with the true nature of the disease, would recommend perspiration as a means of cure. Now, the peculiar feature of my mode of treat ment is the immediate application of hot substances round different parts of the body, and one of its rrffcets is a warm perspiration; another of its effects, of equal, if not of greater importance, is the restoration of the electro producing functions of the body. This latter cfftet is indicated and proved by the suddenness of its action, by the irstantaneous relief from the painful sense of weakness and sinking felt about the heart and stomach, and from the suddenness with which the feelings of horror and despair give place to those of the most eh( cringconfidence. Avo thee distinguishing feature of my mode of cure is, that I order these hot applications in the earliest stage of the disease—the moment the first symptoms manifest them no matter, as I have stated in my pamphlet, in chat state the practitioner may find his patient. If the temperature of the body be higher than natural, the perspiration e ill equalise it ; if lower than natural, the hot applications will raise it to that point ; and if the body be covered with a cold, clammy perspiration, the heat will change it to a warm one. True, in the collapse stage, when the body becomes as cold as a mass of ice, all practitioners, more or less, instinctively order heat, in various ways to be ap plied to their cold patients; but this is altogether another affair; it is not applied, even here, by them as a cure, but merely as a means of alleviating painful 53 mptoms. From a work on cholera before me, I quote an extract, from which the reader will be able to form an opinion of the extent of the views with which medical writers on cholera have recommended the application of heat to patients in the collapse stage. Atter having described the icy coldness of patients in that stage, the writer recommends the spirit vapour apparatus to be placed over the patient's body in that cold stage, and then pro ceeds to give his reasons for doing so. " Every one knows that without a certain degree of heat we must surely die; the absence of this alone then would prove the certain cause of death in cholera. No other reason need be urged for employing it." The editor of the Economist is also greatly in error if he supposes that I published my pamphlet with a view to encourage the people to quack themselves. The observations in my pamphlet were primarily intended for the medical profession; but, in addressing myself to the profession, I took special care, as every one in writing on such a subject should do, to express myself in such language as should make my viewso w and reasoning intelligible to the lowest capacity. _ e v° could this encourage ge"se I did not lf-quackery o ? directly an opposite effect. from the patient, neither did lo"ncelatlshthoeulddahngr a could not do. If I told him t exaggerate a t anihalfthis I attack ao hour, might it, for w b a e so malignant as: to prove iata s this calculated to encourag e him to dispense with the infallibility of the mode of medical attendance ? When pedged my professional character on . treat ment I have described, I did so only on the condition that the mode of cure should be sufficiently early, actively. vig • orously, and skilfully carr i e d i nto opera tion. This could be accomplished only by a skilful medical practitioner. I need scarcely say, for myself, that there is no man living more opposed to " self quackery" than I am, and I am sure that no medical man doubts me on that score. I feel confident, how ever, that the editor of the Economist will agree with me, that every family in the kingdom should be possessed i of a copy of my pamphlet; that they should and study it, till they make themselves perfectly realctover dac quaintediscase, so with that a theyl the msay becomeympt os t th h e and able characters d ar e a t c o t o e t r e s v o o t o ' first symptoms of it, when they should then instantly send for their medical attendant; and, also, that they may be the medical at tendantthe progress of the symptoms h safety of the lives able to know what to take in the meantime, to check one week's of the people depends on The fact co py of my pamphlet, arrives. become thoroughly have time to so that they may and character of the die deley, possessing with the nature themselves o f a ewithout ac quainted . The pamphlet will not only ease before it arrive . , necessary i ut be them o wb s a e t ed to f d o o r The medical attend ant, even when , s e he come; the patient may be dead in, tillnef odtrihcineailrtailEndevemideiec7ahlb e eua n ntt t tie f t i ntw r d. ailitlyalalrnsroboievti arrives. ' home, and an hour may elapse before safety. The necessity, therefore, of being, for his own d b the interval, if he know not what steps he should take the pamphlet requires no argu p'rcaution not one life need be lost, no one will be lost who makes and, with master of, and vigorously adopts, the directions I have given. argu ment. timelye I nt. aa nr o ug d c ' tt s he i b s l blessing, I am aware that in thus speaking of my own produc tion, I shall, with the illiberal and narrow-minded, expose myself to the imputation of being actuated solely by a desire to puff and sell it. lam content to be so accused, having a heartfelt consciousness that I have no such motive, and a thorough conviction, on which I am willing to pledge reputation and life itself, that by the general s. adoption of the measures and treatment I have recom mended, this terrible disease will be divested of half its_ horrors, and thousands of lives will be saved. Should the editors of the public press believe that the public interest would be served while the country is menaced with such a calumny, by copying this letter from your columns and republishing it, I feel confident they will do so.---I have the honour to be, gentlevaess. your obedient an i obliged servant, GEORGE STUART HAWTHORNE, M.D., Late Senior Physician of the Belfast General Hospital. 61, St. Anne-street, Liverpool, Aug. 14, 1848. NOVEL CRICKET MATCH.—Yesterday, a cricket match, for a purse of sovereigns, between eleven one armed and eleven one-legged pensioners, belonging to Greenwich Hospital, took place in a field at the back of the Priory, Lewisham, Kent. The novelty of the match attracted a great many spectators. The result of the play was slightly in favour of the one legs, whose facili ties far bowling and batting overbalanced the running capabilities of their opponents. The match will be re sumed this day.