The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA CHARTER ACT. The Ov e rl an d M a i l brings but meagre accounts of the wa rlike operatiens, either on the eastern or western fronteerte W e ere tharlful for this, inasmu c h as it leav es us at liberty to turn our attention to a hos noisy s h ut more teapots ant event in the interior of B r iti s h ledj a. A movement has been initiated by a number of the geetlemen of she city of Poonah with reference to renewal of the Charter Act of the East India Coin- EleY and to the Parliamentary inquest on the govern -I°, e ut of Lelia s i nce 1834, wh i c h possesses, both from ; i ns plac e o f i ts origin and the character of se es engaged in it, greater interest than usually titt 4cues to expressions of n dive n, undervalued th en e "`" they be in this country. This movement is Nativ e however, the oily one of the kind in India. t•_‘4. five societies with similar objects had previoudy Disorganised in Calcutta and Madras. But these ca -14141' are both so essentially European in tone and feel t't° and have so long enjoyed the benefits of English law and rights, that it is not from them wo can expect to 4111 the truest reflection of what is uppermost in the m inds of the classes which formerly constituted the elite of llindoo society in native states and under independeut ' Governments. Its Pooseeh it is otherwi:e. There Mahratta great audacity, and independence longest survived. r°lll the time that the Peishwas became the real master s of th e S attarah state P oona h was their capital. Und er them it en ; ove d gr eat pros , perity; at their esurt „:„_ le ss ,. es employed a large number of native gentle s , thither resorted, to spend their incomes and to i ''elge their ambition what may be called the terr - °roil aristocracy of the ' country; their expenditure pro ise°,,tedi.hative art, luxury, and manufactures; in the ser oesc't ths Peishwa the rising talent of she state found ta °t " and the people had all the national advan - T t rs (and they are an et a searate Goerent. downfal of Nee m Row, the last Peishwa, v oc n cu m rred p - , ° thr ee - and-thirty years ago only. A considerable of the population of Poonah must, therefore, still t C° a strong recollection of native rule; and it was but m other day that they witnessed the extinction of the den Slate which, after the battle of Ashte, had "`eh ere., • • • the manes of the great so und -.Le as a propitiation to h trouble in e s r , 01 the power which gave us 610 d Of , u ",` ll . The traditions of native government an -at 're society under it, still survive at Poonah; and th e e r h s e the educated part of its population can compare lin suph r wfis and the losses which our Government has gr eat -Pon them, and are in a position to tell us with sehater authosity than the people of Calcutta or Madras aT O i H t they really have to complain of'. -° s ° , they have formed a society which, with o pin l i ew to include a largo force of native public Its f°, °, they h a v e ca ll e d the Deccan Association. is, l a ' ll s 'ders ar e p r i nc ip a lly Mahratta Sirdars, that ed proprietors of rank, who in a native state by t h ei . L ave constituted the pith of the country, and atith„,' Power and influence have exercised a controlling , n i"tY over the conduct of the Court. lhey are ac e - of education and intelligence, sufficiently w ell I'o4 quainto ion of the East Indian Ten,' with rho present posit I'o4 Te n ,' anxious to avail themselves of the existing . op tareti-Y to call the attention of the Imperial Legisla hostil.o the general wants of India, not in any spirit of Pr et ,,! ts ' to British supremacy, but with a view to . t e '-ssv es • p ro at ion of their own class, and to the general . e o , l4en t of the country; and desirous, above all things, !oe s ii' v l eY their opinions and wishes directly and per , t rY LI Co mpetent native testimony to the Parliamen- T L essmittess to be renewed next session. tin s a Proceedings of the Association are now before Arop r i e t heY display a n amount of order, intelligence, to ti i - e ' e tY, careful deliberation, and clearness, quite equal te o s o n f any English society having similar objects. " 0 4 of first meeting they directed a Mahratta transla °onstd„ e Charter Act to be prepared; having duly a li s t c ;: e d it at th e i r p ro l onge d meetings, they drew up at t wo ' griev ances and wants; t hi s t h e y d e l i berated on kleptedt.her meetings; and having finally settled and Dre s It, resol ve d to scu d a m i ss ion to England to be than tit at the ensuing charter discussions. To defray t leis:sP e uses of thi s mission a fund of 10,000/. is re -144Y b' sod Prominently in the list of the subscribers the h i u found contributiv , - the chief surviving Sirdars of © Peislmaite Duilea'r. and have el , - h • • this list of the grievances c Iva n , ~W ere given fixity , 1 , 8 01 the Deccan Association. The Association mxity ° -;': same acquiring for the Deccan greater ti Sr ity l f - e t ' s land tenures, or, in other words, better kse e—_,r Property; at the preservation of the ran d the r!,ll.`' UiS tilletieUS of society .heirs, 1)4411" " adopting shakiesnnobwy etxhiestpilaoglic;ya....nr.ord Raja sFu sties. on the death of Aspa Sahib, the late I t'at ezi 4 tthra. The truth is that our land , revenue I :tsvi es s Ihdia are, to use a Yankeeism, gradually im- "Stt st 'i t , , ute native aristocracy off the face of the earth; e ished“,,, e Prospsct of their families being thus extin is"tat the tlahratta proprietors are alarmed.. They the sa art4 - e tt 'k the Imperial Legislature, in renewing , but, s "et, to give them protection. itil es "or th „ preservation of the gentr of India ? use- Pci a n - „"'„ Laeir part is necessary. This the Association - ', l ,or °-- f teels, and therefore their second requirement 4 dive 4111 share in the highest offices of Government. aft, us," the assoc i ate d Sird a rs say, " education; ae what -tvie ci e u national tests you please to Government tions el thento • let us and our children have no obstrue yiL rt 'e in the service - of our country." And no e I talee t Inure reasonable. At present the Go i's4Y ef °f India door little or nothing in the ;"elia eedUeatieg its subjects; and then it denies '' r°l- tesl (2 ; - s sb to any hat subordinate posts, on the t3t4 see . " 4 t they uufit for high office. `thus the qt.lire t nee is, that E eau vency being re cost is Paid fEuropean vh..o! governs or ,. rates; , and that the N o s t t t it esd ght tsg e Lola excessiv n e d w e h m en p _c oy omparod with the natives. to ed ,' sde evs ° , did it educate a Tjean the '''. and em pl o y the gentry of India is to in the in to extinction in their own country. g of 1.14, 4 'euri (1 0 , ty of landed property and the open add 4 vene s o f Government, tha P . oona . h Sir. • sn ee te en _ by „ eu '!A.tes for the %better administration of of _ e . is t Lh: lishiug the and for the development ta on legal forms, and in of Che seso " u J i tulicial staff, the country by the construction el thi ng bUbife eB w of o . requests which there is t dse t ltl g hut a el revolutionary. They refer t •° th , e , -813na—e or the b n India by the aehual drain on u o •'• 4the home,and urge that steps be taken to ter ; 4impoverishment of the country. And such d rain hot difficult. All that is necessary to stop s m ° Ss , " r ain is to increase the exports of native produc 41i 4 t teki that could ea•ely be done by a wise and gene ;hies u 'rernment lightening the heavy burdens on land ndi a t levs increase the cost of cultivation, and so place ts cgtri nsn tl t a serious disadvantage in tho sugar and coffee `"tt eh - ' , and prevent the growth and export of raw It eand ' however, to the details of these grievances I . l l3 rtg ‘ h ... e llt4 (important as they are) that the highest ine -14tee,""31 this r emar k a bl e movemen t i s t o be attri (tehah But rather to the spirit and courage of the t ffJ tds eiitlernen who have originated it. For it :„t 4 lt 9 i dence that already there are men in India fit I ;tto s astive share in the government, eager and illi n i to do so, who know their rights, and will not ° "es° them. S uc h Pin a pp ea l to the wisdom of s li , ( , )Sl ihit isat tite to whom the care of Queen Victoria's teZt t e is e a lid subjec ts i s entruste d as an imperial whole, Iro n , Se ,'" a hear welcome and every encourage -11 who know the real value of India to rnzny Paper. O To th THE SLIME V ALTE eattr ld e Zr%t surprise of the City authorities, eom re M o r n . -411, a l'' ' w ho was elected sheriff at the last common most tealltilll v, ho was known to have come forward 41 ar, 1' 43 a candidate for the office, and was i backed ( )al l -s-. by at lone L suotio men at the elect.on, office, h but Ifirl4 . I'Frli ; tl his'irit tiou not to servo he which a k s ed no to t 1 1 • 4 e r h Q tt 4 „ ci c i, Paid th'ee6nool. penalty. . The excuse ._ pipe t° to th 1 ! h as Mad,' to the friends who proposed p, ll : ll ;s i of — th%' l 7 o o l : 4 37 o , is e understand, that the large . bu t h ia a; ahtt,,ntion to require his which he belongs will re . ,in consequence of the delicate time on d thil tl e4 t : ts'a health, which has been for some -ill" ' tO ll . Put •-I: he dirt fellows who prowl aboutin gentle end 4141 ' 1 h ~,, thQir hands in the pockets of st•n_ .I‘'iM, we °—a / he set Do in the hall, in oppositi y on g t e ohl? kid ente r- he 11- 11 ,k• c.,• in the neighbourhood,_ n ,re4sedinto en", 4t. "" - e - Ir la B n - n e ,, - d of in 'advanta thei r 6: -.. Etud n n t ''' n by the press )vip *-e ar oe ,• C -.Ptiapt throw advantage from the t o; th,6 suninone,, . is and that cf the week, ' 11(3 '44°n It • expected that a common hall lOrobabilit,, .• in the course (A V;:l to s pr :,, 'S that Alderme.n Alderman Carter, t the °f of sheria"Vogether with sheriff Wire will be called t tct erl b soi tt " 3 eatrLondon and fe,,e of under-sheriff of forMiddlesexxhave • 411Z4,1111‘driZts. e hau l fe s s t i h n e protessional chargcamakintg tl i ,, to , 11, i_ted, o ne I eved a it is he i r 10 4 ., r _ . _ -'`iL completely disso v (,I great element le e in n . shari . tl .& oftcus measures will ho adopttd to destroy evc y e }later% Grose - ---------------- - 1/TPI-EASTERN RAILWAY. fto tracn • killreceipts for passengers •62geede, week ending Aug. 2.1, • £lB 88 7 11 6 I Jitt o A ' ctegust23, 185 . 1 •::: -- 20,084 10 5 tohd becre • 1852 • ----- 7. . 1. 04 .1, . ase in .. •• t'll esciohunus. August 23. 1852„. wAy.....41 . 0,f 1i c for il 15,.., Alib St ~,,,, , SOUTH-WESTERN it . £1,196 18 I fingers'44 Aug. 21, 1852 :- 0 7 ,036), goo agesd A-, (I„Pareels, horses and carr. £4,099 14 9 , x,il._ -,..rrea„,„,,,. iisßow ~,,oing week in last year 4,923 9 1 , August 21. i) % 114ut ..........,......___....-.. 00. ROAD.- 41444 44 kit ACCIDENT IN TAE WATERL 1 1 , ditahseY considerable excitement was caused among th e e . kts,74tt:rlolatii°ef N f V ol e i Lingtonrace, Waterloo-road, in cons alarming occurrence :It appears °ll4-.tettOoo.fPavers c l a n b g s,No. 2 161, was proceeding over tf...%cehaf";,,ge towards the South-Western , ,;_llli br oke' the hill from the bridge, the b Railway,i n the 4114,41U' itini:l, which galloped down Mr. Matthews's pre- I liCovh en • 4 d gained the front on the toot h.. ov er _ it drew the cab upon the pavement, and nearly ZEli, ~?everal children who were playing iPtlt 114`.n.11erse continued its fearful cotirsealobnegletuhgeinpgavtee iik:••totlx`ll, it res.ched the front of the premises i t c h b titZtl throng,'', grocer. The affrighted animal tie ! rtit. glass of the . shop frtounu,e e n darted its e c 4 Cian, wb n u b _realE. , The vehicle contained etting out of the Ihi e It ot ' ii !tio, 4' 4 t' , that instant was about an elderly gtene no doubt llls I,` have bee " net been for the shaft breaking, 1 4 14a 1 ,,_ an killed. The horse sheered round, and with . 114 ,4 torri,;g entered the window, and commenced plungleg. e l l tr ir,,,u; .Inanner. Mr. Gregory, the clothier, assistance, 1". the•-•.uitants, hastened to the spot to render wn from hi 40,turiver of the cab by that time had been thro _...i.. 44 Mg his headl 'd The unable to exir f ully the horsal open. ey were and ess several fear r4 A lare lv,lnch continued to kick and plunge k. , N the Pulley dray having . come in front beer w ere 1,, i 4 .: 4 f4 st t.,s used for lowering the butts of out of the b01_1101%,, allodtlaoe apiraal a neck, and it . was drawn d The T c re Was f r i ghtful) n Tur ther extent of misehief occurre • „ Ir. 14, y cut, and the damage done to D of the pre- WrOpert y w 4.1 • w-Iliuderabe. j TLI. SUN, SPORTING NOTES. No, CCXCI. TUE DERBY MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - SIR,—To morrow and Thursday Deiby puts forth its claim to the polite attentions of the sporting fraternity. Tao Trial Stakes, as usual, will open the ball, and in duo order we shall next arrive at the Tradesmen's Plate of 100 soya. in specie, which, added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c., over two miles, will not impro bably tall to the lot of the owner of AARON SMITH or SNARRY, the only other horse having a chance with this couple being Sir Rowland Trenchard, but whose start ing, I understand, is somewhat dubious. Weathergago, although priced its next to nothing on the lists, in my humble opinion has no more chance of winning than the veriest cab hack. The Produce Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, one mile and a halt, will produce quite a busy-B race, as tho initial of all the starters names will be B. It seems we may have as runners Bathgelert, Bess of Hardwick, Brahmin, and Babette. The first and second places, if the Brahmin starts, will be filled by BETHGELERT and him; with Bess third, and Babette, as a matter of course, last. The Maiden Plate and Grand Stand Stakes have not yet closed. On Thursday the principal attraction will be the Chatsworth Stakes ,f 50 sovd., added to a handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft, &c., one mile and a half. Weather gagP, although figuring at 7st, 21b, including his penalty, stands a much better chance for this stake than for the Tradesmen's Plate of the previous day; in fact, for the latter he has no expectations, while for the Chatsworth he will probably finish first or second, or, at the least, third. Sir Charles Napier and Young England are the couple most likely to run home in company with Wea thergage, and thereby fill the three first places to the exclusion of the rest. The Chesterfield Stakes of 50 soya, with a Sweep stakes of 10 sous. each added, over the half-mile, has an entry of eight, which includes the names of Defiance and Pug Orrock. Now, as there are penalties for winning and allowances for being beaten, their weights—which would otherwise be colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b—have resolved into a species of handicap, as follows:—Defi ance, Bst 121 b; Pug Orrock and IVhalebone, Bst 101 b each; Maid of Golborne, Bst 81b; filly by Assault, out of Newton Lass, Valour, and La Juive, Bst 31b each; and colt by Theon, Bst 41b. The weight may probably stop Defiance and Pug Orrock from running; but should the former put in an appearance, weight and all, ho will win. In his absence the colt by Theon, and Assault filly, are those most likely to occupy the first and se cond positions. The Innkeeper's Plate, and the Selling S:akes, have not closed as yet. Little or no betting up to the present time has taken place with respect to those stakes I have commented upon above, but what little has been done is in favour of Weathergage for both the stakes he is entered for, and some trifling investments on Aaron Smith and Snarry for the Tradesmen's Plate.—l em, your's, &c. August 24. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. ST. LEGER. 9 to 4 agst Lord Exeter's Stockwell—take 5 to 2 4 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke 9 to 2 agst Mr. John Scott's Songstress 12 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Caracara 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond'. Harbinger 600 to 400 agst Songstress and Daniel O'Rourke—t Daniel O'Rourke was backed for upwards of 1,5004 at 4 to 1, Songstress for two or three hundreds at 4 to 1 and 9 to 2, and Caracara for about 500/. at 12 to 1, the odds in each case being offered at the close of the betting. We are requested to state that Augur was scratched for this race between five and six o'clock on Tuesday evening last. THE LEAMINGTON STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Farrance's Terpsichore THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow DERBY, 1553. 12 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Orestes—t to 100/. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Cineas—t to nearly 5001. 20 to 1 agst The Reiver winning the Doncaster Champagne Stakes and Derby RADCLIFFE RACES.—MONDAY. Tha Heaton Park Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added; for two yrs olds, sst 10th; three, 7st 71b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners of 50 soya. this year, 31b; twice, or 100 sou., 51b extra; the second saves his stake. One mile. Mr. Chilton's b c Audubon, 2 yrs 1 Mr. R. Walker's Game Tommy, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Johnson's Lady Jersey, 6 yrs 3 Won by two lengths. The Wilton Cup of 100 soya. added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared; the winner to pay 25 soya. towards expenses, and the second to save his stake. Two miles and a dis. (32 Subs., 15 of whom declared.) Mr. Rd. Ward na br e Little Davie, 3 yrs, Est Mr. W. Phillips's Mary Nobbler, aged, Est 61b Mr. T. Dawson na b c Lerry Whent, 3 yrs, Est 91b 3 Mr. H. Walters's Maid of Team Valley, 6 yrs, Bst 41b 4 Two others started. Won by half a length. The Two yrs old Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 30 added; colts, Bst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b; winners once, 31b; twice, 51b extra; the second saves his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. John Osborne's eh f Exact . 1 Mr. Kelly na b a Young Norval 2 Mr. R. Walker's bl c Game Tommy 3 Mr. Wise's br c Broughton 4 Won by two lengths. TAUNTON AND WEST SOMERSET RACES. The Taunton Stakes of 10 soya. each, h fr, and 3 only if declared. About one mile and a half. (11 Subs,, 4 of whom declared.) Mr. G. Drew's Odiham, 4 yrs, Bst 1 Mr. J. Evan na Madame Wharton, 4 yrs, Bst 51b 2 Mr. J. Stevens's Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 3 Only three ran. A good race. DR. JOHNSON'S IDEA OF COOKERY. "Women," once observed the sage, " can spin very well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery. I could write a better book of cookery th an h as over yet been written; it should be a book on philosophical prin ciples." His mode of eating, however, w as exceedingly coarse; and according to Mrs. Piozzi, "his favourite dainties were a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pie, with plums and sugar, and tho out side cut of a salt buttock of beef." Ile has been known to call for the butterboat containing the lobster sane() during the second course, and pour the whole of its con tents over his plum-pudding. SIDNEY SMITH'S RECIPE FOR A WINTER SALAD. Two largo potatoes paused through kitchen sieve Unwonted softness to the saladgive. Of mordent mustard add a single spool ; Distrust the condiment which bites so soon; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault To add a double quantity of salt. Three times tho spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And once with vinegar procured from town. True flavour needs it, and your poet begs The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs. Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl, And, scarce suspected, animate the whole; And, lastly, on the flavoured compound toss A magic teaspoon of anchovy sauce. Then, though green turtle fail, though venison 's tough, And ham and turkey are not boiled enough, Serenely full the Epicure may say— Fate cannot harm me—l have dined to-day! Art of Dining. Murray's Railway Library. FAMILY COLONIZATION GROUP MEETlNG.—Yes terday evening a crowded meeting of the inhabitants of Clapham and its vicinity was held at the parochial school rooms, for the purpose of hearing from Mrs. Chisholm a statement with reference to the prospects of emigrants of the labouring class in the Australian colonies. The Rev. W. H. W. Bowyer, rector of the parish, presided. Mr. Sidney com menced the proceedings by describing the endeavours made by Mrs. Chisholm and her husband to promote the comfort and welfare of the working classes during their voyage to, and on their arrival in, Australia. He stated that within a few weeks 3,0001. had been forwarded to this coutry nby per - sons who had emigrated to Australia , fo r the purpose of en-. abling their relatives to follow them to the colony. Mrs. Chisholm then described at some length the system of emi gration which she recommended, and with which the public are familiar, and expressed a hope that, as the subject had been taken up by one of the largest shipowners in London, measures would speedily be adopted for affording better ac commodation to married emigrants. In the course of the procgedings it was stated that the rector had that evening re ceived a letter cautioning him not to sanction the proceed ings of Mrs. Chisholm because she professed the Roman Ca tholic faith. Mr..Bowyer, at the close of the proceedings, stated that he thought the manly and proper course was to show the letter to Mrs. Chisholm; that he considered that lady was entitled to the thanks of the meeting for the ser vices she had rendered to Australian emigrants, and at his suggestion, before the meeting separated, three cheers were given for her. DISCOVERY OP VALUABLE MINERALS.—The Shotts Iron Company, who are lessees of the minerals on the es tate of Polkemmet, in the neighbourhood of Bathgate, be longing to Sir William Baillie, have, after searching for upw ards of twelve months , discovered a very valuable seam of Blackband ironstone, and also a seam of the Boghead cannel coal, which has attracted so much attention of late. The ironstone has been found in the northern portion of the estate of Polkemmet, near the village of Armadale, and about two miles west of Bathgate. We understand the field has been tested in all directions by boring, previous to a shaft having been put down, and it has been found to be very extensive. The same seam has been also found in the lands of Barbachlaw adjoining, belonging to Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., late M.P. for Glasgow, and in some other lands in the vicinity belonging to C. H. C. Inglis, Esq., o f Cramond ; both the last-mentioned lands are leased by the Monklands Iron and Stee l Company. The e discoveries cannot fail to be ver y beneficial to Bathgate and its neighbourhood. The services of a large number of work. Men wilt be immediately called into operation, and we be lieve it is understood that a branch from one of the railways near Bathgate will be very soon carried into this valuable field, thus connecting it with the great consuming and nufacturing districts. ACROSTIC ON THE NAPOLEON FAMILY.—The names of the m a l e crowne d h ea d s o f the extinct Napoleo n d y nast y form a re mar k a bl e acrost i c : N-apol m eon . Emperor of d th . e French. I-oseph, King of Spain. li - ieron7 K us, ing K o in i g N o a f p W les. e,sphalia. 1-oachi Notes and Q uer L-ouis ' xiest.n - g of H theneig nine and ten o' c l oc k , FALL OP A H o 9E.—on Sunday night betwee n St. George's East, was thrown h i b n o t r h g o r o e d a t o c f C n s a t n e n r n o n a t - i s o t n r e b e t y , the falling in of a house i w hich were out at the tim n e the above street, the tenants of who were the exception of an old man b e dridden, and an infant, v ; n ately uninjured. The property both rescued, and fortu chacery, and condemned Y. as for some years been in by the surveyors. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1862, CREMORNE GARDENS. Yesterday was a veritable gala day at this delight ful place of recreation, being signalised by the pro duction of three notable novelties : M. Soullier's Hy podrometie spectacle—M. Poitevin's equestrian bal loon ascent—and M. Milano's brilliant ballet, Le Barbier de Cadiz. The hipproclretne, which has a circumference of nine hundred feet, was the scene of a variety of the most striking equestrian feats. Mdlle. Clementine and M. De Bach displayed their admir able talents, and we had, moreover, chariot race monkey races ; a " Derby" contested by one male and four female competitors; Devani's ineffable perform ances ; the Italian Brothers' feats on the trapeze at an elevation of 80 feet, and Franz De Bach's rapid and intrepid Globe ascent; the whole being wound up by M. Soullier's equitation with a team of twenty-four in hand, which he drove thrice round the circle within two minutes, in masterly style, amidst immense applause. In the centre of the arena was the balloon "Le Zodiaque" charged with 45,000 cubic feet of gas, and bedizened with "the Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins," &c. At a quarter before seven o'clock, M. Poitevin, mounted on his steed, a pretty dun pony of not quite fourteen hands, rode in, and was received with universal plaudits. Dismounting, lie ascended a table and quaffed a glass of Champagne to "the English nation," a very happy, short speech, being made on his behalf by Mr. Greig. This cour tesy was most cordially acknowledged by the multi tude, and at seven precisely, amid the discharge of cann on, the inspiriting strains of the orchestra, and pealing;shouts of gratulation, bestriding his courser, which was securely slung b ene ath th e ca r, the daring wronaut effected his ascent. li e s p ee dily ass umed a standing position on the saddle, and executed a joyous pas soul thereon; then, clamberi ng u p into the car, his four-footed comrade was relieved from his weight, and could be discerned aloft in a state of perfect repose, as the balloon was gently wafted in a south-westerly direction, till crossing balmy Thames, it descended on Wimbledon-common. All the ground, from Cremorne to Battersea-bridge, was covered with an innumerable mass of spectators, and the welkin rang with shouts as he clove the ether. Poitevin returned to the gardens at half-past nine, end as he rode through the grounds and into the cirque, the welcome awarded him was uproarious. There has been a considerable amount of humbug ventilated of late about the perils of ballooning, and in the present instance it is peculiarly inappropriate, for there is not the remotest atom of danger in M. Poitevin's ascent, as we can testify from a strict exa mination of the fastenings made use of. A better ballet has perhaps never been produced outside the walls of her Majesty's Theatre than Le Barbier de Cadiz, and it does M. Milano infinite credit. Pedro the Barber was most cleverly per sonated by Mr. Seymour, and the old Spanish father by Mr. Johnson. It is a vivid, sparkling affair throughout, and the gay costumes (that of Mdlle. Cushnie, as Paquita, being peculiarly brilliant and becoming), the lively music, pretty scenery, and ex cellent groupings of the corps de ballet enhance the admirable execution of the principal artists. A pas de trois, beautifully danced by the Mdlles. Cushnie and M. Milano, was rapturously encored, and at the fall of the curtain they had to re-appear to receive the vehement applause of the denizens of the salle , which was thronged to overflowing. Were there no other attractions at the gardens, this ballet alone is well worth a visit. At ten o'clock there must have been at least twelve thousand persons enjoying the various amusements of Cremorne, not one of whom, we venture to say, re turned with a shadow of dissatisfaction or ennui. Cremorne is the most delightful al fresco place of en tertainment in Europe, and Mr. Simpson the maestro of managers. QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL. Last night, before the opening of the doors, a con siderable amount of excitement prevailed among the crowds assembled, and on admission being given a rush took place which soon filled all parts of the house. The great attraction consisted in this simple announcement wherewith the entertainments of the evening were introduced—" First appearance of Mr. Henry Bedford." During his permanent engagement at the Queen's Theatre , the bl ended rac y wit and dry humour which characterised Bedford's acting made him an immense favourite with the audience ; and although professional jealousy has been busy at work to depreciate his success in England, it crept forth nevertheless that, whenever an opportunity was afforded him, he fully maintained his fame as a gifted and original actor. His return, therefore, to the scene of his first triumphs, was hailed with unlimited gratification by his many admirers. The comedy selected for his first appearance was Paul Pry, and when he entered with the "I hope-I don't-intrude" observation, the shout of welcome that he received surpassed any similar demonstration that we have recently witnessed. Again and again did he bow his thanks, and again and again were the peals of applause renewed, a reception that evidently very deeply affected him. On several occasions during the progress of the play these demonstrations of wel come were repeated, and really, let him gain what celebrity he may in the Sister Island—and of cele brity he is certain—he must always remember with grateful pleasure the cordiality of his Dublin friends. His acting is as full of racy humour as ever, blend ing the bast elements of the quaintly comic and the broadly farcical ; and the shouts of laughter and ap lause that attended him till the falling of the curtain were as amply deserved as they were unreservedly bestowed. He was well supported by the stock company ; and the comedy altogether was excel lently cast, and creditably maintained. In the interlude of Seeing Bedford be was greeted with renewed cordiality ; and his John Downy was as full of fun as usual. Barrett, Mrs. Goward, an d the remaininder of the performers, supported him effi ciently.—Dublin Evening Packet. NEW _MUSIC. I TURN FROM PLEASURE'S WITCHING TONE. The Music by Gaper Elizabeth Wil liams, HEALTH, TVEALTII, AND LONG LIFE. Also by the same Composer. We find in these songs unquestionable promise of future celebrity, of future musical achievements. There is an evidence of youthful talent in each of the compositions that would disarm criticism, even were the faults visible, but, on the contrary, th ese very pleasing and original songs are calculated to please the most fastidious, to charm the listener with a spell essentially their own, and to win for their fair author the meed of popularity. There is muc h of tenderness and passion in the first-named one, while the last is replete wit h s p irit and force of expression. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUG. 23. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON RWATTA. PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP. All the yachts excepting the Gloriana were started again at ten o'clock this morning. The breeze was light from the northward. They proceeded to the westward, but the wind soon fell off and all was calm, but the minds of all were not serene. Soon after six, r.M., a breeze sprang up from the westward, but at 7.20 there are no tidings of the yachts. Nabof thes min. . 0ff 32 1 s N sec.Ettd o r aw . h m ue . a — dß T aoyf h e A t; hmeinrdrow light, Mosquito ; roundedfrtohme rest the COW 9 NINE, west ; not expected to arrive at Cowes before eleven, P.M. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.—SEARCHING HER MAJESTY'S YACHT FOR SMUGGLED GooDs.—ln consequence of information laid by some party at Antwerp, immediately after the arrival of the royal yachts from her Majesty's marine excursion the Custom-house officers boarded the yacht and com menced a strict search, and during that and the fol lowing day they succeeded in finding 86 lbs. of to bacco, 30 lbs. of cigars, and 36 bottles of eau de Cologne ! Now, the law allows each man one pound of tobacco, and there are 150 men on board the Vi e . toria and Albert ; so that this smuggling was not a very wholesale affair, though it has caused a all vast dell of talk ; and as pe o p le are very partial to that i s wonderful, and tried to make this affair the more so, some of the knowing ones, in their own w inv i t Y hn l eyu se pw iz e e r d e the royal yacht and condemned her, while others dis charged the poor Custom-house officers here f or obeying the orders of their London superiors. Much silo has been made about nothing, for had the men to c t i l l a e i t zd a et they y t ob h a a c d c o n o i t morem ust have on b a been t than justly entitled to, and than is allowed to all yachts men, nerchantmen' &C. COURT CIRCULAR. (S BORN E, MONDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended Divine service yesterday morning at Whippingham parish church. The Rev. F. Prothero performed the service and preached. The Earl and Countess of Derby left St. Leonard's yesterday aft ernoon , f or O s b o rne, Isle of Wight, on a visit to the Queen. Lord Mandeville had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Walpole yesterday, at the Home -office. Mr. Newdegate had also an interview with the Right Hon. Secretary, Dispatches were received from the Governor- General of Canada yesterday, at the Colonial -office. MORE WOMAN F LOGGING.—The Vienna Gazette , o f the 17th instant states :—" The cou rt-martial sitti n g in bl o ws with rods and 14 days' confinem en t in irons, for verbal an d actual injury of the officers of publi c sec urity." Vi enn a has sentenced MariaSwobada c l o thes-maker, to 15 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TE K S ING' CROSS TERMINUS OF THE must proceed and be disposedof, plated. Upon this matterthe re w r ii a c s h a it su w it a , s w n ' o h p ic e, h Hi GREAT NORTHERN, I would be effect e d i n N ove mber. The directors had The directors of the Great Northern Railway e • company of i) a somenowla Land d forbe been realised,. , andwhenassets the of f ber, for the publi c open i ng of this stat i on , w hich is of Mr. Cl ar k e an d hi s trustee was di spose d o f claim the the Company have app o i n t e d M on d ay, t h e 20th S Ptem accounts of the undertaki ng co uld be finally wound now rapidly drawin g near complet i on. King's-cross h as a nort h -western frontage , an d is to the 31st o f J u l y, 1852 , s h owed t h e amount re - The grand entra nce t o t hi s handsome t erm inus at up. The g enera l s t a t ement c f rece i pts an d pa y men t s composed entirely o f b r i c k , faced w i t h stone . The ceived on account o f cap i ta l an d i n t erest as 21 , 364/ area of land w hi c h i t covers is estimate d a t a bout 2s. 41., and the p a y ments as 16,7181. 14s. 10!, leav thirty acres, making, with the land now occupied ing a balance in the banker's hands of 4,6451. 78. 6d by the temporary terminus, warehouses, engine houses, and other necessary buildings, about seventy five or eighty acres. The building is upwards of seventy feet in height, and about 805 feet in length. Its centre compartment contains the pay-office and avenues leading to the departure platform. The pay-office, which has a rich panelled ceiling, is in height about 40 feet, 98 feet long, and 40 feet wide. On the eastern side of the pay -office is erected a hand some stone gallery, supported upon numerous elegant iron brackets, and a light railing of a gothic design, the purpose of which is to connect together the busi ness offices of the company. The board-room, which is 50 feet in length and 30 in width, is also reached by this gallery ; the basement affording accommoda tion for warehousing merchandise, &c. The various waiting-rooms, most comfortably fitted up, adjoin the pay-office, On the eastern side of the pay -office is the depar ture platform, which is covered in by one o f two glass transepts, which, as a l ready stated, a re built after the fashi o n o f th e one at the Great Exhib i t i on. The departure sh e d s , w hi c h are 110 feet in width, are to contain s even li nes o f ra il s, and in order to deaden the sound workmen are n ow engaged in laying down wooden pavement upon a b e d of concrete, and upon this operation being compl e t e d the rails will be fixed. The glass roofs are, we understand, the largest of the kind ever attempted, being 105 feet in span, the lower part on either side being panelled. The ex treme height of the roofs of the arrival and departure sheds, from the level of the rails to the centre of the arches, is about 80 feet, and the arrival shed is sup ported upon 40 pillars of large dimensions. The de parture platform is 25 feet wide and 800 long. The south front of the terminus is surmounted by the handsome clock tower now completed, and pos sesses a frontage of 253 feet, including the width of the grand entrance on the north-western side, which is 58 feet, and a gross frontage abutting on the St. Pancras-road of 311 feet. At the basement of the stupendous arches—the largest ever turned in brick— forming the southern faciade of the arrival and de parture sheds, or terminus, are six openings for six pairs of gates, through which it is intended that the mails and carriages to travel by the line shall enter. The clock tower, which is 112 feet in height, is 22 feet across at the base and 16 across above the level of the roof from which it springs. Workmen are now engaged in fitting it with Dent's clock, which was shown at th e l a t e G rea t E x hibi t i on. It is in tended that at night the clock shall be lighted up by electric lights. The houses in front of the station aro all to come down, the proper notices having been served upon the inhabitants for some time past. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this railway was held at Lichfield yesterday. Captain Dyott, the deputy • chairman of the board of directors, presided. Mr. BUCKTON read a report, of which the following is an extract : " The total expenditure on capital account is 915,6171. to the 31st ult. The low rate of interest prevailing dur ing the past half-year has enabled the board to reduce the annual charge from an average of 4/. 78. 9d. per cent. to 41. 2s. sd. per cent. per annum on the total amount of the company's bonds. Ihe works for the Tipton branch have been advantageously let, and will very shortly be finished, thereby connecting the Stour Valley Railway with your line. The directors congratulate y ou on t h e i r successful opposition to the various schem es b rought into Parliament during the last session prejudicial to this company, and on the promotion of other ?measures bene ficial thereto. The Bill brought in by this company f or a branch to Burton-on-Trent was withdrawn in Parlia ment, under an arrangement with the Midland Railway Company, satisfactory to the lessee, whereby passengers are conveyed to and from your line to theirs by every train of this company, which superseded the ne cess i ty o f that measure, and from which the public have materially benefited. The directors trust that the public, equally with the shareholders, have reason to be satisfied with the management of the lessee. The dividend warrants will be issued on the Ist proximo, being at the same rate as last half . - year, namely, 3s. Bd. per share, or 181.8 s. I Id. per 100 shares, after deducting the income tax." NORTH BRITISH. -Mr. Rowbot ham (formerly in the service of the Lancashire and YorkEhire Railway Company as goods manager) has been appointed manager of the North British Railway.—Aorth British Mail. The North and South-Western junction line will, it is expected, he opened about the 7th of next month. Thus there will be a direct communication from Scotland, Liverpool, and Manchester, to the Waterloo station and Southampton, without a break of guage along the whole distance. CALEDONIAN.-Mr. Ferguson, formerly th e com pany's accountant, has been appointed to th e o ffi ce of treasurer, a selection which will give general satis faction. THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH ESTATES. The relative extent of the demand for the Liberal and the Tory newspapers of the country, is a better clue to the true complexion of the national mind than the poli tical character of " the representation of tho people." Th e c onstituencies form but a fraction (if a large one ) principle and conviction, guide their decision s . forfotmhe comm unity; and a variety of influencem, ap art N ew spapers, despite the jealous restraints insposed upon them by fiscal laws, are read by the unenfranchised as we ll as by the enfranchised; and the market demand for h a Liberal or a Tory j ournal is a s pontaneous act. The su pply of the ono descripti on of newspaper or the other, is an exact measu re of the p ublic mind—an infall ible in dicator of the tastes a nd tendencies of the popular mind. theWe shallable in fallible proof—that th e Parliament of En g lan d is not repre sentative of the peopl e. The number of s tamped sheets twhichbe full y w j o u s g t i i v fi e e d below t h e r , eore, of—a clear aa a w p roen we appeal to issued to the Liberal and Conservative newspaper offices of each county, in the year 1850, is stated on the au thority of the most recent list of a respectable ondon giving the results of the late elections n e ws agent. In g in the several counties, the table follows the Morning Chronicle, in the main, in distributing the Members under the three now -f as hionable heads of " Liberal," "Ministerial." and " Liberal Conservative." counties. I LIBERAL. . --j--V - Counties. -----------1----.IRERAL. TORY. M. L. L. C. . -42,000 11 -----. - - -_________ none 1 1 2 1 Bedfordshire • - 242,700 90,500 4 4 0 Berkshire ... - 66,000 38,500 6 5 0 Bucks ... ............. 139,150 105,100 6 0 1 Cambridge ............ Cheshire - 1 96 5 55 2 , , ,0 5 1 0 000 0 0 8 3 2 5 6 3 0 2 1 Cornwall ...... . ........ Devon ............ ...... Cumberland ............ 419965:205050 305,500104000 84 115 03 104,000 94,900 6 7 1 295,500 41,000 3 7 0 Durham ............... *Essex ... ............... none 70,000 10 0 0 501 150 400,700 4 9 0 D D o e r r s h e y t .. .. .. .. .. .......................... Gloucester ...... • , 203,500 60,000 4 3 0 Hants .................. I 271,000 140,500 6 9 4 Hereford ...... ......... llerts .................... 3 3 ,5 00 36,000 3 2 0 t Huntingdon ......... none none 4 0 0 Kent . • 783,950 158,100 13 4 1 Lancashire ............ 3,476,035 , 82,5 C 0 27,500 3 0 0 801,500 6 19 1 Leicester ............... 92,175 51,500 4 2 0 Lincoln .................. 627,000 112,375 11 1 1 Middlesex ............ 35,515,875 6,062,287 1 13 0 Monmouth ............ Norfolk 118 31 0 27 0 5! 205,600 176,750 7 3 9 89,000 90,000 4 4 0 Northampton 377,200 144,815 4 6 0 sNorthumberland .. • Notts ..... ...-.... 64,400 134,050 5 3 1 Oxford tßutland §Shropshire Somerset Stafford none 89,500 4 12 1 Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwick Westmoreland 44,000 39,350 2 1 0 Wilts 33,000 74,000 8 6 4 Worcester 87,480 85,000 6 6 1 § Yorkshire I 1,097,155 632,5 0 0 8 23 7 ----- - - ---- Total 56,463,455 11,219,887 212 208 45 rysal a b n y d The circulation of Liberal as com p ared with Tor y newspapers, is as five to one. The re p resent ation of the England. But take Middlesex. There the newspaper issues are p L e i o la p er le al i i s sm a . the l nearly six to one. Is there any disparity in the election b o This u t eq u i s a d g i v e i u d e e r d a between result presented To returns? If there be, it is not in favour of Toryism— the constituencies of the metropolitan county returning thirteen Liberal representatives, and but one Tory. The explanation is obvious. The great body of the people of this country are Liberal, and from the higher value of house-property in London, the household-franchise is more generally enjoyed, there, than in the provinces. We aro not enamoured of a system of representation based on mere numbers. We would not have the country mapped out into electoral squares, each returning repre sentatives in proportion to its number of inhabitants. Much to be preferred is the ancient plan of town and county representation—the towns sending their bur gesses to Parliament, and the shires their knights. But all our paltry nomination boroughs should be absorbed in the counties, and some general rule should be laid down, giving every town of a certain population, so long as it possesses that amount of population, one or more representatives. Our towns would then come into, and pass out of, Parliamentary existence, by a natural process of increase and decay.—Gateshead Observer. * The county of " the Conservative ten" has no Liberal newspaper. Probably the Liberal inhabitants derive their surplies from the neighbouring metropolis, lust as, on the other side of Middlesex, the Tories of Surrey are dependent on London for their weekly and daily journals. t lluntingdon—where, it is said, an annual sermon is still preached against witchcraft—is (in common with Rut land) destitute of home-grown newspaper literature, and equally destitute of Liberal representatives. What a para dise of Toryism would England be, if the Press were " put down !" Is there no statesman to take the Huntingdon hint? The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that inasmuch as their line was worked under a contract, the directors were not required, and, indeed, were not able, to communicate to the share holders any very important information more than they could gather from the report. They had, in deed, little to report. Their main business was to keep their capital account as low as possible, and that the shareholders might rest assured would ever be their great object. There was one item in the report which required some explanation, and which he should be happy to afford. Among their receipts would be seen a large item of 89,400/. upon bonds. This had occurred in consequence of the altered value of money. They had, owing to this circumstance, borrowed 50,000/. at 31 per cent., and by that means bad paid off obligations for which they were allowing a larger amount of interest, and had afterwards a ba lance of 20,000/. in the hands of their bankers. — (Hear, hear.) They might rely upon it, however, that they should allow it to remain at their bankers as short a time as possible, as they should be able to deal with it to a greater advantage. The report congratulated the shareholders upon the successful brought into Parliament during opposition which they had gi ven the last session, and which the directors deemed prejudicial to the South Staffordshire Company. In that paragraph they mainly referred to an attempt which had been made by the Great Western Company to introduce to various schemes upon their (the South Staffordshire line) t h e broad gauge between W e d nes b ury and Dudley. In that the Great Western were unsuccessful. Another pat tempt had bee n ma d e to establish a line (as we under stood) from W a l sa ll to Cannock. They (the Sout h Staffordshire) o pp ose d that ro ect as the thought that it was an interference with j the , territoryy assigned to them by Parliam en t. Th ey had not made suc h s line themselves, but if i t was deemed necessary t o make it, the duty w ou ld d evolve upon the S ou th Staffordshire Company. Th e Bill which they intro duced into Parliament for ma ki ng a line to .Burton was abandoned, because a n arrangement was w ade with the Mldland which was satisfactory to the ir lessee. They had, therefore, he (th e chairman) con tended been successful with regard to the schemes brought into Parliament affectin g themselves, and he hoped the shareholders would entertain the bor ne opinion. Something was said a t th e i r last meeting with regard to certain prop ose d arrangemen ts with the Lond on an d N or th-W estern Company- . N o thing much fu r th er h a d t ransp i red upon that su bject but he b e li eve d th e N or th-W estern Compan y wer i e Willing to conclude an agr eement w i t h them. would be recollected that the London and Western p ropose d , at t h e c l ose of their (t h e South Staffordshi re ) l ease, to ta k e to the line and pa y to the sharehold ers of the South Staffordshire at the rate of four-fifth s o f their own dividend. That proposa l was not acced e d to. The only progress which had si nce b een made was, that the London and North-Western now p roposed four-fifths of their dividend, w ith a g uar antee that th e di v id en d t o t h e S o uth Stafford shire s h areholders should never be less than f ou r per such cent., if North arrangements were carried out. — (He not aware that there was anything e London and North-Western Company w e.!f was ling to carry such arrangements into effect. 1-I ,. e e f n ace out. — (Hear, hear.) He believed, as he had said before,thial-t the con of the report which required explanatiov, buti directors elusion he might be allowed to say that the were most anxious to give a straightforward n exposi tion of the whole of the affairs of the e h e m 13 s e u c y t; They had nothing to do but to lay before t W e i m th the a report as they had presented that daY., 4 He receipts of the lessee they hadnothing 0 . °• - . performed his duty with perfect satisfaction to the board of directors. The Chairman concludedby moving the reception and adoption of the report.. upon the in; rovement more on ii Mr. FORSTER, M.P , in seconding the motion, re markedwhich had taken place in the value of the p line. Twelve months ago it the spirited conduct and mans was at 3 per cent. die. ; and now their nearlyshares were at par. He attributed this improvement to arrangements and expressed his belief that in any which might be made with the London and North- Western ge ment of the lessee, ar rangements might be—the intermediate interests of Company —and however desirable. those the lessee would be consulted and protected. He believed that the directors would not take any steps which were not satisfactory to that gentleman. The motion was carried unanimously, and a divi dend shares, the meeting broke up. of 3s. Bd. per share, or 181. 8 5. 11d. per hundred The supplies of the Newcastle Courant are not included. The news-agent classes our contemporary among the " Neutrals." § Cempare the newspaper circulation of Shropshire with the election returns! The one is as six to five, the other is eleven to one. There was a time when Shropshire did not return even one Liberal Member; and the Tories of the county then profanely boasted of their " I waive Apostles." We need not say what name they now apply to the solitary Liberal. The election returns give Yorkshire thirty-eight repre sentatives, one more than her statute gives her. This arises from the triple return for Knaresborough. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Subjoined istl;oTic; to mariners, lately signed by the hydrographic department at Madrid, respecting some new lighthouses established on the north coast of Spain : (Translation.) Hydrographie Department, Madrid, July 17, 1852. LIGHT HOUSES ON THE NORTH COAST OF SPAIN. IST. LIGHT ON THE POINT OF MACHICHACO, PRO VINCE OF BISCAY.—From the 21st of August a new lighthouse will be lighted every night, established on the Point of Cape Machichaco on the north coast of Spain, from the setting to the rising of the sun. This light house is situated 14 miles east of the Point of Fuerte do la Galoa, lat. 43 deg. 28 min. N., and long. 3 deg. 22 min. 50 secs. E. of the Observatory of San Fernando (Cadiz). The apparatus is of the Ist catadioptric order of Fresnol's system, with fixed lights, and flashes at in• tervals of four minutes. This light, which is of the natural colour, is at an elevation of 285 Castillian feet above the level of the Equinoctial high tides, and pro duces a tangent of 18,8 milee. 2ND. LIGHT ON THE POINT OF THE FOERTE DE LA GALEA, PROVINCE Or BISCAY.—This lighthouse established on the coast to she east of the Bay (Concha) of Portugalote, is situated 14 miles west of Cape Machichaco, in lat. 43 deg. 22 min. 26 secs. N., and long. 3 deg. 8 min. 14 sees. E. of the Oservatory of San Fer nando. Its apparatus is of the 4th catadioptrie order; the light fixed, and of the natural colour, at a height of 416 Castillian feet above the sea in the Equinoctial high tides, and is distant 5,200 feet of the same measure from the Punta de la Gales. This light in strictness produces a tangent of 22,66 miles; but it canonly be distinguished at this or even at a less distance under favourable con ditions of the atmosphere. 3RD. LIGHT CAPE PENAS, PROVINCE OF °VIDEO...— It is situated in lat. 43 deg. 42 min. 20 sees. N., and long. 22 rain. 28 secs. E. of the Observatory of San Fer nando. The height of the luminous focus above the level of the sea is 370 Castillian feet, and its apparatus which is of Ist catadioptric order of Fresnel, produces a light with eclipses which follow each other at interval s of 30 seconds, with a tangent in clear weather of 2 0 miles. This light will be first illuminated on the 15th August. HEROIC ACTION.--As the Fife boat reached Dun dee from Newport, at twelve o'clock on Tuesday, a boy about fourteen years of age, who was bathing, had got beyond his depth into an eddy, where he was rapidly sinking. So soon as his danger was perceived, Captain Hariot Maitland Dougall, R.N., of Scotscraig, who had just landed from the steamer, at once leaped from the pier, a height of about fifteen feet, into the water, and, having got hold of the boy, swam with him in his arms to the shore. It was low tide at the time, and from the height of his leap we were sorry to observe that the gallant gentleman appeared to have done himself some injury. INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF SIB, ROBEE,T PEE L AT MONTROSE.—This event, which excited much in terest in the town and neighbourhood, took place on Sa turday afternoon in the presen ce o f a l arg e concourse o f people. The statue was erected by the subscriptionsS f _ . 9 e . inhabitants, and, after a very able address from. j A a y sh ` i ' p Foote, was delivered over in their name to the guardianship of the magistrates and Town Council, who Itandyside the occasion. The statue was executed by fine w ork Ritchie, of Edinburgh, and is considered a Y I Tt r e the house were g of art. It stands in the High-street, 0 P_ of Pantrose. up_4rresent ou once belonging to the famous Marquis To gs' COURT. — SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT 1:1" ' i n on Monday next The Insolvent Debtors' Court will sit ng e a ly notice persons tin for bail cases and motions. By this i tr a .. , b 0 and thereby save custody can provide themselve Thesiltiearing of cases will be some weeks' imprisonment, . • shortly resumed before Mr. Com missioner Wants have been disco- The bodi es o f t w o more 1 Law. which has such a vered in the vicinity of Nottingha m, bad e children, nlinence for the cencealmeut o r murder of new-born PORTB of this The twelfth half-yearly AND RAILWAY. UR -------- Y PIER be held at Bristol on Monday, theo s.h.AahraeheodleedelerrismenswtfeoirrfecßonmeontwPray the f hour appointed , however , general meetin a sufficient number cI PatlY, which it is intended to wind up under the Abandonment of Railways A c t, was ertised to . meeting present to constitute a the 23d . inst: At making of edsiirxecmtoornstwhsasalllaoiwd allowed d p b o y n aban donment of July last, the table , fivAhierhepsotarttefdrothmattlatiiii 8 AC!, 1850, for the pensation in respect of da mage alleged to be sustained by rea son . of the the undertaking, expired on . the 24th of Mr. T hompson , the surviving truste e . of a Mr. Clarke, claiming. 2 ,0001. for the injury sustained by . the trust and that the only claim sent in was one by estate in the event of the purchase not being cow- SPIRIT of the PUILIC JOURNALS, L TIMES.—When Mr. Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, was addressed by Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the North-Western, on the subject of the grand amalgamation, he replied in a tone which showed his perfect appreciation of the real nature of the proposal. Mr. Glyn had plausibly appealed to the "interests of the public," and the " convenience " of travellers, es constituting subjects of veritable consideration in the eyes of his board, but Mr. Russell took a far more correct view of the scheme before him. "It is," said he, speaking for himself and his colleagues at Pad dington, "our deliberate opinion that it would not be deemed consistent w i t h the policy of the present times to commit to the hands of one large company such an undivided control and power over the public traffic of nearly one-half of England, while the growing re quirements of the trade of this country necessitate en extension rather than the limitation of means of accommodation upon existing railways." It is per fectly clear from the tenour of this assumption—an assumption which Mr. Glyn did not attempt to correct—that the amalgamation proposal was to in volve a diminution of the railway accommodation at present experienced. Mr. Russell knew as much; he knew that it was a proposition for in demnifying shareholders at the expense of the public, and he very reasonably entertained a "con viction" that the Legislature would object to the bargain. To all the other points made by the Great Western Board Mr. Glyn offered very elaborate re plies, but the general assumption that the public was to be victimized" for the benefit of the companies he did not pretend to contradict. In so far as the amalgamation scheme would put a stop to territorial rivalry and P ar li amen t ary ex p en diture, it would doubtless improve the prospects of proprietaries with , out prejudice to any class except those loag-robed gentry whom we consign without any k i n d o f reluct ance to Mr. Glyn's discretion. But the views of the chairmen are evidently not limited to these legitimate savings. They plainly purpose to curtail the present extent of accommo dation —talking of " two trains being run where one would serve the public equally well." But who is to be judge of this " equality?" If a town has two stations and two communications with Lond on , an d two train s are started together, one on each li ne , a t eight o'clock sin the morning, it may be very possible that answer all train would purposes, and that one set of g c e arriages would accommodate all the passengers who were desirous of taking that particular trip at that particular ti me . But if one of th ese tra i ns started tatebnefit of the eight, e and th e the other at ten, it i s a b sur d to deny b double convenien ce . N o town can be worse for these two strings to its bow ; but the truth is that the argument is an exact exemplification of the system under which these things have been managed. A certain town has a railway c ommun i cation with the metropolis, and is supposed to provide a remunerative amount of traffic. This traffic catches the eyes of clever speculators, who determine to have a share of it, and Company No. 2 appears before Parliament ac cordingly with convincing proofs that a duplicate line, with duplicate stations, would be of the greatest and most evident service to the town and country in ques tion. In due course the new line is constructed, and Company No. 2 enters upon its functions, but, instead of creating any province of its own, or developing any fresh traffic, it directs its whole undivided ener gies to the object of ousting and superseding Company No. 1. It starts its trains at the same hours, offers the same attractions, and maintains at every point a systematic and unscrupulous opposition to its rival. No doubt, under these conditions, it may be repre sented that " two trains are run where one would serve the public equally well," but these were not the conditions on which a second company was permitted to spring up. The whole case is so plain that nobody can fail to see through it. If one train is as good as two, then one company was as good as two, and half the parties now negotiating for " amalgamation " never ought to have had any existence at all. And this duplicate staff of companies is not simply unne cessary, but is extravagant and ruinous too. Amal gamation implies that one company out of the two has been found superfluous; but the result is that two proprietaries, instead of one, are quartered upon the public. A company with a capital of 30,000,000/. amalgamates with a second whose stock is 20,000,000/. ; they propose to serve the public " equally well " by abolishing one moiety of their joint performances, but the fares will be regulated for returns upon the ag gregate 50,000,000/. of stock. Work is to be single, but wages double. A certain amount of money has been invested in providing the country with railway communication. It is now discovered that this amount is greater by half than it need have been ; that is to say, that one line out of two need never have been constructed; but, though it is intended accordingly to run a single train in the place of two, it is not intended to relieve the public from one half of its contributions. A company may be use less, by its own confession, in providing accommo dation for the community, but it saddles the commu nity, nevertheless, with annual interest upon its capital. The main point of the question is, not the manufacture of an enormous stock, nor the accumu lation of corresponding powers without competition or control. These points are deserving, indeed, of consideration, but they are of inferior importance to that illustrated above. Perhaps it is desirable that two capital stocks, of many millions each, should not be amalgamated, and that "one-half of England" ' should not be handed over to a single monopolist company, but the most objectiona"ble feature is th dead weight thu s c r ea ted. The non-effective ser e vices" of our railway proprietaries will be as burden some as tbose of the army and navy estimates, and much more disagreeable to provide for, since, in the latter case, there has really been value received, where as, in the former, no benefit has ever been forthcoming. h The railway authorities themselves declare thatt ey have been fighting and "competing to no purpose nblic at all except that of common damage. payand for p that inconvenience, and they now ask u s ,. t competition which they themselves forcoeinto being, It is but which they can carry on no longer. anponies" over pre cisely the case of the "great water c again. In the struggle for promisingbee investments would have six proprietaries were started where t sufficed. The first stage of the proceedingr was com petition—a frantic and desperate effort onthe art of each to grasp all. When this had pr . oduc p ed its natural consequences of depression and „ rum they re sorted to a virtual " amalgamation, and relieved themselves of their merited liabilities by a common agreement to visit them equitably on the public. The result is well known. From that time to this we have had bad service and extortionate rates, and though the Legislature has confessed its duty of in terfering for the public protection, we have as yet made little advance towards amendment. Now, the railway companies stand in exactly the same relation to Great Britain that the water companies occupied in regard to London, and we trust the country will see the moral of the story in time. EXPECTED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO BIRMINGHAM. It is with great pleasure we are enabled to an. pounce to our fellow-townsmen that they will in the course of a few days have the honour of a Visit, although only a passing one, from her Most Gr ac i ous Majesty the Queen, her Royal Consort, and their children. The letter of our correspondent from Gloucester, received last night, thus announces this gratifying intelligence : .. Her Majesty has determined to travel by the route from Osborne to Balmoral, on the occ as ion same forthcoming visit to Scotland, as she took intheauotfuhmenr Railway, passing early on of 1849 on her journey from Scotland , Birmingham.Midla n d and Great Her MajestyW estenwßillail namely, by the passing through Monday morning next, August 30,. and having landed a t n Gosport, will proceed thence iihe by the South-Wester n car riages, and proceed by Railway to Basingstoke. theth l ie re s a h t e W wi e ll ste c r b n an ßi g rom e n;:pogo. Gloucester, and thence by that night, proceeding yo'nwhe eidhlandli ham, and so on to Derb M ajes ty n line to wi114 100 2 Gloucester, where the break of gusge occurs, the Queen - n e o r rthw e a r rds next day. ..e' s will again change carriages • and on Saturday ; 0 1 : It', ing of the Gloucester Town 'Council was hel d / . recap purpose of making arrangements for the Po s P i e ,„a an tion of her Majesty by the authorities• eireiequence of tiful addresses will be presented, but !a lloy ,' party at the inconvenience experienced by !J i l l, k e pt clear on Gloucester in 1849, the platform wm; v w o nly remain a her Majesty's arrival. Her M a jesty 0o. ” few minutes at the Gloucester " of the Midland Corn- In addition to the the necessary ar- Sanders, the general ruausglaaking erwat: understand that Mr. parry, is now at Gloucestercption of her Majesty, and we rangements for the te u t;rities of this town will be ere have no doubt hot at present, in possession of such long, above, if they s re il l en able them to make suitable pre information as I : r eception of the royal party, and paratlons for t he afford to the inha bita nts an opportunity of testifying an d attachment to their Sovereign. It their 10 9 9-D '" recollection of our readers that in the 'n the will be 19 her Majesty paid a similar visit to this Year 184 she was received at the station in Dud tc'wv' when b s h destoo-row yS . T crnton, Esq., the Mayor, and the me mbers of the corporation. The weather was m os t unpropitious, and the short conversation with whi c h t h e Mayor was honoured by his Royal Highness Prince Albert was carried on under torrents of rain. The state carriage remained only a few minutes at the station after its arrival, and comparatively few of the thousands who had assembled along the line had the pleasure of seeing her Majesty. We hop e, h ow. ever, for a more favourable result on Monday next, and shall be happy to have it in our power to record a gratifying visit and most enthusiastic reception.— Birmingham Ga:ette. Captain John Edward Walcott (182 4 ) M.P. for Christchurch, one of the most distinguished, but neglected, senior officers of the navy, has received at the hands of the Duke of Northumberland the gold-service pension of Oa per annum. • THE KAFIR WAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. a year ago you did me the honour of publishing a letter of mine, signed (I think) R. M. G., containing two suggestions for the purpose of termi nating the Kafir war; viz., Ist, the employment of Sepoys, and, 2d, of bloodhounds. The Naval and Military Gazette afterwards puhlished a similar letter of mine, and I see in the present number of that jour nal, a leading article recommending the sending of British troops from India. Allow me to recur to these suggestions. It is evi dent, as I then endeavoured to show, that the real cause of the prolongation of the war is, above all things, the deficiency of regular troops, the levies at the Cape being not to be depended on, as has been well shown. If the objects of the Kafirs were those en tertained in regular war, the thing would be different; but their objects are those of brigands, and they are, therefore, more difficult to be dealt with. When our troops make a forward movement, a point, as it is technically called, our generals are unable to leave a sufficient cordon in their rear to protect our frontiers, and the Kafirs retaliate any mischief we may do them by ravaging our own territory. Lord Cathcart now complains of the paucity of troops. Now, as we can not send a sufficient force from England, an d as i t might be dangerous to adopt the suggestion of the Naval and Military Gazette, and draw European troops from India, especially at present, I again ask, why not send the Sepoys ? During the last war they were sent to Egypt and Java, and they helped to take the Mauritius from the French. Lately they have been sent to China, Arabia, and l3urmab. Many of the irregular cavalry corps would appear to be well adapted for the service; and as the Indian army is most easily recruited, deficiency of means cannot be pleaded. The very appearance of unknown races of blacks serving under our banners, would serve to daunt the enemy by giving them some idea of our resources. No fear of desertion need be entertained, as the differences of race, habits, and language would be effectual barriers, which is more than can be said of the Hottentot levies. With regard to the employment of bloodhounds, the efficacy of this measure was proved formerly against the Maroons in Jamaica, a very analogous case. It may be objected that such a measure is inhuman. I answer, not against such an enemy, who have besides employed their dogs against us. The dogs would not is use o a f c hors es in war, this, againstbe used to tear them , but ra ther to find them out in as I d o their lairs; and if we make not see, cceteris paribus, any abstract objection t o th e use of dogs, especially a such an enemy who roast alive and crucify our men. Real humanity consists in terminating the war as soon a s possible. I may make another suggestion in your columns respecting the future disposal of the Rafirs when conquered ; but as we must kill our hare before we think of cooking it, I conclude with expressing a wish that I may be pardoned, although a civilian, for writing on such a subject, and a somewhat confident belief, that had my hints keen acted on a year ago, the Kafir war would have now been at an end. Your obedient servant, COMMON SENSE. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 21. A NEW PLANET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—At 1113. 30m. mea n timelas t night I dis covered another planet, the I have detected during the past fi ve years---a sufficient proof th a t th e must e be far more d It is in the members of the pl ane t ary system , and will b e readi l y numerous than was formerly supposed . constellation Aquarius a telescope of very ordinary power. I n bliygsehen with brightness it ' equals a star of the ninth magnitude, and appears have the same yellowish tinge that has noticedbeen to about Pallas, Melpomen e, and others of the same group of planets. At 11 h. 35 m. 385. , Greenwich mean time (August 22), its right ascension was 0.9 h. 22m. 29.75., and its north polar distance 97 deg. 32 min. 14 sec.; the diurnal motion in right ascen sion is 535. towards the west, and, in N. P. D. about 5 min. towards the south.—l am, Sir, &c. J. R. Him). Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, Aug. 23. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday morning an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, at the Lambeth Workhouse, on the body of Mary Charrett, aged 38, who died under the following singular circumstances : —The deceased and her husband, Goorge Charrett, were in the service of Mr. Dymock, the banker, at his residence near Forest-hill, Sy denham, but in con sequence of her intemperate habits her husband was at last obliged to give notice and quit his situation. They left on Saturday, the 7th of August, at eight in the evening, intending to walk to London across Peckham-rye. By the time they reached this spot the woman became so intoxicated that she lay down upon the grass, and, notwithstanding the remon strances of her husband, she remained in that condi- tion all night. Early on the following morning a policeman came to the spot, and advised the husband to take a cab and remove her to some coffee-house. He adopted this suggestion, and after endeavouring ineffectually to obtain admission at different places they drove to the police-station, and thence to An sell's coffee-house, Lower-marsh, Lambeth. Here the woman went to bed, and the husband went out for a walk. After dinner he went out again, but was not seen to return. In the evening Mr. Ansel! heard a heavy fall in the wom an's room, and, on going upstairs, he knocked, and the woman replied that she wanted some water. On being asked for her husband, she said that she did not know where he was, and that she could not find the door in the dark. An entrance was effected into the room, and the woman was found lying on the floor much bruised about the bead. She was lifted into bed, and the husband was discovered hanging in a closet in the room and quite dead. An inquest was held on the body, and an open verdict returned. The woman was removed to Lambeth workhouse, where she remained very ill. It was assumed that the hus band, exasperated at his wife's conduct, had beaten her dreadfully in an attempt to kill her, and then hanged himself. The woman, however, in her lucid intervals said that she received the injuries by falling about. She died from the effects of them on Friday last. The house surgeon, who examined the body, found that the cause of death was rupture of a vessel in the dura mater and inflammation of the brain, the result of external violence, but how inflicted he could not say. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence--viz., th a t th e woman di e d from injurieso, injuriesprod produced by Was yvio n violence, but how she came by those remarkable th a t at t h e first in p q r u o i t r 'f y . no medical is med " ic u : e l w evi dence was called as to the nature of the injuries in flicted fiicted on th e woman, as, had it appeared c har hus were most likely to have been inflicted by from band, his st ate o f mind might have b ee n inferred that and his subsequent self-destruction. LEAP OP A PRISONER FRold A 'WAY TRAIN. — OF Shieldsrtoou into On Friday Sergeant Richardson, of So n u ame of John Brown, custody, for robbery, a person of the hs . eing liberated from alias Quick, a native of Shields, on for i t D welve months Morpeth gaol, where he had been isonor to Newcastle, which impri soned. The officer conveyed his clock train, travelling in a town they left by the eleven.:)._the prisoner handcuffed. third class open chins ' d d Shields station the prisoner, Between Brockley Vail's leaped out of the carriage and fell , tunity, leap . watching his a ppor RAIL . , was going to follow him, but was b his f e llow-pass4ngers. The train at prudently preventeddi yg „ a at a rattling pace, and the prisoner the time was pr et and walk with a limp along the line. was observed to e sackened its pace at the High station, As soon es the trainin on the rails. The officer reuretturning pursuit . An alum was given, and a n umber o were instantly dispatched in search of the 71theodughthe officer was not more than ten to the spot where the escape took place, Du, n active' search was made, no tidings whatever could an" 4 ..;,, aof the lost prisoner, who remains at large, and be 013 , 4 - • vigilance of the police. The the fugitives jtl o r ffi e c ;i e rfi r betlicere U t it he is L re E c T o- The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Henley), who has been suffering from indifferent health, has arrived in town from Germany, considerably better. 1 i ti N L E N o x . r — i.. T o EXPLOSION r i f e t r -r s BURNLEY.—B URN v ery of four of the persons most seriously injured b S A T T U IEB RDA B Y OIL EV E terrible disaster have, we regret to state, been fearfully this rea lized, death having terminated their sufferings,y Whitaker, 17, mechanic, died at ten minutes George last night; William Winterbottom, 29, warper, after eleven before one this morning; Joseph Townson, 51, at a quarter quarter before five this morning; and John' warper, at a weaver, at a quarter before six. The Thornton, 39, persons injured are as follow :—Rich d names of the other Robert Heys, weaver; George Whitaker,:—Richard Jackson, weaver; Jackson, weaver; Samuel Bracewell, warper; Robert smith; Peter Robin son, overlooker ; and William overl eker Several of these persons are so severely Watson, ° • scalded as to remain in the greatest agony, and are by no means more can be said as to the of danger. Little out . than causes of this sad accident ~ e was stated yesterday. An ' Court-house inquiry will be opened at W e on Monday, when doubtless a full inwstigation will take place, pending which we must defer any remarks we may make on the subject. THE MOORS.—The weather has been very unpro pituous for the nverness grouse shooters this season. In I the shire the ground has been in a very bad state; but birds are plentiful and strong. Most of die shootinghs uar,etiot:re - pied, and a good deal of game has been b a gg ed, turns are not at a ll tilual to th o se of last seas on. In Aber deen and Banff s hi res the sport has be en better, and the Dee • side heather promises to be in a goo d condition and w e ll supplied. In the western districts the game is remarkably been g oo d. plentiful, and the shootings thus far have TILE FRENCH GOVkaNNTiT A ND a THE Fismi gt . MEN.—SIIIELLS, AUG. 23. Le_Corse, large and handsome • to the French Government, is at pre war-steamer belonging She has two tenders • cruising off the sent in our harbour. bat a number of French beats are engaged coast. It appears t ' in the herring fishery, a nd that they a re catch. paid a premium by the Government upon what theyAs they fish out sidethe me n very frequently act 'in concert with our boats, our men,purchase an d _ fish of them instead cf engaging t h emse lves in fishing. .ence the wat c h se t u pon them. Th e re has been a considerable ll take of h err i ngs eff this coast during t h e last fewdays, and, not w i t h stan di ng great quanti ties are se nt by railway into the int er i or o f the county, they have b ee n selling as low as 7 s. 6d . per t h ousa nd: Some of the Penzance boats have been very successful. LONDON, AUG. &.—The Endeavour, Lynn to South ampton, was run down off Dungeness 21st inst. I