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Scholars' Certificates—Webb, Franks, and NVilkinson, Warneford Gold Medals—Webb and Waller. THEOLOGICAL PRIZE. Books (5 guineas)—Yerry. THE VICE PRINCIPAL ' S PRIZE. 'rho Vice•Principal'H rriz , -, (books 5 guineas)—Bond GENERAL LITERATURE. The Piercy Priza (books 5 guineas), Proficiency in German—Bond. The Webster Prizi (books 5 guineas), Proficiency in French—Bond. PROFESSOR'S PRIZES. Anatomy—Med a l, Wilki nson. Surgery--Medal, Jamei ;certificate, Franks and Salter. Medicine—Medal, Webb ; certificate, Franks and Wilkinson. Chemistry—Medal, Harris; certificate, Lambert. Materia Medica—Medal, Jacob ; certificate, Fowke. Botany—Medal, Jauncey; certificate, Fowke. Midwifery—Medal, Franks; certificate, Fowke. Forensic Medicine—Medal, Harris. Demonstrations —Medal, Fowke. CLINICAL PRIZES. Books (5 guineas), Medicine—Franks. Books (10 guineas), Medicine—Banks. Books (5 guineas), Medicine—Wilkinson. Books (5 guineas), Surgery—Jauncey. TUTORS' PRIZES. Classical Prize Books—Bright. Mathematical Prize Books, First Class—Smith. Mathematical Prize Books, Second Class—Bright and Coathupe. Medical Tutor's Prize, Chemistry—Coathupe. Anatomy and Botany—Bond. French Master's Prize—Moore. 6eraian Master's Prize—Bright. Drawing Master's Priza—Bond. MEDICAL STUDENTS' DEBATING SOCIETY. Books (5 guineas), Prize Paper—Franks. GOVERNORS' GOLD MEDALS. The Governors' Gold Medals for regularity and good conduct for a period of three years—Perry and Franks. The suspension of Messrs. Walter Logan and Co., South American merchants, was announced yesterday under painful circumstances, arising from the disappearance of a partner, who had recently been admitted to their house at Lima. The liabilities of the firm are supposed to amount to about 60,0001. or 70,000/., of which, however, a considerable portion is understood to be covered. STROUD'S VALE DAHLIA SOCIETY.—The last dahlia show of this amateur society was held yesterday (Monday), at Mr. Samuel Barnes's, the Junction Arms, Stroud's Vale, and was well attended, There was a choice display of green house flowers and plants in pots, and the show of cat flowers and floricultural devices was excellent. Several prizes were awarded for the best collection of dahlias in boxes of sixes, which were given in the following order : —Norris, Hockham, Hollyday, White, Wightwick, and Heather. The fuschias shown were in good condition, and attracted a great deal of notice. DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT COINS.—Some workmen employed in making a culvert for the river Sherbourne, at Coventry, dug up last week from the bed of the river a large number of ancient coins and other relics. The most valuable 'were two gold coins—a rose noble and a half noble of the reign of Edward the Third. There were also many small silver coins of about the same period ; with a number of eccle siastical pieces, bearing on one side a floreated cross, and on the other a figure of the Virgin, with the words " Ave Maria Gratia r but the major portion of the discovery consists of foreign brass tokens of various sizes, lettered round the margin " Hans Shules, Nuremberg." The Windsor Express says the crop of potatoes in that neighbourhood is nearly all housed, and the general opinion is that it will be greatly below the average. Even where the disease has not affected the tubers, their size is unusually small, and in very many instances the crop has not been found worth digging up. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The annual examination of candidates for the degree of bachelor of arta in this univer aity is appointed to commence on Monday, Oct. 25. The candidates are to be examined in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and philosophy, the examiners being Mr. T. B. Burcham, ISLA.' late Fellow of Trinity C o ll ege , C am b r id ge, and the Rev. H. Alford and the Rev. Dr. Jerrard, D.C.L. GREAT BOAT RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF TO E THAMES.—The great boat race for the championship of the Thames and 4001., is appointed to take place on next Thursday week, and creates the most lively interest in sport ing circles. The candidates for fame are Thomas Cole, of Chelsea, and It. Coombes, of Mortlake, the latter of whom held the proud position of champion of the Thames and Tyne, until this season, when he was defeated by Cole, but the match was so closely contested throughout that the friends of Coombes, anxious to give him an opportunity of retrieving his lost laurels, made the present engagement for him. The whole of the stake of 4001. was made good last night at Mr. Hadland's, Poppin's-court, Fleet-street, and preliminaries arranged. The race is from Putney to Mort lake, and the Messrs. Searle have chartered a steamer for the conveyance of the elite of the Thames. Mr. Saville Morton, whose untimely and painful death we yesterday recorded, was a gentleman of good family ; a graduate of Cambridge, and a talented and zealous man of letters. He was attached to the staff of the Daily News from the day of its commencement,—his first duty being that of correspondent at Constantinople, from which Place he travelled in succession to Athens, Madrid, Vienna, Berlin, and Paris. In these different cities he passed the last six years of his life, and the readers of this journal are in debted to his fluent pen for many a pleasant description of :scenes and events of interest, and for many a valuable dis quisition on passing political events. He was an ardent liberal, and wrote boldly and constantly in support of politi cal progress; he had a keen appreciation of that which was generous and true ; fine literary taste, and a lofty idea of his profession as a journalist. During the revolutionary period of 1845, as after the coup d'ktat of Dec. 2, he never allowed any c onsideration of personal risk to interfere with the performance of what he considered to be his duty towards the journal to which he was attached ; and when a few months ago the Minister of Police in Paris threatened and attempted to silence the representatives of the English press in that city, Mr. Morton was honourably conspicuous for the calm and dignified—the firm and proper tone he assumed in his com munication with Louis Napoleon's agent, and subsequently With the British Ambassador, Lord Cowley. As a corres pondent he was indefatigable in the performance of his duties—and his most untimely death is at once a grief and a loss to those with whom he was honourably associated. He was fortunate enough to number amongst his friends Many distinguished men —most s .of whom will forget any faults he might. have had in the recollection of his warm heartedness, his talent, and his melancholy and painful end, - -Daily News. ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCHES. —An English gentle man of fortune, of the name of Lassell, has lately arrived in Malta, with a telescope of considerable magnitude, for the purpose of making astronomical observations. Mr. Lassell has obtained permission from H.M. Ordnance Department to erect a temporary observatory on the Cavalier St. John, which is in course of construction, and will soon be in a fit state for operation. The telescope measures twenty feet in length and two in diameter. THE CLEOPATRA STEAMER.—The following is an extract from a letter dated Madeira, Sept. 13 :—" From first to last the ship is well manned by most agreeable people, and one of the owners is on board. We anticipate a delightful day in Madeira. The captain read morning service yester day, in the aft saloon, to a numerous congregation. On Saturday night there was an alarm of fire, some of the wood work round the base of the funnel having caught, or rather it was found to be smouldering; a few buckets of water, I am told, quite extinguished it, and the captain had the whole of this woodwork torn down and thrown overboard. You will probably see some account of this in the papers, perhaps ious an exag what was passing, and on l y heard of it in the LEGAL FICTIONS.—On the 24th inst. the Common Law Procedure Act will come into force, when a good- many legal fictions will be abolished. In proceedin gs in ejectment, es already stated, John Doe and Richard Roe will d epart, and with them a great number of technicalities . There w ill b e no "casual eje c t or ," a n d the pleadings willh simplified so that th e y may b e un d erstoo d. Instead of delivering a and turnedtuaen de claration a n d no ti ce , a wr it is to be issuedanntl servede on the days f persons in possessi on , a n d under a penalty ty_ Out of possession th e y mu st appear within 16 their defence. In default of an appearance the plaintiff may at once sign judgment and obtain possession of theprop i e s r , t t y o . Under the new law the jury is to find specifically — that ld. Another Which part of the property- the plaintiff is entit e alteration is that actions of ejectment are not to abate by the death of a cl a i mant or defendant. There are 54 clauses in the Common Law Procedure Act with respect to proceed ings in ejectment. Proposals were issued yesterday for a Four per Cent. Swedish Mortgage Loan of 450,0001., at 93. It is to be raised for provincial improvements, and is secured„under the authority of the Swedish Diet and a Roy al charter, by the estates of the district in which the outlay is made, such estates being valued for the purpose at two-thirds the amount of :their rating for public taxation. The Swedish Government have no doubt whatever, and the present loan is analagous to a county loan in this country. Stock of a similar description has from time to time been negotiated in Hamburgh, where it is popular, and a year ago it was proposed to raise 300,0001. inLondon at t h e same price as that now fixed. The bonds that case, however, were rendered i n t e lli g ibl e b y b e i ng i n marks b unco instead' of in sterling, the coupons also being Payable at Hamburgh ; so that it is presumed a very small portion, if a - euY, abed s in here, amid that they were subse quently subscribed in Germany as usual. In the present instance the dividends will be payable at Messrs. P MackilloP, and Co.'s Th e extinction of the bonds is talmer,o take place at par by drawings to the extent of 1 per cent, per an num. A payment of 13 per cent. is to be made on the is suing of the scrip, and the last instalment will be on the Ist of September, 1835. Tne annual dinner of the typos of Newington and Lambeth took place last evening, at the Printers' Arms, Lower Kernsingtore lane, Lsmbetb, th cr ng eccuped by Mr. Gad s by, and nearly the whole e of hai the bei " Knights i of the stick a nd ru l e " in the two parishes being present. After partaking of most of the good things in season, served upon Mr, Roberts' usual style, the comp any were greatly enlivened oy the vocal abilities of Messrs. Debbin, James, Norchife, glee not forgetting th e or i g i nality of the inimitable John Arden. TH E LATE EXELOSION IN PlNSB UltY — Another of the poor telows who was burnt during the explosion which occurred on the premises of Mr, Holyhead, in Finsbury, Ltitidy n o tie.ad in this j our n a l of yesterday, expi re d from the of he ioitiries there received. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM. The annual meeting of this institution was held in the Town hall, Birmingham, yesterday afternoon. Alderman Lucy, in the absence of Lord Lyttelton, the principal, presided. After the report had been read, and which was of a highly satisfactory nature, the Archdeacon of Coventry delivered a long, elo• Tient, and interesting address. The following prizes, &c., were then distributed:— DIPLoMAS AND CERTIFICATES. Diploma of Roden, M.D., Kid derminster; 'l'. H. Barker, M.D., Bedford; Alfred Freer, M.R.C.S., Stourbridge. Diploma of B.A. Degree, London University—Henry Stone Lambert. Second Certificate of Honours in Chemistry, London University —H. S. Lambert. Certificate, First Examination for London Uni versity—J. A. Vincent. First Class Certificate, Matriculation, London Quiver city—John C. M. Bright, and C. C. W. Henchley. Second Class Certificate, Matriculation, London Uni versity—G. Henry Green, and Henry Coatbupe. WARNEFORD SCHOLARS AND MEDALLISTS. THE SUN, HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Adelphi company, which vacated this theatre on Saturday, has been immediately succeeded by its more legitimate occupants, under the management of Mr. Webster, who announces the present E s his fare well season at the Haymarket. Last night was the first of the season, and the principal piece selected for the occasi9n was Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's well known and favourite comedy Money, in which Mr. Barry Sullivan sustained with great propriety, tact, and feeling the character of Evelyn. The cast in other respects also was excellent, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Leigh Murray appearing in the parts of Mr. Ben. Stoat, M.P., Graves, and Sir Frederick Blount respectively, while Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. Stirling represented Lady Franklin, Geogiana Vesey, and Clara Douglas. We must not forget to notice also the effective manner in which Mr. Lambert played Sir John Vesey and the pathos and dignity which Mrs. Stirling infused into the character of Clara Douglas. At the close of the piece, the mem bers of the company whom we have named were called to the front of the curtain to receive the hearty plaudits of the house ; Mr. Webster especially, who had also been warmly greeted on his first entrance at an earlier period of the evening, and Mr, Barry Sul livan, receiving a more marked expression of ap plause. The National Anthem was then played by the orchestra. The forty-second representation of Keeley Worried by Buelestone followed, and the even ing closed with Maddison Morton's farce of Yuur Life's in Danger. The house was full. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night was the opening of the season. The event of the evening was the re-appearance of Ala- dame Celeste after her visit to America. The enthu siastic reception given to the lady, to whom divers bouquets were flung, showed how well her indefati gable zeal as a manageress, and her energetic and piquant acting, are appreciated by the patrons of the Adelphi. The drama was the immortal Green Bushes, and these ever-greens seemed as welcome to the house as on the night, we are afraid to think how many years ago, when Mr. Buckstone launched this mar vellous piece. Madame Celeste looked remark ably well, and her performance of Miami was as vigorous and intelligent 83 ever. The curtain had barely fallen when tumultuous cries were raised for Madame Celeste. The call was obeyed, and then the intensity of Miss Woolgar was remembered, and that admirable artist was called ; and then Mr. Honey, who had been giving an excellent transcript of Wright's quaintnesses, was remembered, and he, too, was called; and the house, in its extreme good humour, proceeded with a sort of roll call from the play-bill, when the orchestra struck up the National Anthem, and stopped the demonstration. Mrs. Keeley's Jack Sheppard was the second attraction of the evening. The house was well attended. There have been some alterations in the company here. Mr. Wright goes to, and Mr. Wigan comes from, the Princess's, as does Mr. Flexmore. Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Mary Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Mille. Auriol (Mrs. Flexmore) are new engagements. SURRE Y THEATRE. This theatre opened last evening for the dramatic season. The house is re-decorated in a style highly creditable to the liberality of the managers, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. The ornamentation is of a very tasteful character, and renders the appearance of the interior light and brilliant. The entertainments commenced with a new Pastoral Drama in four parts, entitled The Seasons, the action of the several parts being supposed to occur at short intervals, so as to embrace a period of forty years. The plot of The Seasons is as follows :—Redland Brightheart, at the age of 24, falls in love with Amanda Leigh, and in continently marries her, to the great annoyance of his father, who disinherits him accordingly, and to the great mortification of Leeward Loftus, Esq., one of the black sheep of the fable. This is the main feature of the first part, which takes place in Spring. In the next season Redland Brightheart and his cara sposa re-appear on the scene : they are some ten years older, but they are also richer than when they left Hertford, the lo cality of the drama. In the meanwhile Leeward Loftus has grown poorer, through the act of his agent—another of the black sheep of the fable— who panders to his extravagance, and thrusts him over head and ears into that " slough of despond"—debt. Brightheart has come to take possession of his father's property, which had been won at dice—unfairly won —by Loftus ; and it is, of course, "wormwood and gall" to that roue to find that the mortgagor under the rose is his rival and his enemy. The " season" closes with the ejectment of this "village tyrant," amidst the acclamations of the assembled villagers, who, by-the-by, celebrate the event with a feed. Redland Brightheart and Amanda, his wife, have a large family, and in the third part, or season, they are introduced full-grown "sons and daughters of beauty." But the eldest son has been led into gambling transactions with Loftus, in London, and eke with the brother-in-law of that needy scoundrel, "a leg," named Rooke, and the result is that he has given bills to the tune of 8,0001. These bills at once pass into the hands of Ephraim Iron, the agent in question, whose tools both scamps now are ; and he makes use of them, to seek the daughter of Brightheart, the sister of his victim, a beautitul young girl, in marriage. Foiled and re pulsed in his aim, he lets out the nature of the trans action ; whereupon Brightheart, in the plenitude of his virtuous rage, banishes his son at once from his presence. The fourth " part," or season , i s " pre sented" in winter, as the latter was prefigured in autumn. All the original parties are now aged, some of them indeed are in their grand climacteric. Iron, the agent, however, is the stoutest of the lot ; and little to be surprised at either, for he has become a landed proprietor, of great wealth, and is no longer the servant of any one—except the devil. Brightheart, who sorrows for his lost son—as Rachel sorrowed for her children—and will not be comforted, remains in statu quo, a magis trate and a rural magnate. But Loftus and Rooke have become paupers and tramps they were always vagabonds, and being rejected even by the thimble rig brotherhood, as too base, they had come down to Hertford to " try it on" with Iron. The ex-agent, however, harshly refuses th em relief —even a crust of bread or a penny; nay, more, he actually shoots his former master, Loftus, when the wretch, urged by hunger and despair, followed on his track. At this moment Redland Brightheart, jun., returns after an absence of fifteen years, and hearing the shot, seeks but in vain for the cause, and in so doing drops his pocket-book, containing " pearls of price" and much other valuable property. On discovering his loss he " tries back" and picks up the pocket-book of Iron. This he pre sents to his parents, but upon their discovering it to belong to that person it is sent back. And now, em boldened by success, Iron determines to annihilate his enemy—the virtuous Brightheart, sen., and at once charges Redland, jun., with having robbed him and attempted his life, calling upon the father of the pro digal son to commit him to prison. This the Hert fordshire Brutus in question is about to do, when Rooke, in semblance of a scare-crow, enters the justice-room and proclaims Iron the murderer of Leeward Loftus, erewhile esquire. The tables are, therefore, turned with a vengeance. The happy parent commits his enemy—of all things in the world—for perjury ; the happy mother embraces her son; the happy son kisses both father and mother; and the happy villagers " swell the note of praise" with a spontaneous shout of enjoyment. The piece is enlivened by the peculiarities of Joe Griffin (Mr. Widdicombe), a farm servant, who mar ries and brings up his son as a regular " griffin." The latter, after showing fight to his father, goes for a soldi er , an d returns after several years of service with a wooden leg, a wife, and five children. The acting was very good, especially on the part of Mr. Creswick, as Redland Brightheart, and Mr. T. Mead, who is an excellent performer in his line, as Martin Iron.b There were several debits on the Surrey oy ' a r l h N es e e w w c e a r s e tle Mi s.; n oards, and none of them discreditable to the ant.ma hgeMe It C ss lar i a 3o % ,4 V ,r y i n ti n g e , , from frnm the the Theatre Royal Edinburgh; and Messrs. W. Robertson,; who j played pleasingly • Elmore, A. Youngs, and Harwood Cooper. The piece iece m w or a e s ; re markably well put upon the stage, with p effective sce nery, and appropriate costumes. Mr. Shepherd's make up as Tom Rooke in his several phases was admirable, especially when " at dissipation's end" and literally out at elbows, and Mr. Widdicombe's turnout in the second part was irresistibly ludicrous. The drama was quite successful, and AIL Creswick was recalled. A. new and extravagantly broad farce followed, called Going to Cremorne, in which Mr. It Widdicombe, as the ex- waiter, kept the audience in a continual roar. The performances concluded with a t wo met drama of intense domestic interest, entitled The Divorced. The hou-e was crowded to excess, and all promises fair for a highly successful season, which the untiring exertions of Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick eminently deserve, for they have placed the Surrey Tnatatatrineeod" , a higher footing than it had ever hitherto and it is now one of the most attractive places o f amusement in the metropolis. THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH. On Monday last, in Pizarro, Mr. T. C. King im personated Rolla, the great Peruvian warrior, with corsummate skill. The scene in the dungeon between him and Alonzo (Mr. Newcombe), was given with fine expression. Mr. Wurde's Pizarro was true to the original character, and procured for him a good re ception. Miss Fanny Huddart played with great spirit and much good taste, the bold and enthusiastic character of the Spanish maiden, Elvira. Cora, the loving wife of the brave Alonzl, found a faithful p.r sonator in Miss Page. At its conclusion both Mr. 0496 ant M. Ward° ware galled before 09 eUrt4 LONM)N, TUESDAY _EVENING, to receive the unanimous congratulations of the au dience. The afterpisce was a transatlantic ballet comique by M. Leclercq—Theßoatmen of the Ohio. Mrs. and Miss Louise Leclercq danced some very pretty characteristic solos to popular American melodies, arranged expressly for this ballet by Miss Louise Le clercq, which brought down upon them thunders of applause. Sam Slick, a clock maker, Dandy Jem, and Julius Cxzar, a piccanini slave, found capital re presentatives in M. Leclercq, M. Leclercq, jun., and Master Arthur Leclercq. On Tuesday was played a legendary drama entitled the Fayre Lasse of Ply mouth. Michael Erle (Mr. T. C. King), the maniac lover, is driven to despair and madness by the loss of his sweetheart, who is carried off by Lord D'Arville (Mr. Warde), and for many years the unfortunate .Michael wanders about a houseless and incurable mad man ; till at length be meets with D'Arville, the cause of all his injuries, and upon him he takes a terrible revenge. Miss Page supported the character of Mary the "Fair Maid of Plymouth." The after pieces were The Boatmen of the Ohio and The Broken Sword. On Wednesday, The Peasant Boy was performed. Mr. Kiug played as I cunning needi!insg and be t t r h e e ach p e a r r y t o w f u ß ei lr w o e n il L d le ep n i t c a t l e d d i, b w y h t o h s e e ac tor. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, Ocr.'3. Her Miijesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove yesterday to see the Burn of the Vat. Sir Edwin Landseer arrived at Balmoral yesterday, and remains on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation of the Local Board of Health for Woolwich, consisting of Mr. Edwin Arthur Bernays, Mr. Joseph Tuckett, Mr. George Hall Graham, Mr. George Hudson, and Mr. Edward Sargent Clerk, had an interview with the General Board yesterday, at their office, Whitehall, for advice on the drainage works required for that suburban district. Lord Lovaine had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land, Gibraltar, and Malta. THE COURSE OF STORMS. The accounts of the storm that swept along the Atlantic coast in August show some of the remark able features of that kind of atmospheric disturbance. Its beginning we have traced to the Gulf of Mexico, at a point south-east from Key West, where it raged eleven days before. In its regular course it reached Halifax, in Nova Scotia; how much further it went in that direction we have no accounts. It is the kind of storm that Mr. W. 0. Redfield, of this city, first proved to be a great whirlwind. This he did by showing that, at the same instant, in different places, the wind actually blows in a circle, of course the circle being very large, measuring some 500 miles in diameter, and, while whirling around, progressing forward like other smaller whirlwinds. We here give a number of dates which we have taken from the public journals to mark its rates of progress. On the 21st August the American barque Jasper, bound from Havannah to New York, was caught in the gale blowing from the south-east, and, while " lying to," was driven on the reefs the next day, ten miles east of Key West. Many other valuable ves sels and cargoes went in like manner ashore. 4 1 , On the 22d, at Key West, early on Sunday morn ing, it commenced ;; to blow a hurricane, the baro meter rapidly falling. Its greatest violence was at sundown, and by one o'clock on Monday morning, 23d, it had entirely ceased. The direction of the wind was from the south-east. It was the hardest storm there since 1846. On the 24th, Tuesday, it began at Pensacola; its greatest force was on Wednesday and Thursday, the 25th and 26th. The wind was at first easterly, and gradually shifted round southerly, and then westerly. The rain fell in great quantities, and the storm was the most severe that had raged there for many years. All the bathing-houses and more than two-thirds of the main reef were carried away. On the 25th and 26th, also, it was violent at Mo bile, doing damage to the amount of half a million of dollars. The dwelling of the light-keeper at Choctaw Point was carried away, and five persons were lost. It extended west to Lake Pontchartrain. On the 26th and 27th, it spread over the State of Georgia. The Ocmulgee River, at Macon, rose to a great height, carrying away the railroad bridge. At Augusta, the Savannah River rose to such a height on Friday, the 27th, as to sweep off the railroad bridges, and stop all travel. The water rose four feet in the streets; one or two houses were washed away, and several lives lost. The cars on the railways could not approach within a mile of the city. The telegraph accounts of the damage done to that city was 9,000,000 dollars, probably an exagge ration. In South Caroline, near Columbia, several bridges were swept away from Broad River, and in the Congeree, as far up us that city, the freshest was three feet higher than ever known before, and 32 feet above the ordinary level. The rain was heavy at Charleston. In Virginia we hear of the severity of the storm, and of the overflowing of the James River at Rich mond, submerging a number of cellars and houses in the lower part of the city. The Rappahannock rose to an extraordinary height at Fredericksburg, carry ing away the Chatham-bridge and injuring the canal. A waggon and four horses were swept down by the current. On the 28th, Saturday, the storm raged at Balti more. Its violence in wind and rain on that day was remarkable in southern New Jersey. The same day it began in New York. Its first rain was about noon ; at five o'clock the wind and rain were severe ; at seven the storm was violent, and so continued until noon on Sunday, though the rain ceased early on Sunday morning. The wind was at first from the east, then from the north-east, and ultimately it veered around by the north to the west. The da mages were large in the blowing down of unfinished houses in New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and Jersey city. At Boston it began on Saturday evening, the 28th, and kept on until Monday morning, the 30th. At Newburyport the rain amounted to 3i inches during that time. On the 31st, Tuesday, the storm was so heavy to the eastward of Portland, Me., that the news by the steamer America, which arrived at Halifax at six, P.M., could not be telegraphed. We thus see that eleven days were required for the storm to progress from a little beyond Key West to would Halifax. A w i n d bl ow i ng i n a di rec t line along its track with th e v i o l ence o f t h a t s t or m have o a, reached that di s t ance i n t wenty -f our o r thirty hours constantly asfatarathtleyst. veering.A All along its path theat Pensacola, wind was the accounts say, " the wind was at first easterly, and gradually shifted round southerly, then westerly." This shows that the centre of the storm passed west of that place. At New York it began easterly, turned towards the north, and then to the west and southwest. This shows that the centre of the storm passed east of this city. Its track was remarkably curved. Beginning near Havana, ac cording to our limited notices, it progressed towards the north-west until about Mobile. There it turned towards the north-east, and followed the line of the coast, probably leaving the line of the coast more and more to the north. It is highly desirable that editors should state more precisely the times of the beginning and ending of the storms, how the wind begins, which way it veers, and where it ends. This is necessary in order to Exhibit the proofs of the circular motion of the wind; for, it must be remembered, that some highly respectable scientific men do not believe in Mr. Itedfield's discovery. Governor Reid, of the Bermuda Islands, was among the first who adopted the Redfield theory, and he has written two or three octavo vo lumes, giving the course and history of several great storms. 1u the East Indies, Messrs. Piddington and Thom, in the employment of the East India Company, have each published several volumes, showing, from very careful data, that in the Indian Ocean and China Sea, the storms are also circu lar, and that, south of the equator, they whirl around in the opposite direction, that is, south of the equator they move round in the same way as the hands of a watch. Mr. Piddingtoa very properly calls them cyclones, from the cycloidal course of the wind. Here on our own coast they can be studied more easily than in any other part of the world, for they sweep . so far along the land, and over the hundreds of vessels on our coasts, and hence many observations can be made. It is remarkable that, while the dis covery is entirely and indisputably American, the British have investigated it the most largely, and written on it most voluminously. Mr. Redfield's papers were scattered about in several scientific peri odicals, and have never been collected in a single vo lume. The separate volumes of Reid, Piddington, and Thom on cyclone storms are numerous.—New York Courier. ADVANCE ON WELCU IRON.—The recent improve ment in the demand for iron has led, as was anticipated, to an advance in price, and the makers have succeeded in esta blishing a rise of 30s. per tau. The whole of the iron-works are in full employ, and large orders are on hand, and several of the companies aro about to blow more furnaces into blast. 'rids will give employment to a large number of men, and be productive of great benefit to many families. The Llynti Iron is intended Company purpose the er ec ti on o f a new f orge, which it to be far larger than the one at present in opera tion, and likewise new blast furnaces will be added to those at present in use. 'The workmen will also participate in this improved state of affairs, as the rate of wages will be in creased. At the Cyfarthfa Ironworks the remuneration paid to the men has been raised 5 per cent. The commercial accounts by the Overland Mail are not unsatisfactory. At Calcutta prices showed a ten dency, r ü b s a l y n e t s h s e t y h n e r u e s u steadily p a r i o th l u m g e h nt tle a r n e d waas t maintationeidm, SPORTING NOTES. No. CCCXX. ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRIDGESHI HANDICAP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We are rapidly approaching the termination of tho regular racing season, for I am now about to take under consideration the last great stake of the year. The Cambridgeshire Stakes were ushered into exist ence in 1839, under the auspices of the Jockey Club; and was won the first time by the celebrated Lanercost, 4 yrs, Bst 91b, beating the not less redoubtable Hetnaite Platoff, 3 yrs, ist 121 b, and ten others, including the lickletou Maid, 3 yrs, sst 121 b, who was third. Run ning second to Lanercost, at al difference of only 11 lbs for the year, was one of the best performances of Hetman Platoff. The winners of the subsequent years, ages and weights, are as follow:-1840, Roscius, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; 1841, Vulcan, 4 yrs, ist 41b; 1842, Ralph, 4 yrs, Bst 716; 1843, Nat, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; 1844, Evenue, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b; 1845, Alarm, 3 yrs, 7.4 91b; 1846, Prior of St. Margaret's, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; 1847, The Widow, 4 yre, 7st; 1848, Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 91b; 1849, Raby, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib; 1850, Lsndgrave. 4 yrs, Est I llb (carried 6.t 131 b); and last year, Truth, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. Thus the pull of age is ((pally divided between the four and three years old, each age having won it six times It has, therefore only once fallen to any other ago, that being in the case of The Widow in 1847. Of the hundred and seventy-three nominations to the Stake this year, two-thirds—or rather one hundred mad eight—have accepted; and, in all probability, the field will be as great as it ususlly is: all the great stables being naturally anxious to carry off the last great stake of the season. As Teddington heads the list, I will begin with ALEC TAYLOR'S stable, which contains two of the entries, TEDDINGTON, 4 yrs, 9st 91b, including 6lb extra, and SISTER TO SINGA PORE, 3 yrs, sst 71b; neither of whom eau have any reasonable chance of taking this stake. M. DAWSON has only one—Matins, 6 yrs, Bst 10Ib, who it is re ported, will start; but though the distance will sink him, the weight will stop him, and he cannot win. TOM TAYLOR has a trio—LADY EVELYN, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (including 61b extra for winning the Leamington Stakes); GLADIOLE, 5 yrs, Est 121 b (including 31b extra for her Warwick victory); and BABETTE, 3 yrs, sst 61b. The first named, in my opinion, has no chance whatever of win ning; the second but an indifferent one; the third has evidently the best, but bad is the best. TOM DAWSON'S string is the largest entered for the stake, numbering not less than nine, nameIy—RUSEIDORGIIGII, 5 yrs, Bst 51b, whose chance is not altogether out; STILTON, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b, who cannot win; KING OF TRUMPS, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, in a not much better predicament than the last; THE ITALIAN, 5 yrs, Est 131 b, whose temper is so very queer, that without he takes a fancy to go, no matter what weight there is on him, neither jockey nor any one else can make him win; colt by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs, 6st 91b, is a b a d spec; E VADNE, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (including 61b extra), is a very dangerous animal over this course, weighted perhaps a little too heavily; BIT OF BLUE, 3 yrs, Est 21b, a very moderate animal; LINDRICK, 3 yrs, Est Ilb, who has shown some running and will again, but not in this race; and VARMINT, 3 yrs, sst 71b, who, probably enough, may be trusted with some of the stable c as h. H e i s well bred, being by Btrdcatch e r, out of Parasina, but has never done anything worth mentioning. lam in clined to think, at the present moment, that Mr. Meik lam's Evadne will be the representative of the stable; and if she had not undergone so many preparations this year, having started very nearly a score of times, she would have been the absolute winner of this race. As it is, if she runs to win, her chance is decidedly above par. KENT'S lot consists of HERNANDEZ, 4 yrs, Bst 51b; who will not run, having broken down ; OFFICIOUS, 5 yrs, Bst 21b, who is not in first-rate fettle at the present time; HAR BINGER, 3 yrs, Bst (including 61b extra), wh o , notwith standing the weight, will probably represent the stable, but to no purpose; and CHIEF BARON NrortoLsoN, 3 yrs, 7st 81b, who is not thoroughly again himself as yet. DOCKERA has a trio of Mr. Payne's among the nominations, nameIy—GLAUCA, 6 yrs, Bst 31b, who has been off her work, but is now going on right again; ADINE, 3 yrs, 7st 41b, weighted rather too heavily; and COTTON LADY, 3 yrs, sst 5d3, who, of course, has no chance. , DILLY'S batch is composed of ARIOSTO, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; GLEN LUCE, 3 yrs, Est 91b; SCARECROW, 3 yrs, Est 51b; and KNIGHT 01 THE SHIRE, 3 yrs, 6st 21b. The interest at th e present moment entirely centres in the last named; but, without I am very much mistaken, will eventually be shifted from him to Ariosto or Adine. More about this lot when I have ascertained which way the money goes. STEBBING has five animals engaged, namely :—KINCSTON, 3 yrs, Sat 31b; NE!islisiff, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b; HUNGERFORD, 4 yrs, 7st Clb (including bib extra for winning the Great Yorkshire Handicap); THE INDIAN WARRIOR, 3 yrs, 7st 41b; and AL/RED THE GREAT, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. Without the last-named is deficient in preparation he ought to be able to make the rest of his stable compa nions perfectly safe; Neasham being no go; Hungerford a bad one, without he is lightly handicapped; and The Indian Warrior is altogether out of the affair at Tat 41b. I presume the interest of the stable will be divided be tween the great Alfred and Kingston; who, though of the same age, are separated by no less than thirty-three pounds in the handicap. ISAAC DAY has only EPHESUS, 4 yrs, 7st 1210, in preparation for this event. Ho is very sanguine of winning with him; and has not only backed the horse himself, but several persons connected with the stable have done so likewise. Ttiis son of Epirus and Enterprise has only accomplished one respectable feat out of four efforts this year, and that one was for the Roy al Hunt Cup at Ascot, when, carrying 6st 121 b, ho won easily by two lengths from Little Savage, 3 yrs, 6st (second), and Pan, 3 yrs, 6st llb (third), beating twenty others, including Hyacinth and Knight of the Shi re; b ot h of whom, however, were weighted very stiffly, having carried 6st 91b. There is exactly a stone difference between the weight Ephesus had at Ascot and that that he will have to carry at New market, which I am rather inclined to think will seri ously militate against his chance of coming off victori ously. J. SHEPHERD has SIR CHARLES, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, in preparation. The course that this stake is run on will snit him; but the class of animals he will meet, being much above his own grade, will not.—l am, Sir, &c., Oct. 5. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. (To be resumed to-morrow.) SP ORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATT ERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire—taken and afterwards offered 11 to 1 ag s t Mr. Greville's Ariosto—takon 12 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Phillips's Le Juif—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parker's Bird-on-the-Wing 20 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Weathergage 25 to 1 agst Lord W. Po wlett's Sharavogue—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Phlegra—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott 33 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Candlewick 35 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Dolland—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Rogers's King Charming The only outlay of any amount was on the Knight of .he Shire at 8 to 1, and on Ariosto at 11 and 12 to 1, the latter throughout the afternoon being in great force. THE CAMBRIDGtSHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire— taken freely 20 to 1 agst Major Martyn's Convulsion 20 to 1 agst Sir W. Booth's Azael 25 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Ephesus—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Duncombe s Alfred the Great—t 50 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes's Longinus—taken 50 to 1 aget Mr. Combe's Brawn —taken THE CLEARWELL STALES. 2 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne—taken THE PRENDERGAST STALES. 6 to 4 agst Lord Clitden's Cheddar—taken DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Umbriel—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Pharos—t to 500/. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CONGREGATIONS. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 4.—Notice has been given, that there will be Congregations on the following days of the ensuing Michaelmas Term:— Monday Monday * Wednesday Oct. 27, at Eleven. *Thursday *Friday Oct. 29, at Eleven. Wednesday Nov. 10, at Eleven. Wednesday Nov. 24, at Eleven. Wednesday Dec. 8, at Eleven. Thursday * At the congregations on these days the several graces recommended by the Statutes Revision Syndicate will be offered to the Senate. BILLETING OF SOLDIERS.—IMPORTA NT DECISION. —A case was tried at a justice of peace coart held in Crieff on the 9th ult., regarding the billeting of soldiers. The person upon whom a soldier was billeted, instead of accom modating the soldier in his own house, offered to provide him with quarters elsewhere; but the soldier refused to avail himself of it, and brought an action for billet-money. The justices were unable to come to a decision, and they agreed to refer the case to the Secretary at War. lie was accord ingly communicated with on the subject, and the question may now be considered settled whether or not a householder is bound to provide accommodation for soldiers in his own house. The f Alowing is the letter from the War Office:— " War Office, Sept. 21,1852. "Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 10th inst. lam di• rected to acquaint you that the householder upon whom the soldier was billeted was not bound tJ receive the soldier into his own house; and that having offered to provide quarters for him elsewhere, the householder has satisfied the obliga tion imposed upon him by am, &c. (Signed) " B. HAwss." NEW ARTICLE OF EXPORTATION.—Crowds of girls and boys are rambling over the face of the country here in quest of sloes, which they bring into the town in larga quantities, for which they find a ready sale at sd. per atone, from a man who is styled the " sloe merchant." Already many tons weight have been shipped off, but their destina tion remains a mystery. It would not be difficult, however, to judge for what purpose they are intended. It is well known that the sloe makes a capital port wine, as it gives the rough taste, with a rich colour.— Galway Packet. ANTWERP, OCT. 2.—The Hon. .Mrs. Villiers and family arrived yesterday by the General Steam Navigation Company's eteam-ship Ravensbourne frost London.. OCTOBER 5, AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, OcT. 4. I By the Royal mail steamship Europa, Ryrie com mander, which arrived in the Mersey at four o'clock this afternoon, we have advices from New York to the 22d ult. She has 373,168 dollars in specie on freight. The Europa experienced head winds during the whole passage. The United States mail steamer Pacific, Nye commander, arrived at New York on the 18th ult. ; and the Royal mail steamer Africa, Harrison commander, on the 21st ult. General Scott, the Whig Presidential candidate, was on a political tour through the west. The official returns of the elections in Missouri, North Carolina, and lowa show (says the New York lieralel) the following general result in each of those States : " MISSOURI. W inston—Whig. Vote for Governor ... 32,834 Price—Dena 46,302 32,834 Democratic ratijority.. ... 13,468 NAITII CAROLINA. Kerr— W tog. Vute fur Governor ... 42,993 Reid— Dam. 48,484 42,993 Democratic majority lOWA Jenkins—Whig. Ar'eleary—Dem Vote for Secretary of State 15,027 16,884 15,027 5,49 Democratic majority ... ... ... 1,857 From Maine and V ermon t the official returns have not yet been received, but the following is the result as far as heard from : MAINE. Whig. Dem. Vote for Governor (two Dem.eandidates) 27,990 59,603 27,999 Dcmocratic majority VERMONT. • Whig. em. So Vote for Govern or 2 9,487 1 4,028 Free 2,137 il. 14,028 Total Democratic and Freesoil veto 23,165 22,417 I Majority against Whig candidates 678 Whig Majority over Democrat ... 8,459" Advices from Tampico to the 12th ult., via New Orleans, state that " the City Council opposes Car denas, though the Legislature clothes him with ad ditional powers." A telegraphic communication from New Orleans says— " Matamoras dates to the 4th inst. have been received, at which date the excitement regarding Cardenas's usurpation continued. The National Guard have de clared in farour of Prieto, and encamped on the Ameri can side of the Rio Grande. General Avalos has issued a proclamation, which seems to be in favour of Car denas. The principal cities of Tamaulipas are opposed to Cardenas. " Governor Letcher, the late Minister to Mexico, left this morning for Washington." Intelligence had been received at New York from Para (Brazil) to the 29th August. At that date the yellow fever prevailed to some extent among the shipping. A French war steamer had arrived from Cayenne in search of provisions, the inhabitants of that colony being in a starving condition. Telegraphic advices from Quebec of the 21st ult. say— The Assembly have placed in the hands of the Go vernor-General the address to the Queen, requesting power to pass a Bill for the distribution of the clergy reserves- This address, after beingdebated for four days, was finally adopted, by 52 to 22. Mr. Young, the Com missioner of the Board of Public Works, has resigned, in consequence of the Government having resolved to put on American vessels passing the Welland Canal the same tolls as are paid by British vessels passing both the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, and to restore the differential duties against direct American trade, by placing higher duties on goods coming that way than on those coming by the St. Lawrence. Mr. Uincks, in be half of the remaining members of the Cabinet, ex plained to the Assembly that the object of the new policy was to induce the United States to grant reci procity." The fishing schooner Charles Knight had been seized by the British cruisers, and taken into Char lotte -town. We have Havannah dates to the 14th ult. A court-martial had sentenced the persons connected with the Voice of the People to death. The Spanish war -steamer Pizarro had been totally lost on the bar of Marie!. At the time she struck she was in pursuit of a suspicious -looking American barque. The barque afterwards turned out to be a merchantman. There were very few ships in the harbour. Since the departure of the last steamer there has been a steady, uniform demand, for Government stocks and other leading securities. The demand for those funds, for the purpose of forming banking capi tal, was so great that all offering were readily taken. Railroad bonds were in good request, and large sales bad been made on European account. There was a more buoyant feeling exhibited in the money-market; the supply, however, was fully equal to the demand. Foreign exchange was in good de mand. Bills on London, 110 to 110- ; Paris, 5.121 to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 40i to 40i ; Frankfort, 401 to 41 ; Bremen, 79 to 79k; Hamburgh, 36k to 36k. The cotton-market was in a very inactive state; the stocks in port are very light, but still the little offer ing was too much for the demand, and parcels were obtainable at fully ic. per lb. reduction. The wheat and flour markets were a little firmer. Provisions were unaltered. Freights to London, Is. 10d. to 2s. per barrel for flour; Sid. to bid. per bushel for wheat and Indian Corn. 1852 LOSS OF THE MOBILE. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.—We have made further inquiries as to the loss of the Mobile, Captain Tarbox (not Fur ber), and ascertained from Messrs. James Browne and Co., the consignees of the ship, that she sailed from this port on Tuesday morning last, with between fifty-five and sixty passengers, and not forty, as before stated. Being favoured with a fair wind she pursued her course at a rapid rate, and at midnight the captain went below, leaving the second mate in charge, with strict injunc tions to steer west-south-west, and to see that he (the captain) was called at two o'clock, or sooner, if the weather assumed a more threatening aspect. The wind at the time the captain went below was blowing a fresh breeze from the east-north-east, with a heavy sea, which increased to a violent gale; he was, however, not called until two o'clock. On coming on deck, the captain in quired whether the ship had been steered as he ordered, and then found that the second mate had misunderstood the orders given him, and had ordered her to be kept on a west-north-west course, which had carried her directly on a lee shore, from which it was found impossible to extricate her, although every human effort was made. We saw two of the men who were saved, and from them we learnt that she had eighteen men before the mast, a cook, and a steward, who, together with the captain and first and second mates, made a total of twenty-three bands. The steward's wife was also on board the ship. From the above it will be seen that the loss of life will be upwards of seventy souls, instead of sixty as pre viously reported. Duriimuc, OCT. I.—The schooner Mary Elizabeth, Richards, of Nevin, North Wales, about 11 A.m., on the 30th September, Tara Hill, off Arklow, bearing N.W., distant 20 miles, saw part of a wreck with a number of people on it; bore down on her—got out the boat, and proceeded to the wreck, which turned out to be the ship Mobile, Tarbox, of Bath (United States), from Liver pool for New Orleans, with passengers. After a great deal of risk and exertion on the part of Captain Richards and his crew, they succeeded in saving the last four of the crew on board of the wreck, who report that five others were saved previously by a schooner bound to Glasgow; and also report that the fifty passengers (with ono exception) were lost, as also the captain, mate, steward, and twelve of the crew. Capt. Richards treated the four men with the greatest kindness (one of them being nearly exhausted), and has landed them safely at this port. Two of the crew saved by Captain Richards are Swedes. The ship struck on Arklow Banks at three o'clock A.R. on Wednesday, having sailed from Liverpool en Tuesday, at twelve noon. Dutineut OCT. 2.—The A mer i c an C onsu l was down here yesterday from Dublin, to look after the crew of the unfortunate ship Mobile. He started at night to Arklow, to look after the wreck. A collection was made to-day by the Harbour Master and Swedish Vico- Consul to provide little comforts for the poor fellows saved by the crew of the Mary Elizabeth.• The Steam packet Company, with the greatest kindness, provided them with a passage, per the Pride of Erin, this evening, for Liverpool. where they will be taken care of by the Swedish and United States Consuls, for whom they have letters from the Vice-Consul hero and the American Consul at Dublin. Captain Richards and his crew de serve the greatest praise for their meritorious conduct and charitable sympathy for their suffering fellow-crea. hires. The following is the testimony of the four men landed at Dundalk by the Mary Elizabeth:— " We, the undersigned, being part of the crew of the unfortunate ship Mobile, wrecked on the 29th ult. off Arklow Banks, beg to bear testimony to the kindness we received from Captain John Richards and the crew of the schooner Mary and Elizabeth, of Nevin, who no: only risked their lives in taking us off the wreck, but also supplied us with food, clothing, and warmth until we arrived at the port of Dundalk, and provided them with suitable lodging and board. They must also bear testimony to the kindness they received from the Swe dish consul here, the harbour -master, and the American consul, who posted at once from Dublin to render them assistance. They wish to tender their obligations for all the kindness they have received. " C. WYATT. " JOHN DOLSTREN—X, his mark. " JOHN BROWNE—X, his mark. " JOHN BISBURN—X, his mark. " Dundalk, Oct. 2, 1852." UPSETTING OF ANOTHER OF BEECH ING'S PRIZE LIFE-BOATS. Intelligence has been received of the upsetting oi another of Beeching's prive life-boats, which was nigh being attended by as disastrous a loss of life as the trial trip of a similar boat, at Lytham, near Liverpool. As already known, Beeching obtained the Duke of Northumberland's prize of 1001. for constructing the most efficient life-boat, and different points of the coast have been supplied with craft of the above per son's build. One of them, intended to be stationed at Port Madoc, arrived at Carnarvon on Thursday evening, and on the following (Friday) morning Mr. Jackson, the surveyor of the Port of Carnarvon, accompanied by several beachmen from Port Madoc, proceeded to try her in the Menai Straits. They pushed off opposite the town, and when about three quarters of the distance over the Channel, a squall caught the boat, which carried at the time a large lugsail, and she was thrown on her beamends. The wind was blowing very fresh from the south-west, and a strong ebb tide running. All efforts to right the boat failed, and she eventually turned keel up wards. The occurrence being witnessed from the pier and shore, assistance was speedily dispatched to the crew of the overturned boat, who were hanging to her side. The ferry steamer and the life-boats of the port, with other craft, made all haste to the rescue, and eventually succeeded in preserving the poor fel lows, who had suffered much from fear and immer sion. One of them, a man named Richards, when taken off was completely exhausted, but proper resto ratives being applied, he soon recovered. But for the prompt help rendered them, howe ve r, they would all have perished. The boat, after some difficulty, was towed ashore, and it was stated, with what truth we cannot state. that when righted the two end air-boxe s had water in them. The mishap with such a boat has created much excitement. THE LATE HIGHGATE BURGLARY. Charles Johnson was again placed at the bar before Mr. Chester, at the Highgate Petty Sessions, yesterday, on the charge of burglary and assaulting a policeman while in the execution of his duty. Henry Donkin, 233 S, stated that he was on duty on Saturday night, the 25th ult., at about half-past eleven o'clock, and while passing near St. James's Church, and coming g an d ag aimed un. a blow t o wards Highgate, be p erce i ved the prisoner carrying a lieow a t him questioned .A stprisoner,rugg struggle when then ensued, d ur i ng wh i ch witness ' s staff and rattle bl blue ee immediatelyba were wrested from his hand and flung away, and witness was compelled to use his cutlass before the capture of the prisoner could be effected. The pri soner during the struggle inflicted several wounds upon the face of witness, and had endeavoured to gouge out his eyes. Peter Thwaites, gardener, identified the articles as the property of his master and himself. Thomas Blanch stated that on the n ight e in question he was ar ouse d by cr i es o f" Murder, and on proceedi ng t o th e M uswe ll-hill- ro ad, h® perceived the prison e r lyi ng on th e groun d, being held down i by b Mr. Robin son . Th e p o li cem an, who was e eci i ng from the eyes and face, was pic ki ng up the stolen ar ticles. Both policeman and prisoner were in an ex hausted state. The prisoner stated in defence that he did not intend to injure the policeman, W hi c h the throwing away the staff and rattle plainl— y showed, but that having committed an offence he was anxious to escape. The prisoner was then fully committed THE WARDENSHIP OF THE CINQUE PORTS.—We understand there is no foundation for the statement which has r i d n e t n li z e h papers, ip o f th that e c, n t Cinque e E p a o rl ro ot . Derby lv e h have on re ceived the contrary, reason to believe that his Lordship has advised her Majesty to offer it to the acceptance of Lord Dalhousie, whose absence in India may for some time prevent the actual appointment from taking place. In the mean time, how ever, the duties of that office will be temporarily discharged by the Earl of Derby.---Herald. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at Stirling on Wednesday last, en route to Gart House from Tulliallan Castle, where they had been on a visit to Lady Keith. His Lordship and family leave their summer quarters for the south on the 12th inst...Edinbur.gh Ckrant. DEATH OF 211 R. THOMAS THOMSON. We re gre t to have to announce the death of this gentlemen, which took place at Edinburgh on the 2d fast. Mr. Thomson was a very remarkable man. lie was a coadjutor of Jeffery, Sydney Smith, and Lord Brougham in the establishment of the Edinburgh Review, and was a prominent member of the Liberal party at the Scotch bar. He had an incomparably better knowledge of the history and antiquities of Scotland than any one of his c ontemporaries. He held for many years the office of de and in that capacity puty clerk re g i s t er, rendered the most valuabl e ser vices to the public, by collecting the national records, and making them available. For these services he was very ill-rewarded. And it is, perhaps, to be regretted that he did not employ the time spent in arranging and elucidating the muniments and archives of Scotland in writing its history. For this . task he was admirably qualified, as well by his pecu liar attainments as an antiquary as by his refined taste and the purity and ease of his style. But a certain constitutional indolence rendered him averse from grappling with any great or continuous labour; and he contented himself with preparing those materials for others which he could have used better than auy one else. For Several years past Mr. Thompson officiated as one of the principle clerks of session. Instead, however, of having b a d to wr i te out the judgments of others, he should himself have been judge. But that perfect knowledge of the law, and the possession of the other qualities that fit a man to adorn the bench, do not always raise him to that elevation. And superficial mediocrity, if assisted by a lucky combination of circumstances, has little diffi culty in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, in rising above the best sense and the most solid acquirements, if desti tute of such aid. Mr. Thompson was endeared to all who knew him in private life by the gentleness of his manners, the warmth of his affection, and the variety and extent of his information. Though he had at tained to a very advanced age, his cheerfulness never forsook him ' • and he preser ve d t o th e l ast the full possession of his faculties. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals out at New York—The Pacific and Africa steamers, Great Western, Montezuma, Clermont, E. C. Scranton, and Samuel Lawrence, from Liverpool; Lady Knight, from Newcastle; Victoria, from London, Isabella from Glasgow, Penelope from Bordeau x , K osmo from Bremen, ,Medera from Havre, James Reddin from Glasgow. Arrived at Boston—The Robert, from Liverpool. Arrived at Baltimore—The Mary Hale, from Liver pool; Chesapeake, Adler, and Mississippi from Boston. Arrived at Quebec—The Glasgow, from Bristol, St. John from Hull, Aurora from Sunderland, Eromanga from Glasgow. Arrived at Charleston—The John Routledge and Ethvan from Liverpool. Arrived at Montreal—The Niagara from Liverpool. Arrived at Philadelphia —The Mary Pleasants from Liverpool, Superior from Londonderry, Emblem from Shields, Douglas from Newcastle. Arrived at Providence—The Zero from Glasgow. Arrived at Wilmington—The Muskingum from Liver pool. EVIDENCE IN THE COURT Or CHANCERT.—The new rules and orders in Chancery will regulate the admis sion of evidence, both oral and documentary, in proceedings under the new acts, which acts will affect some consider able alterations with respect to evidence in the court. The evidence on both sides, whether taken orally or upon affi davit, is to be closed within nine weeks after issue joined. The Court has power to enlarge the time, but after the period fixed no further evidence is to be given without the special leave of the Court. Any witness who has made an affidavit is to be subject to oral cross-examination within one month after the expiration of the nine weeks stated, by or before an examiner, in the same manner as if the evidence given by him in his affidavit had been given by him orally. Any party in any cause or matter may, by subpoena, require the attendance of any witness to be examined before an examiner, and may use his evidence upon any claim, mo tion, petition, or other proceeding, before the Court, in like manner as such witness would be bound to attend and be examined with the view to the hearing of a cause. tinder the new law something like expedition will be attained in obtaining evidence. PEDESTRIANISM EITRAORDINARY.—A young gen tleman of Glasgow started on Sunday morning last, at a quarter past one o'clock, en a pedestrian tour to Dundee, a distance of fully 84 miles, and that notwithstanding; the dis suasions of apprehensive friends, who insisted that his slight built frame would prove unequal to the task. Stirling was reached between seven and eight o'clock, where the amateur pedestrian breakfasted; and on resuming his journey at the latter hour ha was joined by two of his acquaintances, whom, however, he was compelled to leave behind at the fifteenth mile-stone, arriving at Perth at ten minutes past six in the evening. At this stage a halt was made of three quarters of an hour, when, after dinner, the dauntless youth was again on the road, and successfully completed his ardu ous task in little more than 23 hours, having reached Dundee at 15 minutes past twelve o'clock on Monday morn ing. The triumphant accomplishment of this difficultun dertaking is all the more extraordi nar y w h en we consider that the pedestrian busily drives the qu ill i n the office of one accom plishtls ,h of es of our leading storekeepers daily, an d i s not yet 2 age. We may add that the rain f e ll heaviloyerdh h . e w ill dturein yearsa e believe g o the last four miles, so that, from the sloppy state W progress must have been considerably r etard that he is prepared to lay an even bet that after rththine posting tin 24g of the hour money.._s—thcim Gchiatsgoowcopmaepeorfl: three 90weeksmiles ate A LUCKY SPEctmaTort.- - Shortly before the dis covery of gold in Aus d t r a il; i a a , n t h foa e r r um s e te h ir a ol p t, p . r e ao n o e rin d e ,s t i o db e b e entered iN' i n g it n , Melbourne a Captainresident in Liver pool. though Passingn without intendingone e to buy anything. However, some large tracts of land being disposed of at very moderate prices, he was induced to become a purchase r . H e b ought 2,5000 aces, at 2s. Gd. an acre I Scarcely had he done so when a person in the room offered him 101. if he would transfer the purchase. The offer was accepted, and it was arranged that the money should be paid the following day. But it was not—therefore the land remained in Captain S.''s possession. It is now of considerable value, being in the centre of the gold regions. —Liverpool Mercztry. A Owes TOILETTE.—An amusing circumstance occurs every morning in Bridge-street-row, Chester, close by the entrance to the Chronicle office. When the servant is employed polishing the external brasses of Mr. Davis's (the chemist) shop, the spaniel belonging to the latter makes a point of taking up his station on the stall to watch the ope ration, and as soon as it is finished offers his neck to the man for the purpose of having his brass collar furbished up in a manner suitable to a dog of his pretensions. Sometimes the servant pretends to forget this mark cif attention, when Don takes care to remind him of his neglect by a very significant bark. The process of adornment invariably concludes by the presentation of his paw, as an acknowledgment to hi s fatet craft—Pear asronicie. THE LATE MR. WILLIAM It was only last week that we spi Finden as one of the seven or eight em, engravers whose names were attached her Majesty for the recognition of t, gravers to the full honours of the H and we have now to announce that thi signature to that petition was one of Mr. Finden's life. He caught cold on his return from a meeting of his fellow engravers- -the cold aggravated an old complaint, disease of the heart— and on the 20th of September he was no more. He died a widower, in the 65th year of his age. Mr. William Finden was the elder brother of Mr. Ed ward Finden, in conjunction with whose name his own is honourably mentioned, and will be remembered hereafter i n th e hi story of art i this country. He win!, we believe, a p up il o f the late Mr. Charles Warren, known to collectors by hlis . exquisit e engrav i ng after " The Broken Jae' by l‘rilkie. From Warren he learnt much, but he .v as under more secret and really greater obligations in ills art to Alc. J.,rnes Heath (father of tne late Mr. Charles Heath) than he was to Air. Warren— m,ny of his early Works done for embellishing books published b y Sharpe. S utta b y uinisiakable vid , and other s , b evr i ng n eencv s how carefully he had given his days and night s to the study of Mr. Heath's en styl some of hi s ear l y p l ates f or gravios. In Siuirke g 's "Du thie . n e Quixote," are excellent examp l es o f his art. Mr. Flatten s,great works—works great in point of biz...—aie not numert,us. Ilia l argest and best is his full-length portrait of George the Fourth sea t e d cn a sofa, from the ori g i na l picture painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence for the Marchioness of C onyngbam. The work is a true translation Of the picture rendered with the feeling of an. artist. The price for the George the Fourth was large, Mr. Finden received 1,500 guniens for engraving it—the highest price, we b e li eve , ever pa id f or engraving a portrait. After th e so f a Ki ng G eorge, M r. Finden,a next important lar ge wor k s i n po i nt of size and merit are his " Hi g hl an d er ' s return " (the Wilk i e still 9 ornament at Cassi o b ury ) ; "Th e Villsige F est i v al," after the well-known picture by the same artist, painted for Mr. Angerstein, and now in. the National Gallery; and "The Naughty Boy," a boy standing, with dogged look, close to his broken slate—after the original by Sir Edwin Landseer in Mr. Sheepshanks's collection. For "The Highlander's Return" he re ceived 600 gunieas ; and for " The Naughty Boy " 150 guineas. What he received for " The Village Festival" we do not remember to have beard. He was never happier than in this engaving after Wilkie. Working for the booksellers as Mr. Finden and his brother worked, gave them both a taste for work on their own account. It was not long, there fore, before they became publishers —not ostensibly, hut really publishers, as sharing in the profits and loss of their new undertakings. Their great work, in this branch of their profession, was "The Byron Illustrations"—a really beautiful work--conceived and executed with great spirit, taste, and success. Except in the remarkable instance of " The Byron Illustrations," Mr. Finden and his brother were unsuccessful publishers. Buoyed up by the Byron success, Mr. William Finden launched into other expensive undertakings, and of which the most important, and perhaps the most costly, was " The Gallery of British Art." In this venture he wrecked his Byron savings, and he became a poor man. The last great work on which Mr. Finden was employed was an engraving for the Art Union of London, after Hilton's large picture of " The Crucifixion." Mr. Finden lies buried in the General Cemetery at Highgate.—Atheneum. TESTIATIOMAL TO MR. WALLACE. Mr. Wallace, well known as the late member for Greenock, and the zealous advocate of cheap postage, having „fallen on evil times in his old age, a committee was formed in Greenock iu 1850, with the laudable pur pose of raising a fund to make permanent provision for the honourable gentleman's declining years. The com mittee have succeeded in raising a fund which will se cure an annuity at the rate of 5001. per annum. The ceremony of presenting this handsome testimonial, in addition to a bust of Mr. Wallace, executed by Mr. P. Park, took place on Thursday last, in Blackball-street Church, Grenock, in the presence of the Provost and the principal people of the town and surrounding country. Mr. Wallace, on making his appearance, was loudly cheered. A report of the proceedings of the committee was read by Mr. A. Dennistoun, the details being closed by the following paragraph:—" Your com mittee have the satisfaction of reporting, that while they cannot state that their efforts have met with the success which they believed they deserved, they have secured to Mr. Wallace a testimonial worthy, at least, of his acceptance. The subscriptions under the charge of this committee, along with the contributions to the private fund already referred to, would together be represented by an annuity of 5001. per annum; and as the commit tee were desirous of providing seine permanent and more public testimonial of the labours of Mr. Wallace, they engaged the service of that eminent sculptor, Mr. P. Park, of Edinburgh, who has produced the bust now ou your table, which the committee propose to present to Mr. Wallace this evening, and they recommend that the Town Council of Greenock should be respectfully requested to procure a copy of the bust in marble, to be placed in the Town-hall, in commemoration of the great public services of Mr. Wallace, the first representative of Greenock, during the four Parliaments of thirteen years ho represented the burgh." Mr. J. F. Muefarlan, Edinburgh, proposed the adoption of the report, which was secotelt d by Baillie Campbell, of Greenock, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. T. Hamlin, the convener of he committee, then presented the testimonial. Mr. Wallace acknowledged the testimonial in a speech of great length, in which he gave an interesting review of his whole public life; after which the proceedings terminated. %Jr IC - 111 k r F 104 - 44. aiL f# nil tent historical to petition to. la the (claim of en. ll' toy al Audenly,rAsmaa le affixing-of hid the :last acts of STATE OF TRADE. The reports of the state of trade in the provinces during the past week show no diminution of the activity which has so long prevailed in all parts of the country. At Manchester the increasing demand for goods renders it difficult to obtain them, except by long previous orders. There have been more purchases for India within the last few days, and the market has had a very firm ap pearance. Disquiet, however, is felt with regard to the exciteable state of the Liverpool cotton trade. At Bir mingham it has been announced that at a preliminary meeting of ironmastera not only has the anticipated further rise in the price of iron been resolved upon, but that, instead of 20s. per ton, it is to be 305., making the advance during the past month Equal to thirty per cont. In wages there is to be a pro portionate increase, and fears are naturally expressed of the influence of these changes in checking the demand, especially from the United States. In that quarter, as elsewhere, however, the progress of railroad and other enterprise is likely to prevent any sudden reaction, whatever may be the ultimate result. In the general manufactures of the town of Birmingham there is a large and co n ti nuous b us i ness , particularly in marine engines and copper sheathing. From Nottingham a slight improvement in the home demand for hosiery is mentioned, while early and considerable orders are ar riving from America. In the woollen districts there has been no alteration, and it is affirmed that they never ex perienced a more healthful trade. The Irish linen market has been steady, and, although there has lately been an increased production, stocks are still light and wages are advancing. VIOLENT STORM AND HIGH TIDE. Yesterday the metropolis and suburbs were visited by a heavy storm of wind and rain, doing consider able damage to property. The rain commenced shortly before one o'clock in the morning and con tinued all day long, but shortly after three o'clock in the afternoon the wind changed from the south-west to an easterly direction, when it blew a perfect bur; ricane, followed by t orren t s o f ra in and distant thunder, and for ne a rly an h our th e whole atmosphere was darkened by the black heavy clouds. The storm lasted till near six o'clock, during which time most of the streets were i m p assa bl e , being stopped up o t h e gutters of up with dirt and rubbish washed ou t adjacent clock i n th e courts and alleys. Shortly b e fore sl t he n evening the tide was unusuallyhigh, overflowing the banks of the river in min.)" places. Those parts which suffered most were Bankiide, Bermondsey, Rother hithe, and Wappin g —the cellars in all those places being completely inundated, alt hough considerable improvements hal e recently but the water rushed with great force up the drains, and soon ma d e its way into the underground dwellings of the poor people who inhabit them. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BLACILWALL RAILWAY STATlON.—Yeiterday an inquest was held by Mr. W. Baker, at t he London Hospital, on the body of Mary Phillips, aged 63 years. The deceased was the wife of an eating-house keeper, of No. 3, Horse Shoe -court, Clerkenwell. On the evening of August 29th, the deceased and a male friend proceeded from Blackwell by railway in a third-class car riage, and when the train stopped at the Fenchurch-street station, the deceased got out on to the platform, being at the time intoxicated. Directly afterwards an alarm was raised by the guard, just as the train was starting on its re turn to Blackwell, when the deceased was lying between the front of the platform and the carriages. The deceased was released by the servants of the company, when she band,vra s found to have received a severe i n j ury to h er r i g ht whereby several of the fingers were cut off. She wag con veyed to the h o spital, w h ere s h e di e d on S a t ur d a y last. Alfred Dale, the hous3 surgeon, said the d ec easeddied e fi om exhaustion from the operation and shock to the syt Verdict, " Accidental death." RARE Fjsn.—A fig], called the " gre at weever' ( Trachinus draco), was caught oil' 'Linn the other day, and has been presented to the Aluseurn. It is exceedingly rare on our coast, and some peculiaritits in its conformation render it worthy the attention of naturalists. One of the most remarkable of these is a large spine at the end of each which are charged with p o i so n, of its gill-lids, or operculoa, and with which it can inflict a serious blow. The possession of these remarkable instruments of warfare induced the ancients to call it " dram" or the sea-dr agon . Th e weever is predatory and solitary in its habits, living at the bottom of the deep sea. There is no tecord of a specimen ever being caught in our locality before.—Dundee Courier. Intelligence received of the Cleopatra screw steamer, which sailed from Plymouth on the 7th ult. with 160,0001. i n co i n f or A ustra li a, g i ves t h e 200 passengers and expectation of a speedy passage. It aptiears she arrived at Madeira in five days and four hours. ner burden is 1,500 tons (900 register), with 300-horse pow er, and she was dis patched by private enterprise. Ilt run% 68 P IING MB. 00% .ic d 63% 50 7 / 8 23% % p 164 ex d Y.) with W., ;un ter- n • gel, in the the, re. ort, Bth for W., oes, Td. 3d leo- tto, ing A re z el to a, . - !! l ~~?