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

L ir . 50c , 5f 33c ' 96!3 AY.) iiri and 'olio roth° lt 0 oc a ssippee, [chsb‘ e a • Jo looter,Gl ;hog' ]a C °r f full o f led iot° Lat i. :folio, e. fa n'. VA ill Eit jug:: he 1714 ers a re as b ee° incled a plant r 6 peel' .0 W ere es, 45.,, 6 bhd6 rate /it a st Po d e d ro is; sr/ e sata° sold lit Se re at 0010 t le bold. ,1 to 111" in ace° partly Dt, 1 S. it Pell' Cd °"f 1 3 o r fe l apts' h n 1 5:., igo t 1.1" )0 the a for an d on 301°' grO n ts 0 cop' „ a tioo ;Ong I, 6°6 g a°S ti" tte le" RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA CIIARTER AC r. The Overland Mail brings but riaaere mean - tuts of the warlike uperatioes, either' on the ea s t ern ' or western ,tr ,, entiers. We i're theukful for this, inasmuch as it !awes Us at liberty to tin ii our attention to a le-s floliiv but more im eor ant event in the interior o f B r it is h India. A movement, has been initial dby N.llualber native gentlemen of the city of Poonah with reference to the renewal of the Charter Acct of the East India Cow patty end to the Parliamentary inquest en the govern meet of India since 1834, which posseeses. both from the place of its origin and the character of those eneag , d in it, greater ireerest mean usually attaches to ex p iess i oes of +live opinion, undervalued though they be in this coentry. This movement is anti ho eeeer, the only on© of the kind in India. Native societies with similar objects hail previouely been orgeeised in Calcutta and Madras. Bat these da- Vitals are both su eesernielly Europeen in tone and feel ling, and have , esi lon g ciljoye;i the b( Refits of English ow sad rights, that ie is not from thorn we can expert to Sale Cce truest ri ffietien of what is uppermost in the r rods ot the class;;, fasuicrly constituted tile elite of Hind s)) sec h ey in native states aud under independent Governments. In Poweili it is otherwise. There Mehratta green lles'' audacity, and imlependence longest survived. erona the tine? that the Peishwas became the real blusters of the Sattarati state Poonah was their capital. Under the as it cnjcycd great prosperity; at their court was employed a Inro-, number of native ulg e gentle men; zs thither resorted, to spend their incomes and to ttla their atnbition, what may be called the terri torial aristocracy of the country; their expenditure pro- It ated native ert, luxury, and manufactures; in the ser vice of the Peishwe the rising talent of the state found occupation; and the people had all the national advan- T k g a b (and they arc many) of a separate Government. le detente' ot Eajee Row, the last reislaws, occurred 3°alo three -MCI-thirty years ago cnly. A considerable t a rt of the population of Pooneh must, therefore, still two a stron g recollection of native rule; and it was but L ae other day that they witnessed the extinction of the liahratta state, which, after the battle of Ashte , had beenoun created as a propitiation to the manes of the great India, of the power which gave us so much trouble ibi a clia• The traditions of native government and L. native so c i ety under still survive at Poonah; Bed re the educased part of its pOpulation can compare the uenefies an d th e losses which our Government has b ta ught upon them, and ere in a positiou to tell us with gre ater authority th a n the people of Calcutta or Madras at it is they really have to eoreplain of. To d o so, they have formed a society - which, with e „ ; vl ,e'm to includ e a large force of native public i& da pni they have called the Deccan Association. - l u aatlers are principally Mahratta Sirdars, that a ' " a edkli proprietors ot rank, who in a native state b 041 d authority th e i rh have constituted the pith of the country, and power and influence have exercised a controlling gentl e over the conduct of the Court. They are ki , °men of education and intelligence, sufficiently well 0 - 1 4 aluted with the present position of the. East Indian g r e , 6t i° ll , anxious to avail themselves of the existing op ite-ftwitY to call the attention of the Imperial Legisla be?, to the general wants of India, not in any spirit of p e - e tai tY to British supremacy, but with a view to the e tee -B e et 'atiena of their own class, and to the general bal k) meat of the country; and desirous, above all things, son---"eY their opinione and wishes directly and per 11y b.. a competent native testimony to the Parliamen --4,,...itte. to be renewed next session. its u° proceedings of the Association are now before Prionttrild the Y display an amount of order, intelligence, to L i e V, careful deliberation, and clearness, quite equal At "" of any English society having similar objects. ho their first meeting they directed a Mahratta, transla e,xlatial th Charter Acs to e meetings, t b reared• having duly b a , ered it at their peolonged they drew up tit t' of grievances and wants; this they deliberated on o w° other meetings; and having finally settled and present it, resolved to send a mission to England to be th -a k at the ensuing charter discussions. To defray irecm xpenses of this missiou a fund of 10,0001. is fedre prominently in the list of the subscribers the last ound contributing the chief surviving Sirdars of vc:itst Peishweite Durbars a nt e have elsewhere given this list of the grievances E rat wills i ts of t h e Deccan A ssoc i at i on . The Association fiai e , ( , ) !ltti aims at acquiring for the Deccan great er eu s i t 'r e T its land tenures, or, in other words, better se titles,lur Property; at the preservation o f the ranks, e th e ~ a nd disti nct i ons o f soc i e ty as now existing; and of wh leh t es adopting heirs, shaken by the policy Lord Its• Oslo pursued on the death of Alpe Sahib, the late siit oattara. The truth is that our laud revenue Proei ni a ! in India are, to use a Yankeeism, gradually im itative ariitocracy off the face of the earth; guishaetathe pros/a c t o f their families being thus extin liras t b" t he Mahratta proprietors are • alarmed. They ehar tee °ll ,a'k the Imperial Legislature, in renewing the Hut Ant, to give tem protection. fet tles ' tor the preservation of the gentry of India, use sit p o - ,, s ' 4 their part is necessary. This the Association is fo r - „ na ,h feels, and therefore their second requirement Gi e ; 'air share in the highest offices of Government. affix seb ila, " the a ssoc i a ted birders say, " education; aervi e , at educational tests you please to Government hoe s e ' ps and our children have no obstruc tbiag to rise in the service of our country." And no- Vere ele - „sa be more reasonable. At present the Go- Way „Tr of India does little or nothing in the the ca "a taucatir r its • and then it denies area )e, subjects , Rrou nti eSti to any but subordinate posts, on the Nite ca tu at they ar e unfit for high office. And the tlair e( rOace that European agency being thus re lust of eMei it pald for et enormous rates; and that the N gat ''' - "tuinre India is excessive when compared with e ot to alit be, did it educate and employ the natives. v tde Q u tl i tl e eMo and employ the ;;entry of India is to ee t4 'even to • •n in their own country. te e ext inct "' and the open ,' g of t es'ellrity of landed property mkirs as eesea avenues of Government, the roonah Sir• . 148 4 t reasures for the Vetter administratio n of e_itee, beabolishing he tax en legal for me, and in.. f e e si t , t °' the Lao judicial staff', and 1 for the development Df tte e ae*ources of the countr y b y the construc t i on ttothi n - ' 4 ' Public works, requests in which there is 418 0 g unreasonable or revolutionary. ,. They refer to the annual drain on the bullion of India by the t aitta ki n ., twe e h ome , and urge that steps be taken to ter a thi s impoverishment of the country. And such ilti e - h' e P' is not difficult. All that is necessary to stop , ti o - : a drain is to increase the exports of native produc e° " s ; and that could easily be done by a wise and gene *l?.B Government lightening th e h ea vy burdens on land l be i all now increase the cost o f cu lti va tion, and so place 14 at a serious disadvant age in the sugar and coffee ;markets and prevent the growth and export of raw .utt un. It i 1 , 44 s not, however, to the details of these grievances Der want, (important as they are) that the highest jai besea.nee et this remarkable movement is to be attri la,"°. But rather to the spirit and courage of the eo une efie r r gentlemen who have originated it. For . it o t,, k ' evidence that already there are men in India fit sti z i o e active share in the government, eager and hiiiinUB to , do so, who know their rights, and will not th e e gLY lose there. Such an appeal to the wisdom of de ee tjeislaair e to whom the care of Queen Victoria's ough t I °4B and subjects is entrusted as an imperial whole, t eb , to receive a hearty welcome and every encourage teei hole ,itud „. ull wise know the real value of India to e - easorn mg I upir. ._ T ° 0 the THE SHRIEVALTY. . vh,,, crest surpriee of the City . halC' e r, who was elected sheriffat , a li ti c ' i h la ° s r t iLi c e o g m i m M o r n . forward most , o ,,ii iin old who was h uo „, n t o •have come d 4 itiik tt ' a s a Candidate fur the office, an , was backed to only si 3' the long &flora men at the election, has not t_ka tt i r g„ tl ised hia intention not to servo the office, but 411 ; 07 4 " Paid the cool. penalty. The excuse w ' hicli h ith 4, 1-4 , 441 0 r has made to the friends who proposed es t of iii n - the ) !very, itT, we understand, that the large ti_ %- Peculi ar e house to which he belongs will require his el'hi t f a,tt"lt iOn, in cons-quince of the delicate sta o t n e the doeitater,„, health, which has been for sometime tea glilleas t it°. The dirty fellows who prowl about in ratu l wi l ) Put their hands in the pockets of any gentle and isll. we t) r 4l , lt3 ' to aq up in the hall, in opposition to his_ er ea t s ' l ( t e :Zti 4 l l s ""da - sneaking in the neighbourhood : iipou obab::::sateYr hopes eeadvantage from the t o % their buee°,—"l4 don thrown by the press upon • Will be „ "vecation, It is expected that a common that t he pr 44114110 i the course of the week, and A te t ; ) ser vo, t that Aldeirtmhan Wire Alderman the,3 r th e e°4 tqteriff of together with and w sheriff of Middlesex for b a t " bavtirinna Sear , As the fees of sheriffunder- , erabi .1 . ceent ,a ‘ 41 en ditnitliSheida,uog:s in eaptreolfeecosseinontainl ht chargeslf menisni th i tt t 1 aktloat comp:tot dissolved, and it is believed pit - " r " 118 TIM will b adopted to destroy e ver y of ft , asures 9 ‘" le fatem. (40,4, ,Z.,91JT11----EAb'lillN -RAILWAY. ~,,, '4ll-dc receipts for passengers ,t , goods Week ending Aug. 21, 11 6 bi l ttn 2 A . ' — '" -J uguat . 23, 185 - 1 ::: ••• ... 4 '1 8 .1:0 8 8 8 1 10 0 "a% ow torid Decrease i n 1852 : 61, fi g l B 11 tll on Ter minus. August 23:1852. ' t week "'CI Atli:. SOUTH-WRSTERN RAILWAY, — Traffic for Angers 07,036). goods and Parse horses horse 3 and carriages.. £4,099 14 9 rres p o ndiug week in last y ear 4,923 9 1 --"W, August 21. n SING!, ..................... m. r i l Sat„—,LAtt ACCIDENT IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD.- 41114bi;'1."Y considerable excitement was caused among the 1 11 ep e . " 4111 4 of Well' th_ . e of ~_ _ o _ . ington alarming occurrence :.—lt appears that one of following 1. ll?wing d m_ brill s cabe, No. 2,161, was proceeding over 0 4 44 0-bridge toWards the South-Western Railway, whe 140 4th e t ild ,iit the hill from the bridge, the bit in the hose's I:',.VBC, th e ex -e, and the driver in consequence lost all control qte „„°llllnal which ga lloped down the road at a frightful 41 ,, 1 ;" I r i it /I.l4W ga l inedthe front of pMavr..enalleanttt,haenwds'nseparriey- A 4 01 , ell it drew the cab upon the llath . er severs' children who were playing on the foot illent l 'he horse continued its fearful course along the pave- 1 litt To it reached the front of the premises belonging its' lii.ed tc'hUßh, a grocer. The affrighted animal then darted caused the 11. N. shaft the glass of the shop front, which iier e ,, , ' , it to break. The vehicle contained an elderly gen -14, 471,(iwthe that instant was about getting out of the 1 0 41 d h , h ad it not been for the shaft breaking, iio a d n o d ub w t i h th e ! 4 . 1 s hi a ve been killed. The horse sheered round, 1 4 a. ,_l44,legil entered the window, and commenced plunging otlierrlble manner. Mr. Gregory, the clothier, and several fop tLllll_labitants, hastened to the epot to render assistance, from hi 4 t7o7_arivQr of the by that time had been thrown ex i 7_ t t t i l ' end Lis head laid open. They were unable to t 1 Tall EI h y ° rail, which continued to kick and plunge -ire tilisc.,, fi:‘, brewer's dray having come in front of the l i vere tt lkle f ,e Pulleys used for lowering the butts of beer the fear io,_ as, to the animal neck, and it was drawn out of The 110 tr s'r. and no further extent of misehief occurred. T0 170T.. 43 fri g h tfullY cut, and the , .., t o Nr. --. 9 Property 'vile etalidereble. damage uouo d E SPORT/NG NOTES. No. era( a. THE DER3Y MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. FIR,----To•morrow and 'Thursday Del by puts forth its claim to the polite ra,tentions of tfie sporting fraternity. The 'Trial Stakes, as usual, will open the ball, ;Ind in due order we shall next arrive at the Trud , ,anien's Plate of 100 sous. in specie, which, added to a Handicap of 15 sbvs. each, 10 ft, &e., 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. Weathergage, although priced es next to nothing en the lists, iu my humble opinion has no more chance of winning than the veriest, ciita hack. The Produce Slakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, one mile and a hall, will prothice quite a busy-B race, as the initial Of all tht-. , starters names will be B. It seems we msy have as runners Bctbgelert, Bess of Lbrdwiek, Bea Main, aid Bib to Toe first and sneond placcst if the Brahmin starts, will be filled by BETHGELEET and him; with. Bess third, and Babette, as a mater or cuurim, last. The Maiden Plate and Grand Stand Stakes hare not yet closed. On Thurrday the principal attraction will be the Chatsworth Stakes ,;f 50 sous., added to a handicap of 10 401'3. each, h It, &c., one mile end a half. Weather gage, although figuring tit 7st 21b, including his penalty, stands a much better chance (or this stake than for the Tradesmen's Plato of the previous day; in fact, for the latter he has no expectations, while for the Chatsworth ho will probably finish first or second, or, ut the least, third. Sir Charles Napier and Young England are the couple most likely to run home in company with Werse 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 soya. 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 bo colts, Bst 71h; fillies, Bst 31b--have resolved into a species of handicap, as follows:—Defi ance, Bst 121 b; Pug Orrock and Whalebone, Bst 101 b each; Maid of Golborne, Sat 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, he 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 Stakes, have not closed as yet. • Little or no betting up to the present time has taken place with respect to those staked I 'have commented upon above, but what little has been done is in favour of Weathergage for both the stakes be is entered for, and some trifling investments on Aaron Smith and Snarry for the Tradesmen's Piate.—l am, your's, &n. 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 Ca r ac ar a 12 to 1 agst Duke of Rlchnaond's Harbinger 600 to 400 egst 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 Caracai'a for about 5001. 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. Farrunce's Terpsichore THE CFSAREWITCH STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow DERBY, 1853. 12 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Orestos—t to 100/. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Cincas—t to nearly 5001. 20 to 1 agst The 'Myer winning the Doncaster Champagne Stakes and Derby RADCLIFFE RACES.—MONDAY. Tha Heaton Park Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added; for two yrs olds, sst 1013; three, 7st 71b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners of 50 goys. this year, 31b; twice, or 100 sovs., 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 Won by two lengths. The Wilton Cup of 100 soya. added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared; the winner to pay 25 soy& 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 Wbent, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 3 Mr. U. Walters's Maid of Tcmm Valley, 6 yrs, sat 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 3!b; winners once, 31b; twice, 51b extra; the second saves his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. John Osborne's ch f Exact Mr. Kelly na b o Young Norval 2 Mr. R. Walker's blo Game Tommy 3 Mr. Wile's br o Broughton 4 Won by two lengths. TAUNTON AND WEST SOMERSET RACES. Tho Taunton Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared. About one mile and a half. (11 Subs., 4 of whom declared.) Mr. G. Drow's Odiham, 4 yra, Bst 1 Mr. J. Evan na Madame Wharton, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. J. Stovens'a Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 3 Only three ran. A good race. DR. JOHNSON'S IDEA OF COOKERY. "Women," once observed the sage, " c an s pi n ver y well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery. I could write a better book of cookery than has ever yet been written; it should be a book on philosophical prin ciples." His mode of eating, however, was exceedingly coarse; and according to Mrs. Piozzi, " his favourite dainties were a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from tho bone, a veal pie, with plums and sugar, and the out side cut of a salt buttock of beef." He has b een k nown to call for the butterboat containing the lobster sauce during the second course, and pour the whole of its con tents over his plum-puddieg. - - SIDNEY SMITH'S RECIPF: FOR A WINTER SALAD. Two large potatoes passed through kitchen sieve Unwonted softness to the salad give: Of mordent mustard add a single spoon ; 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 the 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 ftwoured compound toss A magic teaspoon of anchovy sauce. Then, though green turtle fail, though venison 'l3 tough, And ham and turkey are not boiled enough, Serenely full the Epicure may say-- Fate cannot harm me—l have dined today! Art of Dicing. Murray's Railway Library. FAMILY COLONIZATION GROUP MERTlNG.—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 country by per sons who had emigrated to Australia, for 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 proceedings 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 OF 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 upwards 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 poitiori 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 lends of Barbachlaw adjoining, belonging to Alexander Denuistoun, Esq., late M.P. for Glasgow, and in some other lands in the vicinity belonging to C. 11. C. Inglis, E sq ., of Cramond ; both the last-mentioned lands are leased by the Monklands Iron and `steel Company. The effect of these discoveries cannot fail to be very beneficial to Bathgate and its neighbourhood. The services of a large n um ber of work. men will 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 ma nufacturing districts. ACROSTIC ON TEE NAPOLEON FAMILY. —The names of the male crowned heads of the e xtinct Napoleon dynasty form a remarkable acrostic :--- N L.. - oQ a u p ui o es l , e x on i , n E g m of peror of the French. I-oseph, King of Spain. H-ieronymus, King of Wesphalia. I- lc "c-lm, King of Naples. Notes and Holland. FALL of A Qu e ries. nine and tenoUSE.-013 o'clock St. George's East, , the neighbourhood of Cannon-street , which were out tt' the falling in of house thrown into great consternation by night between bedridden, and an aest'laline'tha with above the nds exception talSundae t, Chancery, and condemnPerc?-er property nately uninjured. The infant, who were both reseuteidef, an ne n n d oal dn f oti man t a u on - f has for some years been in by the surveyors. TITESI)AY C REMO RNE GARDENS. ! RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. / pleted. Upon this matter there was a suit, which Yesterday was a veritable gala day at this delight- ; THE KING'S CROSS TERMINUS OF THE I must proceed and be disposed of, which it was hoped c'AREAT NORTHERN. I would be effected in November. The directors 11;1(1 being signalised by the pro- I The. directors of the Great Northern Railway j disposed of come land for 1181., and the assets of the : AI. Soullier'e Hip- i Coin/piny have uppoiated Monday, the 20th S , ,pteni • company having now been realised, when the claim hem eeeen t—and M. Milano's brillient ballet, Le bar, for the 'public opening of this station, which is of Mr. Clarke and his trustee wee disposed of the lit ;g's-cross has p dfil o u i ic ir tEi !. l ( ° n 3re i l e e t t ' i fo o ft. isrlrPecceclltn'aaocttlia(o,!biLl'el'ner P el ol e t:viii's equestrian bal- . The hipprodrome, which has a now rapidly drawing near completion. • accounts of the undertaking could be finally wound Barbier de Cadiz. c i rewn r,... rence o f n ine hundred feet, was the scene of „Yhe grand entrance to this h a ndsome terminus at up. The general statement of receipts and payments b t thirty serer, inakin a north-westera frontage, and is to the 31st of July, 1852, showed the amount re composed entirely of brick, faced with stone. The ceived on account of capital and interest as 21,364/. a c t i v e a m ri e e n ty ti n c e if a t u h d e m m o . s t P striking i Bae h equestrian di6i) iay cd f t T l i t t i s r . a l d l I i l l i l t : : able talents, and we had, moreover; chariot race area i. of land which it covers is estimated at about 2s. eli., and the payments as 16,718/. 14s. 101, 1011 , monkey races; a " Derby" contested by one male and seventy feet lu height, gl with the land now occupied ins a balance in the banker's hands of 4,645/. 7s. 6d, four female competitors; Devani's ineffable perform- y the temporary terminus, warehouses, engine ances ; the Italian Brothers' feats on the trapeze at an houses, end - enher necessary buildings, about five or eighty acres. The building is upwards of seventy elevation of. 80 feet, and Franz De Bach's rapid and intrepid Globe ascent; the whole being wound up by and about 805 feet in lengt h. M. Soullier's eqiiitation with a team of twenty - four Its centre compartment contains the pay-office and in hand, which he drove thrice round the circle within avenues lea ding to the departure platform. The two minutes, in masterly style, amidst immense Pay-office, which h as a rich panelled ceiling, is in applause. In the centre dill() arena was the balloon height about 40 feet, 98 feet long, and 40 feet wide. "Le Zudinque" charged with 4 5 ,000 cubic feet of On the eastern side of theay-office is erected a bend gas, and bedizened with "the Ram, the Bull, the memo stone gallery, supported upon numerous elegant heerenly Twins," &c. iron brackets, and a li g h t railing of a gothic design, At a quarter before seven o'clock, M. Poitevin, the purpose of which is to connect together the husi mounted on his steed, a pretty dun pony of mess offices of the company. The board-room, which not quite fourteen hands, rode in, and was is 50 feet in l eng th and 30 in width, is also reached received with universal plaudits. Dismounting, by this gallery; the ba sement a ff or di ng accor nmodae he cecendrel a table and quaffed a glass of Champagne lion for wareh ous i ng to "the English nation," a very happy, short speech, waiting - rooms, most c om f orta bl y fi tte d up , a dj o in the being mad Me on his behalf by r. Greig. This tour- pay - office, • merchandise, &c. The various tesy was most cordially acknowledged by the multi- On the eastern side of the pay-office is the depar tude, and at seven precisely, amid the discharge of ture platform, which is covered in by one of two , the the fashion of the one at the Great Exhibition. an d glass transepts, cannon, the inspiriting strains of the orchestra, which, as already stated, are built pealing shouts of gratulation, bestriding his courser, the sound d workmen are no which was securely slung beneath the car, the daring rhe departure sheds, which are 110 feet in width, are aeronaut effected his ascent. He speedily assumed to . contain seven lines of rails, and in order to deaden a standing position on the saddle, and executed a u g pon a bed of concrete, and , upon now engaged in laying down this_ woi o e p n er p a a ti v o e n m b en ei t n joyous pas seul thereon; then, clambering up into eveuade completedr understand, a the ad , railsthe largestw i will h e o fi f x t e h d o . the car, his four-footed comrade was relieved from The glass roofs are, kind ever attempted, being 105 feet in span, the part on either side being panelled. The ex ithis weight, and could be discerned aloft in a state of l k o n wer perfect repose, as the balloon was gently wafted in a south-westerly direction, till crossing balmy Thames, descended on Wimbledon-common. All the treme height of the roofs' of the arrival and departure sheds, from the level of th e ra i ls to the centre of the ground, from Cremorne to B a tt erse a-bridge, was covered with an innumerable mass of spectators, and arches, is about 80 . feet, a n d the arrival shed is sup the welkin rang with shouts a s he clove the ether. p orted u p on 40 pillars 2 of large di mens i ons. Th e de bt. . Poitevin returned to the gardens at half-past nine, parture platform is and as he rode through the grounds and into the The south front tower tof thes feet wid e and 800 long. termi nus i s surmounte d by cirque, the welcome awarded him was uproarious. the handsome clackwer n ow completed, and pos - There has been a considerable amount of humbug frontage 253 sesses a of feet, in c l u di ng the w id th o f ventilated of late about the perils of ballooning, and the'grand entrance on the n ort h -western side, which in the present instance it is peculiarly inappropriate, is 58 feet, anda gross frontag e a b utting on the St. for there is not the remotest atom of danger in M. Pancras-road of 311 feet. At the basement of the Poitevin's ascent, as we can testify from a strict exa- stupendous arches—the largest ever turned in brick— mination of the fastenings made use of. forming the southern façade of the arrival and de- A better ballet has perhaps never been produced pasture sheds, or ter m i nus , are six openings for six outside the walls of her Majesty's Theatre than Le pairs of gates, through which it is intended that the e the roof from whi c h it springs. Workmen are Barbier de Cadiz, and -it does M. Milano infinite mails an d carriages to travel by the li ne s h a ll en t er . credit. Pedro the Barber was most cleverly per- , The clock tow e r, w hi c h i s 112 feet in height, is 22 sonated by Mr. Seymour, and the old Spanish father feet across at the base and 16 across above the level by Mr. Johnson. It is a vivid, sparkling affair of throughout, and the gay costumes (that of Mdlle. now engaged i n fitti ng it w i t h D ent's clock, which e Thec lights. houses in front of the stati on are all to come Cushnie, as Paquita, being peculiarly brilliant and was shown at the lat e Gr ea t E x h ibition. It is in becoming), the li v ely music, pretty scenery, and ex- tended that at ni g ht th e c l oc k s h all be lighted up by cellent groupings of the corps de ballet enhance the electric lights. for some time past. the proper notices havin g b een served upon the admirable execution of the principal artists. A pas de , trots, m .t i b l e a a n u o t , if w u allsyd rapturouslyaoc e dby othoecobreldd,lleaso.dCuasthnthiee fall and inhabitants 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. NORTH BRITHH.—Mr. Rowbotham (formerly in the service of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company as goods manager) has beets appointed manager of the North British Railway.—Kurth British Mail. The North and South-Western junction line will, it is expected, be 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. CALEDONIA.--Mr. Ferguson, formerly the com pany's accountant, has been appointed to the office of treasurer, a selection which will give general satis faction. THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH ESTATES. The relative extent of the d eman d f or the L.bernl and the Tory newspapers of the country, i s a b etter clue to the true complexion of the national mi n d th an the poli tical character of " the representation o f the people." The constituencies form but a fraction (if a large one) of the community; and a variety of influence?, apart from principle and conviction, guide their decisions. Newspapers, despite the jealous restraints imposed upon them by fiscal laws, are read by the unenfranchised as well as by the enfranchised; and the market demand for a Liberal or a Tory journal is a spontaneous act. The supply of the one description of newspaper or the other, is an exact measure of the public mind—an infallible in dicator of the tastes and tendencies of the popular mind. We shall be fully justified, therefore, when we appeal t o the table which we give below, as a proof—a clear in fallible proof—that the Parliament of England is not repre sentative of the people. The number of stamped sheets issued to the Lib eral and Conservativein the ar 1650 newspaper offices o most recent list of a respect a bl e L on d on newsagent. the results of the l a t e e l ect i ons in the several counties, the table follows the Morning i Chronicle, in t h e main, in distributing the Member s t h re e now-fashionable heads of " Liberal," under the ter and "Liberal Conservative." Counties. I LIB ERAL . I TORY. IM. L. IL.C. e l county , the i. f a each of giving r , s stated on th e au thority Bedfordshire ...... 42,000 none 1 2 1 Ber.kshire ... ..... 242,700 40,500 4 4 0 Bucks ... 66,000 38,500 6 5 0 Cambridge 13 9 .150 105,100 6 0 1 Cheshire ............ 80,980 152,500 3 5 2 104,000 94,9 00 60000 6 4 7 3 1 0 Cornwall ....... 132,500 65,000 8 6 0 Cumberland 195,000 104,000 4 5 0 Derby ............ llO,OOO 95,100 2 3 1 Devon 496,255 305,500 8 11 3 20 30, 3 :5 5 00 00 Dorset .....: Durham 295,500 41,000 3 7 0 *Essex .............• none 70,000 10 0 0 Gloucester ...... 501,150 400,700 4 9' 0 Hants 271,000 140,500' 6 9 4 ni l . f il e r r ut e ns fo t I r . : . g. .d .. 0 •• .. 11 :: ........... none 36,000 3 2 0 none 4 0 0 Kent .................. 783,950 158,100 13 4 1 Lancashire 3,476,035 801 ,5 0 0 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 82,5C0 27,500 3 0 0 Norfolk ........ .... 255,600 176,750 7 3 2 Northampton 89,000 90,000 4 4 0 INorthumberland 377,200 144,815 4 6 0 N o tt s ..... .. , .... 188,500 17,000 5 3 2 Oxford 64,400 134,010 5 3 1 f Rutland none none 2 0 0 §Shropsb ire 107,000 129,000 11 0 1 Somerset 110,450 100,000 6 6 1 Stafford . none 89,500 4 12 1 Suffolk Surrey Sussex 170, , :00 25 4,000 8 5 5 Warwick 639,000 92,000 6 4 0 Westmoreland 44,000 39 , 3 50 2 1 0 Wilts .33,000 74 ,000 8 6 4 Worcester 87,480 85,000 6 6 1 a Yorkshire I ------- - - - Total 56,463,455 11,219,8871212 208 45 Th. ~.ir,.,, intim of Liberal as compared with Tory SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this railway was held at Lichfield y es t er d a y. Capta in nyott, 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 915,6174 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 41. 7s. 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 lide. The directors con gratulate you on their successful opposition to the various schemes brought into Parliament during the last session prej u di c i a l to t hi s company, and on the promotion of other measures bene ficial thereto. The Bill brought in by this company for a branch to Burton-on-Trent was withdrawn in Parlia ment, under an arrangement with the Midlund Railway Company, satisfactory to the lessee, whe re b y passengers are conveyed to and from your lino to theirs by every train of this company, which superseded the necessity of 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 tho lessee. The divid en d 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. 11d. per 100 shares, after deducting the income tax." 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 blended racy wit and dry humour which characterised Bedford's acting made him an immense favourite with the audience ; and altbough 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 piny these demonstrations of wel come were repeated, and really, lot him gain what celebrity he may in tho Sister Island—and of cele brity he is certain—he must always remember with grateful pleasure the cordiality of his Dublin friends. His toting is as full of racy humour as ever, blend ing the best 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 we re as amply deserved as they were unreservedly bestowed. He was well supported by the stock co mpany ; and the comedy altogether was excel lently cast, and creditably maintained. In the interlude of Seeing Bedford he was greeted with renewed cordiality; and his John Downy was as full of fun as usual. Barrett, Mrs. Goward, and the remainincier of the performers, supported him effi ciently.—Dublin Evening Packet. Tho circulation of Liberal as compared nth Tory veto odniev.ideTdbebertewpereesneTntoartyioinsmof and ne peoplewsp s i p s e aboutrs , is as equally fi Liberalism. This is the gen eral resul t presented by England. But take Middlesex. There t h e newspaper issues are nearly six to one. Is there any disparity in the election 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 are 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 bnr gesses to Parliament, and the shires their knights. But all our palcry nomination boroughs should be absorbcd 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" bas no Liberal newspaper. Probably the Liberal inhabitants derive their supplies 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. • Huntingdon—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 cIIAIRMAN, 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 largeOtetn of 89,4001. upon bonds. This had occurred in co nsequence of the altere d va l ue of money. They h a d, owing to this circums t ance , borrowed 50,0001. at 32 per cent., and by that mea ns ha'l paid off obligation s f or which they were a ll ow i n g a larger amount of interest, and had afterwards a ba lance of 20,0001. in the hands of their bankers. — (Rear, 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 the deal with it to a gr ea t er advanta. The r eport congratulated the shareholders upon succ essful opposition which they h a d g i ven to various sc h e mes brought into Parliame n t d uring the last sess ion, and which the dire c t ors deemed prejudicial to the South Staffordshire C ompany. In that paragraPh they mainly referred to an attempt which had be en made by the Great Western Company to intro duce upon thei r (th e S ou th Staffordshire line) the b road gauge betw e e n W e d nes b ury and Dudley. In that the Great Western were unsuccessful. Another at. tempt had be en ma d e t o establish a line stood) from Walsall to Cannock. They (the South Staffordshire) opposed that project, as they thought that it was an interference with the territory assigned to them by Parliament. They had not made such a line themselves, hut if ; -t was deemed necessary to make it, the duty would devolve upon the South Staffordshire Com pany. The Bill which they intro duced into Parliament for making a line to Burton was abandoned, because an arrangement was made to their with the Midland which was satisfactory con tended been successful with regard to the (as we under. lessee. They had, therefore, he (the chairman) brought into Parliament affecting themselves, and he hoped the shareholders would entertain the same opinion. Something was said at their last meeting with regard to certain proposed arrangements with the London and North - Western Company ,Nothintg touch further had transpired upon that subject but he believed the - North-Western Company welt willing to conclude an agreement with them. th would be recollected that the London and (the South schemes Western proposed, at the close of their 0--a Staffordshire) lease, to tako to the line and s hareholders of the south Staffordshire at the rate, of four -fifths of their own dividend. That proposal sincewe not acceded to. The only progress which hadtern been made was, that the London and North-W r e s a nova proposed four.Sfths of their dividend, withpay to the , guarantee that the dividend to the South er Stafford shire shareholders should never be less I C ent., if such arrangements were carried uthat (Rear, hear.) He believed, as he had said before,w .. the... London and North-Western Company Were wits hog to carry such arrangements into effect. the face not aware that there was anything wore on in con of the report which reired explanation, but . board - elusion he •hallowed ling t be to say that the directors were most anxious to give a straightforward exposi tion of the whole of the affairs of the company. than four per They h a d , h . lay before them such ot ing to do but to da a report as they had presented that , H receipts of the lessee they had nothing to . 610. 0 y. With the performed his duty with perfect satisfaction to t h e moving the reception and adoption of the rep o o t r ion re of directors. The Chairman Mr. FORSTIiii M.P., in seconding h te ra h d taken ' au concluded t by which had marked upon the improvement place in the value of the line. Twelve months ago it was at 3 per cent. dis.; and now their shares were nearly at p ar . H e attr ib u ted this improvement to the spi r i ted conduct and management of the lessee, and expressed his belief that in any arrangements which might be made with the London and North- Western Company—and rangements might be—the- intermediate interest s o f the lessee would be consulted and protected. He believed that the directors would not take any steps which w ere not sat i sfactor y to th and aat gentleman. The motion was carried unanimously, divi dend of 35. Bd, per share, o r 18 1 . Bs. lld. per hundred shares, the meeting broke up. The supplies of the Newcastle Courant are not included. The news-agent classes our contemporary among the " Neutrals." § Compare 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 " 1 welve Apostles." We need not say what name they now apply to the solitary Liberal. II The election returns give Yorkshire thirty-eight repre sentatives, one more than her statute gives her. This arises from the triple return for Kuaresborough. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Subjoined is a notice to mariners, lately signed by the hydrographic department at Madrid, respecting some new lighthouses established on the north coast of ,Spain:— (Translation.) H3drographie Dep 7 artment, Madrid, July 17, 1852. LIGHT HOUSES ON THE NORTH COAST OF SPAIN. o L r i a ß sf i T s O k N y THE oPmo thei• oF 21st M a o Cr A c g a u c s o t , aPnneow __ VIN I C ST E . lighthouse will be lighted every night, established on the Point of Cape Machichaco on the north coast of Spain, Gales, u l a a t t e . d 43 l4 d e m g i . l es 8 e m a s in t .oNf he ~ d P l o o i n n g t 3 o f deg. F e e r 2 t 2 e from the setting to the rising of the su n. This light hdoou s a e G is ale s min. 50 secs. E. of the Observatory of San Fernando (Cadiz). The apparatus is of the Ist catadioptrio order of Fresuel's system, with fixed lights, and flashes at in tervals of four minutes. This light, which is of tho natural colour, brat an elevation of 285 Castillian feet above the level of the Equinoctial high tides, and pro duces a tangent of 18,8 wiles. 2ND. LIGHT ON THE POINT OF THE FUERTE DE LA GALEA, PROVINCE OF BISCAY.—This lighthouse established on the coast to the east of the Bay (Concha) of Portugalete, is situated 14 miles west of Cape Machichaco, in lat. 43 deg. 22 min. 26 secs. N., and long. 3 deg. 8 min. 14 secs. E. of the Oservatory of San Fer nando. Its apparatus is of the 4th catadioptrio 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 samo 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 secs. N., f ind long. 22 min. 28 secs. E. of the Observatory of San Fer nano. The height of the luminous focus above the level of the sea is 370 Castillian feet, and its apparatus which is of lit catadioptrio order of Fresnel, produces a light with eclipses which follow each other at intervals of 30 seconds, with a tangent in clear weather of 20 miles. This light will be first illuminated on the 15th August. HERolc ACTION.--As the Fife boat reached Dun dee from Newport, at twelve o'clock on Teetday, 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 Haricot 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 SIR ROBERT PEE L AT Bloyruosx.--This event, -which excited much in terest in the town and neighbourhood, took p l ace on Sa turday afternoon in the pre sence o f a l arg e co ncourse. people. The statue was ere c t e d b y th e subseriPtiOUrf.tAue. inhabitants, and, after a very able . address from ,. ,r anship Foote, was delivered over in their name to the gu i sf u esen t on w ere of the magistrates and Town Council, who IlAndyside the occasion. The statue was executed by fin e wor k Ritchie, of Edinburgh, and is considered 9 of art. It stands in the High-street, Preontrose. of once belonging to the famous Marquis s g os v it il e the h ouse r-I.Toßs' COURT. — SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT .. - !';" 11 moliday next The Insolvent Debtors' Court will sit e g ~;. , a oiAy notice persons lin for bail cases and motions. By In - Lb - b a il, and thereby save custody can provide themselves Thew bearing of cases will be some weeks' imprisonment. in i f s a si n ° t Li s er h iv a a v w o . been disco shortly resumed before Mr. C° in has such a The bodies of two more Nottingham, which disco vered in the vicinity of, bad eminence for the concealment or murder Of new-born children. AND RAILWAY. The twelfth hall-yearly up under the ta general . meeting of this PORTBUR y piER Cornpanywhic o h f Abandonmentbe held at Bristol on Monday, the 23d iust: At the hour appointed, however, a sufficient number Mr.. Thom cf shareholders were not present to constitute a meeting, it n iasuttaeynsdedAtcot,wwinads au( A report from the directors was laid upon aban donment of the undertaking , the table, which stated that the six months allowed by the .Abandonment of Railways .Aq, 1850, for the expired on . the 24th of making of claims for compensation in respect of da mage alleged to be sustained by reason of the July lest, and that the only claim sent in was one by claiming 2,0001. for the injury sustained by the trust psnn, the surviving trustee of a Mr. Clarke, es tate in the event of the purchase not being CoDa- 24 8/4. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAL., TIMES.-*-Wh , ,n Mr. Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, was reldres ,, ed by Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the North-W(stern, on the subject of the grand amalgamation, he replied in a tone whi c h sh o wed his periect appreci a ti on o f the r ea l nature o f t h e proposa l. M r . Gl yn h ad plausibly and the appealed to the "interests of the public," " convenience " of travellers, as 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 fur himself and his colleagues at Pad dington, "our deliberate opinion that it would not be deemed consistent with the policy of the present times to commit to the heeds 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 an extension rather than the limitation of means of accommodation upon existing railways." It is per fectly clear from the tenour of this aroutnption—an assumptien 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 th e 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 publi c 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 Parliamentary expenditure, it would doubtless improve the prospects of proprietaries with out prejudice to any class except those long-robed gentry whom we consign with o ut any kind of reluct ance to Mr. Glyn's discretion. But the views of the chairmen are evidently not limited to these legitimate extent of accommodation — talki ng sly savings. purpose . being run They plainly where to curtail the present one ation—talking of " two trains towbould serve the public equally, well." But who is judge of this " equality ?' If a town has two statio n s e t and two communications with London, and two are started together, one on each line, at eigh r t ain ' s l it may be very possible tha o t c o'clock in the morning, single t train would answer all purposes, and that one a s of carriages would accommodate all the passengers who e were desirous of taking that particular trip at that particular time. But if one o f th ese tra i ns started at other at ten, it i s a b surd to den the benefit o f th e eight, a n d th e y double conve n i ence . N o town ca for these two s t r i ngs to i ts bow; buto be the w o r se that the argument i s an exact . the truth i s exemplification of the system under which these things have been A certain town has a railway communi cation managed. metropolis, and is supposed to provide with t h e a erati amount of traffic. This tr a ffi c catches etehmeuneve y e clever speculators, who determi ne t o have a share s of f 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 Rublic 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 30,000,0001. amalgamates with a second whose stock is 20,000,000/. ; they propose to serve the public "equally well by abolishing one moiety of tbeir joint performances, but the fares will be regulated for returns upon the ag gregate 5 0,000,000/. 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 oae half of its contributions. A company may be use less, by its own confession, in providing accommo dation for the community, hut 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. Perhsps it is desirable that two capital stocks, o f ma ny 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 objectionable feature is the dead weight thus created. The "non-effective ser vices" of our railway proprietaries will be as burden some as those 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. The railway authorities therdelves declare that they have been fighting and"competing " to non at all except th a t o f common dame . ge a incdtiveuien ce , an d th e y now ask us t opay for that competition whi c h they themselves forced into being, It but which th e y can ca rry on no long er.i pre cisely the case of the "great water companies' over again. In th e s tr u ggle for promising investments six proprietaries were started where three would have sufficed. The first stage of the proceeding, was cora petition-.ea frantic and desperate effort on the part of each to grasp all. When i t his had produced i ts natural consequences of depre ssion and ruin they re sorted to a virtualrelieved " ama lgamation, and 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 nounce to our fellow-townsmen that they will i n the course of a few days have the honour of ta visit, although only a passing one, from her Most Gracious 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 same route from Osborne to B a l mora l , on the occasion of her forthcoming visit to Scotland, us she took in the autumn Iryesternwillielway, of Midland 1849 on an a h her r j e o a u t r journey from Scotland, namely, by the h Birmingham. Her Majesty ilexeotdket.hence by theshe will passing throug ave Osborne . e arly on Monday morning towißilaspinregeset ,_August 30, and having landed at R G a o i s l p vi e a r y t, South-Wester° riages, and proceed by e e ste to ra • Birel j e l b ; the There . c, Gloucester, and thence by the M Ci id re la a n t d W lin ham, and so on to Derby, where her Majesty w ill -- Al that night, proceeding on northwards next day Aueep G l oucester, where th e break of gusge occurs, th e lest will again change carriages • and on Saterlido7S for the ing of the Gloucester Town 'Council was -- roPer re°eP purpose of making arrangements for th---e r ,P yai an d nu trion of her Majesty by the authoritio: c 7 use quencte of tiful addresses will be presented, blow Royal party at I kept clear on the inconvenience experienced by A- be m testY „ Se! --e ;t4 , 0 , 3 . Gloucester in 1849, the platform " wi g only remain a her Majesty's arrival. few minutes at the Glotteester we understand that Mr. In addition to the Sanders, l managerce r s naking the necessary above, of the Midland Corn- Glo re uc cep tion of her Majesty, and we puny, is n t o h w e rangements for th e e au thorities of this town will be ere have no doubt a g t enera °no sent, in possession of such long, if they , a th r w e e ill en a ble them to make suitable pre reception of the royal party, and inhabitants an opportunity of testifying Pa the afford to a nd attachment to their Sovereign. It their loyalty the recollection of our readers that in the hifreartmioantsiefeor . w ill be in year 18 49 her iiejesty paid a similar visit t o thi s town, w h e n she was received at the station i n D u d. deston-row by S. Thornton, Esq., the Mayor, and the m embers of the corporation. The weather was most unpropitious, and the short conversation with which the Mayor was honoured by his Royal Highness Prince Albert was c arr i e d on u nd e r t orrents of rain. The state carriage r ema i n ed only a few m i nutes al the station aster its arrival, and comparatively few of the thousands who had assembled along the line had the pleasure of seeing her Majesty. • We hop e, how 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 Gazette. --- Captain John Edward Walcott (18 0 0), -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-s erv i ce pens i on o f 1501. per annum. • THE KAFIR, WAR. 1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—About a year ago you did ma the honour of publishing a letter of mine, signed (I 'link) 11. M. G., containing two suggestions for the purpose of teimi nating the Kafir war; viz., Ist, the emplJ;vment of Sepoys, and, 24, of bloodhounds. The Naval' and Military Gazette afterwards published a similar letter of mine, and I see in the present number of that jour nal, a leading article recommending the sendiiig of , British troops from India. Allow me to recur to these sutzgestions. his 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 otjects of the Kafirs were those en tertained in regular war, the thing would he different; but their objects are thot,e of brigands, and they- are, therefore, more difficult to be dealt with. When our troops melte a forward movemTnt, :point, as it is 1 techaic.lly called, our generaN are unable t o l eave a 1 sufficient cordon in their rear to proLct our frontiers, and the Kafirs retaliate any mischief we may do them by ravaging cur own territory. Lord Cathcart now Now, as we can edElsftbepaucity of troops. sufficient force from En g l an d, and as it complains might nlePeiai be dangerous to adopt the suggestion of the Naval and Military Gazette, and draw European troops from Indic, especizily 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 Burmah. 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, oy of bloodhounds, the as the diff erences of race, habits, and l anguage would be effectual b arr i ers, which is more than can b e sa i d of the Hottent o t l ev i es. With regard t o t h e Grnplment efficacy of this m easure was proved formerly against the Maroons in Jam a i ca , 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 be used to tear them, but rather to find them out in their lairs; and if we make use of horses in war, I do not see, cateris paribus, any abstract objection to the use of dogs, ogsespecially in such a case as this, against an enemy who roast alive and crucify our men. Real humanity consists in terminating the war as soon as possible. I may make another suggestion in your columns respecting the future disposal of the Kafirs 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 been acted on a year ago, the Kafir war would have now been at an end. Your obedient servant, COMMON ENSE. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 21. TO ES. covered an o th er planet, the A THE ED NEW i,rci aPLANET.OFTHE Tra dmuerminbgertsheofpatshtefivpelayneeat planetary Sir,—At lib. 30m. mean time sixth la l st h n av ig e ht de l tec d t i e s- d r ya Supposed t p r I o t o f is t h i a n t t t h b e e system must be far mor e will be reindabylleen with a telescope of very ordinary power. c n o u n m st e e r l o la u t s io t n ha A n ci w un a r s iu fo s, r matied l and appears it to e notwed equals a star of the ninth nifignitud e I Greenwich have the same yellowish ting e that b'as o b f ee t n b about Pallas, Melpomene, and others group of planets. At 11h. 35m. 385. mean time (August 22), its right ascension was 22h. 22m. 29.75., and its north polar distance 97 deg. 32 min. 14 sec. ; the diurnal motion in right asce ,7_ siop is 535. towards the west, and in N. P. D. about 5 min. towards the south.—l am, Sir, &c. J. R. HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, Aug. 23. NEW MUSIC. - - I TURN FROM PLEASURE'S WITCHING TONE. The Music by Gayner Elizabeth Wil liams. HEALTH,WEALTH, AND LONG LIFE. Also by the same Composer. We find in these songs unquestionable promi se o f future celebrity, o f future musical achievements. o riginal songs are calculated to win for their There ib an evidence of youthful. talent in 'each of the compositions that would disarm criticism, even were the faults visible, but,. on the contrary, these very pleasing and pav i on in . the first -named one, please the most fastidious, to charm the listener with f a oufi s rt p p i u l d l teh e r s on s re e s n tsh t i ea a n l m l a y e e t d h e o i f r p 0 0 7 u. , 1 a r and ity to There is much while the last is replete with spirit and force of expression. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR °MN CORRESPbNDET.) COWES, AUG. 23, ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. 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, P.M., a breeze sprang up from the westward, but at 7.20 there are no tidings of the yachts. , NINE, p.m.—The Arrow rounded the N min. 32 sec. ahead of the Mosquito; the rest a C b o s wes, of the fleet off Sandown Bay; wind light, from the west ; not expected to arrive at Cowes before eleven, P.M. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.—SEARCHING HER MAJESTY'S YACHT FOR SMUGGLED GOODS.—In consequence of information laid by some party at Antwerp, immediately after the arrival of the royal y ac hts from her Majesty's marine excursion the Custom-house officers boarded the yacht and corn. menced a strict search, and dur in g that and the fol lowing day they succe 2 ded in findin g 86 lbs. of to bacco, 30 lbs. of cigars, and 36 bottles of eau de Cologne ! Now, the law allows each man one p oun d of tobacco, and there are 150 men on board the Vic toria and Albert ; so that thi s smuggling was not a very wholesale affair, though it has caused a vast deal of talk; and as people are very partial to all that i s wonderful, and tried to make this affair the more so, s ome of the knowing ones , in their own way, seized the royal yacht and con demned her, while others dis charged the poor Custom-house officers here f or obeying the orders of their London superiors. M uc h ado has been made about nothing, for had the m en claimed the tobacco it m ust have been given up to t t h n an al t i he y y nehts. were j t u h s e t m ly , a e s n t t i h t e l eyd nto, n o d men, merchantmen, &c. inthoarenis allowed COURT CRCULA.R. OSBORN B, MONDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and their Royal Highnesses th e Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended Divine service yesterday morning at Whippingham parish church. The Rey. P. Prothero performed the service and preached. The Earl and Countass of Derby left St. Leonard's Lord yesterday afternoon, for Osborne, Is le of Wight, on visit to th e Q ueen . tary Walpole yesterday, alpole yesterday at the Home -office. Mr. Mandeville had an interview w ith Mr . Seere- Newdegat e h a d also an i n terview with the Right Hen. Secretary. Dispatches were received from the Governor- General of Canada ____ yesterday, at the Colonial-office. 31°1 " WOMAN FLOGGING.—Tbe rienna Gazette of the 17th instant states The court-martial sitting in Vienna has sentenced Maria Swobada, clothes-maker, to 15 bl ow s with rods and 14 days , confinement in irons , f o r h erbal aud actual injury of th© offi cers o f publ i c security:' SUN, LON DON, EVENING, AUGUST 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, George Charrett, were in the service of Mr. Dymock, the banker, at his residence near Forest-hill, Sy denham, but iu con sequence of her intemperate habits her husband was at last obliged to give notice and quit his situation. They left on Saturday, the 7tb 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-hence. 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. Ansell heard a heavy fall in the woman's on going upstairs, he knocked, a n d replied that she wanted s o m e wa t er. O trho n eoni bil 'm n a g nad a n' sked 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 head. She was lifted into bed, and the husband was discovered hanging in a closet in the room and quite dead. An inquest was held o a onand an open ver di c t re t urne d. Th e m body, ved to Lamb e th workho use , w h ere wn w the as rem 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 nutter and infl.inunation 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., that the woman died from injuries produced by violence, but how she came I ).Y those injuries there was no proof. It is somewhat remarkable th at at the first inquiry no ine di " i worn most likely °ll t l o ari ll ' a a y s e , evi dence was called as to the nature of the A irjur a i rthey that(' on the at .; bus_ be And, his state of mind might have been. inferred from n. that and his subsequent seif-destructio i b i e a e d n itinilapiepteeadrei;y AII ,WAT TRAIN.— LEAP OF A PRISONER FitoM A uth Shields, took into Oa Friday Sergeant Richardson,)o fttbS:nanie a John Brown, custody, for robbery, a person in L is being liberated from obas Quick, a native of Shields, o ner to Newcastle, which his P r ' s° soned. Thu officer conveyed o'clock train, travelling in a town they left by the eleve:. h prisoner handcuffed. third elass open carrigse, '' hl , and Shields station the prisoner, Alorp e th gaol, where be had been for twelve months impri- Between Brockley„ W n i;y, leaped out of the carriage and fell watching to iollow him, but was his 01)1 ,0. 0 1, wa s going The t ti on the rails. by his fellow-pasklngers. The train at prudently preven ...„„,, e e di n g at a rattling pace, and the prisoner the time was 10 , •- - was observed Po et up and walk with a limp along the line. train slackened its pace at the High station, As soon as Tteurned in pursuit. An alarm was: given, and a officers were instantly dispatched in search of the realthough the officer was not more than ten turning to the spot where the escape took place, t,e searc was made, no tidings whatever could arid an ac- h 1 t ' .h ' 'ned of t e os prisoner, w o remains at large, and ioftheng ifrom m B oiaurddi indifferent Trade en t arrivednle_y ) beobtal . . infntluuligienwatorfesii;ioenfrb. e h ev ades the vigilance of the police. in town from Germany, considerably better. as e P b r e e en sid su e ff n e t r TUE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BURNLEY. BURNLEY SATURDAY EVEYING.—The fears entertained for the reco very of four of the persons most seriously terrible disaster have, we regret to state, beeninjured by this rea lized, death having terminated their suff tearfullyn who ri b h Whitaker, 17, mechanic, died at ten • sufferings. George last night; William Winterbottom, 29, minutes after 'eleven before one this morning; Joseph , owns Warpe r , at a. quarter quarter before five this morning; a n d °P 51, warper, at a weaver, at a quarter before six. The John Thornton, 39, names of the other persons injured are as follow :--Richard Robert Heys, weaver ; G eorge w chard Jackson, weaver; Jackson, weaver; Samuel Bra hitaker, warper ; Robert Robin son, overlooker ; and William F ‘iv e yell, smith atson, Peter overlooker. Several of these persons are so severely greatest agony, and are b scalded as to remain in the more can be said as to they no means out of danger. Little was stated yest er d ay. An inquiry causes of this sad accident th an the Court-house on Monday, will be opened . at .. ay, when doubtless a full investigation will take place, pending which w e must defer any re marks we may make on t h e subject. THE Mons.—The weather has been very unpro. pituous for the grouse shooters this season . In Inverness shire the ground has been in a very bad state; but the birds oceu are plentitul an d strong . Most of the s h oo tings are Pied, and a g oo d d ea l of game has been b a gg ed, but the re re- turns are not at all Vine to those of last season. In Aber deen and Banff shires the sport has been better, and the Dee side heather p r omises to he in a g ood condition and well supplied. In the western districts the 'game is rem ar k a b ly plentiful, and the shootings thus far have been good. THE FRENCff GoVERNMEpT el AND THE FISHI4 R . Arm, —Sin Em p s , Apo. 23.77 Le r ie i r c ina large and h an d some war-steamer belonging "a r! to t h Government, is at pre sent in our harbour . She has two tend ers cru i sing off the coast. It appears that a number of French boats are engaged and that in the herring fishery, they are paid a premium by n what they catch. As they fishout side the Government upon very the men y act in concert with our boats , our men, an d purchase fish of th em i nstead cf engaging themsei • v _ es i n fishing. hence the w a t c h se t u pon them. There has been a considerable take o f h err i ngs o ff this coast during t h e last few days, and, n otw i thstand i ng great qnanti ties are sent by railway into the i n t er i or o f the countio, they been selling as low as ','s. 6d. • thousand. Some of have per the Penzance boats have been very successful. LONDON, AUG. 5 /I.—The Endeavour, Lynn to South' ampton, was run down off Dungeness 21st inst. 126 104 is P. °6 of 51cc/ X•) 1 $ bad Gar, repo,ri,, 11 0 / INF O' SO: jjSICY ed t 0 for