The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

'-~"~'~ meats g 110 1 the _ MUSICAL MEMORANDA. IsTzw OPERAS.—Mr. Bunn has accepted an opera for Covent-garden, written by Mr. Fitzball, and compost d bf Vincent Wallace, who is gone to Jersey for that • k,arPose. An opera on a grand subject has been written IPul composed by the same parties, but it has been with d awn for the ~resent., owing to the great outlay it , 11,uld require in bringing it out. Pitixcess'i 't ties. Tee —Mr. G. Linley is preparing an ultra for the Princess's Theatre, which will embrace the talents of Mdlle. Nau, Miss Poole, Allen , &c. An ' opera fr om th e same pen, called 7he Royalist's Daughter, had been accepted, but it has been withdrawn, owing to its political sentiment. The Grisi party have performed Norma, I Puritani, SW Don Pasquale, at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, during the past week, under the direction of Mr. R. P. Aldridge, leader of the Philharmonic Concert La that town. The party consists of Madame Grisi , io3ora Vera, Signori Mario, Ciabatta, Galli, and • iltagliafico. • Jenny Lind, with MM. Roger, F. L•tblache, and Bel . letti, will commence a short engagement at the Theatre • Royal, Dublin, on the 10th proximo. The nightingale Fill appear in Sonnambula, Lucia, Puritani, and La Figlia del Reggimento. Mr. John Wilson will give a farewell performance in Exeter Hall on Thurday, previous to his departure for America. Mr. Distin and his sons will give a concert at Drury. lane Theatre early next month, after which they will Proceed to America. M. Lavenu will give a concert on an extensive scale in Exeter Hall, on the 25th instant, at which Mdlle. Alboni and other talented vocalists will sing, and a v ery full orchestra will perform several c l a ssical compo • Sidon & A MUSICAL SWINDLER. —A fellow calling himself godson, but whose real name is supposed to be Richard eon, announced a concert to take place at Taunton, at which the following popular vocalists would e ieg:—Madame Castellan, Madame Thillon, Misses Rainforth and A. Romer, Messrs. Harrison, Leffler, and John Parry. When he arrived at Taunton he collected the money which had been received ' for tickets, amounting to 61., then proceeded towards the but Mr railvva sta Ashe tion , of under pretext of meeting the artistes; • . Exeter, having heard of the fellow's doings, hastened by railway to Taunton, just in time to catch the swindler and to make him return the money. It really is astonishing how people can suffer themselves to be gulled by such palpable tricks. Madame Dulcken intends to make a very extensive t eir through the provinces, and give pianoforte per on:glances at most of the principal towns. She will be accompanied by Mr. John Parry, Mr. Willy, and Herr Hausmann, the violoncellist. BATH, SEPT. 16.—" The fascinating and celebrated Mrs. Nisbett," as the play bills have it, together with her sister, Miss Mordaunt, will perform at our theatre three times next week, in some of their popular charac ters. Alboni, with Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, and Lindsay Eloper, the eminent pianist, will appear at a concert, Which Mr. H. Simms will give on Saturday morning, in the Assembly Rooms. The Harmonic Society will shortly recommence its very interesting meetings, under the direction of Mr. Bianchi Taylor. This association is one of the oldest and most respectable in the kingdom. THE EXPORT COAL TRADE.—We have again to record the gratifying fact that the coal exports con tinue to cut a respectable figure, and to contrast, conse quently, most conspicuously with the exports generally of the itingdom. The coal exports of the month ending August 5, 1848, amounted to 106.0521., whereas those of the corresponding month of 1847 only amounted to 8 4,5771.; showing an increase on the month of 21,4751. This increase of our staple trade, we repeat, is cheering, amidst the cries of distress which are to be heard on almost every side.—Gateshead Observer. Oysters are very plentiful here this season, and, consequently, cheap ; they have been retailed at 3d. per score, cheaper than for many years past. —Dover Chro • aide. EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS ON GROUSE SHOOTING. — It appears that since the opening out of the great trunk lines of railway, so extended has been the demand for grouse shooting on the Scotch moors, that advanced and most exorbitant rents are being exacted for the privilege. It is stated that three friends pay 2001. a year to shoot in two glens, for which the tenant farmer, to whom they pay it, pays but 1401. to the owner; thus he has his farm , nig profits on the 140/., and 2001. per annum for bad shooting into the bargain. We have had for a week now a continuation of' the roost favourable weather we could have for completing harvest operations. On Wednesday we had a slight fall of rain, but generally nothing could be finer than the Runny bracing weather we have enjoyed. On all hands reaping and carrying the crops are going on rapidly and continuously.-- Greenock Advertiser. A itEVF POLICE BARRACKS —Yesterday extensive Premises, situate in Northumberland-street, Strand, were occupied by the Metropolitan Commissioners as a barrack for the A division of police—the station recently arected in King-street, Westminster, at a cost of 5,0001., not affording sufficient accommodation. Two hundred men have recently been added to the A division, the total increase in all divisions up to the present time being 640. Hundreds of young men are daily in attendance at Scotland-yard; those who are approved are imme diately placed on drill at the police drilling-ground, Dartmouth-street, Westminster. Sections of constables are also daily instructed and exercised in the use of the broad-sword. The recent augmentation will increase the police rate 150,000/. per annum. THZ CHOLERA.—This dreadful visitant has made its appearance at Hamburgh, from which port there is a direct communication to our own shores. At St. Pe tersburgh and Moscow it has greatly diminished, but in the southern part of Europe and the north of Asia it Still rages. FATAL ACCIDENT:OH Monday, Mr. John Brown farmer, Nether-place, near Dalbeattie, went to bring home his bull, which had been fighting during the day with a neighbour's bull, and had latterly become so fierce that the herd-boy was afraid to drive him along with the cows. Mr. Brown had a bar of wood in his bend, but, as he was quietly driving the animal from hi the field, it suddenly turned rou nd, attacked him, struck m to the ground, and continued butting him when lying there. Two farm-servants, who were watering their horses, hearing cries, rode up to the spot, when they found their master lying disabled on the ground, and the brill standing quietly beside him. Mr. Brown was quite composed, but evidently much hurt, and died in conse quence of the injuries received, which were internal, in about two hours.—Dumfries Courier. ROYAL MARINES.—CHATHAM, SEPT. 17.—This day, Sunday, an express from the Admiralty was re ceived by the Commandant, Colonel John Wright, commanding this division, to select the men to be in readiness for embarkation to Ireland, viz., 6 sergeants, 12 corporals, 3 drummers, and 110 privates. The men for the duty were soon mustered on the parade-ground, and inspected by the Commandant in heavy marching order. Captain P. T. Payne, with two subalterns, take Charge of the detachment, and as a Government steamer is to come round to take them on board for conveyance to Ireland, the whole of the men were kept in barracks, to be in readiness to embark the moment the steamer arrives. Blaenavon Iron Works, we are happy to hear, ,•,szhibit a brighter prospect of renewal of work than . have for sotne time past. Two furnices are a t pre qtin full woik, 'arikmany poor fellows are looking :feesvard with the hope of seeing the remaining furnaces ibllow the example.— #ereford Times. ,SZONIPSIIINT TO THE LATE LORD HOLLAND.—The st „ apda"etKpolitteal associates of the late Lord Hollawl, vicedamminedAo erect a monument to his memory n W qs (inhm k tee,:Abbey,, entrusted its execution to Ai r. Thisdistinguished artist having completed ')4is task,. he. has.graiified many of his friends with a private view at bik, studio in Newman-street. The ,71aubject is an allegorical group representing Genies, `, Science, and Literature mourning at the tomb, while the cenotaph is surmounted with a colossal bust of the deceased nobleman. On either side are basso relieves, one representing Charity, and the other Justice. The three female figures seated at the entrance to the tomb are fun of character, and are finished with much delicacy of expression. We were peculiarly pleased with the figure of Genius seated on the lett hand of the tomb, leasing upon the es. ieguished torch. Tt e pensive sad ness in the counttnance, the dignified embodiment of sorrow which is there delineated, is conceived with true poetic feeling, and will realise in the mind of the dullest spectator the abstract conception of the sculp tor.. The bust itself, which is to surmount the cenotaph, is an admirable likeness of the Noble Lord. We have here the features, massy almost to heaviness which dis tinguish the Fox family ; and the capacious forehead, giving the idea that its owner possessed what Dr. Johnson called " the magnificence of common sense." It ought to be stated, with regard to this bust, that it formed no paet of Mr. Baily's original design, who pro posed that the monument should be surmounted by an urn, bearing a boss° relievo medallion of his Lordship; but the committee insisting that a bust should form a prominent feature in the group, the artist had no alter native but to substitute it in the place of an urn, which detracts considerably from the unity of the design, and disagreeably mingles together the incongruous ideas of allegory and reality. The height of this cenotaph will be 20 feet; it is 11 feet 6 inches wide, and projects seven feet from the wall. It is to be erected to the left of the west door of the Abbey, and preparations for its erection are to •be commenced this we ek.—Chronicle. SUPPLY OF Altus TO SPAIN. —A return moved for last session by Mr. M. Milnes, M.P., shows that the amount still due to this country from Spain on account of the supplies of naval arms, stores, slops, provisions the , am, amounts to 11,132/. It further appears that aggregate value of all the arms and naval and militar) stores furnished by thi ordnance department for the use of the forces of the Queen of Spain or the British auxili ary legion, amounts to 553,0371., no part of which has been received by the ordnance department. The arms supplied to the Spanish Government included 326,600 muskets,. 10,000 carbines; 3,4300 pistols; 10,000 swords; 4,000 rifles ; 6,000,000 small-arm car4tridges ; 29, 12 204 cannon cartridges; 938, 7411 b. powder; 0 iron guns; iron mortars; 28 travelling, 20 garrison, and 12 ammu nition carriages; 28,498 shot. and shells; 27,820 fusees; 1,000 tents; 1,000 blankets; 40,638 cases, chests, and barrels; 2 bridges of pontoons, entrenching tools, &c. One 18-pounder iron gun; six 18-pounder carronades; 30 muskets; 40 pistols; 40 swords; ammunition, shot, &c., for the schooner Isabella. Two 18 p ounder iron guns; four 32-pounder carronades; 24 muskets; 24 pistols; 24 swords; ammunition, shot, &c., for the steam•ship City of Edinburgh. Six 32-pounder iron guns; 80 muskets; 40 pistols; 100 swords; 40 pikes; ammunition, shot, &c., for the steam-ship Isabella U. Those supplied to the Auxiliary Legion included-15,000 muskets; 1,200 car bines; 850 pistols; 1,000 swords; GOO ri fl es; 5,608,000 small-arm cartridges; 28,239 mnnoncartridges; 13,018:b. powder; 11,584 boxes, chests, and barrels; 26 brass guns; 4 brass and 2 iron howitFers; 4 beds for howitzers; SUN, 4,730 congreve and 350 signal rockets; 21,007 furies; 16,494 shot and shells;99 carriages for guns and rockets; 45 waggons and carts; 568 sets of harness; 20 pack and 6 officers' sad.ilis; 15 tents, with bedsteads, bedding hospital dr( saes, blankets, Sze. NEVILL HOLT, Laic ESTERSIIIRE.—The long-ex pected sale at this old mansion commenced on Wednes day last, under the superintendence of Mr. Edmund Robins. The first two days were devoted to the sale of the library, which, from its reputation, brought the book worm and collector from all parts. The following scarce works created considerable competition :—Lot 207, Shakspere's Comedies, &c., large copy, 1632, was sold to Mr. Thorpe for 27i guineas, said to he the highest price this rare book has fetched; lot 346. Boke of the Psalms, black letter, 1547, 34 guineas, Mr. Thorpe; lot 447, Missale Romanum, with 20 illuminated borders and initial letters, 12/ 155.; lot 451, another Missal, 101. 10s., both bought by Mr. Andrews, of Bristol; lot 453, Manu script in Latin relating to the possessions of monasteries in England, quarto, 100/. ; this unique volume, after a lengthened competition between Mr. Rodd and Mr. Thorpe, was knocked down to the latter amidst a round of applause from the assembled bidders; lot 459, two early Missals, 101. 10s., to Mr. Rodwell; lot 460. two Missals, 111., Mr. Thorpe; lot 461, Here Beate Virginia Marie, printed on vellum, with 39 illu minations, 46/. to Mr. Lilley. The pictures are to be submitted on Tuesday, including a magnificent Carlo Dolci, the head of David, with many capital specimens of the ancient masters, and a very interesting collection of miniatures of the 16th and 17th centuries. The sale has created a considerable sensation in the neigh bourhood. A STRANGE CENSUS.—We read in the Journal des Debats—" The Government, in order to obtain an exact account of the respective strength of each party in France, has ordered to be drawn up, in every depart ment, a general list of all the citizens who have been named members of the municipal councils, indicating the opinions of each. This demand, which is imposed with great urgency upon the prefects, lays down the following categories —viz., Legitimatists, Conservatives, ardent Republicans, and moderate Republicans.' WESTMINSTER WORKING MEN'S EMIGRATION CLUB.—Last night the second meeting of the promoters of this club was held at the Working Men's Institute, Pear-street, Strutton. ground. There was a large num ber of the working classes present, and the proceedings, as on the former occasion, were of a highly interesting character. Mr. Walker occupied the chair. He was glad to perceive that their fondest aspirations with re gard to the progress and ultimate success of this useful movement bade fair to be realized.—(Hear, hear.) Since their last meeting he had communicated with a Noble Lord whose philanthropy had endeared him to the work ing classes, and he was happy to be enabled to state to them that his Lordship had expressed himself delighted that such a movement bad been made, and had promised to give it large share of his support.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wilson next addressed the meeting. He had himself travelled over nearly the whole of the British colonial possessions, but he should more particularly direct his observations to Canada, for it was generally believed in t his country that the Canadian climate was too severe for an Englishman. This assertion he altogether denied, and he concluded a forcible address by producing a speci men of the clothing usually worn there in winter. The Ca nadian colonist acted on the principle of keeping the hands and feet warm, safely leaving the other parts of the body to the ordinary English clothing. Mr. Bow ring, a native of Australia, followed. His speech was pregnant with information for the working classes. The gist of his observations was, that whereas industry, in telligence, and perseverance might strive in this country in vain, the demand for labour was such in Australia that success must wait upon industry and integrity. 'There was no resolutions proposed, the object of the meeting being to dispense information. After some re marks from Mr. James, Mr. Sydenham, and others, the meeting separated. ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES.—On Saturday after noon, about three o'clock, Mr. W. R. Clover, of the firm of Clover and Co., of Baffin-street, had his pocket picked, between Lord street and the Exchange, of a pocket-book containing a number of Bank of England notes. The pocket-book was of puce-coloured leather. It contained, we learn, notes to the amount of 2351., the numbers of which are all known; two I 0 U's, one for 35/., and one for 401., and also various other financial memoranda. The robbery was at once communicated to the Central Police-office, and two or three detective officers placed on the alert; but, although two or three of the "swell mob" (numberless members of which are said to be in town) were overhauled, none of the money has as yet been found.—Liverpool Albion. THE NUISANCES REMOVAL AND DISEASES PRE VENTION ACT.— On the 4th instant, an Act of Parlia ment was passed (11 and 12 Vic. cap. 123), which must be adopted jointly with the Public Health Act, to effect certain sanitary regulations. The Act is to renew and amend the 9th and 10th Vic. cap. 96, for the more speedy removal of certain nuisances, and the prevention of contagious and epidemic diseases. On information in writing from two householders of the filthy condition of any building, or of the existence of any nuisance, an examination is to be made, and on a medical certificate the owner to be summoned before a magistrate, who shall upon proof, order the nuisance to be removed, and enforce the order if it is not obeyed; the expenses are to be recovered from the owner. Notice is to be given to the General Board of Health of the intention to open certain 'hospitals; and by the 9th section the Privy Council is empowered to issue orders for putting in force the Act for the prevention of epidemic diseases; " that when any part of the United Kingdom shall appear to be threatened with or affected by any formidable epi demic, endemic, or contagious diseases, measures of precaution should be taken with promptitude." After an order so made, the General Board of Health may give directions which the Poor-law Board may compel guardians to enforce. There are several penal enact ments in the Act, with one to enter premises and put in operation the regulations of the General Board of Health. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—MY. Henry d P e b b i u l t l i p t o s, a t h v e e I. e y mi n u n e m n e t r o v u o s c i u s d t t o m r a y d l e a s a t evening m o s su it e c t e t s h s e f s e t o t gardens. His appearance in the orchestra was the sig nal for an enthusiastic reception. The splendid voice of Mr. Phillips was never heard to better advantage, and the scientific yet pleasing style of his favourite ballads, " My boyhood's home," and " The beat of all good company," elicited an unanimous encore. The liberality of the pro prietor in providing this musical treat for his visitors, deserves particular notice, as does also the kindly feeling of Mr. Phillips in thus consenting to gratify many per sons who otherwise might not have had the opportunity of hearing him, this being his first appearance in public gardens. Miss Hosina Collins also . had the honour of making her curtsey o n the same evening, and performed a solo on the violin in a p erfect style; her rapid and bril liant execution and command of the instrument were most striking, and the audi ence testified their delight by 'requent and continued plaudits. The gardens were vi sited by upwards of 9, 000 p e r sons during the day, and all seemed highly gratified with the liberal entertain- ment provided. CINQUEST. ERORON'S RlVER.—Yesterday,iiU .— B F a k A c T r A L h A l d D an E inquestNT at THE I'own of Ramsgate, High-street, Wapping, on the body of Wm. Farley, aged 48, captain of the coasting vessel, the Ferrand, of Glasgow. It appeared that on Saturday evening last, the vessel was lying off St. Andrew's wharf, Wapping, and that while the deceased, who was sober, was stepping from the wharf into her, he fell between the vessel and the wharf into the mud, which was some feet deep. Ile was promptly removed, and placed in a bed in the vessel. A medical gentleman was . . sent for, who found life extinct. Verdict — Accidental death from suffocation." A fatal accident happened in Messrs. Steele and Co.'s shipbuilding yard on Wednesday, about twelve o'elock; the following are the particulars:—James Boyd, a foreman carpenter, the unfortunate man who lost his tile, was working upon a vessel in the dock, and in com trig from on board of a plank he missed his footing and fell to the bottom. Several of the men who observed him fall instantly jumped into the dock and raised him ,ip, but he was quite insensible from the severe injuries he had sustained. He was carried to his own house, where a medical man promptly attended, and did all in his power to restore fast-ebbing life; without effect, however, for he died the same night. He has left a widow and family, some of whom are able to support themselves.—Greenock Advertiser. SHIP LAUNCH.—On Saturday a fine-built ship, intended for the East India trade, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Clarke and Sons, on the ;oath side of the Queen's Dock. She is, we believe, one of the largest merchant vessels which has yet been built in Liverpool, being 132 feet keel, 141 feet above decks, 33 feet beam, 21 feet 6 inches depth of hold, and 760 tons burden, new measurement. The builders are her owners, and the gentleman under whose command she will sail is Captain Bartlett, late of the Mary Hartley, of his port, a man highly valued for his nautical skill and knowledge. The virgin ship, to befit her to meet her in.iny spouse, had been gaily bedecked, and a joyous hri ng crowded her decks to give her welcome. In front .0 her bows a platform had been erected for the select ,suests, which was thronged by some of the principal gentlemen connected with the shipping of the port, his Worship the Mayor, T. B. Horsfall, Esq., and his lady being amongst the company. At high water, one o'clock, " D 411 preparations ha vin g been completed, the words daggers" were g iven, u p on which the lady who performed the ceremony of christening (Mrs. Francis Shand) threw forward th e bottle of wine suspended from the vessel's bow, and e xclaimed, "Success to the .Jmgar," but owing to some slight mistake the vessel re teamed stationary. Another bottle of wino was sup plied, and after some little exertions on the part of the workmen, the massive ship began to move, and she gra lually slid from the cradle into the water, amidst the acclamations of the assembled spectators. She was sub sequently taken into No. 4 Graving Dock, in order to be toppered, and to undergo all the processes necessary to render her fit for sea.—Liverpool Albion. THE NEW PARK AT BATTERSEA.—The new park at Battersea, which has been for some time in abeyance, will be commenced without delay, notices having been conveyed on Saturday to all the residents on the spot, hat they must quit possession, the attention being at ince to remove the houses. The waterworks will re main. The park will extend the whole distance between Battersea-bridge and Nine-elms, and from the bank of the river to the public road across Battersea-fields, tnaking the length of the park about two miles and a quarter, and its width little more than a mile. A car riage drive forty feet in breadth will be formed along the bank of the Thames, and a suspension bridge will be thrown across the river to the spot where the Red [louse now stands. Towards the construction of this bridge the Marquis of Westminster has contributed he sum of 60,0001. At the south-western boundary of the park an elegant church has been erected, and will be ready for consecration in the course of the present hautumn. THE INSURRECTION. DUBLIN, SEPT. 18.—The train passengers, which arrived this m orning at King's Bridge, with the Cork, Kilkenny, and Limerick mails, report every thing quiet in the districts represented in a state of insurrection. The Post-office and railway guards assert that everything was perfectly tranquil as they came along, even rumour had ceased to be busy ; and at the various stations along the line the report was, that no such thing as armed demonstrations existed, 1, and that the alleged meetings of the peasantry in the 1 mountains had not taken place. The statements of several gentlemen, passengers by this train, from dif ferent parts of the so-called "disturbed districts," fully bears out the report of the guards. One of the passengers, living on the very s p ot where a , collision and affray was reported in the Clonmel ' Chronicle to have taken place between the police and the "rebels," stated to us that the first that he , or the other inhabitants of the locality heard of the ! , bloody battle was, on hearing the report read. He said so unfounded a statement was never made, no such thing having occurred. All unite in saying that the peasantry, so far from having deserted their I houses, and taken to the mountains, were to be seen as usual in great numbers at work in the fields on Sa turday. Many have asserted their astonishment at the circumstantial nature of the reports put forward in some newspapers relative to the outbreak of rebel lion in several localities—said localities being in a , state of perfect quietude, and they seemed not less surprised at the details of night meetings of armed men, and battles with the police and military which never occurred, and had no existence, save in the prurient imaginations of the ultra-loyal narrators. Yesterday Dublin was thrown into another commo tion by the arrival of the Limerick and Clare Ex- • aminer, which stated in a " stop press" that an ex press had just arrived in Limerick, conveying the intelligence that a conflict took p lace last night at ,1J Curraghmore Wood, betwee n a p art y of the 85th Re- 1: giment and a body of the insurgents, and that eight men were killed, several wounded, and a considerable number taken prisoners. NARROW ESCAPE O'MAHONY. OF THE REBEL LEA In the following letter from the correspondent of the Cork Southern Reporter, which appears to con tain more facts and less romance than the Clonmel Chronicle, it will be perceived that the hero of the late movement, the redoubted O'Mahony, had a very nar row escape cn Thursday : Another military march on the Comeragh moun tains took place yesterday (Thursday), in consequence of the attack on the previous nights on the residences of the Rev. Mr. Hill and others, but no prisoners were taken. Reinforcements of police arrived yesterday about two o'clock from the depot in Dublin. They numbered about sixty men, under the command of a Mr. Mathew. Last night a false alarm was sounded to the effect that " the rebels" were in full march to take pos session of Carriek-on-Suir. Immediately the military turned out, and occupied the bridge, but I need not tell you that no enemy made his appearance. Another search was determined upon last night, and at a rather late hour the Buffs, 83d Regiment, and a large police force were ordered off to the Comeragh moun tains, and proceeded thither under the command of their several officers, accompanied by the Marquis of Waterford, and some other gentlemen. A diligent search was instituted in the neighbourhood of Clonea, and after some time spent in looking out for " the enemy," a large party of the people was discovered on the side of one of the mountains, on which a num ber of fires were distinguished. The order to charge was given, but the scouts were on the alert, and an alarm being raised, the assailants found the camp fires unoccupied. A dense fog rose on the mountain as they ascended it, which so materially assisted the fugitives that not a single prisoner was taken. Mr. O'Mahony, however, had a very narrow escape. He was mounted on a horse belonging to Mr. Stewart, of Castletown, which had been taken from Mr. Stewart's servant a night or two before. He was hotly pursued by two or three dragoons and some policemen, and only escaped by jumping from his horse (which was captured a few moments after wards), and running into a wood, where every search for him proved ineffectual. The military and police, after several hours' rambling in the mountains, were billetted on the farmers' houses in the neigh hourhood, where they remained until this morning, when they returned to Carrick-on-Suir. To-day all has been quiet, and I have been in formed, on what I deem competent authority, that there has been an almost complete dispersing among the people who were lately assembled at Carrignucth and Crughane. lam inclined to believe that this is the case, except so far as regards the little band which, it is said, accompanies Mr. O'Mahony, and which is still somewhere between this place and Kil macthomas. A grand alarm was created here (Carrick-on-Suir) this morning, by some gun-boats, which brought up a party of marines from Waterford. On reaching the bridge of Carrick they fired off some guns for the purpose of cleaning them. You may imagine the consternation which prevailed in every quarter of the town—the people began to think that there really was some truth in the reports that had been circulated. The effect was instantaneous. The noise of the firing of the guns was distinctly heard on the mountains' sides, where the forces that took part in the search last night were cantoned, and an alarm was quickly spread amongst them that " the rebels " had turned their position—quietly got them out of Carrick-on- Suir, ani taken possession of it themselves. In they came pell-mell from every point of the compass—to discover, on their arrival, that the rout had been created by some of their own friends. The Marquis of Waterford has been in town since an early hour this morning. He rode down the main street about an hour ago, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Medlicott, J.P. the Rev. Mr. Monk, rector of Portlaw, a n d Mr. Medlicott, jun. Ho was attired in a black velvet shooting habit, and grey pantaloons, andseemed pistols and havesomething nidne r t s o a s n a d y oe goamgme consultationre magistrates with respecting the attack on i Curraghmore-house.) The Marquis is, I believe, nw engaged t h e of military and police neigh bourhood, of course with closed doors. thesp e A party of the 60th Rifles are expected to arrive here to-day, in augmentation of the force already concentrated in this town. A capture was effected in an adjoining street a short time since, and just now a poor miserable-looking fellow was marched off to Bridewell by about half a dozen policemen. I believe I have given you in the foregoing remarks a pretty accurate statement of what has really oc curred in this renewed outbreak. I am aware that there is some disregard to the strict order of time in reference to the occurrence of the various transactions that have taken place, but that could not be avoided, in consequence of the general uncertainty of the reports in circulation, and the absolute falsity of nine tenths of them. I have endeavoured to distinguish the truth, both from actual observation, and from comparison of the various accounts which have been detailed to me. I have certainly divested the whole matter of that romantice exaggeration with which some exuberant and overflowing fancies had clothed it. I promised above to refer to the attack on Curragh more. No such thing took place, and every state ment that has been made respecting it, including the intrepid bravery of Lady Waterford, and the cap ture of the three pieces of cannon, is neither more nor less thana a glowing fiction. A good deal, too, has been said respecting the commissariat of the assemblies on the hills. I believe they were very badly supplied in this respect. A few farmers in the neighbourhood, from fear, supplied some provisions, and a few sheep were stolen from Mr. Wall, of Cool namuck, but beyond this I have learned of no outrage of this character. Indeed, from what I have heard, if it had not been for the interference of Mr. O'Mahony, a good deal of mischief of this kind would have occurred, and I have been told that be risked his popularity with some of his more excited followers by restraining all attempts at pillage, so far as in his power lay. Again, with regard to the presence of Messrs. O'Gorman and Doheny—so far as I could learn, these gentlemen had nothing to do with the transaction — the only leaders that I could hear :of being Mr. O'Mahony and the two strangers who commanded at Cruchane. Indeed . the current report here is that both Messrs. O'Gorman and Doheny are out of the country. In conclusion, I must express my opinion that although the movement has been put down for the present it has not been extinguished. On the con trary, I feel assured that these disturbances will be repeated again and again (even should the loss of life amongst the people be much more serious than it has been on this occasion), so long as the prospects of the country remain in their present deplorable condition. The inhabitants of this district, which includes a circle round Carrick of about twenty miles diameter, in the counties of Tipperary, Waterford, and Kil kenny, are becoming every day more reckless, as the fear of famine grows stronger. Should their fears be realised, and no adequate relif be afforded, and should the landlords persist in that oppressive and tyrannical conduct which many of them seem to have adopted, although any large organization or extensive movement may be prevented by the presence of an overwhelming body of troops, the result will inevitably be the establishment of a system of agrarian outrage in this neighbourhood, which will far outvie the un enviable notoriety that has, within the last few years, been obtained by North Tipperary. CLONAIEL, SIX O'CLOCK.--1. have just been informed that General MiDonald will arrive to-morrow and take the command of the forces in the disturbed dis tricts. I have endeavoured, but without success, to ascertain the loss that has been sustained by the LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, ma. IRELAND. people in their various skirmishes with the police. The numbers are variously stated at from six to thirty. The Culls, father and son, condemned at the last assizes for murder, were execute d to-day. A large number of people were present. A rumour prevails in town that Mr. O'Brien, Mr. T. F. Meagher and Mr. M‘Manus will arrive here to night from Dublin. I shall be obliged to proceed to Tipperary, so bad are the post-office arrangements here, for the purpose of having my dispatch in Cork in time for your publication to-morrow. TIPPERARY, SATURDAY MORNING, Two O'CLOCK, A ar.—The night train has arrived from Dublin, but none ot' the State .prisoners were amongst its pas sengers. The Galway papers received this morning are silent as to the alleged outbreak in that county. On Thursday evening a distraint for rent was made at Marmahone, near Waterford, the peasantry as sernbled in thousands, and the bailiffs and police were obliged to abandon the seizures. Immediately after a large military force was in attendance, but the offenders, as well as the property, had disappeared. THE INSOLVENCY of MR. BURGE. 7 On Friday last, at York Castle, Mr. William Burge, Q.C., and recently a Commissioner in Bankruptcy for , the Leeds district, an insoltetit debtor, came befcre Robert Wharton, Esq.. Judge of the County Court, for his first examination, touching his debts, his estate, and effects. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. J. 11. Hill, barris ter, on behalf of several Leeds creditors, of whom he had borrowed money, and also of Mr. Lee and Mr. Sangster, attorneys, of Leeds, on behalf of themselves and other creditors, Mr. Blaushard appeared as counsel for Mr. Burge, but it was arranged that the insolvent should address the Court and cross-examine witnesses in his own behalf. The grounds of opposition were that the insolvent Lad contracted debts i❑ the manner of fraud, and with out reasonable or probable expectation of paying. It appeared in the course of a very lengthy inquiry, that the insolvent was appointed to the office of Com missioner of Bankruptcy for the Leeds district in No vember, 1845. He entered upon the discharge of his duties in the following month, and in February, 1846, he brought his family to Leeds, and took up his resi dence at Oulton, the rent of his house being 100/. pet annum. When he came to Leeds he was possessed of a valuable library, consisting of law reports from the earliest to the present time. He had also a verb large collection of foreign jurists, ancient and modern, and a large miscellaneous library. Previous to his en tering upon the commissionership, he had occasion to borrow 8001. in London, for which he pledged his valuable library as security. He estimated the value of his law library, from the cost of it, and also from the scarcity of many of the works, at from 1,000/. to 1,500/. more than the sum for which it was held as security. These books, however, were sold by Mr. Price, auctioneer, of Chancery-lane, London, for less than the 800/., and the writ for the deficiency was the instrument upon which Mr. Burge was committed to York Castle, where he has remained for the last eighteen months. With regard to insolvent's sources of income, he stated that he was agent for Jamaica, at a salary of 1,0001. per annum, and his commissionership was worth 1,800/. a year. He was also recorder for Winchester, at a salary of 40/. a year, but he did not consider that a source of emolument, as his travelling expenses to and from Win chester, cost him that sum. Insolvent lost the agent} for Jamaica in February, 1847, quite unexpectedly. When he came to Leeds, he had that part of his last library which was not sold in London, and the miscellaneous library ; he also had a large quantity of valuable furniture and wino at Oulton, the value of which he estimated at 4,000/. This property, however, in April, 1847, was sold under several executions, for only about 2,0002 In solvent further stated, that about 3,0001. is owing to him by Mr. George Arthur Young, a barrister, with whom he had made joint notes for sums borrowed at different times previously to 1846, amounting to 6,0001.; and some of these sums were falling due when Mr. Young quitted England, leaving insolvent to pay them. At the time of his coming to Leeds, Mr. Burge reckoned his debts at 14,000/., which he explained thus:—His liabili ties, as stated in the schedule, were 55,8741. 6s. ld,; but the actual sum was 35,762/., there being various items, amounting to 20,239/. 75., repeated in the schedule two or three times. Of the 35,762/., 9,479/. 7s. were con tracted after Mr. Burge came to Leeds. The sum of 20,2391. 7s. was owing either to relatives or friends, who would not, the insolvent said, for one moment have al lowed the existence of their demands to operate, in the slightest degree, to his prejudice. The amount of his hostile debts, therefore, was nearly 16,0001., and deduct ing the sum of 7,5901., which had been borrowed to pay a portion of insolvent's debts, and adding the remainder of those debts now owing, there was left a balance of 14,000/. odd, which Mr. Burge treated as hostile debts. The money he borrowed in Leeds was between 6,000/. and 7,000/., and the insolvent declared that he informed the various lenders at the time that he was in need of the money to pay off demands which were pressing against him :in London. He bad effected policies on his life amounting to 26,6481., the total amount of annual premiums upon which was 1,588/. Upon 8,000/. of these policies, which were effected under his marriage settle ment, the premiums had and would be paid by his brothers-in-law, though he was liable to pay them. The amount of his debts bearing interest at the time of his arrest was 17,200/., but that included the bonds that were owing. The insolvent's impression was, that under 1,000/. a ould be his annual expenses, including his chil dren; and he said that sum would be lessened by the re ductions which he made in his establishment in 1846. Between the Ist of January, 1846, and the time of his arrest, there were 44 actions commenced against him and pending. At the conclusion of the insolvent's examination, the JUDGE expressed a wish to hear him upon the question urising under the 24th section of the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 96. His Honour said his impression was, on the present state of the facts, that under that clause he had no power to name any day for the final order. After some conversation, the professional gentlemen by whom the insolvent was opposed agreed to waive the question of fraud, and to call no witnesses, with the understanding that they were to be heard if Mr. Burge should succeed in removing the impression which the Court entertained. The examination of Mr. Burge occupied from nine ~'clock in the morning until eight at night, at which hour an adjournment took place. On Saturday morning Mr. Burge addressed the Court at great length, arguing that in construing the section of the Act, the " reasonable or probable expectation" must be the expectation which the debtor himself pos sessed, and that his mind and his intentions must consti tute the elements of any judgment as to the reasonable ness or probability of his expectations. He also con tended that, from the many friends he possessed to whom ho might look for assistance, and from the ar rangements he had made for living at a very reduced rate of expenditure, he had reasonable ground for think ing that he would be able to meet his engagements when he obtained the loans from the opposing creditors, and that there was nothing in his case which made him a debtor acting maim fide, or deprived his Honour of the power of naming a day for the final order. His Hosoun, after some :observations on the facts of the case, and on the construction to be put upon the words of the section, declined to name any day for the final order. Mr. BLANSIIARD then applied to his Honour to name a day when the insolvent might apply for his protecting order, under the 29th section. His HoNoun said ho did not feel inclined to name any day at present. An application was then made to the Court by the insolvent's solicitor, that Mr. W. D. Child, of the firm of Messrs. Pearce and Child, West India merchants, of London, might be appointed trade assignee, he being a creditor for 800/. The appointment of Mr. Child was opposed on the ground that he was ono of the friendly creditors, and the appointment of two trade assignees, one a London and the other a Leeds creditor, was sug gested; but eventually it was agreed to fix and give iotice of a day for the choice of assignees, the Clerk of he Court to act in the meantime. NCHofE poorS TER. andARREST OF CURTIS, L ATE C OLLECTOR OF T AXES IN MO NDAY.—Thomas assessed .—Tholnas S t h A e L a o t a e nMA. . collectortaxeCsuforr the borough of Salford, and who absconded from " this cit y few months ago with upwards of 1,600/. which he had collected on account of the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes and the overseers of the poor for Salford, was ap prehended at Hull yesterday morning by Mr. Stephen Neal, chief constable of Salford. When Curtis de camped from Manchester he brought his wife and family with him to Liverpool, and engaged a passage in the packet-ship Niagara to Boston, for himself and family. lie sailed in that ship on the following day, having Boarded her as she was leaving from the Cheshire shore. Whilst on the voyage he be came very intimate with a fellow-passenger who pre tended to be well acquainted with the States, and who promised to do everything in his power to forward Cur tis's interest. Curtis seems to have placed implicit con fidence in this man, for on his arrival at Boston he placed some of his luggage in the stranger's care, but the latter took the liberty of walking off with the box, in which Curtis had a large sum of money deposited; and, although a rigid search was instituted for him by the police at Boston, ho succeeded in evading their vigilance, and in victimising Curtis. The captain of the Niagara, finding that Curtis was left penniless, raised a ,übseription for him, and handed him the amount. Curtis, on seeing that his money was irretrievably lost, Ind that all his plans were frustrated, determined upon returning to England; and, to carry out his design, en gaged a passage on board a ship bound for Hull, paying half the passage money out of the sum handed to him by the captain of the Niagara, and promising to pay the other half on his arrival in England. He arrived in Hull last Monday, and remained there up to the time of hi. apprehension. On tits arrival in Hull he was unable to pay the balance due for his passage, and to enable him to do so, his wife wrote to the bank of Messrs. Cun litre, Brooks, and Co., of this city, for a sum of 251., which she had lodged there previous to her departure. Half notes for the amount were sent her, and the other half notes were to have been forwarded to-day. It is presumed that this was what led the authorities to be lieve that Curtis was in Hull. On Saturday evening a warrant for his apprehension was placed in Mr. Neal's hands, and yesterday morning be proceeded to Hull, where he succeeded in apprehending him; and he will be brought up for examination before the magistrates at the Salford Town-hall tu-morrow morning. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 18.—The Royal Mail West India steam-ship Dee, under the command of Captain Allen, left this afternoon for the West Indies with the mails and 50 passengers. She took out specie to the amount of 2,0641. 7s. 2d., and a very large general cargo. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Madrid, Captain J. Weeks, with the usual mails and about 12 passengers, left to-day for Gibraltar, &c. She took out a full general cargo, and a small quantity of specie. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Hermann, commanded by Captain Crabtree, arrived in the Docks yesterday morning from Bremen. She brought 98 passengers from Bremen for New York, and will leave for America on Wednesday, taking out the large number of 150 passengers, and a very large and valuable cargo from Bremen, Havre, and Englant. The Severn, Royal Mail West India steam-ship, is due at the post-office on the 22d inst., but is fully expected here by to-morrow. THE PEACE M E ETlNG.—Yesterday a large number of the Society of Friends met at the Hall of Commerce, and proceeded to Blackwell, and there embarked on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Giraffe, R. Stranack, for Ostend, en route to Brus sels, to attend a great Peace meeting to be held in that city to-morrow (Wednesday). The party will return to London on Saturday evening next. Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh arrived in Cheshamplace at the close of last week, from the Isle of Wight, and have since left town for Powerscourt Castle, county Wicklow. THE STATE PRISONERS. Neither Mr. S. O'Brien nor other prisoners con fined in Dublin on a charge of high treason have re ceived any notice of removal to Clonmel. It is now quite certain that Mr. Duffy will be tried at the forthcoming Commission in Dublin. The Freeman of this morning states that Mr. O'Brien and his confreres will be sent down by a special train, per haps on Monday or Tuesday night, but at present nothing positively certain is known as to the time of their removal. A special train can be had at a short notice, but it has not yet been stated whether the prisoners will be conveyed to Thurles or Tipperary stations, and thence to Clonmel. NATIONAL FETE AT BOULOGNE. BOULOGNE, MONDAY MORNING, ELEVEN O'CLOCK. —This morning all is bustle and excitement at Bou logne, in consequence of the commencement of a series of amusements which are to extend over the next three days, provided by the Mayor and Corpo ration of Boulogne, in honour of the National Guards of the neighbouring towns and other strangers, who have been invited to join in a "Fete Nationale et Fraternelle." Early on Sunday morning workmen might have been seen busily engaged in erecting triumphal arches and orchestras in all parts of the town, and the sound of the hammer and other implements of the carpenter might be heard throughout the day, though up to a late hour at night no great progress seemed to have been made in the way of decoration. At ten o'clock yesterday morning a discharge of artillery announced the commencement of the fete, and crowds of pleasure seekers might be seen ear nestly bending their steps to the Place des Armes,the appointed rendezvous of the National Guard of Bou logne, from whence they were to proceed in small bodies to receive at the several approaches the deputa tions from other towns, as they arrived to take part in the fete. Between three and four hundred of the National Guard of Boulogne having assembled at the appointed spot, they marched in review order, with the band of the Ist Regiment of the Line at their head playing the Marseillaise Hymn past the Hotel de Ville. They were then put through various mili tary evolutions,which were executed in a manner which would have reflected honour on more disciplined troops than the majority of them appeared to be. Many of them, indeed, not being provided with a uniform, appeared in their ordinary dress en bourgeois One division of thirty men we particularly noticed as being more than ordinarily deficient in this respect, only thirteen of them appearing in uniform. The men having► been allowed a short time to " stand at ease" and refresh themselves with the creature com forts supplied by their rivandii?res, or the neighbour. ing estanzinets, about a quarter to twelve the rappel Was beaten, and the troops, with the exception of about fifty or sixty left to keep the ground, marched to the terminus of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway to receive the National Guards of Abbeville and Amiens, which were escorted into the Place des Armes amidst loud cheering and waving of handker chiefs. Nearly every musket carried by the men was decorated with bouquets of flowers and tri-coloured ribbons, and an immense number of bouquets were showered in the path of the men during their march from the railway terminus to the Place des Armes. On arriving at the latter place,they marched round it, amidst continual shouting of " Vive la Republique," " Vive In France !" &c. Having gone through the ordinary military exer cise and saluted the municipal authorities, the new corners were admitted in detachments of about fifty at a time, the number which had arrived being about four hundred, into the Hotel de Ville, where the mu nicipal authorities presented them the viii d'honneur, in which La Republique was duly pledged. This ceremony occupied till about two o'clock, when the band formed in the centre of the square and per formed various martial airs until about three, when the National Guard of Boulogne again marched to meet fresh importations of troops from Lille, Beau vais, and other places. On their arrival the same ceremony was repeated, as indeed it was up to seven o'clock in the evening, when the last arrivals of the clay, being a detachment from Paris, were marched into the square. From this hour till about ten the hands of the Line and of the National Guards who had arrived from the neighbouring districts continued to play the Marseillaise, Mourir pour la Patric, and other popular pieces of music. The square was densely crowded with visitors, and the neighbouring windows commanding the scene were occupied by elegantly-dressed ladies, who waved their kerchiefs and flung bouquets to the troops with all their might. This was the only ceremony announced in the official programme of the fete for yesterday. The " representation extraordinaire, avec une actrice du Grand Opera" at the theatre took place at seven o'clock. The performances consisted of one of those light, bustling farces with which the Englisk publia are so well acquainted, entitled, Une Femme guise . jette par la Fenetre, and Donizetti's opera o f Lucia Lammermoor, in which the principal characters were ably supported by M. St. Denis, f ro m Paris, and Mdme. Lundell. Owing, we suppose, to the attrac tions out of doors, and in some measure to the repug nance which the English naturally and properly have of attending theatrical representations on a Sunday, the house, which is about the size of the Lyceini, with an a dditional range of boxes, was very indifle ren tly attended, and scarcely an English face was seen within it. If, however, these were the only en tertainments laid down in the programme of the files they were n ot the only ones which took place. D a ncing, fire works, gaming, singing, and other little et cmtras usual at French galas, characterised the proceedings during the remainder of the day ; the streets pre sented all the aspects of a country fair or race-course in England before such stringent regulations as now exist were put in force against the thimble -riggers and other gamblers. An early ramble through the streets this morning showed how active the workmen must have been t h rou ghout the night, and in how shor t a space of time a town can be decked out with evergreens, tri umphal arches, colours , bouquets, garlands, .festoons, &c. But the decorations are far from being com pleted. Proceeding from the Quay by the E,ue de l'Ecu, the eye meets with one unbroken string e.! garlands suspended from pillars covered with ever greens, interspersed :with triumphal arches and the national colours, till, on arrival at the Place des Altons, the chain is broken by the appearance of two magnificent orchestras. The chain then recommences and proceeds with little interruption to the Place des Armes, in the old town, which is surrounded by triumphal arches at every point of entrée. Promenade concerts are to be held during the celebration of the fete. This morning the National Guard re-assembled at nine o'clock in the Place des Armes, with a view of proceeding to meet further detachments of the Na tional Guard, who are expected from Calais, Grave lines, Dunkirk, Paris, Versailles, and other places, when the same ceremony as that we have above de scribed will be repeated. In the meantime such National Guards as are at present in Boulogne are to be reviewed by the military and civil authorities, immediately after which they ar e to fire at targets erected on the sands, for medals. The remaining amusemen ts announced for to-day consi s t o f regattas, donkey races, a gratuitous theatrical representation, a grand festival in the concert-room, in which the fascinating Anna Thillon is to take part, with other things calculated to deli g ht the fli g ht y Frenchman. The town is most densely crowded with strangers, a great portion of whom has arrived from England within the last few days, in consequence of the ad mirable accommodation afforded conjointly by the South-Eastern Railway and the Continental and South-Eastern Stea m Packet Company —from t h ree to four hundred having arrived daily, via Folkestone, by this conveyance during the past week, in addition to a considerable number via Dover. Nor has the General Steam Navigation Company been disre garded by the English h olida y m akers, their vessel, the City of London , which left London on Saturday night, having brought over 240 passengers. These importations, together with a large number of visitors from other parts of France, brought by the railways, and 800 National Guards, who came into Boulogne ye,terday, have so crowded the town, that beds can s c arcely be obtained for love or money. Many of the hotel-keepers doubled and trebled their charges yes terday, and even parties staying at an hotel were not allowed to change from one chamber to another, how ever inconvenient the one they possessed might be, without paying an additional charge for the accom modation. --- RELIEF OF limit DisTrws.—The seventh series of official papers, relating to the relief of Irish distress, has just been issued. It contains the narrative up to the middlo of August. COURT CIRCULAR. BA I.MORAL, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal Ilighness started at nine o'clock this morning . to accomplish th e f ea t o f ascen di ng to t h e t op o f " Lochnagair," which employed the whole day. This evening the Duke and Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, and Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, will join the royal dinner party. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The St. Leger settling was resumed yesterday after noon, but without in the slightest degree improving the position of those who had much reason to complain at Doncaster. Nothing was forthcoming from Captain P***t, from the " Boy Jones," or from the Irish solicitor (Mr. B***t), nor was anything heard of Mr. C****tt, who, it appears, was in the subscription-room for a short time in th© morning after the race, but has since been " wanting" for a large amount. As we have before ob served, a worse settling was never known, The betting was barely sufficient to warrant a quotation. CESAREWITCH STASES. 12 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice 12 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Palma 20 to 1 apt Mr. Murphy's Dough 20 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep o'Day Boy 25 to 1 agst Mr. M. Clancy's Lanesborough—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dacia 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Escape 25 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone 25 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Remembrance—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit 30 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Geraldine 33 to 1 ngst Mr. Osbaldeston's Chat DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron 33 to 1 agst Mr. Holmes's Montague—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Tiresome—taken AQUATICS. GREAT ROWING MATCH FOR £lOO AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF GRAVESEND. Yesterday the match between John Dewardt and Gerrard Cooper, the rival champions of Gravesend, which has excited the greatest interest in the aquatic world, both above and below bridge, came off, and such was the excitement of the speculators on the event, that no less than three steamers (the Vesper, the Waterman No. 3, and the Diamond packet, the first-named starting from Greenwich, the second from Woolwich, and the latter from London, expressly for the occasion) were nhartered to accompany the race. At Gravesend, before tine in the morning, the Town and Terrace Piers were besieged by applicants for places on board the various steamers, and the betting and business-like bustle, at tended with the most anxious looks and inquiries rela tive to the men, their condition, &c., produced a scene of the most lively description. It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that after the east and west-end regattas at Gravesend last year, at either of which Cooper and Dewardt proved the champions, a challenge was given and taken, and a match of six miles and a quarter resulted between the two men, which, after one of the severest trials of skill and game upon record, was decided in favour of Dewardt. Cooper and his friends not being satisfied with the result of last year's race, determined upon the present match, and having thrown down the gauntlet, preliminaries were arranged, and 501. aside deposited for the contest wo are now about to record, the distance being from Northfleet Creek to Cliffe Creek, Gravesend (a similar course). Both men had for some time been in active training, Dewardt under Robins, of Horselydown; and his oppo nent with Forrest, of Greenwich, and they were cer tainly brought into the finest possible condition. Betting was extremely brisk, at 5 and 6 to 4 on Dewardt. On the former occasion covered ran-dan boats were used by the men, but on the present outrigger wager boats were expressly constructed for the men, a trifle larger than those in use above bridge, and which were certainly elegant patterns of the modern school. Cooper took his station on the north or Essex side of the centre of the river, Dewardt being outside. All being in readi ness, the loaded steamers holding on by various moored craft, with their freight of friends of either party san guine of success, sporting red flags for Dewardt and green for Cooper, the men, after a false start, got away at twelves minutes past ten, Cooper having the advantage of nearly half a boat's length. Their speed was first-rate, and after a few strokes Dewardt, as soon as he got well to work, became scull and scull with his antagonist. For a short time the excitement was extreme, but it was soon apparent that victory would, in all probability, again crown Dewart's efforts, who now drew clear of Cooper, and off Rosherville was a boat's length in advance, and took his adversary's water. Cooper made the most desperate but unavailing efforts to overhaul his opponent. Dewardt gradually increased his advantage, and off Gravesend was lour lcngths in advance. Cooper here appeared to consider his chance hopeless, and after another spurt, attended with no better success than the former, gave up near Coal House Point, and was taken on board the Vesper steamer. Dewardt, who rowed steadily throughout, passed the flag-staff of Cliffe Creek at ten minutes to eleven o'clock, completing the distance under thirty eight minutes. The winner rowed in a boat built by A. Wentzell. CRICKET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY.TWO OF DARLINGTON. On Saturday the match was renewed, and the length ened contest terminated by a victory on the part of the Darlington Twenty-two; the scores respectively standing thus:—All England, first innings, 44; second ditto, 79; the Darlington Twenty-two, first innings, 57; second innings, GS ; Darlington winning with eight wickets to spare. THE SURREY CLUB v. THE STREATHAM CLUB. This match was played yesterday at the Oval, when there was a vast amount of first-rate science exhibited. The Surrey went in to open the contest, and, as will be seen, ran up a score of 154. So good was the bowling of the Streatham in the early part of the game, that for an hour and a half Lot more than 18 runs could be ob tained. When th© stumps were drawn for the day the score stood as follows: SURREY CLUB. T. Craven, Esq., c Booth, b Watney ... 33 W. Houghton, Esq., b Miller ... 1 R. Roberts, Esq., c Miller, b Watney 0 11. Gardner, Esq., b Miller ... „, 9 C. H. Hoare, Esq., b Watney C. Coltson, Esq., run out ... B. Baker, Esq., b Watney... W. Dennison, Esq., b Miller W. Kiddie, Esq., b Miller.,. F. Clarke, Esq., not out ... F. Reeves, Esq., run out ... Byes, 10; wide, 19 STREATHAM CLUB. . 20 . 35 ... 29 . 15 Booth, Esq., not out ... J. Miller, Esq., b Gardner F. Denning, Esq , not out... ... 16 Byes - ... ... ... 3 PEDESTRIANISM. SMITH, OF COLCHESTER, AND BATES, OF DAYENTRY, 20 MILES, FOR 20 Sovs.—The walking-match between these men, who had previously . met at IVattord in a similar competition, for a larger amount, wherein Smith, who then gave two minutes start, was , defeated, took place yesterday on the Banbury-road, near Daventry. At noon the pedestrians started, on a measured mile, containing a declivity at its starting, and of course an acclivity to be surmounted in the return. Smith, whose age is 36, is a wiry-looking, light man, of scarcely 5 feet 5 inches ; Bates, a fresh countrymen of 25 years, and 6 feet 7 inches in height. For the first six miles the men were nearly together, Smith forcing the pace, and taking 53 minutes 4 seconds to cover that distance. About the eighth mile Smith appeared to have been walking too fast, and Bates passed him, amid the cheers of the lads of Daventry. From this to the tenth mile, which was completed in lb. 31m. 408., the men strained every nerve in a succession of spurts, alternately chang ing their relative positions. Thenceforth, Smith, who ith, seemed to gain his second wind, drew a-head of his man who could never pull up the lost ground, and at the fourteenth mile, on turning, was 250 yards behind; coming down for the 15th, every chance of overtaking his man being out, he resigned, and Smith completed the twenty miles at his leisure. The conduct of the men of Daventry, under the mortification of their towns man's losing, was most exemplary and orderly. SAMUEL MEDCALF AND G. COOK.—This race, of 100 yards, for 10 sous. aside, between these sprint runners, was brought to a determination yesterday, at Willesden. 'rise attendance was numerous. It was six o'clock be fore the men started, and for the first 80 yards they ran well together, Medcalf with a trifling lead; at about that distance he left his man, and ran in, after a good struggle on the part of the loser, Cook, by a yard. JAMES DELANEY AND C. PERKINS.—A goodly master of spectators assembled yesterday on Wandsworth Com mon, to witness the trial of speed between the above men. The distance was one hundred and fifty yards for two pounds a side. The men showed at the scratch shortly after four. Perkins (who has been in training from the time the match was made) was in excellent condition, but Delaney seemed too heavy for his slim antagonist. They bot h g ot off to g ether, and at ten yards Delaney was full y three y ards in advance, which y distance he continued to improve, and ultimately ran in an easy winner by five yards. Time, 18 seconds. The betting; at starting was at 9to 4 on the winner. The cub in which Delaney came to the ground upset as it n ared the Common, but fortunately he received no d . I injury. MORRIS THE PEDESTRIAN.—On Monday last this celebrated pedestrian performed the following feat at Llanover—First, he walked half-a-mile, then ran hall-a mile, walked backwards half-a-mile, walked backwards and forwards half-a-mile, played a violin half-a-mile, played a tamborine half-a-mile, ran a coach-wheel half a-mile, trundled a hoop half-a-mile, wheeled a barrow half-a-mile, hopped 100 yards, and then picked up 100 stones placed one yard apart, 50 with his mouth, and 50 with his hands, and brought each stone to a basket. He completed this in eight minutes less than an hour, in the presence of a large number of spectators, who were much amused and surprised at the performance of this extra ordinary feat.—Carmarthen Journal. EMIGRATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUJ SIR,—We have been remarkably slow in appre ciating the importance of emigration; hut the subject is at length fairly before us, and the principal ques tion now seems to be the one involving a consideration of ways and means. "A systematic plan of coluniza tion" found an advocate in Lord John Russell in the year 1845 ; such a plan would embrace arrangements for the raising of funds, and for the distribution of carefully selected persons among the colonist:, accord ing to their respective wants. We annually expend many millions sterling in supporting the poor ; surely a proportion of this money would be well employed in supplying British subjects abroad with the labour that is required to render their capital productive ; in reducing the number of the dependent poor; in ele vating the able-bodied pauper from his degraded posi tion—transmuting, in fact, the useless, or worse than useless member of society, into a consumer of home manufactures, a contributor, directly and indirectly, to the wealth of the nation. In the year 1842 I ventured to record an opinion in the pages of the Sydney Herald that, if emigra tion were systematized, the guardians of the poor in England would be found willing to lend a helping hand in furtherance of its objects ; and, at the same time, I called attention to the expedient adopted by Mr. Lawson as suggestive of other modes of relief in periods of great scarcity of labour. This gentle man was at one time under the necessity of writing to his agent to procure servants for him in England, and it answered his purpose to do so, inasmuch as the parties were engaged, according to his own statement, " for three years at low wages, so that at the termi nation of that period the saving made up the cost of their passage out." lii an able article published in the Times in June last, the writer, estimating the cost of transport at 151. per head, remarks—" of this Si. a head would be willingly paid by many parishes to the same number of juvenile emigrants as now receive it on entering their apprenticeship ;" and " we have the authority of Australian colonists now in England for saying that, of the remaining 101. one-half would he readily, paid down by the settler on engaging his labourer." With respect to the other 51., the writer thinks that the best way to raise that sum would be by "a labour tax in the colony, to be paid by the parties hired dur ing the second and third years of their colonial resi dence ;" this payment, in reality, " would come out of the pocket of the hirer, i. e., out of the land." The reason assigned, in this instance, for preferring that this money should be collected as a tax upon labour is, that " the Government would have a stronger hold upon men whose ambition it was to become capitalists and employers of labour themselves, than it could have on those who were already settled as possessors of land." The feasibility of a plan of this kind might easily and quickly be brought to the test, and, if in any point it failed, various other appliances are at hand to render it efficient. This, in lieu of the proposed di rect payment by the settler, the colonial land revenue now again becoming productive, might be made avail able for a third of the cost of transport; and such an economical application of it would prevent it from being wasted as it was a few years ago, and at the same time ensure a continuous supply of fresh labourers. Associations for the promotion of emigra tion, the extension of which should be encouraged, might effect, in case of need, what the parochial authorities failed to do with respect to another pro portion of the expenses; and undoubtedly there are many in this country, not reduced to a state of abso lute pauperism, who would gladly pay 51. or 61., by periodical deposits, if not in one sum, to secure a pas sage to Australia, or whose friends or relations would do so for them. And, in addition to all these sources of income, a well -arranged system would be entitled to support from the home Government, and such sup port, irrespective of direct pecuniary aid, could be accorded in a variety of ways too obvious to require particular mention. I have alluded to the improvident expenditure, at a recent period, of the land revenue of New South \Vales. In explanation of this allusion I will just observe, that although in the four years ending in 1841 a sum of 737,0001. was spent, and upwards of 40,000 free emigrants introduced into the country, yet, according to the statements made before the Colonial Emigration Com mittee by Mr. Hamilton and other gentlemen, " not a twentieth part" of the men were found will ing, on disembarking, to undertake pastoral or agri cultural employment; and on the subject of the " qualification of immigrants" the report states, that the very attempt to pass off too large a proportion of them is a disgrace to the parties engaged in it-- proofs of deception attempted, and of fraud and forgery actually committed, by persons in the United Kingdom connected with the occupation of sending out emigrants under bounty-orders, have been pain fully frequent." Matters appear to be better ordered in this particular than they were in 1840; but some thing more is essential under existing circumstances than mere improvement in points of detail. The great desideratum of the day is the establishment of a comprehensive plan upon a permanent basis. We need no conclave of " master spirits" on this occasion —half a dozen men of business would suffice ; and is it not the duty of the British Government to originate such a measure ? 0. S. London, September, 1848. CANADIAN LAND AND RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. Last night the second of a series of meetings that are being held in various parts of the metropolis, of the above company, took place at the Surrey Educational Institution, King's-court, Great Suffolk-street, Borough, for the purpose of explaining the objects of the Associ ation, as well as the great benefits that would accrue to those who become shareholders in the undertaking. The chair was taken by the Rev. Mr. Geary. The CEIAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, stated that the Association had for its object the colonization of British North America, and also the forming of a railway extending from Halifax to Quebec, thus to afford to the surplus population the means of that employment of which they were now deprived.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Chairman concluded by observing that the Com pany proposed the raising of a capital of two million pounds sterling, in 51. shares, for carrying out the project. Mr. CAMPBELL, the secretary, next came forward, and entered into an elaborate account of the plans of the as sociation, whose objects, he said, were to effect upon a more extensive scale than had yet been suggested a plan by " which the working classes of this country might be placed in a situation to obtain good employment, to invest their capital profitably, and thereby to combine their skill and capital under one interest. At the present time the interest of the labouring classes was not the interest of the capitalists, and it was desirable that the surplus hands in the market, as society was at present constituted, should i be found in profitable employment, in order that the means of subsistence should be afforded to them as well as to the owners of property.—(Cheers.) They were also anxious to bring the matter . fairly before the public, to show the practicability of the scheme. Mr. Campbell, in conclusion, proposed the following resolu don:— That, in the present state of the country, there are thousands of the working classes unemployed and destitute of the means 01 subsistence, and unable to give their children such a course of training as would render them useful members of soci e ty ; an d t h ere f ore , t hi s meeting declares its conviction that a well-organized system of colonization, uniting the labour, skill, and ca pital of all classes, would tend materially to remove these gi eat social evils." Mr. MILLS seconded the motion, which was carried. The next resolution was as follows:—" That the plan of the Canadian Laud and Railway Association proposed by the working classes to be carried into effect from their own resources, and under a company authorised by royal charter, offers a largo field for their profitabl e employment." oe Th e i n s ardedsroclussteiodnthhaiminegetbinegen, also carried, s v e o v te e d ra t l o g t e h n e - Rev in erend Chairman, and the company separat ed . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZv. SIR,-Our attention has just been called to a police report, of Clerken well, in your paper of Saturday last, which is calculated to do us much injury. As regards ourselves, it is utterly without foundation. No oc currence of the kind having taken place, nor do we know any person of the name residing in South ampton-row, or any other jeweller of the name. W e therefore consider it is due to us that such a pre judicial report should be most unqualifiedly contra dicted, and trust you w ill, b y the insertion of this l etter in your next imp ression, afford the o pp ortuni ty of reparationourformer done are, by Sir, th your e circulation JNO. & 0. SIMMONDS. 3, Southampton-row, 18th Sept., 1848. SCENE IN CLIURCII.—On Sunday week the after noon lecturer at a church not fur from London-bridge preached a sermon on behzif of that somewhat anomalous class of individuals technically called Scripture Readers. The forcible arguments of the preacher in advocating the claims of his pruteyi.s sent the hands of his hearers direct to their purses, and his persuasive accents had doubtless induced them to devise liberal things; but, alas! instead of the churchwardens at the conclusion of the discourse stepping forward to receive the contribu•- tions of the congregation, " they remained," to quote the graphic description of our informant, "in their seats, as if they formed part of the official pew. The reverend gentleman looked first at the wardens, then with the cougregation, while the cougregation looked i equal astonishment at the clergyman and bs a e dens. At length those who intended donations, there vas no person to receive the re turned their money to their pockets the wwar tribe found u and The wardens then li No collection being r n e a t t i s r , ed so i d nt t o he th n e lveettstrtybefoerhtuhreepvpo.se of obtaining their made, the to clergy sa, tb roan t t last he wardens charity sermon had not collection, because the consent the matter is about to be referred • The Countess Dowager o to the diocesan. of Carnwath has left Olou, tester-place, Portman-square, for Scotland. ~=--= --- 1 15p Nor e pet ,Y•) enced dbsil, srlie- a for Con' vea l 1,97 2 ' a of oter& dif" pro' nn to LciPio Dye • 1 Isis► 434 $ l. PPO9 tit; nd Rd► s-