The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-23 00:00:00

It lAL MEASURE. • SMITH] The imports of foreign were as follOws: • , DEAL, OCT. 22. Wind S.S. W., strong. Arrd. Rover, Madagascar; Levenside, Rio Grande and Cork; Bosanga, Maids, Callao, and sailed for Leith; Lady Pitzlierbert, Webster, Hudson's Bay; Fides brig (sup posed). Arrd. from the river and sld. Cecilia, Byron, Port Adelaide; Doris, M`Donald, Algoa Bay; Tropic, Russell, St. Helena; Concord, Hepans, Sierra Leone ; Apollo, Peake, Demerara; Parrock, Hall, St. Kitt's; Reserve, Jamaica; British Tar, Jamaica; Charles Wal 'ton, America. Sld. Reserve, Jamairm, ARKET NENYd.—(THIS DAY. CORN E The arrive,' Ts:CHANGE—MONDAY. s of English Wheat foroux market last week, waitwis : as well as by land carriage and sample, were ( _: ) ,,1 1 a 'eery limited scale for the time of year, and of mid "Alfg quality, at least a moiety of the supply being out bf condition. The receipts from Ireland and Scotland Were unimportant; but the foreign importations were again extensive, viz.: -28,054 qrs of Wheat; 10,581 ditto • of Barley; 31,801 ditto of Oats; 1,064 ditto of Rye; 702 ditto of Beans; 4,840 ditto of Peas; 762 ditto of Taros; 196 ditto of Linseed; 308 ditto of Rape-seed; 70 ditto of Mustard -seed; 1,102 ditto of sundry seeds, including about 600 quarters of Indian Corn; and 4,366 sacks of Flour. The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to this morning's market from Essex was very moderate, and of but middling quality. From Kent, Cambridge shire, &c., the fresh supply was trifling in the extreme. Hence, the stands were scantily supplied with all kinds of Wheat of home produce. As the attendance of both town and country millers—most of whom were somewhat short of stock—was good, the demand for the best qualities of English Wheat, both red and white, . Was firm, at, in some instances, an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of fully is per quarter; and at which a good clearance of such descriptions was effected at an early hour. The middling and inferior parcels were a slow sale, yet last week's quotations were generally supported, although the market did not close very brisk for the lower qualities. With free Foreign Wheat we were liberally supplied—several cargoes hav ing -been reported since the returns were made up on Saturday evening. Picked samples moved off freely at ex treme rates of value, and at which a good _business was done... Damp and low parcels were aalow sale, at late rates. The, quantity of English' and fine foreign barley on 1 11 1pw Was small. Selected samples moved off freely at 1a per , quarter more money. Grinding and distilling stale were held at full rates of currency. Some of the factors refused to sell except at a trifling advance. There Italia steady retail demand for the best Malt, some quan tity of . which chan ge d h an d s at i s per quarter more Money. Brown qualities and the middling descriptions of Ware were quite as dear. The supply was. small for the time of year. The supply of home grown Oats was very small—that of foreign tolerably On. the whole the Oat trade was firmer than for aarae time •past, but we have no improvement in prices. We were moderately supplied with Beans, nevertheless, the dmand for that article was in a sluggish state, at about last week's prices. In Peas, exceedingly little business was transacted. The quotations, however, ruled the same as on Monday last. Indian Corn and Meal wr:re somewhat neglected. Most qualities were to be purchaied on somewhat lower terms. Fine Flour was quite as dear. The middling and sour parcels were neglected. PER IMP Red. .... • • • • 448 to 545 D itto,White, New 53s 60* Norfolk and Lin coln, Red..... 42s 528 Ditto, White.... • • 525 56s Irish, Red.. .. • . — 8 —s Dltto,White.... • • —s —8 /tYs-014 —s — s •:•• •• •• 325 355 " .(10 Y -- Grinding " . .... 275 30: Malting . •.• 303 323 Chevalier •• • 325 338 liit alt - r-Sutfelk and N0r .......... ass sos • hrown ......• •• •• 45s 56s Xinalton and Ware 60s Gls Malt—Chevaller 618 to 62s Data—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 20s 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, 81ack....... 17s 19s Cork, White. • . . 19s 22s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 24s 258 Beans—Tick .• • • 34s 37s Pige0n5.......... aes 40s Peas—Grey 36s 38s Maple. •••• •• 40s 42s White....... •• •• 405 42s Boilers ••••••• •• 42s 448 Flour—Town -made... 458 5Cs Suffolk .....• •• 40s 43s Stockta & Norfolk 40a 43s ;pck into London last week From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Ilarlingen• ... 191 ... 1,154 ... 78 ... 17 Ilamburgh ... 70 ... 30 Rotterdam ... 398 ... 1,831 '65 05tend.......... •. 232 ... 3 Amsterdam... 46 691 Tosming en ..... 1 50 ... ... '- Antwerp ... 30 . . ... 855 3,963 78 Uoirespon ding Willek in 1847... 661 ... 2,571 ... 8 ... 185 46 150 5 . Iner —erebee ... 194 more. 1,397 more. 70more. 351ess. 41 1. 40cat 1,200 head of stock have been landed at Hull and the ether p ert h era outports, and 14 Oxen at Southamp ton,_from Spain. We perceive that the importation of d. W Merino Sh eep has been recommenced. We trust that every care will be taken by the authorities to prevent the introduction of those which may in any way be affected with disease, as we have no hesitation in saying that our flock masters and others have suffered severe bates by these importation.. It is pretty generally un derstood that very few, if any, more Beasts will arrive hither this year either from Spain or Portugal. No im provement in the quality of that description of stock has Yet taken place: The breed generally is of very light Weight. There were received at Southampton yesterday 82 Oxen from. Oporto. The principal portion of the cargo arrived hither this morning, per railway, in gad cohdition. The show of foreign stock to-day, owing to the non-arrival'ot two Dutch steamers laden with cattle, " . as very mo d erate, even the time of year considered. t-* etterally speaking, the, quality was inferior. The Priltest Beasts, Sheep, and Calves, were in moderate request, at f u ll pr i ces . O t h erwise the demand ruled "ivy. From those quarter's 'Whence the principal por tions of our bullock droves are derived at this period of theqear, the arrivals of Beasts fresh up this morning by "drift" and railway, were seasonably large as to number. There Was, however, a great deficiency observable in their general quality. Notwithstanding the unfavour able state of the weather for slaughtering, the primest r 2• 61 , Devons, Herefords,. runts, &c., commanded a " I 'ad",, 'though by no means brisk inquiry, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday last. The middling and iaferior breeds of Beasts were dull in sale, at barely h6 t.,,,,, ' zweeTea currencies, and a total clearance was not - • ted- A few very superior Scots sold at 4s 2d per ; but the more general top figure for Beef did not :▪ weed, 48 per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicesterhire Z ug-.ll orthamptonshire, we received about 1,600 short ( "Ili from the eastern, western, and midland counties, 0 1 1 . °° flerefords, Runts, Devons, Scots, Sze ; from et 'parts of England, 400 of various kinds, and Scotland, 160 horned and polled Scots. b o 7 , n umbers of Sh eep ex hibi te d a s li ght falling ' ll 38 to number and quality. The few prime Downs Orr Offer commanded a steady inquiry, at full rates of e lv tl o ri* „.'leY4 Half brads and other descriptions of Sheep / o ".: t erY slow in sale, at barely stationary prices. liZe, nearly the whole of the Sheep found buyers. C0t17 9 r1 " 11 Calves were tolerably firm, at late rates. tu ud e _"Mae, the Veal .trade was in a sluggish state, at b ut .o t to rred quotations. With Pigs we were to l era bl y we ll , pp vrx tbra say heavily, supplied,. On the whole, the was firm, at late rates.• Per albs. to 'sink the offal. t"Zerior 3. d. to e . d. 5. to s. d. oe r o nd .-•••.k., ••• •• 2 6 I 8 Second quality ditt o 310 4 2 rilli „, ti o 0: t ! • •• • 2 10 •3 2 Coarse-wooll e d ditt o 4 4 4 r p r i me vaaa• •3 • 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 410 b 0 rat ite ' s , •• • • 3 8 4 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 pro." Calve s 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs ......3 10 4 6 kt.4l'llll4nrior ,ad ai l ditto •• 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers .... 4 $ 0 Sheep - 3 4 3 , TOTAL Strl . L 8 Y L AambsT MARKET. •••••• • • . • 0 9 0 0 T . 4 43.5? ~ RhreP. I Calves. I 395 Plea. 24.390 s eastaz FOREIGN SUPPLY IB3 . :.% I gy p- I Calves. I Pigs. 33 DT "nitro A , . 3°° PUB aver reeat hay . a-ge—Ze-.0425-r-yellar t i Pp a lfes E O S f rE cetrti!; d Past week, e been received up to s these ma o rkets . during_the viz. 800 ton,, carcases of Beef, 1,-00 ditto of mute 171 mee t ditto of Veal, and 1,300 ditto of Pork. With 11%_pts.telaughtered in the metropolis we have been fairly 14 ,P, (I, though its general quality lias proved mut first-rate. Prime- Beef, Mutton, Veal, and P o rk Illuaituve,,e_onimande_d a . steady prim' es. In the d 0 : 4 2 1 4ag and inferior kiods comparatively little has been CR'. About 900 carcases of foreign meat have found .„ • . . • At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. e. d. to s. d. t eof,lnferlor...... 2 4 2 8 Mutton, ipiferir .. 3 4 8 3 3 1 6 0 middling .. •• 2 8 210 ---- • midd ing.. 3 ...-- primelargo .. 303 2 -- •••4 0 4 4 1 prime .. .. 3 6 4 ...-- prlMe small .. 34 3 6 Pork, argc.... . 8 , 2 Veal., ............ 34 4 4 -!-- small ........ a 1301it.017G11 AND SPITALPIELDS Several ca rgoes o f P otatoes have arrived from Scot land and the north of England since Monday last. The :uo.lity of the arrivals is by no means prime. The oreign imports have been very extensive, viz., 600 tons ',....,14cnri Antwerp ; 1,300 sacks and 123 tons from Havre a we , bags from Rotterdam ; 120 tons from Ostend ; 150 4 aus from Dunkirk ; 36 baskets and 60 bags from Rataburgh. Primo picked samples move off steadily, Xll other kinds slowly, at our quotations :—Yorkshire „ Ite gnts, gos to 1203 ; Wisbeach ditto, 100 s to 110 s ; aootch ditto, 10 0 s to 120 s ; ditt o R e d s, 60s to 100 s ; ire nch Whites, 80s to 90s ; Belgian ditto, 80s - to 955. ZOICOITGII 110 P IVIAR.MICT, rna Our sk e et, is s omew h at l i berally supplied with New l i jk Fine qualities are i n moderate request, at but le Viggialteration in v a l ue; otherwise, the demand is in a shteratio state. Th e d uty is called 203,000/. to 210,0001 . tr eat dit to tiv uoDs :—Sussex Pockets, 4.8 s 488 - 465; Weald of 52s to 65s ; Mid and'East , Kent ditto, GOs 10531 Farnhains, 105 s to 1108 per cwt. . las t WOOL. D o „ week's imports of Wool into London were corn tr cl i only 50 bales from Freemantle, and 320 ditto Wk,__.4ll.llamburgh. We have still to notice a steady de ooclisfor the best qualities of English and Colonial with difficulty Otherwise the trade is heavy, and prices arc fficulty pensive, supported. The stocks are decidedly ex 'razz ow Oar market is still very inactive although the deli veris in the past week have been tolerably good, and e .._ . epin fight. quite G p a per cwt lower than on this day .‘ Y.C. the spot is .own Tall . 74 Per 8 1bs. quoted at 45s per cwt. Tallow is 45a per cwt nett cash ; Rough Fat, --- Orders have been issued to all departments under 5 control of the Treasury, that whenever a vacancy 'aura, no t- Ice until promotion or new appointment is to take " r©, sloceial inquiry has been made whether the ~..„, A... ''V Cab lab t be redueed.—Observer. 4ROYAL CONSIGNSLENTS.---A package has been ,),Lititethtpta Folkestone from Boulogne by the steam ttut,ie.esil, wheineehess Mary, addressed to her Majesty the was immediately forwarded by the sutho at that port to the metropolis by railway for deli ver), itt i t 3 destination. The same vesiel brought a 12i1 1:43411t tO the ex -Royal family of France. • a THE SUN, -LONDON, CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR 7 . These sessions the last of the present mayoralty com menced to-day before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Wiflon, Musgrove, Wm. Hunter, Salmons, the Sheriffs, Sco. From the calendar it appears there are 230 prisoners fur trial, namely, 34 from London, 144 from Middlesex, 8 from Essex, 2 from the Admiralty, 8 from Kent, and 34 from Surrey. It appears from the calendar, that the Chartists, Ritchie, Lacy, Pay, Cuffy, and Dowling, who were sen tenced to transportation for life at the last Central Criminal Court are still in Newgate. The grand jury having been empanelled and sworn. The ReeortbEit proceeded to deliver his charge to them. He stated that the calendar contained a list of 230 prisoners for trial, and there was no doubt that that number would be augmented during the labours of the grand jury. He trusted, however, that even with such an addition the grand jury would be able to get through the important duties they had to perform in the course of a few days, for although there were many very serious charges in the calendar, the depositions in most of the cases were not voluminous, and the points involved in them were more questions of fact than niceties in points of law. There were two or three cases in the calendar to which ho felt himself compelled shortly to advert. He could not but lament that, in addition to three charges of murder and two of man slaughter, there were no less than fifteen cases of feloniously cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and there was also a charge of attempting to shoot a police man while in the discharge of his duty. It was melancholy to observe that acts of violence with instruments calculated to do mischief were greatly on the increase. A few years ago, the use of such weapons as the knife in assaults was a circumstance of rare oc• currence, but, unhappily, now session after session proved its improper use was greatly on the increase. There were, as he had stated, 230 prisoners for trial. Among that number there were 140 charged with lar ceny, but under circumstances of considerable variety, 69 of these cases were ordinary larcenies, 13 were lar cenies committed in dwelling-houses, 10 larceny from the person, 39 by servants, 5 cases of letter-stealing, 13 CilSeS where parties were charged as receivers of stolen goods, and 5 cases of robbery. There was also a case of arson on the calendar, upon which he felt bound to make a few observations, as the evidence in that case was of a rather peculiar nature. With regard to the offence of a rs o n , it' was aggravated if any person was in the dwelling-house at the time It was set on tire. He, however, collected from the de positions that in the case that would be submitted to the grand jury for their consideration there were no persons in the dwelling-house except the parties con cerned. In the case that would be brought before the grand jury two parties were charged with the crime of arson, and the object which it was alleged tbey bad pa view was to defraud an insurance office. He would not advert to the particulars of the case, because it might prejudice the minds of the grand jury; at the same time, he felt bound to make one or two observations upon the mode in which the charge was likely to be presented to the notice of the grand jury, in order to guide them in the discharge of their duties. The charge of arson in the case he was alluding to, according to the depositions, was sustained more or less by the persons concerned in the charge, and the grand jury would therefore receive and consider with some carefulness the statements of such per sons; he believed however that there would be acts of con firmation sufficiently proved to induce the grand jury to put the matter in a state for further inquiry. With re spect to the cases of murder, one was the case of child murder by the mother. In that case the evidence of the surgeon would be most important, as the grand jury would learn from him whether or not it was satisfacto rily proved that the child was born alive. The other case of murder was one in which two parties were charged with the use of instruments employed to procure abortion and the administration of drugs and poison, or other noxious matters, to effect the same end. Now, with respect to this case, he was bound to tell the grand jury that the attempt to procure abortion by the use of instruments or the administering for that purpose drugs and noxious matter, was in itself a folony, and if the use of such instruments or the administering of such drugs terminated in death, the party using such instrument or administering such drugs, was, in the eye of the law, guilty of murder. The question for the grand jury would be, did the party employ those , instru mentsand administer those drugs for the purpose o f procuring abortion, if they did, and death ensued, th e grand jury would be bound to find a true bill ag a i nst them for murder. There was another charge turning from transportation before the expiration of the sentence, that was formerly a capital offence, but the law had been altered in that respect. The Learned Recorder, after shortly adverting to some of the other cases in the calendar, and remarking upon the importanl functions the grand jury were called upon to perform, remitted them to the discharge of their duties, and at the same time expressed a hope that the day was far distant when the grand juries of England, 'which many thought were useless, and others unnecessary, would be dispensed with. The Court then proceeded to swear in the Petty jury. SURREY SESSIONS--(THIS DAY—.) These sessions commenced this morning at the Sea• sions-house, Newington-causeway, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. The Grand Jury having been briefly charged by the Chairman, Jane Johnson, 27, was indicted for stealing &shilling, the property of Frederick Charles Jones. Toe prosecutor keeps a chemist's shop in the Black friar's-road, and the prisoner came to him and asked for a pennyworth of strapping, for which she tendered a half-crown. The change was given to her, but after drawing the prosecutor's attention to her arm, she took up the change, and asserted that she bad been given a shilling short. Prosecutor gave her another shilling, and followed her into another shop, where she attempted the same trick. , The CHAIRMAN said the indictment could not be sits • tamped, as it was not a felony. She must therefore be acquitted, but the prosecutor could, if he thought proper, indict her for fraud. Acquitted accordingly. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Richard Übsdell was placed before Mr. BinghaM, charged with creating a disturbance at Mr. Beesley's, the Black llorse, Rathbone•place, and breaking three drinking glasses, value 3s. He was also charged with assaulting Mr. Henry Fowler, a cabinet-maker, residing in Berners•street. It appeared that on Saturday night the defendant, accompanied by a female, entered the complainant's house and called for some gin, which was served him. Whilst he was drinking the liquor Mr. Fowler addressed a few words to the female, which aroused the defendant's feelings, and withcutthe least provocation he (defendant) flew at Mr. Fowler, and struck him several blows in the face. Mr. Beesley interfered, and tried to prevent de fendant from hitting Mr. Fowler. Defendant then laid hold of the water jug which was standing on the bar, and threw it amongst the glasses, three of which he broke. He was proceeding to further violence, when complainant sent for a constable, and gave him in charge. The defendant admitted striking Mr. Fowler, but alleged that he had received sufficient provocation to warrant him in acting in the manner he had done. Mr. BINGHAM fined him 20s. for the assault on Mr. Fowler, and in addition ordered him to recompense Mr. Beesley for the damage done. Four boys, aged respectively twelve and thirteen years, were charged with gambling in the public street during Divine service on Sunday, morning. C 130, was on duty in Chapel-street, and saw the four boys playing " all fours." He went up to them and took them all into custody. The boys stoutly denied the charge, and were fined one shilling each. Tbo boy's parents paid the money, and promised to flog them well. A FEW WORDS ON RAILWAY BUSINESS. TO THE EDI7OR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I perused with much pleasure the remarks on the present depressed state of railway property in your leader of Friday last, and without "in 9 assenting either to the cause of such depression as therein stated, or the remedy pointed out, you will, perhaps, allow me a small space in your paper to show the impractibility of causing a different mode of conducting the share trade whilst the present stamp duty and cumbrous mode of registra tion of shares exists. For example, my agents purchase for my account 'fifty shares in a given line, amounting t 02901., the stamp duty upon which is 31. or nearly l per cent. These shares have to be transferred from several parties. We will, how ever, suppose three—twenty shares each frori two, and ten shares from the third. Those individuals may each live - at distant places ; say one in Edinburgh, one in Bristol, another in Hull, but it is desirable to have the whole fifty shares upon one transfer in order to avoid further charge for stamp duty. Under such circumstances fourteen days for delivery of shares is not unreasonable. It also not unfrequently happens that considerable delay occurs at the railway offices in the transfer of shares : thus shares received and paid for in the middle of an account may not have been returned to the purchaser in time for deli very on the first of the succeeding account. Although what I have stated is well known to the trade, the casual operator in the market is often much annoyed at the delay which takes place in the delivery of shares. The brokers have often forwarded the deli very by accepting the transfer without the certifi cates, guaranteeing that the certificates are lying at the office, but this has latterly come much into disuse. True it is that speculators take advan tage of the fourteen days for the delivery of shares, but they also occasionally have to pay heavily for the indulgence, as the buying-in brokers' prices ' would show, were they given in the London list. The present excessive stamp-duties levied upon rail way property tends much to the depreciation of its value, as, notwithstanding the good feeling most ge -1 nerally existing amongst brokers and dealers in town land country to avoid unnecessary duty, still it deters many moneyed men from dealinglin shares. Could not some plan be adopted by which railway property ' might be as easily passed from seller to buyer as any commercial property whatever ? Might not the Railway Commissioners digest some plan ? If one were adopted, there would be no necessity for the present system of the Stock Excliange, but until facility is given for the more rapid delivery of this property, I do not see how agiiidv en the a fo n r y t Bears ahl e t e r a e cw t i i o el n pl t c oc a no n not b fi n e us effected—timeteoetko from.take country, and a t h d vantage of it. _ To — brokers in the country, the system is one of perpetual anxiety and annoyance, as they are corn. pelled to remit the amount of their purchases by the settling day, and, perhaps, not get possession of their stock for upwards of fourteen days after, as it not unfrequently happens that the buying-in broker cannot meet with the particular stock for immediate delivery. Perhaps in no instance has the Legislature done more to injure railway property than to annoy by every legislative interference and heavy impost prac ticable. Committees and Commissioners have been appointed without end, useless expenditure in obtain ing Acts enforced and encouraged, but I do not know of one single Act of Parliament that has been passed to settle the law upon railway matters, although the decisions of the judges have been as various as the judges themselves. . . May next session not pass over without something beneficial being done.—Yours respectfully, B. E. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, —Will you allow an old subscriber to your journal the permission to express his warm approval of your article in last evening's paper on the present unnatural depression in the value of railway property. Depend upon it, you have hit the nail on the right head. Bearing is the plague-spot which now spreads misery and ruin through many and many a hitherto happy family. Bearing is having its day. Bulling was in the ascendant three years ago, and every one remembers with what mad excitement shares were bought and sold a thousand times, and by the thou sand too, without one ever being delivered. Now the scale is turned, but the system is reversed. Before shares were sold forward at a long price, now at a low one. Then the point was by rumour, inuendo, bold assertion, or ought else that would answer to bring into the market more buyers. Now the same game is pursued, but it is with the view of bringing in more sellers. I have seen something of railway men, railway meetings, and railway tactics on the Stock Exchange, and I am besides a bond fide holder to a considerable amount in all the first class dividend-paying lines of the kingdom, at my own control, and held with ease though not without anxiety under their present de pression. Now, as such, I feel justified in offering a little advice to my brother shareholders, and it is this: " Hold on ; do not be frightened otd of your. property ; a better time is corning." It may' not, probably will not, be just yet, but it is due, it, is our own, and no man can rob us of it. Meanwhile, this panic may be productive of some good (there are few evils without their advantages), and that, greater vigilance on the part of directors as regards every expense, the work ing of trains, cost of materials, salaries, &c., &c., and perhaps the presentation of clear, simple, intelligible accounts of the exact position of different companies, so that shareholders may draw from actual figures, officially given, their own conclusions, and see, from plain figures, what their property is worth, and likely to be worth. I will venture a prophecy (and shall be glad if any of your readers will show cause against it) that, on the 30th of June next, Great Western Shares, now quoted 721., will be 901. London and North-Western, ditto... 1021. „ 1351. Midland, ditto York and North-Midland, ditto ' 451. „ 70/. York and Newcastle, ditto and other lines (solid ones) in proportion. But I must not run on. I may resume my pen ; but, be this as it may, I beg you will wield yours to put down Bearing, to raise a man's property to some thing like its legitimate value, and stem the present mad current, set in through the medium of interested (notoriously interested) parties against property, from which it is clear, to the most satisfactory de monstration, the entire country is derivins a gain, and no mistake.—Believe me, Sir, yours faithfully, Sheffield, Oct. 28. HOPE. EXISTING REMEDY AGAINST THE "BEAR ING" OF RAILWAY STOCKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. observe, in your newspaper of Friday, the 20th inst., you propose as the true remedy against the Bearing of railway stocks, that the shareholders should demand from the Legislature an Act of Par liament, prohibiting all speculative sales of stocks under heavy penalties, and declaring all contracts to be illegal where the venders were not at the time pos sessed of the stock which they engaged to sell. Now the fact is, but it does not seem to be so generally known as it is desirable that it should, that there is already such an Act of Parliament, viz., 7th Geo. 11. c. 8, rendered perpetual by the 10th Geo. 11. c. 8. This Act, entitled " An Act to Prevent the Infamous Practice of Stock-jobbing," contains in the ith and Bth sections the vew provisions which you suggest as likely to be attended with such beneficial effects ; and it may be rendering an important service to the public if you were to make an excerpt of these sections for general information. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Oct. 21, 1848. A LAWYER. [We fear that our correspondent is in error, and that it will be found that the provisions of the Stock jobbing Act do not apply to railway stock. Indeed, we are greatly mistaken if there has not been a decision to that effect—there being no stock "gju.gdent gencris" in existence at the time of the passing of that salutary law.—ED. Sun.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stockton, Oct. 21, 1848. SlR,—Knowing you wish to correct all attempts at imposition, may I ask the favour of your inserting the following : On Thursday night last I left Newcastle, per mail train, for Durham, in a second-class carriage, in which was a poor woman, who unfortunately dropped her ticket. On our arrival at Durham, the great men there demanded 2s. of her. As she said she had only 23-d. I paid the 2s. for her, on condition that if the ticket was found they would return the money. On my going to the station on Friday, Porter No. 38 said the ticket was found in the bottom of the car riage. I then applied for the return of my 25., but was told I must go to Newcastle for it, which would have incurred me the expense of Bs. Hoping you will insert this, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD MAUGHAN, Commercial Traveller. 23, Old Fish-street, Doctors' Commons, London. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Would you, through the medium of your paper, answer a question which has puzzled the brains of half Yorkshire, and on which (I do not exaggerate) hundreds of thousands of pounds are wagered. It is whether January (say) 10th, 1800, is in the 18th or 19th century. I will not give my opinion at present. But I know this to be a fact, that one of the first county judges in England, and an M.P. for a town in the south of Yorkshire, have a bet of 5,0001. on the aforementioned. I remain, Sir, yours obediently, Rotherham, O c t. 2 0t h , 1848. G-• [The year 1800 was the last year of the 18th cen tury ; for, as the first century began with the year 1, it could not be completed until the close of the year ttrZt 92bitton N-EWMARKET RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; winner to be sold for 350. Bishop of Romford's Cob ... ... walked over Handicap. D.M. The Admiral Diplomatist ... • • Sweepstakes. D. M. Ulysses ••• ••• •• • •• • 1 Circassian Maid ... ... 2 Matches. Carissima beat Watchdog. Cocoa Nut beat Philosopher. Jereed gelding beat Provost filly. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thursday, the 2d of November, for the re ception of the Lord Mayor elect, at his residence in Park-lane, on which occasion the Noble and Learned Lord will signify her Majesty's approbation of the elec tion of the Lord Mayor. The Lord Chancellor will afterwards receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c. Thursday being the first day of Michaelmas Term. THE DUCHESS oF ORLEANS.— A letter from Schwerin states that the Duchess of Orleans is going to reside at Dargan, in consequence of the excited state of Eisenach an its vicinity. NATIONAL EDUCATION IMPROVED, OR, " DANT CitusTin.A. BLANDI," &c.—Once upon a time, quoth Horace, tender pedagogues were wont:to give crustula or cakes to their pupils to coax them into accidence. Hence, " Old Crusty," say the etymologists, became, amongst boys, the common designation of a schoolmaster. According to a country paper, the same principle has been revived, but it is much to be feared that insubordi nation will arise, as the young urchins will be continually smoking their master:—" We are informed that a person who has opened an evening school in Brigg, conducts it upon a general national principle, viz., introducing smok ing between,the ending of one task and the commence ment of another, master and pupils both enjoying the same national luxury together." SEVERE FRosT.-0n Wednesday morning last, from the severity of the previous night's frost, ice up wards of half an inch in thickness was to be seen in several places in the neighbourhood of Inverston.— Carlisle Patriot. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1848. 100, and therefore the 18th ccutury could not be completed until the close of the year 1800. The year 1801 was the tirst year of the 19th century. - ED. Sun.] SIB J. W. HOGG ANI) SIR C. N A PIE R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Observing that you have transcribed from the columns of the Standard into your journal a letter from Sir C. Napier regarding my conduct, I beg leave to request your insertion of the following copy of a letter which I have this day addressed to the editor of the Standard.—l am, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, J. W. HOGG. 16, Grosvenor-square, Oct. 21. "TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. " Sir,—My attention has been called to a letter v hich appears in your columns of yesterday, from Sir C. Napier, reflecting upon my conduct in Parliament, and as chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. " I purposely abstain from comment on the terms which Sir C. Napier has thought it becoming to use, and shall content myself with stating, for the informa tion of your readers, the facts of the case. " By a royal warrant, dated on the 11th of No vember, 1845, the bou n ty t a k en i n Sinde, in the year 1843, by the forc es un d er t h e comman d of Sir C. Napier, was granted to the Court of Directors, as trustees, to distribute the same in accordance with a scheme contained in the warrant, and ' with the usage of the army of " When this warmiff was issued it was believed that Sir C. Napier would receive one-eighth of the booty, which was estimated at upwards of half a million sterling. This estimate, the grounds of which will be found in an official return to the House of Commons, ordered to be printed on the 30th of April, 1846, justified the opinion which I expressed to Mr. Baillie, that Sir C. Napier's share would not fall short of 70,0001. " The warrant was immediately forwarded to the Government of India by the Court of Directors, with instructions to distribute the booty agreeably to the scheme, and according to the usage of the army in India.' " Subsequently to the proceedings in the House of Commons to which Sir C. Napier refers, a question arose, not in this country, but in India, as to the shares to be awarded to that gallant officer according to the usage of the army of India. It originated with the General Prize Committee at Calcutta, who, in referring it for decision, observed that one sixteenth was the share granted to Major-General Sir T. Wiltshire in the distribution of the Khelat prize money. The question thus raised was submitted by the Government of Bengal to the Governor-General, who referred it to the home authorities for submission to the Lords of the Treasury. "The Government of Bengal, in communicating this reference to the Court of Directors, observed that in the cases of Major-General Sir D. Marshall, who commanded the force which captured Hatrass, and of Major-General Sir T. Willshire, as cited by the Prize Committee, one-sixteenth of the whole booty taken on these occasions was allowed to the respective com manders, whilst one-eight of the prize money was assigned to General Lord Combermere, who, as Commander-in-Chief in India, conducted in person the operations against that fortress.. The question thus raised was new to the Court of Directors, and it then became their duty as the trustees, not merely for Sir Charles Napier as the Major- General in command, but also for the gallant troops under him, whose shares would be increased or diminished according to the amount allotted to him, to make particular inquiry into the usage as brought before them by the Govern ment of Bengal, the result of which was a decision that Sir C. Napier, not being a Commander-in. Chief, sbould share in the Sinde booty as a Major-General commanding the troops in Scinde, and that as such, according to what appeared to be the prevalent usage, he should receive one-sixteenth of the booty. This opinion was notified to the Lords of the Treasury, to whom, by the terms of the Royal warrant, the final decision on all disputed claims was reserved. " After the lapse of a considerable time it was de termined that Sir C. Napier was entitled t 3 be consi dered as having been the Commander-in-Chief in Sinde, and to share in the advantages in the distribu tion of the booty which belong to that position. Orders were in consequence sent to India that one eighth of the booty should be allotted to him. " Whilst this decision was pending, orders were given to distribute the portion of the booty which had been realised, with an allotment of one-sixteenth to Sir C. Napier, reserving funds to pay him the re maining one-sixteenth, if such should be the decision. Under this arrangement a sum of 2,73,677 rupees has been payable to Sir C. Napier in India since the 31st of December last, being one-sixteenth of the amount then distributed; the other 16th is the first payment to be made out of the undistributed funds - , 1 he will thus receive 5,47,354 rupees, and will be further entitled to one-eighth of the funds that will remain for distribution, and vvhich are in the Com pany's treasury, bearing interest at 4 per cent. per annum from the date when the property was orginally placed there, to be duly paid as soon as the accounts are adjusted. "Any conversation which I had with Mr. Baillie was founded upon and entirely consistent with this statement of facts. I have had no opportunity since seeing Sir C. Napier's letter of communicating with I , lr. Baillie, but on reference to the Parliamentary debates, as reported by "Hansard," I find that he stated that Sir C. Napier ' had obtained 70,0001. at the time he conquered Sinde.' It is impossible that it could have been meant that the money had actually been paid, it being matter of notoriety that no dis tribution had then taken place; and if the original estimate should be borne out by the results (as there is every reason to believe will be the fact) the share of Sir C. Napier will not fall far short of the sum above stated. " I now leave th e pu b lic to judge between Sir C. Napier and myself.---I am, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant, " J. W. HOGG. " 16, Grosvenor-square Oct. 21." THE S. EA SERN---- N --- Mr. James Henderson, masterTofAthGe A M l a N ry . Ann, of Glasgow, writing to a Glasgow paper, gives the following statement o,f October nctoebncounter with the " sea serpent :—" Glasgow, just reached this port on a veoryagl9e, 1848.-1 have from Malta, and Lisbon, and my attention a report relative to an i\ainimal having been called to ajesty'sseen by the mas ter and crew of ofher take the libertyship Dmdalus, I circumstance. When clearing co mmunicating out of the port of the following Lisbon, upon the 30th of Daphne, September of last, the American brigwe spoke Boston, Mark Tre lawny, master ; she signalled for us to heave t o , e which we did, and standin g close round her counter, lay to while the mate boarded us with the jolly-boat, and handed a packet of letters to be dispatched per first steamer for Boston on our arrival in England. The mate told me that when in lat. 411 S. lon. 10 15 E., wind dead north, upon the 20th of September, a most extraordinary ese. animal his description had been seen ; frompr snake,itiont hadi the appearance of a hu ge serpent o a dragon's head. Immediately upon it s being 'th seen, o ne of the deck guns was br ought to bear upon it, which having been char g ed with spike nails, anci whatever other pieces of iron could be got at the moment, was discharged at the animal, then only distant about forty yards from the ship ; it imme diately reared its head in the air, and plunged vio lently with its body, showing evidently that the charge had taken effect. The Daphne was to leeward at the time, but was put about on the starboard tack and stood towards the brute, which was seen foaming ' and lashing the water at a fearful rate. Upon the brig nearing, however, it disappeared, and though evidently wounded, made rapidly off at the rate of fifteen or sixteen knots an hour, as was judged from its appearing several times upon the surface. Th e Daphne pursued for some time, but the night coming on, the master was obliged to put about and continue his voyage. From the description given by the mate the brute must have been nearly 100 feet long, an d his account a g reed in every respect with that l a t e l y forwarded to the Admiralty by the master of the Dmdalus. The packet of letters to Boston, I have no doubt, contain the full particulars, which, I supp ose , will be made public." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. ---411 r. Sims Reeves again attracted a very fashionable and numerous audience to this theatre, on Saturday last, and ho will repeat the character of Elvino a night or two more, previous to his appearance in:Haydee, fixed for Saturday next. I n this hitter opera one of our most acc om p lishe d concert singers, Mi ss L uco mbe, will make her debut on the English stage. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Planclas amusing li tt l e farce, called A Peculiar Position, was revived at this theatre on Saturday evening, and with profitable suc cess. Harley personated the unfortunate cook, who is cajoled by a court lady into passing himself for a cer tain nobleman, whereby be becomes an object of poli tical suspicion, and placed in grievous danger accord. ingly, during the progress of which the real Cr i m i nal has time to escape. The confusion thus arising is in genious enough, and Harley makes it immensely di verting. JUDGES CHAMBERS.—On Saturday a notice w as exhibited that Mr. Justice Williams will attend Cham bers to-morrow and Wednesday next. SITTINGS OF THE INSOLVENT DEBTORS COUR T .— This Court will resume its sittings es Saturday next for the hearing of cases, when Mr. Commissioner Phillips will attend. The Earl end Countess of Clarendon, with their family and suite, arrived on Saturday afternoon from Dublin, at their seat, the Grove, near Watford, Herts. Cabinet Councils are summoned for to-morrow an d Wednesday. The Rev. William Lloyd is appointed Colonial Chaplain at i liatal, South Africa —Observer. ' • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. The following horses have arrived at Newmarket since our sketch of the engagements for the week were made up:—Maid of my Soul, Garrick, Prime Minister, Serenade (from France), Leopoldine filly (from France), Latitat, Vanish, Osterley, Dulcet, Thornhill, Sauter le Coup, the Widow, Tommy, Man of my Heart, Buck stone, Willingham, Lady Lift, the Hind of the Forest, Yardley, Birdlime filly, Concertina colt, Vanguard, F. by Auckland out of Mopsy, Psalmsinger, Buseot Buck, Ploughboy, First Chance, Queen Mary, Pell-mell, Syrup, Miss Bunny, Capt. Parry, Dimanche, Mignon, F. by Birdcatcher out of Gag's dam, besides ten or a dozen of L.)rd Strathmore's for sale. The following match has been added to the list for Tuesday :—Mr. Mostyn's f. by Lord Strafford, out of Birdlime. 3 yrs, against Duke of Bedford's Newport, 2 yrs, Bst First half of Ab. M. 100 h ft. The Cambridgeshire.—Hope, c. by Theon, out of Fer ncley's dam, and Blunderbuss, are scatched. The Criterion.—Philippa, Ortez, and Ferozepore, aro struck out. Mr. 11. Combe's horses will in future be trained by W. Cotton; and Sir Joseph Hawley's, after next week, by G. Taylor, a son of Lord Chesterfield's trainer. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY NIGUT. ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. Handicap. D.M. Wanota, 4 yrs, Bst 7 1 b—Diplomatist, 4 yrs, Bst 71b— The Admiral, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Swordplayer, 3 yrs, Est 91b —Hinchinbrook, 3 yrs, Est 11b—Holloa, 3 yrs, sst 81b— f by Lord Stafford, out of Birdlime, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Three declared, &c. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, &c, Criterion Course. Winner to be sold for 350/., &c. The Widow, aged—Bishop of Romford's Cob— Blackbird, 5 yrs—The Traverser, 5 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, &c. D.M. The winner to be sold for 60/., &c. Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs—Circassian Maid, 5 yrs—Dromedary, 4 yrs—Ulysses, 4 yrs—Besborough, 3 yrs. The Criterion Stakes—The following aro scratched . Canadian, Ortez, Diana, Solon, c by Voltaire, out of Mecca; c by Voltaire, out of Silistria; Legerdemain, Routh, Crucible, Ferozepore, Philippa, b f by Venison, out of Merußina; h c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress; Abbot of Meaux, br c by Touchstone, out of Caststeel ; Vanguard, Eddystone, Damson, f by Touchstone, out of Mickleton Main; Ravensbone, Broadway Swell, Eagle stone. Matches—Czarina receives from The Provost filly, and 131ackcock from Paultons. The one hundred yards' match between the Jereed gelding and The Provost filly will be run to-morrow; and that between Duke of Bed ford's and Mr. Gregory's yearlings on Thursday, instead of Saturday. BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 5 to 1 offered on the Field 12 to 1 agst Chanticleer 12 to 1 agst Geraldine 14 to 1 agst Fern 25 to 1 agst Miss Sarah 30 to 1 agst Yardley TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence? Or why, Upon this heath, you stop our way, With such prophetic greeting ?"—SIIAKSPERE. " The time approaches That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have, and what we owe. Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate, But certain issue strokes must arbitrate." —Imp. Sits,—This being my last epistle of the present year, it is my intention before proceeding to unravel the mysteries of the Houghton week, to throw out a few hints with respect to the forthcoming steeple chases; to show your readers: how "Fortune hath given me a raro helping cast," and them a lucky counsel, learned in affairs of sport; and then to " Wander back, O'er Time's dim shadowy track." For a brief summary of the season now about to close, to show how far certain passages of sport will bear upon those stakes of note now in the womb of time. The steeple chase nags likely to come promi nen tly before the public during the ensuing winter aro the fol lowing:—Chandler, Proceed, St. Leger, Garendon, Jus tice to England, The Victim, Iron Duke, Jack Boots, Forest Boy, Mushroom, The British Yeoman, Tipperary Boy, and The Curate. There are a few others in the background whose names I have not been able to ascer tain; the above lot are all doing good work, and will be brought out in great force. For the Worcester Steeple Chase, Proceed, with the rather heavy weight of 12st. 21b up; British Yeoman, list 10lb; The Victim, lOst. 121 b.; and Justice i to E ng land, 9st. 101 b., will be the foremost lot n favouritism and the field, the first, with Captain Little up, for choice. For the Crewe Steeple Chase, Forest Boy, The Cot tesmore Lass, or The Eagle. For the Newport Pagnel, St. Leger, the Curate, Justice to England, Crown Prince, and Proceed are the best ; but it is dubious whether the latter two are meant for it, the weights not being out as yet. With this letter I close the fourth session of my pro phetic scribblings, during which time I've accomplished two unparalled feats, the picking out of four successive Derby winners—to wit, the Merry Monarch, Pyrrhus, Cossack, and Surplice—and the placing of the first and second for the Sr. Leger two successive years, with Van Tromp and Cossack last year, and Surplice and Ca. nez,)u this. Of my minor achievements, I consider the selection of Wits- end for the Cesarewitch, in 1846, to be the best, not one of the half dozen prophets, and only a Very small portion of the public, going with me in my selec tion. This year my ventures have been on an average of twenty-four hits to ten misses•—pretty fair, I think ; and should I continue at the same rate, you readers will have little cause to find fault with my exertions on their behalf. Now for a short summery of the present season, which may be said to have commenced at Northampton, where Mr, Payne's fillies, Farthingale and Glauca, made their debut—the first winning a produce stakes in a common canter in exactly the same time (47 seconds), over the same course (half mile), as the sister to Arkwright took to win the Althorp Park Stakes, when she beat Glauca by a head, Nina being beaten the same distance from Glauca, and thirteen others, including Routh and Good wood, not placed. At the Epsom Spring Meeting, stranger to say, Christiana, a second-rate filly, came out and bowled Farthingale over in 50 seconds, distance half a mile. Mr. Hesseltine's black filly Quivra won a couple of stakes very easily, at Cattorick ; Lord Zet land's filly, by Don John, since named Castanette, won the Shorts easily, beating Routh, Cigarette, and three others; this filly is rapidly improving, and will be quite capable of accomplishing a deed of note, in the handicap department, next year, At Epsom Glauca won the Woodcote Stakes in a canter, in lm. 18sec., three quarters of a mile—beating Teflis, Abbot of Meaux, Philippa, and three others. What Lord G. Bentinck attempted to do a few years ago with Gaper, was this year accomplished by means of Surplice, his winning the Derby, was, without excep- Gm, the hardest hit the ring ever sustained ; it most effectually cleared off all the dubious members both at the corner, and the sporting houses; the dose, though severe, was absolutely necessary, the great number of chance speculators, with nil at their bankers, or in their pockets, were so much on the increase that none were sate from their depredations; the settling, so far as the regulars were concerned, though mostly losers, went off without a crash, smash, or annihilation. Ascot brought out Elthiron as the clever winner of the Triennial Stakes; and Garrick, Bst. 71b., as the winner of the New Stakes, beating Glauca, Bst. 81b., and for others. At the Newmarket July Meeting The Flying Dutch man made a most triumphant debut as the winner of the July Stakes, beating The Sister to lodine, The Jester, and five others; and Farthingale was again in the ascen dant, Winning the Chesterfield with the most perfect ease, beating a field of nine at Goodwood, Glauca once more appeared as a winner for the Levant Stakes, an also once more as a loser, carrying Bst 111 b.; being beaten by Mr. Milner, Bst. 71b., Uriel, Bst. 71b., and The High land Fling, Bst. 41b., for the Molecomb Stakes. At York, we find Mr. Payne's fillies Farthingale and Glauca again triumphant, the former beating Ellen Middleton, Garrick, Legerdemain, and five othe rs cleverly for the P r i nce o f Wales's Stakes, and the latter beating a field of third rates, for the Gimcrack Stakes. At Doncaster, The Flying Dutchman wins as a matter of course the Champagne and Two years old Stakes. For the St. Leger, Surplice repeats the Derby dose, almostannihilating an eighth of the ring, including some of the leading men at the corner, as well as in the City; many will rue the day they entered the lists as opponents of the champion of the 19th century. In the Newmarket First October Meeting, Colonel Peel's son of lon and Palmyra, Tadmor, the winner of the Ham Stakes at Goodwood in a canter! put in an appearance for the First Triennial Stakes, which he won very easily in 1 min. 15 secs. (5 furlongs 136 yards), beating the Highland Fling second, Elthiron third, and fifteen not placed. He also won the same day a sweep stakes of 50 SOTS. each, in a common canter, beating Sobraon and His Excellency. In the S.O.M. ho received forfeit in a Produce Match; and walked over for a Post Sweepstakes; this as yet un beaten horse has won for Colonel Peel in stakes alone 4,5861. the I p h resent almost overlooked year—Lord s ta n n e l e o y f the ol est , s Escalade, eveLr who fillies r of a g o s o w d e e s e p c s o t a n k d e s t o o T f h 2 0 0 o F 1 syoivn each,Dutch a m n a d n h a a t s 2 i i v n e c r e p o w o o l a n a for stake at Newmarket in a canter! And now to "Look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow, and which will not." For the Two Thousand Guineas I still remain of the same opinion as expressed in my Warwick letter six weeks ago. Honeycomb, or Nunnykirk, in my opinion, have the rest as safe as boiled. Perhaps with the ex ception of Indus, who may for this race have a chance, but not being within 101 b. of Tadmor cannot possess ono for the Derby. For the Cliester Cup, Limestone, the Tartar, Sur plice, Shylock, Ellerdale, Lady Maaham, Dough, Sylvan, Escape, and Blucher, are likely to be among the accept ances, and one or two, The :Tartar and Ellerdale, for instance, rattling favourites. For the Derby I see nothing that possesses the most remote chance of beating the Flying Dutchman, a n d Tadmor, the latter for choice. For the Oaks, the Sister to Arkwright, Farthiug a l e, Escalade, !and one of the Duke of Richmond's, ag a i nst the field, for my money. The " hay and straw," or last week of the racing sea son, commonly yclept the Houghton week, commences on Monday, and in all probability will extend to the Monday following ; there is at present on thelist thirty five Sweepstakes, and twenty-ono Matches, affordi ng an average of eight races per diem ; an amount of sport that, with the addition of the fresh matches ce.rtain to be made, will give a brilliant finale to the racing of '4B. For the Cambridgeshire Stakes, a field of from thirty three to thirty-six will be brought to the post, to be selected from the following : st lb Chanticleer, 5 yrs 9 11 Miss Sarah, 6 yrs 8 12 Collingwood, 5 yrs Dulcet, 6 yrs 8 6 Wood Pigeon, 6 yrs — 8 4 Buscot Buck, aged Diplomatist, 4 yrs The Dart, 6 yrs The Widow, aged Lanesborough,4 yrs 7 10 Winesour, aged_ 7 10 Wanota, 4 yrs Meaux, 4 yrs . 7 9 Yardley, aged Radulphus, 5 yrs 7 8 The Fiddler, 3 yrs Glendower, 3 yrs New Forest Deer,aged 7 6 Bridle, 4 yrs Loadstone, a yrs ... 7 5 st. lb. The Moor, 3 yrs 7 Chat,4 yrs IKeleshea, 4 yrs Psalmsiuger, 6 yrs *The Admiral, 4 yrs 6 12. ICosachia, 4 yrs Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs Ulysses, 4 yrs I Gaffer Green, aged Distaffina, 3 yrs IGeraldine, 5 yrs Fern, 3 yrs lodine, 3 yrs Gardenia, 3 yrs Lola Montez, 3 yrs Keratin, 3 yrs Backbiter, 3 yrs Dacia, 3 yrs Taifrail, 3 yrs Tophana, 3 yrs The top weights are too heavy for my fancy, especially as the course is rather heavy too. Lanesborough stands an excellent chance; so does Wanota; should Glen dower start—not at all certain at the present moment— I should take him for my absolute winner; in his ab sence, I presume the first flight at the Duke's stand will consist of Lanesborough, Wanota, Keleshea, Geraldine, Backbiter, Dacia, Dulcet, and Distaffina; then comes the struggle•— " A pause—it is the crisis of our fate." Dulcet and Distaffina are beaten first, Wanota and Lanesborough follow suit, and to tho remaining four we leave the race; if required to place them, it would be thus:— Keleshea or Backbiter ... ... ... 1 Geraldine ... ... ••• ... 3 Dacia ... . ..• ••• ... 4 "Ero twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torches his diurnal ring" the Cambridgeshire will be of the past. I shall, as usual, conclude with a summary of the week's races. MONDAY. Stake. Probable winner. Criterion ... —Rackety Girl or Elthiron. Match, 2001. A.F.—Bridle. Match, 2001. D.L —Gardenia. Match, 1001. Last half of Ab. M.—Czarina. Match, 1001. Y.C.—Bridle. Match, 200. First half of Ab. M.—Elegance filly, Match, 100/. T.Y.C.—Cocoa Nut. Match, 501. T.Y.C.—Carissima. Match, 2001. T.Y.C.—Paultons. TUESDAY Cambridgeshire.—Keleshea or Backbiter. Match, 3004 First half Ab. M.—Farthingale. Match, 200/. T.Y.C. St. Rosolia. WEDNESDAY. Match, 5001. A.F.—Loadstone. Match, 5001. A.F.—Glendower. Match, 2001. T.l.C.—Strongbow. THURSDAY. Glasgow.—honeycomb or Tiresome. 50 sous.—Lord Clifden. Match, 2001. D.M.—Big Jerry. Match, 2001. A.F.—Diplomatist. SATURDAY. Match, 2001. T.Y.C.—Sobrnon. Match, 100/. Last half Ab. M.—Loadstono. Match, 1001. Y.C.—Misnom©r filly (a yearling). Match, 251. 100 yards.—Jereed gelding. I am, Sir, yours, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Oct. 21. ALPIIABET ON THE CAMBRIDGEHIRE STAKES. A stands for Admiral, all in the rear; B's for Backbiter, whom no one need fear. C's for old Chanticleer—good un to go; With Cossack, Cosachia—very so-so. D's for the Dart, who may run thro' the sky, With Dacia, the mare that is certain to fly. E's for Executor, sou of Voltaire, Better than Egremont, lightest weight there. F for the Fiddler, whose weighted the same As G for Glendower, a far better name. H is for Hope, tho' I fear there is none. I stands for lodine, not going to run. J's represented by only Big Jerry; K by Keraun, who is shocking bad, very. L looks like Lanesborough (Irish pot); M stands for Meaux, the best of his lot. N is for Newcourt, who once was a " stunner;" And 0 for Miss Orbell, a certain non-runner. P is for Poynton, and Paladin too— No horse in the race begins with a Q. Radulphus has lost as many a race As Surplice has won, the champion in pace. T's for Tophana, a very light weight; And U's for Ulysses, who'll share the same fate As Vampyre, a thing which I trust won't appear, But Vanish, because it will frighten a Seer. Wanota's too heavy; there's no X to run; While Yardley's too bad, and Z there is none. Not yet of the winner, have I ever made mention, So now I request your most earnest attention. My first's Geraldine, tho' well whipp'd and spared, With Dacia second, and Chanticleer third. Yours, &c., HORSE•PICK. 1 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Napper's hds., Thurs., Leigh Farm ; S a t., th e Compasses-103-. York and Ainsty hd s ., T ues ., P rov id ence G reen; Thurs., Sutton in the Forest ; Sat., M e l Journe H a ll- 10 i . Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Wed., Wilber foss 31111-11; Fri., Pluck ham—lof. Cleveland hds., Thurs, Skelton Castle—ioi. Lord Yarborough's hds., Wed., Pelham's Pillar; Fri„ Wrawby Mill. i Harrogate beagles, Fri., Hampsthwaite-10i. Durham county hds., Wed., Stoney Gate; Fri., Branco path-10i. Mr. Trelawney's hds., Tues., Hall Farm; Fri.ftPut linch Bridge-10i. Devon hds., Thurs., Bagton-11. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. Yesterday morning her Majesty the Queen Dow ager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Amelia and Eliza of Hohenlohe Schillings furst, attended Divine service in St. George's Chapel. Her Majesty and their Serene Highnesses afterwards went to Frogmore House and visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended by the Countess de Hulst, arrived at the Castle shortly before two o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk yesterday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the morning and afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Eliza of Hohen lohe Langenburg, left the Castle at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the Priory, Stanmore. Her Majesty was also accompanied by the Princesses Amelia and Eliza of Ilohenlohe Schillingsfurst, and was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady in Waiting, and the Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians also took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert soon afterwards, and left the Castle, attended by the Countess de Hulst, Lady in Waiting. His Royal highness Prince Albert conducted the Queen Dowager and the Queen of the Belgians to their carriages, and the Earl of Listowel, Captain the lion. Joseph Denman, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel F. 11. Seymour, were in attend ance at the Queen's entrance, on the departure of the august visitors. Lord John Russell left the Castle yesterday. Her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg was the only addition to the royal din ner party at the Castle yesterday evening. The Queen's private band was in attendance yester day evening, and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Egmont" Selection--" Der Schauerspieldirektor" Mozart. March—" Athalie" . Mendelssohn. Terzetto—"Ti Prego" Sonderling Walzer Lanner. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk, and the Royal Family took walking exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle ; the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended by the Countess de Hulst, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at her residence, Frogmore House, on Saturday afternoon. Earl Grey arrived in town on Friday night from Howick Hall. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thursday, the 2d of November, for the reception of the Lord Mayor elect, at his residence in Park-lane, on which occasion the Noble and Learned Lord will signify her Ma jesty's approbation of the election of the Lord Mayor. The Lord Chancellor will afterwards receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., Thursday being the first day of Michaelmas Term. SUPPLY OF NEWSPAPERS AT RAILWAYS.—MESSr3. Smith, the extensive news agents, of the Strand, have concluded a contract with the Midland and Chester, and Holyhead Railway Companies, for the privilege of sell ing newspapers, books, &c., at the various stations. As they already hold a similar contract with the North- Western Company, these gentlemen have now secured the right to supply periodical literature to passenger. over one thousand miles of rail. In case of irregulari ties of any description, or of deficiencies in the present arrangements of this important service, the public will know to whom in future to apply for remedy, and we are assured that their complaints, if well founded, will be promptly attended to. GREENWICH PENSIONERS.—The old fellows who recently played the one-armed and one-legged game of cricket, have been ordered to wear the yellow jacket, for having lent their second suit of uniform to parties not connected with the hospital for the purpose of playing the match. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. I FROM THE MORNING PA PERS OF THIS DAI. TIMES.—An answer from Sir James Hogg to a letter from Sir Charles Napier, which appeared in the Times of Saturday, will be found in another portion of our co. lumps. It is a subject of regret to find an officer who u e r m u b t r i o ie i r le . d in phena-vaendfr-uinulk wtianirfearteuwtiitnilansoemx! has won so high a reputat i on by his military services I e adversary or tolled Sir Charles Napier's services in Sinde highly, as his achievements deserved. The praise due to a military pro-consul tor having added a province to the empire, 'and for having established on his conquest the r,h rudiments of administration, is his indubitable t, .and it has been awarded to Sir Charles Napier in n ii mea sure by the voices of his countrymen. higherTh o n sonted then the point this gallant officer had obtained is s in men ' s estimation, the m ore pa i nful it engaged in a di s p u t e —i n a mere broil, to o a f ee w h h i i c u li i i prize-money is the essence, and invective the only - weapon that seems r ea dy to his grasp. We sa y phatically that there is n o t a gentleman in thethreeena kingdoms, or in our Eastern possessions, who will not regret the tone and manner in which Sir Charles Napier has seen fit to address the chairman of the great company he was so lately serving. We will go further than this, and add that within the same limits there is not a man of plain common sense and ordinary discern.. ment, who reads the letters of the disputants and com pares their statements, b?it will declare that the facts do nut bear out Sir Charles Napier in the flat contradiction he has offered to the expression used by Mr. Baillie in the House of Commons. On a careful perusal of the two letters these are the facts we find alleged on either side :—Sir Charles Napier tells us that when he was in India he read a statement to the effect that Mr. Baiilie, while speaking on a debate which passed in the House of Commons about Sinde, stated " that Sir Charles Na pier had been sufficiently rewarded for his services, for he had received 70,0001. prize -money," or words to that effect. Mr. Baillie, upon being applied to on the subject by Sir . Charles Napier, gave him the name of Sir James Hogglas his informant. Now, it appearsthat Sir Charles Napier had not at that time received the prize -money in question—he was only to receive it. A dispute had arisen as to the amount of the booty the successful General was to receive. Sir James Hogg and his colleagues —so says General Napier—were trying to prevent his receiving that share of prize-money which their own regulations awarded to the Commander of the Forces, from which act of injustice he was protected by the Duke of Wel lington, by Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge, and by the Lords of the Treasury. For the concluding para graph of this letter we would rather give the ipsissima verba of Sir Charles Napier than transfuse his meaning into other language. Let him speak for himself, and 1 the public will decide if the facts of the case justify the language employed:---" Here, then, was a mis statement unintentionally made against me, in Par liament, by a gentleman who, ignorant of the fact, was betrayed into the error which he committed, and I have traced his informer to be this Sir James Hogg ; on whom it now rests to clear himself to the public from having committed an action so dishonourable.Mr. 13aillie did with honourable promptness clear himself . me, so, in like manner, let Sir James Hogg clear to himself to the public by unkennelling the inventor of malig nant falsehood which has thus been brought to a his door." Thus far Sir Charles (Napier —we have gi o v w e i n the substance of his letter on all points bearing on the subject in dispute, for we presume it is unnecessary to re-state so well-known a fact that the directors were trustees of the Sind(' prize -money. Sir James Hogg cannot plead ignorance or venial error. Nor is such his defence. Ile substantially admits that he gave the in formation to Mr. Baillie. " I find," he says, "on refe rence to the Parliamentary debates, that Mr. Baillie stated that Sir Charles Napier had obtained 70,000/. at the time he conquered Sinde." That, then, was Mr. Baillie's statement, and Sir James Hogg was the authority upon which it was made. What then is his answer to the In dian General? Why, in point of fact, he says Sir Charles Napier's share of the prize money will not fall far short of the sum above stated. He will have as his portion of the Sinde prize money one-eighth of a spoil estimated at above half-a-million. "It is impossible," adds Sir James Hogg, " that it could have been meant that the money had been actually paid, it being matter of noto riety that no distribution had actually taken place." If the facts should turn out to be, as we presume, that it was in the perfect knowledge of every man who heard the expressions fall from Mr. Baillie that he was speak ing of the Sinde prize money, and equally so that the prize money had not been distributed, it is a straining of terms indeed to accuse either the speaker or his in formant of "malignant falsehood." At the very utmost the " malignant falsehood " just means that Mr. Baillie stated in the House, upon the authority of Sir James i Hogg, that the distribution of the Sinde prize money had taken place, when, in effect, it had not as yet been so distributed. Now, really there is nothing in such a state of facts to call for all this blood and thunder, and giving of the lie. Sir Charles Napier has worn the sagum so long that he cannot reconcile himself to the peaceful habits of the costume of peace. The question as to the amount of prize -money to be received by Sir Charles Napier, upon, which point he also accuses Sir James Hogg and his colleagues of unfairness, is just as quickly disposed of. It appears that whether Sir Charles Napier was to re ceive one-eighth or one-sixteenth of the spoil turned upon a point which was raised, not by the Court of Di rectors—the trustees of the prize -money tinder the royal warrant of November, 1845—but by the General Prize Committee at Calcutta. The orders sent out from England were—that the prize -money should be distributed according to the usages of the army in India. When this order reached the Calcutta Conunit tee they hesitated upon the exact position of Sir Charles Napier in Sinde. Wes he Commander-ia-Chief ? Was he Major-General in command ? In the former case, according to the precedent of Lord Comber mere, and the Bhurtpore prize -money, Sir Charles Napier would be entitled to one-eighth of the spoil. On the latter supposition, ac cording to Indian precepts, also cited, he would have been entitled only to ono-sixteenth. The matter was referred by the Government of Bengal to the Go vernor-General, and by him it was referred again to the Home authorities, for submission to the Lords of the Treasury. Now, nothing but a very robust wrong headedness could upon these facts base an imputation against the Court of Directors. It was not with them a question of injuring or favouring Sir Charles Napier. They might honour his valour and services as highly as they would, but they could not, therefore, pay him over money to which they w ere no t satisfied he was entitled. Every rupee unduly given to their commander would have been a robbery upon the humbler companions of his toil and his glory. Sir Charles Napier is evidently in a very great passion, and, like most men in that frame of mind, he appears to be very wrong. It is possible, for aught we know, that every statement made by Sir James Hogg may be wrong, but in the presence of so very fiery an opponent this appears so unlikely, that wo have assumed them to be true, and judged accordingly. POST.—The polished gentlemen and thrice-holy Christians who are more commonly, but less accurately, known under the appellation __of the directors of the Scottish Central Railway, have had now ample time to apologise publicly for the disgraceful and brutal treat ment which they, in strange inconsistency with their exquisite manners and their immaculate sanctity, re cently inflicted on the Duchess of Sutherland—treatment by which those holy railway officers contrived, at a single stroke, IMO ictu, not only to disgust and scandalise men, but to outrage God—not only to violate every gentlemanly and every manly sentiment, but, worse still, on the Lord's day, to fly in the face of one of the most emphatic injunctions of the Lord's Bible. These ex emplary Christians, we say, have had am ple time to express contrition for conduct which it will cost ue but slight pains to show was contrary at once t o the spirit and to the letter not only of Christianity, but of the law of nature itself. The facts are simply these : her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland was staying at Dunrobin Castle, in Sutherlandshire, where news reached her of the dangerous illuess of her father, the Earl of Carlisle, then actually dying at Castle Howard, in York shire. The intelligence urged her Grace to hasten to the bedside of her lather, it she desired to see him again alive. With trembling anxi e ty, the illustrious daughter instantly left Dunrobin Castle, and posted to Montrose, where she threw herself into the last railway train (for which she was only just in time), and which carried her into Perth early on Sunday morning. Now, let the object of this all-anxious jouretey be remembered, and the circumstances under which it was made be borne in mind. We come to the disgus L ing and scandalous treatment which the official of this holy railway inflicted at once upon the Lair and nettle lady who was hurrying to a dying father's bedside, and on that father himself, holding them violently asunds r from that mutually longed -for last interview, which i.s so precious in a family bound together in fondness and ill love. If a father and daughter had been kept apart when desiring to communicate on some ordinary an d every-day occasion of life, we should feel indignant with those by whose acts they had been thus separated, and we should demand and require a grave and extra ordinary reason in justification of such conduct. Here, a father and daughter, desiring to communicate on no such ordinary or every-day occasion, but to breathe forth on one side the last tender warnings and counsels, and blessings, and to receive on the other the last sa cred behests, were kept asunder until it' was too late. They never can meet again. In the ordinary affairs of life, we say, such a severance would require some ex traordinary motive to justify, or even palliate, its mani fest and self-evident cruelty,' unnaturalness, and hei nousness—so great would be the injury wird injustice of opposing even delay to the meeting of a father and a (laughter on any important occasion. Alas I it was not e delay which ' was in this instance opposed to that pious, interview ; it was not delay, it was eternity. Again and again, we repeat, that no common excuses should be made for such an injury, even when it is temporary and easily remediable. What, then, when it is utterly end entirely irreparable l— hopeless, endless, limitless ! Surely the reason alleged for a wrong so unspetikable ought to be of paramount weight and authority. But if that reason be only au aggravation of the offence—if it add the breach of the precepts of Christianity to the previous viola don of the laws of nature, bow shall we then be able to con template without indignation and horror those. monstrous Pharisees who claim, as their peculiar attribute, super eminent and transcendental sanctity, and who injure the name and fame of Christianity infinitely more by pro fessing it than all its open enemies have ever injured it by their attacks? 're that hideous excuse, and to our , , view of it, we shall presently come. Meantime, having brought the Duchess as far as Perth in our narrative, we will now let our iserthern informant take up , The an d mail con clude the account of what befel her there: train for the south was then preparing for departure, but to the astonishment of her Grace and attendants, on w ap plying for seats in the train they ere told they could not other train on th © be allowed to travel by it, or by any . of the Sabbath, it being against the regulations direc tors. Letters having been sent to a ll the stat ions to have engines ready to co nvey the Duchess through, C~ N