The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-27 00:00:00

. .., . 54 N ,o N ••• •• •••' .•• 4 5 , 4 r•• i • •• ..1. '. 0`... ••• 0 .... , .N 1 11 1 1 4 4 Mr •• • 00. ... ../.. ••• ••••,' ••• I,OA ,••• ••• / • • • 01. .. / • • i .••• •,,. ••• el. r•• / 64 •.• ...• 0 •e 67 ••• / •••• 94 .. 1 _, d~ •••- / 64 ~.o. r a j 0000 0 lit" 614 c 4 1954 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG 27.—Wind W., light breeze and fine. PEAL, AUG. 25.—Wind S.S.W. 26th, W.N.W., to W.S.W.—Arrd. 25th, Victoria, Williamson, Callao; Neptune, Quebec for Seaton Sluice. 26th. Cestus, Pernarnbuceo ; Camilla, Hawley,- Braz'ls ; Electra, nitre, Grenada ; Abcona, Miramichi; N. H. Bayfield, Wash, Prince Edward Island. Arrived from the River, - Earl of Newbury, Walton, Mogadore; Sir Charles Napier, Humble, Montreal ; Prometheus, Berriman, Charleston and Fowley. Arrived from the River and sld, Unity, Salter, Algoa Bay; Ivanhoe, Rattray, Ilavannah ; Siberia, Bartlett, Mataezas; Lisbon, Binton, St. John's, New Brunswick; Pearl, Chalmers, Montreal; A paper with the following report written on it in pencil, has been picked up near No. 2 battery:—" On the Alacranes, Gulf of Florida, Mary Ann of Hull.—All hands and passengers must be drowned—Captain dead —baats lost-12, 6, 49." Arrd. Woodman, America. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25.—Wind W. to N.N.W. 21hh, N.W.—Arrd. 25th, Thomas and Mary, Williams, Ma tanzas; Chaos, Paxton, Savannah; Susquehanna, Dan• l evy, Philadelphia ; Guy Mannering, Edwards, New York; Rascius, Eldridga, New York; California, Dun can, Quebec. 26th, Lydia, Graves, Antigua ; Cam bria, steamer, Boston. Sld. 24th, Harvest Home, Calcutta. 25th, Dauntless, Marauham; San, Fernando, Havannah; Anonima, Fernando ; Niagra, steamer, Boston; Breadalbane, Halifax; Vesper, Newfoundland; Dunbrody, Quebec. 26th, Courtenay, Bombay. Ofd'Port, Gertrude, Wasp, Jeremiah Garnett, Margaret Skelly, Betsy, Maria, Pheeeix, Albion SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 24. A black board with "Athens" painted on it, was picked up, 22d inst., off the Caskers, by the Charlotte, arrived here. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 21. Wind variable. —Arrd. Empress, Marsden, Havannah; Kate, Scott, Porto Rico; Williams, Wilson, Porto Rico; Orkney Lass, Paterson, Havannah; Aaron J. Harvey, Ray, Philadelphia. Sid. 211, Fama, Richibucto. PLyarou'rn, AUG. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—SId., 25th John, Quebec. OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 24.—Clements, Ilavannah, for Hanahurgh. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 25.—Wind N.N.E. to N.W. 26th. W.N.W —Arrd.,, 2511, Independence, Kelly, Lon don and sailed fur New York Sld., 25th, Tiafal • ger, Robertson, Madras; Earl of Hardwick, Bombay. WARREN POINT, AUG. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Brothers, New York; Seraphina, Quebec. BELFAST, AUG. 24.—Wind W.—Arrd., 25th, Marga ret, Reid, New York. a%.re INGSToWN, AUG. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Em pire, Findlater, Quebec. LIMERICK, AUG. 25.—Wind W.—Arrd. John llawkes, Richards, Prince Edward's Island. PILL, AUG. 9 6, - Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Shaw, newitt, Dalhousie; Wemsleydale. Gray, Onega. BRISTOL, AuG 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 26th, Tim buctoo, Heslop, Africa; e. Sybilla, c rew, Trinidad; Caro line Brooks, Tobago; Geore, Nicholas, St . Vincent. dARDIFF, AUG. 25.—Wind N.W.—Sid. 24th, Russell, Glover, New York. WATERFORD, AUG. 25.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.— Sld. 23d, John Bell, Quebec. SHIELDS, AuG. 25.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 24th, Symmetry, Bell, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The accounts received this morning, horn various Parts of the country, state that harvest work is progress• ing rapidly, wader the most favourable auspices. The Oeuntry markets, held on Saturday, were mostly very inac:ive fcr most articles of grain, the prices of which bad a downward tendency. Oar continental advices state that Wheat has given way in the French and Bel gian markets. Up the Baltic purchases have been made to some extort for immediate shipment, but at low prices. Letters from New York state that the Flour a nd grain trade was:active at improved quotations. The arrivals of English grain for our market last week were very small. From abroad, we received, 8,408 quarters of Wheat; 5,792 do. of Barley; 26,207 do. of Oats; 1,240 d o. of ltye; 913 do. of Beans; 1,155 do. of Peas; 10 ditto of Tares; 6,926 do. of Linseed; 82 do. of Rape- S eed; 63 do.lof sundry seeds; and 70 sacks of Flour. A n unusually large quantity of new English Wheat — even the time of year considered—was received fresh up to this morning's market, it having amounted to 3,800 'quarters, 2,000 being from Essex, the remainder chiefly front Kent. The quality of the samples was unusually good, and some of the Wheats weighed 64 1 bs per bushel. The attendance of buyers was tolerably extensive; yet a& the supply was unexpectedly large, the demand for all descriptions ruled extremely heavy, at a decline in the quotations of Monday last of from 2s to 3s per quarter, at which very little progress was made in sales, a large Portion of the supply remaining unsold at the conclusion of business. Scarcely any old Wheat was on show, and the currencies must be considered nominal. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on show was not larger ; nevertheless the sale for that article vas heavy in the extreme, and most kinds gave way in value quite 2s. per quarter. At that decline very few transactions were reported. In floating cargoes we have heard of no sales, and some of the importers were compelled to land in bond. Only about one hundred quarters of new English Barley were on the market, and which sold at last week's prices. Inferior foreign—the supply of which was tolerably ex tensive—ruled heavy at a fall of is per quarter. The show of MAC samples was on the increase. Really fine qualities were held at extreme currencies; but the middling and inferior kinds had a downward tendency. The brewers are but moderately stocked. Very few home grown o.lts wero on the market, but we had a large quantity of foreign offering. The Oat trade was very 1 1 , 1 111, at 6d to i s p er quar t er le s s money. The sale for ana was in a very sluggish state, at Is per quarter de cline. In Peas, next to nothing was doing, yet the quo tations of last week were mostly supported. Indian t , rn, Kl and Flour, were the turn in favour of the buyers, with a very dull inquiry. m eat --Essen CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. & Kent, Malt—Chevalier s9s ti; 60 Red, New.. • • 40s to 48s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto White New 44s 51s Lineolnsh., Feed. 15s 19s Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 40s 46s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • .. 428 49s Black ...• . • . 148 18s Irish, Red........ 435 Cork, White •. • Ditto, White...... 40s 493 Scotch, Feed. • • 11 3 .4 -01 d 23e 25s Beans—Tick .•• • • • • 28s 31e New... .. 23s 26s Pigeons . 31s 355 uar leY—Grinding .•• .. 23s 25s Peas—Grey .. •• • Malting . ........ 27s 28s Maple ... •• • ....• 30s 33 s v . Chevalier 29s 30s White. - 255 27 3 ssa/t—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 27s 30, f01k............ 565 58s Flour—Town-made .• . 38s 42 s Brown 48s 54s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 33s 34 s tingston and Ware 57s 555 Stockte & Norfolk 33s 34 8 SEE New Tares were offering per bushel. A small' quant 12e s . per quarter. In nev TL ln g. Cakes were almost — "LiP,Wbite, per bush. its to 12s Red Green.. ••I Is 12s ." ' t ‘ tijxl, Brown • • • 53 10 ' hits • • 55 lOs _anary, are n 3, Xew :•. Os —e C ' l ' l • • • • ••• • • .. • 4s 5s 3d Per quarter .. 1058 145 s ' 3 e grass .. ,• • ... 20s 21s Clover. Red En:. (cwt.) 35s 633 White •• • • ...... 34s 48s Foreign .. Red.... 30s 40s Trefoil 2 1 1: 2 42 1 : SMITHFIELD. Fair average arrivals of foreign stock have taken place into the port of London since Monday last, notwith standing the comparatively low prices ruling in this Inarket. The total suppy has amounted to 4,987 head. At the corresponding period in 1847 we received 5,003, and at the same time, in 1848, 5,127 head; but we must observe that the quality and weight of the stock now at hand are very superior to those of former seasons, hence the actual weight of meat is still increasing. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Harlingen 187 ... 1,219 .. 126 ... 20 ... Ramburgh 64 .•• Amsterdam ... 22 37 5 Antwerp Nien Diep Rotterdam D. somewhat freely at 5s to 6s tity of new Canary Cad at w Rapeseed very little was nominal. _ __ Carraway .•• • • • 29s 30s Coriander .... • • 163 25s llempseed, per quarter 32s 343 Linseed, Eng.-Sowing 545 60s Crushing •••• .. • 423 48s Baltic •• • • 3 , ,s 46s Odessa . • . Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— • • .81 lOs 101 Os Foreign, per ton 6/ Os 71 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ lOs 41 15s Rapeseed, per last 311 Os 361 Os Total 818 ... 3,661 202 ... 216 .. 90 Corresponding week inlB4B 610 ... 3,919 ... 120 ... 478 Difference... 208 more. 248 less. 82 more 26 ?Jess. 90 m At the northern outports, about 1,200 head of foreign Mock have been landed, chiefly from Rotterdam. The arrivals at Southampton from Spain and Portugal have amounted to about 80 Oxen, in excllent condition. About 40 of the latter were on sale here to-day ; and the supply from Holland was tolerably extensive. From Cork, 20 Oxen, 100 Sheep, and 42 Calves have arrived direct by sea, for this market. Fresh up for this morn ing's market, the receipts of home-fed beasts were large for the time of year, and of fair average quality. Not withstanding that the dead markets were very moderately Supplied, and the attendance of buyers was tolerably good. The Beef trade ruled exceedingly heavy, at decline in the quo t a tions paid on Monday last of quite 2d per 81bs., and at which a clearance was not effected. The hi g h est fi gure f or the best sorts was 3s 84 per 81bs. T he Supply of beasts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to about 1,000 short cl ns• from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex , and Cambridge- Sh ; , ir , e : 9 oo Scots and Shorthorns; from the western and r ,:utatid counties, 600 Herefords, Runts , Devons, &c.; fn in other parts of England, 700 of various br eeds, and f t c ' 'r°ta Scotland, 190 horned and polled Scots. There was a further in c r eas e in the supply of Sheep, which, inde ed, w as the lagest exhibited on any previous day during the Whole of the present year. The butchers purchased cautiously ; h ence , the mutton trade was in a very inac tiveT state, and prices receded from those of this day t() nalght about 2d per 81bs. The very primest old 11 9wns, the inumber of which was small compared with the a ggrega t e supply, sold at 3s 101 per 81bs. The general quality of the supply of Lambs on offer was indifferent. The total number exceeded the wants of the buyers. Pri me Down qualities were, however, mostly disposed of, at about stationary prices, viz , from 4 s 10 d to 5 s per Sibs, but all other breeds were somewhat lower to purchase. We had a full average supply of Calves in the markets. For all descriptions of Veal the demand was in a very depressed state, and prices ruled 24 per 81bs lower. The sale for Pigs—the number of which Was but moderate—ruled heavy, at unaltered currencies. Per 81bs. to si ink the offal. s. . 0. d Inf erior Beasts-- d to 2 6 2 8 Se .;onft quality .... 2 10 3 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots ...• .. 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calve 3 3 0 3 2 I rirne sin%ll ditto .. 3 4 3 6 S u 2 'idits Calves • .18 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep . 2 8 2 10 s. d. to 3. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolledditto 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 3 8 310 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Ilogs .••• •• 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers ••- • 3 8 4 0 Quarter old Pigs ••16 0 20 0 Lambs •• •• •• 4 0 5 0 TOTAII,-IUITILIi AT MARKET. 11 t.,:—. 1 Pl 4,313 I S' 4,—, , ,A ves. „ 1 ,, 220 1 :, 2,010 I 259 FOREIGN" SUPPLY. Sheer. Calves. I Pigs, I I 3,140 112 1 ._ B acts. 792 ".`....,....•, 01 1 1 Iro NEIXTGATE ATM 7,E21X1EN33.8. 7 . 71 4. Comparatively specking, the supplies ef meat on sale in these markets since Monday last have been tolerably good, and of full average quality. The arrivals from the country have been trifling; but about 800 carcases of for,:ign meat have tern on offer. For all descriptions the demand has ruled heavy, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last. At per stone by the Carcase. 8. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. nfetior ••••.. 2 2 2 4 1 Mutton, inferior 2 8 210 middling •• 2 6 2 8 -- middling— 3 0 3 6 primelarge 210 3 0 --- prime •• .• 3 8 310 prime small 3 2 3 4 1 Pork, large.. •••• • • 3 2 3 6 Veal •••••••••• .• .• 2 10 3 6 small .• ••.• • • 3 8 4 0 Lamb, 3, 10,1 to is 10d. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. Since this day se'nnight, the imports of foreign Po tatoes have been very small, viz., 115 sacks from Calais; 147 sacks from Havre; 9 tons from Leer; 25 bags from Rotterdam; and 33 bags from Caen. The supplies of English Potatoes have increased to a considerable ex tent, owing to which, and their excellent quality, the demand has ruled excessively heavy, at further depressed rates. Shaves may now be had at Si 103 to 41; and Regent's, 41 to 4115 s per ton. These are the only sorts worth quoting at present. Foreign Potatoes may be purchased at 31 5s to 3/ 12s per ton. We under stand that large supplies will arrive hither both from France, Belgium, and Holland, on their becoming ripe. ZOR,OUGU 11OP in.rozzczT. The few new Hops on sale here have found buyers, at from 9/ to 1115 s per cwt. The accounts from the plantations are still unfavourable: Fine Yearlings—the supply of which is but moderate—move off steadily, at full prices. In all other kinds exceedingly little business is doing. The duty is called 70,0001 to 75,0001, with very little disposition to speculate. Yearlings—Sussex pockets, 3/ 12s to 41 12s; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 41 12s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 71 7s per cwt. _ _ _ WOOL. The total imports of Wool into London last week were confined to 440 bales from ilamburgh, 43 ditto from Antwerp, and 15 ditto from Amsterdam. Increased supplies of both English and Colonial Wool are on offer iu the private contract market, yet the demand for most descriptions is firm at very full prices. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are still favourable. A steady business appears to be doing in winter good 3, both for home consumption and export. TALLOW. Since this day se'nnight the demand for all kinds of Tallow has been in a very inactive state, and prices have given way quite 31 per cwt. To-day fine P.Y.C. on the flaot, is selling at 395, and inferior qualities 388 to 38s 6d per cwt. For forward delivery, we have sellers at 38s 3d to 38s 61 per cwt. Town Tallow, 37s to 37s 6d per cwt net cash; Rough Fat 2s lid per Sibs. Letters just at hand from St. Petersburgh state that a good busi ness Nas wising in Tallow for shipment to England, at further depressed rates. Ukraine, 115; usual quality, 114; Soap Tallow, 110; and fine white Woronak, 132 roublee. 1845. Stock thFs day ••.. •• 10,q88 Price of Y. C. . • 40s 9d .. [ to4ls 6d Delivery last week: .. 2,541 Ditto from June 1— .. 18,636 Ar , ivals last week • 1,978 Ditto from June 1 ... I 13,352 'rice of Town •• • .. 41s Od 1846. 1847. 9,841 12,359 42s 6d 47s Cd to Os Ott to Os Od 1,717 1,759 10,629 12,418 744 1,317 9,859 I 16,703 43s 6d 53s 6d 1818. 1 1849._ 13,783 25,588 44s 9d to: 39s Od Os Od to Os Od 2,902 1,301 18,556 14,161 1,358 1,.;14 24,808 11,276 47s 6d 40s Od THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. (THIS DAY.) ADJOURNED INQUEST. The jury empannelled to inquire into the death of Mr. . Patrick O'Connor, whose brutal murder continues still to be the prevailing topic of conversation, assembled for the third time this morning, at eleven o'clock, at the Leather-Market Tavern, Bermondsey. The coffee-room in which the inquest was held was crowded with visitors. some letters and papers, and a paper writing purporting to be " the last will and testament of Frederick George Manning, attested by Henry Poole and Robert Smen , J. (Poole is the . person who is now undergoing 15 years' transportation for robbing the Exeter mail on the Great Western Railway). There were several letters addressed " Madame Manning." I have inspected a portion of the female wearing apparel. On several articles of t hat kind in each box there is the name of Maria De Roux, and on others M. and F. Manning. One table-cloth is marked "M. and F. Manning, White Hart Hotel, Taunton." There were some shirts with F. G. M. upon them. There are two or three articles of female apparel with different initials. There are none with P. C. upon them. There are several silver spoons with the names upon them erased. In the small box I found the skirt and body of a dress ; in the internal lining, close to that part where it has been separated from the body, there are several marks of blood. The body appears to have been very recently washed. There are also two small toilet covers, with lace edges, and a piece of muslin with marks of blood upon them. (Each of these articles were produced and shown to the jury. They all had numerous small and brown-looking splashes, evidently that of blood.) The witness Massey, who was examined on Friday, said ho was certain he had never seen the silver spoons before. He had seen the toilet covers before, and said they used to be placed on the end of the sofa. (The inquiry was proceeding when our report left.) William Sopp, 162 M division, examined—said, on Wednesday, the 22d of this month, I was instructed by Inspector Yates to go to No. 14, Bermondsey-square, which is kept by Mr. Bainbridge. I knocked and in- TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—KosEuth's Protest against Russian Interven- Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee recently formed to carry out the Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. quired if he was at home; they were at dinner at the time, and I waited a few minutes, when Mrs. Bainbridge came to me. In consequence of some questions which I put she produced an iron shovel. I now produce it. (The witness here produced a common iron dust shovel, painted black, with holes in it.) I observed on the shovel some marks of mortar. I inspected it further, and found something like the appearance of blood, ashes, and human hair. I called Mrs. Bain bridge's attention to it ; I asked her if she had noticed it before. I asked her if she had used the shovel, and she said that some one had been shovelling up some ashes with it. I told her I should take charge of it. It is now exactly in the same state that it was when I got it.—(A very small particle of clotted dirt was attached to it, in which could be observed two or three hairs, but nothing more.) The man Bainbridge, who purchased tho articles of furniture from Manning, was called, but although he had been served with a summons, he was not in attendance. Superintendent Burton said he saw him yesterday, when he promised to attend. The CORONER requested Burton to go and bring his wire. Subscriptions already received ... Per the Editor of the Examiner : ...963 10 4* William Kirk examined—said, I am a driver of a hackney carriage, No. 448, and live at No. 11, Milk street, Walworth. On this day fortnight, about half- Fait:lds at Kelvedon 1 0 0 The Compositors at Messrs. Reynell & Weight's 1 10 6 Mr. Wm. A. Long, jun., Wotton-under-Edge 1 0 0 Second Subscription of Working Jewellers' Work _ _ men ... ... ... ... A Few Chartists, per Samuel Boonham Per K. L. J., Limerick, second remittance Total .. 3 15 9 ... 0 3 6 ... 0 18 0 4971 19 14 SONNET I. AMERICAN NEWS. LivEarooL, SUNDAY.—The North American mail steamer Cambria, Captain Shannon, arrived this evening at seven o'clock, with advices from Boston to the 15th, and Halifax to the 17th inst. The America arrived at New York on the 9th iost., and the Hibernia at Boston on the 15th. The former in twelve days and the latter in eleven days from Liverpool. The Great Western arrived at New York on the 11th, from St. Thomas and Bermuda, and cleared the t•aine day. She had 1,328,060 dollars in silver and gold on freight for England. Thy Canadian advices present no features of in terest. Rumours were prevalent of the resignation of Lord Elgin. FALL OF lIUNGARY. Ye brave Hungarians! we sympathise, In heartfelt sorrow, with ye on your fall, Albeit no prelude to your country's pall; Well may we mark ye now with streaming eyes, Condemned to utter unavailing sighs— Compelled to drink of wormwood and of gall! May Liberty, blest goddess ! shield ye all, Still sacred guard the treasure most ye prize, Sublime deposit! worthy of her care— Whence shall each tributary virtue flow, Till your bold land regeneration know, Ensuring thence bright Independence there! Subdued awhile—yet, honour void of stain — Say—Shall Kossuth's spirit breathe in vain? Greenwich, Aug. 22, 1849. past three, or twenty minutes before four y in the after noon, a female came to me in Joiner-street, Tooley street. She requested me to go to No. 3, Minver-place, New Weston-street. She opened the door and got into the cab and rode to Westin-street. I stopped, she got out, and told me that she had some boxes to move with the cab. I went up stairs and she assisted me down with two boxes. With assistance I got them up outside. I saw no one else except herself there. The assistance to get up the boxes outside the cab was from a man passing by. Before the second one was removed we tried to luck it up . ..stairs, but could not; both I and the female tried. She said " Never mind, we shall be too late for the train." Ono of the boxes was secured by a lock, but the other was not. We removed a third box, which was put inside ; it was from down stairs • I mean the ground floor; she brought it up and put it down in the passage. I took it from her and placed it in the cab, as I stated before. She next brought a carpet bag. I did not see where it was brought from; she gave it to me in the passage. I do not know whether I should know it again. I cannot re- J. L. SONNET. 11. TO TUE BRAVE HUNGARIANS. Heroes! your blood hath not been spilt in vain, Ah, not in vain undaunted hearts have poured Their rich libation at the shrine adored Of blest immortal freedom's holy fano, With toil, exertion, sacrifice, and pain! What tho' the "precious seed" awhile deplored, Thus " sown in sorrow," soon the " harvest's lord " Shall come, rejoicing with his " sheaves " again. Fair Liberty, a plant that never dies, Amid the wailing of the storm around Its oak•like roots more firm enfixt in ground, Still in its grandeur tow'ring to the skies! Britannia's voice be well regarded true, Soothing by precept, and example too! Greenwich, Aug. 23, 1849. Cholera \vas rapidly on the decrease. The Halifax bank was robbed of a large amount of treasure on the 10th inst. The robber was supposed to have arrived in England by the Europa, which sailed the following morning. President Taylor, in a proclamation dated the 11th inst., says that there is reason to believe that an armed expedition is fitting out in the United States with an intention to invade Cuba or some of the provinces of Mexico ' • that the best information which the Execu tive has been able to ascertain points to the island of Cuba as the object of this expedition ; that it is the duty of the Government to observe the faith of treaties, and to prevent any aggression by these citi zens upon the territories of friendly nations. He therefore warns persons from entering into this project. This expedition is said. to be preparing in New York and other cities of the union. President Taylor, while on a tour through the northern states, was attacked by severe diarrhoea, and, by the latest accounts, remained very unwell. The cholera epidemic was on the decline at New York. The cases for the week ending 12th inst. were 609 ; deaths, 283. By way of Chagres the Empire City brings a fortnight's later accounts from California. Affairs in the territory were, in a commercial point of view, rather disastrous to the shippers of goods. There had been a large number of arrivals, and the markets had been overstocked with all kinds of merchandise. It was represented that goods could be purchased to ship back to New York to pay a profit in that market. The political condition of the territory was a little more settled. A proclamation of General Riley, United States officer, advises the people of California that they need not expect to be tolerated in any effort to establish an independent government ; that he has orders from the Administration to have elections held to send delegates to a convention to draught a State Constitution, and that he was de termined to carry out the wishes of the Government at Washington. Our letters state that the people, with a few ex ceptions, seem disposed to acquiesce in this move ment. The Convention was to meet on the Ist of September. The accounts from the mines are con fused and conflicting. There was plenty of gold there, but the labour necessary to obtain it intimi dated those who were unused to much physical effort. The steam-ship Oregon had arrived at Panama with specie amounting to upwards of 600,000 dollars. We have Jamaica accounts to the 7th instant. The sugar canes on the island looked exceedingly healthy. The favourable accounts from England had produced ad vanced rates for sugars, and had given a stimulus to business. On the 19th ult. Barbadoes was compara tively healthy and fine. Intelligence from Maracaibin to the 19th ult. describes Venezuela as being in a state of revolution. _ J. L. collect the colour of it. There were besides some other things, a coat, a parcel or two, and perhaps a shawl or so. They were all put inside. She then came out, closed the door, and directed me to drive to the Brighton station, London-bridge. When we got as far as St. Thomas's-strut she ordered me to stop at some sta tioner's, as she wanted some cards. I pulled up at Mr. Ash's and she went into the shop. Whi:e she was in I fastened the unlocked box with a piece of rope which was inside. She directed me to do this. She then came out and returned into the cab, and I drove her to the station. When I arrived there she ordered me to take down the two boxes which were outside. They were taken down by two porters. I saw her pull from her pocket two directions and asked the porter to nail them on. There was a small pirce of iron lying close by; he used it for a hammer to nail the cards on. Up to that there was no direction on either of these boxes. I did not see the direction. I heard her say that one was not locked, and the porter tried to fasten it. The two boxes were then put on a truck, and she followed them into the station. She afterwards came back and ordered me to the Euston station. She alighted there, and the remaining luggage was taken away from the cab. I heard a porter ask her " Where for?" "Edinburgh," said she, and ho then stated that the next train was at half-past seven. From the time she first came to me in Joiner-street till I got to Euston station I had good opportunities of seeing her, By the CORONER—How did she speak when she gave you the directions? Witness—She appeared to be a countrywoman. - Con°Nza—What do you mean by a countrywoman? Witness—Like a person who comes from Essex or Sussex. She did not speak proper English.—(Laughter.) I think I should know her again if I saw her. I re ceived my fare in silver—a half-crown, a shilling, and sixpence. William Day examined—said, I am a porter, 74, in General Paez landed in Coro from Curacoa about the Ist, when the whole of that province at once declared in his favour. There had been some fighting, in which the Government troops were de feated. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yong, AUGUST 14.—1 n the absence of all spe culative demand, the stock-market is heavy. Government Securities and State Stocks maintain their position during the last few days, although the eemand for European investments appears to have ceased for the present. But the non-dividend paying stocks are now rather pressing on the market, and rates for some time past have had a downward tendency. At the close of busi ness today, however, there appeared to be a slight re action, and more business was exhibited. Money continues to be abundant for all business pur poses. Loans on call are made at 4to 5 per cent. per annum, and discounts of good paper are readily effected at 6to 7 per cent. There has been a fair demand for sterling exchange for the Cambria at 109 to The bulk of the business, however, has been at 1091. Francs, ton, have been in gocd demand, with sales at 5.20 to 231 short sight, and 5, 25 to 271, 60 days. Cotton—To day the transactions reported on change were 2,000 bales, establishing an advance on our quota tions per lust steamer of half a cent. on good ordinary and middling fair qualities. Our quotations are nearly half a dollar above those Liverpool received per America, but they aro by no means extravagant in view of the facts here developed relative to the growing crop subsequent to the date of the last advices received in England from the United States. Inferior New Orleans 8i; ordinary ditto, 84; good middling ditto, 21.; fair ditto, 11; fully fair, 11. Flour—The market is still on the advance, and good brands are firmly held at our quotations. Since the sailing of the last steamer there has been much buoyancy, and with light supplies and a good eastern and home trade; and the advance may be quoted at 25 c. to 37 4 c. per barrel. The export demand is light. Grain—Wheat of good qualities is wanted. White Genesee is held at 1 doll. 36c. The last sales were at 1 doll. 22c to 263. ; good Ohio sells at 1 doll. 10c. to 1 doll, 15c. ; rye is of moderate sale at 58} cents. to 59i cents. ; corn is in light supply and good demand, with sales of round yellow at 63 cents. to 63i cents. ; white, 63 cants. LO 64 mita. ; and mixed western, 61 cents. to 64 cents. Oats are held at 43 cents. to 44 cents. Freight—The rates of freight are to Liverpool for cotton, id. per lb. ; flour ls. 3d. per barrel ; grain in 3id. to 4d. per bushel ; for corn and wheat respec tively, to London; le. 6d. per barrel ; for flour and other articles in proportion. To Havre, cotton, ics. per lb. the employ of the South-Eastern Railway Company, at the London-bridge station. A lady came to the station between three and four on the 13th of August. I recollect the circumstance; she came in a cab. I opened the cab door and asked her where she was for. She told me she wanted to leave her boxes in the cloak-room. She alluded to two boxes outside the cab. With the assistance of a policeman I took them both down. She asked me to nail two addresses on them, and she took some small nails out of her pocket. I took the nails out of her hand and put a card on each box. To the best of my knowledge the address on the cards was" Mrs. Smith, passenger, for Paris." I did not notice whether there was any thing else on the address. She then pulled ,a bunch of keys out of her pocket, and said that the box which had a cord round it would not lock. There was no rope round the other box, and it appeared to be locked. I tried to lock the box but could not. They were then both taken in and placed in the cloak-room. She paid 4d. for placing them there. Altogether I saw her about ten minutes. The CORONER — How did she speak ? Witness— Cheerful. The CORONER —From her language what sort of a person did you take her to be ? Witness—Not a m th o e re todo foreign lady. I t hink I should know her a g ain amon g st a crowd of persons. I have not seen the boxes. Alter p w l i a t c h i ng them.the m Thereto the i cloak-room sae lerka I n d h had p d nothing i n cloak room, and the porter took them from me. A person ticketw hoe was a v e leaves i a v n e y o to thing t there a gets le, it i a ti, t wocokledtand bogiven rfsuch to h e a r by Mr. Dine, who is in that department. The CORONER —Then go and fetch Mr. Dine. Mr. John Haynes, inspector of the Metropoliten Detective folic', was next called, and said, I reside at No. 8, Duke-street, Westminster. In consequence of information I received I sent for the witness, Kirk (the cabman), and from information I got from him I went to the London-bridge station on Tues day, the 21st August, and I there took possession of two large boxes. They had each a card with the following writing upon it:—" Mrs, Smith, passenger to Paris, to he left till called f ur ." I searched those boxes, and they contained principally wearing apparel. I have a list of the articles. The small box contained principally female wearing apparel, and the large box table-cloths, sheets, candlesticks, tea pots, coffee-pot, spoons, punch-ladle, lady's workbox, Deatts TILE SUN, LON_DON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST '27, IRELAND THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. LETTER I. My Lord,—The session having now terminated, it occurs to me that it would be beneficial to examine the various measures which have been proposed for the relief of the Irish people, not only by the Govern ment, but by other parties—an useful task if con ducted with fairness on any subject, and particularly on this, not only on account of its vital importance, but in consequence of the singular division of parties, which has literally prevented that wise discussion which is essential to the adoption of good measures in a free country. If any proof were wanting of this assertion, only compare the debates in the House of Commons with those in the House of Lords on this subject. Previous, however, to this examination, which will be anything but flattering, I also will venture to lay before your Lordship and the public a plan, the adoption of which would, I believe, be of considerable advantage to the embarrassed pro prietor, and what is of infinitely greatQr impor tance, will give to the people in the distressed districts that employment, without which their condition can not be materially improved, and which will give life and vitality to a law worthy of the name of Romilly " The Encumbered Estates Sale Act." Although I believe that the plan I am about to pro pose is perfectly unobjectionable, not only to the mind of a statesman, but to that of every person whose judgment has not been warp e d by p rev i ous cro t c h e t s , y e t I am well aware that it will be opposed by three classes of her Majesty's subjects. First, by all " Red Tapists," for those men are invariably opposed to everything which is out of official routine which does not emanate from them selves. Secondly, by political economists or Dr. Arnold's " One-Eyed Men." Thirdly, by " Holier than-thou" men, who will turn up the whites of their eyes and sigh awful 1 Assuredly it is not my intention to discuss the subject with these men, who will not lose an oppor tunity of show ing their zeal for their res p ective crotchets, and whose minds are constituted like that of the worthy Fluellen, who sincerely believed that there must be a similarity between Monmouth and Macedon, because there was a river in each. And when I propose as the very best, if not the only mode of attaining the beneficial objects I have enumerated, a tontine—such men will exclaim, " Oh, it is a lottery ; better that the Irish should starve than resort to such a remedy." Your Lordship, however, with those whose opinions are of import , ance, will immediately perceive that the plan, so far from partaking of the objectionable character of lot teries, is peculiarly calculated to be of advantage to the Irish people. For it will introduce in a practical shape, to a very great number of persons scattered over many districts, the inestimable advantages of life assurance—valuable not only for individual benefit, but for those habits of forethought which it necessarily encourages ; and your Lordship will also see that this plan combines two objects generally considered incompatible—the benefit of life assurance with a provision tbr old age. Did I not sincerely believe that a tontine is the very best, if not the only means of introducing into Ireland, that which is universally admitted must be the foundation of all improvement—viz., the intro duction of capital with advantage to all parties, I should copy the cunning conduct of Sir Robert Peel, and having proposed a plan which I knew could not be carried into practical execution, close my letter, silently reserving to myself the right, if I thought it of advantage hereafter, to blame Government for not having attempted to try an absurdity. I propose, then, that a tontine should be established, with the sanction of Government, who should appoint an auditor, whose report should be laid upon the table of both Houses of Parliament fourteen days after the opening of the session. That with the view of rendering the benefits which may be reasonably anticipated from such an under taking more easily attainable by every class of her Majesty's subjects in Ireland, the capital be divided nto shares, half-shares, quarter-shares, and one-eighth shares. That the capital be 4,000,0001., raised by 20,000 shares of 100/. each ; 20,000 half-shares of 50/. each ; 20,000 quarter-shares of 251. each ; and 40,000 eighth-shares of 121. 10s. each. That with the view of bringing such undertaking into immediate operation, the tontine be divided into four classes, A, B, C, and D ; class A to consist of the subscribers to the first million ; class B, C, and D to consist of the subscribers to the second, third, and fourth million. That with the view of extending as rcuch as pos sible the advantages accruing to the surviving lives, and to insure a much earlier division of the property, it be not given as is usual to the last surviving life, but be divided when so many lives have expired, that the property would yield to those which survived estates of 1,000/. per annum to whole shares, of 500/. per annum to half shares, of 2501. per annum to quarter shares, and of 1251. per annum to eighth-shares. That the surplus rents and profits, after providing for all necessary improvements and expenses, shall be divided every ten years among the surviving nominees. That the directors of the tontine enter into an arrangement with one of the principal insurance offices to insure the lives of the nominees to the amount of the shares held upon their life, at a lower rate than that usually asked—and there would be no difficulty in this, because of course the lives will be all selected, not only on account of their supposed in dividual goodness, but in consequence of the known longevity of their parents. In my next letter I will conclude this part of the subject. I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Corwar, Aug. 24. RIGBY WASON. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. On Saturday evening Mr. Phelps, the talented lessee of this theatre, commenced his season, with every prospect of its being a brilliant and remunerative one. The exertions of Mr. Phelps to create a taste for the works of the immortal Will Shakspere among the playgoers at this part of London, we rejoice to say, have succeeded to the utmost, and the crowd that as sembled within the theatre on the opening night proved to demonstration how those exertions are estimated. The play selected for the occasion was The Tempest, the principal parts being sustained by the old favourites of the Sadler's Wells company, with one or two exceptions. Mr Phelps as Prospero was exceedingly effective; his reading of the part was true and correct ; nothing could exceed the beauty of style in which he give the following lines in the masque scene : " Our revels now are ended: these our actors, A I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabrio of this vision, The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; Yea, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind." Of the Caliban of Mr. Cr. Bennett it would be im possible to speak to) highly; it is acknowledged to be without an equal on the stage. Who is there who could deliver the following like him? " All the infections that the sun sucks up From bogs, fens, flats, on Prospero fall, and make him By inch-meal a disease! His spirits hear me, And yet I needs must curse. Bat they'll not pinch, Fright me with urchin shows, pitch me i'the mire, Noel cad me, like a firebrand, in the dark Out of my way, unless he bid them; but For every trifle they are set upon me; Sometimes like apes, that mow and chatter at me, And after, bite me, then like hedge• hogs, which Lie tumbling in my bare-foot way, and mount 'l'beir pricks at my foot fall; sometimes am I All wound with adders, who, with cloven tongues Do hiss me into madness." Miss Carlstein made her first appearance here in the part of Miranda. She is a fine figure, tall, with a very expressive, countenance. Her rendering of the part was an admirable personification of the beautiful and innocent Miranda. Miss Julia St. George per formed the beautiful spirit Ariel with great felicity, obedient to the behests of her magician task-master, but sighing for the time when she can sing— " Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough." This beautiful song was given by Miss St. George with great grace, sweetness, and taste, and with a feeling which would almost lead one to think she was the spirit she personifies. It was so appreciated, rap turously applaued, and demanded for an encore. The scenery, by Mr. F. Fenton, was new and exceedingly beautiful. The principal performers were called for at the conclusion of the play, and were each rewarded with the most enthusiastic applause. The house was filled to the ceiling. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. — Some few intimate friends of the late Right Hon. Charles Buller, M.P., in cluding nearly all her Majesty's Ministers, purpose erecting a monument to his memory in Westminster Abbey, between the tombs of Horner and Warren Hastings. Tho committee to whom has been intrusted the completion of the preliminary arrangements asked permission of Dean Buckland to place the intended bust and tablet in the position indicated, and their re quest was willingly complied with. Mr. Martin Bushell, long and honourably connected with one of the leading mercantile firms in Liverpool, w h o was convicte d, with eight or ten others, at the winter assizes of that town for an alleged treasonable conspiracy against the Queen and Constitution, and sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment, has just been liberated, by order of her Majesty, at the suggestion of the Secretary for the Home D?part ment, after suffering nine months' incarceration. We believe this act of clemency, solicited by the represen tatives, gentry, and nearly all the mercantile community of Liverpool, is the solo foundation for a loc%l journal's " goo d reason in the be lief of the Government's inte ntion, deferring to her Majesty's wishes, to pardon all the Irish M a to prisoners at home.and abroad.".— Weak. Chronicle. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, AUG. 23. Lord John Russell arrived here yesterday evening, on a visit to the Queen. Lord John Russell will be the only addition to the R val dinner party to-day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, at eleven o'clock, on Saturday morning, from a visit to his Majesty the King of Hanover, at Hanover. His Royal Highness proceeded to his resi dence at Kew in the afternoon. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz returned [to the residence of tFe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Kew, on Saturday, from the Continent. WevatouTn.---When it is considered that the 25th of July, 1849, gave us, through his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the first stone of the Breakwater, the greatest act of humanity that can be conceived, it is ex traordinary that a railway to Weymouth should have been se long omitted; indeed it is most striking when the important position of this place is referred to. Take land n m d a p a n o : sea.En gland The and ar a o l b l e s r l o v f e t a h t t s d c e e n o t f r a p i r o m a t n i g o n h a b m y from Weymouth affords the most direct route; and why is not this southern central point accommodated with a central line of railway, viz., to Birmingham direct? The vast accommodation the Victoria Harbour of Refuge, Portland, will afford (situated as it will be in the cen tral southern position of our coast) demands its adoption; therefore all railways (north of Weymouth especially) must at once see the nature of such an auxiliary to the lines. What is the North-Western about? Can they not have mutual understandings with the Great Western and Midland? Tho Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth appear to be laying on its oars when actual and progressive advancement is loudly called for. The same parallel of latitude, via Wey mouth from Birmingham, is continued through the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, &c., to St. Malo in France, and onwards through the South of France to Bordeaux (the Liverpool of France) to the Pyrenees. While the break water is making the railway system should be alive to its own interests in such a plain matter. of-fact case. Rely on it the breakwater will have its direct communi cation by land as well as sea ; both the national and mercantile interests demand that no more time be lost. We say, then, let the rail alluded to be ready by all means with the speed now required in its execution. Ridgeway Hill is tunnelled through, and the breakwater under weigh, so long required in the great cause of hu manity, and by the naval, military, and mercantile inter () its of England and the whole of her connexions. It is observable that one great (or we may say) grand im provement now goes single-handed, and nature points out the actual want of the direct line of rail to Birming ham, so that the immense thoroughfare by sea might at once be accommodated with the most central communi• cation inland I look upon the question as one involving the full effect of the works, combined with the comple tion of the harbour, conjoined with the advantages that must result from the whole system of railroads in their co-operation one with the other.—JoUN llAnvEr, the successful promoter of the Victoria Harbour of Refuge, Portland. - ------ SAFFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSIIIRK BANKING ComPANIEs.—The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company have declared their usual dividend of seven percent. for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, clear of income-tax. The Stourbridge and Kidder minster Banking Company have just issued their fifteenth annual report, preparatory to the approaching annual general meeting at Stratford-on-Avon. The audited ac counts of the company show, after deducting all current charges, a clear surplus profit of 11,7991. 145., out of which a dividend of Bs. per share was declared for the Christmas half-year, and after payment of twelve months' income-tax there now remains a surplus of 7,1481.105.10 d. The directors state that, under ordinary circumstances, the last declared rate of dividend might be safely maintained, but the probability of a loss by the failure of Mr. Ellins, of the Droitwich Patent Salt Works, in duces them to recommend, on the present occasion, a dividend of only ss. per share for the past half-year, and that the residue be carried to the credit of doubtful debts account. The directors conclude their report by remarking that the general business of the bank has greatly increased during the past year, and assure the proprietors that it possesses all the essential elements of tuture prosperity. The Birmiingham and Midland Banking Company have declared a dividend of 11. 17s. 6d. per share for the half-year ending the 30th of June. The year's profits, after paying income-tax, and amply providing for every doubtful debt, amounted to 43,0021. 3s. 7d. ; and the guarantee fund to 13,3111. 16s. 6d. The Birmingham Town and District Banking Company have made a dividend at the rate of ten per cent. per annum.— Worcester Chronic.'e. STATI3 OF TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.— Few complaints are made of the general state of trade of this town. In some descriptions of manufacture, articles of German make are brought into competition, although not to any serious extent; but it is also a fact that in other branches of our staple trade decided im provement has taken place, in consequence of our in creased exports to the continent. The iron trade remains as last reported, and the strike of the thick coal colliers in South Staffordshire continues without an apparent probability of a truce. Beth masters and men adhere to their determination, the former contending with great confidence that the latter must ultimately give way. No serious act of violence or disturbance has been committed. INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE.—It has been remarked in Belgium that whenever the cholera became violent in a village or town the swallow and other birds as sembled and emigrated, but that they returned on the decline of the disease. Thus it happened at Verviers when 20 people died of cholera per diem out of a popu lation of 2,000, that not a single swallow or singing bird was to be seen. When cholera went away the birds returned.—Kolner Zeitung. A CENTENARIAN. —A man of the exceedingly great age of 107 years died suddenly yesterday morning in St. John's Catholic chapel, Salford. Ho rus seen to stagger and fall, and a man who went directly to help him up observed that he was deal An inquest was held on the body yesterday forenoon by Mr. Ratter, county coroner, when a verdict of "Died by the visitation of .Gcci" was returned by the jury.—Manchastor Guardian. THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, AUG. 25. Attacks. In London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth ... .. South wark Bermondsey Newington-butts llotherhit.he ... ... Bethnal-green Shoreditch Other localities in London In England and Wales, viz.:-- Liverpool ... Merthyr Tydvil Plymouth ... Newcastle-under-Lyme ... Bristol ... Leeds ... ... ... Dowlais ... ... ... Other towns in England ... In Scotland, viz. : Dundee ... Other towns in Scotland ... ... 64 ... 20 ... 37 ... 10 Total ... ~ 176 ... 105 35 ... 11 4 ... 10 10 ... 11 7 ... 8 8 ... 35 12 ... 4 2 ... 356 170 ... 10 429 ... 967 RETURN OF CASES DURING THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 25. Attacks. DeatLe, In London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth Bermondsey Southwark Nowington•butts ... Whitechapel Bethnal-green ... ... Shoreditch Greenwich Rotherhithe Other localities .•• •.. In England and Wales, viz.:— Liverpool... ••• Merthyr Tydvil ... Dowleis Cardiff ... rl3 mouth... •• ••• Newcastle-under• Lyme ... Leeds ••• ••• '•• Other towns ... In Scotland, viz.:— Dundee ... •• ••• Other towns ... ••• ... 387 113 ... 106 36 ... 203 101 ... 97 44 ... 132 50 ... 208 124 ... 62 51 ... 68 36 ... 96 25 ...1,048 /623 ... 621 216 ... 69 29 ... 77 24 ... 25 13 ... 103 68 ... 102 50 ... 130 29 ...1,276 660 ... 194 101 ... 161 75 Total ... ...5,168 2,368 THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.-011 Tuesday Sir James Duke travelled from Perth by a special train to reach Edinburgh in time to meet the Town Council as appointed, which originated in the following circum stances:—The Mayor and party, having secured through tickets from Forfar to Edinburgh, found on their arrival at Perth that, owing to some detention on the Scottish Midland line, they were too late for the train of the Edinburgh and Northern, which had started, and were informed that they would require to wait the next train. This led to an interview betwixt his Lordship and Mr. Byers ' th e manager of the Midland C om p an y, w ho, while he expressed his regret at the occurrence, doubted whether the issuing of a through ticket implied an obli gation on the one company's train to await the arrival of the train of the other company. Ins Lordship stated that. although the detention would subject him personally to some inconvenience, this would have been immaterial, but that the point was one of importance to the public, and that, it it were not conceded, he would consider it his duty as a m agistrate, and for th e pu bli c b ene fit, t o try the question. After some consultation betwixt the managers of the two companies, a special train was provided, and the party forwarded free of expense. It is only justice to Mr. Byers to add, that ho showed every desire not only to afford redress, but to have the matter put en such a footing as to prevent future inconvenienca or misunderstanding. — Pe rth shire Courier. The Commissioners of National Literature in Ire land have forwarded to Buckingham Palace a beautifully bound set of the elementary works in use in their schools, for the Prince of Wales. 1849 CRICKET :LEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY-TWO OF ATHERSTONE AND DISTRICT. This match was resumed at Atherstone on Saturday morning. The following is the score at the close of the third day's play:— Atherstone, first innings ... ..• England, first innings ... •.. ATHELISTONE-SECOND INNINGS. S. S. Baxter, Esq.—b Hillyer ••• J. Curtis—c Box, b Wisden Hon. R. Curzon—b Clark .. M. Baker, Esq.--c Chatterton, b Hillyer W. Harding—b Billyer F. Tinley—c Cu.rteis, b Wisden Armitage—c White, b Clark Royston—c b Wisden... Dakin—e Martingell, b Wisden S. Mallaby, Esq.—b Hillyer C. Foster, Esq.--c Pilch, b Hillyer R. Clement, Esq.—b Clark ... R. B. Smythies, Esq.—l b w, b Wisden W. Fenton, Ebq....b Wisden Hon. W. Curzon—c White, b Wisden H. Clare, Eq.--not cut •• ••• K. Fenton, Esq. —c Wisden, b Hillyer J. Baker, Esq Wisden S. Knowles, Es 4.—b Wisden ••• D. Baxter, Esq. —b Wisden ..• S. 0. Sandford, Esq.—b Clarke ... E. Baxter, Esq. —c White, b Wisden... 11 2, w 0, nb 1 ... -115 -103 ••• 2 ••• ••• •.• 1 .•• ••• 16 .•• ••• 0 Total ... ... E STGLAND -SECOND INNINGS. H. M. Curteis, E*q.—b Tinley ••• Parr—b Tinley •.• F. Pilch—c Sraythies, b Tinley ••• Box—not out . ... ••• •.• Guy—c Royst on, b Tinley ••• Chatterton—i:Smythies, b Armitage Martingell—ti Armitage ... ••• Wisden—not out ••• ••• .•• B 7, w 0 ... 13 ... 89 ... 18 ... 20 ... 87 Total GENTLEMEN OF KENT AND ENGLAND. The return match between these distinguished elevens began on Thu nday last, and was concluded on Friday, the ground being fully and fashionably attended on both days. England went in first, scoring 89, Kent following and marking 113 for their first in-go. England's second innings produced 145, that of Kent 95, the latter losing the match by 16 runs. We subjoin the score:— ENGLAND. lion. R. Grims;on, run out C. Ersom, Esq., c Bosworth, b llarenc 3. Lee, c,Felis:, b Dyer 3 b Harenc 13 W. Nicholson, b Harenc E. Hartong, leg bw, b Harenc H. Fellowes, c Norton, b Harenc 1 run out Nash, c Felix, b Harenc ... ...... 16 st Andrews,b Harenc 5 Biffen, b Harenc 18 c Burnett, b Harenc 1 S. Whitehead, b Myna 8 run out 5l Mayne. not out . Sir F. Bathurst, run out 0 not out Byes 10, wb 6 .16 Byes 10, wb 6 ...16 Total B9 KENT. T0ta1.........145 Trail, Esq., b Nash 5 b Fellows H. F. Norton, Esq., run out ......20 b Nash ...... ..... H. Dyer, c Esrom, b Bathurst ... 2 b Fellows A. Mynn, c and b Nash N. Felix, c Nash, b Bathurst 70 c Fellows, b Nash... 5 C. Harenc, c Fellows, b Nash 0 b Fellows ...... 4 W. Burnett, b Bathurst l3 b Bathurst... ..... ... 4 H. Andrews, b Fellows F. Bosworth, b Bathurst G. Dickins, b Bathurst W. Baldoc, not out 0 not out Byes 1, wide balls 3 4 Byes 10, wide 4...14 Total ... ......... 118 Total 95 ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY COUNTY OF NORFOLK. NORWICH. SATURDAY.—This exciting match termi nated at half-past one to-day, the Norfolk winning with 15 wickets to spare, although not greatly to their credit, as their twenty was made up by first-rate players from other counties, viz., Grundy, Nuthall, Lillywhite, and Buttress. From the commencement it became evident that the eleven were overmatched, as several of their best men were unavoidably absent at Canterbury. We were sorry to witness very ungentlemanly conduct on the part ot the Norwich gentlemen, who came at a very late hour to the inn where the All England were staying, disturb ing their harmony and rest, wantonly breaking glasses, decanters, and other articles, in what they called fun, to the value of some pounds. On the first day there was but a moderate number ot spectators; on the second a good display of fashionables, some in splendid equipages carriages, tandemq, and on horsebock, numbering be, weea one and two thousand persons; but on the third. very few. The following is the final score:— ALL ENGLAND. Dean, c Colman, b Buttress...... 8 b Grundy 0 Adams, b Grundy ...... ......... .. 22 1b w b Grundy Sampson, c Merry, b Buttress ... 15 c Grundy,b Buttress 18 Picknell, c Merry, b Buttress ... 0 c Waller, b Buttress 0 Hammond, c Grundy, b Buttress 2 b Buttress... ..... Chester, b Grundy C. 11. Hoare, Esq., run out Sewell, c Barry, b Grundy 4 b Grundy . 6 Diver, not out J. Lillywhite, c Grundy, b But tress 0 b Grundy Lillywhite, sen., b Grundy 0 1 not out.. ...... .. 1 82,w b 5 63 COUNTY OF NORFOLK. Ashby, b Dean Merry, b Lillywhite Southerton, c Sewell, b Lilly whitel Grundy, c Adams,' bJ. Lilly whit. Nuthall, run out Barry, b J Lillywhite Robberds, b Dean J. Lillywhite, jun., b ditto not out Captain Warriner, c Adams, b Dian ......... ...... Colman, b c Adams, b ditto... 56 Atmore, R., c Adams, b Diver 11 b Lillywhite Waller, c Chester, b Diver ... Wenn, c lloare, b Diver 0 Cushing, c J. Lillywhite, b Lilly white Francis, b Dean 5 Buttress, c Hoare, I.) Adams.-- 2 not out ... Turner, b Dean Short, leg b w, b Dean 0 Brereton, c Adams, b Dean Selby—not out Byes, 2; wide ba11, 1 118 12 Total—England, 126; Norfolk, 130, and fifteen wickets to spare. SPORTING NOTES. No. IX. THE SPORTING HOUSES. YORK REMINISCENSES; STOURBRIDGE, EG HAM, RADCLIFFE, WARWICK, AND DON CASTER ANTICIPATIONS. " No man of sense, the smoothest tongue Can e'er convince, there's nothing wrong : And, it there's something wrong, pray, why, To make it right, should we not try ?" Sir JOHN RA➢MSAY. " There his high motto shines reveal'd, Ready, aye, ready for the field." _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Iu accordance with a notice I gave in No. 8 of these notes, I have now a word or two to say on the " Sporting houses," expressly for the benefit of racing country cou,ins, and the numerous dabblers in the oddt, to be found in " the village," (as London has been facetiously termed), as well as in every nook and corner of the sporting Isle of Albion. During the last year or two there has sprung into existence, among that class of men, who "Crop Their verdant dinner from the mossy tiirf," yclept book makers, a great many " mushroom fieldsmen," the majority of whom are proprietors of " betting lists " at cigar and stationery shops, small public-houses, &c.. &c., in out-of-the-way places, who, if lucky in their spe culations, all well and good; but if, on the contrary, they get bit to any extent, the " list " disappears, and the pro prietor, you're informed by the publican, or whatever the owner of the house may be, has found London too con fined for his health, therefore is taking the benefit of the country air. This game has been practised to a great extent of late, and it is in consequence of the complaints of the victimized, that I now intend to lay before you, by way of antidote, a list of such houses as I know, from ocular and aural demon stration, may be considered SAFE; although, be it understood, there are doubtless many others of whom I know nothing, where the " lists" may be conducted in as honourable a manner as at those houses whose names I give below. Foremost on the list stands Searle's, Salisbury Tavern, Strand; and Barr's, Windsor Castle, Long-acre, the leviathan bookmakers' head quarters; at one or other of these houses Mr. Davis may be found any evening, and nearly any other time. This gentleman is a remarkable instance of what may be accomplished by perseverance and unwearied assiduity in the pu rsuit of any one object. I remember him when he was arnong the smallest of small bookmakers, and that not many . years ago; the case is altered now, he is the first specu lator on the turf. Next on the list may be placed Ilad land's, Red Lion, Bride- lane, Poppin's-court, l a l y e a e i t i i s t , reet, where Mr. E. Manning posts hi! on . I ) J, Long -acre; and Kimpton's, Fleet-street; Middleton 88, Thames -street; at ' e 4 ach or which houses lists are race, great and small. posted on n early e very Besides the before-mentioned,y houses there are the :—Jefferim Garnault-place, Clerkenwell, following whoseli s ts are also posted at Marriott's, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, Willis's, King-street, N ewgate - street; i Fisher's, 126, Aldergate-street; Turpin's, King-street, Covent -garden ; Coger's Hall, Bride. lane, Fleet-street; Maclure's, s,Upper King-street,Holborn ; Clipson's, Globe Tavern, Dover-road; Snewing's British Stores, Well's , forret, Oxford-street; King's, Rose Tavern, Farringdon street; Harding's, Newgate-street; Merritt's, bottom of Holborn-hill (W. Slater's lists); Collins's, 76, Long-acre, where, as well as at Mann's, 120, Lower Marsh, anl at Finch's, Cooper's Arms, Rosomon-street, Clerkenwell, you can be accommodated with the odds from one shil:inir upwards; Brown's, Bowling-green-lase, Clerk cnwell', and many others that I know nothing about, but should I fall in with any, I may communicate their names at some future period. The running at York has materially altered the aspect of the Doncaster St. Leger; Honeycomb's defeat by Elthiron, in the race for the Ebor St. Leger, and by a trio, including Westow in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, though superior to both by from five to eight pounds a the least, proves this incorrigible cur's:chsnce to be com pletely cut for the great Doncaster struggle. Nunnykirk's defeat did not astonish me, as I enter tained a very good opinion of Old Dan Tucker, whom, it may be remembered, I placed third to Nunnykirk and. Hone3comb, being quite confident that Old Dan would beat the rest of the field easily enough. I will venture to predict that 0. D. T. will be placed for the St. Leger. The Italian regained his lost laurels by winning the Prince of Wales's Stakes from Penang, and five others, in very clever style. In following " the money" for the Ebor Handicap. I was led astray; my couple of G.'s., Giselle and Gkn Saddel, were about as much use as a couple of donkeys. The winner up to the last moment was considered a doubtful starter, and if he did start, it is presumed it would be to make the running for their other horse. It is a curious fact, that of the seven " ministers of fate," I was the only one who fancied The Hero for the Handicap, and Old Dan Tucker for the Great Yorkshire Stakes. In Monday's note I said, " The Hero might do the deed of note;'" and in WedneLday's, alter Nunnykirk and Honeycomb, I took Old Dan Tucker in preference to the rest of the field. _ _ The Chesterfield Handicap, as I anticipated, was won by Spith€ad, Cotton Lord and Post Tempera being second and fourth. In Wednesday's note I placed them second and third; thus being within an ace of placing the first three. For the Stourbridge Stakes, run this day, I think it does not require much second sight to discovcr that the batch foremost in the fray will be Mr. Cowley's filly, Cheapside, and Chorister. The Gold Cup Stakes to-morrow may be won by Egret. If the Abbot of Meaux cannot win the Wilton Cup at Radcliffe on Wednesday, I shall take Lady Hylda in reversion. . The Manchester Cup has among the entries two of Mr. Green's, Pelham and Abbot of Meaux, former for choice; Brown Fly, 6st 10lb; Magician, sst 81b; and Lady Barrymore, sst. If the Lady cannot win, the sooner she is put out of training the better. The Mede, or Mead, on which the great charter of British liberty was signed by King John some 600 years ago, will be the centre of attraction for two days during the present week to the metropolitans. The business at Egham commences on Wednesday with the Gold Cup Stakes, for which I'll venture to anti cipate the seeing Companion first, and cElipus second. The King John Stakes, what with penalties and Allowances, stands thus:—Officious, Bst 111b—Blarney, Bst 101b—Golder Eagle, Bsl 7113—Bullfinch, Bit 71b— Brington, Bst 71b—Slang. Bst 41b—Fernande, Bst 41b— Heroine, Bst 41b—and Side Saddle, Oat 11b. At the present moment it is impossible for me to tell what is likely to run, but I fancy Blarney, Golden Eagle, Slang, and perhaps Fernande, and Side Saddle, will go to Egham, whether they run or not; if Blarney does not win, I suppose Slang or Golden Eagle must. On Thursday the field will not be very ex tensive for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, con sisting of one of Lord Exeter's, one of the Duke cf Richmond's, Antagonist, Buckstone, Ambacsadress, and the Lanercost colt; the last-named the winner. Fernhill's superior performance at York has made him premier on the list of favourites for the Leamington Stakes; between him, Wanota, and Collingwood, the race I think will lie. My remarks on the St. Leger nags must stand over to next week, when I, amidst this " Storm of fortunes May trumpet to the world" the not improbable defeat of the Flying Dutchman, awl, as is my annual custom, anticipate the destinies of the principal stakes of the autumn, and of 1850. I am Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 27, 1849. DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT AT PORTSMOUTH. A most deplorable accident happened at seven o'clock on Saturday evening off the King's Rooms, at Southsea beach. Mr. Allen, a gentleman who had recently established at Som?rdet-place a seminary for young gentlemen, had, in the afternoon of that day, taken six of his pupils for a sail in a small yacht. The yacht had returned, and for the purpose of landing on the beach he had put his boys into a small boat or punt, and was stepping in himself when the punt sheared off and capsized, Mr. Allen and the boys being thrown into the water. This occurred about a hundred yards from the shore; the yacht having her sails up could not render assistance. A number of persons on the beach witnessed the catas trophe, and rendered all the aid they could, particularly Mr. Hollingsworth, and a soldier of the 77th. Boats put off, and the unfortunate persons were all picked up or saved, but most of them in an insensible state. One little boy, Lewis Jones, tried to swim on shore ; he was, however, rescued by a gallant fellow from the beach, who threw off his coat and plunged into the sea, and brought the boy safe to shore. The man's name is Thomas Norman, a shipwright, belonging to the dockyard. Mr. Allen and the five boys, whoa brought ou shore, were all carried to Mr. Hollingsworth's bath room, and that gentleman and Mrs. Hollingsworth (as they have frequently done before in somewhat similar cases) ren derei their personal assistance to restore animation, and also afforded the hot- baths, blankets, and other necessaries to promote resuscitation; medical aid was procured, and the boys were soon partially reco vered ; but Mr. Allen, who was not Brad when brought on shore, soon afterwards ceased to breathe, and every endeavour to restore him proved ineffectual. Doctors Rolpb, White, &c., were in attendance. Mr. Sheppard, of the Post-office, afforded much assistance in saving several of the y oung gentlemen, and also in promoting their resuscitation, he kindly had several of the boys sent to his house for the night, instead of their returning to the house of the disconsolate widow, Mrs. Allen. Mr. Allen was most highly respected. He had resided at Southsea for a length of time, having been one of the masters of St. Paul's School for more than twenty years. When that establishment was broken up, about three months back, he established a school himself. He leaves a widow and four children (girls) to deplore his sudden and untimely end. We may add that he was a most careful and attentive master to his pupils, by whom he was much beloved. He attended them in all their amusements and walks, and had on Saturday morning personally attended at their bathing on Southsea bach. ELOPEMENT IN HUMBLE LIFE. The Victoria, New York and London line-of packet ship, which was chased by her Majesty's steamer Fire Queen down channel, and boarded by Langley and Thornton, two of tlle London detec tives, on suspicion of having the Mannings on board, had, previously to leaving the English shores, an other and more real incident happen on board, which required the attention of the borough magistrates of Portsmouth to arrange without a breach of the peace. The facts are simply these :—ln the early part of last week, Mr. Charles Daniel Ebdy, a respectable beer shop keeper and agent, residing in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall-road, missed his wife, Mrs. Louisa Mar garet Ebdy, with numerous boxes of wearing apparel, beds, pillows, bed linen, and other useful articles. A cousin of the lady, Joseph Bennett (a young man about her own age, who was a frequent visitor at Mr. Ebdy's house of business), suddenly absented himself at the same moment, and inquiries soon satisfied the neglected landlord that they had decamped together. The boxes were traced to a booking-office in the City fer passengers to New York, and it SOOll became clear that they had left old England by the Victoria, which sailed from the London Docks on Friday. They had both booked themselves and luggage in the name of Jackson. Hearing that she would put in au Spithead on her way down channel, Mr. Ebdy was determined not to be outdone without at least making an effort to re-capture his rib, recovering the pro perty she had withher, and giving the unlucky cousin into custody for carrying off both. He kept his promise, for no sooner had the Victoria appeared off St. Helen's than Joseph Bennett, the cousin, was arrested, and introduced to Major Travers and other magistrates sitting at the Portsmouth police-office. The injured hus band stated his case, whereupon the cousin assured the Ranch that Mrs. Ebdy bad merely employed him to move the goods, and that was all. It was well known that Mr. yie bdy was constantlayilel-nutsisnhge her,had h and sooner than be subject tolspecaa such i r i e tted tm that he was resolved upon leaving m. herwas his duringintention the tediousto ac g v the n a p g g a e r t . t o o N f e a w p -I r r o o t r e k c ' t oarn'il tt oi The lady came exe s forward were her rwar da n property,d confi and itr edt he cousin's story, th e h was ethatd hheer, h a o n u d l d s r h e e rn h Cl a v d e r t e h s e o ril l v . e d i\ M. E l e b a d v y e had him f lh o oe r nrg e " l iliis r -h . u-a In answer to the Bench, Mrs. Ebdy a d m itted that she had paid the cousin's passage as well as her own. The Magistrate said it was clear the husband's property had been removed by the sanc tion of the wife, therefore the case was at an end. The poor husband asked for advice how to recover the boxes, but the Bench declined. The happy pair then hastened to the ship, while the husband was left to mourn over his loss. Av EXTRAORDINARY Cuax.—A few days since a man ;lamed Steward, an excavator, working on the Great Western line, was admitted into the Royal Free hospital, Gray's Inn-lane, suffering from severe com pound fractures of the right arm, a loaded truck, weigh ing upwards of three tons, having passed over and so crushed the limb that, upon a consultation, it was deemed that immediate amputation must be resorted to to save life. Mr. Thomas Wakley, jun., however, took the case in hand, and having reduced the numerous fractures, was on Saturday able to pronounce, in the presence of his patient and scvcral of h s medical brethren, that he had effected a complete cure. It is impossible [seen rAtely to describe the horiible mutilation of the limb when first brought under treatment, and the won d er f u l preservation of it i s considered a surgical triumph. 13ELGIAN Hors. —A vessel arrived from Ghent, has brought ten bales of hops as a portion of her corgi, cons igned to a firm in Lour' on, We have had occas.on to allude to some arrivals of hops from the United States of America, but we aro not aware of any supply of this nature from this state of Europe, and the arrival is, therefore, of some interest. • j h 41- 3 "6 15% 8% 3% 5 1 313/4 73 3 / 4 14% 14 9% - i% 12q - 31; 371 A 6% 12 7 / 1 614 5 1 / 4 t!? 1 ~e*+y