The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

_______. _____ , ____ _ _ ___ ----_ _ .-_ THE NU 14, LONDON, TU -- ES DA Y . -A rrd. Joh n - " . • w ith par.r. of SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE CHOLERA. a leak on the IjONCASTER RACES. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 9 AND 10, DONCASTER. MONDAY A FTEROON, FOUR O'CLOCK.— THE MET R O POLIS. DRAINS SHOULD BE 1 - 10RIZOI'i ..—Arrrl• 9 11, If we rn:ty form an opinion frem present appearances, SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. 10th. Willis° the ensuing meeting is not likely to be remarkable either Deaths. Attac:;.s. Cholera. Diarrh. re 7th, Cre ele . for the i n t eres t or quan tity o f the racing; very few horses 8 3 Holborn Union ••• ••• real; MVP' have arrived, the fields for all the standing engagements St. Giles and St. George ... 25 2 , t.telltee. will be sm a ll, an d th e entries made this afternoon for the West London ••• ••• 10 0 .1;',•91172e-iece-L•Xedieleef_Dmizer andfcift4o/Trick a 04,77, - ,ti , i , Cup, Plates, &c., show a great falling off. Scarcely r, St. J0 1 )0% illy lodgings have as yet found tenants, but as none St. George, Southwark ... 16 1 Fr Greenwich ... ... ... 25 2 of the special trains have arrived, it is impossible to 15 2 h,. _ Bethnal-green •.• ••• .-,eze .! ee ee : 'i - e - 5• e---- • - __ee,__e-eei - _L : _:;;; 1 ; 11. 7 .1 711b1 . 1 _., 'woie, Q u ebec; 11 , 1 tY what affect the next half-duz,n hours may have on St. Olave 3 0 V - - '' `-- -- __ L 7 - : '`_ - T: L I . _= :oda. the prospects of the town; the indications all lead to Bermondsey (Sept. 3to Sept. 7) 60 0 I 7/IA MT 2 eeeet- - t' ' the conclusion that the attendance will be considerably' Lambeth 60 5 eezeeeeeee&e / d/ e - - .- - xl-- tit,! jxst ; .15 ----- Y . ) ! below the ay. rage. The large sum contributed to Whitechapel .. 9 2 I -- 7 Ze /1;74, --- r-“, z/ ///, /.//,,/,,,,-- - „ the racy-fund by the town-council, Red their unreserved 2 1 Stepney •.• ••• ••• abandonment of the management of the meeting to the St. George-in-the-East ... 4 2 1 ._143 ., ,. z ' / Jockey Club, entitled the inhabitants to expect better Os to 31 I s l° ' Newington, Surrey, ... ... 24 1 I t hings; if they are disappointed on the present rOs to 41 15 _„'; Marylebone ... ... ... 20 0 / oceasien, we have no doubt, from the alterations to 1/ 12s Fe' St. Pancras ... ... ... 13 3 Which will be made in the appropriation of the public poplar ... ... •.• ••• 13 1 - - - , l 'aerley, and in the conditions and arrangement of the 03 to Si 1 5 '; Strand ... ... ... ... 7 1 Principal stakes, that the future progress of the meet 'Os to 4/1 31 ; St. George, Hanover-square ... 5 1 L { Ines will Le upward ; albeit from the great number o! sto 1/ 136 Fll'St. James, Westminster ... 4 0 i rich two and three year old stakes previously run for at Clerkenweli ... ..• ••• 4 0 ee t e e ---: I i sh demand. the Spring meeting., and at Goodwood, Liverpool, York, ez u e Os to 31 151; St. Luke 6 k oe B cee the fu for engagements of a similar class at ' I Os to 4 1 15 1 Camberwell ... ... 35 .e Doncaster mat be materially affected. ••• ,-, ,CS' to 11 12. P - St. Saviour, Southwark ... 12 1 is c 1 `,', The Subscription-room, newly painted and re.deco- 1 '''', Hackney 7 'e ., le --e -ill. rated, in a style creditable to the liberality and taste of Islington ••• ••• ••• ••• ••. ••• 14 1 ~.', , the proprietors, was oFened on Saturday, but up to the Kensington ... ... ... 7 2 i ~., .. ~, . N , ition continue° tr'esent hoar not a blow has been struck. The Flying Wandsworth ... ... ... 10 3 k''' k ; R )rices in in° Dutchman, who arrived on Saturday, is looking remark- Lewisham ... ... ... 1 1 ' ; 's) . • 1,790 hag ° ably e e well, and never went better in his life. The " field" East London ... _ 7 3 ee ..') r-- r. tr rates, frl Will be much smaller than was calculated on last week, Shoreditch ••• _ .., 21 4 1 :e auritius lii° e; oe one here believing that it will exceed nine or ten. ~,,`'; Rotherhithe ... ... 5 Z NJ `e ie, I ~ d of site il " Chatterer is not coming, and Uricl, Volcano, Loup Chelsea... . ... ... ... 15 1 p . - S . e withdravi° garou, and Vatican, are looked upon as e doubtful ." 0 Pe City of London 3 dative rill The rollewing list of the horses now in the town will ••• ••• St. Martin-in-the-Fields ... 5 0 ~ Zi Zi i sold at 3 8 s: A bear out our remark as to the prospect of sport : 7 1 5 i Z : , e e el Cation laiil' e- Westminster ... ... ••• 'e e 80 6 noneycombe, Castanette, William the Conqueror, Edmonton ... ... ... 6 1 L 4 k' -, f I a, ( Jocks was l 'lYing Dutchman, Keleshea, Manifold, Elthiron, 4 4 I ' 1 , , e f ere taken fo r , Tottenham (Aug. 22 to Sept. 7) Ellerdale, St. George, Knight of Avenel, L.titia, H ampstead ... ... ... 0 0 (2 s. ..... Q s, 821 barrels/ It hi dycina, _ Ellen Middleton, Herbert, Little L , 2,362 tierce ° ' Cassino, Maid of Team Valley, Westow, the Cantab (3 Total ... ... ... 432 59 .2 4.(11(11)(1)Wil l-i l l ' biHilliat ' il (11.1(If LIFT P 8), Swiss Boy, Gleam, Swift, Lammermoor, Confede ' t6l,pezarceverireZ dam/ hill Dzizin, unpize,r th 6 pninagropnvikz . v „D zi t zh .,...4 tation CeYl eti g , I ,:, e °Y. Steppingstone, Lady Superior, Leonidas, Lady THE COUNTRY. le 'e 1 11 I 1.1 I-1 1 I, i t e t I : d72727/./r/Le .. :97U72X6 bed IdG Le 1 I 1 at extreol- opeedy, Witchcraft, Fellow-commoner, Cockermouth, Deaths. Ea 395 6d t e , Lady Evelyn, Pheasant, Old Dan Tucker, Penthe ilea, Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh. a further au' Mrs. Taft, Ferule, Humphrey ;T. Denson's, J. Dawson's Liverpool 27 3 I i Of 100 ball liesseltine's, Scott's, Dilly's, Ford's Dockerae's, and A. lerthyr Tydvil ••• •.• 6 0 Clifton 'i ..• • • ••• 13 2 1 were dispei e -Taylor's, and some other lots have not yet arrived. ei garbled. , ENTRIES. Cardiff _ ••• ... 8 1 ' I 5 . at the " e ' Carmarthen ... ... ••• 3 0 1 1 TUESDAY.— Ti Stakes. No race. i 7 0 hhds ; th e- Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two yrs old:—Step- Swansea ••• ••• ••• uns 20 hbd e ' Portsea ••• 6 3 Pingstone, Leghorn, 2.lanifold, St. George, Rhedyeina, Warrington ::.• ::: 2 1 k in the SO . and Witchcraft. 8 0 • ern Par P 7177 7 1)P 1 - )P TT-1 P .C 7771/ /jIJ'A half sold, I / .s establiab his day we e L l t 6d, lacing tP9 , r cwt on the ,ound Cong i l k ay 7,1 at any cbSpr 1 ". 1 ... 3 SEPT. is this moral,* ,ck, attodea oa a visit to include Lsdi Mrs. Mole, —lt is Wit h death of the hursday 1 04 shire. The a short tim o ' ;estion of tb' of Sir T. J. a in 1779,0 0 educated P. 'lnerly rector ' Norwich is e so a Clerk o f lean Society' in 1849, t° seam. ved and re; nsequen ce ind in sh e ription. he Reverco' large family ' y of Briti s h ensive circa, Beating)t nder seo re t evening turned fro! some of the his isil ln% 'ear. .115 t L y the -- - n j 'himse lf li e n litne 3o % weep Sou' )flamas ti l i n terred 0 t er and 1 33° 1 ' —Gatesheao ;ims o f the ec tor of Si d. e quaref o ID, who os ly assiduous the plagt ind was 6' in-law, Pr Greig e diarrb' him at 1 31 of co llapse,' geons , disci ft. Peel enter' ving r the Sol itified wit h rs. Russell, Es q'' 3hgb, Legb, apects sud t and Lady of Lorsrl Buillie, °' We Ine °- own a al companl e . thou. Sir nd did nos the evert; ad bagged 10.—Th e pproved f e ld at th e Stager / rines Jo t aim, beinB 3e Fourim a d e Coto' sl Maisel 3, and DO S Ist, the Roy* . ant M0:1°! a prisooe i sideratioa desertion, which baS prisone r it into. [sic iskd wilh!. an l ' ble to rem my at the ,"hronie l l and tht` Lin take, gavt, n Is in the ieir it )(Roam', ►.pd the is 80 0 lres B ° l6 3 h doll oil $ l3 f crop 0- >ye as" . e of °. TllESDAY.—FitswilliamStakes. No race. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, for two yrs old:—Step pingstone, Leghorn, manifold, St. George, Rhedycina, and Witchcratt. _ _ . Phea Selli sant ng , Confederacy, Stakes—Theand Little Quee n ermo , or. Little Cassino. WEDNESDAY.—Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two and three 3rs old:--Lady Bountiful, the Recluse, Step in g stone, Italian, St. George, Rhedycina, Humphrey, Potential filly, and Goldfinch. Queen's Plate—Ellerdale and Swiss Boy. FRIDAY.—The Cup :—Ellerdale, Snowstorm, Canezou, Swiss Boy, Westow, and Maid of Team Valley. DONCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING. LATEST BETTING (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 on The Flying Dutchman 9 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker 14 to 1 agst Nunny kirk 20 to 1 agst Herbert THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 6 to 4 on William the Conqueror SPORTING NOTES. No. XII. " I'll go for the Field, My last cast, by the gods." VATS S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Up o n information received by telegraph this morning, I hear that the field for the St. Leg, r will tint exceed ten, and they are the following :—Old Dan Tucker, Saucy Dick, Flying Dutchman, Honeycomb. Elthiron, Herbert, Westow, Nunnykirk, Volcano, anal Vatican; the starting of Uriel and Loup-garou is extremely dubious. Old Dan, Volcano, Saucy b ick, and Nunnykirk are in splendid con "ition—quite up to the mark ; and it strikes me the Dutchman, although in superb fettle, Will have more to do than he can accomplish, when be tackles the D.'s both " old" and " saucy," for the finish ing struggle to-morrow, without taking into considera tion the volcano that Scott is preparing. Sept. 11, 1849. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. EIGHTEEN OF LEAMINGTON. This math commencecl;;;;;day morning at Lea taington. The following was the score at the end of the first day's play : ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS. Chatterton—c Parr, b Armitage ... ..• ••• 5 Clarke—b Wisd e n „,. 9 Box—e Ltigh, b Armitage ... „.. 12 V. Pilch—e Rose. b Armitage 841 11pson—e Leigh, b Armitage 1 4 .„, • Nlynn, Eq.—c Selby, b W n 0 N. Felix, E q.—c Guernsey, b Armitage ... 3 Selby, b Widen ... 9 •• Marriage!! —e Wisden, b Armitage ... ••• 5 $; Picktord, EAq.—not out ... ... 12 .Armitage, b Wisden 1 B 6, w 0, nb 0 6 Total ... 69 LEAMINGTON-FIRST INNINGS. Elaygartb, E)q . —b Hillyer ••• 41 ev. H. H. Anderson—run out ••• ; 0 4 r. Davis—not out ... ••• ••• 'itlethorpe—not out . ••• B 2, Iv 0, nb 0 ••• Total 'THE ARMY. ... 7 ... 20 ... 5 ... 5 ... 2 39 ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, SEPT. 10 .—The 41 Etster-General has been pleased to approve, by general order, of the following transfer of officers: — Second Lieutenant L. B. Higgins, from Major Turner's c ompany, 6th battalion; to Captain . Smythe's company, 6th battalion. • Second Lieutenant T. L. Danes, from Captain Poole's • pany, 2d battalion, to Captain Bereford's company, LOth battalion. 1 . Second Lieutenant C. Carpenter, from Captain Col- Ltrigton' a company, Ist battalion, to Captain Hamilton's c ompany, 12th battalion. Second Lieutenant F. Luard, from Captain Young's e i °lnpany, 7th battalion, to Captain Crawford's company, aelll battalion. Second Lieutenant A. H. Murray, from Captain Bing l'an's company, Bth battalion, to Captain M'Coy's corn -114/13,, sth battalion. Second Lieutenant J. A. P. Adams, from Major ‘l3 orndike's company, 4th battalion, to Captain St. George's company, 10 battalion. Second Lieutenant R. Mackenzie, from Captain Ken 4dy's company, 7th battalion, to Captain Townsend's e ° ll npany, 12th battalion. Morris's Lieutenant W. G. Le Mesurier, from Captain company, 2d battalion, to Captain Cockburn's co mpany, 12th battalion. Second Lieutenant T. C. Molony, from Captain "acre' s company, sth battalion, to Major Rowan's corn -1341'3', 12th battalion. Second Lieutenant G. B. Garvey, from Captain Filz- Ferald's company, sth battalion, to Captain Wudehouse's 'emapany, 10th battalion. Second Lieutenant A. Noble, from Captain Hill's l °tapan, Bth battalion,. to Captain Marriott's company, °Lb ba y ttalion. S , -cond Lieutenant G. K. Taylor, from Captain Gam "'lees company, 2d battalion, to Captain Mitchell's "tnnany, 10th battalion. Assistant. Surgeon Allinson has been appointed to the 4 :iYal Horse Artillery, Assistant-Surgeon Howard being ' l l duty at Dublin. L . CHEAP OMNIBUS TRAVELLING.—Last night A 41 ; h 1 y respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Ken . 414gtott took place at the King's Arms, for the purpose °lf orming an association to start some omnibuses which , • 411 give the inhabitants of Kensington the same cheap tr avelling which is now enjoyed by all the other environs c the metropolis. This being only a preliminary meet -"R. the business was confined to the appointment of a .:°eltnittee of 13 of the inhabitants of Kensington, who re to endeavour to carry out the intentions, and who h e i r t i call an early meeting of the inhabitants, and lay 4 i ti °re them the plan they may decide upon. It is a Ruler fact that the old fares of 6d. and is. are now charg e d from K e nsingt o n, w h e r eas to any other part of e suburbs the fares are only 3d. This must act very vrt itidicittlly upon the interests of the town of Kensington. r i THE LONDON NEW FEVER HOSPlTAL.—Yester liaY the new hospital, erected in the Liverpool-road, Is hiltec, was opened fur the reception of patients. The i t . g contains accommodation for 200 persons, and cost, together with furnishing, amounts to about 0,0 001. METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY.—bast evening, m eeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras was held, t o Of consithr the present supply of water, and the means Promoting a more abundant increase of pure soft ~,*,ter to all classes of the metropolitan community c`lhurchwarden Francis Healy, Esq., was called to the t r ai r- Mr. Taberrer explained the objects of the Me t°Milian Water Supply Association. As the pro eetus has been already before the public, it will per -14118 be sufficient to state that the general principle is to ~.Grp.orate the whole water service of London into on . o eo4,lthlishrnent, under the control of a responsible public fillaPission; to be self-supporting, and the necessary th rus to be raised upon rates to be levied for a term of t o r i t ,Y Years, for which purpose it is proposed to apply er,_ ornament next session for an Act. A parochial 11;"_41c.iittee was appointed to support the project, and the `'"lng then dissolved. T.he colonelcy of the 19th Foot, vacant by the demise of Sir Warren Peacocke, has been conferred on tp-peneral Charles Turner, commanding at Cork. Q, ne e _ s t!"Tlay, on the report of Dr. Gavin Milroy, the too _ rad Board of health ordered the Suafields burial niands, and also the burtal•w-ounds at Si. .13,doiph, lat", ° Pkgate, and the St. Thomas's burial. ground, Aueu-laue, St. Luke's, to be closed. Carmarthen 3 0 Swansea 7 0 Portsea _ 6 3 Warrington ... ... 2 1 Newcastle-under-Lyne ••• 8 0 Tynemouth ... ... ••• 34 4 Lancaster ... ... ... 2 0 Brighton. ••• ••• ••• 7 7 Neath ... ... ... ... 6 0 West Ham ... ... ... 2 0 Bradford and North Bierley .. 28 1 Sculcoates ... ... ... 38 2 Bristol ... ... ... ... 12 1 Gravesend and Milton ••• --- 6 0 Maidstone ... ... ... 0 1 OF THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVIII_NING, SEPTEMBER, 11, No, DRAINS SHOULD BE HORIZONTAL, a 3 a drain throughout. Let the village sage stand by, and shake his hoary locks and stern bespeak'—never mind him—for oroc; he is wrong I. The ground is used up, full of verminous weeds and more useful below. Ncr is a relapse to be apprehended —no time can charge mould into clay, as en the other hand no subsoil plorpj.ll can change clay into mould—but trenching will."—(11:e Sun, April 10th, 1843.) _ _ _ Why - then recommend draining when trenching is better ? Because the latter is much more expensive : but with a great declivity so many drains are required as to come near the cost of trenching.--I have the honour to be, &c., Sept. 10, 1849. 11. C. ARGENT. - : P.S.—Sir R. Pt.el is comparing Mr. Smith of Deanston with Mr. Josiah Parkes on his farms at Tarn worth. "To read Jeremy Taylor and to com pare him with Cicero" would be as useful. Mean while, the inutilis humor of Ireland finds its level, percolating the foundations of empires and rolling them away, as soon as O'Connell dies. A subtle fire, quenched in tears, purifies the nations—destra iurisi bile shakes them—a tribula or threshing car driven round and round by Messrs. Guizot and Limartine vis vis, sifts out the mystic wheat—the deluge in voked by Metternich, "apris moi le &live," is come—the haves of whole forests are shaken by a mighty wind. A very intelligent German observed in Sir R. Peel "a peculiar douceur when approaching lords and ladies," and Mr. Disheli confessed the same weakness, or pity ; but al ~s ! the age of douceurs is past, and gratifications of that sort will become rare. No more protectien of rich and patron age of nobles ! That picturesque situation, alms taking wealth, alms-giving poverty, is placed among the dissolving views. No more differential exemption of turbot and lobster sauce, discriminating admission of silk and gloves, as in 1824, bef o r e H us ki sson walked the plank. No future bread-tax, unless clearly paid by foreigners, will be justified as " patent sinecure" or " extending the pension list to the whole nobility," or " necessary to effect mar riage settlements and maintain mortgages." Never more will Sir Robert gl so far as ,to say that " the majority of Lords ' (which may be two peers or one peer with proxies, and in O'Conneli's case was little more) that " the majority of Lords being agreed, the constitutional instrument was in harmony." The Lords may think themselves lucky that he has never swerved into treachery, or corruption, or imprudence, or immorality—never taken place or party to enhance any species of pro perty. For even Lord Morpeth spoke of " his tenure of holding offices under the Crown," as if, like Lord Castleton in " The Caxtons," he must needs protect his various tenures by legislating a series of privilegia or bye-laws at Council-board with Tre vanion !—Fiat sacrificulus, pagum decipiat—populus vult decipi--decipiatur. But what, 0 Peel, si Populus vult un-decipi? THE BERMONDSEY MURDER. IMPORTANT PARTICUL A US. Yesterday another important link in the evidence connecting the Meanings with the murder of O'Con nor was discovered. It is well known that on Saturday, the 11th of August, Mrs. Manning hired a woman to clean the lower part of the house No. 3, Minver-place, but although every exertion has been made by the police to discover this person, they were unsuccessful until yesterday, when Burton, after con siderable difficulty, ascertained that a young girl was in the habit of attending several of the houses in the vicinity for the purpose of washing the steps and assisting the servants. He also . heard from a neighbour that she was seen to enter Manning's house at an early hour on Saturday morning. He accord ingly made active inquires about her, and yesterday succeeded in finding her residing with her relatives in Bermondsey. Her name is Hannah Fermor, and she informed the authorities that about nit e o'clock on Saturday morning, the 11th of August, Mrs. Manning called her into No. 3, Minver-place, und engaged her to clean the hose. She cleaned the upper part, and found several spots like blood on the wall of the passage leading to the kitchens, which she endeavoured to wash off. After she had cleaned that portion of the place she proceeded to the back kitchen, and was about to clean it, when Mrs. Manning came up to her and pulled her away, exclaiming "I cleaned this place yesterday, and it do n 't wan t scru bbi ng an y mo r e ." The girl said that she says a square basket in the back kitchen covered with lime, which Mrs. Manning told her to wash. While she was performing that office she found there was not water sufficient, conse quently she left it as discovered by Burton. During the time she was in the house that day Mrs. Manning went out two or three times, and about twelve o'clock at noon Manning came down stairs and stamped with his foot, as if in a passion. He called out to his wife, " Give it me directly." Mrs. Manning replied, " Yes, I w ill di rec tl y ," an d s he went upstairs; but she could not tell what afterwards passed. Manning remained in the house while his wife returned to the back kitchen and fried some beefsteaks fur dinner. The girl said that the hack kitchen was extremely wet, and that the stones in the passage appeared to have been recently rubbed with a brick or stone. She also found that the dust-hole was furl of mould, dirt, and some mortar mixed with it. The girl was taken to the Home office last evening by the police, to make her statement to the solicitor of the Treasury. Her evidence will be given at the next examination on Saturday. The cholera has attacked some of the witnesses since the last examination. Mr. Bassett, c'erk to Messrs. Killick, sharebrokers, Bank-buildings, to whom Man ning disposed of O'Connor's Eastern Counties shares, was suddenly attacked on Friday night with cholera, and expired on Saturday morning. His corpse was interred on Sunday. Mr. Hammond was also at tacked on Sunday, and is not expected to live. Both were in good health and spirits on Friday afternoon when at the Police Court. 11 " The country people are not very practicable, but they are still practical. They like a a good fall,' princi pally because they have not inqtrutnents to draw hori zontal lines on irregular ground: they well know that to lay a spot dry on a slope the drain must be above that spot, their notion b e i ng th a t a nearly horizontal drain cuts off the water,' and even if this should be theoretically inaccurate, they can demonstrate to any bystander that drains leading right down the hill as now directed can have scarcely any proper effect: remembering always that the hilly field is what requires some sort of relief the most imperiously as there the washing away of soil by rain and plough leaves the insufferable clay almost bare, except towards the foot of the hill. The labourers also know that a flat field is mor e eas ily laid dry,' partly because there is less difficulty in setting out the drains. The axiom—Water finds its level, ap plies not only to the course of drains but also to the tranverse motion or filtration of the moisture into the drains through pores and veins, gradually formed in the soil—but never in the clay below. Mr. Smith hopes to make the subsoil friable, and brings as a sign that cracks an eigth of an inch wide appear—in summer it must be presumed—which cracks are merely a n a t ura l pro vision for re-admitting rain when winter soaks the fields,' and again swamping the whole mass. It seems hard to urge the formation of such deep large drains which can never ameliorate the clay excluded from sun and air—if the drains are quite out of reach of the plough, and if as deep as the surface soil, it is enough. The lecturer seemed aware that the under clay will not materially improve, for in addition to expensive drainage, he recommended yearly , subsoil ploughing, with an ap paratus, proventus et commeatus more fit for a Cawbool army than for a small farm—yet by small farms Tes s:any and Belgium are fertilized, and, by large farms the Roman Campagna was originally desolated. "Experience shews that draining fails in some situ ations and will not secure a continued percolation under every part of the ground. For brevity's sake, I suppose two simple cases. "'Case I.—A square field of three acres, each side measuring about 120 yards—the ground sloping from the upper side to the lower at a rate of one in seven— depth of pervious, percolable soil ten inches—below that, the usual viscid, tenacious clay of every colour, tinged with iron. Snppose a drain cut horizontally, as it ought to be, along the top side of the field, and filled with pipes,' tiles, stones, alder faggots, or what you please. Now at the assumed slope of one in seven, which is a moderate declivity even for roads, the bottom of the porous; permeable soil will be horizontally level with a point, in the field's surface, less than two yards from the drain;—beyond that point it positively cannot operate. except a foot or two by capillary suction, so that to lay dry the sloping field of three acres will re quire 6 , 0 drains, each 120 yards, and a larger down one side- to receive their contents—total 7,320 yards. Case 2.- —A field of three acres, 120 yards square, as in the first case, but on level ground. Founded on experience I assert that a level field will be better drained with a trench (open or not) round the four sides and (one along the middle total six hundred yards, thaw the sloping field of same contents with 7,320. Every part of the level field is acted on by every part of each drain; and if we suppose the shape oblong—say 144 yards by 100—still better, for then no point in the field will be more than 25 yards from a drain."—( The Sun, 10th April, 1843.) The subject of draining has been confused by lecturers leaxing so much to the discretion of cate choumenoi in laying out drains " properly," or " according to circumstances," or convenablement. There are at least five species of draining w hick have but little affinity to each other, and these distinctions are necessary to a clear idea of the matter. 1. The ante vial or main draining so essential for Ireland.—The. se canals receivins the mouths of drains do more than half the farmer s work, which can not fail to he acceptable in reclaiming his bit o' bog. Here the fallacy meets you again. Sup posing the artorial canal a mile long, the " good fall" cannot a •ell be less than one yard per mile. Eh Nen! in m any cases it is impossible to lower the embouchure t hat much, so that the upper end will he three feet too high—enough to drown the whole bog paradise. The arterial drains only apply to level strata, as in Poi Stine Marshes, and since fiat ground is more easily dra iced than hills, or indeed almost drains itseT, their utility is immense. 2. The next case is exceptional and the remedy a curious one. On. hilly ground the rain or surface water in some ph ices trickles down and collects in a hollow. Where this happens, the drain trenches drawn as already ere:scribed, on a dead level, should be filled with stones up to the top, and the grass will grow over ; but on . arable ground where the plough would disturb the &rains, the hollow must he opened out or levelled. In this case only, the drain ob viously receives the water from the area above it. 3. Where considerable springs are found in the land, on which point there is much traditional lore among the labourers, the best plan is to dig a hole or short ditch above the place where the spring comes out (for these springs are usually on the side of a hill) till the workman's head cannot be seen ; then throw the earth in again, and it is found that the spring disappears. 4. The extreme case of springs in disastrous con junction with viscid, tenacious cl,gy of every queer colour protruding through a shallosSv mould. Such fields, formed in scalenes and trapezia,• rejoice in de nominations like "rushy bottom," or " road field." They must be trenched as well as drained with the utmost care. So that in general it is better to plant alder and willow whose prodigious vitalßy enables them to live in despite of stagnation ; while they are reputed to flourish because of that infernal power ! 5. The case which forms the subject of this epistle —called thorough-draining ; but on ground much sloped trenching best deserves the name of thorough draining, for it makes the whole field one drain thoroughly and throughout. " It was shown above in the supposed case of a slop ing field, that the upper drain lays dry only t wo y a rd s of surface, but the closest hitherto adopted have been five yards asunder: what then becomes of the three yards remaining, on which the lower drain has indisputably no power?—The rain (to say nothing of springs) fills every hollow of that remaining space, more particularly the footmarks poached by cows, not let out merely by a sort of habeas corpus in M ay, but kept out d ur i n g the humid autumn and deep into the winter. In all such cavities the water lies soaking, stagnant, and d e ad, poi soning the' liberal' plants and nourishing every creature that can defraud the land, till a storm of rain drives some of it down the hill beyond the five yards, when it is quietly drawn back into the second drain. Whenever a silent level transpiration i s establ ished in deep soil, we so far banish the great enemy of all that lives—obstruc tiveness—and substitute u peaceable agitation identical in some sort with vitality itself: Virgil in the Georgics dwells much on these spiracles, and gives them a living genial warmth. ' Seu plures calor ille vias et caeca rela xa t Spiramenta, novas veniat qua succus in herbas... Unde cave tepido sudant humore lacuna;'... And elsewhere, ---'Exudat inutilis humor... venas adstringit hiantes. . fervetq ue fretis spirantibus sequor'... To effect this internal circulation is the purpose of all tillage—from the steam plough to the garden rake: but when the shallowness of porous working soil and the unctuous clay below keep the surface in a perpetual alter nation of swamp and baking, curative means should be taken. In the ancient mythus of a father commanding his sons to dig for treasure, the original Greek implies, • Dig two spits deep'—so at least a learned friend in forms me. Trenching caut i ously managed is altogether superior to drains or subsoil ploughing, white, on hilly ground, every other method is (galer ruinously expen sive or totally vain. The upper soil must be thrown into the provisional trench , the sinister, malignant clay dragged into light, and the whole field tur ne d wrong s id e up to the depth of twenty inches. A . year will convert all this into very choice humus prov ided a first crop is secured by copious, not extraordinary manure—but then, the surface soil must be buried—znapttoyablement, to act ARRIVAL of CAPT. HINRICHSON. We announced in The Sun of yesterday, the ar rival of the ship Duncan, trom Calcutta, at Liver pool on Sunday morning, but the following particu lars respecting Captain Hinrichson will be read with interest : Early on Saturday morning the telegraph revealed that at six o'clock on the previous night the Duncan had been off Holyhead ; and about noon it was learned that she had arrived off Point Lynas, and that a pilot had just been got on board. A steam tug was soon afterwards signaled for, and the vessel entered the river. Mr. James Aikin, the owner of the Duncan, who has throughout exhibited the liveliest interest in the captain's welfare, had a boat waiting to enable his friends at the first possible moment to board the vessel ; and as soon as the ship had entered the river, Mr. Parsons, surgeon, of 100, Mill-street, a friend more than professionally interested, Captain Corkhill (an old acquaintance of Captain Hinrichson's), and Mr. Williams, book-keeper, to Messrs. Aikin, em barked and boarded the Duncan when between New Brighton and Egremont. The duty of conveying to the commander of the Duncan the announcement of his appalling losses, happily, however, for these gentlemen, did not require to be fulfilled. The sad catastrophe, it would appear, had been made known to Captain Hinrichson on touch • ing for water, &c., at St. Helena. The messenger of ill news is ever fleet; and the vessel had scarcely anchored before a person, usually the purveyor, made his way to the ship. He told Captain Hinrichson that he had news, sad news for him. " Well," an swered the unfortunate master, " these are my mates, I have no secrets; tell me before them." The pur veyor, however, beckoned him to his own cabin, and there acquainted him, perhaps abruptly, that his wife and two children had fallen by a murderer's hand. Mr. Hinrichson stared at first incredulously, even smiled; but staggered by the serious deportment of his informant, and being assured that the intelligence was, alas, but too true, fell upon the floor in a fit. The mournful tidings were conveyed to St. Helena by the ship Success, trom London ; and so strong was the sympathetic feeling evinced towards Captain Hinrichson by the respectable portion of the inhabi tants of the island that every means were used to prevent the sad news becoming known to the unfor tunate man during his stoppage at that place. The • Government medical officer, in his official capacity, was the first person who boarded the Duncan on her arrival in that harbour, and although asked if there was any news, on reflection, he hesitated to communi cate the harrowing intelligence. Captain Hinrichson is a man of great physical vigour, of strong natural feelings, and it requires a delicate pen to add subsequent details. The Duncan occupied 53 days in coming from St. Helena to Liverpool, and during the voyage the esteemed cap tain was subject to paroxysms of the deepest grief, inducing close supervision, certainly not restraint. When the party arrived here and the boat had come alongside, his more immediate friends first ad vanced to the cabin. On witnessing them, he wrung his hands and cried, "My wife ! where is my wife ?" He also referred in the most affecting terms to his children, and exclaimed that their father had come and would see them wherever they were laid. "Is there not one left ?" he eagerly in quired. " Where is my Ann (hi 3 wife), where my little Harry, and where my Alfred ?" He was urged to go home. The word grated on his ears and aroused recollection. He cried " I have no home." Only after much persuasion did he leave the ship. We ought perhaps before to have stated that Mrs. Harri son (the mother of Mrs. Hinrichson) and other im mediate relatives had engaged suitable accommodation for him at a house in Upper Pitt street, the number of which, for obvious reasons, we do not supply. It being about high water on her arrival, the Duncan was taken direct into the Prince's Dock, and a coach conveyed the unhappy sufferer and his friends to the lodgings prepared. On reaching the house, Captain Hinrichson threw himself. into the arms of hi 3 mother-in law, and passionately cried," Where is my wife ?" He afterwards calmed down and retired to rest. It is asserted that he scarcely slept twenty four hours on the whole voyage from St. Helena, and that he kept constantly pacing the deck. That a man with such great and heavy griefs should be deeply affected was a natural consequence; but, although reason had been shaken on her throne, she yet retains her seat. " Tell Mr. Aikin," cried the poor sufferer, in the height of his sorrow, on seeing Mr. Williams, " that I have brought the Duncan safe home." He is rational ; but the memory of hi s m ourn f u l l oss , on recurring, naturally distracts. It is, perhaps, worthy of remark, as showing his superior nature, that, much as he has lamented the loss of his dead partner and family, Captain Hin richson has never yet referred, vindictively or other wise, to their murderer. He did not leave his lodg ings yesterday. It is, perhaps, not generally known that the servant, Mary Parr, has a son on board the Duncan. The news at St. Helena bore sadness to him also, for be had lost a mother, and his only friend. Yesterday morning the Rev. Mr. Pollock, the respected incumbent of St. Mark's, referred at the opening of his sermon to the event of Captain Hinrichson's arrival. He was extremely sorry, he said, that he had misled his audience on the Sunday evening previous. He owned that, in common with the excellent clergyman who was h;s informant, he had been deceived, although he had taken every pains to test the accuracy of the information which they received. If, however, what he had said had been the means of inducing some of the audience to pray on behalf of the afflicted man, he did not regret the mistake. That afflicted man had at length arrived, and he was, indeed, in such a state both of body and of mind as to need all their sympathy. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLSOn Sunday, the 9th instant, a sermon on behalf of the above named excellent institution, was p re ached before the Hight Hon. the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, in St. Mary-le-Bow Ch ea pside. The treas urer and other officers of the in stitution, with a very large number of the members of the board of managem (nt, were in attends; ce to receive his Lordship, who arrived at the church door at a few minutes before eleven o'clock, and was conducted in great ceremony to his seat, preceded by one of the Under-Sheriffs, Mr. Sheriff Finnic, &c. Amongst the officers and supporters of the institution who preceded his Lordship as he entered the church, and was con ducted to his pew, we noticed Richard Groucock, Esq., John Mair, Esq., George Moore, Esq. (the treasurer), Robert Clarke, jun., &q., R. M. Fhiltipps, Esq, John Baguallay, jun., E:q., George Lawrence, Esq., &c. The preacher for the occasion was the Rev. Daniel Moore, incumbent of Camden Church. The collection at the close of the service amounted to 60/., the largest sum collected in Bow Church for any purpose for many Mr. James Farrell, of the London press, died on Saturday evening. at his lodgings in Lambeth, of cholera, after a few hours illness. -- , ttoo DES. tAPH•) St. Germans 8 0 Rochford_ ••• ••• ••• 4 0 Dewsbury (up to Sept. 8) 3 8 0 York ... ... ... ..• 4 2 Derby ... ... ... ... 0 1 Dover ... ... ... ... 3 0 Anglesey ••• ••• ••• 4 0 Leeds (Sept. 7,8, and 9) ... -- 150 9 Hunslet ••• ••• ••• ..... 34 2 Wolverhampton and Siesdon 73 4 Nantwich ... ••• ••• 1 0 Holy well ••• ••• ••• ..... 0 1 Bridgwater ... ... ... 0 2 Barnstaple ... ... ..• 2 0 East Stonehouse ••• ••• 2 0 South Shields ... ... ... 4 4 Sheldon Mallet ••• ••• 2 1 Halifax ••• ••• • • 0 1 Hull ••• ••• ••• ••• .'.. 66 7 Wilton ••• ••• ••• ...... 1 0 Salford... ••• ••• ••• -- 9 2 Penkridge ... ••• ••• 1 0 Bolton ••. ••• ••• 8 0 Pontypool ... ••• ••• 3 0 11 0 Tavistock ••• ••• ... Bury ... ••• ••• ••• - 0 1 Preston ••• ••• -AD - 0 4 Madeley ... 4 0 Wolstanton ... .. 1 0 Manchester 0..1•R 34 20 Gainaborough ... ••• ••• -- 2 1 Ashton-under-Lyne ... ••• 1 0 Abergavenny ... ••• ••• -- 0 1 Abicgdon ... ••• ... 1 1 Alver — stoke ... ... ... 1 0 Alnwick .. ... ... 5 0 Great Broughton (Chester) ... 2 0 Birmingham ... ... ... 0 1 Bedminster ... ... 4 0 Barnet ... ... ... 2 0 Chorlton ... ... ... ...... 10 0 Coventry ••• ••• ••• 20 0 Chertsey 1 0 Croydon and Mitcham ... 7 0 Dudley ... ... ... 7 0 Dartford ••• ••• ••• --6 0 Ecclesfield .. ... ... --9 0 Eton ••• ••• ••• ••• --- 3 0 Goole ... ... ... ... 2 0 Hertford 1 0 Ramsgate ... ... .•• -- 2 0 Margate ... ... ... 4 0 Loughborough 0 1 Gateshead ... ... .. 5 0 Glauford Brigg 1 0 Leigh ••• ••• ••• .•• 1 0 Liskeard ••• ••• ••• 2 0 Leicester ••• ••• ••• 0 1 LincJln ••• ••• ••• 0 1 1 0 Llandillo faur ... ... ... Manbfield (up to Sept. 9) ... 3 0 Macclesfield ... ... ... 2 0 Mailing (Kent) ••• ••• 1 0 St. Austell (Cornwall) ••• 1 0 Aston ... ... ... ... 1 0 Axminster ... ... ... 0 1 Altrincham ... ... ... 0 1 Bangor and Beaumaris ..• -- 2 0 Billericay ... ... ... 0 1 Belper 1 0 Bedford ... ... •• • ---" 0 2 Bleam 6 4 ... ••• ••• Bedale ... 0 1 ••• ••• ••• Bromley ••• ••• ••• 0 2 Beverley ••• ••• ••• 6 0 Bicester ... ••• ••• 1 0 Chorley ••• ••• 1 0 Chester-le-Street ... •• • ......' 21 1 Canterbury ... ••• ..• 0 1 Droxford ••• ••• 0 1 Dorchester and Cerne ••• 1 0 Downham Market ... 1 0 Doncaster ... ••• ••• 8 0 Ecclesall, Bierlon ... ••• 2 2 Eltham ••• ... ••• 0 1 Epping... ... ••• ••• 1 0 Grantham ... ... •.• -- 1 0 Hollingbourne... ••• 3 0 Holsworth .... ••• ••• .....'. 2 0 Haverfordwest ••• ••• -- 1 0 Hoo ... ... ••• ••• 2 1 Hitchin ••• ••• 1 0 Hay ... ••• ... ••• 0 1 K ,, ighley 1 0 .•• Koynsham ... ... •• • "". 1 2 Stamford ••• ••• ••• ••••-• 1 0 1 0 Kidderminster ••• ••• -- 856 136 Total ... ... SCOTLAND. Dundee ••• ••• ••• 14 0 Auchwithe (Arbroath) •.• 3 0 Dunbar ••• ••• ••• 8 0 lierriemuir •.... ••• 1 0 Dore& ... 1 0 ••• ••• •• • ..... Perth ... 5 0 ••. ... ••• Arbroath ••• ••• ••• --- 1 0 Beith ... ••• ••• ••• 2 0 Denholm ••• •• ••• 4 0 Ilawick ••• ••• ••• 4 0 Total ... ... .., 43 0 General total:--r. Metropolis ... ... 432 59 Country 856 1'36 Scotland 43 !4) General total ... 1,331 195 Note.—The number of attacks reported by the union officers are—ter . the metropolis 1,069, and for the country 1,195; but their returns do not, in general, comprehend the cases t h at are treate d by me dical men in private practiee. PLYMOUTH AND DEYONPoRT.—The cholera at Plymouth and Devonport, we regret to learn, is nothing better in either town. The total loss in each is—Devon port, about 500; Plymouth, about 350; Stonehouse, about 135. At Stonebouso the mortality is about one death daily; and in the Royal Naval Hospital there is. not now even one case of cholera, and only about fifteen. of diarrhoea. The total cases with us have been 111 of cholera and diarrhoea between the 12th of July and the Bth of September. Of these thirty-five were cases of con firmed cholera when they . were brought in, and many of the diarrhea cases, likewise, advanced to cholera; and yet only twenty five altogether have died, twenty-two of whom were in collapse when they were brought in, one of whom, most strange to tell, recovered, and is Bow nearly well. Out of these 111 cases not any have died that were brought in within three hours of their being attacked; thus proving that everything depends on early application, added, of course, to skilful practice, such as has been evinced in the Royal Naval Hospital by Dr. Rae, the inspector, whose indefatigable exertions have been beyond all praise. Indeed, the medical staff gene rally deserve every commendation. The two assistant surgeons that have been doing duty at Torpoint, Messrs. Bowden and M'Clare—the former of whom had been so usefully employed at Ness, as well as the two now at Cawsann—Messrs. Gruggen and Harnley, have received the most grateful acknowledgements of the inhabitants of these places for their valuable and unceasing labours. THE SURREY SEssforis.---Yesterday morning, on the list of tradesmen being called over to serve on the jury at the adjourned sessions, every other name was excused on the plea of suffering under attacks of diarrhoea and cholera. Four of them had died sincel Friday. They were all summoned from the neighbourhood of Kennington-lane sad the Kennington-road, where disease rages in a frightful manner. Dhpatelife were received yesterday at tho Colr.„ D i a l. office, imp the Governor of f6t. Helene. TO THE EDITO . Sut,—The following remarks on the not uninte resting subject of Draining may find a place in The Sun during the lull which precedes and follows our animated Parliamentary debates. A glance of inspec tion at the scheme or diagram prefixed might serve to convince your readers that all primary or working drains should be drawn horizontally or nearly so ; but my object is rather to give the testimony of a village sage speaking from personal and hereditary experience. The immense damage of the system every where adopted is our apology for so unusual a frontispiece, necessarily on a small scale to suit the columns of a newspaper. Here you have the provisam rem which you may translate into verba non improvisa— " Picce out our imperfectiions by your thoughts Minding true things by what their mockeries are." As the ground which requires draining is com monly on a slope, the connecting or receiving drains, as Q, which empty the primary ones, must of course run down-hill, but they should be few—so that, form ing part of the boundary fence if possible, they may be left open and not filled up. The primary drains which exhaust the moisture frcm the ground shou Id be absolutely horizontal, if a spirit level or durnpy can be found, and nearly so if laid out by a six feet mason's level fitted with short legs to stilt up the straight edge above the inequalities of the ground. Nec meus hic sermo, sed quern prcecepit Ofellus. DECLA RATION.—I, John Casselden, of Southborough, county of Kent, land-drainer, do solemnly and sincerely declare I have madd forty thousand rod of drain in my time. I have had as much experience as any man round these parts and I know [as my father did before me and my grandmother too] that drains running straight down the hill can never lay the ground dry : they should be drawn caterwise and as near level as possible just to let the water cff. Each drain cuts off the water from the ground below it, and does no good to the ground higher up the slop". I will bring fifty men to make a declaration like this, and I think it a great pity so much money should be thrown away on drains leading down the hills round here, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously, believing the same to be true.—[Not made and subscribed before one of H. M. Justices or the Peace: 5 and 6 W. IV. forbidding all declarations in which the magistrates have no statutable jurisdiction. As yet we have not legislated on down-bill draining.] Thus far the excellent Casselden. The moisture which clings to the subsoil (see diagram) being de rived into the horizontal drain higher up the slope of the hill, is not affected by drain Q however useful the said Q in his way—and still less if possible is the moisture of any area exhausted by the drain lower down. The Casseldenian theory, übi supra, goes no further. I venture to add. The surface or rain water falling on the area below each drain also finds its way—modis miris, incertis moribus, by some hydraulic paradox, into that same drain, es post facto. A given time after a given shower, walking with a foot each side the drain; you find the upper foot give the unmistakeable inkling of swamp—the lower, not. Here the drying of the ground lower than the drain must be ascribed to the surface water being sucked back into the drain, besides the grand principle of cutting of the water before it comes to the surface. — See J. C. loc. citat. The horizontal drain can be almost of any length— the water does not run out, but merely " weeps," and it is a great satisfaction after rain to see the nymphs gently weeping at their fountains. See arrow-headed characters in diagram. _ _ The man of letters may expect the water to find its way into the down-hill drain, Q. I doubt it. Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis cevum, and will never march up along the side of the hill unless incul cated by drains to that effect. Your reporter is betrayed into quoting Latin—facit indignatio versus —but let him not be misunderstood—" his raptures are not conjured up to serve occasions of poetic pomp." Before he took to Claypatch here in the weald, he had been tenant-farmer several years in Ireland, piteous Ireland, dulcifying the odium agreste, odium Novercale, theologimm AND vatinianum re spectively, pacifying a cloud of taxgatherers, with much experience of landlordism, he lifted the chains they wore and found them heavy, he tasted the bitter mess set before them—total a dozen years toil and moil, cark and care, wear and tear of mind and body, making a few specks of earth greener, so that his short and simple annals may be found on parish books in connexion with the mysteries of rating: the opinions offered are practical, and, what is more, practicable ; they are not, like much advice offered to patient farmers, admirable—and impossible. It appears that Mr. Smith, of Deanston, never held land till 1843, and possibly has not found it answer. The reader, tired perhaps of exhaustive methods, may demur, and ask if your correspondent can lay the ground as dry as the subject ? Surely, a person may understand underdraining without being able to " read and write well." Lever is not Lorrequer, nor even Nimrod—the man who thinks is seldom the very same man that rides—he that makes books will not have time to make love. To imagine Quixote or even Sancho compiling biography, is to believe that Cer vantes could take windmills for giants, or kiss good Dapple. In a double return of this sort the choice of Hercules was for hard work and delving—he left the Muses to their own Apollo, and so far one may imitate him without presumption. MEMORANDUM.--•" It is not the evidence of truth," said Locke, " but some lazy anticipa tion, some beloved presumption or unex amined supposition," from which men too often argue. Such is the notion that water requires a good fall—incompatible moreover with the well known postulate—Water finds its level. On this principle depends the existence of Holland, where old Ocean, lifting !lisp/acidity& caput, "Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile," and yet a very able reviewer lately spoke of Dutch men " economising the fall !" The Tuscan artist understands these things: yet Sismondi, a Swiss, in his beautiful Tableau de l' Agriculture toscane, at tributes the' colmate and other great works to economy of fall ! ! If any declivity were required, Egypt would never have been metropolis or mother country of European and Asiatic civilization—Osiris, the Egypt;.an god, would never have prescribed bread and wine, nor the hero Sesostris carried the mysteries of Ceres and Bacchus to all nations. How can the Nile below the cataracts fall a single barleycorn when the Delta is continually rising? " Ostia septem Fulverulenta vocat, septem sine flumine relies." The following sentences you were kind enough to pi 'int, several years ago s" Water will traverse a dead level with great rapidity; wi r:kess the current of an estuary, flowing equally fast in opposite directions, or observe a placid stream, Cum pac e delabeL't Etruscum in maid,' and again the same str, ea; xt— Cum fera diluvies quietus Irritat amnes.' A ea mmon flower -pot also affords illustration : the fluid rises out of the oLmacer by capillary gravitation faster than it will descend from the surface: now, if it rises slow], y and descends with difficulty, one may conclude it e 'cult I prefer a i Qvc .; !2ettroe. By wearing away of °bottl e! ca, and filling of Ito liPws, vii channels have a tendency to obey the general la w 1 and a navigable river, if not a st ries of levets, would eveessarily be a torrent or rapid. Stei -when. the course choceti is much inclined, the sticks ti a d stone? (the ' lapides st,-lesos stirpesque raptas' of the pet in u iDiature) soon ris 9 to the ceiling of the drain, unle'S the latter is far more capacious than economical,re gard being had to carting of materials—but if the drain is horizontal the smallest thread of channel will suffice. Mr. Smith, of whom it is impossible to speak without gratitude, hadti e quently observ. ll that ` the water wo re away the ta rth and the tiles fellattributes to configara4 ion of tiles, but the declivity is the cause. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. CHATHAM, SEPT. 10.—On Sunday a fire broke out on Sharsted Farm, a short distance from Chatham, in the occupation of Mr. James Edwards, of Rochester, which proved most destructive in its progress, and when at its height illuminated the country around for miles. The fire broke out about ten o'clock on Saturday night in a stable occupied by the horses of the fourth team, and soon spread to the stacks and surrounding buildings, including a large barn filled with wheat, a valuable thrashing machine, and an oast house which had been prepared for- use for the ensuing hopping, which Mr. Edwards purposed com mencing this day. The property destroyed, besides the above, consisted of three ledges, five stables for twenty horses, six stacks of wheat, three of peas, and three of oats, all of this year's growth, together with several agricultural implements. By great exertion the granary and farmhouse were saved, as were the waggons, ploughs, and many other useful articles. The four horses in the stable were the fire originated were burnt, notwithstanding every effort was made to save them; they were brought to the door, but could not be moved beyond it, the poor animals all the while uttering the most piercing cries, which were heard half-a-mile from the spot. It was with the greatest difficulty the other horses, fif teen in number, were saved. They were re moved from their stables and turned into an ad joining field, but the crowd of persons hastening from Chatham alarmed the animals, and they came galloping back towards the flame, and were with difficulty prevented from rushing into the midst of them. The engines of the Kent and Sun offices were brought to the spot, but the supply of water was but scanty, the chief portion being obtained from a well on the premises, 190 feet deep. Fortunately the wind had shifted during the day, or nine other stacks must inevitably have fallen a prey to the devouring element. It is pleasing to find that the labourers in the neighbourhood exerted themselves manfully in their endeavours to save the property ' - but at the same time it must be observed, that from Chatham a law less gang appeared bent on plunder, who laid their hands on everything coming within their reach; they entered the farmhouse also, and, after committing some depredations there, were, after great resistance, driven thence by the farm servants, who used the butt ends of their whips for the purpose of ejecting them. It is not improbable that among these fellows were several of the vagabonds brought hither by the races. The cause of the fire is unexplained, but there seems little doubt that it was accidental. Both the buildings and farming stock are insured in the Kent Fire-office. The loss will b 3 heavy, as the stacks were large ones. It is estimated at about 4,0001. Whilst engaged in attempts to re duce the fire at Sharsted, the . engines were required to suppress a tire which had broken out about twenty minutes past two o'clock on Sunday morning, in the house of Mr. Tucker, clothier and outfitter, No. 56, High- street, Chatham. This fire was first discovered by the watchman, who with difficulty awoke the family, consisting of Mr. Tucker, his wife, and child, who at length escaped nearly in a state of nudity, the house, stock, and furniture being entirely destroyed. It was nearly two hours before the Sun and Dock yard engines arrived, at which time the adjoining house, No. 57, was entirely gutted, the fixtures and several sacks of potatoes, belonging to Mr. Grigg, fruiterer, who had just taken a lease of the premises, being destroyed. The house No. 55, occupied by Mr. Lynch, fruiterer, together with the stock, was also greatly damaged. This house is insured in the Atlas—stock uninsured. The house N 0.56 is insured in the Sun. Unfortunately there was a short supply of water, and the engine from the barracks did not make its appearance. FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LlFE.—About two o'clock yesterday morning a melancholy, and it is feared fatal, case occurred to Mrs. Storey, of Bromley street, St. George's-in-the-East. Mrs. Storey, who was fast asleep when the fire was disc:.vered, was aroused just time enough to prevent her being entirely consumed. The bedding was burning around her, and while endea vouring to arrest the progress of the flames, she fell down iu the room; by assistance she was rescued from her perilous state, but so dreadfully burnt that htr life is despaired of. FEARFUL EXPLOSION OF A FIREWORK MANU FACTORY AT KENSINGTON.—Yesterday afternoon, about lour o'clock, the town of Kensington was thrown into great alarm by a fearful explosion of gunpowder. It appears that for some time past a man named Jones bad been in the habit of manufacturing fireworks upon a very small scale, but within the last few days he had received an order to prepare fireworkss to the extent of 501. for one of the tea-gardens at Bayswater, where a ;a e was to be given last evening, and it is supposed that the ac cident occurred while packing these combustibles. The police were immediately upon the spot, and rendered the most efficient assistance in extricating the unfortu nate inmates from beneath the ruins. The wife of the man was discovered burned- in a most horrible manner, and immediately conveyed to the hospital, where she lies without the slightest chance of recovery, the flesh hang ing from many parts of her body. The man Jones is also frightfully burnt about the face and arms, but no serious apprehensions are entertained of his recovery. The house in which the explosion took place, also the one adjoining, are totally destroyed, and the fire extended to some workshops in the rear, which are also burnt down; and had it not been for the prompt attendance of the firemen and the police the damage would have been mech greater, from the very confined space where the accident took place—a small court, named Market passage, situate immediately opposite Kensington Old Church. --- EXCUR*SION TRIP TO THE ISLE OF WIG HT.— Londouers, to the number of 2,000, or more, availed themselves yesterday of the cheap excursion trip to the ble of Wight, which, we are happy to say, turned out to be entirely successful. They were conveyed, in two long trains, from . the Waterloo station to Southampton, where three of the splendid boats of the South-Western Company were in readiness to take them across to Cowes. Although a considerable quantity of rain fell during the journey to Southampton, it ceased before the company got on board the boats, and the sky having brightened up, they were enabled to enjoy a very delightful sail, and to gladden their eyes with a magnificent view of the sea and the surrounding coast. On arriving at Cowes they soon dispersed themselves over different parts of the the island, which, for grandeur of scenery and salubrity of air, is excelled by but few places. Many were disap pointed at not being allowed to approach nearer Osborne Houe than the outer gates, but this was in some degree compensated for by their having an opportunity, for a very trifling sum, to ascend the turret of an occupied house in the vicinity, from which not only an excellent view of Osborne, but of the whole island, could be ob tained. Unfortunately a heavy shower of rain fell about four o'clock, which not only damped the spirits but ac tually wetted to the skin a considerable number who were fur from places of shelter. The whole excursionists got back by seven o'clock to Southampton, and, after the lapse of an hour or more, returned to town, evi dently highly gratified. ELANC HOLY OCCURRENCE AT LITTLEHAMPTON...-- Captain W. P. Hamilto n, R.N., father of the Rev. Adolphus Hamilton, arrived last week on a visit to his friends at the above watering-place, and took up his residence on the beach. He was missed by his family, and search Leine . forthwith made , his body was disco vered iu a field adjacent to the town, but with no marks of vioh-nce. It is surmised the unfortunate gentleman expired in a fit of apoplexy. _..,.,iEtt S U AGAZINES, &e.—(CON ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE, an , Historical Register. Edited by J. Esq. .No. I. At the time that Mr. Bernard. Burkej,Anieppre; 74b• quence of the death of his f a th er , announced`the ths continuance of the Patrician, we, in expressing our regret, at the same time urged him to start some new magazine, in which should be embodied the leading features of the Patrician, and here we have the St. James's Magazine devoted to the same sub jects, got up with the same care and taste, and pub lished at the same price. The "Heraldic Register," containing engravings and descriptions of arms, in completion of Guillim, Edmondson, and Nisbett, is so arranged and numbered as to admit of its being bound at the end of the year as a separate volume, illustrated with the armorial engravings. The present Dumber is also illustrated by a beautiful lithograph of Broughton Castle. CON CREGAN. No. IX. Our hero — in the present number goes through a series of surprising adventures among the gold washrs on the bank of the Sacramento—is detained in a state of slavery for some time at a Moxican con vict settlement, from which he at length effects his escape, and arrives at Chuapuha, with " clotials on his back and money in Lis purse," a gallant Calla Hem The spirit of this Writer never for an ii.stant HISTORY OF ENGLAND DURING THE THIRTY YEARS PEACE. Part VIII. Second Half. Miss Martineau has herein continued her perspicu ous narrative down to the year 1840, pourtrayitig the condition of Ireland under the government of Lord Normanby, the most popular of all the Lord-Lieute nants. The letter-press is accompanied by an admi rable map of Australia. 0., ...I—L. .'.. ~,! .. %." 11:- T . ...iert,-:"- - --, n tahe n' ' --- ' .., :_. a ~ , , • .... Iv r .f.jririt* --- -Th_- - :-. ,:* , ...,\-• , 4, .. ~., ; ....- ;.• - - THE ART JOURNAL. No. CXXX V. As the embellishments to the September number we have an engraving of Creswick's exquisite painting " The Way to Church," together wi:h representa tions of Wyatt's " Girl at the Bath," and of Gibson's " Aurora." The mwt elaborate and ccmmendable paper in the number is the one explanatory and illustrative of the National Exposition of Industry in France. CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL. Among the entertaining and in-tructive pipers usually contained in this excellent publication, there will be found one especially deserving of perusal in the number for September. The paper to which we allude is a vivid, detailed, and, in many respects, accurate account of the working of a London daily newspaper. Those who are ignorant as Set upon the subject will find the description entertaining. REAL. CIVILIZATION. Par I. The editor, or author, or revis er o f thi s work, h as a profound conviction in the perfecthbility of human nature. Hence he &tains of effecting hi mse lf i ts complete regeneration. To which purpose he ad dresses a " Call" to emperors, kings, princes, nobles, gentlemen, merchants, agriculturists, &c. &c. &c.; in fact, to everybody. His " Call" threatens to extend to ninety-six chapters ; and the writer is sanguine of the result proving effectual. At the outset he ap pears to warn away from the perusal of his pages all those timid persons who brink from the idea of turning everything tepsy-turvy. We du so too, and earnestly. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY. Part VIII. Mr. Knight has here issued a second portion of Dr. Kitto's well-known "Bible History," at a price suitable even to means moderate and straitened. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A one , act farce called A Bird of Passage, being (a somewhat rare thing for the little Haymarket !) an adaptation from the French vaudeville, L' Oiseau de Passage, was produced with the most complete suc cess. A meddlesome gentleman, one Mr. Carry Chick (Mr_ Wright), is the principal character, the main spring of the whole plot. He is a mixture of Paul Pry, Dicky Gossip, and Marplot. Coming to a country inn, he finds the landlady (Mrs. F. Matthews) on the point of marriage with a horse dealer (Mr. Bedford), the village lawyer (Mr. Lam bert) occupied with the settlement, the mancook (Mr. Munyard), engaged to the chambermaid (Miss Turner), and, in short, everybody happy after his and ber own fashion. Though a perfect stranger to all parties, he contrives to drop a warning here and a suggestion there, till every one's happiness is completely destroyed—the landlady deserting her horse-dealer to fall in love with the lawyer, the cook boiling with jealousy on account of the chamber-maid, and so on down to the less impor tant personages. hen the confusion is at its height, and all have discovered the author of their woes, he runs considerable risk of being torn to pieces for his interference. Throughout the piece was extravagantly amusing, and Mr. Wright especially seems to have emulated the success of M. Grassot, who took the same part in the original. All the other impersonations, from the Mr. Chaunt Ginger of Mr. Bedford to the Earnest Hopeful of that clever actor Mr. Worrell, were ex cellent. The curtain fell amidst general and genuine applause. On Monday next we observe that the Adelphi company return to their own theatre. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth ' s Protest against Russian Inter yen lion. 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 formed to carry out the Testimonies. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable to Murdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received Per the Editor of Examiner : Friends at Ke:vedon 1 0 0 The Compositors at Messrs. Reynell & Weight's 1 10 6 Mr. Wm. A. 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Mosiflt a r -s A Few Friends assembled at the Crown Tavern, 84, Edgware-road 0 15 0 A Few Chartists, Cripplegate 0 3 1 John Turner, Langton-green .. 0 5 0 G. Walker, Drury-lane 0 2 0 From Mr. Rogers Leake, of York, Upper ▪ Rath bone-plaie ..• -1 5 6 Total 0 5 7 ... £1,047 8 a Mr. Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, who with his family and a party have been making an extensive tour amongst the western and northern islands of Scotland, passed through the Cale donian Canal a few days ago in the Government steamer Warrior. The party have visited the outer Flrbrid4 including that far distant part of Inverness-shire—St. Kilda; and on their return they passed round the north coast of Scotland, steaming along the Caithness coast iu the bustle of that strange and busy scene, the herring fishery.—lnverness Courier. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Rev. J. F. Lingham, M.A., to the Vicarage of North bourn, Kent. Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out a wholesome fragrance; but reverie is the same flower , w hen rank, and running to seed.—Eliza Cook's Journal,