The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-29 00:00:00

f ourtb .-;/....lbttion SUN' OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. CAPTURE OF MANNING. BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) Captain T. Rus,ell, of tr,e L'runswi k steam-packet, fr om Jersey to Torquay, th's morning, at four o'clock, reperts the positive capture o Minning, the supposed murderer of Patrick O'Connor, on Monday evening, 1 11 a small public-houv, at St. Aubins, near St. hilliers, Jersey. LATEST PARTICULARS. Tuesday Morning, Eltven o'clock, Aug. 28. St. 11eliers, Jersey. Last night, about 9 o'clock, Frederick Manning , the supposed murder of Patrick O'Connor, was taken into custody by I\ Ir. Centenier Chevalier, and two Metropolitan Police officers, at an hotel in St. Aubins, about three miles distant f rom this place. He had retired to bed, where he for tunately was secured, and brought to her Majesty's prison shortly before ten o'clock, and delivered over to the charge of Mr. Kendrick, the Governor thereof. Soon after Sir Thomas Le Breton attended at the gaol, and every proper precaution being taken, he was left for the night in immediate charge of the Principal turnkey. During the night he alluded to the murder of 'Connor, endeavouring to exonerate himself of the dr eadful crime laid to his charge ; also stating distinetly • that his wife committed the horrible deed. tie talked with a degree of satisraction that his wife 'lras in custody, as she had done ill, and had left him 111 total ignorance of her destination, without money. When breakfast was taken to him he observed a ner‘ s Paper that was given by one person to another, and IVithout hesitation asked for a perusal of it, which \V as declined, he also caked for a pipe and some tobacco of a turnkey on duty, and was told it was against the rules of the prison. From appearances it is evident be has been addicted to drinking to excess lately. He looks emaciated and pale. From the information respecting his possession of l a , nney, it appears he had not the command of mere t han the amount obtained by the sale of his stock of furniture. S UPPOSED APPREHENSION OF MANNING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sr ,—I believe that Manning is apprehended. The description at L an dil s t oo k up a man w h o ans wered to the given of him in the Hue and Cry. 1 s topped at th e Whi te H ar t , T aun t on , t w i c e whilst b elieve kept it. I saw thi s man , a n d I firmly that it is Manning. I could not swear to him. Yours respectfully, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Brecon, A ug. 28, 1849. n 4 tOPOLITAN COURT OF SEWERS.—(THIS DAY.) l i t ‘ ec Ulnif-past ten o'cluck this morning an adjourned zerreeek n ' 4l Court of Sewers was held at the Court House, -Sirs ", Soho, when the following Commissioners Lealpresent:—Th e R ev . M r . Ston e (in the chair), G. I ° , Bullar, C. W. J o h nston , A. B ane , R ev . John 4 - - . urr aY, M.A. ' E. Chadwick Thomas Hawes, J. Bedwell, Hume, m . p ' thehe sh '• tho f ECRETARY having read the requisition calling manic Court, ma • BULLAR stated that he had received a com - Inunication from Sir J. Burgoyne, in which that tentleman stated that he thought it injudicious mix up with the business of the Commission any per "Jnal altercations which might have arisen amongst the members; and as, in the requisition calling the Court, 1 1 1.8 °,141 allusions of an unpleasant nature were made to the u r 'hadwick he (Sir John Burgoyne) suggested that „Court should not entertain the subject contained in to inquire requisition, but that a fresh Court should be called Inquire into the expense of flushing without reference individuals, and he therefore would propose a rest). lotion to that eflect. Mr. LESLIE objected to the resolution, and stated, to I V the least of it, that it was not very good taste on the part of Si r J o h n B urgoyne, an a b sent mem b er o f t h e Co mmission, to dictate the course which the members Present should pursue. The Court had been sum moned for a specific purpose—thst purpose being to consider the exp enses o f remov i ng th e so il by means of fleshing, under th e new C omm i ss i on , as com p a red w i th at under the old Westminster Commission, and he was prepared at once to discuss the whole subject. I " Ir. Rumt obse rve d th a t the C o urt was called to take that co u ld b e lito consideration th e ex p en ses of flushing, but before done he thought that the returns of the ex• r n en ses which both of the Commissions cost ought to be tet the ha n d s of every member. They had not these b e "us, and he w ou ld t h ere f ore sugges t that the returns bleordered, and th a t th e ma tt er b e di s cussed at a future r in g of the Co ur t. m iter some discussion, the resolution was agreed to. that .° II3I IE then proposed a resolution to the effect ret t he officers of the Commission be requested to make be rout% of the relative expenses of the two systems, to urwarded to each member of the Commission. ses 7 LESLI E said he had su ffi cient returns in his pos k r. "?.,rl to enable him to proceed at once. Mr. Flume, Per. isecl well, Mr. Byng, and himself, represented pro- Was the to th e amount of two millions and a quarter that rate annually rated, and it was their duty to protect the Qap e l 3a yers. lie was ready, and could prove, that the se s With th under the present Commission, as compared aser et „,, a t of the late, were most extravagant; that the Of th-,‘"iittnittee had been, and were, spending the money Th e l te 'Payers in a grossly extravagant manner. kr. L E v• CHAIRMAN rose to order. h it 1 1 ;,., 4 8 L1R said there was no objection to his being Was hot when he attempted to return the blow, he 4 c tled to order. Payers , observed that not a shilling of the rate hrlder2mra"eY was expended without the accounts going scrutiny of the finance committee. th e e t. ' AiEstin would call the attention of the Court to eenlxPenditure-of 7571. on behalf of the Sewers Manure (014 3 s anY, " th e return of which would only be I M ss. of No, ."errollr. JOHNSqN ) rose and said such was not the fact. Blihj eet 14 trME and other members suggested that the had better be dropped. 4 1 .1 1 r• LESLIE was surprised that Mr. Johnson should at;',” s uch an as se rti on . The money had been grossly tfrn_properly expended. the ter a long and angr dicussion of a personal nature, resolution fM H u m e s was adopted, and the Court of n Mr. adiOUrlled. '''LKENN Y and GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) T he half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was advertised to take place to day at the Company's offices, Delahay-street, Westmin tter, but there not being a sufficient number of share 'older& present at one o'clock, the meeting adjourned si ne die. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY OF DERBYSHIRE. This match was resumed at Derby yesterday koroing. The following is the score at the close of the B eeond day's play:— SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - - - _ GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.— TUESI:AX. The Welcome Stakes of 3 EUVS. each, and 20 added, ono utile (5 Subs), we :e won by Mr. B,t 31b (raldrick), beating Mr. Wilaon's Berna dotte. 3 yrs, 76t (a. , ekeray), and two tact's, by two lengths. The Norfolk and Suffolk Stakos of 20 move. Each, h ft, &e., with 100 added. Two miles. Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissaway, 3 yra (Dockeray) 1 Mr. Dribkald's Amazement, aged, Bst 71'o (Ford) 2 Mr. St. Aubyn's Julia. 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Pettit) 3 Sir E. Lacon na Genuine, 4 yrs 7st 111b...(Balclriek) 4 Won by a head. The Theatre Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Once round, (6 Subs.), were won by Captain Warriner'a Squire of Walton, aged. 11,t 71b (Captain Broadley); beating Present, 1 Ist 81h; Daddy Longlegs, lOst 91b (Keble); and three others, by a length. The Borough Plate of 50/. Heats. Once round. Mr. Marson's Pious IX., 4 yrs, Ss! 71b( Bartholomev% ) 1 1 Mr. Webster's PAllage, 5 yrs, 9st (S. Rogers) 2 2 Sir E. Lacon's Genuine, 4 yrs, Bst 11b...(Baldrick) 3 3 Captain Brockofake's Baskire, aged, Bst 131b,(Witde) dis. Won by a neck. The Consolation Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added. One mile. Were won in two heats by Present, aged, 9st 131 b (Baldrick); beating Little Red Biding Hood, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Tey); and two others, by a neck. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. THE LEAMINGTON STAKES.-2 to 1 agst Fernhill (t) —8 to 1 agst Collingwood (t)-8 to 1 apt Wanota-10 to 1 agst Dart-15 to 1 agst Grief (t). Sr. LEGER.-2 to 1 on the Flying Dutchman (offers to take)-8 to 1 agst Uriel-15 to 1 agst Oid Dan Tucker-20 to 1 agst Volcano-30 to 1 egst Herbert (offers to take)-30 to 1 agst Saucy Dick (offers to take) —3O to 1 agst Nuunykirk (offers to take). NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1849. The Cesarewitch Stakes, of 25 sous. each, 15 ft. Ac ceptances to be declared on or before Tuesday week, the llth of September— Canezou, 4 yrs—Bon Mot, 3 yrs— Retail, 3 yrs—Quasimodo. 3 yrs—St. Rosalie, 3 yrs— gr c by Verulam, out of Whim, 3 yrs—eh fby Magpie, out of Spray, 3 yrs—Repletion, 3 yrs—Fugleman, 4 yrs —Kissaway, 3 yrs—Grasshopper, 3 yrs — Bonny R ubin, aged—Glutton, 4 yrs—lron Rail, 5 yrs—Watchdog, 5 yrs—Cymba, 4 yrs—W} ke, 5 yrs—Trouncer, 5 yrs— Keraur, 4 3 rs—F by Harkaway, out of Coranna's dam, 3 yrs—Second Sight, 3 yrs—Diplomatist, 5 yrs— Tophana, 4 yrs—Tisiphone, 4 yrs—Gardenia, 4 yrs— Glenalvon, 3 yrs—Grace, 3 yrs—Midia, 3 yrs—Thi hault, 3 yrs Miss Bunney, 3 yrs Remembrance, 4 yrs—Sylvia, 3 yrs—Herbert, 3 yrs—Volcano, 3 yrs --Clatterbox, 6 yrs—Fernhill, 4 yrs—Montpensier, 5 yrs—Bacchanalian, 4 yrs—Vatican, 3 yrs—Van Die. man, 3 yrs—Whitley, 3 yrs—Ballinafad, 5 yrs—Chanti cleer, 6 yrs—Miss Ann, 3 yrs—Rhesus, 3 yrs—Chan trey, 3 yrs—Nunnykirk, 3 yrs—Smuggler Bill, 6 yrs— Ellen Loraine, 4 yrs— Plebeia, 3 yrs—John Cosser, 4 yrs—Cockermouth, 4 yrs—Old Dan Tucker, 3 yrs—Bingham, 5 yrs—Backbiter, 4 yrs—Oddity, 3 yrs—lrish Jig, 3 yrs—General Sale, 6 yrs—Mantle, 3 yrs—Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs—Chicot, 3 yrs—Eagle's Fiume, 4 yrs—Colocynthus, 4 yrs—Wa nota, 5 yrs—Surplice, 4 yrs—Rathmines, 5 yrs—Tire ;erne, 3 yrs—St. Antonio, 4 yrs—Loadstone, 4 yrs— Planet, 5 yrs— Honel . comb, 3 yrs—Fire eater, 3 yrs— Csrthagenian, 3 yrs—Fiatcatcher, 4 yrs—Shylock; 4 3 rs--Pelham, 3 yrs—Swiss Boy, 4 yrs—Lady Superior, 3 yrs—Westow, 3 yrs—Malton, 4 yrs—Present, 3 yrs— Legerdemain, 3 yrs—Vanguard, 3 yrs—The Flapper, 3 yrs—Thringath, 3 yrs—The Knout, 3 yrs—Blucher, 4 yrs—Mongrel, aged—Amazement, aged—Dulcet, aged —Fern, 4 yrs—Juggler, 3 yrs—Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs —Thornhill, 3 yrs--Grief, 3 yrs—Over-fork-over, 3 re—Susan Lovell, 3 yrs—The Dart, aged—Pity the Blind, 3 yrs—Horn of Chase, 5 yrs—Dough, 4 yrs— Chorister, 4 yrs—c by Don John, out of Impertinence, 4 yrs—Maynooth, age:l—Strychnine, 3 yrs—Morpeth, aged—Hagley, 4 yrs—Gulden Pippin-3 yrs—f by Piccaroon, out of Bonny Bonnet, 3 yrs--D ceptive, 4 rs—Glen Saddel, 4 yrs—Belus, 3 yrs—Elthiron, 3 yrs— restator, 3 yrs—Peep-o 'day. Boy, 5 yrs—Essedarius, 3 yrs—Chatterer, 3 yrs—The Hero, 6 yrs—Black Eagle, 3 yrs—Vampyrc, 5 yrs—Halo, 5 yrs—Helter Skelter, 4 yrs—Borneo, 3 yrs—Rattrap, 6 yrs—Montague, 3 yrs— Eva, 3 yrs—Cliepidus, 3 yrs—Osterly, 3 yrs—Bride of Lammermoor, 5 yrs—Collingwood, 5 yrs—Plus IX., 4 yrs—The Admiral, 5 yrs—Dacia, 4 yrs—Sesostris, 4 yrs—Vasa, 3 yrs—Quinine, 3 yrs—Tadmor, 3 yrs— Indus, 3 yrs—Nautila, 5 yrs—Sotterly, 4 yrs—Doctrine, 5 yrs—Trap, 4 yrs—The Mercer, 3 yrs—Loupgurou, 3 yrs—The Old Fox, 3 yrs—Sir Tatton Sykes, 6 yrs— Giselle, 6 yrs—Rodney, 3 yrs—Croagh, Patrick, 3 yrs— The Highwayman, 6 yrs—Prior of St. Margaret's, 6 yrs—The Sheriff, 4 yrs—f by Muley Moloch, out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs—Saucy Dick, 3 yrs—Landlord, 3 yrs—c by Colwick, out of St. Winifred, 3 yrs—Puffy, 3 yrs—Roland, 3 yrs—Snowstorm, 3 yrs—Raby, 3 yrs— Wensleydale, 3 yrs—lnheritress, aged—Ellerdale, 5 yra —Alp, 3 yrs—Defaulter, 4 yrs—Priestress, 3 yrs— Robert de Brus, 3 yrs. ... 11 ... 19 ... 16 —A. ENGLAND — FIRST INNINGS. ? 4 tYlln, Esq.—run out ... ,lrho--b Tinley ••• -• ..• 1, 4 7, - ;•-c Potter, b Paxton ... ileh—b Tinley ... Hunt, b Pa . ;ton 0 e a •Y .c Horsley, b Paxton ••• .• .• 14 6 e t( tila White—c Paxton, b Thai y ••• 1 4 a_r.ti9gell—b Paxton ... RiEtala Lautour—b Clark Yer—not out 825,w3 Total ... DERBYSHIRE—BIRST INNINGS. ,I).Yebe—C Box, b Clarke ... " a eon —h Clarke ... —• kegory— st Box ,b Hillyer • •C. Clarke, Lq•—e Laut uar , b Hillyer . C. C C . Clarke ... • kunt—b Clarke ••• ••• ••• • orsloy— s t Box, b Clarke ••• J. Clifford b w, b bakin—at Box, b Clarke Paxton-1 bw, b Hillyer Atten borough —b Clark .„ Earle, E.t.q.—c White, b Hillyer A. Bass, Esq.—b Clarke ... S. Potter, E,q.—b Clarke .. S. Mallaby, Martingell . korria—b Clarke Smith— b Martingell S. )dune, Esq.—b Martingell ••• It. Wilson—not out .. I. C alladine—e b Clarke B 9, w -2 Total N. Poi ; Esq.n ENGLAND—SECONDotout••• ' INNINGS. r , G4 Y—c Hunt, b P axton .• ‘,aptaiu White —not cut kartingell—b Paxton ... ••• '•• B 1, w 0 _lO4 ... 14 9 ... ... 61 ... 0 ... 6 ... 8 ... 3 ... 0 ... 13 ... 17 ... 0 • 8 ••• 2 ••• 6 ▪ 0 • 11 LITER A TURE. MEMOIRS ANT) COiII?ESPON_DENCE OF SIR R. _MURRAY KEII IL Edited by Mrs. Gillespie Smyth. 2 Vols. "'There are," says the editress of this work, " in the annals of every family, any of who ,e rneinhei ., ; have filled conspicuous places in the public sers ice, some privileged epochs round which its own memories have been fondly taught to congregate, and •Ahich it would fain rescue from oblivion in those of others. Such, during the long diplomatic career of Sir Robert .vi urray Keith, was the episode of the revo lution in Denmark in 1772 ; and his spirited rescue, as representative of Great Britain, of a daughter of England,' and the sister of his Sovereign, from a late, the least disastrous probable issue of which was imprisonment for life in a northern fortress. The omission—probably from prudential motives— of this most critical and important interposition, in a foreign work of fiction recently translated, naturally led to a search into those familiar archives where re posed the familiar letters and official correspondence penned during the events themselves, and so honour able alike to the character, the feelings, and the fame of him by whom they were written and received. To weave those valuable, and hitherto inedited documents, into a slight record of the charms, the sorrows, and the injuries of the British Princess—to whom (in his own striking words) it was a proud commencement for the Envoy's chivalry to convey, through the vaulted entrance of Hamlet's castle, the welcome tidings of fraternal affection and liberty restored— was felt to be alike a duty and a pleasure. To this the following sheets would have been exclusively limited, had not the reputation of Sir R. M. Keith for political sagacity, on the one hand, and wit and bonhommie on the other, suggested, on high literary authorities, the propriety of a more extensive selec tion from his twenty years' correspondence, while a resident at other foreign courts, than had been ori ginally designed." Such is the interesting nature of this work, which has evidently been a labour of love to Mrs. Smyth. Each volume is divided into three parts ; the first contains—" Correspondence from St. Petersburgh, Vienna, &c. " Memoirs of Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark," and " Familiar Cor• respondence with various Distinguished Writers." The second volume contains—" Familiar Correspon dence with Marshal Conway, &c.;" " Official and Personal Correspondence from Vienna," and "Official and Familiar Correspondence from the Congress of Sistovo in Turkey, in 1791." These volumes con tains beautiful portraits of Queen Caroline Matilda and Sir R. Murray Keith. CROMWELL DOOLAN; or, Life in the Army By the Author of " Echoes in the Backwoods." 2 Vols. _ . . An amusing series of strange and laughable ad ventures, as may easily be suppose,l, when we say the hero is at once a soldier and an Irishman ; for whatever an Irishman may be on terra _firma, in a book he is always the must adventurous of mortals. Cromwell Doolan is, however, a misnomer, for we find, at the conclusion of the strange eventful history, that Cromwell is not Cromwell after all, but another individual who has been exchanged for him. The real Simon Pure long since sleeps in his grave, and the O'Neil presumptuously sends forth his own ad ventures under the name of a history of Cromwell Doolan! EXPEDITION to DISCOVER the SOURCES of the WHITE NILE in the YEARS 1840-41. By Ferdinand Werne. From the German, by Charles W. O'Reilly. 2 Vols. This is a book of travels of that must interesting kind which, together with a picture of foreign scenes and customs, details the fortunes of an expedition of inquiry. The writer of the preface speaks of this work as presenting the liveliest views of the natural productions and people of regions hitherto entirely unvisited. " The surprising novelty," he adds, "of the phenomena is described by a writer of much ex perience, bold energy, and intense devotion to the land of the south. The discoverer of the sources of the White Nile under the vertical rays of the sun, in equatorial Inner Africa, will share the same fate as his illustrious predecessor, James Bruce, the discoverer of the sources of the Blue Nile, if many of his statements should he doubted, criticised, and misunderstood." Neverthe less, the writer of the above remark must be aware that such is almost the inevitable lot of all things human. This interesting work is illustrated by a beautiful map of the White Nile, laid down from the diary of Mr. Werne, and by many specimens of the arms, &c. of the natives. THE EMIGRANT FAMILY; or, THE STORY of an AUSTRALIAN SETTLER. By the Author of " Settlers and Convits."3fols: This work contains " hints to emigrants " of a more practical nature than those contained in the facetious brochure of Percy Cruikshank. This Australian handbook appears under the novel form of a novel. " The main design in the composition of these volumes," says the author, " was the delineation of the actual life of an emigrant family in the middle of the nineteenth century..... With the single excep tion of the introduction of a character necessary to furnish the tale with sufficient of plot to interest the lovers of romance, everything exhibited is a simple copy from actual daily life." MEMOIRS of the HOUSE of ORLEANS By W. Cooke Taylor, LL.D. 3 Vols. These three volumes, which contain " sketches and anecdotes of the most distinguished characters in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centu ries," are of a character which needs little commen dation to ensure them a favourable reception with the general reader. They contain a mass of anec dotes, accounts of historic importance or mournful interest, but fcr the most part of a light, gossiping, and amusing nature. It is a work, perhaps, little calcu lated to benefit its readers, unless, perhaps, by making them content with an humble station. They may read in these records of royalty, as for example, in the sad story of Maria Louisa, of Spain, how many are the trials and temptations which beset the path of the so-called great. One important object with the writer in composing this work was to throw some light upon Louis XIV. " secret," and also to inquire whether Henrietta, of England (Madame) and her daughter, Maria Louisa, Queen of Spain, really met with their deaths by poison, as has been suspected. The CHURCH of ENGLAND QUARTERLY RE VIEW. The nine articles in the last number of this Quar terly are of as varied and interesting topics, as "Jewel and the Reformation," " Religious Doubters," " Sterling's Life," " Brampton Rectory," " Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton," " Romanism and Civi- lization," " Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers, " The Religion of Architecture," "Puritans at d Pilgrim Fathers," " Southey's Common-place Book," " Man Primeval." A MEMOIR of the COUNTESS DE ROSSI (MADAME SONTAG). Published by Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. The career of Madame Sontag has been one of the most brilliant, and, at the same time, one of the most romantic ever recorded. It is in itself a drama, a drama of intense and singularly varied inte rest. The pleasures and the pains of every station of life, from the very highest to the very lowest, from the garret of the struggling artist to the magnificent salons of royalty, have been personally experienced by Madame Sontag. She has by turns occupied every , step of the social ladder, and has been the orna ment of every station which she has occupied, and after having retired from the stage, hailed by the unanimous suffrages of the dilettanti of Europe as the most perfect soprano singer the world ever saw, she, after the lapse of twenty years, returns and resumes her place, nemine contradicente, with powers improved rather than impaired, and at once creates a greater furore, and achieves a greater triumph than she had done twenty years before. Iler biographer thus accounts for this surprising preservation of her vocal powers:— " The Countess Rossi's voice is a pure and perfect soprano of the highest register, from the first settlement of her voice—it is to the manner bore.' Thus she has never been compelled to superadd to her studies of vocal science those efforts by which most of the greatest vo calists have been obliged to transmute their contralto or mezzo soprano tones, to polish their guttural or husky tones, and—almost nil of them—extend artificially their register. On the other hand, during their long seces sion from the stage, the love of musical art has always remained predominant, and its science been constantly cultivated, without necessity of taxing her powers, with out the exhausting exertions of other singers; whilst her style of s nging is that of the high classical Italian school, the only one that nurses the voice, whilst it dis plays all its melodic power. Had not the Countess Rossi yielded up the German school—bad she not re sorted to the Italian school to modify her singing, as her great countryman Mozart did, to modify the form his inpirations assamed—h(r voice would no doubt have been injured, and she would have lost that marvellous power of overflowing richness of embellishment, requir ing purity of tone, agility, and elegance, iu which she is unquestionably unrivalled?' Henriette Sontag was born at Coblentz, on the 3d of January, 1809. H er paren t s were ar ti s t es o f limited means. At seven years of age she became celebrated for her exquisite voice, and at that age, placed on a table, she has been heard to sing the grand aria of " The Queen of Night" in the Zaubeijldtc, in a s t y l e th a t wou ld h ave ma d e many a prima donna burst with envy. At eleven years of age she made her first appearance on the stage at the theatre at Darmstadt, in a piece written expres sly for her, and entitled The Little Daughter of the Danube, but, although her success was extra ordinary, her parents knowing the fate of infant prodigies, withdrew her from the theatre and sent her as a pupil to the Conservatoire of Prague. " Scarce three years had elapsed since her matricula tion at the Conservatoire, and she bad hardly attained • hi Nia of fourteen, when ske saved the fortunes of tkat ...185 ... 2 ... 1 ... 0 Total ... ••• 4 TII E SUN 14019 bON WEDNESDA EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1849. great imrerial Op,-ra of Prague, associated with so Many i glorieui memories of music. and whieh would be immor • taliseet by 11. e fact alone of letvieg been tie stage "here the Clean nzo di litL) and the 151aryi.Ige of Fig3ro acre first produced eiezei t. The fevouritei e r,aw donna ed this teed: theetre eas suddenly teken n! , ( 1 s" st riously, that there wtie, little hope left of hi r r, -appear iur some lime. The manager, in di spa'r, and at a loss which way to turn, could think of no other resource to retain his audiences then the appearance of the young prodigy of the Conservatoire—little Ilenriette Sontag. Such vow her pre ficier.cy in her art, that her parents no longer saw the settle danger in allowing their offspring to tread the fictive scene. " If nothing were wanting in courage, natural gifts of voice, and intellec cal power, on the part of the child as regards the height of her person there was a manca meta° of several inches. As the French proverb says, le temps coy, ige cela but, in the mean, time, the stage manager, a learned Hellenist, was not oblivious of the means by which the Greeks gave altitudes to their scenic heroes and heroines, and the little prima donna, to whom was assigned fur her debut the part of the heroine in a translation of the favourite French opera, Jean dc Pat is, was supplied with enormous coik heels. There was a time, at the Court of Louis XV., when an inch and a half of red heel was the distinctive characteristic of a Marquis, or of a lady of sufficient quality to be allowed to sit in the presence of royalty. On the occasion of the debut of Henriette Sonteg, four inches of vermillion coloured cork foreshadowed the rank of the little lady. destined to becOme one of the most absolute mimic queens of the lyrical world, and afterwards a real and much respected countess. When the singer who enacted the pompous seneschal in the opera of Jean de Paris came forward, and announced, ' It is no less a personage than the Princess of Navarre whose arrival I announce!' the applause and laughter were universal. When the little prodigy appeared on her cork pedestal, the house was filled with cheers and acclamations. As the busi ness of the stage proceeded, the auditors found that there was no longer any indulgence necessary on the score of age, but that there were claims on their admi ration for a voice which, for its purity, its peculiar flute like tone, and its agility, has never been surpassed. The celebrated tenor, Gerstener, who enacted Jean de Paris, that night sang better than ever, finding that he had to cope with the attraction of a new melodic power. Many nights successively did she thus sing the Princess of Navarre with increasing success to crowded houses. Her next part was one far more difficult—that of the heroine in Peer's fine opera, Sargin. " The capital of Bohemia was not destined long to retain its chief ornament. Long before the conclusion of the season, the Imperial Court had heard of her ex• traordinary success, and Henriette Sontag was sum moned to Vienna, where she appeared, the very next season, at the German Opera." From this time her career was one series of triumphs —Berlin, Paris, London, St. Petersburgh in turn hailed her as the greatest of living artists; and on her marriage with Count Rossi, a young Sardinian nobleman, and her consequent retirement from the stage, the dilettanti of Europe were inconsolable, as they felt they " ne'er should look upon her like again." Count Rossi became the representative of his Sove reign at the Courts of the Netherlands, St. Peters burgh, Vienna, and Berlin successively, and the Countess of Rossi was the admired and the beloved of all. " But at last came the fatal year 1848, when a politi cal eruption, unprecedented for magnitude and extent, fell upon the whole fabric of human happiness on the Continent, as unforeseen and as destructive as the vol. canic outburst which, in a past age. buried Pompeii. Madame de Rossi's fortune, when the revolution broke out at Berlin, was placed partly with hankers. partly in commercial securities; commerce ceased, public credit was shaken, and private credit lost, and with the latter the fortune of Madame de Rossi. Shortly afterwards fo:lowed ;he events in Sardinia, in its turn deeply affect ing the fortunes of her husband, and threatening the Count Rossi with the loss of that office which he had so long and so honourably held. On the first news of the losses e xperience d by Madame de Rossi, knowing how perfectly she had preserved her voice, the Direction of Her Majesty's Theatre made, in the most delicate man ner that could be devised, ample offers to the unfortu nate lady, in case she should deem it necessary to return to the scene of her former triumphs. The Count and Countess Rossi did not contemplate then the necessity of so great a sacrifice. Later offers of unlimited temp tation were made by other parties, and emissaries sent to Berlin secretly to treat with the great vocalist of the golden age of the opera. But they were at once refused. As etents assumed a darker complexion, Madame de Rossi, the most affectionate of mothers, grew more and more anxious for her children, and used every endea vour to prevail on her noble husband to sacrifice the privileges and prejudices of rank, and the sweets of high office, to the future welfare of their children. An ar tist of European fame, who not only commands admi ration by his talents, his conversational powers, his elegant and amiable manners, and his noble and elevated character—M. Thalberg, happened some months since to be in Berlin, and he is said to have seconded Madame do Rossi's efforts to persuade her husband. Communications were resumed with the Direction of Her Majesty's Theatre, although still in a problematical and conditional form, and the Count Rossi repaired to Turin to endeavour to release himself from his duties. After some delay, the Count obtained permission from his Sovereign to retire for a time from his career. When it was known later at Turin what was the cause of his re tirement, and that it was definitive, letters were written, by order of the Sovereign, in the highest degree cordial and flattering, both to M. and Ivtaaame.de Rossi. From Turin the Count returned to Berlin; there Mr. Lumley had suddenly arrived—every arrangement was made, and a week after he had left Berlin, the Count and Countess Rossi arrived in London in a manner totally unforeseen. In a week more she appeared on the stage, and although, unlike other great singers, she had not, owing to the necessity of secrecy, been preceded by those announcements which habitually long beforehand herald forth a prima donna, and work upon public ex pectation, her reception was one never surpassed in enthusiasm. " When the circumstances in which Madame Sontag has once more appeared on the horizon with undimi nished glory are considered,:a feeling of something more than admiration takes possession of the observer. To behold beings, of which there are not one in so many millions, whose existence has scarcely been thought of, come in a critical hour, interpose their power, uphold a noble establishment, and at once defeat all the work ings of intrigue, envy, and ingratitude, partakes of that providential character of events to which all others are secondary. This is the second time that such an inter position has occurred as regards the greatest theatrical institution of the country. If there existed in reality such a random power as chance, such events could scarcely be reckoned amongst its casualties. " It there could be any one so devoid of love for what is really good and really great, as not to be inspired by interest iu the eventful life we have so very superficially sketched, they need only to repair to the theatre where our heroine appears, for them to change their disposi tion. Nothing ever could resist, off the stage or on it, the sterling merit either of Countess Rossi, or of Madame Sontag." TO THE RIG lIT DLEY STUART. My Lord,—During my service in company with the Polish Legion in Lombard, under Mantua, by the Lago di Guarda on the Tyril, your Lordship's name was so often the motto for a " brinoisi ;' and even in the "Citta Eterna," Rome, such cordial responses rang out when your Lordship's name was proposed, that I am emboldened to address )(Jur Lordship the following lines, trusting to your Lordship's patience for a perusal, and to your Lordship's generosity for the rest. In the first days of March, 1848, I found mpelf in Turin, on my road for England, with about I,ooof. in my pocket, the fruits of a twelvemonth's labour in Italy. I had in that time traversed nearly the whole peninsula of Italy, and had seen and sympathiL.ed with the wrongs under which the Italians generally had suffered, and were suffering, and determined, in case of a struggle, to aid them to the last. I became ac quainted with several students of the University of Turin, among whom was George Kohinsky, a Pole; and informed of the forthcoming outbreak, we went to Milan, when in the revolution which commenced on the 17th we fought. Poor Kohinsky fell on the 19th at the attack on the Palazzo del Genio. My com panions returned to Turin, and I went off and joined the Piedmontese, with whom I was present at the first battle of Goito, in April. Being an engineer by profession, in May I was sent to Pescheira, the fortress on the Lago di Guarda, to assist in directing the works which were being thrown up round the place ; and on the 21st I quitted that place and joined the Tuscans—among whom were several Englishmen—. encamped under Mantua. I remained with the Tus cans until the 29th May, when our camp—a camp ex tending over nearly seven miles—and defended only by about 6,800' men, was attacked at Montanara, Curtatone, and St. Sylvestro, by an overwhelming Austrian force, and almost annihilated. I made good my retreat to the Grazia and Goito, where I was present at the battle the day after, in which we de feated the Austrians. Here I was wounded in the leg, and remained in the hospital of St. Lucia, at Brescia, until the 23d of June. In the month of July we left Brescia for Caflaro, near the Lago d'ldro, on the Italian Tyrol, in company with the Polish Legion, and in the latter end of that month we marched rapidly down to the Lago di Guarda, and fought the Austrians two days successively at Lonato and De senzano. We again marched into the Italian Tyrol, to Storo, where we encamped, and the out post duty was confided to me. Having ex tended one day our excursions too far, five of us were surprised by a body of armed peasants. We got into a house, and held these at bay until the arrival of a party of Kaiser. Yager, or Tyrolese Riflemen, when, our ammunition being ex pended, we were obliged to surrender. With an escort double our number, we were marched off to wards Innsbruck. Arrived at Castel-Dublino, our guard became intoxicated, and, bayoneting the sen tinel, we escaped, carrying with us five rifles, ammu nition, &c., &c. Seizing a peasant, he became, under pain of death, our guide. We crossed the mountain fonale, SA am the Adda in Val Camonica, and then, taking the mountain again, we crossed into Val Tel line, where we joined General Griffini, and with him retreated into Canton Gregioni, in Switzerland, Piemonte-Genoa, &c., and from thence I went to Genoa, to Leghorn, and to Venice. I remained in Venice until December, when our regiment, the Roman Volunteers, parted for Rome. I entered the Roman service in the Bth Regiment of the Line. I was present at Palestrina, and Velletri, against the Neapolitans ; at Rome, on the 30th April, against the French; and during the whole siege of Rome. We were for the most part stationed under the orders of General Garibaldi, at St. Pancrazio; and here my company, from 125 men, became reduced, from killed and wounded, to 521 I received on the 13th the grade of Sergeant-Major, and on the '22d of Tenente, or Lieutenant. On the 29th the French commenced, at 3 A.M., a tremendous cannonade against the bastion No. 3, to the right of St. Pancrazio, which was con fided to me. In halt-an hcur my little band was re duced to 29 men. I received no reinforcement. The French stormed the bastion with an entire battalion, and, after a desperate resistance, gained a footing. I was knocked down by a blow from a Chasseur, and taken prisoner, and conducted first to Palo and after wards to Civita Vecchia. On the Bth July I was liberated, and, in company with a Pole, named l?aus tenberge, set out to Bologna, in the Roman States, with the intention of passing, if possible, Venice, Trieste, Illyria, and so into Hungary. We crossed the Po at night, end reached Rovigo; here we were arrested, and cautioned that a similar attempt would be punished with death. We reached Milan, turned again towards Tyrol, with the intention, if possible, of reaching Hungary, were arrested in Val Engadin; we resisted, and in the struggle poor Faustenberge received a ball in the stomach. I got away to Bel linzona, and here I read the account of the meeting in favour of heroic Hungary, held at Marylebone, and presided over by your Lordship. I determined at once to gain England, hoping that from your Lordship's acquaintance of the Hungarian leaders to find some means of reaching Hungary, perhaps with Colonel Reid. My Lord, there is many a mile between this and Rome, and with the zigzag way I have taken many more; yet I have done the whole w a y o n foot. Neither the Po, nor the Alps, nor hardship, nor many a night's bivouac by the road, has checked me; but now, my Lord, I have received a check which I can not surmount. My poor fund, which .1 hoarded and have expended so carefully, has decreased to a shadow ; my habiliments, torn by many a mountain scramble, are in tatters ; and now, my Lord, I turn to you. I have yet twelve francs left me, and with this I hope to reach Dijon, which is about 150 miles from Paris. Your Lordship is generous, and I have no hope but in your Lordship, and in such of my countrymen as may pity an Italian crusader. Your Lordship will not, I am sure, allow me to die by the road-side. Write me, I pray, at least to Dijon, were I await your Lordship's letter, and, with every wish ad interim for your Lordship's well •being, and for the well-being of Hungary, believe me, Your Lordship's very obedient servant, - - . CHARLES SYDNEY. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 20, 1849. THE PRAYER OF KOSSUTH. Lord God of Arpad's warriors Look, from thy throne of stars, Upon afflicted Hungary, Her children's wrongs and scars. To thee, a million earnest prayers From patriot hearts ascend; Rise God! and fight their battles—thou, Creator, Gusrdian, Friend. Thy sun, the torch of Liberty, irradiates the skies, As lighting to a glorious grave Each corpse that round me lies. Thy heaven is blue—the carpet fair Beneath thy footsteps spread— But the green earth of thy making With hallowed blood is red. Send, God, upon these fallen ones Thy spirit's genial ray, That not one lifeless image here May perish in decay; But that from these rude scattered seeds Immortal flowers may bloom, And shed a spirit grandeur round The martyr hero's tomb. God of the nations, far and wide! God of my ancient sires! Peserve, on this blood altar scene, The light of Fr( edoas's fires. Oh let the murd'rous rant's arm Fall powerless 'neath thine own, And every thunder of our belts Be answered in tby tone. 'Tie sacrifices such as these That sanctify the earth— That purge it from corrupting sin, And give thy glory birth. This sacred soil must never hold A captive nation's slaves, Nor fierce barbarians trample down And riot o'er its graves. Father, Almighty ! Father, God! Of Heaven, of earth, and sea, Make all the nations of the eartll High-minded, noble, free. Blast with the lightning of thy glance, And lay them in the dust, The savage hordes whose conquests are But infamy and lust. Lo! a light, prophetic, rising From the bodies of the slain, Illumines far the battle front, 'And lights the battle plain; TLe outward robe and veil it is Of spirits soaring high, As, marching from the fatal field, They travel to the sky. God! in thy mercy, bless their dust, And cherish long their fame, By blotting out the despot race, The Despot's power and name. Our sword, our shield, our fortress be— To victory lead the way, Or bury in one bloody grave The war-wolf and his prey, Harrogate, Atte% 24. G. LINN/EUS BANKS. COUitl' CIRCULAR. BALNIORAL, AUG. 26. This morning her Majesty and the Prince, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, tha. Miss Dawson, Lord John Itussell, Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Mr. An son, and Mr. Birch, attended Divine set vice at the palish church at Crathie. Service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Anderson. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Monday was the commencement of a new season at Vauxhall. After so successful an opening, and an attendance so aristocratic, the startling announce ment of the reduction of price to one shilling seemed to us to require some notice. On entering the gardens, we turned into the beau. tiful Italian walk, which is now hung above with festoons of co:oured lamps, forming an arcade of light at once brilliant and imposing. The lighting alto gether is vastly improved, and announces at once increased spirit in the establishment. In the circus we found a new troupe, and were astonished by the daring and novelty of their extraordinary feats, which threw their French predecessors far into the shade. An Anab, who is announced as the most extraordinary vaulter in the world, fully sustained his reputation by a series of summersaults and leaps, which were almost frightful, clearing at a bound eighteen men with up lifted swords. The most wonderful thing in his feats is that he uses no spring-board, but leaps from a solid block of stone on the ground. Th e r idi n g of Hernandez, matchless, graceful, rapid, unique and sufficient in itself as it is, received a very interesting addition in a group of two , who rode in almost every possible and classic posture, the boy actually stand ing on the shoulder of the horseman whil st ga ll op i ng round the circle. Standing on a series of bottles, one above another, and at t he same time ballancing a variety of things, was a trick so strange and diffi c ult, and performed so adroitly, that it is utterly impossible to describe it. The rolling globe was admirably per formed by a boy, who, not only walked on it, b ut at the same time execute d a i set of juggling and ba lancing tricks, as well as ▪ f he were on the surest footing. But not the least astonishing Was t h : , per formance of the clown and his son. Th e b oy stood on his head, and in that posi▪ tron was balanced on the hand, and after being tossed about, tumbli ng i n t h e air like a ball, concluded his performance by standing on his bead on the end of a pole, balanced on th e c hi n of the clown, and carrie d about the circus. The whole performance was of surp ass i ng excel lence, and we are proud, in saying so, that w e are a t the same time bearing our testimony to genuine merit, and our applause to native talent, which of late it has been too much the fashion to overlook. DEATH OF CooMnaS, THE PRIZE NAT ATERMAN.— Yesterday morning, David Coombes, who, with his brothers, arc well known as the first natermen on the River Thames, was engaged in Piquing the platform at Chandler's, Milbank, for the approaching contest for the silver sculls. About eight o'clock he retired home to breakfast, when he was seized with violent pains in his stomach. Medical aid was instantly resorted to, and every attention paid to h is sufferings, but h e di e d o f cholera yesterday afttrnoon. The deceased was 35 years of age, without family, and, with his three brothers, had been the successful competitor for many hard earned prizes. He was a man much respect e d by all who knew him. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowlidge which he cannot apply will make no man wise,—Eliza Cook's Journal. INDISPOSITION OF DR. SOUTHWOOD SMlTH.—Yes terday information was received at the office of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, Greek-street, Soho, that Dr. Southwood Smith had been taken so suddenly ill, at his residence, at Highgate, es not to be. able to attend to the business of the finance committee, appointed to sit at ten o'clock, of which he was a very punctual attendant. liners the TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—HET Royal Hig Duchess of Kent directed that meat and bread should be given to upwards of 500 poor families residing in the Wells and its neighbourhood for their Sunday's dinner, that being Prince Albert's birth -day; adults receiving one pound of meat each, without bone, and one pound of broad; and Children half a pound of meat each, and half a pound of bread. It was given to all parti es , without distinction as 'to religious sentiments. Total THE HEALTH OF LONDON COLLISION BETWEEN the BOARD DURING THE 'WEEK. I OF HEALTH AND TH MARY...F;LONE (From the Registrar-General's Return.) IiOARD OF GUAItDIANS. • in the week ending Saturday, Augue` 25, the 1 Yesterday, a special meeting of the Vestry pi St. deaths iii London were 2 4 5 7; of which 1,276 were I Marylebone took place at Court-h 1 , 17 by cholera, 238 by diarr llo2 a. The deaths from all purpose of receiving a communication w4ch ‘beo— caust.s in each of the last seven weeks were 1,07 u, receiv.ed from the Board of H ea lth b y the! . .4,e ar ,i of 1,369, 1,741, 1,931, 1,967, 1 ,909, 2 , 229 , 2, 4 57 ; the g uardians, with refer ence to the alleged outbreLk of deaths from cholera, 152, 339, 678, 783, .926, 823, I cholera in Marylebone. _ 1,229, and 1,276. Although the number of deaths Mr. Churchwarden MALLALITE hiving been called last week is greater than any number yet recorded, to the chair, the document from the Board of thaith it is gratifying to learn that active measures are now was read. It was addressed—" To the Sel . e . ct Vestry in actual operation, or commencing in every district, lof St. Marylebone," and peremptorily ordered th e to combat the great epidemic which has already appointment of two medical officers in addition to tJle destroyed 7,470 lives in London. The mortality present staff, to pursue the system of house to hoU - se stands in favourable contrast to that which has been visitation; and that buildings should be provided for felt in other cities, where the visitation has recalled the removal of the inhabitants in proximity w ith the ravages of the middle ages. But if the general places where the cholera existed. It also orders d sanitary state ar i d arrangements are superior to those that the vestry should be assembled to consider the of the other civiliz e d countries of Europe, it is quite matter and carry out the said order, and it also ordered certain that while the present epidemic has excited that not only a copy of the minute of the vestry, but some talk and terror, the efforts which have hitherto also the names of the vestrymen present and those ab been employed to combat it look feeble and insignifi- sent, be forwarded to the:l3oard of Health. This do cant when contra s ted with th e vast means and agency cument was signed " Ashley, E. Chadwick, and To hkh • -,then Southwood Smith." VI hich are brought to bear by the nation in O\ fields for the protection of life and property. The energy with which parts of our institutions work makes the defects of the rest more evident. On August 9 last, a man was murdered in Bermondsey, and before his death, reported by the coroner, will appear in these returns, one, and it is probable both the persons charged with the murder, will be in custody. Steam-ships, the electric telegraph, the heads of the police, and professional agents, specially chosen, were all employed to arrest the destroyers of this life; the columns of the newspapers were filled with the details of the death. On the same day (August 9) a stockbroker died at No. 12, Albion-terrace, Wandsworth-road ; a widow l a d y , and an old d omes ti c servan t atNo. 6 ; in th e fi ve preceding days in the same terrace the daughter of a grocer, a child of five years of age, had died at No. 1 ; the widow of a coach proprietor, and a commer cial clerk, at No. 2 ; a gentleman's widow at No. 3 ; a surgeon's daughter at No. 4 ; a spinater of 41 at No. 5 ; the wife of a Dissenting minister, his mother, a widow lady, and a servant at No. 6; a young woman of 21 at No. 10; a gentleman at No. 12, where the stockbroker died ; a commercial clerk and a young woman of 19 at No. 13, where a young woman also died on July 28 ; a gentleman's wife at No. 14, who had seen her daughter die there the day before. The 19 persons died of cholera, many of the inhabitants of the terrace were dispersed ; and the deaths of several have been registered elsewhere. " It appears," says the registrar, Mr. Frost, " that at No. 13, inhabited by Mr. Biddle, where the first death oc curred, and where two deaths were afterwards regis tered, the refuse of the house had been allowed to ac cumulate in one of the vaults (which is a very large one), for about two years, and when removed last week, the stench was almost intolerable, there being about two feet of wet soil filled with maggots. The drains also had burst, overflowed into the tank, and impregnated the water with which the houses were supplied. On the back ground in the distance, was an open ditch, into which nearly the whole of the soil of Clapham runs." As turpentine to flames, so is the exhalation of such cellars, tanks, and sewers to cho lera; it diffused itself rapidly, attacked many, and 19 inhabitants, after some hours of suffering, sickness and spasms, expired. The effects of decomposing refuse and water on health were well known—their fatal subsidies to cholera had _been heard of every day ; yet no steps had been taken for their removal from Albion terrace in July, no medical police had interfered to disturb the contents of Mr. Biddle's cellar; and now the nineteen masters, servants, parents, children rest in their graves, it appears to be taken for granted that blame attaches to nobody—to nothing—to the householders themselves—to the guardians of thr district—to the institutions of the country ! Such mean intangible instruments of death can be invested with no dramatic interest; but fixing our eyes on the victims, it is well worth considering whether sub stantially it is not as much a part of the sound policy of the country that lives like those in Albion-terrace should be saved, as that the murderers of the man in Bermondsey should be hanged. The revelations of the state of their districts in the registrars' notes of this and last week prove that it will be no easy task—l say, not to stay the plague of cholera, for it will subside, but to remove the evils which make cholera and all epidemics fatal. The vast task of the physical amelioration of the population demands the energies of the best mem n her Ma jesty's dominions. When, in the country from which Asiatic cholera came, our armies seemed for a moment worsted, and the empire threatened, the great captain of the age is reported to have addressed to another the memorable words, "If you do not go, I must." That enemy was distant. We have one very near, in our streets, of which cholera, a servile minister, has destroyed already 7,470 lives in London, and thou sands more in the rest of the kingdom. Who will go out against this enemy ? Is it too powerful or too feeble for the arm of the greatest ? Will no glory crown its conquest ? Is the country insensible to its magnitude? Will not all the national strength and resources be put forth to improve the bygyenic condi tion of the people, and to rid England of the causes of the fatality of epidimics ? This may yet be done by the Government, aided by the force of facts and of enlightened public opinion. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 18, 1849. Mr. MICHIE, in bringing forward a resolution on the subject, denied the existence of cholera in Mary lebone, and declared that the conduct of the Board of Health was calculated to frighten the public into the disease. He moved a resolution to the effect— " That, in the opinion of the vestry, there was no necessity for the appointment of any additional me dical gentlemen, inasmuch as the board of guardians, on Friday, the 10th of August, instructed their re sident physician to engage any assistance he might require, at any time when he perceived such a ne cessity." Mr. LOWE seconded the motion. As a proof that the statements about the cholera in Marylebone were fallacious, there had not been so few patients amongst the poor for sixteen years as at this moment, and there was medical staff enough to meet any emergency.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JOSEPH proposed an amendment— " That, in acknowledging the receipt of the com munication from the Board of Health, the vestry have to state that the entire medic a l c h arge o f th e s ick poor is by law under the control of the guardians ; mid that this vestry desires to express its warm confidence that the guardians will adopt every means calculated to meet any necessity which ch o l e r a or an y o th e r epidemic may create ; and that, in so doing, the guardians and direct o rs w ill meet w i t h t h e ready co operation and support of this vestry." Dr. GRAY seconded the amendment. Mr. H. C. WILSON, whil s t h e deprecated the inter ference of the Board of Health, th oug ht t h a t t h e b oar d of guardians had not sufficiently done their duty in not having appointed district medical men to atter.d the poor in their own localities during the present prevailing epidemic. Mr. BROUGUTON, the magistrate, at some length deprecated the attack which had been made on the private character of the members of the Board of Health. He believed that the suggestions of the Board of Health were excellent, and that the vestry would be doing their duty to co operate. Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Anvil, Captain Holland, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting, some of them contending that the Board of Health had themselves admitted that they had no power to enforce these orders ; but it was contradicted by Air. Kirby, the magistrate, who said they had the power by the 11 and 12 Vict., passed during the last session. The amendment was carried by a large majority, and the meeting separated. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*1714 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... ... 52 TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES EIGHT AND Ll- EERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Intel ven- Lion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following 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 to Murdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... Per the Editor oft Examiner : Friends at Kelvedon 1 0 0 The Compositors at Messrs. Raynell & Weight's 1 10 6 Mr. Wm. A. Long, jun., Wotton-under-Edge 1 0 0 Second Subscription of Working Jewellers' Work- .. 963 10 5i Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ••• ..• 182 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 108 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 32 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ••• ••• •.. 93 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ..... .•• .•• ••• ••• 77 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ••• ••• 8 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, B. z. ... ..• 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 4 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ••• ••• 0 Malformations... ... 7 Premature Birth ... ... •• ••• ••• 34 Atrophy ... 37 Old Age •.• ••• ••• ••• ... ... 48 Sudden ... ... ... ... ... 8 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance 39 Causes not specified ... DEATIIS FROM ♦LL CAUSES ... ... 2,457 men ... ... 3 15 9 A Few Chartists, per Samuel Boonham ... 0 3 6 Per K. L. J., Limerick, second remittance ... 0 18 0 H. B. P., per Mr. Dunford, Notting-hill ... 0 2 G Penny Subscriptions by the Frequenters of the Sun Coffee-house, 113, Long-acre . A Liberal Englishwoman, Warwickshire Population Average weekly Death, Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the 1841 Five Summers. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 147 ... 282 North D—tricts.. 375,971 .. 191 ... 363 Central Districts 373,653 ... 183 ... 365 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 227 ... 651 South Districts .. 501,190 260 ... 796 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,008 ... 2,457 Malea ...1,172 9 0 0 6 0 Total ... Females ... ... ... ... ...1,285 ... £972 I', 74 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ••• ... ... ... 664 Females ... ... ... ... ... 653 Total *ln this number are included 1,276 cases of death by Cholera. 18 by Scarlatina, 77 by Typhus Fever, and 238 by Diarrhoea. REPRESENTATION OF WEST SURREY.—RETIRE RENT OF ONE OF THE CANDIDATES.—GUILDFORD, AUG. 28.—Considerable surprise has been excited throughout the western division of the county by the sudden retire ment of Mr. J. Ivatt Briscoe, the Liberal candidate, who has recently completed one of the most successful canvasses evet known here. A meeting of Mr. Briscoe's friends has been held, and Mr. Briscoe being present, gave in his formal resignation. He complained that the Reform Club, the source from which he had been ltd to expect the expenses of the election would be provided, had attempted to exercise an undue dictation over him, but this charge the Hon. Gentleman's friends distinctly repudiated. Mr. Briscoe stated that, when he started, he had been informed that there was great apathy in the minds of the electors as to the choice of a candidate to represent them, but he could assure them that such was not the fact, as he had met with a hearty receptic.n wherever he had been. Mr. Nicholson assured the meet ing that the electors were ready to fight the battle of civil and religious liberty, and would never let a Pro tectionist walk over the course. He proposed that Mr. R. W. Edgell, a magistrate of the county, should be solicited to stand for the county. This was seconded by Mr. G. Best, and carried nem. dis. Mr. Etell said it was impossible to give vent to his feelings, the matter had come upon him so suddenly. In consenting° stand the contest, he might state that he was for civil and re ligious liberty in its most extended form; he was for an extended suffrage, when the vote would be considered not as a privilege, but as a right, and men might not be tempted to buy and sell it. He was a free trader in all respects, yet he meant no mischief to the agricultural interest. Several questions, all of which were s2tisfae torily answered, having been put to Mr. E.igi 11, a com mittee was appointed to take the necessary measures for securicg his return to Parliament for the western diii sion of ►he county of Surrey. FEES ON PATENTS.—Extract from a return to the House of Commons, from the Lord Chancellor's office, of fees on patents, paid over to the Clerk of the lianspa (a sinecure office held by the Rev. Mr. Thurlow):— £3,120 6 8 1839 ... ... 3,158 13 4 3,386 6 5 1841 ... ... ... ... 3.378 13 4 1842 ... ... .. ... 2,859 6 8 1843 ... . . ... 3 220 0 0 ... 3,447 13 4 4,273 0 4 1846 ... ... ... ... 3.895 13 4 1847 ... 3,954 6 8 Total ten years' income (exclusive of church livings) ... £34,04 0 4 —Patent Journal. THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, AUG. 28. Attacks. Deatl In London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth ... ••• 57 :',O Bermondsey 10 Southwatk ••• ..• •.• 41 12 Rotherhithe ••• ... •.• 9 3 Bethnal- gi eon ... ... ... 12 Camberwell ... ... •• • 21 Shoreditch •••. ••• ••• 19 W hitEch apel ••• ••• ••• 15 Chelsea ... ••• ••• . • 4 , West London Union ... ... 6 Greenwich Limehouse . . 14 Poplar ... ..• ••• ••• 6 Islington ... 8 St. Pancras 18 liensingtou ... 5 City of London Union • 12' East Loudon Union - ... 8 St. Giles in the Fields . 7 ..; Other localities . . 112 In England and Wales, viz. Liverpool . 205 Merthyr Tydvil ... 14 Dowluis ••• ... 11 Cardiff ... 15 Plymouth ... „., 20 Clifton Union ..„ 11 Bristol ••• 12 Newcastle-under-Lyme :.• •••• 3 3 1 6 - Leeds is North Shields ..• ••• ":. 26 Bradford, Yorkshire ••• • 10 Portsmouth ••• ••• ... 10 Portsea ••• ••• * 5 Mortlake ..• .•• ... 6 Croydon ••• Weymouth.•• .•• 2 Derby ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Other towns ••• ••• ... 87 In Scotland, viz. : Dundee ••• ••• ••• ••• 17 Beith llavrick Wilton-by-llawick Crail •.. ... 2 ••• ••• •••.. ••• 3 Arbroath ... Aberdeen .. • ••• REFUSAL OF GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON PA BENT OF TPIE HOP DUTY.—An answer has been received from the Lords of the Treasury to the memorial from a meeting ot the hop planters of Sussex, pray ing that the collection of the hop duty of 1848, falling due in October and November, might not be enforced. To . this prayer their Lordships state they cannot accede. The day fixed for the payment of the first instalment of ' the postponcd duty is the 15th ot October. The second instalment is payable on the 15th of Novernticr.—.yaid lune Journal. LIBERAL LANDLORDS. — Lord Harris returned 15 per cent. and the Right Honourable Pemberton.° 11_1. L . ; .ig h per cent. at their last rent days.---'-/Proit. 7 sto,', l ,e i cu u s _ . OFFICIAL SUPPLIES OF STATIONESLY.. -- ' turns Beard having caustd an inquiry to be and the system of control exercised on the for the tise of the very of articles of stationery . requiredffect to she • Treadury Customs department, for giving effect be mai!e ifito 9r economy, it ensim or -ea minutes enforcing the. nec present par appears that since the many descriptiens °f el r thedireetion of the ins:pi ct , r i of comm en c e had t . ) b f e t e h n e, 4 hole bound in vellum, have, till the bin dbi:egk' sathtetthjeieient bound in vellum, 'and that paper of second tatrev7ery-,ofßee, been half-bound in cloth, quality, . for the purpose, however, used, : binding, will be effected. Certain articlesea drrnntron of expenditure, under the head of 4hich have been heretofore allowed, but considered not requisite, have been disallowed, and diri , ct tre ions isd wherebythii t boo k s u p a u n n the receipt of demands for stationery, the ex- " aminer of such demands is not only to ascertain that the al.owance is not exceeded, but that the demand is not made up of articles unnecessary for the conduct of the public business. 7 2 - The most brilliant victory is only the light hum an of ity a conflagration, 'which the tears sufferingf slakes into a smo k e , the faithfulof emblem of its mis called glory.—Eliza Cook's Journal. Cu Ann G -CROSS HOSPITAL.—CHOLERA WA It DS.-- Yesterday a meeting of governors and committee of management of this hospital was held in the board-rotm of the institution. The report for the past year stated that there had been 1,153 in and 14,347 out patients. Of the latter class a large number were poor married vromen who had been atunded during their c onfinement at their own homes. The total number of patients during the year was near 16,000 persons, Ewing an increase aver the preceding year of 3,000. During the prevalence of the present epidemic, ta 0 ward's have been devoted to the reception of cholera patientp. Half the noblest passages in poetry are truisms ; but these truisms, are the great truths of humanity ; and he is the true poet who draws them from their kuntains i in elemental pur it y an d g ives us to drink.—Lliza Cook ' s I Journal. . , ... • 1 ..M14..,. a ~ 963 . . Great men lose' somewhat 'of:their greatness being near us; ordinary men gain much.—Eliza Cook's Journal. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1849. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared on or before Tuesday, Sept. 11. —Strongbow, 3 yrs—Canez )u, 4 yrs—Legerdemain, 3 yrs—Bon• mot, 3 yrs—St. Rosalie, 3 yrs—Newport, 3 yrs—Minto, 4 yrs— gr c by Vernlam out of Whim, 3 yrs—ch f by Magpie out of Spray, 3 yrs—Woolwich, 3 yrs—Comei, 4 yrs—Repletion, 3 yrs—Minimum, 3 yrs —Joe-o'• Sot, 5 yrs—Fugleman, 4 yrs—New Forest Deer, aged—Fitzpatrick, 3 yrs—Radulphus, 6 yrs—g by Epirus, 3 yrs—Grasshopper, 3 yrs—Diplomatist, 5 yrs— Whitstone, 4 yrs—The Moor, 4 yrs—Glutton, 4 yrs—lron Rail, 5 yrs —Cytnba, 4 yrs—Trouncer, 4 yrs —Keraun, 4 yrs—b f by Harkaway, 3 yrs—Second Sight, 3 yrs—Tophana, 4 yrs—Tisiphone, 4 yrs—Glen alvon, 3 yrs—Grace, 3 yrs—Slashing Alice, 3 yrs— Midis, 3 yrs—Conde, 3 yrs—Sylvia, 3 yrs—Sidney, 3 yrs—Volcano, 3 yrs—Keleshea, 5 yrs—Rienzi, 3 yrs—Young Ireland, 4 yrs—Sponge, 4 yrs— Bacchanalian, 4 yrs—Montpensier, 5 yrs—Whitley, 3 yrs—Ballinatad, 5 yrs—Chanticleer, 6 yrs—Miss Ann, 3 yrs—Kissaway, 3 yrs—Chantrey, 3 yrs—Nunnykirk, 3 yrs—Rhesus, 3 yrs—Cockermouth, 4 yrs—Old Dan Tucker, 3 yrs—Bingham, 5 yrs—Backbiter, 4 yrs— Oddity, 3 yrs—lrish Jig, 3 yrs—General Sale, 6 yrs— Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs—Penthesilea, 3 yrs—Newcourt, aged—Wanota, 4 yrs—Surplice, 4 yrs —Loadstone, 4 yrs—Planet, 5 yrs—Tiresome, 3 yrs— Cotton Lord, 3 yrs—Wallflower, 3 yrs—Rathmines, 5 yrs—Honeycomb, 3 yrs—Sagacity, 5 yrs—Ribaldry, 4 yrs—Carthagenian, 3 yrs—Flatcatcher, 4 yrs—Shylock, 4 yrs—Swiss Boy, 4 yrs—Lady Superior, 3 yrs— Mal ton, 4 yrs—Present, 3 yrs—Vanguard, 3 yrs—Thrin garth, 3 yrs—Spithead, 6 yrs—lron Duke, 3 yrs— Blucher, 4 yrs—Mongrel, aged—Amazement, aged— . Grief, 3 yrs—Dulcet, aged—Thornhill, 3 yrs—Over fork-over, 3 yrs—Susan Lovell, 3 yrs—Horn of Chase, 5 yrs —ch f by the Provost, dam by Acuson, 3 yrs— Impertinence colt, 4 yrs—Strychnine, 3 yrs—Bonny Bonnet filly, 3 yrs—Swift, 3 yrs—Deceptive, 4 yrs— Belus, 3 yrs—Elthiron, 3 yrs—Peep-o'-day-Boy, 5 yrs—Essedarius, 3 yrs—Conyngham, 5 yrs— Dacia, 4 yrs—Chatterer, 3 yrs—Lady Jersey, 3 yrs— Borneo, 3 yrs—Halo, .5 yrs—Vampyre, 5 yrs—High land Fling, 3 yrs—Philosopher, 5 yrs—CEdipus, 3 yrs— Sir Launcelot, 3 yrs—Osterley, 3 yrs—Collingwood, 6 yrs—Gaffer Green, aged—Telegraph, 4 yrs—Fiddler, 4 yrs—Nina, 3 yrs—Pius IX, 4 yrs—Seostris, 4 yre - Taslmore, 3 yrs—lndus, 3 yrs—Vasa, 3 yrs—Quinine, 3 yrs—lone, 3 yrs—the Seraph, 3 yrs--Beauclerk, 4 yrs—Chicaneur, 4 yrs—Trap, 4 yrs—Aldgate, 3 yrs— The Old Fox, 3 yrs—Chorister, 4 yrs—Sir Tatton Sykes, 6 yrs—Coronet, 3 yrs—Highwayman, 6 yrs— Prior of Sc. Margaret's, 6 yrs—Walkington, 4 yrs—The Sheriff, 4 yrs—Maid of Team Valley, 3 yrs—b c by Verularn out of the Bride, 3 yrs—Glendower, 3 yrs— Blackcock, 5 yrs—Saucy Dick, 3 yrs—Landlord, 3 yrs —Crucible, 3 yrs—Glenlyon, 3 yrs—Glauca, 3 yrs— Rosslyn, 4 yrs—Wansleydale, 3 yrs—Raby, 3 yrs— Maid of Masham, 4 yrs—Alp, 3 yrs—Robert de Brus, 3 yrs—Cocktail, 3 yrs—Ellerdale, 5 yrs—Sobersides, aged—Crocodile, aged. DONCASTER, 1849. It is at length decided that the Doncaster Cup shr.ll be a " weight for age" race, the winner of the St. Leger to carry 51b, and the second 21b extra. The Maid of Lyme has been scratched for all her pre sent engagements. ECCLES RACES—MONDAY. The Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each, with 15 added, one mile and a distance, 11 Subs., were won easily, by a length, by Mr. J. Parrott's Selina, 3 yrs (Evans), beat ing Chilworth, 5 yrs; Amosins, 5 yrs; Sister to Charl ton, 3 yrs; Tity, 3 yrs, and several others. The Gentlemen's Purse of 20 soya., added to a handi cap of 3 soya. each, one mile and three quarters, 8 Subs, were won in two heats by Mr. J. Parrott's Selina, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Evans), beating Lsnercusta, 3 yrs, 6st 21b; Gutta Percha, 4 yrs, Bst; Premier, 5 )rs, Bst 511); and Little Wonder. 6 yrs, 6st 51b. The Pony Race, one mile and three quarters, was won in two heats, by Mischief, beating Maid of Ardwick and another. DRAINAGE OF THE METR9POLIS.—Up to last evening 74 plans for the drainage of the metropolis had been received at the Metropolitan Court of Sewers. Se veral of these have been much abridged in accordance with the late resolution of the court, but some of the candidates have intimated to the commissioners that it is impossible to make their statements shorter, and that if they are not to be treated as sent they are to be re turned to the writers entire. MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY OP HUMAN REMAINS. Considerable sensation was producal yesterday morning, at Bristol, in consequence of its being rumoured that some human skeletons had been found under circum stances of a mysterious and an unaccountable nature, buried at a depth of some eight or nine feet beneath the floor o! a warehouse in Thomas-street. It appears that the commissioners of pitching and paving are engaged in making new and enlarged sewers through the princi pal streets of the city, and, among others, through Thomas-street. A tradesman named Graham, who is the occupant of the warehouse in question, took advan tage of the occasion to make an improved drain from his premises into the sewer; and as the workmen were em • p'o3ed in the act of carrying out this work they were surprited at coming upou a human skull embedded in the earthwork. In a few minutes they came upon other boner, and in a short time found two other skulls and the remains, in all, of three human bodies. How they came to be in the position in which they wore found remains involved in mystery. There is no reason for believing that the spot had ever been the site of any place of sepulture; and, indeed, from the position in which the skeletons were found, they would not appear to have been interred in the usual way, but rather to have been huddled in t oget h er without regard to order. Information of the discovery h as b een conveyed to the crawl( r and the police, and an inqu es t w ill b e h e ld upon the remains. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending August 26, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 2,0501. 43. 5d.; parcels, & C ., 511.. 17s. OJ.; goods, cattle, &c., 342. 153. 9d.; steam-boats, 2221. 18s. 2d.-- Total, 2,W1. 156. 4d. S ri ~ IV J 4 il (