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

~` PLyrit AUG. 26. Wind W.N.W.— Arra. Bells, LEITH , AUG. 26. Oi arflor, Melbourne, Port Philip. LONDONDERRY, AUG. 25.—S10.Vermont, Philadelphia. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 26. —Arrd. Herald, Baltimore. LIVERPOOL AUG. 28.—Wind W.S.W. to N.N.W.— Arrd. 27th, William Gillies, Bombay; Clifton, Calvert, Bonny, slj. sth Jame, and from Fernando I'o on the 16 th; Cicely, Sedgely, sld. 10th ult; Albion, Driscoll, St. Domingo; Ottawa, Urquhart, Laguna; Bolton Abb e y, Parker, Quebec; 28th, Tryphena , Rio Grande ; Kate, Scott, Porto Rico; Elizabeth Moore, l iughes, Jamaica; Houghton, Doane, New Orleans; Raidee, Russell, St. John's, New Brunswick; Elizabeth, Green, Tripoli. Sid. 2Sth, G. Dean, Sierra Leone; Francis Barclay, Valparaiso; Belle, Tampico; William Penn, Philadelphia; Sir H. Pott in g er, St. John's, New Brunswick; Standard, Tatmagouche; Higginson, Quebec. Off Port, Mary: Spencer, .11: )lus. PorcrucAwL, AuG. 26.—The Surprise smack, of Car *ligan, from Cardiff to Cork, put in here this day, with five feet water in her hold. YARMOUTH, AUG. 27.—The Brigand, Newcastle to Dover, which got upon the Barber sands yesterday, came <AI this morning. BERWICK, AUG. 27.—The Damoel, of Maldon, sank Yesterday off the Humber, after being in contact with the Nymph, of Portsmouth; crew saved, and landed here. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDA Y The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to a mmarket, this morning, was small; but we had a l a rgo number of Monday's unsold samples on offer. Real l y ' l ? 4, parcels moved off slowly, at previous rates; but the middling and inferior kinds were somewhat lower to purchase. The top price of the best White Essex new W heat was 51s per quarter. The imports of foreign cheat have been confined to 2,390 quarters. For that article, the demand was in a very depressed state, and llonday' s . quotations were with di ffi culty su pp orted. Sc arcely any English Barley was on sale; bu t the quan titY of Foreign was tolerably good. All kinds met a veryslow i nqu i r y, at barely stationary prices. In Malt, aolittle was doing that the currencies were almost n0 n114611. n114611 . The inquiry for Oats was mostly confined to retail r parcels, at previous quotations. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were excessively dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Whedt. Barley. .1 Oats Malt. I Flour. Inglish • • •• • • 5c0tch........ foreign • • •. • . Qrs. Qrs. 1,210 160 Qrs. I Qrs. SO 2,100 2,390 I 1,370 I 5,290 Sacks 220 80/LOUGEE SOP IVIILIZIGET. The accounts received from the plantations today tieing considered somewhat favourable, the demand for all kinds of Hops is heavy, at drooping prices. The daty is called 80,000/. Yearlings—SussPx pockets, u.ios to 41 10s; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 41 lOs ; Ataland East Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 7/ 5s per cwt. V.THITECIZAPEL. - The general demand was heavy to-day on the follow ing terms:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s to 10d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 6d; end Pork, 3s Od to 3s 10d per Sibs, by the carcass. SUPPOSED APPREHENSION OF MANNING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. believe that Manning is apprehended. The police at Landils took up a man who answered to the description given of him in the Hue and Cry. I ato Pped at the White Hart, Taunton, twice whilst tanning kept it. I saw this man, and I firmly believe that it is Manning. I could not swear to him. Yours respectfully, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Brecon, Aug.2B, 1849. METROPOLITAN COURT OF SEWERS.—(THIS DAY.) At half -past ten o'clock this morning an adjourned 1 1 ,Pecial C ourt of Sewers was h e ld at t h e C our t H ouse , aare e k- street, Soho, when the following Commissioners Lere present:—The Rev. Mr. Stone (in the chair), G. lie, J. Bull e r, C. W. Johnston, A. Bane, Rev. John hurray, M.A. E. Chadwick, Thomas Hawes, J. Bedwell, J. Esq. The SECRETARY having read the requisition calling Vie former Court, Mr. BoLnen stated that he had received a nom- Inunication from Sir J. Burgoyne, in which that :gentleman stated that he thought it injudicious 4.° mix up with the business of the Commis sion an y per 'nual altercations which might have arisen amongst the 4nerabers; and as, in the requisition calling the Court, ;personal allusions of an unpleasant nature were made to zir. Chadwick, he (Sir John Burgoyne) suggested that `the Court should not entertain the subject contained in the requisition, but that a fresh Court should be called Ito inquire into the expense of flushing without reference t 0 individuals, and he therefore would propose a reso- Ilution to that effect. Mr. LESLIE objected to the resolution, and stated, to %y the least of it, that it was not very good taste on the Vert of Sir John Burgoyne, an absent member of the C ommission, to dictate the course which the members ?present should pursue. The Court had been sum oned f or a spec i f i c purpose — t h at purpose b e i ng to considerut the expenses of removing the soil by means of h ill& under the new Commission, as compared with r nat under the old Westminster Commission, and he was prepared at once to discuss the who l e su bj ect . Teo consideration on li s rux observed that the Court was called to take deration the expenses of flushing, but before mat could b e d one he thought that the returns of the ex trees which b ot h o f t h e C omm i ss ions cost ought to be I. et t , - i , le hands of every member. They had not these O r ns, and he wou ld th e refore suggest that the returns rde red, and that the matter be discussed at a future e eting of the C our t. csiafter some discussion, the resolution was agreed to. HultE then proposed a resolution to the effect the officers of the Commission be requested to make rru of the relative expenses of the two systems, to fo rwarded to each member of the Commission. , 6 , 38 41 ,r- LE SLIE sa id h e h a d sufficient returns in his pos i iir s 'un to enable him to proceed at once. Mr. Hume, :per t Be dwell, Mr. Byng, and himself, represented pro -1,43' to the amount of two millions and a quarter that 1 4 , an nually rated, and it was their duty to protect the ta x ,'PaYers. He was ready, and could prove, that the , A te nses under the present Commission, as compared ate,rgettlat of . the late, were most extravagant; that the 424 th.tucamatee had been, and were, spending the money 1 ,- rate-persgrossly extravagant manner. rt ev • C ay HAIRMAN rose to order. t r • LESLI E s aid there was no objection to his being p h ard but when he attempted to return the blow , he as called to order. 1). 4 4 MEMB ER observed that not a shilling of the rate e ra' money was expended without the accounts going ced„ i ?r the scrutiny of the fi nance committee. Ch nl r. LE SLI E wou ld ca ll th e a tt en ti o n of the Court to o e xpenditure of 7571. on behalf of the Sewers Manure , (e ll ?P a nY, the return of which would only be 1 5 s. — es of " No, no.") I , r e_re Mr. JOHN S ON rose and said such was not the fact. • Hume and other members suggested that the u ej_ect had b etter b e d roppe d. „,.. 4 1 1 r. LESLIE was surprised that Mr. Johnson should each an assertion. The money had been grossly ""u improperly expended. After a lon g an d angr y di scuss i on o f a p ersona l nature, the resolution of Mr. Hume was adopted, and the Court adjourned. i•ILIiENNY and GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors 'of this railway was advertised to take place to day , IA the Company's offices, Delabay-street, Westmin :ister, but there not being a sufficient number of share :holders present at one o'clock, the meeting adjourned -sine die. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY OF DERBYSHIRE. This match was resumed at Derby yesterday 'morning. The following is the score at the close of the ' 4 econd day's play: — ENGLAND—FIRST INNINGS. • Mynn, Esq.—run out ... Tarr- Tinley ••• ••• ••• - ,,r_arr—c P o tt er , b Paxton ... • Pilch—b Tinley tox—b Paxton . :Felix Esq. —c Hunt, b Paxton . ce 4 3 —c Horsley, b Paxton ... 1 3 1`a,in White—c Paxton, b Tinley Paxton... , - pPtain Lautour—b Clark -4111 Yer—not out •• B 25, w 3 ... 11 ... 19 ... 16 ... 3 ... o Total ... ••• DERBYSHIRE-FIRST INNINGS. byebe--c Box, b Clarke ... „.„ ••• Bacon—'o Clarke ••• "' Gregory—st Box, b Hillyer ••• 'R• C. Clarke, E sq .— c Lautour b Hillyer ... !e• Tinley—b Clarke ... • , : 11unt—b Clarke ••• ••• ••• -toraley—st Box, b Clark e ••• .., , al. Clifford Esq.—l b w, b ..„ .11akin--st Box, b Clarke .Paxton—l bw, b Hillyer • Attenborough —b Clark .11. Earle, Esq.—c White, b Hillyer Bass, Esq.—b Clarke ... .„, IS. Potter, Esq.—b Clarke .. , Mallaby, Esq.—b Martingell :Morris—b Clarke ••• ••• • Smith—b Martingell ••• ••• LB. Blane, Esq.—b Martingell ••• •• • Wilson—not out ... ••• "' I• Calladine—c Pilch, b Clarke ••• B 9, w 2 ..• ••• •• Total ••• ENGLAND-SECOND INNINGS. N. Felix, Esq.—not out ..• , ••• 11 -I ' l Y—c Hunt, b Pa x t on ... • Captain White—not out k artingell—b Paxton ... B 1, w 0 Total . 4 14 ... 6 ... 28 ..104 -.. 6 ... 1 ... 17 ... o ... 8 ... 2 ... 6 ... 0 ...185 ... 2 ... 4 Where the world rebuketh, there look thou for tho excellent... .Elita, Cook's Journal. THE SP 0 R TIN G INTELLIGENCE• OT: - TursAv. :the v 1 elooLue .-tapes ot 3 sovs. et.ce, ano 20 added, one mile (5 Subs), were won by Mr. Goff's Present, aged, Bst 31b (Buldrick), beating Mr. Wilson's l3erna dotte. 3 yrs, 7st (Doeketay), and two others, by, two The Norfolk and Suffolk Stakes of 20 sov. each, h ft, &e., with 100 added. Two miles. Mr. T. B. Charlton's Kissaway, 3 yrs (Dockeray) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Amazement, aged, Bst 71b (Ford) 3 2 Mr. Sr.. Aubyn's Julia, 6 yrs, 7 st 71 b (Pettit) Sir E. Lacon na Genuine, 4 yrs, 7st lllb...(Baldrick) 4 Won by a head. The Theatre Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Once round, (6 Subs.), were won by Captain Warriner's Squire of Walton, aged. 1 Ist 71b (Captain Broadley); beating Present, list 81b; Daddy Longlegs, lOst 9lb (Keble); and three others, by a length. The Borough Plate of 501. Heats. Once round. Mr. Marson's Pious IX., 4 yrs, Bst 71b(Bartholomew) 1 1 Mr. Webster's Pillage, 5 yrs, 9st (S. Rogers) 2 2 Sir E. Lacon's Genuine, 4 yrs, Bst 11b...(Baldrick) 3 3 Captain Brockofske's Baskire, aged, Bst 131 b (Wade) 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 Riding Hood, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Tey); and two others, by a neck. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIMSDAY. THE LEAMINGTON STAKES.-2 to 1 agst Fernhill (t) —8 to 1 agst Collingwood (t)-8 to 1 agst Wanota-10 to 1 agst Dart-15 to 1 agst Grief (t). ST. 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 apt Herbert (offers to take)-30 to 1 agst Saucy Dick (offers to take) —3O to 1 agst Nunnykirk (offers to take). NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1849. The Cesarewitch Stakes, of 25 sore. each, 15 ft. Ac.. ceptances to be declared on or before Tuesday week, the 11th 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—Fuglen an, 4 yrs —Kissaway, 3 yrs—Grasshopper, 3 yrs—Bonny Robin, aged—Glutton, 4 yrs—lron Rail, 5 yrs—Watchdog, 5 yrs—Cymba, 4 yrs—Wyke, 5 yrs—Trouncer, 5 yrs— Keraue, 4 yrs—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 bault, 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 Plume, 4 yrs—Colocynthus, 4 yrs—Wa note, 5 yrs—Surplice, 4 yrs—Rathmines, 5 yrs—Tire some, 3 yrs—St. Antonio, 4 yrs—Loadstone, 4 yrs— Planet, 5 yrs—Honeycomb, 3 yrs—Fire eater, 3 yrs— Carthagenian, 3 yra—Flatcatcher, 4 yrs—Shylock; 4 yrs--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 yrs—Susan Lovell, 3 yrs—The Dart, aged—Pity the Blind, 3 yrs—Horn of Chefs, 5 yrs—Dough, 4 pa- Chorister, 4 yrs—c by Don John, out of Impertinence, 4 yrs—Maynooth, aged—Strychnine, 3 yrs—Morpeth, aged—Hagley, 4 yrs—Golden Pippin-3 yrs—f by Piccaroon, out of Bonny Bonnet, 3 yrs—D. ceptive, 4 yrs—Glen Saddel, 4 yrs—Belus, 3 yrs—Elthiron, 3 yrs— Testator, 3 yrs—Peep.o 'day. Boy, 5 yrs—Essedarius, 3 yrs—Chatterer, 3 yrs—The Hero, 6 yrs—Black Eagle, 3 yrs—Vampyre, 5 yrs—Halo, 5 yrs—Helter Skelter, 4 yrs—Borneo, 3 yrs—Rattrap, 6 yrs—Montague, 3 yrs— Eva, 3 yrs—CEpidus, 3 yrs—Osterly, 3 yrs—Bride of Lammermoor, 5 yrs—Collingwood, 5 yrs—Pius 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—Loupgarou, 3 yrs—The Old Fox, 3 yrs—Sir Tattoo 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 yre—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 yrs —Alp, 3 yrs—Defaulter, 4 yrs—Priestress, 3 yrs— Robert de Brus, 3 yrs. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1849. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared on or before Tuesday, Sept. 11. —Strongbow, 3 yrs—Canes RI, 4 yrs—Legerdemain, 3 yrs—Bon mot, 3 yrs—St. Rosalia, 3 yrs—Newport, 3 y rs—Minto, 4 yrs— gr c by Verulam out of Whim, 3 yrs—ch f by Magpie out of Spray, 3 yrs—Woolwich, 3 yrs—Comet, 4 yrs—Repletion, 3 yrs—Minimum, 3 yrs —Joe-&- Sot, 5 yrs—Fuglcman, 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 —Cymba, 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, I yrs—Conde, 3 yrs—Sylvia, 3 yrs—Sidney, 3 yrs—Volcano, 3 yrs—Keleshea, 5 yrs—Riensi, 3 yrs—Young Ireland, 4 yrs—Sponge, 4 yrs— Bacchanalian, 4 yrs—Montpenster, 5 yrs—Whitley, 3 yrs—Ballinafad, 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—Bingbam, 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, 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 Actaeon, 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 3rs—High land Fling, 3 yrs—Philosopher, 5 yrs—€Edipua, 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 yrs— Tatimore, 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 Tat= Sykes, 6 yrs—Coronet, 3 yrs—Highwayman, 6 yrs— Prior of St. Margaret's, 6 yrs—Walkington, 4 yrs—The Sheriff, 4 yrs—Maid of Team Valley, 3 yrs—b c by Verulam 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—Glauce, 3 yrs— Rosalyn, 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 shall 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 sova. each, with 15 added, one mile and a distance, 11 Subs., were won easily, by a length, by Mr. J. Parrott's Selina, 3 yra (Evans), beat ing Chilwortb, 5 yrs; Atnosina, 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 sovs. 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 Lanercosta, 3 yrs, 6st 21b; Gutta Percha, 4 yrs, Bst; Premier, 5 yrs, Bst 51b; and Little Wonder 6 yrs, Est 51b. The Pony Race, one mile and three quarters, was won in two heats, by Mischief; beating Maid of Ardwick and another. DRAINAGE or THE M ETROPOL IS.—Up tO last evening 74 plans for the d ra i nage o f t h e metropo li s h a d 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 b e re turned to the writers entire. MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY 05' HUMAN REMAINS.— Considerable sensation was produced yesterday morni ng , at Bristol, in consequence of i ts being rumoured that some human skeletons had been found under circum stances of a mysterious and an unaccountable nature, buried at a depth of s o me ei g ht or nine feet beneath the floor of 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 pTahlonistarse-esttsreeol theA trade s man s m a nadn, named among Graham, others, whothrou is gh the occupant of the warehouse i n question, took advan tage of the occasion to make an impr oved drain from his premises into the sewer; and as the workmen were em • p'oyed in the act of carrying out this work they were surprised at coming upon a human skull embedded in the earthwork. In a few minutes they came upon other bones, and in a short time found two other skulls and the remains, in all, of th ree h uman bodies. How they came to be in the positi on i n w hi c h they were 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, indetd from the position in which the skeletons w ere found, they would not appear to have been interred in the usual way, but rather to have nfor m been i n huddled of the discoveryin hasb without een conveyed ega regard toL order.te I coroner and the police, and an inquest will be held upon the remains. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..—TraffiC for the week ending August 26, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 2,0501. 43. 5d.• parcels, &c., 511. 17 s . Od. ; goo d s , cattle, &c., 342/. 15s. 9d.; steam-boats, 2221 . 18s. 2d.--• Total 4,6671. 15s. 4i. LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1849. LITERATURE. IIfEIfOTRS AND CORRESPO'N'DENCE OF Sili It. iil I" PRAY ALI 11. _Eri , tett by Mrs. Gillespie Smyth. 2 Vols. " There are," says the editress of this work, " in the annals of every family, any of whose members have filled conspicuous places in the public sell ice, some privileged epcchs round which its own memories have been fondly taught to congregate, and which it would fain rescue from oblivion in those of others. Such, during the long diplomatic career of Sir Robert Murray 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 fate, 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. great Imperial Opera of Prague, associated with so many tn , ?mo:i.,t-: of music, and which would be immor .l.: : ,f 1 1! , ? f.•/ , !^ the Clentt-nza di lit„ and the Marriage of Fig,ITO V. ere first proCuc(l by Moz-lit. The fa%ouritc prima donna of this nable theatre was suddenly taken ill, and so se riausly, that theme was little hope left of ht r ra-appear ieg for sonic tiesa. The manager, in dt!spa'r, and at a loss wbich way to turn, could think of no other resource to retain his audiences than the appearance of the young prodigy of the Conservatoire—little Henriette Sontag. Such was her proficiency in her art, that her parents no longer saw the same danger in allowing their offspring to tread the fictive scene. " It nothing were wanting in courage, natural gifts of voice, and intellectual power, on the part of the child as regards the height of her person there was a manca mento of several inches. As the French proverb says, le temps cortige cela ;' but, in the mean time, the stage manager, a learned Hellenist, was not oblivious of the int ans by which the Greeks gave altitudes to t"ir scenic heroes and heroines, and the little prima donna, -o whom was assigned fur her debut the part of the heroine in a translation of the favourite French opera, Jean de Paris, was supplied with enormous cork 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 oi the debut of Henriette Sontag, 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 Paer'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 Henrietta 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. _ _ _ _ - CROMTVELL 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 supposed, 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 most 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 I V . " 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, is a past age, buried Pompeii. Madame de Rossi's fortune, when the revolution broke out at Berlin, was placed partly with bankers, partly in commercial securities; commerce ceased, public credit was sh, ken, and private credit lost, and with the latter the fortune of Madame de Rossi. Shortly afterwards followed the 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 experienced 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 events 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 de 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 flo,:teling, both to M. and Madame 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. " If there could be any one so devoid of love for what is really good and really great, as not to be inspired by interest in 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." 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 buok of travels of that most 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 bf 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 be 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. %Verne, 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 Convicts." 3 Vols. 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 ORLEAAS 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 (Madanze) 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 and Pilgrim Fathers," " Southey's Common-place Book," " Man Primeval." CU URT CIRC ULAR. BALMORAL, AuG. 26. This morning her Majesty and the Prince, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord John Russell, Colonel the lion. Alexander Gordon, Mr. An son, and Mr. Birch, attended Divine service 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 coloured 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 Arab, who is announced as the most extraordi n ary vaulter in the world, fully sustained his reputation by a series of summersaults and leaps, which we re almost frightful, clearing at a bound eighteen men with up lifted swords. The most wonderful thi ng i n hi s f e ats is that he uses no spring-board, but leaps from a solid block of stone on the g . round. The riding ot Hernandez, matchless,. graceful, rapid, unique and sufficient in itself as i t is, received a very interesting addition in a group of two, who rode in almost every possible and classic posture, the boy actu a lly stand ing on the shoulder of the horseman whilst ga ll o pi ng round the circle. Standing on a series of bottles, one above another, and at the same ti me b a ll anc i ng variety of things, was a trick so strange and difficult, and performed so adro i tly, that it is utterly impossible to describe it. The rolling globe was admirably per formed by a boy, who, not only walked. uggling and on it, b u t a t the same time exe cuted a set of J ba lancing tricks, as w ell as i f he were on the surest footing. But not the least astonishing was the per formance of the clown and his son. Th e b oy stoo d on his head, and in tha t position was balanced on the hand, and after being tossed about, tu m bli ng i n t h e air like a ball, concluded his performance by standing on his head on the end of a pole, balanced on the chin of the clown, and carried about the circus. The whole performance was of surp ass i ng excel lence, and we are proud , in saying so, that we are at the same time bearing our testimony to genuine merit, and our applau se to native talent, which of 1 late it has been too much the fashion to overlook 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 salonl 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. Her 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 born.' 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 all of them—extend artificially their register. On the other band, 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 assumed—her voice would no doubt have been injured, and she would have lost that marvellous power of overflowing richness of embellishment, requir ing purity at tone, agility, and elegance, in which she is unquestionably unrivalled." Ilenriette 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 Zauberfi . ote, in a style that would have made 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 expressly 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 had hardly attained the age of fourteen, when she payed the fortunes of that - - DEATH OF COOMBES, THE PRIZE WATERMAN.— Yesterday morning, David Coombes, who, with his brothers, are well known as the first watermen on the River Thames, was engaged in preparing the pl a tf orm a t Chandler's, Milbank, or the approaching contest for the silver sculls. About eight o'clock he retired home to breakfast, when he was seized v.ith violent pains in his stomach. Medical aid was instantly resorted to, and every attention paid to his sufferings, but he died of cholera yesterday afternoon. The deceased was 35 years of age, without family, and, with his three brothers, had been the successful competitor for many hard earned prizes. Fie was a man much respected by ail who knew him. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no matt wife.--L - Eliza Cook's Journal. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD DUDLEY STUART. My Lord, —During my service in company with the Polish Legion in Lombardy, under Mantua, by the Lago di Guarda on the Tyrol, 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 your 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 myFelf in Turin, on my road for England, with about Lboof. 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 sympathised 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 Kohindry, a Pole ; and informed of the forthcoming outbreak, we went to Milan, when in the revolution which commenced on the 17th we fought. Pour Kohinsky fell on the 9th at the attack on the Palazzo del Gtnio. 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, i n Ap r il. B e i ng an eng i neer 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 Caftan, near the Lago d'ldro, on the Italian Tyrol, in company with the Polish Legion, l and in the latter end of that month we marched rapidly down to the Lago di Guards, 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 , b 7 until the arrival of a party of K a i ser - Y age r, 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, carr yi ng w ith us fi ve r ifl es , ammu nition, &c., &c. Seizing a peasant, he became, under pain of death, our guide. We crossed the mountain Tonale, swam 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 half-hour an 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 Faus tenberge, set out to Bologna, in the Roman States, with the intention of passing, if possible, Venice, Trieste, Elyria, and so into Hungary. We crossed the Po at night, and 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 way on 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 I 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, MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TILE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 18, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*1714 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... .„ 52 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 182 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses,— ... 108 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 Diseases of tho Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ..• .•• Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ••• •• Premature Birth ... Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •• Old Age ••• ••• ••• •• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance causes not specified ... ... 10 _ .. 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, Guardian, Friend. Thy sun, the torch of Liberty, Irradiates the hides, 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, T h lighte raud,u ofF r re r e o do s tm; ram's afires. Oh 1 let the arm Fall powerless 'neath thine own, And every thunder of our belts Be answered in thy tone. 'Tis 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 earth 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; The outward robe and veil it is Of spirits soaring high, As, marching from the fatal field, They travel to the sky. God I 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, Au r. 24. G. Lisarmus BANKS. ... 39 INDISPOSITION OF DR. SOUTHWOOD SMITH. —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, as not to be able to attend to the business of the finance committee, appointed to sit at ten o'clock, of which ho was a very punctual attendant. er Royal TUNBRIDGE WELLS. — H Highness the 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 parties, without distinction as to religious sentiments. THE HEALTH OF LONDON COLLISION BETWEEN , thesBOARD DURING THE WEEK. OF HEALTH AND THE ..NIARYLEBONE (From the Registrar-General's Return.) BOARD OF GUARDIANS. In the week ending Saturday, August '25, the Yesterday, a special meeting of the ?'rs -r t!ry ,of ,' Marylebone took place at th e C ourt .hoUsiif:e.i . 4, S :e .. deaths in London were 2,457; of which 1,276 were purpose of receiving a commu n ic a ti on w hi c h ha. p 1 li .by cholera, .238 by diarrhoea. The deaths from all causes in each of the last seven weeks were 1,070, lreceived froin the Board of Health by the hoard of 1,369, 1,741, 1,931, 1.967, 1 , 909 , 2 ,229, 2,457 ; the i guardians, with reference to the alleged outbreek of deaths from cholera, 152, 339, 678, 783, 926, 823, cholera in Marylebone. . -,os ivies issei 1,229, and 1,276. Although the number of deaths Mr. Churchwarden MALLALUR having been called last week is greater than any number yet recorded, to the chair, the document from the Board of Health it is gratifying to learn that active measures are now was read. It was addressed—" To the Select Vestry in actual operation, or commencing in every district, of St. Marylebone," and peremptorily ordered the to combat the great epidemic which has already appointment of two medical officers in addition to the destroyed 7,470 lives in London. The mortality present staff, to pursue the system of house to house stands in favourable contrast to that which has b een visitation; and that buildings should be provided fur felt in other cities, where the visitation has recalled the removal of the inhabitants in proximity with the ravages of the middle ages. But if the general places where the cholera existed. It also ordered sanitary state and arrangements are superior to those that the vestry should be assembled to consider the of the other civilized 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 employ e d to combat it look feeble and insignifi- sent, be forwarded to the:;Board of Health. This de cant when contrasted with the vast means and agency current was signed "Ashley, E. Chadwick, and 'P. which are brought to bear by the nation in other Southwood Smith." fields for the protection of life and property. Mr. MICHIE, in bringing forward a resolution cn The energy with which parts of our institutions I the subject, denied the existence of cholera in Mary work makes th e d e f ects o f the rest more evident. On lebone, and declared that the conduct of the Board of August 9 last, a man was murdered in Bermondsey, Health was calculated to frighten the public into the and before his death, reported by the coroner, will disease. He moved a resolution to the effect— appear in these returns, one, and it is probable both " That, in the opinion of the vest r y , there was no the persons charged wi t h th e murder, will be in necessity for the appointment of any additional me custody.eSteamships, Steamships, the e l ec t r i c te l egraph, the dical gentlemen, inasmuch as the board of guardians, s of the police, and profes s i ona l agents, specially had on Friday, the 10th of August, instructed their re chosen, were all employed to ar res t the destroyers sident physician to engage any assistance he might of this life ; the columns of the newspapersonti samewere require, at any time when he perceived such a ne filled with the details of the death.cessity. day (August 9) a stockbroker died at 170 . 12 Mr. LowE seconded the motion. As a proof that Albion-terrace, I Vandsworth• road ; a widow lady, the statements about the cholera in Marylebone were and an old domestic servant at No. 6 in the fi; e a fa ir ll e acious, there had not been so few patients preceding days in the same terrace te daughter ; diedt of N a g i s e t r the poor for sixteen years as at this moment, grocer, a child of five years of age, had and 11 medical h staff enough to meet any 1 ; the widow of a coach proprietor, and a commer - ae emergenc e wes (ll cial clerk, at No. 2; a gentleman's widow at No. 3 , Mr. Jo emergency. — (Hear r ear e , se e d ar a .) e d a surgeon's daughter at No. 4; a spinster of 41 at . " That, in acknowledgingn am th nrmeht— of the No. 5 ; the wife of a Dissenting minister, his mother, munication from the Boarclof H e ea r th efp t t hev st c t orn % e a widow lady, and a servant at No. 6; a yo ung to state that the entire medical charge of theesi vestry poor itt' woman of 21 at No. 10; a gentleman at No. 12, is by law under the control of the guardians ; and where the stockbroker died ; a commercial clerk and that this vestry desires to express its warm confidence a young woman of 19 at No. 13, where a young that the guardians will adopt e ver y means ca l cu l ate d woman also died on July 28 ; a gentleman's wife at to meet any necessity which cholera or any other No. 14, who had seen her daughter die there the day epidemic may create ; and that, in so doing, the before. The 19 persons died of cholera, many o f t h e guardians and directors will meet with the ready co inhabitants of the terrace were dispersed ; and the operation and support of this vestry " deaths of several have been registered elsewhere. "It Dr. GRAY seconded the amendment. appears," says the registrar, Mr. Frost, " that at No. Mr. H. C. WILSON, whilst he deprecated the inter -13, inhabited by Mr. Biddle, where the first death oc ference of the Board of Health, thought that the board curred, and where two deaths were afterwards regis- of guardians had not sufficiently done their duty i n tered, the refuse of the house had been allowed to ac- not having appointed district medical men to attend cumulate in one of the vaults (which is a very large the poor in their own localities during the present one), for about two years, and when removed last prevailing epidemic. week, the stench was almost intolerable, there being Mi. BROUGHTON, the magistrate , at some length about two feet of wet soil filled with maggots. The deprecated the attack which had been made on the drains also had burst, overflowed into the tank, and private character of the members of the Board of impregnated the water with which the houses were Health. He believed that the suggestions of the Board supplied. On the back ground in the distance, was of Health were excellent, and that the vestry would an open ditch, into which nearly the w h o l e o f th e soil be doing their duty to co operate. of Clapham runs." As turpentine to flames, so is the Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Lowe, Mr. M'Evil, Captain exhalation of such cellars, tanks, and sewers to cho- Holland, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting, lera; it diffused itself rapidly, attacked many, and some of them contending that the Board of Health 19 inhabitants, after some hours of suffering, sickness had themselves admitted that they had no power to and spasms, expired. enforce these orders ; but it was contradicted by Mr. The effects of decomposing refuse and water on Kirby, the magistrate, who said they had the power health were well known—their fatal subsidies to by the 11 and 12 Vict., passed during the last session. cholera had been heard of every day; yet no steps The amendment was carried by a large majority, had been taken for their removal from Albion- and the meeting separated. 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 the 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 men . 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 cur 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 hygyenic 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. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATH Y OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- DERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven- Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. 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Ivatt Briscoe, the Liberal candidate, who has recently completed one of the most successful canvasses ever known here. A mee ti ng o f M r . B l i scce ' s friends has been held, and Mr. Briscoa being pre.sent, gave in his formal resignation. He complained that the Reform Club, the source from which he had been I , d to expect the expenses of the election would be proridt d, 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 bad met with a hearty reception wherever he had been. Mr. Nicholson assured the meet ing that the electors were ready to tight 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 nern. dis. Mr. Edgell said it was impossible to give vent to hia feelings, the matter had come upon him so suddenly. In consenting to 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 agricultut al interest. Several questions, all of which were satisfac torily answered, having been put to Mr. Edgell, a com mittee was appointed to take the necessary measures for securing his return to Parliament for the western divi sion of the 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 Hanaper (a sinecure office held by the Rev. Mr. Thurlow):— £3,120 6 8 1839 .•• ••• 3,158 13 4 1840 ..• ,•• ••• ••. 3,386 6 5 1841 .•• ••• ... 3,378 13 4 1842 2,859 6 8 1843 ... . . ... 3,220 0 0 1844 ... •.• 3,447 13 4 1845 ... 4,273 0 4 1846 ... 3.895 13 4 1847 ... ••• 3,954 6 8 Total ten years' income (exclusive of church livings) ... —Patent Journal. £34,694 0 4 Total ... ... ... £972 15 7 REFUSAL OF GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON PAY* RENT OF THE Hot' DUTY.—An answer has been received from the Lords of the Treasury to the memorial from a meeting of 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 postponed duty is the 15th of October. The second instalment is payable on the 15th of Novomber.-11faid stone Journal. LIBERAL LANDLORDS.—Lord Harris returneLdeilt per cent. and the Right Honourable Pae:i!lrornteo.njourngal. 20 per cent. at their last rent days• — fi l :I The Cus toms SUPPLIES OF STATIONEItto o. q u u i t r h ey be made,into t t h o e ms sr ß s o te a m rd o h f av re ceipt and d ' very o f articles of s greater economy, it effect to the Treasury t:trioornery .r givingeqe for the use of the e erci a s n ed in Customs ,depa.rt ing control caused since the commencement of the present par books which had been whole bound descriptiona o appears s s t e u n a t t o s r g th f e b necessity of many in ve ll u m, have, under the direction of the inspector of inding at the Stationery-office, been half-bound in cloth, the backs being bound in vellum, and that paper of second quality, by a but diminutionsufficient of for e x p t b e e n di purpose, ture, u ho n der we t ' h N e •e h r, e u ad sed of , heretoforewvehabveeenbeen disallowed, allowed, e a d n , d bu d t ir eccousaissued books and binding, will be effected. Certain articles which requisite, i thea,considered i not ex aminer of such demands is not only that upon the receipt of demands for toascertain stationery, t h h a e c h ic : allowance is not exceeded, but th . at the demandt t tnot made up of articles unnecessary for the conduct of the public business. The most brilliant victory is only the light of a conflagration, which the tears of suffering humanity slakes into a smoke, the faithful emblem of its mis called glory.—Eliza Cook's Journal. CIIARING*CROSS HOSPITAL.—CHOLERA IVAnDS. Yesterday a meeting of governors and committee of management of this hospital was held in the board-room of the institution. The report for ihe past year stated that there had been 1,153 in and 14,347 out patients. Of the latter class a large number were puor mat ried women who bad been attended during their confinement at their own homes. The total number of patients dating the year was near 16,000 persons, being an increase over the preceding year of 3,000. During the prevalence of the present epidemic, tao wards have been devoted to the reception of cholera patients. Half the noblest passages in poetry are truisms ; hut these truisms are the great truths of humanity; and he is the true poet who draws them from their fountains • , in elemental purity and gives us to drink.—Eliza Cook's 1 Journal. DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North D.,triets.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 T0ta15........ 1,948,369 Males Females 2,457 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1844-8 in the Five Summers. 147 191 , 163 • 227 , 260 Week. ... 282 ... 363 ... 365 ... 651 ... 796 ... 1,008 2,457 ... 1,172 1,285 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Blales ... Females ... Total ... ••• 1,317 * In ibis number are included 1,276 cases of death by Cholera, 18 by Scarlatina, 77 by Typhus Fever, and 238 by Diarrhoea. THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, AUG. 28. Attacks. :n London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth . Bermondsey Southwark ~, ~, Rotherhithe ~, ••• Bethnal. green ••• ..• Camberwell ..• ••• Shoreditch •.• ..• Whitechapel ••• ••• Chelsea ••• West London Union ... Greenwich ••• Limehouse .•• ••• Poplar ... ••• ••• Islington St. Pancras .•• ••• Kensington City of London Union ... East London Union ... St. Giles in the Fields ... Other localities ... In England and Wales, viz.:-- Liverpool Merthyr Tydvil Dowlais Cardiff .•. Plymouth ... .•• ••• Clifton Union ••• • • Bristol ..• •• •" Newcastle-under-Lyn:lo ••• LE eds •• • •' Nord' Shields ••• Bradford, Yorkshire Portsmouth ••• rOrtSea • • • • • • Mortlake Croydon Weymouth._ Der by Other towns I❑ Scotland, viz, Dundee ... Beith Hawiek Cruil ••• Arbroath ... Aberdeen ... .., Total ... ... 15 ... 15 ... 12 ... 112 205 ... 26 ... 10 ... 10 ... Si ... 17 ... 5 ... 3 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 1 Deatl ... 963 Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary man gain much .—Eliza Cook's Journal. y SUN,