The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-02 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. MILITARY COLONISATION. (From the Times.) What if we were suddenly called upon to vote another million sterling for another Caffre war ? What if again every mail from the Cape were to bring us intelligence of the sacrifice of valuable lives in a series of miserable bush fights with a pack of wretched savages ? This view of Cape politics is not a pleasant one ; but we must, ere long, make up our minds to it, unless we adopt some precautionary measures for our own security. The Caffre snake is scotched, not killed. So it must ever be with savage warfare. Border foray, philanthropy, regular warfare—we have tried all these plans, and not with any very brilliant success. We are now about to enter upon a fourth epoch of our dealings with the Caffre tribes. Military colo nisation is the new idea—although it is an old enough ono in the history of the world. The Ro mans of old persevered for so long a time in this system that, even in the absence of direct testi mony, we must presume it to have answered its in tent. There are ruins enough still above ground on the English and Scottish border to show that our first conquerors found their account in guard ing their frontier by the agency of military herds men. This system, we say, is now to be tried at the Cape by transporting there the British German Legion, or as many of their number as may be wil ling to accept the terms offered by the British Go vernment to them in thecharacter of military settlers, in place of claiming the fulfilment of the articles of capitulation under which they entered the British service. Now, we are not particularly in love with Germany or things German. We are perfectly aware that an outcry may be raised against this propositi on as one peculiarly emanating from the Court ; but, on the whole, we think it is for the public advantage that it should be carried out. The first question we must ask ourselves is, on the whole is this system of military colonisation the best one we can adopt to guard against the re currence-of future wars ?It certainly recommends itself a priori to our favourable attention as a reasonable scheme, and in the next place well nigh every other intelligible plan has been tried and has failed. If this be granted, our next inquiry must be, who are the most proper persons that can be selected as subjects for the experiment I Certainly, but for one consideration, which we will presently mention, Englishmen, if they are to be h a d. Where, however, at the existing rate of wages in this country, can we lay our hands on a sufficient number of Englishmen, trained to the use of arms, accustomed to act together, and of good character, who will be content to expatriate themselves to Africa for 6d. a-day, even with collateral advan tages 1' When they are told that they must bind themselves to serve the British Government for seven years in the manner stated in a document which we published in our impression of Monday under the head of "Military Colonisation," can we reasonably suppose that we could obtain a suf ficient number of trained men for our purpose ? Common sense will answer " No !"—whether pre judice may whisper to the contrary. It must be remembered, besides, on examining the condi tions offered to the German Legionaries, that un der any circumstances we are bound to fulfil strictly with them the terms under which they enlisted in the British service. If they refuse, as they have a erfect right, the present propositions of the War effice, they must be paid to the last shilling, and this would make a heavy deduction from the advan tages of any counter-proposition which might seem more advantageous at the first glance. The terms offered are favourable, no doubt—most favourable —and, when we consider the rate of wages in Ger many and the disagreeable incidents of serfdom in any of the German kingdoms, we are of opinion that the Legionaries will be very silly fellows if they lose so fair an opportunity of fortune. In the first place, they will go out in a body—that is to say, each man will have with him his relatives and friends, his wife, his children—even his sweetheart, for even to this point does the benevolence of the British Government extend. Their wives and children and affianced brides, we say, are to have a free passage to Africa from Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, or Ostend. Thus, in Africa they will find all the ties of home, even if they are compelled to tear themselves from the familiar lime trees and chemical waters of their fatherland. It would be superfluous for us to recapitulate here the terms of the engagement, as they will be found in our im pression of Meeday last. The onlyobjection applicable to this project which can be accepted as of any force is, that there might be danger to British supremacy from the presence of so many armed settlers of the same nation at the same point in a distant colony. At least there is little fear that they will meditate treason against the British Government in favour of any of the sovereigns from whose clutches they have escaped. The on'y danger—if danger there be—must, then, be that they would aim at independence on their Own ace iount. The persons who make this sugges tion cats scarcely have reflected that the presence of these Legionaries will maintain tranquillity in the proein( and that tranquillity will allure hosts of British settlers, that the son sand daughters of either nation . will in due time intermarry, and that then 'why, then the colony must take its chance. We have little pretension to look half a century into the fut ure, and as little wish to retain the allegi "en of any colony against its will. The nenegotia tion, e trust, w ill run on smoo thly, for it is one calculat ed to promote the interests of both parties. If the thing quite right in • is to be done at all, Lord Panmure . is acting with liberality and towards our future • •generosity feel e -nwented . military colonists.. They must will certainly be with their new position, they ition find faultand they with very unreasonable fellows if the offers of the War-office. So handsome, ideed, are these terms, that, if they are carried out in practice, we think it would be but an ac, of portutaty4tojusticeeß if Lord Panmure gave an op any of the ritish officer who has served in sharing in the auxiliarylegions during the late war of emphatically, ifadvantages they hold out. We say, idea has got theabroad terms are adhered to, for an among the German Leeimaries that deduction under various pretexts will'be made from the bounty &c., if they once resolve to accept the offers of 'the British Government. This opinion Nv,c 4 pretty loudly day last, when the expressed on Tues ssie,dGerman Legion was re viewed at TChoelchester preparatory to its being dis banded. en, it app3ars, have been greatly discontented blue 6/, which were oeffause 31. were deducted from the the purchase of th e e r i ed kits, them on enlistment for been heavily Besides this, they have fined druritheir stay in England fer " barrack damar,eB" which they that is, not for wilful damage m a;h s a u v e e h done, but for the inevitable wear and tea r o f a vile structures. This syst em i s and one, even as applied to the B r iti s h so ldi er, we are notsurprised that it h as exc i te d great discontent and disgust may among our foreign recruits. The German Legionaries easily satisfy them selves, before accepting the terms offered, that they will be carried out without deduction of any kind. Unless this be so they will be perfectly right to reject the proposition offered by the British Government, a nd to push their fortunes elsewhere. The Kine of Naples, the French, and the Argentine Republic are said to be anxious to secure their services if they decline to accept our offer of military colonis ation in South Africa. THE RUSSIAN CIRCULAR DESPATCH. (From the Morning Post.) "It is the Emperor's wish to live on frieil d' y terms with all Governments. Hi s Majesty thinks that the best means of doing so is no t t o dissimu! late his views upon any of the questions which are connected with European international law. Ths compact union of those who for many years main tained with us the principles to which Europe, for more than a quarter of a century, was ind-bted for peace, no longer exists in its former integrity. 6 , The will of our august master was a stranger to this result. Circumstances have restored to us our f u ll freedom of action. The Emperor is resolved to devote his care, in preference, to the welfare of hip subjects, and to concentrate upon the develop ment of the internal resources of the country au activity which will only take an external direction whe n the positive interests of Russia absolutely demand it." Such are the words used by Prince Gortschakoff, the Russi an Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the cir oular despatch addressed by him to every Russian Minister at foreicrn courts, enouncing the foreign policy of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, and pro testing against th e occupation of Greece by the French, and the threatened demonstration against Naples by the Allies,in a tone more befitting one who had just come triumphant out of a desperate and glorious conflict, than one who had recently sue cumbed from helpless a n d h wrongful war. The documento' Blessp exhaustion in a t ef bears the impress of the characteristic astutenessisl of Russian diplo macy. It is the European co glorification of the coronation,nterpart to the Asiatic It the nitlltt in, tempos ecaosice of the Russian Whatever temporary reverses B m acerdo l t ' al autocracy .. the vita lity of Russia's supremacy remains, come,, ever revives in full force. The do s i ltr i lu the pressure e-headed eagle I represents the Hydra of mythol ogy, but it is no myth itself. The argument, insidious as it is, that be and England refused to permit him to wron g in e pee Prance Turkey, therefore he is entitled to prevento right in Greece and Naples, would hardly pas a ° m ur a d t oin g Cambridge. It undoubtedly will at Berlin. Central at Northern Germany have been too long accustomed and look upon the words of the successor of Petemredan— Catherine as oracular, and his force as irresistible, t o b d , ai0p , ...1 criticise, still less to demur. To the learned 1 pundits of Northern Germany the Neva is the Ganges, not without its Juggernaut. To Italian despots the ' de.patch will sound as glad tidings of deliverance, and I the presence of a Russian squadron in the Bay of Naples will seem the guarantee of their tottering th-onee—in deed, a reasonable chance of escape from their subjects, if anything parti cu l ar s h ou ld h a ppen, is not to be de -1 spised. There is an amazing hardihood in the position taken by Russia in this manifesto. But a year ago the smoke still rose from the smouldering ruins of Sebastopol —French, English, and Sardinian sentinels relieved one another on the holy soil of Russia—the banners that threatened Constantinople were trampled in the dust amidst blood and flame—the fleet rotted under . the waters of the harbours it never ventured to leave—the holocaust of the late Emperor's ambition was estimated at a quarter of a million of gallant soldiers ; but as time passed, and more accurate statements leaked out, that estimate was doubled, and now well-informed persons do not hesitate to treble it ; and besides this horrible carnage the foreign trade of the empire was all but annihilated. Some merchandise, indeed, found its way through Prussia, with much labour and expense, and little profit, but the ordinary channels of commerce were blocked. Not a ship could put to sea that was not captured or destroyed, whilst the people, oppressed I with fresh taxes and forced loans, failed to satisfy the ch- mands of the State ; and the productive power of the 1 country was reduced to inaction by the incessant demand for men to supply the ever-accumulating losses before Sebastopol, or the still more ghastly array of those who perished in the forced marches by which it was attempt ed to relieve the deomed fortress. The terrible exhaus tion to which Russia was reduced was shown by the terms she accepted; and every day since peace opened her frontier to strangers, more and more has been ascer tained of the extent of the ruin and misery she under went befure her proud spirit bent; and, since the peace, events have shown how severe the blow was, and how disabling it was likely to prove for some time. It can have been with no ordi nary f ee li ngs o f m ortification and humiliation that an Autocrat of All the Russias could have brought himself to forego, if it were but for a time, the traditional policy of his ancesters of keeping a large army always on foot to overawe Germany, to threaten Turkey, and to seize every occasion for extending Rus sian dominion and Russian influence, either in Europe or in Asia. The remission of the 3,500,0001. of taxes on the express ground that certain classes had been so diminished by the war, and the privations and epidemics consequent upon it, and that the adjustment had so be come unequal, is an admission of awful significance. Everywhere the signs of weakness and exhaustion are visible, and yet the tone of the despatch which Prince Gortschakoff has just issued would have been suitable to the year 1814, when the first Alexander was in Paris, the acknowledged liberator of Europe, and ar biter of its destinies ; and it is not a little remarkable the rapidity with which it has been circulated, for it only bears date Sept. 2 ; that is, according to our eaten der, Sept. 14, and already it has received the publicity of the press. Its effects will not be felt now. The Rus sian squadron in the Bay of Naples will not fight ; it will expend its superfluous energies in civilities to French officers ; nor is the Russian Empire in a state to com mence a fresh war, and no men alive know that better than the confidential advisers of the Czar ; but in after days the subtle diplomacy of Russia will turn to account the Roman firmness with which Russia, at the hour of her greatest suffering, still claimed her high place in Europe, and abated not one jot of the pretensions she will know so well how to renew when the hour arrives that she can support them by her colossal resources, called once more into life and power. That that hour may the more speedily arrive, we fully believe that the second Alexander will most earnestly and energetically, in his own words, " devote his care, in preference, to the lelare of his subjects, and concentrate on the develop• ment of the internal resources of the country an activity" that we hope most sincerely will not be stimulated and supported by English money, which, from what we see going on in certain quarters, we are very much inclined to fear is likely to be the case. We have every regard for the Russians, and wish them every success in their undertakings, if they can afford to pay for them them selves, but they have cost us a great deal of money lately, and we cannot afford to build a wall to ran our own heads against. THE " DURABLE AND HONOU RABLE PEACE." (From, the Morning Herald of this day. ) Six months ago it was intimated to us "on the best possible information" that we were to have immediately a " durable and honourable peace." The fact of a peace being likely we could not gainsay, because we knew that Russia required it, and that it was convenient to France to conclude the war when her own prestige ,was at the highest point, and that of England at the lowest ebb. Another year might have reversed all this ; but when have the interests of England been allowed to interfere with Russian projects, even if our Ministers could have resisted the compulsion of France What we did deny, and what we still persist in deny. ing, was, that the peace would be " honourable or durable ; and our reason was, that a peace honourable to us must be humiliating to the Czar, and such a peace would not bo worth the parchment on which it was written one hour longer than the time when the Cabi net of St. Petersburg might find it safe and convenient to break it. We fancy that at the present moment the hardiest swearers by Lord Palmerston's immaculate honour and far-seeing statesmanship will not venture to assert that the peace has been honourable ; and as for its durability events will speak for themselves, but certainly the poli tical horizon " grows dark while we are speaking" and writing. We shall enumerate a few of the symptoms of the times, but first we shall call attentiom to some facts stated by the able'correspondent of the Examiner as to the condition of opinion in the East with regard to re cent events, and, as the world is now pretty generally influenced and guided by opinion, the admissions become matters of importance. The first point is, that there-is not a Greek in the whole Levant who does not believe that the peace—so called by courtesy—is merely a truce, and that the war will wake up again with redoubled fury. In the first part of this we fully concur, but if the latter part of it mean that Russia will provoke another war, in which she is to be a principal party, we deny it. Russia has gained her end, in the movements of the last three years, by introducing an element of disruption into the Turkish Empire, by means of the hatti-humayonn, which all parties now perceive to be, as we told them years ago, incapable of execution without provoking the most grievous resistance. The Turks, therefore, are placed in the position of choosing between universal discontent among their own subjects, or of breaking their pledged faith with their allies. Now if this be not a gain, and a great gain, to Russia, we are much mistaken. The second admission of the Examiner is that the Turks do not consider the execution of the hatti-huma ycun practicable. We fancy, however, that the states men of the Porte will prove—as they have frequently shown themselves within the last few years—abler and wiser men than either Russian or Western diplomatists, and that they will Er d some remedy for the evil. It would appear also that public opinion in Constan tinople declares that the objects of the war have not been gained, and even goes so far as to say that the defence Of Kars, of which we have heard so much, was a griev ' one blunder, and that it ended in the destruction of Turkish reputation in the East, and the sacrifice of an an - rmy of 16,000 men. The men of the East are of opinion that shutting up the army i n an almost indefensible fortress, instead of joiniog Selina at Ezerourn, and making head against the Russians, who would have had enough to do to hold their own, was an error for which they were not respon sible. We mention these things to prove that, whether rightly or wrongly, the interference of the allies has not produced a very thankful state of feeling amongst the Turks, who are stupid and obstinate enough to look to facts and results instead of being deluded by promises and theories. Having gained her objec', as we have shown, Russia now simply declines to execute the terms of the treaty, and bides her time till disagreements take place in the West, when she will, as she did in the matter of the Goolistan guarantee, refuse to be bound by them at all. Russia, we believe, will trust to a waiting game, and let .events play her cards for her ; and certainly her hand, if we may judge from the present complications of Europe, appears to be a strong one. Let us recapitulate some of the points at present loom ing in the horizon :- 1. EtuQsia has demolt=hed the Danubian fortresses, which she was bound—we say it advisedly —by all for mer precedents, to give up untouched ; and no compen sation has been demanded by the allies. 2. She refuses to let the boundary line pass north of Bolgrad, which would remove her effectually from the Danube—the great point which we are said to have gained—and claims a boundary which permits her to have full communication with that river. 3. She insists upon referring the question of the Isle of Serpents to the wise men of Gotham, at the Paris conferences. The possesqiun of the island would give her the command of the Sulina mouth of the Danube. 4. She is urging on the union of the Principalities, contrary is the wish of the Porte and the obvious inte• rests of the Sultan. Upon all these points it has been announced that France will pursue a "reserved policy." So that if England stands up against Russian domination the sharp end of the wedge is evidently inserted between the allies, and may, in conjunction with other differences of opinion, break up the entente cordiale. With regard to her (Russia') future policy and its indications,lwe may observe, that, according to the con tinental journals supposed to be in her pay, she has de manded permission of the Porte to allow 10 vessels of war to pass the Bosphorus, en route from the Baltic, in order to meet the exigencies of the Circassian war ; while it is also asserted that the gun-boats from the Sea of Azof have been transported by the route of the Don, the Junction Canal, and the Wolga, to the Caspian Sea ; while information has arrived atj St. Petersburg that the whole line of water c.nnmunication has been com pleted between, that capital and the Sea of Okotsk, opposite Japan. Wiseacres may con.siaer these things as unitnpor taut ; wo confess we do not consider them so, more especially as we learn from other quarters that Spain and Sardinia are to be cajoled into permitting the Russian men of war into their Atlantic and Mediterranean ports. We consider all thesethings as unmistakeable indica tions that the great meshes of the spider's web are again spreading their hold over every part of the globe. Turning our eyes to the West, we find a few " difficul ties," a 3 our Transatlantic friends call them, which are very likely to produce that troubled state of the waters in which Russia is so skilful a fisher. We have the Nicaraguan difficulty still unsettled, not., withstanding our humil ;ating submission to the dismissal of our ambassador, amt 1 the surrender of our rights to Honduras, under Ame rican dictation. We have the Neapolita n difficulty. We have the Spanish ill . fficulty. We have the Sardinian ► ar.d Austrian difficulty. We have the Romish ;tates occupation difficulty. We have the Neuchate, i difficulty. We have the Greek difficulty. We have the Montenegrin difficulty. And last, not least, we lcu 6ve the difficulty of the Aug , trian occupation of the PHI icipalities. This list we submit—wh Bch might be still further ex tended—shows a very pre+ ;fy state of confusion ; and we fancy it will go hard with Russia if out of all these com plications she does not co , ,atri ve to raise a commotion in Europe which will give the West so much to do that a clear field of operations will tie left for her in the East. Another year of the war vrlich we have concluded by a " durable and honourable peace," would have ren dered her incapable of profiting by the state of things we have described, and therefore we cannot be surprised that the war did not continue. We cannot conclude without remarking that Prince Gortschakoff's circular, however boldly worded, does not induce us to change our opinion that Russia will not take an active part in the coming disturbances in Italy. She may, as the Times asserts,, send a fleet to Naples, but it will not be to come into collision with the fleets of England and France ; it will be to embroil the rela tions of, and break up the alliamie between, the Western Powers, that the efforts of Russia will be directed ; and in the confusion and disturbances of an Italian insurrec tion, it can hardly be doubted that her efforts, with the practii;ed aid of our own Premier, will be crowned with success. Tba t this course is that which Russia will pursue we can ha •ve no doubt. The late Czar never would have entere I on the original war had be not believed that an allianc a between France and England was impossible. As st )on as that alliance is broken up we may look to active operations on the part of Russia. Until then she will worisc her purposes by intrigue and sowing divisions among th e states of Europe, by the services of her agents, who are unhappily to be found in most, if not in all, the Westemi Cabinets. r i rE surA, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 2, 1 51. Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. THE CEP.—Betting-6 to 1 on Fandango. Homily led to the Duke's Stand, where Fandango passed her and gallopped in the winner by 40 lengths. Both were very leg weary. THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT NIGHT. The room was very thinly attended, and only the fol lowing bets were made : CESAREWITCH STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Fulbeck 1000 to 30 agst Mary CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 500 to 30 agst Lance 25 to 1 agst Hungerford DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee 500 on Saunterer agst Larzbourn. WEDNESDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sous each, for three-year olds—colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 3lb ; certain penalties and allowances. D. 1., 2 miles 119 yards. 14 subs. Captain White's Ulysses, by Annandale, Bst lib (Flatman) 1 Mr. Barnes' colt by Pyrrhus the First—dam by Hamp ton, Bst 71b Betting-5 to 2on Ulysses, who made all the running, and won by 50 lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous eacb, 10 ft., for two year-olds. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs, 140 yards. 4 subs. Duke of Bedford's Spinet, by Orlando, 7st 41b (Charlton) 1 Mr. F. Fisher's England's Beauty, 75t...(D. Hughes) 2 Mr. W. Robinson's Dusty Miller, Bst 71b (Sly) 3 Mr. W. Robinson's Lady Malcolm, 7st 61b (Quinton) 4 Betting—Even on Spinet, and 3 to 1 each agst Eng land's Beauty and Dusty Miller. Spinet made all the running, and won by five lengths; three lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. Lady Malcolm hung all the way, bolted to the left, and went on the wrong side of two posts. England's Beauty was in consequence nearly driven out of the course. Second Year of the Eighth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 Boys each, for 3-yr-olds—colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. upon the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. A.F., 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards. Lord Clifden's Melissa, by Orlando, Bst 41b(J. Marson) 1 Mr. Coombe's Pitapat, Bst 71b Captain White's Aleppo, Bst 71b.—... (Fiatman) 3 Duke of Bedford's Alastor, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Melissa, and 7to 2 agst Pitapat. Alastor led to the bushes, where Melissa came to the front and galloped in the winner by four lengths ; bad third ; Alastor was beaten off. Fifty Pounds—for 3-yr-olds, 7st 51b ; flur, Bst 81b ; five, Bat 131 b ; six and aged 9st. D. 1., 2 miles 119 yds. Lord Zatland'a Fandango, by Barton, 4 yrs - (J. Marson) 1 Mr. S. Walker's Winkfield, 5 yrs (J. Mann) 2 Mr. MelliEh's Tame Deer, 3 yrs (Bollands) 3 Betttng-5 to 2on Fandango. Fandango lay off nn• til reaching the Duke's Stand, where he took the lead, held it to the end, and won by 12 lengths. Tame Deer was beaten off. The Granby Stakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds not named in the Rutland Stakes—colts, Bst 71b ; fidies, Bst 31b; certain winners extra. From the turn of the lands in, 5 fur. 187 yards. 6 subs. Count Batthyany's Media Noce, by Weatherbit, Bst 31b (Sly) 1 Mr. E. Day's Bannockburn, Bst 71b ........(A.. Day) 2 Sir R. Pigott's t by Melbourne Birthday, Bst 3113 (E. Sharp) 3 Betting-2 and 3tol on Bannockburn. Won by two lengths; bad third. BETTING lIP TO SIX O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 14 t 3 1 agst Fulbeck (taken) 100 to 6 agst Quince (offered) 20 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alice Wentworth (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mary CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Lance (taken) 100 to 6 agst Poacher (taken) 20 to 1 apt Hungerford (taken) Entries for the Queen's Plate—Homily, 4 yrs ; Me lissa, 3 yrs ; Fandango, 4 yrs ; Winkfield, 5 yrs ; West minster, 4 yrs; and Tyre, 3 yrs. NEW MATCHES.—Mr. Payne's mare Van Tromp, out of Queen Mab, 5 yrs, Bst 81b, agst Sir J. Hawley's Sister to Hesse Cassel, 3 yrs, Bst 51b. 150. Last half of Abingdon mile. Sir J. Hawley's Sister to Hesse Cassel, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's Palm, 2 yrs, 7st Sib. 150. Last half of Abingdon mile. distance was from the Dreadnought, at Greenwich, to Blackwall and back, three times round. What little wind there was was S.W., light and variable. At a quarter to one they started well together, the Leander having a slight iced, and thus they continued to the Folly House, where the Leader left her opponent., the Eliza following her closely. There was no other altera• tion till coming back at Greenwich the first time, when the Hand-in-Hand became third, and the Amy fourth, and they remained so all the way, coming in as above. Towards the end the match became exciting, as there was only a few minutes between each. CHESTERFIELD RACES.—TIIESDAY. The Revival Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 40 added, for two-year•olds ; winners after the weighty were published slb extra ; the second to save his stake. About three-quarters of a mile. 15 subs. Mr. J. Tittenson's Duchess of Sutherland, by Panel a-Ballagh, 7st (Headley) 1 Mr. Chilton's Norton, 7st 12lb . (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Watson's Sulpitia, 7st 4lb (Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—M.D., colt by The Cure, The Impostor, Jack Spring, and Zanoni. Betting-6 to 4 agst M.D., 3to 1 agst colt by The Cure, Y to 1 agst Norton, and 4 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by half a length ; a length between the second and third ; the others were beaten off. The Chatsworth Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Stake of 5 sovs each, 3 ft; winners extra. Once round and a distance. 12 subs. Captain Skip North's Elastic, by the Tingly Buck, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Bearpaz k) 1 Mr. Thgrpe's Pantomime, 6 yrs, Bst (Ducker) 2 The following also ran :—Cardsharper, Fanny Gray, Surgeon General, Gathercole, Black Tiffany, and Van Dunck. Betting-5 to 4 agst Elastic, 3to 1 agst Pantomime, 5 to 1 agst Black Tiffany, 7 to 1 agst Van Dunck. Won cleverly by half a length ; Surgen General was third, not placed ; the rest were scattered. The Cavendish Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 3 soya each—for two and 3-yr-olds ; allow ances and penalties. About half a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Rich's Odd Trick, 2 yrs, Tat 31b (Thorpe) 1 Mr. %V. H. Brook's To e l mpos t or , 2 yrs, 7 st (Challoner) 2 Mr. Sidney's Polly, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Withington) 3 Chatteress and Jack in the B .nc also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Odd Trick, and 2to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck ; same distance between the second and third. The Scarsdale Stakes of 25 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for all ages ; winners extra ; the win ner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, &c. ; the second to save his stake. Ona mile. 5 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's De Ginkel, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Bearpark) 1 Mr. Sidney's Victory, aged, 9st 41b (Moat) 2 Mr. Flintuff's Blossom, 5 yrs, 9st 41b...(W. Flintoff) 3 Sluggard and Tiff also ran. Betting—G to 4on De Ginkel, 2to 1 agst Blossom, and 3to 1 each asst Victory and Tiff. Won by half a length ; three-quarters of a length between the second and third. THE BRIGHTON HARRIERS.—This favourite pack of harriers, which hag for so many years afforded such ex• cellent sport to our visitors and the residents of the town and neighbourhood, commences the season on the Bth inst., the first meet being, as usual, at the racecourse. We are gratified to learn that bares are plentiful in all parts of the Brighton hunt country, and there is every prospect of a most successful season. There is no doubt that the harriers cause many gentlemen to make Brigh ton their winter residence, who otherwise would, with their families, reside elsewhere; and we therefore hope that the committee will be met in a liberal spirit by the tradesmen of the town.—Brighton Gazette. CESARENVITCH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.— YOUATT WM. GRAY'S advice fur the above events is now ready. Lance for the Portland Stakes, at Doncas ter, and eleven other winners is something extraordinary, but the advice on the above races will astonish all, as 1,000 to 1 can be obtained about the double event. I am positive one, if botb, does not come of. Recollect, I named Mr. Sykes and Crown Pigeon last year (first and second). Apply early, or the long price will be lost. Terms : --To the Cambridge Shire, 7s. 6d. ; one week, ss. ; single race, 2s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, 10s. 6d.--Address, 15, Charing-cross. SOUTHWARK, BLACKFRIARS, AND LAM BETH ANNUAL REGETTA. A very well-rowed match was contested yesterday by five waterraen's apprentices serving between Gravesend and Richmond, for three separate freedoms of the Waterman's Company, and othe prizes. It was a four heat wager, and well managed by Mr. R. Larkin, and some hundreds of persons witnessed it. The following were the results : AQUATICS. SAILING MATCH WITH SKIFFS. A very good and exciting match took place on Tues day, betw een th e renowne d Quickstep, belonging to Mr. Rowe, of Greenwich, 3 tons, and Mr. Pearce's Hiram, 4 tons. The race was for 25/, aside, and was attended by a large num b er of persons , the distance being from Coal House Point to Woolwich, and back to Gravesend. What betting there was was level ; as it was thought, and very wisely, that what the Quickstep gained in tacking up she would lose in running down, and this conjecture was not far from right. They started about 11 o'clock, the wind being W.N.W., therefore causing them to make a fresh board every few minutes ; and this being just th e thi ng for t h e Quickstep, she went a wa y with the lead, and gradually increased the distance be tween herself and ber opponent, so that by the time she rounded at Greenwich she was first by 18 or 19 minutes. After they had turned, however, the wind being fair right away d own , the Hi ram b eg an to m en d h er posi tion and the race became very exciting. The Quick step, however, regained her lead, although the other came very near her, and won the race by 61 minutes. Both boats were handled in a most excellent manner, and their sailing captains deserve credit. GREENWICH WATERMEN'S ANNUAL SKIFF MATCH. The annual match amonc, sailing skiffs, belon g i ng t o free watermen at Greenwai came off yesterday, under the able management of Commodore Samuel Weeks, sen. The race was for three suits of sails and a pair of sculls, and was under the patronage of Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Peter Bolt, the members for the bo rough ; but it was unfortunately spoilt, owing to there being so little wind. The following were the results : Skiffs, Captains. Result. Leader Eliza G. Brown ............ 2 Hand.in-Hand C. Colgate 3 Amy E. Harvey .. 4 Rebecca and Ann J. Webber Yellow Jack P. Brown Henry and Rebecca...T. Webber 0 Thirteen others had been entered, but, owing to the absence of wind, their captains refused to sail them, The FIRST HEAT. _ T. White . (Yellow) 1 J. T. Stears (Green) 0 Brock well . . (Rec/) 0 The distance was from Thaokfriars-bridge to Hunger ford, down round the lower roads at Bankside, and up through Blackfriare-bridge. It was a very good race. Yellow took the lead and kept it throughout, winning by two lengths. Green and Red had a neck-and-neck race nearly all the way, Green being second by a length or two. SECOND HEAT. J. Abbott (Dark Blue) 1 T. Parker (Tricolour) 2 Distancea3 before. Blue took the lead, and maintained it throughout, Tricolour considerably shortening his lead towards the end. Won by a length and a-half. THIRD HEAT. By the losing men. Tricolour.. Green 2 Red 0 Distance as before. The winner took the lead, kept it, and won by three or four lengths. Green and Red rowed abreast to Hungerford-bridge, when Green drew himself two or three yards in front. Thus they re mained to near the finish, when Green got two lengths in advance of the third man. GRAND DRAT. Yellow Dark Blue Green 1 Tricolour 4 Distance from Waterloo-bridge to Bankside, thence to Hungerford, and back to Blackfriars. Yellow took the lead, and won by two lengths. Dark Blue second, close all the way. Parker led Stears by a length to within 200 yards of home, when Parker unfortunately broke a scull. Stears won the third freedom. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. PURIFICATION OF THE THAMES. Mr. Nicholay, pursuant to notice, brought under the notice of the board the following memorial of Mr. J. B. M'Clean, on the means proposed by him for the purifi cation of the Thames. The memorial was read by Mr. Woolrycb, the clerk, and was as under : " 17, Great George-street, Westminster, Aug. 8, 1856. " TO Tllll CHAIRMAN OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. " Mr. Chairman,—lt is understood that at your next meeting the position of the outfalls for the sewage of the metropolis is to be finally decided, and it has occurred to me that the present is a proper time for directing your attention to another system of outfalls, by means of which the two great conditions demanded by the pub lic will be complied with, namely, the purification of the Thames, and the utilisation of the sewage as manure. " I therefore take the liberty of submitting for your consideration the accompanying plan, showing the direc tion of the new outfall sewer. "My proposition is to do away with the main drainagese wers and reservoirs on both sides of the Thames, and to construct a conduit capable ofconveying the whole sewage of the metropolis from the pumping station at West Ham, passing through the rich agricultural dis tricts of Esser, to a point on th e sea s h orn b etween the estuaries of the Crouch and the Blackwater Rivers. This conduit to be made available for the purposes of sewage irrigation throughout the entire length, until it reaches the German Ocean. "From West Ham to a place called Battle Bridge, over the River Crouch, the conduit would pass through the uplands of Essex, and would be constructed as tunnel or covered canal. From this place to its mouth it would run through the marshes adjoining the River Crouch, a district almost devoid of population, but ex tremely rich in agricultural produce, and where upwards of half a million acres of land may receive the benefit of the sewage of the metropolis. For this latter portion of its length it would be sufficient to construct the con duit generally as an open canal, following the course of the river until it arrives within two miles of Burn ham, from whence it would be diverted in a north easterly direction to the sea. "The sewage of the whole of the southern district may be collected at a pumping station near Southwark Bridge, and be carried, by means of pipes, over the river to the Aldgate sewer, through which it would flow to the proposed main conduit. "The expenditure for this work would not exceed 1,600,0001., a sum not greater than the cost of the works required for discharging the sewage into the Thames, even at the distance already contemplated, together with an amount representing the increased annual expendi ture fcr pumping to the outfalls, and for the deodorisa riot' of the sewage, but which would be unnecessary if the proposed scheme is adopted. "In order to prove their confidence in the system now proposed, responsible parties are prepared to execute the new outfall sewer to receive the whole sewage of Lon don,, within a period of four years from the commence ment of the work, either for the sum of 1,600,0001., to be certified by your engineer as the work proceeds, or for an. annual rent equal to 4 per cent. of that amount, to commence after the work is ready for use.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) "J. R. M'CLEAN." Mr. NIIIHOLAY moved that the memorial be received, and said he believed that a resolution would be carried which should say that it was the wish of this board that the outfall for the sewage should be at sea. (No, no.) At any rate public opinion was aroused, and they would no longer permit the Thames to be polluted. As to the plan of their engineer for carrying the sewage from the south side of the river to the north, by means of a tunnel under the Thames, below Greenwich, even by the report of the engineer himself it appeared that the bor ings which had been made along the line of the river on the south side were more or less favourable ; and with the experiment of the Thames Tunnel before them they should be careful how they engaged in such costly works, for they might bring disgrace on themselves, and they would be wanting in their duty to the ratepayers, who would have to pay for them. Still, although the cost might be great, he thought the ratepayers ought not to bear it all, but being a great metropolitan scheme, that it ought to he met by the Government, and the him the report o country should pay f the plans sent into them for the drainag e o f i sewers on i t t h s e sh m ar e e tr t o o p w o a l metropolitan commissioners t. cone H m e is b s a ici a n beforeers ef London n 1850, and that report was signed by Sir J. Burgoyne, Captain Walsh, Mr. Rendel, and Mr. R. Stephenson, and in that report they spoke of the plan of Mr. M'Clean as c intaining in it the principles of a sound system of drainage. He would detain the board no longer, but would at once introduce Mr. M'Clean to the board. - The CHAIRMAN inquired if Mr. M'Clean had any ob servations to offer beyond those contained in his memo. rial. Mr. MTLEAN said' he had, but to save the time of the board he had reduced them to writing. Mr. WOOLRYOII then read the following document : The proposed outfall sewer will commence by a junction with the one proposed by your engineer, near the pumping station at West Ham, at a point where the high level intercepting sewage and the high level sewage pumped up flow through the same channel. "The level of the top water at the junction will be 16 feet above Trinity datum, as shown on the plan of your engineer. The conduit will pass over the North Woolwich Railway by means of an iron aqueduct, and under the Til bury Railway near its junction with the Eastern Counties Railway. The railway will be raised two feet, for the purpose of allowing the water to be maintained at a level of 14 feet 6 inches above Trinity datum in the conduit at the time of its maximum discharge. After passing under the Tilbury line, it will proceed to Ilford, crossing Bark ing-creek above the navigable part of the river, and thence, without interfering with the level of any road, to the marsh land near Battle-bridge, in the valley of the Crowd; to which place the tide at present flows. The conduit will be a covered sewer, 24 feet diameter, as far as the Marshes, from whence, with the exceptio n o f a l ength of about,two miles covered near Burnham, it will be an open sewer until it reached the German Ocean. The fall will vary between 5 and 6 inches per mile, and the velocity between 2 and 3 feet per second, or between 1i and 1i miles per hour, and there will be an uninterrupted dis charge at all times of the tide. 4 "No pumping will be required between West Ham and the German Ocean. The conduit will be capable of dis charging 52,000 cubic feet per minute, which is the maxi mum sewage and rain-fall estimated by your engineer to flow through the sewers of the northern, southern and western districts of th e m e t ropo li s. " , Several members put questions to Mr. M'Clean, as to various parts of his plan, which he explained, hut stated that he had proposed it, not in opposition to the plan of the engineer, but as a means of completely carrying away the sewage through the agricultural districts, with an ultimate outfall into the German Ocean. Thanks were voted to Mr. M'Clean for his sugges tions, and the board adjourned soon after four o'clock. DARTMOUTH PACKET STAT,ON.-It is reported that Capt. Craigie, the present chairman of the Transport Board, is to have the appoitatment of Superintendent of packets at Dartmouth. An edition of the Dispatch, will henceforth be pub lished every Friday, containing particulars of important events, and price of the markets, funds, &c., up to the moment of going to press, and may be received at the most distant parts of Scotland and Ireland on the Satur day. The pages of the Dispatch will be so extended as to allow the introduction of nearly six additional columns in quantity, and the principal articles will be set in a new clear type that will not fatigue the eyesight. Adver tisers, to insure the insertion of their advertisements in each of the four editions, should forward them on Thursday, or at latest before 10 o'clock on Friday morning.—D4pata Office, 139, Fleet•street. ILLEGAL INTERMENT IN A CONTENT. A questi on of local and general importance came before the Derby Burial Board on Monday last. One of the sisters of a oonvent situate in the town had died, and was buried in a piece of ground at the back of the premises. The interment being in direct violation of the order of council, dated October 18, 1854, it was reported to the clerk of the board, and a special meeting was called on the day mentioned, to consider wha t proceedings should be taken in conse quence. The inquiry caused much interest, which was heightened b . ), its being known that two nuns had pre viously bee n buried without their deaths being regis tered. The fa ct of the interment was admitted by Mr. Fearn, surgeon , who had attended the convent on be half of the Lad, Superior, who, however, pleaded ig norance of the li tw, and relied upon an implied consent which she suppooed had been given by Dr. Sutherland, the government inspector, that funerals might take place at the back of the convent, though not in the ground at the front of it, which had been previously used for that purpose. The medical attendant also stated that there had been rico attempt at concealment, the fu neral taking place in open day, and that, as a piece of ground was about being purchased as a burial-ground for Roman Catholica, the senior priest would undertake that the body should be removed within six months. To this it was answered, that copies of the order of council had been served upon the priests, and likewise posted upon the premises at the convent ; that no interments of any kind bad been sanctioned there by the Government inspector ; on the contrary, 'he having decidedly stated that they could not be allowed ; that even if the lady superior were ignorant of the law, the junior priest who officiated at the funeral could not make such an excuse; and that as the law had been admissibly infringed in three instances, it was reason able to suppose it had in others, which had not come to the knowledge of the public, in a similar manner. At the close of a long discussion it was decided by a majo rity of ten :—" That the clerk be directed to communi cate to the Secretary of State the fact that an interment has taken place in the Roman Catholic convent burial ground, Nottingham-road, contrary to the order in council dated the 18th October, 1854, and that the Secretary of State be required to institute an inquiry into the circumstances of the case." The fol lowing amendment was rejected by a large majority : "That the parties having been guilty of a breach of the law by interring a body in the Roman Catholic con vent burial ground, be required to remove the body from such burial ground within five months from this date. Notice of tht) time such removal is to take place to be given to the clerk of the board." FRENCH SAYINGS BANKS. - Tl.• Moniteur contains a report from the Mini ster of Commerce and Agriculture to the Emperor, from which we are able to take some further parti culars : "On the 31st December in that year the number of savings banks anthoiised in all France was 386, five of which obtained authorisation in the course of the year ; but 15 of them did not commence business, and three which brought their operations to a close in 1848 did not resume them ; so that the number actually existing was 368. Of these the Government obtained returns of their proceedings from 3E5, the remaining three not having complied with its repeated requests to send in theirs. Tile number of accounts (livrets) existing in the said 365 banks, on the Ist of January, 1855, was 865,952 ; the new accounts opened in the year was 154,201 ; and there were received by transfer 7,575; so that the total was 1,027,728. Of that amount 133,978 became closed by reimbursements to depositors ; so that the number existing ou the 31st December last was 893,750, snowing an increase in the course of the year of 27,798. That augmentation was 9,250, or 6 per cent. more than that which took place in 1854 ; and the ac counts paid off were 10,119, or 7 per cent. less. Divid ing the total number of accounts among the whole po pulation, it appears that there was 1 for every 40 souls ; whereas in 1854 the proportion was 1 for every 41. The total amount which the 365 savings banks owed to their 893,750 depositors was 401,265,154 f. ; and of that they employed, partly in purchasing Rentes for them, partly in making reimbursements to them, 129,032,611 f. 25c. ; they consequently owed on the 31st of De cember last 272,182,5421. 48c. In the former item, the deposits made during the year are 9,255,243 f. 56c. ; and in the latter, the reim bursements, for 119,624,151 f. 66c. The former was 8,020, 2411. 40c., or about 7 per cent. more than in 1854; and the latter 9,308,8101. 33c., or about 7 per cent., less. The total number of accounts, 893,750, and that of the sum to depositors due, 272,182,542 f. 48c., were thus divided :-673,775 of 500 f. and under, amounting to the sum of 89,461,854185 c. ; 105,726 of from 501 f. to 800 f., amounting to 65,545,348 f. 24c. ; 67,413 of from 801 f. to 1,0001., amounting to 60,989,281 t. 71c. ; 37,213 of I,oolf. and upward, liable to reducti , n within three mouths, amounting to 38,363,617 f. 87c. ; and 9,623 of I,oolf, and upwards, exempted from reduction, amounting to 17,822,439 f. 90c. Dividing the two great totals, it appears that there were due on an average to each depositor 304 f. 54c. Of the 154,201 new accounts .Mated to have been opened in the course of the year, 48,808 were by workmen, 23,418 by domestic;, 7,675 by employes, 13,179 by soldiers and sailors, 32,928 by persons of various occupations, 22,923 by miners, and 270 by mutual benefit societies. Lastly, the private revenue of the banks for cApital, interest thereon, dona tions, legacies, subvention , , &c., was 8,443,107 f. 193., and the expenses of administration 1,143,0391 17c." RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERIT RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Se, t. 27, 1856 £25,724 12 5 Corresponding week last year 25,938 0 9 Decrease in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 27, 1856 Corresponding week last year 18,339 15 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 244,587 6 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 231,640 18 9 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.,—Traffic return for the week ending Sept, 21, 1856 £25,960 18 9 Corresponding week last year 23,931 12 2 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traffi o return for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856 265,497 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856 £7,572 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,493 0 0 Increase in 1856 . £1,079 9 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffia re turn for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856 ..... £24,192 8 6 Corresponding week last year 21,478 6 5 GLA.SG thOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for t ho week ending Sept. 27,1856 £6,773 11 1 ‘s -I(3l TesPonding week last year 6,505 1s • --- Increase in 1856 £267 16 1 CORK AND)BA.NDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Sept. 27, 1856 £207 0 1 Corresponding week last year 219 11 11 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 28,1856 £836 13 1 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending Sept. 27, 1856.....210,069 0 7 "SUNDAY TIMES. "— NOTICE.—Mr. E.T. Smith begs to announce that, on and after the 31 of October (Friday) an edition of the Sunday Times will be published early enough for transmission to the country by Friday's post, containing foreign and domestic intelligence up to the early part of the afternoon of that day. This edition will reach persons living in the country on Saturday morning. It will be, in all respects, equal to the later editions, and will anlicipate the morning papers of Satur day. Another edition will be published, as now, at four o'clock on Saturday morning, including all the news of the preceding day ; and at two o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday a third edition will be published, containing everything of interest that may be received from abroad or transpire at home after the issue of the early morning edition. The fourth edition, containing the whole of the week's news, with all the domestic and foreign intelli gence of Saturday, will be published, as usual, at four o'clock on Sunday morning. It is particularly requested that precise orders may be given for the edition which any person may desize to be supplied with, and that any irregularity in its supply may be notified to the publisher. Advertisers desirous of having their advertisements in all the editions should send them to the office not later than twelve o'clock on Friday morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 1. MANSION HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor—Before proceeding ,pith brsim:ss I wi.;h to call the attention of the acting inspector (Kr. Fosberry) to the fact that f r some time past the practice has prevailed of allowing a double line of omnibuses in front of the Mansion-house. No one would wish to interfere with so useful a mode of conveyance as that by omnibuses, but really they are becoming so numerous that it is unpossib43 to cross the street here without very considerable inconvenience and danger. Instead of proceeding, as they formerly did, in one line, they swell across the road and make a second line. That I shall not suffer ; and I hope the police will direct their attention to the matter. The omnibuses for the most part are now in the hands of one large com pany, who have, as it were, a monopoly; and while perhaps it is desirable to do what we can to favour a respectable company that do their work well, th e y can not he allowed to do that which we should not permit private individuals to do. You (Mr. Fosberry) had better therefore at once call the attention of the company or of its representatives to the matter. I also wish par ticularly to call the attention of the police to the reckless and dangerous manner in which passengers are set down in the middle of crowded thoroughfares. This is an offence under the Hackney Carriages Act. I do not particularly allude to the street facing the Mansion house. I do not think that more sacred ground than any other part of the metropolis. I only speak on behalf of the public, who incur very considerable risk and inconvenience from the existing practice. Some of the constables will tell you that a second hne of omni buses is now being made, which I think is very obstruc tive, because it crosses the line of thoroughfare going to King William-street and Lombard-street. M. Fosberry—l will mention what your lordship has stated to Mr. Hodgson, the superintendent of police. Daniel John King was placed at the bar, charged with having robbed a lady of her purse, on Curnhill, during the passing of the civic procession from West. minster to the London Tavern. T. Hayton, constable, No. 588, said—About four o'clock yesterday afternoon I was on Cornhill observing the procession, when I saw the prisoner and two other suspicious-looking me* standing by the side of some ladies. I had previously seen them attempting to pick pockets in St. Paul's Churchyard. As soon as the prisoner noticed I was watching him he suddenly ran away. I noticed a purse in his hand, and pursued him. In attempting to overtake him the pole of one of the sheriff's carriages ran against me, and knocked me down. The Lnrd Mayor—l suppose you mean that in your anxiety to secure the prisoner you ran against the pole of the carriage, and not the pole of the carriage against you ? _ _ . Constable—Exactly so, my lord. The prisoner was seized by another constable, at whose feet he dropped a purse, which I produce. The Lord Mayor is the person to whom the purse be longs in attendance ? Constable—Yes, my lord. From a memorandum inside of it, I found its owner, who re sides at Norwood. The Lord Mayor—How long have you been in the police force I Constable—Six years, my lord. The Lord Mayor—Are you only an ordinary con stable I Constable—Yes, my lord. The Lord Mayor---I think you deserve promotion. James Knapp, a timekeeper, stationed at the top of King William-street, said, I heard the cry of " Stop thief," and seized the prisoner, , who was running away as hard as he could. I immediately found something touch my foot, and, upon looking down I saw the purse, which must have been dropped by the prisoner. Prisoner (impudently)—Do you mean to swear that I was running when you stopped me Witness—Yes. Prisoner—Was I not standing still ? Witness—Yes, directly I got hold of your collar. Prisoner—lt's all false, my lord; I assure you I never ran at all. Mrs. Elizabeth Frowen, a lady living at Tudor House, Upper Norwood, identified the purse, which contained a sovereign, some silver, and a Crystal Palace return ticket, as her property, and stated tha t she recollected baying seen the prisoner standing by her side in Cornhill, whilst she was looking at the procession. The Lurd Mayor asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge ? Prisoner—l will plead guilty if you will sentence me at once. The Lord Mayor—You must be remanded for a day or two, and perhaps we may learn something about you in the interim. LIMBETH.—Mrs. Elizabta Rawlings, the wife o: a captain of a merchant ship, was brought before Mr, A gentleman from a solicitor's office, accompanied by a clergyman, attended, and said that the object of these proceedings against the defendant was to protect the lives of her three children, and remove them from her, as her conduct had rendered her wholly unfit to have the care of them. Her husband had been allowing her a sum adequate to support herself and her children ; but it having recently come to his knowledge and that of her friends that she indulged in drink, and that she had been brought to this court on a charge of robbing her furnished lodgings, they, in order to get the children away from her, sent up from the neighbourhood of Bath a trustworthy servant of her family, and that person called on her, when the defendant made use of language in reference to her children which proved it to be unsafe to leave them longer in her charge, and also uttered violent threats against the person who had called on her. The three children were all under the age of ten years. Mrs. Elizabeth Elson, a middle-aged female, said that in consequence of a letter received from Mr. Rawlings, and by the desire of the friends of Mrs. Rawlings, she came up from Bath to take her children. She found Mrs. Rawlings at a house in the Waterloo-road, and on telling her for what purpose she had come to town, she replied that unless she got her money, as she was in the habit of doing, from her husband, she should poison the children and herself. This threat she repeated, and was in a violent passion. Joseph Coster, one of the summoning officers, said that a warrant had been placed in his hands to apprehend Mrs. Rawlings, and he found her walking in Waterloo road. He told her he had a warrant for her apprehension, on a charge of threatening to murder her children, She replied that she did not consider what she said in the nature of a threat. What she said was that if she did not get her money .'sbe should take her children to the top of the house and fling them out of the window, and then jump out herself. She the'n asked him to go to the house where her children were. He did so, and that house was a common brothel. Mrs. Rawlings, whose tone, manner, and language stamped her as a person of superior education, but whose countenance, as evidently once handsome, now showed the bloated and sodden appearance produced by excessive drink, said that she was not aware of the character of the house when she took lodgings there, as it was not in every place that a mother with three children could get a lodging. She admitted that sne had got into a passion on hearing a threat from the man servant of her family to take away her children, leaving her destitute and unprovided for, and with that feeling she had used expressions which she did not mean. She declared she had no intention of leaving her children. Mr. Elliott observed that it was quite clear the pri soner was not a proper person to have care of her chil dren, but respecting their removal from her he should give no opinion. He should merely call on her to find bail, herself in 401. and two sureties in 201. each, to be of good behaviour for one month. The defendant not being able to procure bail was sant to Horsemonger-lan e gaol, and her children were removed by their friends. THAMES..---Mrs. Hopkinson, the wife of a chemist and druggist, in Cock-hill, Rateliff, was brought beforJ Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting to commit self destruction by swallowing a large quantity of tincture of opium, sufficient to destroy ten persons. It appeared that the prisoner's husband was a person addicted to drinking, that he was frequently from home, and that he left his wife to administer drugs to his cus tomers, although she was not acquainted with their pro perties. On Monday week she obtained an ounce and six drachms of very strong tincture of opium from Mr. Carson, a surgeon, Cock-hill, who was in the lia,hit of supplying her husband with drugs occasionally. On the same day she had a quarrel with her husband, and swal lowed the deadly poison. Mr. Carson was immediately called upon to attend her, and found her in a comatose state. He threw cold water over her, obtained the as sistance of another surgeon, took her i n t o th e yar d, where large quantiti es of cold water were thrown upon her face, the stomach pump as of tincture of opium extracted.w Tahpepsltioemd,aachndpaunmpouwnaces out of order, and Mr. Carson called a cab and accom panied her to the London Hospital, where more of the deadly poison was dislodged front her stomach. She had been under medical treatment, and in a state of great suffering, ever Si nce • an d that morn ing, when the magistrate took his seat on the bench, she was arraigned on the charge of at tempting her life, when Mr. Carson and Mr. Burch, house-surgeon of the London Hospital, were examined, and detailed the above facts; Mr. Carson added that on asking the prisoner the reason of her committing the awful act, she first said an old man was the cause of it, without further explanation. She afterwards declared she swallowed the poison to frighten her husband. The prisoner expressed her sorrow for what she had done, and promised not to repeat the act. Mr. Hopkinson said he was a good deal from home, chiefly in Derbyshire, and admitted that he drank to excess, and that he left the business in charge of his wife, but did not allow her to sell poisons. Mr. Yardley, in a lengthened address, denounced, in the strongest possible terms, the conduct of the husband. He hoped n o person would have the hardihood t o go t o Mr. Hopkinson's drug-shop on C oc k-bill f or medicine discharged the p r i soner only in cons:- any more. hie &ration of the sufferings she had undergone. [ADvExTrentE in curin g Oint men t an d Pill s e fficqct , us n curin g Wounds. —Mr,. ElizabethSnettisharn, near Ly rn, h ad suffered for 20 rup Belson,r e e 0 1 y f weeks from a dreadful wou n d i n h er leg, occasioned by u pon an iron scraper. R eme di es innumera bl e and diversified were appli e d, b ut, all failing, she supposed a fa he ling would have been a cripple for life, when she was ad vised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills. After err- P i v i n g a few boxes of b o th t h e wound assumed a healthy a ppearance, the leg subsequently became perfectly sound, and she is now quite well.--Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Este,- blibhments, 244, Strand London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. Country rifszkez, _~,.,. EDI/C 31)Ri:11 HAY AND STEAW aL utiKET" ;3EPT. 30. Stipplic of all kinds thcse last six days laig e. Oat str :.s.vr, from lOs Od to 16:$ Od per kemple of i6stonf' trop; wh. ;at do., lOs Od,to Od; barley do., 10i 01. OP 01. Hay :from 9d to 11d. EDINBURGH AWAL—SEPr. 30. There we re in the market to-ciay 14 eseks oatmeal, 'i ll weighing 23 Olb imp rial, which sc, ld at 50s. DAL] 'KEITH MEit.L AIARKET—SEPT. 29 There wen )in the market to-day 13 bags of oatmeal, barleymeal, Ind 0 pot barley. Sales chili. Oatmeal, pm • sack of 2801bs First. second. r imperial Barleymeal, l )er ditto -s 0,1 —a Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditt0.... Pot-barley, nuw, per ditto —s Od s Od DUBLIN, SEPT. 26. There vas a large supply of corn to-day, a consider portion of it in but indifferent condition. W e do alter our quotations of Friday for any article, bus, mNrket closed heavily for inf er i or qua liti es o f ever ythl and a good u lany samples remained unsold. Nothing di in Indian co rn. The weather has been calm and dry Sunday night. Whiie 32s to 33s 6d; red ditto, 30, Od to 325 ( ditto new - —s ; barley, new, 22i Od t o 21 s Od ; oa ts r l 13s to 11: ; ditto, new, —s 01 to —s ; bere, nog, to 193 0,1; i apest , d, 303 Od to 32s Od per brl ; oatmeal, Od to Iss 01; bakers' flour, 21s 6d to 27s Od per ewt; 1 0.1 corn, 303 01 t 0 3430 d per 480 lb'. ;BRISTOL SUGAR-OCT. 1. Everything ,remaining in first hands has been sob very full rates, and we are now completely dependent other ports for supply. Manufactured goods comet better prices. No rums offering. COAL MA] Prim of Coal per tin s' RKET.—OCT. 1. ►t the close of the m&rk.i. 1.1 Wallsend, &c. O► Grey's West Hartley ....17 'ovallsend, &c South Fretton Wharncliffe l7 0 lielloe.„ Framwellgate lB 0 Lambton Hotton 19 (. South liar tlepool Tees l9 4 Hartlepool Ships at market... 19 I Sold ..... . 19 LOCAL SHARE MAREB,TB. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 1. STOOK EXCHANGE. This market opened quretifA I , day, but subsequently improved, and p rices closed et?ro at about yesterday's rates. Eastern C'ounties, 1 Eastern, 20/ i—Caledonian, 27$ z d.— Midlands, 7 5 %1 —Manchester, Sheffield, and .Lincoln, 32—Londonl North Westerns, 1011—Lancashire and Yorkshire, v v .,/ —Great Western, 60 sl—North British, 9.6.3.- - i:a Lancashire, 20k—Blackburn , 6 per cent., 20—Chester' Holyhead, 15/. MANCHESTER, 00T. 1. .iTOOK EXOHANGE.—The market has been. activeo,l prices improved, but gave way a little towards the efrj Midlands, 76- Matlock, 2i—South Eastern an d Don 2 04—GreatWestern, 614—Sheffields, 32—Ditto, 10/. PO 12—London and Manchester Glass, 2 p--Manchester Assurance, 9i p.—Leeds, 95I—Shrewsbury and Biro' ham, pref., 10k. --- BIRMINGHAM, 00T. 1. STOCK EXOHANGFE.—The transactions in every dell/ tion of stock were heavy this morning. Prices &Red during the day and closed firm. Crystal Palace st,i were done at 2—Great Western, Birmingham Guaralr Stock, offered at 721—Shropshire Canals, 101. SEABORNE MAILB. (21 signifies that the mails aro sent from the General Posy ( ' ay the night—and M by the morning—ttespatch.) From was it rer dgeo Dispatche Nog_, V "I'll Day when made . p From was Wr l 00r.NTEm. in General For. For dal, Office, London.* Dispatche - Bnli f _„ —.--... .........-----_, - --------.-- kmerica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ...... 11 iVee w America. (by United Ste. packet) ..........N Every Tuesday .. Southampton Wei America (by U. States packet) .. ..N • • U.• •., .. Liverpool .. 1 ...... Australia (via Liver pool) ..._ „,„„ st 4th and 19th .... Liverpool .. TV/1 40 Ditto (vla Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N &fries (West Coast) ..N 23d of the month ~ Plymouth .. 6th e ( ,. kiexandria..........N 10th lc 26th of n o. Dover ...... 2d 0 , ti1exandria..........34 4tn & 20t11 of min, 1 0outhamp . 4 Bel ' Bahamas ...........m 17th of the montl; ,I Southmtpton 16th Belgium ............N Daily „ „ „ „ „ ~ Dover ...... j.i.l Brazil .............. TA 9th of the month.. Solltheme .(0 if l b. _ Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of thn month.. Southam F. ~ .it 16rP t 4 i Cape of Good Hope ..N Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N 0 1 Case de Verde ...... N gth o r r.- month Southampton 16th A t Coylon (see India)ll o th and 26th lb 14 i Ceylon ....., „ ,„ ~..Nl4th and 20th Channel Isles .........Ii I Mot., IV nu.,scrri, southarapoon clad o o Chili._ ____ 1 , 412 d & 17th of month SoUthamp ot". 1 so, $ China .... .. 4th and 10th Constantinople ...... Nli oth and 26th Dover . - •• ••a--, sa i Constantinople ........I4th & 20th of m o n, Southamp t on l WO Cont. of Europe 21 & N Twice daily ....., Dover ....•. PO ° Egypt (see India) France ........ M & .21,Twiee daily...—. Dover .... .• .r . . f 4 i sr oed v. Gibraltar .......... K 4,7,17,20,27 afm. Southampto, • 6, " Greece (see India) I , .sdi . Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton •—, ~ flamburgh ..........NlDallY London ... ... ) 0 .0 Savannah ..........Ml2nd of the month Southamptcn Ist 0 ` Holland ............ MI Daiiy,..... ,_.. D0ver....... pelf Honduras ..........M 17tn of the month. Southampw a l6tha9l India (viaSouthampt.)3ll4th k 20th of mon.iPlymouth .. 1 Al 0 India (via Marseilles)3l 10th8;26th of moth Dover ...... lb '" lonian Isles (see Indla)l• •• • •• • • . Dover.. .... Ireland ........M & N;Tsvlco daily _ _ Holyhead Lisbsn ........ ...... Ad 2d of n o. • Southampton a 0 Niadeira ............BI 9th of month Southampton 6 and Aiadeira ............N 284 of month • Liverpool ~. Malta ( see India) I Ol Malta ............. N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover ...... 4. .- Mauritius (soe India) Mauritius ..........N 20 th of the month 4th end Mexico 3l 2nd of th e month.. Southampt,,n Is t . ..iDover .. . 4 11 rit wP le i ; 3 3. Zealand ..,. ; a :: ....: : ....: :.: . mN Twice ap da 114 Y l. 7 a l h. month i 'i Paal States ........N Dail month , Southa Pr .- ISt • Various ul per7 41i Y•• • • • • • • •• • • Dover ...... 11 0 " ~ Peru ~. .. . ..1 Id & 27th of mon ;Southampton Ist .' Iv Peninsula .... •• ... ••• ••• e. M I I'3o U thanaP tl. -al 1 Port Natal ... •. .....N By private ship...; Various po-h c y an ylf ... .........N Every Saturday.. ;Dover ...... We e T ii a c s ii, VenezueYli ..........N Daily.. .......... AI Id t t 17 h oftn gt r, k ontb u hamptn I - ••••• . • • • •ID o over .. .. ii° Van Diemen's rota ci (see Australia) ...... . „ 4th of mon. .. .. imit Aollo West ruffles .. . . -.V ac,.. i ft., .. moor. Sonthimp,.. y ._ as ki r e elaf riVid e Is And 0 c " i 4th 0114 Ist lit 10411 Tree °l O lit I I. Wee ° I t 06° When any of these dal spatchcd on the followin z'Anthampton), and the preceding day. des fall on a Sunday, the ma ll s will /41 di rig day, with the excepti on o f th e In(1 0 Waits, both of which will be deepeitat Co llr [ADVERTISEMENT.] The most inveterate liver , ei o , plaint and diarrhoea, which h a d res i ste d all medic for years, yielded to Du B arry ' s delicious Reva'sio), Arabica Food, which removes indigestion (dysPeP flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver c old plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. 0 111 .0 friend the great Indian travell,r, Major Edio, as follows : " London, 20th March, 1852.—Dear e pl —Having suffered fearfully for two years from an e nlargeEO of the liver and an i nve t era t e di arr h oea, b roug h t on in J: 0 1 41 and China, and havin g t r i e d th e ad v i ce o f th e mos t On' ggi professional men in China, India, and at home, without other result than gradual decay, I was on the brink olLo grave—unable to lift my arms from perfect exhaustion, Capt. Wraughton, of the Hon. E. I. C. Service, recomroo o l, mo to try Du Barry's ex ce ll en t R eva l en t a A ra bi ca Foo d, to discard the drugs I was then taking. The result o f catio'; this delicious Food is .tho perfect restoration of my hea within are onth ; and I take a peculiar p leasure in recommeilr,gt.• all sufferers to follow my example. I shall be happy to al l ',; . 01, . any inquiries. I am, &c.; W. E DIE, M ajor, H.M.S. unattacP Supported by testimonials f rom the celebrated 'Professore,,, Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ur©; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Ha l o ' Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingr7_je: Lord Stuart do D ec i es; the Dowager Countess of enbiu stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respect b a 2B. ll att b. d , 2s. 9d. ; c 2 a l nia b. g 4 08 .;;;: persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all oth s w ib it s h ., f u 2 l 2 l s i . n ; st i ru oi e b t s i : 7 3 s. 3 :n e rh an o is i te o t i • of s. ; cll : 2 e ib l e ia , d 2 f 2 a s il . e ; d. Suitably packed for all elinasn'l 5 I b meanss ~ 1 l s uper-refined, llb., 6s. 211:5., Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purref li k on receipt of post-oOlco order. Barry du Barry and Co., A Regent-street, London ; .4, Cheapside ; 6F. C•rnhill 49, Biol l° ' to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Graceehurch-stre e po ", 33 and 451 , Strand; 4 , 64, gate- stree t; 55, Up per Baker-stree t and 150, Oxicrd-street. BIR T S. OF A SON. On the Ist inst., at Porch es t er -t errace, Bayswill°' Louisa, the wife of Captain Appleyard, Royal Fusilieri.tc On the 30th ult., a t 14 3, New Bond-street, Mrs. T. Savory. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 29th ult., at Maidstone, the wife of Capt...-- 11011 ' Charles Powys, 9th Lansers. On the let inst., at Bruce Grove, Tottenham, Mrs. 6 P. Millard. son of NV. B . MARRIED. On the l e t i nst., at St. Mary's, Barnes Surrey, by 6 Rev- R. E. Cop p l eston , M . A. , John Stephens the Storr, Esq'' Storr, Esq., of Mill Farm, Barnes, and Xing: street, Covent-garden, to Amy Giovanna, only daughter(); Thomas Allom, Esq., of the Lonsdale-road, Barnes, atICI St. Martin's-lane. On the Ist inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, j o ho Charles H a ll, Esq., of Streamstown-h ouse, county G e hrep to Joanna Maria, the fourth daughter of Rob er t Bax t e r, Esq., of Highfield, Doncaster, and Park- s t reet, W e st* minster. Esq., of Sydenham-park, Kent, to Harriet‘ y On he 30th nit., at St. Bartholomew' s , H enry Jobl; E t addele, Grace, only daughter of the late George Lacy Dinedaleo Esq., of Glocester-terrace. DI ED. On the 30th ult., at Keythorpe Hall, Leicestershire, tb. Right Ron. the Lady Berners, aged 56. On the 30th ult., George Bowes, of Homerton, Middle' s ex, and lato of Old Broad-street, London, aged 64. On the 30th ult., Ann Ellen, wife of the Rev. R o bert B. Gibson, rector of St. Mary Abchurch, aged 35. On the 30th ult., at Fairfield, Biggleswade, Beds, Robt. Lindsell, Esq., aged 66. On the 29th ult., at 141, Cheapside, Henry Towneg, Esq., aged 55. On the 27th ult., at 25, Crane-grove, Highbury, Mr. J. Straid, aged 77. On the 27th ult., at Broaciwinsor, Dorset, John Stlidlel, Esq., aged 70. aO n the 25th ult., at Forest-hill, William Rop er , E s q., aged 46. • LONDON : Printed and Pnbli.thed by MTTRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun. Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the 3avoy, in the counti of Middles,z, Thursday, October 2, 1856. '~.; ~ . ...... u • ... aim-