The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-31 00:00:00

irbtrb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) BRIGHTON STAKES. sto 1 agst Poodle (taken). sto 1 agst Pantomime (taken). 6to 1 apt Cock Pheasant (taken). ST. LEGER. 6to 1 agst Dervish. 12 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 100 to 6 agst Scythian (taken). 20 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 25 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken). 20 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) 25 to 1 agst: Rifleman (taken). RAD CLIFFE RACES. (THIS DAY.) --- `- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAIV.) STAND PLATE. Patience • Sister of Mercy TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Lord Alfred .... Cherry Brandy WILTON CIIP. Typee St. Andrew Little Fawn Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. WILTON CUP. Even on Typee, laid to money. 310 1 agst St. Andrew. ARRIVALS AT BRIGHTON. Poodle, Epaminondas, Lizzie, Moonshine, Valeria, Caliph, Hazlenut. Cobnut, Rifleman, Thessaly, Vault ress, Winkfield, New Brighton, Jouvence, Kennyside Hero, Calot, Claret, Champagne, and Homily. Epaminondas has hurt himself. AMERICA. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) (FROX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steam-ship America, which was to leave Boston on the 19th inst., arrived off Voell Nart this afternoon at a quarter past two o'clock. She will bring three days' later intelligence than that conveyed by the Washington on Saturday last. It is expected she will reach the Mersey about five this evening, and that her mails will arrive in London at 4 a.m. on Tuesday for first delivery. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The house met at five o'clock. The royal assent was given by commission to the fol lowing public bills :—Turnpike Trusts Arrangement ; General Board of Health; Registration of Bills of Sale (Ireland) ; Jamaica Loan ; Sheriff and Sheriff-clerk of Chancery (Scotland) ; Joi►.t-stock Banks (Scotland) ; Cruelty to Animals ; Returning Officers ; Turnpike Acts Continuance ; Jury Trial (Ireland) ; Friendly Societies; Royal Military Asylum ; Poor-law Commission Con tinuance (Ireland) ; Poor-rates ; Ecclesiastical Juris diction ; Stock in-Trade Exemption ; Common, &c., Rights (Ordnance) ; Land Revenues of the Crown (Ire land) ; Highways (Public Health) Act ; and Public Libraries. The royal assent was also given to a number of private bills. The Lords' Commissioners were—the Lord Chancel lor, the Marquis of Westminster, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Earl of HARRINGTON presented a petition from certain Poles, praying to be allowed to serve in the ranks of the allied armies. The noble lord said he certainly had some misgivings as to the inten tions of the Government in availing itself of the services of the Poles. CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES BILL. _ _ rn reply to Lord MONTEAGLE, _ Earl GRANVILLE said it was the intention of the Government to re-introduce this bill, with the amend ment of the select committee to which it had been referred. BRIBERY BILL This bill having been brought up from the committee and read a first time, Lord REDESDALE expressed a hope that the house would not depart from its resolution, that no bills should be read a second time after the 25th inst., wh►ch had had the effect of greatly facilitating the busi ness in both houses. The bill had been several times recommitted in the Roue of Commons, and had been materially altered, both on the bringing up of the report and on the third reading, and he believed that many of the members of that house hardly knew in what shape it had come to their lordships. He might men tion, also, that the House of Commons seemed to have so little confidence in the bill, that it only passed it by a majority of seven. Under these cir cumstances he thought it was too late a period of tha session to take into consideration so important a mea sure. The Duke of NEWCASTLE expressed a hope on the ground, of urgency that an exception would be made in favour of this bill, as it was desirable that elections should take place for the boroughs at present unrepresented. The Earl of DERBY considered that if the bill was proceeded with their lordships would break faith with the public, having passed a resolution to the effect that no inconsiderate legislation should take place at the end of the session, when there was generally a small attendance of members. The Earl of ABERDEEN was of opinion that the bill came under the exception mentioned in the resolu tion respecting measures of urgency. Lord BROUHAM thought the bill should be pro ceeded with as speedily as possible. After some further discussion, the subject dropped. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PETITION. Mr. WICKHAM resented a petition from the retail brewers and beersellers of Bradford, Yorkshire, in favour of an alteration of the present licensing system. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords Amendments to the following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Car marthen and Cardigan Railway and Cardigan Harbour, aid Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Railways, &c.) Bills. THIRD READINGS. The Earl of Harrington's Estate, and Lord Wil loughby de Broke's Estate Bills were read a third time and passed. The following bills were ordered to be considered : Hornyold's Estate, Park's Estate, Peel's Estate, and Staveley's Estate Bills. Stocker's Divorce Bill was read a second time. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord PALM.ERSTON on moving the seco n d read lug of thi s bill , said, health to the labouring population was existence itself. Whilethey were in health they were enabled to perform work useful to themselves and bene ficial to th e country. The reqrrenie tsof soc ietyin later day s a ll tended to corn men to li ve t oget h er in large m asses , and there foree serving the public health were rendered necessary. for pre necessary. Tile noble viscount, after . the more describing the formation and functions of the General Board of Health established by Act of Parliament in 1848, said the ftuactio of that act would expire at the end of the present : sion. He reminded the house that they were on athie subject dealing with the interest of millions of their fel low-subjects—the moral, commercial, and local interests of their fellow-countrymen. He did not wish to excite alarm, but the truth ought to be known, and the truth was that that formidable epidemic, cholera, had been lin gering in various parts of this country for the last twelve months. ths Every one remembered its ravages at New. castle last year; it had been very severe at Glasgow and other places, and there was too much melon to beli eve it had now made its appearance in the metropolis. He repeated, he did not wish to create alarm by this state ment, but the 2ontrary; tor t errible a disease as th e cho lera was, there no disease that yielded m ore g s ov early ern readily to medical iftreatment, to direction take n in it stages. (Hear.) But t here must be that treatment ; and one of the most efficacious , he obe lieved, would be found in a house w t u o ld ho co us n e sen v t isi to tation. o He therefore trusted the hus con tinuo the Board of Health ° with the he believed the present bill wo uld in tr o du ce . a me ndment di °e HHe which posed that the Board of Healt h t unaer the con trol of the Secretary of State for the 110 Who, in his opinion, as he might say, as__ t look after " N le fi D ni e s p te a r rt o rn f e t i fi lt e Interior, was peculiarly fitted by his office 0 the gener a l health o f the country, and wh o would be in 1) 1 in Parlia ment to answer as to any quest ions on that subject that mig ht arise. (Hear, hear.) As to that subject composing the present board, they had all Laced their appointments in his hands. (Hear, hear,) 41 ° felt bound to state th's in j ustice to those gentle medn ' prejudice au s e a ha v d e r b y ' considerable . amount of clamour °harp, of a very im een raised against them in the dis (Hear.) , Ortant Lord SEYMOUR, in . ri s i ng and di ffi cult duty. tea.ding of this bill, said he was actuated by n to oppose the second o feeling of opposition t o Itoard of Health Act bei ng the Government ; but the on the point of ex • - log, this was a proper occa s i on for reviewing pir. ration. He did not deny that there ought to be its ope a Board of health ,Act, but tho value of such an sot RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, JULY 29. STOCK EXCEIANGIL—The upward tendency of prices continues, but the transactions to-day were unimportant, and prices of the leading stocks have advanced j to 1 per cont. Caledonian, 31i ; Eastern Counties, 13i • East Lancashire, 161 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 67i ; London and North-Western, 104, 6; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23j, d ; Midland, 67i, ; North British, 8 9-16, 4; South-Eastern, 19 7.16, ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18g. MANCHESTER, JULY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A slight improvement was ex hibited to-day in some descriptions of stack, and rather more business was transacted than is usual at the close of the week. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business transacted on 'Change to-day, and the variations from yesterday's quotatious were altogether unimportant. BRISTOL, JULY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was tolerably steady, but with very little business doing, and no alteration in prices. crease of the panic in the money market. A NeNwIWYYork"KbyISit°IINeETWMARKET.—Theday accounts fro n m . Previo us l y there had been a ten d ency to recovery, but ra. tors had p roduced new confusion. A Mr. P ur dy, the a nnouncement of fresh failures of large stock P a , oe New Y or k , and a Mr. Wetherbe, at Boston, had _ sus pended f or heavy amounts ; and the excitement had been increased by the discovery that the cashier of Mr. Belmont, Rothschild's agent at New York, had ab stracted about 3,000/. in bank-notes from the iron safe in that gentleman's banking -house by means of false keys. The day after the robbery the notes, with the ex ception of a sum of about 701., were returned by post ; and, the writing on the direction, not having been suffi ciently disguised, the cashier was suspected and appre hended. He is said to have confessed the offence, and to have attributed it to large losses in stocks. The books of the house were, therefore, undergoing a Thorough examination to ascertain if any other misap propriations had taken place. One cause of the further decline in prices consisted in the apprehension that the news of Mr. Schuyler's defalcations, and of the general prevalence of discredit, would alarm persons iu England, and induce the transmission of American securities for sale. On this head, however, the real danger is pro bably small, since holders at a distance would be less affected by the immediate exaggerations of fear than those on the spot. The English public have long had cases before them much more damaging to American credit than that of Mr. Schuyler, wh ) was evidently led of soon into his delinquency by the common hope of speculators ld aide the en d j le him to restore . o that an inevitable tu e r v n er yinthinthae. mar ketßy the You transactions American Trust Company, through whi ch in connexion with the Dry Dock Bank a nd the others have been deliberately plun dered, and . . Mr. M orrison • ffair loses its enormity, especially as such an . a North Mr. is himself ruined. Schuyler, unlike those who have become weal th y i by these practi ces, must depend upon the manner in which it was adminis tered, and he was now prepared to show that the board, as it at present existed, had not worked for the public advantage. This was no new opinion of his ; because while in office, he repeated it to his colleagues on every occasion that offered this act, couple-d with the Nuisances Removal Act, enabled the Board of Health to interfere with every trade in the country, and such a power ought only to be entrusted to men who would act with great caution, great judgment, and great for bearance. The Board had two powers entrusted to them, namely, to advise as to the best sanitary measures to be adopted, and secondly, to administer the existing law with justice and discretion. He was prepared to show that in neither of these cases had the present Board given satisfaction. The noble lord then proceeded to enumerate a number of instances where the advice of the Board had either proved mischievous or abortive. The noble lord condemned the constitution of the Board, which would always be defective so long as it embraced amateur members, or was not properly under the con trol of the Home-office ; and, therefore, before the end of the next session the powers of this act, as well as of the Nuisances Removal Act, should be thoroughly revised. As an executive as well as an advising body the existing Board had failed ; and since it had entirely lost the confidence of the public it h•d become absolutely necessary to reconstruct it. It was necessary that the house should refuse to read this bill a second time, in order that the Board should be reconstituted, with some one at its head in whom the house and the public should have confidence, and therefore we should move the usual amendment at this period of the session, namely, that the bill be read a second time on this day three months. Sir B. HALL seconded the amendment. Mr. M. MILNES supported the second reading, and contended that the existing Board was composed of both honest and skilful men. Mistakes they com mitted, no doubt—who was free from them ; but the good they had done greatly counterbalanced the evil. Mr. HENLEY said the Board of Health hitherto bad wasted their time to no purpose. The fact was, they were a cleansing board, but the manner in which they had proposed to carry out their cleansing operations had proved so objectionable, that in many instances the people had preferred to remain dirty. The board had been condemned alike by the Government and the coun try ; and even from the nature of this bill, it appeared that the executive did not approve of their proceedings. A public board could not have got into such universal disfavour unless it had grossly mismanaged its affairs, and believing that it retarded rather than advanced cleansing operations, he must object to its being con tinued any longer in its present form. All that this bill proposed to do was to transfer the control of the Board from the First Commissioner of Works to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, but that _ _ could not remedy its defects, and the best course for the house to pursue was to adopt the amendment. Let there be a short continuance bill, and in the meanwhile the Government could consider the best mode of re modelling the board. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was admitted on all hands that a board of this sort was necessary for the safety of the public, while there appeared to be very little dif• ference of opinion as to the powers which it should possess ; what objection then could there be to the pro posal of his noble friend, which was that they should adopt this bill, limiting its operation to twelve months, and that next session a committee should be appointed to inquire into the whole subject of reconstructing the board. No doubt the existing board bad too much despised the feeling which prevailed in the country in favour of local self-government, but at the same time it should not be forgotten that local authorities were occa sionally dispo.ed to neglect their duties, and in such cases the board had exercise.l a very judicious influence. In someinstances the board might have rendered itself un popular by its proceedings in that respect, but there were very important matters in which the merits of the board had been greatly overlooked. Their cholera reports were of the highest importance, and conferred a lasting benefit on the community, in pointing out the best man ner of treating that dreadful scourge, while in no less than 180 towns they had established a system of local govern. ment for receiving the health of the people, which had been found to work exceedingly well. It could not be said then that the labours of the Board had proved abor tive • but, on the other hand, it was urged th a t th e Board was not composed of proper persons. He, how ever, could not concur in that opinion, for while no man had done so much to benefit the poor as the Earl of Shaftesbury, his coadjutor, Mr. Chard wick, had confer red great advantages on the State by his inquiries into the poor-law, the police, and the crime of the country. With regard to Dr. Southwood Smith, it was absolutely necessary that there should be a medical member or the board, and since no man was more familiar with the proceedings of Boards of Health, he thought a better medical member could not readily be found. Under these circumstances he trusted the house would adopt the limited proposal of the Government to pass this bill, and leave it for next session to decide in what manner the board should be permanently reconstructed. Mr. HAYWARD added a few words in favour of Mr. Chadwick, and read a letter from the Dean of Ely to support his views. He stated that the medical advisers of Mr. Chadwick had recommended him not to remain in the board. Mr. HUME said if the Government would under take to remove Mr. Chadwick, he would vote for the bill. Lord PALMERSTON said all the three members had placed their resignations in the hands of the Go vernment, to be dealt with as they should think fit, but with regard to Mr Chadwick, he believed the state of that gentleman's health would not admit of his remain ing on the board any longer. Sir T. D. ACLAND said, while a rod was hang ing over themselves, they should not press with two se vere a rod upon others. The house then divided, when there appeared—• For the second reading Against it 74 Majority The bill was accordingly thrown out. MILITIA BILLS. The Militia (No. 2), the Militia (Scotland) and the Militia (Ireland), were considered and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Cinque Ports and the acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women, were read a third time. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. In reply to a question from Mr. SPOONER, Mr. HUME stated that it was not his intention to proceed with the motion of which he had given notice, as follows :—" That, in the opinion of this house, it would promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes of this metropolis, if the collec tions of natural history and of art, in the British Museum, the National Gallery, and Marlborough house, were open to the public inspection after morning service on Sundays, at such hours as public houses and gin shops are allowed by law to open on those days." The reason for his postponing it was this, he was anxious that the -evidence of the Public House Com mittee should be published before he brolight it on, and, therefore, he had no alternative but to postpone it until next session. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. PIILMAN, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the house to attend at the bar of the House of Peers, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several public and private acts, for which see Lords' report. The sittings were suspended at four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was (LEFT BITTING.) Mr. Wilkinson was prevented by illness from voting on the third reading of the Bribery Bill on Friday last. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WA Y. BIRMINGHAM, Saturday Night.—An inquest was held this evening before the borough coroner, on the bodies of William Daws and Thomas Box, the driver and fire man killed by the collision which took place near the Allesleygate station on Thursday morning last. Mr. Barrs, from the office of Mr. Carter, solicitor ; Captain Brueyeres, and Mr. Robinson, of the Birming ham station, appeared for the London and North-Wes tern Company. During a portion of the time Walker, the pointsman, was present in the room. K. Box was the first witness called, and identified Box, the stoker, as his brother. He also knew Daws, the driver. The deceased was a married man, with 5 sons and 2 daughters, and about 40 years of age. Wit ness was present when the occurrence took place on Thursday morning last, and drove the ordinary engine of the train. They went on well until they arrived at the Beechwood tunnel, about four miles and a half from Coventry, when the pilot engine was attached to take them up the down-line. The up-line at that part and for some distance was being re-laid with new rails. When the pilot engine was attached the engine of the train did not work. Nothing was allowed to travel on that portion of the road unless the pilot was with it, the down-line being the only line used. There were police. men at each end of that portion of the line which was under repair. At the time they ran off the down line they might be proceeding at twelve or thirteen miles an hour. They passed the points at Allesley station, which are used for crossing from one line to another. The first thing I saw was a signal from the inspector of police, who rides with the pilot engine over that ground, and also from the driver of the pilot engine, who held up their hands to stop. Witness instantly reversed his en gine. He saw the inspector then jump off the pilot en gine, and lost sight of him. He then saw that they were going into some ballast waggons, but he stood firm, holding the handrail. The pilot engine ran into the waggons, but he (witness), who was on the second engine, did not feel the slightest shock. The pilot engine was turned over on her back on the down line, from which she had ran. The leading wheels of the engine of the train did not go off the line. No part of the passenger train suffered injury. When they came to a standstill witness got off to see what was done, but could see nothing for the steam. The drat person he did see was his brother. He was on the platform at the - Allesley gate station, ,kst where the engine turned over. He was sensible, but dreadfully hurt. One leg was nearly off. Went round the engine and found Daws, the driver, in the ditch on the other side of the line with boiling water from the engine pouring over him. He was carried on a shutter to the platform. His legs were nearly cut off. A boy was thrown from the engine, and when he got up he ran away. M'Kay, the inspector of police, was much injured. In about three quarters of an hour the deceased, the inspector, and the boy were all re moved to Birmingham in the same conveyance. They were sent, as soon as it could be obtained, by a special engine. He saw his brother at the hospital about five o'clock the same night. He was then alive and sensi ble. Witness asked him "What was the reason that he and Daws gave me the signal ?" "He replied, " Don't you know ? " Witness rejoined, "No ; I want to know particularly." Deceased said " The points were wrong." He did not enter into any fur ther details. He said he should lose a leg, but he should be all right after. He died in half an hour. He understood his brother to mean that the points were open. The effect would be that the engine would go on the other, or up-line, which they ought not to have done for about half a mile further, and the ballast waggons were in use for the repairs. There is only one pair of points at Allesley-gate. They are worked with a lever. There was always a man on duty there. One night, and one day. Witness saw him there that morning. He was standing away from the points at the gateway, with a green flag in his band. He was close to one end of the points and quite upright. His position signified that all was right for the train to pass. By Mr. Barra : Our steam was shut off previous to en tering upon the single line, just on entering the points. It was done momentarily. Henry Barmiagham, the stoker on the engine of the express train which left Birmingham at 7.30 on Thurs day morning, confirmed in all important points the evi dence of last witness. Almost at the moment the acci dent occurred gave a signal with his right hand, and got hold of whistle with his left. Paws did all he could to stop the train. Before he (witness) went to see after the wounded men, he looked at the points towards the gate, and found them open to the straight road ; if they had been so at the time the train passed the colli sion would not have occurred.' The points were known as figure 5 points. He felt satisfied that the points were not in the same position as when they passed by, and he took hold of the handle of the lever, and pulled them. He found that when he pulled them they stood in the position he put them, whereas they ought to have gone back to the position from .which he took them. He thought the points were out of order ; otherwise they should have gone back again. They were not in acting order, and he attributed the accident to that cause. The points being out of order was from dirt, want of oil, or both. His opinion was, that there was dirt and a scarcity of oil. He particu larly observed dirt, and could see no traces of oil. If a heavy engine had passed over the points from the up to the down line in the condition in which he saw them, it would be very likely to leave them open. Do you know whose duty it was to look after and clear the points ? —Witness—There is a man by day and night kept there for that purpose. He would not under take to say that the points were not oiled the day before. Mr. Bedford, superintendent of the London and North-Western police on the southern division, produced the regulations of the company with respect to the duties of pointsmen, and from which it appeared that they were directed " to keep their switches clear and well oiled ; I and whenever a train has passed over, he is to see that no particle of coke or dirt has dropped within the points so as to prevent them from closing, and also that they are replaced in the proper position. He is also to try his points before the passing through of a train that he may be thoroughly satisfied there is no impediment to their working." Witness also produced instructions to engine-drivers, pointsmen, and all concerned, directing that no train was to travel over a single portion of the line at more than twelve miles an hour. There were also special directions with regard to the working of the single line whero the accident occurred. Every policeman was supplied with these instruc tions. William Walker was the man charged with the points at Allesley-gate. He must have been the pointsman spoken of by Box. The pointsmen are on duty twelve hours, and their wages 20s. per week. Wit ness examined the points the morning aiter the accident, and they wented a little cleaning and oil. From the dust occasioned by the relaying of the line and the bal last, they would require a little more attention than usual. It was the duty of Inspector M'Kay, who is injured, to see that the pointsmen did their duty. By a juryman —The train would not have gone off the line it the points had been right. John Vaughan, a ballast-engine foreman, deposed that, about ten minutes past seven of the same morning, be took a heavy ballast-engine through the permanent points ; but he did not observe whether they were left open or not. Box, the driver, was recalled, and said, after he had run round the engine, he sawWWalker, the pointsnian, come away in the direction beyond the points. He might be 100 yards distant from them. He asked wit ness "What is to do ?" Witness said, " The points must have been wrong ;" to which Walker replied, "Come and look whether they are right or no." Wit ness said he had something else to do, and went away to the engine. Walker, after the accident, gave every as sistance in his power. Mr. Haddrick, superintendent of the permanent line, deposed that, shortly after the accident occurred, he examined the points, and they worked well, although they did not appear to have been oiled in the morning. The train could not have got off the down line on to the up line if the points had worked properly. Mr. Johnson, house surgeon to the Birmingham hos pital, described the injuries inflicted upon the deceased. Daws died on his way to Birmingham, and Box in the hospital about five o'clock in the evening. M`Kay was still suffering from a severe fracture of the skull. The above was the evidence relating to the principal Points of the inquiry, but ultimately the coroner ad juurned the inquest until ten o'clock on Monday (this) morning. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JULY 29. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Enchantress, from Middelhairt; Charles, Baltimore; Mathilde, Aalborg; Cor nelia, Worcum; Anna Dorothea, Randers; Slater Rebow, Tarragonna; Claudia, Quebec ; Pioneer, Hamburg ; Miles Anders, Horsens ; Omer, Aalborg ; Juno, Sudwesthon ; Diana, do.; Armelino, Venice; Pytho, Gothenburg; Pri mus, a Russian prize of war ; Hortensia, Dantzic; Jesse, Sijusne; Trio, Adelaide ; City of Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec ; Emily, Dantzio; Apollo, Grenada ; Ajax, Mel bourne ; Aurora, Manzanillo, ; Precise, Belize ; Armeria, Lykkim; Victoria, Stockholm. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Christine Jantina, for Dordrecht; Slater Rebow, Malta; Maria, Umea'; Jane, Valencia; Rose, Crest; Champion, Sierra Leone; Standard, Adelaide; Tertius, Cherbourg; Alfred, Jamaica; Br oo ki ng , Constantinople and Varna; Friends, Cherbourg; Harriet Armitage, Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon; Mary Goddard, Hobart Town; Pioneer, Hamburg; Spencer, Ghent ; Vier Gebruders, Hamburg; City of Hamilton, Quebec andMon treat; Royal Shepherdess, Singapore. VESSELS CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Johannes for Harburg; Johanna, Stettin; Carl Richard, do.; Schmell ford, do.; Dspatch, t. Vincent; Liberty, Ghent; Friends, Cherbourg; James Moorhouse, Antwerp; Cybele, Berbice; Industry, Antwerp; Troende Sodskende, Dronthoitn; Gut teridge, Dunkirk ; Robert Law, Melbourne ; Victor, Lis bon. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. to London, May 4, lat T . h 3 85 S A , b l b o e n y g. 21 E. (barque), H"g*K"ig The Lando, Londou to San Francisco, June 4, lat. 4 N, Ihe..l.lda (brig), from London, Jun e 17, lat. 23 N, long , 36 W ' . The Chan 3 Chan ce W. (barque), Bonny to Liverpool, June 26 , lat. 34 N, long . July eCondor N(5, long. 3 we(lish sW. barque), Matanzas to Gibraltar, 5, let. 38 The No. 5,916, second distinguishing pendant, Dutch ship, off Cape Horn. The Wilhohnine Callao to Cork, April 17, lat. 40 5, long. 94 W. , The Thoexene, April 25, lat. 54 S, long. 36 W. ing A p n e E nd n a g u lizli m br . i y g, l3, The Louise, Callao to Cowes, May 30, lat. 25 S, long. 27 W. 28: * English ship, showing The Olhers, Callao to Cowes, June 4, lat. 19 S, long. pendant, May 11, lat. 5 8, 10 N ng ° ..30 946 * lat. 1 S, long. 31 W. showing No. 8,107, second distinguish- The Glance, of New York, bound west. second distinguishing SPORTING NOTES. A PARTHIAN GLANCE AT GOODWOOD. The shortcomings which were displayed in the supply of sport at Goodwood were not sufficiently marked to sustain the fears which are entertained of the speedy declension of the meeting. Still " fallings off " in the numerical strength of the "attractions" were frequently perceptible, and they will be yearly increased unless some popular measures be adopted whwh will insure the permanent support of owners of horses. The primary cause of failure in certain particulars is patent. The aggregate amount of "added money" is comparatively insignificant. People nowadays do not like to contend solely for their own money, and it is no wonder, there fore, that the list of nominations at Goodwood becomes gradually diminished. In the majority of instances no " added money" is given to the principal stakes, and for the " Plates" the entrance-fee not unfrequently supplies the sum which constitutes the prize. To the Goodwood Stakes not a sixpence is given, no surprise is therefore excited at the comparative unpopularity of that event among owners of horses when the large sums of public money which are added to Handicaps run for at other places of sport throughout the year are taken into con sideration. Still encouraging assurances were afforded during the recent meeting that the " glories of Good• wood" will be long perpetuated. Lord March was actively employed in soliciting subscriptions, and his " Red Book" was in frequent requisition. The various incidents which marked the sport are doubtless by this time familiar to all, turfites. They were as usual interesting and important. Two horses, which are likely to figure with frequent prominence in t , ;e Derby betting were among the successful competitors of the week. Lord of the Isles, however, made his first appearance in public in so clumsy and equivocal a manner that opinions were widely divided as to the exact extent of his racing ability. The style in which he was ridden, however, for the Levant Stakes, only renders it a matter of surprise how the horse managed to " pull through" at all. I certainly cannot appreciate the motives which induced his owner to risk losing so large and important a stake by engaging a jockey so notoriously incompetent. On Wednesday, when the Lord of the Isles was ridden by an able jockey, he beat a large and respectable field. He is a big, well-made horse, and may, with careful treatment, attain much turf celebrity. I am induced ,to alter materially the opinion which I expressed relative to Dirk Hatteraick, on the occasion of his debut at Liverpool. His per formances at Goodwood, and those of Paletot and the Miss Whip filly, are, as it has been well observed, cal culated to prove that his running at Aintree was altoge ther a mistake. Dirk seems a large, " green," unfinished animal, that requires plenty of time for the full develop ment of his powers. The range of speculation on the Goodwood Stakes was very limited. Although too the result was in favour of the "fielders," yet book makers generally are not large winners. Bribery won easily and her running showed that they who trusted the form of the Oak's mares and regarded prop er ly B r ib ery ' s performance with Cleveland at Winchester committed no error of judgment. Few people expected to see Adine obtain so forward a posi tion in the race, after she had been so easily defeated on Tuesday by Protest. Had Wells "ridden to orders," it is possible that Heapy might have snatched the victory from Bribery. Instead of waiting, however, he made most of the running, and was "pumped out" when call ed upon to make afinishing effort. Tros seems incapa ble of staying. After all the bother, boasting, and " bolstering" of her partizauu Nancy was again defeated and disgraced. _ The result of the race was strictly in accordance with the opinions which were stated in The San of the 24th inst. In reference to Diana and Bribery I wrote— " Diana's running has been of the veriest leather-flapping mediocrity. She ran somewhat forward for the Oaks, it is true, but her supporters are likely to derive little encouragement from an impartial consideration of that performance. Bribery finished in advance of her for that event, and although she is handicapped to give Diana 61 bs., yet, if a starter, she will indubitably make her safe." When these observations were penned, Diana was rapidly advancing to the position of leading favourite, and Bribery was little thought of. I also wrote in re ference to Messrs. Payne and Greville's lot: " A vague rumour is afloat to the effect that the lot was tried with Bribery, who proved the best of the bunch. Be this as it may, I shall deem the trusted representative of Messrs. Payne and Greville's interest a most dangerous antago nist." I summed up my arguments by selecting Heapy, Adine, and Trus against the field. Bribery won, and the other three were second, third, and fourth. The Brighton Meeting, which will commence on Wed. nesday, is likely to be celebrated with considerable eclat. I shall reserve my comments on the programme until to-morrow. July 31. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RAC WEIGHTS for the BRTGHTON ES.-WEDNESDAY. NURSERY STAKES. T. Y. C , st lb Rifleman Lord of the Isles 8 10 Polydora colt Fortune-teller 7 9 Sailor Saucebox 7 9 Enchantress colt 7 7 Ethelbaid Orphrey Parchment Namur 7 6 st lb Professor Airy Moonshine Lady Rachel Hercules Eliza 7 0 Homily Redemption 7 0 B.pnum 6 12 P.tritheon Hartley Buck WEIGHTS for the GIIA.ND STAND PLATE. One mile and a quarter. Age st lb Indian Warrior 5 9 0 Defiance 4 9 0 Nancy Bribery Mentmore Lass 4 8 4 Exact 4 8 1 Jouvence Winkfield Age st lb Caliph Diomedia Mishap Protest D. O. Stonehenge .. Orestes LEWIS RACES.-. UGUST 10 AND 11. FIRST WEIGHTS for the TRIG: DAY, Age st lb Honesty Domino 3 8 7 Old Noll Antonina WEIGHTS for the INNICEEPE] Age st lb Domino Perfidious Banstead Ailington (h b) Diana 3 7 4 Hazlenut Inder WEIGHTS for the SOUTHDOW. Age st lb Garforth Warwick Alp Honesty Marchioness a 10 12 .L STAKES. One mile. Age st lb Inder 4 7 9 Switch Kennyside Hero 3 6 12 L'S PLATE. Mile and a half. Age st lb Fawn a 6 8 Vestige Jujube The Kaffir 4 6 0 Miss Fright The Jester a 5 10 WELTER CRP. Two miles. Age et lb Rosa a 10 10 Walnut Hero (h b) Old Misery Now or Never a 10 0 SECOND DAY. WEIGHTS for the LEWES STAKES. Forfeits to be declared on Friday, the 4th of August, by 4 o'clock p.m. Two miles. Age st lb *lndian Warrior 5 8 4 Little David 4 7 10 Cobnut The Alp a 7 2 *Llanforda Pantomime *Jacqueline Allington (11 b) 4 6 6 D. O. Phocion Jack Frost 3 6 0 Those marked * baying knowledge of their owners, time proscribed, unless speci Age st lb ;Mouser 'Kidnapper 3 5 10 Shakspeare.. Barrel 3 5 10 The Kaffir 4 5 8 Diana Miss Fright Vingt-'un Victor IlJennala filly *Jujübe been entered without the will be struck out by the 'ally ordered to remain in. RES FOR 1854. - - Egham l5 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 1 York Hereford 24 1 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 2O Plymouth 3C Lincoln 31 MBER. __ Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn ,21 Lanark 25 Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall Northallerton 2B RACING FIXT AUG - Brighton 2 Airdrie Durham...,,, Brighton Club 4 .Ripon Yarmouth 8 North Staffordshire 8 Reading Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 SEPT] Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Bedford 19 0 CTI Chester Autumn 3 Kelso 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 UST. Caledonian Hunt 11 Warwick Autumn l7 Richmond 18 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 IBER. NOVE Epsom Autumn ..... .... 2 Liverpool ......... 7 Co wbriclge Hunt 8 STOCKS or ViinEAT IN HULL,—It is an extraordinary , fact, and we state it on good authority, that, at the pre sent moment, the stocks of wheat at the port of Hull amount to 80,000 quarters.—Doncaster Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills for the Effec tual Cure of Dropsy.—The singular efficacy of Iloilo ways Pills in the numerous cures effected by their use, in some of the most obstinate cases of dropsy, is very extraordinary. These astonishing pills act with such peculiar effect upon the system, that the fluids arising from this direful disease are imperceptibly carried off; and entirely prevented from any further accumulation. The distressing symptoms which accompany this com plaint being thus dispersed, the sufferer regains buoy ancy of spirits, and a completely renovated comtitution. Females at particular periods of life should have re course to these admirable pills, as they are the finest me dicine ever known.—Sold by all druggists, and at Pro essor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. IBER. TAB' COLONIAL GOLD COMPANY. The Colonial Gold Company report as follows :—"The Colonial Gold Company have advices from their super intendents in New South Wales and Victoria. The dates are from Sydney to the 9th of May, and from Sand hurst to the 20th of May. Mr. Spence had visited Tarn boroola, and advises that a square half-mile of land on the Fighting-ground Creek, applied for under the re:zu lations as a quartz vein, had been granted, and that, considering it preferable the plant should be erected on the company's freehold, he had made application for the purchase of thirty acres, which has also been acceded to. Mr. Spence writes The Fighting ground Creek is the most favourable place for water in the neighbourhood of Tamboroora, and there appears to be every reason to expect that our establishment there will be most profitable. The Royal Vein is turning out richer than ever, and the owner is solicitous for some arrangement under which the lode will be fully de veloped. As the situation of our mill will be convenient, he is disposed to enter into terms that will give us the right to the whole of the quartz. I have not yet de cided what these terms are to be. We saw the gold that had been extracted in the course of the week's working of his small crushing concern, and the yield was close upon 8 oz. to the ton. Whether or not such rich stuff will continue through the hill remains to be ascertained by a system of exploration not yet coin inenced. The Coronation Vein, lately belonging to the British Australian Company, is now abandoned, and will be further prospected by us. We purpose, when permanently located, to organise a regular system of exploration through a very promising tract of country surrounding the site o f th e m ill , and hope to find some veins quite as good as those that by mere accident have been discovered.' Mr. Spence, accompanied by Capt. Paull, had visited the Ophir Copper Mine and the ad joining sections of land, which are open to the company on ,terms. He writes Capt. Paull's opinion of the mine, and also his report on the various promising places that I intend him to examine, will be transmitted to you when received. That he was impressed very favourably by the appearance of the lodes is certain, and he thinks that even at the present time they might be worked to advantage. At Louisa Creek there had been a great flood, and the dam was secured with difficulty. .A. very large quantity of water was secured, and such work was in progress as would considerably strengthen and preserve the embankment. Mr. Spence says (writing from Syd ney), am obliged to defer to the present month the intention of making a return that would give some defi nite idea of our prospects. They would commence crushing and also washing the alluvial a few days after I left. lam very glad to learn that four miners and two steamers have been engaged, and trust that they will soon arrive. For steady good work the men sent out by the managers are almost without exception the only labourers to be relied on unless constantly watched. I note the shipment per Montgomery, from Liverpool, of another engine and crushing-mill, with spare rollers, &c. As there is hardly a shadow of doubt now with regard to a permanent and profitable operation in the reduction of quartz and other ores, and as various arrangements for the extension of our works are progressing, the above machinery will arrive in good time, and need not remain idle long.' "'_Vlr. Corner, in his despatches from Sandhurst, writes : " ' It is my intention to try hereafter some claims— new ones—as the ordinary digger, so as to endeavour to find some rich washing stuff. The stuff generally as left by the diggers is, I find, too poor for touching there after. " 'Gold-washing since the rains has been continued daily upon our heap of stuff with varied success ; we are not able to pursue this upon any system thus far so as to arrive at an actual or positive result, even by long toms, which I consider bad, since we do not have the finer particles of gold dust, nor can I do this without an amalgamating process. There have been many little things operating against a correct result upon this rude way of washing the soil. On the 10th and 14th of April we washed 23 loads, and obtained 4 oz. 10dwt. ; from the 18th to the 22d of April we washed 59 loads, and ob tained lloz. 16dwt. ; from the 24th to the 29th of April we washed 78 loads, and obtained 13oz. 16dwt. ; from the 2d to the 6th of May we washed 64 loads, and obtained 7oz. sdwt. ; from the Bth to the 13th of May we washed 82 loads, and obtained 12oz. 14dwt. 12grs. ; fram the 15th to the 20th of May we washed 90 loads, and obtained looz. ldwt. 12grs. Part of this time one of the pumps was out of order, and part of the engine was used for the saw-mill. I shall put on more toms, since the engine does the same work—say pumping three pumps, and thus I get a full supply of water for five toms instead of two, and there is no greater consumption of fuel. We have abundance of water now. " Thatyour machinery will now be quite unnecesary to carry on washing the alluvial upon a large scale I am more than ever certain of, as the same labour and almost the same heavy expenses continue in this cramped experi ment as would have to be borne after the erection of the more extensive kind you were about sending me, which will be very acceptable in the spring of this year. " ' My difficulty with regard to labour increases ; a commanding force of picked men, sent by Messrs. Tay lor, will be indispensable. Food and feed stuffs for horses are enormously enhanced ; and I may mention. that the lowest rate of carriage for dead weight, and a good loading, such as flour and sugar, is 1001. per ton, and will be higher. Hay is not to be had at any sta tion, and from Melbourne it costs about the same as flour. Butchers' meat has risen from 6d. to ls. per lb., and will he higher."' CINCINNATI STEAM FIRE-ENGINIL—This engine, which cost rather more than 2,0001., and weighs between five and six tons, throws 84,000 gallons in an hour. Five horses are required, four to draw the engine, and one the fuel and reel cart. Mr. Mike and Professor Wilson went to see the engine. Mr. Mike cays—." On reaching the station we satisfied ourselves that there was no fire in the engine, and that the water in the boiler was cold. On the order being given to proceed to a particular point the light was applied td the grate, always kept ready filled with very combustible materials, the horses were harnessed, and the engine left the house in 3} minutes after the supposed fire was announced. It reached the spot indicated, 1,450 feet distant from the engine -house, in 21 minutes, and in 6i minutes from the first announce !tient the horses were uncoupled and the engine placed over the supply cistern. In 8} minutes the steam gauge was at 35 deg., and the pumps self-feeding. In 9 minutes a hose was affixed, and the reel de spatched in 9. minutes minutes to about 100 feet distant from the engine, during which time a second hose was being fixed and laid out. In 12 minutes water was issuing from one hose, and in 12 minutes from both. In 13 minutes the jet of water reached 100 feet from the nozzle first applied, one of an inch diame ter, and from that time a large body of water was pour ing forth. In 17 minutes the supply was strong enough to rise about 60 feet in height. In 28 minutes it was playing over a moderate-sized house. In 33 minutes all six nozzles were in use. In 38 minutes the issue of water was stopped, that the capability of supplying steamjtts might be shown In 3'91 minutes a very powerful blast of steam was issuing. We were informed that the e ngine had on two or three occasions played six hours : continu ously, and once 12 hours, and we were given to statement we er stand that it had thrown water 230 fee t — a could believe from the power exhibitecbanad heavy yh cartwas shown by directing the stream against standing empty in the stree t , elndßeport which ( was New Yorkdriven I b n y . it nearly 100 feet.--Mr. Di ks dustrial Exhibition). HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, July much 27. Tl improved fi the h fine weather s e r i n thisfor the neigh bourhood. t few days has very In some grounds there is a prospect of grow ing strop, but in others very few hops can possibly be gr ovrn Indeed, we believe there are places in which 'not a bin will be placed far the purposes of picking. When we speak of the possibility of a crop being grown i n some places it must be borne in mind that the hops in and about Maidstone are better than those in other districts, and that it is not a fair criterion on which to form a judgment as to the general growth. The accounts we have received from several places show that a gradual improvement has, and is taking place, but that improve ment is not likely to go on unless the weather continues favourable. Last night the wind was high, and where the bine is strong it is much blown about. The college ground has done wonders. It is looking better than any grounds hereabouts, and it is likely to produce an excel lent crop under the circumstances. Opinions as to the amount of duty vary considerably, but the majority ap pear to be betting against 100.0001. FARNHAM, July 27.—Our Farnham hops, especially in the town, are very much imprnved, and some of them look as if they would produce 7 cwt. or 8 cwt, an acre. In the country the hops are very bad, although some of them are on the mend. The hot weather we have had this last week has had a very marked effect. ITAIVICHURST, July 27.—There is a decided improve. ment in the hops, and in some gardens the young shoots are clear from all vermin. BRENCHLEY, July 28.—We cannot speak of improve ment ; some pieces are shooting out a little, but are fol lowed up by the lice to the very tips. The present pros pects indicate a total blight in almost the whole of the plantations here. HORSMONDEN, July 27.—There is a decided improve ment in the hops ; they are throwing out fresh shoots, but in most cases the vermin, too, continues to follow them up, and should genial weather continue the im provement cannot be fairly estimated more than one or two cwt. per acre, for according to present appearance it will require twenty hills for a bushel, or, taking thn most favourable side of the case, say ten, which is 120 bushels, or two cwt. per acre ; and two cwt. per acre on 50,000 acres, the betting duty would be about 53,300/. ay 50,000/. Much will depend upon the weather for the next fortnight. CLONMEL ASSIZES.—THE ADDUCTION CASE. —The commission was op,ned on Thursday by the Right Hon. Judge Ball, and the proceedings excited the greatest in terest, it being known that Mr. Carden's trial, for the abduction of Miss Arbuthnot, would take place at the present assizes. The grand jury having been charged by Justice Ball, retired, and shortly afterwards returned true bilis against Mr. Carden. Miss Arbuthnot, who possesses a large fortune, is in her twentieth year. Although there are a good many witnesses to be exa mined, it is not likely that the trial will extend beyond one day. How TO DETECT FORGED NOTES.—Damp the part occupied by the watermark (say of the word " five," or other value). It has invariably been found that the effect of the damping in a forged note is that the water mark disappears, w h er eas in a genuine note it b ecomes far more plainly legible than before. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--DERBY, JULY 29. (Before Mr. Justice Maule.) THE FATAL POACHING AFFRAY IN DERBYSHIRE, John Turner, labourer, 38 ; James Walton, weaver, 40 ; W. Dswson, weaver, 40 ; W. Taylor, weaver, 50 ; B. Milner, labourer, 33, T. Wilson, joiner, 36, and T. Dodds, labourer, 28, were charged with the wilful murder of W. L. G. Bagshawe, on the night of the 19th of July, 1854, at the parish of Tideswell. The prisoners were charged upon a second indictment with a violent assault upon Samuel Slack. Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Boden appeared for the prose cution ; prisoners were defended by Mr. Sergeant Miller and Mr. Bell. The court was densely crowded to hear the above trial, which occupied the court from nine in the morning until half-past eight in the evening. After the hearing for the prosecution, Mr. Serjeant Miller, for the prisoners, said that before the jury could convict any of the prisoners they must be satisfied that the offence of mur der was actually committed. Toey had heard legal objections to Mr. Bagshawe's right to be there, and the present case being a peculiar one it was called a legally constructed murder. It would be for the jury then to say if in point of law murder had been committed, and if so, by whom S It was perfectly true that if the prisoners went out together, agreeing violently to resist their lawful apprehension, and if, in carrying out their purpose, they resorted to violence, the party inflicting fatal injuries were guilty of murder, hut the facts elicited in this case were far otherwise ; there was no proof of murder, there was none that the prisoners had acted in concert. Supposing that all the prisoners were there in the night time, were the jury satisfied that, i❑ going out to spear a fish, they went prepared to resist to the death any attempt to apprehend them ? Was there any proof of this being the fact ? Did it not, on the contrary, appear that no intimation whatever having been given to the poachers who it was that had come to prevent them carrying out their designs, and no attempt made to take them into custody, except after a violent attack, that there bad been a desire on the part of Mr. Bagshawe and his friends to thrash them upon the place rather than seek to punish them by the law ? The learned counsel then went through the portion of the evidence referring to the conflict, arguing that it went to show that Mr. Bagshaw's party were the first to begin the attack, and that the shots said to be fired were directed only against the bull-dog which had been let loose upon the men in the river. Mr. Justice Maule having summed up, after a quar ter of an hour's consultation the jury returned a verdict of not guilty against each prisoner on the charge of murder. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., then said there was another charge against the prisoners for feloniously assaulting Samuel Slack. In consequence of Slack being too ill, from the severity of his wounds, again to give evidence, he applied for this trial to be postponed until the next assizes, Milner being detained in custody, and the other six liberated on entering into their recognizsnces to ap pear when called upon. His lordship could not accede to the request, and no evidence being offered upon the second indictment, a verdict of acquittal was also returned upon that. THE PATENT PRINTING MACHINERY AND PRINTING COMPANY. (From the Typographical Circular.) Mourn, compositors, mourn ! Bewail the unlucky fate that made you printers! Sigh over the uncertainty of human happiness ! Your art is about to be super seded—your " occupation" will soon be gone ! Major Beniowski has patented some " improvements" (?) in printing, which promise to simplify the art so that "authors will be able to set up their productions in metal themselves ; and those who are able to pay will find millions of willing and exceedingly cheap hands, everywhere, at all times, and a moment's notice." Printing is ►o be introduced into every school ; boys and girls are to learn to read and print at tho same time ; children are to have types in the nurseries instead of the present toy bricks ; " the walls will become in scribed with papa, mamma. &c., and it will not be long before they cover their floors, walls, and roofs with words and sentences." The inventor humanely cautions parents against " the folly of apprenticing their children to a trade winch will, at the end of the apprenticeship, be the trade of every body ;" and the gallant major "actually thinks that it will require great activity on the part of the law to make those that are already indentured stick to their parents' engagements." At a lecture delivered at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, Major Beniowski explained that the chief impediment to cheap printing arose from the extreme difficulty which compositors experience in reading their lines, and that the above revolution is to be effected— first, by having types about half the usual height, and, in addition to the ordinary letter on the face, having the same letter, not reversed, cut on the foot, which is to be placed uppermost in the stick, so as to be easily read, and the lines to be afterwards turned over. The letter on the foot will be legible, we doubt not, till it gets dragged over the stone, or filled up by dirt, or till a sheet of paper is pasted by the presman or machinist at the back of the form, when probably the face of the type would be found most legible—unless, indeed, that shall be so much worn by being distributed and composed downwards as to be illegible also. The type to be composed by a female, is to be formed into lines, spaced out, and the words di vided by a little boy learning to read ; to be distributed by another little boy ; to be placed in the case, called an " authoriton," by a third ; and although nothing has been said about readers and correctors, doubtlessly their services will be occasionally required. Secondly, the present cumbrous cases, with two or three alphabets in them, " making the art so difficult as to require an apprenticeship," are to be done away with, and the "authoriton," with only 1620 compartments, is to take their place. Thirdly, instead of picking up one type at a time, the matter is to be simplified by having com pound letters, syllables, words substituted ; in order that children at school—or any one who can read—may at once become compositors ! The present boxes in cases are too large, and the new ones must be very much smaller ; and, as the type pairfingers. be tweezers will be used, and the types . m t us v t n t in ere or packed in the cases so as not to require turning. u as often failed, " Logotype" has been often tried, d exceedingly p But now every isdifficult o y oe r o e f m t o h v e e g , ve a a n t d e, t t h o e h t j h e i e n t g i o m n s a made four le l e tters h to l geth . e n r e w h as s , d th to at h w e h t e h n vo o w n o e j le o t i t n e i r ng go th t p w roc u e e ss p t le he letters will be cast awa y ; bu r t e e in battered, t hee newtb separately and c o,en .t t o ed r w to i g li et o h n e l r y ; ha a v n e d t w o h d e i n ss o o n lv e e g t e h t e s battered the compositor cement by soaking in spirits of wine, taking off the tin foil in which the letters are enveloped, pick out the bat tered type, re-cement the letters, replace the tin-foil, arid the thing is done. The quantity composed, too, will be enormous. In a trial made at the lecture a yo ung lady compose d , i n three minutes, of reprint copy, a quantity of types, esti mated oaaeust that, e nled d ux nbbyebeecoeMterpegida:uojf equal assistantslir bnt ß guo t e t4 n hp, eor o owsnoats required,mi k an i printing t speedhio so ü b nr e ; e t q wo u h a b t h o e k,e 2 pc 0 0 t nOs up,edt e t r e i rns this; e not les e so t m o h u e a h e x a e g s . nevertheless cuted much cheaper than at present, by paying the "compositors" from ss. to 20s. a week, and by the em ployment of children, who, as they grow up and require increased wages, are to be exchanged for others a size or two smaller. The inventor is completely independent of the " old hands," who "may come to him, but he does not want them," and he is, therefore, certain of success. Indeed, so independent is he of those at present in the trade, that he has not at all consulted practical men on the subject. Such are the main features of a scheme by which the inventor threatens to effect as great a revolution among printers as was e ff ecte d among the ancient "scribes" by the introduction of printing; and, in defiance, or in ignorance, of former experiments, is about to try what has repeatedly failed. Showing an utter contempt for those at present engaged in the trade, he supposes that composing is merely a me chanical process, disregards the difficulties arising from imperfect or illegible manuscript, or the knowledge of punctuation required, and, pretending that experience is not necessary to make a competent workman, invites capitalists to embark in an undertaking by which printing is promised to be executed at less than half the present cost, and return a profit of 200 per cent to the shareholders. The experience of many who tried the logotypes is set at nought ; and, in spite of the heavy losses by the proprietor of Lloyd's Newspaperand others, who tried thecoin post ng machine, it is still declared that persons without any pr e vious training can efficiently execute that which all practical men know to require the experience of a life- Well time. y foreigners A m may speculator has laugh oiiy at t to issue gullibility a flaming prospec tus,Bull ! and deliver a lecture at some aristocratic assembly room, to gain patronage from a host of fashionable ad mirers ; and when assisted by a name of difficult pronun ciation, with an interesting foreign accent, and a pleasing personal exterior, is at once declared to be a wonderful genius, a benefactor of his species, and deserving the thanks of a discerning public. If any one supposed that at the late lecture any oppor tunity of inquiring into the merits of the so-called inven tion would be afforded, a great mistake was committed ; it was evidently intended only for the classic region of St. James's, and not for the denizens of Fleet -street ; for when one or two most pertinent questions were put by a gentleman well known as a first-rate practical printer, it was at once seen that they were distasteful ; the lec turer began to lose his temper, and evaded questions by relating irrelevant anecdotes. Practical men, therefore, wieely abstained from any attempt at exposing the ab surdity of the scheme, rightly believing that they were in no way concerned in the matter, and that if St. James's wished for an interesting toy, it was not for them to interfere. The whole affair strongly reminded us of the graphic description given by Dickens of the "Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual De livery Company," and we venture to predict that it will not be long before the bubble bursts. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE.—The names of the six young waterinen who are to row on the Ist of of August for the livery and badge bequeathed by Mr. Doggett, in honour of the happy accession of the family of her Ma jesty to the throne of Great Britain, are as follows : Jas. Gingeil, jun., Horsley. lo wn ;Richard Hough, Somers quay; Samuel Thomas Ashby, Duke-shore; Win. James Pruas, Bankside ; Edward Mills, Woolwich; David J. Hemmings, Bankside. Besides the livery and badge are prizes bequeathed by Sir W. Jolliffe, and presents from the Fishmongers' Company. ETON COLLEGE ELECTION. The Rev. the Provost of King's College, Cambridge, accompanied by the Posers, the Revs. Mr. Witte and Brocklebank, arrived at Eton on Friday, when the usual Latin cloister speech was delivered by Mr. Buckle, the new Captain of the Colleges. At 11 o'clock on Saturday morning the speeches commenced in the upper school, before a large assemblage of the nobility and gentry, among whom we noticed the Marchioness of Hastings, Earl Jermyn, Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mit ford, Lady Sophia Wyndham, Lord Lyttelton, the Lords Bishops of Lichfield, Lincoln, Oxford, and New Zealand, the Hon. Spencer Walpole, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, Sir George and Lady Couper, the Hon. and Rev. Philip York Saville, Lord Eliot, the Hon Lieut. Paulett, Lieut. Berners, Lady Young and party. Miss Thackeray. Mr. H S. Pearce and Lady, Lord Edward Clinton, Mr. Mitford, M.P., Mr. A. Hayter, Capt. Foster, Hon, W. Byron, Capt. Baillie, Lord WorsleY, Rev. Cation Anson, Sir J. Fraser, the Misses Cust, Lord Irby, Sir B. Henniker, Sir J. M. Doyle, K.C.8. , Lord Chesea, Mr. Arkwright, the Provost and Fellows and Masters of Eton and their families, &c. SPEECHES. 1. Yonge, K. S. ... c Brutus 2. Baker, K.S 1 C a t o 3. Lewis-Lloyd ... Henry V. 4. Collins ma 5. Moore, K.S. 5 Polynices 1 Sophocles 6. Jones ma. 1 CEdipns 7. Evans, K.S. ... j Euclio }Plautus 8. Hankey ilia 1 Strobilus 9. Warner 1 Cicero.em - 1 Gray 10. Hicks, K.SCicero M 11. Mitford 5 Auguste 1 Corneille An tro bus 1 China 12. Buckle ma. K.S. Ere te its iai D e efeace of } Ld. Ers ki n e .{ 13. Pinney 5 Ghost }Shakespeare 14. A. H. Morton.. 1 Hamlet 15. Warre Demosth. in Philip... Demosthenes 16. Wodehouse Burke's Impeachment } Burke { of Hastings 17. Mitford J Captain Absolute . 1 Sheridan 18. Evans, K.S. -1 Sir A. Absolute Most of the speeches were admirably delivered, those by Mitford and Antrobus were decidedly the beet, although Mr. Morton as Hamlet, and Mr. Evans as Sir A. Absolute, met with merited applause. The holidays commence on Monday (this day), and there will be an extra week given in consequence of the recent visit to the college of the King of Portugal with Prince Albert. In the afternoon, a grand banquet was given in the college hall to about 70 of the nobility and gentry, most of whom were present at the delivery 'of the speeches. The college grace was admirably chanted by Mr. Moore. K S., assisted by the gentlemen• of the choirs of Eton and the Chapel Royal of St. George. The hall was hung with the ancient tapestry, and the beautiful silver model of the chapel, presented to the college by William IV., was exhibited on a centre table. After dinner the company adjourned to the Election Chamber, where they partook of an elegant dessert, and drank the customary loyal and collegiate toast". seven o'clock in the evening the company assembled in the Brocas, which was densely crowded, to witness the regatta, at which tone the boats started for Old surleY in the following order : Band of the Royal Horse Guards in two boats. t The Eton eight selected t o row i n th e ma t c h ageing., the Westininster—Mo on , capta i n o f t h e b oa ts, and Browning, from the Monarch ; Lloyd, second captaint and Clive, from the Victory ; Alderson, captain, from the Prince of Wales ; Erwin, captain of the Britannia) Biofield, captain of th e D rea d noug h t ; an d L or d Sket . rnersdale, captain of the Thetis ; Wharton, from the Victory, coxswain. MONARCH, 10 -OAR.—Hall, captain ; Hankey, Ire° ' Wodehouse, Collins, ma. Knox, Field, Warre, Lord, Coventry ; E war t, C oxswa i n. PRINCE or WALEs.--Mo r d an t, ca pt a i n ; Lane, For , Collins, ma., Coch rane , P ro b y, Wi ksted, L ane , Gos ling ; Baillie, c oxswa i n . Rolls, BRITANNIA.— Hickster, captain ; Curtis, Huddlestone, Eliot, Gladstone, Colvin, Severne, Cosby ; Thesigerf coxswain. DREADNOUGHT.—Trafwig, captain ; Baring, Char man, Hussey, Gordon, Arbuthnot, Holland, Wharton ; Vyner, coxswain. TEIETIS.—Hankey, captain ; Pemberton, Savory, Ca rew, Thornhill, Parma, Cunliffe, Pott ; CookesleY, coxswain. ST. GEORGE.—Fraser, captain ; Welby, Bower, Jones, Hamilton, Colebrooke, Sacker, Hopkinson ; Legge, coxswain. After partaking of the usual spread on the green, pro vided by Mr. Layton, of Windsor, and the usual toaste being drunk in some choice wines supplied from the cellars of Mr. Lewis, of Eton, tke boats were agai n manned, and the crews returned to Wind - or, when they rowed below and above bridge during a magnificent dis play of fireworks, supplied Chevalier Southby, the bridge and every available spot in the neighbourh ood being crowded with spectators, many of whom came from town, availing themselves of the accommodation afforded for the purpose by the South-Westqn Rail way Company. At ten the bands struck up " IRA save the Queen," and the' boys returned to the college. COUNT RY MARK TS. LIADDINGTON CORN MARKET —JULY 28. WHEAT. BARLEY OArs. 1522AP15 ,. i First 63 s Od 36 s Od : - '6s 3d 51s ua, Second 58 s 8d j 31s 6d 33 s Od M s 0" Third 4Bs Od 1 24s Od 27s Od 51s 0,1 Total quantity of wheat in market, 91 qrs., 87 50 1 PP /1 Pt Pf PP barley „ 78 qrs., 56 so! oats 194 qrs., 187 sold 6°lii , 21 /1 beaus 9, 13 q 8 rs., AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, V. 18 8 11-12ths I Barley, l/. 13 0 5-12ths Oats, ... 11. 13 0 o.l2tlis I Beans, 21. 11 0 0-12tha DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 27. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. '242 Wheat 65s 01 oos Od 2il Oats 36s 0.. i oos Od 74 Barley 34s Od oos Od 8 Peas & beans 49i 0.1 oos Od Average of wheat, 2/. 14s. 74d. ABE ii.DT;',EN-JULY 28. The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, 263 Od to 27s 40 lbs pei Lu.sbel; trees oats, Übs od to Os Od, 401bs lei bushel ; here, 28s Oct to 3Us Od, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 28s 01 to 303 01, 531b s per b us h el ; wheat red 003 Oil to 00s Od, 62103 rer b us h e l ; w h eat, white, 00s Od ' to 00$ ° a ' 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 22s 3d tc 23s 6d per bell; flour, 52s 0(1 to 513 Od per sa.±. Provisions—Beef, per I P' 6d to 9d ; mutton, .litto, 6d 8d ; veal, ditto, Gd to 8 0 .1 pork, per lb, Os 6(1 to Os 81 ; halmon per lb, is Od to Os Od,. rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, pc; stone, 5s 9d to Os 0, ; potatoes, per peck, 7d to Os 9,1; butter per lb, 9 , 1 t o lu eggs, per doz, Os 91 to Os 10d , hens, 'per pair, 3s Cb n i 6j 38 6d ; chickens, ditto, Os 01 to 2s 6; ducks, ditto, 4 ' to 3s 0 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; turkeys 3s 61 to 4s 0(1 ; geese, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; .b u o d fur exportatton (pret,ent cure) per cwt, 85s to 0(19 price, per (summer cured), 00s to 008 Od ; eggs, wholesale Pr l _ rk, per dozen, 6(1 to 64(1 4lb loaf, 8d ; 21b loaf, 4d ; p ork fine small, 03 Od to k's 0(1 ; pork, large, Os Od to 0 '1 , 7 e ; lamb, per qr ., 6 s t o 73 6(1; cheese, per imperial s t one 5s Gd to 7s. SERIOUS FIRE IN TH E C ITY. —O n S atur d ay eve nly g a very alarming and destructive fire broke out in the PI inises of Mr. J. Jones, at carpenter and box-maker' No. 61, Wood -street, Cripplegate, and Nos. 2 a nd London-wall. Mr. Superintendent Braidwood ,i,„ s the following official account of the catastrophe : " 4 ' day, July 29.—C a ll e d at 8-15 p.m. to a fire, 'ch ic - ter broken out in the premises of Mr. Jones, a and box-maker, No. 61, Wood-street, City, and 1C .,.:„ 5 ; 1 and 3, London-wall. Insured for contents n the was Exchange and the Union Fire-offices. The building //- insured in the Law Union Office. The cause of fire n ri ; known. Gas was burned in the premises. The fire vi t a s carnen• - g extinguished by the firemen and 112 hired assistan 12 , with the engines of the London Establishment, Pe r ., is ,'. and that of the West of England Office. The bac k nufacturing premises of Mr. Jones are burned re the back rooms of d we lli ng dit to, an d the roo f off ; o, of house severely damaged by fire, water, &c. 11° ' wit Wood-street, Messrs. Wingrow and Sons, straw' 14 manufacturers—Skyli g ht s an d t op fl oors, w ith the et ( 10 damaged ; the b ui ld ing was i nsure d i n t h e Legal e d Commercial Fire-office; contents unknown if in.csg,°d re or not. No. 60, W oo d- s t ree t, M r. C . Bl ome lY, p houseman—Part of the roo f destroyed, back roon 3e „ doors burnt out, and c on t en t s d amage d by fire icro. water ; stock in trade insured in the Sun-offiee• r t 59, Wood-sleet, M essrs . W oo d rous and Row e, e i -l b i manufacturers—Sid e wa ll s an d s k y li ghts damage`; fire, and stock in warehouse consideuabl injure" Il i water, &o. ; contents insured in the Legal Y aid e( l martial Fire-office. No. 61, Wood -street of the street), Mr. M. A. Ford private—The - top ! l id ) and frames burned on rod ; contents and the h n ' i l" - , i t insured in the Sun Fire-office. No. 3, Corriere' court, London-wall, Mr. Pitkin—Side windows big.r ea out ; roof off ; rest of house and contents serionei.Y, A ; n e waged ; contents insured inhunw--- the Sun, and t in the Law Union offices No. 2, ditto, Mr. ELI k rt —Back rooms in second floor burned out and 10" 1 p a n t of house severely damaged by water, &c. ; contents 0 1 insured ; building in the Law Union-office." The Toe Society's fire-escapes were promply on the spot, an conductors rendered every assistance in their Opposit soir: BIRTHS. A SON. On the 25th inst., at OF Caher-guillamore, count)" IL Ole ' rick, the Viscountess Guillamore. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th inst., at Tyndale-house, the wife of -0 • Col' ville Hyde, Esq. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at 14, Northumberland-street. ..-•( Fu° burgh, Andrew 'Kean, Esq., Scottish Wido w, „ o th and Life Assurance Society, to Susan Campbell, iligh (laughter of the late Rev. lir. Gordon, of the Fre e Church, Edinburgh. DIED. On the 27th inst., abed 77, J ane re li c t of Edward 1;e11' b t i s o li , n E t s h q e , 2 11 5 L t ll h . i , n o s f t . B , r a i t st t o h l e Green, Passage Wes " . t r D' Digby, Esq., late Lieutenant 35th Regiment. A Stua rt, On the 26th i ns t. , at Farehain, Hants, dro wns , bathkg, H arr y Alth orn and Nathaniel B ra dshaw e r aged 9 and 8 years, children of Lieut.-Colon el CunicYo,„ lege, 7th Maaras Light Cavalry, s erving at sLo gor, ‘-' tral India. 3 Emily On the 26th i ns t ., a t E we ll , su dd en ly, aged -8 ' Jane, wife of the hey. Sir George L. Glyn, 8ai:t...................r. ....—.------- nurN LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD° Y — 111 l of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No._ o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the equau Middlexex, Monday, July 31, 1854. . : 1 1 1:1E , •suNI Lo_NnoN; MONDAY VVENING, JULY 3l, 1854.