The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-08 00:00:00

THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frigate, Captain Alfred P. Ryder, left Sheerness yesterday morning under sealed orders, and it is supposed her destination is to join the fleet in the Black Sea. The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart, arrived at Spithead from the Baltic, last from the Nore, yesterday morning, and steamed into harbour to have a little repair effected in the engine de partment. The Fairy Royal steam-yacht, Captain Crispin, went into Portsmouth on Monday evening with her Majesty and Royal family on board, and, having steamed round the ships in the harbour, returned to Osborne under a Royal salute from the Platform Battery. APPOINTMENTS. Thomas Roche, to be Acting-Surgeon to the Caracos W. H. Skinner, to be Clerk's Assistant to the Waterloo. THE GUN-BOATS. Intelligence was received at Woolwich last night that the Beagle screw steam despatch gun-boat, Lieutenant- Commander Hore, arrived at Plymouth at 10 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, having made a splendid run from Sheerness, a distance of 300 knots, in 28 hours. Mr. Dykes went round in her to Plymouth, to be satisfied as to the working of the engines, and they worked so perfectly that they were never stopped. Some idea may be formed of the capabilities for speed of this despatch gun-boat when it is stated that she went 42 knots in three hours, or at the rate of 14 knots per hour. She took in a supply of coals and started for Gibraltar yesterday. ARRIVAL OF THE ALGIERS. The Algiers screw steam-ship, Captain Charles Talbot, arrived at the Great Nore yesterday at about 1 p.m. She came to an anchor there. She left Ledwand on the 20th ult., having embarked on the evening of the 10th 400 rank and file of Russian and Finnish soldiers. On the morning of the 20th embarked 8 officers, 13 women, and 5 children ; making a total of 426. On the 26th of August one Rus sian prisoner died ; on the night of the 29th one infant died ; and one marine died from diseased lungs on the 4th instant. The Algiers brings home seven invalids—Mr. Gordon, from the Rosamond, two petty officers, and four seamen. The old fever has again made its appearance in the Rosa mond, alias Eclair. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The following Russian officers are brought home in the Algiers :—Captain Essanloff, Captain Schweloff, the latter of the artillery; Lieutenant Pischtshchonlin, Lieutenant Agafnoff (sub.), Ensign Perimiloffshi, Ensign Standewitsch, of the Engineers; Ensign Lubinoff, and Ensign Lnnieff of the Engineers, all of whom partook of the comforts of the ward-room mess, with two ladies, wives of two of the said officers. The Finns mess on the starboard side of the lower deck, and the Russians on the port side. The Finns are, generally speaking, fine, tall, well-made, muscular, soldier-like look ing men. Many of the Russians are also well-made men, and are evidently soldiers of some standing, being well be haved, disciplined, and well set up. In this ship, as in the Termagant, there appears all but a deadly hatred of the Finns against the Russians, and nothing now can induce them either to mess or associate together. The prisoners and crew have had repeated attacks of diarrhoea, but from the system adopted by the surgeon of that ship, by conti nually visiting them, day and night, with his assistant, the bull was taken by the horns at its first symptoms, and by carefully watching such cases their unremitting attendance has, under Divine Providence, been the means of pre venting such dreadful tavages in this noble ship as have taken place in many others. All the prisoners will be got out to-day, and put under charge of the commander and officers of the Devonshire and Benbow. The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, Captain Ryder, left Sheerness yesterday at 10.30 a.m. for Portsmouth, for re• pairs of her machinery. TRIAL OF DEANE'S REPEATING PISTOL. On Wednesday, at the practice grounds of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Messrs. Deane, Adams, and Deane attended to fulfil their challenge to fire one thousand con secutive shots out of one of their repeating pistols, -with out any other intermission than that required for loading, it being also one of the stipulations that the pistol should JJ not be cleaned, or any part of it oiled or interfered with until the whole number were fired. The operation took place in'the presence of Colonel Chalmers and other autho rities and officers of the Royal Arsenal, and for four hours an incessant loading and firing were kept np, when the thousand shots had been discharged without a single miss fire, or derangement of the slightest character, and at the conclusion the officers present expressed. themselves highly satisfied with the performance. ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN CLIFFORD. We regret to announce a sad accident to Captain Clifford, of the Sphinx, son of Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, C. 8., Usher of the Black Rod to her Majesty, by the snap ping of a hawser towing the St. Vincent, in the Baltic, whereby both his legs were broken. MAIL FOR THE BLACK SEA. A mail for the British army in Turkey and the fleet in the Black Sea will be forwarded this evening through France to Marseilles, whence it will be carried on to Con stantinople by a French mail packet. A letter under a quarter of an ounce will be charged 3d., and newspapers 2d. each. The postage must be paid in advance. A mail for the British squadron in the White Sea, to be sent via Hull and Christiania, through Norway, will also be made up this day. We regret to announce the death of Lieut.-General Arguimban, C. 8., Colonel of the 80th Regiment. The decrees for the sale of the B,ussian ship Aland, Wiria late master, now lying in the West India Docks, prize to her Majesty's steamer James Watt, have been issued by the Court of Admiralty. The Portuguese steam frigate Mindello passed through Spithead yesterday morning, en route from Ostend, to Southampton. THE ACCIDENT AT SHOEBUYRNESS. An inquest was held on Wednesday, in the mess-room of the officers of the Royal artillery, at Shoeburyness, be fore Mr. Codd, of Maldon, coroner of the district in which Shoeburyness is situated, on the bodies of Colour-Sergeant Rose, Repository-Sergeant Lee, and Pay-company Ser. geant Williams, who died from the injuries they sustained by the bursting of a 56-pounder gun, while carrying on practice with it at a range of 2,800 yards. Mr. Christo pher Dale, of Shoebury-hall, was appointed foreman of the jury, and they then proceeded to view the bodies of the deceased, and ultimately the pieces of the gun, which were left in the positions in which they fell at the time of the accident. The first witness examined by the jury was the sergeant who had the charge of the gun during the practice, and he deposed that the gun was fired at an elevation of 8 degrees, with a charge of 161bs. of powder, and a shot nominally designated a 56 pounder ; but the one put into the gun previous to its bursting weighed 54 lbs. 14 oz. only. He said he could not in any way account for the accident, as he considered it quite safe, and did not consider the prac tice by any means dangerous at the elevation at which it was fired, as he had on many occasions fired it at an eleva tion of 20 degrees. Sergeant . Watson, of the laboratory department at Shoe bnryness, was the next witness examined, and he deposed that he received the gun into his charge on the 17th of September, 1852, and that 175 rounds had been fired from it within that period and the time of its bursting. He • also stated that he had minutely examined it on the 4th of August laat by the mode termed sun proof an d by wax placed on a rod and put i ns id e th e bore,to ta a perfect im • premien of the state of the interior of the breach, and he could not find the least appearance of defect, but con sidered it perfect in v The inry were sat e is e a r: d respect. from the evidence of the above sergeants that the examination of any other witnesses would not elicit thecauseoe al, who of the accident, a n d a ft er exa mining Dr. Doneantdhed the deceased, brought in a verdict of "Accidental death Dr. Donell was as s i s t ed by D ." Miller, of Wakering, but the lose of blood had been so r. great Previously that scarcely a c upful passed from each of the sufferers when their limbs were amputated. ere pl ace d in thre e co ffi ns , Th e remains of the deceased w an d these were , a t eleven o'clock yesterd a y placed on and covered with the all one gun•car ria 'P' national flags, and the melancholy procession, consisting of all the offi accom panied the remain s t o their last ra at ShoebnrYness,rest ing-place, in the p arish churchyard of South Sh oe b ury, a distance of a bout a mile and a half from Shoebur y ce,'. The piece of the breach of the burst gun which caused the death of Sergeant Rose, aged 37, Sergeant Lee, aged 35, and Sergeant Williams, aged 37, was 28 cwt. It was the wife of Sergeant Williams, and not of Sergeant Rose, who died of cholera at the Tower of London, and fortunately they had no family. DUNBAR HERRING FISHING, pSe t. s.—The fish in g is now drawing to a close. Ou Friday the fishermen were not content with good aver Man ofet at them the re ground on that day and Satage shots, but s urday. y turned with their boats quite full ; but the c onsequence • is th a t th e fi s h h as b een disturbed, and in the morning the take is very partial. Prices rose from 14s. to 18s : , but in the afternoon boats again fell in with the shoal, and prices are now 10s. per cran. Ma. CARDEN.—In reference to the case of Mr. Card ing, now undergoing sentence in Clonmel gaol for his attempted abduction of Miss Arbuthnot, the Evening Mail says :—" Neither by birth, parentage, nor educa tion can Ireland prefer the slightest claim to Mr. Car den. He was born in England, land so was his father be fore him. He is the graduate of an English university, where he gained some distinction. There is nothing Irish belonging to him, ezcept a certain quantity of green acres." THE SUN,- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 185 4. MANUFACTURE OF A BANK OF ENG- LAND NOTE. (From the Bankers' Circular.) The Bank of England has adopted a new plan of im pressing the bank-note, as well as the cheques of that establishment, by very considerable improvements in the machinery. As many of our readers are probably more familiar with a Bank of England note than with the machinery used in producing it, we will give a brief sketch of the process. The present machinery used in printing the bank-note is the invention known as Perkins' process, which has been in operation at the Bank for about 17 yiars. Mr. Perkins, the inventor, was an American. By this pro cess the entire face of the bank-note is engraved upon hardened steel plates—five in number for each note. The several parts thus engraved are transferred to soft steel rollers by means of steam pressure, which produces the whole of the engraved parts in relief. These rollers are then hardened and passed over a soft steel plate so as to form the entire face of the bank-note, except the signa ture, which, till recently, has been supplied by 20 gen tlemen daily engaged in that occupation, at 500/. per annum each. This plate was then fit for the operations of the ma chines, at which several men are engaged in producing the bank-note, each man working at a separate machine. This completes the process of printing the bank-note under Perkins' patent, except the signature. Our correspondent tells us that this is so accurate, and possesses at the same time so much beauty, that he is surprised any innovation should be made upon it. But these remarks lead us to doubt whether he has actually examined the new process, and compared it with the old —or that he is not prejudiced in favour of the latter. He tells us that the slightest dissimilarity can be de tected in the present system of engraving the bank-notes. Now, it is for this express purpose that the new plan has been introduced. The old plan, so far as it goes, pos sesses many disadvantages, and, to a certain extent, the Bank authorities are fully cognisant of them. Take the signature of the note itself. Although 20 gentlemen were daily employed in signing the notes, it was quite possible that there might be such a difference in the signature at different times of the day as to render it difficult for any one of them to vouch for its identity in a court of law. It was this that gave rise to the act which empowered the Bank since January, 1853, to sign all its notes by machinery, by which the Bank saved the ex pense of 10,0001. a-year, and obtained an uniformity in the note which no individual could perform. If any one doubts this let him sit down from day to day and write his own name, and preserve it for examination. The average number of signatures that were written by one individual was about 1,500 daily, though 2,000 have been accomplished. There is yet another point of difference which our correspondent, in his adherence to the old plan, seems not to have noticed, and which is inherent in it—the want of uniformity in the impressions produced by the men at the machines. As each man works a separate plate, he covers the face of it with ink in Ms own way, some applying more and some less, before submitting it to the operation of the machine. The difference in the result of this part of the process is very striking to any one who has had an opportunity of examining it ; it is, in fact, the inevitable result of all manual operations applied to the arts. And, however we may feel disposed to value the ingenuity and skill of the operator, it is impossible that he can compete success fully with the productions of machinery in uniformity and accuracy of delineation. To accomplish the object, the Bank has introduced a new process. We are not justified in giving the full details of this operation ; but, lest our correspondent should induce the public to believe that the directors have descended from a scientific to a mere mechanical process of an inferior kind, we feel fully justified in con tradicting any such assertion. They have sought to in troduce a uniformity in the printing of the bank note which the old process never could insure ; and, while under that process numerous discrepancies could be dis covered by a critical observer, the notes produced by the new mode presenting such a uniformity and accuracy of delineation as to render it more difficult than ever to produce a counterfeit. The public, therefore, need not feel the least alarm that forged Bank of England notes will become more numerous than hitherto, but probably less so. And, should any of our country readers wish to discover a genuine Bank of England note from a forged one, he need only bear in mind that every note produced under the new process will be identical with another in every part except the amount or the number. In reference to the above, the following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : " Sir,—l take the liberty of drawing your attention to an article which appeared in your number of to-day, headed ' Manufacture of a Bank of England note,' in which it is asserted that the present machinery employed in the Bank for engraving and printing the note is the invention of Mr. Perkins. "This is a mistake, which I beg in the name of jus tice you will correct. "The machinery in question is the invention of my late grandfather, Mr. John Oldham, who was the first engineer to the Bank of England, and formerly of the Bank of Ireland, where his system was first adopted, and worked successfully many years prior to its adoption by the Bank of England. It was subsequently introduced into the Bank of Austria, from which bank, as well as I from the Bank of England, my grandfather received arge sums of money for his invention. '' I remain, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, "JOHN JAMES OLDHAM, "Engraver to the Bank. ~ Sept. 7." LIFE OF A MURDERER. A writer in the Thomasville (U.S.) WateLman gives the following singular biography of James Hightower, recently convicted of manslaughter in that county. Three years in dungeon, it seems, is nothing to what he has endured : " About twenty-one years ago a young lady of this section of country, belonging to a respectable family, became the victim of a vile seducer ; the fruit was a boy, who is the subject of our narrative. Hie mother, as is the case usually with those of her sex who are unfortu nate, married a man of low breeding, and in adverse circumstances, consequently her son was destined to re ceive but a limited share of education or moral training. At a tender age his character was peculiar, and in some respects very extraordinary. When only seven years old, he was attending a sugar-cane mill ; by some means his left arm and hand were crushed, by which accident he for ever lost the use of his hand. "At the age of ten he was bitten by a rattlesnake ; being nearly alone on the place, he had to call to his aid all the presence of mind of which he was master._ Fortu nately ho used the proper antidote, and thereby saved his life. In the short space of a few months he was again bitten by one of the same species of reptiles ; by pursuing the same course as heretofore, he was again rescued from the jaws of death. "Between the age of 12 and 14 he made several attempts to take the life of his stepfather, which shows that he would not be imposed on. About that age he also snapped, several times, a loaded musket at a neigh bour. When 14 years old he was knocked down by lightning and did not recover for some time. At the age of 16 he was attacked, while hunting in the woods, by a very large panther. The panther soon tore him down—he exhibited great presence of mind by feigning death. The panther then carried him iato the swamp, covered him up with sticks and grass, after which he took his leave in search of more prey. Our hero, after the panther's departure, arose and made his escape home: He was badly torn—two of his jaw teeth were bitten out, and many wounds were inflicted. "But he was not thus to die, for he soon recovered, and soon after his recovery gave his step-father a severe whipping and left him. Excepting another slight slaock by lightning his path was smooth until nineteen : when he became enamoured of a young lady. Though figuring in a higher sphere, his superior in intellect and family, yet she was smitten by the boy of misfortune, and re solved to marry him, notwithstanding the opposition of her relatives, who made severe threats against our hero. But what cared he, who had successfully battled against rattlesnakes, panthers, and even the high power of heaven, for the threats of man ! Nothing daunted, he continued to urge his claims ; after finding all his efforts for a compromise unavailing, he commenced a deter mined course. He procured his license, placed a magis trate at a conspicuous point in the woods, and pro ceeded himself on foot to the house that sheltered her whom he loved, secretly forced the door of her chamber, and conducted her about five miles through the woods to the place of rendezvous. "Before arriving at the place upon which the hymeneal altar had been temporarily erected, illuminated by. the blaze of lightwood knots and the pale rays of the moon alone, our hero fell into his former path of bad luck, for he was bitten by a moccason snake ; but he was too well used to snake bites to suffer that occurrence to retard his progress at such a momentous crisis ; and, like a brave and undaunted boy, pursued his course, and in accordance with his anticipations, was lawfully married about twelve or one o'clock at night. His moccason bite did not long keep him in bed, for he then possessed a nurse of unceasing attention. After his final recovery ha carried his wife to the home which he had provided for her, hoping that his cup of misfortune was then full, and that ho would then enjoy that bliss attending a mar ried life. "But he was not destined long to enjoy that repose which he so much sought. He soon became entangled in a quarrel with one Mr. Wheeler ; the result was Wheeler was killed, and our hero, after a regular trial in a court of justice, was convicted of manslaughter, and now, at the age of twenty, has gone—leaving his wife, his anticipated babe, and his sweet home—to the peni tentiary, there to be incarcerated within its dismal walls for the space of three years , w hich to him must seem long, long. Who can contemplate his past life and not say, surely he is the child of misfortune. Have his misfortunes ended ? Alas ! who can tell ? That fact is et concealed by the dark curtain of futurity." THE CELEBRATED WHITYNGTON.—A humble stone monument has been recently erected by direction of the parochial authorities of the parish of Islington at the Highgate-hill, which is in that parish, where the cele brated Whityngton (thrice Lord Mayor of London) stopped, as the legend states, when he heard the sound of Bow bells, which he imagined prophesied his obtain ing the dignity of Lord Mayor of London. For many years a large stone occupied the site, which had an in scription on one side of it, and which gave a brief re cord of his life, but which time had nearly obliterated. This was removed, and there were fears that there would be no monument to perpetuate the memory of the event. A plain stone about two feet high is now erected there, which has chiselled on it the following brief history of his life :--" Whityngton Stone. Sir R. Whityngton, thrice Lord Mayor of London. 1397, Richard 11. 1406, Henry IV. 1429, Henry V. Sheriff, 105," THE MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER. Yesterday afternoon, Jane Harrington, the wife of a carpenter's labourer, residing at 5, Harrow-street, Mint, Southwark, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, at the Southwark Police-court, for further examination, charged with wilfully administering a deleterious drug to her male infant, 17 weeks old, with intent to destroy its life. When placed in the dock yesterday she seemed ex tremely weak, and quite unconscious of the serious charge ed to defend. pending r . B against p h e e a r r . Mr. A'Beckett (to Sergeant Golding.) —Have you any thing to state to-day as to the condition of the infant whom the prisoner is charged with administering poiso'n to ? Sergemit Golding.—l have, sir. I attended the work house of St. George's, Southwark, this morning, and saw -the child dead. The medical gentleman who at tended it is present, and can give evidence as to the cause of death. Mr. William Rendle, surgeon, Bridge-house-place, Newington-causeway, was then sworn. He said—l am medical officer for the parish of St. George's, Southwark, and on Tuesday afternoon a child was brought to my surgery in a dying state. I administered restoratives to it, and it partially recovered, when I ordered its instant removal to the workhouse. Mr. A'Beckett—Have you attended it since? Mr. Rendle—Yes, sir, and it died this morning. There were no hopes of its recovery after I first administered the restorative at my own surgery. Mr. A'Beckett—What was the cause of death ? Mr. Rendle—The child's death was apparently caused by some laudanum beinc , administered to it. The infant was in a very emaciated ° state, and as soon as I saw it I was positive it could not live long. Mr. A'Beckett—Do you know thatlaudanum was the drug administered to the deceased ? Mr. Rendle—l do, sir. Mr. A'Beckett—Did you see the prisoner when you first had the child brought to you ? Mr. Rendle—Yes, sir, and I said to her, " Mrs. Har rington, I fear you have poisoned the child." Mr. A'Beckett—Did she make any answer to that question ? Mr. Rendle—Yes. She replied, " I have given it some soothing stuff to send it to sleep, and I think I have mistook the bottle, and given it what I intended for myself." I asked her what she intended for herself, when she replied, " I could not sleep at night after my confinement, so I sent for something by a woman to send me to sleep." Mr. A'Beckett—Did she say anything else ? Mr. Rendle—Yes ; I asked her what she sent for. She said, " Laudanum, and only to sleep me ?" Mr. A'Beckett—Did she tell you what she got it in ? Mr. Rendle—Yes. I produce a bottle which she said the laudanum was fetched in, and since then it had con tained wine. Mr. A'Beckett—Where did this last conversation take place ? Mr. Rendle—ln her lodgings, No. 5, Harrow-street, in the presence of the serjeant. Mr. A'Beckett—Did she say how much laudanum she had given to her child ? Mr. Rendle—All she told me was that she drained the bottle. She said nothing about the quantity. • Mr. A'Beckett--How did she appear when this con versation was going on ? Mr. Rendle—Half stupified and stolid ; also quite indifferent as to everything around her. When I told her, however, that she had poisoned her child, she ex claimed, " I hope not," and cried very much. Mr. A'Beckett—Did you attend her in her confine ment ? Mr. Rendle—l did not, but my assistant did by order of the parish authorities. She was very low indeed. Mr. A'Beckett—Have you made an examination of the infant I Mr. Rendle—No, I have not, but I shall make a post-mortem examination prior to the inquest. Mr. A'Beckett--Have you anything more to say at present? Mr. Rendle—l have not. Mr. Binas—Did she not say the child would not be quiet and that she could not pacify it ? Mr. Rendle—Yes, I think she did, but I bad a great deal of trouble to get any explanation from her. Mr. A'Beckett asked when the inquest would be held ? Serjeant Golding replied—On Friday or Saturday, but I have all the witnesses in court now. Mr. A'Beckett—l think I have heard enough to re mand her until after the inquest, therefore she will be brought up for final examination on Monday next. The prisoner, who seemed in a very weak state, was then removed to Horsemonger-lane gaol. HORRIBLE MURDER OF A MAN BY HIS WIFE AND SON. One of the most diabolical cases of murder that have ever disgraced the annals of this country has been com mitted within the last few days at Trowbridge. The facts of the case as they were given at the examination of the prisoners are, unhappily, too convincing to admit of the slightest doubt ; for, extraordinary to relate, the murder was actually committed in the presence of seve ral spectators. The name of the murdered man was Daniel Napper, and on the Wednesday his son, James Napper, quarrelled with another brother who had lately returned from transportation. The father interfere d to separate them, and incurred the displeasure of his son James by striking him. On the following (Thurs day) evening they were all drinking together at the Bear Inn, when a second altercation took place. James Napper struck his father, knocked him down, and kicked him severely. The wife then fell upon her husband, taking hold of him by the hair and repeat edly striking his head on the ground, swearing she would murder him. They all three then left the Bear Inn and went towards home. What occurred after they left is narrated by John Meyoll, the landlord, who says that while he was standing at the door of his house he heard some quarrelling going on, and saw the deceased knocked down by his son, who struck him a blow with his fist. While the deceased was on the ground his son knelt upon him and struck him again several times; he then knocked him severely in his ribs and side, the wife standing by at the time and offering him every encouragement. The son next took his father by the shoulders, raised him up to a sitting posture, and then dashed him violently to the ground, his head coming in contact with the hard road. The deceased was then quite insensible. All this took place in so short a space of time that the•wit ness said he had no opportunity to interfere. The son came ,nto the tap-room some time afterwards, when he did not appear to be intoxicated. 'Witness remon strated with him on his conduct, but he only replied that " It served the old -- right," and that if he was not dead already, he would not care about subjecting him to similar treatment. This statement is corro borated by James Brown, a clothworker, who says he was passing when he saw the deceased on the ground, and saw his wife catch hold of Idm by the hair and thump his head on the ground, saying, " By G—, I'll murder thee 1" The deceased was then in a state of insensibility, and the son afterwards took him by the shoulders and threw him backwards on the ground with all his might. Witness lifted the deceased on his knee, but the son still attempted to strangle him, and said he would give any one who took his part a good hiding." The wife and son then left, but, after they had gone a short distance, turned round and said, if the deceased came home that night they would "finish him off." The deceased, however, was shortly after taken to the house, where he soon died. William Peace, a mason, alsoAeposed to the same facts. These circumstances having come before the coroner, he made a preliminary inquiry, which has resulted in his committing the son and the wife of the deceased to Devizes gaol. The history of the Napper family is very remarkable. The deceased was transpoited when a youth for theft ; and in the year 1839 was tried for the murder of a common pedlar, named William Bishop. He escaped conviction owing to the informality in the indictment. Dennis Napper, another son, has just re turned from transportation. The inquiry before the coroner has been adjourned. A DANGEROUS ADDER.—KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—SEPT. 2. —On Monday forenoon last a young woman, named Isabella Beattie, while turning hay on the farm of Kirk bridge, in this parish, was bit by an adder on the outside of the left heel. Mr. Turnbull, the tenant of the farm, immediately conveyed her into town, and medical aid was procured. Her leg swelled very much, and seemed for a time rather alarming ; however, she is now consi derably better, the swelling gradually abating. She says she has often seen adders, but that this was a very large one, and sprang at her hile she ran from it. SOME ADVERTISEMENTS 170 YEARS AGO.—There are a tolerable number of losses advertised ; the most nume rous relate to dogs and horses. For an extraordinary small spaniel a guinea reward is offered ; and for grey mares and bay nags the reward is always forty shillings. This is the sum offered for a fat black boy, 18 years old, in grey livery lined with green serge, green stockings, and a grey hat ; a reward which, we hope, was never paid. Here is a curious bit of costume. On Sunday last, April sixth, sixteen hundred and eighty, strayed, a child, three years old, in a red cap, striped gown, orange petticoat, green stockings, and new shoes. When the description of ~the person is added, the advertisement often becomes very amusing. Thus, Nicholas Prick lowe, who has run away from his master at the Royal Coffee Mill, in Cloth Fair, is described as a squat, thick fellow, with l an k b row n hair. Mary Golding, who has tak e n F renc h l eave o f h er m i s t r ess, the laun dress, and with more than belonged to her, is described • as of middle stature, brown hair , , and low, broad fore head. One Char les James is of middle stature, flaxen hair, littl e curled pate, thin-faced, and full grey eyes. Notices of tram er a s r , supposed e to have stolen goods supposed to in their possession,P John Robinson'sfiofrequent, p.nd . sometimes a list of property w n' e s re 7 s s i s l eri on the following articles were e stolen is published. Thus, in one women's point sleeves, a found :—A morning-gown . and mantle, some gloves, a tabby print-watered gold and coloured fringed coloured coat—what colour could a sad minerum .hrolceosuld this have been ?—with e f dged with gold purl. But frost buttons, and button , both of man apprehension e h n o s r i s o e n , of perhaps jeho for minute descriptions the following advertisement for the m Catchmead surpasses all. Twenty-four middle stature, something haughtyn very light-coloured hair, more like a short perilittl beard, face somewhat reddish, by reason of the sma ll pox, but of cheerful countenance. Reused to wear a grey .P ha x t ' a sad-coloured coat, and used to travel about the country to to sell rugs and coyerlids. He went off with a bay ma f and thick fore legs, hooked nose, and mare long body , coun t en ance. Only the accustomed forty shillings are offered for the apprehension Of this remarkable pair,— Dickens': Hauseltad Word'. BANK BETU.RI4IM. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, iu circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the to day of Sept., 1854 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andorer—.Roath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jorimitt and Pomfret 10,691 Aylsham Bank, Aylshara—G. and T. Copeman 4,561 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,281 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 24,100 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 8,971 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. edford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 29,078 gewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Sicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—R. M. and G. Tubb 13,430 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham- -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 24,755 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son . Bath City Bank, Bath—G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and 10,688 6,942 61,977 13,908 4,897 38,582 15,799 19,627 61,345 27,250 '20,350 3,273 32,897 Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. WOrll edge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Batk, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Ban and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 33,359 12,082 62, 403 22,152 11,645 2,146 13,224 39,079 29,853 22,979 2,980 15,069 27,324 48,530 7,096 19,966 67,041 6,891 8,044 11,120 31,283 25,736 8,867 10,131 70,174 79,197 9,982 48,660 105,734 48,273 40,295 26,452 20,100 5,451 10,919 6,685 Keen - Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Here:ord.— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. 5,421 4,869 21,980 28,012 14,193 12,586 19,074 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead —Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. e • Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Herefifd— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C..Gotch and 38,494 5,487 22,595 20,860 16,705 15,314 13,349 22,818 18,021 36,447 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lr.ne End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—• Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. • Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cralock Lymington Bulk, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-- Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co.._ Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. ................................................. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Efungerford. Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshre Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abe:.gavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark —Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bulk, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury B an k, N ew b ur y—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket tank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co. ............. Norwich Crovn Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Batik, Nuneaton—Craddock a nd C o Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Hart-is and Co. New Sarum tank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co% Oxford Old Bank, Oxford... Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D.' Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Ni cholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son RYo Bank, Rye--R. C. rontfrot and Co 9,963 26,824 25,110 5,816 5,485 7,636 12,314 9,555 12,160 8,094 5,212 54,266 37,733 23,817 25,815 9,354 77,495 18,860 6,586 3,87 32,360 10,079 14,073 2,535 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross. Mac dougal and Allaway Saffron Walden_ and North Essex _Bank, saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. 22,091 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Ma ddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co iiVhitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—ulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Go od ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 4,377 I 14,215 23,065 30,065 75,850 10,799 10,074 22,043 21,918 23,623 5,473 4,892 11,297 12,436 . 21,G96 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, York - Swann, Clough, and Co , JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver- hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, 9,982 20,768 13,285 Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 23,647 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 132,938 97,380 24,861 18,663 37,798 18,003 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 16,494 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 39,213 Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,026 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13, 364 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 23,655 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,430 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 54,559 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,696 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 59,858 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 45,265 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,083 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,641 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 23,360 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne -- National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 390,309 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 37,434 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 67,338 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bark, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,412 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 37,521 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 316,641 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,600 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes- 43,407 1,427 15,757 27,943 22,338 38,627 43,231 54,785 22,163 51,668 45,434 bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 35,333 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock tanking Company, 11,714 27,580 Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, 26,284 Warwick ' West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 82,163 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,46 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany,. Worcester 5,074 York Union Banking Company, York 65, 647 York City and County Banking Company, 85, 654 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 122,786 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Aug. 19, 1854. 31,69 TRADING BY FORGED BILLS.—Who would suppose that London firms of character and eminence deal, know ingly and systematically, in forged bills 1 Yet such is actually the case. Great money dealers, whose names alone can sometimes turn the current of the market, have a quiet drawer in which they stow away these bills, just as they would any other. The principle upon which they proceed is a very simple one. They know their customer ; he is a man in business, with a stock in trade, a character to lose, and greatly in want of ready money. The customer forges to his bills the name, usually, of a near relation, or some one of moneyed fame with whom he is connected. The dealers, fully aware of the circumstance, take the bills. They know well that their customers will pay this bill before any others—that he will run all risk, refuse all payments, make all sacri fices, rather than leave these bills unpaid, with the terrible consequences of their examination. The customer, in fact, says to the dealer--" I put my liberty, my charac ter, and prospects, in your hand ; if I fail in my engage ments, you will have the power to transport me as a felon. I shall not run that risk ; I have such and such property—such and such connexions—lend me so much money." The dealers do not hesitate to comply.— Ohambers's Journal. SALE OF THEATRICAL PROPERTY.—The private theatre in Francis-street, Newington Butts, known as Newington Hall, was sold on the premises yesterday by Mr. J. Izod. The sale included the whole of the fittings, properties, &c., and although Mr. Izod stated that it had originally cost 1801. to fit up, it was ultimately sold for only 18?. 3,261 5,978 13,934 30,720 14,130 19,235 42,243 17,409 15,089 43,347 64,552 9,018 3,277 23,336 11,919 25,655 8,838 30,654 8,203 9,295 45,113 11,129 7,722 SPORTING INTELTJGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THIIRSDA.Y. The Warwick accounts, and comparing bets on the St. Leger, chiefly occupied the attention of the few who assembled. The betting is soon told. After 75 to 40 had been laid agst Boiardo, 70 to 40 was taken five or six times, and 100 to 60 once ; 7 to 4 was the true quotation at the close. 500 to 100, 125 to 25, and 100 to 20, twice, were taken about the Trapper ; 200 to 25, twice, 160 to 20, and 80 to 10 about Acrobat ; 10 and 12 to 1, to small sums, about Autocrat ; 325 to 25, and 350 to 25 about Midsummer ; 1,250 to 50, and 500 to 20, twice, about Dervish. Ivan, Knight of St. George, and Soy thian were untouched. For the GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP, Rabgill ad vanced to 3 to 1 taken. THE DERBY.— Cruiser was blcked for 2001. at 20 to 1, and St. Hubert for 3001. at 30 to 1. The prices at the close were as follow : GREAT YoRKSHIRE HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Rabgill (taken). ST LEGER. 7to 4 agst Milani() (taken). sto 1 agst The Trapper (taken). Bto 1 agst Acrobat (taken). • 10 to 1 agst Autocrat (take 12 to 1). 12 to 1 agst Midsummer (take 14 to 1). 25 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). • C ESA REWITCH STAKES. 1000 to 50 agst Muscovite (taken). 600 to 20 agst D. 0. (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Burlington (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Selina (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Early Bird (take 16 to 1). 40 to 1 agst The Deformed (taken). DERBY. 20 to 1 agst The Cruiser (taken). 30 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). NOTICE.—The room will be opened on Saturday next, to• enable members to compare their bets on the St. Leger, before they leave town fur Doncaster. LICHFIELD RACES.-THIIRSDAY. The FISHERWICK STAKES of 50 sovs, given by Sir Robert Peel, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; for ball bred horses, three•yr-olds and upwards ; certain win ners extra ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; gentle- men riders. Once round and ;distance. Mr. Davies's Minerva, 4 yrs, list 131 b (including 51b extra) (Mr. Davenport) 1 Mr. Evans's Ducrow, aged, 12st 81b (including 71b extra) (Mr. Haynes) 2 Sir R. Peel's Emigrant, 6 yrs, 12st llb (Capt. W. Peel) 3 Betting-- 7 to 4 on Emigrant, 2 to 1 r.gst Minerva. Won easily by a length ; about the same distance be tween the second and third. The STAFFORDSHIRE STAKES of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared; the second horse to save his stake. Penalties for certain winners. Two miles. 21 subs, 14 of whom pay 5 soya each. Mr. G. Mather's Candlewick, aged, 7st 91b..(T. Cliff) 1 Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ...(Charlton) 2 Mr. Robinson's Freedom, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Wells) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Candlewick, 6to 4 agst Whalebone, 4to 1 agst Freedom. Won easily by half a length. About two lengths and a half between the second and third. The CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 40 soya, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs each, for 2-yrs-old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; winners extra ; horses having started and not won allowed 31b. Last half mile. Mr. Pell's Pole Star, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b ex.)...(Marlow) 1 Mr. Nicholson's Berezina, Bst 31b (Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Mather's Lily, Bst The following also ran :—Maid of Cadiz and b f by Gabbier. Betting —Even on Pole Star, 2 to 1 agst Lily, 5 to 2 agat Berezina. Won after a good race by a neck ; half a length between second and third. The ANSON STAKES were won in three heats by Lurley; but the race was claimed for Lord Chesterfield's Uncle. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. THURSDAY. The MAIDEN PLATE was won in two heats by Mr. King's c by Lanercost, out of Hydrangea, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Land, jun.), beating the Hon. F. Villitrs' Nightshade, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Fordham), and four others. VISITORS' and TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, the forfeits to go to the second horse ; for three-yr-olds and upwards ; penalties for certain winners. One mile and a halt. Mr. Sherrard's Merrythought, by lago, 3 yrs, 5-t 111 b (J, Steggles) 1 Mr. J. S. Douglas's Switch, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Forkiham) 2 Mr. C. Blanton's Little Naughty (h b), 5 yrs, 7st 91b (G. B Sharp) 3 The following also ran :—Odiharn, Hazlenut, Ban stead, and Marchioness. Betting - 2 to 1 agst Little Naughty, 4 to 1 agst Odi barn, 5 to 1 agst Banstead, and 6 to 1 each agst Merry thought and Marchioness. Won by a head ; bad third. The ROCKINGHAM STAKES of 3 sous each, with 30 added, was won in three heats by Mr. Land's Mas*.a roni, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (501.), (Land, jun.), beating Mr. Masser 's Warbler, 4 yrs 7st 121 b (1001.), (Hornsby), and two others. SPECULATION PLATE of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for two-yr-olds and upwards. The second to save his stake ; optional selling weights, &c. Once round. Mr. Land's Oxus, by Siricol, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (601.) (Land, jun.) 1 Hon. F. Villiers' Socinian, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b (401.) (Fordbam) 2 Mr. C. Formby's Roseberry, 3 yrs, fist 515 (301.) (Hammond) 3 Mr. Rayner's Lady Constance, 3 yrs, Est 51b (301.) (Curtis) 4 Mr. Montague's Whistle, 2 yrs, 4st 91b (401.) (Creswell) 5 Betting—Even on Socinian, sto 2 agst Oxus. Won by a length ; same distance between second and third. The MEDWAY STAKES of 2 sovs each, with 25 added by W. M. Smith, Esq., M.P., for three-year-olds and upwards ; the second horse to save his stake ; op tional selling weights, &c. Once round and a distance. Mr. Land's Vestige, by the Ugly Buck, 3 yrs, Est 71 b (carried 6st 81b) (751.) (Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Sherrard's Merrythought, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (carried 6st 91b) (751.) (Sherrard, jun.) 2 Mr. C. Formby's Miss Delamere, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (501.) (Price) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Merrythought. Won easily by half a length ; bad third. "Touchstone's" winner of the St. Leger will appear in the " Era" of next Saturday, with programme of the glorious meeting at Doncaster, latest betting, arrivals, starters, riders, &c. Order of any news agent, or send six postage stamps to "Era" office, 3, Catherine-street, Strand. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, SEPT. 7. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Baron Osy, from Antwerp ; William Thornboro' and Triton, Calais ; Rainbow, Colum bine, and Lord John Russell, Rotterdam ; Danneborg, Archangel ; Soho, Havre ; Magnet, Amsterdam ; John Thomas, Hamburg; NOUS John, Dantzic. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Alar, for Dunkirk ; Helena, Stockholm ; Rainbow, Rotterdam ; Memphis, Aolus, and Johann Alfred, Memel ; Penelope, Adelaide; Baron Osy, Antwerp; Stad Queen, Port Ade laide; Boefina. Gaaldine and Magnet, Amsterdam ; Flora. Stettin ; Julius, Lisbon ; Janet Willis, Port-Philip ; Lord John Russell, Rotterdam ; Adelheid, Hamburg and Har burg ; Soho, Havre ; Triton, Calais ; Tartar, Bordeaux, San Francisco; Sceptre, Malta and Alexandria; Olive! Van Noord, Melbourne ; Gold Digger, Penang ; Caroline, Aarhuus. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Jenny, for Hamburg ; Peti, Mogadore ; Pearl, Quebec and Montreal ; Ocean, Antwerp ; Cheapside, Bombay • Aurora, Antwerp ; Chris tiana Christina, Amsterdam ; Ashburton, Sydn e y ; Amelia and Anne, Amsterdam; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk; City of Paris, Boulogne; Queen, Calcutta; Rover, Rio Janeiro. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Louise (ship), Aug. 31, lat. 49 N., long. 9 W. The Columbia, from New Orleans to Marseilles, master dead and three men sick, Aug. 15, lat. 27 N., long. 71 W., supplied with medicines. The Aristides, from China to Sydney, N.S.W., May 18. The Onderneming, from Ceylon to Amsterdam, June 24. Tho Ringleader, from Manilla to Boston, July 5. The Elbe, f ro m Liverpool to Calcutta, July 25, lat. 9 N., long. 24 WI The Lady Peel, outward bound, Aug. 23, let. 48 N., long. 22 W. The Sarah Jane, from St. John's to London, Aug. 29, lat. 50 N., long. 12 W. The Camelia, from Cardiff to Callao, Sept. 1, let. 50 N., long. 7 W. The Glasgow (s.s.), Aug. 29, let. 53 N., low . . 21 W. The Harlequin, Aug. 2 7, lat. 53 N.,long. 23 W. A frigate in tow of a steamer, May 4. The Resolution, from Manilla to Sydney, New South Wales, Aug, 10. The Tambjold, from Moulmein to Falmouth, May 3. The Alfred, from Plymouth to Mauritius, May 29. The Lily, from Akyab, May 27. The Lidderdale, from Cape of Good Hope to London, July 16. The Wm. Maitland (English ship), off Cape of Gocd Hope. The Anna (transport ship) July 15. The Norma (Hamburg baraue), outward bound, July 25, lat. 9 N., long. 25 W. • The Luther, from Arracan to London, August 1, let. 14 N., long. 25 W. The Stathollo, from Valparaiso to Liverpool, Anus', 4, at. 18 N., long. 31 W. The Crescent, from Bahia to Falmouth, Aug. 27, let. 48 N., long. 16 W. The Penn, from Bombay to Liverpool. The Favourite, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, July 19, let. 12 N„ long. 24 W. The Orpheus, from Naples to Quebec, Aug. 16, let. 40 N., long. 32 W. The Schlosser ' from New Y or k t o B reme n, Aug. 28, let. 50 N., long. 14 W. The Avon, from Cuba to Swansea, Aug. 29, let. i 0 N., long. 12 W. Tho Kerelaw (ship), for Montreal, Aug. 31, let. a N., long. 9 W. The Isabel, bound to Quebec, July 27, let. 49 N., long. 13 W. _ ._ The Cornelia, from Malaga to Valparaiso, lat. 9 N., long. 24 W. The Acadia, from London to Madras, lat. 14 N., long. 25 W. The Sarah, from Genoa to Baltimore, lat. 36 N., long, 33 W. Tho Catherine from Canton to London, May 31, in Cho. par Straits. The Myrtle, from Singapore to London, Jane 4, in the Straits of Stand The Mornefort, from Arracan to Quebustown, June 23, lat. 24 S., long. 54 E. The Florence, from Batavia to Amsterdam, July 8, o ff Cape Agulhas. The Rose, from Canton to London, July 9. The Fremond, from Calcutta ' June 10. The David Malcolm, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Dido, from the Cape to Maiitius. The Isle of Wight, from Mauritius to Queelist°'"' July 7, lat. 24 S., long. 27 E. The Queen Mal) (English barque), May 25 , long. 82 E. , The Haywood, from Calcutta to Liverpool, out 79 day lat. 34 S., long. 13 E. 03 Je l l The Champion (s. s.), tinder sail, steering sou 21, lat. 13 N., long. 27 W. lat. 34 N., 3,091 3,468 370 8,143 7,631 9,637 13,256 13,314 7,440 4,802 43,852 12,880 19,890 17,052 33,561 38,770 7,005 13,710 6,072 59,581 8,410 11,924 37,307 11,836 39,843 8,225 8,966 46,761 9,347 28,508 20,074 40,250 9,939 31,802 9,558 COIJA"I' RY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—SEPT. 5. There was but a limited supply of fat beasts today' which were in goo d reques t, a nd readily disposed of• u number of sheep and l a mbs was about the average wi rrnt, t 'f, - , L t any alteration o: pric e . F a t pigs about the sam e as 4 week. Fat and awetore calves NA, ere scarc:— The fJllowing re the quotations e. Beef, 6 d t o 61 ' 1 .; ' mutton, 6.1,d to 7(1 ; lamb, 7d to lid ; veal, 6 :d to 7il Po lb. ; pigs, Os 3d to 9s 6d per score ; rough fat, 6s 6il t° t°o per 141 b.; hides, 31d to 4 2 2 d per lb ; calf-skin s, 44 • 1 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—SEPT. e• Wheat on the top 6d down, and the average is idea Barley on the top 01s 0 f, and the average as before. on the top 2s Od, and the average 2s 4d, down. Bea° - the top 2s down, and the average Os ld up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 357 qrs sold 2` 1 4 Barley 6BB qrs sold 579 cl , 0 " Oats 699 qrs. soft 640 ;11l Beans 55 qrs sold 560 Top of Wheat 64 ib 67: , 1 Barley Oats --Beans . AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 84100 Wheat, 2/. 18 5 5-12ths I Barley, —II. 9 11 c .l . 2tbli Oats, ... 1/. 10 10 0-12ths I Beans, 2/. 81 " BOSTON—SEPT. 6. ot. We had a short supply of grain at this day's 2: 1 1: 01 0. New wheat met a demand at 48s to 55s per qr. ; me fire; lers were cautious buyers. The quality was extreniell and, as respects the yield, we hear of the produce °I aC c ,, re. lands being 6,7, and in some instances even 8 qrs. Per - Spring corn sold at about the rates of last week. 0 ,1 to Prices :—Wheat, red, 48s Od to 53s Od; white, 03$ 00/ 55s Od extra, 00s Od. Barley, 29s Od to 34s m .coo 26s to 30s. Beans, 46s Od to 49s Od. Peas, 00s per qr. NE. large our Corn-exchan W ge togy S we had a full attenui'Do oe• and a show of wheat, which met a hea v y Gale' decline oefy 8s per qr. 465 Prices : fully 8s per qr. Prices :—Wheat, white, 46s Od to 52s Od; d U,djaZ, to 48s Od. Barley, malting, 26s Od to 30s Od ; 00s Od to ON Od. Oats, old, 28s Od. to 36s Od; 11 ," 08 ba to Od to 26s Od. Beans, 46s Od to 50s Od. Peas? 'l l . Od. 44s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 56 s Od W ""- SEABORNE MAILS. • (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Genera l r°4116 by the night—and 31 by the morning—despatch.) SO% Day when rna. I. up From w 431 clue -i t ' COUNTRIES. in General Post- Portflan Office, London.* Dispatche d. -•• .merica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ..• • America (by United Sts. Sept' 13 packet) ....N .......„ ~ Liverpoo l America (by U States packet) ..........N SouthaMPt on Australia (via South- 1 Southampto n Oat' 4 a.......„ m Ditto (via Marseilles) N ... Dover .. • • • Ditto (via rape of clood , Vo, Hope) ~N, • • Africa (West Coast) .. N,l3d of the month.. Plymouth • Alexandria .......... N ;8, 9 , 24, & 30 of m. Dover Alexandria.. ...M '4th & 20th of ma , . Southamp ton Bahamas ............t .17th of the moot Seuthaniptot, Belgium „N. I tally Dover .• • • 0• , set. 1 6 Brazil 9th of the month.. Southatnp to , Buenos Ayres —1;1 9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Bone ..N 140, 01 the moot Plymouth •• Cape of Good Elope N .14th of the month. SoutliamPton Cape de Vcrds Nll4th of the mon ti Southamp ton Ceylon (see hills) Ceylon N 14th of the month • •IT 521 ' Channel Isles IMon „Wed.,&F rid Southall:lP- 0 ' Chili. & 17th of moot Seuthanaptof, China (see India) • Constantinople 17,8,17,24,&27 of n,. Dover .. • • • • lnnst.uitinopte ........, 4 th & 20 th of mc. , . SouttotnaPt or ont. of Europe At & N 'Twice daily Dover .• •• • • Egypt (see India) .r.or•••:; ,6 France, ........ M t N Twice daily .... .. Dover ...toy. „ oil s% ' tibraltar ..... . i 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of n Southar n p oireece (see India) 1 00116 Greytown .......... M ;2nd & 17th of moo. Sonthamptol tiambnrgh ..........NiTuesday & Frid a 3 London ..• ••, ilavannah ml2nd of the montl Southamptca . y s t; u , ............ MI Daily.... • • ...... Dover ....• • L' Honduras:at;l7th of the month. Southampton 4 India (viaSouthampt.)M l 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth • Sept, India (via Marsellies)34,Bth&2 4 th of month Dover lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, &27 of mon Dover.... • • ic ow Ireland ........M & N ; Twice daily ...... Holyhead Ty r 16 Lisbon „mj7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton SeP t io t 0 't4adeira Ml9th of the month Southampton Aug Madeira 23d of month .... Ply - month .. Malta (see India) Malta ........,.....N 7,17,19,27. 30 of m. Dover . . Mauritius (see liMia) Mauritius .. t........N 14th of the month. Mexico ...... 34,2nd of the month. Southampton Oct. I Naples ..... ........N:Mhlsth2sthofmon Dover ...... Sew Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton, _JO New Zealand , By private ship .. Various port' 'Up Papal States 'ith 1 sth2AthotYnon. Dover ...... Peninsula ..... M r . , thl7th2Btholmon. Southampton Peru 'd & 37th of mon Southampton Port Natal 'l4th of the month Plymouth .. Sicily ..............N'sthlsth 2s thormon, Dover ...... Tuscany sthlsth2stholinim. Dover ...... Venezuela ..111,2d& 17 th of month Southampton Van Diemen'sLand(seel Australia . West Indies ) Id& 17th of month SOUthanapte . .4 .11 e When any of these dates fall ol a Sunday , the rn--spols despatched on the following day, with the exceptl en of the ...A P Southampton), and the Malta. both of which w ill be despatcPw preceding day. The St. Louis Republican, of the 16th ult., "1,B:till has not been a night within the last week ww"— Th e dagger has not drunk the blood of its vietilll.ooor police office for several nights past has been the „ e t tacle of bleeding men who had the knife pa t to t h e. The dens of iniquity in the city—bad enough un cier e vi bl nary circumstances—have recently been stirre d ar e . is' the worst passions, and the streets every nig ht n i ( 11° ' fested with bands of reckless men in pursuit culties, armed to the teeth and eager for an affr s '..... EMIGRATION FROM THE NORTH OF 5C00441,1 (rOO last of the autumn fleet for Canada has just 0 1 eon the Aberdeen. The total number of passe ngers : 00 • t op north of Scotland this year has exceeded 2PA numbers that have gone from the county el `',...1 54 '; alone, during the past six years, are as follow 8 5 : 3, 6 0 ' 132 ; 1850, during 1851, 546 ; 1852, 5 99 IS e 0 3154 1 1854, I,sso—total, 3,865. The emigrants g oo Of t‘ all farm labourers and small tenant-farmers. 4.0 be f ° o of agricultural labourers at home now begin ° i te vale„, o [ADVERTISEMENT-I—Du Barry's Deliciousip Arabica Food invariablyrestores health, with C O 0, - inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 tiv3l o, l o oo f ie other remedies. We extract a few out of„% 0 0. frio a, monials of cures, which had resisted all Tueul c n i to tißt b ;ot No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousnos, c s' f f r euLfe, indigestion, and debility, from which I ba d su or 0 '44 mi.ery, and which no medicine could rem o",, •, 1 , have been effectually cured by Du Barry's f°°";,/slll.O, short time.—W. B. Reeve, Pool A u thouY , 0 /0 0611 ) ,01 1 Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia' ° b oo ;of debility, with cramps, spasms and nano* effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious Wa n n ifte cb3o! t° short time.—Rev. J o h n W. Maven, Ridlingtd'oaescrigtr Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty year 1 " h, agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cou gh ' tivlooci. nation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the st° l33 ,Aiee!,Vo mitings, have been removed by Du BarrY's., ° " — f o llt• „ 0 0 0 : —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Non, a ,ed Pier No. 3,9oo.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion:s-,40 ral debility have been removed by Du kl rr ith." Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, `l,,jnt, too No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver cou3P 11 0 disorders of the stomach and nerves, Arshl perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalen,,a,,,rrevt,ro Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian' „ hte eutlr Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—le„t, w;er, nervous debility, violent palpitation of the, de aud bing of the temples, violent pains in the left _loo_ol shortress of breath, coughs numbness of the s ' ac b P e P il 0 0 cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching , 1111 ,4 Wog syli f weakness, that I was constantly fearful of °T ed b : my legs ; all these symptoms have been calP ° oo Barry; excellent Food..—Mary jas truo.; suitably packed for all climates, and with 1 0, OP —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. • 51b., 1 1 9 ; 3. ;, 101 b o rder• super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., ; ' o ffice „ ° ,1o1 3 ; The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on VS" t Dom 00' Barry du Barry ad Co., 77, Regent-stree ti Fortnum, Mason, and Co. purveyors to her 3i nr i llo r str e lb, cadilly ; also at 68, Corn' hill. 60, Go ceell tre ." q3O and 451, Strand, 63 and' 150, Oxford -stye Charing-cross ; 4, Cheapside. • BIRTH. ri.drie OF A MON. w. 1 ur• - On the 3d inst., at Chigwell, Essex , the wif e 00 a Turner, Esq., surgeon. the v i On the sth inst. , at Aldbury Rect or ! , Rev. R. Mountfoid Wood, curate of Aldburf• trio OP A DAUGHTER . iCelat, tile On the 7th inst., at Cranbrook Vicarage , tt i of Francis Barrow, Esq., barrister-at -law, ~shiret On the 4th inst., at Llantrithyd, Glain °rgi'm . wife of the Rev. Roper T. Tyler. __.../ MARRIED. o f 1194t1P of On the sth inst., at Ardee Church, cotul abterna g c ort : scu o, 0 of D tvid Urquhart, Esq., to Harriet, youn the late Lieutenant-Colonel Chichester sister of Lord Clermont. re ;,rn At Norwood-green, Middlesex, John Leebtashily g- 0 the late Thomas Luther Lechrnere, Esq., to SO D DY , / daughter of the late Lawrence Gwynne, Bs c l" Cambrian, Teignmouth, Devon. DIED. • i. 00,00 On the sth inst., in his 66th year, Vincentljigg i 9‘l . '' iron merchant, of Liverpool. On the 3d inst., in his 29th year, Craven Til°l3le late Captain 91st Regiment, youngest son of fle nrl t ..88 I Esq., of Farranrory, county of Tipperary. o .slA - Du O b n lin th , eo3hdveinrsst.p,roa'utleh,isEgrciesidQen.cce., in Blessing° i 'fs f' Charles On the 2d inst., at 4. Berw"ick-street, Soho, ki dt of ' rison, Esq., surgeon, aged 29. ,_ to _ o , On the 3d inst., at Deal, Philip Kingsford, , 01 T e a John's College, Cambridge and of the Midd le _ .....ey" , Esq., barrister-at-law. ' the lotrig, LONDON : Printed and Publis hed by AWED ° Sol of of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The Sun Office' I va Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Fritisy, 40pturabor 8, 185 , C