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

THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frig - ate, 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 , C a p tain 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 Caracoa 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 despa tch gun-boat, Lieutenant- Commander Here, 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. Th e 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 Ledsund 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, diets Eclair. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The following Russian officers are brought home in the Algiers :—Captain Essanloff, Captain Schweloff, tho latter of the artillery; Lieutenant Pischtshchonlin, Lieutenant Agafnoff (sub.), Ensign Perimiloffshi, Ensign Standewitsch, of the Engineers; Ensign Lnbinoff, and Ensign Lunieff 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 diarrhcea, but from the system adopted by the surgeon of that ship, by conti nually visiting them, du 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 ravages 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 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 up, 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 vici Hull and Christiania, through Norway, will also be made up this day. We regret to announce the death of Lient.-General Argnimban, C. 8., Colonel of the 80th Regiment. The decrees for the sale of the Russian ship Aland, Wirin 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 wore 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 ho 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 busyness, 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 last by the mode termed sun proof and by wax placed on a rod and put i ns id e th e b ore , t o t a k e a perfect impression 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 every respect. The jury w ere satisfied from the evidence of the above sergeants that the examination of any other witnesses would not elicit thecauattseoef the accid en t, an d a ft er exa mining Dr. Donell, who death."ned the deceased, b roug ht i n a verdict of " Accidental Dr. Donell was assisted by Dr' gre. :iiiller, of Wakering, but the loss of blood had been so sufferers that scarcely a cupful passed from each of the were amputated. when their limbs The remains of the deceased were placed i n three coffins, an d these were, at eleven o'clock yesterday one gun-carri a ge, and covered with th e all p laced on national flags, and offic ers the melancholy p rocession, consistin g of all the Shoeburyness, ac com p anied the remains to their last rest ing-place, in the parish churchyard of South Shoebury a distance of about a mile and a half from Shoebttryne,'. The piece of the breach of the burst gun which caused the death of Sergeant Rose, aged 37, Sergeant Lee, aged 35, and Sergeant William s, a g ed 37, was 2 8 cwt. It was th e wife of Sergeant Williams, and not of Sergeant Rose, who died of cholera at the Tower of London, and fortunately they had no family. Sept. DUNBAR HERRING FISHING, s.—The fishing is now drawing to a close. On Friday the fishermen were not content with good average shots,butofsettheamt the ground on that day and Saturday. Many re turned with their boats quite full ; but the le mo r ningl consequence is that th e fish has been disturbed, and in the the take ii very partial. Prices rose from 14s. the toolio8asi; but in th e a f ternoon boats again fel l i n w i t h and prices are now 10s. per cran. MR. CAEDBIT.---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,iand 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 Lim, except a certain quantity of greef acres.", THE MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER. Yesterday afternoon, Jane Harlington, 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 pending against her. Mr. Binns appeared to defend. 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 administerieg poison to? Sergeant Golding.—l have, sir. I attended the work house of St. George's, Southwark, this morning, and sa w the child dead. The medical gentleman who at tended it is present, and can give evidence as to the cause of death. Mr. winista Rendle, surgeon, Bridge-house-place, Newington-causeway, was then sworn. lie 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 being 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 that laudanum 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 anythinc , else ? Mr. Rendle—Yes ; I asked her what e 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 ,he laudanum was fetched in, and since then it had con ained 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 hor, 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 ? 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,•l think she did, but I had 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 sod 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 him by the hair and thump his head on the ground, saying, " By G—, I'll murder thee !" 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 6' 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 Pearce, a mason, also,deposed 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 transported when a youth for theft ; and in the year 1839 was tried for the murder of a common pedlar, named Wiiliam 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, ilnmediately 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 l arge one, and sprang at her while 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 d es c r ib e d as a sq u a t, thick fellow, with lank brown hair. Mary Golding, who has taken F renc h l eave o f h er mistress, the laun dress, and with more than belonged to her, is described as of middl e stature, brown hair, and low, broad fore head. One Charles James is of middle stature, flaxen h is t ir t i ee li s tt p l a e ofsfi c te u ra r as l ini e o l e p ra a sr t ,e e, thin-faced, a n d f u ll grey eyes . f John i noipropertyind their i t:_o bAi nfis 00 wn supposed't be supposed f to h ave s t o l en goo d s requeit, and someti mes a li s t o f a pn o sses s si t a o n len th i e s p fn u l b la lth in e g d. a T vt h ie u l s e , s in w o e n re e ' ered silk morning-gow n an d mantle, some women's paint ptaebinbtyslpeleivnets.v,, , aza r i e r d of gold and co l oure d fringed gloves, aLs t t h c c i s a h t, av a e s b ad ee m n coloured coat—what colour could iltLerwu ?—with w an it d h gold purl. But frost buttons, and button-holes for minute descriptions, both of edged nsion f of John the following advertisement for the apprehension perhaps if3urre speech ayearsn d o carriage, age, o f ' Catchmead surpasses all. Twentyian. middle stature, something haughty very light-coloured hair, more like a short periwig, little beard, face somewhat reddish, by reason of the smallpox, but of cheerf ul countenance. Housed t o wear a grey hat , a sad-coloured coat, and used to travel about th e country to sell rugs and coYerlidg He . went off with a bay mare of accustomed forty h' • sour countenance. Only the long body, and thick fore legs, hooked nose, and I offered for the a pp rehension of this remarkable pair...—. I _Mamie Souolola Wm*. MANUFACTURE OF A BANK OF ENG- LAND NOTE. (Front 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 years. 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 10,000/. 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 his 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 from the Bank of England, my grandfather received large sums of money for his invention. "I remain, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, "JOHN JAMES OLDHAM, "Sept. 7." "Engraver to the Bank. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1854. LIFE OF A MURDERER. A writer in the Thomasville (U.S.) Watchman 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 towenty-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. His 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 ;1 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 he 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, her 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 show's 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 ld 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 into 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 stepfather a severe whipping and left him. Excepting another slight shock 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 rattlesnakea, 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 he carried his wife to the home which he had provided for her, hoping that his cup of misfortune was then full, and that he 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, which 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 yet 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 bad 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. air R. Whityngton, thrice Lord Mayor of London. 1397, Richard U. 1406 , Henry IV. 1420, Henry V. sheriff, 1395.1 BANK it ETU.B B M. 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, ie, rireulation during the Week ending Satur day, the CI day of Sept., 1854 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jenamitt and Pomfret 10,691 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-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 8,975 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 29,078 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Ca Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 12,430 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham --Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 24,755 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,688 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,942 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 61,977 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 13,908 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 33,582 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 20,350 Bath City Bank, Bath-G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 32,897 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 62,403 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 11,645 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge- Mortlock & Co. 13,224 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 39,079 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 29,853 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 22,979 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,980 ' Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 15,069 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 27,324 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 48,530 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,096 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 19,966 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks ‘ Birkbecks, and Co 67,041 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 6,891 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 8,044 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans &Co 11,120 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 31,283 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 8,867 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... 10,131 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co 70,174 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 79,197 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,982 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-It. and H. Williams 48,660 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 48,273 Essex Bank Lnd Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 40,295 Exeter Bank, Ixeter-Sanders and Co 26,452 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co 20,100 Farringdon Bulk and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 5, 451 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight Faversham Pank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,685 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 5,421 Guildford Bank, G-uildford-Messrs. Haydon 4,869 Grantham sank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 21,980 Hastings Old Bank, HasLings-Smith, and Co Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. 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 Her:Sordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Herefeal- 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. . 13,349 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. 18,021 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons 8,094 Lane End 'Staffordshire Bank, Lane Harvey and Son 5,212 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 23,817 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co , 25,815 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 9,354 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 77,495 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 18,860 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle ton and Cradock 6,586 Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Co. _ Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis,—Gurneys and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn` Regis— Jarvis and C 0... 10,079 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 Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford, Bank, Marlborough—Tan nerand Co ........................................... Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 50n............. .................................... 5 , 9 7 8 Miners' Bank, Traro—Willyams and Co 13,934 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 30,720 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ro% and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 14,130 Newark Bank, Newark --Godfrey and Riddell 19,235 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Eleaford—Handley, Peacock, and C 0...% Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny & Slocock 17,409 Newmarket Bank, Newnearket,--Eaton, Ham mond, and C 0... .......................... Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 43,347 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbeek Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,018 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 3,277 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 11,919 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Col Oxford Old Bank, Oxford••••lobinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbr:_dge, 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 45,113 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 11,120 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest -- J. and W. Walters 9,963 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 26,824 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co 5,816 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son Rye Ranics Ryswit, 0; PCssiret and C 17•••• 5,485 7,63 G 12,314 9,555 12,160 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Mao dougal and Allaway 4,377 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. 22,091 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and 14,215 Scarbor 'ugh Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. 23,065 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Vallance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison 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 23,623 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 5,473 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph and Co. 4,892 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, Toweester-Percival and Co 7,631 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led gard and Sons 9,637 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,256 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co 13,314 Wallingford Bank, "Wallingford -Hedges, Wells, and Co ' 7,440 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- K. Greenway and Co Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co 4,805 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and Co 43,852 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 12,880 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-ulpett and Co 19,890 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co -- Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Eliott and Pearce 17,052 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth-Arkwright and Co 33,561 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurneys and Co 38,770 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe- P. and W. Hancock 7,005 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good ricke and Holyoake 13,710 Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Laven der, and Co 6,072 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 59,581 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley, Turner, and Co B, 410 Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R and W. F. Fryer 11,924 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 37,307 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,836 York Bank, York- Swanu, Clough, and Co 39,843 30,065 3,091 15.850 10,799 3,468 370 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. 8,225 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 8,966 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 46,761 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven... 28,508 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 20,074 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent 40,250 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 9,939 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington 31,802 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn pony, Cheltenham 9,982 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,285 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 37,798 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 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 43,407 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,427 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 27,943 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 22,338 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 38,627 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 43,231 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, arid Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 316,641 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,600 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 54,785 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 22,163 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,668 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury 9,558 Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 35,333 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field 11,714 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 27,580 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 82,163 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,461 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield 31,691 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 3,261 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. TRADING BY FORGED BILLS.--Who would suppose that London firms of character and eminence deal, know ingly and systematically, in forged bills! 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—Ruch and such connexions—lend me so much money." The dealers do not hesitate to comply,—. Chambers'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 181. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. 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 ; 7to 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 8) 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, t. , +ive, about Dervish. Ivan, Knight of St. George, and Scy thian were untouched. For the GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP, Rabgill ad vanced to 3 to 1 taken. THE DEaßT.—Crui-•er was hocked 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 Boiardo (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 ndurnmer (take 14 to 1). 25 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). CESAREWITCH 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 has on the St. Leger, before they leave town for Doncaster. LICHFIELD RACES.-THIIRSDAY. The FISIIERWICK STAKES of 50 sovs, given by Sir Robert Peel, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; for half bred horses, three-yr-olds and upwards ; certain win ners extra ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; gentle men riders. Once round and a distance. Mr. Davies's Minerva, 4 yrs, list 131 b (including 51b extra) Mr. Evans's Ducrow, aged, 12st 81b (including 71b extra) (Mr. Haynes) 2 Sir R. Peel's Emigrant, 6 yrs, 12st lib (Capt. W. Peel) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Emigrant, 2to 1 agst Minerva. Won easily by a length ; a b ou t th e 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 savo 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 sovs, added to a Sweep stikes 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. Nicbolson's Berezina, Bst 31b (Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Mather's Lily, Bst The following also ran :—Maid of Cadiz and b f by Gobbler. Betting —Even on Pole Star, 2 to 1 agst Lily, 5 to 2 agst Berezina. Won alter a good race by a neck ; half a length between second and third. The ANSON STAKES were won in three beats by Lnrley; 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. Villiers' 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, 54 11lb Steggles) 1 Mr. J. S. Douglas's Switch, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (For.thaw) 2 Mr. C. Blanton's Little Naughty (h b), 5 yrs, 7st 9lb (G. E. Sharp) 3 The following also ran :—Odiham, Iciazlenut, Ban stead, and Marchioness. Betting --2 to 1 agst Little Naughty, 4 to 1 agst Odi ham, 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 soya each, with 30 added, was won in three heats by Mr. Land's Massa roni, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (50/.), (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 (60/.) (Land, jun.) Hon. F. Villiers' Socinian, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b (Ford ham) 2 ➢Tr. C. Formby's Roseberry, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (301.) (Hammond) 3 Mr. Rayner's Lady Constance, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (301.) (Curtis) 4 Mr. Montague's Whistle, 2 yrs, 4st olb (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 sous each, with 25 added by W. M. Smith, Esq., M.P., fez. 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, 6st 71b (carried Est 81b) (751.) (Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Sherrard's Merrythought, 3 yrs, Est 71b (carried 6st 91b) (751.) 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. Legei 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 INwiRDS.—The Baron Osy, from Antwerp ; William Thornboro° and Triton, Calais ; Rainbow, Colum bine, and Lord John Russell, Rotterdam • Dannebbra, Archangel Soho, Havre ; Magnet, Amsterdam ; John Thomas, Hamburg; Moses 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, B or d eaux, San Francisco; Sceptre, Malta and Alexandria; Oliver Van Noord, Melbourne ; Gold Digger, Penang ; Caroline, Aarhuus. CLEARED Our WITH CARGO.—The Jenny, for Hamburg ; Peti, Mogadore ; Pearl, Quebec and Montreal; Ocean, Antwerp ; Cheapside, Bombay ; Auro;a, Antwerp • Chris tiana Christina, Amsterdam ; Ashburton, Sydney; Amelia and Anne, Amsterdam; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk; City of Paris, Boulogne; Queen, Calcutt a; 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. The Ringleader, from Manilla to Boston, July 5. The Elbe , f r om Liverpool to Calcutta, July 25, lat. 9 N., long. 24 WI The Lady Peel, outward bound, Aug. 23, lat. 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, lat. SO N., long. 7 W. The Glasgow (s.s.), Aug. 29, lat. 55 N., long. 21 W. The Harlequin, Aug. 27, lat. 53 N., long. 23 W. A frigate in tow of a steamer , May 4. Tho 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 Good Hope. The Anna (transport ship) July 15. The Norma (Hamburg barque), outward bound, July 25, lat. 9 N., long. 25 W. The Luther, from Arracan to London, August 1, lat. 14 N., long. 25 W. The gtathelle, from Valparaiso to Liverpool, August 4, at. 18 N., long. 31 W. The Crescent, from Bahia to Falmouth, Aug. 27, lat. 48 N., long. 16 W. The Penn, from Bombay to Liverpool. The Favourite, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, July 19, lat. 12 N„ long. 24 W. The Orpheus, from Naples to Quebec, Aug. 16, lat. 40 N., long. 32 W. The Schlosser, from New York to Bremen, Aug. 28, lat. 50 N., long. 14 W. The Avon, from Cuba to Swansea, Aug. 29, lat. tO N., long. 12 W. TLe Kerelaw (ship), for Montreal, Aug. 31, lat. 51 N., long. 9 W. The Isabel, bound to Quebec, July 27, lat. 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. The Catherine, from Canton to London, May 31, in Gas par Straits. thi IS The Myrtle, from Singapore to London, June 4, in Straits of Sunda. The Morrisfort, from Arracan to Queenstown, June 23, lat. 24 S., long. 54 E. The Florence, from Batavia to Amsterdam, JIII7 8 , off Cape Agulhas. The Ruse, from Canton to London, July 9. The Fretnond, fron, Calcutta, June 10. The David Malcolm, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Dido, from the Cape to Maiitius. The Lae of Wight, from .51auritius to Queenstown, July 7, lat. 24 S , long. 27 E. The Queen alab (English barque), May 25 , lat. 34 N., long. 82 E. The Haywood, from Calcutta to Liverpool, o ut 79 &Ph lat. 34 S., loug 13 E. The Champion (s s ). un,ler sail, steering south, Ju l 21, lat. 13 N., long. 27 W. COL i lit . 1 1A uhriTS., DERBY SMITJiFIELD.—SEPT. 5. There was but a limited supply of fat beas ts to-a nt: which were in goo d reques t, a n d readily disposed lithou t t number of sheep and lambs was about the average la s any alteration of price. Fat pigs about the sam e week. Fat and store calvs s% we scar The following were the e ce. quotations :—Beef, (id to 6a ' to 7d ; lamb, 7d to Ud ;weal, to 7e l Pa; lb. ; piss, 9s 341 to 9s 6kl per score ; rough fat, 6s 6 4 0 „ 1 pe7 141 b.; hides, 30 to 4d per lb ; calf•skille , 4d t° v" per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—SErr. Wheat on the top 6,1 down, and the average is " . ",1; Barley on the top 0 !F3 01, and the average as before. -'4-11 on the top 2s Od, and the average 2s 4d, down. 8e 3719 ° the top 23 down, and the average Os id up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 357 qrs sold 21- q" so ld 579 q 1 Barley OS qrs Oats 6lig qrs sold 6 4 sold Da r. Beans 55 qrs li Top of Wheat U43 lb 6i 0; Barley.. 58. ib 346 0 ; Oats Beans . , AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. a . 120311 Wheat, 2/. 18 5 5-12ths I Barley, ...1 1 . 9 11 /2thi Oats, ... 11. 10 10 0-12ths I Beans, 2/. 8 1 u. BSTON—SET• 6. We had a short O supply of orai P u . at this &Won — r ail* New wheat met a demand at 48s to 55s per qr. ; t firs; lers were cautious buyers. The quality was extregieu es and, as respects the yield, we hear of the produce of 0 0. lands being 6,7, and in some instances even 8 qrs. Pe r Spring corn sold at about the rates of last week. . oa to Prices :—Wheat, red, 48s Od to 53s Od; w hite, 530 ojitot 55s Od. extra. 00s Od. Barley, 29s Od to 3 4 s uu• COI 26s to 30s. Beans, 46s Od to 49s Od. Peas, 0 00 °d per qr. NEWA—EPT. 6. „upset At our Corn-exchange to-day s we had a full atten, — ,t, • and a large show of wheat, which met a heavy ow e ' - decline of fully 8s per qr. A g 4 Od Prices :—Wheat, white, 46s Od to 52s Od; red, r il l o z, to 48s Od. Barley, malting, 26s Od to 30s Od ; EP,, 11- 2 . 4 1 00s Od to Offs Od. Oats, old, 28s Od to 365 Od ; 11 ,,e"ba Od to 26s Od. Beans, 465 Od to 50s Od. Peas, 4 e,„ Od. 41s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 56s Od to SEABORNE MAILS. (N .Ignifles that the malls are sent from the General Poi by the night—and M by the morniug—despatch.) 97 1 1,, Day wnen ma it M. From rftni. doe COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port ir n gliaD" Office, London.. Dispatched. tonerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday ... Liverpool • • kmerica (by United Sts. S e pt. 13 packet) ..........N Liverpool America (by U States packet) . • ...... SoUthaMP Or Australia (via South- Oct 4 ampton) .......... M ••• • • .... Southampto n Ditto (via Marseilles) N! Dover .. • • • Ditto (via Cape of Good •• ..... •• •• .• t rne 1/. Hope) S e pt. Africa (West Coast) ..N 13d of the month . Plymouth •• N A, 9, 24, & 30 of u . Dover .• • • .I.lexandria .......... 3I 4th & 20th of mo.. Southampt on Bahamas 31 ,17th of the mom Southampt on Belgium .......... N Dover .. •• .• 16 Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southampton Sept Buenos Ayres .. .• 31,9 th of the month. Southampt on Cape of flood Hoot) o' the moat Flymourh .• Cape of Good (lope .. N ;14th of the month. Sout hampton Cape de Verds ......Nll4th of the moot , Ceylon (see India) Ceylon of the mom! SOuthaMPW 0. 4 Channel Isles ...... N ;Mott Wed.,& F I Southampton 13. 311;d & 17th of moot Southampto t. China (see India) Constantinople ......N•:7,4,17,21,&27 ofm. Dover ...• • • Canstantinople ~...... !4th 20th of mot Southamptc e . ) :ant. of Europe al & N ITwicc daily Dover .• •• • Egypt (see India) 0011 France ........ & Twice daily.... 'Dover ...... T iro ° tlO libraltar .......... 31 4,7, 17, 20, 2 7 of SOLlthtiraptol. 6 ‘ireece (see India) 1,400 6 Greytown .......... M 2nd & 17th of mon. South amPto ), . Ilamburgh ..........N,Tuesday & Friday London ..... ilavannah ‘il2nd of the moot= Southampton o_e. fi t! Holland ........ MI Daily..... • ...... Dover Vaul Honduras .......... 11117th of the month. Southamptot ) 6 India (vtaSouthampt.)M 4th gr. 20th of m• Plyrn• nth .• Sept ' India (via Marseilles) 31 iBth& 21th of month Dover ...... lonian isles (see Indta) , 7, 17, & 27 of mot; Dover.... • • Ireland & N I Twice daily Lisbon ........ MI7, 9, 17 , & 2 7 ofm. Southampton SePt_.• tgb Madeira ;9th of the month Southampton Madeira Nl23d of month .... Plymouth .. Malta (see India) ...... Holy head Twleedl64 Malta 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover Mauritius (see ladle) Mauritius .......„ N 14th of thd month Mexico ..M:ind of the month. Southampten Oct. 1 Naples . - . ........N,sthlsth2sthofmon :Dover ......1 Yew Granada ...... 3112 d & 17th of month Southampton I New Zealand .......... IBy private ship .. Various port - liaces4o Papal states ........1 Ath I sth2sthottnon. , Dover Peninsula .......... M thl 7th2Bthofrnon. !Southampton Peru & 27th of mon ISouthampton Port Natal 14th of the month I Plymouth .. Sicily . .......„ „ N•Sth 1 Sth2F)thotmon. 'Dover ...... Tuscany ............N stlilso2sthoiinoi , ' Illover Venezuela & 17th of mouthlSouthanyton Van Diemen's Land (lee; Australia) • 0 . , West Indies .... 2.1 :2d Q- 17th o! month ,Southampton SePt. • . . -••••••-- I will * When any of these dates fall co , i a Sunday, the mails As despatched on the following day, with the exception o f the Int, 0 Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despatch** preceding day. tber The St. Louis Republican, of the 16th ult., sarl t h, has not been a night within the last week I'M ° lib dagger has not drunk the blood of its victira• eco police office for several nights past has been the tacle of bleeding men who had the knife p ut to rthordi The dens of iniquity in the city—bad enough un der b: nary circumstances—have recently been stirred up e i n the worst passions, and the streets every night are fested with bands of reckless men in pursuit of culties, armed to the teeth and eager for an a 113 EMIGRATION FROM THE NORTH OF SCOTLsai ADT' a fror last of the autumn fleet for Canada has just ` e , tb Aberdeen. The total number of passenger s fr°o" tt north of Scotland this year has exceeded 2,,,t,giee numbers that have gone from the county 0f.41.`'.:1.84f alone, during the past six years, are as followei s 695 182 ; 1850. 293 ; 1851, 546 ; 1852, 5 99 ; 0 41 1854, I,sso—total, 3,865. The e migrants a„,r e ue for all farm labourers and small tenant.farmers. . 1m be fel of agricultural labourers at home now begins t o yo lot : [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's Delicious 'leonine Arabica Food invariablyrestores health, w ithout !!!, e st inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times inn 00 M other remedies. We extract a few out of T Cor monials of cures, which had resisted all medici ee t innti ell No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousness, cons 5 g ros indigestion, and debility, from which I had soffe f° o lo l4 misery, and which no medicine could reroov e ,°f, 9 sreC have been effectua , ll ,B y E. c ig u tt re ete d v b ee y arr D e u d ß y a s r p i e - y p ' s s is f : °, l l !:e o r ti* s C h u o r rt e N t o i m . 4 ° ,2 - 08 W . , A lt ut it h o o .i. u n g t , no: ::: . s b ef btii/ debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, ue:, , vet s e h ff o e r c t tu t a im lly e. r — em E o e v v e . d j b o y hn D w u B . :FiTayvo'oesiltilelicious food !g o od Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' len; cove, agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, c0gi;',,,,31d nation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the 4 0 ° 2 1 e nt f;',",„; mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's °l ce ' ik." —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfo _a yep, No. 3 , 9oo . — Thirteen years' cough, indigestion; suexcejleo ral debility have been removed by Du Bar r : 7 o , s 0 C' l l l 4l Food.—James Potter, Athol-sCreet, r er. t' ain bee r No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver co m p l h a ve disorders of the stomach and nerves, Ara bie e 4; perfectly cured by Du Barry's RevalelVirevag'il Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian;,, hte enY es b Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851. -- ' 4 nervous debility, violent palpitation of the • he od bitc! bing of the temples, violent pains in the left tretoitleril shortness of breath, coughs numbness of the (l b g aeo o , cramps, spastos, flatulency, retching, and e ll oso sbe e nt weakness, that I was constantly fearful of fall , dbf my legs; all these symptoms have been relot"oieteT. Barry's excellent Food.—Mary stre cti°l' ; suitably packed for all climates, an d with full ;; b., 214, —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21'0., 4s. Gd. ; 51b., lie. ; 1 1 . 01h.f super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; 225. ; 00, or The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on pot ° L oo Pic' Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street,. Fortnum, Mason, and Co purve ors to her gei e cadilly ;' also at 68, Co7nhill; y6O, Graoech°,...rciae:' 56 ' a3O and 451, Strand, 63 and 150, Charing-cross ; 4, Cheapside. BEBTEIS: OF A SON. ... of Osorg . On the 3d inst., at Chigwell, Essex, the -11° ifs to Turner, Esq., s urgeon , the v i '" On the sth inst at Aldbury Rect ory Rev. R. Mountfo r d' Wood, curate of Aldburf• fa OF A DAUGHTER. t th e On the 7th inst., at Cranbrook Vicarage, ICell'' 0° of Francis Barrow, Esq b ' ter at-law. ~ arris • hi t " On the 4th inst., at Llantrithyd, Glamorgan° wife of the Rev. Roper T. Tyler. MARRIED. , natb , ty Of n of On the sth inst. at Ardee Church, Pou l l do ghte.„,l D tvid Urquhart, Esq., to Harriet, you ngest _ op 1...' the late Lieutenant Colonel Chichester For of sister of Lord Clermont. soli At Norwood-green, Middlesex, John Lechmer% gsdi E the late Thomas Luther Lechmcre, Esq. , to 8° Pyi,33 0 . , ° daughter of the late Lawrence Gwynne, sq" Cambrian, Teignmonth, Devon. DIED. . g 0 0 0 On the sth inst. in his 66th year, Vincent Eligg'll-' On the 3d inst., in his 29 h Craven iron merchant, of ' Liverpool. t year, _ ..,..sry Vol° late Captain 91st l. • g ment youngest son of Ilu. Eeq., of Farranr e I ' Tipperary. treet, ory, county of the 3d • On Esq.,o. Dublin, Oliver Sproule, 'fit'll On the 2d inst., at 4, Berwick-street, Soho, Charles rison, Esq., surgeon, aged 29. r St• John's On the 3d inst., at Deal, Philip Kingsford, late o&_ity, College, Cambridge, lof the Middle Tenn' Esq., barrister-at-law. -e' 4n( __~ Ll oya , Vcii: UN O, LONDON : Printed and Published by 511.TRDO - of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The-Sun Office, q ty &rand, in tho Precin-t, of the Savoy. in the 0 ILichilenz. Friday' iinitUaber 8, 14" • I /.J