The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

1 ~:.~: NOTICE TO sertscruitEßs. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last Evening, contained— The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons. The Betting at Tattersall's up to Six o'clock. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in both Houses, up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDIIION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. COBDEN the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112, Strand. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT FOUR OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. THIS EVENING Will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera Seria OTELLO. Desdemona, Madame Grisi ; Emilia, Madame Bellini ; Elmiro, Lablache ; lago, Sig. Fornasari ; Rodrigo, Sig. Corelli ; II Doge, Sig. Dai Fiori ; Otello, Sig. Mario. In the course of the Evening, a Divertissement from the First Act of EOLINE. Eoline, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, comprising the admired Mazurka d'Extase, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ROSIDA ; ou, Les Mines de Syracuse. Rosida, Mdlle. Cerito; Alman, M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Boz o`/ice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Zalf-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sittior FORNASARI respectfUlly Informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, When will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera, LA GAZZA LADRA. Ninetta, Mdme. saris' ; Lucia, 31dme. Bellini ; Pippo, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Gianetto, Sig. Mario ; Podesta, Sig. Lablache ; Sig. Dal Fiori ; Fabrizi Vingradito, Sig. A. GMUllei ; Fernando VB. labelo, Sig. Forr.asari. In the course of the Evening, the Divertissement LA BACCII.,LNTE, by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin and M. Perrot. After which, a Selection from the Last Act of L'ELISIR D'AMOR a', by Eadame Castellan, Sig. Corelli, and Sig. F. Labiache And Grand Aria and Chorus from ROBERTO DEVEREUX. Roberto Devereux, Sig. Moriani. To conclude with (first time this season) the admired Ballet of ALMA ; ou, La Fille de feu. Periphite, M. Perrot ; Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. Applications ior Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-office, 0 el a.Colonnadc.. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yarnold ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. I'o be followed by THE IRISH ATTORNEY; or, Galway Prac tice in 1770. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson; Miss Charlcotte, Miss Lee ; Saily, Mrs. Caulfield. The celebrated Pianist, Leopold de Meyer, for Five Nights more, and will perform this Evening, after the Comedy, " Introduction et Marche d'lsle " After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Tilbury ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, MlO4 Carre ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and rlaces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. Howe ; John Rawdoa, Esq., Mr. 0. Smith ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled DRAMATIC COOKERY; or, HOW TO WS EIUP A FARCE. Pythias Fizzwit, Mr. Selby; Sam Smear, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Taylor; Diana, Mrs. Laws. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Burletta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. laathert ; Captain Kidgiove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; *Mrs. liontgomerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar., To conclude with NORMA. Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford; Adalglsa, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the 'land, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MKS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin and urner ; 3liss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LEd FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglalses will appear. To o hich will be added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. Tu conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, ntiry, Itoinantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , -,, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J: W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Viltara, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. TIIIS EVENING 7 Will be performed a Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE SYREN. The Duke de Popoll, Mr. Walton; Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.; Balbaya, Mr. Leffler; Marco Tempesta, Mr. Allen; Mathea, Madam Fearon ; Zerlina, Miss Georgiana Smithson. To which will b:; added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed 'at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume, with the Orizinal 'Aftei which, THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Ple nipo, Mr. Collins; Lady Emily Delaney, Mrs. Brougham; Isabella, Miss Emma Stanley. To be tOilowed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden; Nl:tchinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. 're-eminent Success of the New Grand Spectacle, unequalled in effeCt.i and situations—First Night of a New Entree by Twelve vrench Equestrians, aided by Novel Scenes by the French Artistes —t he Favourite Pantomimic Representation at Half-price of the Brigand Chief. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em bracing the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. After which, Extraordinary Feats in the Circle. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary AIIIIICCUVITS, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap of the Horse Beda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR TILE BENEFIT OF MADAME GARCIA. THIS EVENING Will he performed THE LOVE SPELL. Nemorino, Mr. D. W. Ring; Dulcamara, Mr. Weiss; Belcore, Mr. M`Mahon; Adina, 3ladatne Garcia After which, A CONCERT. To conclude with MACI3ETH. With all the Original Music, and supported by the entire strength of the Melodramatic Company. riaces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boa t) rce, from Eleven to I,our. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE, EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The BOCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight. tnd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding' the Carnivora at Half-past live ; Pelicans and Polar Bears at Six ; Concert at lialf-part Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine. GRAND RUSTIC FETES IN 'S HONOUR OF TAR PRINCE 01 WALES BIRTHDAY. " Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, And take the harmless follie of the time."—Hzimex. • Under the Pntronage of her MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, his Boyal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, &e. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, TIIIS DAY. The Proprietor, flattered by the Success which has attended his ez tio determined to give TWO DAYS' FETE on a more ex end Scale than has ever beforo been witnessed. In announcing a SYLVAN FETE, . The Proprietor's aim will be directed to enable the Subscribers, °Nifty, Gentry and the Public, to witness those RUSTIC SPORTS which are nearly obsolete, but the observance of which procured for this country the title of " Merrie England," and which, in the Olden Tine, constituted the principal Amusements of a country fair ! The peculiar y English sports of the May-pole with its Morris dan cers, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, Pipe and Tahor, &c., will be ex hibited. " The May-pole-is up, now give me the eup, I'll drink to the garlands around it."—HEItItICK. A display of the noble science of ARCHERY I will take place by the Members of the Toxopholite Clubs, in their Forest Costume. The science of Archery, but for the manly and spirit-stirring efforts of the Archery Clubs, would soon become a " Tale of by-gone Days," co-existent with Robin Hood and His Merry Men, when in Sherwood Forest they drew " The cloth-yard shaft," and the welkin rang with " the shouts of the foresters bold." " Hail to our leader, brave Robin Hood, For a noble marksman and forester good." A decorated Pavilion will be erected for the use of the competitors. The magniticent modelled representation of EDINBURGH, the chef d'reuvre of the scenic art, and the Unequalled Menagerie will be exhibited. The manly and athletic games of Quarter -staff and Single-stick will he displayed. Also the laughable and most amusing scene of a Gin„ ling Match, and the ludicrous game of Jumping in Sacks, a Grotesque Dance by two trained animals of the Establishment, in Imitation of the Modern Polka, will be introduced. The never-tiring and always amusing PUNCH will exhibit his mirth-Inspiring antics and drolleries. He will afterwards become Eerie', and exhibit his tricks in another element. Two encampments of Real Gypsies will gratify the believers in the Occult Science, to whom " The Book of Fate will be open." " The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made."—GmustdrrU. A Itecruitiul Party from the Tower will attend. " None but the brave deserve the fair." Tents and Stalls, with the usual Commodities of a Fair, will be provided. - The Splendid Band of the Royal Artillery will enliven the scene; and in the PROMENADE CONCERTS, by the Unrivalled Band of the Establishment, the most popular selections will be performed— for which see Bills of the Day. • The Rock Harnionicon, by the Messrs. Harrison, will be heard at intervals during the day, and the Fete will conclude with the Royal Aquatic TAbleau, fifty-two 'feet high, In the centre of the lake, con sisting ot Transparencies, Illuminations, Devices, &c., and the most brilliant display of Fireworks ever witnessed ! Admission, bne Shilling.—Doors open at One. The various Games will take place on an elevated Stage, and an immense Gallery will he appropriated to witness them. The opening of the Fete will be announced by a Royal Salute. - - OVERTURNING OF A SHIP AND NARROW ESCAPE OF THE CaEw. —On Friday morning the brig Flirt was going down the river with reefed topsails and foresail set, when she was overtaken in Woolwich reach by a sudden squall of wind and rain from the south-west, and being very light, and with no ballast on board, was blown over on her larboard side, and began to fill. The master of the vessel and his crew got on to the rigging, and thence to the hull. The brig was fast going down in deep water, and the destruction of all hands appeared inevitable, when the Waterman, No. 11, on her way to Lon don. made her way towards the sinking vessel, and upon corning alongside her keel was visible about two feet above the water. Mr. Leonard, an inspector of Thames police, and his boat's crew, came up at the same time, and having rescued the cap tain and crew, put them on board the Waterman. A warp was then run out from the steamer, and the Flirt was towed by the Waterman into shallow'water, and she ssttled down immedi ately afterwards. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bro., with Portrait, 241. bound, MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART, Commonly called " THE YOUNG PRETENDER." With Notices of the Rebellion in 1745. By C. L. KLOSE, Esq. . " A valuable addition to our historical literature."—John full. " This work may justly claim the credit of being the fullest and most authentic narratlre of this great era of English history."— Messenger. _ _ Fleury Colburn, Publisher, 13, great Marlborough-street, NEW NOVEL, BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ. Immediately, In 3 vols., post Bvo., LOVE and MESMERISM. BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ., Author of "Brambletye House," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- DUBLIN TO GALWAY.—The Dublin and Galway Bill having been lost for this Session, the Provisional Committee have to acquaint the scrip-holders and the Public that, et a meeting of the Board, held this day, it has been resolved to proceed to'procure an Act in the next Session of Parliament, for making the Railway between Dublin and Galway, the success of which appears to be insured by the decision of the House of Commons in favour of the merits of this line, and the strong expressions of a like tendency elicited in the debates in the House of Lords. The line will have the strenuous support of the great landed proprietors generally, and of other interests throughout the west of Ireland, as well as the cordial co-operation of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company. The interests of the present scrip-holders will be carefully pro tected in the arrangements to be made, full particulars of which will be published in a few days. FITZN. FRENCH, Chairman. J. CAULFIELD, Vice-Chairman. St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, July 30, 1845. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning •. 8 minutes after 3 I Evening .. 25 minutes after 3. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 5 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 70; Noon, 69. BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND, ►S. W. .. _ Nom—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. 4 l ie f .qt,-., .. .. .... ir ,t A • VI I . , 5Q ,F5ui• ,,, ,,,. *.:... iA . ~ ,; ,!'. 4' •: -... 17 ';" - .sk, 0 , , ' A - • -40 41 k " .. 4 1. --: ,Itt.,-3 , 1104 k, oh , t . . 60 * 11, : ',-,„, ...v..#,— = `•, t - 0 . ~,,„,, . I) 7, u• ,1, ~,,,,,), 4.lEil:o'''''' •Afr , ~,. , • VWI "" .61 ''' . - ; :••••• 4 =-0. .."' e, ‘ , 11 ..„: , , , ,; .: , . .11004.)*". (fir triening `,AZT LONDON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1845. The Lords met at Four. The Royal Assent was givon by Commission to several public and private Bills. Their Lordships then adjourned, and re-assembled at Five o'clock. On the motion that the report on the South-Eastern Railway Bill be brought up, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition from a person named MOURILLIAN against the Bill, and moved that it be re•committed. Lord REDESDALE said the allegations in the petition had been inquired into before the Standing Orders' Committee, and that they were frivolous. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE withdrew his motion, and then moved, as an amendment, that the evidence takes before the Committee be printed. On a division this motion was negatived, the numb.2rs being—For receiving the report, 37 ; for the amend ment, 1. Lord STANLEY moved the third reading of the Taxing Masters Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill. The Earl of WICKLOW moved, as an amendment, " that all persons to be appointed under the Bill should be solicitors of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, who should have been in practice for the space of ten years •or upwards." The amendment, which was supported by Lord COTTENHAM, Lord CAMPBELL, the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE, and Lord . LANGDALE, and opposed by the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord STANLEY, and the Earl of St. GERMANS, was carried by a majority of 6, the num bers being-19 for the amendment and 13 against it. In answer to Earl FORTESCUE, it was stated by Lord STANLEY that the execution of the persons convicted at Exeter of the murder of Mr. PALMER and some of the crew of the Wasp, had been respited, in order that the opinion of the judges might be taken on the point of law raised at the trial. The County Rates Bill was read a third time. The Duke of RICHMOND moved that the Portsmouth Railway (Atmospheric) Bill be recommitted. The recommittal was opposed by the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON; along discussion ensued, and eventually the amendment was carried ; shortly after which their Lordships adjourned. The Commons met shortly before Four o'clock, and went up to the Lords to hear the royal assent given to various Bills. On their return Mr. HAIVES presented a petition from the Chairman of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company against the London and York Railway Bill, representing that many of the names on the subscription list were those of paupers and many of them were forgeries. He moved that the petition be printed. The motion, which was opposed by Mr. B. DENNISON, Mr. WARD, Mr. BERNAL, and Mr. DARBY, and sup ported by Mr. ROEBUCK was agreed to. Mr. B. DENNISON then moved the third reading of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK moved that it be read a third time that day three months. The amendment, which was supported by Mr. HAwEs and opposed by Mr. W. PATTEN, Mr. B. DENNISON and Mr. WARD, was negatived, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. ESCOTT gave notice of a motion for next session, for the admission of Indian corn duty free. Sir It. PEEL gave notice that, tomorrow, he should move the adjournment of the House till Friday. Mr. S3IYTHE postponed, till next session, his motion on Portendic. In answer to Sir R. Nails, it was stated by Sir R. PEEL, that the subject of the propriety of rebuilding Westminster-bridge was under the consideration of Go vernment. In answer to Mr. CHRISTIE, Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Brazilian pirates condemned at Exeter were respited, in order to give time to have the legality of the convic tion argued. Mr. G. W. HOPE, in answer to Mr. P. HOWARD, said negotiations were still going on between the Governmen, and the New Zealand Company. After a few words from Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of the causes of the recent accident on the Dover Railway, and from Mr. TUFNELL and Sir J. GRAHAM, on the case of JOHN MAYES, supposed to have been im properly convicted of felony, Mr. MOFFATT asked whether the new Houses of Parliament would be ready by 1847 ? Lord LINCOLN said the Committee-rooms would be but not the Hall. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in answer to Lord EBRINGTON, said, that measures had been taken to prevent the re currence of such revolting scenes as had occurred at the Spafields burying-ground. On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. M. GinsoN rose for the purpose of drawing the attention of the House to the state of our relations with Brazil, and also to the question of encouraging the immigration of labourers into the West Indies. A brief discussion ensued, but Sir R. PEEL declining to enter into the matter at any length, the subject dropped. Mr. HAWES then brought forward his motion respect ing the conduct of Mr. WEAN, which led to a long di4- cussion, in the course of which the House was addressed by Sir J. Graham, Mr. Shell, Mr. W. Patten, Lord John Russell, and Sir R. Peel, but ultimately the motion was rejected, and the House adjourned at a quarter-past 11 o'clock. It is believed by persons likely to be well informed, that the close of the session will be followed by a change in the Government far more important than the substitu tion of Lord M —AHON for Mr. TENNENT, or of Mr. CRIPPS or Sir CHARLES DOUGLes (whichever may be the foi tuuutus puer) for Captain BOLDERO. When Lord STANLEY is fairly out of his New Zealand scrape, it is believed that good care will be taken to get him out of the Colonial-office, before he gets into another. The political process of kicking up stairs, which was new to the witty Lord HALIFAX, has since become a very trite expedient ; and the' practised dexterity of Sir R. PEEL will find no difficulty in preserving Lord STANLEY'S dignity unimpaired, while be at one and the same time relieves him from the heavy responsibility of the Colonial portfolio, and our Colonial Empire from the heavy weight of his grievous mismanagement. What is Lord STANLEY'S exact destiny,—from which of the great honorary posts of the Government he is to continue to manage the House of Lords, and to watch the turf, — whether he is to be Privy Seal or President of the Council, we do not take upon ourselves to say : nor can we say who is to be his successor Rumour names three individuals, two of whom, un doubtedly, would be no better than the doomed Lord STANLEY, while the chief recommendation, at present, of the third is that he is comparatively untried and un known. These three rumoured successors are Mr. GLADSTONE,LOrd ELLENBOROUGH, and Lord DALHO USIE. Heaven defend our colonies from the crooked Oxford Jesuit ; far better than that would be Lord ELLENBO ROUGH, or the young and inexperienced Lord DAL HOUSIE. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the President of the Council, has been long known to covet' the Home-office. Sir J. GRAHAM has gained, in the Home-office, a reputation almost unequalled for administrative skill ; and we can conceive no shuffling of the Government cards which would more easily accomplish Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ob ject, better please all parties, and more benefit all the great interests which are to be considered, than the transplantation of Sir Jions GRAHAM to the Colonies, of Lord WHARNCLIFFE to the Home-office, and of Lord STANLEY to the honorary office of Lord President of the Council. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S great administrative talents are not unaccompanied, it is true, by faults which have gathered for hint a large stock of personal unpopularity ; but his faults are rather faults of manner, which offend individuals brought into personal commu nication, than faults which would materially detract from the benefit that the colonies would derive from his singu larly clear head and indefatigable industry. It is not improbable that there will also be some shuf fling of the smaller cards in the Government pack ; and we advise the electors of Cambridge to be on the look out, as nothing is more probable than that Mr. MANNERS SUTTON should be put into some berth which will be a comfortable provision for life. But the destinies of the nation will not be materially influenced by the fate of Mr. MANNERS SUTTON. Neither will much depend on Lord MAlloN's ac ceptance of the secretaryship of the Board of Control. We have heard indeed that his Lordship has refused this flattering offer : and one might indeed be surprised at his accepting it, or even at the offer being made, if one did not remember that Sir R. PEEL had signalised the commencement of his administration by offering one of the Vim-Chancellorships to Lord COTTENHAM. This must be Lord MAHON'S consolation for the other wise apparently low estimate of his qualifications, im plied in a proposal that he shall succeed Mr. EMERSON TENNENT, and be Lord JOCELYN'S junior at the Board of Control, notwithstanding that two years ago he was Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and that his rank and standing in the House of Commons and in his party are further illustrated by high character, and a most creditable literary reputation. Accounts from Constantinople to the 16th ult., appear in the German Universal Gazette, according to which the re volt which had broken out at Wan was on the increase. Eleven battalions of infantry, and two batteries of artillery, were on the march from Erzeroum. The rebels had mur dered an Armenian priest and the Chargé d'Affaires of the PAcTrA. They are Mussulmans, but of a different sect. The inhabitants and Rayah Christians support the Porte. A merchant ship had brought in news of a revolution in the island of Candia. The Mussulmans wanted to kill the PACIIA, on suspicion that he favoured the Greeks. Eighty millions of piastres is the estimated amount of damage occa sioned by the fire at Smyrna. According to the Gazette de Cologne, Prince MErrEnNicir arrived at Johannisberg on the 30th ult. The King and Queen of PRUSSIA arrived at Stolzenfelds on the 28th, and on the 30th they made an excursion to Coblentz. From a letter, dated Vienna, July 24, which appears in the French paper L' Univers, it appears that one of the objects of Prince METTERNICII in seeking an interview with the King of PRUSSIA at Johannisberg, is to persuade his Majesty not to give a constitution to Prussia. News from Lisbon to the 29th July has arrived. AN TONIO CABRAL had returned to the capital, and had resumed his office of Minister of the Interior. His brother JOSE had been nominated Minister of Justice, and had set off on an electioneering expedition to Oporto, having, before his de parture, published two ordinances, which made still further inroads on the constitution. Madrid papers to the 28th have arrived. The QUEEN, during her stay at Saragossa, had pardoned a criminal under sentence of death. Her MAJESTY was expected at St. Sebastian on the 2d of August. MADRID BOURSE.—Three per Cents., for Cash, 284 ; for Account, 29h; Five per Cents., for Cash, 21h. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Moniteur publishes various royal ordinances—among them one authorising the Minister of Marine to apply, in 1845 and 1846, a sum of 9,760,000 francs to increase the squadron on the western coast of Africa, and construct and arm seven additional steamers to be employed on the African station. Another ordinance authorises the expenditure of 13,000,000 francs for improving the works and harbours of Toulon and Port Vendres. According to the Algerie, AIID -EL- KADER had evacuated the territory of Algeria, and had retired to the deserts of the south-east, which belong neither to Algeria nor to Morocco. Ile cannot, however, remain long there for want of subsist ence, but neither can he be pursued at this season of the year. Both the French and the Emperor of Morocco are adopting measures to prevent him from returning into their dominions. On the Ist inst. the Duke and Duchess of NEMOUR s S arrived at Perigueux. Count BRESSON had arrived at Bordeaux. The great Madrid banker had arrived at Paris, having, according to private accounts, been compelled to fly from Madrid in consequence of the threats of NARVAEZ. During the late crisis CERIOLA. had been fortunate in his speculations on the Bourse, and had won large sums from Salamanca and from NAuvAEz, and the latter had determined to get back his money by getting up a pretended Progressista conspiracy for the especial purpose of involving CERIOLA. The col leagues of NARVAEZ, however, demurred to taking any part in such an iniquitous scheme, and CERIOLA, having been put on his guard, escaped to Paris. There was nothing done in the Funds on Sunday. The following are the quotations for the new lines : MARSEILLES, JULY 29.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,017 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 627 f. 50c.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 675 f. LYONS, JULY 31.—Avignon and Marseilles, 1,050 f., cash ; Paris and Orleans, 1,2551., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,102 f. ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 807 f., ditto; Orleans and Bor deaux, 685 f., ditto; Nismes and Montpellier, 550 f. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Great Chesterford, August 4, Two o'clock, P.M. A dreadful accident has just now occurred on the Cain bridge line of the North-Eastern Railway, between this and Littlebury, by the down quick train running off the line, by which several carriages were smashed to atoms and set on fire. The stoker, killed on the spot, now lies under the en gine. We can just see his hand, but cannot get him out. The engineer's leg is smashed, and several persons are sitting about the corn fields with bruises and contusions, and clothes torn to pieces. Trunks and carpet bags are torn and broken to pieces, some burnt, and the contents are lying about in all directions. Men with pails of water are endeavouring to quench the fire of the wreck, Which is burning most furi ously. This line has only been opened five days. Since writing the above, I hear there are two more persons very much hurt. THE UN, LONDON, , TUESDAT ETIONINGr a AUGUST 5 !Ma' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool market yesterday the sales of Cot ton were 8,000 bales, including 3,000 American on speculation. Prices were very steadily supported. The principal feature in Railway Shares was again the excited state of West York, West Riding, and Leeds and Thirk. The following are some interesting extracts from the letter of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, touching upon the state of the mercantile markets : " The improved demand for labour continues to operate with considerable effect on the necessaries of life, the in creasing consumption of which is dailymanifesting itself. By observing travellers from all parts of the country, we are happy to learn that there are prospects of an abundant har vest, and we have no fear of its being well reaped, if the season correspon4 with former ones to the end, as it has done to this time, and it is to be hoped that these blessings will be as gratefully received as they are freely given. We learn, by a gentleman who has just arrived from the Conti nent, and passed through the great corn-growing dis tricts of South-Russia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Bo hemia, Silesia, &c., that everywhere the crops were abundant," and quality excellent—that the greater part was cut, and some already housed. that the weather was splendidly tine, but so hot in the shade the thermometer ranged for days and days together between 92 and 98 degrees Farlienheit, that the oldest peasants said they had never wit nessed so hot and fine a harvest time. Accounts from Calcutta to the 9th June state that agri culture generally looked very promising, and good crops were expected, if nothing occurred to prevent them ; but the sea son so far, is very similar to those when great inundations have followed; and some of the old natives express great fears that such will be the case. The low price of our April sales of indigo had given great dissatisfaction, and the loss to many of the shippers was considerable. The fact is, that India produce i 8 generally held too high in that market, and British manufactures sold too low to make the trade with that country profitable." Letters from the United States 'of America to the 15th ult., state "that in the Western States the crops of wheat had beep mostly housed, in fine condition; that even in Ohio, volrere.a failure bad been contemplated, the crops had turned put above an average, and that, generally, there was an abundance of every kind of produce, but the greatest in crease was in sheep's wool, an article which has been much attended to of late years. The business in the Eastern States differs nothing from our last report." The letters and papers by the Dee steamer reach to the 9th July from Jamaica, the 4th from Trinidad, the 6th from Demerara, the 10th from Barbadoes, and the 2d from Vera Cruz. Mexico was in a very disturbed state, and the insecu rity of life and property was becoming every day greater. Upon this view of matters, therefore, we should be disposed to think that the danger of a war with Texas is extremely remote. In Jamaica the weather was propitious, and agricultu ral prospects were cheering. Great things are evidently ex pected from the Hill Coolies. In Barbadoes the drought was still much felt; and strange to say in Demerara there had been a wet season, and dry weather was wished for. It is stated that several negroes sent formerly from the British colonies to Surinam are still held in slavery, but it is clearly a nice point of latw whether the Dutch have not the right to detai❑ them, having obtained them before we emancipated our colonial labourers. The Funds have been very firm to-day, with a moderate business doing. Consols were 98% to 98% for Money, and 98% 'Ai for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 50s. to 535. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102 1 % to I/ ; and the Three per Cents. 99 1 to N. Bank Stock is 210 to 211. The Foreign market is still comparatively dull. Spanish Three per Cents. are 33%, being steady. Portuguese Con verted have been 64 1 ,4, being rather flat. Mexican are firm at 36%. French Five per Cents. obtain 121 f. 50c. There is a fair business doing again in Railway Shares, but the disposition is rather to sell. London and York Shares have gone lower, as it is considered impossible that the Bill can pass the Lords this session. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock -•••• 2ll 210 210 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 98%% 5 BS, New 3% per Cents 10214 %A 102% Long Annuities to exui re Jan. 1860 11 1 ,6% 11% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 l l l4 5-16 11 5-16 India Bonds, 1,000/.. . ..... — Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... .- 70 67 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 53 50 pm. 50 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small .•.... ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUN DS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 5O 50 Ditto Account Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 8 9 1% 89 1 ,4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred . . 19 3 A Portuguese 5 per Cents. B5 85 Ditto, Converted 6 4 1 /2 64 1 / 2 Ditto, Account 6 4 3 /1 Ditto, 4 per Cent 65 64 64 Ditto, Account. .... . ... 65 Russian Bonds ......... 118 3 / 4 118 3 / 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. 37% 37% French, 5 per Cent l2lf. 50c. 1211. 50c. Exchange Belgian 4 1 ,4 per Cent. ... 101 100 1 A 160 1 4 Dutch, 2 1 ,4 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific 99 % 1A 99% PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES: Aberdeen _ _ 2 1 4 ..•. 00000 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portriish Birmingham and ox ford Junction _ Bristol and Exeter 7O — Do. New .. . 2 ...... 12% 12 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 3% Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — ... ......... .. Ili Chester and Holyhead... 15 Cornwall . 3 ... . 3% ... 3 % Direct Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 Dublin and Galway..... 2 % — Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20% 1 4% 20% Ditto New 41. 16s. 6%.7 7 p Eastern Union l5 ..... • Ditto Extension . ... 1% 3 % 1 41 ......... 314 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset Grand Union l% . 1%... l% Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Western BO 224 224% Ditto, Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2%..... 3% 3 3 /4 Hull and Selby SO Do. Half Shares Leicester and Bedsrd 22s. IVA p 1% London and liirmingtim (Stock) —.246 Do. New Thirds Do. Quarters 2 London and Blackwall. 161.133.4 d ll% 11 London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 24%... ......... . Do. New l3s 4d — ....... ... .. 2 p Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 7% Lond. & S.Westent 411 6s 10d B4 81 Dv. Consolidated Btbs 12 Do. New London and York 2% 5 5/ i l k i/4%••••• 5, i , London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ...... 2%..... Londonderry &Coleraine 2 1 ;. Londonderry and Ennis killen .. 2 1,1 2 3/ 2 3 A Lynn and Ely % Lynn and Dereham l% 3%,i .1i anchester and Leeds... 76 203 . .. Do. 14 Shares Do. 1 4 Shares Do. Sixteenths ..... ... sq 12% 1 2 3 /4 Manchester and Bimini. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 22s. ..... - Midland 100 175 Do. New M .Ne id w l i a a n s de e i a rn n i d ., Dileenrbriyc..k 10021%...." 20%26 2 2 : 4 ": ...... ]5 -1 1 : North British Do. New North Kent North Staffordshire ' 225. North Wales .. l l4 31 4 .1 4. 314 Norwich and Brandon... 14 c 3/ Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 Portsmouth Direct ...... 2 1 / 2 4 3% 4 1 4 4 Preston and Wyre Richmond and %%rest End . Junction . Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland l%. ... 2 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 4 34... 4M Shrewsbury and Trent Valley 'Union South Devon... 2O ... South Midland 225. South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 45 46M Do., No. 3 • 2% 7% 8% . Staines and Richmond... 1 1 . ..... South Wales ..... ..„ 2 1 / 5 Ni % 5% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 Welch Midland .. 3 3A Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union 1%..... 3%% 3% York and North Midland 50 llO 111 lll Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension IM 22%34 .. ... 2234 ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. We have just seen a gentleman who was one of the pas sengers by the up-train from Norwich, and who witnessed the accident. He states that the quick down-train ran off the line on which it was travelling across the other line, and tore up the rails of both. The engine was upset and was lying across the rails. The stoker was killed, the engine fell on him and his head was severed from his body. The guard had both his legs broken ; the baggage-waggon caught fire and two or three of the carriages were burnt. The up-train from Norwich, which was due at three, did not arrive at Shoreditch until after 11 o'clock. Our informant took a post-chaise at Chesterford, and arrived at the Shore ditch station, at which hour they had received no informa tion of the accident. He complains of the treatment he met with at the station. General Pasley went over the road on Monday week. On Tuesday the Directors took an experi mental trip, and on Wednesday it was opened to the public. There are various rumours as to the cause of the accident, to which we shall not at present give currency, as no doubt the most searching inquiry will be instituted by the proper autho rities. . ANOTHER ACCOUNT. An accident occurred on the Eastern Counties Railway, on Monday, to the train leaving town for Norwich, at half past eleven o'clock, a.m.:by which the fireman on the train lost his life and one of the guards was seriously injured. From some cause which cannot at present be clearly ascertained the engine was thrown off the rails when passing over the embank ment near Hendon, about 12 miles below Cambridge. It is thought that one of the wedges having started from its posi tion was the cause of the accident. The engine and tender were thrown over upon the up-line of rails, and the trucks, with the passengers' luggage, and some of the carriages were very much broken. Most providentially none of the passen gers were injured. The fireman was thrown under the engine and killed upon the spot. One of the guards had his leg broken, and the engine -driver, or superintendent of the engine department, was much shaken by the concussion. The officers of the company were sedulously engaged in as certaining the cause of the accident, which at present appears involved in considerable uncertainty. RESPITE OF THE BRAZILIAN PIRATES.—MONDAY, Ana. 4, Two o'cLocx, r.M.—We have just received infor mation from the High Sheriff of this county, E. S. Drewe, Esq., that he has received a respite for the prisoners, now under sentence of death in the gaol of this county, until Friday, the sth of September next.—Besley's Exeter News. REPRESENTATION OF SUNDERLA ND.— SATURDAY NM HT.-At the League meeting this evening Colonel Thomp son stated that a letter had been that day received from Earl Grey, informing the gentleman to whom it was addressed, that his Lordship had now taken the proper steps for his imme diate call to the House of Lords, so that a writ for a new elec tion will speedily be issued. This announcement was received with great cheering, for the Liberal electors are anxious to be at work ; the delay has, however, strengthened their interest, by giving time for the removal of the irritation and bad feeling to which the introduction of two candidates had unfortunately given rise. The prominent topic at this meeting, which was principally addressed by local speakers, was a reprint of a hand bill issued on the Bth of March, 1815, containing a requisition to the magistrates for a general meeting of the inhabitants of Sunderland, " to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the House of Peers against the further progress of the Corn Bill," which requisition was signed by Mr. Robert Sarfield, a wealthy shipowner, and chairman of Mr. Hudson's committee. Mr. Hardcastle stated at the public meeting, to night, that the canvass had been so satisfactory as to warrant a declaration that Colonel Thompson will be elected by a large majority. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens... 6 11 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette / Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ss. Great North. of France . (Laflitte's) Do. du. (Rosamel's)' . 2 Jamaica Junction... Louvain and Jenieppe... 4 ... . Namur and Liege ' 4 .-1/2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 16 1 / l6. Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 11 11 Over Yssel 413 s 4d 1 p 1 p Paris & Lyons, Latlitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 — Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 24 Royal North of Spain Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANK. National Prop•. of Engd. 35 RAILWAY TO TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—It is expected that the branch railway from Tunbridge, on the south-eastern line, to Tunbridge Wells, will be opened in the nest month. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EEL'S IVIAMILZTS. SMITHFIELD.-6a7selieadOvi - ra3 7 ,3718s to 4118 s; useful do., 51 to 51 8s ; fine Upland do., 5/ lOs to 5/ 16s; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 21 3s per load. Supply but moderate and trade firm. CUMISERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4/ 18s ; useful ditto, 51 to Si 8s; fine Upland ditto, 51 lOs to Si 16s ; Clover Hay, 4! lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 2/1s • Wheat Straw, 212 s to 21 3s per load. Trade steady at the above quotations. _ WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 4/ 15s ; useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 103 to 5/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 61 6 s ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 21 is to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average supply and an active demand. w Meadow Hay 3l 12s to 4/ 15s, and New Clover 3/ 15s to Si per load. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is firm ; about 500 hhds have been sold at previous rates. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 151 hhds Barbadoes and 6,905 bags Bengal. The Barbadoes chiefly sold at 45s to 53s 6d for low to fine yellow, being about previous prices. Only about 2,000 bags of the Bengal found buyers at 50s 6d to 56s for low to good white Benares, which are former rates. The remainder consisted almost entirely of low to fine brown Khaur, and were nearly all taken in at 34s to 38s, being in most instances held above the value. The only transactions which have taken place privately consist of two cargoes of brown Pernambuco (partly in bags), which are reported to have been sold afloat at 24s to 24s 6d, deliverable either over the ship's side in London or a near port on the Continent, but the exact particulars have not transpired. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and Neat India Docks was 1,318 hhds, 104 tierces, 96 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,854 hhds, 217 tierces, 390 barrels. '1 he stock of British Plantation in London on the Ist inst. was 19,337 hhds, 2,569 tierces, exhibiting an increase of about 4,000 hhds over this time last year. The stocks of Havannah, Brazil, and East India are rather less than last year; but of Porto Rico, Mauritius, and Bengal, they are larger. The import of British Plantation this year has in creased, as also the consumption. CorFEE.-3,426 bags Ceylon (chiefly British Plantation kind) at auction was nearly all bought in at previous prices, at which there were not purchasers. The stock •f British Plantation is less than that of last year, as also of Foreign, but of East India it is larger. The consumption of British Plantation is rather less than last year, but that of Foreign and East India has increased. REM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 146 puns 26 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 172 puns 25 hhds, and exported 58 puns 11 hhds. The stock is 12,544 puns 2,789 hhds in London, being much the same as at this time last year. TALLOW.—Y.Y.C. is 39s 9d to 40s 3d per cut on the spot, and Town at 42s per cwt. TEA.—The market is steady. Stock in London on the Ist inst. 30,662,000 lbs, or rather less than last year. The deliveries and imports have been much the same as last year. DRY SALTERY.—Indigo has been firm, Lac Dye without alteration, and Cochineal steady. Dyewoods are easy of sale. Heir.—Clean is 27s 10d to 28s per cwt. The stock is 5,939 tons, and of Flax 861 tons, being larger than last year, BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE,) IN RE RIDGE, RIDGE, AND co. These bankrupts were bankers at Chichester, and to-day was appointed for declaring a dividend under the joint estate. The solicitor to the fiat applied for the sanction of the Court for the attendance of the official assignee to pay the dividend at Chichester, for as it would be the third, and of very small amount, it would be a great loss to come up to London, as there were 1,500 creditors. Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, said he was always ready to attend, and had even paid dividends at the Isle of Wight. The real question was, whether the Court would allow costs to the solicitor for attending to identify the parties. The COMMISSIONER said he could not admit as a general principle the necessity of the solicitor to attend and identify the parties--it was not even required at the bank. The official assignee said in these cases so many names were alike that it was a convenience. The COMMISSIONER said that if the official assignee deemed it necessary it should be done. The order was accordingly made'. The amount of dividend will be declared and advertised in a few days. IN RI WRIGHT AND CO. An audit meeting was held under the estate of these bank rupts, who were bankers in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Very little transpired in the case except that the total amount of debts proved was 80,0001., and that there was about 20,0001. in hand ; but as there were several Chancery suits pending, there was no prospect of a dividend at present, SHERIFFS' COURT.-(121.1S DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) RUDDUCK V. FARMER. The plaintiff is a Manchester warehouseman in the City, and the defendant is a manufacturer of cotton. The claim was for 51. lOs., for cotton yarn supplied to defendant. To prove the plaintiff's case Mr. John Lavater, who de scribed himself as a merchant, at No. 4, St. Pancras-lane, de posed that the defendant called upon him in January, and asked him if be had some cotton to sell, describing what he wanted, and he told defendant that he had not, but had sold some to-Mr. Rudduck, of the quality and price. Saw him two or three times about it, and the price was arranged. In his cross-examination he said he did not consider the debt was due to him, but to Rudduck. lie had had dealings with defendant before, but had since been bankrupt. Had not entered this account as a debt due to him. Another witness, who delivered the goods, said he was Mr. Lavater's boy, but went to Rud duck for the cotton, and then he took the goods to defendant, and said that he brought it from Mr. Rudduck. Defendant asked how that was, and witness said he replied he did not know. _ _ _ Goring, clerk to plaintiff, deposed that he called upon defendant, who treated him •ery politely, and said that to tell him candidly, he did not mean to pay him. Witness asked no further question, as the matter was " settled" when he was not to have the money.—(Laughter.) The UNDER-SHERIFF said that when the invoice was pre sented in Rudduck's name, defendant should have refused it. Mr. Alasterman, the defendant's attorney, said it could hardly be expected that a poor Bethnal-green weaver knew the law; the only case, however, was this, whether he was to pay Lavater or Rudduck. He was willing topay either, if he could do so safely, but the official assignee under Lavater's estate had claimed the amount. The jury wished to know whether the assignee ought not to have been called. The UNDER.. SIIIII” said no demand by the assignee could alter the facts of the dealing, the only question was whether they believed Lavater, if so, it was clear plaintiff was entitled to a verdict on the goods that had actually been in hts warehouse. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. Payne held an inquest at the King's Arms, Queenhithe Dock, Thomas-street, on the bodies of James Jelly, aged 10 years, and Emily Rushton, aged 14. Touching the death of the former, it appeared that the deceased, on Sun day afternoon last, together with a great many more children, were playing on some barges in Queenhithe Deck, which on a Sunday is resorted to by crowds of the infantine population, when suddenly a cry was raised that the man was coming; and the deceased, in his eagerness to get ashore, struck his foot against the rowlock of the barge and fell overboard, and was sucked immediately under the barge's bottom. A lighten:clan, named Phillips, plunged after the deceased, but his body was not found for twenty minutes, when life was found to be extinct. Respecting the death of Emily Rushton, it appeared that the deceased, along with some other girls, were playing on some barges off Trigg-stairs, and in attempting to jump from a barge on to the landing-place, she fall into the water, and was also sucked under the barge's bottom before any one could ren der her any aid. Her body was found in a quarter of an hour, and conveyed to the Glaziers' Arms, Water-lane, where the usual means were applied to restore her, but without effect. The jury returned verdicts of " Accidental death " in each case, with a recommendation, that for the future, from the open and exposed state of Queenhithe Dock to children, a constable should be placed on duty on a Sunday, to prevent a further loss of life ; and the Coroner undertook to lay the suggestions of the jury before the City Police Committee. SMUGGLING. — A remarkable instance lately oc curred a few days since of the adroit means sometimes adopted in order to conceal smuggled goods in baggage on passing to and from the continent. A passenger arriving from Rotterdam, by the Batavier steam-ship, attended to take his turn far the exa mination of his portmanteau by the revenue officers, and al though such examination is conducted in a very liberal spirit, as much care as possible being taken not to damage the contents more than is absolutely necessary for revenue purposes, the sus picion of the officers was excited, in consequence of the limited contents of the package, in relation to its size and appearance, and on a more particular examination, it was discovered that there was a false bottom to the portmanteau, under which was concealed nearly nine pounds of Havannah, cigars. The port manteau was of course immediately seized, and the whole of the apparel and other contents, and orders have since been is sued by the Commissioners of Customs for the same to be con fiscated, and also for the party, if he can be found, to show cause why he should not be also prosecuted. The party, a fo reigner, was so shocked at the unfortunate discovery of his little predilection for smoking, at the expense of her Majesty's revenue, that he actually fainted on the spot, THE ACCIDENT ON TIIE EDINBURGH AND GLAS cow Rarnwa Y. —ln the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Friday, William Paten, superintendent of locomotives on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Richard M'Nab, engine-man, employed on the railway, were charged with culpable homicide ; William Paten for having, on the 19th of May last, recklessly dispatched from the Cowlair's station an engine called the Napier, defective in its tubes, fire. box, or other machinery, for the quick conveyance of Thomas Cooley to Edinburgh ; and Richard M'Nab, knowing the said engine to he defective, for culpably neglecting to take a lamp with him, though the lateness of hour required such a precau tion. In consequence of the inefficient state of the engine, and the absence of light, the carriage containing Thomas Cooley was iovertaken by and brought into collision, when nearly opposite Corstorphine, with the next ordinary passage train, which was to leave Glasgow shortly afterwards, whereby Thomas Cooley was thrown out of the carriage, and the wheels of the next train of carriages went over his body, in conse quence of which he was killed. A jury having been empanelled, the Solicitor-General intimated that the Crown had found it necessary to desert the diet against the prisoners ; the reasons for which he was proceeding to state, when the Court said it was unnecessary to make any explanation, as the Crown had a perfect right to exercise its discretion in de serting the diet. The prisoners :were then dischnrged from the bar. — SIEAM-BOAT COLLISION ON THE RIVER —On Sun ;lay night, shortly after eight o'clock, the Waterman's steamer No. 7, whilst proceeding on its passage from Woolwich to Lon don, ran aground cll . Limehouse-pier, where she remained for nearly half an hour until the arrival of another of the com pany's boats, No. 3, which then proceeded to remove the pas sengers from No. 7to their own vessel. No. 3, however, hav ing already their full number of passengers, became crowded inconveniently, and from some unexplained cause also got aground. A portion of the passengers were then compelled a second time to go on board No. 7. At this moment the latter vessel gave a sudden lurch, and her stern was driveu with tre mendous force against the other boat, breaking in the paddle box and otherwise injuring No. 3. Both boats ultimately got off, and it not being supposed that No. 3 was so much injured, proceeded towards London-bridge, when, upon reaching the Thames Tunnel it was found that No. 3 was fast sinking. It being now quite dark (past ten), it was with difficulty the fears of the passengers were allayed, the screams of the females being heard for some distance. A number of boats put off to their assistance. Fortunately No. 7 was in time to receive the whole of the passengera on board, and the disabled boat put in at the Tunnel-pier, whilst No. 7 proceeded safely to the Temple-stairs. Mr. Stephens arid Mr. Forth were generally con sidered the best chess players in Ireland. The death of the former is announced In The Chess Player's Chronicle, and it is a painful and remarkable coincidence that his rival and competitor in the game there published should have survivod him but a few days. Mr. Forth expired at Waterford on Sun tiaty last. Both were in the :prime of life.—lllustrated Lon dos, News. SPORTING. (FROM ., OUR CORRESPONDENT Tuesday being the Stakes' day, was, as a matter of course a wet one, and often as the Goodwood Stakes have been run in unfavourable weather, yet I believe it never was worse on any previous occasion. Still, the interest which this valu able handicap excited drew together a larger assemblage of sportsmen than might have been anticipated. The defeat of Queen Mab by Wolfdog, and her consequent withdrawal from this race, for which she had found many friends; the announcement of Una's break down, and the declaration made that Rowena and Warp would not go, gave great satisfaction to the bookmakers, whose voices and pencils were in requisition even up to the time the horses were rounding the turn that leads into the straight running. I scarcely ever recollect any handicap for which so many horses had been backed. One industrious gentleman, who resides not far from St. Ives, boasted that he had got against forty-six of them. The race up to the last moment was a most open one, and the result surprised every one, except those individuals connected with Kent's stable. The winner, good in private, had been often trusted with large sums by her owner, but never with the slightest advantage to hint, and this was the last time he meant to place confidence is her. It would seem as if she were aware of his intention, for she retrieved her character, and, like Retriever, carried off both Stakes and Cup. iß gis fully bore out the favourable character I gave her, and although many think she would have won but for her accident, I must say 1 doubt it. Boarding-school Miss and Pythia found the distance too far, as I told my readers they would, and it turned out no libel to assert that the weight on the Libel would effectually put his chance out. Una and Glossy, the two mares I thought would be first, did not start, but as the second horse, Roderick, was in the same stable with the latter, and the only one that started out of it, I did not do wrong, I think, in caling attention to the animal that, tak ing public running into consideration, was unquestionably the best of the lot left in. The Stewards' Cup fell singularly to the steward, Lord Stanley, with his singularly named animal, Psalrnsinger, and, I suppose, it is almost unnecessary to say that when the re sult of the race was known his lucky backers did not cele brate his victory in the manner they might have done. Five capital heats for the Members' Plate was almost enough to reconcile the opponents of this description of racing to it. THURSDAY.—The Cup Day bore out its character both with respect to weather and company. The King of the Ne therlands appeared to take great interest in the racing, and his announcement of his intention of giving a cup to be run for at the next meeting, in imitation of the Emperor of Russia, was an earnest proof of the pleasure he experienced on the day. The Two-Year Old Stakes were merely trials between Kent's and John Day's stables. The Cup was not so exciting a race as usual, and was reduced toa,matah between Weatherbit and Miss Elis. Both animal§ . were much dis tressed, and I question whether Mr. Gully's horse will soon forget the punishmefit he received on this occasion. FRIDAY.—This day was a capital wind-up to the week's proceedings, Refraction winning the Nassau with 91b. extra — a most superior performance, .and surprised many. The Chesterfield. Cup brought a field of two-and-twenty horses, and, after a terrific race between lEgis and Needful, the former won by a short head. Her success was somewhat surprising, considering how much she was injured in her race for the Stakes. The races for gentlemen riders produced capital sport and excellent jockeyship. Brighton Meeting commences to-morrow with a fair pro gramme of sport. The Pavilion Stakes, I should imagine, would be walked over for by Sting ; and after a cursory glance at the Handicap for the Brighton Stakes, I fancy Pine-apple or Subduer will be about first. London, August 5. TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlK,—The late racing at Goodwood has shown pretty clearly the powers, capabilities, and qualities of Old England, Wea therbit, Pam, Arkwright, and Sting. I consider Weatherbit and Pam's chances for the St. Leger to have vanished entirely, and Old England run his race in the most " lubberly" manner imaginable. His push in the straight running proves beyond a doubt, that he is not capable of going apace when approach ing the winning post, fur I could plainly perceive that he was doing his best against Longitude at the finish of the race for the Drawing-room Stakes. Arkwright looks well for next year's Derby, and Sting will sting his opponents in the ring before the Epsom Meeting for 1846 is recorded in the annals of the past. The Brighton Meeting commences on Tuesday with the Pavilion Stakes, which will or ought to be booked as a cer tainty for Sting, Tug Net being second. Besides this race, there are only the Brighton Stakes which are likely to attract any particular notice, for which about eleven will show, say the following :—Queen Mab, Joe Lovell, Pineapple, My Old Hack, Moustache, Subduer, Saddlebow, Mongrel, The Wreck, Rowena, and, perhaps, Poussin. - Out of these, I fancy Sub duer, Joe Lovell, and My Old Hack will do the trick between them, having a slight preference for the former, who has but 6st 121 b to carry.—l am, Sir, yours, &c , THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) THE B.4LLOON, or AEROSTA TIC MAGA ZINE. This is the first number of a new Magazine devoted to the progress and improvement of the science of Aerostation. It contains full accounts (illustrated by wood-cuts) of all the recent ascents which have taken place, and should be in the hands of every one who takes an interest in the subject. THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE. This really useful and ably edited manual for—not alone the "Bankers," but—for the whole monetary, com mercial, and trading interests of this country, continues to maintain its high reputation. There is a curious de tail in the opening paper, of " Frauds with Policies of Assurance," which we need scarcely commend to the best attention of those institutions that trade upon the probabilities of human life." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The present number contains the introductory chapter of " Memoirs of a Smuggler called the Rob Roy of the West," which promises to be a tale of stirring adven tures. Captain Hippesley continues his interesting re miniscences of the " War of Succession in Portugal," and Captain O'Connor furnishes some valuable information in the continuation of his "Narrative of his Services in Western Africa." Percy St. John's tale of the " Gold Mines of Saba" is concluded in the present number, which, in addition, contains several valuable papers on professional topics. WEST RIDING RAlLWAYS.—Yesterday (Friday) a meeting of the Representatives of the West Yorkshire, West Riding, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, was held at the offices of the former in Halifax. The meeting was protracted to a late hour, and we understand that an ar rangement was come to, which we hope will prove satisfactory to all parties. That the town of Halifax will reap immense advantages from this friendly arrangement we have not the slightest doubt.—Halifax Guardian. DARING ROBBERY AT THE TRAFALGAR TAVERN, GREENWlCH.—lnformation has been forwarded to the police station of the R division of a most daring robbery having been committed at the house of Mr. Hart, of the Trafalgar Tavern, where a quantity of valuable plate was carriod off by the thieves, and from the systematic manner in whichit was ac complished, leaves no doubt that they were regular crasksmen from the metropolis. PROHIBITION OF HORSE-RACING IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK.—Several trotting and galloping matches (and some for large stakes) having recently taken place in Queen Anne's Ride, Windsor Great Park, to the great injury of the turf, in consequence of the great number of persons, in vehicles of all descriptions arid on horseback, who have attended them, it has just been determined by the Right Hon. Sir William Fremantle, the Deputy Ranger, to prohibit them for the future. SACRILEGE BY A PARISH CLERK.--.A man of some pretensions to respectability, and who with his father had been parish clerk of Warton, near Bromyard, has just been com mitted to Worcester county goal to take his trial on charge of stealing the silver chalice used in the administration of the holy sacrament, from the parish chest. The affair was detected in the following manner :—On Wednesday last the accused offered a chalice lid for sale at the shop of Hr. Skarratt, silversmith, of Worcester, as old silver, it being much bruised and dis coloured from old age (the date upon the silver was 1615). Mr. Skarratt was not satisfied that all was right, and took Jones before the magistrate, and they, not deeming his ex planation satisfactory, instituted further inquiries, the result of which has been his committal on the charge of sacrilege. One of the churchwardens (Mr. Perkins), on searching the parish chest on Friday, missed both chalice and lid, and identified the lid offered by the prisoner for sale as belonging to the parish. The prisoner's defence to the charge is, that he has had the chalice lid in his possession eight years; and that he found it in the parish chest amongst some rubbish, when it was quite black from want of use. 'TIE GAME-LAWS. —At the petty sessions at Buckingham, on Saturday last, William White, a decent and venerable-looking man, of Preston Bissett, was charged before the Rev. Messrs. Eyre, Andrews, and Baynes, the magistrates present, by George Bridger, one of the Duke of Buckingham's gamekeepers, with having used a dog for the destruction of game. It appeared that the defendant obtains a scanty living by rat-catching ; that when on the public road leading from Hillsden to Three Bridge Mill, accompanied by three dogs, two of them tied together and the other loose, the latter dog went into the ditch and brought out and killed " a leveret as big as a kitten." White acknowledged this, and strongly ex pressed his regret at being before " the gentlemen." He said that he had caught rats for forty years, and never was up be fore the justices before ; that he had a wife and five children, and had a difficult matter to get bread for them in an honest way. He put in for the inspection of the magistrates a written testimonial of good character. It was numerously and re spectably signed. The magistrates ordered him to pay 18s., and in default fourteen days' imprisonment. He begged for and succeeded in obtaining time to pay the fine. CHILD MURDER. WINDSOR, MONDAY. This afternoon an inquest was held in the borough gaol, before Thomas Marlin, Esq., the coroner for Windsor, and a highly respectable jury, on the body of a new-born male infant, which was found dead in the privy attached to the residence of Mr. Charles Alder, in Spring-gardens, on Friday last. The ser vant of Mr. Alder, a young girl named Susan Douglas, be tween 20 and 21 years of age, who had given birth to the in fant, is in custody of the gaoler. The inquiry lasted nearly five hours. After a careful investigation the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Susan Douglas. She will be removed to Reading to take her trial at the next Berkshire assizes. The girl, a native of Wokingham, states the father of the infant to be an old man named Day, who died at Wind sor about three weeks since, at the advanced age of between 70 and 80 years. Within the last few days no less than 500 horses have been sent for sale to Aldridge's Repository, owing to the further opening of the Northern and Eastern Railway, from Bishop's Storttord by way of Ely and Thetford to Norwich, and the consequent discontinuance of the running of the coaches. DOWAGER BARONESS ARUNDEL.—Probate of the will of the Right Hon. Mary Anne Arundel, Dowager Baroness Arundel of Wardour, widow of James Evered, tenth Lord Arundel, was proved on the 113th ult., by the executors, the Rev. Moses Furlong and the Rev. Peter Hutton, clerks. Per sonal estate sworn under 25,000/. She directs her executors to invest 1,0001., and to apply the interest in the education of one student at Prior Park College, to be named by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the western district of England. She also directs that 3,0001. shall be invested, the interest to be pale. to her servants, John Doughty and his wife, and continued to the survivor. The residue of her property she bequeaths :o the Rev. Moses Furlong, formerly of Prier Park College. The will is dated Nov. 30, 1842. Her Ladyship was formerly re siding at Prior Park, near Bath, but latterly at Loughborough, in the county of Leicester. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The prospects of the harvest are beginning to occasion general uneasiness. The weather during the whole of the month of July has been most ungenial ; and unless a speedy change take place the crops will be Injured to a fearful extent. They are already ex tremely backward, and under any circumstances the harvest must be late.—lpswich Express. 7,1,104 PA tUS O ST. PANCRAS. THE CASE OF MOORE v. PIES.—TILE PAVING AND WATER-RATES.—A public meeting, with reference to the above-mentioned case, was held last evening, at Lawson's As' sembly-rooms, Gower-street ; Mr. Corry in the chair. The CIIHIRMAN having addressed the meeting, • ri d id Mr. DOUGLAS rose to move the first re,,oluticn. He that about three years ago Mr. Moore, the then clerk of 9 Southampton Paving Trust, said that he had lost a Out! 501. of paid money, at the Parliamentary Committee Roout" where he had been transacting business on the part of the Curt!; missioners of Trust. Mr Pike, one of the Commissioners , P a , some questions to him as to where he received it, and whe tbs . l it was in gold or in notes,. all which questions he refused 0 answer.—( Hear.) Mr. Pike followed up the inquiries, bowel's which gave rise to diputes with the other Commissioners, w;10 had persecuted him ever since. —(Hear, and groans.) years ago a rate was levied by the Commissioners for one l e a!: which was not legal, it being usual only to levy a rate fur slb months. Many of the poorer rate-payers were unable to PI the rate for a whole year at once, and were therefore diefr an c i chised —( Groans,) It was on this account that Mr. Pike ha opposed the rate, and refused to pay it himself. The proper course for the Commissioners to take was to distrain for tbe f amount, but, instead of that, they sued for it in the Cou rt ° Requests, and by means of various objections they carried ti! ease from one Court to another, till it finally came before II Court of Exchequer, where a decision was given in fse° 1 1: (1 0 the Trust, as regarded a minor part of the debt. The ac tin was for 3/. I6s. Bd. ; the 31. being for the lighting and pag. o rate, and the remainder for the water rate. The wot. that the water rate was legal, but the paving rate was Thus, although the decision was actually in favour of th e 4 fendant, yet it threw upon him the expense of the action. I, l e ,i' costs demanded were 1071., which, being taxed, were redo a . to 501. If the Commissioners had lost the cause, the regt ' e - 0 ing 57! . must have been paid, and the whole would have 0 ` - at the expense of the rate-payers.—(Groans. ) The resolution was seconded by Mr. MINER. tO Several other persons addressed the meeting to the to effect, and the resolution was read by the CH AIR MAN. it ; o f to the effect that the meeting highly condemned the condu c. o the Commissioners in taking the expensive proce s s of litigatlvir: and that they, the meeting, pledged themselves to assist Pike in the liquidation of the debt. The resolution passed almost unanimously. Other resolutions were then passed, and a C omm ittee to re; ceive subscriptions was appointed. Several sums of 03 15 were handed in and acknowledged , . and the meeting sePa rl " about ten o'clock. VAUXHALL GARDENS. NIGHT ASCENT OF MR. GREEN IN IV' BALLOON. fea t Last night this aerial voyageur undertook the peril. - of a night ascent in his balloon from Vauxhall Gardeps'i t otO playing fireworks of a novel and extraordinal7 descriptioe the car of his frail machine. t er The occasion of this bold and daring ad ven t ure was t er brated by a grand gala, in which all the r e sources o f the,e ° t be lishment were brought into requisition to render thefe le ot most brilliant of the season. The eff or t s o f th e manlig to yte proved successful, the gardens being crowded by an ima ye assemblage, including several persons of high rank en tinction. e At The Messrs. Adams have also bee n ma ki ng ex t ens ive - a r tions in their splendid model, al fresco, of the TeloP e r Honan, which has given it a most imposing effect. The P o ps liar character of this exhibition reflects the grea t es t credit ;lid those rising young artists—we should say it is the most W e t icei production since the famed Waterloo. We likewise ti° some very promising scenery, by the same artists, is The Rotunda Theatre, in Mr. Almar's ballet of Old Vaushall' o ger new drop at the period of Queen Anne, int ro d uc ing Sir i t e r de Conroy. and other characters of the d a y, f orms a very eating picture. The balloon selected by G f ion Wal seiecte oy Mr. ,reen for the occasi. bsi Albion, formerly the property of Mr. H am pt on . Since. ices, been in the possession of Mr. Green, he has considersb t or larged it and materially improved it b o th i n s h a p e and co n l :00 tion. It will now contain 26,000 cubi c f ee t o f ga s, and sixty feet in height. Mr. Darby, the pyrotechnist, and artist to the ga rden! , . 6 1 the entire arrangement of the firew or k s , th e compor t n beit which, as well as the construction of th e m achinery f discharge, was effected under his personal direction. it e The frame on which were the fireworks was suspen? to s the car by a line of about seventy feet in length, attache a _ re so swivel, so that it might spin freely in the air, and thus int.A the effect cf the pyrotechnic display. The frame consisted three conjunct wheels, the radius of each being six f, ee t, si the circumference of the entire frame thirty.six i_e e or sss the separation between each wheel fifteen inches. 51 ' be 0 4s was provided with a regulating winch i n th e car, so that 40 s 3 enabled to wind up or lower the frame with the fireworks pleasure. gerb l i The fireworks consisted of variegated lights, Baba ! ! with les pat etoiles,"coloured Roman candles, French Je e get Chinese streams of fire, concluding with an enor mous b° u 4 s et coloured fires. tee° is With respect to the ignition of this ponderous Prors o combination, a number of suggestions were made to Mr•d, 1, 01 and among others the percussion system was recomm ends pia!, + the veteran express e d hi s determination to adopt his_ ° , o inole7 of lighting the fire wor k s f rom t h e car b y means of „jec ss lucifer match, to ignite a fusee connected with the s lslot'4l on the fra me , an d th e l ower i ng i t b y the w i n dl as s, ' ner sl e s. match burnin g f or a b out a minute previous to the g e plosion of th e fi rewor k s . Greer The car having been attached to the balloon , 1 : 1 . 0 r. of Ye; previously deposit e d i n i t hi s b arometer, a large lefl ef abou t culiar construction, his compass, map, a guide-lite hundred thousand feet, grapnel, and between two and ti;; v orks, Ir • s t i e weight of ballast in bags; the frame, with the 0 „ ev ent to P then affixed to the car, great care being taken he v atic!' position being reversed ' from the horizontal to t "., f i n a ni n , in the case of Madame Blanchard, who lost her 0° rev erse f ascent at Paris, the frame, by an a c cid en t, becoming: stead. and the fireworks consequently playing into the ca. r _ in ens ued• beneath the balloon, ignited the silk and an explo s io n After the arrangement of the usual prelimin aries, usiolicitr Green entered the car alone, havingbeen t r e e r v e i slorl to all h ° o by the Earl of Munster and Lord him G eorgeut Mr. Green felt it m , those noblemen to accompany - to decline °`' duty, on account of the hazardous adventure , honour. At eleven o'clock the signal for ascent was given. Green immediately seized the " liberating iron" with onebV and lighting the fusee with the other, the ascent took r d , amidst the cheers of the assembled thousands outside thef i i dens and of the company within. The fireworks in s t ie seconds became discharged, and a more brilliant aerial 1 1 s 4/ 1 technic exhibition was never witnessed. The balloon t"" northerly direction. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDtte'l Yesterday the proprietor of these romantic gar dens fli e ale r ‘ his numerous visitors with a series of ent er t a i nmen ts, ' OO the estiog as they were diverting. Prompted by loyal t y' occasion of the return of the natal day of th e P r i n ce ° of t"" Mr. Tyler, to signalize the event, presented specifla" sports and pastimes of " Merri e E ng l an d e ," i n the 01°q°, ,.nellt ° From what we read about th ese , an d th e sp i r i te d e nact- 20 er them in the Surrey Zoologiedl Gardens yesterday, ° r i b alt h j' tors must have been highly distingui s h e d f or t h e i r l o ve °!,, ful jolity; and to this d a y th e f amous names o f WM' . Mad e and Friar Tuck carry the imagination br.ck to the ws ble and brake of Sherwood's royal forest. The redl o dall' characters just named figured i n th e m i m i c scen e YCS fres° with the utmost success. In addition to their Single were, the Maypole Dance, th e man l y games of f lie s stick and Quarter-staff, those formidable weapons whi e ": t bl °f dexterously used by ou r s t ur d y ancestors, were even a m" an armed man—jumping in sacks, creating roars of laugh,t er ; 7 o t ling-matches and archery; as th oug h th ese were no t suw e i a ill attract crowds and d e li g ht th em , th ere was t h e neve r ' n t source of merriment, our old friend Punch, an eneatyP i ul l - 00`,1 real Gipsies, stalls and tents as at a country fair : an vier though far from least, the picture town of " Auld ° rill' illuminated. The whole concluded with a more the . ' ri ce narily grand display of fire-works. Between the perfor i l;lld the fine band of the Royal Artillery, added to the u° r 'f o rle' band of the establishment, enhanced the scene by the Peil were ante of several of the most popular pieces of music, whied forth executed in a first. rate manner. The gardens pour s t with their charms with additional beauty, and were redol en .. oo es' " Hawthorn buds and sweet eglantine, and garlands 0 ' 'and They were crowded to excess with a very fashionable corer COMMENCEMENT of the OYS- S EASON. Ist Yesterday morning, at six o'clock, the sale of or te a r e l ber a the season commenced at Billingsgate, but the r odr who obtain oysters surreptitiously from 'the bedswl ;ere s.nt i 'i fishermen had laid them at great expen . se and trouble , ny 'e cipated the legal opening of the se ason by su pplying fa : the shell-fish shops with the luxury a week or ten iritY o sr The demand, as usual, on the " first day of oysters, dojo, plied to the 4th of August, was very great, the att i ‘:, l3 ,, bu t of dealers numerous, and the oysters of good quai l i ", l l4 L l 3 the supply was below the average. Soon after miu'l° to v - a Sunday, the vendors of " real natives" (which are 0 , 0 , sa had till the second week in September, though every " 1 :01$' stall announced them) began pouring into the marke i t, an d day-light several thousand persons were assemblet, 'roof double line of carts and other vehicles reached from t"'bure"' along Lower Thames -street, Fish-street-hill, to Graces Mr• street. The most admirable arrangements were made w c i Goldham, the clerk of the market, to prevent robberies ar;soee fusion, and a strong force of the City police were in atteriu e 13il; carry out the arrangements. A s all w h o were assembled phicb lingsgate were not expected to be honest, boards, on f your were painted in legible characters, " Take care the 01 ° pockets," were fixed in various places. The name t to th e of every smack was also painted on boards, and fix 6 „,itier l 9 riving of each vessel, which effectually prevented tee on the dealers, and Mr. Goldham himself sat in his OW- ", 03 0 " as arbitrator, to adjust disputes, which he did with 3 court; celerity as the Judge of the ancient Pie-poudred dea l el and saved my Lord Mayo r an d Ald ermen a goo °p ee trouble in the course of the day. The hatches ranee while the clock was striki ng s i x , and the sale , ssit h f , with great briskness and r eg ul ar ity, an d proceeded( out a fight, without a row, and without the lass be a-dozen fish-venders in the river. Mr. Goldham has e asi ° reformed Billingsgate, and some other place ought tO BilljPg l t ciated with everything that is low and vulgar, a'_ es , e ls $ gate was wont to be. There were fifty sail ef„,;_ its tsble' market from the Isle of Sheppy, Rochester, _"".ed Colchester, and Milton. The " commons" Pr" ci d u :i t e for, los. to 16s. per bushel Welsh 18s. to IL ; n atiif,; a very small and delicious oyster, equal to th e _ fa yourl . !: I/. 10s. The supply of " Cheyney Rocks," 0 ,0 /V I oyster, which is included among the commons, , s ters o F n ran th e e e, good. It may not be generally known that the Qi J e rsey , Falmouth, Kent and Essex and n c t o h a e s r t s places,are b and d g when fattened, for the London market. Oysters) the ba ne r scarcer than they used to be, which is attributable b. , e pet ful practice of selling them out of season. Ther chec k tb e ._ the regulation of the oyster fisheries will, it hoPester beC15.1,!; evil, and prevent the wholesale robberies of the cq,_, sse t oont". o the benefit of the London shell fishmongers duringat"",,iiiogitobj when they ought not to be eaten. The measurea t s busiie" The is doubled, as regards oysters, every peck being me deer' they are measured out by regularly supply at Ilungerford-market was very inconsicl tO those se. sisted of only four sail. The prices were a t r ed httakefnromnairi_ ang,suicot: Billiogsgate. In the evening Mr. Goldham rep for this day's supply. appointediera. ,tee,rs• :i; ye A ste ß rd ß a l;A fo r. rer OF —.—.......... 1110: 1 1* — ; C o mmodore :Cha T th H e E C C iii i n i e l s N e E r S a E ns l o t m ANSOM , brought to England by the Cambrian, 0 the C. 8., was forwarded from Gosport by a special train, noicothte. The Treasury department, and a guard of the Bth• South- re Western Railway, under the care of Mr. CooPteori he whole of the ransom, consisting of 2,000,0°° liegitu en j lhich were deposited in 500 boxes, and weighing about 6 2 7 ig , tort sent by the train. On their arrival they were place tak ep t° e cte- , waggons, each drawn by four horses, when they were x A the Mint. There is another portion of Sycee silver e 11 which will be the last of the ...,...YeS ransom. FOREIGN MA ILS.—POST- O FFICE N og ee rid P rivy terday the following notice appeared at the chief c ared: leen w ill cipal receiving-houses : —Peninsular Mails. —The Ja i n , Ali" sail from Southampton with the mails for Lisbon,'l,oal. deira, and Gibraltar on the morning, of the ith inst. (, Thu o , , , tolg Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres :—Her .51'e'e'ewitill): dollarsi:: wo Swift, from Falmouth, with the mails of the sth (th' s Joa'" CeY l4l "' ea The next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt , he and China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched fro' the evening of the 7th of August (Thursdal)