The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-14 00:00:00

~. scoT• STY. opt. 11.. here tho , five hour s ,peared I by tb e 0f• the rr nlity of ers," /111° Q" the VW n a head. in four of the jOOl rill ..f 1;01 - j 8hi P ;3,r at 'l 3l6ir o )icturelo r Bs our c°r# fore t h M Pi brc4 :d PeArsl'cs ..) rit DaP aes s i e roY ,nd , ape coo,' r pil l , 0 41 t° so d sod tbe THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14 1844. ~`~. royal suite, accompanied by the royal guard of .of the red deer, all w hi c h may give an idea o f th e th en me t a t th e fi re , g i v i ng th ree c h eers . f or th e honour, &e. ; th e Lsrd Lieutenant and his suite; the sequestered nature of the scene. Leaving Blair Castle Queen, three for O'Connell and repeal, and three for harbour t rus t ees ; th e sheriffs ; the justices of the in this, the north .east, direction, for the public road the Noble Lords that reversed the judgment. There Peace ; the magistrates and c mocils of other burghs ; to Inverness runs within a short distance of the south 'could not be less than from eight hundred to a thou and the clergy. * , side, one may wander through a range of moun- sand lighted torches. DUNDEE, WEDNESDAY, TEN O'CLOCK.- -Accord- tainous scenery .for forty or fifty miles, or until BILLYBUNNION.—Nothing could be more imposing 'V to arrangement, the tolling of the I at a reaching the eastern side of the Grampians in Aber . - than the marks of respect paid to the Liberator at this cla'srter befor e fi ve o' c lock this morning, announced deen and Forfar shires. The valley of Atholl, in the fashionable watering place. A highly respectable the appearance of her Majesty's squadron at the vicinity of the Castle, presents the same features as Protestant gentleman, named Raymond, as we were in ra4'uth of.the Firth of Tay. The excitement of the that around Taymouth Castle, or indeed the neigh- formed, proceeded from his lodge to the .bonfire on P i r , ceding evening was in a great measure renewed bourhood of any great Highland territorial Lord ; Friday night, and having openly given expression to 1 1 large numbers coming down to the shore endea- the valley and lower elevations all showing manifold j sentiments which might do credit to any repealer, youri ng a, see the royal squadron. A deputation of traces of art, enterpi ise, and wealth—the beautiful directed every farmer present to supply turf for the council proceeded to the royal yacht,' and learned meadows skirted with - wood running up from the ; ensuing evening. that her Majesty was to' land about eight o'clock. bottom of the vale to the higher land, sometimes 1 DINGLE.--This town was brilliantly illuminated on About Seven o'clock people began to assertible all along' topping the lower hills and the'dark rugged scene in Friday night,-and in particular the house of the Hon. the line; the parties possessed of ticketi% took their the back ground; with one or two lowering mountains i Richard De Moleys. One o f the fishermen, not hay- Places on th e platforms erected on either side of limiting the view, as if nature, in its rude and mag- ing time to collect material for a bonfire, actually the triumphal arch, and these, when filled with niacent domain, still scorne d an d d e fi e d th e efforts of burned his boat. e legantly-dressed ladies, presented a striking and man with all the appliances of art. KinLORGLIN.—The glotious news of O'Connell's a nimated appearance. A barge covered with crimson As this vkit is to he of a quiet, private c hara c t e r, victory reached us here on Friday night. The whole cloth was moored at the eastern termination of the at lesst as far as a Queen can enjoy those privileges, surrounding country seemed in one blaze of fire. The centre quay, along which carpets were stretched for Lord Glenlyon has endeavoured to impress this feel- house of our patriotic parish priest, the Rev. Eugene about 100 yards to the middle of the quay, where her ing on the population in this quarter. No heather O'Sullivan, was tastefully lighted, as was also that of Ilajesty was expected to enter her carriage, and arches are to be seen along the road from' Dunk e ld, Dr. Murphy. On Sunday, at last mass, the reverend where the , 60th riflemen were stationed. The Pro- as at Taymouth two years since, nor is any demon- gentleman translated the Te Daum into Irish, and v"st, magistrates, town council, and harbour trustees stration i,nticipated beyond a few bonfires on the repeated it slowly for the people.—Kerry Examiner. assembled a t th e place of landing. The morning was heights, and the reception by the 200 Atholl men, Ennis and Galway were wholly illuminated. The "Cry fine, the bright sunshine being tempered by a who are fully equipped and drilled for the occasion. ex-Attorney-General, Mr. Pigot, had his lodge in ecol sea-breeze. The yards of the vessels in the There are halberdiers with Lochaber axes, and buckler Kiikee brilliantly illuminated on Friday night. We docks were manned, and the vessels themselves were men, as at Dunkeld in 1842, the main •body being learn that almost every village in the counties of d ecorated with flags. Every arrangement seemed to armed with the broadsword. Her Majesty's approach Kerry, Limerick, Cork, and Tipperary were illu he complete, and all awaited her Majesty's arrival. ; will be telegrlphed from Dunkeld, and two small urinated; besides the numerous lights and fires which Among the, n oblemen a n d g en tl e men present on pieces of artillery, placed on a rising ground; within continued„ almnst without, intermission, during the the quay were the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Morton, 200 yards of the Castle, will fire the royal salute. A greater part of the night, and which were seen from Curd Ogilvie, Lord Duncan, Sir Neil lloal,Tlas,"Com- • few artillery-then have been Fent from Leith fort for Limerick on every side.—Limerich Reporter. t n'alder of the Forces in Scotland ' • Sir James Ram- this purpose. Several marquees are to be placed on PROVINCIAL BA NQUE T . TO THE LI B ERATOR.—On s ay of Banff,• Colonel Dalgairns, Mr. Lindsay Car the lawn for th- accoannobtion of the Highlanders. Saturday last our patriotic Mayor, and his patriotic "ege, Mr..Wedderburn of Pearsie, Mr. Clayhills of But se quiet did everything appear here last night, - companion, Mr. Ilonan, presented the Liberator and Itlvergowrie, Sheriff. L'Amy, Sheriff-Substitute Hen- j and along the road, that had' it not been for the sight his co -martyrs with the address of congratulation ~.,4 e rson„Mr. We.idderburn of Berkhill, Mr. Prokt of of dragoons quartered here and there, and busy clean- agreed upon at the meeting of the citizens of Lime ‘rlammis, ,Mr. Ogilvie of Rutliven, Mc. Guthrie, ing their accoutrements, there was little indication rick the day previous at the Exchange. They also Younger, of Guthrie, Mr. Balfour Ogilvie of Tanna- that the Queen of England was to he in this remote presented the invitation to a public banquet, which dice, Mr . John Graham, also the town clergy,' and quarter within a few hours. At the inns there was was most graciously and readily accepted. The day d eputations with addresses from the neighbouring plenty of accommodation, but this evening the bustle is not yet named. Mr. O'Connell will first proceed lewns• of St. Andrew's, .Arbroath, Brechin, and will be greater. It maybe recollected that the Duke to Darrynane to breathe his mountain breezes, for the Montrose. lof Buccleuch was five years lessee of Atholl Forest, purpose of invigorating his constitution for the winter's At twenty minutes past eight the royal standard on which he regularly hunted. His Grace will, there- campaign, and will signify from Darrynane the day t he yacht was lowered, and a gun inclicat;a,, c f,a, p ro b a bly aecompany th e P r i nce i n th e d eer - it w ill b e hi s pleasure and convenience to name for that her Majesty, was aout to leave the vessel. At stalking. this grants provincial ueinonstration.—Linsertch lie half -past eight the royal barge was seen approaching, porter. and in a few minutes more it touched the landing- P h _ h tee, where Lord Charles Wellesley and Colonel Prince attended to assist. His Royal Highness - crince Albert stepped out upon the covered barge, ,nd assisted her Majesty to do so. The Princess Koval was lifted out of the barge by her attendants, • t 'ipd the p a rty began to ascend the covered steps to 0 5 quay ;'her Majesty leaning on the right arm of 4115 Royal Highness Prince Albert, who held in his 'eft hand the Princess Royal. Not having the sharp .!3'es of ladi e s, I-Cannot minutely describe to you the Precise dress of •her Majesty, but she was very neatly 141 4 plainly dressed in mourning—a black dress and kart trimmed with French crape or gauze, with a tiro neat black -silk bonnet with crape flowers. His Highness °rince Albert had on a dark-coloured amt, with light trousers and a white hat, round which a simple band of crape. The Prince-s Royal was b onnet to the Queen, but with a white straw uerinet trimmed, with plain black silk ribbons. ..While her Majesty, the Prince, and Princess, were Zeending the steos, the feeling of royalty seemed th ' e llast' lost in the touching domestic•like appearance ns _ party presented. Her Majesty was received by ige Provost, Mr. Duncan, the Member for Dundee, t° o 4 authorities, on the quay, to whom she graciously • and.smiled, and also to the crowds around, from m ingled tremendous acclamations resounded on all sides -aging with the roaring of the saluting guns and the of the town-bells. „The royal party was followed by the Earls of ideen and Liverpool; and to the former of these e r Ple Lords the addresses to her Majesty, and the ad els and . burgess tickets for Prince Albert, were tw ee, in oliarge by the Magistrates. They were fol 'yed by the rest, of the royal suite. At the end of bcovered way, her Majesty and Prince Albert th'el'ed the first carriage ; the Princess Royal, with de : Ladies in Waiting, in the second ; Lords Aber otheorand L.iverPool, Theyan the 'suite, following in two t ri • .. carriages. y then passed on under the fi r atliphal arch, escorted by the Scots Greys, and the 1 4 :eession followed in the pre-arranged order, by the tile route. to Alon g the whole line great crowds of people were be seen, and the windows, balconies, and scaffold tp were ill very closely filled. The rush upon the e tl rt'S was,very considerable, but on the whole, ex ent o r d er w as preserved. The enthusiasm was er 7 considerably abated by the difficulty of obtaining ii- 1 2roper v i ew o f the illustrious personages, the con -14-I„ll,_ence of the carriages being closed, which was ""r 1 to be regretted as the day was beautiful. The Pldpl --• e evidently 'were not prepared to see her Majesty 1 14 , 41 eurning, and many therefore did not recognise Painted on' we perceived surprise and disappointment • lier , !flatly Countenances. very cit i m ‘talest c f looked exceedingly well, and was 'an composed. The Prince is much im roved in appearance, being stouter and more manly ck'hing than when last in Scotland. The Princess is an exceed ingly lively and intelligent looking child, dad bears , striking likeness to her royal mother. t v when we left Dundee the town was still in an ex -I,ed state. to The following aie copies of the addresses presented the Queen and Prince Albert : Blair- Atholl, Half-past Eleven, A.M. The day continues fine, and crowds of people are arriving from the neighbouring districts, almost all in their best native garb. Lord Glenlyon, fully equipped as a chief, with an attendant in the Highland costume, has just passed in his travelling chariot, on his way to meet the royal parry. (From the Fifeshire Journal.) We have the pleasure of presenting in another column, to our readers, a full report of the gratifying proceedings which took place on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to Blair Atholl. Her reception, it will be seen, was most loyal, gallant, and magnificent —highly creditable to the city of Dundee and its authorities. We sincerely sympathise with our good brother of the Dundee Warder in the just' tion with which he has been filled towards some of his contemporaries, who have been sneering at Dundee as a dirty hole, where our Queen could not place her most gracious foot, and declaring that she would never land there, go where she would. The Perthshire Advertiser declared that she must land at Perth, the beauty of the fair city being indisputable.' The Aberdeen Banner scouted the very idea of a' Queen of her Majesty's acknowledged good taste landing anywhere except at Aberdeen. But the Banner of Ulster (a paper famous for Irish black guardism, non-intrusion, and blasphemy) beat all these authorities hollow, and told her Majesty to call at Dublin—certainly a truly Irish way of getting to Blair Atholl Our brother the Warder—who is no fool, but, on the contrary, has a considerable spice of the devil in him, and can say a wicked thing smartly enough when he is in an ill-humour (which he always is) —thus handles his presumptuous Free Church brother of Ulster : BANQUET TO THE LIBERATOR IN DUBLIN. — We understand that every country, city, and town in Ire land will send forward men to Dublin, to represent them at this national banquet.—lbid. Sir Joseph Barrington, Bart., was in town early on Friday morning when the news of O'Connell's libe ration arrived. He immediately repaired home to his country seat, and meeting one of his men, such was the enthusiasm of the venerable Baronet, he said, ad dressing him by name, " hoist the flag, O'Connell is liberated."--/bid. THE ARMY. The ComMander-in-Chief has been pleased to ap prove of the following officers being appointed extra aides-de-camp to the Lord-Lieutenant, viz. :—Capt. Lord Charles Lennox •Ker unattached ; C a pt ain Robert Meade, sth Dragoons Guards ; Lieutenant Edmund Peel, 11th Hussars ; Lieutenant J. H. Fetherstone, 11th Foot; Lieutenant Lord Tullamore, 43d Light Infantry; and Ensign Edward Wingfield, 56th Regiment. • Sir Robert and Lady Sale left by the mail on Mon day for Dublin; but so high do they appreciate the attention of the citizens of Derry, that they intend to return on Monday, the .16th instant, and to honour a ball by their presence, which will take placenn Tues day, the 17th. Their stay in this city after the ball will be prolonged for one week, when they will leave by the Liverpool steamer for England. --Derry Journal. " He thinks Dublin should have obtained the pre ference over Dundee, and the selection of the latter 'he must confess, exhibits little good taste so , far as the two ports are concerned. Kingston he knows to be vastly before Broughty Ferry, and Dublin immea surably preferable to Dundee, in all those adjuncts that render landing-places or cities agreeable.' Our Contemporary must confess, however, that Broughty Ferry and Dundee possess one decided advantage over Dublin and Kingston, inasmuch as they are in the line of the most direct route from Woolwich to Blair Castle, which the latter are not ; and as that happens to be the place of her Majesty's destination, this single property a great deal more than counter balances all the adjuncts' of which he boasts." It is somewhat curious, by the bye, that the whole of the papers which our brother abuses are Free Church papers. Such, indeed, is the hateful charac ter of this sect that, when they can get no' decent person to ill-use, they fall upon and tear each other to pieces We have frequently reproved them for their viciousness, but they take no heed to our ad-;• monitions, nor even benefit by the example of good nature, benevolence, and politeness, which we heb domadally set before them. In fact , it is the nature of this people—" Can the Ethiopian," &c. Now,. with regard to Dundee, we have this to say in de fence of her Majesty's conduct in going there, that though internally it is an ill-regulated town, yet the approach to it from the sea is admirable, and from the 1' ay most beautiful—insomuch, that the Highlanders, who see it in this way when they come - from Perth, call it, in the original language of Ossian, " The City of Beauty." But if the Queen would see Dundee in all its glory, let her get up to the beautiful hills of Fife about Balmerino, and look at it across' the lovely Tay, where it lies like the vision of a city such as may be met with in a magnificent and happy dream. 1 1 . 0 THR QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. to s la y it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's 1 4' 1 ,hrid dutiful subjects, the Provost, Magistrates, lh, r ;town Council of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, 411 °,,,Leave humbly to approach your Majesty to tender , o ` heartfelt and sincere sentiments of attachment to y, 4 4r r Majesty's person and government : and on this tj Majesty's second and gracious visit to this por tp, °f your Majesty's dominions, to render our re tfal and heartfelt congratulation to your Majesty, 14 1 to express our sincerest gratitude for the bless -1)0 which we enjoy, and which we attribute, under gov ernment, Providence, to the wisdom of your Majesty's e rntnent, and we humbly and sincerely trust that „' Majesty in this your visit to your ancient t q tl Phila, may enjoy pleasure and satisfaction equal ti": l at which your presence has conferred on your hi a Jesty' s loyal and faithful subjects of Scotland, and j : I , l ‘ a especially to the community of this your Ma t'CY'S ancient burgh, alike honoured and gratified by Ma the,` presence of your Majesty. u.To sus ROYAL lIIGIINESS PRINCE ALBERT. of ",, e t the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council t h ," Royal Burgh of Dundee, humbly beg leave to I'll" Our respectful congratulations to your Royal tailless on the occasion of this your gracious visit P:ecitland—an event which we beg to assure your 14 3 ' 41 Highness has afforded the most unmingled f are and satisfaction to allclasses in Scotland, and Ltt;e especially to the community of this ancient , whom we hare the honour to represent. IRELAND. FORTIFICATIONS.-INCREASE OF THE (Protn the Caledonian Mercury of Thursday.) Ali • Blair Atholl, Wednesday Forenoon. h ip .. is. anxious preparation here, and although the 14, 13 were c o vered with mist in the morning, and the 17 3 sPher e rather dull and heavy, the day is now bi:L itici ng out beautifully. Up to a late hour last "t the C as tle was filled with workmen, and in v 4 r Y direction on the grounds men were seen trim• t , n i? the walks, mending fences, smoothing the ti r y"' and in short, to use the cockney phrase, put ts matters into " apple pye-order." A new en ob;,11" has been constructed for her Majesty nearly e *,,r"%ite the church, the gate and archway being a k relY of larch ; and on either side a high sbl e of the same wood runs for a consider libr; Way along the road , the whole having a k ii Ple rustic appearance, in fine keeping with the Bur ni,ll,cling plantations. The Castle itself is shorn of h e 'l of the grandeur of former days; from having e j l a great feudal keep with buttresses and towers, t 'eh frowned defiance on oun, it has degene- . 4 14 e te 4 into a substantial mansion cf the last century, A c iortio n of the ancient building which remains a o o lost in the modern innovations. It is still eon tee;`°rY that there are no pretensions to formal archi- Ntre in the edifice—no attempt either at modern p or " t `e patchwork, or the more elaborate graceful pro 1, I°ll of the Elizabethan age. The whole presents i tt lge range of building, the centre a plain right sq6,M pile, and the wings, if they can hi I vt 'elignited, two storied ranges running a long zi a , from either end, and in opposite directions , th;: z ag to the principal building. From the size of 1,,• - lappendages, as contrasted with the Castle, one L e ° r '' imagine that the dependants hugely outnum - I vlt M the principals, for they are regular barracks, e xt le ll would contain an infantry regiment. Viewed th `Nally, the impression is, that her Majesty and th e e P rince and royal suite will have ample room for go , s ubordinate part of the household, but will re toa`ra to economise their own accommodation. Tay -111.11;th Castle seems a palace on the outside, and h ti - t 4r „ Castle a hunting-lodge magnified four-fold ; to the` interior of the last, as well as of the first, e flt u ns every appliance of luxury and comfort in NvIC II I° II with Windsor Castle ; and those who have i kri nssed the Palace at Ostend, in which her Majesty b e d d t Prince Albert found quarters last year, will not ctpti l e s . P ° sed to undervalue the capabilities of Blair te r regard to the demesnes of Blair Castle—if that ca n esan apply to the measureless extent of wild and pli e , scenery, all falling within the exclusion im a we can conceive nothing more adapted for j iali Yal retreat. Within two minutes' walk of the ‘ lo or is the river Tilt running, or rather strug wil"R, thr oug h a rugge d, prec i p it ous rav i ne , th e path tall' eta out of the face of the cliff, placing the spec 'deer .often often in a giddy elevation. A park of large e ast ' i ncluding several royal deer, is quite close to the e • \\lite aseend;ng Glentilt, there is a carriage fro,: of ten miles, hut a distance of two or three miles /41 air Castle lead& within the Imam range COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester returned to the residence of the King of Hanover on Thursday, after attending the ceremony of the nup tials of Viscount Grimston with Miss Weyland. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing yesterday in an open carriage, from her resi dence, Clarence House, St. James's. Miss PEEL. — Letters were received in town yes terday from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, dated Thursday evening, half-past six o'clock, giving a more favourable account of the young sufferer. The report of the medical attendant was more favourable, but there was still considerable fever. The family were less uneasy. The Earl of Haddington has left - town foiPlymoutb. how did he mean to correct their recurrence for the future? he was defeated by The Cure for the Dee Stakes at Chester, although, at that time, he was far from being in his right form. BAY MoMUS, by Bay Middleton, out of sister to Grey Momus, was bred by Sir Tatton Sykes, and sold to John Scott. This colt was defeated at Newcastle by The Era ; but it should be borne in mind that, connected with the circumstance of his comparatively late pur chase, he was not in the right trim on that occasion. That he afterwards improved was rendered apparent by the fact, that he ran, as the horses came in, a good fourth for the Derby, after the lot had sustained the raking pace of the four-year old, Running Rein. Indeed, had this notorious horse been out of the race, it is hard to say how it would have been at the finish. The fact, however, of his being advertised for sale by Messrs. Tattersall, on the Thursday in the race week, has with many confirmed the opinion, that he is northe best St. Leger horse in the far-famed Pigburn, or rather the Whitewall establishment. VALERIAN is also in the same stable ; he is a chesnut colt, by Gladiator, out of Amadou. He has forfeited hitherto in all his engagements —no very good sign, un less he is to come upon the racing world like a thunder clap, and frighten them from their propriety. At pre sent he reposes under the shades of darkness that .beautiful obscurity which is rendered ridiculous by de feats. But who knows ? The question has been started—is THE PRINCESS the best of Scott's lot P She has, we are told, " picked" her foal. She won the Oaks easily by two lengths ; but she got a woful " sobbing" for the Nassau Stakes at Good wood. She is a beautiful creature—in shape, remark ably fine—in action, truly splendid. But when she is being saddled, spectators had better keep at a respectful distance, or she will make them rue for their ungallant intrusion into her august presence. Most probably she will prove the winner of the Park Hill Stakes on the Friday, unless sister of Martingale can couple her on that occasion, which seems doubtful. Many persons would be highly gratified to see " The Squire" win the race which bears the name of the family residence of Colonel St. Leger. Then comes, with all his blushing honours thick upon him, the Goodwood farOurite RED DEER, by Venison, out of The Soldier's Daughter, the property of the Duke of Richmond. His public performances, taking all matters into consideration, entitle him to maintain a very prominent position in public estimation up to the very time when he appears at the post, ready to contend for the palm of victory. It is true, he was defeated last year at Goodwciod ; but he proved the victor in a common canter at Chester for the Trades man's Plate (two miles and a quarter), defeating Alice Hawthorn and a largo field ; but the weight which he carried on that occasion were very light—viz., 4st, while that of Alice was more than double. But he has not been spared in other respects ; and his public perform ances at several places attest his superior qualifications —witness Bibury, Stockbridge, Liverpool, and Good. wood. lie is trained by Kent ; and, no doubt, every care and attention will be bestowed upon him, as he comes of a running family, in order that, if possible, he may eclipse his competitors from the Pigburn stables. We are told, from the best authority, that at Warwick, the other day," Red Deer was a great favourite at 6 to 1, and it is especially to be recorded that Bill Scott, an ardent thick•and-thin Red Deerite, and as violent an opponent of Lord Stanley's horse, not satis fied with his bet of 2,000/. even, laid at Liverpool after the St. Leger, was this (Tuesday) afternoon still more resolutely bent on mischief ;' he laid 5001. even, and 6001. to 500/. six times on Red Deer against Ithuriel, the odds at the time, according to the market laying prices, being something under 6 to 4 the other way. He also laid large sums on The Cure against Bay Momus, at three and four to one." This looks rather ominous. The correct judgment of this celebrated jockey, with regard to the superior qualities and capa bilities of a race-horse, even at, seemingly the most trivial glance, is pretty well established. He knocks down Ithuriel with Red Deer; he puts the extinguisher over Bay Momus with the Cure. According to this proceeding, what chance has his brother, unless it be with the Princess, or Valerian, or Joe Lovell, who, no doubt, ran well at York? Certainly, this proceeding is calculated to stagger more persons than one. It is un derstood that James Robinson, the prince of jockeys, will mount Red Deer on the eventful day. The UGLY BUOY and VATTEL are declared not to start. Then comes Fonc-A-Bau,scu (clear the way), with a high reputation from the Emerald Isle. He is by Sir Hercules, out of Guiccioli, and trained by the vete ran Forth. He ran third to The Cure for the Cham pagne last year—Sister to Martingale second. It is very probable that he will run a good horse; and there is no doubt that his qualities will be brought to bear 11 the , judicious and experienced hand of his trainer. The friends of Foig-a-Ballagh are said to fear nothing but The Cure. Mind what ye are about, my masters? Colonel Cradock's INFIDEL, by Voltaire, out ofFanny, trained by Lumley, of Middleham, is a fine strapping horse. He ran third to the Cure for the Dee Stakes at Chester—lthuriel second. But the Chester course was, not the place to bring out his capabilities. The judg ment of Colonel Cradock—witness Sally, who defeated Blue Bonnet, Pagan, and others—is well-known. If In fidel comes to the post in excellent condition, he will not dim the reputation of his sire. It is, however, reported that he is amiss. Sim Templeman will ride Infidel. Dawson's lot, including LIGHTNING, GODFREY, and TELEMACHUS, do not excite much attention. Their per formances, with others, do not entitle them to hold a pro minent position. Again recurs the question—" What's to win ?" Here is the answer—TuE CURE FlRST—and a hard struggle for second between RED DEER and THE PRINCESS. spruce aare A i c r aee . dt Let t h em heard rtx could e E e yo:uilmrwd. contracteow r a ub me a nt hd t b t the o ea dsf p s oau u yrr t f eota't for 141. oh n ael tw n el end to aro:8: load,et wood r h ( . e if m arundgi and they tt h t het h rieht i . yee ; were paying for an article not so fitted for their works 241. They had paid their contractor above 3,000/. for timber, and of that sum it was clear that the public had been cheated of 3001. He had found out how it was so arranged, and he was glad that he had found . it out, for in the first instance he certainly thought the surveyors were in fault, bui he could now say how it had occurred. It had been arranged between two gentlemen—Commissioners they had been of that Court--4e could name them, too, and the manoeuvre had been going on for thirty years.—(Hear, hear.) Could they now wonder at his not signing thecheque, or cautioning other Commissioners.against signing it ? The CHAIRmam said it was a very wrong thing, and what the officers of the Court should have looked to. An MN. COMMISSIONER said that the thanks of the Court were certainly due to Mr. Leslie for his exertions. The remaining items were then agreed to, with some trifling alterations ; but, before the, Court broke up, Mr. LESLIE said he should .wish to call their at tention to another circumstance which might have escaped their attention, b u t h a d not escaped his. He found that the contractor, in express contraven tion of his contract, was charging and receiving 13. 6d. for carting away the rubbish. The CHAIRMAN-Why, my finger is now upon the contract; where it says that he is to cart away all the superfluous earth and rubbish at a given price, which is already allowed. How is it, Mr. Doull, that the contractor has been paid this sum ? Mr. Dour i.--I thought it was. according to the terms of the contract. Mr. LESLIE—Mr. Bennett charged it, and Mr. Douall paid it.—(Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN—The contractor must pay back such moneys. Perhaps a notice to such effect will be entered by Mr. Leslie, and it will be transmitted to the contractor through the clerk. Mr. LESLIE moved a resolution to the above effect, and Mt. Hertzlett was instructed to communicate with Mr. tsennett, _ The offers of contract were then ordered to be ad vertised in the newspapers, and the. Court adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH RACES.. TuxeDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, twe miles. Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Era, 4 yrs ...(Noble) 1 1 Mr. Ramsay's The Shadow, aged 3 2 Won easy. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, gentlemen riders, were won by Mr. Willington's Christopher (owner), beating Mr. Laing's Hotspur (Wardrop) and two others. Subscription Plate of 50/. Three yrs, 7st 71b ,• four yrs, Bst 71b ; five yrs, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; winners extra. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Willington's Christopher, 5 yrs .... 0 1 1 Mr. Merry s Cable, 5 yra Mr. Ramsay's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs Mr. Nichols' Myrtle, 3 yrs 3 4 dr Mr. G. Wilson's Jack in the Green, 4 yrs 0 0 dr Capt. Griffiths' Bugle, 5 yrs The Mid Lothian Yeomanry Handicap of 1 soy. each, &c., two miles, was won cleverly by Mr. Laing's Maid of the Mill, beating Mr. Campbell's Waverley and three others. LEICESTER RACES.—THURSDAY. ThelQueen's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round. Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 5 yrs (Hutchinson) 1 Mr. Collett's - Corranna, 5 yrs • 2 Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 5 toys. each, with 50 added, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 200 L Heats, twice round and a dis. Hon. G. Ongley's Patna, 6 yrs (Sly) 3 1 1 Mr. Booth's Repealer, 3 yrs Mr. Raworth's Donna Anna, 4 yrs The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 soya. each. Twice round and a dis. Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 3 yrs (Cotton) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 5 yrs Handicap of 10 soya. each, with 25 added; the second saves his stake. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Collett's Rory O'More, aged ...(Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Raworth's Kilgrain, 3 yrs Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 3 yrs 2 3 RADCLIFFE-BRIDGE RACES—MoNDAY. The Wilton Purse of 20L, added to a stake of 3 soya. each (3 Subs:), mile and a half, was won easily, in two heats, by Mr. Park nd. Lady Sarah, 3 yrs (Walton), beating Mr. Waring's Madame Vestris, 4 yrs, and ,Mr. Hayes' Meg -Merrilies, 5 yrs. The Hunters' Stakes of 2 goys, each, and 15 added, the second saves his stake, gentlemen riders, twice round and a dis., 3 subs., were won in three well.con tested heats, by Mr. Bretherton's Marengo, aged (owner), beating Mr. Robinson's Wasp, aged, and Mr. Dixon's Foxhunter, aged. The Pony race was won by Mr. Irayes' Fairy Queen. TUESDAY.• The Irwell Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added, twice round, and a dis. (5 subs.), were won in three heats, by Mr. Bond's Alice, 3 yrs, (Miskary), beating Mr. Waring's Madame Vestris, 4 yrs. Match, 401., one mile and a half, Mr. Smith's Ten of Trumps, 6 yrs, (owner), beat Mr. Chandler's Gipsey Lass. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, the second to save his stake, thrice round (3 subs.), were won by Mr. Robinson's Wasp, aged, (Hopwood), beat ing Mr. Bretherton's Marengo, aged. WEDNESDAY. The Hoke() Pokee Stakes of 2 BOYS. each, h ft, and 10 added, the second to save his stake, gentlemen riders (5 subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Lund's Betsy Bedlam, aged (Smith), beating Mr. Dixon's Fox hunter, and Mr. Boote's Belvidere , . The Ladies' Purse, added to a Handicap of 1 soy. each, twice round and a distance, (5-subs.),. was won in two heats by Mr. Chandler's, Gipsy Lass, 6 yrs (Walton), beating Mr._Dawson's b m Ten-of-Trumps and Ursula. SHERBORNE RACES.--TUESDAY. The Sherborne Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added, were won in two heats by Mr. Wilkins' Jura, 6 'yrs, beating Mr. Hewitt's Maud, 4 yrs, Mr. Kimber's Red Rose, 4 yrs, and another. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 says. each, and 20 added, were won in two heats by Mr. Hann's Game One, 'aged, beating Mr. Gillard's Gay Lad, aged, and Mr._New man's Young Bentley, aged. The Ladies' Plate of 10 says. was won, in two heats, by Mr. Whieldon's Alice Grey, aged, beating Mr. Trim mer's Celia, aged, and two others. WEDNESDAY. The Yeomanry Purse waa won by Mr. Hunt's Maid of the Valley, beating Gay Lad and Queen of the Valley. The Purse of 10 soya. was won, in two heats, by Mr. Kimber's Red Rose, beating Gipsey Queen and two others. The Handicap for ponies was won by Mr. Collis's Fidget. beating Miss Fidget and two others. SNENTON (NOTTS) RACES.—'THURSDAY. The Silent= Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 10 added, one mile and a half, were won, in three heats, by Mr. Edward's Cotswold Lass, 4 yrs, lOst (Frost), boating two others. The Pony Race was won by Mr. Mallett's Locomotive, and the Hermitage Plate by Mr. Hooton's Joe Banks, beating Shepherdess, Fanny, Mystery, and two others. THE FORTHCOMING ST. LEGER. (From the Doncaster Gazette of yesterday.) That the St. Leger of this year presents greater at tractions than has been the case for a very considerable period, every o::e appears ready to admit. There are sufficient grounds for entertaining this opinion. There is presented no decided flyer to frighten his many rivals —no easy winner of the Derby to intimidate the over fearful, or deter them from taking their chance for the golden prize—no dead certainty that the victory will be won by the first favourite, with odds on the issue. Hence, the interest becomes net only deepened, but the probability more apparent, that a larger number of horses will come to the post than was, at one time, ex pected. In the present racing aspect, looking to the final issue, much will depend upon the actual condition of the horses on the morning of the great day of trial ; and hence also the anxiety to keep, if possible, each horse " up to the mark" to meet his many formidable competitors. " Well—what's to win ?"—is the all-important ques tion heard - o'n all hands—in all sporting circles from Tattersall's—from the rendezvous of our sporting friends in Manchester, down to the humblest coterie that boasts of its " sweep." There is a deal of the nodding of heads and the shrugging of shoulders on the probability as to the winner. But each ono finds it no small matter of difficulty to point with his pencil to the very horse ; and no sooner has one person laid down his opinion, inter mingled with doubts, than the - same question recurs in another quarter—" What's to win ?" with this addition, " Can Scott do it this year, after his luck deserted him in '42 and '43 ?" Scott's lot, , including Ithuriel, Bay Momus, Princess, 'and Valerian—all at Pigburn—is backed at evens. But ,first of The Cure. TUE Cum:, by Physician, out of Morsel, is trained by Robert,Hesseltine, at Hambleton. He has hitherto proved himself a game horse ; and his public+ perform ances have placed him at the top of the betting scale. He is worthy of his position : whether before the event ful day arrives he will be supplanted by a formidable rival, remains to be seen. His friends in his own noigh bourhood are confident that he 'can win, and back him with a degree of earnestness which shows the truth and sincerity of their own convictions. That his trainer will devote to him his utmost skill and experience, there is '•no doubt. But a formidable objection stares one in the face, which training cannot overcome. He is a game horse; but he is a little one, and this circumstance gives rise to the opinion, that he cannot maintain the required fleetness against the more powerful stride of his most formidable competitors, always bearing in mind the length of the St. Leger rate. His game will carry him through. The blood of Physician swells his veins. He is the untiring son of an untiring sire. It is understood that Robert Hesseltine will ride The Cure. ITIIURIEL is a bay colt, by Touchstone, out of Ver bena, and the property of Lord Stanley. The most im portant fact in favour of the powers and capabilities of this horse is. the decided victory he achieved over Red Deer at the Liverpool July Meeting, in a race marked by extraordinary fleetness—the mile and three quarters having been run in three minutes ten seconds. He also carried off the Grativicke Sulkers at Goodwood. But BANK ISSUES. The Gazette of last night contains the following re• turns under th• new " Act to make further provision relative to• the Returns to be made by Banks of the amount of their Notes in circulation." The period is twelve weeks prior to the 27th of April last, and the average amount in each case , is certified by two of her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes :-- Bury St. Edmund's Bank, at Bury St. Edmund's —J. Worlledge Romsey and Hampshire Bank, at Romsey— Messrs. Footner 3,875 Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud Bank, at Ro cheater and Chatham—Messrs. Day and Ni tholson Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, at Bicester and Oxford—llessrs. Tubb and Wootten 27,090 Old Bank Tunbridge, Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells Old Bank, Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, • and Sevenoaks Bank, at Tunbridge and Tun bridge Wells—Messrs. Beeching 13,183 Ross' Old Bank, Herefordshire, at Ross—Messrs: Prichard and Allaway Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, at Sittingbourne —Messrs. Valiance Towcester Old Bank, at Towcester Messrs Percival Reading Bank, at Reading-Messrs. Simonds Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, at Tring, Ayles bury, and Chesham-Messrs. Butcher Saffron. Walden and North E' sex Bank, at Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford- Messrs. Gibson Yarmouth, Norfi..lk, and Suffolk Bank, at Great Yarmouth, North Walsham, Lowestoft, and Beccles-Lacon and Co 13,229 Yeovil Old Bank, Somersetshire, at Yeovil- J. Bat ten 10,033 Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, at Warminster -Messrs. Everett and Ravenhill 24,896 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, at Win chester, Alresford, and Alton-LBulpett and Co. 25,892 Wolverhampton Bank, at Wolverhampton- Messrs. Goodricke and Holy oake - 14,180 Wiveliscombe Bank, at Wiveliscombe-Messrs Hancock 7,602 Uxbridge Old Bank, at Uubridge-r--Hull and Co 25,136 Scarborough Old Bank, at Scarborough- Woodall and Co 24,813 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, at Tiverton-. Messrs. Dunsford and Barne 13,470 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company,at Sheffield,Rotherham,and Bakewell 52,494 Chertsey Bank, at Chertsey-T. La Coste.... • 3,436 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, at Chelmsford, Maldon, Braintree, Coggeshall, Halstead, and Bishop's Stortford-Wulford • and Co Worcester Old Bank, and Tewkesbury Old Bank, at Worcester and Tewkesbury -Lechmere and Co. Leek and Staffordshire, and Leek and Congleton Bank, at Leek-Fowler, Gaunt, and Co 4,009 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, Hull Old Bank, and Beverley Bank, at Hull and Beverley-Pease and Co • 48,807 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, at Broseley and Bridgnorth- . Messrs. Pritchard Loughborough Bank, at Loughborough-Mid dleton and Co 7,359 Yorkshire Banking Company, at Leeds, York, Hull, Doncaster, and other places Bristol Old Bank, at Bristol-Baillie and Co 89,540 Bishop's Waltham and Hampshire Bank, at Bishop's Waltham-Gunner and Co 1,993 Staines Bank, at Staines-Ashby and C0.. . Rye Batik, at Rye and Tenterden-Curteis, Pont , fret, and Co . 29,864 Cambridge Bank, at Cambridge-Messrs. Fisher - 8,753 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, at Newport -Messrs. Williams and Sons 4,600 Cambridge Bank, at Cambridge-Messrs. Hum frey 2,615 Oxford University and City Bank, at Oxford ' Sir J. Lock and Co 15,705 Wrexham and North Wales Bank, at Wrexham R. M. Lloyd MILITARY FORCE. DUBLIN, SEPT. 11.—The Peel Ministry find that Ireland has become a greater difficulty than ever. The reversal of the judgment, and the triumph of O'Con nell, have led to new apprehensions and increased precautions, which prove the bewilderment of the Government. They know not what to do, and they render themselves utterly ridiculous by renewing the game of fortifications played off so absurdly by Lord De Grey last year. In the interior the same precautions are aiopted, where Lord De Grey's fortifications are considered insecure. The Ballyshannon Herald says :—" An extensive magazine is now being added to the Rock barrack of this town ; the barrack is also enlarging for the reception of an increased force ; and the Bridge barrack is fitting up for the accommodation of the pensioners of the district." Some regiments are daily expected, and the mili tary force is to be increased beyond its amount during the State trials. Some detachments had been drafted off since that time, but their places are to be supplied. The Cork Reporter of yesterday afternoon contains the following : " DEPARTURE OF THE TROOP SHIPS FROM COVE. —Four of the vessels chartered by the East India Company, for the conveyance of troops from Ireland to Bombay and Calcutta, sailed yesterday without the regiments, and the others will get under weigh for their destination as soon as they can land the luggage and extra stores taken on board, and make other necessary arrangements on ship board required by the alteration of their fittings-up, &c. The sol diers heard of the countermand with great satisfac tion, and, according to our information, their officers, naturally enough, participated in the same feelings. A correspondent, writing from Fermoy, says :—"The ""'MINIMINI 60th Rifles here have been countermanded, the pur- The will of Earl Moutnorris was proved in the port of the order being that they are not to embark Prerogative Court, Canterbury, on the 29th ult., by the for the East Indies this season, but are placed at the oath of Arthur Lyttleton M‘Leod, Esq., the nephew, and E. R. Nicholas, Esq., the executors. Personal one officers of the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland. The perty sworn under 10,0001. The will is a very large one, officers were at mess, and gave three hearty cheers and the property is given in small awns to a great many when the welcome intelligence arrived.' legatees. "We learn that the division of the 60th, occupying DELIVERY OF BULLION FROM TILE BANK OF quarters in the barracks here, will march to-morrow Ewa Lasn. A nin H t s ance having recently_oc_curred wherei n be for Fermoy, and stationed there for the present; a c ase containing old silver plate, land e d from a steamer the 16th Regiment, occupying quarters in Cork gar- from the West dies, and deposited under seals of office rison on their arrival from Dublin." at the Bullion-office, at the Bank of England, had been REJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY. delivered therefrom without due authority from the offi- KILLARNEY, SATURDAY.—There were illuminations cers of the Revenue, and the Board of Customs being of here and in the surrounding districts. The castle of opinion that, with a view of preventing any similar irre the High Sheriff of Kerry, John Coltsman, Esq., gularity in future, no packages of bullion which ay be sent to the Bank of England from the ms was brilliantly illuminated, in consequence of the department should be delivered, except upon an crder glorious news of the liberation of Mr. O'Connell, fr om a landing waiter of the Revenue, which order specify edte that the tof pa ck age or packages The grand feature of the evening was the appearance In to ef e there in the streets of John O'Connell, Esq., of Grena, in • the d epartment—a f company with the ladies of his family. Language is letter r has rr been written to the e ar ge e ci of t the ive [sank of inadequate to convey an idea of the outbur4 of affec- England, requesting that the Direct e oA ry witl instruc tion with which he was greeted. He addressed the Lions to their officers to conform to the regulationsabove g people from the windows of the Church-street Tem- in future ; and the landing surveyors have been directed perance-rooms, cautioning them to refrain from any to take care that the said regulations be strictly enforced act that would weaken their present glorious triumph i so far as the officers of the Revenue are concerned ; and —to give no cause of complaint, either by word, that the landing-waiters are to record in their official books the date and time of their leaving the out-of gesture, or action, to those who differed from them charge order with the officers of the Bank, and the iequi in opinion—conciliation was to be their motto. And site sup of rinted forms is to be provided. The order faithfully did the people follow that advice. In the istobe d irected to the Governor and Company of the words of the police, "It was gratifying to witness Bank, and is to state the description, marks, and num the excellent conduct of such a mass of people." bers of the goods, with the importing ship, &c. Castle Lough, the seat of Denis S hin e La rlo r , Esq. , MELANCHOLY INSTANCE OF SUDDE N D H er; sent forth a brilliant lig ht, while, like the Hi gh A SOLDIER.—On Wednesday afternoon a private zaTnuf thel:P Sheriff, its worthy propriet o r t hrew o p en his cellars, Royal Marines, of the guard in the dockyard at Wool hospitable at all times, to his servants and workmen, wich, named John Powell, fell dawn suddenly in.one of and to all comers a read millefalthe. , the outhouses of the in . yard, and a few minutes expired. LISTOWEL.—The demonstrations of truly genuine On being discovered, and life not supposed to be extinct, patriotic feelings, on the part of the Listowel people he was removed to the officers' guard-room, and the sur and of the establishment were immediately in at the surrounding neighbourhood, were exhibited on him,n a b n u c t e an attempt was made to get some blood from Saturday evening. A writer says the town, on my withouten t effect. A coroner's inquest was sitting trance, displayed a magnificent sight. A fire, the at te same e, ne a r t t o li f e t ritre, l and h a l n intimation . was largest I ever witnessed, blazed in the centre of the sent to the coroner square, supplied by the farmers with turf, coming the but such has been the pres e s ( En d' e b a u n si c ne o ss y o c n i circumstance sotffianel; entire day in rapid succession from all parts. The in consequence of the . number of sudden death in his houses were well and tastefully illumbiated. At nine division of the county, that it .ia not likely hbwill b e s the roads towards tell were densely thronged with able to assemble a jury for a day or two. The body persons coming in from all direction with lighted was removed to th e M ar i ne H os pit a l. Leeches ; on iutiving they went round the town first, . The deceased was an old soldier, and had seen some police. MARTINGALE. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SEPT. 13.—WinfLW..td S. W., fresh breeze, and cloudy. CowEs, SEPT. 12.—Arrd. Urgent, Brown, Bahia. OFF PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—Carlton, Ogers, Nassau. OFF SALCOMBE, SEPT. 11.—William Tyack, Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, SEPT. 12.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., light.— Arrd. Oriental, Wandell, China ; Winifred, Calcutta. Sailed Zenobia, Ichabos; Bristol, Cape Coast Castle. DOTER, SEPT. 12.—The Pretty Lass, from London to Pentowau, hasput in here with bows stove, loss of fore mast, sails, &c., having been in contact last night with the Lady Howden, from Manilla to London. FALMOUTH. SEPT. 12.—Wind N. W., light.—Off, Des landes, Le Croix, Ahgnay, sailed July 7. BRISTOL, SEPT. 12.—Acrd. Governor Douglas, Hyde, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF THE WlGHT.—Vixen, Heppenstall, Mauritius. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 11.—Sld. William Nicholson, Cuba. - ELANWADOCK, SEPT. 11.—Th© schooner Margaret, of Bristol, sailed from this port this morning, in tow of a steamer. KIRKWALL, SEPT. 7.—The Gilmour, from Hull to Quebec, which went ashore on the island of Shonsay, has been got off with damage, and will proceed south to repair. WHITBY, SEPT. 12.—The brig Active, of Shields, struck in coming out of Seaham, and became very leaky, but preceeded with extra hands. LlvEnrooE, SEPT.l2.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Isabella, Gray, Singapore ; Margaret, Trinidad ; Wil liam and Elizabeth, and Milo, Chick, New Orleans ; New York, Cropper, New York, sld. Aug. 17 ; Concor dia, Boston ; Pandora, Brown, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Mariner, Miramichi ; Susan, Jordan, Montreal. Sld. Female, Singapore ; Ethiope steamer, Africa ; Cur lew, Havannah ; Alice Jane, Vera Cruz ; Pursuit. Mira michi. Off, Watkins, Calcutta. ST. HELENA.-Arr d. Wave and Fortitude, Ichaboe. CORK, SErr. 10.—Arrd. Bache M'Evers, St. An drews ; Sarah, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Suc cess and Boddington, Calcutta ; Thomas Hanford, Ichaboe. CLTDE.—Arrd. Sesostris, M'Kenzie, Pictou, John Kerr, Tait, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Superb, Bay Chaleur ; Hector, Montreal. OFF DUNGENESS.—Mercator, Batavia, for Rotterdam; James Boornam, Stockholm, for Bombay. LIGHTS ON FALSTERBO. The following has.been received at Lloyd's:— " Swedish and Norwegian Consulate-General, "London, Sept. 10, 1844. " Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the following translation of an ordinance issued by the Royal Naval Board at Stockholm, on the 13th August last:—The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, for the information of mariners, that in conformity with an ordinance of the 7th July last year, a light ship will be placed off Falsterbo Reef, at the end of this or the beginning of next month. The vessel has two masts, with the sides painted red, with two large white letters, F S, on each side, and carries a red flag on the foremast. .During the night the vessel will show two lights, so placed that the one cannot easily exclude the other from sight, but they will appear side by side when seen from either side of the light vessel, or when seen fore and aft one light will be close above the other, the highest in the foretop. These lights will burn from the middle of September to the Ist of December at such hours as are fixed by the regulations for the other lights of the kingdom, and after the last-mentioned date the vessel will be removed. The light vessel will be moored in 8} fathoms water, and a full minute from the extreme point of Falsterbo Point (see Admiral Klint's chart), having Falsterbo Lighthouse N.E. on the compasses, and Stevenklint's Light on Sjalland appearing W.N.W. W. on the compass. There will be a large bell on board, which will be tolled during misty and hazy weather, to give notice tolhariners. "These lights appear about fifty feet above the level Of the sea, and ought, thefefore, to be visible, in clear weather, at a distance oV,iwo German miles or more. Commanders of vessels wishing to take pilots through the Fluitchannel, to or passing Malmo, or to Drog den, and the places where Danish pilots take charge of vessels, a re informed that th ere are five pilots stationed on board; ready to attend, day and night, when signal is given for this purpose. The light vessel is moored in such a way that the largest ship can sail round her without risk in order to obtain pilot. If the pilot signal is flying at the top, pilots are always to be had, but the signal will be hauled down when they are all employed.. " Should there be no other advises, and nop revent, it is. intended -to replace th e vessel on th e e lsth of March, near to the same spot. (Signed) • CHARLES TOTTIE . " To W. Dobson , Esq., Secretary. " NOTHING so CEIITAIN.— [From our Paris Cor respondent.]--We are informed by a remarkably fine officer in the National Guards—(the gentleman, .by-the by, is also a remarkably small dealer in coke and char coal)—that, in the event of a war, it is intended to pla card the Paris fortifications with " lists of 'impositions upon English visitors," under the conviction that, if they could not keep the British out of Paris, nothing else would, --Punch. GREENWICH STEAM-BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sun. Sin,—l have always considered your paper to be the adTocat4) for the removal of imposition or frauds of every character. This induces me to call your attention to the oft-repeated complaints against steam-boat pro. prietors, for which the public appear to have little or no means of redress. Much has been said relative to the imposition, and abuse in many instances, of cabmen and omnibus pro. prietors, but however glaring they may act, the public have some protection, by obtaining the name and number, and afterwards summoning, the parties ; but is does not appear that the public have such a mode of redress against steam-boat proprietors. I beg respectfully for your information to state, that myself and four of my family; returned from Green wich last Sunday evening. Previous to this, we went to the Waterman's Pier, at about eight o'clock, and in quired if they would land us at Westminster, from whence we started, the answer being, "We cannot under take to say we shall reach further than Hungerford ;" this I considered candid, but it being exceedingly wet at the time, I was induced to inquire at the Grand Pier, when the, answer was, " Oh, all our boats, sir, land at Westminster-bridge." Consequently, I was induced to go by the Sylph boat, and when we arrived at Hunger. ford they refused to take us further : consequently, myself and family were compelled to drag through the heavy rain, with no means of redress. I therefore hope, Mr. Editor, you will expose this affair, for I find from inquiry, that many others have been similarly treated. —Tour notice will greatly oblige, W. J. GILBERT.I __— RIGHT OF OCCUPIERS OF COMPOUND HOUSES TO HAVE THEIR NAMES INSERTED IN THE POOR-RATE BOOK. The correspondence will probably. go far to settle this question, which has only of late -excited as much attention as it. deserves. It arose from the refusal of the parish officers of Hackney to include the names of compound tenants in the rate-book, after their atten tion had been especially drawn to the subject. • They did " not deem it necessary"— suc h was their official reply—" to alter the present mode of making out the rate-books" in their parish. In consequence the follow ing letter was addressed: to the Poor-law Commissioners, their answer to which is given below : " Hackney, Aug. 7, 1844. " Gentlemen,—May I respectfully solicit the favour of you to inform me whether, in a parish like this, where we have a large number of houses compounded for to the poor-rate, it is obligatory on the overseers to insert the names of the tenants, as well as the landlords, of such houses in the rate-book ? Whether, if not obligatory, overseers hare a discre tionary power in the matter ? "If obligatory (as the Parochial Assessments Act would seem to suggest) then by what means they can be compelled to discharge the duty.—l am, &c., "C. GREEN." " To the Poor-law Commissioners." " Poor-law Commission-office, Somerset House, " Sept. 7, 1844. "Sir,--I am directed by the Poor-law Commissioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th ult., and in answer thereto to state that the Commis sioners consider that it is the duty of overseers, where they are charged with the duty of making the poor-rate, to insert in the rate-book the names of the several occu piers of houses in the parish (so far as they know or may be able to ascertain them), notwithstanding that, under the provisions of the general law, or any local Act, such overseers may be authorised in charging the owners of such houses with the rates instead of the occupiers. The Parochial Assessments Act, 6 and 7 Vs m. IV., c. 96, extends to all parishes without distinction, and re quires (sec. 2) that every rate shall contain an account of every particular set forth at the bead of the respective columns in the form given in the schedule annexed to the Act. One of the particulars required by the form to be set forth is the name of the occupier. " The Commissioners are not, however, prepared to advise what legal consequences would -result to the over seers from the neglect of the duty. The statute does not itself impose any penalty for any omission or neglect. " I am, &c. " W. G. LUMLEY, Assistant Secretary. " Mr. C. Green, Hackney." If, after this explicit declaration of opinion by the Poor-law Commissioners , parish-officers shall still " n o t deem it necessary" to discharge properly their duty, ways and means, it is presumed, will not be wanting to com pel them—at some inconvenience, probably, to them selves. In the parish of Hackney alone, - there are from 2,000 to 3,000 persons occupying compound houses, a large proportion of whom have as good a right to be on 'the list of voters for the borough of the Tower Hamlets as any other class whose names are found there. Y e t, for this year, they will almost every one be disfranchised through the ignorance or want of principle of the parish officers. And hundreds of parishes throughout the kingdom are in the like predicament. A BRUTE OF A HusnANn.—On Thursday forenoon, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the University College Hospital, Gower-street, on the body of Frances Fillis, aged thirty. four, alleged to have been ill-treated unto death ,by her husband, a shoe maker, residing in Brook-street, New-road. It ap peared from the evidence of a great many witnesses of respectability, particularly that of Mr. Henderson, of 7, Hertford-street, Fitzroy-square, that deceased had been subjected, since her marriage, about seve'.., years ago, to most. harsh, if not brutal, conduct on the part of her husband. About five years ago he pushed her down stairs, severely injuring her externally, for which he was held to bail. After her confinement, four years since, he struck her on the small of the back with a boot last, and to:this, as well as to a leprous diseaselie infeCted her with soon after marriage, she attributor her illness. No witness saw him strike her lately, though many beard him threaten to do so, and he was in the habit of locking her in her room whenever she did not do as he liked, though his demands were e ver so u n reasonable. Mrs. Henderson said, about three mon th s since, seeing th e deceased altered from what she had . been, a neat, comely woman, and become a squalid, emaciated, diseased one, suffering from want of food and medical assistance, she supplied her with the former, and went to the husband to beg of him to procure- the latter. He promised he would, but, instead of doing icy he entered his wife's bed-room, in which severe illness had confined her, abused her grossly, and said, if she listened to the counsels of a pack of women, he should lock her - in her room. He moreover wished her dead, and when she said she should wish she were, had it not been for her children's sake, he told her she need not trouble herself about them, as her place, in anticipation of her dying, was already supplied by a woman who would keep them like a tradesman's offspring. After • great deal of evidence of a similar character, Quain, the house physician, said deceased died on Tues day last, of cancerous disease of the chief intestine, un connected with violence. The Coroner said the physi cian's evidence completed the inquiry, and that the 4ury must return a verdict in accordance with it. The jury assented, but wished to embody with their 'verdict a cen sure on the conduct of deceased's husband. The Coro ner told them they could not do so ; they might append it to their verdict, but the verdict must be one based on fact. Verdict, " Natural death." The Coroner, at the request of the jury, reprehended the husband of d ecease d, telling him that his treatment of his wife had been most disgraceful and disgusting, and that if he had any con science left he would hereafter feel painful remorse for his conduct. The husband defended himself by unmanly allegations against the character of his deceased wife be fore marriage, of whose guilt then he himself was the active cause. DEAL PIER COMPANT.—Thursday, a special meet. ing of this Company was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of raising further capital for the completion of the pier. The chair was taken by John Wheelton. Esq., who; stated the difficulties which the Directors bad found in getting the subscribers to pay rateably for the object in view, which had induced the Directors to think that it would be better to raise the 7,0001. required for the completion of the pier and the paying off the existing debts, by a mortgage of the Company's property, the in terest on the bonds to be paid from the tolls of the pier. and the surplus to go to the general benefit of the Pro. prietors. The plans of Mr. Higgins were submitted, who had agreed to complete the works within a reasonable period. After a short discussion, a resolution for raising the money required was passed unanimously. STORM AT DERDT.—Loss OF LIFE FROM LIGHT NING.—An appalling instance of the effects of lightning occurred on Friday evening last, during the storm, by which one poor fellow was instantly killed and another had a most miraculous escape from death. • It appears that as a number of men employed by Mr. Etches were at work in a field on the London road, Derby, a heavy thunder shower came on, and two . of themeeinectotrioke fluid.ter under a tree, where they had been only a few minutes when they were both struck by the One of them named Sanders, was killed on the spot, and the other, Mr. Etches s servant d jo fo h u n nd Pegg nsen the ' man,n , a an , knocked down and rendered insensible, Mr. F e. pulse feeelble, the sur geon, was quickly in' attendance Appropriate e v x iv t o re r m in iti a es sta c t o e ld o , f t g h r e eat ar c t o ic l u la i p a s ti e ou . p s o e e; f o e a f r n a ieg and he points indisti nct, and the power of swallowing entirely l os t restora tivesofpipnrtoeprer:atteconneet ver were ed. T m h a e d r e e ea u sre s e e a is now pretty nearly re cowith the narrow advert. The el ec t r i c fluid appears to. which we shall b r i e fly to have struck him first on the top of the head—it pierced his hat by a per foration in the crown nut larger than a small shot hole. and rent the hat lini ng into shreds. The hair on the crown and left side of the head was burned, and the skin on the left side and back of the neck scorched. Then the lightning came in contact with his silver watch-guard, which it passed along, completely fusing the links. Th e watc h glass was broken, and three joints of the outer case of the watch were also fused. Ii thence passed down the right thigh and leg,. which it scorched very much in its course, to his boot heel, which . was nearly wrenched off. The watch , which w as found to be gaining very much, has since been sent to the watchmaker, and the works being to all appearance not at all injured, he was much puzzled to find out why it should gallop on et such a rate, and he at length disco.. vered that all the steel parts were rendered magnetic. Pegg- has no recollection of anything happening to hies at the time of the accident —Derby Mercury. 'FOOT RACE.--Thursday the 12.0 yards' foot race, between Fred. Smith (better known under the cognomen of the Clapham Phenomenon), and George Wells (the Running Waiter), came off on she Union-road, Clapham. in the presence of upwards of three thousand spectators. Smith was about to make his first debut in ..public. The ground was measured, and Smith ran a sprint, and immediately became the favourite in betting ; at the start they went away at locomotive speed, Wells in the rear. Smith maintained the lead, and came in the win ner, beating his opponent by two yards. Smith's triumph was hailed with great cheering, and he bids fair of be. coming an insurmountable aspirant in the pedestrian arena. , • COURT OF SEWERS. _ _ _ _ • ________ j Yesterday . a Special Meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex, was held at the office, in Greek-street, Soho -square, Thomas Leverton Donald son, Esq., in the chair. Mr. liswxiss, assistant surveyor; read the general report, ordered by the Court of 31st. August, on the practicability of Mr. John White's plan for sewers.of an oval ti.irm, and its eligibility, as compared with that at present in use. The .surveyors stated that although the form recornmended by Mr. White was, in some respects, superior to that now,adopted by the Court, especially as possessing a greater hydraulic depth of sewerage and a greater power . of resisting lateral pressure, yet there were almost insuperable barriers to its common use, and they (the surveyors) had therefore brought before the notice of •the Court two sections, combining, as they-thought, what was best in the others. Mr. LESLIE moved that the report then read be printed, and that the sections be lithographed and laid "upon the table, in order that Han.Commissiorters might have an opportunity of examining and comparing one with another. • Mr. JOHN WHITE would second the motion, but he felt that he should be allowed to state his opinion, 'in the shape of a report, in order that it also should come before the Court at the same time, and in the same form, as the other. After some remarks upon the subject from the Hon. Commissioners, , it was agreed that Mr. 'White sooui.i forward ms report to the Chairman, to be printed and discussed with the others on the following Friday. The CitsiamAN stated that a letter had been re ceived from the Court of Commissioners for Holborn and Finsbury, which tho Clerk would..read. . Mr. HiIitTZLETT read the communication, which expressed,' that in reference to the notice of the reso lutiOn.come to by the Westminster Court of Sewers, in the matter of the sewerage in the _proposed new street from St. Giles's to Long-acre, and. the further deepening of the line to suit the purposes of the Holborn and Finsbury district, they could not be jus tified in expending an amount of several hundreds out of their own district. They regretted the decision to which the Westminster Court of Sewers had come, and cited the mode in which other Commissions of the metropolia--the City of London and the Tower Ham lets —were wont to act. They . stated that these Commissions had deepened the sewerage to meet their views, and had never exacted any part of the"expense. They trusted, therefore, that the Sewers Court for Westminster would reconsider the matter, and com municate again at an early peri o d. The CHAIRAIAN said that the Holborn and Fins bury division had no just reason to complain of the resolution arrived at by that Court. They had already given that district the advantage of a level of eight feet where they at first. only wanted five, but when they afterwards sought an increased depth of five feet more, then indeed they (the Court of Westmin ster) thought, that for their own p ur p oses and theirs only, the Holborn and Finsbury . di s t rzcts hould bear the expenses of the increased digging. He was of opinion that it would be illegal for them to -expend the money of the rate-payers for purposes not calcu lated to benefit them in the smallest degree; and it was no argument for them, that if other Commissions in London had acted illegally, they should do so also. Captain BAGUS said that the argument might be advanced by the Holborn and Finsbury district, " Why do you, who command the outlets to the river, stultify us in this matter? It is for the public good, and not merely for the interests of one division of the City." He certainly thought it looked like one Court opposing another, and looked as if they were actuated by factious motives. If four Commissions out of five did not accept money under similar cir cumstances, he did not see why that Court should do so. The CHAIRMAN denied, in the strongest manner, that that Court, in acting as they had done, were influenced by factious motives. Mr. W. DONALDSON briefly adverted to the corre spondence that had taken place between the Commis sioners, and denied that the Holborn and Finsbury dis trict had had anything to complain of. That Court had come to the resolution to improve the Charlotte-street sewerage, although for some years even that might not be necessary. They did so partly to meet the. wishes of the neighbour district. He was of opinion that it would be decidedly illegal were that Court to tax the eastern division of Westminster for the pur poses of the Holborn and Finsbury district. The ex penses of the City o f L on d on, i n grant i ng th e i r wishes, was comparatively trifling —very trifling indeed.; but in their case a very great expense would be thrown upon the rate-payers, and that, too, for a matter in which they had not the slightest interest. The CHAIRMAN had before stated that he thought such an expenditure of their funds would be quits illegal, and he would ask the solicitor of the Court what his opinion was upon the subject. Mr. SMITH was of opinion that, by • the statute, they could only tax the division for benefits accruing to themselves. It might be a question of fact whether that greater depth would be a benefit. Of that he was not a fitting judge. He had no hesitation in say ing that if the surveyor of the Court thought Such an increased depth not required for the purposes of their own district, that such an expenditure would, for other purposes, be quite illegal. The CHAIRMAN suggested that Mr. Smith should take the opinion of counsel upon the matter. Capt. lisoun thought it was absolutely requisite that he should do so. Mr. LESLIE was of opinion that they were quite enabled to come to a decision without troubling coun sel upon the subject. He found in the regulation' of the City of London Commission that the Holborn and Finsbury division paid them an annual rental of 1501. for the very privileges they were then discussing. After some further discussion it was agreed that counsel should b e consulted by Air. Smith. The CHAIRMAN said that the next subject for their consideration was one of very great importance. It wa s " the forms of contracts, specifications, and bills of quantities, with the other steps necessary_ for ob taining new contracts for works." The old forms of contract were laid upon the :table by the surveyors. These were examined in detail, and a few verbal alterations were agreed to. Mr. Sh its!, the solicitor, said, that before examining into the sufficiency of the forms, it might be alloWed him to draw their attention to the operation of the present bond. The old bond of contract was signed by six Commissioners for the Court generally, but these gentlemen, some thirteen years ago, took alarm at the responsibility to which they were subjecting them selves, and withdrew in consequence. From that time the bond was drawn out as at present. An Hon. Commissioner, on a late Court day, expressed a doubt that, though the Court were protected by the articles of the bond, the contractor was not so, and it was, therefore, advanced, that if a contractor failed in his contract, the bond would not hold good in law. Legal opinion had been taken on the subject, and it had affirmed that the bond was good. Mr. W. DONALDSON thought that counsel's opinion ought to be taken on the subject. He did not think the bond was binding upon the contractor. Mr. SMITH did not think that any six Hon. Com missioners signing the bond i n b ehalf of the Court would be personally responsible, but he doubted, after past experience , if any would do so. Mr. BALDWIN would not hesitate for a moment to sign it himself. He had no doubt that the Court would support them. This question was, however, deferred, and the Court proceeded with the consideration of the forms for tender. A number of items were then sanctioned. On the question that "12 feet 3-inch yellow second deals" be allowed to stand part of the form, Mr. LEBOW said that this was a most important item, and seeing an Hon. Commissioner (M r . White) in his place, he would draw his and the Court's atten tion to it. When he had told that Court that an enormous quantity of money had been overpaid for deal, what was the statement ? 'Why, that the mar ket price was paid. They found that there were two memorandums about the prices of wood at the bot tom of the old contract. Let them look at these closely. The statement given was that they had sent 'to one of the Commissioners for the prices . of wood, and the prices he had stated were given to the con tractors. Mr. WHITE—I was asked for th e mar k et pr i ce, an d I gave it.. I never saw the article here, and 'I do not know that it was required. Mr. LESLIE did not attribute any part of this trans action to Mr. White, but he must say that a more abominable fraud was never perpetrated 'upon the public or upon any Commission. Of two contractors, Mr. Bennett put in his tender for deal at 6d. a foot, and Bird at something higher ; and by the rota bent already alluded to, they were enabled to get the one 271. a load, and the other 251., for this Article. The CHAIRMAN— The Court was certainly indebted to Mr. Leslie for the trouble he had taken in examin ing into the accounts. The state of thin g s he had de scribed was certainly wrong, but the question now was, k~ i 1