The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

T HE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. 86, is published This Day. CONTENTS :- 1. Shakespearian Criticism and Acting—Romeo and Juliet. 2. Schlosser's History of the Eighteenth Century. 3. Fresco Painting. 4. Sybil. By B. D'lsraell, M.P. b. Humboldt's Cosmos—Vestiges of Creation. 6. Popular Works on Natural History. 7. Ra lway Improvements. S. Critical and Miscellaneous Notices. Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-mall East. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE, By firs. GORE. " No seandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope ?"—The Critic. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in one vol. Bvo., with Illustrations, SKETCHES on the SHORES of the CASPIAN. By W. It. HOLMES, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) Now ready, price One Shilling, LORD ABERDEEN and the AMEER of BOKIIA.RA, in reply to the EDINBURGH REVIEW. By Captain GrtovEß, F.R.S. Also in one vol. Bvo., price 10s. 6d., A New Edition, considerably Enlarged, of the BOKHARA. VICTIMS. Chapman and Hall, ist, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENLNG Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, or, The Mis takes o f a Night. Mr. Harticastle. Mr. W. Farren ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Holt ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Ilardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardee-see, Miss Julia Bennett. In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England." To be followe Iby HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson; Rivers, Mr. Tilbury ; Charles Rivers, Mr. H. Hon ; Sirs. Montague, Mrs. W. Clifford. Alter 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. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled CLARISSE ; or, The Merchant's Daughter. Martial, Mr. Webster ; John Cabot, Mr. Munyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright ; Cialou, Mr. Paul Bedford; Clarisse, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar. After which, will be repeated, THE IV)1' KING; or, Petite Peccadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste, De Lauzum, Mies Wool gar. In the eourse of the piece, Grand Review of the Infautine Int ant ry. To be followed by a farce. In One Act, called MRS. CAUDLE ABROAD AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinsou; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Wright. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Ninth Night of Two New Dramas, and Last Four Nights of " Les Fees." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Farce, entitled ENQUIRE WITHIN. Principal Characters by Mr. Meadows, Mr. Emery, Mies Arden, Min Grove, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To which will be added a Comic Drama, in Three Acts, BY ROY AL COMMAND. Principal characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Vining, Mr. Emery, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bender, and Mr. Meadows ; Miss Fairbro ther, Mrs. Wuollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, -liss Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, IVigan, Turner, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge. The Box-otlice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan otom Ten till Four. RE-OPENING OF ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE FOR THE WINTER SEASON. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, Mit. W. BATTY. Immense Novelty, Re-engagement of the unequalled French Troop. First Wtek of the New Grand Egyptian Spectacle, entitled THE BRIDE OF THE NILE; or, The Oracle of Latona, in which the celebrated Mr. Denvii will perform. Stupendous Effects—New Magnificent Scenery—Combination of Stage and Circle at one time ; the whole arranged in twen!y Tableaux ; the Scenes of the Arena will comprise new and popular acts of Equestrianism. The whole con,luding with a Pleasing Afterplece. Full particulars will be given in the daily programmes. Box-oftle: open from Eleven till five. Equestrian Tuition given as usual. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Nightly Overflow—Re-engagement of Madame Vestria and Mr. C. Mat' iews, Miss Collett and Mr. D. W. King—Third Night of "The Captain of the Watch." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCII. Viscount de Ltgny, Mr. C. Mathews; Baron Vanderpotter, tir. Neville ; Kris tina, Mrs. H. Hughes; Katryn, Miss Martin. After which, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris ; Beast, Mr. D. W. King ; John Q :ill, Mr. C. Mathews. To be followed by PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with DARNLEY ; or, The Keep of Castle Hill. Lord Darnley. Mr. N. T. Hicks; Will Elliott, Mr. Heslop ; Ellen Todd, Mrs. H. Hughes. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Bea *Mee, from Eleven to ',our. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. SECOND WEEK OF TILE COMET. The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination! The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested By 1115 ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, Is hailed with Universal Approbation. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be prese ted a Magnificent' MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and i.l Scotchmen. The Unequalled Menagerle—Giraffe and Chimpanzee. THE MAGNIFICENT MODEL OF VENICE, chewing with the gri-tt• st accuracy every portion of that far-famed City ; this wonderful Work of Art occupied seven years in completion, and cost 2,0001. TIIE PROMENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivalled Band of the Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBIT lON OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED, Introducing aßepresentation of the COMET, which takes its 2Erial Flight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model; And, as a Finale, a Lirand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUATIC TABLEAU, Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake ; The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will be introduced. This. combined with the Feux D'Artifice, the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle and surrounding Heights wilt form t he most BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED. The Tableau de-igned and executed by Mr. Danson. Pyrotechnist, Mr. Southby. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivore at Half-past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at Five ; Concert at Half-past Five ; and Pyrotechnic Display at Half pest Eight. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 3. TEBANONETZR, Lowest, 48; Highest, 63; Noon, 53, BAROMETER, 30.29. WIND N.E., light breeze, and hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 41 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 57 minutes after 2. ... -v f01q..4 ~-) , I 1 ' , le' ; .:,: •" .2 ... A 1 •i=74( , 1 A -t :-. .:-....,..„ c-,...i ....... r . • ,qr :'-'' 'er! • 1 b F, r7 v , 3 t • '-- ',-. 1 . k s-,-*,3",,,,,"--..... D P, (~ i'i sEcOND EDITION biening (itn4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1.84, Tho accidents on railroads have latterly become so frequent, and excited so much alarm, that the Direc tors of Companies, for their own interest, as well as the interest of those whom they represent, ought to adopt somo measures, without delay for calming the just apprehensions of the public. It would be better that this were done spontaneously than that new laws should be passed on the subject, or that the proprietors should be frightened into the measure by the verdicts of juries. Unless some feasible steps are taken, this must be the ultimate result. It is true indi viduals have not a fair chance with wealthy and powerful railway companies. Money; it is well known, can pervert justice in various ways— witnesses may be kept out of the way, new trials may be moved for and obtained, and the unfortunate sufferers, after all their labour and anxiety, may only obtain a verdict sufficient to cover the expenses. This has been occasionally the case already, but such a system cannot be pursued with impunity. Jurymen have an interest in securing the safety of the public, of which they form a part ; it may be the fate of some of them to have their limbs broken or be dashed to pieces, or buried alive under a heap of carriages ; it may be the fate too of their nearest relations to be subjected to the same awful calamities, and they have, therefore, the most powerful of all motives—self preservation—to give heavy damages against any Com pany that, from neglect or wilful mismanagement, en dangers human life. Some thirty years ago fatal acci dents from coaches and mails were much more frequent than at a later period. And why? Because public opinion was roused. A drunken, reckless, and incapable coach man was to be met with at every other stage ; accidents were happening daily ; awl %hen these accidents unfor tunately were fatal, no redress at all equal to the loss could be übtaiucd by the verdict of a coroner's jury. Common juries, therefore, took up the question in the right spirit, and when either negligence or drunkenness, or wilful misconduct of any kind could be proved, they gave proportionate damages. What was the result ? The system was found too expensive for the proprietors of coaches, they saw that good management alone could save them from ruin, and they soon found it necessary to appoint driversl who had lan interest _in the concern, and who, therefore, could not be guilty of 'dire less driving without being punished in purse and sometimes also in person for their folly. Let the same negligent system prevail on railroads for a few months longer, and the result will be the same. Ordinary damages against powerful companies will be of little value, and the Directors may, therefore, reckon to a certainty that verdicts which shall have the desired effect will become as common as they were in the worst days of coach travelling. It is better, therefore, to reform In time, and the more so as reform would in a very kief space attract passengers to an extent which would certainly pay any additional expense. If the Govern ment take the question up, and pass laws for the b trer management of railways, the Companies would be put to great expense by mi:iute and probably, at first, im prac ioAble regulations. t retOrm, tr,erefore, com mence at home, and let the Directors render legislation and punishment uancceuary, by adopting the most likely matures for the proveutioa of ticcicituto, • "",, THE SUN, they not try, in the first place, a very simple and cheap experiment, by appointing one, two, or three inspectors, if necessary—well-paid iusp-etoes too, and well acquainted with machinery and railways, who should not only have the superintendence of the lines, but of the working servants of the Company, so that they could at once dismiss, or bring before a magistrate, every offender against their regulations. Five thousand pounds a year, even on the longest lines, would pay for inspectors fully adequate for the purpose— s sum so small for such lines as the Birming ham and the Great Western, and indeed twenty others, that it hardly deserves to be taken into account. Were any one of two rival companies to make the ex periment, the public would not be slow in giving that company the preference, and amply repaying the Di rectors for their judicious and humane improvements. We have accounts from Madrid to the 26th ult. The intelligence from the provit.ces is favourable. No at tempts had been made in any quarter to imitate the ex ample of the capital, or rebel rgainat the new system of taxation. The Heraldo, but laic ly a Gevernment paper, renews its attacks on certain members of the Cabinet, but, from all accounts, for selfi.h and despotic purposes. The Dictator, NARVAEZ, is the favourite of this journal, and of course he is the exception alluded to in the'fol lowing paragraph :—" The whole of the departments, with one sole exception, are replete with that inertiin, that apathy, and that inexrlicable slowness, which cha racterie the present Administration." The Funds were firm. The Three per Cents. closed at 31 13-16 cash, 32 146 at 60 days-5,737,000 done ; the Five per Cents. at 22 Is at 60 days-1,660,000 done. It appears from one of the Paris papers that the Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the French navy, and more especially the steam navy, had brought their labours to a close, after agreeing to a re port touching all the main points submitted for investi gation. The report has not yet been published, but it cannot fail to be looked forward to with great interest if the statements given in the (,omtitutionnel are a faithful outline of its contents. According to these the French steam navy is absolutely useless as fighting vessels ; they are deficient, even the crack vessels, in f rce and speed, and incapatle of contending against an enemy. The re port, according to this jeuenal (and probably it is well informed, fur the Prince de JOIUVILLE seems to I:ave a leaning towards the THIERS' party) admits all the conclusions Le which that Prince had come in his pamphlet on the navy ; it admits that the French have no steam fleet, and that the work of c )nstructing war steamers must be commenced anew. The report, how ever, is not without grounds of consolation, for it ex tends to the British steam navy, and declares that equally inefficient. Though we may not be disposed to go the whole length with the Commission on this head, ft cannot be denied that the report is entitled to serious attention, and that it contains truths for which the Admiralty ought to be thankful. Some of the facts to which it ad verts have been lepraterlly adduced in this journal, and indeed they are so manifest that they could not fail to be palpable to the most careless observer. If the Lords of the Admiralty have advanced one step, they have been pushed forward by public opinion, and shamed out of their listless inactivity, by the activity, enterprise, and invention of companies, and even private individuals. The Constitulionnel, therefore, says justly :—" Private builders have alone improved in England—they have built vessels capable of going at the rate of thirteen or fourteen miles an hour. It is they who have applied the screw." The French, therefore, may take courage from the fact, and begin quietly to form a new system. In fact that appears to be one of the recommendations of the Commissioners ; " For," says the Constitutionnel, " after pointing out the state of the navy, it only remains for us to paint out the measures which the Commission proposes fur establishing in this part of the public service an entire system, and placing the steam navy on a more respectable footing." With the excep tion of the last paragraph, which we have embodied in the preceding remarks, we subjoin the statements pub- lished in the Consrtationne/: " The Commission formed by the Minister of the Marine to examine questions connected with steam navigation has re cently terminated its labours, and is consequently dissolved. The * Prince de Joinville has presided at almost all the sittings, and has given the deepest attention to the subjects under con sideration, some details of which have transpired. The first point submitted to the examination of the committee was the present state of our steam force, and everything connected with the merits of the flotilla which we possess. There was only one opinion on the subject, our present materiel was unanimously condemned. The conclusions of the pamphlet of the Prince were admitted without reserve and to their fullest extent. It is not a steam fleet which we posses, or scarcely anything resembling it. Our two largest specimens have far from realised the opinion formed of them, and the frigates of 450-horse power are wanting both in force and speed. There is no one of them which can be considered as a fighting vessel capable of contending with advantage against an enemy. They are more useful for purposes of transport than those of war. The Gomer, the Asmodee, and the Infernal, the only ones of this class of vessels afloat, have none of the qualities on which confidence can be reposed. If steam power is to be used as an efficacious arm, models should be sought for in which the motive power should be more in harmony with the purposes for which the vessel is required, and where the exigencies of speed should not be constantly opposed to those of armament. The opinion of the members of the Commission on the first class vessels enables us to anticipate pretty correctly what their ideas of the inferior class would be. The only steamer of 320 horse-power, the Cuvier, has been already judged of, and amongst those of 220-horse power, there could scarcely be an exception made in favour of the Pluton, the Archimede, and the Veloce. It is the same with the mass of vessels of 160- horse power, which only cut a figure in the navy list, and which vessels, it is known, have become on account of their small dimensions scarcely available as transports. Thus through out the whole scale of our steam-vessels, from 510 down to 160-horse power, weakness, want of harmony between their force, and their speed have been fully and clearly pointed out by the Commission. With regard to the large transatlantic steamers, which a recent ordonnance has removed from their original destination, and devoted to another service, their whole construction has been misunderstood. The idea of the Go vernment, which presented the Bill to the Chambers, was more particularly to foam a fleet capable of being used for purposes of war; their pacific destination being a econdary object. They were called packets, and were to be employed during peace in the transatlantic service, but it was in reality frigates which were to be constructed. This has not been sufficiently understood ; the Government which succeeded that which introduced the Bill has only built packets very costly, but of very mediocre qualifications. Considerable sums have heen expended in their internal fittings up, and everything has been steiously avoided which could make them serviceable for purposes of war. The result of this has been that we have eighteen vessels which it would be very dif ficult to turn to any useful purpose, and which will remain a sample of a bastard fleet. The Commission has not he.. sitated to condemn these packets, both with regard to their con struction and their fittings up. Justice should nevertheless 13*.: . .] done; these essays, these mistakes, are almost inevitable with regard to a new force like steam. In turning its attention to wards England, the greatest maritime country in the world, the Commission has had to point out the same faults, the same weakness, the same errors. The steam fleet of our neighbours is little more advanced than our own. There have been on the other side of the Channel as on this, several experiments at once onerous and unfortunate. Several steam-frigates have been rebuilt as many as three times, and others have met with those mortifications at sea which are common to vessels of infe rior speed. Private builders have alone improved in Eng land ; those of the Government have been left far behind. It is private builders wko have built vessels capable of going at the rate of thirteen or fourteen mites an telar ; it is they who have applied the screw, and who are every day making fresh improvements." The esse gives some additional extracts from the French paper published at Otaheite, which show that there had been another attempt at ildsurt ection in the island, and that the disposition of the natives was not so favourable as represented in the Moniteur. Governor BRUAT hail issued a proclamation in their native lan guage, addressed to the chiefs and all the inhabitants of the islands under the protection of the French. It re fers to affairs of old date, to the visit of the Queen of ENGLAND to the French Court, and the return made to the compliment by Lours PHILIPPE, and the great vic tories gained by Marshal BUGEAUD and the Prince DE JOINVILLE over the forces of the EMPEROR of Monocco. The following is a literal translation : " The Governor of all the French lands in the Pacific Sea, great orator of the King of the French near the King-woman of all the islands of the Society, to all the chiefs and all the men of all the lands of the Society. Friends, health to you all. This ismy speech to all of you. Two great battles were gained by the armies of the King Louis Philippe, the protector of you all, and of us the sovereign, the one on land and the other below on the :ea. In the battle on land were beaten forty thousand soldiers of the kingdom of Morocco by ten thousand French soldiers ; the son of this great land of Morocco was the great chief of all these soldiers. At the other battle were ravaged two towns by the cannonading of the French ships of war, commanded by the son of Louis Philippe, Prince de Join vine, French Admiral. And in the great consternation of the enemy was demanded by him peace. Ei g ht h un d red men of Moroeco were killed and two thousand and upwards wounded, and the enemies lost their ground-muskets (cannon) w hich were taken. And a glorious treaty for the French wa s conc l u d ed afterwards on that land. Here is i another speech. Th ere came the King-woman of Britain i nto France a few moons your protector, into Bri tain since, to a v n i s d i t t h v e i n nt w or e i n a. t al G so re o a7w K er in e g, the honours given to these Kings in France and Britain , and we ll felt o n e f or th e other the two Governments. Such is the true speech that I make known to you all, that you may not be deceived by lying words. " Passaete, March 11, 1845. " BRUAT." The /11on;teur contains a royal ordonnance, revoking the ad inte, int appointment of . i. DucnATEL, Minister of the Interior, to the direction of Foreign Affairs, M. GurzoT having resumed the management of his own de partment. According to accounts in the Paris papers from Ber lin of the 20th August, the Ambassador there had re reived information that the Empress of RUSSIA would arrive in about a fortnight, on her way to Italy, and tako up her resicknce during her stay at Berlin in the hotel of the Ambassador. The EMPEROR, it was said, would Lava St. P..tersburgh about the same time for the CI i tnet). On the French Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 30c. ; the Nc..v Lnin at 84f. 25c.; th. Five per Coots. at 121 f. ; o.idans Rdilroad Shares, 1,34 f. &CI,. • Rou I,olbf. 75c. ; 1 7 .avre, 92 f. 25c; Avignon, 1,067 e. 50c. ; Vierzon, 817 f. 50c. • Liorilt-vi:•:, 722 f. 500. • Boulogne, 636 f. 75c. ; Troyes &Ad ii9stereau, 016 f. 2k. ; B jI., 3f6f 25c. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31%; Spanish Passives, 6 %. , Th following are the quotations for the new lines :- Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 42f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 20f.; ditto (Ganneron), 22f. 50c. • ditto (Lapinsonniere), 15f.; Northern Line (Laffitte), 80f.; ditto (Rosamel), 43f. 75c.; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 32f. 50e. ; ditto (Dacan, Lebeuf), 32f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 221. 50c.; ditto Hinguerlot, 201. ; ditto (Beebe), llf. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 201. ; ditto (Drouillard), 71. 90e. ; ditto (O'Neill), 7f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 50f. ; ditto (Lecointe), 25f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 20f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 10f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 16f. 25c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 91.; ditto (Ca rette), 10f. ; ditto (Colbert), 91. ; Charleroy (Kysaens), 55f. ; Maubeuge (Kysaens), 6f. ; Dijon and Mulhouse (O'Neill), If. ; ditto (Allegry), 2f. 50c.; Dieppe, 45f.; Dieppe (Selberes), 40f. ; Caen ( Delamarre),Bf. 50c. LYONS, AUG. 29.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,060 E, end of August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,2901., ditto ; Orleans and Vierzon, 7971, ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 720 f. ditto; Montereau, 5401. ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 2. Anglo-Belgian - Orleans and Vierzon .. 22% Boulogne and Amiens l l l4 Orleans and Bordeaux 14% Bordeaux &Mediterran - OverYssel Bordeaux and Toulouse 2% Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) 4 Do. and Cette 2% Ditto (Ganneron's). 2% Central of Spain .. - Ditto (Oalon's).... 2 3 . / Dendre Valley ...... 2 1 /, Paris and 0r1ean5...... 50 1 Dutch Rhenish ... 9 3 /4 Paris and Rouen /8 Dieppe & Paris Junct. - Paris and Strasburg ajon and Mulhouse ... - (Ganneron's)... East Indian Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Quentin. - (Laffitte's) Ditto (Rusamel's) 33i Royal North of Spain. - Do. Peppin le Halleur 5 Sambre and Meuse .... 834 Great Paris and Lyons. 2% Strasbourg and Basle . - Jamaica Junction - Tours and Nantes Do. North - (M'Kenzie's) Louvain and Jenieppe.. - Do. (Lefebvre's) Lyons and Avignon-. ... Verona and Ancona 3% Luxembourgh.. ...... 2 1 4 West Flanders Natnur and Lingo BANKIUJPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Fa\E.) IN RE JONES EXPARTE GLASS. The Learned Commissioner proceeded to hear further am rnants in this ea,e. The preliminary points appeared in The Sew of Monday—the decision is very important to the ccm rnercial world. 'roe defendant was the drawer of a bill of exchange which had been dishonoured, and the present application was on a summons under the late Act of Bankruptcy, which declares that any person being summoned for a debt and not paying the same, or denying on affidavit his liability, might be declared to lave committed an act of bankruptcy. The affidavit of debt is this case did not set nut that due notice of dishonour of the bill had been given, and that therefore no debt arose, and that defendant V.:AA not bound to answer. In reply, it was urged that the affii!avit was sufficient in cases where parties were called upon to put in bail, and consequently to call upon him to answer whether he owed the debt or not. At the original hearing, the Learned Commissioner said that the case of bail was not different frcm this, as by this proceed ing the whole property might he taken under a fiat of bank ruptcy. The Judges had held, that where a question arose as to the liberty of the subject, the person setting the law in motion ought to substantiate his right. He considered that in such a case as this he was bound to require equal proof. He, therefore, adjourned the hearing till cases were produced. After hearing a very prolonged argument, The Learned COMMISSIONER declined enforcing the sum mons unless more distinct ca , es were brought forward. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) BARRETT V. TILT. This was an action brought on a bill of exchange, cf which the defendant was alleged to be the acceptor. Mr. RYLAND, who appeared for the plaintiff, said there were two material pleas on the record ; first, that defendant never accepted the bill; and, secondly. that it had been altered since acceptance. It would, however, be in fact admitted that the signature was that of the defendant ; and the real question to try was, whether there had been any alteration after the time it was so signed. He would be able to show that it had he, n originally dated the sth, but in consequence of the defendant having other billa coming due, he requested to have it altered; and it was so altered the next day, to the Rth of June; the alteration was so palpable that there could be no concealment or attempt at fraud, for the alteration was made not only with the consent and knowledge, but actually at the suggestion of the defendant. Mr. CROUCH, for the defendant, contended that no bill could be altered after once made, although all parties consented. Mr. RYLAND said not after it had been out ; but here the alteration was made before acceptance. Mr. CROUCH argued that the alteration of the date made the bill invalid, as the time had been extended ; and it therefore required another stamp. The SECONDARY said, to support the argument, it must be shown the bill had been out to some purpose; the mere carry ing it back from acceptor to drawer was not sufficient. air. Caoucir submitted that the alteration was in itself a fraud on tne revenue; and he further contended, that the bill was invalid, as it bore the date of a Sunday. Mr. Barnett Joseph, who had discounted the bill for defend ' ant himself, spoke to the acceptance, and had no doubt of it, being dated correctly. He would swear he had never altered it. It was not discounted on the 6th or 7th. From the evening of the 6th to the evening of the 7th was his Sabbath, and he would swear positively he never transacted business then. He discounted it on the Bth. The bill was dated the Bth. Mr. CKOU err then addressed the jury for the defendant, and contended that the witness was not deserving of credit, and that the bill on the face of it showed that the alteration had been made subsequently to the original date; and that, in fact, the bill had not been presented in due time, and the date was al tered afterwards to give time. The Learned Counsel also de Oared that the bill hail been presented, and altered after pre sentat ion. The SecounaaT said that an alteration after presentment could not be a fraud on the revenue. Mr. RYLAND sail the two lines of defence were irrecon cilable. Mr. Ceorcir said if the bill had, for a particular purpose, been altered atter presentment, the fraud was the same a ihough it had been altered before, or greater, as it became an entire new instrument, renewing a liability which had gone by. The SF CONDA Itla - said before be could he called on to give an opinion, the mode and time of alteration must be shown. Mr. Fte , ter, the first indorser of the bill, was called, and swore he indorsed it on the 6th, and that it then bore date the sth of June. The SECONDARY summed up, and said the evidence was contradictory, and the question for the jury was, whether they believed the alteration had been made after the acceptance. The jury found for the plaintiff. Mr. CROUCH moved that the writ should be retained. The SECONDARY said the question of law had not arisen ; but even if it had, he was against the argument. The ques tion was one of fact for the jury, and he was bound by their verdict. There was a second action pending against the witness Joseph, but not tried. ON DON. WEDNESDAY .EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1845. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE ‘‘ S. CITY, QUARTER. TO TI REI. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 8,000 or 9,000 bales, at firm rates. Shares were extensively dealt in again. According to advices from the interior of Russia, very dif ferent weather must have been experienced there to that we have had in this country, the drought having been excessive. Grain in consequence had risen at Odessa. In Belgium rice, and other farnaceous products, are to be admitted free of duty until the harvest. An instance of the injurious effect of excessive protection upon the prosperity of a country is afforded by a comparison made as to the cost of railway iron in France and Belgium, and from which it appears that there is a difference of 914 per cent. against France. This is the effect of preventing foreign supplies being brought into fair competition with home products. The necessity of repressing speculation in every mere " bubble of the day" that courts the gaping multitude, be gins to be felt by those who, undoubtedly to some extent, have profited by the furor—viz., the brokers; and it is be lieved that formal discountenance will be given by the Com mittee of the Stock Exchange to all dealings in scrip not issued. Present profits, indeed, should not be the guiding star of the brokers and jobbers, for the loss of a single day, by the failure of clients, as we could illustrate by nume rous examples, would shear off the profits of many a toilsome year. There is an arrival from Sydney, but the accounts (to April 21) are not of interest. The market for the English Funds has beer. very dull. Consols have been marked 98 3 4 7i for Mom y, and 99 to I A 3 for the Account. Exchequer Bills have been done again at 475. to 455. premium, being almost nominal. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. are 102 1 / 8 to 102%; and the Three per Cents. 99 1 4 to 1 ,4. Bank Stock is shut. India Stock realises 271 1 A. The Foreign Funds - are drooping. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 271 ! , and the Three per Cents. 38 1 / 2 • Mexican have receded to 32% ; Brazilian are steady at SA ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 6214. Shares generally have been flatter to-day, and many of the Scrips have given way a little. Among the exceptions are Dublin and Galway, Shrewsbury and North \Vales, Cam bridge and Lincoln, Direct Northern, Grand Union, North \Vales, South Wales, and one or two of the French lines. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCh. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 % 1 A 14 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 BV/4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aunutios 102 ' 118% Long Annuities Expire sth Jan.lB6o ll 7-16 1 ,4% India Stock 9711x2 13 /a d. Exchequer Bills. 114 d. 1,0001. 500/, . . Ditto Small — .. .. 49 47 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 8934 Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 88 Dutch Exchange 2 1 ,4 per Cent ... 61 3 4 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 33 32% Ditto Deferred Stock .. 17 16% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840... Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 6% Dutch 2% per Cents Equador 4% BUSINESS DUNE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.. RAII.WAYS. PAID. PET: SHARE. Annagh,Coleraine,P•Jrtrush Ix, ...... 2% to 3.:i Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 ..... 12 to Caledonian 5 ......12% „.... to Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1%.....• 5 1 4 ▪ to 434 Canterbury and Dover l%. .• 2!4 to Cork and Waterford 1%...... 2%%... to Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 ...... 3 1 4...... to Cornwall ... l'irect Northern ;... 2 l /2 ...... 37', 1 , 2 1 / .f to Dublin and Belfast Junction 21%, ...... 9%4 / 1 to DublinVelfast,andColeraine 2 1 /. 2 ...... 2% ▪ to Dublin and Galway 2 l/, ...... 61434... to Eastern Counties Do. New 4/. 165....... 7% p... to East Dereliam and Norwich 1 ...... 1.4 to Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. 89 c.ly and Bedford l l4 .. 5 Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central of Wales l% 2 5 / 8%... to GrndUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1%.••••• 4% .... to Great South and W. (Irish)... 15 ..... 26 1 / 2 .. .. o Great Western Ditto 1 4, Shares 5O ..... 95 1 4 to Guildtord, Fareham, Portms. 2% ...... 3%..••.• to Hull and Selby 5O ..... Ditto, Ilalf Shares Leicester and Birmingham—. 225....••• 2 p Leicester and Bedford... 225...•.. 314% to 3 p London and Birmingham ...100 225 Ditto Quarters Ditto i' ;i n t d d n Extensionand Croydon CBrr 8right0n........ g : h d t o o n n .. 131..... .15 1%....• 2 3 / 4 to 3 London and Blackwell 16%...... 10%% .. to 3. 5(4 9d. ... 2 7 6 71% / ..... to to 2 7 7 84 Do. New 4 p to Lon. & Manch.(Remingtoil's) London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 ondon and South Western.. 41% — ...... to Ditto New .. . q1(i4 , 14 and York ..... ...... 21/ 1 CA 7... to 0% London and Windsor I,ondon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 3% to Londonderry and Coleraine... 2% 5 4%... to 5% Londonderry and Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 3 14 to— ynn and Ely •lancliesLei and Leeds 76 .. —.217 .4 218 to 214 Ditto Half Shares • •tanehester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters......... 2 ...... 10 Nlanch, Buxton, & Matlock 22s ...... 8i % p to slidland . Ditto New tiewcastle & Darlington nc. 25 ewcastle and Berwick ...... 1% lB% to 17% Newcastle, Durham, and Lan -305,3%; t 0 0 0 _4% cashire Junction ........••••• 13' 3 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2 2 : North British .................. 15 N - ewry anti. Enniskillen ....•• 2%% 21 ,4 6 14/4% Ditto New .................... 1 . .., 10 14 %...' to 10 North Kent & Direct Dover . )1 ' 4%:%... to to 46 1 4 North Staffordshire ............ 225. North Wales ..................... PA Oxford and Worcester......... 2% ll% to 10 3 A P P r o e r s t t s o m n o a u i t l l d i 1v Direct y r e .................. ................... 252 2 : :2 45 to to ss ll ch u or g te h twis - s , h. ,\,3vli Worcester, lNl .aei rld., p. a .u. n d. . d .., .' ................. 2 1 1,1)2 8 2 3 N . 1 1 :. . . ... ... to 73/ Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ..... 1 ...... g I P to 3 SouthS so h u r e t ,i,, to , -- South —4B D h t ‘ t 's o lC3asi N iidlt e ele : rr ' nlead. o n.B : d2 T bS : (l)l%l:le • .... :: : 337 % ........... ... ... 4178 6 r. 1::). to 17 3VI to 3 South StainesD i t t o WalesaNn e d w it , 3% to Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin ... ............... I% ...... 2%..... to Trent Val. & liNlcol.l:lll;...3h.°:enia:d..d.: ........................... 1 1 % Welch Mid1and............ ov e Wester, Shrews., & Crewe Un. IA 5 7, , / ... 7 8 to York and Carlisle ............... 2 3 4,,,,,, 6; , ... 7 8 to fork and North Midland ••• 50 DittoScarboro'Branch 25 1. 111 , 531 h to 54 Ditto, Extension .......... ~. 25NiN 1, 4 to _ FOREIGN RAILWAYS'. ' 3966%483/4.1% ttt t 0000 ___7 ,(3 a...c..e 4, ...... 7 andCotW.'2:-.,, ..... 2% - ~,-to .. _....... ... % .. ' B B o o r u d lo e r ix e , a r n os d l A osc rnienS 6 .... 11 i l to DentfilVall4 . - . .:1 .. '.--. . ' .7' '2 - ...... 4 %. to Dijon and Mu1h0u5e.......... ,. 2 . 214% t o Dutch Rhenish .................. 3 ...... 9% t to ... kir(eLataffiNtt(e)r,st)h.e.rn.... :f....F.rn . Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... .. 2 „,... 3%:1i1,4 to 5 Great Paris and Ly0n5......... 2 ..... 2 1 / 0 8 to Louvain and Jenieppe 4 ...... 5 1 / 4 % to Luxembourgh ............... ... 2 ....., 234% tto Orleans and Vierzon ......... 10 ...... 211 to Over Yssel ....................... 3s 4d„„ oN pto .'aris and Lyons( Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ..... 2a l to 3 Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 .... 2 • t• Paris and Rouen .. ............ 20 Paris&Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Compe de L'Est) ...... 2 Royal North of Spain .........2 ...... 2% to 3 1 / 4 Sambre and Meuse ............ 6 Tours & Nantes (Mackenz ie) 2 Verona and Ancona... ........• 3 West Flanders .................. 2 MINE. Real del Monte,Unregistered 3 3 4 to 4 LLOY IVs SH I PPE\ G— C ( a l l : u H tta l . S DAY.) LONDON, SEPT'. 3.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze and hazy. DEAL, SEPT. 2.—Wind N .E., fresh breeze.—Acrd. frem the po ß u iv rs er ;m a u n T d u s , ai s le E d rr , Q?u2e.....envtLde(E)(1...N.E......0ff port, Chris tian VIII., Cape of Good Hope. OFr PuratouTii, SEPT. I.—Swithamby, Jennings, China; Racer, Halifax. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind E.N.E., fresh.—Off port, Stirling, Laguna ; Autumnus, White, Sydney, New South Wales; Lady Nugent, Santry, Calcutta; Eliza Fidget, New • ft.undland. LIVEPPOOL, SEPT. 2.—Wind S.E., light.—Arrd. Ri va l, Burnett, Maranham ; Mary, Lyall, Prince Edward's Island ; Emma, Hartley, Blontreal ; Aqua Marine, Conolly, ditto. Sld. 2d, Constantinople, young, 13ombay ; Shamrock, Janfield, Valparaiso; Anthony Anderson, Iplatt, ditto; Sab batis, Cox, Charleston ; Fidelia, Herkstoff, New York ; Pan dora, White, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Reis Effendi, Eleuthera; alinerva, Earl Durham, United King dom, and Mary Marsden, Quebec. OFF DOVER.—Renfrewshire, Burns, Quebec, SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 2.—Sld. Dee steamer , West Indies. SaLcsmnr, AUG. 30.—Arrd. off, Neptune, Batavia. Birth:Fon"), AUG. 30.---Acrd. Wellington, Day, Miramichi. BRISTOL, SEPT. 2.—Wind E., fresh.—:trrd. Lmma, Jarvis, Montreal ; Eagle, Quebec, BRISTOL CHANNEL, SEFT. 2._Arrd. Pollock, Quebec. GLoUcESTER, SEPT. 2.—Arrd, Hebe, Wright, St. John's, New Brunswick. CARDIFF, AuG. 31.—Sld. Dochfour2 Wakeham, New York. MILFeRD, SEPT. 1.--. Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Richmond, Stanbury, Quebec. FLEETwooD, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Amity, Bor rowdale, Governor D oug l as, Hyde, and Thomson , Quebec. MAtivronT, SEPT. I.—Ara, Quebec packet , Miramichi. CLYDE, SEPT. I.—Wi n d N. to N. W. — Arrd. Aug. 31 , Industry, Allison, S a ld an h a B a y ; Hope, Graham, Dalhousie, Enterprise, Smart, M ecca, Halet, Jeanie Deans, Miller, Mon treal ; Clutha, Fowler, Rowley, Erving , Sc otland, Kelso , Lady Sale, Anderson, William Hutt, Runkin Oxford, Burns; Benny, Quebec ; Sept. 1, Clansman, and Emanuel, Burns, all ' Quebec; Mary, Agnes, Dozherty, Harrison, Montreal ; Am an da, Sooney, Newfoundland. Pzde, Laguna. GALWAY, AUG. 31.—Sld Dli'lage, M'Danough, Q ebec, SLIGO, SEPT. I . —Wind W.—Arrd. Aug. 31, Pomona, DUNDALK, AUG. S Si. John's, Queen Vic! oria, Dempster, Quebec ; N I, e a : 3 ,il Brunswick. arey DONEGAL, AUG. 29.—Acrd. Ann White, Sr. John's, .New Brunswick. PENTLAND FRITR, Ana. 28.—Arrd. Corie, renada. SITIELDs, AUG. 30..-. Sid. Win. i . arnington, Quebec. Hum, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Marquis of Bute, War ropper, Ili rarn!,. i. Slit. Canton, F„ y e . St. JO.f:'S. New Brun wick. W 1i...;:i.C11, Ai.. 30 —Amt. irti , ,l e, N. Scotia, CLOSING OF THE TEMPLE Citnucil.—A notice is affixed outside the Temple Church to the effect that it will be c!c*d until the &it Sunday is October. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of Wheat, co ,stsvise as well as by land carriage and sample, have been seasonably large, though not to say extensive, while they have principally consisted of new parcels. Our advices from the most ifn pur tent grain districts being of a favourable character, ald the show of samples being good, we have to report a very inac tive demand for English Wheat, at bareiy, but at nothing quotable beneath, the depresion in va:ue noticed on last market day. The imports of Foreign Wheat e-ritinue on a moderate scale. To-day exceedingly little was doing, either in free or bonded sorts, yet prices r.led ab ut stationary. Very little Barley, either English or Foreign, was offering. About 100 quarters of new so;d at from 28s to 30s per quarter. The Malt trade was again very steady, and last week's quotations were well supported. Oats, owing to the abundance of foreign, sold heavily, at somewhat drooping figures. Beans were more plentiful than of late, and the turn lower. Nearly the whole of the Peas offering were of the present year's growth. Their quality was very good. White boilers sold at 38s to 40s ; Maples, 37s to 39s ; and . . Hog, 36 to 383 per quarter. The Flour trade was very dull, and ships' marks were is per 2801bs lower. ARRIVALS. Barloy. 100 qrs. Wheat. 1,920 qrs, English • • • • • • Irish Foreign Oats. I Flour. -- gra 1,010 sks G-,810 8,910 I 3,200 Malt, 2,100 qrs. WILLTECII.EPEL We had a full average supply of each kind of Meat. Gene rally speaking the tnAe ruled dull, at, in sonic instances, rather lower prices. —Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4,3 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. SPORTING INTELLItiENCE. WARWICK RACES—Tussnae The Trial Stakis of 5 sous. each, with 25 added, for two year olds, sst 71b ; three, 7st 51b ; four, fist 711 i; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9.it 41b ; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs. One mile. No race. The Guy (Produce) Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, sst 41b ; un ried sta;lions or mares allowed 31b, if bath 41b. Mile course. (7 Subs ) Mr. Bristow's t Carissima, by Carew, cut of Mary, (:3lbs) The Leamington Stakes of 25 toes. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &e., with 100 added. '1 he ensue!. of a handicap s.seepstskes or handicap plate, amounting to 1001., to carry bibs extra for every rase they won after tie weights were declared. The second to receive 501. out of the stakes. The winner to pay 15 soya to the judge. Two miles. (47 Subs., 33 of whom declared.) Lord Exeter's br f Wee Pet, by Sheet Anchor, 5 yrs, Est 131 b (Pettit) 1 Hon. F. Ongley's g Roderick, 5 yrs, Sat Mr. W. Collins's br h Ruehester, 6 yrs, 7si 2ib 3 Mr. Holloway's b g Old George, 4 yrs, Est 71b 4 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's ch f Pythis., 3 srs, 6st 31b 0 Besting-5 to 4 agst Wee Pet, 4to 1 agst Old George, 4to 1 agst 11.ml:ester, 5 to 1 agst Roderick, and 5 to I agst Pythia. Wee Pet made . all the running, and won oleverly st last by a length, Rochester a bad third. Ps this ran against a post and threw her rider. Tse Maiden Plate of 50/. ; three yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst 31b; five, Bst : six and aged, Bst 1314 ; winners, 3 b extra ; mares and eeldirgs allowed 21b. Heats, two miles. Lord Warwick's Gwalior, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. G. Shepherd's fby Glaucus, out of March First .. 2 2 Mr. Collins's Mainstay, 4 yrs... Mr. Raisins's Mantrap, 6 yrs 4 4 Mr. Baxter's Judy, 4 yrs... First Heat.-6 to 4 agst Gwalior. and 2 to 1 each agst Mainstay and March First cult. Won cleverly by a neck ; Mainstay a bad third. Second Heat.-6 to 4on Gwaliur, who won easy by a length. ST. LEGER BETTING ON THE COURSE. 7 to 2 agst Major Tat burgh's Miss Sarah—taken freely 11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit S to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—taken freely 20 to I agst Lord Miltown's Duc-ati-Durras—taken. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesscltine's Fitz-Allen 33 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 45 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger ECCLES RACES—MoIIy/or. A Sweepstakes of 3 stirs. each, with 20 added ; three years, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 10lb ; five, 9st 41b ; six, and aged, 9st 101 b ; half-bred horses allowed 71bs ; mares and geldings 31bs ; winners extra ; the second to save his stake. One mite. (12 Subs.) was won by Mr. Buckley's b f Alice, 4 yrs (Walton), beating Mr. Phillips's b f by Physician, out of Theano, 3 yrs, Mr. Ilogan's b f Do-it-again, 3 yrs, Mr. Pellitt's Milkmaid, 5 yrs, Mr. Bennett's br f Ada, 3 yrs, Mr. Mostyn's br f Mi racle, 3 yrs, Mr. Clarke's br f by Physician, out of Columbine, 3 yrs, Mr. Thompson's b g Hudibras, aged, Mr. Clifford's bl g Erebus, 4 srs, and Mr. T. Proctor's br g Bando, aged. The Trefford Park Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 30 added, were won in two heats by Mr. Carter's ch f April Noddy. 4 yrs, beating Mr. Buckley s Alice, aged, Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs, and Mr. Clifford's bl g Erebus, 4 yrs. The Puny Race was won by Mr. Frost's Polly, beating Mr. Jackson's Hesperus, Mr. Birch's Curwin Lad, Mr. Thompson's Flora Macdonald, Mr. Bowes's Torn Thumb, Mr. ilornby's Fireaway, and Sir. Poliitt's Fairy Queen (fell). STIRLING RACES.— FISIDA Y. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, With 25 added. Capt. W. Boyd's ch c flog Billy, 4 yrs ...... (IV. Oatts) 1 Mr. Merry's b c Pilot, 3 yrs 2 Lord Eglinton's fir f Bretwalder, 3 yrs Won by a length. The Falkirk Stakes of 3 %ova one ft., with 25 added. for horses that never won 501. Heats. Once round. Mr. Alerry's hr c Whin.tone, 33 rs... ...... (Robert.on) 4 1 1 Mr. Struhouse's b g Salasin, 5 yrs Mr. Nicoll ns br e The Merry Santiboy, 3 yrs ...... Mr. J. Laing's bto Hygeia, agsd ... 3 3 4 Three well-contested heats. Ihe Airthrey Wells Fret Hatid:cap of 5 sons. each, with 25 added. One mile Mr. Merry's br c Whitistone, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( Robertson) 1 Mr. Wauchope's ch t Amass, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Won by a length. The Sauchee Stakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft, with 50 added ; three yrs old, 6st 71b ; fear, 7st 301 b; five, fist 21b; six and aged, fist 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The wiener to be sold for 150 soya., &e. Heats, once round arid a dis. Mr. Ramsay's b f surety, 4 yr 5...... ......... (Noble) 3 1 1 Mr. Morris's hr f Mesmeria, 3 yrs ... 1 3 2 Mr. Nicholl's b g Christopher, 6 yrs Mr. Janson's b m Terona, 4 yrs ... 4 4 4 Three well-contested heats. The Scurry Stakes of 2 soya. tech, wish a purse added, llst 71b each. The winner to he sold for 50 soya. ; if entered to be sold for 401., allowed 71b; 301., rOlb ; 25/., 141 b. Heats, one mile. Mr. Rogers's br g Ravensworth (401.) (Oates) 2 1 1 Mr. Campbell's b g Waverley (400 Mr. Muirhead's bin Maid of the Mill (50/.) 0 2 3 Mr. A. Menzies nd br in Isabel (50/.) Mr. Austin's b m Miss Nancy (50/ ) Mr. J. Wauchope's b g Jemmy Jumps (401.) 0 dr Mr. Hepburn's br in Miss Nick 550/.) ......... 0 dr Mr. H. Johnson nd b g Mameluke (401.) Three well-contested heats. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) GORTON RACES. Acceptances for the Manchester Cup. Roderick, 6 yrs—The Nobbler, 4 yrs—Jack Sneppaist —Nottingham, 4 yrs—lromnould, 3 yrs—Gabby Young, 3 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs. Acceptances for the Sloan Purse. Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Princess Royal, 3 yrs—lronmould, 3 yrs—North Britain, 3 yrs—St. Cuthbert, 5 yrs—Xanthus, 5 yrs—Dr. Husband, 4 yrs—Broomstick, 3 yrs. MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. ST. LEGER.—No betting. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken 3 to 1 agst Mr. W. Johnstone's Pythia—taken TO THE EDITOR t.).F THE SUN. founde,d my remarks upon the Leamington Stakes from the list of ,'acceptances published in the Racing Calen dar. No declaration of Corranna, Yardley, or another horse being scratched has been made. This is my answer to the pompous, and, allow me to add, almost unintelligible letter, signed " G.H.W.," which ap peared in your paper of yesterday.—Your obedient servant, TELEGRAPH P.S.—I suppose " G.H.W." alludes to the Leamington Stakes, although he calls them the Wolverhampton Stakes, seeing the latter have been run these three weeks past. London, Sept. 3, 1845. STATR or TRADF.—The woollen trade of Glou- cestershire has not been so flourishing for a number of r ars as it has bee.. of late, and is at t he presea time ; and the abundant promise of fru is of the earth will tend to continue this happy state of revived prosperity. A Forest of Dean Correspondent informs us that" the coal trade is very brisk in the forest, not an able-bodied man being out of work, and the prospect of next winter is that coal will not be had for money, to furnish a supply for the demand.'— Gloucester Journal. A WOMAN ROASTED ALIVE BY A QUACK DOCTOR. —The following horrible event is said to have occurred very recently in the parish of Kinault, Flanders rh, , rt time ago, a woman suffering from a rheumatic disorder consulted an itinerant quack doctor, who found means to put an end to her sufferings with all the forms which the most atrocious barbarity could have imagined. '1 he following is, we be lieve, an exact report of his verbal prescription. " The part affected must be covered with a mixture compounded of brandy and gunpowder in a state of ignition ; two persons must hold the woman till the perfect combustion and ex• tinction of the mixture, and are to pay no attention to the cries uttered by her, for if a radical cure is to be effected, it is necessary that the action of the fire should take place on the whole surface in a state of disease. Fear nothing ! All will go well I Adieu 1" This ordonnance, made with that affecta tion of gesture and language familiar to this class of mounte banks, was executed to the letter, and even with a slight addition, for in order to compel their victim to be silent, the barbarous assistants brutally di,figured the face of the un happy woman in different places during the execution of the prescription. After this operation, which only lasted cne hour, there remained but an inenimate corpse. The skin o f t h e thighs and abdomen were completely peeled off, and the flesh charred and blackened. The body was hastily buried, and en deavours made to stifle any reports of this act of inhuman cruelty getting into circulation; but the Procureur du Roi having been informed of the affair, sent a surgeon, who, after the exhumation and inspection of the body, declared the woman had been roasted to death.— Gazette Medicale Beige. THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—On Monday many of our friends of the barrel were up and doing in various parts of this county, and we understand they found an average quan tity of birch, with the sporting qualities of wild and strong on the wing. Of course the shoot►eg was not general, as Many are too busy in the harvest ; the birds find too ready a refuge in the fields of standing corn, and we must caution the har vestmen within reach of ceeltney barrels, to mind that they are not made game or. In Kent we learn there was a pretty general agreement to suspend the sport for fineen days to allow of theharvest being mere generally ingathered. —Essex Herald. POWER-LOOM WEAVERS' STRIKE.—Fi iday, a large body of ! the female weavers connected with the power-loom factory of Messrs. Martin and Cochran, in Bishnp.etreet, An derston, struck work for an advance of wages, or, as they say, to endeavour to induce their employers to pay according to the same ratio as other manufacturers of similar fabrics in and around Glasgow. The strike occasioned considerable excite meet in the locality where it occurred ; and during the day Captain 111`Kay and a party of the Anderston police patrolled near to the work to prevent any breach of the peace. For tunately, however , the conduct of the females who had left the work along with their tenters, was so peaceable and orderly, that the services of the police were altogether unnecessary. In the afternoon a numerous assemb'age of the weavers took place on the banks of the Clyde, near to Govan, and the pro ceedeeas, io the fir in of a imbiic groat deo.rtitfl. Glasgow ArgUS 'l he 11)Ai ult. for Gothenburg, where he was to embark for Christiana. Before his departure he appointed a Council of Regency, THE ASYLUMS FOR THE HOUSE- LESS POOR. A special meeting of the Marylebene Board of Guardians was field yesterday to take into consideration what course it would be must advisable to adopt to resist the mandate of the Poor-law Commissioners for fot ming Marylebone into a union with the other parishes, under the title of the North-Western Metropo litan District. _ _ Mr. George Daniel, churchwarden, was unanimously called to the chair ; and not only was there a full attendance of the Board, but numbers of the rate-payers were present, who seemed to take a very lively interest in the proceedings. A very strong determination was expressed by all the speakers to resist the proposed union, and the following resoluttoLs were unanimously adopted " That this Board do in the strongest terms protest against the parish of Marylebone being combined with other parishes in the formation of an asylum district, as submissive of the unity and independence of the parish, destructive of the rights and privileges of the rate .payers, end foreign to the general spirit of the local Act, by which the self-government of the parish has been hitherto preserved. " That a communication be made to the vestry-clerk to call a special meeting of the vestry, to co-operate with the directors and guardians in preserving the independence of the parish." Mr. BusHELL said it was his intention to have moved a re solution, calling on other parishes to co-operate with them in resisting this order ; but, on second consideration, he thought it would be impolitic, as the other parishes would be glad to get Marylebone into union with them for the sake of their funds. Mr. MICHIE said he had intended testing the opinion of the Board by calling on the churchwardens, directors, and guar dians, for each them to attsch his signature to a document, declaring they would not form any part of the Committee of Management for the proposed Asylum ; but he thought the unanimous feeling of that. Board showed there was t.o mistake in the matter. He would put the question verbally, com mencing with the Chairman. The (11.afitsdase was delighted in having the opportunity of answering the question. He begeed emphatically to say that he would refuse in any way, either directly or indirectly, to act under the au7ho:lty of the Poor-law Commissioners, and no power they possessed should compel him to do so. The directors amt guardians, severaily in succession, gave expression to similar sentiments: and a requisition to the vestry clerk having been drawn up and signed, calling on him to con vene a spec , al meeting on the subject forthwith, the Board hav ing sat several hours, separated. .At a meeting of the Board of Directors and Guardians of St. Pancras parish, held yesterday, to receive the order from the Poor-law Commissioners for comprising that parish in the " Central Metropolitan Asylum District," less determined opposition to the order was manifested, though the measure was strongly objected to. The following restitution was adopted:— " That, considering the extent of the parish, the amount of its rental, and the const quent sum of money it will have to con tribute to the Central Metropolitan Asylum District, as com pared with those of the other parishes in union comprised in the district, this Board is of opinion that the parish is justly entitled to be reprefented by five instead of three guardians, as provided by the order of the Poor-law Commissioners, dated August 21, 1845." Mr. Citoucir observed, that if he thought it possible suc cessfully to resist the measure, he would be the first to afford his assistance for that purpose ; but as there KM no means of effecting that object, the only course they had was to obey a bad law. He thought that a great many more paupers would be induced to come to London, and believed that the act would tend to offer a premium to the idle in the country. Mr. DOUGLAS stated that he believed this measure was but the first step to do away with boards of guardians altogether. The Secretary was directed to forward a copy of the resolu tion to the Poor-Law Commissioners. A VALUABLE RELIC—PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD'S PLAID.- Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the house of Mrs. M 1 Nish, on the Paisley-road, was entered by thieves, and a number of . articles of wearing apparel, &c., were taken away, including, it is said, the identical plaid which Prince Charles Edward wore when he passed through Glas- gow 100 tears age. A person named David Stuppart, since apprehended with part of the stolen property in his possession, amongst which was the plaid of the itoyal Stuart tartan, was on Friday brought up at the Gerbals Police-court, and remitted to the Sheriff for trial. The royal relic, which has been handed down as an " heir-loom" from family to family, is highly prized, and, we understand, its present owners would not part with it for money.— Glasgow Argus. ORNITHOLOGY.—THE GULL —The gull is well known for its voracity, but we think the following proof of its gormandising power, and gloat calibre of gullet, is not un worthy of being noticed; it occurred in Easnale, and may be relied on .—Two of these birds were a few days ago seen in fierce combat, when, by a desperate effort, one of them got hold of its antagonist by the head, actually swallowing it so far that it could not extricate itself. When in this plight they were milled upon, taken, and actually pulled asunder Glasgow National. A letter ff mu Copenhagen, of the 23d ult., says:— We have received intelligence from Reikeavik. the capital of Iceland, which states that the session of the first Althing (States- General) ever held in that island was opened on July 1, by Count de Bardenfleth, Grand Bailly, the King's Commissioner. The members afterwards gave a grand dinner to the Count, and in the evening the town was illuminated." __ _ A GLUTTONS END.—A man named Boland, from Ali'town, near Kilmacow, died on Tuesday, in Waterford, from the effects of eating too much. It appears that before he left his own house he consumed about three pounds of meat, to gether with a large quantity of butter-milk, after which, on his arrival in town, he ate four pounds more 1 porter, beer, a'e, cordial, kr.c. He was upwards of 60 years of age. Waterj6rd Chronicle. ATAL ACCIDLNT ON TUE RIVER.-0a Tuesday morning an accident occurred on the river, off Battle-bridge stairs, bet motithey-wall, by which a tine youth named Jackson, aged seventeen, years, lot his hfe. It appears that he was employed in the tier of sinpeing lying off the above stairs, when, in endeavouring to step hens one barge to another, he miss. d his tooting and fell into the water. Ele sunk a:most imaißliately, and was carried away by the tide. " TRUTH WITHOUT hIYSTERY. '—A young buck of the soap lock order, who wore an unshaven face, because, as he said, it looked " foreign," lately accosted a Yankee at one,of our hotels, as follows :—" I say, fellow, some individuals think I am a Frenchman, and some take me for an Etabene—now, what do you think I am ?"—" Why, I think you're a fool," replied Jonathan. _ _ NOVEL FOOT RACE.—On Tuesday a running match, which from its novelty, attracted a good many persons, came off on Waterloo-bridge. The contending parties were Baker and Martin, the former to cover 100 yards forward, and the latter to run 75 yards baekwards. The stakes were 2/. The distance being measured, Martin took his position 25 yards in advance of his opponent. When the signal was given Martin made for the goal with extraordinary dexterity, while his op ponent strained every nerve to overtake him, but without suc cess, and Martin ran in the winner by several yards. SUICIDE OF A LADY AT BRAINTREE-lIEATII.—On Friday morning last, about eleven o'clock, the family of Mr. James Trott was thrown into tie greatest excitement, in con sequence of discovering the body of Miss Sarah Trott, aged fifty years, hanging by a silk handkerchic-f, in a stable upon Mr. Trott's premises. The deceased was a respectable in habitant of the town of Romford, connected with her two sisters in a scholastic establishment, which they have conducted for many years. Deceased had been very unwell for a length of time, and about a week back left her home upon a visit to her brother at Braintree-heath, for the benefit of her health. An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday afternoon, before C. C. Lewis, Esq., and a respectable jury, at the Travellers' Inn, Braintree-heath, to inquire into the cause of her death. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased de stroyed herself, being at the tibiae labouring under insanity.— Ipswich Express. Shooting on the Lammer Moors has been, on the whole, good this season. Many of the birds are, however, in a very diseased state, in fact, perfectly unfit to be used as food. The cause is generally considered to be tapeworm ; but, judging from the ulcerated appearance of the throat and lungs, it is more likely to be a species of pulmonary consumption.—Ber wick Warder. -HAMPTON CODET PALACE.—An inquest was held on the 2d instant before Mr. F. J. Manning, the coroner of the Queen's Household and of the verge, on the beady of an elderly mhiden lad named Caroline Georgiana Fitzgerald, who died tidddrerWiiernartinents in the palace on the 29th ultimo. '1 he deceased had been in the enjoyment of perfect health, ineil struck with apoplexy, which terminated her life. 'I he jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." The de ceased will be lamented not only by her friends, but also by the poor of the neighbourhood, amongst whom, and for whose benefit, she was actively engaged in works of ekarity. CITY or LONDON REGISTRATION.—We are in formed that Mr. Thos. J. Arnold is appointed revising barrister fur the London lists, and he intends to hold his court for the purpose in the Commun Pleas Court, Guildhall, on Monday, the 15th of September inst. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Newcastle Coffee-house, St. Mary-at-Hill, Upper Thames -street, on the body of Louisa Frisby, aged 23. From the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that on Sun day night last, at about nine o clock, the deceased was standing on one of th 3 lighters upon which steam-boat passengers reirch the shore at Fresh -wharf, London- bridieer, when the Ruby, Gravesend steam, b. at, arrived, ex eessi ve!y crowded. Deceased appeared to endeavour to reach the shore to avoid the crowd corning from the steamer, when she fell over the side into the water. It was supposed she thought she was standing in the rniti.d!e of the lighter, and that she might walk with safety. Efforts were made to save her, but unsuccessfully, and her body was not found until the foilowing day. Sc - ,me of the wit nesses, passengers by tie Ruby, stated, in answer to questions from the jury, that he boat was frightfully crowded, there being from 1,600 to 1,700 persons on board. They had a dreadful passage to London, and at Grehnhithe more wanted to get on board, but the passengers pulled away the boards by which they tried to embark, and prevented them. One of the men employed at the wharf, and the superintendent and others, stated that in order to protect the public, the lighters were surrounded by a rope ; but this two of the passengers posi tively denied. The superintendent said there were no more than 862 passengers on the Ruby. After a great deal of con tradictory evidence relative to the precautions taken to guard against accidents, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A brandling of an unusual EiV3 ri as caught on Thursday, the 21st August, by Mr. George Foster, innkeeper, of this town, in the river Eden, a little above \Vetheral. It was full nine inches in length, and weighed 4 ounces, and what is considered more truly astonish ing is, that the milt weighed, after the fish had been caught a day or two, 2:3 grains. Mr. W. Elltet, of Wetherel, who has been the most successful fisher on the Eden, and who has had an experience among the " finny tribe" for 65 years, declares it to be the largest he has ever seen in the course of his piseatory rambles.— Car isle Patriot. LieiCOLN CATIIEDRAL• — One of the Fteks to the petition praying that the cathedral of Lincoln might be thrown open to tee public having forwarded the petition to Sir Robert Peel, has received a note front the Premier, acknowledging the receipt of the Memorial. Sir Robert coneiteles his letter with the following sentiment :—" It will be gratifying to Sir Robert Peel if the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln shall be unaeled to give the same ta3ilities for tree admission to the cathedral which are given at Westminster and Durham."— Lincoln Chronicle. K WATER IVOR KS COMPANY.—A general meeting of the . proi.rietcrs of this Company was held yester day, at twelve o'clock, at the George and Vulture Tavern, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, .111 r. Sheriff Hunter in the chair. The report read by the Secretary set forth that con siderable improvement had taken place in the affairs of the Company during the past year, in consequence o which the Directors were enabled to recommend an increase of 10s. dividend on each share. It also stated that the works were generally in good condition, but that as yet there was con siderable deficiency in pipes and other convenit nets to meet the growing demandi made on the services of the Company for the supplies of water. In order to meet this, without trenching on the profits applicable to the payment of the dividenes, the Directors recommended that 4,0001. be raised as additional capital in the shape of a loan, at four per cent. interest. The report, havi,ia he , n read, was received end fitLptwi, re.otir eg, - e, Li ta, that a clivicietl6 11. 101. ;ari z;ti the ; the trausfer-book to be c.osed on the ..4th of December ; and that a loan of 4,00V1. be raised. After a vote of than ks y o the (Animas sad and of Directorpf lag BO W-STREET.-(TH IS DAY,) Barnet Burns, the New Zealand Chief, better known as Pahe-a-Range, was charged with: being drunk and incapaitle, in Trafalgar-square, at a late hour the previous night. He was not charged with any aggravatory offence, and was there fore discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) James Wilkins, a lad between 17 and 18 years of age, was charged with stealing a cake, of the value of Is. 6(),, the property of Mrs. Rebecca Wittleston, of No. 15, Warren street, Tottenham-court-road. The prosecutrix stated that between eight and nine o'clock last evening the prisoner rushed into her shop, }iffd_An atchi n g up the cake from off the counter ran into ibe street, and was making off as fast as his legs could carry him, but the cry of " stop thief "'being raised, he was pursued by a police-constable and secured. Mr. MALTBY asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything ? The lad said want of food had driven Mm to do it. He had been unable to work lately, and for the last eight days had been starving about the streets, withoutshelter or a resting place. During the last two days he had not tasted food of any kind. When he took the cake he could net resist his hunger any longer. The constable said be made a similar statement when taken into custody. He was remanded until Monday week, in order that inquiries might be made about him. Mary Joyce, an aged female, of a very miserable ap pearance, was charged with wilfully breaking eight squares of plate glass, of the value of fifteen guineas, in the shop of Mr. Dobree, of No. 12, Gilbert-street, Ox ford-itreer. silversmith and pawnbroker, between seven and eight o'clock last evening. The prisoner at the time seemed to be in a very ex cited ~tale, but not from liquor, and she effected the de molition of the panes with a large stone she pelted up out of the street. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said she had broken the windows in order to get sent to prison, as she had been starving about the streets and could bear it no longer. She had anlied to the parish, but they would do r.othing for her. If she vas not sent to prison, or somk , thing dune for her, she had made up her mind to destroy her life. She therefore entreated she might not be dischargi,i. Mr. Alatirnv asked to which parish she belonged —Tk.e pri,oner said to St. George's, Hanover-square. She was ordt-red to be taken to the workhouse. CLE RKEN WELL.-(T HIS DAY.) TKO prisoners were brought before the magistrate this morning for creating disturbances in beer-shops. It -appeared that in each case the police had been called in to remove turbulent parties. Mr. COMBE said it might be as well to inform the police that they were not justified in taking parties into cust• dy upon the mere ipse dirit of a publican or beer shopkeeper. It would seem from cases which had been brought before him that the police considered them selves at the 'beck of these persons. Now such was not the case, and the police should consider that they owed a duty to the public as well as to those persons. They acted contrary to law in taking persons into custody in these cases unless they witnessed the assault, or some marks of violence on the person complaining. The police were in fact made ancillary to putting money into the publican's pocket, and whilst they were so engaged were neglecting their real duties. Inspector Barton promised to attend to his Worship's observations. TUNNEL OF THE STRATHEARN RAILROAD, NEAR PERTH.—This tunnel is about three-fourths of a mile in length, running from near the Tay to the river Earn. Its greatest depth is 180 feet. About a week ago when I went to examine the different shafts they were sinking, I found the workmen excavating a stone resembling trap, of a grey colour, which they told me was a bastard freestone ; but , on testing it with muriatic acid, I found it to be a strong limestone. It was about 50 feet below the surface, and about the centre and highest part of the hill. On examining the external appearance of these hillocks, I found they exhibited all the undulating 1.1.nd rounded forms seen in such formations ; and I have no doubt, from similar appearances. that limestone may be fcund, for some distance atone the south bank of the Tay, between the river , , and the hill of Mencrief.—Dundee Advertiser. fears *‘ t e or r : - li ji o lc c;op ' s :; , tht agelpetahrsattothre'arveei:nO which w"e4very'l ov r e e r as t on ile to c.u h r o i t r b e a e r a y e t a 1 willtbe we 6 r n ;so tl p ' r r e . v;e t tit y' ;:f r day3 .il : l pe that boa fail Otie... - G4ogotv Arra, HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO TH CONTINENT. SAXE GOTHA, AuG. 30.—This place was yesterday the scene of a festival, at which ht-r Majesty and the Prince and all the royal personages who are now here assisted. There is, it seems, in Gotha, an association called the Rifle Society, established, as the name implies, for the purpose of rifle practice. They have, at a distance of about a mile from Gotha, a place specially devoted to the use of their society, where there are all sorts of targets for the rifle-shooting, and more particularly one mark towering high above the rest, and which gives its name to the festival of yesterday. It is the image of a large bird—some may all it an eagle, others will insist on its being a goose—att the point is a knotty one to decide, eeeing that its head has been long since shot away, and he body and wings are riddled and battered with rifle shot. Once a year a whole week is (nomi nally) devoted to the rifle-shooting, and especially to the demolition of this devoted bird. The reigning Duke, or the Prince of the house of Saxe Coburg who may happen to be in Gotha at the time, opens the festival or sport by aiming the first shot at the bird. There are three crowns on its bead, all of which it is the especial privilege of the Duke to shoot away, and then the general sport begins. The reader will at once perceive the resemblance of this game to some of our own old English rural sports at home. We should, probably, call it shooting et the popinjay. Here it is called the " Vogel- Schiessen." Attached to the shooting ground is a very handsome tall and concert room, and — all around the grounds.' during the week the festival lasts the owners of itinerant booths are accustomed to cluster, with the never-failing instinct of those mysterious migratories. This year the festival fell during the Queen's, visit. It began the other day, and in the common order of things would soon wear itself out. Three of the six balls have already been held, and, if we may judge from the deserted state of the shooting ground, the sportsmen are already pretty well tired of that part of the amusement. But yesterday a new feiv• Lure was added for the amusement of the Queen—no. less than a grand procession of some thousand or twelve hundred peasants and villagers, male and female, all in' their national costumes. This Her Majesty signified, her wish to attend. Accordingly, at a little before three o'clock the whole royal party, the Queen, Prince Albert, Lord Aberdeen,„ Lord Liverpool, Mr. Anson, Lady Canning, Lady Gainsborough, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and the princes of that house, with a long train of distinguished persons in their several suites, left Gotha for the scene of action Flee Majesty, Prince Albert, and the King and Quee of the Belgians left Friedrichsthal, the palace where th Queen is stay iug. The other members of the royal party came from their different residences in other parts' of the town. The streets through which the Queen passed were densely crowded by a gay and most pie. turesque-looking population. It was a general holiday; there was nothing but mirth music, and dancing throughout the city of Gotha. Arrived at the ground, the royal party took their stations in a spacious gallery overlooking the whole scene, and a singular scene it was to be witnessed by those, to most of whom it must have been so nevi. Imagine all the din of a fair—showmtn puffing their e% hibitions with lungs of brass, and brazen trumpets blow ing notes of iron, cymbals, gongs, automaton bands--ill short, all the uproar, the mingled sounds of time-he' noured St. Bartlemy crowded into half the space once allotted to that now neglected festival. Add to the!e elements of gleeful discord dense crowds of people of ranks, some in the oddest possible costumes, smoking+ beer-drinking, laughing, shouting, and you have sots° idea of the scene that assailed the Queen's eyes whe n she mounted her high post of observation, if indeed it was to be seen at all through the clouds of dust. del With the arrival of the - royal party came the no part of the festival—the procession of peasants. A de' scription of one section of the endless line of horsemen° and vehicles that wound itself past the royal party I'AP serve for all. The procession was headed by a lare body of peasants, farmers, and small proprietors on horse' hack, dressed in their close-fitting coats of green, blaelt , or blue, the little bizarre German cap, with its long front , stuck on their heads. " These ambled or paced along to° abreast, most of them puffing the eternal pipe, as raw astounding gravity they defiled before the royal pal; saluting them as they passed. After these came t a lumbering waggon peculiar to the country, consisti n g generally of a few boards nailed together rudely in to a form resembling a boat. These were sometimes decorate o with garlands, and we re filled with the peasant wer ne ,a in their national costume, and especially the tow e ',, ing head-dress with its hearselik e pl u mes. So re° l3 ,l, villages, so many of these waggons, or nearly so ; ° fl if painful to add, so many village bands also, who pelit, e .;, persisted in playing " - God save the Queen " with a & l a cordant unanimity which even royal ears could not titre into flattery.. These horsemen, bands, and I's• gons, multiplied endlessly, formed the long und4roe rently interminable procession which passe before royal party, and what with the dine of the eair,t, roaring of the emulous bands , and the clouds ofd 1-$1 tong before the last heavy vehicle had passed the rOY, pasty, the whole had become ufficiently wearisen One thing alone made it endurable—the extreme, ° ,t at the same time the very peculiar beauty, of the 0 3 majority of the peasant women. This part of the festival over, the royal part)" . r ; turned to Reinhardtsbrunn to dinner, and in the o'o l l there was a grand reception or levee at Fr.edelo te ' o f Palace, at which a great many of the chief people' Gotha attended. e 0 The following were present :—The Queen of G r t, Britain, the King of the Belgians, the Duchess or let/„. Alexandrine, Reigning Duchess of Saxe Coburg Go th l Bce., the Queen a the Belgians, Prince Albert, the Gr ° a r Duke of Baden, the Grand Duke of Saxe Wei l3l ,o Eisenach, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe w et Eisenach, the Prince of Reuss-Schleitz, the Reig n o' Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Prince and Princess of a, henlohe Langenburg, the Prince and Princess Hohe:, lobe Waldeburgh, Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Cobei)l Gotha Kohary, Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg G, oi r s, Kohary, the Grand Duke Gustave of Mecklentw, b 'e Schwerin, the Prince of Reuss Ebersdorff, Prince of Leiningen, the Duke Alexander of ‘S temberg, the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, the Gll b e Princess Anna - Feodorowna of Russia, Maria , w of Duchess Dowager of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Prince 5 . Furstenburgh, Prince Ciodwig of Hohenlohe Schillisgof furst ; the Count of Mensdorf, Count Alexandel.,o Mensdorf, Lady Gainsborcugh, Lady Canning, Cou ° " 00 - 1, Stratten, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Livery 1 3, the Count of Erlach, Colonel Wylde the Hon. P et a , Forbes, Ambassador of her Britannic ' Majesty at 0 , e den ; Lieutenant-General Both, Baron de Rene ° ,e Ambassador of Portugal at Berlin ; Colonel de 1) it; kau, Major de Beust, Lieutenant-Colonel de Wata the Count de Beust, and the Count de Werthern. Meanwhile the scene of the festival had become snw il ii what changed. The people had their enjoyments happiness also. Outside, on the grounds, there 0 1 , 5 0, complete fair. Roundabouts, swings, sho ws , boe t ` ie d everything in short to please the p eo pl e , w h o stroly about smoking, or drinking their b eer , or r iding li n ci mad on the hobby horses, and all so orderly' °,; e • peaceful amidst their happiness that one's hea rt juiced to see them. ‘ ,Oll The interior of the dancing saloon exhibited whet2; o 4 would in vain look for in England. The a dnri s ',4l price was Gd. only, a sum which in England wouldillo3 the presence of people very little above the lowest , t o amusements of not the most refined kind. But withinbrip scene was far different • an immense dancing-roonr , do i iantly lit and handsomely decorated, was filled withnife people of both sexes, the young ladies (and they woulcl,", 0 1) been recognised as such in any society in Eng m et) dressed for the most part in white, and the young Iss all in evening dress. An excellent band stationed 0 0 9 gallery played the best waltz music, and as man), 00 % hundred couples at a time were to be seen 0 1 100 round the room. Better dancing you would o'4l l witness. This was kept up till a late hour ; and, altb ° o o l all were in the full tide of gaiety, and there was ° ,,iteo v dance of those refreshments which, in England, s o a at:e mar these pleasures, nothing could exceed the deet.lo • of the whole party. A more brilliant array of fe,, , T r ie beauty---eot mere prettiness, but symmetry of f d ie g race, and expression—could not be easily prodonof any country, and, although our English girls, d vie with all the world for beauty, it wool oal ridienleus to expect from the daughters o e' .isters of the same class of persons (a majority chanics) the same combination of attraction. at prevails, that any gentleman may ask any lady to 'et without introduction. All rely on the good mod ° 1 01 all. There is not the most distant approach t ° decorum. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM GERktes et a According to present arrangements her Maje ol J , Prince Albert will arrive at Antwerp on SaturdiV A lbev and embark on board the Royal Victoria and P .ol ee , steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelt - n esg! G C. 11., and proceed the same evening to ane' 1 ; 0 0 1 ; ground off Flushing, where the royal yacht will 1. ,." r 0 3 ; during the night, and oft Sunday morning start 1° air Isle of Wight, where the vessel will again E metic% her Majesty and his Roy a l Hi g hn e ss w ill disemb ° ' Monday morning, and proceed to Osborne House' COURT CIRCULAR. d b 9 Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accomPa l3 ' A e ," their Serene If ighnt - 'sses the Princesses Anna and 4 * - 0 - 0 0 0 of Saxe Weimar, left her residence, Motif ° Bushy-park, in a ca rrige and four, yesterday rabal': for town, and arrived at Marlborough Hous e ft,o 9e ; past eleven o'clock. Her Majesty and the Pr 2, '- v ar'; left town in the afternoon, on their return to ' Bustu,iso% His Excellency Louis 20'1-Lane, Envoy Extr a° , l :;„ and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United St t a"' - i 0 1 Sree removed! from Thomas's Hotel to 38, Harley vendish-square. I. HE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We hear that the t i P toa d Dowager intends setting out early next month on, : 1 01l " through the Perthshire Highland,—and that her ' N I stitt e d ' expected at Taymouth Castle by the 9th proximo. 7,0 0 '4 meat in a London morning journal of Thursday, from a ee p so. r of the royal suite in Germany, to the effect that the C2„n„. the i r Prince Albert intend revisiting Blair, immediately si t t l ' o toe ° return from the Continent, has set Athole on th e e° l3 ; expectation—but we do not hear that it meets wit h , — „jto,rci firmation from those who might naturally be expen:,, th sa i ceive the earliestt fficial information on the point.---.c°' Courier. CS r lOl fr=us PENSION IRON CHAIN OF TUE 1311 1 —M. Navier sgeaks of a chain stretched across be t ` le , t e f s' tos e° : rocks that command the town of Mourtiers, in the &I' d ; ole o de Basses Alpes. It is 656 feet long, and made of I . °, to t... 2 fat 1 1 / z inch long, and 3,4 inch diameter, hooked oueoetioP other without any intermediate links. The date of it 9 , Ho ttlrl; is zlot certi:in, but it is FUT posed to belong to the 1% 1 '7_5 tor,. It d.-,es however, apt ear to have be..n ever intener—i, f;7 B h,;i!,!:e, hut tt,o,t4i:t ,i;;;i:3 to i l av, at; uffelby Vi: pro•ef.l agaitist .friog over , ' rocks that o;es - iiiii.g it. Ii) others it is attribute to • 0 ,0 c oretin e i s o of Rhodes, who is supposed to have erected it in iv a vow made during his ca OM 1/9 4111 W sy atorti MA( witl wa s tw o thrc disb toe i Nit not