The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

f 4 8116 N-ENr l4a. quo- , at I ° 4 l for! Is. er C' eTt, d u ct. • , T hr pB6, ere a t 0 85 ; ;hares bsd blio I) : Tbir ai i ober' 0 Nor th of Fri t A e si Ess • Iv' fit 11 - 5 ,, ;me. 0 ). • 1 :0 wer e ,' B e l. lin A n , (ef pitto, 1 , 4 • 10 , 8d • ; 31 40 , and "of MaP che6 t o LY' r ' s g od I'ori s Me , 3i ;offif 4 r r L', 44 •••• 60 51 e 2 'o 57 . ki • SVP4O 644 900.- o ist —The for t iry 01 0 ' Cal e° DO C ef' 0 01 rte. ) es t r S' t.... 077. ... 0 0 " .‘ o••'' . / 0 t.e'. 4 4 • 4% ' 154• 144 • i 9 d el 7 , • 51 , W • ,10, COURT CIRCULAR. Witsnsoa, MONDAY.—At the dinner given in St. Geori.;e' s Ha!l on Sunday, the Queen had on her right his Majesty Louis Philippe, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and his Serene Highness Prin ce Ed ward of Saxe Weimar. On the left of her Majesty were his Royal Highness the Duke de kontpensier, th e L a dy in Waiting, the Countess of Gainsborough, and his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, and Lady Georgiana Bathurst. Hs Royal Highness Prince Albert sat opposite to the Queen, having cn his right her Royal High ners the Duchess of Kent, Monsieur Guizot, Lady John Russell, and the Marquis of Exeter. On the eft were Madame la Comtesse de St. Aulaire, Ad miral de Mackau, and Lady Beauvale. After dinner the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, gave the health of "his Majesty the King of the French." Also the health of " the Queen." • Lord Ellenborough left the Castle early this morn ing fur town. Lord and Lady John Russell took their departure in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester took leave of the royal circle, and left the Castle in . a- chviot and four at eleven o'clock. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Lady in Waiting. The Royal Duchess was conducted to her carriage by the lion. Misses Murray and Kerr, Ilaids of Honour in Waiting ; the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; and Lord Byron, Lord in ,His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe • Iv eimar took his departure from the Castle this fore noon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lady in Waiting, and Sir George Couper, arrived at the Castle at half • past eleven o'clock, from her residence, Frogmore Lodge, Viscount Melbourne took his departure soon after eleven o'clock . for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. Lord and Lady Beauvale left. the Castle soon after wards on a visit to the Noble Viscount. The royal and august party quitted the Castle for Gosport to-day. Precisely at twelve o'clock the Queen, and his 11 "..lesty the King of the French, descended the grand g _ tai rcase, preceded by the Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlai n of her 'Majesty's Household, in the Windsor uniform, and wearing his gold key or badge °office. The King was attired in a suit of black, a nd wore th e Ribb on w ith th e G eorge a pp en d e d, an d 4,4 0 the Star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Their Roy a l Hi g h nesses P r i nce Alb e rt, th e D uc h ess of Rent, an d th e D u k e d e M on t pens i er , accompan i e d their Majesties. The King's suite followed—Mons. Guizot, Count de Aulaire, Count de Jarnac, Mons. Fauquier, Mons. faßquier, and Mons. Herbet, wearing their respec tive official costume, and the two first-named wearing the decoration of the Grand Cordon of the Legion of .13 .° 11 our. Admiral de Mackau, General Baron de Athalin, taGe_nneral Rumigny, Colonel Dumas, Count de Cha oes, Mons. Thierv, le Capitaine Page, and le Ca pitaine Pelli on , a pp eare d i n m ilit a ry and naval re gimentals. to T he Duchess of Kent accompanied the royal party 0 1 , 1%° , door_ of the grand entrance, and there . took leave ! Majesty and the Duke de Montpensier. r S ir Robert Peel and the Earl of Abeidien also save of respects to the French Monarch, and took o,fhis Majesty at the grand entrance. " Marquis of Exeter, Lord Byron, Viscount if on n eY,, Lord G. L ennox , Si r F re derick Stovin, the it our ( JaPtain Duncombe, and Captain Francis Sey the q u 'vlm all wore the Windsor uniform, attended Ti,e Zn and her august guest to the entrance. arl of Jersey, Master of the Horse, and Lord W a i t; Wellesley (Clerk, Marshal), Equerry in th e ` ll g . on the King, handed their Majesties into AlheroYal carriage. His Royal Highness Prince I ,„ r t and his Royal Highness the Duke de Mont ..4,ler sat on the opposite side of the carriage. 'tue un Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting, Guizot, Admiral de Mackau, and the Lord Foteu7ard, followed in the second royal carriage and The Fre nc h A m b assa d or, th e o ffi cers an d gentle „men of the King's suite, and the Count de Jarnac, ‘f,',ecupied four ro y a l carr i ages an d f our ; Major , rneral Wemy ss , E querry i n W a iti ng on th e Q ueen , 41 1(1 Colon e l B ouver i e , E querry i n Waiting on Prince • Albert, following in the last carriage. A party of the Royal Horse Guards formed the t t kort of the royal p ar ty d own th e Long-walk and .",Nigh the Park, to Blackness. The illustrious party rwards proceeded, by way of Bagshot, to the Farn borough station of the South-Western Railway. ti l l er Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended (lal t ,i 4d Y Charlotte Dundas and Sir George Couper, • h et the Castle immediately after, on her return to Frogmore House. itzq " after the departure of the royal party, Sir 41 ` th e %el and the Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle Itr are°Ugh station of the Great Western Railway, S The i t 0 town by a special train. ( ~44„ urquis of 'Exeter, Earl Delawarr, Viscount Lord G eorge Lennox, the Countess de r , e ''Ptai n il ' ai re, the Hon. Captain Liddell, the Hon. Puncombe, Lord Charles Wellesley, and F rancis Seymour, also left the Castle. l i o a, e l7 l .°lvager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Murray, Vevi n ` i ss Kerr, Lady Byron, and Sir Frederick 'atail' w ill remain at the Castle with the Royal t l ; ac eustv _e forenoon the Royal Family were taken their Slopes need exercise on ponies, and walking in the 4 .,!;( 1 pleasure- g rounds of the Castle. a fter 4 °Yal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, more l e:vi,ng the Castle this morning, drove to Frog ; °a h N.e, the residence of the Duchess of Kent, her retur n to Kew. lilt*, Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday from jame a s h " ) her had ra f the Exchequer i tqe . 01 1 and the Chancellor o Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir resicZniews with the Right Hon. Baronet.a at his official • H. ce in Downing-street yesterday. 4.0r_4418 Excellency M. Dedel transacted yes -I,IIY at the Foreign-office. Bide Chancellor Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at hifsrorem his ," in D owning -street yesterday morpi u g, _ k r. Tr, Beechworth. Mr. Frederick .tßhictheetts Rightand uLlevenen James had interviews with . Gentleman. yes patch es were received at the Colonial - office 'T k a y from the ' Governor of Gibraltar. f t ;" Earl of Aberd een arr i ve d in town yesterday, tri a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Tilt ! _PKE DE MONTPENSIER'S VISIT TO WOOLWICH. WOOLWICH, OCT. 12. 'reds • d....e1y at ten o'clock his Royal High Mon sly accompanied by General de Rumigny, ness the Duke '°bl.onel Dumas, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, 11 . 7„:' of the Roy al Horse Artillery, and Equerry to e a ,,, ; " e3 -Albert, arrived at Woolwich in one of the royal eb —la ges and four horses, and. on alighting opposite the u u tt k r a d 0.3 f• the Royal Artillery, in the Royal Arsenal, the Montpensier was received by Major-General In es Webber Smith, C.B. Director-General of Artil leryco ; Colonel Cockburn, of laboratory department ; a b "el Paterson, commandant of the garrison, in the a v er '," of Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and to el ; Colonel Lac • of the carriage department; ' t„,;(41el Cleaveland, 3, commanding officer of the field bat r—Les Colonel Jones Assistant Adjutant- G enera l ; v.°l "el Mer cer , Roy al ' Marines; Lieut.-Colonel Dansey, 0.13 A., a nd several O th er o ffi cers . p.,::" field battery, consisting of four light six-pounder was stationed on the wharf of the Royal Arsenal liender the command of Captain Robe, and fired a royal royal on the Duke de Montpensier descending from the th tl e a n i . Car riage, and the royal standard was hoisted on • n4gstaff during the time his Royal Highness remained In the arsenal. The first place visited was t h e f oun d ry, over which Du RIVal Highness was conducted by Lieut.-Colonel ! 1 head of th e d epartment, and witnessed four loulds of light 6-po un d er guns to be cast in brass for the Allleer of Muscat. _ On lea ving the fou n d ry t h e Duke de Montpensier pro ceeded to the boring manne r department, an d w i tnesse d t h e nsier of boring b rass guns. The Duke de Mont . !pe° of touch pleas e d w i t h t h e prec i s i on of two 11 Planing machi nes, and the beauty and correctness of the work elicited his entire approbation. Amongst c ?, 3 ' object s W hi ch attracted particular observation, and rn.iped fo rth many quest i ons, was a light 6-pounder gun, 'lt' of f ound s wr ought iron, by M essrs . W a lk er and Co., rs, in Yorkshire, and brought to Woolwich for the P , l f i fi P P n '-'e of bei ng tested, to ascertain if it would prove cient for field-service and other purposes where light guns are used. _ The D u k e de Montpensier on leaving th e b or i ng d e - It",i'ent, was con d ucted by Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas :c4e Private entrance of the laboratory department, e s Colo ne l Cockburn and Lieutenant-Colonel Dan -433eY were iatroduced and accompanied his Royal High , over th e var i ous branches of this important quarter u b.. in .t,oe Royal Ar sena l . The first place visited was the Royal set apart f or making percussion caps. His I Highness then proceeded to the turning depart. „u7net, vrher e a number of men are employed in making f l o • es for shells, and then went to the building set apart b, r i Making musket balls by compressure, instead of to t t cast, according to the old plan. At the entrance compressing machine room was placed a table, on which eight hammers and locks were fixed, for the pur pne, , 1 testing Lieutenant -Colonel Dansey's tubes fur M o _ 1 ? large guns, and his Royal Highness the Duke de e_,LloEnpensirer,•General de Rumigny, and Lieutenant ,,r`ct .el ylde, discharged several tubes, to show the PitvideeTles on which their ignition took place, which iritere fly gave great satisfaction, and appeared to be of , haters to his R oyal Highness. visj: 9 d model room o f the laboratory department was e next, and th e D uke de Montpensier appeared ; ,,y3 u r r,B Pleased with some beautiful models of field battery the s ,.3nd sleighs used in conveying heavy ordnance over 4,.'."_)riv,en requisite, during Canadian winters. r nen ' t :e, ,siting the other departments of the establish pseee his Royal Highness mounted on horseback, and f tonl eited to the marshes, where he witnessed practice 914 twenty .four pounder guns, at SOO yards THE SUN, LONDON, TrESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 15 THE THEATRES. PRINCESS'S. Auber's opera, Tie ,Syren, was produced at this theatre last evening, with Mademoiselle Nau as the Syren. It cannot be matter of surprise that such a syren should attract crowds, and accordingly the house was crammed to the ceiling long before the com mencement of the performance. After a somewhat noisy, but thoroughly Auber-ish,overture, the curtain rose, and discovered the interior of a vicarage in a village in the Abruzzi with Mathea (Madame Peron), the old housekeeper of the late proprietor, the vicar, hastening to open the door, at which a vigorous knocking is kept up. The door is opened, and Bol beya (Mr. Leffler), accompanied by Scipio (Mr. C. Horn, jun.), an officer in the Neapolitan marine, enter. Balbaya is the brother of the former pro prietor, and comes to take possession of his inhe ritance, but he has also another errand in the Abruzzi. He has been told of a beau tiful female voice which has been heard of late among the mountains, and to which the name of the Syren has been given, and if that voice should happen to have a body, he would like much to engage it as his prima donna. Mathea warns them against listening to the delusive strains of the Syren, when suddenly the Syren herself is heard singing in the mountains. Scipio is struck, he recognises the voice as that of one with whom he has exchanged vows of love. Scopetto (Mr. Allen) enters, inquires for the old priest, and is struck with sorrow when he learns that he is dead. This Scopetto is a captain of smug glers, and under the name of Marco Tempesta has been for years the admiration of the mountaineers, and the terror of the revenue officers. He is unknown to Scipio, who has come into the mountains in pursuit of him, having previously, in his brig, the Etna, captured a rich venture which Scopetto had embarked tinder the command of his lieutenant, Pecchione (Mr. P. Corri). Wine is brought in—old wine—which Mathea in forms them had been kept by.her master for Fran cesco, a youth who, when King Joachim's troops had driven the smugglers from the mountains, had been left an infant, with his twin sister, in a basket at the door of the vicarage. The girl had been sent to the orphan's hospital at „Naples; the boy had been brought up by the vicar until his twelfth year, when he had been stolen by the band of Marco Tempesta— that boy is Scopetto ; the girl is Zerlina, the be trothed of Scipio. She had been taken from Naples by her brother, whose orders she had sworn, by the death. bed of her father, to obey, and she is employed by her brother to lure travellers, by her songs, to the retreat of the band in the mountains, but never to suffer herself to be seen. She is the Syren. The party is shortly afterwards joined by the Duke of Popoli (Mr. Walton), Governor of the Abruzzi, who recognises Scopetto as having been formerly in his service. The Duke also has been robbed by Marco Tempesta, and vows vengeance, making Scopetto the confident of his schemes fur making the redoubted smuggler prisoner. His immediate business at the vicarage is to meet a mask who made an appointment with him at the vicarage; the mask comes not, but a note, signed "The Syren," is delivered to the Duke, informing him that his elder brother had married a certain Maria Vergani, and that her son would claim the dukedom; but that the writer had the mar riage documents, and would meet the Duke in the mountains to negotiate their delivery. A gendarmes enters, and hands the Duke a description of Marco Tempesta ; Scopetto gets pos session of this paper before the Duke can read it, and cleverly substitutes for it a description of Scipio. Balbaya and Scipio, who have been in pursuit of the Syren, re-enter, and the Duke, comparing the appear ance of Scipio with the description, congratulates hifuself on having at length got hold of the real Marco. A beautiful quartett occurs in this scene, which was deliciously given by Allen, Leffler, C. Horn, and Walton, and which may, perhaps, be con sidered the gem of the opera. This quartett was encored. Scipio and Balbaya, hearing that the Duke has an appointment at the Pietra Nera with the Syren, request to accompany him, and the Duke con sents, telling Scopetto to be with him, as he intends to have his guards there to shoot Marco, and get possession of his papers, without further trouble. The scene of the second act is the mountains. The stage is divided into two parts, the lower of which represents an inn, backed by the overhanging mountains. The upper part represents a forest path, that winds amongst the trees and rocks. The act commences with a drinking chorus of smugglers, of no very great merit, and then Scopetto enters. He dismisses the band to their several stations. Zerlina appears on the upper part, singing and gathering flowers. She gradually descends,. enters, and gives the nosegay to her brother. He discovers that she loves the son of Maria Vergani, and that that son is the very Scipio whose ruin he has sworn. He rushed out, declaring such a marriage impossible, and Zerlina gives utterance to. her feelings in an ex quisitely -expressive romanza, which was given by Mademoiselle with beautiful simplicity and pathos, and which was rapturously encored. Scipio and Bal baya appear upon the path above. Scipio enters, recognises Zerlina, and they both rash intoeach other's arms. At the entry of Balbaya, Zerlina leaves him, the smugglerS rush in, and are about to murder them both, when Scopetto arrives and saves them: Dis patching Scipio for the papers which prove him to be the son of Maria Vergani, and making him swear to divulge nothing for twenty-four hours, he retains Bal baya as a hostage, to the great horror of the worthy impresario. Scarcely has he gone when the Duke, who of course has been disappointed of his rendez vous at the. Pietra Nera, enters the inn, which he is Surprised to find is kept by Scopetto. His grace is in a sad pucker. He is to give,. the next day, a fete at Popoli, where the seized cargo of Pecchione has been deposited. He has nothing pre pared. Scopetto relieves him from his difficulties, by introducing. to hinii Balbaya-and the smugglers, as a manager and a corps operatique, and undertaking to get tip an opera for the amusement of his guests at Popoli. The written appointment of Balbaya quiets his suspicions, and when Zerlina is introduced as the prima donna and sings to him, he is enraptured. The singing of Mademoiselle Nau as the prima donna in this scene, was beyond all praise—it was a magni ficent exhibition of power and science, withjust that slight dash of tremulous nervousness which so well becomes a debutante, and which it might be ex- . pected she • •wpuld eXhiliit op sueli an oce s 6,.sil it 41i en ct* - 10'3 . ;h4 felieffect. E Xot enthusjagic ' ratified 'the d'ecgionof the Duke, ." , Beyend-all Ines -' tion she's a prima donna." The third act takes place at Popoli, at the Duke's chateau. The smugglers are there as the corps operatique. They make the most of their time, and pack up all their own and something else besides, and embark it in their boats. Scipio, who had been detained as the smuggler chief by the Duke is released by Zerlina, and returns with .the papers to Scopetto, who gives him his sister s hand, and salutes him as Duke of Popoli, to the great horror of the old Duke, who is anything but pleased at this inopportune discovery of his nephew. Scopetto avows himself to Mathea as Francesco, and explains that Zerlina has always been ignorant of his real cha racter. The smugglers have escaped with their booty, and have seized Scipio's brig,, but Scopetto is left alone, and must, ere long, be recognised, as an officer who is acquainted with his person has arrived, and every avenue is guarded. He seizes a mandolin, and accompanies Zerlina, who commences sing ing. All are enraptured at , the exquisite sweet ness of her song, and Scopetto seizes the op portunity of leaping from the balcony, which opens on the sea, into a boat which is awaiting him. The guards fire after him, but without effect, for, as the curtain falls, his voice is heard gaily singing in the distance. The finale is a very sparkling compo sition, and, as given by Mademoiselle Nau, it was a perfect triumph of art. Her fioriture was lavishly brilliant, and her power was astonishing. In fact, we are very much inclined to believe that the finale is more indebted to the taste and science of the singer than to that of the composer for its great effective ness. There are some exquisite morceaux in this opera; we have particularised the greater number of them ; but, taken as a whole, it is scarcely worthy of the genius of Auber. Nevertheless it is brilliant, sparkling, and pleasing, and will, no doubt, have a run. The libretto is by Scribe, and the plot is most cleverly • developed. Incident follows incident with marvellous rapidity. The interest never flags, and the imbroglio is kept up to the last. The opera was announced for repetition four times a week amidst loud applause. Mademoiselle Nau was led on by Allen, whose Scopetto is deserving of all praise, and received with all the honours. who acted her character with considerable skill, is in troduced to him as his wife by the king's favourite, Don Jerome de Santarem (Mr. Worrell). His style in the scene with the King and Maritara was likewise excellent. Mr. Wilkinson, as the silly Marquis of Montepompas, made an excellent queue de la cornete to his lord and patron, Don Jerome. Madame Ce leste was full of energy and action, and Miss Wool gar, who was fame do la chicane, acted with great sprightliness and vivacity. The scenery, by Messrs. Pitt arvi Johnson, is highly cre ditable to them, and the anise en scene was altogether most efficient. The house was ex tremely well filled, and the audience seemed highly pleased with the piece. At its conclusion Mr. Webster was loudly called for; and most heartily cheered on his appearance. The operetta of The Fox and the Goose followed, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam figured with all her usual spirit. Foreign Affairs, the comedy written by Mr. Webster, concluded the even ing's entertainm en t, i n w hi c h there was some capital acting, Mrs. Yates,, Madame Celeste, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Wright sustaining the principal parts. There was a great deal of humour in the vexations and tor ments of the Baron Fitzstouz (Mr. Wright), whose sense of courtly decorum was shocked at the vulgar remarks and ill-bred fans ardness of the Baroness (Mrs. Yates), a rich City dame, whom he marries for her—money. STRAND. The American comedian, Mr. Marble, the best representative of the Jonathanisms of his country men, still continues to attract attention at this theatre, and every night appears. to obtain fresh honours for him. The spirited proprietor has played his cards to some advantage in obtaining and retaining the services of so excellent a performer, and it shows an increased anxiety on his part to please the English public. That anxiety was displayed again last night, when a new piece was brought forward, en titled Henri de Rochemaine, which gives you some little insight into the scenes that took place during the French Revolution. In this piece Mr. Roberts, the lessee of the theatre, sustained the principal cha racter of Henri de Rochemaine with great effect, and Mrs. Montgomerie excelled herself in the character of Hortense de Bois Robert. The piece was eminently successful, and was announced for repetition by Mr. Roberts amid great applause. The evening's en tertainments commenced with the amusing come dietta of Jonathan in England, a new version of the old farce - of Who Wants a Guinea. In this piece Marble kept the house in roars as Jo nathan Swap, and Halls, as Andrew Bang, made our sides ache with laughter. The evening's amusement concluded with the new farce of Yankee Land, in which the Lop Sap Sago of Marble created many a hearty laugh, and the audience (we are happy to say a numerous one) quitted the theatre apparently highly delighted with their evening's amusement. We per ceive, by the bills, that the enterprising lessee has a new treat for the public on Monday next in a piece entitled Don Omar de Bazan. With such perse verance as Mr. Roberts has shown, he cannot fail to make his project answer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY EVENING. The Subscription Betting-room was not opened this evening, and so little business was done in the afternoon that our quotations must be confined to the following brief list : THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Souvenir ally 12 to 1 agst Lightning 10 to 1 agst Glossy-41 2 to 1 20 to 1 agst William-le-Gros 10 to 1 agst Foigh-a-ballagh —taken —take 12 to 1 25 to 1 agst Scalteen 1,000 to-25 agst Foig-a-ballagh winning this and the Cambridgeshire (taken). No others mentioned. Philip, William-le`-Gros, and Teresa arrived this evening. ( (Second Class)-501. for two yr olds, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. T.Y.C. Duke of Richmond's br c The Laird of Cockpen 1 Lord Lonsdale's Loadstone 2 Lord Chesterfield's ch fby Hornsea out of Industry 3 The following also started, but were not placed :- 1 Mr. Stephenson's XX, by Liverpool, d by the Exquisite, Mr. Payne's Rigolette, Mr. Gurney's Landlord, Lord Exeter's Deoadva, Mr. May's Corinthian Tom. Even on the Laird o'Cockpcn, who made the running, followed by Loadstone and Industry filly ; the latter was beaten at the cords ; but Loadstone, who challenged a few strides from the chair, made the run in so close, that the favourite pulled through by a neck only; the Indus try filly was a very bad third. Match, 100 sovs., h ft. D.M.—Mr. Greville's Jamaica, Bst 4lbs,' received from Mr. Connop's British Farmer, Bst 71b. Match, 200 sovs., h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Pro logue, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord Exeter's fby Velocipede, out of Lucetta, Bst 41b. The heavy rain that has fallen from the commence ment until within half an hour of the last race; has been the only drawback to a long and very excellent day's sport. I distant from the target. A number of rockets were fired from the same range, from Lieutenant Boxer's tubes, and afterwards at 1,200 yards range, and the practice was very good. The ricochet and other batteries were manned, but, in consequence of the number of vessels passing on the river, the ricochet and battery practice was dispensed with, and his Royal Highness, after waiting some time, witnessed one round fired from General Millar's gun of ten-inch bore, and at a distance from the target of 1,250 yards, one round from one of Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas's sixty-eight pounder, or eight-inch guns, at the same range. The rocket practice was under the command of Lieutenant IVilan. The Duke de Montpensier, wiih the brilliant staff of officers, then mounted their horses, and proceeded to the garrison, paying a short visit on their way to the grand depot, over which his Royal Highness was conducted by Mr. William Young, chief commissary. On arriving in the garrison, the Duke dc Montpensier was conducted to the anti-room of the officers' mess-room of the Royal Artillery, where his Royal Highness partook of an elegant dueuner. The band of the Royal Artillery, under their able leader, Mr. Mackenzie, were in at tendance.. About two o'clock, the Duke de Montpensier mounted his horse, and was accompanied by the staff of officers to Woolwich Common, where the Royal Horse Artillery had assembled in review order, under the command of Colonel Dyneley, C.B. On arriving opposite the troops, his Royal Highness was received with the usual salute, the brass band playing the National Anthem. The evolutions were gone through with great spirit, although a heavy rain had begun to fall, and the whole was con cluded aoout half past three o'clock, when a royal salute from the guns of the Royal Horse Artillery announced his Royal Highness's departure, on his return to Windsor Castle. POOR-LAWS-WEST LONDON UNION. A parochial meeting of the rate-payers of St. Dun ' stan's-in-the-West, convened by the churchwardens, upon a requisition numerously signed, was held yes terday in the inquest-room adjoining the church, to take into consideration the propriety of having a re silent medical officer in the West London Union Workhouse. The chair was taken by Mr. Church warden Benning. Mr. HAIMING, who addressed the meeting at con siderable length, stated that as he had been the prin • cipal means of calling the rate-payers together, in accordance with the pledge he gave at the last vestry, he was bound to state the grounds on which he would call upon the meeting to express, in a resolution, their disapprobation of the project contemplated by a ma jority of the guardians for creating the new situation of a resident medical officer in the union workhouse. —(Heer, hear.) The mere objection to an increase of the rates would not weigh with him, if such in crease were necessary, and would be attended with a proportionate augmentation of the comforts of the poor. But he was convinced that in the proposed case it would not be so.—(Hear, hear.) There was no necessity for the change from the present system, and it would not be attended with any advantages.— (Hear, hear.) He had examined into the subject, and he found that the poor were carefully attended by the present medical officers, and that they were satisfied with the attention and kindness of those gen tlemen. And surely it was to be expected that they would have more confidence in the respectable physicians, who had been long established in their neighbourhood, and were well known to them, than in a stranger from the country, however well recom men ied that gentleman might be to the guardians.— (Hear, hear.) He repeated that the objection to in creased expense was not of so great importance in his view as the protection of the poor themselves, who, for obvious reasons, would be more likely to have justice done them by the visiting physician than by a resident officer.—(Hear, hear.) The present system had worked well for the last seven years, hav ing had two medical officers, with competent assistants, who were admitted by all to possess the confidence of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. H. dwelt with much severity upon the pamphlet put forth by the ten guar dians, which he said cantained unfounded insinuations against the medical gentlemen. He (amidst loud ex pressions of approbation) concluded by moving a re solution, to the effect that " It was the opinion of the meeting that the resolutions passed by the Board of Guardians of the West London . Union respecting the appointment of a resident medical officer, was uncalled for and inexpedient."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHARLES , in seconding the resolution, said that whilst he agreed in all things that had fallen from the last speaker, he must add that the introduction of a resident medical officer with his family into the present workhouse, would, in the first instance, en croach upon the inadequate accommodation for the poor inmates, and give occasion to a great outlay, at no long distance of time, to provide a residence for the officer. He had visited the house on Sunday last, and he found in it about 400 of the settled paupers ; and he must admit that he observed great order, cleanli ness, and attention. But there were, besides, about forty or fifty casual paupers waiting to be passed to their parishes, and he found them in a most wretched condition.—(Hear, hear.) To set off apartments suit able for the family of a gentleman such as the board of guardians had selected, would be impossible with out making an expensive addition to the building.— (Hear ' hear.) After what he (Mr. Charles) had ob served in the workhouse he could not but lament the appearance of the pamphlet signed by the " Ten Guardians," in which it was insinuated that the medical officers prescribed beer and wine, &c., to the sick poor, to save themselves the expense of tonic drugs. Now, what was the real state of the case,? He asked a poor old woman, eighty-four years of age, whether the doctors attended her well and regularly ; and her answer was, that Dr. Lynch attended her very kindly, but she wanted no physic. She wanted half a pint of beer a day.— (Hear, hear.) He received similar answers from other old women—one of whom was ninety-five years of age.—(Shame, shame.) The amount of rates in that parish was felt very heavily by all the rate-pavers present ; hut surely they would not begrudge ,three farthings' worth of beer daily to a few poor old women who did not want drugs-?—(Hear, hear.) In the men's ward he received similar answers. He found there a once respectable tradesman, Mr. Hopkins, formerly of Red Lion-court. —(Hear, hear.) He believed that he also was de nied the half pint of beer, but he was not quite certain of that; as he did not recollect all the answers. But he would ask the meeting, was it likely that such a person would receive as kind attention frotnA skftnge resident as from the visiting physician,. who had known him in the district for many years, in a better position ?—(Hear, hear.) But this remark applied with proportionate force to all the inmates.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Charles complained also of the hardship of refusing stimulants to the women in the laundry, and the cruelty of accusing the physician of giving wine and brandy to the sick ' • and he concluded an effective speech by seconding the resolution. Mr. WATSON was in favour of the resolution, and agreed with the preceding speakers, that the poor' would be better protected, and more efficiently at tended, by the continuance of the present system. But he objected altogether to the use of alcoholic drinks, which were only mischievous. It would he his wish to give plenty of beef-tea and mutton-chops to the weakly.—(Cheers.) In the course of a long speech, or rather lecture upon teetotalism, which sometimes elicited considerable laughter, Mr. W. gave way to repeated cries of " Question," by declaring that he was a cripple from the effects of rheumatism until about seven years ago, when he became a teetotaller, and had not suffered from rheumatism since. Mr. RAMSHAW (Common Councilman) supported the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A resolution was also carried, calling upon the ten guardians, in the majority of one, to resign, according to the pledge given by them in their pamphlet. There was a third resolution that the minutes of this meeting should be forwarded to the guardians and the Poor-law Commissioners, which was also passed unanimously ; and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. DEVONPOIIT, OCT. 11.—A Court-martial assembled on board her Majesty's ship San Josef, in Hamoaze, on Wednesday, to try John Barnes, carpenter's mate of her Majesty's ship Resistance, on the charge of lifting an axe against Mr. John Lee, boatswain of the same ship, and threatening to kill him, on the 3d of September last. The charge was clearly proved, but it appeared that the prisoner had been knocked down pre viously by the prosecutor and subjected to great provocation. The Judge Advocate delivered the following as the opinion of the Court :—" That the charges have been proved, and the sentence of the Court is, that the prisoner be hanged at the yard-arm of such ship, and at such time and place as the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct, and the prisoneris hereby sentenced to be hanged at the yard arm accordingly." The President, however, added that he would represent the case to the Admiralty, and he hoped they would deal mercifully with it. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Duke of Wel lington has left Windsor Castle for Strathfieldsaye, and is expected to return to Wralmer Castle on 'Wednesday, accompanied by the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, for the autumn. Sir Robert Peel came to town yesterday from Windsor Castle, and to-day will join Lady Peel and family at Brighton. The Duke of Buccleuch pur poses to stay in town two days, and then leaves Mon tague House for Scotland, to meet the Duchess, whose accouchement is anticipated early in the ensuing month. CARMARTHEN.—The South Wales Turnpike Trusts Commissioners concluded their sittings here on Tues day. On Wednesday they visited Llanfihangcl-yeroth for the purpose of receiving the claims of the creditors of the Carmarthen and Tivyside District Trust. They dined with J. Ll. Davies, Esq., and returned to Car marthen the same evening. On the following morning they took their departure for Llandillo.—Welshman. The good olden times of the year 1800 are again revived at Eye. • Our bakers are now selling four hot rolls for a penny, - one Sufficient for a 'reasonable man's breakfast. —Suffolk Chronicle. SPORTING PARSONS.—On looking over the Game Lists published last week we find that no fewer than sixty of the Yorkshire parsons have taken out shooting licenses for the gesent season.—Leeds Times. ADE L PHI. A new piece —new at least at the Adelphi—was brought out at that theatre last night. It is a drama in three acts, and is called Don Cesar de Bazan. It is the same in plot with that which was produced last week at the Princess's, and both are, we believe, adaptations from the French. As the piece has - not been enacted for the first time at the Adelphi, and as the plot has been before described, it become, unnecessary to repeat it now. We shall, there fore, confine ourselves to the mode in which the piece was • bror.ght forward, and the manner in which the principal characters were filled. The hero of the piece was the character assigned to Mr. Web ster, who, fur the first time, made his ap pearance in • character at this th e atre la s t night, and the part of Don Caesar could not have been entrusted to abl e r or b e tt er h an d s. Wh et h er as the !lisiolute and gambling Count of Garofa, with nothing but his title, his good -nature and his reek lessm-zs of danger left him, or as the indignant hus ban.flwho repro ves th e di s h onoura bl e course of h i s austere anti sensual king, he performed his part segno per segno, and left nothing to be wished for. The piece is full of salient points, and Mr. Webster made them tell upon the audience with the happiest effect. We would instance, in particular, the scene in the Marchioness of Alontepornpas (Miss Brooks), ENTRIF:9 FOR TO •MORROW. A.F. Plate--Celia, 5 yrs ; Evenus, 4 yrs ; Anonyme, 4 yrs ; Pastoral, 3 yrs ;' and Aurora, 3 yrs. T.Y.C. Plate for Two yrs old (First class)—Keppel, Wild Roe, Event, Miscellany, Attorney, c by Bently out of Emma, Sparsholt, c by Jerry out of Dublin, Hedge hog, and c by Jerry out of Zeal. T.Y.C. Plate (Second class)—Filly by Ifornsea out of Industry, Sister to Devil - among-the-Tailors, XX by Li verpool, Rigolette, Landtord, Deodara, Laird o'Cockpen, Corinthian Tom, Loadstone, f by Jerry out of Pastille. Handicap) Sweepstakes, T.Y.C. Evenus, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ; Example, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b ; Audrey, 3 yrs, sst 41b. Two others declared. The Ratan investigation exiles on at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning. DUMFRIES RACES (CONCLUDED) —FRIDAY. Forced Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added. Two miles. (10 Subs., five declared.) Lord Eglinton's Brevity, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ...(G. Noble) 1 Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne, 5 yrs, 9st I Ilb ... 2 The following also ran :—Sir C. Monck's Flagsman, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, Hon. J. Sandiland's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs, Bst, and Feronia, 3 yrs, 6st 51b. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles. _ _ _ Mr. Salvirr's Alice Hawthorn, aged (G. Noble) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Best Of Three, 3 yrs Plate of 50/. Heats `ono mile. Winner .to be sold for 200, &c. Mr. Merry's Brevity, 4 yrs (Noble) 0 1 1 Hon. J. Sandiland's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs 1 0 2 Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 4 yrs 0 2 dr General Sharpe's Messalina., 4 yrs 2 dr The Scurry Stake was won by Ravensworth. (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. NEWMARKET, MONDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M. The influx of company of all ranks since our last, de note the ;great interest that the various events to be investigated and decided in the course of the weeLhave excited in the sporting 'circles, and leave no room for doubting our predictiOn that the meeting in most respects will be eminently successful. Every stable in the town is full of horses, and that they have not been sent to re main idle, the two classes for the T.Y.C. Plates, and the number of other races run this afternoon, sufficiently prove. We do not anticipate that the fur succeeding days Will realise so large an amount of sport, but that it will be of superior importance must be obvious to any one who has taken the trouble to go through the list ; if we may judge from the unfavourable state of the wea ther this afternoon, the enjoyment of it will not be with out alloy. To get through so extensive a bill of fare in time to admit of the" Jockey Club meeting convened for this evening, the first match—Zenobia versus Sister to Give• him-a-Name --was timed for twelve o'clock ; early as this was, it did not prevent the usual muster in front of the rooms, for the purpose of speculating on the great „evept of the nieetirt-ths Ce p ar*itc4. .„. 1 4a,44 . racck,9 5 Lgtatt 44 1 40ffisinesi- wili,sloftexal44fillowing&ricevi&l - - -- 8 to 1 agst Dube of Portland's Souvenir filly 9 to 1 agst Mr. J. Hampson's Lightning—taken 9 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's lot—taken 13 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy 13 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vibration 14 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's William le Gros 15 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name 20 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Jamal 20 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Emperor—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Mania 25 to 1 agst Mr: I. Day's Zelinda filly 25 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen 25 to 1 agst Mr. Raworth's Venus 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ratnsbottom's Pine Apple—taken 33 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lonian—taken. The Zelinda filly is one of Kent's lot. The Black Gentleman is scratched. It is thought that six or seven and twenty will run. William le Gros arrived last night; he reached the Hockerill terminus, from London, yes terday afternoon, walked to Chesterfield, and was for warded thence per van. Philip and Teresa also arrived yesterday evening. We subjoin particulars of the whole day's racing : Match, 200, h ft, Bst 71b each, B.C.—Colonel Peel's Zenobia (Nat) beat Lord Glasgow's Sister to Give-Him . a-Name. ---- ---- 3 to 1 agst Zenobia, who won easy by two lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs old, &c. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.; two paid five sovs. each.) Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Nat) 2 Mr. Woley v 1 Mr. Payne's Audrey , 3 yrs , 6 st 4 1b Example, 3 yrs, 6st 11 lb 3 2to 1 r on enus, who made all th e runn i ng , an d won bya length ; Example beaten off. Coffee- roo m Stakes of 100 sovs. eac h, h ft ; f or th ree Thever y easy yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. D.M. (4 Subs.) Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School Miss (allowed 31bs) walked over. (First Class)-50/., for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. T.Y.C. Mr. Edward's Hedgehog (E. Edwards) 1 Lord W. Powlett's c by Jerry, out of Zeal 2 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. W. S. Stanley's Keppell, Mr. Hock's Wild Roe, Mr. E. Blake's Event, Mr. Drinkald's Miscellany, Mr. Marson's c by Bentley, out of Emma, Mr. W. Sadler's Sparshott, and Mr. B. Charlton's Ruff.-7 to 4 agst Hedgehog, and 7 to 2 agst Zeal. Wild Roe, followed closely by Zeal colt, Bentley colt, Hedgehog, and Event, made running at a good pace to the ropes, where she was beaten. The Zeal colt then obtained the lead, but was immediately caugh t by Hedgehog, and after a splendid race, beaten by a head ; Event was third, and Bentley colt fourth, both close up. There were two false starts. 501., for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A.F. Duke of Richmond's Pastoral, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 Lord Exeter's Celia, 5 yrs Mr. J. Drake's Anonyma, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Beresford's Aurora, 3 yrs 5 to 2 on Pastoral, and 3 to 1 agst Celia. The favorite made play at a strong pace, followed by Celia, who went up at the bushes, and for a moment looked very mir.th like winning ; the horse, hoWever, mended the pace, de feated her at the bill out of . the bottom, and won iu the end by six lengths. Match, 300, h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord G. 13entinek's Miss Elis, sst (Kitchener), beat Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 9st 121 b (Robinson). 6 to 5 on Miss Elis, Won easy by a length. Match, 150, h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, Bst 81b (Robinson), beat Mr. Phillimore'a Physalis, 7st 71b (Nat). 7t02 on Minotaur. Won by three lengths. is M h j a e t , e 11 8 , s t 20 7 0 1b , • guise, 7st 111 b (Nat). 6 to 4 on Glen Fsh e. uke I Won by a neck. (hßofbtinTsOnYfb7ant n O e f 1 1 3 4 e d n . i s o o r n d: s s (1l e Mar n . i Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Payne's Walpole , 7 st 41b (Nat), beat Lord 8.. Russell's Nat, 9 st 41b (Sly). 7t04 on Walpole, Won by three lengths. THE RATAN AFFAIR. The Stewards have, we understand, appointed to morrow morning, at nine o'clock, for entering upon the investigation of the supposed malpractices in the case of the late Mr. Crockford's horse Ratan, of which all parties have received notice. The parties stated to be implicated are Sam Rogers, the jockey by whom the horse was ridden (being trained in his father's stable), a person of the name of Braham, a friend of Sam Rogers's, residing at Newmarket, and certain professional betting men, who laid against the horse to a large amount. There are various contradictory stories afloat, which it would be premature to publish. Sam Rogers's first voluntary statement to Mr. Crockford, junior, and Lord George Bentmck was, that he had been induced by strong solicitations to bet against the horse with the view of securing his defeat, but with the full inten tion of riding honestly, and frustrating the views of his seducers ; declaring, at the same time, he never meant to receive the proffered bribe. It was subsequently discovered, however, that he did not adhere to his pledge not to receive any portion of the proceeds of defeat, but actually pocketed 1,660 k This created just suspicions of his honesty and veracity, and he was suspended from riding for the Duke of Richmond and Lord G. Bentinck ; and the latter nobleman, pur suing his inquiries, learnt that Braham had been the agent by whom bets were laid against the horse, as he said, at Sam Rogers's suggestion, from a belief on the part of the latter that the horse could not win the Derby —and it was further alleged that this course was merely prompted by a desire on his part to hedge to the large sum he was sure of winning if the horse should win. Braham, it would seem, played his own game, and laid against the horse on his own account, and employed certain 'commissioners to carry out his views. Rogers subsequently discovered that the horse improved, and was better, than he anticipated, and, repenting of what he had done, he employed other com m i ss i oners t o b ac k tha horse, thus putting one set of agents to operate against the movements of the others. In this way he involved himself in a maze of difficulties, and, like all wrong-doers, had recourse to falsehood to cover his delinquencies. His conduct throughout will, of course, form one portion of the proposed investigation, and then will come the important que,tion, whether temptation was held out to him to betray his trust, or whether the betting against the horse was not the suggestion of his own mind, influ enced, in some measure, by his friend Braham. Of course, if any class of betting men did hold out pecuniary temptation to him to act dishonestly towards his em ployer, their conduct admits of but one construction; but if, on the contrary, it shall appear they were sent for and employed by him, however unjustifiable it may have been in them to bet for a jockey against a horse over which that jockey had control, still this was a course unfortunately too consistent with precedent, and therefore the less exposing them to 'censure—in the minds of betting men, at least, who deem " all fair in war," and who see nothing wrong iri taking advantage of any private information which they may obtain to make money, and " pick up" those who may be in the dark. This we believe to be the gist of the questions at issue, but we think there are various ramifications which throw ,impediments in the way of anything like a clear elucidation. There will, no doubt, be a great deal of contradictory evidence— much of truth and much of falsehood. The Stewards, or possibly the Club—for it is not settled whether the inquiry shall be before them or the body of the Club= we anticipate will have great difficulty in sifting the corn from the chaff ; and, after all, we shall not be sur prised if they will be placed in the position of only adopt inc, swine declaratory resolution or law, with respect to jockeys, trainers, and commissioners, which will tend to repress similar practices in future. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND MR. DAVID SALOMONS.—This day Mr. David Salomons will attend the Court of Aldermen in order to be sworn in as Al derman of the ward of Portsoken. It is expected that the court will be much crowded, the proceedings having created a vast deal of interest in the metropolis. It is, we believe, the intention of Mr. Salomons to address the court himself. NEWHAVEN : OCT. 11.—FORTUNATE DELIVERANCE. —We are happy in announcing the safe arrival in Eng land of Captain Northwood, whose capture and deten tion by the Moors of the island of Arquin, on the coast of Africa, has lately appeared prominently in several of the public journals. Mr. Northwood is a native, of this town, and brother to Mrs. Smith, of the Bridge Inn. He sailed from London in the barque Margaret for Africa, for guano, in April last, taking with him his wife and family ; John Sims, son of Mr. Sims, of the revenue cruizer Tartar, and Alfred Smith, son of Mr. George Smith, of this town, Whilst in search of guano, on the island of Arquin, the Moors gave chase to them, and shot poor Sims through the head. The boat capsized and sunk, and they were all made prisoners, with the ex ception of one man, who was drowned. After ten weeks' captivity, they were ransomed by Captain Isemonger, of the brig Africanus, whose humanity and zealous exer tions saved them from being sent into the interior, where, in all probability, they would hive been slaves all their lives. Mrs. Northwood and the remainder of the crew proceeded with the ship to her destination, believing the captain 'to have been drowned. Letters have been re ceived from her, dated Angra Pequina, stating that they were loading rapidly, and expect to be in England about the latter end of next month. She is still in deep afflic tion, believing Captain Northwood to be drowned. — Brighton Herald. FOUNTAINS OF PARIS—THE FRENCH VISIT.—Our wide-awake neighbours seem disposed to make the royal visit to our Queen useful to them in more ways than one. A French engineer arrived on Wednesday at the Queen's Hotel, and proceeded to Messrs. Ireland and Co.'s foundry to examine the filters now being made by them under Stuckey's patent. He obtained a beautiful model made w ithiu two days, and in the meantime visited Mr. Cross's bleach-works at Bolton, where he saw one of the o.lteri rt only,,,but fiip feet in ..l.eqgshorodnpisig,4oo it .gaßfr livTlYfoLithe i epow diantittitag2B.B,4oo ll ug- , obtaised , -a--eeprof the report of Dr. Ure; as to a cheap and t ffirctual-mode of getting rid of the glutinous and adhesive matter occa sionally arising from the much used waters of the Lever and the Medlock, and which sometimes obstructed the self-cleansing machinery of the filters, he returned to Paris via London yesterday. It transpired that General the Marquis de Rumimuy, who is now with Louis Philippe at the British Court, is one of the chief proprie tors of the French Filtration Company, and as it is known that all the public fountains of Paris are con tracted to be filtered under Stuckey's patent, the con • nexion of pleasure and business, the visit to Windsor Castle, and to our Lancashire manufactories is tolerably self-evident.—Manchester Courier. PLYMOUTH CITADEL.—CoIoneI Sir George Hoste, Sir Thomas Hastings, and others, are expected here very shortly to survey the citadel and the surrounding heights, preparatory to the direction of fortifications to defend the cost.—Devonport Independent. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The railroad works are proceeding in the neighbourhood of Dawlish mit!) great.celerity. The miners in the tunnel work day and night, and a most animated scene presents itself all along the coast, fr Langstone Cliff to Smugglers' Hole, the cliffs of which latter place are the scene of the tunnel. The work of blasting the cliff is carried on with great daring to the astonishment of the natives. On Saturday last one of the most interesting and extensive explosions "came off" ander the auspices of Mr. Glennie, who is Mr. Brunel's chief lieutenant : 1,550 pounds weight of gunpowder was exploded in three separate charges. The miners had made three chambers in the cliff, one a short distance from the head, another near the centre, and the third near the base • the heaviest charge was on the top. The charges were dred by a safety fuse, each being ex.' ploded one minute later than the preceding. The first charge took off the head of the cliff, upheaving the great mass with resistless force, and tumbling it into the sea: The headings were made in the cliff immediately to the westward of Mr. Phillott's beautiful little cove, which it is intended to cross by making two short tunnels through the projected headlands. The face of the cliff to be blown down was about 120 feet high, and tFe chambers contained altogether about 1 , 5501b5. weight of powder, the highest being about 650, the next 550, and the lowest 'about 350 ; another headland was also loaded with about 3001bs. The time fixed was 10 A. 31.; the morning turned out favourable, and there was about .S 0 , or 60 parties present, amongst whim were T. B. Short, Esq., of Bickham, and friends, several ladies, Mr. Har rison, Mr. Dymond, Mr. Dawson, and other gentlemen connected with the railway. On the water were several , boats, which kept at a very respectful distance. • As the time drew on, the natives,•,•4llre seen ascending and descending their hanging . 1 der, and diving into the ' headings and their insecurity, and just that undefined feeling of possible danger, combined to give a very pleas in.. interest to the whole. Soon after 10, Mr. Glennie, the e engineer, gave the signal, and the fusees were lighted, and then might be seen a little movement, and shifting of places, and more distant positions were thought near enough to see well. After the lapse of eight minutes, the top charge 'exploded, and , heaved up the surface with 'a deep stifled sound, and down it rushed, in thundering masses, to the beach. The second followeditht he same effect ; and then the third , which. was fragments bedded in the rock, rang out like a ship's broads i de blowing the heading out to sea, and shakin„, down huge that the two fi rst had loosened. It was calculated that about 15,000 tons fell, and quite as much more remained sustained roybabl apparently by two points, and which has most ere this followed. The last blast was now probably ; the part to be blown down was a projecting angle in Mr.'Peniell's down, and the result was perfectly successful. The ground heaved up several feet, and then toppled to the beach, where it will form the platform of the railway. The whole sight was magnificent to the spectator, and highly gratifying to the engineer, as testi fying the correctness of his judgment and calculation. Smugglers' Hole is a most romantic spot—the property of I Luke Pennell, Esq.—Western Times. 1Z344. THE FORGED EXC HEQUER BILLS AND PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg, through you, to call the attention of parti: s capable of making the inquiry, as to whether a surmise on my part, that Prince Louis Napoleon is a victim of the Forged Exchequer-bills' Conspirators, in order that Englishmen, after the King of the French shall have left our shores, may make an appeal to him to remit the sentence on the Prince ? In the first instance, in order to support my sup position, I believe it is an undoubted fact that Rapello entered into the contract for the engagement of the steam-packet (with the proprietors) which con veyed Prince Napoleon and his party to the shores of France. I was in London at the time of this mad attempt, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the Stock Exchange. I perfectly recollect that the news arrived just after the close of business ;—is it not probable there was some delay in the arrival of the news, and that it was intended to have arrived in business hours and created a panic of which the Forged Exchequer bills' Conspirators purposed to take advantage, and make a grand rush in order to recover some of their immense losses ?—that Prince -Napoleon was com pletely ignorant of the scheme of which he fell a victim, and was led to believe that a strong party was ready to receive him on his landing on the shores of France, and that he is to thi s moment ignorant of the real object for which the conspirators made him their ready tool? it has been the surprise of all parties how so large a sum of money could have been got rid of as that lost by the Forged Exchequer-bills' Conspirators. It will also be recollected, that when Louis Napoleon and his party were secured, an immense sum of money was found in their possession. If this money was part of the proceeds obtained on the deposit of some of these forged Exchequer-bills, a great portion of the loss is fully accounted for, and also the means explained how the party obtained possession of a sum said to have been nearly one hundred thousand pounds. If it can be proved that no real conspiracy existed in France to aid the mad attempt of the Prince, but that he is the victim of a set of forgers and Stock Ex change speculators, I think it highly probable, if an appeal were made to King Louis Philippe, he would remit the sentence on Louis Napoleon in compliment to the reception given him on his visit to England. I am, Sir, &c., R. V. D. Ilfracombe, Oct. 10, 1844: IMMENSE DRAUGHT OF HERRINGS. About the middle of the fishery of this year the shoal, which had remained stationary for several days, opposite the Frith of Dornoch, suddenly disappeared. The fishermen were uncertain whether it had turned up or gone down the Moray Frith, and the boats from all the various villages of the coast, which had for merly fished together in one huge fleet, were scat tered- in quest of it in every direction, above and below, here, on th e sou th ern shore, there, on the north. The boat in which we sailed had shot her nets in the middle of the Frith, near the bank which the herrings had so lately quitted ; no fish were caught, and, in the morning, the crew proposed that they should sail for Burghead, to ascertain whether any of the other boats had been more successful, and to learn the opinion entertained by the more sagacious fishermen regarding the state and prospects of the fishing generally. But their progress was so impeded by adverse currents and a dead calm, that the even ing was beginning to darken ere they arrived abreast of their port, and they agreed that, instead of landing, they should turn up the Frith, and shoot their drift a little below Guilliam. The day had been dull and hazy. When the night set in there came on a thick, un pleasant drizzle, accompanied by a low breeze from the west; and, before they arrived at the proposed ground, the rain had become very weighty, and the breeze had increased to a gale. They shot their drift, however, and spread their sail over the beams ; but so saturated was the canvas with water, that it afforded them scarce any shelter. The rain ceased soon after midnight, but the gale had risen into a hurricane, and the sea around them presented to the view the appearance of a field of snow agitated by a whirlwind. On a sudden the waves began to roll by in silence, and without breaking. One of the crew, starting up, exclaimed, "We are in the middle of the largest shoal I ever saw in the Moray Frith, and shall lose our whole drift ;" and the others, shaking themselves from the sail, rose but in time to see, in the dim light of a stormy August morning, their buoys sinking, one after one, as the fish struck the nets and dragged them to the bottom. They immediately commenced hauling, but the terrific heave of the sea compelled them to desist, and they sat in the stern, shuddering with cold, for their clothes were soaked through, waiting till the gale would " take off." It continued, in unabated strength, until late in the morning, when it began to lower, and the fishermen to haul ; but the appearance of the first net showed them that they could scarce expect to bear to the shore, in such weather, the one-fourth of their draught. Signals were made to a stranger boat in the distance, to come and load. The stranger, how ever, was in no circumstance to benefit by the invitation: she had carried away her mast at the commencement of the gale, and the crew, nearly exhau-ted by the fatigues of the preceding night, were tugging at the oar. And so the fishermen found that, in order to save their nets, they would require to give up the greater part of the valuable charge which they contained again to the sea. After hauling and shaking the first few they again attached the drift to the stem and threw overboard several barrels of fish. Another net was therfhauled, and more of the fish thrown out; and, in this manner, taking in and throwing out alter nately, they continued to labour until two o'clock in the afternoon, when the whole drift was hauled. They then made sail for port, carrying with them twenty-five barrels of fish, all they could venture on bearing through so rough and broken a sea, but little more than the fourth part of their original draught, the rough and perilous sea had made them fain to accept, in lieu of the fifty pound prize which they had drawn in this lottery, a composition of little more than twelve.—North British Review. NAMING AND NUMBERING OF STREETS. The new Metropolitan Building Act, which copes -vermin& en' the4'4/St-b - F -- .3Malryf!ettgrert rfev4-' Board, tonsisting of tWnioffrbfaliiferge's . afiaa iitratrar, for the general superintendence of buildings in London. The new Board would render the public an important service, if they would undertake such a 'registration of houses that every house in a street should have a dis tinct number, and that no two streets should be called by the same name. Great inconvenience is now occa sioned by the neglect of this very simple matter of muni cipal arrangement, The last Act for the registration of voters directs that in every claim to vote, the number of the house shall be inserted for which the vote is claimed, but in some streets many of the houses are without num bers ; and the instances are numerous, of two or more houses in a street having the same number. In Regent street, St. John's, Westminster, there are five No. thir teens, and six No. fourteens. Equal or greater confusion arises from the multiplica tion of the same street names. We find in a London Directory twenty-eight King-streets, twenty Queen streets, twenty-six Charles-streets, twenty-five Church streets, twenty-three John-streets, four Water-lanes, two Water-streets, &c. A serious loss, as well as inconvenience, arises to the public from this source. The expenses attending the delivery of letters are increased some thousands of pounds by the puzzling uncertain ty _of addresses. A letter from the country ,directed King-street, London, is, perhaps, first delivered in King-street, Cheapside, whence it may be returned with the words " try King street, Holborn ;" and perhaps , twenty district postmen may each have to walk a mile 'before the right King street and the right person.be discovered. Nor does the fault rest altogether with careless directions. A stranger to London cannot be blamed for ignorance of the extent to which the amplification of an address is necessary. Thinking to be both precise and explicit, he may direct a letter to " John Smith, Water-lane, City, London," and his letter may be sent to three different Water-lanes, all in the City, and all within a stone's throw of each Other:—Water-lane, Blackfriars; Water-line, Thames- . street; Water-lane, Fleet-street; and, perhaps, in each Water-lane there may be a John Smith. The evil is one which we believe the Corporation of London, and the Commissioners of Paving generally, have power to remedy, and we may hope it will be con sidered as part of the duty of the new Registrar to call their attention to the subject ELIE —AT . _ARK OF RESPECT TO SIR WYNDHAM CARMICHAEL ANSTRUTHER,BART.-011 Wednesday, Sir W. C. Anstruther, Bart., having honoured this village as his residence for these three months past, his tenantry met, and, with a unanimity and cordiality never sur passed in this district, agreed to give him a dinner. The day above specified was appointed for thefele, and, with the utmost enthusiasm, the tenantry, vied with each other in giving eclat to the occasion. From sixty to seventy sat down to dinner in the parish school-hosts', which was moat brilliantly lit up with gas, and tastefully ,decorated with evergreens and flowers for the occasion. The chair was occupied by Mr. James Luke, Muircambus Mill—the oldest tenant upon the estate—supported on the right by the honoured guest, the Rev. Dr. Ferric of Kileonquhar, &c., and on the left by Provost Dairsie of Anstruther Easter, Bailie Todd of Pittenween, &c., the cr oupiers being the Rev. Mr. Dickson of Kilre nny, and Mr. Simpson, tenant at Coalfirm.—Scotsh paper. CONSTRUCTION OF GRACING DOCKS AT SOUTH. AMPTON.—We have a' fact to announce bler o ci f a t l h p e r h b i s g p l e te e s ts t importance as connected with the commercial of Southampton. Strenuous efforts bi have been made by different parties, for a considera, e time past, to procure the estab r ns pss • large mssi e i halulitaethneitslaPotfoerlytitl'h"radit .graving s i s i d s e e r t a a t ito rest. the Pier matteran and I n l d a e r r b out: their r C c o o n i illdvng dock for the repair of I b V y e a nowde decision to know the Court th )her Directors question of the Dock Company, come to on Thursday. o The irec h t() re solved immediately to proceed with the . construction ey e oi a graving dock on their s own prewises,—llampshire Inde pendent. GROUSE SHOOTING AND DEER STALK ING. The following gleanings of sport from the moors and deer corries have reached us since last week—at Corrymony, Captain Downes shot, in one day lately, 16 brace ; at Dummaglass, R. N. Trumbell, Esq., on the 21st, 81 brace, and on Monday and Tuesday following 1 1 and 9 brace; on the 10th, Sir H. Meux and R.. Arabin, Esq., made out 21 brace ptar migan and 12 brace grouse—the sam e p ar t y ' s sport for the season amounts to upwards of 800 'brace of grouse, ptarmigan, and black game, together with 6 red deer. At Craggie, J. C. Freebairn, Esq., bagged 9 brace in part of a day; and at Lochtreig, W. Clarke, Esq., has had some very good day's grousing of more than average numbers. • From several parties, who have closed their season, we learn that all are highly satisfied, both with their sport and Highland rambles. The game-book of the Auchnanault party has entries of nearly 800 brace of grouse and 7 red deer; at Scardroy, Captain Bon ham and Lord Beauclerk's returns were, 1,350 head of grouse, about 100 of them hawked by Captain Bonliam's well-trained falcons, which he brings every year, to keep up the old sport of falconrie ; at Dalmi gavie, Mr. IVigram and friends shot 640 brace ; and at Carr-bridge, Colonel Forbes and friends, upwards of 620 brace. From the deer forests some very large fat stags have been selected ; at Inverbroom, Sir St. George Gore, Bart., got some first-rate shots, with which he captured five stags, two of them very heavy, and with large heads of horns, one set of antlers 30 inches in length. From his forest at Rhi dorrach, J. A. Mackenzie, Esq., picked out two well antlered deer; one weighed, when cleaned, 30st. 31b., and the other 18st., 121 h. At Fasnakyle, J. W. Eyton, Esq., and Mr. Gatacre, have stalked some good stags, one with. thick beamed antlers finely studded. R. H. - llalford, Esq., at Novar, has se cured 5 stags; and at Aviemore, S. Parnther, Esq., got one, and a roe deer. Some good specimens of the brown and spotted varieties of fallow deer, which at one time were preserved in several domains in the north, have been shot by G. Stockwell, Esq., Braban, J. Pell, Esq., and R. Reid, Esq., Castle Leod. Lord Lovat, with his own gun, bagged, in one day last week, no less than 38 brace of partridges, from his preserves at Beaufort Castle.—Ross-shire Advertiser DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL COTTON.—We hay. to record the demise of Major-General E. R. Cotton, who expired at Ellwall Hall on Thursday. The de ceased served at the Helder, including the actions of the 2d and 6th of October, 1799, and in 1808 proceed, d to the Peninsula, and served with much bravery and dis tinction in the Spanish army. his commissions were dated as follow:—Lieutenant, 11th Oct., 1747; Captain, 9th of July, 1803 ; Major, 4th of March, 1807 ; Lieutenant- Colonel, 4th of June, 1813 ; Colonel, 22d of July 1430 ; and Major-General, 23d of November, 1841. RAILWAYS IN PORTUGAL.—A proposal has been submitted to the Government of Portugal for the • con struction of a line of railway from Lisbon to Oporto, through Santarem and Coimbra. The project has been warmly taken up by many influential capitalists at Lisbon, as also by parties connectei with Portugal in this country. The necessary capital is to be raised, half in England and half in Portugal ; the Government will guarantee a fixed rate of interest until the line is com pleted, and certain privileges will be granted to the company for a limited period.—Railway Chronicle. JAMES COCKBURN BELANET.—Letters have been received from the Home-office, expressive of the regret of Sir James Graham at the outrages that have been committed against the person and property of Mr. Belaney since his return to North Sunderland. The Government has joined in offering a reward of 100/. for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders who set fire to his dwelling-house on the evening of the 18th ult., and her Ma jesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice informant. An inspector of police has been sent down to inquire into the nature and particulars of the recent outrage. He has been actively engaged for the last few days, and on the 7th inst. laid informations against Mr. George Gray Bell, the late clerk of the firm of Robson and Skelly, and three other persons, of the names of Steavenson, Brown, and Galligar, as principals at the incendiary fire of the 10th ult. The Rev. Dixon Clark, of Belford, a magistrate for the district, after hearing a part of the evidence collected by the inspector, granted warrants for the imme diate apprehension of the parties who will be brought before a special petty sessions, . to be holden for the purpose, this day (Wednesday) at Bedford. A warrant was also granted to search the sdwelling-house of Mr. Bell, for property belonging to Mr. Belaney, which he is charged with having improperly taken away. It is not true, as has been stated by some of our Con temporaries, that Mr. Bell had been appointed receiver of the firm of Robson and Skelly by the Court of Chan• cery, as no proceedings in that Court have been insti tuted. The subject is creating considerable interest, and we are sorry to see parties of a respectable sphere in life implicated in so serious a charge.— Tyne Mercury. THE CUSTOMS.—A diversity of practice appearing to have prevailed in remunerating tidewaiters boarded on vessels allowed to discharge their cargoes before and after the legal hours of business, when such permission is granted, on special application being made by merchants on the occasion of a vessel leaking or being under contract or demurrage, or at the re quest of the dock companies or wharfingers during an influx of shipping after the prevalence of contrary winds, and consequent pressure of business, the ex pense for such over-time attendance being, on all occa sions, borne by the parties making the application ; and the Board of Customs being of opinion that in all such cases a charge at the rate of sixpence an hour should be made, instead of a shilling, as has hitherto, in most in stances, been the case for a ticlewaiter working beyond the hours fixed for the attendance of water-side officers, and that when the services of a second tidewaiter, on the same vessel, shall be considered ne cessary to assist in keeping an account of the deli veries, his over-time be also charged at the same rate ; orders have been issued to the officers at the several depart ments in London, and the outports of the United Mng dom, to govern themselves in future accordingly. This class of officers were not allowed any payment for extra attendance till within the last year or two, when by a new regulation they are required to keep an account of the delivery of the cargo from the ship as a check upon the landing account ; therefore, they are paid not so much for extra attendance as for extra attention , to this duty; their attendance on board the vessel being re quired day and night from the time she is boarded at Gravesend till the whole of her cargo is cleared. DREADFUL FIRE AT TOTTENHAM. —About four o'clock on Thursday:mornine ° a dreadful fire broke out on the estate of Mr. Frederick Antenbring, of Farmwoods. green, Tottenham, Middlesex ;From its first outbreak there was not the least chance of saving any portion of the property—. , A party =of fliiiaiowof Bodice soon reached the r fiee WithiSklia‘Otteßham engine, but water was such a distance from the farm, that during the necessary delay that occurred in fixing the lengths of pipe, the fire made the most frightful progress, and only a short time elapsed before one-half of the farm-yard, 53 yards by twelve, was one burning mass. Two engines of the London establishment from Whitecross-street and Jeffries-square now arrived, when they were well worked by the inhabitants and firemen, and it soon be came apparent that the firemen hail obtained the mastery. Unfortunately, however, the brewhouse, granary, cot tage, cow-houses, calf-pens, sheds, &c., as well as several hundred heals of live stock, were consumed. The pro perty is insured in the Alliance and Royal Exchange Offices. ROYAL ETIQUETTE.—The author of " Eveline," Frances Burney, or, by marriage with a French emi grant, Madame D'Arblay, complains bitterly in her Memoirs' of the severe fatigue she underwent while a Court lady. Her employment was personal attendance on Queen Charlotte, to assist in robing, and keeping well replenished her Majesty's snuff-box. It is contrary to etiquette to sit or eat in the royal presence ; you must not pass the royals on the road, nor any room in which they are, if the door be open ; if met you must stand still ; in retiring from their presence it must be back ward ; if they enter you must immediately rise, fall back to the wall, leaving the centre • of the room for their ex clusive use ; you must not address them unless first spoken to ; if a royal personage condescends to visit a subject, be brings with him what - guests he pleases, and has entire control during his stay of the mansion. As princes are of ancient institution, all these rules have doubtless a sage and politic meaning. They are chiefly intended to maintain the personal dignity of the Sove reign, to present him being indecorously exposed, or taken unawares, so as to betray weakness, or the appear ance of restraint on his will and pleasure. at as princes are no longer considered divine or impeachable, nor perhaps wish to be—for the assumption metdistinhare been irksome—they might perhaps be poor factory girl suffered mor . e than British Court, as they have been on n t Fanny Continent. nti re y l B urn y did tNo Q r n e e ad en y , w to h.o dr n o m p s t k r ill otn a w vi as 'an not suff • but of e ou t t hi t n h g e hunger and long-standing. Yet re ady to cfrrouniel:ythoeri thei r observance , ardn is the cause o thought and experience ch te c n e t o h f s hoefr thes; tu misery atlon. t The hro s u a g m h Id—want of reciprocal knowledge between superiors world —want and nhsi sowed d ie nt this e s es and those dependent upon them.-IYeze .E . " 4 inburg Monthly Review. WESTBROMWICIL—The thick coal miners of West brom jell and Oldbury have given notice for an advance of wages of sixpence per day, so as to have four shilling s instead of three shillings and sixpence, shall h av e the presente,theirt is ra te. The notice expired on last Saturday night. g enerally believed by the men that. I a dvance without any opposition on the p art o f t h e 7 a , s r t i e t r e s .—B Russianirntiligotet: IP s " That on the 27th of June, in the district of Osselinsky and the govern ment of Georgia, a mountain, being nearly three wersts in extent from the base to the summit, and covered with trees, slipped, and did not cease to move until it reached the hamlet of Seheleour, covering a space of twenty-four acres of cultivated land. The hamlet, composed of five houses and three mills, was driven, together with its in habitants, half a werst further. Fortunately, no lives were lost." 'rho Collingwood, SO, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir G. . Seymour, arrived at Madeira on the 18th ult., at tan ) :dock in the evening, all well. She performed the voyage from Spithead in beautiful style, awl so steady hat even the ladies on board experienced no inconveni itice from the voyage. Apprehensions were entertained hat if' they were at sea long water would be scarce on loard, as her hold was discovered to be less roomy tor ;towing than was imagined when she was victualled. the was expected to leave fir Rio de aneiro, en route t Valparaiso, the next day.—Hompshi J re Advertiser.