The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

NS ig 'nu urtem" Tustice, rations r of the dant of ►o,ooof the es• s - bee hid re- clay for 4 Oa ;itod W 1 ti 11! ) Par" nal lF Berb~tainin tly in" 1,3151 eation I)ilk e Ie y APO o n the r, O , da ( I ho eur t r Pais aloof to 0e ; of the, that a t inst., irrso 4 .nt 1. !twee° r . tht IoP 43 1 1 too' SPOItTING INTELLIt:;LNCE. • TAT FE RS ILL'S.—YEsTEntur. -tt few memb,rs "dropped in," but so many of the leading " operatives" were it b,cnt at York, Hereford, and other provincial meetings, that business was almost at a stand still. The only etf, , et 0' the York running w as an offer to back Godfrey fir the St. Leger at 33 to I ' 3 o to 1 was offered. The Princess 1. as backed for a Pony at 12 to 1 (13 to 1 afterwards offered), and Foig,- 34%40. for 5/. at 18 to 1. We did not hear any other bets, RIPON RACES —MONDAY. Two Year Old Stakcs of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. T.Y.C. ..11r. Shepherd's Marie, Bit 21b (Lye) I __Mr. Reset inc's Ae 2 Lord Gi as , ,ow s by ay Middleton, lilt Parrer's It'o.fvtonialn 4 The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 added. ...Winner to be so ld f or 1501, & e . O ne m il e an d h a lf. Mr. T. Walker's Master Thomas, 5 yrs (Cartwright) 1 Mt J. Gill's Sands, 4 yrs Mr. B:ebbings' Celeve 3 ,litr. Chil ton ' s f by Sheet Anchor, out of Patty, 3 yes ; VI% Daws on ' s D aft N atty, 4 yrs ; Mr. Weighi I's Envy s irs ; and M r. J . Mi: ner ' s Miss Pr i m, 5 yrs, a l so ran. "e Members' Plate of 50/., the second to receive 15/. Heats, two miles. tr. J. Osb orne ' s Boniface, 3 yrs Bank's Strathmore, 3 yrs 4 1 2 Mr. J. Walker's Bonnets-o'-Blue, 3 yrs Mr. Ward's Vixen, aged 3 4 4 Id Glasgow's Sister to Give him a Natne, 3 yrs... 2 fell TUESDAY. The Great St. Wilfrick Handicap of 10 sovs. each. 5 ft, • itbd 3 only if declared, with 2u added. Two miles. Mr. Milbank Robinson, aged (Lye) 1 Bird's Betsey Bird, 4 yrs . 2 Powlett's Blindfold, 4 yrs . Harrison's Feronia, 3 yrs r. Ds son's Daft \Vatty, 4 yrs 5 C orporation Plate of 50/. ; three yrs 7st ; four yrs, Bst 3 %; five yrs, Bst 10lb ; six yrs and aged, 9st 21b. ItlVinners extra. lleats, two miles. 11r. J. o, borne's Boniface, 3 yrs (Ridley) 1 1 1 M . 2 „klilbank' s R o bi nson , ag ed . 0 3r• owlett's Blindfold, 4 yrs '"; Stebbinws e' Celeste, 3 yrs 4 4 41, . White's The Lord Mayor, aged 2 dr. Mr. T. Walker's Master Thomas, 5 yrs li r. J. Gill's Sands, 3 yrs BROMSGROVE RACES.— TUESDAY. t Maiden Stakes of 3 toys. each, and 20 added, S aunders' round and a dis., were won, in two heats, by Mr. la unders' Caitiff, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Itammond's Nora, 0 yrs. The Bromsgrove Stakes of 3 sots. each, with 40 added, twice round and a dis , were by M Collett's Itor 4-)llt° "' aged (Whiiehouse), won beating r. Mr. Flintoff's y Countess of Lichfield, 4 yrs, and Mr. Pearce's Foxbury, 3 yrs. The 'hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added, tinyvtee mum?, and a rlistance, over six hurdles, were won 'Br w° by Mr. James' Jack, aged, beating Mr. 6117, 111 .1 e1 . Ba Yfird, 6 pm:3, and Mr. Palmer's Waruba VLYmi3 c lr 4r ,, a , "I) DEVONPOItT, AND CORNWALL Match RACES.—TUESDAT. . 4 yrs 0 ~ tic a tns o sous,, once round. Mr..Allibone's Swindle, Th e c , k • Allibone), beat Mr. Creagie s Kate, 4 yrs Stakes of 20 sovs. each, li ft, and 5 ft only M r. s. c.,. declared. Once round and a distance. Ikt R .°PrY's Subduer, 4 yrs R r a;o l . ll 6"'s fby Jack-in-the-Green, out of Eliza, 3 yrs 2 Mr. ' l caP Plate of 51. Heats 2 miles and a dista l nce l . k r, 41 .elea e by Hornsea, d by Soothsayer, 3 yrs lcWilliams' El3sitn, 4 yrs • Croft , ,-, ... 3 2 Th -"" 8 k.ornopean, 2 yrs e United Service Plate of 501. Heats about a mile fir, 0_ ~ and a half. Mr, :,-,...onic,Tn'a Cornopean. 4 yrs (Cowley) 1 1 Sir j' . • 1 ,.. b 8 r by Jack-in-the-Green, 3 yrs ... .. :.. 3 2 2 T i , 1 ": Ivy's Bastile, 4 yrs ue Ladies' Plate, of 50/. (Handicap). Heats once Mr' C__. , round. M. •Juu . nett s Fox, 4 yrs (Cowley) 1 1 lc Allibone's Scams, aged 1. Yeed's Mona, 5 yrs iir e B rand's Di c k T urp i n, 3 yrs xi: 1 - , bowne' i Usurper, a ge d dis ..4.-• Johnson's.Gylkwar, 4 yrs dis 1, 11 YORK AUGUST MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. I)tindaS Stakes, of 15 Soy. each, 10 ft ; with 30 Ms "tied. One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) s • Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, aged walked over. te,stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, for three-yrs-old h e°l4 , Bst 71b, and fillies,' Bst 41b. One mile and a Ishl r ter- (6 Subs.) 1 , .S r Prince Royal (Marlon) 1 -ir. Osborne's (Matson) Charles. Th e n Won by a l eng th an d a h a lf. Queen' Plate of 100 guineas, for three •yro-olds, anti Blh r , ; 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 5 yrs, 9st 41b ; 6 yrs, 9st 71b ; Mr. - g avd, 9st 91b. Two miles. kr. _:tlyin's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs (Templeman) 2 1 Mr . Z:ogieto's Teresa, 3 yrs e,ptau"."BtYa's Lady Sale, 3 yrs lo in 11 )'d's 1 ) MI 3 The -Gt°relat°Ell,Aolriceg `Yon by two lengths and a half. and ft onl • hit, li t s r t. 8 1 1‘ . % t ;:r e e i e k f d r) u , r s i I I i d l l'l Viandicap of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft,. declared, with 200 added. Two miles. (Berwick) 324 1 !.:SrFriodrinfer.heY:e3:3r yrs, sst yrs, , 4s 6 t s t 6 17 61b (Berwick) il r .. l , l) e l t l p °2 l ' , * Jamie Forest. a s g s e t d, l3 6 l s b t 131 b L ord Q . ' Y s Bonnßonnet, 5 yrs, 6st 0 01 L3Lanley't Ambition, 3 yrs, 4st 21b 0 lit "" 1 Thompson's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs, sst 41b 0 r it • , T 6 hn s t ' Rowena, 3 yrs 4 1 i...L ) . 4 'o( n n' r e r s anchise, 7 to 2 agst Rowena, 6 to 1 agst "'onion * ett,---G Ito ' 10 I agst Godfrey, and 14 to 1 agst Ever 1. - d . rey made all the running, with Franchise close e for the first mile; the favourite then took the second aft e r abut could not get nearer the front, and was beaten v re ry fast race by nearly three lengths. Everton The It had third, and the others beaten off. R e f u rr we yrs old ' Stakes of 20 sovs. each, p.p., with 25 liti‘" -11 col old Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. . 3 a ul;8 ) ' M 'l l l " I " 3 's Extravaganza, by Voltaire (Cartwright) 1 'il,--4,,w'scii's Critn. Con., by St. Martin (Lye) 2 and ~,e levaurite made the runninghalf distance, • was challenged there, and beaten by half a neck. ' ST. LEGER BETTING AT YORK. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 3 - t t ' 1 9 a g'q Lord Stanley's Itburiel—taken 9 t„ i a gst Mr. Salvin's The Cure--taken ken 13 ~ ; egst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus—ta p h . ''a r ,agst Colonel Anson's The Princess. Ahe INts `I,I,ItEFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY. each. -uree'Yrs-old Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. n Once round and a dis. The - e ri , ffi r the II 13 - e i if dli eeor dshire P S i t n akes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, 5 only 44%1) A ired, with 50 added. Twice round. kr,' 4113 ' Princ ess of Wales j4: 4t ,. 70rth's lidgram, 3 yrs r. a tliers Relli ss i ma, age d 4li tb's Dr. Allen, 5 yrs dis. Il e i. READING RACES.—(WEDNESDAY.) nrke ePers' Plate of 25/., added to a Sweepstakes of - -iv , f k. - says. each. Heats, one mile and a half. 14 1,_r. ciPmPle'S Lady Fl ora , 6 y rs (Bateson) 1 1 •alr. t a ''" ll s Gaiety, 3 yrs 3 2 T h i , nglond's Sp ring Bok, 3 yrs 2 dis t -"ltshireSakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., and 5 ft. Mr, declared, ifideclaredt; with 50 kided. Two miles. (21 Subs.) kr. i e h, ° i'' l3, a , ti's Devil-amoTg-the-Tailors, 5 yrs 0 1 hk r. 0 stow s Freystrop, 3 yrs e • Seott's The Whaler, 4 yrs 3 ~ Ll4i es' Plate of 30/ • added to a Sweepstakes of 5 41 r, p sons. each. " Heats, once round. ~_ltit. t,ilstcres Bosphorus, aged (Preston) 41 1 Mr. Tivaltieston's Escrick, 3 yrs kr, math's Cast-off; 5 yrs 2 3 dr 'ltr. r,t'Rland's Spring-box, 3 yrs TOMll'a Mobarek, 6 yrs broke down. Rile' Ilurdie Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 25 added, one , al i t ll d it half, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Bladon s ' 4 %, 6 yrs (Clark), beating three others. Tti a n AQUATICS. I tDA - b `'ltZler BOAT RACE BETWEEN THE NEPTUNE ;‘et,, NAUT CLUBS.—This great eight-oared cutter , s `' athi-utehhis been the subject of much speculatio n 1ri7114 ‘ 3 ,. -44 e circles for some weeks past, came off n ,as r il t Ai ltil d Was s a very animated affair. The race w _ N,„,estaiinster to Putney, and at a quarter-past s ix ti ,•"°44 o - 0 1) ustle and animation at the Messrs. Searle's, Wvlde's, and the other boat-builders in o°t*'l th l• The unfrequency of eight-oared matches, oro a4ticipation of first-rate sport, served to draw a very ). a large party of aquatic men afloat, but also l'ilitroet"isiderable assemblage on the shores and bridges I ttuR;I: 1 l ie" , could be obtained of any part of the i t*ri;',,•,• - , As half-past six approached the rival boats di r ti~ s tarting-place manned as follows: _ 4"4l:''', EPT urit.—Messrs. J. Walmsley (stroke), Ro i.,-) " T * Palmer , Ede, Gough, Smythe, C. Robinson, . 7,4 , Elliott (coxswain). bop:h4,IIQONAUT. —Messrs. J. B. Johnson (stroke), E. 4 'fitt ; Sh oulbridge, G. bars, J. Duplan, Wallis, R. 1 ,1`.1 t .,"', J. Butterfield, Noniron (coxswain). t `xtik t, *n has, Esq , the Hon. Secretary of the Thames t r .e 1 1 1 8 1 , 1 , d holder C.f . the championship of the Thames h and 1 841, took his seat in the Leander, of which bibeifiber as umpire. The colours for the Nep h wer e , nth cr ew , b l ue —those of their opponents yellow ; and %ti e Lw3 looked in a very good condition, the . Nep n - Ivriki,ll)Peiacing to have the advantage, if an y , e ;i d °fit the difference in that respect we should lh e e r to be very trifling indeed. The Neptune too 44 1 hslde Phroq- On the signal being given both crews s _qt q fif the water at the same moment, and when Nept: ll : h dozen rapid strokes, was well on way, the et t ,r had the lead. The Neptune i n each stroke in- Ai i , ir t,n their lead, and off the Penitentiary had drawn Do s i ti 't n gth ah ea d . The Neptune crew retained their oau t ,' s 1 1 3 1 e, and arri ve d fi rst at Putney-bridge ; the Argo- t- th o ing abo ut fi ve lengths, including their own, astern ka rt - ru• Betting was 5 and 6t04 on the Neptune at MARYLEDONE• ~._ ..s spx wirr i ., „ g ; v. TICE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND , GROUND, match niin at z,- Men AND MARTINGELL GIVEN.-11D8 . , as a'`u on Wednesday afternoon, after three a)_s e t4rll 1)e Pia,' as the most ardent admirers of a t _ N o e could desire, in favour of Sussex. The number of taernshebtained was large beyond all precedent. Th day - 1,! 8 of the Marylebone Club left Brighton yester ill t a "sr 111 " 1) , for Petworth, where they commence a 4 e h this d ay. Mond IE MOORS. th e aY dawned a T nd l co ntinued most auspiciot . ts . ly . for , gentlemen of the moors ; and, by the good fin - ece et .. • . th , a, it Will be seen that the success was good. In 4 1 t floors of Novar, &titerlmulshire, Sir Ralph A. Ad h !ather and the 11,.n. —Chohnoudeley bagged fift3--fuer e r t Z e i Mr. Raiford fifty brace. At Carr Bridge, onel New ell, Colonel Forbes, and Vibrat, Esq., in few hours bagged F. eventy- five brace. Similar good ! hick has attended others in Sutherland and Inverness shires. In this county there Was splendid and most effective sport. At Daimon the sportsmen killed and , bagged forty brace each ; and if we may judge from the number of boxe; shipped by the steamer from Wick, there must have been a vast quantity shot over the whole country.—. John o' Groat's Journal. ORKNEY.—The 12th proved all that sportsmen could desire, and consideraNe slaughter was perpetrated. The highest bagged w., , s twenty-seven brace, by one Kirk wall gentleman, and twenty-six by another. The birds numerous and strong.—John o' Groat's Journal. COURT CIRCULAK. WINDSOR, TIIURSDAY.—Her Majesty and the in fant Prince are perfectly well. Prince Albert walked this morning in the slopes and pleasure-grounds adjoining the Castle. In the afternoon his Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Wylde, went out rabbit shooting in the royal pre serves. ller Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester ar rived at Frogmore Lodge this morning, and after lunching wish the Duchess of Kent, went to the Castle about three o'clock (accompanied by the Duchess of Kent), on a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert. The Duchess of Gloucester was attended by Lady Caroline Murray, and the Duchess of Kent by Lady Charlotte Dundas and the Countess Wratislaw. Shortly before four o'clock her Royal llihness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by her Lady in Waiting, took her departure from the Castle. - The Prince of \Vales and the Princess Alice, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken a carriage drive in the forenoon. l'he Princess Royal was also taken out on a pony. In the after noon the Royal Family were again taken airings. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left Alton Towers, Staffordshire, the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury, yesterday, for the resi dence of the Duke of Cambridge, at Kew. _ _ Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in White hall-gardens, yesterday evening, from his seat, Dray ton Manor, Staffordshire. Mr. Charles de Godefroy, Hanseatic Minister at the Court of Berlin, has arrived at Stevens's Hotel, Bond-street. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, and attended by Chevalier Bunsen and the members of his suite, arrived at Nune ham, the seat of his Grace the Archbishop of York, shortly before six o'clock on Tuesday evening, from Oxford. Upon alighting, the royal party were received by the Archbishop and several members of his Grace's family, the Noble and Gallant Duke introducing the illustrious Prince to his venerable host, who led the way to the grand saloon of the mansion, where the guests honoured with invitations to meet his Royal highness were as sembled. Viscount Melbourne, the Countess of Essex, and Miss Johnson, and Mr. Samuel Rogers were among the company ; and each having been formally presented to the Prince, his Royal Highness, with the members of his suite, and several of the circle, walked in the grounds near the house for a short period, and then re turned to the mansion to dress for dinner, which was served in the banquetting-room at eight o'clock. The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford and Mrs. Wynter and Dr. and Mrs. Buckland were among those present. The party included his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, Lord Melbourne, the Dowager Countess of Essex and Miss .Johnson, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. Henry and Lady Francis Harcourt, Mr. Egerton Harcourt, Miss Harcourt, and several other members of his Grace's family. In the suite of his Royal Highness were Chevalier Bunsen and Mr. Ernest Bunsen. On Wednesday the Prince rose early, and walked in the gardens attached to the house for some time. After breakfast all the gentlemen of the party mounted on horseback, and rode round the Park, from dif ferent points of which there are splendid views of the city of Oxford, the river Isis, anal other beautiful pastoral scenery. At ten o'clock the horses were ordered to be put to, and at a few minutes after that hour his Royal Highness (having first taken leave of his Grace the Duke of Wel lington, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, and the other assembled guests, and thanked his vene rable host for the hospitality shown towards himself and suite) entered the royal carriage, and drove off in the direction of Theme, where the first relays of horses were taken on. From Theme the Royal party proceeded across the beautiful vale which at this part of the country is skirted by the Chiltern hills, and entering Buchinghamshire, proceeded direct to Aylesbury, where they again changed horses at the White Hart Hotel. From there the distinguished tourists proceeded direct to Stowe, the seat of the Duke of Buckingham, a distance of 20 miles, on arriving at which they were received, in the absence of the family, by the Duke's librarian, who had prepared a very hand some dejeuner upon learning, a few hour's previous to the Prince's arrival, that his Royal Highness proposed to honour Stowe with his presence. The Royal party reached Stowe about 3 o'clock, and after partaking of luncheon, inspected the mansions and grounds. The Prince was greatly pleased with this beautiful seat, and the Royal party devoted nearly three hours to an examination of its varied attractions. At 6 o'clock the Prince left Stowe for the Wolverton station on the London and Birmingham Railway, en route for Derby, where it had been arranged his Royal High ness should pass the night. In consequence of the lateness of the hour on Monday at which the plans for the Prince's tour were arranged at Strathfieldsaye, no intimation of the intention of his Royal Highne'ss to avail himself of the London and Bir mingham Railway had reached the directors of that com pany ; but the notice which appeared in the papers of yesterday having been observed by Mr. Glyn, the chair man of the hoard, that gentleman immediately conferred with the secretary, Mr. Creed, and a royal saloon car riage was dispatched by the down mail train to Wolver ton, to await the arrival of the Prince. Thus, even had his Royal Highness arrived at one o'clock, everything would have been in readiness for his reception. As it happened, however, the royal party did not reach Wol verton until shortly before seven o'clock, when they were received by Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent of the line. During the period occupied in transferring the carriages to the trucks, his Royal Highness accompanied Mr. Bury, the superintendent of the locomotive depart ment, through the extensive range of workshops where the locomotive engines are repaired, and generally over the establishment. His Royal Highness expressed him self much pleased with the excellent order which pre vailed throughout the departments, and surprised at the magnitude of the arrangements. The half-past five o'clock down-train from London reached Wolverton about half-past seven, and the royal carriages being attached, the Prince and suite took their places, and in a few minutes were proceeding rapidly towards Rugby. en route for Derby, where they passed the night, at the Midland Counties Hotel. His Royal Highness proceeded at six yesterday morning to Chesterfield, devoting three hours to an exa mination of the beauties of Chatsworth, returning to Chesterfield, and proceeding thence to York, which city they will reach at four o'clock. After inspecting the cathedral and taking refreshment, they will go on to Newcastle, which they will reach at half-past nine, and after a short pause, proceed onwards direct to Edin burgh, taking up their quarters at Douglas's Hotel. To-day the royal party will visit Glasgow. LEAMINGTON, AUG. 20.—This pleasant watering place has lately received a considerable accession of fa*hionable company. Among the recent arrivals are the Countess of Wemyss and Lady Caroline Charteris, Viscount and Viscountess Newry, Lord Blaney, Lnrd Howard, Lady Stanley and family, Lord Calthorpe, Mr. Laurence and Lady Jane Peel, Lady Wenlock, Right Hon. the Attorney-General for Ireland and family, Colonel Sir Rowland Eustace. F. A. M'Geachy, Esq., M.P., W. Battie Wrightson, Esq., M.P.,&c. GREAT QUOIT 14IATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF SCOTLAND.—On Saturday a great quoit match took place in Mr. D. Weir's green, Tradeston, Glasgow, be twixt the parishes of Mauchline and Lesmahago, to settle the point as to which of them was entitled to claim the championship of Scotland in regard to this great national game. There were twelve players on each side, all of course picked men, and the game was played in six rinks. The Mauchline men came off the victors by a:majority of 52 shots.—Ayr Observer. THE NORFOLK YEOMANRY CAVALRY. —On Sa turday last a court of inquiry was held at the Shire hail, consisting of the Hon. W. R. Rous, F. Keppel, Esq., and John Stracey, Esq., three deputy-lieute nants of this county, to inquire into the state of disci. pline, the appointments, pay, allowances, and general conduct of the Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, or Prince Albert's Own. John Stracey, Esq., was e . e..lted chairman. The proceedings were held with closed doors. The in quiry originated in consequence of a charge made by Major Loftus, the commandant of the corps, against Captain Mott, for inciting certain officers to resign, and deprive her Majesty of their services. During the course of the investigation a number of written charges were submitted on behalf of Captain Mott, in justifica tion of the charge brought against him by Major Loftus. These charges set forth that Major Loftus had made several payments on account of the corps by means of acceptances of his oa n, which were afterwards dishonoured, for which he had previously re ceived ready money from the Government, and for a breach of discipline in availing himself of certain private letters in his capacity as commanding officer. Mr. J. Billing Barnard, of this city, was in attendance to substantiate, by his testimony, certain charges as to the bill transactions made by Captain Mott, in his defence, against Major Loftus, but the honour. able court declined examining Mr. Barnard, as they were of opinion that these transactions, which were of a pecuniary nature. and some of which Captain Mott detailed in his defence, were of a private character, and consequently not recognisable by that court, which was instituted for the sole purpose of making inquiries respecting the Yeomanry Cavalry. The result of the inquiry has not, neither is it likely it will, transpire for some time, but in milit ar y a ff a i rs a cour t of inquiry, such as that held on Saturday, would be understood as a preliminary step to a court-martial. The proceedings of the court, with their comments, will be transmitted to the War-office. The proceedings occupied nearly six hours.--Norwich Mercury. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1644. CLOSE OF THE OPERA SEASON. On Tuesday evening her Majesty's Theatre closed for the season —a season, to the full, as brilliant and as successful as that of 1843, and one which reflects even greater credit .on the managerial talents of Mr. Lumley. No accidents occurred during the course of the season of 1843 to interfere with the arrange ments which had been announced at its commence ment; but in 1844, from the very first night of the season, a series of events, which no human foresight could have provided against, occurred to interfere with the previously-announced arrangements, and occurred, too, at exactly those periods which rendered it of all things the most difficult- to provide against their consequences. Such, however, was the tact of Mr. Lumley, that he turned his very difficulties into sources of triumph, and neither the illness of Forna sari, at the commencement of the season, nor the accidents which occurred to Perrot and Montassu during its progress, were -sufficient to damp his energies, or to stop him in his onward course. The season commenced on the 9th of March, not with a second-rate company, as was the case during the time that Laporte swayed the destinies of this theatre, but with Persiani as prima donna, with Carlotta Grisi ai premiere danseuse. Signor Corelli the first of second tenors, and who will ere long rank as a first tenor, made his deblit on that evening, and laid the foundation of that fame with the English public, which has increased, is increasing, and which, with ordinary care on his part, will continue to in crease. The beautiful ballet of Esmeralda was also produced on this occasion, and repeated, we be. lieve, every evening during the stay of Carlotta Grisi. The next noticeable event was the debut of Favanti in La Cenerentola, and notwithstanding the disparaging observations of a certain clique who have chosen to make a dead set at this young lady, we adhere to the opinions which we first formed of her talents and powers, and presage for her, if she gives herself fair play, a brilliant future. Nature has done everything for her—her voice is one of the most powerful, and at the same time most perfect, voices ever heard, but as a race-horse requires more training than a hack, so does a brilliant voice require more constant drill ing than the voice of ordinary powers. That she is willing to undergo the drudgery which every great singer must undergo in order to become great, we hope and believe, for on Tuesday night we observed a marked improvement in her style. Her Pippo, too, one of her latest perform ances, was most art;stical; and neither in Pippo, nor in her performance of Tuesday, was that defec tive intonation perceptible of which so much has been attempted to be made. Her occasional defective in tonation is, we believe, mainly tobe attributed to nervous timidity, for we have frequently observed, that when she has received the encouragement of applause, that defect has entirely disappeared, and whenever she has been encouraged by an encore, she has invariably re peated the air in a more perfect manner than she performed it at first. When, therefore, she shall have acquired that confidence in herself in which every debutante must be necessarily deficient, she will take rank among the very first of her profession, After Easter we had Grisi, Lablache, Fornasari, and Mario, added to the corps. The first novelty pro duced was Zampa, which, notwithstanding the mag nificent acting and singing of Fornasari as the pirate chief, had not a very long run. This was to be attri buted to a variety of causes—first, to the unfortunate fiasco of Felice in this character at the commence ment of the season; secondly, to the fact that the plot of the piece bears too close a resemblance to that of Don Giovanni; and lastly, to the circumstance that the music was originally composed, not to Italian, but to French words. The attempt, however, to vary the repertory of the theatre by naturalising a celebrated foreign opera, was most laudable. Shortly after Easter, Carlotta Grisi left us, and Cerito came. Ondine and Alma were revived in their pristine splendour, and the beautiful diver tissement of La Vivandiere was produced. Then came the operatic novelty, par excellence, of the season, Costa's opera of Don Carlos, the run of which was in terrupted by the arrival of Moriani, the first tenor of Europe, and for securing whose services Mr. Lumley is worthy of all praise. At this period, too, the ballet department was reinforced by the engagement of Fanny Ellsler, who, with Fanny Cerito, has ap peared every night of the season up to its close. We have heard it made a matter of complaint by those who are determined not to be pleased with anything as it is, that so few new operas have been produced ; ut when we can see the old operas supported as they have been during the present season, we must confess that we have no great desire for new ones, and the public seem to be of this opinion likewise, for every „..b night the house has been crowded to the ceiling. Besides, the fault is not with the manager—where was he to go for novelty ? Donizzetti has ceased even to plagiarise effectively, and since Don Pasquale he has produced nothing of note. Rossini has ceased to write; and as to Ricci, the success of his Corrado d' Altamurra holds out no inducement to the management to repeat the experiment of in troducing his operas to the British public. It was announced at one time that Persiani's Fantasnia was in praration, but judging from the report of those who have seen that opera in Paris, we think Mr. Lumley exercised a judicious discretion in not pro ducing it, as long as he found the old and favourite operas filled his house every evening. The fact is, there is no great maestro of the present day, nor is there any young composer who exhibits any promise, if we except Verdi, whose operas—l Lombardi and Hernani—have, it is said, recently produced a furore in Italy. Perhaps, during the course of the ensuing season, Mr. Lumley may afford us an opportunity of judging for ourselves of the merits of Signor Verdi. In the meanwhile, we thank him for having produced the masterpieces of Cimarosa, of Mozart, of Rossini, and of Bellini, in the manner in which he has pro duced them ; and while he gives us the Matrimonio Segretto, the Don Giovanni, the Barbiere, the Semi ramide, the Cenerentola, the Gazza Ladra, the Norma, and the Sonnambula, supported by Grisi, Persiani, Favanti, Fornasari, Lablache, and Mario, we shall not quarrel with him because he does not produce La Fantasma, nor should we have complai+red even if he had left Corrado d'Altamurra alone in his glory. Nothing can exceed the liberality and spirit with which the management has been conducted during the past season—neither pains nor expense have been spared to make her Majesty's Theatre the first lyrical theatre in Europe. The orchestra, under the able direction of Costa, numbers among its mem bers the elite of the instrumentalists in this country— never has it been so strong, and, at the same time, never so select. The choruses have been most efficient, and most admirably disciplined ; while the ballet has been certainly superior to any other ballet in Europe. The scenery has exhibited a series of the most beauti ful and magnificent creations from the pencils of the Grieves, and the general business of the stage has been attende i to in a manner which contrasts most favourably with the slovenly way in which such mat ters were managed in days of yore. Neither has the audience-part of the house been neglected; every ar rangement possible has been made to secure the com fort of the visitors to the theatre, and great as has been Mr. Lumley's success during the past season, it has not been one jot greater than his untiring efforts to secure the greatest possible amount of amusement and comfort for his subscribers, deserves. THE NEW INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT.—KINGS GATE•STREET COURT OF REQUESTS.— At the time tho above Act received the royal assent, there were twenty one debtors who had been confined in Whitecross-street prison, having been sent there from Kingsgate-street Court of Requests. The day following the attachment of the royal signature to the Act, the whole of them prepared petitions, which were presented to Mr. Com missioner Heath, the Judge of that Court, who received them on the Monday. They were on that and the subsequent day taken into his consideration, when, on the Wednesday, separate orders were signed by the Learned Commissioner for their discharge. The powers of the Act which constitutes this Court extends to debt under 2/., and the term of imprisonment to twenty days. No special meeting has been held by the Commissioners on the new Act. Westminster Court of Requests.— This Court is governed by a Local Act, which received the signature of his late Majesty King William, on the 19th of August, 1836. When the last Act was passed, there was no application to , the Commissioner by any debtor for his discharge from prison, from which it is supposed that there was no person cqnnected with the authority of that Court who was incarcerated. The powers of the Westminster Court of Requests reach to debts under 51. The Commissioners had no power to imprison beyond seven days, and which included the day imprisonment commenced, and that when it ended. At the time the Act was passing the Legislature, there was then a very prevalent disposition to abolish imprisonment for debt, on which account the length of imprisonment was limited in the clause of the Act to seven days. LITERAT URE. RAMBLES IN m G o.r E on R . M L A on N do Y n. A I N B4 D 4. ITALY, 2 Vols. These rambles were, it seems, undertaken during the three last years, and extended over a considerable portion of Italy, and those districts of Germany which lie along the banks of the Rhine. Mrs. Shelley, to whose pen we are indebted for the present record of them, visited few spots but such as are well known to the generality of English tourists; but what her volumes want in the novelty of matter, they make up for in the vivacity o f t h e i r manner . O n every subject which she disc usses, t h e aut h oress wr it es with an eloquence and animation that lure the reader on, in spite of himself; there is a charm even in her veriest common places; and when she describes a scene characteri,ed by any particular features of beauty or grandeur, she throws her whole soul into the description, and makes the reader a partaker in her enjoyment. With the sublime scenery of the Tyrol she appears to have been particularly struck ; she traversed the greater portion of the ground where the great struggle took place, in 1809, between the French and the brave peasant chief, Hofer; and gives, en passant, brief but graphic details of this desperate contest, which ended —as those who are acquainted with that eventful period well know—in the subjuga tion of the Tyrol, and the murder—for:murder to all intents and purposes it was—of the heroic Hofer, by order of the French Emperor. With the Italians, speaking of them generally as a people, and without reference to particular classes or individuals, Mrs. Shelley appears to have been much pleased. " I be lieve," she remarks in her preface, " that no traveller can mingle much with them, without becoming at tached to them. Their f au lt s i n j ure eac h other— their good qualities make them agreeable to strangers. Their courtesy, their simplicity of manner, their evident desire to serve, their rare and exceeding in telligence, give to the better specimens among the higher classes, and to many among the lower, a charm all their own?' The authoress adds that, despite present appearances, she thinks it highly pro bable that Italy will, ere many years have elapsed, succeed in regaining her long-lost independence. While Mrs. Shelley and her party were residing on the banks of the Lake of Como, the following singu lar incident eccurred, wllich'ive give in the lady's own words : ENGLISH BOASTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you be so good as to infurm that English tar of Newman st that he is a fool and like all us Englishman, few excepting, cowards first place by stating that the french Got a licken at waterloo why this victory is no Glory to England for every impar tial and well Educated Man well know and will admit that the British troops were in a complete deroute and that it was Blucher that won the Battle, were would we poor Britain be had it not be for him, here is a Proofe of our cowardice, with all our Boasting we will never nor dare Go to war with france alone no we must ask Prusia Austria, and Russia, to Join us now what is the good of such stupide Boasting as that poor innocent ass of a English tar. Yours respectfully . AN ENGLISHMAN. REV. DR. Burins, or PAISLEY.—The Rev. Dr. Bumf', of Paisley, has received a call from the Free Church congregation in Toronto, Upper Canada. A very able and impressive appeal has been addressed to the Rev. Doctor and his congregat;on by the people of Toronto, in which they employ the most persuasive ar guments in favour of his translation. THE TRIAL or BELANEY.—The jury, on Wednes day night, slept at the London Coffee-house, under the charge of Mr. Harker, the crier of the Court. The pri soner yesterday morning appeared dreadfully agitated, and at the time his brother was under examination cried bitterly. He scarcely raised his head at any one time. PUBLIC OPINION.—If we wanted a proof how little the temper of public bodies and the langu:lge held at public meetings are indicative of the opinion, and re present the feelings, of the general population of a country, we have an instance in the meeting which assembled on Wednesday last at Exeter Hall, London, and which was convened by the Directors of the London Missionary Society, to consider the steps that should be taken regarding the late outrage at Otaheite. The speeches there delivered by the different Dis senting ministers were but little in agreement either with their own calling or with the feelings of the people of England, for had the meeting been an assembly of soldiers, the tone of defiance could not have been louder or fierc:r. Such proceedings, reported in France, might very naturally lead to a false conclusion touching the opinions and views of Englishmen; particularly as it would be reasonable to infer that, when religious bodies appear in such a character, they fairly represent the na tional feeling. And, yet, how manifestly erroneous would this conclusion be. The only sensation which that meet ing has produced in the minds of all impartial men is that of regret that it should ever have been held ; they, feel ing that individuals whose peculiar duties are those of quietude and peace, ought, instead of being the first, to have been the last to move in the matter ; especially as the question at issue was, and now is, emphatically in the hands of the responsible Government. IVe are, hap pily, living in days far different to those when national grievances were redressed by men who held the Bible in one hand and a pistol in the other.—Derby Mercury. THE RAILWAY AND THE HARBOUR OF AYR.—WE observe with pleasure that the original intention of the Railway Company to run a line of single rails from the terminus here to a point on the North Quay, is now in course of being carried out. It was at one time con jectured that, in order to accomplish this object, the house of Lottery-hall, now the property of the Company, would require to be taken down. This, however, has been obviated by making a slight curve in the line, after emerging from the garden at the rear of these premises. The contractors for building the additional berths on the North Quay are hurrying the work as rapidly forward as circumstances will allow; so that, ere long, we may confidently expect to see a great augmentation to the mineral traffic of our harbour. We understand that several coal-proprietors and iron-masters only wait the completion of this improvement to dispatch their pro ducts from the harbour of Ayr in preference to other ports along the coast.—Ayr Observer. PORT OF CARLISLE.—The Lords of the Treasury having approved of Carlisle for the warehousing of tobacco removed coastwise under bond from the ports of importation for the purpose of being taken out for home consumption, or for ships' stores, upon suitable premises being provided for the deposit of the article, the Com missioners of the Customs have by their order approved of premises for the reception of such tobacco, and have. directed the same to be communicated to their officers at the port of London, and the collectors and controllers at the several outports of the United Kingdom, for their information and government. WIGTOWN, AUG. 17.—Around our good borough shearing has commenced in earnest, and but for the un toward weather, a considerable breadth would have fallen to the sickle. Harvest will be pretty general next week in the lower district, comprehending the neigh bourhood of Garliestown and the Isle of Whithorn, where pottions of grain have already been cut. The wheat crop has a very good appearance in general ; but it, as`wellas the other grain, is laid and broken down by the weather in too many instances, and will require an additional outlay in the reaping from ordinary years. An average crop may be expected with seasonable wea ther. Potatoes have a very promising appearance, and as there are three additional potato mills in the course of erection, it is anticipated that fair prices will be realised at raising time. Turnips are not growing so well in pro portion as potatoes ; but dry weather and genial sun shine would put all to rights. We understand that Pro fessor Johnston is to deliver lectures here on the after noons of Tuesday and Wednesday next, and that a large number of the cultivators of the soil are expected to be present.—Ayr Observer. THE WEATHER.—Harvest has partially commenced in this district, and but for the backward state of the weather, considerable progress would have been made ere this. A great deal of rain has fallen iu the course of the last fortnight, and grain in various quarters is much laid in consequence. Should such weather as has broke upon us this morning —sunshine, with cool breezes —continue for a short time, the sickle will be employed to good purpose. The crops, notwithstanding the wet, are in good condition ; and a fair yield is everywhere calculated upon. A gentleman who was in Straiton parish last week, informs us that at the sale at Tairlaw, on Thursday, coats brought from 41. to 61. an acre. d ogl Though ttuuhhfepxeenririr nrraentadistrictslxriluxuriant pytsdb bueperhapsnwocreettaahirnore exuberance tnher somewhat iheeocohhfffaef araognm dlvillageuidaeagarnhsneoe hoa a ivfa t nNyvs e vdts:hr f i cit o abpera r wehaate t ir.ent h toi e cacnvTabu s a s. nuleh particularly rpl i dyeyago n bnt arcs, green crops, eve e fiees y yt ecl fi w rnefdored e topl bii r dmasy e e;t little cost to any distance. Formerly they were much in want of manure, th e ca r r i age o f d ung from the towns being too expensive to admit of anything like a return for spian rcat POPULATIONIit e v e thel y outlay. A .:3 y F r s On TH Observer. AUSTRALIA .—The first settlers landed in So u th A us t ra li a i n J u ly, 1836. Com fye•ewarl : emigrants B47 y h e a t ve th a e rri n v u ed mb i e n r the of colony since the year 1840: yet the number of Euro peaninhabitants, according to the latest state ments, amounts to 16,516. The numbers were ascertained by a personal visit to the house of each of the settlers. They are classified thus :—ln Adelaide and neighbouring villages included within the municipality, 6,139 ; in the country districts, 10,377 — total, 16,516. Males, 9,152 ; females, 7,364—t0ta1. We begin to feel settled, but to-day a strange and disagreeable incident occurred. Peppina came in with wild looks, to say that a madman—an Englishman—had arrived by the steamer, and was frightening everybody with a pistol. It seems that two gentlemen had landed from the steamer, and had proceeded, as was the wont of visitors, to the Villa Sommariva, to look over it. One was an Italian, the other an Englishman, who spoke Italian perfectly. Suddenly, as they reached the gate of the villa which opened on the road, the Englishman said to the Italian, " Are you not afraid of being set upon ? Are you not afraid of being assassinated ?" ,The other, who had come from Milan with him, and was not otherwise acquainted, and had no idea of his malady, re plied, " No, why should he ?" "Do you not know that we are watched, and there is treachery everywhere about us ?" " No," said the other, " and if there were, you have as much cause to be frightened as I." " But I am armed," said the madman, " this is loaded," and he drew a pistol from his pocket, and still more excited by the sight of the weapon. began to shriek " T ra di men to! Tradimento Alla Villa Sommariva Tradimento I" His companion, frightened enough, ran off and alarmed the inn and village, and es Englishmen, my companions were summoned to see if they could dd anything with their countryman. There he stood on the steps before the gate of the villa leading down to the lake, shrieking " Tradimento ;" he kept every one at bay with his pistol, which was cocked, capped, and ready. Some people from across the lake tried to land at the steps to visit the villa, but he soon made them row away • the inhabitants ar oun d a ll fl oc k e d , hiding behind trees and peeping from coverts. He was well content to talk or to be spoken to in Italian or Eng lish, but no one must approach ; and his position, stand ing on a semicircular flight of steps leading down to the lake, was sufficiently impregnable: it gave him the whole command of the road in front, and no one could outflank, or come behind him. After three or four hours, how ever, he grew less watchful. As the people talked to him, he allowed them insensibly to approach nearer, till one fellow getting behind, threw up his arm with the pistol, and then throwing his arms round him, took him pr'soner. His pistol was double - loaded. nt with all his madness he was aware, that if he had fired it, his power was at an end ; and this latent sanity saved, per haps, a life. He was brought to the hotel, and a dismal day my friends have passed watching over him. Poor fellow ! he is quite mad. He had given English lessons at Milan for some years, and earned a sufficient livelihood. His insanity has taken the turn of believing that the Aus trian police want to poison him. He said he never went to the theatre but a police-officer was behind, who scattered a poisonous powder over him. He will not take any food in consequence ; neither touch bread nor water. My maid took him a cup of tea made by herself, and, to her great indignation, he refued it, as poisoned. He tried to escape several times. First, he made friends with his countrymen ; but when he found that they watched him, he turned to the Italians, calling us, ac cording to the phrase of the country, " non Cristiani," and begging them to save him. He had sixteen napo leons with him. It seems that the doctor who attended him (he was without relations or English friends) had advised him to go to England, had put him into the diligence for Como, introducing him to a Milanese in the vehicle, without mentioning his malady, and thus he was delivered over to the miserable wanderings of his mind. A doctor had been sent for from Menaggio at the first moment ; of course, he could do nothing. With diffi culty he was induced to go to bed ; he was thoroughly persuaded he should be murdered in the night, and his expostulations on the subject were shocking and ghastly enough. The next morning, having taken an aversion to all those with whom he had been friendly the preced ing day. he consented to go back to Milan, under the escort of a police-officer. I s aw boat ; he was a spare man, with an adust, withered face and unquiet eye ; but n o t ot h erwise remarka bl e . bim as he got into the THE YOUNG WIDOW. 3 Vok. N ewby, London, 1844. The principal r ecommendations of this story are its n umerous descriptions more particularly of Scottish scenery. There are n o f eatures of novelty i n t h e p l o t, and the incident which are b y no means rem arkable for freshness or fertility, ar e p u t very l oos ely together, as if the author were w h olly indifferent , to the con struction of his nar ra ti ve. But his descr i pt i ons are uniformly excellent; h e combines the eye o f th e painter with the fan cy and feeling of the poet; and his sketch of a Hig hl and mountain landscape seen in the freshness of the m orn i ng, and more particularly his account of a snow -storm at night among the Grampian hills, are imbued with a vigorous and pic • turesque spirit worthy of Scott. _____ THE VICTORY. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1844. We have here a collection of stories purporting to be told from time to time by the members of the ward-room mess of th e V ictory, by way of beguiling the long dark winter evenings. The tales have all more or less of a naval c h aracter about them, an d are told with spirit, though not always with good taste. The author, who sign s hi mself " The Old Sailor," not unfrequently.mistakes mere coarseness for broad hu mour, and evidently conceives that he is writing with force arid energy when he is simply indulging in exag geration. Some of his characters—especially that of Mr. Openhawse, the veteran master—are skilfully and consistently po ur t rayed, and others possess neither ma rk nor likelihood. In his tale entitled "Le Blanche Nef," which refers to the period of the reign of Henry the Second, we find one or two pleasing snatches of poetry, whi c h show the author to have an ear for the music of rhythm. 16,516. Adults, 9,507 ; children under fourteen years of age, 7,oo9—total, 16,516. Male adults, 5,516 ; female adults, 3,991—t0tal adults, 9,507. Male children, 3,636 ; female children, 3,373—t0tal children, 7,009. Total males, 9,152 ; total females, 7,364—grand total, 16,516. Male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,854 ; ditto in country districts, 3,662—t0ta1, 5,516. Fe male adults in Adelaide and neighbourhood, 1,622 ; ditto in country districts, 2,369—t0tal 3,991 ; grand total, 9,507. From these statements, it is appa rent that the complaint formerly made of the people congregating in town, and neglecting the country, is no longer applicable—that the proportion of females to males is very considerable (an unusual circumstance in the Aus tralian colonies); that it is in the country districts chiefly that the disproportion of the sexes which does exist is found, and that the number of male adults in the country districts is very nearly double the number of that class resident in Adelaide mid neighbourhood. POTATOES.—A letter has been addressed to the editor of the Hereford Times, by Mr. W. Godsall, strongly recommending all persons interested in the potato crop to pull off the flowers as soon as they appear. Experi,.nce shows that flowers of the potato are pro duced at the expense of that oganisable matter which gives its value to the tuber, and which is diminished in quantity in proportion to the number of flowers that have been fed, Fur flowers must exist and feed on something, and that something is what would, if not re moved by the flowers, descend beneath the ground and collect itself in the tubers. The mere production of flowers is a loss; but the mischief is infinitely increased if the flowers are succeeded by the berries. The actual amount of loss produced by each truss of flowers is not ascertained; but it is probable that if the flowers abstract one ounce of organisable matter, the berries consume at least twice as much. A bunch of potato-berries weighs half a pound. Suppose that each potato plant bears half a doyen bunches, that makes 31b. of worthless produce, An acre of potato-ground carries about 20,000 plants on the average; this gives 60,0001 b. of waste. But of this 54,3241 b. will be water, according to Mr. E. Soly's ex periments, and only 5,3221 h, organic matter. The latter, however, or 2 tons 7 cwt. 581 b., would, according to hit calculation, be the amount of the lost sustained per acre, by allowing the potato to flower and fruit. ARTFUL TRICK.—In the course of last week the booksellers of this city were visited by a fellow having an appearance of respectability, who favoured them by ordering in some cases six, and others eight ) dozen of a pamphlet published in London. Having given, as a reference, the name of a clergyman in this city, no sus picion was excited, and the goods were ordered in the regular way of business. The copies of the pamphlet arrived in due course, but the person ordering them did not, and - the booksellers found themselves in possession of a bundle of thorough trash, for which they had paid the cash. From what has since transpired, there is Mason to believe that the party ordering the goods was the author of the pamphlet (who had hit on this ingenious but not very creditable mode of disposing of his literary labours), for on application being made to the achnow kdged author, living in Wales, lie readily gave an order for the repayment of the money ! This appeared to put matters to right, but lo ! on application, the publisher to London refnsed to refund, unless the booksellers in Bris tol would take legal measures against the author. Our fellow-citizens must thus either submit to their present loss, or call in the aid of the law. Some of them appear to think that " the cure would be worse than the dis ease."—Bristot Mercury. Ax OLD TOPER.—Thomas Wyer, a brewer at the Boat Inn, Kidderminster, and who has numbered up wards of threescore and four years, has drunk for thirty-five years one gallon of ale per day, and spent ninepence per week in tobacco. The total amount he has expended is—for ale 1,2771., for tobacco 67/.; in all, 1,3444 Worcestershire Chronicle NEW MUSIC. BRILLIANT FANTASIA FOR THE PIANO FORTE, introducing JULLIEN'S POLKA. By J. Cohan. It appears from the statement of some of the musical iournals, that Mr. Cohan composed this fan tasia at the request of M. Jullien himself, by whom it is published. Be tl 's as it may, there can be but one opinion that the p eof the lifuvical Examiner and the Music is merited by the composer ; although we think the theme is scarcely worthy of the musician wh6s4bmposed the martial "Pcean ' on the Revolution of Greece. This polka fantasia, how ever,an is ch aracter i sed by that has marejaat le . s t d unity and sustained spirit for which Mr. Coh an s com positions areittiiiitable. LITERARY tieLLIGENCE.—The Duke of Rich mond is preparing for the press a work of astounding interest to thetas es, containing a narrative of the "gut tam" actions, under the title of " Our bless."—punch. TIIE CAM ERONIANS.—This gallant and distin guished corps being under orders for their removal from Edinburgh Castle to Newcastle-upon. Tyne, the 4th, Bth, and 7th companies, under Major Hogarth, embarked at Granton yesterday for that p l ace. A furth er detach ment will embark on Monday next, and the remainder, including head-quarters, on Thursday week. The re giment has now been a twelvemonth in our barracks, during which period the most friendl y relations have subsisted between the ent i re corps and the inhabi tants ; the officers having been forward in promoting and countenancing every occasion of public interest and en joyment, whilst the men have been remarkable for their correct and conciliatory deportment. Accordingly, the de parture of the first detachment yesterday was signalised' by the presence of a dense crowd of the inhabitants, who seemed to evince a high degree of int erest and regretful feeling on the occasion. The vicissitudes which have marked the services of this corps, from its first enrolment to the present day, form one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of the British army. During the opera ' tions in China, the latest service in which the corps was engaged, they landed at Chusan 950 strong ; and in about six months were reduced, through sickness and I death, to only about 300 effective men. A general en listment of natives of all parts of the United Kingdom consequently took place, but since their arrival in this country Scotchmen only have been enlisted, agricultu rists being preferred. Seventy young men have re -1 cently been advertised for, and of this number, we un derstand, upwards of twenty have already been obtained. The Cameronians are to be replaced here by the 87th, from Glasgow, a portion of which regiment was ex pected to arrive last night.—Edinburgh Qbserver of Tuesday. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. COURT MARTIAL. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.—A Court-martial, consisting of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Acting Commander - in -Chief, president; Captain Williams Willmott Hender son, C. 8., K H., of the Victory; Captain W. F. Martin, of the Queen; Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, of the Victoria and Albert, royal yacht ; Captain Sir T Hastings, of the Excellent ; Captain R. Smart, K.H., of the Collingwood ; and Mr. G. Greetham, Deputy Judge Advocate; to try Mr. Joseph Mundy, boatswain, late of the Vindictive, for repeated acts of drunkenness, more particularly between the Ist and 14th of August inst.; and oil the latter date for having refusel to return on board to his duty wl ea ordered. Mr. J. Hoskins, of Gosport, conducted the defence. The Court, having heard the whole of the evidence for the Crown, and what the prisoner had to allege in his defence, and duly deliberated thereon, were of opinion that the charges were fully proved, and sentenced Mr. Mundy to be dismissed Her Majesty's service. The Collingwood, 80.—Rear-Admiral Sir G. F. Sey mour, returned from leave yesterday, and re-hoisted his flag on board the above ship. The Gipsy tender arrived yesterday with supernume raries from Sheerness, and left in the evening with su pernumeraries for Plymonth. The Victoria and Albert, Capt. Lord A. Fitzclarence, went out of harbour this morning to try her new ma chinery and boilers. She would have gone yesterday, but was detained for the inspection of his Royal High ness the Prince of Prussia and party. She called at Cowes, whence she put out to sea, taking Sir William Symonds the surveyor of the navy on b oar d. H er t r i a l cruise will last, we are informed, three days, during which time she will touch at Devonport. The Cuckoo steam mail packet, Lieutenant Command ing A. Parks, having undergone thorough repair, re turned to Weymouth this morning. The Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., First Secretary to the Admiralty, visited this port on Sunday last, to com municate the orders of the Lords Commissioners with reference to the visit of his Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia and suite, announced for the follow ing day, and the approaching visit of inspection by their Lordships of this port. The Hon. Gentleman returned to town by train on Monday morning. - - ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION. ENCAMPMENT OF THE lOWAY INDIANS. GRAND INDIAN ARCHERY FETE AND FES TIVAL AT LORDS' CRICKET-GROUND. An extraordinary and novel entertainment is an nounced for Monday next, and to be continued du ring the week, at Lords' Cricket-ground, St. John's wood, for the purpose of exhibiting the loway Indians encamped in their " wigwams," and also for the better illustration of their domestic life, mode of war fare, peculiar rites and ceremonies, and likewise their wild and exciting sports and pastimes, characteristic dances, songs, &c. ; in fact, a perfect representation of Indian forest life. A. grand archery file in addi tion will take place on each of the days, to which the members of all the leading archery clubs have been invited to witness the Indians display their skill in shooting with the bow and arrow in competition for several prizes. The chiefs and' braves" of the party will also engage in a match at " ball-play," a game of the most exciting and amusing description, and requiring great skill. It is a pastime peculiar to the North American tribes, and is played with a ball stick, which each player holds in both hands as he runs, catching the ball as it is flying in a little hoop or ring at its end from which he throws the ball home to his goal or wicket. The ceremony of forming the encampment is also novel and curious, particularly the mode in which the " wigwams " are raised by the " squaws," unassisted by the males ; and this, Mr. Cat lin states, is the invariable practice throughout the seve ral tribes of North American Indians, the women per forming all such species of toil, as the chiefs and war riors only engage in war, and in procuring food for their families by hunting or fishing. Before the tents are raised a benediction of the " Great Spirit" is invoked by the " Medicine" or " Mystery Man," the Indians believ ing that sickness an d d ea th would attend dim unless this rite was performed. The party will also give several of the dances characteristic of the tribe. The " Opening, or 'Welcome Dance," is given in full dress, in compliment to strangers or friends visiting their village, and also when taking farewell. The first part of the "'War Dance" is call e d th e "A pproac hi ng Dance," in which their actions exhibit the mode of approaching an enemy by hunting their track ; and in tracing them up, skulking after them, and, at last, with the war-whoop sounded, a rushing upon them for the attack. For this dance they change their costume to what is called the war-dress and war-paint. The "Eagle Dance" is given as a part of the war-dance, in compliment to the valour of the war-eagle, the bird that conquers all others of its species in their country, and from the tail of which they procure the beautiful plumes which adorn their heads. In the " Wild Horse Dance" the modes of chase, entrapping, and taming the horse, are signi ficantly acted out, their native prairies being stocked with wild horses, which the Indians catch, and use in war and in the chase. The loways will shortly de part for Paris, the French authorities having given permission for Mr. Catlin's Indian collection to be admitted duty free. Wednesday Professor Bachhoffner delivered a very interesting lecture on Pneumatics, in the theatre of this Institt,ion. As much of the attractiveness and instruction of the lecture depended upon the beau tiful experiments with which it was illustrated, we shall net attempt the extremely difficult task of giving a written detail in a popular form. The attendance was more numerous than might be expected at this season, and the lecturer was (as indeed he always is) very warmly applauded. The Professor has just concluded a valuable course of lectures on Galvanism and Electricity, at the close of which he expressed his great doubts of the efficacy of this power as a remedial agent. "He did not think that electricity ever cured disease ; but at the same time he related that a friend of his, who was afflicted with rheumatism, took it into his head that galvanism would relieve him. Accordingly, he provided himself with a portable battery, consisting of a. piece of zinc and a piece of copper tied together. This miniature pile of volta he carried about with him in his pocket, and (as we understood) whenever he felt the monitory symptoms of an approaching paroxysm, he discharged his battery, and rheumatism was dispowered by the shock. The gentleman believed that galvanism cured him, and of course it did.— (Laughter.) • He was cured, however.—(Hear.)" In the laboratory of Dr. Ryan, a very curious experiment was shown, as to the influence of wood upon certain solutions, and, again, the peculiar action of the same fluids upon wood. In a basin, containing the chromate of potass and a small portion of sulphuric acid—being the preparation from which chrome-alum is deposited—several bits of stick were placed. These became almost instantly covered with the desired deposit, and a quantity of the substance was precipi tated to the bottom of the vessel. This property of wood is a recent observation, not yet fully investi gated. The ordinary process (without the bits of wood) requires several weeks to produce the chrome alum, which by the simple addition of the wood is rapidly obtained. The bits of wood themselves were at the same time thoroughly electrified, exhibiting in a remarkable manner the phenomena of polarity, attraction, end repulsion. Of the other departments of the. institution ; it is unnecessary here to say more than that the establish ment is altogether so grand, its entertainments so varied and instructive, and its collections so rich, that any person who has been twenty-four hours in London without seeing the " Polytechnic" may say, with less affectation than the sentimental Emperor, "My friends, I have lost a day." METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—THE COVENTRY.. STREET LINE.—The Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, under the powers vested in them by the Act 4 Vic., c. 12, have issued their plans for the new street leading from Leicester-square to Long-acre, which will be called Cranbourn-street, and which will be of a width from house to house of between 53 and 54 feet. In a few days the commissioners will lease the ground for building the houses. It will be let out in plots, each having a frontage varying from 19 feet to 112 feet, leases for which will be granted, according to the lot, from September 29, 1844, for a period of eighty or forty-two years, " at a rent of one peppercorn for the first year and at such rent or rents for the remainder of the term as shall be agreed upon." The houses are to be erected according to such plans, sections, elevations, and specifications as shall be approved by the commis sioners, subject to the inspection of the architect. The whole of the buildings are to be completely finished and rendered fit for habitation by or before Christmas, 1845, under penalty in each case of forfeiture of the lease ; but they are expected to be finished long before that period, as the lessees may commence the houses as soon as they obtain the agreement from the commissioners. The lessee is to reimburse the commissioners for the expenses incurred in building the vaults and sewers and paving the street, at the rate of 130 L, or 61. 10s. rent per annum, in lieu of reimbursement, for a frontage of 45 feet 4 inches. The ground excavated for the basement stories and foundations of the several houses is to be carted away at the cost of the lessee, and, if required by the commissioners, to be deposited to fill up the 1( w ground in the Green Park, for the intended widening of Piccadilly. The lessee is not to carry on the business of tripe boiler, tripe seller, slaughterman, soap boiler, tallow melter, blacksmith, farrier, chimneysweeper, or other offensive trade, without consent of the commis sioners. GET Ur, GiaLs.—The editor of the Portland Express, in discoursing upon early rising, talks in this wise:—" Up with you ! Don't sleep away this beautiful morning.—Mary, Ellen. Abby, Sarah, Olive, Caroline, Jane, Eliza Jane, Hannah ! and all the rest of you lazy girls, arouse—wake up, rise, and see the sun shine, and brush away the dew from the beautiful grass. You not only lose the best portion of the day, while you linger in your bed, hut you depress your spirits and contract sluggish habits.—What if you are sleeply ? Jump out of the bed—fly round—stir about, and in a few moments, you will be bright as larks. We wouldn't give a straw for girls who won't get up in the morning. What are they good for ? Lazy, dumpish creatures—they are not fit for r ives or companions. Our advice to young men who are looking for wives would be—never select a fe male who dozes away the precious morning hours. She may help to eat, but will never prove a helnewate." DETERMINED SUICIDE FROM FALSE PRIDE.—MT. Wakley held on inquest on Wednesday, at the Crown, Aberdeen-place, Maids-hill, on the late Mr. Charles Edwards, aged 53, of 7. Clarendon-place, Maida-vale, a wealthy retired carcass butcher, formerly of Newgate market. From the evidence, it appeared that he and another had been executors to some property, and that a quarrel having taken place between him and his co executor, the latter filed a bill and obtained an injunction against his receiving the property, which so hurt his pride and pressed upon his mind that he became ex tremely melancholy. Last Saturday, two days after the obtaining the injunction, he dreSsed himself and went out shortly after breakfast, as if to take a walk, but he was found two hours afterwards, with his throat eut,.in the water-closet of his house, and the razor with which he committed the deed lying close upon the seat. He was not dead, but insensible, and lived twenty-four hours afterwards. During the latter interval he articulated " No," when asked if he desired to see Mrs. Edwards. All the witnesses were of opinion that he committed the rash deed in consequence of the Chancery suit having been decided against him. Verdict—" Insanity at the time he committed the suicide." One evening last week a fine little boy about six years old, of the name of Tobin, whilst playing on George's quay, ventured to the river side and unfortu nately fell in. A commotion amongst the lookers-on was the immediate consequence, screams and vocifera tions were heard, but still the poor little fellow was fast drowning. The schooner Golden Eagle was at the op poite. side, Charlotte-quay, and her captain, Andrew Shewan, who was at the time changing his dress in the cabin, upon hearing the tumult from the opposite side, sprang upon the deck and over the vessel's side into the small boat, and being ably assisted by his mate, they were close to the drowning child in less time than could bethought possible, when the captain plunged into the water with the daring intrepidity characteristic of a British seaman, and caught the little fellow, who was quite insensible ; but has since recovered. We know not whether Captain Shewan be a man of family, but it must be matter of great gratulation to him thus to have saved the life of an interesting little fellow.—Cork Ex (r The Speaker of the House of Commons last week passed through Edinburgh, on his way to Taymouth Castle, to pay a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane. fie returned on Monday to Edinburgh, and left on Tuesday for England. PRINCE EDWARD OF SAXE WEIMAR.—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, nephew to the Queen Dowager, arrived at Douglas's Hotel here on Monday afternoon, per mail from London. He spent several hours yesterday inspecting the city, accompanied only by Sir Hugh Dalrymple. He leaves Edinburgh this morning for Perthshire, to join the shooting party of the Duke of Leeds at Braemar.—Scotsman of Wed nesday. THE STATUE OF GOETIIE.—The Journal des De buts announces that the colossal statue of Goethe, which was cast in bronze at the royal foundry of Munich, according to the model of Schwanthaler, has been com pleted and exhibited to numerous visitors. This statue is intended to ornament one of the squares of Frankfort-on the-Maine, his native place. Goethe is represented clad in a mantle, but having his bands free. He wears the simple costume of the present period. His right arm is resting on the trunk of an oak tree, and in his loft he holds a laurel crown. His eyes are turned towards Heaven. Tho subjects of the bas reliefs on the pedestals are borrowed from the works of Goethe. In the front, three female figures represent the natural sciences, and dramatic and lyric poetry. On the oppo site side is seen, at the right, Gcets of Belichingen, Eg mont, Tasso, and a fawn. On the left the Bride of Corinth, Prometheus, and the King of the Aulmes. One of the lateral surfaces represents Iphigenia, Orestes, Thoas, Faust, and Mephistophiles ; and the other, Mignon, Wilhelm Meister, the Harpist, Hermann, and Dorothea. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Seguin, the vocalists, after a few years' profitable residence in the United States, are in town on a visit. Having, previous to leaving America, made various engagements, they have been compelled to refuse good offers at Drury Lane and the Princess's. They leave us again, in the Hendrick Hudson, for New York, on the 9th September, for one year, and then re turn to resume their position in the profession in their own country. SCARCITY OF SEAMEN.—A great scarcity of sea- We regret to announce the death of the Baroness men exists in this port at present, and wages have con- Rossmore, which took place at the Dell, near Windsor, sequently advanced 6!. (20 dollars) per month, or 121. o n Tuesday morning. The memory of this amiable lady (40 dollars) for the run to England, are demanded. will be long revered by a large circle of friends. Unemployed sailors in Nova Scotia, or at St. Andrew's, SECOND CHESS MATCH BETWEEN MR. STAUNTON Eastport, Boston, &c., could not, perhaps, do better AND M. ST. AMANT.—The preliminaries of another than come on immediately to St. John, where several match at chess between these distinguished champions of new vessels are fitting out at present, and they will be England and France have been arranged, and is to come sure of employment. St. John's (New Brunswick) Courier, July 27. off at Paris in about a month. It was at firs t wished that M. St. Ament, who was desirous of another trial of We cannot close this account of the races (says the skill with Mr. Staunton, should come over to London to Boulogne Gazette) without expressing our disgust and in- fight the match; but, as that could not be arranged, Mr. dignation against all who joined in the truly barbarous , Staunton, rather than seem to shrink from the contest, occupation of throwing at a poor cock, who was fastened agreed to go over to Paris a second time. The Liver to a stake behind the booths. One of these poor birds pool Chess Club has contributed 50/ towards the es had both wings and one leg broken, his head dreadfully penses of the match. wounded, and there he was standing on one leg, the Mtsnitooms.—Mushrooms have recently, in this other hanging down broken, while monsters in the garb neighbourhood, been so abundant, as to have become of rrien were flinging at the poor bird with all the gusto almost a drug in our public markets and streets. They of savages. This should not have been tolerated. It l a ve been of good quality too, at from lid. to 2d. created unmitigated disgust. piesr.qnar sold, quart—a price which, considering the toil of gather- ILLICIT DISTILLERIES.—FOT some time past suspi- ieg, and the expenditure of shoe leather in the morn i ng cions have been entertained by the excise author ities wet or dew of the old meadows, can scarcely b e remu that an illegal distillery of whisky existed in the ne i g h- nerative. P a ins-t a a i k n i p n l g e l i s o u u p s p ek ly ee o p f er k s e h te a h ve up b . e_en Lv enabled boutthood of Coekermouth ; but so careful were the delin quents, that no clue could be obtained to thei r haunt. paper. At up an At length Mr. Robinson, the supervisor of excise, .DUNDEE..--OLIT markets continue quite steady ; determined upon a personal inspection of the localities and flax, yarns, and linens, are in regular demand at last in the district. Having obtained the aid of Mr. nßetoron7a, neck's quotations, with a tendency upward s . I n h em p, superintendent of the Derwent police , and of Sa having hemp coddle, and Indian jute, there is no alteration police-officer, he proceeded on hie search, h andd either in demand or prices. —Dundee Courier. come to some high hills near Corton,t y of somee perceived trees in They are growing a giant at Coxsackie, in this state, who promises to overtop all competition in this some smoke curling through the top country or Europe. His name is Nathan Lftinpmen, and the neighbourhood of which there was no no house, and being tatisfied their quest was successful, they . arranged I he 16 , They crept adroitly round the 'this is time 7 old, weighing 198 pounds, standing at time 7 feet I inch in height, and growing "like the plan of their attack. fell until within a short distance of the spot, so as to 1 He is described by Dr. Smith as " a great, tall. approach it unperceived, when they made a sudden rush mad." awkward, good-natured sixteen-years-old boy." He has to the place where the fire Was, and there they found the actually grown nine inches in the last year. The doctor parties stripped to t heir shirt, and busily engaged in thinks he will reach at least another foot, and, on the their illicit manufacture, at a place called Mere Gill. The whole, we have a very good prospect of raising an " em moment the distillers perceived they were discovered, retreat. One, an old man, took to the . pire" ginnt.—New Yon k Paper. they made a rapid AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.—A gentleman was ar water, but after a severe struggle was captured by Mr.' Robinson ; another, a boy, after a long chase, was taken ! rested, by the " detective," in the great agricultural by policeman Sancton ; a third, named Burn s , was ball, i n D u bli n , on Friday evening last, on suspicion . of caught by Mr. Brown; and the fourth was taken by an 1 being one of brought before the the fashionable members of the English exciseman. The excise officers remained, and kept swell mob. Next morning, he was custody of the still, &c., which they found in full opera- 1 the city tion. There were four tin water pails, a spade, an axe,l w" , presiding magistrate, in College-street Police- office. I I however, proved by respectable parties n fortune, rank and an iron scope, a furnace, flour sacks, a valuable copper that the accused was a Spanish Don, worm sixteen feet long, a lar g e mash tub, a fermenting i and a man of the strictest intersiii . ty of and honour. tub, an eighteen gallon cask, a four gallon cask, an ob- ! it was stilted that l on g tin vessel, calculated .In a case of tobacco smuggling, I cleared out of to hold about ten gallons, gated at the Mansion-house,Loeneidnnognl:,tere_ycently investi fitted to be carried on a person's back, and used to hawk 20,000 pounds of tobacco had b whisky through the country; the still, which was large ito Canington from enough to hold eighty gallons; nine gallons of spirit that ! Lord Clifford has returned the Custom-house in Dutch t r c n h e e d eses. Clifford and the Hon. Wm. had been " run" the first time, and about one hundred Ughrook, with the Hon.sthe latter of whom is just returned and fifty gallons of wash read for distillation. The Clifford, hii tw_o ve so r n e n q . u a e n n d ce n o e f r. th \l e , amlteer 'ret to say that the Noble Lord has prisoners were taken before the magistrates, the Rev. from Rome. 1 . E. Fawcett, M.A. and Mr. John Watson, on Tuesday, been thrown into mourning, h g te i- r t i li c e on li s o e and gave their names Patrick M'Culloch, aged 53; Hugh, fan ncbo rd ly S. J. The Hon. and Rev. Gentleman was a ster his son, aged 13; Patrick Gibbons, aged 55—a1l from c tinned ti , t Trichinopoly, in the East Indies. He was the Emerald Isle; and Francis Burns, of Cockermouth, r bathing in the river, when he was carried away by the aged 29. Th e y were comm itted to Carlisle gaol fur current, and before assistance could be rendered, be was three months, with hard labour, in default of p a y in g c drowned. His body was found the next day, ten miles 1 the penalty under the statute, namely , 30/, each.— lower down. —Wester a Luminary. Carlisle Paper, ri% i n As' on th e steeßef; fu P iis 10 : del. erw ell ,t he rus e A h i ' the tki 03 here stre -1054 0 the bber lotel, letti- Sack' Inwal an 10 * l er 11 1.1 ffere" Y Ur th ° :ford' a the too *4Ol so r Jeri e Pray scot' n 00 !ice* . p rr 1 1/S.. lote rest'