The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-14 00:00:00

OCTOBER, 1 3.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, accompanied by Sir John Con -4)7, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, and the Baroness Lehzen, took their usual walk on the pier yesterday and to-day, sho wing much interest in the numerous sail of shipping Which h ave taken shelter in the harbour. pp Durin g the last few days a great number of vessels have Put in on ac count o f the boisterous weather. Le Courrier, French steam-packet, came in yesterday, and landed her Paso Passengers and b ags . Thi s d ay t h e following steam-packets have put into Ramsgate, not being able to get into Payer harbour :—The Firefly, from Calais, with Sir Ro bert, Lady, and Miss Peel, with carriage, and several other Passengers ; Britannia, from Boulogne, with fifty passengers and five carriages ; La Poste, from Calais, with mail and Pas sengers. Th e Ci ty o f Glasgow and Royal Sovereign, st e am-packet s , f rom L ondon to Boulogne, have also taken Vi m_ to-day, n o t liki ng to procee d on the i r voyage until the weather becomes moderated. r Last n i g h t, about eleven o'clock, the wind blowing a gale , r°ll3 S.S.W., th e s l oop Bienfaisante, with a cargo of eggs, Pi endeavou r i ng to make this harbour, struck against the Pierhead, by which her bows were much damaged, and she Went to the back of the head and sunk. Her cargo was l anded this mornino-, having suffered some little damage ; she ha s s i nce drifted further up on the sands, and has been dis mantled o f h er r i gg i ng, &c. It is expected she will be tat off a ga i n. The great number of mail and other packets, bound from ass and Boulogne for Dover, which have put into a ' n sgate duri ng th e l ast f ew wee k s, on account of bein g bei ng a b le to get into Dover by reason of the bar ein g, up at th e mout h o f th a t h ar b our, natura ll y exc i tes 1 1 11 , I lea general surprise, that the mail-p ac k e t s t a ti on h as no t Yen established at Ramsgate long ere this. It i s th e opi nion Pof many experienced nautical men, that the immense ms which have been laid out at Dover, in attempting to im prove the mouth of that harbour, will fail in attaining the Object, as that port will always be blocked up by shingle when the wind is at S.S.W. (and these winds prevail during a g r eat part o f th e year ) ; w h ereas R amsgate can b e en tered at all times of tide. ti The Duk e o f W e lli ngton was h ere yesterday, for a short ttle, from Walmer Castle. COURT CIRCULAR. to ill. Gal va° , t h e B raz i l i an Minister, transacted business yes day at the Foreign Office. Viscount B eresford transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign Office, and also at the Horse Guards. T he Chap e l R oya l , S t. J ames ' s, i s undergoing extensive alterations. Th e w h o l e o f t h e i nterna l fi tt i ngs -up have been alte ration s . dow n ; t h e w i ndow over the altar has been widened, 1 111 d The opposite end of the chapel, containing the Royal pew, !' 4 3 been extended. The roof, some of the timbers support vlng which were very much decayed, has been replaced by a co :ring of copper ; the painted ceiling has, however, been pre -vrved. I ASIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. II Captain Alfred Whittaker, R.N., at the Blenheim Hotel, ec4l l nd-stre e t, f rom D over ; Th omas J ameson, E sq., at ditto, c ditto ; Edward Wilkie, Esq., at ditto, from ditt o ; lonel Deacon and Mrs. Deacon, at the Berner's Hotel, rners-street from St. Leonards • J. R. Bovall, Esq., and o es. Bovall, ' at ditto, Derby% Miss Cooke, at °ln GeneVa ; J. W. Lloyd, Esq., and Mrs. Lloyd, at ditto, torn Tunbridge. DEPARTURES. Charl es W atterton, Esq., and family, from the Blenheim t6te'l, Bond -street, for his seat, Walton Hall, Y or k s hi re ; onias Wilson, Esq., ' Mrs. W. and Miss W. Wil son , f rom f°, I; . ir their seat, in Dorchester; Lord and L a dy H ar l e y, dr.°l4 ditto, for H ere f or d s hi re; T. W retts l aw, E sq., f rom EYEs Younger, for E ssex ; C o l one l Bi ngham, f rom ditto, on a tour ; J. oun ger , E sq., f rom di tto. f or G uernsey ; J. Farkington, k eener, fro m di tto, f or H ants; Edward Hamer, Esq., and Miss from ditto, for Wales ; Lord John Fitzr o y, f rom bnapel-street, on a visit to the Duke of Grafton, at Euston p, Sir Edmund and Lady H ar t o pp, f rom th e R oya l : otel, f or S taffordsh i re ; S i r Hedworth and Lady Williamson, 1 1 , 0111 the Briti s h Hotel, for their seat ; Willi am M assey Stan -14-7' Esq., from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for Hooton i;, 44 ) Chshire • Sir William and Lady Maria Oglander, r i t c ' r it, Thomas's ' Hotel, for Runwood, Isle of Wight ; Sir t i;"liitm and . Lady Chatterton, from the Clarendon Hotel, for " Hon. Misses Cranstoun's, Sandwich Park, Devon ; Count La dy Countess De Wallace, from ditt o , f or H o ll an d ; D owager " . ' 11(1 3' Suffield and the Misses Macdonald, from Thomas's hotel, for Blickling. Th DuTte of Manchester arrived yesterday at the App Hotel, Dover, on his way to France. Sir Richard VkLeten, Count Waleuski, Colonel Brotherton, Mr. Roths 1, Samuel Rogers, Esq., &c., have left Dover, for r anee. Itt T he Earl of Aberdeen is entertaining a family circle 'Lladdo-bouse, N.,B.—namely, the Marquis of Abercorn, ° tarn and Lady Harriet Hamilton, Sir Robert Gordon, b ad 4. Captai n Gordon.. The Marquis of Abercorn has excellent sport on the Highlands, with his friend, Lord e landiene. Lord Claude Hamilton has left on a visit to the ; T r Of Devonshire, at Chatsworth. t o ; " : "e Duke of Rutland will entertain a party at Bel q;:ceastle after the forthcoming Newmarket meeting. His af ter 'ebas cl ose d t h e grouse s h ooting season i n Y or k s hi re, h °lug abund an t sport. f ril lie Marqui s an d Marchioness of Salisbury, an d h a r t •' who have been residing at Dover, with occasional tet e : the Duke of Wellington, at Walmer Castle, have tat' - , 41 " d to Hatfield House. The workmen continue °pe lt:3-I_4s on the family mansion in Arlington-street, overlook foi:CrGreen. Park, which . edifice is expected to be ready ~ception of his Lordship early in the spring. se u h tote Sir William Knighton was created a_Baro- Nb United Kin g dom, Ist January, 1812. He was iiiki p it illently, A u di tor o f C ornwa ll, an d K ee p e r of th e P r i vy 4 ,te guneil se a l s o f th e D uc hy o f Cornwall, Keeper of his `Nei h j a riesty's Privy Purse, and also a Grand Cross of the LiubriLe Order. He married Dorothea, daughter of Capt. lHawker, by whom he has left one son, Sir William ,: s teY Knighton, and one daughter. ,av al ",,° squadrons of the South Herts Yeomanry t he WY , under the command of Viscount Fordwich ; and I th deat Esl-ex Yeomanry, will meet at twelve o'clock on ai tl 4 :l L aY, the. 20th inst., in , Mrs. Amherst's Old Park, at `roo h 00, for a field-day. Afterwards the whole of the ft will dine together at Harlow Bush Archery House. '444e f estivities in honour of the Marquis of Granby i_ t keou l , his majority, which did not take place in May, on ;, ‘ ,":)f the d em i se ' of Lord Robert Manners, will be ce h'" ln Jan uary nex t. Nv ed e Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and family tho• lit Thomas's Hotel on Monday, from K em p s t ow n, 4. 1 r Way to Burghley-house. ,s.krs,l xcellencySir Hamilton Seymour, the Hon. 'ati v per e. Baron de Romond, Baron Von Ablefeldt, and Ane w °th,r fashionables, arrived in town yesterday, from I : ° tw e i, ll), bY the Princess Victoria steam-packet, which, "My e lt ‘ , s taudio g the dreadful gales on Wednesday night Th e rdwY morning, made her passage in 26 hours. k r). 4 lti n : e and Duchess of Sutherland intend - 41. 4 - h a r 2 exourson to Killarney, previous to their visit to S e N ,' `-astl e , the seat of Lady Dover. fcit e i, ral elegant equipages have been just shipped Ntizle s r,° , for Lord Howard de Walden, to be thence for tiVThe Lordship's villa at Cintra. re‘ 'Linke of Grafton has become the purchaser of n °l ' ° lle of the unsuccessful horses at the late St. Leger, e ai stl 'h of 800 . guineas. Prior to the race, 2,000 gui t/41eply 7, offered forhim at Tattersall's, and refused by his t The7re J. C. Westenra. ; 4 , k n -& ', 1 ,1 Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has ;;°rte „ - ,.'" n useYork-crescent, at Clifton, which is in intendseParantio to receive his Lordship. His Lord -4,1114_,edb,, to set a foot a scheme similar to that origi k;'itionVnehe.Bries.heosponof London, for the erection of several V' th e de u fici h enc in or ßristol, in order in some measure to church room. toillAttivee interior of Y the Palace at Brighton has under tee "siderahle alteration since the last departure of pt i • ve d r . e C." domestics of his Majesty have recently I io n su instructions to prepare the Palace for the re tliej°,.flt)leeCourt on the 28th of this month, on which th e , o iltt ‘"•,,!.i sties are expected there. On the , avrr_ivsialll be is .„ 3r;gliton, the Countess of Brownio v Waiting on the Queen. t tlry ci Nell e d he i f . de nee of the Duke of Cumberland, which e t° his r r° '" Ker Palace, is undergoing repair prepara- P t . nity n e turn to this country from Berlin. e Lkaberly, the successor of the late Sir F. everliespiri.,entered upon the duties of his office with much Thy ,retf promising a ready redress of grievances where -1.0 e h el rlY pointed out and substantiated. be tkie u i s v air of Mathematics in the University of 1 1 14 1 ‘4 0 ,. an 4 ant by the death of Professor White. Mr. 'us been appointed to discharge the duties t rnas. b k li ttl 4l43t iU u tt li ji s re d in the naval circles that Captain `'Qed u "llivan, at present comman di ng t h e line-of moTlavera, 74, on th e Li s b on s tation, is to suc- Th aith A "te 'Mason, C. B. as second in command on k t i tri"leall station. I ' l 4 /3 arbar Of Besborough, and the Hon. Wm. and n a Ponsonby have left Weymouth for Lanford ear n °rehester. The Noble Eail has delegated tn ent of his extensiv e estates it the counties of 111 0 ' ' ')N Ise an i d Ki lkenny to his son Viscount Duncannon, als of o f f i c lt,sP to en _, ie e were put into commission for three N a Kli tou le him to visit Ireland during the autumn. iltwitatertwitTl:esJseudLy 30.---The inhabitants of Datnas a commercial movement unparalleled 'Et.Y years. 1,000 camels arrived in that city, laden with goods of European manufactures, but particularly British articles. This expedition has been most advan tageous to the establishments of Beyrout, by whom large orders will hereafter be made in Europe. It is astonish ing that cotton goods have found in the whole of the East so extensive a sale, and that the French have so little profitted of it.—lllonitezir. The Pavilion at Brighton is getting ready for the reception of their Majesties, who are expected there from Windsor about the end of this month, with the Princess Augusta. Lord and Lady John Campbell, who have - been staying some time at Leamington, have returned to Arden caple Castle, his Lordship's seat, in Scotland. Lord John Campbell is heir apparent to his brother, the Duke of Ar gyll, who has no son. His Lordship has been three times married, and has three children by his second lady. Mr. Macpherson Grant, a relative of Lord Glenelg, Secretary to the British Embassy, or Mr. Sullivan, nephew to Lord Palmerston, Attache to the Embassy, is expected to arrive with despatches from Lisbon by the next packet. Lord Charles Wellesley, commanding the depot of the sth, or Northumberland Fusileers, has left Dover Castle for Forton Barracks, Porstmouth, where the reserve companies are to be stationed. Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid dinner at the Mansion-house to the Directors of the Marine Insu rance Company, which was attended by Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., the Sheriffs, and a number of influential merchants connected with the City. The death of Mina, asserted by the Gazette de France, is denied by the Messager. The Emperor Nicholas has recently sent to the Emperor of Austria a fine collection of Russian minerals, including a piece of native gold, weighing a pound, and a piece of native platina, weighing more than half a pound, proceeding from the mines of the Oural. A letter of the 24th ult. from Naples announces the death, on the preceding day, of the Marquis Nunzi ante, Generalissimo of the Neapolitan army, at the age of 77. It was he who arrested Murat on his landing in Ca labria. On Sunday evening, Isabella Frampton, a respect able inhabitant of a village near Manchester, having been seduced by a young man, who had promised her to atone for the injury by marriage, but who had failed to appear at the appointed time, agonised to madness at this additional instance of his baseness, and unable to bear the reflection of bringing into the world a living instance of her shame, formed the resolution of drowning herself, which she ef fected in some shallow water, nearly adjoining the residence of her parent. A vacancy will arise shortly in the naval command of the fleet in the Mediterranean. The term of service of Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart., will expire in De cember. There is a rumour that Admiral the Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, Bart., is to have the command, and that Capt. S. Jackson is to be the Admiral's Flag-Captain. The Hon. Colonel Caradoc has returned,' to Paris from the Camp of Compeigne. The gallant officer' will visit London in the ensuing season, to be presented to his Majesty on his new appointment of Equerry to the Duchess of Kent. The deeply interesting experiment of preaching the Gospel to the insane, has been fairly tried in the Lunatic Asylum attached to the Edinburgh Charity Workhouse. The result is detailed in a report recently submitted to the managers by the chaplain, from which we make the follow ing extract • In general from 40 to 45 patients attend Divine Service. Their conduct in the chapel might afford a salutary lesson to many in possession of all their faculties.' The New York Sun states that a man hi North-' field, Mass., has invented a machine, which is put in ope ration by a small crank, with which one may black his own boots in two or three minutes. Colonel Chesney was, it is said, detained at Bus sorah, and had postponed the attempt at ascending the Euphrates until the next flood season. The great advance in the stamp duties is mainly attributable to the increased mileage duties paid by om nibuses. The plague is on the increase in the Turkish capital ; in the week ending Sept. 17, 26 cases:had oc curred. The malady had shown itself at Broussa. During the gale of wind, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, the whole of the steeple of Bayswater Church was blown down, carrying with it the bell and all its heavy appendages, which, in descending, did considerable damage to the stonework in front. A singular accident occurred to a horse, the pro perty of Mr. John Hogg, of Grove Mill, in Skircoat, a short time ago. The animal having strayed into a garden in the rear of the house, by some means got on the roof of the cellar, which is nearly on a level with the ground, which breaking through with it, left it suspended by the neck be tween the rafters a short time : ultimately it fell to the floor of the cellar, a distance of about 14 feet, to the great alarm of the inmates, and the destruction of a considerable quan tity of bottles, crockery ware, &c. The animal was much cut and bruised ; after considerable difficulty it was extri cated, through the means of scaffolding, from its awkward situation, and is now sufficiently recovered to resume its work.—Halifax Express. A WATER SPOUT.—Yesterday afternoon the in habitants of Cripplegate and White Cross-street were sur prised, and some not a little alarmed, by the sudden explo sion of an immense column of water, of about a foot and a half in diameter, ascending several feet higher than the top of the Debtor's Prison. The surrounding neighbourhood was soon deluged, and nearly half an hour elapsed before the cause could be removed, which was found to be from the fracture of one of the mains of the New River Water Com pany in the construction of a new sewer connecting with Aldersgate-street. The whole of the men engaged in the excavations, more than 20 in number, made a rapid exit up the ladders, being perfectly drenched, and apparently much gratified at their narrow escape from a watery grave. A vindictive and most disgraceful result of the late disputes between the masters and workmen, at the Potte ries, has recently transpired. Soon after the differences, on the arrival of various crates of goods at their respective destinations, complaints, in no measured terms, were made on the shameful quality of the new ware ; as soon as it came to be washed, and notwithstanding the most careful hand ling, the articles broke, as if by magic, into a thousand pieces. The justice of the complaint havinc , been confirmed to the retailers, the manuf ac t urers , who had ' previously en joyed the highest repute, were written to, and, after a care ful investigatiod, it was ascertained that the rebellious workmen had maliciously intermixed with the clay a large portion of quick lime, which, of course, led to the imme diate fracture of the goods in every instance where water was applied. The mortified manufacturers have behaved most liberally to their connexions under these circumstances ; they have allowed for all the defective goods, have sent for every article even suspected of unsoundness, and taken the greatest caution to prevent a repetition of the annoying mischief.—Taunton Courier. Between one and two o'clock yesterday afternoon the family of Mr. Gresham, a respectable tradesman, re siding at No. 25, Exeter -street, Lisson-grove, was plunged into a state of the most poignant distress and affliction by the following melancholy and distressing occurrence : Mr. Gresham's youngest daughter, three years of age, was sitting on the hearth-rug before the fire, having been left by herself for a few minutes, when a blazing coal flew out of the grate, and, falling in her lap, instantly set fire to her frock, and the flames rapidly communicating to the rest of her apparel, she was in a few seconds in a body of fire from head to foot. Her screams brought some of the inmates of the house to her assistance, but before she could be di vested of her burning clothes she sustained such dreadfully severe and extensive injury, that she expired soon after being conveyed to the North London Hospital, in Upper Gower street, Bedford-square. The poor infant was literally roasted alive. How TO FOUND A FAMlLY.—Lismore and its ancient castle are now the property of the Duke of De vonshire, having descended to him through the intermar riage of his Gustily with that of the Earls of Cork and Bur lington. The founder of this family—the famous Sir Richard Boyle —purchased from Sir Walter Raleigh, for a mere trifle, 1,5001., the vast grants in this county and Cork which had been conferred upon him by Elizabeth. He arrived in Ireland in 1533, with no other property, as he himself relates, than 271. 35. in money, two cloaks, and a rapier, a taffety doublet, and a diamond ring, the gift of his mother ; yet, in an incredibly short space of time, he became master of so extensive a tract of country, and of so many castles, monasteries, and abbeys, as to excite the jealousy of the Government, to whom a return of his es tates was made by the Treasurer-at-War and the Judges of the King's Bench. The secret of this sudden rise is suspected to have been a covert agenc y f rom th e C our t o f Spain, which supplied him with money, for the purpose of gaining possession of the principal forts, in order to facili tate their meditated descent upon Ireland. Whether this charge be true or false, there is a singular mystery about this man, and the means by which, in a few years, he possessed himself of the greater p ort i on o f t h e forfe i te d Desmond territory, acquiring upward s of twelve thousand acres of the richest lands of Cork an d Waterford, inclu ding the manors of Ballinatra, Straucally, and Lismore, the towns of Youghal and Tallow, the Abbey of Molana, in the Blackwater, and a number of minor castles and ec clesiastical foundations. Such was the alarm at the grasp ing propensities of this nobleman, that a by-la w was actu ally passed by the Corporation of, Cork to prevent any transaction for the sale of lands to the Earl. The majo rity of his vast possessions are now the property of the Duke of Devonshire.—Correspondent of the Ulster Times. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 12. Our market has been quiet to-day. About 1,500 bales have been sold at Monday's prices, with a steady market, the principal part American, from Sid. to 12d. THE SUN, L01_1)(iN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1836. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 14.—At a congregation on Monday last (the first day of term) the following gentlemen were elected University Officers : PROCTORS. —Rev. F. Martin, M.A., Fellow of Trinity Col lege ; Rev. G. R. Tuck, M. A., Fellow of Emmanuel College. TAxoas.—Rev. G. F. Nicholas, M. A., Fellow of King's College ; Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside, M.A., Fellow, of Sidney Sussex College. MODERATORS.—Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside, M.A., Fellow of Sidney Sussex College ; Rev. A. Steventon, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College. SCRUTATORS.— Rev. G. E. Corrie, 8.D., Fellow of Ca. tharine Hall ; Rex. W. Hodgson, B. D., Fellow of St. Peter's College. At the same congregation the following degrees were con. ferred : MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. C. B. Elliott, Queen's College ; J. Cheadle, ditto ; A. Ellice, Caius College. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—C. Fardell, St. John's College; G. Gardiner, ditto (comp.) ; 11. J. Jackson, Catharine Hall. On Wednesday last the following gentlemen were appointed the Caput for the ensuing year : The Vice-Chancellor ; W. French, D. D., Master of Jesus College, Divinity ; J. W. Geldart, D. C.L., Trinity Hall, Law ; T. Ingle, M.D., St. Peter's College, Physic ; R. Cory, B. D., Emmanuel College, Sen. Non Regent; J. Mills, jun., M. A., Pembroke College, Sen. Regent. The Rev. T. W. Peile, M. A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, in this University, and Senior Tutor in the University of Durham, has been presented to the perpetual Curacy of Croxdale. Patrons—the Dean and Chapter of Durham. On Sunday, the 25th ult., the Lord Bishop of Carlisle held an Ordination at Dalston, when the following gentlemen were ordained : PRIEST.—Rev. J. Irving, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin. DEACONS. —H. Percy, B. A., W. Whiteleck, 8.A., and J. Lawson, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; A. B. Power, 8.A., Catharine Hall, Cambridge ; J. Wannop, 8.A., Tri nity College, Dublin. The Living of Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, recently put up for Sale by the Council of the Borough, under the provi. sions of the Municipal Reform Act, has been purchased by the Rev. C. Simeon, of King's College, Cambridge, (the head of a Society for the Extension of Evangelical Preaching in the Established Church), the Archdeacon of Stafford, the Rev. W. C. Wilson, of Kirkby Lonsd a l e . an d th e R ev . W. Carus, of Trinity College, Cambridge.—Kendal Paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YESTERDAy . THE DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—taken 13 to 1 agst Capt. Gardnor's Phantasima colt—take 14 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Quicksilver—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Pocket Hercules—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—taken 40 to 1 was taken two or three days since about Mr. Cookes's Norgrove.—The room was badly attended, and the betting slack. EPSOM RACES.-YESTERDA r. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added; three years, 7st. ; four, Bst. 41b. ; five, Bst. 111 b. ; six, 9st. ; and aged, 9st. 21b. ; a winner this year, 31b. ; twice, 51b. ; and thrice, 71b. extra; horses having started three times this year and not won allowed 51b., and four times, 71b. Mile heats. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 160 sovs., &c. Second to save his stake. Mr. Laxiden's Littleßover, 5 yrs Buckle 1 0 1 Mr. Shelley's br. f. Ticket, 3 yrs 2 1 2 Mr. Mason's Water Nymph, 3 yrs Mr. M. Dilly's ch. f. Robinette, 3 yrs Mr. Seffert's ch. g Walter, 6 yrs 0 0 dr Mr. Fairlie's Aristocrat, 4 yrs 0 dr The first and second heats were closely contested, and the third won cleverly; the winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; three years, 7st ; four, Bst. 41b. ; five, Bst. 111 b. ; six and aged, 9st. 21b. Winner once 1836, 31b., twice, 51b , and thrice, 71b. extra. Mile heats. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs., &c. 6 Subs. Mr. Firth's b. c. Swallow, 3 yrs. A lad 1 4 . 1 Mr. Seffert's ch. g. Walter, 6 yrs Mr. Balchin's b. c. Guitar, 3 yrs Mr. Knight's ch. g. Game-boy, 5 yrs Hon. G. Ongley's b. m. Jane, 4 yrs Won cleverly. The attendance was better than on Wednesday, the sport of a superior description, and the weather fine. The wind, however, was so violent as fairly to unroof the booths erected on the course. It is suggested that the inhabitonts would do well to give up the October Meeting for the future, and throw the money into the fund for the Spring Races. NOTTINGHAM RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Sherwood Stakes of 25 sovs. each, and 25 added. A mile and three quarters. 3 Subs. Mr, Scott's Progress, 3 yrs, Bst 11. Edwards 1 Mr. E. Peel's Morison, 3 yrs, Bst. 31b Mr. Houldsworth's Vathek, 3 yrs, Bst. 31b 3 Won by a neck. The Cup, by subscription of 10 sovs. each, the second to save his stake. Two miles and a hall. 11 Subs. General Yates's Sylvan, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b Darling 1 Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. Bowes's Mundig, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b Mr. E. Peel's Tamworth, 5 yrs, 9st Mr. Johnson's Jupiter, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b Won by half a head. The Nottinghamshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft. 2 Subs. Mr. Lacey's Midsummer walked over. A Plate of 601., for horses that never won 501. Heats, two miles and a half. Mr. Scott's Progress, 3 yrs, 6st. I Ilb Lad 1 1 Mr. Leedham's br. f. by Young Phantom, 3 yrs, 6st. Mb 2 2 Mr. Berrington's br. f. Misprint, 4 yrs, Bst 3 3 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. De Burgh's Stag Hounds meet to morrow at Mr. Elmore's farm. The Cheltenham Harriers on Monday at Cleeve Village; Wed nesday at Andover ; Friday, at Warden Hill. Mr. Fretwell's Hounds to-morrow at Woolstone ; Tuesday, at Hawling Gate ; Thursday, at Winchcomb Town ; Saturday at Beck ford Inn. Mr Carr's Hounds on Monday at Close Turf Farm ; Thursday, at The Chace. The Brighton Harriers on Mondays at Patcham ; Wednesdays, at the Race Course ; Friday, at the Dyke. The Brookside Harriers on Mondays at Newmarket Hill ; Fri days, at Telscombe Tye—half -past 10. GAS WORKS.—Though no one can fail to con sider the application of gas, at least to out-door purposes, one of the most useful discoveries of the present age, it is equally certain that its manufacture is little short of a dan gerous nuisance, wherever it takes place. Of this, in addi tion to several similar occurrences, the late explosion at the South Metropolitan Works affords ample testimony, and ought to lead to some regulations which should confine these works, like powder-mills, to isolated situations. PRICE OF COALS.—A short time ago we directed the attention of our shipowners to the large return on ca pital invested in colliers when the rate of freight was 10s. per ton. Since then the price of coals has advanced in London, and is leaving the ships at least I Is. per ton. The advice we gave our shipowners, to endeavour to obtain a share of this most lucrative employment for shipping, does not appear to be much liked in the north, which is a strong proof that what we recommend is good. We un derstand a collier company is forming in London, and the projectors are very sanguine in their expectations of success, and not without reason. We are certain something of the kind would answer here, but it ought to have a more en larged object than the mere conveyance of coals. It should embrace the conveyance of timber to this port. A well. arranged and judiciously-managed company, having ship ping suitable for the Canadian and Baltic timber trades, might enjoy the best period for the coal trade, after the season for the other trades was over—viz., during the winter months. Such of their ships as were adapted' for colliers might have the spare provisions and all the appren tices when the others were laid up, and thus prosecute the coal trade on terms that would defy competition. The be nefit our tradesmen and sailors would derive from such a company is incalculable. No port in England is so defi cient in shipping, considering its extensive traffic, or so greatly in want of good winter employment for its seamen. The quarrel between the shipowners and coalowners of the north may be productive of good if it should convince the coalcavners of the great impropriety of their holding shares in north country colliers, • or permitting their clerks and agents to do so, thereby causing a suspicion among ship owners at other ports, that the colliers of Newcastle and Sunderland have unfair preferences.—Hull Observer. THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—The Judges are expected to assemble in the course of the present week, in order to concert measures connected with the appoint ment of the monthly sessions of the Central Criminal Court during the ensuing mayoralty, the next being the 24th session since the establishment of the Court, of which the Lord Mayor for the time being is the Chief Commissioner. It is expected that the question will be discussed as to the e; , c= tension of the jurisdiction of the Court from ten to fifteen miles from the centre of the metropolis. It is admitted on all hands that the experiment which has been tried during the two past years has been fraught with many advantages, the three great principles of the Act having been realized, viz., speedy justice, economy, and humanity, the latter being occasioned by a more frequent gaol delivery. On Tuesday, at a meeting at Huddersfield, Mr. Richard Oastler, the Ultra-Tory, seconded a resolution of thanks to Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the Ultra-Radical, expressed in these words,—" That the thanks of this meet ing are due, and are hereby given, to Feargu s O'Connor, Esq., for his great exertions in the cause of liberty, for the great sacrifices, personal and pecuniary, which he continues to make in the cause of benevolence ; and for his unceasing advocacy of the rights of all men, above the age of twenty one years, to vote for Representatives— To make the laws they are to obey, And to impose the taxes they aro to pay." Afterwards, on the motion of Mr. O'Connor, thanks were voted to Mr. Oastler—for what does not appear, but per haps for— __ His consistency as a Tory Here displayed in all its glory. —Halifax Express. THE CLARENDON WRECK. • (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.—The loss of the Claren don, West Indiaman, at Black Gang Chine, on Tuesday morning last, was occasioned by the tremendous gale, and the wind backing round to South during the night, which rendered it quite impossible to keep the ship off shore. Every exertion was made by the officers and crew to carry sail, and gain an offing ; but the tremendous gale still blowing them directly on shore, rendered their efforts una vailing ; and, just after daylight, the ship struck immedi ately under Black Gang Chine, and, in five minutes, was in a thousand pieces. James Hains, the second mate, saved himself by diving under the wreck of the mast and yards, and just reached the shore, where one of the na tives caught hold of him and dragged him on shore. The two other men were saved in a similar manner, assisted by the people on shore. We are very happy in stating that the conduct of the inhabitants in general exceeds all praise. On Wednesday afternoon, a Coroner's inquest was held on twenty of the bodies, in Chale Church, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" recorded. Never shall I forget the melancholy spectacle—some of the bodies in the coffins, and some not, all the coffins not being finished. Poor Lieutenant Shore seemed to have a smile still on his coun tenance, and the appearance of one of his daughters, ap parently about three or four years of age, dressed in its night-gown and night-cap, with its plump and innocent face, was enough to break one's heart. I have no doubt they died instantly the ship struck, from the bruises they re ceived with the shock, and that very few were drowned. The following are the names : DROWNED—SamueI Walker, Captain ; Mr. Sheppard, passenger ; James Penny, Robert Smith, Thomas John son, Charles Stevenson, passenger ; George Higginbottom, Edward Cousins, William Sherlock, Edward Rush, Wil liam Stuart, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Shore, 14th re giment, passenger ; John Graham, James Paris, (a black) ; Isee, carpenter ; Miss M. A. Shore, Miss Caroline Shore, Miss Shore, three or four years old ; Miss -- Shore, a baby, eight months old ; and Mrs. Shore, mother to do. passengers ; Miss Gordy, or Gourley, passenger ; J. Hall, cook ; Mr. Pemberton and Miss Pemberton, pas sengers ; and Thomas Stretton, seaman. SAVED—James Harris, second mate ; William Byrne, and John Thompson, seamen. All the bodies, except two, were recovered yesterday and there is little doubt but those will be found to-day. FURTHER ACCOUNT. One of the survivors stated that they made all the lights coming up the Channel ; that about twelve o'clock on Mon day night they saw the Needles Light---(this must have been an error, as, soon after four o'clock on Tuesday morn ing, they became aware of their dangerous situation ; it must, therefore, have been the Portland Lights they took for it). The Captain felt confident, till a few minutes be fore she struck, that he should be able to weather Rocken End, the eastern extremity of the bay ; but the gale in creased to a hurricane, at the same time chopping to the southward, and drove them with tremendous violence on the fatal beach. All the men were at this time on deck ; the ladies in the companion. The Captain now gave up all chance of saving the ship, and called to the men to save themselves and the ladies, himself taking a rope to lash Mrs. Shore to ; but the next sea took the poop, with all the unfortunate beings who had sought refuge on it. Many were killed, or wounded, by the falling of the masts and rigging ; others were drowned by being entangled in it. The three that were saved leaped overboard within a minute or two after the ship struck, and were carried on to the beach by the waves, and drawn up by a young man of the name of Wheeler, whose daring conduct is beyond all praise. Two or three persons, who saw the ship strike, tied a rope round Wheeler's body, and, on the first man being thrown on shore, he rushed down the beach, and got hold of him ; but the next sea overpowered them both ; yet Wheeler bravely held the poor fellow till, with the assistance of the rope from his friends on the beach, he was dragged beyond the reach of the coming wave. What was his gratification to find in him an old friend and ship mate, both having sailed in Lord Yarborough's Yacht the Falcon ! The others were saved in a similar manner by this brave fellow, who had a narrow escape himself ; for so near was the ship to the shore, that, when the mainmast fell, it was not three yards from the place the receding wave had allowed him for a moment to reach. Indeed one of the men (we think Byrne), said he thought he could have leaped from the ship to the shore ; but the waves dashed over the ship, and far in on the beach, on which there is not a whole plank or spar to be found, though for miles covered with splinters, staves, and the mainmast is in three pieces. Seven puncheons have been got up the beach, but only one is full ; the others have more or less rum in them. There is a little cabin furniture, clothes, &c. There were no rocks where the ship struck, and about thirty feet water outside of her. Part of her keel, and some of her floor timbers, in a broken state, are on the beach ; but the mos of it is buried many feet deep in the shingles. LONDON MARITIME INSTITUTION The anniversary dinner of this institution was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Mr. George Palmer, M.P., presided, and was supported by Mr. G. F. Young, M.P. ; Messrs. Buckle and Dent, Cap tains Williams, Barclay, and Nairn, and about forty gentle men connected with the commercial and shipping interests. " The health of the King" was received and drunk with great demonstrations of loyalty. " The health of the Queen," was received with equal enthusiasm. To this toast succeeded " the health of her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal family," which was re ceived with loud and long continued cheering. After some other toasts, the Chairman gave, " Success to the London Maritime Institution."—(Cheers.) In giving the last-mentioned toast the Chairman ob served, it could not be concealed that the state of the insti tution was not so flourishing as it ought to be, and as it might be expected to have been, from the excellence of the principle upon which it was established, and the great good it was calculated to effect, if properly patronised by those who ought to be its supporters. It was not a mere chari table alms-giving society ; it was a society to the benefits of which those who were the receivers of its funds had, in some degree, a right. As the funds of the Society now stood, it would appear that it possessed 10,0001. Three per Cents., the interest of which went to the support of fourteen widows and families of captains in the merchant service, who, during their lifetime, had been subscribers to those funds. There were also fourteen houses occupied by those individuals ; and thirty-six other persons received annually 101. each out of the same funds, and from the amount sub scribed at the annual dinner. Those sums were very ina dequate to the demands made upon them, and totally beneath the wealth, importance, and munificence of the com mercial and shipping interests of the country. The Chair.. man, in conclusion, impressed strongly on the company the necessity of exertion to keep alive and render effective so excellent an institution as that which they had met to com memorate; and sat down amidst the cheers of the company. On the health of Mr. Young and the gentlemen connected with the shipping interest being drunk, with acclamation, Mr. YOUNG rose and addressed the company in an im pressive speech on the necessity of exec tion to support the Institution. In the course of the evening the Secretary announced a handsome list of donations to the funds. EXPLOSIONS IN COLLIERIES.—EarIy on Thurs day morning a dreadful explosion of fire-damp took place at a colliery about a mile from Blackrod, belonging to Mr. Blundell, when 19 persons were seriously injured, two so much as to cause their speedy death, and others are not ex pected to survive. The horrid shrieks of the villagers on hearing of the sad catastrophe were beyond description heart-rending. A similar accident occurred the same morn ing, a short time previous to that mentioned above, in a pit belonging to Mr. Johnson, Goodman's Farm, near Wigan, when a young woman was so much injured by a fracture of the skull, that the brain protruded, and' she is without hope of recovery.—Wigan Gazette. On Thursday an explosion of foul air took place in the old pit of Dinas Colliery, near Newbridge, belonging to Mr. Coffin, by which occurrence, it is stated, 14 persons were severely injured ; our in formant adds, that of these, four persons were missing when he wrote.—Merthyr Guardian. It is admitted on all hands that Lord Brougham's Act for establishing the Central Criminal Court has proved, now that there has been a second year's experience of its working, effective for the great objects it had in view— speedy justice, economy, and humanity. EXPEDITIO N TO THE TAGUS.—Orders have been received at Woolwich for one major, three captains, six lieutenants, fifteen sergeants, fifteen corporals, nine drum mers, and 200 privates of the Royal Marines, to hold them selves in readiness to embark on board of a steamer in the dock-yard, and to proceed from thence to the squadron at Plymouth. This addition to the number of Marines already embarked will make them amount to about one thousand strong. Major John Wright, K.H., who for many years gave such general satisfaction to the corps in the situation he held as Assistant Adjutant-General, is, we understand, to take the command. CAPTAIN SYMONDS'S SIIIPBUILDING.—We are informed by a correspondent, that the officers of the dock yards were ordered some time since not to offer any re marks or objections to the ships built by Captain Symonds, as their services would be no longer required if they were found acting contrary to such instructions. The master shipwrights and other officers, who have powerful objections to the system pursued by the Captain-surveyor, are conse quently silent. If such orders were issued the same ought to be rescinded. The service requires the removal of all restraint upon practical and scientific men who can improve our naval architecture. SINGULAR MODE OF PROCURING WATER IN TURKEY. (From a Correspondent of the Morning P ost ) At no period within the memory of man have the inhabi tants of this capital suffered more from the scarcity of water than during the present summer. Owicg to the extraordi nary drought which has uninterruptedly prevailed for the last nine months, not only every well and cistern in town dried up, but even the public fountains have for some weeks ceased to flow. Mussulmans are proverbially of an endur ing temper ; privation from water, however, they put up with less easily than other people, the Prophet not allowing his followers the faculty of finding a succedaneum among other beverages to water ; enjoininc , them, moreover, five times a-day, to perform ablutions, and the bath being a sine qua non to the delectations of the harem. No matter of surprise, therefore, if Government, on hearing the infuriated mob attributing the scarcity of water, not so much to the absence of rain as to the improvidence of the authorities in repairing the aqueducts and cleansing the reservoirs of the city, has, by way of appeasing it, summoned a Divan, and invited it to deliberate on the measures most advisable un der the existing category. After the assembly had listened to numerous hydraulic plans proposed, and proved them to he either impracticable, or inadequate to meet the imme• diate exigency, the following suggestion of an octogenarian Imaum readily obtained their unanimous assent. I lay claim to the gratitude of Englishmen for the discovery I am about to communicate, for though certainly the applica tion of it may seldom be a desideratum in our genial cli mate, yet the knowledge of an infallible means for obtaining rain ad libitum may enable some of them, when in zones less favoured with wet weather than our own, to afford in stantaneous relief to the sufferings of their parched-up po pulations. The readiest way, perhaps, to guard against the commission of error in executing the Imaum's receipt for obtaining rain will be to relate the manner in which it was prepared, under his immediate superintendence, on Friday last, at the Sweet Waters of Europe. This important task had been confided to fifty individuals, chosen on account of the reputation of their sanctity, out of the different orders of Dervishes, Fakirs, Turbedars, and Hodjazs. Each of these was accompanied by a numerous train, composed of children from the public schools, besides their acolytes from the Medressehs, the Imaum at their head. They advanced at a solemn pace to a meadow, situated close to the banks of the bed where the river Barbyus, in better times than the present dry one, rolls its floods. After moving three times round its circumference, at a given signal each of the holy brotherhood, having squatted himself on the grass, placed before him a couple of bags, one filled with small pebbles, the other one empty. Taking one of these pebbles, and reverently holding it close to the mouth, each of them muttered the same prayer over it, and, after breathing three times over its surface, placed it in the empty bag, while the children's ready chorus at each removal sung out " Amen." The same ceremony was repeated with unabating-'devotion till the Imaum, having ascertained by calculation that the number of consecrated pebbles amounted to 72,000, ordered them to be thrown into a large leathern sack, which was brought into the centre of this holy circle. Its aperture having been as hermetically closed as could be done with a strong cable's assistance, this sacred recipient was hurled, amidst ululations capable of rending in twain the welkin, into the river. So powerfully, as it was foretold by the Imam, did the re-action which then arose between this concentrated essence of holy men's breath and prayers and the liquid element influence the firmament, that its hitherto closed cataracts were instantaneously let loose, and an abun dant shower of rain fell during the night. So strong to the saying of every true believer, is the affinity established be tween these pebbles and rain, that if by accident they were allowed to remain where the Imaum has thrown them a second deluge would cover the face of the earth. It must, therefore, have proved re-assuring to their apprehensions to know that, with the view to prevent the recurrence of a similar calamity, the provident Imaum has secured this omi nous sack with the cable of a line-of-battle ship, and that he has, moreover, pledged his word, as soon as the rain shall have set in properly, to remove it to a spot where every means has been taken to obviate the appalling possibility of its coming in contact with the slightest particle of moisture CORDOVA.—He is a small slightly-made man, stooping somewhat in the shoulders, and with a face expres sive of nothing save a look of languid discontent, to which a sharp twinkling eye gave the characteristic air of a J ew clothes dealer. His gait and manners were slow and saun tering, and impressed the spectator with the idea of a man shattered with disease or enervated by dissipation. His dress, on the three occasions that I happened to view him minutely, was uncouth and slovenly, consisting of a long brown redingote, that by its want of shape and fit reminded me of I'aganini's, and a scarlet cloth waiscoat, closely but toned to the chin by a single row of gilt buttons, a small cocked-hat stuck on one side of his head, with a cockade expressive of the loyalty wanting in his heart, and a pair of worsted hose or leggings strapped below the knee, with large silver spurs buckled on the heels. He wears no beard or whiskers, but indulges in a pair of stunted mustachios on the upper lip, which add to the expression of languid non chalance predominant in his countenance. In a word, see Luis Fernandez de Cordova in a crowd, without knowing him to be Duke of Mendigorria and Count de Arlaban, and he would be taken for a sickly attorney or a discontented tailor.—Twelve Mouths in the British Legion. Much having been said a b ou t " pigeon expresses," and the cipher employed for the intelligence conveyed by them, a specimen of one of them may not be unacceptable. It was taken about two months ago from a pigeon shot near Folkestone, and was found fastened to the tail of the bird. The despatch was from London, intended for Paris, and runs thus : " London, Aug. 2. " pziy, pzig, pkim, pkky. " 35152316 ky. " > gg gz im. " Do not forget 2534,242131. " There have been fluctuations at Amsterdam, ascribed to the illness of Mr. Rothschild. Here it is said that he is dead, and to that is attributed 2215 35 15 2316161634. The Paris prices were known here at 1-1, but 1 think the re moval of Cordova the cause that there has not been a greater sensation. Perhaps coupons or 31112127241035, 1235,3424172617." On the outside. " Aug. 3.—Sent off 3 pigeons ; have 6 left." N.B. The original is in French. MEMORIALS OF MRS. HEMANS.—A melancholy interest attaches to Mr. Chorley's " Memorials of Mrs. He mans." Few can read the mutual correspondence between her and Bishop Heber, and Miss Jewsbury, and not regret that fatal destiny by which three of the most amiable and gifted writers of the day were hurried to the grave in comparatively the prime of their lives. A SEAMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL.—One who likes to see all things put to rights in regard to the god of his idolatry (Nelson) sends us the following :—lt is gene rally received that the word " Every" was used in Nel son's celebrated telegraphic communication to his fleet at Trafalgar. Now, from personal examination of the log book of the Victory on the day of that memorable battle the numercial telegraphic flags were hoisted in the following order : 253 269 238 . 471 . 958 ~ 220 ~ 370 ~ England . Expects EACH Alan Will Do His 4 D 21 U 19 T 24 Y The same sturdy tar, wishing also that all things should be made right with regard to Nelson elsewhere, although in a different way, thought it of much importance that a party of the St. l'iorenzo should be formed by himself and al c d on: e - - rades, then " half-seas-over," and ashore at Portsmouth, to inspect the monument erected to the memory of their hero, on Portsdown-11i11, which forms ____fortn.s, ifael l , a e n r d b n e lar s k hot for all ships coming into the harbour. On their arrival at that Con fined, twhieleyninallmivee:liaaitiedlythdeeymolished all the fences around its base, swearing that Nelson was never " in irons," or con main so there. MAJOR SKINNER'S OVERLAND JOU RNEY TO INDIA.—" We h a ve rarely met with a more agreeable book of travels than this. I t has 110 want of depth, an d i t h as infinite freshne ss and vivacity. . Everything that i s d escr ib e d is felt as a likeness. Nye recognise it by its strong marks of reality, as we recognise the po r t rait of a person whom we have not seen w hen painted by a master hand. The charm of truth and nature runs through the volumes. A eye 0 f a shrewd vigour, and faithfulta eto better, plainer, or more straightforward style could not be imgined. Everything is written down just as it struck the particle of assumption or of " got up" profundity in any ncloet a ar p n o pe r as ti t o , n o f the : 1) 1 i s i i e e r ic practised.er;anpdenn: ithnaielirethies The Edinburgh Advertiser is hardy enough_ to assert as a fact that the H ouse of Lords is popular inScotland. Why , it was but a day or two ago that au a dd ress was presented from the very city in which the Advertiser puts forth this extraordina r y d ec l arat i on, calling, in terms which ca nnot be this misunderstood fora reform in th a t b ranc h o f the Legislature. s L c i i b t e y ra ( l c continueshfiecehleinstgeoan and Reform to measuresbe ol e i increase e p a o s p e nl in r as ever, d es pit e t h e h o l e - an d- corner mee ti ngs of the Tories, and th e l as t dyi ng strugg l es o f t h e o ld corporation, and the many vain endeavours that are made to turn the tide o f lthe are popular feeling. The revision of voters on the burgesses' lists before the mayor and assessors, on Tuesday se'nnight, has added new partisans and fresh strength to the popular cause.—Brighton Guardian. _, .6 t - EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY Preparations, we find, are making for commencing.,:" : - ,. this undertaking, and th e wor k, it appears, w ill in the., first instance be begun in the vicinity of Cheliasford \ \, and Stratford. Two gentlemen commenced the prepa ration of the working plans in this neighbourhood last week ; and the line, it seems, will cross Duke-street, just beyond the Friends' Meeting-house, run from thence to Widford, where it will again cross the high road, leaving the mill to the right. There is to be a depot at Romford, and another in Duke -street, Chelms ford ; and it is calculated that in two years the works will he so far completed as to enable the engines to commence running between Chelmsford and London, when the journey will he performed in less than one hour. Of course the parties whose land or houses will be required for the undertaking will receive due notice and compensation. They will in the first in stance be served with a notice cf the intention of the Company to use the l an d s , aid the parties mu s t th en deliver, within one month, a statement in writing, setting forth the particulars of the estate, and the amount they expect or are willing to receive as com pensation for the injury they sustain : in case they refuse, or are incapable of t reit i ng, t h e va l ue of the land and premises is to be s e ttl e d b y a j ury. T enants at r e . ! lt, r to a y r - e e a b r ; of l an d s requ i re d f or the the 37th c l ause to g i ve up purposes possession at the expiration of si x ca l en d ar months Nil s l e , from after notice to that effect has been g i ven , ; without re ference to the commencement of such t enants ' h o ldi ng. The Company arc to give compens a ti on to the tenant for his unexpired term or interest in th e p rem i ses, and s r of o the for goodwill, fixtures, and for any loss or inj ury h e may sustain in quitting ; and where land is intersected so that less than half an acre is left on either or both sides, the Company are compelled to purchase the whole. The breadth of land to be taken is not to ex ceed 9 2 yards, except where a greater breadth shall be deemed necessary for carriages to wait to load orun load, or to pass each other, or where it is necessary to raise embankments, &c.; nor can the Company de viate more than 100 yards from the plan deposited.— Essex Herald. AGRICULTURE. WINTER MANAGEMENT OF POTATOES.—In collectiag a large plot of potatoes, the judgment of the farmer must direct him in employing an appropriate method of protec ' tion ; but as a perfectly dry condition of the skin is the greatest means of security, the roots ought to be placed under cover of an open shed, if possible, till the moisture evaporate ; a common sheet let down in front of the open ing during a keen night will effectually secure the potatoes, because they cannot be kept too cool, provided they he screened from actual frost. Heat and moisture are the agents which stimulate vegetation ; light is the element of colour and maturity ; these are facts now acknowledged by the wisest physiologist, and confirmed by the experience of every day ; hence we are taught that preservation of pota toes, designed either for food or for future cultivation, must depend on the absence of these stimulating agents. It ap pears probable, therefore, that the ordinary practice of pitting," that is, of burying the store in broad trenches, coated with stray and covered with a ridge of earth, i$ very far from judicious. The ground is always more or less moist., it is also warm enough to produce some degree of stimulus ; and thus, after the ridges have been exposed to the.rains of an entire winter, and the earth on every side becomes saturated by water, it is evident that the lining of straw, or other vegetable decomposable matter, will be acted upon, and tend to produce heat. The potatoes there fore push, and it is no uncommon circumstance, at the opening of a pit, to see the whole surface of the potatoe stock covered with a matting of long white shoots, every one of which has been protruded at the expense of the pulpy nutritive substance of the roots. If pits be employed, it would always he wise to dig them in a dry spot of ground, protected by a covering roof of some kind or other. Water should be excluded, and the roof will also prevent much of the operation of the frost ; but the greatest security will be obtained by excavating the dry earthen floor of some barn or out-house, prepared for the express purpose ; lithe potatoes be laid upon dry ground, a little below the sur face level, and covered with a few inches of dry litter or sand, no frost of ordinary character can injure them. I n fact, the potatoe will support a great degree of cold, as I have amply proved during the last fitfully severe winter. I deposited my seed-store of early kidneys at first in a tem perate cellar, but perceiving that the eyes began to break, though the heat was seldom above 45 degrees, I had them removed to and laid on the floor of a barn ; before they were properly secured, frost of extreme severity occurred, the mercury descended 15 degrees below the freezing point, and some of the exposed roots were more or less coated with rime. They were then covered with straw and sacks ; some also were put in chests with dry hay ; but every pre caution was employed to prevent the accession of heat. The atmosphere of the barn (which was frequently open during six hours of the day) was on several occasions cooled far below the freezing degree of Fahrenheit, yet when the tubers were examined in March, they were found in so perfect a state that I hesitated not to plant the whole of them ; all, however, were put into the ground entire and they vegetated with extreme regularity.—Quarterly Jour nal of Agriculture. In a recent number of the Frankfort Mercury are contained the details of the progress hitherto made in the formation of the great canal which is to connect the Mayne and the Danube. The works in the river Altmuhl, fourteen in number, requisite to make it navigable are begun, and will probably be completed in the course of the year. A contract has been concluded for breaking and carrying the stones to be employed in narrowing the stream, and will be preceded with activity during the autumn and winter. In the valley of Ottmaring, the canal begins at Dietfort ; and the excavation, extending about 20,000 feet, is com menced ; and, should the weather prove favourable, it is calculated that it will be completed this autumn. At Neu mark, 5,000 feet of canal is nearly completed ; and another tract of 17,000 feet in length, where, in some parts, it is necessary to cut thirty feet deep, is begun and will be com pleted in four years. At Nuremberg 500 labourers are employed digging 45,000 feet of the canal, 12,000 feet of which it is expected will be finished this autumn. A line of about 2,000 feet near Doos, by the Pegnitz, is entirely excavated. A contract for 27,000 feet of the canal from Erlangen to Baiersdorff is adopted. The work is commenced, and probably before the winter nearly four miles will be completed. At Bamberg about 8,600 feet of canal is finished. The planting on the bank s o f lucern and fruit trees is in progress. The foundations of a sluice at Buckhof are commenced, and other sluices there, and in the environs of Nuremberg, will he finished before the winter. Next summer will be begun a b r id ge over the Pegnitz, between Furth and Nuremberg, over which the canal will be carried. If the canal from , Nu remburg to Bamberg be finished sooner, its continuation not twill i n t be o a cl canale ay e o d al o h n e g a e r ation streum o called stream Non n N e n o g n r n a e b l e l r aben f 5 feet deep and 54 feet wide, with embankments of stone, is commenced, and expected to be completed during the winter. The progress of the works will be accelerated in consequence of the proximity to the stone quarry on the banks of the Pegnitz, recently purchased by the Committee of Inspe,:tion. Eighty men are employed at the quarry, and as soon as the stones are cut they are conveyed forth with in vessels to the places where required. Next year the sluices in the track from the Nonnengrahen to the Pegnitz will be constructed, and then the communication from the Crane at Bamberg to the canal at Buckhof wilt be opened. The works on the Pegnitz are reserved for •. _ . .his winter. About 40 miles' length of the canal are con .racted for; most of the contracts are commenced, and nany miles will be completed during the autumn. THE BOWERY THEATRE BURNT DoiVN.-At half-past four yesterday morning smoke was seen to issue from the centre of the roof of the Bowery theatre, and in a very few minutes the whole building was completely en veloped in flames. So sudden and so rapid was the con flagration that it was quite impossible to save the building when the firemen arrived at the spot. Nor were any por tion of the very valuable properties belonging to the theatre saved, with the exception of the clock, a piano, and the large mirror of the green-room. The wardrobes, and in fact everything belonging to the establishment, with these slight exceptions, were burnt. The upper portions of the side walls fell on to Nos. 40 and 44 Bowery, and crushed in the roofs. No other buildings were injured. Thus has this magnificent theatre a second time fallen a sacrifice to the devouring clement. Mr. Hamblin's loss will be most severe. We understand he himsdf estimates it at se venty thousand dollars, not a cent of which, we are sorry to learn, was covered by insurance—the policy having expired on the 19th inst., and Mr. H. was in negotiation for its renewal. The members of the company are also severe sufferers, and in proportion to their means probably much the more so, as they have lost the whole of their theatrical properties, and are thrown out of professional employment. A man named Frederick, employed to sleep in the theatre, had a narrow escape from the burning build ing with his life, being obliged to make his way out of it ire his night clothes. Of the origin of the fire there seems to be a difference of opinion—some individuals believing it to have been communicate] by design, and others supposing the fire to have occurred from sparks communicated to some combustible materials during the perfoi mance of Lajitte.,—. New York Paver.