The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

arrive d I. t • the /it naaY - ie rain d to hi ll/ c osst. the "‘l, . Froo.. Prig 01 46 ' a s 0..6 " ^ - [post bitten and are render,d totally unfit' for the rood "tit cattle Our -• •• • are unable soisfae terily t • ithtt, t. sa •-• 0 account fur the boglit by which this valutto,e e : c u . lent has b een attacked, and if the reports that have v. ssned us as to the extent of the injury sustained in the 'sPs, be not exaggeratedßerated, the failure v. ill, we f( ar, be iab v n erely f e l t i n the approaching wi n t e r, especially by the 14tv illog poor. Th e affected potatoes are deemed so es_°lesome and unfi t f or human food, that in several in this es_ county, the sale of them has, it is stated, I,7'n prohibited by the public authorities.—From a Cor 7ondent of the Sussex Advertise,. last, LIVES LOST.—On Friday w het last, th e Bi deford, of St. Ives, Captain D.lajor, p o _° "ff Mort Point, got in contact with the Ede, of atorit e aeen, and the first-named foundered. The master two seamen were d rowne d . 'I h e ot h er man save d h t~self in the ship's boat.—But." Journal. q. • • FERMLINE, AUGUST 14.--A serious riot took 1 1 4 e 0 e here last night, by which damage to a considerable unt has b en committed en the property of Messrs. ti ; a nd . lexandsr, manufacturers. The nioh prom. edett d r°ll gh the venous strsets of the town, accompani( d by s urh ra t tn• When the rioters had assembled in sufficient is;`' ) ers, they attacked the wan house and dwelling d-wte of Ma . r. Alexander, and smashed in the win tide ' They then proceeded to Bahnule, the re esteae' of Mr. J. Alexander, a distance of three miles, th e f ed the house, Linke and damaged a great part of litytt,rnlts: se, and attempted to set it on fins The riots "Bassto c , ‘ in consequence of the above firm paying at tabi, p rate of wages than the other manufacturers, t. c 't wages having been last year generally agreed Veand uniformly observed, eith the single exception . oc i t s ' s J. and T. Alexander.—Edieburolt Chronicle. di ti , AI LWAT SPECULATION.—TO show the extraor ittlit'S nature of railway speculation in Glasgow, e may °1 21 1 . " in t hat, on a line near this city, on which a deposit Poa s i n -s • was respired per share, they soon ran up to a !ys, -ta of 51. and 101 per share ; and on Monday they Ise ar't d as high as oat and 24/, but on the day follov• cow 'e Y fell to 171„ an d n o w they aresunning up again, in tai ss q u e , ee what is called " time or " bear" bar tad t ' l ", r . t anous to some, but profitable enough to others ; tats,, 1 ' is a feature, we are afarid, which pervades too Y of there.— Sctollt- Reformer's Gazette. little 4l(* herring fishery has commencea coast; but it has hitherto been attended with "od -4 ,, ec ess, and we fear the season will not prove a very •ttet:V to the fi s hermen engeged in the herring trade.— e 4 '' t eee n . s tess e ' l s la 4wELL FAlR.—This suburban fair corn uarl,b "Yesterday. It is held, as usual, on the green at th The hole of the ground is covered in of : 1 , 44)1 1% booths of entcrtainment. The fair will con ,etr,,;(,l2e days. The police have directions to rigidly itttly - the regulation of clearing the booths, &c., by 4e oclock as night. li ti lkvrlClDE AT BRIGHTON.—A determined case thallticide was discovered at Brighton on Saturday, L'l'f's r e ,. h ° ll se of William Hammond, Esq., a gentleman ,Ta 1, 41 ne, residing at No. 18, Brunswick-square. Sarah 'llv e t ' b '' ll , lady's maid in the family, was discovered to to 1 1 ,,, e en delivered of a child on Saturday evening, and the b e severed its head from its body. An inquest on 'ay r ,71 was held at the Kerrison Arms, Hove, yester- S s ° 11 ting, before F. H. Gell, Esq., coroner for East se-st rs a. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mur lla'sotal the coroner thereupon issued his warrant for cal mittal of ','Pathan to Lewes gaol for trial at the • assizee '• -alleseEss AMONG THE POOR.—The association ke rie P t tquoting cleanliness among the poor has corn 'ls a its proceedings, by enabling the poor, in the ttis h lY of the Eastern Asylum for the House!ess, in 4 ) 3 ,„"°tlse street, East Smithfield, to use gratuitously has°l',,Paratus for bathing, and for the washing assry- Clothes (twine. the months in which the um pi e , h l a t hQrto been closed. e ' The apparatus, which is sirn tight7,unexpensive, was fitted up and first tried a few fl eas :„°sfore the and of the last season ; and the eager "sylii."lth which the unfortunate beings sheltered in that lia, e ' ll availed themselves of its advantages, far sur 'hoe. a nticipation ; 987 having used it in the short N e of nineteen evenings. Great good has been effected 41 ,S as t s h e asylum opened on the 28th of May, as a bath the b( 7 l washing establishment ; and the allegation that . 41 ''"' would neither wash nor bathe, even had they re of doing so, is thus proved to be a fallacy. fter e : understand that a company is now being gfor the prosecution of the northern seal and haleds ' s iting. This undertaking is of national itn % and should be backed by all the influence of , anent. t Lil e "T OF TIIE WETTERHORN.—It appears from kak er ne and Zurich journals that the central or great (16 e ,,,° , the W e tt e rhorn, one of the highest of the Ue,, , ,i i td Alps, has been lately ascended by a young "a man, a son of Dr. Speer. This is a feat hitherto 'Pa d e° aiplished, and was attended with great difficulties ts.4°'a,9,'itr, it having been the season of the avalanches. a ss.a n.er • L4 ss iGREEN'S ASCENT FROM CREMORNE GARDENS W 'ath" l ° ll l%—Despite the unfavourable change in . the t ki , sr last evening, Mr. Green made his second night Na li s t s „ fr oal the grounds of the above gardens, in his fire balloon, attended by a very splendid display ,; (1 4 ,„` a w ,Orirs, the beauty of which was considerably Nts'e-s:` b y the rain. which at the moment of ascent came ta tio 41 torrents. The arrangements were precisely the as upon the occasion of the first ascent. ' l O 8, -.O TRER DREADFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.— S . " 9 - o th of last month, a young ma, the sem of a fishers a'f i ' e f i lh.e n nme of Arkden, residin in n Barking Creek, whilst ~Q:s the rear of his father's house, was bitten in the leg b ` l " 4 l , of the mastiff breed ; the lad took but little notice of Ze. and a few days afterwards it healed up. On Thurs -6 Z s i,ng he for the first time complained of a pain in the - 1 7 .. ed i ;,.;,"te1i increased until it reached the right side, accompa '44ke . 4 7, 1 0miting to an extent which compelled him to go ' e ,. 1.4 ` he was put to bed. In the morning he complained iria t ß i e ' e d Pains in the head, thirst, and a feeling as if being ss e tlie s i • His parents sent fur Mr. Henderson, the nearest i ii N t to w l r teti . tioner, and in the interim the mother desired her i his face, but upon bringing some water he eshi „,"R. e most intense agony, dashing it from him, and faint ts-, that st a t e h e wit S found by Mr. Henderson, who ; 41 eCY declared it to he a case of hydrophobia. The usual Nir,,,,'were applied, but with little effect. At one time it L'tn o "; the united eforts of four men (although but seventeen eta t j a ge) to hold him down. He was finally fastened to ' and at his own desire his eyes were covered, as even tarn snail, 6 of a door, or the passage of any one across the 1 1 44t v eeey,og the slightest air, affected him in a most frightful oaf tle expired on Sunday morning a few minutes before h - esk. • 4 1 f ,, G llowing is an extract of a letter dated Zurich, -„` :—" to•da •'s sitting, the report of the ft ie t4t o t ru : the ex 'i ecution ) of the resolution passed by the th.4twe to the free corps was presented. It appears t k mit 4 14 ducument that the greater number of the can t7kt tr ,ave prohibited the abler fomation of free cors, and ( 1 1 . 1:111 4 ) 111 e have not been to comply with thenesolu- Itt o 41 circumstances purely accidental. After some 41 ' "ic 'n, which was not of a y very animated character, t o ' ci t 44%1 votes a w ss e ed ff a i ws ag To call on the states against the free corps, s t° ,t4 3° , 4ll me y diate p ly, 19i states :—To invite the states ,oer'',waether they have any penal enactments for cases '''Pea„ °l 'dinary offences have been committed in any AT,'"°n of free corps , proposed by Lucerne, 7 states." ESCLE.—B udle igh Salterton has 'ld"en th scene of a most thrilling i ncident. Six infant lk: t be k i ° ll Wednesday morning, got into a boat on t d ri . - f •L, and a mischievous boy shoved it oft The iCtritil stied away to sea before the children were missed. b:,,, a 'as the agony of the mothers when they knew 41 1 taigght returned, and still no tidings of the help- Ittui "reu• A Plymouth trawler, fishing yester.la b s e • tt • *b e e (V" to something floating at e distance ; . dow n i h oL. n tO it, and discovered it to bathe . boat, and in we f .'" u nl the six. children, all cuddled in like a nest o yeast asleep. Five of these children were under NeiaP,,, of age, the sixth is but nine years old.— t linieS Itu l SCo t , • 11 4 11 'TIT OF HUMAN SKELETONS.—LUTTER . - C bt tha' A tr°• 17.—Last week the village of Molton, I'll44le:it ptonshire, presented a scene of considerable exo -1.14) Caused by the discovery of the skeletons h. f qed it , lll Tl beings. It appears that spnie . men were e 14 , w " digging a piece of ground adjoining the sch oo l 1'444 1 .41 ' they came to the remains of a man who had t'litts,r4it.Y been hastily buried; and after digging a Hide I, l s tl r s r " t a the same spot, they came to the remains of j,, t tas tu Yuman beings, one lying across the other. As tt,,es n e had ever been fought in the neighbourhood, the aCti s ?„was that all three parties had come unfairly by Vat,, - , 15 - The sexton was informed of' the circumstance, hi' carne to the place, collected the bones together, N kti n le d them in the churchyard, but without commu ‘‘ith the vicar or the civil authorities ; the *, ties ttrft%ts i , e t subsequently coming to the knowledge of the 1101"413 e expressed great displeasure at the conduct tiv° the Y, the sexton, but did not give any orders to ste x , - ; , s u°Snes exhumed, or, as far as we can learn, ai: t atl l4l tinaatio n of the circumstances to the coroner ; as s n no doubt, had the latter been made acquainted i O a",tliu"si ratter, he would have instituted an inquiry, ''' Pr ha ve obtained some solution of an affair which I` "Qat 14 enveloped in complete mystery. I. ° "alit ef 91) 11 CHEVALIER D'EON.—" An imperfect to Ati aila this extraordinary case having appeared in the !bij'ael34tivtletrisls'" says out Paris correspondent, " I transmit . °pots which you may implicitly rely. A di be • n glish person has under various assumed names or near this capital for many years, and had to a pera at ural eland of the late Lord This to i s :,,, ° flage Was fur a length of time married, is is said, tar ke: Y . fi ,ne woman, and as Mr. and Mrs. h Paris tf Pa • s -a u Mrs • I-I--, were domiciled at Versailles Met airy, fond wife was happy in "" god the he s 4 h e l d a-r Y," as she called him, until she eloped ttO 4 aftee w _ ca Ptain, whose wife she now is. Having Ratitzolsr not, for a twofold purpose apper . tred to e I ,4 l ,„‘ v ota and to fall desperately in love with, a mar os(."•Qtie e w nlist her lodger, and proposed for her as soon t o :tile able after the death of her husband, the widow aliocisis9eueeshi a ttached to her Lilliputian admirer. .111 . ais dieappears to tabe en Pcau The individual in question, P e n to have been in straitened circumstances, "tithe,. e go have last,atlodgings, 19, Hue ' and I t one . th e °elation G.--The members of the Agricultural t 0 ,Protee., Modbury have come to the resolution, for stintes or re of their property, not to allow the gleaners r 4 e i t rn ahl upon their lands except between the eet' t 4 ease re g L t in the rnornincr and seven in the evening. 111 44 w uteh, no doubt, will be followed by the agri generelt -..e __D ka ti 'Na ti w /- el onpo; Telegrap h . k pPl era of th' ORICING SCHOOL, CITY- ROAD.—The n etv 'cati ons this admirable institution, from the increased Vallbail f or admission, have determined on erecting b e e P t s ts u . r i o a a g d. for the children on . Have . estock-hill, %e l ati as an order to accomplish this desirable i lpon th e b r e Peal is now being made to the public ; and, thos e b , a , e nts Which the institution has conferred e p almuch • require protection, we doubt not to u , not be made in vain. 1 ,, L „-- e l' , se• "Ans 'atba s h d S'ae EAST.--A newspaper is about 4 11 • e in the city of Jerusalem. Solomon, never dreamt of such a thing. THE STN, 0 W N, TITESVAY EVENING, Al.r(4-I:rs'l4 quite out of the race at the " run in." The Castaway filly, with Dean Swift, will be the foremost of the 3 year - olds. Coheiress, with Est. 101 b., ought to finish in Troia. Rum ena cannot go the distance. Glossy and the Shadow will finish in front, and I shall hok to Vol-au-vent, The Infant and Lightning for the win r. RELATIVE CLC RAILWA ICES OF Preaton and Wyre, SO—York and North Midland Extencion, ! . ..14 1 A—North British, 31y, Al—Ditto, Half Shares, 9 —Great Edsiern and Western, 35.:-Yottingham, Erewash, 40s.— South M idland, 4% 18s. 9d.—Shetheld and Lincolnshire Junc tion, 3 1 / 4 —Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 3 1 / 2 —Trent Valley Continuation, 2 1 / 9 —York and Carlise, 4. ENGLAND, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. TIDED DAY-AUG. 16. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, sailed for by schooners of the second class (140 tons and under). There was a fine bre, ze from the northward ; and at ten o'clock they started to the westward. The Peri had the windward station, and, being the smaller vessel, was sooner under weigh, end had the batter Of the start by nearly a mile. The Flirt was the aterrimost vessel, but she was not built for that station, but to take the lead ; she was not long in obtaining, and had no difficulty in main taining, it, beating the second vessel by 1 hour 11 s. She came in alone, but all admired her. She was built on the same slip as the Waterwitch, and has equal sailing abilities ; her sails also set beautifully—a inure beautiful picture of a fleet one was never seen. The other thrt e yachts came in nearly together. There is a very large assemblage of yachts in the Roads ; we counted at one time 53, besides numbers ef small plea sure vessels. Many of these yachts have their owners and their families on board ; they are floating mansions, and this accounts for the lodging-houses in Cowes not bring above half let. hrs. min. sec. Flirt, 132 tons, arrived 6 22 5 Maud, 119 tons Peri, 56 tons .7 49 45 Eimeralda, 129 tons, d;cl not round the station vessel SUMMARY OF THE REGATTA, 1545. 12:h Aug.—For a 50/. Cup.—Won by the Noran cutter, 70 tons, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart. 13111.—Royal Yacht Squadron Ball—Present 330. 14th.—For a 501. Cup.— Von by the Zephyretta schooner, 180 tons, Henry Hope. 15:b.—Annual Dinner at the R.Y.S. House—Present 45. 16th.—Her Majesty's Piate of 100 guineas.—Won by the Flirt, 132 tons, Sir R. B. Graham, Bart. 18th.—Match between cutters of any royal club, under 30 tons.-9 yachts entered. Fireworks in the evening, in front of the RILLS. house. 19th.—Handicap for the Ladies' Plate, value 501., 30 sovs. added.-17 yachts entered. FOURTEI DAY-AUG. 11. A very interesting match took place this day princi pally among the river craft, fer a cup, value 501., for yachts under 30 tons, which was won by the Fawn, beating the Seen t by four minutes ; the Gulnare lost her topmast in going round the second heat, and the Belvidere and the Gulnare afterwards got ashore on the Bramble. They came in as follows : Fawn, 25 tons, James Sibley, Esq.. owner 1 Secret, 25 tons, T. Wanhill, Esq . Phantom, 20 tons, A. 0. Wilkinson, Esq 3 Champion, 25 tons, T. P. Wickham, Esq 4 Mystery, 25 tons, Viscount Seaham Gulnare, 25 tons, James Kemp, Esq 6 Violet, 27 tons, H. H. Clayton, Esq 7 A splendid display of fireworks will take place this evening under the superintendence of Jones, the pyro teihnist of the Royal Yacht Squadron. THE POST-OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I observed in your paper of Thursday evening last an article headed " General Postmen," in which the writer, after alluding to the present mode of pay ing the letter-carriers by fees, &c., and recommending their abo lition, he suggests a scale of salary instead, which, in his id:•a, would be satisfactory to all classes of letter-carriers. Sir, I must confess that he forms a very liberal notion of the amount of remuneration to which a letter-carrier is entitled, especially upon the abolition of all fees, per quisites, &c. I know not whether the article in question was penned by any one connected with the Post-office, but if it was, he must be pretty well aware that such a scale as he proposes would not give that general satisfac tion which, by his style of writing, it would appear he flatters himself it would. I myself am doubtful whether it would satisfy any one class, but, be it as it may, I will state to you that the junior letter-carriers already re ceive one pound and some three-and-twenty shillings : to this class he proposes to give from twenty to twenty-two hillings per week ; the next class (the middling) are generally in the receipt at present of from eighty to one hundred pounds per annum : to this class he proposes to give six-and-twenty shillings per week ; the next and last class which he enumerates is seniors, who are in the rt cc ipt by salary and perquisites of from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty pounds per annum, as the returns to the House of Commons will testify ; and to this class he proposes from twenty eight to thirty shillings per week. He thinks that each class would be content with a smaller sum, but for ulterior purposes he proposes what he styles the more liberal sum. What he means by ulterior purposes he does not explain, and, therefore, we are left to conjecture. Sir, I am sure that each class of letter-carriers will feel very grateful to the writer for the great interest which he takes in their welfare. He thinks every one will be satisfied with the scale he proposes. Does he for one moment suppose that men who have spent half their lives and have grown grey in the service will, as area and for their long and faithful services, be satisfied by being stripped of half their income? They were appointed under the present system, and it was held out to them that they would arrive at their present income and even more by the faithful discharge of their duties. Surely then, if the public demands and the Government determines to abolish the present system and substitute new regula tions, it is nut too much to ask that justice should be done those who may suffer by the alteration, and that compensation should be granted, as is the case in every other Government office when fees are dispensed with, and even in the post-office. Surely the letter-carriers have the same claims as others, and ought not to be the only class who are not to receive justice, as the article would imply. Sir, whenever his Lordship the Postmaster-General shall determine to abolish the present system of remu neration, we must submissively bow to his determirstion, relying implicitlyupon his Lordship's known sense of what is due in justice, and we leave it in his Lordship's hands. Sir, I am afraid I have taken up a great deal of your time, but if you could find room in one corner of your valuable paper, you will much oblige, Sir, your very obedient, humble servant, A LETTER-CARRIER. THE HARVEST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have read with feelings of amusement and surprise the statements made in the public papers rela tive to the coming harvest. Thinking such reports emanated from parties desirous of raising the price of grain, I deemed them little worth attention; but perceiving that they have an effect on the public mind, I beg you will give the following statement place in your extensively-circulated journal. The harvest in the south and west of England is more abundant than was ever known in the memory of man. The late rains, so far from injuring the crops, have swelled the produce to the greatest plenty; long, full grown-ears, with grain plump to bursting, is the in variable characteristic of the yellow fields amid which I dwell, and which awaken profound feelings of grati tude and thankfulness to that beneficent Power who has so bountifully crowned our hills and valleys with plenty. I yesterday traversed a great part of the counties of Wilts and Somerset; in every field " The reapers voice was heard Among the yellow corn," and one glad scene of sunshine and of joy prevaded all nature. I hate croaking, and to rectify the statements of these evil prophets, I subscribe myself Your obedient servant, CORNUCOPIA. Wiltshire, August 16, 1845. FOREIGN CATTLE AND PROVISIONS. — Large quan tities of cattle, fruit, &c., continue to arrive by the steamers from rlolland, France, and Belgium, for con sumption in this country. The Dutch steam-ship Ba tavier, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Steam-wharf on Wednesday night from Rotterdam, brought 70 oxen and cows and 60 sheep, in excellent condition ; also 213 baskets of plums, several baskets of poultry, melons, yeast, and other articles of Dutch produce and manu facture. The General Steam Navigation Company's ship, Sir William Jolliffe, which arrived on the following day, from the seine place, at the Brunswick-wharf, Blackwell, had on board 15 oxen, 16 cows. 24 calves, and 48 sheep, 81 baskets of plums, 80 baskets of yeast, a quantity of melons, and other produce. This is the first importation of plums from Holland this season. They are of inferior quality, and not nearly equal to those brought from France, which have hitherto been of a superior description, and fetch a good price. The same company's vessel Ocean, which also arrived at the Brunswick-wharf from Rotterdam on the same day, and which, from the fact of her having no other kind of cargo or merchandise on board, appears to have been specially employed for the purpose, brought no less than 110 oxen and cows, and 280 sheep. This immense number of live cattle on board a vessel from the conti nent to London is unprecedented. They all arrived in perfect safety, and in good condition, and were landed at Blackwell and delivered directly. So large a number of live cattle from the continent has not, altogether, been brought to this port in any one week since the tariff came into operation, and it may, we presume, be reason ably anticipated that it will have an effect on the present high price of meat in the metropolis and the suburbs, which is, and has been for a considerable time past. a source of universal complaint and inconvenience. We believe that it is partly accounted for by the enormous consumption of animal food lately by the manufacturing population of the midland counties, thus rendering the supply to the metropolis more scarce and valuable. The company's vessel Tourist, from Calais on the same day, had a large quantity of poultry ; and the Rainbow, which arrived late the same evening at the St. Katha rine's-wharf, from Havre, brought no less than 1,050 baskets of French plums and pears of excellent quality, which were landed and delivered immediately for the markets. The revenue officers stayed both on that and the preceding evening for a considerable time after the legal hours of business, in order that the fruit, &c , might be examined and delivered before they became damaged or deteriorated. ADELPHL—A new piece was announced for repre sentatation at this theatre yesterday evening—another version of the Caudle Lectures—but, in consequence of the sudden indisposition of Mr. Wright, it could not be produced. Tn lieu of the previously arranged enter t tinments, the perfermanees selected were Sweethearts and Wives, in which M. Milnyard tools (for tbp first time) the part of Billy Lackaday, and played it amus ingly enough, The Irish Dragoon, and The Patty Girls of Stiberg. SPORTING IN TELL) GENC,E. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. YORK.—VoI-au - Vent is declared not to start for the Great Ebor handicap. DONCASTER, 1845. Acceptances for the Cleveland Handicap. Knight ef the Whistle, 6 yrs, Bst 1216—The Era, 5 yrs, Bst 616—ZInoni, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst Godfrey, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Quebec, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Vaudeville, 3 yrs, 7st—Hope, 3 yrs, 7st—Marian Ramsay - , 3 yrs, 6st 216—Fitzjames, 4 yrs, Est—Cock Robin, 4 yrs, sst 91b—Prescription, 3 yrs, sst 91b. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. Lothario, 5 yrs, 9. t—The Era, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—The Shadow, aged, Bst 91b—Queen blab, 6 yrs. Bst 71b— Zanoni, 5 yrs, Bat 61b—John o' Gaunt, aged, Bst 416 Red l)eer, 4 yrs, Bst llb—Tru€boy, 5 yrs, ist 121 b Extempore, 5 yrs, ist 71b—Weatherbit, 3 yrs, 7st 51b — Miss Elis, 3 yrs, 7st 416—Stomacher, 4 yrs, 7st 211) Old England, 3 yrs, Est 1216—Glossy, 5 yrs, Est 111 b My Old Hack, aged. bat - 81b—Duc au Darras, 3 yrs, fist 41b—Winehester, 3 yrs, Est—Freeman, 3 yrs, sst I I lb —Fitzallan, 3 yrs, 53t 111 b—As you Like It, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Yellow• Boy, 3 yrs, 716—Little John, 3 yrs, sst 71b—My Mary, 3 yrs, sst—The Duke of Kent, 3 yrs, sst—Maria, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. STOURBRIDGE RACES, 1845. Acceptances for the Stourbridge Stakes. Carillon, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Jack, 6 yrs. Bst 21b—Nix my-Dolly, aged, 8;t lib—Hampton, 6 yrs, Bst—'l he Rhine, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Tippco, aged, 7st 131b—Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—TAuld ;Squire, 4 yrs, 7st Gib —The Excis,man, 5 yrs, 7st 11b—The Disowned, 5 ylB, Gst 71b—Lady Sarah, 4 yrs, Gst 71b—Eveline, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—The Elbe, 4 yrs _fist 3:l3,—Princess Olga, 3 yrs, 6st—f by Glaucus, out of March First, 3 yrs, sst 101 bf f by D, fence, out of Nike, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Princess Royal, 3 yrs, sst 71b—General Nutt, 3 yrs, sst 71h. Acceptances for the Gold Cup Stakes. Intrepid, 4 yrs, Bst 41b —Jack Sheppard, aged, 7st 91b —Hampton. 6 yrs, 7st 9113,-Princess Olga, 3 yrs, 6st— ch gby Dick, 3 yrs, sst 101 b—f by Defence, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Princess Royal, 3 yrs, sst. 71b. HEREFORD RACES, 18.15. Acceptances for the Herefordshire Stakes. David, 6 irs, Bst 131b—Ninety-one, 4 yrs, Bst 61b— Glendower, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Susannah, 4 yrs, Gat 131 b—g by Mszeppa, 4 yrs, Gst 81b—f by Vamba, 4 yrs, 6st 61b —ch c by Tipple Cider, 3 yrs, sst 111 b. Acceptances for the Hunters' Stakes. Blind Hockey'', 6 yrs, 12st 71b--Tariff, 6 yrs, I2st 71b —Cracksinan, aged, list 121b—The Monk, 6 yrs, I Ist 81b—Nottingham, aged, llst 81b—D1amere, 5 yrs, llst 71b—Taffy, 4 yrs, lOst 101b—Grenade, 4 yrs, 10st 61b— Discordia, 4 yrs, lOst 41b. Acceptances for the City and County Gold Cup. Europa, aged, Bst 51b—Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs, Bst 51b— Glendower, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b—f by Bubastes, 4 yrs, Est 121 b—b cby Bay Middleton, 3 yrs, Est 31b—b cby Ilarpurhey, 3 yrs, Est 31b—ch•c by Tipple Cider, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib. UPTON-ON-SEVERN RACES, 1845. Handicap for the Upton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared on or before the 30th inst. Teetotaller, 6 yrs, 9st 61b—Cerillon, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b Ninety-one, 4 yrs, Bst 101b—Europa, 5 yrs, Bst 61b— Helpmate, aged, Bst 61b—Brenna, 5 yrs, Bst—Tom Tough, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Charity, 5 yrs, 7st 1016—Excise man, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b—g by Maz-vpa, 4 yrs, fist 81b— Zela 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Fickle, 6 yrs, 7st 616—President, aged, 7st 61b—Jack Cade, 4 yrs, 7st. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES, 1845. Acceptances for the Handicap of 10 soya. each. Patchwork, 6 yrs, Bst 81b—Hampton, 6 yrs, ist 131 b —Sir Edward, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Capote, aged, 7st 616 Devil-among-the-Tailors, aged, fist 616—Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs, ist 51b—Freystrop, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Sir Harry Wildair, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Miss Diggory Diddle, 4 yrs, 7st —Molly Mogg, 4 yrs, 7st—Beggar Girl, 5 yrs, Est 111 b —The Main, 4 yrs, Est 111 b—b gby Pincher, 5 yrs, 6st 61b—f by Shine, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—Jessy Hammond, 3 yrs, sst 91b. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The York Meeting commences on Wednesday with a programme of sport sufficient almost to raise the late Mr. Orton (to whose energetic exertions its restoration is to be attributed) from that turf under which he was laid, to the deep regret of all lovers of racing in the north. On Wednesday we have the Dundas Stakes. the trial st,kes of the meeting ; the Queen's Plate ; the Great Ebor Handicap ; the Filly Stakes ; the 30 Sovs. Sweep stakes ; Cult Sapling Stakes ; a free handicap, and a match. 'rho entries for the first two races not having closed, I must turn my attention to the Great Ebor Handicap, to which there are thirty -three acceptances. Of these the Shadow, Bst. 81135., heads the list. bhe is a game old mare, will run honest, has a favourable weight upon her; but I think as distance has always been her forte, on this occasion her lashing qualities will not have an oppor tunity of being clispla) ed, as the course is only a mile tind three-quarters. Trueboy, Bst 81b, I cannot hear of at any price. Neither can I fancy Lightning to have any chance. Yardley, but for his defeat at Wolver hampton, I think would have run well. The extra weight upon Glossy I should think would prevent her starting ; her chance at her original weight was first rate. Cataract is as slow as a hearse. Sir Abstrupus, 61b. 9st., is well in, but owing to his temper is not to be trusted. Little Hampton, sst. 101 b., and Jenny Wren sst., are certain to run forward. Marian Ramsay, sst. 51b., is too stale for a race run at the speed this is usually done at. Psaltniinger and Dean Swift's penalties effectually extinguish their chance if they ever had any. Pythia can hardly have forgot the effects of her running at Goodwood. And of the others, the only one I think that has the chance of being published as the winner of this stake is Vol-au-vent, whose running for the Newmarket Handi cap in the Craven meeting I cannot forget. It will be recollected that for that race, with 6st. 61b., she beat I-am-not-aware, Knight-of-the-Whistle, Croton Oil, Priscilla Tomboy, and two others, the course being exactly the same length as this ; and as he has had a long rest, and will have the able assistance of Abdale, I have little doubt of his success. Next to him I prefer Jenny Wren and Hampton, and think they will pass the post in the order I have given their names. The Filly Stakes has six subscribers, the two best public runners among the lot are Marian Ramsay and Liels, and to the former, with little fear, I accord the race. In the Sweepstakes of 30 Sovs., Midlothian, I ima gine, will again be found•first at the finish of the strug gle. Spur will walk over for the Colt Sapling Stakes, and the match between Inheritress and Libel won by the former. In the Chesterfield Handicap, Semiseria, being at home, may run kindly ; Philip should run well, but he made a sad exhibition of himself at Wolverhampton. Godfrey's chance, with only 83t. on his back, is excellent, so is Rowena's, and to these three I leave the race, stating at the same time my preference for the latter. _ . The Great Yorkshire Stakes excite much interest in all quarters. As the Stake is so small, we are sure to have a good field start for it. Miss Elis, as may be imagined, is first favourite, on account of her Goodwood victories. Splendid as were her doings on that course, I must say I do not think she will be found the best of the lot opposed to her in this race. My reason for making this statement is, that I do not think she can have re covered from the effects of her severe races at Gocd. wood, so as to beat animals that have had long rests, and also because she can never run away from her own home. Annandale should, and no doubt will, run well, and either her or Jinglepot will, I opine, be found better in the termination of the race than the Goodwood crack. Have my readers forgot the rer,ult of the Queen's Plate at Newcastle ? It they have, I have not. The Prince of Wales's Stakes will furnish a good race between Luminary and the Slayer's Daughter, and 1 think be won by the former. Of the animals in the Convivial Stakes I know nothing. And the match between Inheritress and Sweetmeat will, I am firmly convinced, be won by the latter. London. TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. SUV. SlR,—The meeting at York this week promises some good sport, which, it is to be hoped may be realised. It extends over three days, and has seventeen races, three of which are matches, a very fair supply quite up to the average. The ball opens on Wednesday with the Dundas Stakes, the winner of which, I opine, comes out of Daw son's stable. The Queen's Plate I shall leave to the tender mercies of Messrs.Wadlow and Hesseltine, having but very little doubt that if Alice Hawthorn can't do the trick, Sweetmeat can. The match between Inheritress and Libel, the former carrying only a stone more than the latter, is a certainty for inheritress if run, but, in my opinion, one or other will pay forfeit. The Filly Stakes, of 25 sovs , one mile and three quarters, will have Marian Ramsay for winner if she runs, otherwise the filly by Glaucus, out of March First. The 30 sovs. Sweepstakes, a mile and a quarter, for which Mid-Lothian, Wynyard, Maramat, and, perhaps, Marian Ramsay and Fitzallan will show, seems to ine to be almost a certainty for Mid-Lothian, who is looking and going extremely well at the present time. This animal ought not to be despised for the great Northern event at Doncaster, his running latterly has been any thing but mediocre, and should he start well, without playing off any of those fantastic tricks so common to him, he will cut out all the pi esent favourites, and finish in the front. . . . . The Colt Sapling Stakes, of 50 sous. each, to which there are three subscribers, will, most probably, be a walk over for Spur. The Free Handicap, of 100 s.,vs. each, will bring about six to the post, including Inheritress, Pagan, and Winesour, whom I expect to see pass the judge's chair, in the order I have placed them. The great Ebor, Handicap, of 200 sous. added to a sweepstakes of 20 sous. each,bas thirty-eight acceptances, out of which, I think, about eighteen will come Zo the post; viz. s—Vol-au-vent, Castaway filly, Glossy, Lady Sarah, The Shadow, The Psalmsinger, Little John, Everton, Rowena, Cataract, Lightning, p r . Husband, Sir Ab strupus, Yardley, Duke of Kent, Coheiress, D?an Swift, and the Infant, The Duke of Kent, Dr. Husband, Cataract, Little John, Psalmsinger, Lady Sarah, and Sir Abstrupus will never " live" the ince, they will be ING P Y SHAR 1 THE D TOWNS I: AND IRELAN I !Aug. I 18. YORK, AUG. 18. STOCK EXCHANC E.—The sales are-Durham and Sinder land, New, guaranteed Five per Cent., WA—North British, New, 911—York and North Midland, Selby Scrip, 78 with div.—Ditto Extension ' 248 3q-Leicester and Bedford, 31. 7s.—London and York, s —Manchester, Buxton, &c., 8— Newcastle and Berwick, 24% 24/. 6s. 3d.—Wakefiel3, Pon tefract, and Goole, 43 1 ,h. EXETER, AUG. 18. STOCK ExCIIANGE.—rhe sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 121.—Exeter and Crediton, 8 1 /. z —Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor eliestet, 1 % prem.—Eastern Counties, 20 1 4—London and Blackwall, 10:M—South Devon. 30%. EDINBURGH, AUG. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 3/. ss. Aberdeen and Banff, and Elgin, 2/. 11s. 6d.—Arbroath and Forfar, 251.—Ditto, Half Shares, IN.—Armagh and Portrush, 21.—Banffshire, 21. 3s —Britih and Irish Union, 3/. 9s. Belfast and County Down, 41. 3s.—Cambridge and Lincoln, V.—Caledonian, 101. 10s.—Caledonian Extension, 17s.—Ca ledonian and Dumbai tun,3/. 17s. 6d.—ClvdesdaleJunction, 91. —Direct Northern, 2/. ss.—Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 2s. 6d. Ditto, New, W.—Dundee and Perth, 4L 4s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 55...; Edinburgh and Glasg7,BB/. 7s. 6d.— Ditto, QUarter, 211. 10s.-Ditto, Ditto New, 141. 10s.- Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, I/. 17s. Gd.-Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 241.-Ditto, Preference, 16/. 103. -Edinburgh and Northern, U. 125.-Ditto, Ditto New, 1/. Is.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, New Stock, 221.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 3/. 18s. Gd.-Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. Os. 3d.-Glasgow and oreenock. 21/-Ditto, New Stock, le/. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 15.4. Inverness and Elgin, 11.35.-Kilmarnock and Ardrosaan, 51. 153 -London and York, 41. 'W.-Londonderry and Cole• raine, 3/. 17s. 6 1-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/. 155.- Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-Morayshire, U.-North British, 31/. 10s.-ditto, llalves, 9/. 10s.-North Wales Mi neral, New, 6/ 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 35.-Scottish Central, 71. 12s. Gd.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 75.-Shrovsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41. 25.-Slamannan, 18/.- , South Mid land, Si. 165.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 10s.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 165.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/.165.-IVishaw and Coltness, 39/. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE. Yesterday a long inquiry took place before Mr. Bed- ford, the coroner, — at the White 'Horse, Rupert• street, Haymarket, relative to the death of Emma Whale, aged twenty-five, of No. 5, Upper Rupert-street, who poisoned herself with oxalic acid. Martin Whale, the husband, stated that he came away from Winchester on the 28th of May last, in search of employment as a bootmaker, and having obtained Work he wrote to his wife, whom he had left in the country, to come to him. A few days after her arrival he bad certain suspicions, end asked her whether she had been true to him during his absence. After questioning her repeatedly, she told him that the wife of a sergeant in whose house he had left her, had asked her, shortly after he went away, to accompany her to Portsmouth, saying that she was going to receive some money from her brother there, and that she would pay the expenses of both of them. Deceased, without the least suspicion, went with her, and upon arriving at Portsmouth she was taken to a public house to have tea. After that, and while they were drinking wine, his wifs asked the sergeant's wife when she was going to her brother's ? The woman only laughed, and his wife then saw that she had been de ceived. A man 'mown to the sergeant's wife, and de scribed as a half-pay officer, then came in. and they all drank wine together. Mrs. Lynch then told them to go up stairs, and they did so along with her, but immedi ately they entered the room the sergeant's wife ran out, and the man locked the door. She (deceased) then felt a kind of stupor, and in the morning recovered, and found herself in bed, lying by the side of the man, who was asleep. She cried very bitterly, until he awoke, and told her that he " was used to woman's tears," and that " Portsmouth women were not like Winchester ones." He offered her a sovereign and a gold chain, but she refused them both, and went down crying to the landlady, and asked her why she allowed such goings on in her house. The land lady said that was nothing to Portsmouth, and that if she (deceased) liked she might stay with her, and she would earn 61. or 71. a week. Deceased refused to stay another minute, and went back immediately to Winchester. The man had written to her several times, signing himself Charles Edward Stewart, and endeavouring to persuade her to leave her husband and go with him to India. He told her to write to him, addressing to Miss Louisa Ed wards, Post-office, Hull. Deceased described him as a dark, tall, and stout man, but the husband had since been unable to find him. The husband continued to state that he promised to forgive his wife if he could, but the cir cumstance was always preying upon his mind, and he re solved to send her back to Winchester, hoping that in a short time he would be able to receive her back. She was to have gone yesterday (Monday), but on the pre vious day she purchased and swallowed three penny worth of oxalic acid. Verdict—Temporary Insanity. THE STATE OF TRADE IN BIRMINGHAM.—Trad here at present is in a very healthy state—great numbers of foreign orders are in hand—workmen are in good spirits, and are succeeding in ( fleeting advantageous ar rangements of recent differences. We are also glad to hear that the manufacturers in the Willenhall and Wol verhampton districts are generally full of orders. This is very encouraging, and we hope it will long continue. —Birmingham I'ikt. The 37th Regiment, quartered at Gosport, are to proceed to Wales, and wilt be replaced by the 74th Regi ment from Cacterbury. The 55th Regiment, quartered at Winchester. arc to proceed to Plymouth, and to be replaced at Winchester by the 3d Regiment, from Chi chester. The latter will be relieved at Chichester by the 13th Regiment from Dover, lately returned from In di a.—Hamp , hire Telegraph. SINGULAR RETURN OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—The shop of Mr. G. Davies, of Dolgelly, in the county of Merioneth, was burglariously robbed, and a very large quantity of watches and jewellery stolen, on the morn ing of the 4th of January. In June last, a man named Jonathan Jones was apprehended as being one concerned in the robbery, and four of the watches were found by Mr. Hill, the active superintendent of police at Chester, in a box belonging to the poi soner. Jones was tried at the last assizes and transported for fifteen years. It was strongly: suspected that a man residing at Chester, named Philip Dixon, was an accom plice (it was on his information Jones was apprehended), but no evidence could be adduced against him. On the morning of Saturday, the 16th inst., a box arrived for Mr. Davies by the Chester carrier, which, on opening, he was most agreeably surprised to find filled with the proceeds of the robbery, there being 96 watches, and a large quantity of rings, &c.—in fact, all that he recollected to have lost, except the four watches above-mentioned. The box was accompanied by a small brown paper parcel, in which was a letter, directed to Mr. Davies (not signed, of course), which was written badly, and saying that " her beg to return him his property." All that the carrier knows is, that the box and parcel were brought to the waggon by a man, small in size, and unknown to him. The affair, as may be imagined, has caused a great stir in this quiet town, and all are glad of the happy return, as Mr. Davies is a man much respected, and was very much sympathised with by every one. ARRIVAL OF DWARKANAUTII TAGORE IN LIVER- Poor,.—We are happy to announce the arrival in Liver pool, at the Adelphi Hotel, of that truly distinguished man, Prince Dwarkanauth Tagore, who has been tra velling through most parts of England for the purpose of inspecting the various public institutions and improve ments in the arts and sciences in this country. He has been waited upon by the Mayor, the High Sheriff, and the Recorder, and has already visited the docks, and most of the public buildings. He proceeds next to Dublin.--Liverr,ol Albion. At the fair at Brunswick, held on the 9th, the de mand for English manufactured articles was so great that the buyers could not be supplied in sufficient quantity. RAILWAYS IN CORNWALL.—The High Sheriff, in compliance with the request of about 1,600 noblemen, gentlemen, and traders of Cornwall, has appointed Thursday, the 28th instant, for holding a county meeting at Bodmin, " for the purpose of taking into consideration the most effective means of insuring for this county and its most important interests, the most direct and availab!e railway communication between Penzance, Falmouth, and Exeter."—Falniouth Packet. [ANOTHER ACCOUNT.] One of the most extensive fires that has occurred in the city for a considerable period broke out last evening, between the hours of seven and eight, in the spacious range of premises, belonging to Messrs. Bradbury and Greatorex, Manchester warehousemen, situate at No. 6, Aldermanbury. The premises in question were five stories high, including the basement, and were bounded on every side by numerous similar buildings. The Guild hall flanked the premises on the east, Dyers-court, a large-and tall row of warehouses, were on the north ; and Fountain-court, used as warehouses, intersected Aldermanbury on the south. The whole covered an area of ground of vast extent. The fire commenced in that part of Messrs. Bradbury's premises, termed the Scotch warehouse, filled with a costly assortment of goods. At that time a number of the. workpeople were in the building, who endeavoured as well as they could to extinguish the flames ; in that however they were unsuccessful, for owing to the very combustible nature of the goods, the fire spread right and left with fearful rapidity. Seeing that it was impossible to subdue the conflagration without additional aid, an alarm was spread in the usual way, a messenger being dispatched to give intelligence at the engine stations. During the short time that was thus necessarily lost, the fire mounted most fearfully, seizing upon everything in the warehouse in which it commenced, and extending from thence to the upper floors, so that by the period the engines from the parish and Watling•street stations could arrive, the greater portion of the building was enveloped in one broad sheet of flame, which rushed out of the different floors with a loud and fearful noise. The firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, to pre vent, if possible, the flames from extending beyond the premises in which they commenced. Their labours, however, were not quite successful ; in less than twenty minutes after the outbreak, every part of the spacious building was on fire, and when the roof fell in, the fiery fragments were scattered by the wind over the surround ing premises, setting in flames the adjoining house in Fountain-court, belonging to Messrs. Coster, James, and Co., warehousemen. At this conjuncture the flames rose to such an alarm ing height as to be distinctly visible from every part of London. By half past nine o'clock the fire was at its height ; at that time there were seven hundred square feet of solid flame ascending high into the air, and extending across the carriage-way of Aldermanbury, setting the %indows and doors of the opposite houses in a gem rid blaze. In this extremity, Mr. Crookland, the fireman of the district, and Mr. Braidwood had the engines of the London establishment brought to the sides and back of the blazing premises, while Mr. Connerton had the branch of the West of England engine directed through the front windows and against the opposite windows. By strenuous and skilful exertions the firemen, to wards half-past ten o'clock, began to get the mastery over the flames, and in the course of another fifteen mi nutes they yielded completely to the great power of water that was cast upon them. It is hardly necessary to say, that by this period the whole of the spacious range of premises of Messrs. Brad bury and Co. wi re reduced to a misshapen mass of ruins, the valuable stock in trade consumed, and the undermentioned premises more or less damaged :—Mr. Stone and Co., tea dealers, No. 5, Aldermanbury; Messrs. Coster, James, and Co., No. 4, Aldermanbury; Messrs. Oliver and Co., merchants, Nos. 7 and 8 in the same thoroughfare; Messrs. Chadwick, warehousemen, No. 4, Dyer's-court; Messrs. Allen and Tollys, whole sale milliners; and Messrs. Coster, James, and Co., in Fountain-court. CONVICTS TO NORFOLK ISLAND.—The convict ship Mayda, now lying at Woolwich, will take out two hun dred male convicts from the Millbank Penitentiary to the above penal settlement. They have chiefly been convicted within the last twelve months, and have been removed from various parts of the kingdom. Many are sentenced for a long term of years, and several fur life. IMPORTANT WATERSIDE IMPROVEMENTS.—AItera• tions and improvements of a very extensive nature are now in progress at the steam-packet wharf of the St. Ka tharine's Dock Company, and the contracts, which have been taken by eminent builders, provide for the completion of the works in about six or weeks. The improvements which have been projected by the active-minded secretary of the Dock Company, Sir John Hall, have been fixed upon, with a view to alle viate the numerous complaints that have been made from time to time of the want of better accommodation than has hitherto been provided in the port, for the examination and dispatch of the baggage of passengers on their arrival from the Continent, and such as have the entire concurrence and approval of the Com missioners of her Majesty's Customs. They are to con sist chiefly in the erection of a spacious floor the entire length of the wharf (about 120 feet), with suitable rooms for the accommodation of the passengers on land ing. The intended buildings have been so judiciously planned as to obviate all necessity for passengers using the lower part of the wharf, which will be used as hitherto, in addition to the general business of the establishment, for landing the immense importations of cattle, poultry, &c., now carrying on in this great market daily from all parts of the Continent, and for which it affords the greatest conveniences. The new baggage floor will contain a counter nearly 150 feet in length, and will afford accommodation for six or eight landing waiters, if required, for the examination of pas sengers' luggage ; and from interest which it is known the Hon. Commissioners of Customs take in this subject, it may be confidently expected that every proper facility will be afforded by these authorities. THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.—The sporting sea son set in with tolerably fair prospects on Tuesday last. The sun was a little chary of his smiles, and the clouds hung heavily, showing signs of rain which were not cm , - rieeinto effect to any extent. The returns of killed and wounded, so far as • our information extends, show con siderable havoc among the 4 ' winged deniaens of the air." The birds are said to be numerous—the young ones wild upon the wing, and the old ones very lean and ill fed, looking almost as if they were going off in a "galloping consumption."— Carlisle Journal. FIRE IN ALDERMANDUItY. - , NAVAL /StrELLIGENCE. Last evening, about twenty minutes befora eight 1 ,! PonTsmourff, MONDAY.--A Board of Admiralty, corn o'clock, a destructive conflagration, involving loss of prising the Right Hon. the Eari of Haddington, First property to the amount of nearly 20,0001., broke out in Lord; Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, Csposin the premises of Messrs. Bradbury, Greatorex, and Beale, the Hon. W. Gordon, and Captain Brandreth, Royal French, Scotch, and Manchester svarehOusetnen, of No. Engineers, Director of Engineering and Architectural 6, Aldermanbury. Works, arrived this afternoon at fifty en minutes past two The _ premises in question are considered as those o'clock, per the ordinary " fast" train of the South almost the largest in that line of business in the city of Western Railway, on their annual visit of inspection to London, extending in the rear from Aldermanbury to this dockyard and its dependencies. the western end.of .the_Guildhall, and-abutting on Dyers- Their Lordships walked from the Gosport terminus court, on the northern side of the church of St. Law- along the new railway constructed for the use of hr r rence Jea ry. Majesty into the Royal Clarence Yard, noting as they • The fire was first discovered by the porters employed proceeded the progress of the work. At the. Clarence by the firm to have broken out in the basement, or yard their Lordships ?are received by the chief of that cellar, of the building, and although an immediate .establishment, Captain John Carter, R.N., Superin alarm was raised, so rapid, - in consequence of the corn- tendent; Mr. John Town, Master Attendant; and T. 'l'. bustible nature of the stock, were the flames, that be- Grant, F.R.S., Storekeeper. Lieutenant Triscott, Acting fore any assistance could arrive the wh o l e of ? the lower Flag Lieutenant to the commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles portion of the premises were on fire, which speedily Rowley, Bart., G.C.8., G.C.IL, was in attendance at caught the warehouse on the ground-floor, and tle Clarence-stairs with Admiral Rowley's barge in extended to the upper rooms. In less than a quarter readiness to embark their Lordships. At tw' nty five of an hour. the As hole of these extensive warehouses minutes past two their Lordships entered the Large, and w,-re in flames from the ba:ern:nt to the roof, with the Admiralty flag in the bow proceeded across the end the light created thereby was visible in Iv, ry part harbour to the Ring's-stairs of the dockyard. No salute of London. The bridges wens crowded with spectators ; was find from the liag-ship, but on the Admiralty flag an Bow Church, the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, and becoming visible in the harbour, the, plaCurai battery the surrounding edifices were shown out in bold relief fired the usual salute of nineteen guns. from the objects of lesser elevation more immediately At the Dockyard Rich- Lcrdships were received by surrounding them. The flames continued to increase, Rear-Admiral Dacres. the new Commander-in-Chief on and from the lurid glare en the turrets of Guildhali the Cape station, and Acting-Alniir..l Superintendent shortly after eight o ' c l o ck, the gr eate s t apprehensions of this dockyard, Mr. William Purdo, Master A reniisnt, were entertained that that ancient edifice was involved in and the other officers of the establishment. Tiie Ad the cooflagration. miralty flag was immediately l.oisted on the dockyard So rapid was the progress of the -fire, that the whole building was one mass of fl ones before an engine arrived, the first baing that of St.. Lawrence Jewry. This was speedily followed by the bri:;,ade from the Watling-street and other stations, and. also the County and the West of England. Notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen, 'sneer the orders of Superintendent Braid wood, the fire continued to progres, and at one time the whole of Aide:- manbury, Guildhall, arid the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, were considered in imminent danger ; and, but for the extraordintiry exertions of the firemen, they must have fallen a prey to the flames. A young main, named Diamond, was in the top floor at the time the alarm was given, and so rapid were the flames that he was forced to escape without his coat, whilst another, named Samuel, asserts that it was with no small degree of difficulty that those on the ground floor were enabled to escape. Mr. Beale, one of the firm, had only arrived from Glasgow yesterday after noon, and upwards of 10,0001. worth of goods had been received during the day. The adjacent premises of Messrs. Stone and Com pany, grocers and tea dealers, No. 5. Aldermanbury - , were seriously damaged by water and fire. The flames were got under by half-past nine o'clock, and it is be d that not only every vestige of property, but even the books of the firm, are consumed. By half-past ten o'clock the fire was extinguished. It is believed that the premises and stock are valued at upwards of 50,0004 and that they are insured ; but, owing to the confusion, it is impossible at present to ascertain. gate:•. I - umediately after thoir I.o:dships landing they com menced " by in3pecting the chain cable store, and thence the testing-house, accompanied by the Store keeper, Master• Shipwright, St,ro Itt ctiver, and the offi.:ers of the vatiou4 depar:men s in,Tected. - The R'ght Hon. H. T. L. Curry, M.l'., First &ere tary to the Admiralty, j“ined their Lordships on their arrival, having come round from London in the 131,ek Eag:e to attend upon the Board. Their Lordships dine this evenng at the official resi• dente of Admiral Sir Charles ovley (who proceeds, on leave, to Brighton, for the benefit of his !Judd', at the departure of their Lordships). The Echo steam-tuz, with Mr. Charles Brown, As sistant Master-Attendant of this dockyard on board, towed a mooring lump to Spithead this afternoon, to assist at the testing of the various anchors, which will take place during the visit of the Lords of the Admi• ruity. _ . The Carnatic, 72, was brought down from her in .or ings this morning to be fitted and stored as an advance ship. _ _ The Pluto steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Crozier, arrived to-day from Dublin, Bristol, and -Devon port, with volunteers. The Black Eagle steam yacht, Master Commander Cook, arrived last everung from the river, to attend upon the Lords of the Admiralty, during their official visit. She went down to Cowes with Mr. Corry, and remained during the night, and came into this harbour this morning. The Comet steam-vessel, Lit utenant Commander Prelyma,n, went out this rooming to the eastward, tow ing the Mercury tender. The Hard, or pier for the use of her Majesty in land ing or embarking at Meade-under- Osborne, is r early Mmpleted, as is the landing- pl ce at the Trinity Wharf, East Cowes, recently presented to her Majesty by the Trinity Board. The Scourge new steam sloop is being fitted as a bomb vessel. She is expected shortly to be commissioned. WooLwicrt, Ace. 18.—The Black Eagle steam vessel, Mr. S. B. Cook Master Commander, left WooNich on Saturday afternoon for Portsmouth, to attend the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty during their visit to the dockyards on the west coast. The Monkey steam-vessel, Mr. William Bryant Mas ter Commander, arrived on Saturday night at ten o'clock with the Phoenix in tow from Chatham. The PEcenix had the masts of the Grampus, 50 guns, on board, as they were too large for conveyance in the Mionkey. Workmen have commenced taking off the roof of the dock containing the Gratnpus, and the masts will be put up immediately. When ready for sea, which she will be in about from two to three months, it is expected that she will proceed to the Cape of Good Hope station, for active service. It is worthy of rematic, in connexion with her Ma jesty's voyage to Antwerp, that there was not the least restriction in the habits of the crew, the men having been permitted to enjoy their cigars or pipes, as is usual at the dinner hour on board men-of-war. The indul gence of her ntjesty on this occasion is spoken of in the highest terms of gratitude by all on board the royal yacht. DREADFUL ACCIDENT at BLACK- BURN. On Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, the inhabi - tants in the neighbourhood of Turner's-square were alarmed by a sudden crashing sound, followed by a still louder and heavier noise. On running in the direction of the uproar, a thick cloud of steam knd dust hid from the eye the ruins and the mischief which had resulted from it, and fur some minutes the persons in the imme diate vicinity were unable to discover the real source of alarm. The chimney of the cotton-mill belonging to the chrostlenest Company had fallen, burying in the ruins a number of children and women in the street below. A row of cottages ran pqral:el with the eatl of the factory on that side, at a di,tanco of only about ten yards. Several persons standing at their own doors had b, en in jured in a serious manner. A mother seeing the chimney topple" ran out, and had time to save her child, but, with a strange impulse, ran herself into the road, and was covered by the ruins. It appears the chimney, which was not so high as many now built, um ii,jured by the vio lent hurricane ut the beginning of 1839, when the top was blown off and its foundations cracked. If a strong Kind had blown the chimney over the adjoining cottages, a still more dreadful result would have foll,wed ; es is is, the destruction has been confined to within twenty yards of the base of the chimney itself, breaking the whole of the walls round it, and destroying the whole support of the cold water cistern above the engine -house. The weight of the bricks, &c., broke into the boiler house and destroyed the steam-pipes and the connecting machinery betwt en the boiler and the engine. Immedi ately after the accident, Mr. Sheppard, the superin tendent of police, was upon the spot, and hundreds of persons rendered their assistance, under his direction, to remove the rubbish. Up to the present time fire persons have been removed, all more or less seriously injured, and some children are yet missing. Most unfortunately a funeral procession was coming out of a house just above and the persons residing in the cottages close to the chimney were standing in the road or at their doors. Several medical men soon arrived, and directed their at tentions to the various sufferers. One woman, whose name we have not been able to learn, is suffering great agony, the collar-bone and thigh being broken, the lat ter in three places. There is a frac ore of the sternum also, and two upper ribs are separated from the bone, besides many other serious bruises. She will not sur vive many hours. Her eldest child is also in a hopeless condition, having his skull fractured in a fatal manner. Persons are still busily employed in removing the ruins. THE ORGAN-BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —The third annual general meeting of the members and friends of the above institution, established for the granting annuities to decayed members and their widows, took place last evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, G. S. Bishop, Esq. in the chair. The report read and unani mously adopted, congratulated the meeting on the gene ral advancement and prosperity of the institution. When the funds were adt quite to the granting annuities, 18s. per week would be allowed to males, instead of 12a., as previously arranged, and to females 12s. instead of Bs. The receipts of the past year, including a previous ba lance, amounted to 1521.85. 7d., and the gross amount of stock to 4261. 14s. 11d., in which was included 451. 2s. 6d., the produce of two benefits. After the e!ection of officers for the ensuing year, thanks were awarded to the Chair man, &c., and the meeting broke up. THE ASSIZES.—THE BAR. —There are about 120 barristers attending the present assizes. The number is above the average. Amongst the learned gentlemen we observe some new and some very young physiognomies. We should say at a guess that 80 out of the 120 will leave Liverpool as they came—briefless; the business, as usual, being confined to the 20 or 30 leaders and juniors whose names have for so many years appeared in the newspaper reports that they must by this time have become like " household words," familiar to the public ear at home and at a distance. It is clear, that, if the business should continue to be confined as it has been to the favoured few, the briefless, however gloomy the thought may be, must make up their minds to pay the expenses of going circuit, to listen in silence to the " most sweet voices" of others, and to remain briefless to the end of their days. We regret this, for we presume that amongst such a multitude of counsellors there must not only be wisdom but talent, not only wit but eloquence, and we are anxious to see opportunities afforded for the development of those valuable qualifications. Clients, however, must in general belong to the old Tory school that fancies every change made from the beaten track must produce a revolution, for they adhere rigidly to the old and experienced barrister, and they cannot be induced to trust their causes to the hands of the young and untried man ; and we confess, the cold comfort it may impart the briefless not withstanding, we see no likelihood at present of their acting otherwise.—Liverpool Albion. SHOCKING STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. — Last n ight, about eight o'clock, as one of the Iron steam Company's boats u t h n e g e b r a f o r o r d e w F a l , a t t i h n r g o -pier, e h r t , h t e h e g r r o o s p s e n w e h g i l c i h g e f n a c s- e t w e a n s ed le a th v e ing bo t a h t e t il t) of the Company's servants, neglected to be unloosed. The consequence was, the rope attached to the boat was force& loose with fearful violence,' and catching the legs of a boy who was sitting upon the coil of it, drew hire with dreadful violence against the bulwarks of the vessel, instantaneously wrenching his leg in two, the amputated part dropping into the river. His other leg was fractured in two places, and he now lies in Charing-cross Hospital in a very precarious state. A THING THAT OUGHT TO 13E KNOWN.----The beech tree is said to be a non conductor of lightning. So notorious is the fact, that the Indians, whenever the sky wears the appearance of a thunder -storm, leave their pursuits and take refuge under the nearest beech tree. In Tennessee the people consider it a complete protection. Dr. Becton, in a letter to Dr. Mitchell, states that the beech tree is never known to be struck by atmospheric electricity, while other trees are often shattered in splinters. May not a knowledge of this afford protection to many when exposed ?—Americars paper. A FEMALE STABBER.—At Worship-street Police court, yesterday, a woman named Sarah Rogers was charge with cutting and wounding a female companion with whom ala had had a quarrel and fight the preceding night, The prisoner, who alleged in defence that the woman had abused her mother, was remanded, a, the injured woman was not well enough to appear to give evidence. THE SHORTEST PASSAGE ACROSS THE. ATLANTIC.— The Royal mail steamer Cambria arrived at llston last evening, having made the passage from Liverpool to Halifax in about nine days, and to Boston in eleven days and nine hours—the shortest passage on record.-- . Boston paper. PRINCIPAL CITIES AN SCOTLAND, NAMES or RAILWAYS. Aberdeen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge • . Arbro•ith and Fortin• • • • . Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Colr., & Bort rush Bandon and Bantry ..... Belfast and Ballymena .. Belfast and County Down B i rknhd,Lan.&Ches. , inc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. Nitw (iss.at 7 dis.) Ditto Half Shares Binnit tglun &Oxlrd.Junc. Bkkburn, ('hilt', & N. Un. Blekburn, Darwri,& Boltii Bolton, W i•; an, & Liverpi. Bolton, Stmard and Birm Brighton, Lewee, & Habt. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • Ditto New • • Bristol and Gloucester .. Bristol and S. Wales June, British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayr sh. June Caledon. & Dian bar. June Caled Mau .• • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Extension •• •. Cambridge and Limoln.. Che , ter Birkenhead.. Ditto Nuw Shares .. • . Ditto Half Shares .... Cluster and II lyhead Cheltenham and Oxfo - d Chichester and Brighton.. Churuet Vahey • • •• • • • • Clitheroe Junction • • • • • • Clydesdale Junction • • • . Cork, Blackrek & Passage Cork and Bandon .• • • • • • Cork and Killarney .• • • Gxk and Wtiterford • • • • Cork and Youghal .. • • • • Canterbury and I)ovcr.•. Coventry and Leicester • . Cornwall.• • • • • • • • • • .. • . Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manclistr Diss, Beccles, & Yannoth Direct Northern . • . • . • • • Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coir. e Dublin and Drogheda • • • • Dublin and Gabe y ..... Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New ... • ...... Dundee and Per h • ..... Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) .. Eastern Counties . Do. New.... . Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union .• . - •.• Ditto Extension • • Edinbgh, Glas., and Duni. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • • Do. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent. • Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles • • Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, 'Yeovil, & Drchstr Flt wood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow •. Glasgow and Ayr. • • Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock .. Ditto New. . • • •• Ditto Preference • • • •• Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster Grand Juncton • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• • • Ditto Quarter Shares . • Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths .• • ..... Grand Union.-- •• •• Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (hind) Ditto Extension •• • • •• (rent Munster.. • • ...... Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western . • • • • •• • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Fifths Guilfrd, Farehm,& Ports. Harvvich . • • • • Iludrsfld & Man. lit.&Canl Huddersfield an.t Sheffield Bull and Gainsborough • • Lull and Selby • • • ••• • • . Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto half Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin •• • • Isle of Jersey • • • • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray • • • • Killarney Junctions . • • •. Lancaster and Carlisle • • Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford ... • Ditto Extension .. • • .. Leeds and Dewsbury'.. • • Leeds and Thirsk— .. • • • • Leeds & W. Riding Junc. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford .. Limerick. and Waterford Limrek, Ennis, & Kit. Joe. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto half Shares • ... Ditto Quarter Shares.. ,Iverphjrmskrk,& Prstn .ondon and Birmingham Ditto Thirds. . Ditto Quarters • •...., Loudon and Blackwall Lou.&Man.(lleniington's) London and Brighton. .. Ditto Consolid..Eighths London and Croydon .• Ditto New . ••• • • •• • • Do. Guarant. 5 per CM. London and Greenwich . Do. Pref. or Privilege.. London and South Westrn Do.• New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. ft : Do. NM, 40/. Shares.. London and York .• • • • • • Ditto (Bantry) .• • London and Windsor.... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enuiskilln Lynn and Ely • • • • • • • • • • Lynn and Derehani Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares .• Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths • • • • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester 8; Birminghtn Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters . • . Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnclistr, Buxtn, & Matik Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr& Southamptn Midland .. • • • • • • Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • Ditto New .• • • • • • • • • • Do. Con. firm. & Derby Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. EXteriSioll to Sligo Newcstl & Daringtn June. Do. New (Braudling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abeavenny Newry and Enn r is g killen.. Newark and Sheffield • North British • • • • • . • • • • Ditto New Shares • • Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dls.) Do. Quarter Shares • . North Devon .• ..... North Kent • • • • • • ..... North Staffordshire .• • North Eastern . • • • • • • • • • North Union (A) .. • • • . • • Ditto (B).. • • • . • • North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares North Western .••• • • • North Wales ••••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • • Not., Belvole, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., ET wsli, Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and firming. June Oxford and Worcester .. Oxford and Cambridge Perth and Inverness .... Portsmouth Direct.. • . • • Preston and Wyre • • • . • • Ditto Half Shares •• • • i3o. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring, Scottish Central . • .. • • • • Scottish Midland • • • • • • • Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto ditto (No. 2) • • Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln • • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrew sbry & Grand June. Shrewsb.. Nor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir Shrwsbry & Trot Val. Un. Shrws, Herefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • • • • • • • • • •• South Devon . • • •• • • . • • • South Midland • • . • ...... South Eastern and Dover HULL, AUG. 18. Do. New (iss. 321.) No. Do. (isi.33/.(i.gd.) „ 2 Do. (isa. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond .• • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • . Tean and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley ...... Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Conn. Wexford and Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford • • Wakfld, Pontefret, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . • • West Lancashire. • • • • • • • Worcester and Tring • • • • Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland . West Cornwall. • • • • West Yorkshire . ...... . Wilson' wn, IU. & Counesi Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich • • Ditto New . • • • • • • .. York and Carlisle ..... • • York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto &intro' Brand Ditto Selby • • • • • • • • • • DlttO xtension Yorkshire rt . plitsgp* ITT'. 13;6d, --- STOCK EXCILANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 24-I,9ndon .au4 Birmingham Extension, 358-- ii. ) 12456 d 1244 120% 2 al 29V 10% 1 p 77 24% I .iI) 7; 4% 204 7%pl 2% 3 1 ,4 314 9% 74 14 - Bs6dl 4% 2%p 3% 68s. 60s. MCA 10%1 !2153t1 2556 d 1 [ 3-16 29 p 7p ss. 26% 15% 15% 19 pi 45 p 1 135 s j) ,15s p 113 8 5 9 1 S - P] I 2 - U p ! 4 - 2s6pl 34 5653.1 ---%1) I , THE CHARGE AGAINST THE MASTER OF THE ANDOVER UNION. ANDOVER, SATURDAY NIGHT.—This morning, at an early hour, much excitement was caused in the town of Andover, by the re-arrival of Mr. Parker, assistant commissioner of poor-law inquiry, who had been sent from London for the purpose of investigating certain charges of a serious character alleged against the master of the Andover Union, who, it was stated, had been the chief instrument in causing the poor under his charge to collect bones for crushing, upon which they had subsequently most ravenously fed, and he was also accused of peculation in the discharge of the duties of the office to which he had been appointed. On the 4th of the present month a preliminary inquiry had taken place, and since the result had been reported to the chief commissioner it has been deemed necessary, in conse quence of what was then elicited, and from what has subsequently transpired, to continue the investigation. The previous examination of several persons, including a labourer in the employ of a farmer (one of the guardians of the Andover district), and of Dr. Westlake, the me dical officer of the union, to whom frequent complaints are said to have been made by the paupers of their not having received the necessary requisites ordered by him, but which have been charged, it is stated, in the master's report book, have been the real causes which have led to this further inquiry. Pending this, however, the ratepayers dissatisfied at being excluded from bearing the facts of the case, have in considerable numbers addressed the assistant poor-law commissioner and board of guardians for leave to be present at the inquiry, so that they, in common with the press, might have the opportunity of bearing the facts of the case. Upwards if 250 signa tures were attached to this memorial, and, upon the guardians having assembled, the Chairman, the Rev. C. Dodson, of Penton, near Andover, and a large body of guardians being present, the memorial was presented, when in answer to its prayer, it was decided, after a long deliberation, that the memorialists should have the opportunity of being present in a large room sufficiently capacious for the purpose of holding the whole body of ratepayers, on some future day, to be decided before the board broke up. The body of facts collected since the last meeting of the board with the commissioners was then gone into, and after a considerable conversation, and the testing of a variety of testimony, it was decided that the whole case should be gone into on Monday, the 24th of the present month. Mr. Etwall, M.P. for the town, was present, and several of the most influential men in the neighbourhood connected with the board of guardians were waiting to hear the result. ELOPEMENT.—On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, the family of Mr. S. Leavend, of the Brompton road, were thrown into considerable alarm by the discovery that their eldest daughter, Miss Emma Leavend, had left her father's house clandestinely, taking her trinkets and a portion of wearing apparel with her. Immediate inquiry was insti• tuted, when it was ascertained that the young lady had been seen to enter a coach that morning, accompanied by a gentle• man, which immediately set off at a rapid rate towards town. In the course of the day Mr. Leavend received a communica tion from his daughter, entreating his forgiveness, and inform ing him that she had been united that morning. The young lady is possessed of considerable property, and the fortunate admirer is a member of the medical profession, in the neigh bourhood of Manchester-square. The Board of Admiralty have ordered the Surveyor of the Navy to construct two steam (paddle) vessels of 600 tons each, to run as packets among the lon►an Islands. It is at pre sent supposed they will be built in one of the royal dockyards. United Service Gazette. POSITIVE "HOT," COMPARATIVE HOTTER."—The " Cincinnati Gazette, with a laudable emulation in the matter of hot weather, and desirous, doubtless, of standing upon equal terms with its contemporaries, makes considerable fuss about the heat experienced a few days since in that city, but it is evident from all we see in its paragraph, that the Gazette knows very little about the meaning of hot weather. It is quite clear that with all his flourishing attempts to put forth a hot article, the editor's knowledge of caloric is deplorably deficient, and it is a suspicious circumstance that he does not (we presume dare not) say a word about the thertno. meter. If it was really warm in Cincinnati, why doesn't h e tell us bow high the thermometer rose?—New York Paper. FEMALE PUGILISTS.—At Southwark Police-court, yesterday, two women were committed for fourteen days each, for fighting at Newington Causeway, and thereby disturbing the public peace. o por