The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

GAZINES(CONTINUE D). ll _ EaM ,e,, .41NSIVORTIPS AGAZINE. ")e a uthor of " Caesar Borgia" does not by any 4 zaake the best use ef his material:—of the ma k.a-ls) at least, which he might have collected for his ,'"P.'ple•-•a Ages - story proceeds. The whole -history of ke .4idttie presents no passages more remarkable, 13°int °I view —moral, political, and chivalric -14 ological and romantic—then those which are con eeted. 'with the fortunes and the fall of the monster . 1 " 0 f th e B orgias. There is no portion of European : ( 2 fo which these anecJotical collections—diaries, o:,,lire, biegraphies, ennals—so invaluable to the ' e Ll 3 ; *xist in such variety or abundance. The most .ere' . chambers of the Vatican—the most flagitious n eilt ; of th e d etestable Pope Alexander and his still l i o e ...a xecrable s on , D u k e Cresar—the debates of the "Y `J-ensistory—the intrigues of the Sacred College— ale, o r etf eund duplicity with which the Court of Naples rin4.France long maintained an unequal contest rat the unapproachable perfidy of the Papal closet ; l ''' ar t mong the bequests which contemporary his strli*t.::ta. fanalysts, and diplomatists have left to pas iiticy i c onfirmation of the otherwise incredible tr.,a,r -h 'ls of Borgian guilt. The same authorities are, for ' t-sict•-t part, equally rich in all those details, not only : 1 1 , 0 a raler4 and customs, but even of costume, which can rf " t'l the interest of authentic narrative the excitement l en P , i( rturraque description. With these fortunate incr.- 's aatacnina to the epoch which our anthor . has el . i e . l ell for h-s story, we must confess, with dis , ap- , )n t 1 .. 1 ,.. tut nt, that as this romance of "13 Tgia" de%el"ps 4 . 8 :s 1 e can recognise no corresponding development tr r , ''t , (l taste or skid in the author's mode of handling r , , 1 1 - as! t resources that he might have enlisted in its see ,' -,- Indeed, there are some indications of extreme Ip'ehttgt , •nce, if not of upardonable ignorance, in that , e 1..., ' , eenis to be his favourite employment—namely, •• 11 %1 portrait painting,. In days like these, when sir Rash to to,Aleyrick has supplied authorz and artists with lei 1!:ILIte aud graphic as account of the military armour 1 ,, t , nI ms of all the great Ectreeean nations frem the 4. a to the commencement of the 18th century, such iori°,, ass these, cont a i ne d in the following passages, are much protested against as the slip-slop phra- Isol a ev ra'll.l in i .„ ._, Lanese mail being "apparently manufactared the to Ration of the ancient Roman military gat b." Whe it.tie,,es,ttaateei;sethor means by "garb" the " ehlamys," or "paludamentun," or the flowing " dalmatica," s l 1. -, Perli s PSI useless to inquire. If, however, he be 1- " tki ng aeither of cloaks, nor robes, nor gowns, but of eats o f 1 " - tn our w a 'aia we beg to tell him that the Mila nese Dim by any forces of the Italian princes in the 1 4th iriolrinsethb;teturies were not fabricated in imitation of that old Remans (who had no plate armour at eth; 'hair neither Papal guards nor body guards of any p,,i rheasatanation in Borgia's time wore " ereaves of which 's-tkel" (and it is clear that, instead of or.-tives, a are forte lcygi , g; he swans euissts, whicii were fzzottor .s for the thip,hs), nor exhibited such a Cockney and . 2 : ( if minor theatre costutne as legs encased in steel area 4 v! • knees. But the" short pI. vi (Amgen of all " theatrical son i , n vain in which w, s should 1 , olt ' duce in .one of Richat4l t p i o i e e f r property quiltede p s sreospr intro "isetetye , 1 ''' The s melodramatic spectacles. stone table was occupied by some thirty m.n-at-arir,s, feeding on a kind of black barley bread, cheese, curds, and milk. Betide each doubleelan, cr oss i ng the table, lay a spear nearly that on T s • sang hei g h t, its point barb e d li ke a fish-hook, so fully lace stategd: with thderiarwanrtt ayswasouant once de strong and rich, the fieli mus t b e fear bright fr , sin the smithies of Milan, and apparently manufac lucrecic isn.imlitatien of the ancient 11•3 ' man military garb—greaves al 'i ni ri b n omit steel, bare nees, short kilts of quilted steel, breast silver aCtk _piece s of gleaming plate, helmets surmounted by gaze. alles with outspread wings and sun-soaring upward round shield with a spike in the centre, a short Istw,orsde,, and a an d mace intended to knock those on the head " 0 arm uniformed the sword access when overthrown, corn • pieced, elle ‘tVi,e ha ve Lord ,n Campbell's authori for sayin g that, c - t : ' verS lately, it was a breach of the privileges of the ,y Per R ouse of P ar li ament to write the life of a de ocaed Peer. We shudder when we reflect on the amount L damages at which, under any analogous custom touch '''.; illustrious foreigners long since departed, the de tseendants of Benabo or of the great Florentine score all' would be entitled to estimate the injury done by ,otir au thor to th e reputation of the great Cardinal and 14e still niore renowned Machiavelli, by his mode of ex !hibiting them i n th ese chapters, and still more by the f leo nceivabl e i m b ec i lity infused into their conversation. Ti Moors and the Stubble" is a pleasant paper on 'ne sloth of August and the Ist of September (the mar tyreleg3- iy of the grouse and the par f‘ettig€'). byFred, rick Tolfrey, whose agreeable writings e e never encounter without pleasure. But can Mr. '.l.'ol .rey be serious iii thus noticing the absurd pamphlet . by er• Cirtintley Berkeley on the Game-laws, winch we have snare than once introduced to our readers:— L " One of ou r o ld est an d b est sportsmen has takes up the - j,:uitler-,, and in the Hous e , as well a s in a pamphlet remar k a bl e - "r goal writing and an admirable analysis of the laws, has s t'Rgested the only effectual remedy for the existingey m ils os ; t a d n , ± l's, in common with every sportsman in the kingdom, , ~ /Gt i ttly eepe that the hints and ad,i . ce so forcibly and ch a ly offered by Mr. Grantley Berkeley, will meet with the attenaoa th e!' deserve and the case demands. Th e ~ good writing" in the precious productionrei ferred to must certainly have escaped cur detection in t4 e most infinitesimally homeopathic dose of " good w riting') ever administered to the public patient ! . " The sk lit tlocchio (or ' E v il-E ye ')" , b y C apta i n Medwm, is a etchy bold " extravaganz I, " the preternatural horrors which are not satisfactorily or even plausibly ex plained by the somewhat clumsy solution attempted cf bat tu - al - eause s . " A Story of a Strange Childhood," by •-vulaeldt Weaver, is told with some pathos and coca tis!?tial p owe r , and a " Renaintscence of Marseilles," light as the anecdote is, is as well done as suer, all affair canprhaps be. The best, most. vigorous, and racily written article is " Captain Bobadil," but it is devoted, not as this title would time but to the class imply to o c h t hhaet iis , he dramatic t)p i e m . p e .l r s t o p n u a r -. ports to be by " Pat Fogart needshave hesitated to affi 17' of Cork." lion which contains many other Y is real name to a contribu- No Irishman • following :—passages as good as the " And here we would take leas: to a•k, are the recent ptroe jects of recent Bobadils wiser.nt an the foregoing? At)7; gal 1° for doingsnienre_ryzi atanism—by air —by humbug, hy bu,y steam— a b to y m a a m s o — re likely _olie successful than Bobaktil's grand n'o'st o ru n m e ? Have not eur Joint-Stock Banks driven thousands to beggary ? How many 1 th_tionmdreds.are .wandering and starving through, the country " our knavish Assurance Societies ? 'What Is the meaning of the great tunnel just about to be made under Fleet Ditch ? th`•-of the marble bridge, of ten millions cost, that is to be rown across the fishing -brook at Walton ? Is there no •15f)hadil at work in the American Loan, the Spanish Loan, the bi son Loan, the Portu uese Debenture', the Central -1(10t1 Colonization Company, g the erection of National Schools at Sierra Leone ? Truly , good people of England, of each and al l of them, a Bob3dil is the mainspring ; and it is only when Ye are fleeced to your heart's content that you will discover t hat the grand plan which was to enrich you all, was s t ar t e d dieely to fill its pockets by si n ki ng a shaft through yours. But roa'corers will never be warned, nor capitalists ever deterred °Y the destruction of those who have gone before them in the same line, and the valiant t r ib e o f sw i ndlers laugh and grew fat as fast as ever. Exult then, 0 ye illustrious Bobadils I—exult, and be assured that your dynasty is immortal. So long as there are fools to be fleeced, so long will there be rogues to fleece, and from the history of the past we may safely conjec ture that the race of both will continue per °nu:la scecula geculoruns." SIMMOND'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. The claims of the Nova Scotia baronets to the exten tbre lands granted to them by former sovereigns are ably advocated in the opening article of the present number. It appears that the baronet; intend to proceed by petition of right, and certa i n l y they make out a strong case. Shomd they succeed, th e y are, we understand, pre land to perform t h e conditions on which the a „ Was grant e d , i n which case they will gora ale a practi ca l answer to the question d,leharti,,nglY Lo put by Si r J ames Graham in the Zelnaon rd John Russell's resolution, " What is tic Colonization ?" The revival of the - rights /ratuutie; of the, / 070 Scotia baronets is a matter of rat onal imp ranee, for while it secures . to the the end ai,uraut t. at immediate care on his arrival in wea,bzncnttf his adoption, which is so necessary to his e '"g, it erects a barrier against Yankee encroach thtY effectual that can b e d ev i sed. We hope a r : to !,1 slastlucceed in obt a i n i ng those rights to which they cle, iiiy entitled. There are several valuable artt ther,i: • the present number of the coLnial. Among At,e4 report of the Committee of the Gener . al . ( 4 th at y e (?t. Newfoundland on the state of the fisheries 1, 11 who co%°l.lY--/t document well worth the attention of ean Z I T ," Me maintenance of a nursery for sea- , sli ' reni t‘e37. s'eure the continuance of our ntr.a.L Titß II .."-------__-----_ , 1144° 0N , or AEROSTATIC In addition t, E . . . 4°ll th th ethenrpre4evnt ulial aerostatictnter d li e g s e c n r c ip e t o io f n th .o e f k the '‘'ater a nunauer gives a minute. . •..)atl ~.. !°-. ear r kcylistructe.4 on the principle oia_iife , by tie'll'u Ingenious invention of the editor (Mr. W) a desc ent into t thich the aeronaut can with safety make s the sea. 1 1 'Ova tie d ` v 2V P, the LITTLE MIL LINER, Seal et ' see, through a t ent h num b er , to wa rds in _ I P t er 2, ultimate happiness whi c h we t ru st awa it s ',Ring heroine. 41.c eibb fast b T AT HUN GERFORD S TEAM - 1101T PIER.— I.,ezargtirrer at. , between seven and e i g ht o ' c l oc k , another accident u this 'er arising from the crowded state of the h • 4111 ing the ' pier, and the rush made to get on hoard th t eam-boats owing to the cheap rate of the fares d y, - ' - helse a w oo d„ c mts . A young man named Double had on v the Primro min alongside, and .before she was ir °' red forcedseeth) • g ay across the Prince of Wales t „ose e- t 7:eh boit, endeavoured to get on board the Prim pjoeeed to London-brilge, and, although called on by 1 Ay.1 3 ,," 11 onard to wait until the Prince of Wales's bow gangd rols, waS the e theefastend, he went on. The boar s mq7a: off at ti y me, persons on board could net see ~`4 l) at;i"","t was believed ' he had gone under the boat. FoE 'rota n owevet, he succeeded in laying hold of the chains in ttle4e,,(,the bows of the Prince of Wales, and was ultimately A , s m !Nal his perilous situation. I nquest was held at Lewes on Saturday, on a Dr e ; i '4l, named Charles Holden, who had been killed on the l'lsai rg 4 ' "ening by the wheel of one of the Brighten coaches t4l "er his body• Having heard the evidence the jury re krt " a his of Accidental" . death ," with a deodand of Lea.3'4'ahriildlinsc:hnutrhsse coach an n d i h n o o r se a belonging to Messrs. the verdict with the fel. ttiatTg observation a " c A co n m d l ' a th 3 e jury cannot separate without str . ongly their sense of the dangerous manner in which oPrietors of the Brigh. on and Lewes coaches generally IValieiifei.r,,servants to drive, to the imminent danger of the Vt.„ , I.l: ilyb ttobuct. i l , a L if E .p r as o t t:, s lD DROWNED.—On Monday morn g'x o'clock, the body of a female, appa ::oliharf, osi net , s? en to twenty years of age, was di-S7—'ar:evd "lr lab carer; lyirm in the City Canal, just (nip `i 1, H. t. l'an'cras. The body, from its general a l p^ar- Tbe have lain in th e wa t er f or some l eng th o f time. Y hot yet been recognised. ide, e of oz. •oke tar• - that be- '4l lock rifles d on 'rain owd cries xere ex lay The did the two p.nd f the ”Iy• thee ce of 'erect aged 1. 3 ailed n g a just toe !arer n ed. gate, 111 r. ad ed ig be i inifo LON ON: TU - ESDAY EVP,NING, SEPTEMBER 2. 1845. TH E SU N, ADELPHI THEATRE. An adaptation of the French drama, entitled Le canal Saint-Mat tin, was produced here last evening, and pooh • gar as the drama is in Paris, we augur that its popularity in London will be greater still. It is one of these pieces which are technically called " dramas of interest, and in the present instance the term is certainly not a mis nomer, for the plot is of that nature that from the begin ning of the piece to the end,.the attention of the specta tor is rivetted to the stage. The hero of the piece is a certain Monsieur Martial (Mr. Webster),- a gentleman at large, alias an accomplished scoundrel—accomplished in every sense of the word, with the manners of a gen tleman, the dress of an exquisite, and the morals and imperturbable sang fi oid of a Mephistephiles. lie is the chief of a gang,of thieves, and among others whom they determine to plunder is a certain Monsieur Laroche (0. Smith), a rich timber merchant, a man of wealth and character, employing a great number of workmen, the foreman of whom, Robert (Mr. Lambei t), is a rough honest fellow, the beau ideal of an " ouvrier." Laroche has an only daughter, Clarisse (Madame Celeste), who is devotedly attached to Armand (Mr. Worrell), his clerk. Laroche is absent from Paris, and Martial contrives to insinuate himself into the confidence of Ar mand and of Clarisse. He manages to keep Armand out all night, and takes advantage of his absence to rob the house. Laroche returns—his daughter dreads his sternness, and endeavours to devise means to replace the money, and to prevent his knowing of the robbery which has taken place. Among the stolen property is a port folio, containing papers, from which Martial learns that Laroche is no other than Pierre Bernard, a noted pirate and murderer. It appears that he had met Bernard for merly, and at once introduces himself to him, and ad dresses him as Pierre Bernard. The old man, horror struck, grants him an interview at ten o'clock at night on board his beat, and thus ends the first act. The second act opens in the l cabin of the boat. It is nine o'clock, and Laroche dismisses his workmen, al but Robert. He has discovered the robbery. Ciarisse and Armand enter—he drives Armand from his pre sence, and he behaves harshly to Clarisse, who leaves him heart-broken at his cruelty. Robert re proaches him, and then we hear Clarisse is in fact Ro bert's daughter—that Robert, condemned to the galleys at Malines, had met with Laroche, who had adopted Clarisse, then an infant, as his child, on condition that Robert should never betray his secret ; and that, after Robert had served his time out at the galleys, Laroche had taken him into his service. He sends R ibert from him, promising to behave more kindly to the child, and as the clock strikes ten, Niartial enters, armed. La roche accuses him of rubbing his house, and tells him that he could only have acquired his knowledge from the contents of the papers. Martial, with the most perfect coolness, says—" 'frien will tell you something that is not in the papers," and proceeds to relate that he had seen, 20 years before, i:ff the coast of Newfoutellarel. the ship of Bernard wre eked, and had seen him (Ber nard) murder Laroche and his infant daughter, and then escape on shore. Martial had been a cabin-boy ou board tile ship, and the only person, except Bernard himself, who bad escaped from the wreck. His reason for adopting Clarisse is thus evident—he had passed himself as the real Laroche on his return to France, and talc n possession of his property. He comes to term> with Martial, promises him large sums, and taking him off his guard while drinking a glass of wine, touches a spring, and through a concealed trap tumbles Martial into the river. At this instant Clarisse enters, sees the murder, and is horror-struck. The next scene is at Belvil!e, the gardens of which arc beautifully illuminated in honour of the fill which Laroche gives his workmen there. Clarisse is brought there to join in the festivities—but she is miserable ; Laroche explains to her that the man she bad seen killed was an enemy of the family, who had spoken slightingly of her mother—that it was a ne• cessary crime. Armand then enters to entreat his for giveness, which is freely given, and Laroche promises to marry him to rs. larisse, and desires him to go and pre pare for the wedding. Armand has scarcely quitted them when, to the horreir of Laroche, Martial enters. He had been fished up by Barbillon (Wright), a pro fessional diver, who often throws children into the water to get the rewarit for pulling thorn out again, and restored by the Humane :'ociety. He demands 12,000 francs and the hand of Clarisse as the price of his silence. This interview is interrupted by the arrival of a gendarmiese, bringing Robert a prisoner. Robert had been seen to leave the boat, a few minutes before Martial had been picked up under it, and suspicion rested on him. Martial, with the utmost sang froid, takes advantage of circumstances, denounces Robert as having attempted to murder him, and Clarisse, out of efftction to her supposed father, dares net rev:-al the truth. The second act concludes with this very effective situation. In the third act C - arisse is informed ot her horrible destiny—to wed Martial ; to seve her father, she con sents to the loathso:ne marriage. Mean a Idle, Mar tiara companions are anent to share the plun der, as they suspect bins of intending to cheat them. He invites them to the wedding to watch them, having, in the meanwhile, given information to the police to have them arrested on their arrival. Hobert has escaped from prison, but, before he leaves France, h? determines to have a list look at Clarisse, and goes to the wedding for that purpose. On the wedding-day Armand also arrives, thinking he is to be the bride- 'MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. SAXE GOTHA, AUG. 29.—The royal party left Rein harcltsbrunn between 3 end 4 o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday Gotha, where great preparations had been made to welcome them. Coburg is situate in the midst of a rich and fertile valley, locking like one large park. Gotha rises from a plain, which has been rendered pro ductive and covered a ith corn-fields by the labour of an industrious population. Like Coburg, it is a sort of model city, but it looks less like the residence of a Court. It is more a seat of manufactures and commercial industry. The population is greater by some 5,000 or 6,000 persons. There is, too, a sort of middle class here, which you do not find at Coburg, at least not to the, same extent. But it is at stated periods the residence of the members of the reign ing family. There are no less than four or five palaces ; but here they are in the town, while at Coburg they are situated at different prints in the neighbourhood favourable for commanding the superior scenery with which it abounds. The largest palace is the Friedrich stein, an immense pile of building, irregular, and with no pretensions to architectural symmetry, but surmounted by two enormous mosque-like towers, which are promi nent objects for miles around. There is another palace, called Friedriehsthal, much smaller, and facing the other. A very beautiful garden, or, more properly speaking, a riebly wooded park, interspersed with lawns and flower beds, surrounds the former. Like all other places of the kind in this part of the country, it is not shut in with jealous care from the public. There are no gates, fences, or sentries to exclude them ; but all are free to come and go as they will. An open carriage-road, in fact, runs through the most carefully preserved parts of the grounds. There is also a msgeilicent orangery. One or two smaller palaces are also in Gotha, occupied at intervals by different members of the Ducal family. The widow of the late Duke, and of the preceding one, have each a residence in these palaces. The city itself is larger than Coburg, but similar in its general construction. The houses in the chief streets are on a very large scale, and the main streets them selves are. much broader than is usual in continental towns of the same antiquity. The market-place, which is laid out on a rather steep declivity, is a particularly fine one. There is a handsome theatre and a museum; and there are other public buildings which will bear competition with those in cities of much larger size and greater pretensions. The preparations made to welcome the Queen and Prince Albert were very general throughout the town. Almost every house was festooned or garlanded, and that in a very tasteful way. That they were not similar to those at Coburg seemed to show that they were in both places spontaneous offerings of weleome, and not suggested by the authorities. At the entrence of the city, from the side of Reinhartitshrurin, a very elegant triumphal arch was erected, and the long street leading from this point to the palace in which the Queen was to take up her abode, was one long avenue of festoons arid garlands sus pended across the road froas the lines of trees on each side of the way. The street was lined by a holy of the gensdarrees. As the hour at wh;ch the royal party were expected came on, the population of Gothaand the neighbourhood began to throng the streets in multitudes. It was sur prising how so comparatively small a place could yield so many people ; but, in fact, it was a general holiday, and every man, woman, and child came out to see the sight. And a most picturesque crowd they made. The peasant girls from the surrounding villages, many of them beauties of which any country might be proud, intermingled in the throng with their antique and picturesque costumes, long since abandoned in the towns, but clung to by the villagers with rustic tenacity. We have nothing in our coun try like their head-dresses, but they are certainly more quaint and elaborate than graceful. The head is sur• mounted by a tower of black velvet, silk, or stuff, ac cording to the taste or means of the wearer, which is shaped like an infantry soldier's cap. This again is covered with short sable plumage slightly curled ; and from the top falls a shower of long black silk ribands reaching below the waist. A dozen or two of these women walking together reminded one of the top of a hearse. Others of the peasant women wore less ambi tious coiffures; but then they had large cloaks of various colours thrown over the left shoulder after the Spanish fashion. The men, too, wore very characteristic dresses. Some stalked along in lock black coats, like priests' soutans, and boots fitting tight to the leg up to the knee. The costume of the miners, too, was very peculiar. These odd costumes mingling in the throng, with the uniforms of the soldiery, huntsmen, postilions, and others who were there, produced a very pretty effect ; nor were the gay colours in which the city damsels decked themselves without their use in keeping up the ever-changing variety. The great centre of attraction, d where the throng of people was most constant, was the triumphal arch already described. Here the chief municipal authorities of Gotha were assembled in a sort or tribune to roc-ive the royal visitors on their arrival within the boundary of the city. Shortly before six o'clock a sueciesien of salutes an nounced the approach of the royal co , aye ' and a band, stationed opposite the areb, struck up the National An them in very good style. In a few minutes the head of the procession—for a procession it was, and a very fine one—wes seen moving among the living mass that erowdsd the road. First came a large body of the municipal police on horseback. They are a half military body, and have a very soldierly appear ance. Then came, also on horseback, the burgher guard, not quite so soldierlike. Next, a party of the mounted gendsarmes, and after them a band of the pos tilions in their gay dresses. A body of some 200 or 300 citizens and gentlemen of the town, excellently mounted, followed, and then the Duke's chasseurs, all in uniforms of green and gold. After these came the Queen's carriage, containing, besides her Majesty, the King and Queen of the Belgians and Prince Albert. The Duke of Saxe Coburg rode en horseback by the carriage from Reinhardtsbrimn. Two other carriage , . with the suite, closed the procession. W hen the . Queen's car: rage came opposite the tribune, the chief magistrive stepped forward and delivered a speech, of which the following is a translation : " Happy in the consciousness of the presence of your Majesty in our city, we lay our humblest and mostheart felt devotions at the feet of the Sovereign of the great British empire. Happy n the splendours we a are i h theat thei of kinaiand never lust natural a i th nt i e e n s sit of y the mother amidst xe a the greatest re sympathies in the world. T o th ose sympathies v in debted for the incomparable satisfaction we feel on this occasion. Welcome to the home of a beloved Prince of our House. Welco me as hi s consort, 0 mightiest, and at the same time most amiable of Queens 1 Little are we able to conv e y t o your M a j esty our unfe i gned deep felt joy at welcoming such illustrious guests to our nit pretending town. Still, however far we could have carried the outward shi: wing of our attachment, it never could have equalled our desire to offer homage and best love to Victoria Queen of Britain Her Majesty bowed very graciously, and the co: tege then passed on, amidst. deafening cheers from the people, to the palace of the Duchess of Saxe Coburg, where they arc to stay. Crowds of people lined the way, and filled the area opposite the palace. After alighting, her Majesty came forward and bowed re peatedly to the people. Altogether this reception at Gotha was as good as any the Queen has' met with on her various journeys, and exactly the same in form as most of them. There are to be several grand displays here during the next few days, which promise to be very charac teristic of the manners of the people, and new, in their way, to the Queen. Both her Majesty and the Prince are in excellent health. groom. On suing Martial enter as the bridegroom, Robert can no longer contain himself. He rushes for• ward, declares himself her father, and refuses to permit her happiness to be sacrificed to a villain. Relieved from the tie which bound her to Laroche, she at once declares Robert's innocence; and Laroche does jus tice on himself by shooting himself through the head. The gang are arrested on the de nunciation of Martial, and as the worthy is about to walk off he is also taken into custody, for the membors of his gang have in their turn denounced him, and the curtain falls as they are march, d off to rison. W e nevi , t- saw W-bster to greatt , r advantage th.,in in the character of Martial. It is a gnat piece of acting. The imperturbable coolness—the rerftct self posses%ion—thy+ pre , ence of mind that nothing can for an instant shake---the,shn.wd mother-wit, ever ready to take advantage of the slightest circumstance that may taise—the suavi:er in modo yet &titer in re—all that goes to the making up of the quasi gentlemanly and ac complished blackguard, ware rev,.l- more completely deli neated. Webs! er's .iiartial is a perfect study for an actor. The aczin, of i.l.eles - e was inte ,- 1-ely, painfully interesting. It is a part admirably adapted to her peculiar powers, and she does it ample justice. Wright, as Ihrhillon, the diving gentleman, who has a love of tir with Milanie, a grisette (excellently performed by Miss . Woolgar)— Paul Bedford, as Galan, a drunken workman, with a " Nix my Dolly" sort of sour, entitled " Raze away," in the singing of which he is assisted by a little Paul, an urchin about three-and-a-half feet, high, who is almost as comical as the greet levi ithan of fun him ,elf—and Hunyard as John Cab it, the English tiger of Martial (a sort of minor Jacques Strop), afforded, by their huMour, an agreeable relief to the in , re serious portions of the drama. The scenery is exquisite, and the mise en scene perfect. In fact, it is a regular good Adelphi piece, and will have a long run. The house was crowded to the ceiling. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. NAMES or RAILWAYS. a g g Aberdeen• • . • • • • • • • • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge . • Arbroath and Forfar .. • • Ditto Half Shares .. •• Armagh, Colr., & Portrush aou and Bantry .. ISe f t. ISel l n. ISep l t. ISef 4%1 3%1- 2 3 ( 1 2% - - 7% -4% - 15% 1614 Belfast and Ballymena . Belfast and County Down Birknhd•Lan.&Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. NeW (iss. a t dis.) Ditto Half Shares .... Birininghm&Oxfrd.June. Bickburn, and Preston.. Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, W igan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and -Exeter.. • • • • Ditto New . Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June. Caled man .• • • • • • • • • . • • Ditto Extension • • • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditlo New Shares • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • Chester and Holyhead • • 2114 1 21 Chatenhain and Oxford.. 2y; 3 Chichester and Brighton.. eul 10%! 10 33 4i 35 2359(114996(1 124 12% 1 4 a 4 - C 4%1 - 63 I - I - 10%1 5 %1 54 - Churnet Val:ey Clitheroe Junction • • • • • Clydesdale Junction • • • Cork, Blackrek & Passage Cork and Bandon .• • ~• • • Cor:i. and Killarney . • • • C. and Waterford •- • . and Yonghal . • • • • . Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall . • . • • • • • • .• • • • • Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Dias, Beccles, & Yarmoth 2141 Direct Northern •••• •• • • 3 3%1 Direct Norwich • •• •• Dubl:n and Belfast June. 9 '6eltast, & Colr e Du!din and Drogheda • • • 34 31 4 VA - 70sekd ,796 d, • —74 s % 13 l2 • -- i67s6d • 4%1 5 I 5 %1 - - 9%! -- Dublin and Galway . • • • Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . • • Ditto New .. • Dundee and Per h • • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. I) Ditto (No. 2) .. •• • • Eastern Counties . • • .. • . Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union • • • • • • Ditto Extension .. • Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow 9O Do. Quarter Sha es • • Do. New Quarter Shares 1 4 3 ,4 Edinb. Leah, and Grantun Do. Pref. 5 per Cent Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles Edinburgh and Perth. . • . Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid Carindrk and Glasgow . Glasgow and Ayr . • Do. Quarter Shares • • . Glasgow and Greeuock Ditto New. . • ' Ditto Preference - z % I _-- 2214 24 Ily 12 2014 20X 22 7161 ) - Isl 2741- 4% - - 1 - - 5 1) i 3 I 2 Glasgw, Diaries, 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 Uni0n........ Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Die Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sherneld Gt Sthrn & \Vstrn (hind) 26l Ditto Extension .- •. •. 12% Great Munster.. • • .. - 3 % 1 - 4%1 I= 3%l 31i 3% 3 5% 8 19;i1 18 Gt Northern of Scetland 3% Grt Northern of England 222 Do. New 401. Shares • • Do. New 301. Shares .. 34 Great Western - •• •.. 177 Ditto Halt Shares •• • • Ditto Fifths • . Gullfrd, Farehtn,& Ports. 3 1 A Harwich . •- • .. • • • • Hudrsflil& Man. It. Canl Huddersfield mkt Sheffield Hull and Gainsbcrough Hull and Selby • •• • • Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Half Shares •• Inverness and Elgin .. Isle of Jersey ........ Kendal and Windermere I Kingstown and Bray .. Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle Lancaster and Preston Leeds and Bradford .. 18ii 19% 17 - L 02341 - -2 33 4 I : ”i - - I - 5'N - - I - Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury - Leeds and Think •••• • • • • 21 20 , A Leeds &W. Riding June. 18% Leicester & Birmingham 2 p 3N2 334 • Leicester and Bedford .• • 3% p 4 34 4% Limerick and Waterford 834 634 Limrck, Ennis, & Kn. Jnc. Linwin, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. Liv crp)ol and Manchester Ditto Half Shares • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Prstn 224 and 131rmiugham _ Loinloa and Blackwall • • LondonD Dittotto Quarters ••.. • . Lon.&Man.(Remington'si London anti Brighton. Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •• • • 27 Ditto New . ••••• • • • • 1 /01 Do. Guiu•ant. 5 per Cnt. - London and Greenwich Do. Pref. or Privilege • • London and South Westrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares• • Do. New, 401. Shares• • London and York .• • • • • • Ditto (Bawtry) .• ••• • • - London and Windsor • • • • • Londe, Salsbury, & Yeovl 341 Londonderry & Coleraine 44 I Londonderry & Entaskilln Lynn and Ely .......... 8 Lynn and Dereham ..... 4% Manchester and Leeds • . 217% • Ditto Half Shares • .. 104 - Ditto Quarter Shares • . 35 Ditto Six.teentlis •.. 1434 --- Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birininghm 73% 74 73 Ditto Quarter Shares • 1316 1236 Ditto New Quarters. 11% -11% 11% Do. Con. & Welsi! June. —3% 4 2 1 / 4 1 8 1158891 - 10%1 - - 1 p, VA ; - - - 2 7%! 7% Manchestr, Bolin, & Bury - Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Bpi 10 Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manehestr & Southamptn Midland .. • • Ditto Fifths •••.• • • • • • Ditto New ... Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 134 134 _ Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Ne wcstl &DaringtnJuue. 57% 5 Do. New (Brandling).. 45 Newcastle and Bervvick• • 19 29 - Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. 5% Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen • • 3% Newark and Sheffield .• • North Zritish Ditto New Shares •• .• 9% Northern and Eastern . • 72 - Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 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., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Bo :ton • • Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. - Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Blrming. June Oxford and Worcester • • 10 Oxford and Cambridge • • - Portia and Inverness • • Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • Preston and Wyre • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• • - Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pr:S. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extend. Richmond &W. End June 12% —„ Rugby, Woreestr, & Tring 2% 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland.. Sheffield and Manchester 141% Ditto Quarter Shares — 18 % 1831 Ditto ditto (No. 2) — 16 Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln.. • . 6 % 7 % Sheffield and Rotherham Shrevsbry & Grand June. a .- Shrewsb.. Wor., & Crewe 5%. 5 „ 4 : 211 „ M „„ Shrws.,Wolv., Bir 8 Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. 471 , Shrws, lierefcl,Bc N. Wales 5 4 Th Slamannan . • • • . South Devon . ••• • • • 3414 South Midland . . 7% .7s South Eastern and Dover 48 4914 48% Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 2234 7,„ Do. (iss.33l Bd.) ~2 15% , I , ;I? luNa Do. (iss. 301.) „3 8% . 78 9 % Staines and Richmond ... 4 Staffordshire &Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales.. Teats and Dove Valley Trent ...... Da. and HolyheadJune. Vs! of Neath . • •• • .. We.t London, Old Shares West End & S.)thrli Coun. Wexford d .Carlow •• • • - Warwick and Cheltenham 2% Waterford and Kilkenny —„, Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub 2% ' 74 Wakefield and Bradford.. • Wakfid,Pontefrct, & Gool '— Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London .• • West Lancashire • . Worcester and Tring • • Whfiehavtin and Furness Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh MiAland • • • • • • • • We,t Cornwall.. . West Yorkshire • • .. • • • • Wilsoutwn, M.& Coitness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich • • Ditto New .••••• • • • • • - York and Carlisle York and North Midland 108 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branch 54 Ditto Svlhy .. .1 - Ditto Ex tension Yort is slao L 1.% Glasgow i fu. I - 5 %1 - '47i i 175% - PRESENTATION ofNEW COLOURS TO THE 65Th REGIMENT. This regiment was on Wednesday, the 27th inst., presented with new colours by the lady of General T. Grosvenor, with all the usual ceremonies ob served on such occasions. At three o'clock ir. the afternoon the 65th Regiment was formed in line in the square of the barrack ground, Artillery Barracks, Brompton, the old colours being in the centre. On the ground appeared the principal officers of the gar rison and their ladies, and, as the day was remarkably fine, the ceremony drew together a nunierous body of spectators. Shortly after three o'clock General Gros venor, accompanied by his lady and the lady of Colonel Senior, with Sir Thomas Wiltshire, Bart, K.C.8., and Brigade-Major O'Brien, of the garris , with other officers, arrived in front of the line and were received with full military honours. The officers and colour-sergeants then advanced with the old colours, preceded by the band, playing the " British Grenadiers." The usual evolutions were next per formed, and the old colours were removed to the rear. The new colours were then unc. sed and crossed on the big drum, awaiting the coesecrAion. This part of the ceremonial was performed by the Chaplain of the gar rison, the Rev. Dr. Curteis, who delivered an interest ing and most effective address, concluding by soliciting a blessing from the Almighty on the colours about to be presented to the regiment. The lady of the General then advanced, and, addressing Colonel Senior, the offi cers, and soldiers of the regiment, expressed her confi dence that, under the colours she had the honour and pleasure to present, they would continue to deserve the approbation of their country. The Ensign standing by advanced, when Ensign Stephen Blake and Ensign R. B. T. Thelwall received the colours — the band playing " God save the Queen." The General, who is also the Colonel of the 65th, briefly addressed the regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Senior returned thanks to Mrs. Grosvenor for the honour which she had done to the 65:h, in thus presenting the regiment with new colours. " Those standards, Madam," he said, " will constitute our soldiers' honour iu whatevi r country the service of our Queen may lead us. Wherever wo go, I promi-e you, in the name of the regiment, that they shall be faithfully guards)), and d-fended as becomes British soldiers." Then addressing the soldiers, he said—" Soldiers of the 65th Itegimsnt. You have heard the promises I have just made in your name. I confidently rely on your enabling me to fulfil them, by guarding these standards with bravery, with loyalty, and with discipline." The cere mony having ben concluded, the regiment closed ranks, and march-d past the General in slow and quick time, and the regiment was then dismissed. Its strength consisted of 1 lieutenant' colon 1, 1 rnajo-, 4 captains, 7 subalterns. 4 staff officers, with 24 sergeants, 12 drum mers, and 330 rank and file. The officers of the regiment adjourned to the Sun Hotel, Chatham. Covers were laid for 24 in the large room of the hotel. Colonel Sir Thomas Wiltshire and Brigade-Major O'Brien were among the visitors on the occasion. The band of the regiment was present, and played at intervals. The Gallant General presented the officers, on this occasion, with a very superb gold vase, standing nearly two feet in height, for the service and ornament of their mesa table. The non-commissioned officers, as well as the men of the corps. were regaled at the General's expense with a good and substantial supper. The General and his lady left Chatham yesterday, for Woolwich. 3 15. 126 s pi 45s 1556d1 914 - I -- - 5 54 6% 6 - "' - 200 200 141 - Isss A 27 - 355 p - - - 7% - 6 - An election took place yes4rday for the judgeship of the Westminieer Court of Requests. There were fourteen candidates, and the following were the numbers at the close : Aloylan (Revising Barrister), 41; Le Breton, 26 ; a Beckett, 23 ; Keane, 20; Camphel, 14; for the rest n t a vote. WEATHER AN D TIIS CROPS.--MANCII} STER. —Since our last, the weatii. r has been uninterruptedly fine ; marked, however, so far, by repeated change of wind and fluc tuations of the barometer calculated to inspire some doubts as t its continumee.—Manchester Guardian. 2 - 7s6pl 11%1 - vii 1061= P: 26 _ - s',i - Ni 136561 cif GM 1 — 6d 4M 23 %1 3 % 818 ---- 5 % —3y. 4% 3% WI 5 54 3% 348 pl - 4%1 - GM - 10% 10M 2% - 423i6%1 - - ; 7'Nt 8 5 A 1 - 5M - 5 - 73 4)! 9% _ 20 4 - 34 - 1”4 3% r - 1 5% _ 0i 6% - - - 4 4% 4. - " 19 1 .‘ 194 - , :%1 la% 1 -- X 341 - - 5 3 ,1: , Wales 4 1 4—Armagh, Coleralac, and raltrusi%, ventry, Nuneaton, &c., 314—East Lincolnshire, Coast, 25s.—Goole, .Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., s—Grand UniOn; and Gainsborough, 15s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, 314—Leicester and Birmingham, 4 1 / 4 —Lon don and Birmingham Extension. 30s.—London and Yc,rk, 7 3 4—Ditto( Baw try Scrip), 5 —rd anchester, Buxton, and Mat lock, 9 1 ,4 —Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, VA —Not tingham, Erewash, &c., 3/. 104.—Nottingliam and Boston, 506.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 36s.—North Western, c H ol u n n s t h i rgedjount,l Junction, 7 S4_tt 55s—South . I:m u d r , v 7 , 34 6 1 4—North Staffordshire, 71. 2s.—Rugby, 3—Rugby - and Lin ,t. Sept. Aug. Aug. . 1. 30. 30. S heffiel 7%—Sheffield an u, --b Wolverhampton,D ley, &c., B—Shrewsbury and Trent irnion,s—Tean and Duve 68 ' W ti 1 Valley, 3 as.e e ( and Bradford, 5 1 -/,—West Yorkshire, 18 1 1—York and Carlisle, s%—Yorksifire and Glasgow • Union, 3 1 A. • YORK, SEPT. 1. • IN STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten • ' sion, 3%—Great North of England, New, 33—Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New (Brandling), 41 1 /o—York and North Midland Extension, 25%—Clitheloe Junction, 514 • —Grand Union, 4 1 4 —Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 514 —Leicester and Bedford, 434—L6n - —.— don and York, 794—Newcastle and Berwick, 27 1 4—North St • affordshire, 7 1 %—North Western, 6% —Rugby, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 8 1 / 2 —South Midland, 9—Welsh Midland, s%—West Riding Junction, 19—York and Car - lisle, 6. SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 1. STOCK. EXCIIANGE.— The sales are—Preston and Wyre Extension, 4734 —Derby and Crewe, s—East Lincolnshire, Si. 6s. 6d.—Goole and Doncaster, s—Grimsby and SheffiehL 21 1 / 2 —Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4% —Griinsby Railway and Dock Extension, 9 1 4—London and Windsor, 425. London and York, 73/ 4 —Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 5 1 ,4—North Western, 55A—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7 1-6 —Welsh Midland, 54,1—York and Carlisle, 5. LIUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 1. SvocK ExcuANGE.—The sales are—Nottingham and Boston, 40s —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 5 1 4-- Cambridge and Lincoln, 4%—Essex and Suffolk, Its. 6d.— Grand Union, 3%—Huddersfield and Manchester, 21—Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 20 c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk, 22—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7% —Rugby, heffield and Lincolnshire, 7%. EXETER, SEPT. 1. STOCK. EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Cre ris diton, 10—Exeter, Yeovil. and Dorchester, :?-6 preen.—North Devon. 214—Aberdeen, 3%—Eastern Counties, 20 3 / 4 —South Wales, 5%. - - HOLYHEAD itoADS BOUT?. &e. 8% There has just been i,:.itte(l, by order of the House of 2 % Commons, the Twenty-second Report of the Commis -334 .loners for the Improvement of the ILlyhead Reath, 2 % ?v... The following are the more matt real portions thereof : In pursuance of the directions contained in the 124th , ection of the Act of 4th George IV.. c. 74, we lay _ before your Honourable House two reports of our engi neer, Mr. John Provis, dated respectively the 31st and = sth of May, 1845, the former of the state, condition, _ and repairs of the road from London to Shrewsbury, and the latter from Shrewsbury to Holyhead Harbour, And the Nlenai and Conway-bridges. We also lay before your Honourable House an account of the sums received and expended by us during the year ended sth January last ; and we have further ie.. serted accounts,•the first of which contains the particulars of loans to the amount of 83,7001. advanced on the seen - rity of additional tolls, out of the Consolidat:el and expended by us in various improvements on the line of road between London and Shrewsbury ; towards the repayment of which there has been paid into the Ex• 2% chequer, on account of the principal sum advanc. d, 43,3:2/. Bs. 1 Id., :yid 25,7271. 2s. loid. on account of interest to the sth of January last ; at which period there r,inained due in respect of the said nuns, fur principal, the sum of 40,327/. 1 ls. id., and for ntercst, 16,817/.los. qd., making together 57,1451. Is. Mid. which is in course of payment. The second account contains the particulars of loans ;o the amount of 54,100/. advanced, on the security of additional tolls, by the Commissioners for the loan of the Exchequer-bills for public works, to several trusts of the road between London and Holyhead, and 4xpended - in various improvements vNithin those trusts ; of which sum of 54,1001. there has been repaid 2,1361. ss. 5,1., and 12.466/. 15s. 241, paid on account of inter,st to the sth of January last ; at which period there remained due in res?ect of principal, / 1 5 % the sum of 51,9931. 14s. 7d., and 2 , 1411 9 s. 61-41 on ac- YB count of interest, making together the sum of 54,1351. 4s. lid., and which is also in course of payment. LINCOLN, A. MILNE, _ _ Whitehall-place, Aug. 5, 1845. CHARLES GORE. The following are extracts from one of the documents inserted in the appendix. THE MENAI BRIDGE. The whole of the iron work was painted, and a coat in 4.4- of pitch and tar was given to the timber platform, wheel guides, &c., during the last summer ; every part of this bridge and its approaches is in a proper state of repair, with the exception of a trifling- portion of the 'paved roadway, which will require to be taken up and relaid HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The dredging of the packet berths which was In hand when I made my last year's report, has since been com pleted to the rt quired depth, and the skirts of the rock near the west end of the not th pier have been cut away to the level of the surrounding surface. . Complaint having been made that the saw-pit at the Graving Doek was too small, :Ltd without sutlicifnt pro -6 tection to the workmen from the weather, a new one has s% - been constructed of largtr dimensions, with a proper roof to cover it. . . -- - A new bailding, consisting of a store room, with a sail-room above, has been erected in the dockyard for the use of the Adtniralty establishment, and others hav ing vessels under repair. The lighthouse, gashouse, and other buildings con • fleeted with the harbour works, are in good order. with the exception of the harbour offices, which are now being repaired. The pier, quay wal;s, road, Scc., are also in good order. The number of vessels that entered this harbour in the year 1844, exclusive.of Queen's ships, mail-packets, and pleasure yachts, was 942, the registered bard, n of which was 51,931 tom. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MOONLIGHT STEAM-BOAT. The coroner, Mr. Bedford, and the jury selected to inquire - into the circumstances attending the death of James Purcell, • I aged 13, on boaad the Moonlight steamer, assembled for the - fourth time yestet day evening, at the St. Martin's Tavern, Duke-street, Adelphi. The CORONER. having announced his intention to hear the - evidence of Mr. Simonds and Mr. Flemming, passengers, to - whose examination an objecti:m was raised on the last occasion, owing to the presence of those witnesses during a former part of the inquiry, John Simonds, of Southampton-street, Russell-square, silver- , _ smith, stated that he was on hoard the Moor.light, close un der the captain of that vessel (who stood on the right-hand paddie-box), whe n s h e arr i v ed alongside the Prince o Wales, at the Hungerford-pier, on the evening of August the 18th. _ He saw the head-rope thrown over, and attached to the _ Prince of \Vales prior to the landing of passengers. It was fixed to the sponson of the latter boat by a lad on deck. Shortly afterwards he heard the captain give the order " Go a-head." and almost simultaneously " Stop her." He 214 then heard an outcry among the passengers, and saw the de ceased, whose foot had been torn bythe head-rope, supported by some persons on board. He heard the passengers say that it was shameful conduct on the part of the captain to proceed without seeing that the rope was detached from the Prince of \Vales, but he (witness) did not think him blameable, as the call " Stop her" imme.liately succeeded the order to "Go a-head." The boat certainly appeared to move forward, but he was satisfied that the engines were not in motion. The tide wts running against the vessel, towards London-brPge. He considered the accident attributable to the absence of any person on board the Prince cf Wales to remove the head-rope of the Moonlight from her. George Flemming said, that at the time of the accident. there were three boats at the Hungerford-pier. The Syren, a Wool - with boat, waved away froio the pier, and the Prince of Wales, which stood next, with her bow facing the bridge (the same as the Moonlight), went a little astern in order to take the plat.' of the Syren. The Aloonlight's head-rope was then attached to her larboard sponson. Immediately afterwards he saw the deceased being conveyed away from the Moonlight, but he had not seen the accident. As the parties affected by this inquiry, if the accident was the result of negligence, are either the crew of the Moonlight or the Prince of Wales, or the piermen employed by the Hungerford-pier Company ; and as the evidence as to the most mats rie point was of the most conflating nature, it may be as well to give a short summary of the witnesses examined, with their opinions as to the party responsible for such negligence. Mr. E. Bridges, carpet-manufacturer, of Cheapside, a pas _ senger in the Moonlight, heard the captain glvn the order to ge a-head before the rope was detached from the Prince of Wales. Saw the accident, and heard the passengers calling to the cap - tain to stop the vessel, which was then in motion. The Prince of Wales was not moving at the time. Mr. Joseph Marsh, a hat-maker, of Cheaps , de, also a pas - _ singer, believed that if any one had been on board the Prince of Wales.to remove the head-rope f the Mo ,might from her lar - board sponson, the accident would not have eecurred. Heard the people calling to the captain to stop, but the boat was not stopped immediately. Mr. Walter Scott, secretary of the Harwich Railway Corn - parry, and a passeng-'r in the Mo nlight, saw nobody besides a lady on board the Prince of Wales when the aceidere happened. The passengers of the Moonlight called for some one to unfasten the head-rope, bat no one was there to do it. The .-- captain might have seen that the rope had not been removed, if he had looked in that direction. Samuel Waller,of Chelsea, a passenger, witnessed the ac - cident, and called to the captain of the Moor light to stop the vessel. The Prince of Wales was at the same moment going astern. _ James Stewart, a pierman, employed by the Hungerford pier Company, was attending upon the Syren, Woolwich boat, when the Moonlight and Prince of Wales were along side her. It wag his ( witness's) duty to attend to the head_ ropes of the duff, rent vessels arriving at the pier, when he could do so ; but it was impossible for him to attend to all at once. Henry Tucker, the foremost hand in the Mornlight. u;ually attended to the head. rope. He threw it uonn the larboard of the Prince of Wales, where it was fixed by a boy. When the captain gave the order to go a 'head witness tried to je k off the eye of the rope, and then let out the loose rope 1. irg on deck, not observing that the foot of the deceased was entangled in the coil. He called to the captain to stop her," and was certain that the boat had gone a- head only about two revolu tions, but at the same moment the Prince of Wales went astern. William Giles, mate of the Prince of Wales, des-xibed his boat a= stationary at tile time of the accident. The ngines of the Moordight were in motion. James M'Clarens. a lighterman. on board the Prince of Wales, saw the accident, and believed it was caused by the absence of piermen to attend upon the boats. There were not half enough hands employed by the Pier Company for this purpose, and accidents consequently were always happening there. He was positive that the Moonlight was going for ward when the accident in question occurred. Alexander Mill, a wood- turner, near Euston.square, bell( ved that both the Moonlight and the Prince of . W.tle• must Lavebeen in motion at the - a ••f the ttrei.l;3,•, ow ing to the rapidity with which the be rii-r • . r 1 1 ,) Another pave:l , 4er . I:gy, Lame I den, also FIULL, SEPT. 1. believed that bath v: ssels were moving, but the Prince of STOCK EXCHANCIE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Wales was going astern more rapidly than th; other was pro shares, 23---North Britizb, Half Mures, 94 88. 9de—North needing forward._ Wiliam Atkinson, master of the Syr( accident. but saw the conttrion ecm-ion n,.4'41 , n0t witness the pd it, and believed that Th e „m e n & of the house-surgeon r if Charing-cross Hos pital related to tilt h . :juries received b rebe unfortunate lad, whose leg was amputated 1. 1 .)0ut six heti re atter he reached the hospital. The case progrvseci favoural iv until the following Friday, when death, reseiting from Mort ideation, t,,ok pl ace . The CORONER, atter readieg over the evidence, said that he did not teel called upon to address many < rhservationsto the jut y in reference to the conflicting inTirnmq ;Ouch had been tecident vt .as caused by pre sented to their notice. It was her 3-be,t u t a infer, from the mass who Irma the blame of depositions before them, whether. tueo: ..,.. evident / ce had been a neglect of dutvrtr otherwise, and, i. c 2 .. h ., able parties. The larger proportion of' ' given by passengers on .board the vest e l at the Hungerford pier, and, in considering their verdict, th e giu r Y vw ould give due attention to the statements made by the 4?Pro. - 3 interested wit nesses likewise. He ought, rerhaps, to explai l't, to t' hem that when men acted without suffitsient caution, and d. !nth was the conse quence, they were 'labia to the charge of mans ilaue,hter -, but it was the more desirable on that account, that they 'ehnatki be ngreed as to the pally to whom the blame in such a cas, s was really attribu table. lie might t remind them, in conclusion, that the law of deo duds was still existing, and, if they thoug ht fit to mask their sense of any minor negligence, they were at liberty to record a verdict of accidental death, at the same tit ne imposing a deo dand proportionate thereto. The room was then cleared of st,•ll3gers ,and the jury pro ceeded to consider their verdict. After up wards of an hour's deliberation the public were re-admittede nu d The foreman announced that the Terd,:et of the jury was— " Accidental death, a deodand of 40/. beiq t' imposed upon the i Moonlight steam-boat." He stated tr: , at ix is brot her jurymen . and himself had experienced great ditfic A. ity in arriving at a N r e conclusion, owing to the extremely contra d .ory nature of the evidence submitted to them by parties es,' 'nose Tespectabilitv entitled them equally to credit. They had.: lsowesver, come to the unanimous opinion that the Hungerford itiaris-at Company were in duty bound to provide mere Orrin, , 11 for the better protection of the public. • _ r THE LATE FATAL RA .ILWAYq ACCIDENT. FURTIIER PARTICULARS. DEFFORP, SEPT. I.—Mr. Saunders Secrete r; of the Cora.. patty, yesterday morning sent off an express to Laindon, with a full report cf the :a-I affair, which brought C leo eral Pasley ir. the course of the afternoon to inspect the p. trt of the line where the accident occurred ; the Gallaat Office r' 'lid not ex press any opinion, though it, no doubt, _must be a 3 trong ore upon the gross impropriety of placing a truck u ?tan the main line, which was the sole cause of the at - eident.. The men (nearly 200) employed to clear the line .have sax ceeded in doing so and in relaying the rails which were ;torn tap I or several yards, in time for the up mail train which lerrYes Olt ucester at 8 50 r. at., so that no detention was occasional to* t this train, and Sunday intervening, there were no other trains to suffer any inconvenience. Geat praise is due to alr. ;an oilers for the considerate manner in which he behaved tow tre,s the suf ferers and other passengers who were compelled : ..ro remain durir.g several hours of the night in a strange plat !e, and with no accornmedat;on within three miles. Tile poor a ffellow who was so dreadfully scalded and burnt linge. - ed ant it nearly daylight this morning, when death put an end tot. is s offerings. An inquest was fixed for twelve o clock to-day • Th ,is morn ing General Pasley and several of the Corneaun,s of ricers be longing to the engineering department were utrt the spot, with a view to an inspection. The jar: have just . met, and have proceeded to view the body of Ward, whicL' was lying in a barn close to the line, and presented one of th ama awful spectacles ever witnessed, being cut and bruised ir • eve ry part, and hardly an unbraken bone in his body. A r our morlem ~aarnin4tiikn has been ordered, and his body has b, ten .opened. The result has not yet transpired, but it is fully ex l meta 'd that the inquest must be adjourned, as the principal witn seta Ward's fireman or stoker, is unable to be mated, he ha vie been brought to the Gloucester Infirmary, where he lies in t ta dread ful state. The inquest upon the passenger (Williams) musts also be adjourned until atter the one on Ward is held. Ward has left a self,: and one young child ; he was t a clever man in managing an engine, but not a very carefu It -driver. lie was heard to declare before he left Gloucester- that he would be in Birmingham in two hours. The engin e - he was driving, called the " Derby," was the largess at we rIC on the line; it is not so much injured as was anticipated. low ething must be wrong to allow a man to drive an engir ieoof such power at such a fearful rate, with a heavy luggage-tra in. merely for the fun of the thing ; and this accident shows t hes neces sity of some legislative enactment to put a stop to such. 'reckless conduct. Another accidetit occurred this morning, but was at tended with little or no danger, and no other inconvenience than a slight detention of the passengers. The engine attatcl 'led to the short train, leaving Cheltenham for Gloucester at thirty minutes past nine o'clock, a.m., burst a tube when it n, eared Badgworth, a police station about two miles from Cheltenl Some consternation was manifested by the passengers, bs 1 in about half an hour all was made right, and the train proem led. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. All doubt is removed as to the cause of the fearful amid\ nit which occurred on this line on Saturday night. It was ato tick standing in the way of the luggage train on its way to Birmit ham, just as was stated yesterday. The cause of the col %- pion must have arisen from one or other of the fallowing ea is takes : —either the signals were imperfectly given at 'the Defford station to indicate that an obstruction had tire' be guarded against, or no signal was given at all, or the engin driver fell a sacrifice to his own recklessness in pushing one spite of the warning. It is only by an official inquiry that the facts can be pro perly ascertained. Bailvtay officers look as though yea ve..-e going to solicit charity, or pick their pockets, the moment .fin formation is asked about the occurrence of an aeculent ; h tit even a passenger sitting in a carriage can give no ini , ormati4 tin beyond his sensations at the time of the accident, or whar ,he witnesses after it. In the pre-cot ewe the responsibility resCs with this officers at tl'e Deff-rd station. It was they who wen' in charge of the truck which caused the double accident, and or course it remains fur them to accoent for it 3 having been so placed, and to prove that the requitite signals were given. I have seen this morning James Baird, the man who at-tea:as fireman to the unfortunate Ward. He stated, '° We left Glo u ceFter at nine o'clock on Saturday night with the luggs e train. When we got to Bredon the pumps of the engine got bad, and by our attending to them the fire got very 10 - y, taut by the time we got to Egginton the pumps were working pretty well, and Ward said he would assist in getting the fire filled up. I then commenced filling up the fire, and he assisted me by opening and shutting the fire-hole door as I put in the coke. lam not exactly sure whether it was by the bridge at Defford or when crossing the Avon that Ward said to me, ' Jamie, there's something wrong;' and immediately I sat,' hsm shut off the steam. On observing this, I began to reverse . t he engine ' and whilst doing so I tv;s thrown off it. As I wa.' falling I felt somethi'tg strike my shoulder. It was very dark at the time. I was restored, after a time, to sensibility by the pouring of water over me. On looking up I saw engines and carriages heaped upon each other, and tome of them cn fire. I asked the person who was assisting me if he could tell me anything of Ward? He said, ' Stranger, we will take you to the station. You are not fit to inquire after your friends.' " Baird attributes the accident to imperfect signalling at Defford. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince i,f Wale 3 end the Princess Royal were taken a carriage-drive to Newport on Saturday afternoon, and Prince Alfred and Prince.is Alice rode on ponies in the pleasure grounds of Osborne On Sunday morning the juvenile Royal Fa:Lily walked on the sea-beach, and in the afternoon were all taken airinzs in the pleasure grounds. Sir James Grahmn left town on Satortlay on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Diqtatcles from the Governor of Hong Kong and also from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial. office. _ _ _ Dispatches for the Governors orthe West India Colonies and also for the Governor of New South Wales were sent off last t veuing from the Colonial-office. GIFT OF A SILVER FOUNTAIN TO MEHEMET ALI.— The magnificent silver fountain, manufactured in London, at the expense of the East India Company, for the Pacha of Egypt, was presented to his Highness on the 16th of August, by Captain Lyons, the East India Company's agent in Alexan dria. The presentation took place in the palace, where up ward; of sixty persons had assembled to witness the ceremony. His Highness api,eared in excellent spirits, and much pleased with the beauty and exquisite workmanship of the gorgenus present. Some of the party who were present on the occasion afterwards partcok of a drjeuner given by Captain Lyons. His Highness has been pleased to give orders that admission shall be given to all persons desirous of seeing this beautiful speci men of English art, and that it shall remain here sufficiently long to give every one in Alexandria an opportunity of seeing it. We understand its ultimate destination is Cairo, but the Pacha has not yet decided where he will have it erected. It is scarcely necessary to add that crowds 6 ick daily to the palace to feast their eyes on this splendid structure. Aumr MovntENTs.—Yesterday morning the fol lowing alterations took place in the stations of the three regi ments of household infantry. The first battalion of Fusilier Guards, Colonel Drummond, marched from the Wellington Barracks, St. James's Park, to St. John's• wood Barracks. The second battalion of Fusilier Guards, under Colonel Col ville, marched from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross to the terminus of the South-Western Railway, in order to pro ceed to Winchester. The first battalion of Grenadier Guards, Colonel Lascelles, from St. John's-wood Barracks to the Wel lington, St. James's Park. The second battalion Grenadier Guards, Captain Buldero, from the Tower to the terminus of the Great Western Railway, to proceed to the barracks at Windsor. The third battalion Grenadier Guards, Colonel Fergussen, marched from Portman-street Barracks to St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The first battalion of Coldstream Guards came from Windsor to the Tower ; and the second battalion of the same regiment from 'Winchester to Portman-street Barrack.. The railways are found of great convenience on these occasions, from the rapidity with which the changes are effected. MISCONDUCT OF THE EXCISE.— The Kelso publishes a very gross case of misconduct on the part of two Excise officers, which was exposed at the Roxburghshire Quarter Sessions on the sth current. It appears that two officers of Excise, stationed at Kelso, disguised themselves as anglers, and went to the house of an innkeeper at Yetholm, whom th y male drink with them until he was drunk, and then induced him to sell them a quantity of whisky. without a per mit, to be ca-ricd across the, border, in contravention of the statute. Lord Minto and all the justices present, except one, concurred that the innkeeper could not be convicted on the evi dence of officers who acted in such a way ; and, at the same time, some wholesome rebukes were administered. FIRE NEAR WINCHESTER. On Saturday last a fire, which has e nsurnei several dwell ings, and deprived seven respeetable families of both house and hone, occurred at a village railed Nlietheldever, seven miles from Witiceester, on the Basingstoke road, and within two miles of the mansion of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., situa c at Stratton Park. From inquiries mace upon the spot it appea s that the fire originated through the falling of sparks front the flue of an oven belonging to the bakehouse of Mr. Groom, baker and general dealer, who at the time was raking the wood embers. Pieces of those fell upon the thatch of an adjoining cart-house, wnich, in consequence of the inflimmable nature of the roofing, instantly ignited, and the fire comnatini• eating iiscif to the line of continuous thatch, the whale was speedi yin a blaze. At this moment the consternation of the villagers was vers great ; the awful appearance of the flames, and the terror of the inmates, who had barely time, ie several instances, to ercape the violence of the flaines and the masses of burning t hatch which fell as it season fire. producing a fearful effect upon them. Rumours were also shortly prevalent, that an aged cripple was in one of the houses burning to death, but this happily proved without foundation, the poor creature havine Leen most miraculously preserved by the interposition 'of a kind neighbour. N ery soon after the outbreak, informa tion of the occurrence was sent to the seat of Sir Tnotaas Baring, and the Hon. Francis Baring immediately repaired to the scene, having given orders that the engines belonging to the mansion should be promptly conveyed to the spot, with twenty-two men employed upon the domain, who were dis patched with them to work them. Meantime, while these arrangements were effected, the flames progressed most fear finly, extending from house to house and floor to fiber with such rapidity that it was impossible to stay their fury, and one of the inmates ( Groom), with his wife and femily, with very great d ffieulty escaped. At attempt was mide to save some portion of the property, but this was felled to be next to imposoh:e, from the falling of the bodies of fire and the re !era of the house, which was full of timber. It was a clnsi ieeatee time before the engine; could be got itVo full play, in conse quence of the well being but badly supplied with water, and the nearest pond being at a considerable distance from the spot. Police constable 25 of the Hampshire constabulary, was imme diately after the outbreak dispatched to Winchester, and Capt. Harris, the chief constable, and Mr. Tart, the superintendent, shortly afterwards went, with three constables, to render any requisite aesistance, When they arrived, the whole of the long line of roofing of the six cottages had fallen in, zed the lower part of the buildings, AI will as the me houses. were in flames. Several of the i Antares who wet, out glean ing in the fields at the time of the motif vak, had by this time been epprised of the elarmine feet, end so great was their con sternation at finding, their little all consumed, that they became almost frantic. The pike, however, acted admirably in preventing the poor creatures from imperilling themselves by attempting to save anything, and 'so greatly were some of the persona affected that they swooned away. Mrs. Pink, the wife of the Winchester and Basingstoke carrier, hear ing of the circumstance at the market at Winchester, fell with great violence to the floor in Mr. Watson's shop, and since slse has been very ill. The Ere continued to burn until eve , y particle of furniture and stock was destroyed. the houses gutted, and several valuable pigs, poultry, and domestic Animals sacrificed. The loss will be most severely felt, as the occupiers are none of them ireor ed. The owner of the houses, Sir Francis Baring, is insured in one of the County-offices. This ( Monday) morning an attempt has been made, now that the ruins are sufficiently cooled, to explore them ; and under the direction of the police this was done with success, so far that a quantity of money in different kinds of coin was found, as well as the remains of two watches in a fused state. These were taken charge of by the pollee, and this was all that was saved of any value. After the fire, the Hon. Francis Baring and the other resident gentlemen publesfy thanked the police under Captain Harris and Superintendent Tart, for their efficient exertions during the many hours the file continued burning. We hear that a subscription, liberally headed and strenuously promoted, is being got up throughout the neighbourhood for tle benefit of the sufferers. YORK AND LA ‘C.ViTI , II :( All,W X Y --A new line of some importance t. now before the pub!ie, intended to connect York and Laneasiter, h, passing near Kriaresbtrough, Harro gate, Long Pyrston, Settle. and other populous and thriving place.. The line is to pass along the valleys. and the whole distance is expected to be performed in two hours and a half, instead of about twelve hours, as at present, by conch. AL the great manufacturing, mining, and agricu lt u r a l districts of the north of England will, by this meanc, have tacilirtes of ae• ce ss to Ireland, ': c otland, \Va ec, flamhurA, &,. 'The liness will he 72 miles in length, will have fa..nurnb'c INi gradient.' ''' it i, nt said, and receives fa ir su pp ort from those loc a l! 4 ‘ w ell . from the , cotch capitalists, the. Chairman of the a • ' 4 burgh and .t.;lastgow Railway having jotted th e di rt NSG LET r or DEITY O N TIII-; rATII UNION 'ction. RAIL WA Y. —Tulin Round and Peter , EO.tbam, two servants in the employ of Mr. Hargreaves, at the luggage station, Wigan, were summoned before the county magierates, on Friday last, charged with a neglect of duty in leaving the switches at the junction leading the warehouse turned the wrong way, taut endanoe • of the passenger trains moving on the line.ri endangering the was taken by the defendants that the ch 3,r e heard before the c -unty nyl:Zist rat es, as the alleged offence t h e ad ' I the hurn'iat:. 01 ~ x amination of the map tl b li e s en • co y m cd rn t i i tte h l Ine c.,e, and the men were cbsinisse.l. On M atda P y r they sere summoned . before the borough magistrates, when, through ^' informality in the wording of the summons, the charge IN ' a n s again dismissed. A third summons has been taken out. SPORTING IN'TELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) STOCKTON RAO:S. — FRIDAY. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 soya. eaCh, h It, witlflo added for the second ; three yrs old, 9st 41, 1 ) ; four lOst. Sib ; five, 21b;11 t six, I Ist ; aged, Ilst !,11 , 11( 7flares and gslds ings allowed albs ; half-bred horse', ; winners extra. Twice round. Mr. Wofenden's b m Miss Burns, 5 Vrs....(Mr. Cookson) 1 Mr. Clark's b f The Nelierton Maid, 4 yrs Capt. Broadley's ch g by Belshazzar • 3 The Lord Lieutenant's 'Plate of 30 soya. added to a Handi cap of 10 sovs.. each, h Pt ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 goys. towards expenses; winners extra. A mile and a quarter. Mr. Arrowstaith's b h Xanthus, 5 yrs. (Holmes) 1 Capt. Pott's b c.Northumberland, 4 yrs • Mr. Scott's Cataract, 5 yrs 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Maclean's b m Eleanor, 5 yrs—Mr. Salvin's b f Marian Ramsay, 3 yrs—Dlr. Holland's gr c Robin Burns, 3 yrs.— Mr. L. Fox's b f Betsy Beal, 3 yrs—and Lord Chesterfield's b c Twig (bolted). The Cup by Subs of 10 row. each; three yrs old, 6st 121 b; four, Bst; five, Bst 90; six, Bst 121 b; aged, 9st llb ; mares, geldings, and maiden horses allowed 31b; winners extra. Horses entered to be sold for 200 sows allowed 41b, for 150 sows 814, and for 100 sovs 161 b. The winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses. Twice round and a dis. Mr. S. S. Standish's ch c Little Hampton (Francis) 1 Mr. Palmer's b in Betsy Bird, 6 yrs Lord Mulgrave na :pis to Pedometer. 3 yrs (100) . The following also started but were not placed :—Lord Londonderry na Fat Fair and Forty, 3 yrs (100)—Mr. 11. P Smith na c by M. Moloch out of Enchantress, 3 yrs (100).... r Mr. Clarke's c in Maid of Aukland, 6 yrs (10t)—and Mr. Dawson's b f Sleepy, 3 yrs (100). A Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 20 added. The winner to pay 5 sovs. towards expenses. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Gentlemen riderr. Mr. Arrowsmith's b h Xanthus, 5 3-rs ......(F. Coates) 1 1 Mr. E. Pott's b c Northumberland, 4 yrs Mr. Shepherd's ch h Porto Bello, 5 yrs Captain Pott's Lll Little Banton, 5 yrs ... 0 0 Mr. Clarke's. b f Netherton Maid, 4 yrs Mr. Waring's gr g Saul. aged Mr. Allen's c in Wasp, 6 yrs SATZMWAY. The Cleveland Stakes of 10 so -s. each, with 15 added, for two-year-old colts. Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. If entered to 1 e sold for 100 sows. allowed :sibs.—for 50 sovs., Sibs. About seven furlongs. Mc. Salvin's b f Thalia ......... (Templeman) 1 Mr. Osborne's ch cby the Hydra (100) Mr. T. Dawson's na br f Sister to - tsikipton• Mr. Gill's b c Themis (50) - Mr. Trotter's hr f Miss Georgie, fist, and Mr. Bell's b c Fiddiestring, sst, also started but were not placed. The Innkeepers' Plate of 20 sovs., added to a Handicap of 5 soya. each, 3 ft. Heats, once round and a distance. Captain Pates Little Benton, 5 3-rs (I,,mpleman) 0 I 1 Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 5 yrs ............ 1 2 Jackson'a Hard Bargain, aged .. Mr. Worroald's Sister to Pedometer, 3 yrs ...... 0 3 dr Mr. Waring's gep. Sul, aged ... ... 2 dr Mr. William's b g Red Rover, 5 3 rs Match of 20 BOYS. rarch. Once rs•und.—Mr. Jackson's 'or li Hard Bargain, aged, beat Mr. Robinson's It in Memnon Junior, 5 yrs. TATTERSA LU6—YEsTr, RD Ar. The only horses in any force for the St. Leger were Miss Sarah, Mentor ; The Pacha, and Duc-an-Durras; the amount invested on them was considerable, and the odds taken the s ime that arc indicated in the subjoined quotation, except in the case of Duc-an-Durra. against whom several bets were laid at 22 and 25 to 1. Wea.therbit vas again on the decline, and a strong feeling was disi_layed against The Merry Mo narch, Old England, The Bawn, Onld Ireland, and 'Con naught Ranger. Red Robin and Pantasa were backed, but with small parties. The market prices, at the close of a dullish afternoon, were as under ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot 200 even on the field, against four 7to 2 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah-4 to Ito fr 6 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 8 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch 13 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 16 to L agst Major Yarburgh's Rei Robin—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—taken freely 20 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Durras--taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's The Baron 30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitz-Allen 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Worthless 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger 50 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkelev's Chertsey 60 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Harker's Robin Burns 100 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's June 500 to 15 agst Clear-the-Way and June Idas was declared not to start. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Collins's Rochester—taken TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,---WartvicknTeetini;:nntner7cesio-neirCw with a Trial Stakes, the winner of which, I think, will come onto`' Da w! , ott 's stable. The Peoduce Stakes will hive about three starters, viz_ Oarissitna, Gwalior, and Wedding Day ; the latter, I consider,. stands but little chance to beat either Ceris sima or Gwalior, whom the race will lay betweim I fancy that the former will just manage to pull through. The Leamington Stakes will bring to the post about seven, which I understand, upon goo d authority just re eeived from Warwick, will be the following; viz., Roebuck, Pvthia, Nottingham, Trueboy, Jack Sheppard, Roderick and Rochester. Glossy, Wee Pet and Lightning are very doubtful, together with one or two others of less ' note, who are in the vicinity. Roebuck, Jack Sheppard. and Rochester, I cannot think, have the slightest chance. Wee Pet cut but a queer figure the other day at Egliam ; Lightning I believe has not quite recovered from the ailment he had last week, otherwise I think he would have been very forward. Nottingham will finish near the front. Glossy has too much weight upon her, but I should not be surprised if she were to pull through, should Sir C. Monck, instead of keeping her fur the Great Yorkshire Handicap, start her for this :take; but, in my of anion, the struggle will be between R„ 'crick, Trueboy, and Pythia, with either Roderick or 1 k .ueboy for winner. on v b - ednesday the Foal Stakes to Mr. Hill, Princess Olga being v,ry it ndy. The 10 501 t.% Stakes to Cherry Bounce. 1 7 17aris - ick Cup to h lice hawthorn. The Stand Stakes to Moian Ramsay, Mr. Meiklam furNishing the second horse. The Queen's Plate to T'Auhl Mare. There are 26 acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap, out of which my pick would be, Gloisy, with GS!. 1 llb ; Queen Mab, wiqt only Bst 71b ; Miss Elis, with the great weight of 7st.4lb ; The Shadow, Sat 91b ; aryl Jenny Wren, with sst 91b. The Acceptance , . for the Cleveland Handicap are but thirteen in number. The Knight of the Whistle and Hop, seem to be the only two that are likely to win this Stake. I am, Sir, yours, Su!, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Monday Morning. CHELSEA REGATTA. The watermen at Ciolsea yesterday contended for a purse of sovereigns, liberally subscribed by the residents of St. Luke's. The race is invoriably well attended, hut on this occasion there was another very attractive exhibition in the shape of a balloon ascent, and thousands of persons had asseralled on BattersPa— bridge and the banks of the Thames to witness the two event,. The beat-race was in three heats, with six pairs of oars, and, ttonx the length of the course. afforded the multitude au excellent opportunity of viewing the aquatic display. FIRST lIEAT. Charles Cole, jun., and William Cole, yellow 1 Henry Gayleard and Edward Coates, pink 2 William Woodford and John Thomas. green 3 The start was from buoys off the Swan, round a boat ea Cremorne !louse, down the Middlesex shore, round a boat opi. p,site the White llouse, and back to the Cricketers. no *bee, scent away together at a good pace, and continued oar and oar nearly to the distance-boat, where Yellow first rounded, re taiwit the lead, and won by three lengths. It was a most ex cellent contest for the second pllce, the third titan beinsr by the conditions out of the heat, and Pink suet...ceded in getting it try tour lengths. SECOND HEAT. homas Southam and James Thomas, blue 1 James White and Edward Atkins, scarlet 9 James Woodford and George Brown, red . ...—... a The winners took the lead and kept it, corning in firelengths in advance of the second boat. GRAND HEAT. Chide; Cole and William C01e..........., t-z-inthaio and Thomas 2 White and Atkins Th , - distance was reversed, the men hegiouing at Battersea.. bridge and rowing downward. Tl.e balloon and the rowers started at the same instant, and the applause begowed on both was consileratle. The wagermen kept oar and oar down to the college, and the balloon took " its own course" in another di— rection. The Coles went away with the lead, and won by eight lengths. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS.-"'" Yesterday the quarter of a mile race between John Smith, the London champion, and Chas. Jenkinson, the " London Stag," came off near the King's Arms, Acton-bottom. Both men have acquired considerable notoriety as pedestrians ; the former was considered unriv..lled in a 200 yards race , a nd the latter un equ dl din half-mile sprints ; and the backers of the respective men conceded to a match to run an intermediate distance. The st,kee were 251. a side, and Smith was the favourite in betting at ti to 5, and a very considerable sum was pending the reeult. After several false starts the men bounded away. Smith took the lead, but his opponent made a struggle and came up to him. They then ran together at locomotive speed, and, after an admirable and well-contested race, Jenkinson came in th e • winner by three . qu arters of a yard. The distance was covered. in 59 seconds. Ttt LATE RIOT AT DUNFERMLINE.—Since the late disgraceful riot of the 13th in.taet, a considerable number o f persons, susdected of being concerned in it, have undergone a precognition before the sheriff substitute here. Moo.t of them have been acquitted, but a few, under more suspicions circumstances, have been remanded for further examination. We have not yet, however, heard of anything that has trap. pired to throw much light on the origin of the affair. The drum that was beat on the occasion was stolen from the drum mer of the Dunfermline. Instrumental Rand on the previous evening. We understand that, previous to the 13th instant, a committae of operatives held several meetings with the manu facturers, in order that the latter might remonstrate with the Nlesvrs. Alexander on the consequences of not adhering to the !able of prices, and that the manufacturers refused to interfere in the matter. The reckless band then took the affair into the r own hand, and the first remonstrance with these gentle men was the demolition of their property. The numbers con• cerned in the riot, as stated in , orne accounts, have been greatly exagzerated. There was indeed a very general turn-out during the riot—many from curiosity, to learn what was going on : bat those who were officially on the spot think the rioters did not number more than from 800 to I,ooo. —Dundee IVarder. THE FIRST or SEPTEMBER.—Yesterday many . of our friends of the barrel were up and doing in various parts of hi. county, and see understand th.y found an average quan tity of birds, with the sporting quilitiee of wild and strong on the wing. Of course the shooting was not general, as many are too busy in the harvest ; the birds find Ico ready a refuge in the fi• ids of Ft...riding corn, and we mu.t autien the har co3tmen within reach of m•eitticy barrels, to m.nd that they are not made game or. In Kent we learn there was a pretty general agreement to suspend the sport for fifteen days to allow of the harvest being more generally ingathered.... 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