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THE LAST NIGHT. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor MORIANI has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING IT BEING THE LAST AND FAREWELL NIGHT OF THE SEA,ON, When will be performed Donizettis Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Castellan ; Alicia, Madame l3ellini ; Enrico, Sig. Fornasari ; Bidebent, Sig. Paltoni ; Arturo, Sig. A. Oilibilei; Normand°, Sig. Dai Flori ; Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. Between the Acts of the Opera, the " Pas de Quatre, by bidlle. Lucile Grahn. " composed To be followed by the admired Pas d' Action Dansante, composed by M. Perrot, entitled LA BACCHANTE. By Mdlles. Lucile Grahn, Moncelet, and Cassan, and M. Perrot. with Gnecco's Opera Buffa, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA, Corilla, Madaine Rossi Cuccia (her first appearance in that charac• terl ; Vi dantc, Madame Benin' ; Federico, Sig. Corea; ; Grilletto, Sig. Palt , mi: Campanone, Sig. Lablache. In the course of the Elenini 7 ii6as tillane," by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin and M. Perrot. To conclude with the Ballet of ONDINE. Principal Characters by Maas. Cerito, Copere, Ferdinand, and Demelisse; M. Perrot, and M. ;t. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. ivera Colonnade. Pours open at Seven, to commeuce at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be r.nived the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARRADIDDLE ; or, What will the World Say ? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farren ; I'ye Hilary, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Miss P. Horton. The celebrated Pianist, Leopold de Meyer, ill perform this Evening, atter the Comedy, Fantasia from " Norma." In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England." After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap.. ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Bueksione ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conch.' le with the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK; or, an Irishman's Fortune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, , Mr. Hudson ; Nina, Miss P. Horton. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and rlaces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, (tom Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL NDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed ST. MARY'S EVE. Baggs, Mr. Munyard; Barty, 31r. 0. Smith; Chalk, Mr. Wilkinson; Madelon, Madame Celeste. After which, THE PAINTER OF GMENT. Roderic, Mr. C. Perkins ; Enphemia, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lacka day, Mr. Munyard ; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. To-morrow, positively will be produced, Mrs. Caudle at Home and Abroad. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Week of Cinderella. THIS EVENING Will be performed A MODEL OF A WIFE. _ _ _ _ _ To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, \ flu Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. Alter which, an entirely New, Original, avd Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To which will be added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. With Variations. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea lows, Mrs. Candle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, :'airy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel. -f, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Viltars; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollldge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE-4SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL THE END OF THE MONTH. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Alessandro Massaroni, Mr. Wallack ; Rubaldo, Mr. Rance; Ottavia, Miss Grey; Maria Grazie, Mrs. Brougham. To which will b 3 added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume,with the Original Music. After which, THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wal lack ; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton; Rachd Heywood, Miss Emma Stanley. To conclude with a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. C eIUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Comptoa ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. A sTLL Y'S ROYAL AMPIIIT ATR E. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Last Week but One of the Engagement of the French Equestrians —Tn New Grand Spectacle is nlghtlyhailed with shouts of appro bation. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em trachg the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. After which, a variety of New and Surprising Feats of Iforseman ship by the French Equestrians. To coach:de with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER ; or, The Factory Murder and the Felon Heir. Tom, the Dumb Man, Mr. T. Thompson. __ Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. ecoud Week of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Matthews. THIS EVENING Will performed U , ED UP. Supported by Messrs.C.Matthews, It. iioniiet, ileslop, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. R. Bonner, and Miss Martin. Atter which, THE WELSH GIRL. In which Madame Vestris will perform. To conclude with A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Young Rapid,Mr. C. Mathews. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boz o Pee, from Eleven to Pour. Bo YAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOssAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scen'c Aqd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. F )eding the Carnivora at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Bears at Six : COTICJ:L at Half-part ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine. On 3R:witty and Tuesday, Aug. 25 and 26, a Magnificent Fete ehampetre, to consmemora.e the Birthday of H.R.U. Prince Albert. .11(M WA rl:tt AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. orning .. 32 minutes after 3 i Evening .. 51 minutes after 3. THE WEATHER.:—SurN OFFICE, Aua. 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 67; Noon, 61 BAROMETER, 29.27. WIND S. by E., light breezes, and much rain. ,06 .s W7: n I •MA,. ! b• ?fa h r ' - • ,t n > ' ~t~.tr~~~~r~ ~~aas: LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1845. ' Ci, ---- 7 - 7, 4•4% - .. •-•-•;_i-.'strioi ,-.), - ..1 -, ~: ,;;•-:,,, : ..\-• A case has occurred at Northfleet, in Kent, of that character which so frequently enlists the sympathies, and not seldom the judgment, of the public against the existing law for the relief of the poor. There can de volve upon the Legislature and Government of a great country like this no duty more sacred, and certainly few more difficult, than that of assessing and adminis tering the funds required for the maintenance of that vast proportion of - the pauper community, who are entitled by law and by the absolutely helpless nature of their condition to be the recipients of this national con tribution. In considering the numberless allegations of cruelty, oppression, neglect, and mismanagement which are constantly preferred against local boards of guardians and relieving-officers, we are bound to bear in mind the in vidious nature of theduties they have to perform, and of the difficulties which beset even the most honest and upright determination faithfully to administer its provisions. To ascertain in each case how far it comes up to the statutable test of utter destitution—to distinguish aright between the contrived or voluntary pauperism of the able-bodied labourer, who will not work when he can obtain employment, and the at least equal pauperism of the well-disposed and industrious labourer who cannot obtain that employment, which he anxiously seeks in every possible direction—is, beyond all doubt, a work of t l'• / . ithicbifteter perplexity than those who have never 'll\l probably imagine. In like manner, much ould be made to the same authorities and e difficulties they experience in distinguish- ;0 4- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD Al MORNING, AUGUST 20, _1845. ing between the cases in which they will be justified in administering wines and other restoratives, such as medical or'surgical cases of emergency and danger re quire, and those in which they may feel, as the stewards of the rate-payers, that they would not be justified in granting the issue of such costly indulgences. Giving, however, their full weight to such considerations as these, there are other circumstances, too frequently the matter of such painful disclosures as we allude to, as to which there can be no reasonable perplexity, or doubt, or difficulty on the minds of guardians, churchwardens, and medical and relieving officers, honestly intending to discharge the duties devolved upon them in their several capacities. A case of this unquestionable and melancholy cha racter forms the subject of the inquest now being held before Mr. CARTTAR, one of the Coroners for the county of Kent, on the body of JosN TucKwELL, a labourer and a pauper, but not a pauper within the union house, or receiving parish relief in money, who appears to have perished from the want of ordinary medical assistance—and so far as regards some of the parties implicated in the transaction, we must say from the a ant of all ordinary feelings of human sympathy. It appeared from the evidence gone into, that the de ceased had, comedown to that part of the county, a few days before, a fine robust young man of eight-and twer ty, in quest of employmer.t in his business of a bricklayer. The poor woman, at whose house he had taken up his lodgings, applied to the overseer, and informing him that TUCKWELL was dangerously ill and confined to his bed, induced this officer to visit the sick man, whom he found in a str.:e of great exhaustion, and suffering under a formidable eruption. The landlady explained to him that the man wanted stimulants, upon which the relieving officer observed (poor TUcKwELL having in formed him, in the course of their interview, that, when well and at work, he could earn five shillings a day) that he could not comply with her request, the Poor-law Commissioners, in such a case, having taken all power out of his hands to administer any such assistance. Subsequently, the assistant-overseer, Mr. HIGGINS, having seen the man, addressed an order to the medical officer to attend the poor man without delay. The medical officer, a Mr. WHITCOMB, and a Mr. WOOD, one of the poor-law guardians, appear to have taken grave offence at this act of Mr. lllGonvs's, as a most unseasonable, or, at any rate, unwarrantable act of common humanity. The medical officer stated, on his examination. by the Coroner, that the eruption which the man was labouring under he immediately concluded to be the small-pox, for which he sent him a powder, desiring the landlady to give the patient some arrowroot and gruel from time to time, and he id not visit him for some days after. He declared his opinion at that time that the man had taken the disease favourably, but admittenhat the disease was approach ing its crisis. He only visited him a second time, on Icing instructed by the overseer, whom he met at some other part of the Union district, that TUCHWELL was very dangerously ill ; so fast sinking, indeed, under the ex treme debility induced by the virulence of the disease and the want of stimulants, that this Mr. WHITCOMB himself, who seems, by the way, to have formed a most erroneous estimate of the intensity of the disorder and the character of its " crisis," immediately directed wine and brandy-and-water to be administered. The poor man died, however, for the relief seems to have come too late. Now, we must designate the evidence given by Mr. WHITCOMB as marked by a want of candour and a want of feeling such as we should be sorry to believe are often to be found in gentlemen, members of his profession, and occupying such situa tions. It is clear, from his own statement, that his sympathies are occasional only, and technical. He says that—" had the case been brought under his notice in the proper manner—that is, by an order of the Relieving Officer—he should certainly have felt it his duty to visit the man the day after his first visit." And, to be sure, how could a practitioner of Mr. WHITCOMB'S eminence be expected to visit a miserable wretch, mortally struck with a terrible disease, upon an order emanating from no higher or more dignified authority than an assistant overseer ? Accordingly, he took care to let the jury understand that "he is not compelled to visit any sick upon an overseer's order more than once, even in cases of emergency." The assistant overseer, Mr. HIGGINS, who, on the representation of the land lady, had given this order, was afterwards told by Mr. WOOD, the poor-law guardian, and SIDDILL, the reliev ing officer, that he had no business to have given that order, and must pay the expenses of the medical atten dant and the medicines himself. From the testimony of HEMMINGS, the cousin, and fellow-lodger of the de ceased, it is clear that Mr. WHITCOMB was excessively annoyed at being twice applied to (and applied to in vain) by Ilmuursics to visit TucxviELL before he went to him under the instructions of the proper officer. Mr. WOOD, the poor• law guardian, was extremely wroth at the evidence of BELTS, which contained, he said, not a word of truth. But inasmuch as between Mr. WHITCOMB,— who deposed that he made a report of this case on the night of his first visit to TUCHWELL, and also (if we understand him) another after his second visit to the Rochester Board of Guardians,—and Mr. WooD, those reports were not forthcoming, the Coro ner very properly adjourned the inquest to a future day, in order to give time for the production of those impor tant documents, which we must suppose to be in exist ence, for the further information of the jury; and also to have the opportunity cf examining all parties whom soever who might have it in their power to throw any light upon this painful case. We are glad to observe, that on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners an offi cer has been deputed to watch these proceedings. They owe it to their own station and authority, and still more to public opinion, to make a most searching examination into all the facts of the case, and we trust that should ulterior proceedings against at►y parties be rendered necessary by the result of the inquest, the Commis sioners will not leave us to complain of any indisposition on their part promptly to adopt them. The Universal German Gazette gives the following account of a serious riot which occurred at Leipsig, on the occasion of the visit of Prince JouN of Saxony to ;hat town : " Lamm, SAXONY, Auo. 12.—Yesterday Prince John arrived here, to review the troops *of the Communal Guard. A great crowd assembled at the review, and the Prince ap peared well pleased with the appearance of the troops, and the manner in which the manoeuvres were performed. At nine &dock at night the drums beat the tattoo. A t that moment there was a great tumult, and we deplore to state that great excess was committed. We do not know why the authori ties did not take immediate steps to stop the disorders. It was not till ten o'clock that the guard was called out. Oa its arrival, it cleared the square before the Hotel de Prusse. We are assured that the rioters were warned several times, and that the soldiers did not receive orders to fire till the last extremity; bat it is beyond a doubt that these warnings were not heard, for the persons nearest to the soldiers escaped, and it was only those who were at the greatest distance who were struck by the ball. Nine persons were killed, among whom one is the father of a family, who was coming out of his own house at the moment, to inquire what was the matter. The number of wounded is about twenty. The crowd imme diately dispersed. The whole of the troops were then called out, but it was three in the morning before order was re-esta blished. This morning the Prince left the town. The greatest agitation prevails everywhere, but it is hoped that the Communal Guard will be sufficient to prevent further disor ders. The magistrates have issued an order that the doors of all private houses should be closed at nine o'clock in the evening, and forbidding assemblages of people in the streets. It also orders all coffee-houses and taverns to be closed at nine o'clock." The cause of the riot was the exasperation of the people against Prince JOHN, who being a bigotted Ca tholic, is one of the most open and declared opponents of the Protestant Church, and who in the Council of State opposed the proposition for granting liberty of worship to the new German church. On his arrival on the ground he was saluted with cries of " Vive Rouge," " Down with the Jesuits ;" and the people sang Ltr- THER'S Cantique in full chorus, and also an appropriate song from SCHILLER. The Prince, who left Leipsig early on the morning of the 13th, was hooted out of the town by the inhabitants. The Frankfort Journal states that the German Catho lic: of Stuttgard have announced their intention of separating themselves from the Roman Catholic Church, because they consider the doctrines and usages of the latter as in a great measure incompatible with the spirit of the universal Christian Apostolical Church. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Journal des Debats publishes the following, dated Tangiers, Aug. 6 : " The ratification of the treaty of Lally,-Maghrina had been exchanged two or three days before. " General DELARUE quitted Tangiers to return to France." The National gives an evidently exaggerated account of what it calls " serious disorders," which it states broke out at Bordeaux on the precediug Saturday, on the occasion of the ball given to the Duke DE NEMOURS b 3• the authorities of the city. More persons, it would appear, had been invited than the room would accom modate ; there was consequently a great crush. —many of the mob outside forced their way into the room, as did several pickpockets ; great confusion ensued. The dragoons and gendarmes were ordered to clear the approaches, but were resisted by the National Guards. As, however, no mischief was done, and no person hurt, we doubt the truth of this latter part of the story. The Priuces arrived at the ball, remained a short time, and retired, and the mob which had collected outside re mained until two in the morning, and amused themselves by singing the " Marseillaise." The KING was at Eu in the enjoyment of excellent health. The Prince and Princess of JOINYILLE, and the Prince of SALERNO, were expected at the Chateau of Eu on the 20th or 21st inst. It would appear that, in consequence of the recent fire at Toulon, extraordinary precautions are about to be adopted in the French dockyards and arsenals. La Flotte says— " The Major-General of the Marine at Rochefort has just submitted to the Maritime Prefect certain regulations, in order to prevent the facility with which strangers obtain admission to the yards. This officer has already made a report upon the slight watch which is kept in the interior of the arsenals at night, and he demands an augmentation of the brigade of maritime gendarmerie, so as to be enabled to establish frequent patrols during the night." The Moniteur Algerien announces that Marshal BIIGEAUD had retired to Algiers, on the sth, from his campaign to the east of Dellys. It alto states that ABD EL-KADER has again retired to Morocco, and that he has been followed by several large tribes of the desert, to the south of Tlemcen. This new emigration is be lieved to fill 6,000 tents, and can supply him with 2,000 horse, in addition to his regular cavalry of 800, and his infantry, which is reckoned at near 800 men. " The numerous tribes (adds the Moniteur) which surround Abd-el-Kader, from time to time detach small parties of cavalry, which, being joined by Moorish adventurers, frequently come and insult our western frontier. The Moorish chiefs seem to take no step to oppose their depredations. Abd-el- Kader has not assembled so many people around him without intending to:return to the Tell. We must, therefore, still be vigi lant on the western and southern frontier of the province of Oran. This vigilance will greatly fatigue our troops, but it is unavoidable." It would appear that a duel a toutrance, to con tinue until one of the parties shall fall, is to take place at Algiers, under sanction of the authorities, be tw•een Generals BOURGOW and BOUBTOLLY. On this subject the Reforme has the following : " There is much talk in Algiers relative to a duel a l'ou trance, which is to come off in this town shortly, with the permission of the Minister of War, between Generals Bourgon and Bourjolly ; the seconds are General Klorte for General Bourjolly, and General Yussuf (the Arab), for General Bour gon. The duel is to take place on horseback. The corn batatants to use pistols first, and if those be not effectual, swords afterwards. Even the ground upon which this event is to take plaee is publicly mentioned. How are we to reconcile this Ministerial authorisation of a duel with the jurisprudence which the Government directs to be carried on with vigour? Having already annulled the decision of the Cour Royale of Paris, which stated that there was no legal offence in M. Beau vallon's killing M. Dujarrier in a duel, the Court of Cassation no later than yesterday gave similar judgment in the case of a duel which the Cour Royale of Rennes had declared was not punishable by law !" Great fears are entertained on the subject of the harvest and the vintage, in consequence of the continu ance of the wet weather. The price of wheat had increased during the last week in 22 markets of France, and decreased only in 5. There was nothing done in the Funds on Sunday in Paris. The following are the quotations in the new lines MARSEILLES, AUG. 18.—Marseilles and Avignon 1,073 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 640 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux 685 f. ; Vierzon, 790 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 18. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was rather moderate; sales 4,000 bales, all to the trade, and chiefly American. Prices were firmly supported.--Shares, though slightly better, were still dull. We are glad to see a sensible view taken of the present po sition of the market for all the great staples affected by the extension of railway . works ' among the Canadian timber interest, for here the iron trade has, despite of experience, proved rather unteachable, and much too anxious to realise enormous profits, having, in their eagerness, almost over hunted their game. The following from Bytown will illus trate our meaning, while it shows how steadily some of the Canadian settlements have risen into prosperity : " The•growth of Bytown has been of late greatly accele lerated. In almost every street we see new houses being erected, or wooden ones giving place to those of more durable materials, although the town is not yet nineteen years obi. Six or seven churches, five bank agencies, and though last, not least, three newspapers, betoken our district town a place of no inconsiderable importance. It is, in fact, becoming the great inland emporium of the lumber trade, and to the present very flourishing state of that trade must the recent increase of Bytown be, in a great measure, though not en tirely, attributed. "Looking farther abroad, it is evident that the present great demand for Canadian timber is caused by the expansion of the railroads and other speculations in the mother country. Things, however, that expand, sometimes burst; and, should the undertakings we have alluded to receive any sudden check, the inevitable effect would be a fall of prices at Quebec, and coiresponding embarrassment here. "It would be well, likewise, to remember, that the very high price of lumber this summer at Quebec, has a tendency to l essen the quantity of shipping next year, and likewise to da mage those merchants there who may have made contracts to ship timber at much lower ra t es t h an t h ose at w hi c h t h ey can purchase." The Tay steamer was off Southampton this morning, but we do not expect her papers until late this afternoon. We have looked into some exceedingly useful tables for calculating the value of railway shares which have been com piled by Mr. Edwin Robinson of the Stock Exchange, and adopted by several leading firms connected with that esta. blishment, and from their correctness, as well as their com prehensiveness, beginning at the lowest and ending at the highest number of shares, they must prove highly desirable for those who are not much accustomed to share calculations. The Public Securities have been rather flat to-day, the weather having a decided influence again upon their value. Consols have been 99 to 1% for present Transfer and Ac count. The premium on Exchequer-bills has dropped to 50s. and 48s. Bank Stock is 210 1 / 2 to 211%. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 102 1 % %. India Stock is quoted 272. The Foreign Bonds are dull again. Spanish Five per Cents have been 271, and the Three per Cents 38%, being nominally at steady rates. Brazil Stock is also firm at 90. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 100% to s t i. Shares, although with less doing, have received tolerably good support. Great Western are not quite so good, but otherwise there is no particular alteration. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock ...211 210% 211 1 210% 210% 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9 9 IA, 99 98% New 3 1 A per Cents Long Annuities toexnireJan.lB6o 11 7-16 11 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ll 5-16 11 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ll 3-16 11 3-16 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... ...... .. 66 66 Ditto under 1,0001... • South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities . 9 8 3% 98 Consols for Account ...... 99% 99 98 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1 1 / 2 d. 49 48 50 pm, 50 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE O'CLOCK. pm. 54 CLOSING PRICES. 117 88 99 90 38% E'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ••• •• Brazilian Bonds Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... ... Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 89% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 27% Ditto 3 per Cent. •• — Ditto. Account . • ..... 38% Dutch, 21 per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific lOO B l% 1001 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 13.3 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New .... . ......... 2 ...... 11 1 /. l l l% Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 144. 3 1 04... 3% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 1 Cornwall e 3 zo Direct Northern 2 IMblin and Belfast June 2 1 / 2 7 34 8 %4 B4 Dublin and Galway..... 2% Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 20 Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, Nu. 2. l3s. 4d. Eastern Union • Ditto Extension . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 ...... 22 Ely and Bedford Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo Ditto New 5 53 Great Western Ditto Half Shares 5O llB 116 ll6 Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby 50 Lancaster and Carlisle... 25 27% 38 38% Leicester and Bedf3rd... 225.....,. 2% 2 14 p London and Birmingnm (Stock) 223 225 222 222 Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d. 10%% lO Do. New London and Brighton... 50 ...... 76% .... ...... London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 24% Do. New 4133 4d..,,, : 1 3 4 3 4 p l 3 /4 p Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d..... 77 78 Do. Now London and York 2%.,,,,, 5% 4% 5 1 4.. 5 London and Windsor London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ....... ..... 2%...... 234%.. ....... .. Londonderry &Coleraine 2 !,,; Lynn and Ely 2' _ Lynn and Dereham l% •••• •• Nlanchester and Leeds... 76 Do. 1 ,4 Shares Do. Quarters Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 22s. 6% 7 6 3 % 6 34 . p Midland 100 174 171% 172... 172 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 132 Newcastle and Darling ton J unction 25 ...... 52 Newcastle and Berwick 1% 23% 24% Newpt & Abergavenny 21, North Staffordshire 22s. ...... ... Newark and SLeffield North British Do. New Norwich and Brandon... 14 Oxford and Worcester... 2% 7 34 ..• "17 32 1 A 63 10 1 4 52 24% 2% p 1 33 / 4 31% 9% 23 75,6 Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ...... _ Preston and Wyre Richmond 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2l . • 4% Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 22s. South Devon 2O South south E M es id t l e a r n n d & Dover 3321225; 4d 4 g 5 3 , 4 iii 3l 46 Do., No. 1 Do., No. 2. Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 2% ..... 5% 1 4 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Welch Midland Az S I A Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension I I,E 254 FOREIGN Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 Dendre Valley Dutch Rhenish 3 East Indian ... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Lux embourgh 2 Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon 6 Orleans and Bordeaux 4 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 2O Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spam Sambre and Meuse , 6 Verona and Ancona 3 RAILWAYS. ... 2% ..... 8 7% s% v i ... 3 2% JOINT London & Westminster 20 STOI Union of London... ..... 10 COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam ...... CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight ......... 12 6 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i Antwerp Elamburgh l3 14 Altona .................. Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 65 Ditto, 3 months ...... 25 90 Marseilles .............. 25 95 Bourdeaux .. ....... 26 0 Frankfort on Maine.. 1221 Petersburgh, 3 Us— Berlin Vienna, effee. f 1.3 X 10 2 Trieste, ditto ......... 10 3 Madrid .................. 36i Cadiz .................. 364 Bilbao Barcelona ~... 24% .• • • 41 %, , i - ~... 16 1 /.' 2 17 24 3 A Seville 77 , 8 6 1 A 2% 4% 2% 4 1 h 17 31 /S 2% 491 / 2 41 2 1 / 2 30 1 /, 3%% 2 ... ... 31 3 l /2 K BANKS. • 27 3 % 27% D• ••• • •• GE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar... . Leghorn Genoa Venice . - Naples ..... Palermo, ;,cr oz i2oi Lisbon .. Oporto , . Rio Janeiro Bahia -•.. ...... Buenos Apes NewYork.:22dyssight flame:4 i3ULLION, PER OZ Foreign ad,bars..£3 17 9 Portuga . 1. 401 d Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0 _ ~.. 31,4 ~.. 2% ... 50 49% .•-•••• ... 2% New DuAre 0 4 9& Silver tiers 0 0 0 TAGLIONI IN THE PhovnicEs.---Taglioni, AS we anticipated, had a capital house on the night of her bene fit. She appeared in Dublin on Saturday night, and will also appear there three nights this week, after which she visits Edinburgh, and, we believe, Manches ter, prior to her final departure for the Continent.— Liverpoel Albion. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING, 1845. YORK, TUESDAY MORNING. The following entries closed last night : The Dundas Stakes. Magnet (late Loadstone) 3 yrs—Dean Swift, 3 yrs— Semiseria, 5 yrs—Dr. Husband, 4 yrs—Sweetmvat, 3 yrs—Queen Pomare, 3 yrs—Lrelia, 3 yrs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Peggy, 5 yrs—Magset, 3 yrs—Valerian, 4 yrs—The Shadow, aged—lnheritress, 5 yrs—Badinage, 3 yrs—f by Inheritor, darn by Whisker, 3 yrs—Queen Pomare, 3 yrs—Lady Emily, 3 yrs—Sailor, 5 yrs. The Coventry Cup. Coheiress, 4 yrs—Little John, 3 yrs—Zanoni, 5 yrs— Winesour, 5 yrs—The Infant, 4 yrs—Arundo 5 yrs Inheritress, 5 yrs—Merry Andrew, 5 yrs—bliddletonian, 3 yrs—The Libel, 3 yrs—Little Hampton, 4 yrs—Vale rian, 4 yrs—Semiseria, 5 yrs—Young England, 3 yrs— Queen Pomare, 3 yrs—The Shadow, aged—f by Phy sician, out of Castaway. 3 yrs. The Members' Plate. Sister to Pedometer, 3 yrs—Hector, 3 yrs—Philip, 5 yrs—The Shadow, aged—Badinage, 3 yrs—Merry An drew, 5 yr.—f by Inheritor, dam by Whisker, 3 yrs—f by Albemarle, dam by Emilius, 3 yrs— The Duke of Kent, 3 yrs—Sailor, 5 yrs. Arrivals.—Miss Sarah, Little John, Red Robin, Lu minary, Malt, and Cataract. Weather very unfavourable ; rained in torrents all last night. Boulogne and Amiens.. Bordeaux &Mediterran 10 3 4 Orleans and Bordeaux 12 1 / i 10verYssel ......... % p Bordeaux and Toulouse Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) ' .6 5 Do. and Cette 2 14 Ditto (Ganneron's). 2% Dutch Rhenish / __ Dendre Valley ... Paris and 0r1ean5...... 50 Dieppe & Paris Junct. ,Paris and Rouen 4 1 1% Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 1 % s !Paris and Strasburg East Indian ..... ........ 3 / 4 p! (Ganneron's) .. 2 l /2 Grt Northern of France 'Do. (Compte de L'Est) ::,',,— (Ulnae's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Great Paris and Lyons 22 ;Royal North of Spain. 22 Jamaica Junction — !Sambre and Meuse .... 8 1 / 2 Do. North Midland — !Strasbourg and Basle . Louvain and Jemeppe 4% Tours and Nantes Lyons and Avignon — (M'Kenzie's) 3 Lux.embourgh.. 2% Do. (Lefebvre's) — Namur and Liege 4 34 Verona and Ancona.... 32 I Orleans and Vierzon Madrid papers of the 11th and 12th have arrived, but their contents are of no great importance. The Tiempo comments on the trial now going on against Baron DE BULOW and Baron DE PELICHY, ivho are charged with having got up a conspiracy for the purpose of implicating innocent parties. It likewise details the intrigues of NARVAEZ against CONCHA. In allusion to an announcement that Mort had ordered the restitution to the secular clergy of the unsold Church property, and also of that on which the first instalment of the purchase-money had not been paid, the Heraldo says, "In the present state of our negotiations with Rome, such a step, added to the Exequatur granted to the Papal rescripts, clearly demonstrates that the Cabi net proposes to follow the course of concessions which commenced with the convention of the 27th of April." The QUEEN was to leave St. Sebastian for Tolosa on the 16th. The Three per Cents. closed at 31i cash, 33 at 60 days, but with a premium—only three operations, amounting to 9,000,000 reals ; the Four per Cents., 20 cash ; the Five per Cents., 21t cash, 221 at 60 days ; amount done, 2,310,390 reals. Coupons not capitalised 24 cash. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ho noured the performance of the Italian Opera with his presence yesterday evening. Sunday last being the anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the morning was ushered in at Kensington by a merry peal of the church bells, and by the hoisting of the national flag. The same demonstrations of respect were observed in several parts of the metropolis and its vicinity. On Monday her Royal Highness's tradesmen dined together at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington. The chair was very ably filled ,by Mr. Wright, of Pall-mall. Venison was liberally supplied by her Royal Jlighness's orders, and the company passed a most pleasant even ing, by the assistance of Mr. Ransford and other vocalists. Mr. Aglionby, Mr. George Frederick Young, and Mr. Harrington, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of, Trade. Dispatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUG. 19.—Wind S. by E., light breezes, and with much rain. DEAL, AUG. IB.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Irys, New York. Arrd. from the River, Britannia, Hardy, Ceylon ; Arab, M'Lean, Cape Coast Castle; Emma. Parkwood, Bahia; Parrock Hall, Moffatt, St. Kitts; Urania, Ray, Nassau. Sld. Marys, Forrest, Berbice ; Urania, Ray, Nassau; Swan, , James Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind variable.—Sl(l. 17th, Ann, Crossman, Quebec. FALMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind variable.—Off 17th, Saxon, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Lanercost, Mann, Valparaiso; Aristocrat, Thompson, Buenos Ayres; Willon Wood, Blaney, Buenos Ayres; Scotland, Merriman, New Orleans; Emigrant, Taber, St. John's, New Brunswick; John, Heselton, Quebec ; Highland Mary, Cropley, Quebec. Offport, Alex. Baring, New Orleans ; Great Western steamer, New York. SournAmrroN, Auo. 17.—Sld. William Lushington, Gill, Quebec; Medway steamer, Andersen, West Indies. TEtorrmounr, Auo. 15.—Arrd. Brothers, Miramichi. PENZANCE, AUG. 12.—Cousins, Gray, Quebec. WATERFORD, AUG. 16.—S1d. W. S. Hamilton, Black, Quebec ; Medora, M'Grath, ditto. 17. Eliza Ann, Quebec. LI3IERICK, AUG. 16.—Sld. Ellen, Forrester, Quebec. KILRUSH, AUG. 15.—S1d. Ann Moor, Thorn, Quebec. STRANGFORD, AUG. 15.—And. Argent, Wlson, Quebec. Sld. 14. Don, Thompson, Quebec. DRoGnEDA, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Cuba, Graves, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 18.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrd. Septimas, M`Donald; Quebec; Lady Mary, Andrews, ditto. Sld. 14. Tweed, Miramichi. BIDEFORD, Aua. 16.—The Fanny, Fisher, on entering the harbour, got on the rock, and sunk, but is exrected off after discharging (coals) with trifling damage. CHRISTIANBAND, AUG. 4.—A large long boat, with - square sails, and a crew of five or six men, was seen making for the land near Suinaer, supposed to be the crew of a wrecked vessel, by a ship arrived here yesterday. We understand that a company is now being formed for the prosecution of the northern seal and whale fishing. This undertaking is of national im portance, and should be backed by all the influence of Government. ASCENT OF THE WETTERHORN.—It appears from the Berne and Zurich journals that the central or great peak of the Wetterhorn, one of the highest of the Oberland Alps, has been lately ascended by a young Englishman, a son of Dr. Speer. This is a feat hitherto unaccomplished, and was attended with great difficulties and danger, it having been the season of the avalanches. —Examiner. MR. GREENS ASCENT FROM CREMORNE GARDENS —Despite the unfavourable change in the weather on Monday evening, Mr. Green made his second night ascent from the grounds of the above gardens, in his coronation balloon, attended by a very splendid display of fireworks, the beauty of which was considerably marred by the rain, which at the mom'nt of ascent came down in torrents. The arrangements were precisely the same as upon the occasion of the first ascent. CAMBERWELL FAlR.—This suburban fair com menced on Monday. It is held, as usual, on the green at Camberwell. The whole of the ground is covered in with various booths of entertainment. The fair will con- tinu© three days. The police have directions to rigidly enforce the regulation of clearing the booths, &c., by twelve o'clock at night. GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.—LIVERPOOL, MON. DAY.—At noon to-day the telegraph announced that the steamer Great Western had passed Holyhead at half past eleven,; she may be expected here at about eight o'clock this evening. BIRTHDAY OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—The an niversary of the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, which this year fell on Sunday, was on Monday celebrated by her Royal Highness's trades people, &c., illuminating their houses in honour of the auspicious occasion. The marriage of Miss Mary Frances Blomfield, daughter of the Lord Bishop of London, with the Rev. Prebendary C. B. Dalton, one of his Lordship's chaplains, fixed for Thursday next and will take place at Ful ham. The Very Rev. Archdeacon lisle has been selected to perform the ceremony. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. YORK.—VoI au Vent is declared not to start for the Great Ebor Handicap. DONCASTER, 1845. Acceptances for the Cleveland Handicap. Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs, Bst 121b—The Era, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Zanoni, 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 21b—Fitzjames, 4 yrs, fist—Cock Robin, 4 yrs, sst 91b—Prescription, 3 yrs, sst 91b. - Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. Lothario, 5 yrs, 94—The Era, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—The Shadow, aged, Bst 91b—Queen Mab, 6 yrs, Bst 71b— Zanoni, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—John Gaunt, aged, Bst 41b— Red Deer, 4 yrs, Bst llb—Trueboy, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Extempore, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Weatherbit, 3 yrs, 7st 51b— Miss Elis, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Stomacher, 4 yrs, 7st 21b— Old England, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Glossy, 5 yrs, Est 1 11b— My Old Hack, aged, 6st 81b—Duc au Durras, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Winchester, 3 yrs, 6st—Freeman, 3 yrs, sst Illb —Fitzallan, 3 yrs, sst 111 b—As you Like It, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Yellow Boy, 3 yrs, 5,t 71b—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, 83t lib—Hampton, 6 yrs, Bst—The Rhine, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Tippoo, aged, 7st 131b—Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs, 7st 61b —The Exciseman, 5 yrs, 7st lib—The Disowned, 5 yrs, 6st 71b—Lady Sarah, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Eveline, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—The Elbe, 4 yrs. Est 31b—Princess Olga, 3 yrs, 6st—f by Glaucus, out of March First, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib— f by Defence, out of Nike, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Princess Royal, 3 yrs, sst 71b—General Nett, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Acceptances for the Gold Cup Stakes. Intrepid, 4 yrs, Bst 41b— Jack Sheppard, aged, 7st 91b —Hampton. 6 yrs, 7st 91b—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, 1845. Acceptances for the Herefordshire Stakes. David, 6 yrs, Bst 131b—Nicety-one, 4 yrs, Bst 61b— Glendower, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Susannah, 4 yrs, 6st 131b —g by Mazeppa, 4 yrs, Est 81b—f by Wamba, 4 yrs, 6st 61b —ch c by Tipple Cider, 3 yrs, sst 111 b. Acceptances for the Hunters' Stakes. _ _ Blind Hookey, 6 yrs, I2st 71b—Tariff, 6 yrs, 12st 71b —Cracksman, aged, list 121b—The Monk, 6 yrs, llt 81b—Nottingham, aged, 1 Ist 81b—Delamere, 5 yrs, 11 st 71b—Taffy, 4 yrs. lOst 10Ib—Grenade, 4 yrs, lOst 61b— Diseordia, 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, 6st 121 b—b cby Bay Middleton, 3 yrs, Est 31b—b cby Harpurhey, 3 yrs, Est 31b—ch c by Tipple Cider, 3 yrs, sst 101.1). UPTON-ON-SEVERN RACES, 1845. %P 2% 89 (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) On Wednesday we have the Dundas Stakes. the trial stakes of the meeting ; the Queen's Plate ; the Great Ebor Handicap ; the Filly Stakes ; the 30 Soya. Sweep stakes ; Colt Sapling Stakes ; a free handicap, and a match. The 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. Sibs., heads the list. She 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 net have an oppor tunity of being displayed, as the course is only a mile end three-quarters. Trueboy, Sat 81b, I cannot hear ef 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. Psalmsinger 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. 2 33/ 4% The Filly Stakes has six subscribers, the two best public runners among the lot are Marian Ramsay and Liela, 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 Bst. 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 Good 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 result of the Queen's Plate at Newcastle ? If they have, I have not. The Prince of Wales's Stakes will furnish a good race between Luminary and the Slayer's Daughter, and I 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, Aug. 18. TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sis,—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 bal' 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 soya, one mile and three Handicap for the Upton Stakes of 10 sovsi each, h ft, and 3 only if declared on or before the 30th inst. Teetotaller, 6 yrs, 9st 61b—Carillon, 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 Mazeppa, 4 yrs, 7st 81b— Zela, 4 yrs. 7st 81b—Fickle, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—President, aged, 7st 61b—Jack Cade, 4 yrs, 7st. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES, 1845. Acceptances for the Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Patchwork, 6 yrs, Bst Sib—Hampton, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b —Sir Edward, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Capote, aged, 7st 61b— Devil-among-the-Tailors, aged, 7st 61b—Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 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, ,6st 1 llb —The Main, 4 yrs, Est 1 11b—b gby Pincher, 5 yrs, 6st 61b—f by Slane, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—Jessy Hammond, 3 yrs, sst 91b. 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. quarters, will have Marian Ramsay for winner if she runs, otherwise the filly by Glaucus, out of March First. The 30 soya. Sweepstakes, a mile and a quarter, for which Mid-Lothian, Wynyard, Maramat, and, perhaps, Marian Ramsay and Fitzallan will show, seems to me to be almost a certainty fur 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 fantasiic tricks so common to him, he will cut out all the present favourites, and finish in the front. The Colt Sapling Stakes, of 50 soya. each, to which there are three subscribers, will, most probably, be a walk over for Spur. The Free Handicap, of 100 sovs. each, will bring about six to the post, including Inheritress, Pagan, and Winesour, whom I expt.ct to see pass the judge's chair, in the Order I have placed them. The great Ehor Handicap, of 200 sovs. add& d to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, has thirty-eight acceptances, 'out of which, I think, about eighteen will come to the post, viz. :—Vol-au- vent, Castaway filly, Glossy, Lady Sarah, The Shadow, The Psaltnsinger, Little John, Everton, Rowena, Cataract, Lightning-, Dr. Husband, Sir Ab strupus, Yardley, Duke of Kent, Coheiress, Dean Swift, and the Infant. The Duke of Kent, Dr. Husband, Cataract, Little John, Psalinsinger, Lady' Sarah, and Sir Abstrupus will never " live" the pace, they will be 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 6st. 10Ibs., ought to finish in front. Rowena cannot go the distance. Glossy and the Shadow will finish in front, and I shall look to Vol-au-vent, The Infant and Lightning for the win ner. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. THIRD 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 breeze from the northward ; and at ten o'clock they started to the westward. The Peri bad the windward station, and, being the smaller vessel, was sooner under weigh, and bad the better of the start by nearly a mile. The Flirt was the sternmost vessel, but she Nas 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 mi nutes. 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 more beautiful picture of a fleet one was never seen. The other three yachts came in nearly together. There is a very large assemblage of yachts in the Roads ; we counted at one time 53, besides numbers of 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 being above half let. hrs. min. sec. Flirt, 132 tons, arrived 6 22 5 Maud, 119 tons Peri, 56 tons 7 49 45 Esmeralda, 129 tons, d;d not round the station vessel. SUMMARY OF THE REGATTA, 1845. 12th Aug.—For a 501. Cup.—Won by the Noran cutter, 70 tons, Sir H. B. lloghton Bart. 13th.—Royal Yacht Squadron Ball—Present 330. 14th.—For a5Ol. Cup.— Won by the Zephyretta schooner, 180 tons, Henry Hope. 15th.—Annual Dinner at the R.Y.S. House—Present 45. 16th.—Her . Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas.—Won by the Mil% 132 tons, Sir R. B. Graham, Bart. 18th.—Match between cutters of any royal club, under 30 toni.- - -9 yachts entered. Fireworks in the evening, in front of the R.Y.S. House. 19th.— Handitap for the Ladies' Plate, value 50/., 30 suvs. added.-17 yachts entered. FOURTH DAY-AUG. 17. A very interesting match took place this day princi pally among the river craft, for a cup, value 501., for yachts under 30 tons, which was won by the Fawn, beating the Secret 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 5 Gulnare, 25 tons, James Kemp, Esq 6 Violet, 27 tons, H. H. Clayton, Esq 7 A splehtlid display of fireworks will take place this evening under the superintendenCe of Jones, the pyro technist of the Royal Yacht Squadron. THE POST-OFFICE. TO THR EDITOR OF THE SUN. observed in your paper of Thursday evening last an article headed " General Postmen," in which the writer, after alluding to the present mode of paying the letter-carriers by fees, &c., and recommending their abo lition, he suggests a scale of salary instead, which, in his idea, 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 weuld. 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 shillings 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 receipt 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 wt.e}g s ti :He thinks that each class would be content witr.a . Sinallo 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 a reward 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 not 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 weu!cl imply. Sir, whenever ; his Lordship the Postmaster-General shall determine to abolish the present system of remu neration, we must submissively bow to his determi stion, 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 d ea l of your time, but if you . could find room in one corner of your valuable paper, you will much oblige, Sir, yo u r very obedient, humble servant, A LETTER-CARRIER. THE -HARVEST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,—l 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 eff r ct mule 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 cars, 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 vo i ce was h eard 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. WHITBY.—The herring fishery has commenced along this coast, but it has hitherto been attended with little success, and we fear the season will not prove a very good one to the fishermen engaged in the herring trade.— Yorkshireman. FAILURE OF TEE POTATOE CROPS.-It is with the deepest concern we learn, that a species of blight has suddenly attacked the potatoe crops, which, in its ravages, appears to have been by no means partial, but to have extended its influence throughout the country, and in some grounds to have totally destroyed the whele plantation. The haulm first indicates the attack by assuming a dark and withered appearance, and a speedy decomposition of the vegetable matter ensues, causing an intolerable stench to arise, impregnating the surrounding atmosphere to such a degree that ►t has, in some instances, we understand, become necessary to burn it off the ground.—The potatoes themselves are affected by becoming soft and pulpy on one side as it frost-bitten, and are rendered totally unfit for the food of even cattle. Our horticulturists are unable satisfac torily to account for the blight by which this valuable esculent has been attacked, and if the reports that have reached us as to the extent of the injury sustained in the crops, be not exaggerated, the failure will, we fear, be severely felt in the approaching winter, especially by the labouring poor. The affected potatoes are deemed so unvi;holesome and unfit for human food, that in several town in this nonittyl-the sale of them has, it is stated, been prohibited by the ptiblic authorities.—Froia a Cor respoadept of the Sussex Advertiser. THE WEATH:',R AND THE CR 0 On Sunday and ?dantlay the weather was de l f t until about nine o clock on Monday evening , vi • e o commenced raining, and it continues to po ur intermission until five o'clock yesterday afternoon.. f. NN'e have just se,n a gentleman who a rrived France yesterday. lie inf irms us, that the v : fi e d on the French coast was delightful on Sutidg Monday, but that on Monday evening the ra j° maimed there earlier than it did here ; and &rift passage across the channel the rain seemed to him blown over from the French to the English 0 934 O PROSPECTS CT THE HARVEST IN SUFFOLIC. ----r a very unpropitious weather for harvest operations+ rt i anxiety is naturally awakened ; various reports ;0 circulation of the immense damage already do ne wet, such as the grain beiiig sprouted fore l a f and of the appearance of mildew, &c. The furo r;a 4 ' port, we have reason to believe, is partly e ° o o for in a • very few instances, damaged kernels: W' ear of Talavera wheat, close to the grouou',o, been injured, but we have not yet seen slj'coloi, pearance of mildew; alai the wheat dies as fine ilotod 0 113 a can be desired. In this district harvest 00 during the past week, but the very abort Otero suitable weather prevented much proiaress Bbeal the dry soils in this immediate neighbour : hood, t r i every prospect of a good average 3 ield—qu'j te et bi crop, if not bette?, than last year ; but upon land, where harvest was not yet commenced, our sions are very different : we are acquainted wit hr; districts where there must be less than las t Yos''' several coombs per acre, and, in some instances, fe d• confident, there will be a deficiency of fronl6%oo/ ten coombs per acre ; but, with an unquest'oce deficiency in the ear, and . not a great abund3obthi straw, it is- impossible to estimate the P r aieV l deficiency from last year, when there was Pr ° i t o 'o! crop on heavy land. Upon the whole, ourithPresostlY, from a close inspection of the crop of wheat , 0 .1 5 ' , 0 1 ', and the'adjoining counties, on both wet and dry so i , must be something under an average crop, w i ocr tolerable qualitya 2 The barley, on all descriptions promises an abundant yield : on dry land th e ti bot,! appears good, and much is now fitfor the seYtb e 'd., wet heavy land it must be coarse and high colour e oat crop is considered abundant. The beans 11 ,,, fi?, l l of which great things were expected a few Nvee' s n ; have suffered materially from the louse, and ,s,,t e pl .t less than an average crop must be expected: ID t he of turnips is generally very good, and till Nait b riaed, f re J week or two, promised a plentiful supplst winter, but on moat descriptions of soil t her hf from constant wet; and we fear even dryo l %sed a t'! not replace the injury sustained, which is incr e- bir the hoeing when the weather is unsuitable for work.—lpswich Express, August 19. ° tbl I A THE HARVEST.—In the accounts froth Iraq stia i ; counties in England, great fears are express e"A seems to be the opinion in most parts, that ther e b e' a deficiency in the crop. In Huntingdon a large is mildewed.—Essex Herald, a y. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The we - bioe 4 ` continues very dull. We had a few hours' s uos is Wednesday, which made .a visible improverne'' t appearance of the standing crops of wheat ; theY ed to look much brighter and healthier. Theo : 1 1f4 c or e are damaged by mildew beyond any hopes ' ' should the weather become ever so fine• CO people have commenced cutting mildewed aler t "' sooner the whole of it is cut the better. Lag: ti of barley are suffering very much from the v `;; cially were clover is growing up through ,''," e a) hooking of peas has commenced in many 1/ I°- the , ,,, it is found that a great many are growina ser f , the pods; they are generally well c orued. go on well; the crop is altogether procnisiegciip) nips and coleseed grow well; there is som e h a l t in keeping them de in. The price of 1 " - bill",1 reached 35a per load eight or nine days ag2 quantity brought to market became so g'"• 6 0 , ' , 4 millers and merchants have since refused to r o pis rf than 333. Holders of, wheat have still a str'r i g ni ali that prices will soon be higher, as a very will 3 et be wanted bef .re the new wheat can v e t iro' to market. ould the weather become floe g ili t i;) immediately, Sh harvest would not become geo,,er,e county until the 22d or '23cl.—Cambridge is s o " Press, A t i h ie° ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—PR.,wrOIi ce• • # 17.—A frit; htful, but fortunately not a fatal, happened here this morning (Sunday) at 8 o . e i ll r asl oo ,j, train of nearly 30 carriages w as starting' elew e q e j Preston and Wyre Railw a y st a ti o n here for ' c ee woo and was crossing the Lanca s ter line, which is c e ;eco s d e and before it had got half over, a train from an d t ll dashed right into it. The engine threw °P ee . ,Al malted two of the Fleetwood carriages, contain lyr disl 100 persons, got off the rail, and was almost ire eig ht brought to a stand- s till th ere by, an d by the w e rs i , 44 l the two carriages, whi c h h ung ac ross it like s oi 11 0 paniers. These carriages are such as are us ti oa d Q yc for goods and cattle, but were this morning era as g r ,e o with human beings. The consternation vissereol, enough, but providentially the injuries to the 1 35 ,,,, d are not serious. The cause of the accident 0 7 1 , 03 0 .1 i tributed to the Lancaster train leaving Laneas t t nes da past its time, and coming almost into Presto n s 0 , were IV 30 miles an hour, instead of Tor 8. Signals ine for it to stop, but the efforts of the driver we'''. .wh eel tual to check the engine, which was a light foil one. 0 _ I\l°, ll tii• THE SUDDEN DEATHS OF CHILDREN:— - Of ; ° 0 Mr. Wakley, M.P., h e ll an i nques t a t the Ptl' e v eesil i ,d Munster street, Regent's-park, on the body 01 morptht Barrett, aged five months. Early on Saturtlal n hel) the mother of the child, a fine, and apparentlY,' al e" one, found it lying dead on her arm in bed. S" e welle the child at midnight, and then it appeare d 00 01 lively. A juror said he thought it had bea°,oac.osl, The Coroner said he did not think so, and notret be more erroneous than the common opinion °l e e- 0 1e i ing the sudden deaths of infants by night to W oo overlain by their mothers. The truth Wa s ' teg tb; finest children died suddenly when they were nP , del e ei r as when they were in bed. The cause of Dr th o was, in most instances, an unsolved medical Pt e 0 , Verdict, "Natural death." f a r y l ' ART-UNION EXHIBITION.—The works t ee l l e lected by the prizeholders of the present year ie 80,,Q0° Union of London have been deposited In th i. TP t i , street Gallery, in order to be publicly exhibited' e;s l)l ,e works have been selected from the London al dui tions of the current season, viz., the -"l e ieti co' demy, the British Institution, the ° lo s . ,jee British Artists, and the two Water-o' 77e ;tg cieties. They are in n um b er no l es s . than , 1 2 d ig two highest prizes (300 L each) have been r e e be 0 1 ;4 the purchase of Mr. Elmor e 's pict ure called " lorO c e of the Guelph and Ghibeline quarrel ;" and gr• beautiful group, entitled " The First WhisP er sed 0 The two 200 L prizeholders have porch and of, Hart's. picture of Sir Thomas More ~iti oep ta; Daughter." and Mr. Cl ex to n 's comP,. ° , o o l , " Jews. lamenting over th e ru i ns of li te d The 1501. prizeholders have selected er Festival of the Law," a H e b rew incident, ea+ landscape entitled " A Stone Quarry," and 1111 ';' ington's pastor a l gr o pp co il e d •"fhe Grte t ' n 7e 0;0° following pictures ha ve bun purchased h Y . gp prizeholders :—" A View in Napl es ," W. Le r g e e , 1 Windings of a River," T. C resw i c k ; " , e relfre Philosopher," J. G. Middleton ; Turkish Zjip ia rel 4 W. Miller ; "An Illicit Still," J. pl e ',o° l " Coblentz," E. W. Co o ke. Among tf r s'i u t and works of art pur c h ase d by the in ic ' e • o# o ' are some by Inskipp, J. Bid g e s , Hurlstoli. 'ch E. Williams, sen. ; Linn e ll, Cl a ter, a h SO R.A.; A. Juenston, Pyne, A. Cooper, R.A;;, fie'` o o l ' Taylor, A. Penley, De Wint, Fahey, CoPl e ; gio' Prout, D. t'ex Oakley, W. Bone, jun,. and sa ti 'ne es ti The exhibition forms a very interesting °llet tai doubtedly comprises a considerable share o eO, O ll though, whether each indi v id ua l p r izehold er em e played the soundest j u d g m e nt i n hi s se l e ction da s , admit of question. 1 , If t7 : DEATH OF THE WITCH OF WHITECI: I — Ai. ' 5 lOO day Mr. Baker held an inquest at the L e "-pti 110 pital, on ,the body of Mary Freebank, aged s t hieJoi t lif sob. iquet of the " Witch of White chapel." ° ,, p e cl let" the 9th instant, in the afternoo n , a man, naly e tt- 1 saw her lying in the middl e o f Great Pres'i;ips-e sh e and the wheel of a cart wa s p as sing over he r wen, was picked up, and taken to that hospital , of f ib° died on Tuesday last. No one could ex act "re ° e ed' she fell, and the driver of the cart was not sewheePe fact until he was call e d t o an d t o ld what ha d r ti , ' Verdict, " Accidental death." ,0 ht 01 • Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright „ e ark e ° 3 o mouth Dockyard, has recommended the e'?",, e s, w i oeie one of the old 74's, known as the Fort) , T ble ce eet s „ee° block-ship with screw propeller. Advert' s : . we °` o°, been issued fur engines for block-ships, an it has been decided upon that each port sha 0 1 old 74's, mounted with 50 guns each, and din e6 :e it; mounting 30 guns, to be kept in constan t red pis t the screw principle. S ome delay has takelea, b li e eic l arranging the weight th a t i s to be put into te d Sr/ believe that it is now fi na lly settled.--a alfe of Gazette. ell ° 05° CAMBRIDGE, AUG. 18.—Mr. T. TaY l° f r e '„or °f CP( Trinity College, has been appointed Prof er oiti 0 , English Language and Literature to nu / 1,00,4' lege, London, in the room of Dr. Robert_ o f I_ "„it • fellr tha cai j e# Upper Southwick -street, Hyde-park, College, in this university, who resign e i e cke a th e short time since. The Rev. William W hit ; e ted,"ol , of St. John's College, has just been allt ve eer' s Li Mastership of Penrith Grammar-schoolf te.„urrsetil:t„ THE LATE SUPPOSED MURDER IN li r :, je ette a bel —On Monday Mr. Baker held an a djourn t u bo i c the London Hospital, on the body of N rc e pP ° . . s s tre e d Edwards, aged forty, a seaman, the person elas eie, ac t have been murdered under an archway it.' -_'' re coy_ se' (the new street), Whitechapel. It will . of be forf o pe: that a poor one-legged pot man was Mar v a rea_j,,,eJ! Magistrate on the charge. but discharge wasp 4 refroe rated for loss of time. Nothing yester d % e ith a for ef further than extensive injuries to the head, t ear a fall or blows caused death ; and the Jury t r od # returned a verdict of—" Found dead. " feet nig BELL-STEALING.—During the lest. _ en s tolle, o le, large number of house and garden-bells have o,e etar afe, e e the houses in' the neighbourhood of Clapton ?xicl ere ca rL e ' ri de . r ce In Springfield no fewer than six garden-bellsov: the off p oli„ Despite various stratagems fur the detection 41001e:cora, no clue was obtained tiniest Saturday, whe n ; lew a e h sti t •ot officer of the N division, observing a well -k , ea ee eo gedie o named Chapman alias Williams, walking aloft r OO _.i j o g coat slung over his shoulder, stopped hen ,a_ a belaet tr y. eh e him found four bells, which were identlfiaeoraday pu ty r fei , some houses at Upper Clapton. On t ' ll t ;„ters at ba r eli° officer, apprehended two more notorious.c ~__t a r ic h " of a house at Lower Homerton. It is said thud have been reaped by a gang of fellows in him carried on the bell warfare with great LO . N , '0 th e 900 . n gPele but good Rood 14, 0 1 :kind, „the It e t , teltl knt ?qted . 14 1e 4 eip att ; ~li e 11, n ti ‘'ed k ' 1 %410 . ~4 t a ulr A V4 4 ! lr Origi 41all 141(, :