The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-09 00:00:00

W1..1111V [se ,his A t !A SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The only bets laid were 7 t o 1 ags t Bay Morons, 71 to cr. Vnlerinn, 10 to 1 agst The Princess, and 11 to 1 aget Red De; r. A very t.:&':1 - 1 r:(1;:.11co. • . Two.BRIGHTON RACES—THURSDAY. ,_. ,Y 3 old Stakes of 50 sous. each; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. Winners 3lbs extra, &c. T.Y.C. (10 Subs.) 146r(1 Chesterfield's fby Hornsea, out of Dirce (Nat) I ifillk_epsf Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen (31b s ) • Ongley's Symmetry 3 nuke of Beaufort's cby Jerry, out of Esmeralda t 0 . 13 , e ttin g - 6 to 5 aest Duke of Beaufort's c)lt, 2 to 1 ? S ‘ SYMllletry, 4 t o 1 ags t The L a ird o' Cockpen, and to 1 agst Dirce Won by half a length. Symmetry a bad third. at e ! Majesty's Plate of 100 emineas. Heats, Two miles. 7•1. r. R amsbottom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ' l 4 2.rd Exeter's Elegance tilly, 4 yrs, Bst 91b IT. Candle's Ace of Diamonds, aged, Bst ". J. Smith's Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs, Est 81b 3 dr Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, 9st 81b COr n ; a nna, recently sold to Mr. Collett for 1, 000 r e eas, was wei g h e d f or , b u t did no t ven ture to oppose old m are, although she had only arrived a few hours From Salisbury. First Heat-6 and 7to 1 was betted on Alice Haw thorn i n several quarters, nothing else being fancied. The old mare led at a slow pace for about three quarters of a mile, and then, increasing the speed, and with it her lead, astonished her admirers by bearing a ' , own the hill to the left, and running he wrong side o f a p os t a bo u t a mile from home, to r Jockey, instead of turning back and endeavouring Th eav his distance, itnmediately pulling her up ! . running was carried on by Pine Apple, taa had it all to himself, and won by several lengths. Ar a returnin g t o sca l e L or d E xe t er o bj ec ted to Pine Ale, on the ground that he had taken an o wance for not h av i ng won 501., whereas he won 60 /:, 1112 ciwn stake included, at Newmarket, in 1843. The bmatter stands over, but we apprehend that case 4 in the o ok calendar, which confines the estimate of winnings 111 eases of this kind to the clear sum won, is decisive a g a inst his Lo r d s hip' s objection. With regard to Alice o ,,, "llll°r lfs " mistake," a difference of opinion exists soma "'" do not hesitate to stigmatise it in terms that / ‘', o do not think it prudent to repeat, while in oppo `ti°lll. Temleman, who is a stranger at Brighton, de cla.res that he discovered his error the moment he had Z tu mitted it, but that he coHld not stop his mare in time , go back with any c h ance o f sav i ng h is di s t anc e. Pity he did not try. Second heat-4 to lon Pine Apple, ! , ho w a i ted to the stand, and won cleverly by a length. T he Sussex Plate of 40 sous., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each. Heats, the New Course. Winner to be s o ld f or 100 1. (8 Subs.) Mr. Dockeray's Molly Mogg, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Crouch) .......0 1 ......................................... Mr. jonk's . Beggar Girl, 4 yrs, 7st Illb 0 2 Mr. o Shelley's Lydia Lancalish, 3 yrs, 6st Ilb Lurr.dGM. Maidstone's Mechanic, 4 yrs, Bst I lib Drake's 0 4 Anomyme, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Mr. Parkinson, 0 5 Mr: Wilson's I; Pet' aged, Bst 61b 0 dis The fir art, 5 yrs, 9st 41b , 0 dr Be W as a dead heat between Molly Mogg and Beggar Girl ; the third was not run when the train left. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. ABINGDON-1844. Acceptances for th e M arc h am P ar k St a kes. mo tT s na, yrs, 9 s t—L ucy Banks, 5 yrs, Bst 101b— re 6' 6 Yrs, Bst 81b—O r i on , 4 y rs , B s t 51b—Pine _ PP, e, 4 yrs, B st 41 b —Ajax, 6 yrs, Bst 31b—Belissima, aged, Bst 31b—Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, Bst—Doctor Allen, 5 1 , 'rs, 7st 91b—Pharoah, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Franchise, 5 101C2_1 , Ib-- Discount, 6 yrs, 7 s t 71b—Haitoe, 5 yrs, 6st 416 Subduer, 4 y rs, Est 1016—Glendower, 4 yrs, 6 st yrs, 4st 71b Jack Cade, 3 y rs , s st 4 1b—N ew F ores t Deer, 3 . DONCASTER-1 84. The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs. 4 each, 10 ft., 5 only xnightforr.leclared on or before the 17th inst. Bst 121b-TrutehbetT, h 4 istle, 6 yrs, 9st-Prizefighter, 4 yrs, Ib-- yrs, 8.,t 51b-Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst 4 Gorhambury, 4 yrs, Bst 41b-Aristides, 4 yrs, Bst 616 ... 1i t , 1 iP, 4 yrs, 7st 101b-Princt , ss of Wales, 5 yrs, 7st 41b__;, l arninvo, 5 yrs, 7 s t 41b-Li t tl e Philip, ag ed, 7st I orto Bello, 4 yrs, ist 216-Phenomenon, 4 yrs, Est 121b-Poor Soldier, 4 yrs, Est 101b-Quebec, 4 yrs, st iolb-P oussin, 4 yrs, Est 81b-Pride of Kildare, 3 fist 21b-Mickey Free, 3 yrs. 6st 21b -Fitz James, y'eirrsa,tosns 3121b -Joan of Arc, 3 yrs, sst 101b-Miss yrs, sst 91b-Rowena, 3 yrs, sst 8113- .r 44 P :, l° gue, 3 yrs, s st--Example, 3 yrs, sst-Deerslayer, j ra, p ay , ft. The lIUNT INGDON.-TvEsDAY, Auo. 17, 184 4. '''"e3 Huntingdonshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 211:rn5iefbt.00yn,ly if declared on or before Monday next. 4 yrs, Bst 131b-Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, Bst IA7 - 1 / liss Lucy, 5 yrs, 7st 101b-Naworth, aged, 7st 71b sod",""at) 4 yr*, 7st 51b-Antidote, 4 yrs, 7st 21b-Pro yrs 7st lib-Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st-The Devil Lng-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st-Subduer, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b The aft Watty, 4 yrs, Est 121b-Haitoe, 5 yrs, Est 91b -..p„,,.niglit, aged, 6st 91b-Donnybrook, 4 yrs, 6st 6113 ..„4""er Mathew,3 yrs, 6st 61b-Skeleton, 3 yrs, Est 51b 6st l art4ll° .lP, 4 yrs, Est 41b-Bourra Tomacha, 4 yrs, 31b---ttetamosa colt, 3 yrs, sst 101b-Seaweed, 3 yrs, l sst 81b-The Black Gentleman, 4 yrs, sst 71b-Lu "; 3 yrs, 4st 121 b -Eclogue, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. ". CHELMSFORD.-TUESDAY, AUG. 20 , 1 8 44 . 4110 Chelmsford Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 311 only if d ec l are d o n Monday next. direB-eltdrop, 4 yrs, B s t 101b-W ee P e t, 4 yrs, Bst 21b loiblinus, 5 yrs, 7st 101b-P r is c ill a Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st Chance, aged, 7st 71b-Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 7st lib 3 -- ;:le De v il- among -th e -T a il ors , 5 y rs , 7st-Pergularia, 3 ",. 8 ' 6 st 71b-Father Mathew, 3 yrs, Est 71b-Crosby,. 6 st 41b-Gaiety,3 yrs, 6st-Lufra, 3 yrs, s st 41 - *"BRIDGE WELLS.-TUESDAY, AUG. 14, 1844. - Acceptances for the Bridge Stakes. ate nwork, 5 yrs, 9st-Chance, aged, 9st-Hampton, ryrs, Bst 101 b -Dahlia, aged, Bst 71b-Pincher filly, 4 a l t i 'l Bst , 2l b-Dalesman, 3 yrs, 7st 131b-Dart, 5 yrs, Titif °lu--- Fairplay, aged, 7st 101b-Devil-among - the - Cr2 r, 5 Yrs, 7st 101b-Molly Mogg, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ?sang IC , a te, 5 yrs, 7st 61b-Young Lochinvar, 4 yrs, 3 yrs, Est 101 b. The ItEADI NG.-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 1844. Berkshire Handicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 ft -1„, Lu c y ly if decl are d on M on d a y ne xt. Mosq ue s yrs, 9st-Vitellius, 4 yrs, Bst 71b -6 yrs, 7st 164`11' Bst 51 b-Misdeal, 5 yrs, Bst 51b-Ap d x, scoar,stifirsg 78to---Daddy Longlegs, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b-Wm - PortutnnuYs,67lsbt:DTheveilArtful Dodger, 5 yrs, 7st 61b -amono•-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 7st- Skeleton'33' 4 Yrs, Gst 101 b-'The 4 yrs, Est 101b chani-Yra, Gst Bla c k,-, 4 yrs, 6st b 81 h-Idleness, 3 yrs, Est 61b-Me- Black reystrop, 3 yrs, 6t 31b-The yrs, sit 51b-T - " 4 yrs 6st-Pryse's Venison colt , 3 3 yrs, s st 51b. he Midnight Star, 3 yrs, sst 51b-Lufra, telli A9 HEREFORD, 1844. FIRST DAY. Acceptances for the Herefordshire Stakes. . Bat 31b_ sslilla, aged, Bst 91b—Princess of Wales,. 5 s 3_r s s . , sit. Tanaburini, aged, 7st 911—President, 6 )1* , 7 i 21;),---.....pioctor Allen, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 6st il g r aint 3 yrs, sst 131 b. —Freystrop, 3 yrs, SECOND DAY. paust Acceptances for the Gold Cup. lio it.,an, aged bo etor I' ll 6 Yrs, Bst 51b—Tamburini, aged, Bst 21b — lied if i t", 5 yrs, 7st lolb—Tariff, 5 yrs, 7st lolb-- Nine, 3 yrs, sst 121 b. , 7st 9 1b—Delamere, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b EGHAM, 1844. pillnandicap for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. "lb— M ose e-a PPIe, 4 yrs, Bst 711—Wiseacre, 5 3rs ' Bstl Bst Xavie r e. 6 yrs, Bst 41 b —Daddy Longlegs, 5 yrs,t 61b — Th e 4 1, aged, 7st 111b—The Currier, aged, 7st Isi e — aler, 4 yrs, 7st 411—Subduer, 4 yrs, T . a ll y e ri .rorest Deer, 3 yrs, 6st.—To declare on Saturday 4ezt, JR' tr, (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) The skl-IPON RACES THURSDAY (CONCLUDED . 3 si , l , l : 3 °X Plate of 401.. added to a Sweepstak es .„,neile The e aell• Winner to be sold for 100 L, &c.Heats. 6st 1 11 b y e s t kr. QL"-`e,w Course (8 Subs.) Lydia Lang ish, 3 yrs, 3 1 k r. 1, ................. T. , ,,__, - "Zker s ,,, , a .7 Molly Al ogg, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 0 1 0 2 ........ (Esling) 0 1 _ 4 2 3 ii;,`."J. aidstone's Mechanic, 4 yrs, Bst 1 lib 0 5 0 dr Mr' It I)ralte's Anoime, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ISr. wthtlal(0111a, Beggar Girl, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b 0 0 2 dr 0 dr 4ar. N rk . 8 Dart, 5 yrs, 9st 4th 0 dis. The third s Pet, aged, Bst 61b 4 nd fourth hats were won by a length. Th e N IItWPORT RACES—TUESDAY. orth added, bests one ltile and a half (4 Subs.), were won, i S hropshire Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 (Nisi,l 1 tr. 'lintoff's The Elbe, 3 yrs, Ast 81 : 11 ' -at ing Mr. Boycott's Laurestina, 6 yrs, 6st 131 b, T he , Mr. Snsyth's Morpeth, 6 yrs, 9st 51b, and anoth e .; t hewport ta,, dicap 14... 7... second saves his staakel.o s T ov w s o . e m ac i h ie , s. wit ( h 36 so s a u d b d so d l u'r. ;kerratt's Intrepid, 3 yrs, 6st (Maiden) 2 14,...,-..llllleY's Roderick, 5 yrs 7st 81b ~..-vselford's Pickwick, aged, ist 81b _ The Rector 7st 61b rion e, 7st 91b—and Mavour ristna.,rl7„std.lolC, were Jot placed—and i-° Taffy, 7st 41b, was The-. him Cavalry Cup was won by NE SD Philip's Lilies ...o epstakes of 3 sovs. each (5 Subs.), a. - a SW "-ab4Y.—The Stand Purse of 20 sovs., added to in -: P' ea ts by Mr. T hompson's Hudibras, 6 beating Coheiress 4 yrs, 7st Mb—The Countess I Lichfield, 4 yrs 8;t 4113--an two others. yrs w (Marlow e ),,. T he A 1' , , d s,.,___ . , qua %to 6takes of 5 sovs. each, and 29 added (2 6 yrs. ( `1,:;. were won by Mr. Boycott's Laurestina, '-'4saunders), beating Mr. Phillip' s My Lady, 5 Yr!. _ The F armers' Purse vvas walked over for by Mr. Fhn ti's , The Elbe, who won. the Selling Stakes. AQUATICS arlitEAT BOAT -RACE AMONGST . TUE WESTMINSTER OLRS FOR A PAIR OF SILVER SCULLS.—A very lonterestmg and admirably contested boat race came off 2 Ronday atnongst the Westminster scholars. There twere five c ompetitors, who as they neared towards Put- Zonst_q -bridge, to take their stations in very handsomoly ructecl wager-wh err i es, had a very pretty appear fee' The tide was runni ng d own at the t i me of the start,. a n d as the wind was blowing from the westward, 'on water was very even. Messrs. G. C. Edwards ~ A. Milmau If C. T. We s t If W. G. Ri c h 4 E. H. Gly n The start was very well effected, and they all went off ‘ .' e nlY together. M essrs. West, Glyn, and Milman, in ne course of a few strokes, began to show an advance, 11 9 d all setting well to their work rowed beautifully, and. Nyttuiatrhit.,gritebateinEpgeed. Glyn, who was expected to win, un fortunatily went aground almost immediately after the his lot to have the inside place in very "" l t„'inw water. West led down Wandsworth Reach in g a lleet style, Mloy,red by yr, Mull= ; but the put)! being close together, Edwards then began to mend his posi tion, and having rowed into the second place challenged Mr. West, who was still leading off the steam-boat pier at Chelsea, and passed him, and then went considerably a.1 ,- rwe ryt , ty, and ,on easily. Thero was a and eat&i i,..ce awi four, boats, which ended in Milman beating West by a length only. The contest throughout elicited the approbation of all who witnessed it. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. - The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning : " Windsor Castle, Aug. 8, 1844, 8 A.m. " The Queen has slept perfectly well. " Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on quite favourably. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing in an open carriage this morning. In the after noon the Royal Family were taken in the gardens. The Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen, left the Castl6 this morning, the former for town, and the latter for St. Leonard's. The Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting on her Majesty, also took their departure from the Castle to-day. A number of the Nobility and Gentry called during the day, at the Castle, to make inquiry after the health of the Queen. Among them were, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Thomond, Sir Edward and Lady Disbrowe and Miss Disbrowe, Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. La bouchere, Lady Grenville, Lieut.-General Lord Charles Manners, Lord George Manners, Colonel Sir George, Lady and Miss Couper, Sir W. Fremantle, Miss Her vey, Miss Hervey Bathurst, Captain Copeland. R. N., Countess of - Ripon, the Honourable the Dean of Windsor and the Honourable Mrs. Hobart, Colonel Wood (of Littleton), Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wood, General the Hon. Sir William and Lady Lumley. Hon. Emily King, Captain and Mrs. Forbes, Rev. R. J. Gould, Rev. Charles W. Knyvett, Hon. W. and Mrs. Fitztnaurice, Hon. Henry and Mrs. Ashley, Mr. Har court, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gosling Captain and Mrs. Bulkeley, vid Captain Howard Vyse. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back in the afternoon, attended by Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. The Prince returned shortly before seven o'clock. This evening the Queen is going on in every respect as well as possible. A bulletin of the health of her Majesty is daily sent from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace, and is shown at the porter's-lodge, in the south wing, as well as at the equerry's door in Pimlico. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess Mary left town yesterday evening for Kew. The Duke of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and Prince Edward of Sax(!, Weimar, honoured the Marchioness of Londonderry with their company at the fête given at Rose Bank yesterday. In the evening, the Duke of Cambridge and the Grand Duke proceeded to Kew. Lord Stanley returned to town from Tonbridge Wells. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial offiae, froM the Governor of Gibraltar and the Mauri tius. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 8. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Aug. 2.—Xarifa schooner, Earl of Wilton, from Plymouth ; Fanny cutter, Sir E. Scott, Bart., from Southampton ; Flower of Yarrow cutter, Marquis of Conyngham, from Kingstown, Ireland. 3d.—Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Houghton, Bart., from Dover. 6th.— Falcon yawl, John Beardmore, Esq., from Ports mouth ; Naiad cutter, John Quantuck,Esq.,from Weymouth. 7 th.—Witch cutter, Henry Oglander, Esq., from Plymouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Galatea, Xarifa, Ariel, Georgian, Flirt, Bril liant, Camilla, Gem, Fairy, Resolution, Zeplivretta. Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, iiebe, Emerald, Petrel, Reindeer, Whim, Aurora, Corsair, Nymph, Witcb, Osprey, Ariadne, Flower of Yarrow, Fanny, Ganymede, Naiad, Owen Glendower, Noran, Spider, Medina, Adelaide, Wave, Dove. Yawls—Claude, Breeze, Stormfinch, Eagle, Falcon. IN HARBOUR. Schooner—Hawk. Cutters—Therese and Will-o'-the-Wisp. The following fashionables are residing here :—Sir Belling ham Graham and family, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Mar quis of Blandford, the Marchioness Wellesley, Lord Dillon, the Duchess of Montrose, Lord Clonbrock, Sir William Mon tagu, Lady James Graham, Sir H. Webster, Thomas Halli .fax, Esq., Thomas Legh, Esq., Powell, Esq., G. H. Ackers, Esq., John Mills, Esq., Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Esq , h Lady Cadogan, A. Hill, Esq., John Congreve, Esq., Alfred Montgomery, Esq., Lady Stradbroke, Lady Fitzgerald, Spencer de Horsey, Esq., Lady Isabella Blachford, Mrs. Amphlett, H. Hope, Esq., George Norbury, Esq., and family, and Captain G. St. John Mildmay. The 501. Cup was won on Tuesday by the Corsair cutter yacht, of 84 tons, beating the Ariadne 35 minutes in the sail round the islanl. The next match is on Tuesday next, for another 501. Cup, between schooners of 150 tons and up wards. _ On Wednesday the R.Y.S. annual dinner. On Thursday the fireworks. On Friday the ball. On Saturday her Majesty's Plate, value 100 guineas, is to be sailed for by cutters of 105 tons and upwards. Minor sports fill up the week. Lord A. Fitzclarence arrived this day, and has taken apart ments at the Globe, on the Marine Parade; as has several other noblemen and gentlemen. The Royal yacht is ex petted down early next week. Preparations are also making at Osborne, and it is said Lady Lyttelton, the Prince of Wales, and the Princesses, will take up their abode there in a few days. BRIGHTON, THURSDAY.—The race week has not brought us so large an influx of fashionable company as usual. We never saw such a paucity of patrons of the turf on the Brighton course the first day as we saw yes terday, and it is very evident that the Brighton meeting is declining . ; and the absence. of gambling booths and thimble tables contribute to the prevailing dullness. The Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Maidstone, Captain Rous, Mr. Gratwicke, the Hon. Mr. Petre, the Hon. Captain Fitzroy, Mr. Scott Stonehewer, Mr. Baldwin, the Hon. Mr. Ongley, and the officers of the Enniskillen Dragoons, were among the company. We believe the Earl of Chesterfield, who has been for some time indisposed, intends to remain here at :present for the benefit of his health. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea are pro • tracting their stay at the Bedford Hotel, where the Earl of Ilehester is also staying. Sir Thomas and Lady Baring have taken a house in Brunswick-terrace, and Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, has taken a house in Kemp Town. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this Company took place at the London Tavern .and was numerously attended. The Chair,was taken by Henry Bosanquet, Esq. The meet • ing was also made special for consolidating some of the new shares into capital stock, to decide on the devia tion of the branch from Ely to March, there to meet a direct extension line from York by Doncaster, Lin coln, Boston, and Spalding, to be constructed by the Midland and York and North Midland Railway Com panies, and also for limiting the projected line from Hert ford to Hitchin and Bedf )rd, to Hitchin only (the Lon don and Birmingham Company having agreed to form Bletchley to Bedford), towards which the Directors pro posed to apply the extension stock No. 2, which will not now be required for the proposed line from Ely to Lin coln. From the report it appeared that immediate mea sures were being taken for constructing the branch line from Stratford to the Thames. An Act of Parliament had been obtained for certain deviations in the Newport line. By the union of this with the other rival company the branch railway from Colchester to Harwich would be secured by an Act in the next session. The Direc tors recommended a dividend at the rate of four shil lings per share on the new shares, and three shillings per share on the old shares. From the balance sheet it appeared that the half-year's receipts amounted to 63,43 g. 16s. 2d., which left a net balance of 20,5911. 14s. 5d., which was the Colchester line. This, with the net balance of 051/. 4s. 9d. from the Cambridge line, and another balance, left for a dividend 25,2761. 16s. 3d. The balance in band on the capital account was 18,3571. 10s. 2cl. After some discussion amongst the proprietors the report was adopted, and the various reso lutions founded upon it were passed unanimously. It appeared from the engineer's statement that the line from Hertford to Hitchin would now only cost 200,0001., and that the whole communication to Cambridge and Norwich would be completed in the course of next year. On the motion of Mr. Kettricx, seconded by Mr. E. Whittle, thanks were voted to the Chairman and Directors, when the meeting separated. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A correspondent, who dates from the Yate station of the Bristol and Glou cester Railway, communicates the following unfortunate accident:—" There was a man killed near here on the railroad on Saturday. The accounts vary, but the most consistent story I have heard states, that on the above evening he was coming down by the Gloucester train, and either forgot or was too late to get out at Charfield; he called to the engineer to stop, but his request being unheard, he got out of the carriage, either to induce him to stop or jump off, when his foot slipped and he fell on the rail, and the wheels severed his head from his body instantly."—Bristol Journal. FIRE AT THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STA TION.—Last night, shortly after eleven o'clock, consider able alarm was created at the western portion of the Great Western Railway, by a fire breaking out in the premises connected with the station at Paddington. The cause appears to have been from the spontaneous igni tion of some cotton wipings. The building in which the fire broke out contained a great quantity of the most inflammable articles, such as turpentine, oil, rope, and cotton waste. The Company's servants having exerted themselves to the utmost, succeeded in extinguishing the fire before the brigade engines arrived. The damage was confined to the destruction of a quantity of cotton and the binns, the storehouse being only triflingly burnt. FIRE AT CHELSEA.—A fire broke out last night, in the premises occupied by. Mr. A. Roman'l, tailor and clothier, carrying on business at No. 35. King's-road, Chelsea. It was caused through a young female passing through the shop with a lighted candle in her hand, a spark from which fell upon a pile of wearing apparel, setting the whole in a blaze. The stock being of that easily ignitable nature, a great quantity was consumed before the fire could be extinguished. The parish and King-street brigade engines were promptly on the spot. Mr. Rommel is fully insured in the *uu Fire-office. THE LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1844, LONDON and YORK RAILWAY. A meeting of the inhabitants of the town and•neigh bourhood of Huntingdon was held on Friday last, in the Town hall at Huntingdon, in compliance with a mime ly -0 ; 1114 .Cl -;:a to ng upon him to hoid a public meeting to take into consi deration the railway from London to York. DENNIS HERBERT, Esq., Mayor of Huntingdon, in the chair. A deputation from the Directors of the London and York Railway Company having attended the public meeting, called by Lord Fitzwilliam at Peterborough on the previous day, and having there heard of the pro posed meeting at Huntingdon, three members of the de putation, consistine. of Francis Mowatt, Esq., Deputy Chairman ; Richer ' s]. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., and Francis Pym, Esq., accompanied by Mr. Rose, one of the soli citors to the Company, were present. The MAYOR having opened the business of the meet ing by reading the requisition, Mr. Wm. SWEETINO proposed the following resolu tion That it would be very desirable that the pro jected railway from London to York should pass as near to the western side of the town of Huntingdon as possible." Mr. Coocu seconded the resolution. The terms of it were quite in accordance with the opinion of the town. If the line passed anywhere in the neighbourhood it should be as close as possible, and the feeling he believed was unanimous, that it should pass on the western side. Lord Sammie's congratulated the town of Hun tingdon on the prospect of a railway in their imme diate neighbourhood, but he had some objection to the wording of the resolution. He opposed the Blisworth" and Peterborough line last year, which was only carried by a majority of one, from a fear that it would be the means of preventing a more direct communication, and now that a chance, and he believed a certain one appeared of having a most impor tant line of railway brought into their neighbourhood, he should be sorry that the town should throw the slightest difficulty in the way, by attempting to fetter the Committee as to which side of the town it should pass. All they were justified in attempting was to have it as close to the town as possible; but whether on the east or on the west, should be left to the Directors. The engineer was not present, and he had heard no particular arguments in favour of the western side. His opinion was that it mattered little whether it passed on the east or on the west, so that it was close. Mr. Coocu objected to the omission of the western side from the resolution. Lord SANDWICH—It may effect people upon whose land it will pass, but it cannot effect the town. The Directors woufd be best influenced by the support the town afforded them. He hoped the meeting would largely support the undertaking by subscribing for shares to the extent of their ability. As far as he was personally con cerned, though his property would be most affected, he would only consult the interest of the town. He recom mended the meeting to agree to general principles, and then to consult with the Directors as to the precise course of the lice. The resolution was then put, with the omission of the words " western side," and carried unanimously. Mr. Mowm, Deputy-chairman of the Company, said that although he and his brother Directors were present more in the character of listeners, not having been in vited to the meeting, and having only accidentally heard of it the day before, yet it might be interesting to the inha bitants to hear the probable course of the line, so far as it was likely to affect their local interests. He reminded the meeting that the undertaking was in the hands of gentlemen of various interests, including many who were desirous of embarking their capital in what they consi dered would be a prosperous concern. It would occur to the meeting that those gentlemen who supply the ca pital were naturally desirous to consult the wishes of the whole country through which the line would pass, that if diverted from their original design, and led to incur additional expense and additional risk, in order to benefit this or that town, they would of course be swayed by the support given by the town requiring such diversion. Ile did not mention this to throw difficulties in the way. They might rest assured that wherever possible, it was their wish to pass near to, if not through, all the great towns. They could only hope for the large return the line was capable of yielding by securing all the traffic the line could supply, consequently the Directors were quite as desirous as the inhabitants that the line should miss near to, and wherever possible, through the towns. In so great a line (the greatest ever yet undertaken in this or any other country, and when they considered that the main trunk extended to a space of no less than 200 miles, and in no instance had so large a capital been required, he might well describe it as the greatest un dertaking of modern times) it was hardly necessary to draw the attention of the meeting to the necessity of considering, not merely the interests of a particular section, but the interests of the mass. The chief object was to secure the traffic; and the Committee of Direction, feeling the immense responsibility of defining the exact course of the line very early, sought for an impartial and independent authority. They came to the conclusion that it was the safer and more prudent course to instruct a man of the-highest eminence in his profession to survey the intervening county, and leave the case in his - hands for ' decision. With this view they appointed Mr. Locke, whose name alone was the requisite guarantee for im partiality and ability. Mr. Locke had been engaged some time in considering the direction of the line, and the report would be received in the following week. lle had been one of the deputation to accompany Mr. Locke in his survey, and could testify to the great val and attention he had devoted to the case. As he had thus become acquainted with Mr. Locke's opinion, it might be satisfactory to the inhabitants to know, that although the plan might be modified, he believed at present it was Mr. Locke's intention to bring the line close up to the western side of the town; but he must expressly tell them that circumstances might occur to modify that opinion, and that he was pledged to Mr. Locke, if he had occasion to quote his present intention, to do so with that qualification. He was pleased with the observations of the Noble Lord as to the inexpe diency of fettering the Directors, the engineers, or them selves, as to any particular course. The Directors would be swayed, as far as possible, by the wishes of the inhabitants, but any resolution of theirs could not alter the question—if the engineer decided upon the east or the west side the expression of their adverse opinion, however much to be regretted, could not interfere with the decision. He concluded by saying, that, notwith standing the advances of railway . communication, such were the proceedings of the existing companies that, but for the present line, the town of Huntingdon was in danger of being left behind in the race of civilisation by lines being constructed to the east and to the west. Mr. DAVID VEASEY paid a high compliment to Mr, Mowatt, for the clear, able, and impartial manner in which he had explained the views and proceedings of the Directors, and moved—" That this meeting will give its cordial and strenuous support in furtherance of, the objects of the London a nd York Railwa y Company,' which was seconded by Mr. Ward, and carried unani mously. Mr. RICHARD lIODOSON, M.P, was anxious to address a few words to the meeting although the subject had al ready been so fully and ably discussed. He tendered the thanks of the Directors to the Noble Lord who was ready to cede what might be his private inter est for the pod of the town, and promised his hearty support on whichever side of the town the line might pass. An allusion had been made in very unfavourable terms to the line from Blisworth to Peterborough, con structing by the London and Birmingham Company. He felt some diffidence in alluding to the subject, for he was compelled to confess that, unlike the Noble Lord, he was one of those culprits who had done all in his power to forward that Bill. If he could ever have supposed that the passing of that Bill would prove an impediment to a more direct communication, he would have opposed it to the utmost. He had the most distinct assurance at the time from all parties connected with the London and Birmingham Company that it was not intended to pre vent a line from London to the north, but merely to supply a communication from east to west. He was still willing to take that assurance for what he did then. He held that the London and Birmingham Company were bound, in honour to throw no impediment in the way of a direct line. By the assurances they made to procure support for their cross line they were bound, and if parties did appear to oppose this as a competing line before a Com mittee of the House of Commons, so long as the pro moters of the present line kept to their plan of the most direct line, he believed the opposition would be scouted by every Member of either House. He was aware that reports had been circulated, and he believed purposely, to the effect that the undertaking had been abandoned, and others of a like nature. Active means had also been adopted to prevent a subscription of the capital, but he was happy to assure the meeting that they had been un successful, and he had no hesitation in stating, from ac tual facts, that not only would all the money be raised, but that they would go to Parliament in the ensuing session in the most flourishing condition. He was glad of the opportunity of publicly contradicting all these re ports so industriously circulated, and he could assure them of his full belief that the Bill would pass through Parliament in the ensuing session, and become the law of the land. Mr. Pim, one of the Directors, gave an account of the proceedings in Bedfordshire in connexion with the pro posed line, and stated the large number of shares sub scribed for in places of less importance than Hunting don in the early stages of the undertaking. After a short discussion the resolution was adopted and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. FEATHERED TWINS.—About ten days ago John Campbell, of Rhonehouse, by Castle Douglas, discovered at Airieland, a skylark's nest, containing several young birds, obviously the product of a second hatching. On examining the callow brood, he was astonished to find two of them bound together by a ligature covered with feathers, centred in, and extending from breast to breast. The said belt, pipe, or whatever it may be called, leaves scope for the action of the inner wings, so that the pair thus singularly united will be able to fly when fully grown, or mount aloft, trilling their matins, if permitted to escape.—Dumfries Courier. SALE or ESTATES.—During the last two or three months there has been a sale of landed property in Fife which is quite unprecedented. In that time there have been sold—the lands of Pitlessie, for 19,7501., to the Dowager Lady Glasgow ; Newbiggin, to Mr. Johnson, for, we believe. about 19,5001. ; Teuchats to the College of St. Andrew's, for 4,0004 ; Myreside, 4,000/., to Mr. Currie, Leven ; Pitmedden for about 5,000/. ; King. lassie for nearly the same sum. Within a short period also the estates of Balgarvie, Radernie, and Smiddy. green. in this county, have been purchased.—Fifeslure Herald. It appears to be universally admitted that the crop of wheat, which will fall before the husbandman in the progress of the next month, is the finest and most abun dant that ever stood upon British grottutl.—Norwich Mercury. , WORCESTER CATASTROPHE. t INQUESTS ON THE TWELVE BODIES. WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Eight of the bodies of the unfortunate navigators were conveyed to the Whitehall Inn, near to the city, but in the county of Worcester. These, having b aen taken out of the river on the western bank, were conveyed to the nearest county inn, while those of the other four, which were landed on the east bank, were taken to the Anchor Inn, Deglis, in the city of Worcester. To explain this it is necessary to observe, that at the point where this dread ful catastrophe occurred, the Severn divides the city from the county of Worcester. To-day inquests have been holden on all the bodies ; on those at the Anchor, before Mr. Hyde, the city coroner, and on those at Whitehall, before Mr. W. S. P. Hughes, the coroner for the county. The evidence adduced on each inquest was of course almost precisely similar. One of the navigators employed on the work, named Charles Head, deposed to the nature of the accident, which he witnessed, having declined to enter the boat, which he thought was over loaded. The real cause of the accident appeared from his statement to have been a rope, by which a barge was moored to the bank. To cross the river the boat must necessarily pass under the rope, and on reaching it one of the men (Richard White) lifted up the rope. At the same moment the fifteen men standing up in the boat stooped down to clear the rope, and this caused the boat imme diately to capsize, precipitating the whole of the ill-fated fellows into the river, which, at this point, was deep and rapid, from being contracted by the works in progress.. It was a fiat-bottomed boat, and the men were all stand ing on the bottom of the boat, and not upon the seats. There was no " larking" going on at the time amongst the men, as was at first stated, but all of them were very steady. The witness (Head), on witnessing the accident, seized a piece of timber, with which he succeeded in ex tricating one of the men, named John Dodson. This John Dodson was also examined on the inquest; he de scribed the rope attached to the barge to have been lying on the surface of the water, and thought the boat might have passed over it had not White caught hold of it. Head, however, was of a different opinion. The two juries returned verdicts of " Accidental Death," with regard to all the deceased. Their names are— Richard White, aged 21, of Defford. Charles Baker, aged 24, from near Brighton. Mark Lewis, aged 27, from Walsall. William Rose, aged 24. Thomas Packwood, aged about 27, a native of Om bersley, near Worcester. George Poulson, jun., of Cheltenham, aged 19. John Pegg, aged 24, married, leaving a wife, but no family. Charles Child, a Herefordshire labourer. George Smith, aged 25. Charles Moscow, aged 23. Henry Manks, a native of Solihull, aged 24. James Marshall, aged 45, married ; his wife keeping a public-house at Liverpool, and having five small children THE FIRE NEAR GRAVESEND. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE LOSS OF PROPERTY. -.- The premises where the fire originated, the cause being attributable to the foulness of an oven flue, belonged to Mr. Solomons, consisted of a cottage, which was ad joined by three others, all tenanted by labourers and their families, employed on Mr. Solomons' estate. The whole were consumed, and the walls have fallen in. None of the parties are insured. The farm in the rear (belonging to the estate) much damaged ; the northern wing partly burnt. Second Fire.—The greater portion of the agricultural buildings on Queen's Farm (belonging to the same gen tleman, Mr. Solomons) consumed—namely, the barn, two stacks in the rick-yard—one of beans, containing 80 qurters, the other of wheat, the produce of 14 acres ; also a granary and some bullock sheds. The above formed the east side of the farm ; the dwelling-house and stable, forming the west frontage, saved. The barn contained two floors, and was very large, being upwards of 200 feet in length. The distance of the farm from the ' cottages above mentioned, is nearly 100 yards. Third Fire.—The King's Farm (the property of the ' same unfortunate owner as the above) totally burned down. The distance from the Queen's Farm, over a meadow, is between 150 and 200 yards. It occupied an immense area, and the number of buildings was greater and more extensive than at the Queen's. They were as follows :—Two barns, one 60 feet in length and 30 feet in breadth, and the other 70 feet in length and 40 feet in depth ; a granary, 24 feet long and 14 feet in breadth. These buildings, with a range of stabling, 50 feet in length, formed the eastern frontage of the farm, to be added to which was the rick-yard at the back, contain ing several stacks. This is also destroyed. A brick hen-house, and two four-stall stables (each separate brick buildings, with lofts above) formed the south frontage to the farm, of 160 feet. The opposite frontage was likewise burned down. It was upwards of 200 feet, and formed of bullock and cow sheds. The farm-house is partly destroyed. It was tenanted by the labourers and families, eighteen in number. A fourth fire occurred at the dwelling of Mr. Solo mons' shepherd, a wooden building, about SO yards dis tance from the King's Farm. Part of the furniture de stroyed, but it was fortunately checked without any damage to the building. In addition to the above, there were a number of carts and waggons destroyed ; likewise a horse and several pigs burned to death. All the fires were occasioned by the first, the burning embers being carried by the wind on to the roofs of the different buildings. Ono, man lost his life, and two were severely injured by the fall of burning thatch. DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE AT NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGIUM, AUG. B.—Yesterday evening the Coroner (C. Swain, Esq.), and a most respectable jury, sat on view of the bodies of the persons killed by the pressure of the crowd at the execution of the murderer Saville ; and the inquiry was postponed until Friday, August 9, to give time for further in vestigation, after the evidence had been taken as to the identity of the bodies. -- • THE LONG RANGE. (From the Examiner.) Captain Warner's inventions are an invisible shell with marvellous explosive power; and the long range of which he gives this account— " I can project (he said) 100 shells of most destruc tive power, and I can repeat the operation with rapidity. If I threw them into Gibraltar, in a few hours not a man would be left alive in the place.—(Laughter.) This I can accomplish at almost any distance. By means of my long range I could bombard a fortress, and, with a single vessel, could cut out a fleet in defence of the garrison. —(Hear, hear.) I could have demolished Algiers, instead of merely damaging it, as was done by Lord Exmouth with his splendid fleet.—(Cheers and laughter.) After that I could, with a comparatively small refit, undertake to destroy Toulon." The invisible shell, the experiment of which was so unsatisfactorily made at Brighton, professional men think little of; but they rate the long range, with the newspaper qualification, as important, if true. Yet it seems that Mr. Warner is infinitely more dis posed to exhibit the powers of his invisible shell than his long range. lie is like Boniface with his bill of fare, who after all comes to the one thing only that he can give you. We have heard of many invisible things in our time—lnvisible girls, Invisible boys, &.c.—and the in visible shell is the new wonder of the class, and the inventor complains that fur the requital of it there is also an invisible reward. As for the long range, there appears to us to be a good deal of it in the accounts of the shell, from which it is said to be quite distinct, and the very name of it is unfortunately associated with the ideas of a proverbial archery in which truth is somewhat overshot. Until Sir Robert Peel mentioned the fact, we were not aware that Mr. Warner had tried his inventions against an enemy. The account is highly curious. " The Commissioners asked him: How long is it since you satisfied yourself on the powers of your long range and invisible shell?' Captain Warner answered: Twelve years as to the long range, and twenty-seven years as to the invisible shell. I sunk two French pri vateers at the end of the war, one off Folkestone and the other off St. Vallery's Bay.' When asked what vessel he was in at the time, his reply was that it was called the sloop Nautilus, that it was a King's vessel, and that it was commanded by his father, William Warner. The next inquiry was, Whether such an extraordinary cir cumstance as the sinking of two privateers in this way had not of course been reported to the Admiralty:— No (was the answer), we were not under the Ad miralty, for the vessel was employed by the Secretary of State and Lard Castlereagh in landing spies.'— Then was the destruction of the privateers reported to the Secretary of State?'—' I do not know; it might have been.'—' Were the facts recorded in the log of the Nautilus?'—' We did not keep a log.'—' Did you receive head money for the destruction of the privateers?'—' No; it was not claimed.'—' Were any of the crews saved?' —No, none; and the facts were only known to myself and another r —Such were the assertions of Captain Warner, and the Commissioners sent first to the Ad miralty, to learn if there was any record there of the destruction cf two privateers, and the answer was, that not a vestige of such information could be found. They then resorted to the Foreign•office, because the vessel was said to have been employed by it, but there was no trace there of anything of the kind. Thus, according to Captain Warner, the vessels and their whole crews were sent to destruction without any reward, and with out any record in any department." The powers of the invention were so great, that it not only blew the privateers to atoms, but also all record of the fact, not a vestige of which could be found, as Sir Robert Peel remarked. It is unfortu nate that Mr. Warner at that time hid his lights under a bushel ; especially as it was in the war when the long range and invisible shell might have been so patriotically employed. But he blew up French pri vateers as good Christians perform acts of charity, without letting his right hand know the deed of his left. We wonder whether those two privateers were ever missed in France. The explosion was perhaps so great that it blotted from the memory of men all recollection of the existence of the vessels and their crews. With the long range this may happen. It is possible, however, that Mr. 'Warner blew up the Flying Dutchman with his invisible shell, mis taking that once common phenomenon for an enemy; and this would account for its non-appearance of late years, the phantom ship having found its match in the invisible shell and the long range. As Lord Inges trie says, we "challenge any man to prove the con trary." We defy any one to prove that Mr. 'Varner did not blow up the Flying Dutchman. Sir Robert Peel has acted very judiciously and fairly in this affair of Mr. Warner's invention. lie would not make a blind bargain, he would not buy a pig in a poke. The reasonable condit ions required on the part of the Commissioners were these— " They shall not require the disclosure of your secret ; they shall only witness its operation, in order that they may be perfectly satisfied that all that has been promised can be done. They shall make their report to the Government, or to me individually, if you prefer it, in order that it may not go farther. If they first take the invisible shell, they will have to see that it can be applied under adverse circumstances of wind or tide. Then they must be assured of the safety of those who use this power ; and thirdly, they must have an understand ing how long the Government shall be in possession of the secret after they have purchased it. I reserved to myself the entire power of determining how much it was worth ; and I wanted, moreover, to be assured that when we had obtained the secret, by paying for it, we should have the exclusive use of it. I felt that we ought to have the security that we could ourselves manufacture the same explosive materials, and that we ought to know how long we could retain the secret ; on the first failure, for aught we knew, it might be picked up by our enemies and made use of against ourselves. I will not, said I, enter into any such blind bargain as that, supposing you blow up a ship you shall receive a certain sum. . . What was required was, that they should witness the de struction of a vessel, and should accompany Capt. War ner on board the steam-boat that was to be employed on the occasion. Captain Warner, in reply, said, I posi tively object to your being present, and upon those terms I will not try my experiment: We said, 'lf the expe rimentalists are not to be on board the steam-boat, let us waive the objection,' and we called upon Mr. Warner to state an estimate of his experiment. I said again, that I would not enter into a blind pledge to pay 100,0001. in the event of a certain contingency, but I will appoint two gentlemen to consider the experiment, and to make a re port to the Government ; we promised to pay the expense but I wished him to make an estimate of the expense ; and before I could consent to incur an unlimited amount, I wanted to see Mr. Warner's estimate of the expense of the materials. I confess that I was startled at the esti mate of the expense. Many projectors are content to receive 2,000/. or 3,000/. for their whole reward ; but Mr. Warner required 2,7001. for his experiment with the in visible shell, and 2,470/. for his experiment with the long range, making in the whole 5,170/. as the expense of try ing the experiments. My answer was again, that the experiment we desired to see was that with the long range, that we might therefore spare the expense of the experiment with the invisible shell, and proceed with that which we deemed the more valuable ; and seeing what had been done at Folkstone, in St. Vallery, and in the Forest of Ilainault, I thought 2,5001. a very large sum. I offered to place 500/. under the control of the Commissioners as:a beginning ; they would then watch the experiment, and the result should show how much further it should be carried. Mr. Warner for a long time objected to this proposal, but at last, though he said the experiment would cost more than the 500/., he did consent to try the long range, and he said he would try and get his friends to advance the remainder of the money, intimating pretty clearly that he would have no difficulty in finding such friends. But after a certain period, Mr. Warner informed us that it would be impos sible for him to make the experiment, as he could not find friends to advance the difference. In the war, blowing up privateers was very cheap ; it could be done for nothing, for an old song, and Mr. Warner did not think it worth while to say a word about the matter; he made no more of it than if he he had shot a sea-gull. lie did not vouchsafe to claim reward, or head money, or honour, nor even to mention the exploit. But now times are changed, and it costs a good deal to get a ship to blow up; so true is the good old proverb of him " who will not when be may." Sir 11. Douglas's account of the method of applying the invisible shell, confirms all our distrust of the Brighton experiment— " The Commissioners considered all Captain Warner's powers as he had specified them. First, the closing up of a roadstead, so that no fleet could go out or enter ; secondly, the invisible shell, flung from the sternheof_ea vessel chased, by which the chasing vessel wou i l l d ad co d n : stroyed ; and thirdly, the long range. s t u b l e t r e e d w to e g re et t l s e v r e , n t a y n d sa t i h l they had tbe a l s i k n e e d inC TorbaytTa i h n ey a r r n b e e r , u r i f % N il o i s e e h , . 0 a w s t l h e r n e g e miles would w i • t i dtae take e om t B o ury Head t up t ? o Hope's Nose, would take stbaenmhaonuyr invisible s b lhalf.e shells, e st,iv andas clear, ln e s connecting then, that them, theremu s o that if a ves sel struck the line or the shell it would be destroyed. H o w was Captain Warner to lay out these lines ? He did not pretend to be invisible, and he must face the enemy. • Oh,' said Captain Warner, I will do it by cutters, schooners, and boats. But how was he to buoy up a passage three miles wide by cutters, schooners, and boats, in a strong tide ? —Why, he would:get a steamer. Then there' would be the noise of the paddle-wheel ; that he would obviate by using a screw, and the result was, that he would have to come in the face of a British fleet with his cutters, schooners, and steamer, to buoy up the passage.' Such was the admirable application of his discovery of the power of explosion : it was worse than the attempt to lay salt on the sparrow's tail.—(Laughter.) —How was he to place his invisible shells ?—They were to be anchored.—What depth would he have to go ?—He would ascertain that.—Then he would have ?—Yes.—ThentoescounhdNud steady ol as theto theh s sw by w a stay. o ul d t afft im ?_ue v anchor. So that lie would have to sound, and to anchor, and to place his line, and to pass his steamer in front of the fleet. Then, with respect to his power against a vessel chasing—the experiment seen at Brighton. This experiment was of the same class as the punt in the fishpond, which was towed by the horse. It was only some experiment on a larger scale. There was a large vessel instead of the punt, and a steamer to tow instead of a team of horses, or one old horse, The vessel was dragged in the wakel of the steamer. There was one shell on each side.; the force of the vessel caused these two to collapse, and thus it was destroyed. He was not a,seaman, but he was sure it was not the rule of seamen to chase in the wake ; it was the rule to attack in the wake. It was clear that a vessel in the exact wake might be caught, but if either steered athwart the tide the shell would be missed. The invention, therefore, never would be used to a great extent there." Sir H. Douglas talks of Hope's Nose in Torbay. Why was this ? Was he fearful of alarming Sir Ro bert Peel by the mention of Bob's Nose as the point to which the line of explosion was to be conducted ? Sir Charles Napier gave a most amusing account of the various explosive inventions which were to blow up navies in his time, and of the great unpleasantness of having to do with such contrivances, so much more perilous to those who use them than to those against whom they are to be used. In the handsomest way he offered to blow up Lord Ingestre, without any charge whatever, and without the generous aid of Mr. Soames. • " Now, the Noble Lord had talked about blowing up ; ' why, if he will sit quiet and allow me to put a few ounces of detonating powder under his bottom, I'll blow him up to his heart's content.—(Loud laughter.) A few years ago Captain Warner showed me a picture of a whole fleet blowing up with his apparatus. I said, I don't care two straws about your shells, I want you to give me your long range, and tell me you can blow up a ship seven miles off.—(Hear, hear.) But Captain Warner said he would blow up all the ships in Portsmouth Har bour from the back of the Isle of Wight. I said to him, if you will prove to the Government that you can blow up a ship six or seven miles off, I will stand up in my place in Parliament and say I have seen you perform this extraordinary operation.—(Hear, hear.)' Throw aside your invisible shell altogether, and use your pro jectile ; but he always returned to his invisible shell, and always shied off the six miles.—(Laughter.)" In our last number we observed on the rashness with which Mr. Warner's advocate, Lord Ingestre, vouched for the destruction of the barque off Brighton by projectiles • but now we find him distinguishing the invisible ;hell, used on that occasion, from pro jectiles " Although he had an array of officers telling him that the invisible shells were worth nothing, he had no hesitation in telling the House and the country that they were worth all they had been stated by Captain Warner to be ; and if a ship could be destroyed by the invisible shell, why should they adopt the other method ? If they accomplished everything they wanted without a pro jectile, why use it ?" How then is the statement in the certificate to be reconciled with this distinction ? If the invisible shell is not a projectile, how was it that his Lordship vouched for the destruction of the John o' Gaunt by " certain projectiles ?" It is very strange that Mr. Warner and his friends are all for giving the invisible shell instead of the long range. We can, however, thoroughly understand the professional preference of the more comprehensive engine of destruction. We would say to Mr. War ner, as little Acres says to his second, "If you love me, Sir Lucias, let me bring him down at a long shot." Six miles is a most convenient and eligible distance for opening a battery. It is incomparably preferable to the scope of a tow rope. And the long range may be so improved that, in the event of war, we may batter the French coast from the English, the sights of the guns being fitted with powerful telescopes. Dover would make short work with Calais, Folkestone would duel it with Boulogne, in a fashion that little Acres himself would approve. When the aerial machine, as yet as invisible as Mr. Warner's shell, is ready for flight, it may be fitted ' with the long range, so as to be able to pour down a ' fire upon any place in the world, from any elevation. The fortifications of Paris would look rather foolish • under that sort of attack which would bring bomb proof parasols and umbrellas into vogue. Absurd, however, as the whole thing appears, Mr. Warner should have a fair trial; and it is satisfactory to us to see that our notion of what is necessary to a fair experiment is borne out by the stipulations of the Commissioners thus stated by Sir 11. Douglas : " The Commissioners proposed to proceed with these experiments, but they were called upon by Captain Warner to allow him to provide two vessels.. The Com.: missioners replied that they had provided two, and that providing the vessels was no part of his destructive power. They had. settled among themselves that he should never see these vessels,:stilllessgo on boardeither of them, till they were conducted to the bay or roadstead where the Commissioners had fixed, and then that ho should be told to commence, and even then that he should not be allowed to appear nearer to the vessels than the certain distance, which he was to carry. They would have taken care to keep the vessel out of his personal charge, and not allowed any one to come near it. They did not mean this as anything hostile to Captain Warner, but to protect the public against even the suspicion of collusion. Therefore they would not allow him to be nearer than the person using his means of destruction at his stated distance would require to be." INTERESTING TO OMNIBUS PRO PRIETORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You will render a most important service to the inhabitants of Brixton and its vicinity, as well as to a large portion of the public, if you will, through the powerful influence of your paper, make known to omnibus proprietors that a large field of profit now lies before them, and from which they may reap a plentiful harvest, and that is, by running omnibuses on the Brixton-road, where they will be sure of cer tain support. On the Brixton-road the present fares are— To the three-milestone Gd. To Brixton Church .. 9d. And beyond that These rates of charge are greater than on any other road of equal distance from London. Now, Sir, what I would propose is, that several proprietors agree together to run their carriages every quarter of an hour, charging Gd. each passenger ; it would be quite out of the question for one proprietor to attempt it by himself, as he would be soon run off the road. One of the Brixton proprietors, a very worthy, in dustrious man, attempted to charge Gd., but a levia than opponent insisted on his raising the price to the old charge, and he was obliged to submit; thus you see how we are situated. What can be done to re medy it ? Let the inhabitants of Brixton arouse themselves from their lethargy, and not suffer this state of things any longer to exist, for it is no unusual thing in the middle of the day to be one hour, and even sometimes longer,", going from Gracechurch-street to Brixton Church, four miles, and if you remonstrate with the conductors upon loitering at the Elephant and Castle as well as on the road, you generally get impertinence for your reply. I would further propose that the inhabitants make a subscription among themselves of a few shillings each, and circulate bills all over London, inviting omnibus proprietors to put their conveyances imme diately on a road where they are sure of success.— ; I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION. Mr. C. Mackie delivered a lecture on the character of Shakespere, yesterday evening, to a highly re spectable and numerous audience. In his introduc tion he traced the origin of the drama from a very remote period. Comedy was first performed at Athens, on a scaffold, by Susarion and Dolon, 562 years before Christ, and the comedies of Terence were first acted 154 years before Christ. Tragedy was first acted at Athens, on a waggon, by Thespis, 535 years before Christ, and during a period of wo thousand years tragedy and comedy were held quite distinct. It was only after that period that Shakespere made this appearance in the world, and by the mighty music of his pen broke down the ancient line of demarcation. This division was held to be inviolable, but Shakespere, who did not perceive the necessity of such a distinction, made no more scruple of breaking through that than through the unities upon which it seemed to be founded. The lecture would have told much better if Mr. Mackie had been in his wonted health, but he had a rfa, l ueen great . applause. p a e u r s f e. A ed t orm, b a d cold, and:spoke with evident fatigue. Th e Amateur Music Class, under Mr. We s tl a k e , theb by their performances, ce Saves elicited the ite & r conclusionperfo and sung by the audience. DEAD. 1 and 2. Eliza Smithhurst, aged 18, and her sister Mary Stevenson, aged 30, of Daybrook, near Not tingham. 3. James Marshall, aged 14, Isabella-street, Not tingham. 4 and 5. Mary Easthope, aged 16, and Thomas her brother, aged 14, New Lenton, near Nottingham. 6. Eliza Hannah Shuttleworth, aged 16, Albion street, Nottingham. 7. James Fisher, aged 22, Star Inn, Bulwell, near Nottingham. (This man lost his life in endeavouring to save some females who were in great danger.) 8. John Bedwell, aged 14, Old Radford, near Not tingham. 9. Hannah Smedley, aged 16, Carlton, near Not tingham. 10. Thomas 'Watson, aged 15, Kent-street, Not tingham. 11. Eliza Percival, aged 14, Convent-street, ditto. 12. Melicent Shaw, aged 19, Kimberley, near Nottingham. IN TUE HOSPITAL, SEVERELY AND DANGEROUSLY INJURED. 1. John Spink, aged v 70, New Radford (thigh amputated). 2. William Brewer, aged 13, New Lenton, near Nottingham. 3. John Oakland, aged 39, Beeston. 4. Edward Berresford, aged 14, Long Eaton. 5. William Piner, aged 36, New Radford. 6. Richard Goodale, aged 14, New Lenton. 7. Emma Charles, aged 14, New Lenton. 8. Henry Stuart, aged 10, Mansfield-road, Not tingham. 9. Fanny Smith, aged 65, widow, Broad-street, Nottingham. 10. Joseph Asher, aged 14, Clare-street, ditto. 11. Catharine Eaton, aged 24, Old Basford. 12. Mary Hewitt, aged 22, Convent-street, Not tingham. 13. Mary Sewell, aged 38, Newcastle-street, ditto. 14. Selina Green, aged 24, Mount-east-street, ditto. 15. Ann Woolley, aged 10, York-street, ditto. 16. Mary Eaton, aged 50, Mount-street, ditto. 17 and 18. Ellen Shipman, aged 29, and her infant daughter, Narrow-marsh, ditto. 19. llannah Deiston, aged 24, Sneinton. 20. James Whitehead, aged 43, Preston, Lan cashire. 21. Mary Ann Boriella, aged 16, Narrow-marsh, Nottingham. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—II 15 with the deepest sorrow, the most painful regret, the particulars of a frightful calamity have just reached us. A pony and car were got this morning on the strand at Doran's Island. The pony was dead, and there is every reason to fear that Mr. Cuffe Martin and his lady, who had a sea-lodge in the island, and who left this town at about 10 o'clock last night, have been lost in the tide. Indeed, it is very generally reported that their bodies have been found at the Point, clasped in each other's arms. Nothing can exceed the sympathy and grief of all classes. We never saw such an excitement in this town before at so painful and unexpected an occurrence. It has been rumoured that some of their children were in the car with them, but we are well informed that all the children are in the lodge on the island.—Sligo Journal. RAILWAY NAVIGATORS.—The improvident habits of the class of men known as " navigators" or " navies," are alluded to in a report to the Poor-law Commis sioners, from Mr. W. H. Parker, an Assistant-Commis sioner, which is appended to the Fifth Report of the Select Committee on Railways. It appears that, during the winter of 1842, as many as fourteen of these persons were admitted in one night into the Abingdon work house. It is stated that they usually receive wages varying from 3s. to 4s. 6d. for every ten hours' labour, but are required by their gang or fellow-workmen to subscribe a gallon of beer daily, and another gallon at the time the gauger or sub-contractor pays the wages. "As the works ap proach completion, employment is difficult to be ob tained, and then the labourers, having previously spent their earnings in the most lavish manner, undergo the severest privations, frequently subsisting for a there l th e re week upon the wages of a sing le day. Ultimatey is no longer any prospect of employment upon that par ticular undertaking, and t hen the workmen remove, seek ! ing shelter and food in the union workhouses on their route, to some other locality where employment is more abundant." —Railway Record. The Duke of Northumberland has forwarded 201. to H. F. Richardson, Esq., the indefatigable Secretary of the City of London General Pension Society ;:Mrs. Thwaytes 501.; Luke J. Hansard, Esq. 50/. ; and the Trustees of the Choi raondeley Charities 50/. DINNER TO HER MAJESTY'S MI NISTERS BY THE CLOTH-WORKERS' COM PANY. Yesterday a splendid entertainment was given to Sir Robert Peel and others of her Majesty's Minis te s, by the Cloth- workers' Company, at their hall, which was fitted up for the occasion with great mag nificence. Amongst the company were Sir R. Peel, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir George Murray, the Solici tor-General, Lord Eliot, Mr. J. M. Gaskell, and Mr. A. Pringle, Lords of the Treasury, Viscount Can ning, Mr. G. W. Hope, Mr. Emerson Tennent, Cap tain Fremantle, Mr. J. R. Bonham, Sir Knight Bruce, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Commis sioners Fane and Goulburn, Mr. J. Young, M.P., Mr. T. Green, M.P., Mr. J. Masterman, Mr. G. Lyall, M.P., Mr. H. Kemble, M.P., r. J. Trot ter, M.P., Mr. John Walter, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Aldermen Lucas, Brown, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir John Pine, Farebro ther, Humphery, Farncomb ; the Governor and the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the Chair man and the Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company, Sir F. Trench, Colonel Gurwood, Captain Peel, Archdeacon Hollingsworth, Sir G. De H. Lar pent, Mr. B. Dobree, Mr. J. C. Bever, Mr. Under- Anderton, the Master of the Merchant Tailors' Company, Mr. R. L. Jones, &c. Mr. Sheriff MUSGROVE, the Master of the Company, presided. The health of the Queen was proposed, and drank with au enthusiasm which it was impossible to exceed, and the Master congratulated the country upon the promise of a long succession of the descen clanTthseofusthuealprloeyseanlttßoaosytsa,l ,}:a th m e il Q y' lleen Dowager and Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," were also distinguished by great applause. The MASTER, in proposing "the Army and Navy," stated that he anti his brethren were honoured by the company of Sir George Murray, a gallant veteran of the first of those services, and by the company of Lieut. Peel, a distinguished young officer in the naval service of her Majesty.—(Loud cheers.) Sir GEORGE MURRAY returned thanks for the army, and said it was exceedingly gratifying to him to be associated with his young friend, who would no doubt in due time realise the high expectations entertained of him in the important branch of service to which he belonged.—(Loud cheers.) He was convinced that never at any time was the artily better prepared, or more determined to keep up the character which it had achieved by so many victories.—(Cheers.) He was sure it would never lose that character, or the efficiency for which it had been celebrated, so long as it continued under the superintendence of the illus trious chief who was so deservedly at its head— (Great cheering)—and who had no less claim upon his country for the patriotic virtues he had exercised in peace, than for those military achievements which had shed so great a lustre on his name.—(Cheers.) Lieutenant PEEL rose amidst great applause, and said, I am too young to say much, but I hope my conduct will justify that which has been said of me, and I thank you heartily for having drank my health in so enthusiastic a manner.—(Cheers.) The MASTER, in a brief speech, proposed the health of Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers. Sir RonERT PEEL said it was his duty, on the part of his colleagues and himself, to return their most grateful acknowledgments for the kind and flattering manner in which the company had received the pro posal from the chair. Many of his colleagues were absent, deeply to their regret, but they were detained by the necessities imposed upon them by their duties in both Houses of Parliament.—(Cheers.) The Master had said that in entertaining her Majesty's Ministers they were reverting to their former con dition. He trusted that they would long persevere in that good old habit—(Laughter)—that after the revival of that excellent custom they would continue to entertain the Ministers of the Sovereign, and that the present Ministers would long continue to meet them at their annual festival, and profit by the hop pitality of which they had that day witnessed so magnificent a specimen.—(Laughter and cheers.) It happened that the first day on which he and his colleagues enjoyed the pleasure of meet ing the Clothworkrs' Company was the last day of the session, and he was therefore exempted from the necessity.of making a long speech ; but he could not refrain from returning his and his colleagues' ac knowledgments to a Company so remarkable for high standing, and so conspicuous amongst the great Companies for the applilation of its funds to purposes of benevolence and charity.—(Loud cheers.) The Master had done no more than justice to her Majesty's Ministers, in attributing to them the endeavour to accomplish good. They had endeavoured to maintain peace, without compromising the honour or sacrificing the interests of the country.—(Cheers.) They had attempted to uphold the high character which the British army had achieved, and to repair the disasters in the eastern hemisphere. They had endeavoured to maintain tranquillity, without having recourse to the harsh enforcement of the existing laws, or requir ing new enactments.—(Applause.) If they had made these efforts—if they had endeavoured to succeed in maintaining the public credit, and in averting the evil of an increasing debt in times of peace, it would be for that company to judge whether the result was wor thy of their intentions. It was now three years since the present Administration had been appointed. It was for those whom he addressed to say, if, during that period, the law had not been vindicated and sus tained, if commerce had not been extended, if manu facturing prosperity had not been restored, if the re venue had not been increased, if there did not exist a prospect that the currency would be henceforth placed on c a and ov opyeerdmtaonbe her r t Ablaasjiess.—ty 's (Hear, hear.) If such were the impressi ons o f th e company, their ap probation which, n next to that o f th e h ones t approval of their ow n consciences and of h er Majesty,Mwiansisttbeersbaigfbeeels ing highest encouragement to them to continue their exertions for the public good.—(Cheers.) The MASTER next proposed "Prosperity to Ire land," a toast which the Clothworkers' Company had been always in the habit of drinking. They felt a deep interest in the good of Ireland, as well on account of the people, as on account of the large property owned by the Company there.—(Cheers.) The Master then spoke at some length of the labours of the Com pany for the good of their Irish tenantry. Lord Elio; in responding to the toast, said he was sure the time was not far distant when the people of Ireland would learn to value the motives and inten tions of his Right Hon. Friend.—(Cheers.) Several other toasts were proposed and drunk, and the evening was spent with real civic hilarity. th a n the area of one of ltheClEar. amore melancholy a: o n e ts o , torn a w resort r t a e . Londonin t b o t A h l° sexes, Np O w N h ethe rGl t h N P e e y e oly and spirit-depressing sighs have ng h ei e yn r e poa i rl s night. There, the hom ss and houseless m iserables of numbers, for a temporary ballads and matches, cripples, shelter—aged women , sel l i n g ipples, little beggar boys and gir l s , s l a vering idiots, pie-men, sandwich-men, apple and orange-women, shellfish-mongers, huddled pell-mell, in draggle-tailed confusion. N ever can h uma n nature, one would imagine, take a m character abject posture than is exhi bited here. There is a an individuality, a fa mily likeness, common to the whole race of sorts. The pale, clayey, flaccid, clammyfe face, pinched in every fea ture ; the sweeping, rre bet -like, lack-lustre eye , the unkempt hair, the slattern shawl, the untidy dress , the ray the confirmed drunkard. The noises, too, of the a appalling, even when h s d sembled t o pers, are hideous— ear in an atmosphere of gin— imprecations, execrations, objurgations, supplications , until, at length, the patience of the publican, and the last copper of his customers,are exhausted, when, rush ing from behind his counter, assisted by his shop keeper, he expels , vi et arni is drag ging out,..by the heels or cellars,tie the dilatory mob, to nestle, as best they May, outside the inhospitable miserable drunkards, door.—Here, uno bserved, ma y You contemplate the in finite varieties of men self-metamorphosed into beasts— soaker, tippler, toper, muddler, beer swiller, cordial.tiller, sot. Here dram - drinker, barefoot child, hungry, naked, clay-faced,you may behold the tip toe, that infernal bottle, which made handing up, it, and keeps it, what it is, and with which, when filled, to its brutal father , or infamous mother , theitcreeps home messenger of its own misery. Here, the steady his throat respectable sot, the good customer , slides in, and flings down tho frequent dra m ; then, with an emphatic " hah" of gra tification, drops his mone y , nods to his friend, the landlord, and, for a short interval, departs. Here you may behold, with p it y , and as much superadded virtuous i n di gna tion as the inwa rd contemplation of your own con ti n ence may inspire , the flauntin g cYPri in over dressed tawdriness , calling, in shameless an' voice, for a quar tern of " pleasant -drinkin g gin,,, which she liberally shares with two or three gentlemen, who are being edu cated for the bar , at the Central Criminal Court. You may contrast her short-lived hey-day of r with that row of m iserables seated by t osperous sin, wall, whose charms are fled , a nd whose voices are husk y ,e while they implore you to treat them to a glass of al or supplicate for the coppers they see you receive from e, and who are only permitted that truly wretchedof place of rest, that they may beg for the benefit the publican, and for his profit, poison themselves with the alms of others.— Bentley's Miscellany. RAILWAY COMPETITION. —It appears, from the evidence given before the Select Committee by Mr. Glyn, Chairman of the London and Birmingham Rail way, that when the competition between the Midland Railways Counties and Birming ham and Derby was at its height, the reduct ion of charges hadput the working stock of the two comp anies in such a deteriorated con dition, that the Birmingham Board Cern were obliged to write to one of them (the Derby any, we have no doubt), to tell them that they should be P compelled, with reference to the safety of the public, to prevent their car riages coming upon the London and Birmingham lino I Mr. Glyn adds—" The result of the competition t was what we have seen in most other cases—h sill the passen g,rs were carried at a very low cost fora time , and ulti mately the companie s came to a combination, and then raised their fares to the full extent that they were be fore the combination commenced, and, • in some few points, rather higher I"—Bailway Record. DUDLEY ELECTION. THURSDAY, THREE O ' CLOCK.—The election has ter minated in the return of the nominee of the old Castle influence. No one expected anything else, and there is, consequently, no disappointment experienced. The League came here merely to disseminate the That of free trade, a n d no t t o w i n th e e l e cti o n. rrhat they knew they could not do, but they also well knew that had they the ballot they would have won. There is not a man, woman, or child in Dudley, having arrived at the use of reason, and uninfluenced by the terror of their superiors, who would not vote for cheap bread and plenty of it. At present, however, the greater part of the people have no will, and were obliged to vote as follows : Mr. Benbow Mr. Rawson . WEST INDIA PlNES.—Another portion of the cargo of the Fear Not, consisting of 5,000 pine apples, was sold yesterday afternoon by Messrs. Keeling and llunt, in Monument-yard. The present specimens turned out better than those of any previous sale, being in finer preservation. They were of three varieties—the bird's-eye, sugar• loaf, and Providence; and several other new sorts which are being cultivated in the islands will be added to the consignments of next year. The competition waa very brisk yesterday, showing that notwithstanding the large quantities which have been introduced during the last few weeks, there is extensive and steady demand for this article of luxury. The prices yesterday of the best easofluidr 9 eiss l : quality averaged from 3 s. to s s. each, of • secondary Along qugl ity NN a i b th ou t t he l s s e . were 9d. some n 9d., and inferiorsorts d, e and undressed tur od ee which realised ss. per Ib.. the the lan the 'all ,ula age ago ees ssisn u ns. the ,the l ' joi e, wiot 2 erli Too ng $O O4 004 41 01 r, bsIT ng to ailer e 101 . 1 the': 31 g°