The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

is sr° . r 41' ,___ SUMMARY OF NEWS ia tt bitt Optuton. " Who runs nniy read. ° ,l Tuesd ay a f ternoon t h e Kin g o f t h e F renc h, ac e°lnpanied by General Avward, the Marquis de Strada, 14111 „,two ord er ly o ffi cers , - visited St. Cloud, but returned I,e 1) eieed t uilly to dinner. In the evenine- their I , ,laje,ties .ileuleihe Minister of Hesse, the Count cit. 4 're, the Minister of Public Instruction, the Prefect of the Seim., General Fabvier, and Count Simeon. The British Ambassador, Lord Cowley, had a private audience of Louis Philippe on Wednesday, at which he tl.'lirered to his Majesty letters from her Britannic Ma ji;stY, in answer to the notification of the birth of his -loyal Highness the Duke d'Alencon. His Excellency dealso delivered to the King and Queen letters by which r Britannic announces the birth of a l'rince, h er ill!e Majesty b Son Similar letters were presented to his Majesty the representatives of Tuscany and Nassau. 41 - Ternaux Compan has been elected member of the c It hlnnber of D eput i es for Savenay. He had 145 votes ; , de G enoude, one of the rival candidates, had 115 ; 41. b ubois-Ayme, 10; and M. Ernest de la Rochette, 1. tyite lea rn f rom T un i s , 30t h u l t , t h at t h e f ete o f S a i n t Il ls was ce l e b ra t e d by th e F renc h on th e 25th with a t ceremony, in the chapel erected by the present "g in honour of his great ancestor, on the hill of • a. a„Ple law o f J u ly 24, 1843, fixi ng th e amoun t of the gnet of expenditure for 1844, having ordered that be sire the Ist of January, 1845, the central organisation th e eec LiMinistry should be settled by Royal ordonnance, 4 4 „ . Moniteur of Thursday publishes an ordonnance s ,`eti the 13th instant, relative to one of the depart- Y t i e44 9 Viz. the Ministry of Forein Affairs. It is di 14:L.iato eight branches. .The cabinet of the Minister Ts secretaries, the political direction, the commer -o.threction, the bureau of the affairs of America and t h' 4 , , the direction of the archives and the chancellerie, I,l36oareau of protocols, the bureaux des contentieur (de tta,,n(lB, reclamations, &c.), and the direction of the funds tie laid l er . the accounts. The attributes of each division th is lald down, and the persons to be employed are 6 5 , 8 ed as follows :—directors, sub-directors, chefs de Th e "' redacteurs, principal clerks, and copying clerks. y e „ maximum salary of directors is fixed at 20 000 f. a di r, and the minimum 15,000 f. ; the maximum of sub k`eeters 12,000 f., and the minimum B,ooof. ; the maxi of the chefs de bureau 10,000 f., minimum 6,000 f. ; t t , - uuniti of the redacteurs 6,000 f., minimum, 4,000 E ; ,'" 3 utita of principrl clerks 5,000 f., minimum 3,000 f. ; Is c i" l num of copying clerks 4,000, minimum 1,500 f. p e ,,,,` ~P endent of the regular employes, there are to be su 41tneries or attaches, without salary, but they must be etiti ates in law. ftk Asmodee steam-frigate has received orders to be t o he ' e adines s to proceed to Tunis, and the Rubis steamer Is, Prepared to leave for Constantinople. o nf ''e Minister of Public Works has given notice that 14` c s th of next month he will open and decide upon t enders for the laying down the rails, and forming 4il lea from Orleans to Bordeaux and Orleans to l erze n. tt, t 4 t letter from Cadiz of the 11th, in the Debats, states ted t t is i le Warspite has been ordered to quit Gibraltar ,I,e eoast of Morocco, and to proceed to the Levant. 114 4 Aug s b urg Gazette has the following from Alex to ti ' 4 , dated the 30th ult. :—" The Viceroy has declared tiLe Prench Consul that he is about to undertake an i tial l ition against the Abyssinians, who have invaded ~kiii,rarnara where they have burned several villages, li e many Of the inhabitants, and made slaves of others. too a dded, however, that his views were not those of eselest He made this communication to the French 1 44 111 , because France pretends to exercise a protec- T h e over Abyssinia." (l eo ! Universal Gazette of Leipsic gives an extract of tt, 53 .7 1 ', received from two Saxon merchants, who set out ltst,; ll Llonths back for China. It says—" The Chinese /4 51 4 Saxon cloths even to English ones. The English tletTeturers have sent out such a quantity of cloth 416, 4 is cheaper than in England. In a year China 4 14 a commercial market of little importance for Bri hs,`,°,reMerce, for already the goods sent exceed con- N r„-on. The exportation of Chinese goods is not ex except in tea. The Chinese, in general, export tits t i ti refuse silks, keeping to themselves those of first Th t 3 ..» 0 ,r e , 6 Hanover Gazette of the 14th publishes the treaty 'tei ll P 2 oerce and navigation entered into with England in Nl l ;:, t st. It is preceded by a notification that, on the 11 16"ge of the ratifications, it was agreed that the exist tli4t astoeis tariff of Brunshan shall remain in force, but kte ti t lie articles of British manufacture interdicted in the 44" e 0 1 the treaty, will only pay from the Ist October, I tec t i l brought up the Elbe in British vessels, the duties !Ss s .bY article 6 ; and from that date British vessels by eir carg oes w ill p a y no o th er d u ty than that fi xe d 4 Is tariff. G le tter fro m Hambur h of the 13th, in the C o l o gne 4 z g' ett„ ta w e, says :—" I he Council of Burgher s h as b een en ‘s,l" to-day in discussing the treaty of na v i ga ti on be en th e free towns of Hanaburgh, Lubeck, and Bremen, 18 (h tl le kingdom of Sardinia, concluded at Faris on th e fr ee ' duly last, M. Rumpf being the representative of the tli s i t °wns, and the Marquis de Brignole Sales of Sar sts; The treaty is founded on the principle of the m os t e 1,,, et ,e reciprocity, with the sole exception of the coast t° lta e ji e, which each of the contracting parties reserves ar ticles, ex clusively. The treaty is comprised in ten 4 2Iess h„„ 1\T o change is to be made in any of them, that t ic .sr are extended to the ships of all other nations, 14 b vatit a ny one of the contracting parties grants any q „'lletap.„% e to any other nation whatever, the same ad :ae n laY be claimed by the other contracting parties. 'ay o f: a tY is to remain in force for ten years from the after ;its ratification, and, further, for twelve months iki ler e ef ill .,_ er of the parties has given official notice to the 4 7est, its intention not to continue the treaty. This mU of as been ratified, but the treaties for the naviga klaje4 the Elbe hare been rejected a third time by a lot t , t Y of th ree di oceses aga i ns t two. There were 328 ili kg s ,. . " ?f whom 134 voted for the ratification, and 194 4 titl,;t• The grand deputation, which is finally to 4, tibe, was immediately appointed." LAW AND POLICE. Ati e case of Sparks v. Austin was tried in the Secon- S s pCourt. The plaintiff is an attorney's clerk, and ‘)te " e rendant was f orm erly the landlord of the St. k e t ge's Tav ern , L am b et h- roa d. Th e ac ti on wa s b roug ht '4, l e ver th e sum of 4L 18s., due by the defendant to / ki The defendant first pleaded never indebted, le.,reendly, a set off. The jury found a verdict for b.efnant. sittings at the Central Criminal Court for the 10t4.,14 session concluded yesterday. The Court ad dto the 21st October. t latin Berry, a lad, was committed from Guildhall, t t4 tt br , r * Alderman Hughes, charged with stealing a bundle value 31., which he was entrust t ed to carry ▪tt le factory of Mr. Lyons, 156, High Holborn, .4,4 . residence of Mrs. Lyons's father, in Great Alie kJohn Watts, a man in the employ J ames Evans, of 20, Lower Sloane-street, baker, likei d "lirged with having plundered his master to a very vr n able extent. The prisoner was in the habit of 41 4" 11 $ out bread, and took the opportunity of robbing 15 r, faster', by taking out more loaves than he was charged At was remanded. Net G ravesend Mr. James Gould, fruiterer, Windmill 14,4Q,*as charged with having, on Sunday, the 15th ig,er s e - `' exercised his ordinary calling in his shop, : 1 •, CY incurring under the statute of the 29th Charles Penalty of 5/. The defendant stated that he had 5 ,7 (1 • 441 e what every fruiterer in London was permitted 1 , 1 4 (1 „ w ithout molestation, viz., partly opened his shop e w ''' and sold fruit on the Sunday after one o'clock. tideas, fined 6s. 6d. Mr. Oakes in giving judgment i i Nt e ,"."e following excuse for the conduct of the magis • t - ,• 1 1 1 undertaking a crusade against Sunday trading. r ti : 4 l that there was such a clamour raised by certain Ic Ave' s ,against the practice of Sunday trading in the ilthi,tnat the magistrates were, in a measure, enforced t ake e cognizance of it in every shape in which it was too • before them. / ', l atsi g es Pectably attired young man, named Alfred Ed mit th"' d escribed as a pickle-manufacturer, in Haber s.tNeetrijiace, Hoxton, was remanded from Worship rs, c harged with ' having administered a quantity of ‘4lli: t ° a young woman named Jane Gregory, and A t ) caused her death. 1 14 ti StablVoolwich, John Stroud, a man of colour, and 41 tt t St. Helena, was charged with being found asleep lilliole belonging to the Red Lion, Shooter's-hill, It Oie t ?: l ,,s,ospicion of having committed felony. The pri nod w ho wa s stated to be the dread of the neighbour 4L' was remanded. /P er s l. 3 ' Harding, an d her daughter, Louisa Harding, o, 4 vie f , e loanded from Hammersmith on a charge of 11 .' 1 / 4 Pawned some silver spoons, stolen from the house essi z ;• H. Kent, the Prince of Wales, Church-street, h At tght°ll - Thames Police-court a respectable woman a nd ‘ ,, 4 -andell, residing in Chatham-place, Walworth, the C"ose husband is foreman to Horton and hart, ;Is ,cl3-factors, in Southwark, applied to Mr. Ballantine r,warrant against Captain Spratley, the master of The sir, for le av i ng her son b e hi n d at Celebes, or 'lle an i s l an d i n t h e I n di an O cean , four years ago. tastic"•titagistrate directed Inspector Maddox to make im e inquiry into the circumstances of the case. ith COITILT—PASITIONABLE. kin oi 7 tad of Shrewsbury and family arrived in Bir ;lp he gh a t' on Saturday last, at Dee's Royal Hotel, and in th — e ll e r v se of . the day visited the Roman Catholic Bishop. s uo ening, it being the eve of the Nativity of the :t.,,oedl_3;:.a,:ariirogfin, they attended Divine service at the `',,„hapel in the new cathedral dedicated to St. Chad, B , C Charleville . has ordered all his farming all an e ' , at Charleville Forest, to be sold off. The s eat e „,', Countess left his Lordship's ancient baronial Th - "Y in the preceding week, on a tour. e arl of Harrowb and Viscount and Lady Frances P I and family arrived at Harrowgate on Thursday, ha s f r Ota Bandon Hall, Staffordshire. The Noble Earl er son , . ac e 0 years past, annually visited that watering taking and IN h .a a t s er invariably derived great benefit from ell' th e Nart . 8. blie .e.ltzwliilattl will commence his annual series of 4.o t h etnners this week, at Wentworth House, near Albr er urn, where a family t - has assembled. Lady y par y it i s *iexa P itzwilliam, the Noble Earl's youngest daughter, W e r ec ted, • Will make her debut next season. is who h a lf, nappy to state that the Duchess of Manchester, a sl_neen seriously indisposed at Tandagree Castle. kr, 4 le of convalescence. arri ved od Wentaorth Beaumont and family have g all, ttlizit(ittei j r seat, Bywell Hall, Northumberland. 4: 11 , ne Fanny Howard have arrived at Holkar aaluethorpe, on a visit to the Earl of Bur- IM:V•tOTs.4.X.tI.IS2IOIIB. The North Lancashire Election took place yesterday. Mr. Cliften, the Conservative, was returned without op position. We hear that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridgv, with his son-in-law, the Grand Duke of Meeklcnburgh Strelitz, are expected on a visit to the Earl of Mansfield, at Scone Palace, in the course of next neck. It is currently reported in the City that Alderman Sir John Pirie has received an intimation that he will be appointed a Commissioner of Excise. We are requested by the Messrs. M'Cracken, Custom house agents, to state. that the marble statue which Ira arrived by the ship Effort, from Leghorn, for her Ma jesty the Queen, is not a statue of her Majesty, but of Penelope, executed by Richard Wyatt, an English sculp tor, residing at Rome, and who, when in England two years ago, was honoured by her Majesty with the com mission. By virtue of a very old custom in Belgium, particu larly in Brussels, the reigning Sovereign of this country becoms godfather to the seventh consecutive son of any family, however humble their situation may be. The other Hight, the wife of an honest mechanic residing at No. 17, nue de la Betterave, gave birth to her seventh son, who will accordingly have the honour of becoming the godson to his Majesty the King of the Belgians. A very large meeting of medical men was held on Thursday in the Guildhall, Norwich, to consider the provisions of Sir James Graham's recently introduced Medical Bill. The several speakers viewed with alarm Sir James Graham's Bill. It was unanimously agreed that petitions to the House of Commons should be adopted, and to the House of Lords, should the Bill be brought under consideration there. Large amounts of new copper coin, or half-farthings, are, as already intimated, now issued. It is a neat piece of money, bearing the bust of the Queen, with the inscription " Victoria," &c. ; on the reverse the words "Half a Farthing." Many street speculators took ad vantage of the curiosity of the passengers, and sold them at the rate of four for a penny. The frequenters of St. Paul's will doubtless be re joiced to learn that the precise time for the re-commence ment of Diviae service has at length been fixed upon, as appears by the following announcement at the Cathedral door :—" The service in the Cathedral will re-com mence on Sunday, the 29th inst." On Tuesday last the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hos pital, commencing with the Royal Horse Artillery to the 6th battalion of Foot Artillery, attended before a board of the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, for the pur pose of being identified by Captain Forbes, who has been appointed paymaster of the Woolwich districts. The pensioners will be paid monthly in future, com mencing at Christmas next, but those who prefer it may be paid weekly, and a similar arrangement will be made with those who may become a burden to the pa rishes, and enter the union poorhouses. JAMES COCKBURN BELANEY. The excitement created by the trial of this person on the charge of murdering his wife, at Stepney, still pre vails in North Sunderland and its neighbourhood, where the miserable man resides, and has been living since his acquittal. On Monday evening last the populace col . - lected in great numbers about eight o'clock, and paraded the streets and lanes in and near North Sunderland, with three effigies, the first representing Belaney, the second " the archfiend," and the last one of Belaney's friends, who resides in Newcastle, and who took a very prominent part in the late trial in favour of the prisoner. On the procession reaching the gates of Belaney's house, about nine o'clock, they began to set fire to the effigy outside the gates, upon which Belaney rushed out of the house, and fired off a pistol in the direction of the crowd, but he was glad to make a hasty retreat, dropping his pistol on the way. His conduct so exasperated the populace, that they commenced a general assault on Belaney's house, battered in the shutters, and demolished the glass frames. Haring effected an en trance, they destroyed everything that came in their way. In the confusion Belaney effected his escape, and he con trived to elude the vigilance of his pursuers by secreting himself in a neighbouring cornfield, otherwise there is little doubt his life would have been sacrificed. The crowd then set fire to the gates and to two of the figures, and finally suspended that representing Belaney by the neck from the chimney-top of a house on the opposite side of the road, where it remains attracting the atten tion of the curious. The house on the following morn ing had all the appearance of a place that had under gone the fury of a military assault, the walls being battered as if struck by hundreds of cannon-balls. But the work of destruction did not end here. The populace again assembled on Wednesday night, and burnt the premises completely to the ground. The situation of Belaney's home was a very romantic one. It is at the end of the village, near the edge of the cliff overlooking the sea, the drawing-room windows being only a few in ches from the summit of a fearful precipice. It was built according to a plan laid down by himself, and has long affording food for gossip among the rustic population of that locality. It is not true, as stated in some of the Newcastle papers, that Belaney had ensconced himself at Cleadon, near Sunderland. His brother, the clergyman, had been on a visit there, and hence the mistake arose. We have received the following additional particulars from an occasional correspondent residing,in the neigh bourhood. BURNING OF BELANEY'S HOUSE. During the time the conflagration was proceeding, va rious articles of furniture were flung out of the windows, in order to save them from the devastating element, but they were instantly flung back into the flames by the mob, and in a short time everything was consumed. Be laney effected his escape, and it is not known whither he has directed his steps, but I have been informed that during this morninglhe was seen walking on the quay in this town. The news of the destruction of his property is hailed by all with delight ; and two or three persons, in my hearing, on being informed of the event, expressed their sorrow that he was not consumed as well as his property. The popular indignation towards him knows no bounds ; and if he remain in this neighbour hood much longer, his life will certainly be sacrificed. It is said that the shopkeepers in North Sunderland have refused, ever since the trial, to sell him even the neces saries of life ; and indeed this is not to be wondered at, considering the light in which he is regarded here by everybody. I have conversed with many persons about him, and not a word of commisseration towards him has escaped from one of them. A hand-bill, one of which I enclose, has been circulated extensively in the district, and is known to have excited Belaney's ire. How be can have the effrontery to remain at North Sunderland, with hundreds about him thirsting for his blood is a mystery; it is supposed that he was at first determined to brave the popular feeling, and by residing, as usual, in North Sunderland, to endeavour to stamp on the mind of his neighbours the idea, that by so doing, he was innocent ; last night's proceedings will, however, convince him that North Sunderland is no longer an abiding place for him. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDZWT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. SEPT. 14.—Iris, cutter, Thoaas Fleming, Esq., from the Mediterranean and proceeded to Southampton ; Fairy, schooner, Win. Peareth, Esq., Cherbourg. 16. Jack o'Lantern, schooner, Earl of Orkney, West of Scotland and Plymouth last. 17. Stormfinch, yawl, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowers, from the westward. 18. Flirt, schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Baronet, Havre. 19. Ariel, schooner, Almon Hill, Esq., Havre. SAILING S. SEPT. 17.—Fairy, schooner, Wm. Peareth, Esq., for London, left for the season ; Corsair, cutter, John Con greve, Esq., Yarmouth, to lay up ; Camilla, schooner, Thomas Hallifax, jun., Esq., Cowes Harbour, to lay up. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Kestrel ketch, Commodore Earl of Yarborough ; Stormfinch, yawl. Cutters—Phantom, Charlotte, Rein , Deer, Whim, Lufra, Aurora, Falcon, Intrepid, Medina, Midge, Flower of Yarrow. Schooners—Jack o'Lantern, Xari fa, Ariel, Gem. Lord Ernest Bruce and family left No. 1, Castle-ter race, this day. Sir A. Murray has taken the house, and is expected with his family to-morrow. J. J. Brownrig, Esq., has taken the Pavilion ; W. Orton, Esq., Rose Mount. Lady Selina Ker is expected at Trafalgar House. Lord Cadogan is at Cowes Castle. 4DVERTISEMENT.] THE TURN OF LIFE !—CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A respectable woman, aged 47, named Graham, residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, was in the most critical and dangerous state for nine months, being sometimes almost choked with phlegm, with shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart, toge ther with a general derangement and debility of the whole system. Her life was in the greatest danger when she commenced the use of these miraculous pills, which restored her to the highest state of health in five weeks. They are the finest medicine in the world for females of all ages. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. PORTSOKEN WARD.—In this ward a very active canvass is going on in favour of the candidates, Mr. Sheriff Moon, Mr. David Salomons, and Mr. Scales, and their committees respectively express sanguine expecta tions as to the result. In various parts of the ward banners and flags are exhibited with inscriptions and mottoes upon them. The Lord Mayor will attend on Wednesday morning at the late workhouse, Cock and Hoop-court, Houndsditch, when after the nomination of the several candidates at the wardmote, this will be ad journed to America-square, where a booth will be erected to take the votes of the electors of the ward. This cere mony used to be performed at the church, but it is wished to avoid the desecration of the sacred edifice for such a purpose, on which account it is proposed that the wardmote should be continued in America-square. BILLINGSGATE WARD.—ELECTION OF AN ALDER mAN.—In compliance with the precept of the Lord Mayor, Thursday next has been appointed for the nomi nation and election of an alderman to represent the ward of Billingsgate. Duringthe last few days, Mr. W. Metcalfe, formerly a resident in the ward, and a coal factor, offered himself as a candidate to the freemen of the ward, but, after having canvassed the inhabitants for two days, the chairman of his committee wrote to the chairman of the committee of Mr. Thomas Sidney, sheriff elect, intimating that it was not the intentio❑ of Mr. Metcalfe to contest the election. There being no other candidute in the field, there will be no doubt of Mr. Sidney's return. THE LAW OF COURTSHIP IN AMERICA.—In a recent trial for breach of promise of marriage, in Ver mont, the judge laid it down that no explicit promise of marriage was necessary to bind the parties to a marriage contract, but that long-continued attention to or itims,cy with a female was as good evidence of intended marriage as a special contract. • I. I IIM PtIN. LONDON', SAVORDAY INVENING, SEPTEMBER 91, 1844, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 4 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Parthian, 4 yrs Sir R. Gill's Corodino, 3 yrs 2 dr DONCASTER, FRIDAY ATTEROON. The early hour at which the races commenced ena bles us, by means of an express to the Swinton station, to give the result of the principal races to day, the 1001. Plate being the only one undecided when our parcel was closed. The weather was showery, and the attendance thin, but not more so than usual on the last day at these meetings. It will be seen that, after all, the great match between Cor ranna and Foig-a-ballagh came off, and that it proved a decisive triumph for the young one. Capt. Boyd's Dog Billy, 3 yrs \Von in a canter. HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S RACES (CoNcLuDED). The St. Leonard's Plate of 501. Heats, twice round. Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 3 yrs 2 0 1 1 Mr. Cook's Molly Mogg, 3 yrs 0 1 3 2 Mr. Langridge's Discretion, 3 yrs 1 0 2 3 Mr. S. Smith's Queen of the Chase Mr. Coppard's Spectator, 5 yrs 0 3 dr Mr. Jenner's Amy, 5 yrs.... dis. Mr. Bacon's Tub Thumper, 6 yrs 0 dr The Scarbrough Stakes of 30 — sovs. each, 20 ft, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, B.t 41b. The winner of the St. Leger to have carried 71b extra. One mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Salvin's The Cure.. (Templeman) 1 Mr. Smallwood's Prince Royal . 2 Mr. W. S. Standish's Susan to lon The Cure. The running was made by Prince Royal at a strong pace, followed by the filly, The Cure lying off up to the Red House, where he took the second place. At the Stand he took the lead from the Prince Royal, and won in a canter by three lengths. Match, 1,000 sous . St. Leger Course. Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh, 3 yrs, 7st.. (Abdale) 1 Mr. Collett's Corranna, 5 yrs, 9st .. (Whitehouse) 2 3 to 1 on Foig-a-ballagh, who made running all the way, and won in a canter by six lengths. The Park Hill Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yr old fillies, Bst 71b each; the second to receive 100 sovs., and the winner to pay 201. towards expenses. St. Leger Course. (31 Subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella (J. Day, jun.) 1 Colonel Anson's The Princess Mr. Irwin's The Pride of Kildare Lord G. Bentinck's All -round-my-fiat Lord Chesterfield's Joan of Arc 2tol on Princess, and 3to 1 agst Sorella. Joan of Arc made the running at her best pace, followed by The Pride of Kildare and the Princess, Sorella lying off. They ran thus to the Red House, where The Pride of Kildare went in front, and with the Princess in attendance led to the distance; she then fell back, and Sorella took the second place, waiting on The Princess to the stand, where she challenged, headed her in two or three strides, and won cleverly by a length. The Pride a good third. Match, 300 sovs. each, Red House in.—Lord G. Bentinck's br f Longitude, received ft from Lord Glasgow's b f Sister to Deerslayer. Match, 100, h ft, two miles.—Mr. Collett's Corranna, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b, against Mr. H. Johnstone's William le Gros, 5 yrs, Bst. Off by consent. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. DONCASTER, THURSDAY EVENING. ' The appearance of Alice Hawthorn's name amongst the entries for the Cup, and the certainty that, if it produced a race at all, it would be for the bonus added by the Corporation for the second horse, entirely divested what has hitherto been one of the most ex citing races of the meeting, of all public interest, and put speculation out of the question. The list, apart from the Cup, was not by any means imposing. The Innkeepers' Plate, which, by the way, was one of the closest races we ever saw, had considerably less than the average number of subscribers. The Three year-old Stakes only brought out a couple of starters, and was a very hollow thing. The .12wo-year-old Stakes was equally so, from the badness of the starting; and the Cup was, what every Cup, Plate, or Stake, must be that Alice Hawthorn has any part in, little better than a walk over. It did not surprise us, therefore, that with such feeble attractions, the at tendance was vastly inferior to the generality of Cup days at Doncaster. The weather was bright and warm, and the muster of fashionables, although small, sufficient to enable us to present a tolerable list of names. Before doing so, however, we have again to refer to the Corranna and Foig-a-ballagh dispute. Our last parcel was made up to twelve o'clock on 'Wednesday night, it being then generally understood that a compromise had been agreed on ; the subject, however, was discussed afresh after our report was sent off, and a determination come to, in order to prevent further ,dispute, to run the match on the day, and upon the terms ori ginally proposed. It will therefore come off to-morrow over the St. Leger course, Corranna carrying 9st, and Foig-a-ballagh, 7st. 7to 4 has been laid on the young 'un. The match be tween Corranna and William le Gros, in consequence of this arrangement, will not be run. We will now give our promised list of the company :—Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Earl of Glasgow, Earl of Galway, Earl of March, Earl and Countess Manvers, Earl of Miltown, Earl of Scarborough, Earl Spencer, Earl of Stratford. Lords—Geo. Bentinck, Bruce, Glamis, Hawke, Maidstone, Milton, E. Russell, Stanley, Wenlock, &c. Sirs— George Armytage, C. Cockerell, C. W. Codrington, J. Gerard, G. Houston, H. Mildmay, Tatton Sykes, W. Don, G. Strickland, Harry Vane, H. Vavasour,W. W. Wynn, B, St c r : ick llono urabies_co lonel Anson and Mrs. Anson, C. C Cavendish, G. Fitzroy, G. W. Fitzwilliam, H. Forester, S. Hawke, Martin Hawke, James Lumsden, Captain Lawley, C. C. Martin, Sir George Foley, E. M. Mostyn, Ll. Mostyn, G. 0. Murray, Horace Pitt. Captain 110U3, Captain Spencer, Captain Vaughan, F. Villiers, M. Watson, J. S. Wort ley, &c. General Shubrick. Colonels—Bouverie, Colville, Charritie, Cobbe, Fullerton, Hagerty, Hornby, Hawke, Knox, Stanley, Wallington, Wyng field. Majors—Campbell, Shewell, Tempest, &c. Captains—Anne, Bastard, Boyd, Cooke, Corbett, France, Fullerton, Grassett, Graham, Holden, Lum ley, Power, Markham, Ra ) R. "eel, W. Peel, Pettat, Pickard, etnsden, Rawsons, Smith, C. Sperling . , F. Spencer, Tottenham, Taylor, Williams, Winfield, Witham, 'ood. Counts—Alversteven and B a thyany. Messrs. Bou ver i e , F. T. F o lj am b e , G. S. Foljambe, Geo. Lane Fox, J. Garforth, Gilbert, Pe Meiklam, Mostyn, &c., a cc . The racing commenced at three o'clock, the handi cap being the first event. For the Innkeepers' Plate, Corodino, Knight of the Whistle, and the Cob got well off, and ran abreast at a strong pace to the distance, where Corodino re tired; the Cob then went on with the running, but was caught at the Stand, and after one of the most splendid races ever beheld, won on the post by a head. Juvenal and Phillip lost start, and never got within two or three lengths of the first two. For the Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, Joe Lovell, who made running from the hill, won in a canter. The Two-yrs-old Stakes was one out of many races that have occurred in the course of the present meet ing, to prove either that there is something very de fective in the mode of starting at Doncaster, or that the person appointed to perform that duty is incom petent. In the first race this afternoon two horses were deprived of all chance by the dropping of the flag when their heads were turned in a contrary di rection to the post ; and in this it lowered at the mo ment the first favourite, Midlothian, jumped short round, not when the horses where at the post, but when they were some yards below it ; it was not raised again until the flag in advance was also down, and the race,with seven out of the ten, had commenced; the consequence was, that the riders of the Lillah colt and Titania hesitated and lost several lengths, and that Midlothian was left at the post. A few words will describe the race. Longitude got well off, made nearly all the running, was never caught, and won in a canter by two lengths ; the St. Martin colt was a bad third, Bretwalda fourth, and Sir R. Bulkeley's fifth ; Punjaub and Firemaster beaten off. For the Cup, Alice Hawthorn made her own run ning, was never approached, a n d won in the com monest of canters. Pride of Kildare was beaten off before she had gone half the distance. SALE Or BLOOD-STOCK BY MESSRS. TATTERSALL. Gs. Mr. Bowes's Bretby Meteor ............................................. Luneta Maid of Fez Albatross Mr. Lumley's brown yearling c, by Wilbert, out of ) 120 13 Cy lB er 4°a6rt o l)i n .n.:!: ? ..fi i . l i. ........................ .............. out of Ga ze tt e (O a k s , . B yearling filly, by Cardinal Puff, out of Persian (Oaks, 1846) B yearling filly, by Stockport, dam by Blacklock (Oaks, 1846) Lord Chesterfield's Attagan Odds and Enda The Bee Gizelle Meal Joan of Arc B c, by Albemarle HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S RACES THURSDAY.—The Town Plate of 50 sovs. Heats. Lord Caledon's Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs.... 3 1 Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 3 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. Shelley's Lydia Languish, 3 yrs (fell) 2 dr Mr. Balchin's Crocus, 4 yrs The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 30 added, one mile and a half, were won in two heats by Mr. Monk's Palladium, 5 yrs (Esling), beatin Mr. Matthew's Arcanus, 5 yrs, and Mr. Copperd's Specta tor, 5 yrs. ... 50 ... 63 ... 52 ~.. 30 ~.. 60 ~.. 100 ~.. 47 (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DONCASTER RACES.—FRIDAY (CONCLUDED). The Town Plate of 100 sovs.; three yrs old, 7st 51b; four yrs, Bst 71b ; & c. H ea t s , t wo m il es . _ _ _ Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 3 yrs (Lye) 3 3 1 1 degree that the sewerage of the upper portions might find an outlet. As a Commissioner of Holborn and Finsbury, he would not vote, but having never spoken upon that subject in the other Court, he thought he had a right to state his opinion in that place. Mr. LESLIE agreed with the observations made by the Hon. Commissioner, Colonel Gaunt, as to the re quirements of the Act of Henry VIII. in reference to the ground drainage; but supposing that the area of Bloomsbury-square was one large cesspool— (A laugh)—Hon. Commissioners might laugh, but the period was not so very far removed when such a thing was actually proposed, though in a different locality—(Hear, hear)—supposing, then, such a case, would they call that land drainage ? (The Hon. Commissioner then read the Act of Parliament constituting the Holborn and Finsbury Commission, in which it was conceded that the yearly demand of the City of London Court was a fair, just, and proper one.) Did that Court, then, wish anything less reasonable ? No. They required, according to their surveyor's statement, to go to a certain depth for their own purposes, and every inch beyond that was for the purposes of the Holborn and Finsbury dis trict. He was inclined to give every facility to the drainage of Gower-street and its neighbourhood. He had gone through that district very lately, and he had observed the vast increase of building there. Now let them imagine the mass of water poured through those (the Westminster) sewers from that closely inhabited district. Were there no expenses attendant on that—no wear and tear, exclusive of what their own immediate district would occasion ? He thought, therefore, that the Holborn and Fins bury district was fully entitled to pay the extra digging, and the 971. required for the gully drains necessary on that account, and he would propose, therefore, that the legal opinion read that day should be sent to that Commission, with the determination to which they themselves had come, and that one fort night should be allowed them to make up their minds finally.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BALDWIN thought that if they executed this work for the benefit of another Commission, that Commission might make a similar demand at a future period. He was, therefore, opposed to affording such a bad precedent. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said, that while they attended to the interest of the rate-payers in that district, it might be well also to consider—he gave it as his opinion merely—that their surveyors should have taken a more enlarged view of the depth required in the main line. He was of opinion that the collateral sewers ought to have a greater depth of fall than they had at present. He thought, therefore, that the eight feet of digging should at least be borne by them, as it was really required, but that the additional depth of five feet should be charged to the Holborn and Finsbury division. The 971. for gully-drains might be afterwards considered. Mr. LESLIE said they had taken the opinion of the proper officers upon the subject, and he was bound to suppose that they had duly considered the fall required for the collateral sewers. They had also the opinion of their solicitor, Mr. Smith, and he thought the Court ought not to take the respon sibility upon itself of departing from the opinions ex pressed by those gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN, without infringing upon the rights of the officers of that Court, thought he also was jus tified in advancing his opinion, and he knew of no rule which rendered it paramount that that Commis sion should abide by any expressed opinions of the surveyors. After some few observations from Mr. WIL LOUGHBY and Mr. W. L. DONALDSON, a resolution, in accordance with the suggestions of Mr. Leslie, was moved by Mr. HawKEs, seconded by Mr. WIL LOUGHBY, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN suggested that the list of quan tities for the guidance of the persons contracting for the coming year might, where an odd figure existed, be changed into even numbers, thereby saving to the servants of the Court a very great degree of labour. Mr. LESLIE had understood that the quantities were not to be inserted in the forms, but left in the office merely as a reference to those who might wish to contract. The CLERK stated that the last Court had decided otherwise. ➢ir. LESLIE complained that he had been taken by surprise. He had distinctly understood that the tenders were only to be for so much per foot, or yard, as it might be. The enormous jobbing he had exposed on the last contract was only effected by tendering for quantities. The CHAIRMAN said the Court had settled the question last Court-day, and the matter was now set at rest. Mr. LESLIE would enter his earnest protest against the proceeding, as he should most certainly have done had he been aware of the decision to which the Court had come. He was still, however, of opinion, that a mistake had been made in this particular. After a very warm discussion, the quantities for the year ending Midsummer, 1844, were ordered to be sent out without any alterations being made in them. Some unimportant business was then gone through, and the Court adjourned. iGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice 47 Naples 39} Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia - - PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars...ES 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 4 11} RAILWAYS (From the Gazette of last night.) Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, Sept. 19, 1844. Referring to the notice in the Gazette of the 23d August, announc . ng the intention of the Railway Board to examine into certain schemes therein enumerated, with a view to the presentation to Parliament of minutes or reports thereon, in the event of their becoming the subjects of application to Parliament, the Board hereby give notice, that it is further their intention to examine, with a similar view, into the following schemes, viz.;- 1. The schemes proposed for connecting Portsmouth with London, by more direct lines of railway commu nication. 2. The Richmond and West-end Junction, and other schemes for forming a central terminus in the neighbour hood of Waterloo and Hungerford bridges. The principal points into which inquiry will be made in connection with the above schemes, are as follows:- 1. The ability and bona fide intention of the promoters to prosecute their application to Parliament, next ses sion, for Bills to authorise their several undertakings. 2. The advantages to be obtained, in a national point of view, in completing or extending important lines of railway communication. 3. The amount of local advantage afforded to the towns and districts more immediately affected. 4. The engineering circumstances of the line, so far as may be necessary to form a general judgment of the cha racter of the under►taking. 5. The estimates of cost of construction, and of traffic and working expenses, so far as may be necessary to judge of the probability of the lino being completed and efficiently worked, in the event of its being sanctioned by Parliament, and with a view to drawing a comparison between the merit of competing lines of railway. The inquiry, in conformity with the recommendation of the fifth Report of the Select Committee on Railways, will not embrace questions of private property or inter est, which will be reserved altogether for the considera tion of the Legislature. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vic toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of September, 1844. ISSVE DEPARTMENT. X. 1 X. Notes issued ... 28,500,880 ; Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion Silrer bullion £28,500,880 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. umber, 1844. :PARTMENT. G overnment sem rities (inelud inglleadWeight Annuity) 14,554,834 Other securities 8,146,689 Notes Gold and silver coin A fine race. The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 30 added, once round and a distance, were won in three heats by Mr. Monk's Beggar Girl, 4 yrs (Esling), beating Mr. Prescott's Bosphorus, aged (won second heat), Mr. Belchin's Crocus, 4 yrs, Mr. Hardy's Fairplay, aged, Mr. Wilson's Dart; 5 yrs, Mr. S. S. Smith's Queen of the Chase, 3 yrs, after a very fine race. MONMOUTH RACES—TUESDAY. The Monmouthshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 40 added, twice round and a distance. Mr. Gough's Faust; 6 yrs ....(Dodgson) 1 2 1 _ _ _ _ Mr. Parr's Nora Creina, 6 yrs 2 1 2 Mr. Raworth's Clinker, aged The Clytha Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats. Mr. Powell's Cracksman, aged ...(Owner) 5 1 1 Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 5 yrs.. .. 1 5 2 Mr. Ball's Freedom, aged Mr. Raworth's Clinker, aged 2 2 4 Mr. Williams' Sam Weller, 6 yrs ... 3 3 5 The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 1.5 added, twice round and a dis, were won in three heats by Captain Pearce's Fickle, 5 yrs (owner), beating Am bition and Waterloo. WEDNESDAY. The Chippenham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, twice round. Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 3 yrs.. (Parr) 3 5 1 1 Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 6 yrs 2 1 5 2 Mr. Herbert's Tariff, 5 yrs Mr. Hewitt's Maud, 4 yrs 5 2 3 dr Mr. Gough's Aimwell, aged The Monmouthshire Hunt Hurdle Stakes, two miles, were won by Mr. Jones's Novice, beating Mr. Rolls's Dwarf, and three others, in a canter. The Beaten Stakes were won by Mr. Parr's Nora Creina, beating Aimwell and Ambition. LATEST DERBY BETTING AT DONCASTER, 9to 2 agst John Day's lot 35 to 1 agst Twig sto 1 agst Scott's lot 40 to 1 agst Connaught 14 to 1 agst Alarm Ranger 17 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 40 to 1 agst Fitzallen .... to 1 agst Kedger 50 to 1 agst Collier—taken to 1 agst Broth. to E. 0. 1 50 to 1 agst Myrrha c.—t, COURT OF SEWERS. A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and part of the county of Middlesex, was held yesterday at the Sewers'-office, Greek-street, Soho-square, for the transaction of general business, T. L. Donaldson, Esq., in the chair. The orders of Court of the 6th and 13th of Sep tember having been read, the Court received petitions and memorials, and considered the cases of parties -summoned to answer for irregular drainage, &c. A smart discussion arose upon the hearing of one of these as to the power of the Commissioners in ordering the construction of a new sewer where re quired, and amercing the parties benefited in the cost of the same. _ _ . Mr. SMITH, the Solicitor to the Court, said that the majority of professional men were of opinion that the Court could not legally exercise such power, but the opi 7 nion of the present Attorney-General (SirW.Follett), decidedly one of the highest authorities in his pro fession, was, that the Commissioners had full autho • rity under the statute to order such construction where required. His (Mr. Smith's) own humble opi nion was, that the Court was possessed of such power. Mr. SALE saw no necessity for legal opinion upon the subject. The Act did decidedly give to the Com missioners the power of constructing any new sewer. A desultory conversation followed, in which Mr. Leslie, Col. Gaunt, Mr. Baldwin, and the Chairman, took part. Mr. WILLOUGHBY thought the discussion quite irregular. The Court must, in that case, act as it had heretofore done in cases of irregular drainage, and that was, by cutting off the drain. If they were satisfied by the opinions of Sir William Follett as to the powers of that Commission, why, then let them name a future day for the proper discussion of the question, but let them not then waste the time of the public, and their own, by entering upon any irrelevant matter. Mr. LE BRETON moved, in the case in question, that the parties who had built the drains some sixteen years ago, and whose right to use them had been till now unquestioned, should be still allowed to retain them. Colonel GAUNT, after a few remarks upon the hardship of the case, said it would be unfair if the parties; after already incurring the expense of building such drains, should be obliged to discontinue them. Mr. BALDWIN moved an amendment that they be cut off. Mr. CRICE begged the Court not to admit the motion upon their books that they could for a moment, tolerate a nuisance, which was the worse, because of sixteen years' standing. He would second the amend ment with a great deal of pleasure. The original motion and amendment were put, when the latter was carried by a majority of three. The next notice upon the paper, to consider if any, and what steps, should be immediately taken to re store the dilapidated parts of the main line of the Ranelagh sewer in Gloucester-road, Paddington,. was deferred to a future day, the reports of surveyors upon the subject not yet being ready. The Court then took into consideration a letter received from the Holborn and Finsbury Commission, to the effect that they could not apply the funds of that district to the deepening of the line of sewer, in connexion with the proposed new street from St. Giles's to Long Acre. The Westminster Court had also ordered that their solicitor (Mr. Smith) should take counsel's opinion upon the legality of their (the Westminster Court of Sewers) expending the sum required for the purposes of the Holborn and Fins bury district. Mr. SMITH said that he had communicated with Mr. Barlow, who had given it as his opinion that the Westminster Court of Sewers could not legally incur expenses for the works of the Holborn and Finsbury division.—(Hear, hear.) Mr.WILLOUGBBT said, that the Holborn and Fins bury Commission had already told them that they could not lay out money out of their district, al though for their own purposes ; and yet they expected that Court to expend funds from which they themselves derived no benefit. He wished to be as liberal as possi ble to any other Commission, but surely it did not re quire legal opinion as to the justice of spending the money of that division for the benefit of another Com mission. Let them have the use, if they would, of the depth required by that Court, but not an inch more, unless they were prepared to pay for the extra digging. Mr. LESLIE could not understand why the Holborn and Finsbury Commission should have sent such a letter. They paid 1501. a year to the City of Lon don Commission for permission to go through their sewers. Surely, then, when every facility was given to them of an outlet to the Thames, by only paying the extra expenses of digging, that Commission could not be branded as narrow or illiberal. It could not be conceded for a moment that it would be legal for the rate-payers of that district to pay for works from which they derived no benefit. The only use, then, of the legal opinion quoted by Mr. smith was, that it enabled them to give the Holborn and Finsbury Com mission a very short answer. He must add, that the 971. of additional expense for gullies ought also to be added to the original sum required from them for the extra digging. Colonel GAUNT said that he would trouble the Court with but a few words on the subject under discussion. In reference to the rent paid by the Holborn and Finsbury district to the City of London, he would remind them that the latter, by its great influence, got a clause inserted in their Act, by which the already mentioned suns was allowed them. But the question was, ought that Commission, in a line calculated to be of general and lasting benefit, to act so very stringently Y Supposing that the three Com missions were acting as under the law of Henry the Eighth, when the country, now so densely peopled, was quite open, and when the waters of the higher lands were obliged to reach the Thames by their natural channels would it be contended, at that period, that this Commission could attempt to stop the ancient water-courses ? The Court of Queen' s Bench would very soon settle the question, by order ing them to be opened. Let them look at the case now. He thought that this Commission was quite bound to keep open the outlets for the benefit of the upper lands. He thought that the higher courts would decide now as they would have decided then.—(Hear.) Why, if this Commission stopped their outlets, if the City of London, if the Tower Hamlets, also, did the same, then the Holborn and Finsbury, to all intents and purposes, would cease to act as a Commission altogether. Under these cir ; cumstances, he thought it was not such a monstrous expectation that the Holborn and Finsbury division should 190 k to them to deepeu the line to such a £28,500,880, M. MA; Dated the 19th day of Sapi BANKING D: Proprietors'capi tal 14,553,000 Rest 3,565,796 Public deposits (including Ex chequer,savings' banks, Commis sioners of Na tional Debt, and dividend ac counts) 4,418,067 Other deposits Seven day and other bills 1,007,670 £32,018,634 M. MA . Dated the 19th day of Sei 1 £32,018,634 ii,SHALL, Chief Cashier. )tember, 1844. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : •C:, Week Last g 34 • ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. r, 6.g ) Sept. 14 Arbroath and Forfar •-• 13 Birmingham and Gloucester. ••••• • • • • 2,828 2,213 - Brandllng Junction 14 Bristol and Gloucester ••••.. • . • ..... 1,117 - 13 Chester and Birkenhead . 12 Dublin and Drogheda• •• • • • • •• • 608 - 17 Dublin and Kingstown ... 15 Dundee and Arbroath ... • ... •.•• • • • • 532 257 14 Durham and Sunderland ... 14 Edinburgh and Glasgow 15 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 4,427 4,067 14 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 1,547 1,449 14 Glasgow and Greenock. • 14 Grand Junction •••.•••••• • • • • • • • • • • 8,920 8,600 14 Great North of England 15 Great Western . ...... . ..... • 13 Liverpool and Manchester •• • 5,596 4,895 14 London and Birmingham . • ..... 18,480 17,217 15 London and Blackwall ...... 14 London and Brighton 17 London and Croydon 19 London and Greenwich . ............ 746 748 15 London and South Western. 12 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 14 Manchester and Birmingham.... 14 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,324 7,212 14 Midland Counties .... 14 Newcastle and Darlington • • - 14 Newcastle and Carlisle 15 Newcastle and North Shields 402 445 13 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,875 1,109 16 Paris, Corbel!, and Orleans 5,984 5,220 16 Paris and Rouen •• •••• •• 6,592 5,453 14 Preston and Wyre ..... 14 Sheffield and Manchester. .....• 9ll 661 19 South Eastern... 5,938 4,474 14 Taff Yale ... 15 Ulster . 562 449 15 Yarmouth and Norwich - 14 York and North Midland . - EXTENSIVE FIRE and PROBABLE LOSS of LIFE. This morning, a few minutes before one o'clock, a very serious fire, and which it is feared will be at tended with fatal consequences, broke out in a large double house, situate at 39, St. John-street, and oc cupied conjointly by a boot and shoemaker, named Lambden, and a working jeweller, of the name of Wheeler. The premises extended backwards a con siderable distance, and abutted upon Messrs. Palmer's patent metallic candle factory, which was destroyed by fire some time since. The first discovery was made by police-constable G 121 ; smoke issuing through the window-shutters, made him aware of the alarming fact. The alarm was sounded in the usual way, but a long tima elapsed before he could arouse the inmates to a sense of their great danger. In fact, before the officer could accomplish that object, the whole of the lower part of the build. ing became one vast sheet of flame, which rushed up wards to the other apartments. Upon the residents (we understand there were no fewer than six or eight) making their appearance at their respective windows, a most pitiable sight presented itself. The flames were ascending from the shop completely to the top of the building, whilst the inmates were bewailing in a half-frantic manner their impending fate. An aged person (Mr. Lambden's father-in-law) sud denly precipitated himself from the second-floor window, and fell with great violence to the ground. He was picked up greatly injured, and carried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. His son was somewhat more fortunate, for on jumping from the floor beneath he was caught by some of the neigh bours, and received very trifling injuries. Other per sons in the house made their escape in various ways — some from the roof, and on to Messrs. Palmer's fac tory. The engines of the brigade, the West of Eng land Company, and parish, were soon at the spot, and water being procured from the New River Com pany's mains, they were set to work ; those of the brigade, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, and that of the West of Eng land under the direction of Mr. Connorton. The fire, however, having obtained such a strong hold of every part of the building, that the firemen, from their first arrival, saw that its destruction was certain, they directed the branches of their hose so as to prevent it from extending further. Happily they succeeded just as it reached the spacious factory ad joining. The engines were kept working until near two o'clock, when it at last became apparent that the flames were yielding beneath the exertions of the firemen. The damage done is very considerable ; and during the excitement that prevailed we were unable to ascertain if any of the sufferers were insured. It was reported a little girl was missing, but whether she had perished in the flames is unknown. DEATH OF THE CHEVALIER BENEHAUSEN 7 THE RUSSIAN CONSUL IN LoNnoN.—lntelligence has been received of the death of this gentleman. The Chevalier Benkhausen died at Wisbaden of retrocedent gout. Setting aside his very amiable and popular character, the important office he held here for so many years, the con nexion he has had with the trading community of this country through the Russian Company—with the arts and artists, as being the medium of the Emperor of Rus sia's enlightened and generous liberality, and the im mense sums he has laid out here for his Government in the construction of steam-vessels and engines of every description—considering both his personal qualities and the position he held as a mediator, confers on this melan choly piece of news great interest. The regular steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson, arrived at the Custom House yesterday morning early, bringing a full cargoe of walnuts, upwards of 3,000 baskets. She had a large complement of passengers, amongst whom were the following:—The Hon. G. Hamilton, the Hon. G. N. Dillon, Captain M‘Dougall, Dr. Latham, the Rev. R. Clayton, Sze. The Antwerpen got to Antwerp on Monday morning last upwards of two hours before the starting of the train which reaches Co logne in the evening, and by which all the passengers for the Rhine took their departure. EXTRAORDINARY LOW TIDES.—On Tuesday, at Blackfriars, off Messrs. Hoppe's coal-wharf, a largo space of ground was to be seen covered with mudlarks, who were eagerly seeking and turning up the earth in search of coals, &c. A very valuable knife-box was found, containing a set of elegantly-mounted knives and forks, which had evidently been thrown there for the purpose of preventing detection. A valuable silver watch was also picked up by some coal-porters near the same spot. A quantity of ancient coins were discovered near the Whitefriars-dock, in a state of great preserva tion. Several steam-boats were aground for some con siderable time, owing ,to the shallow state of the river above bridge. COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 3i Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp 25 85 Elamburgh M.B. 13131 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, have left Drumlanrig Castle, for Inverary. A deputation from Hereford, consisting of the Dean of Hereford, Mr. Cleave, Mr. F. L. Boden ham, Mr. Pritchard, and Mr. W. H. Smith, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, on the line of rail way from Hereford to Gloucester, via Ross to the Forest of Dean. Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall gardens yesterday morning, for Brighton. A deputation from the Midland and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, consisting of Mr. Hudson, Mr. Hennard, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Parker, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Thursday afternoon, for Beechworth. Captain M. F. Berkeley, M.P., the Mayor of Glou cester, Mr. Samuel Baker, Mr. J. 0. Whitcombe, and Mr. Clegram, as a deputation from Gloucester, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yes terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. PROGRESS OF THE ARTS.--Whose who need to be convinced of the superiority of the manufactures of British porcelain over that of our continental neighbours will be well repaid for the trouble of a visit to Mr. Geo. Smith, the manufacturer, of Conduit-street, where there is exhibited a splendid service of porcelain, manufac tured by Mr. Smith, and destined for the use of a Russian nobleman. We are at a loss whether to admire most the perfect fabric and architecture (if we may use the term) of the innumerable articles composing the set, or the elegent pattern, in which the colours are so tastefully blended. We consider this a chef d'ceuvre of art in this particular branch of our manufactures, and we are sure the curious in such matters will be highly gratified by an inspection of this tasteful work of art previous to its being shipped for its northern destination. RONDOBRILLANTE, FOR THE PIANO -FORTE, BY J. CoHAN.—Addison and Hodson.—This is another of Mr. Cohan's original and brilliant compositions, in which the peculiar force and sparkling effort of his own style, are conspicuous, whilst the equality, exactness and classical character of the school to which he belongs is main tained unbroken. Although this piece is by no means of equal merit to his great work, " The Revolution of Greece," yet it will maintain a position in the highest rank of its class. ERRATUM. — In an article in yesterday's paper on " Mesmeric Absurdities," the word which should be in serted, before " a state of existence," in seventh line of the second paragraph—and the words, "at Buckingham Palace" after "company" in the seventh line of the third paragraph. VA.uxuALL GARDENS.—This once celebrated and fashionable place of entertainment will open on Monday evening in all its pristine splendour, recalling back those festive nights which caused the "royal property" to be celebrated throughout Europe. The amusements will be equal to those presented in the palmy days when the gardens were at their zenith. To meet the taste of the public, an endless variety of entertainments will be pre sented, while the charge of admission will enable th e " million" to participate in those delightful recreations which for years past has only been a m a tt er o f hi story. The " note of preparation has been sounding night and day during the past week, the several artistes having b een actively engaged in their various d e p ar t men t s . Among other popular favourites engaged are R ans f or d, W. H. Williams, G. Robinson, Miss Agnes Taylor, Tom Matthews (the celebrated clown, the Grimaldi of the day), Eller (the harlequi n ) an d a splendid corps d e ballet from her Majesty's Theatre, under the direction of Mr. T. W. Beckett. The ballet of "La Vivandiere," and a pantomimic sketch, are, among other novelties, announced. The musical arrangements, under the direction of Mr. G. Robinson, who obtained such celebrity for so many seasons, by singing that popular air, " My pretty Jane," are most complete, and the famous brass band of Mr. W. Blight is engaged. The illuminations will be on an extraordinary scale of splendour ; and the fireworks, by that unrivalled pyrotechnist, Darby, will surpass any display ever witnessed even at Vauxhall. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZ.VrTE. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 18, 1844. Ordnance Medical Department—Temporary Assistant Surgeon J. M. S..Fogo to be Assistant Surgeon, Sept. 13. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 20. 7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant D. J. Dickinson to be Adjutant, vice Dobbie, deceased, Sept. 20. 30th Foot—• Lieutenant W. H. Heard to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major J. Points, who re tires upon full pay ; Ensign A. Lowry to be Lieutenant, vice Heard ; C. Molyneux, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lowry, Sept. 20. 35th Foot—Ensign A. Tisdall to be Lieutenant., by purchase, vice Harding, who retires ; A. W. Ord, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tisdall, Sept. 20. 37th Foot—Lieut. C. F. Shum to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Brevet Major Lord Keane, who retires ; En sign T. Hawley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shum ; J. H. Wyatt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hawley, Sept. 20. 41st Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Gillan to be Quartermaster, vice R. Harker, who retires upon half pay, Sept. 20. 60th Foot—Lieutenant J. Douglas to be Captain, by purchase, vice Townsend, w h o ret i res ; S econ d Lieut. J. Warburton to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas ; William Hetherington, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warburton, Sept. 20. 63d Foot—Major A. C. Pole to be Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase, vice Logan deceased ; Captain A. G. Sedley to be Major, vice Ale ; Lieutenant H. W. Coultman, to be Captain, vice Sedley ; Ensign C. H. Bell, to be Lieutenant, vice Coultman, Sept. 2 ; Ser geant-Major H. White, to be Ensign, vice Bell, Sept. 20. MENORANDUM.—The exchange of Captain Pryee Clark, from the 54th to half-pay Unattached, on the 20th September, 1839, is without the difference, he hav ing repaid, to the credit of the public, the sum he re ceived. BANKRUPTS. FRANCIS SHOTTER, grocer, Portsea, to surrender Oct. 10, and Nov. 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Baylis, Devonshire-square, London. WILLIAM COLLIER, grocer, Cambridge, Oct. 10, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official as signee ; Ashurst, Cheapside, London ; Hunt, Cambridge. FRANCIS BATES, linendraper, Shoreditch, Oct. 11, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Moger, Paternoster-row. BENJAMIN NICOLL, tailor,Rufford' s- row, Islington, Oct. 11, at half-past two, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Fisher, Bucklersbury. THOMAS MARSH, miller, St. Martin's-hill, Canter bury, Oct. 5, at eleven, and Nov. 7, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith, Southampton-buildings, London ; Walker, Canterbury. WILLIAM SCOVELL, jun., brick-maker, Chilworth, Southampton, Sept. 30 and Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Paterson, Bouverie-street, Fleet -street. EDWARD BURNETT, merchant, Riches-court, Lime-street, City, Sept. 28, at one, and Nov. 6, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside. JOHN GRUNDY, woollen manufacturer, Tottington Lower-end, Lancashire, Oct. 4, at twelve, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee, Manchester ; Clarke, Metcalfe, and Gray, Lincol's Inn-fields, London ; Grundy and Co., Bury, Lancashire. JOHN BALL and WILLIAM BALL, silk manu facturers, Sutton, Cheshire, Oct. 8 and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee ; Meredith and Reeve, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, Lon don ; Parrott, Macclesfield. JOHN HIGHAM, grocer, Liverpool, September 30„ and Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Corn thwaite and Adams, Doctors'-commons, London; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool. ADAM PATTERSON, livery stable-keeper, Liver pool, Oct. 4 and 31, at twelve, at the Li ver p oo l District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Moss, Liverpool; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. ISAAC ALDERSON, worsted spinner, Warley, York• shire, Oct. 9, and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Jaques and Ed wards, Ely-place, London; G. Edwards, Halifax; Cron helm, Leeds. ___ INSOLVENT PETITIONS. B. Carpenter, licensed victualler, Saffron-hill, Hol born, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Cadbury, clerk, George-street, Adelphi, Oct. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. T. Hobbs, omnibus driver, Green-street, Paddington green, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. S. Carroll, jun., medical student, Windsor-court, Markwell-street, Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. E. Perry, stonemason, Fulham, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee. C. Primrose, lieutenant 36th Regiment of Foot, Tillot son-place, Waterloo-road, Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. R. Wilson, Church-street, Bethnal-green, Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W hitmore, official assignee. E. Thomas, warehouseman, Peckham, Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. T. Simpson, jun., joiner, Liverpool, Sept. 27, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. Lennox, master mariner, Liverpool, Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. R. Marshall, Liverpool, Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Li verpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. W. Thistlethwaite, cigar manufacturer, Liverpool, Sept. 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. J. A. Walker, butcher, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee. T. Dunn, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 3, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. J. Sweet, cabinet maker, Bruton, Somersetshire, Oct. 11, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Kynastoi, official assignee. E. Bailey, joiner, Shipton, Yorkshire, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee. G. Renton, coal leader, Leeds, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. A. Orwin, coal miner, Chesterfield, Oct. 9, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. S. Younger, merchant, Great Tower-street., City, Oct. 12, at eleven—J. Adnum, upholsterer, Dorrington-street, Clerkenwell, Oct. 12, at twelve—J. L. Foster, harness maker, Jewry-street, Aldgate, Oct. 12, at half-past eleven —M. Coe, laceman, Goldsmith-street, Wood-street, Cheapside Oct. 12, at half-past twelve—G. Fendall, butcher, Woodstock-street, Oxford-street, Oct. 12, at one—E. Mayo, woollendraper, Craven-buildings, Drury - lane, Oct. ,at half-past eleven. In the Country. W. Bull and F. Turner, printers, Birmingham, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Nicks, carpenter, Warwick, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Turton, coal-master„ Westbromwich, Staffordshire, Oct. 11, at eleven, at th e Birmingham District Court-J. Ward, tailor, Notting ham, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Bent, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Evans, scrivener, Denbigh, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Whitley, money scrivener, Liverpool, Oct. 11, at half-past one, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Hill, brewer, Wallasey, Cheshire, Oct- 12, at half-past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Phillips, chemist, Exeter, Oct. 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—P. Walters and M. Llewellyn, timber merchants, Neath, Glatnorganshire, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. T. Scott, baker, Colchester, Oct. 12—J. Willis, green grocer, Spring-street, Portman-square, Oct. 12—T. Car ter, jun., butcher, Waltham, Leicestershire, Oct. 12—T. E. Rowley, draper, Oxford-street, Oct. 11—J. Brown and H. Graham, fustian manufacturers, Manchester, Oct. 11—F. Margetts, wine -merchant, Oxford, Oct. 11—F. Roberts, butcher, Handley, Cheshire, Oct. 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Bradshaw and W. Kirkham, tallow-chandlers, Lan caster—F. Robinson, S. Robinson, and E. Tansley, lace Wiltshire—R. Tussell and andm makers, e m r s . , Slaughter, g w ht ß er ad c f o o a r l d m , e N rch ttl an n t g s, hams ßrid h e ir w e— e ll - I N4 S ar . f, C APi e l. l Liam-street, Blackfriars—W. Skeate and H. T. Skeate, P a P n e u n fa h c a t r Ur 9 ers, East Mailing, Kent—J. I H in . e s n in dr i a th p , e p rs a , pe C r h ni i Sugden and J. Fearnley, wire drawers, Birstal, York ' shire—W. Williams and R. K. Hood, drysalters, Man chester—J. Cheshire and H. Waterton, salt dealers, Li verpool—E. D. Johnson and J. Cashmore, watchmakers, Church-street, Minories—A. Bill and N. Briant, rapier mache manufacturers, Bridgewater -square, Barbican— j. Royston, E. Onions, and W. Wheelhouse, millwrights, Bradford—E. R. Withers, G. Withers, R. Woollatt, and F. Woollatt, wholesale tea-dealers, Crown-court, Phil pot-lane (so far as regards G. Withers)—Jas. Wright, Jos. Wright, and J. Dearden, machine makers, Birstal. Yorkshire—Jos. Armitage, G. Armitage, J. T. Armitage. John Armitage, and E. Armitage, woolmerchants, Hud dersfield (so far as regards Joseph Armitage)—L. B. Bushell and 11. Blumer, ship builders, South Shields— W. Hunt and G. Stott, engine makers, Manchester--J. Hollis and W. Simmons. coal dealers, Pongee.. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. FRANCIS RAE, upholsterer, Glasgow, Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, at one, at the chambers of John Gammill Hons. ton, Glasgow. JOHN CAMPBELL, MATTHEW RAE, and GEORGE JOHNSTON, clothiers, Glasgow, Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, at one, at the chambers of John Gammill Houston, Glasgow. ALEXANDER FRASER and CH4RLES FRA SER, undertakers, Milntown of Redekstie, Ross-shire, Sept. 28, at twelve, and Oct. 26, at eleven, at the Na tional Hotel, Dingwall. ROBERT CHARLES, chemist, Glasgow, Sept. 26 and Oct. 22, at two, at the chambers of Mr. John Kerr, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Sept. 17, 1844, is 325. 11d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the ice. portation thereof into Great Britain. DEATH Or MR. BALLS, COMEDIAN.Mr_ bah the celebrated light comedian, died last night of delis;x; treniens. He bad just terminated an engage at um Abbey-street Theatre, Dublin. ' ,owe V • ) e sup' om 3° Mut it ful l 3s Sal pork, ler t full loing. iod ; Pork, Ilene. is 10 v sale+ MO tl fret]) 3s 6a gd to eiferor i n ' o 8 5 ; /10 5 ; 51 t . , 6 5 to upPlf . 3esn; ,vers l ba nd, rice' #