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

MAGAZINES -(CONTINUED). AINSWORTH' S MAGAZINE. The author of " Csesar Borgia" does not by any means make the best use of his materials—of the ma terials, at least, which he might have collected for his purpose —as his story proceeds. The whole history of the Middle Ages presents no passages more remarkable, itt every point of view —moral, political, and chivalric — psychological and romantic—than those which are con nected with the fortunes and the fall of the monster race of the Borgias. There is no portion of European story for which these anecdotical collections—diaries, memoirs, biographies, annals—so invaluable to the novelist, exist in such variety or abundance. The most secret chambers of the Vatican—the most flagitious councils of the detestable Pope Alexander and his still more execrable son, Duke Caesar—the debates of the holy Consistory—the intrigues of the Sacred College— the profound duplicity with which the Courts of Naples and of France long maintained an unequal contest against the unapproachable perfidy of the Papal closet ; these are among the bequests which contemporary his torians, annalysts, and diplomatists have left to pos terity, in confirmation of the otherwise incredible tra ditions of Borgian guilt. The same authorities are, for the most part, equally rich in all those details, not only of manner s and customs, but even of costume, which can add to the interest of authentic narrative the excitement of picturesque description. With these fortunate inci dents attaching to the epoch which our author has selected for his story, we must confess, with , disap pointment, that a s thi s romance o f " B org i a " d eve l ops itself, we can recognise no corresponding development of good taste or skill in the author's mode of handling the vast resources that be might have enlisted in its ser vice. Indeed, there are some indications of extreme n egligence, if not of unpardonable ignorance, in that which seems to be his favourite employment—namely, personal portrait painting. In days lik e th ese , w h en Sir Rush eyrick has supplied authors and artists with so minute and gr a phi c as account of the military armour and arms of all the great European nations from the 12th to the commencement of the 18th century, such errors as these, contained in the following passages, are to be as much protested against as the slip-slop phra seology of Milanese mail being "apparently manufactured in imitation of the ancient Roman military garb." Whe ther the author means by " garb" the " chiamys," or the stately " paludainentun" or the flowing " dalmatica," it is, perhaps, useless to inquire. If, however, he be speaking neither of cloaks, nor robes, nor gowns, but of coats of mail, we beg to tell him that the Milanese armour worn by any forces of the Italian princes in the 14th or 15th centuries were not fabricated in imitation of that borne by th e o ld Romans (who had no plate armour at a ) ; that neither Papal guards nor body guards of any other designation in Borgia's time wore " greaves of polished steel" (and it is clear that, instead of greaves, which are plate leggings, he means cuisses, which were protectors for the thighs), nor exhibited such a Cockney medley of minor theatre costume as legs encased i n s t ee l and bare k nees. But the " short hilts of quilted steel" are a violation of all " theatrical property propriety," which we should look for in vain in the dresses intro duced in on e o f Richardson s melodramatic spectacles. " The stone table was occupied by some thirty men-at-arrus, feeding on a kind of black ba rley bread, cheese, curds, and milk. B eside each man, crossing the table, lay a spear nearly double his own height, its point barbed like a fish-hook, so that on being withdrawn from a wound the flesh must be fear fully lacerated : their armour was at once stror4 and rich, bright from the smithies of Milan, and apparently manufac tared in imitation of the ancient Roman military garb—greaves of polished steel, bare knees, short kilts of quilted steel, breast and back pieces of gleaming plate, helmets surmounted by silver eagles with outspread wings and sun-soaring upward gaze. A round shield with a spike in the centre, a short sword, and a massive mace intended to knock those on the head whose armour denied the sword access when overthrown, corn • pleted the uniform." We have Lord Campbell's authority for saying that, until very lately, it was a brea c h o f t h e pr i v il eges of the Upper R ouse of Parliament to write the life of a de ceased Peer. We shudder when we reflect on the amount of damages at which, under any analogous custom touch ing illustrious foreigners long since departed, the de scendants of Bembo or of the great Florentine secre tary would be entitled to estimate the injury done by our author to the reputation of the great Cardinal and the still more renowned Machiavelli, by his mode of ex hibiting them in these chapters, and still more by the inconceivable imbecility infused into their conversation. " The Moors and the Stubble" is a pleasant paper on the 12th of August and the Ist of September (the mar tyrology days respectively of the grouse and the par tridge), by Frederick Tolfrey, whose agreeable writings we never encounter without pleasure. But can Mr. Tol frey be serious in thus noticing the absurd pamphlet ,by Mr. Grantley Berkeley on the Game-laws, which we :have more than once introduced to our readers:— " One of our oldest and best sportsmen has taker, up the subject, and in the House, as well as in a pamphlet remarkable for good writing and an adm i rable analys i s of the laws, has suggested - the only effectual remedy for the existing evils ; and we, in common with every sportsman in the kingdom, most de voutly hope that then hints and advice so forcibly and clearly offered by Mr. Grantley _Berkeley, will meet with the attention they deserve and the case u," in ands. ' - HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. SAxE GarrrA, AUG. 29.—The royal party left Rein hardtsbrunn between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday Gotha, where great preparations had been made to welcome them. Coburg is situate in the midst of a rich and fertile valley, looking like one large park. Gotha rises from a plain, which has been rendered pro ductive and covered with corn-fields by the labour of an industrious population. Like Coburg, it is a sort of model city, but it looks less like the residence of a Court. It is more a seat of manufactures and commercial industry. The population is greater by some 5,000 or 6,000 persons. There is, too, a sort of middle class here, whicb you do not find at Coburg, at least not to the same extent. But it is at stated periods the residence of the members of the reign ing family. There are no less than four or five palaces ; but here they are in the town, while at Coburg they are situated at different points in the neighbourhood favourable for commanding the superior scenery with which it abounds. The largest palace is the Friedrich stein, an immense pile of building, irregular, and with no pretensions to architectural symmetry, but surmounted by two enormous mosque-like towers, which are promi nent objects for miles around. There is another palace, called Friedrichsthal, much smaller, and facing the other. A very beautiful garden, or, more properly speaking, a richly wooded park, interspersed with lawns and flower beds, surrounds the former. Like all other places of the kind in this part of the country, it is not shut in with jealous care from the public. There are no gates, fences, or sentries to exclude them ; but all are free to come and go as they will. An open carriage -road, in fact, runs through the most carefully preserved parts of the grounds. There is also a magnificent orangery. One or two smaller palaces are also in Gotha, occupied at intervals by different members of the Ducal family. The widow of the late Duke, and of the preceding one, have each a residence in these palaces. The city itself is larger than Coburg, but similar in its general construction. The houses in the chief streets are on a very large scale, and the main streets them selves are much broader than is usual in continental towns of the same antiquity. The market-place, which is laid out on a rather steep declivity, is a particularly fine one. There is a handsome theatre and a museum; and there are other public buildings which will bear competition with those in cities of muck larger size and greater pretensions. The preparations made to welcome the Queen and Prince Albert were very general throughout the town. Almost every house was festooned or garlanded, and that in a very tasteful way. That they were not similar to those at Coburg seemed to show that they were in both places spontaneous offerings of welcome, and not suggested by the authorities. At the entrance of the city, from 'the side of Reinhardtsbrunn, a very elegant triumphal arch was erected, and the long street leading from this point to the palace in which the Queen was to take up her abode, was one long avenue of festoons and garlands sus. pended across the road from the lines of trees on each side of the way. The street was lined by a body of the gensdurmes. As the hour at which the royal party were expected came on, the population of Gothaand the neighbourhood began to throng the streets in multitudes. It was sur prising how so comparatively small a place could yield so many people ; but, in fact, it was a general holiday, and every man, woman, and child came out to see the sight. And a most picturesque crowd they made. The peasant girls from the surrounding villages, many of them beauties of which any country might be proud, intermingled in the throng with their antique and picturesque costumes, long since abandoned in the towns, but clung to by the villagers with rustic tenacity. We have nothing in our coun try like their head-dresses, but they are certainly more quaint and elaboiate than graceful. The head is sur mounted by a tower of black velvet, silk, or stuff, ac cording to the taste or means of the wearer, which is shaped like an infantry soldier's cap. This again is covered with short sable plumage slightly curled ; and from the top falls a shower of long black silk ribands reaching below the waist. A dozen or two of these women walking together reminded one of the top of a hearse. Others of the peasant women wore less ambi tious coiffures; but then they had large cloaks of various colours thrown over the left shoulder after the Spanish fashion. The men, too, wore very characteristic dresses. Some stalked along in lock black coats, like priests' soutans, and boots fitting tight to the leg up to the knee. The costume of the miners, too, was very peculiar. These odd costumes mingling in the throng, with the uniforms of the soldiery, huntsmen, postilions, and others who were there, produced a very pretty effect ; nor were the gay colours in which the city damsels decked themselves without their use in keeping up the ever-changing variety. The great centre of attraction, and where the throng of people was most constant, was the triumphal arch already described. Here the chief municipal authorities of Gotha were assembled in a sort of tribune to receive the royal visitors on their arrival within the boundary of the city. Shortly before six o'clock a succession of salutes an nounced the approach of the royal cor tege, and a band, stationed opposite the arch, struck up the National An them in very good style. In a few minutes the head of the procession—for a procession it was, and a very fine one—was seen moving among the living mass that crowded the road. First came a large body of the municipal police on horseback. They are a half military body, and have a very soldierly appear ance. Then came, also on horseback, the burgher guard, not quite so soldierlike. Next, a party of the mounted gendsarmes, and after them a band of the pos tilions in their gay dresses. A body of some 200 or 300 citizens and gentlemen of the town, excellently mounted, followed, and then the Duke's chasseurs, all in uniforms of green and gold. After these came the Queen's carriage, containing, besides her Majesty, the King and Queen of the Belgians and Prince Albert. The Duke of Saxe Coburg rode on horseback by the carriage from Reinhardtsbrunn. Two other carriages, with the suite, closed the procession. When the:Queen's carriage came opposite the tribune, the chief magistrate stepped forward and delivered a speech, of which the following is a translation : " Happy in the consciousness of the presence of your Majesty in our city, we lay our humblest and mostheart felt devotions at the feet of the Sovereign of the great British empire. Happy we are that the kind and natural sympathies of the mother and the wife have never lost their intensity amidst the splendours of the greatest throne in the world. To those sympathies we are in debted for the incomparable satisfaction we feel on this occasion. Welcome to the home of a beloved Prince of our House. Welcome as his consort, 0 mightiest, and at the same time most amiable of Queens ! Little are we able to convey to your Majesty our unfeigned deep felt joy at welcoming such illustrious guests to our un pretending town. Still, however far we could have carried the outward showing of our attachment, it never could have equalled our desire to offer homage and best love to Victoria Queen of Britain I" Her Majesty bowed very graciously, and the cortege then passed on, amidst deafening cheers from the people, to the palace of the Duchess of Saxe Coburg, where they are to stay. Crowds of people lined the way, and filled the area opposite the palace. After alighting, her Majesty came forward and bowed re peatedly to the people. Altogether this reception at Gotha was as good as any the Queen has net with on her various journeys, and exactly the same in form as most of them. There are to be several grand displays here during the next few days, which promise to be very charac teristic of the manners of the people, and new, in their way, to the Queen. Both her Majesty and the Prince are in excellent health. ADELPHI THEATRE. An adaptation of the French drama, entitled Le Canal Saint-Martin, was produced here last evening, and popu lar as the drama is in Paris, we augur that its popularity in London will be greater still. It is ono of those pieces which are technically called " dramas of interest," and in the present instance the term is certainly not a mis nomer, for the plot is of that nature that from the begin ning of the piece to the end, the attention of the specta tor is rivetted to the stage. The hero of the piece is a certain Monsieur Martial (Mr. Webster), a gentleman at large, alias an accomplished scoundrel—accomplished in every sense of the word, with the manners of a gen tleman, the dross of an exquisite, and tho morals and imperturbable sang froid of a MePhistophiles. He is the chief of a gang of thieves, and among others whom they determine to plunder is a certain Monsieur Laroche (0. Smith), a rich timber merchant, a man of wealth and character, employing a great number of workmen, the foreman of whom, Robert (Mr. Lambei t), is a rough honest fellow, the beau ideal of an " ouvrier." Laroche has an only daughter, Clarisse (Madame Celeste), who is devotedly attached to Armand (Mr. Worrell), his clerk. Laroche is absent from Paris, and Martial contrives', to insinuate himself into the confidence of Ar mand and of Clarisse. He manages to keep Armand out all night, and takes advantage of his absence to rob the house. Laroche returns—his daughter dreads his sternness, and endeavours to devise means to replace the money, and to prevent his knowing of the robbery which has taken place. Among the stolen property is a port folio, containing papers, from which Martial learns that Laroche is no other than Pierre Bernard, a noted pirate and murderer. It appears that - he had met Bernard for merly, and at once introduces himself to him, and ad dresses him as Pierre Bernard. The old man, horror struck, grants him an interview at ten o'clock at night on board his boat, and thus ends the first act. The second act opens in the cabin of the boat. It is nine o'clock, and Laroche dismisses his workmen, all but Robert. He has discovered the robbery. Clarisse and Armand enter—he drives Armand from his pre sence, and ho behaves harshly to Clarisse, who leaves him heart-broken at his cruelty. Robert re proaches him, and then we hear Clarisse is in fact Ro bert's daughter—that Robert, condemned to the galleys at Malines, had met with Laroche, who had adopted ' Clarisse then an infant, as his child, on condition that Robert should never betray his secret ; and that, after Robert had served his time out at the galleys, Laroche had taken him into his service. He sends Robert from him, promising to behave more kindly to the child, and as the clock strikes ten, Martial enters, armed. La roche accuses hiur of robbing his house, and tells him that he could only have acquired his knowledge from the contents of the papers. Martial, with the most perfect coolness, says—" Then 1 will tell you something that is not in the papers," and proceeds to relate that he had seen, 20 years before, off the coast of Newfoundland, the ship of Bernard wrecked, and had seen him (Ber nard) murder Laroche and his infant daughter, and then escape on shore. Martial had been a cabin-boy on board the ship, and the only person, except Bernard himself, who had escaped from the wreck. His reason for adopting Clarisse is thus evident—he had passed himself as the real Laroche on his return to France, and taken possession of his property. He comes to terms with Martial, promises him large sums, and taking him off his guard while drinking a glass of wine, touches a spring, and through a concealed trap tumbles Martial into the river. At this instant Clarisse enters, sees the murder, and is horror-struck. The next scene is at Belville, the gardens of which are beautifully illuminated in honour of the fete which Laroche gives his workmen there. Clarisse is brought there to join in the festivities—but she is miserable ; Laroche explains to her that the man she bad seen killed was an enemy of the family, who had spoken slightingly of her mother—that it was a ne cessary crime. Armand then enters to entreat his for giveness, which is freely given, and Laroche promises to marry him to Clarisse, and desires him to go and pre pare for the wedding. Armand has scarcely quitted them when, to th e rror of Laroche, Martial enters. He had been fished up by Barbillon (Wright), a pro fessional diver, who often throws children into the water to get the reward for pulling them out again, and restored by the Humane Society. He demands 12,000 francs and the hand of Clarisse as the price of his silence. This interview is interrupted by the arrival of a gendarmiere, bringing Robert a prisoner. Robert had been seen to leave the boat, a few minutes before Martial had been picked up under it, and suspicion rested on him. Martial, with the utmost sang froid, takes advantage of circumstances, denounces Robert as having attempted to murder him, and Clarisse, out of affection to her supposed father, dares not reveal the truth. The second act concludes with this very effective situation. In the third act Clarisse is informed of her horrible destiny—to wed Martial ; to save her father, she con sents to the loathsome marriage. Meanwhile, Mar tial's companions are about to share the plun der, as they suspect him of intending to cheat them. He invites them to the wedding to watch them, having, in the meanwhile, given information to the police to have them arrested on their arrival. Robert has escaped from prison, but, before he leaves France, he determines to have a last look at Clarisse, and goes to the wedding for that purpose. On the wedding-day Armand also arrives, thinking he is to be the bride groom. On seeing Martial enter as the bridegroom, Robert can no longer contain himself. He rushes for ward, declares himself her father, and refuses to permit her happiness to be sacrificed to a villain. Relieved from the tie which bound her to Laroche, she at once declares Robert's innocence; and Laroche does jus tice on himself by shooting himself through the head. The gang are arrested on the de nunciation of Martial, and as the worthy is about to walk off he is also taken into custody, for the members of his gang have in their turn denounced him, and the curtain falls as they are marched off to prison. We never saw Webster to greater advantage than in the character of Martial. It is a great piece of acting. The imperturbable coolness—the perfect self possession —the presence of mind that nothing can for an instant shake—the shrewd mother-wit, ever ready to take advantage of the slightest circumstance that may urise—the suaviter in modo yet foe titer in re—all that goes to the making up of the quasi gentlemanly and ac complished blackguard, were never more completely deli neated. Webster's Martial is a perfect study for an actor. The acting of Celeste was intensely, painfully interesting. It is a part admirably adapted to her peculiar powers, and she does it ample justice. Wright, as Barbillon, the diving gentleman, who has a love affair with Milanie, a grisette (excellently performed by Miss Woolgar)— Paul Bedford, as Galon, a drunken workman, with a Nix my Dolly" sort of song, entitled " Blaze away," in the singing of which he is assisted by a little Paul, an urchin about three-and-a-half feet high, who is almost as comical as the great leviathan of f'un-himself—and Munyard as John Cabot, the English tiger of Martial (a sort of minor Jacques Strop), afforded, by their humour, an agreeable relief to the more serious portions of the drama. The scenery is exquisite, and the mice en scene perfect. In fact, it is a regular good Adelphi piece, and will have a long run. The house was crowded to the ceiling. NAMES or RAILWAYS, Aberdeen Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Colr., & Portnish Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena .. Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. & Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. 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" The dose of "good writing" ever administered to the public 1. , , s a Malocchio (or Evil-Eye')", by Captain Ik e u, w . l " sketchy bold " extravaganza," the preternatural horrors of which are not satisfactorily or even plausibly Z'4' . plained by the somewhat clumsy solution attempted of natural causes. " A Story of a Strange Childhood," by Arnheldt Weaver, is told with some pathos and occa sional power, and a " Reminiscence of Marseilles," slight as the anecdote is, is as well done as such an affair can perhaps be. The best, most vigorous, and racily written article is " Captain Bobadil, but it is devoted, not . as this ti the ould implyi to that dramatic impersona twit, but t lass which he is the type It ur ports to be by " Pat Fogarty of Cork." No . Irish ia man need have hesitated to affix his real name to a contribu tion which contains many other passages as following : good as the " And here we would take leave to ark, are the recent pro jects of recent Bobadils wiser than the foregoing ? Are the companies for doing everything by steam—by g as—by gal vanism—by air— by smoke—by humbug, one atom more likely to be successful than Bobadil's grand nostrum ? Have not eur Joint-Stock Banks driven thousands to beggary ? How many hundred s are wandering and starvin through the country from o ur k navish Assurance Societies ? What is the meaning of th e great tunnel just about to be made under Fleet. Dit c h u T e —of th e marble bridge, of ten millions cost, th at 13 to thrown across the fishi-brook at Walton ? Is there no Bobadi! at work in the Am erican Loan, the Spanish Loan, the Cherokee Loan, the Portuguese Debentures, the Central Moon Colonization Company, the erection of National Schools at Sierra Leone ? Truly, good people of England, of each and all of them, a Bobaiil is the mainsp r i ng ; an d i t i s on l y when ye are fleeced to your heart's content that you will discover that the grand plan which was to enrich you all, was started merely to fill /us pockets by sinking a shaft through yours. But financiers will never be warned, nor capitalists ever deterred by the destruction of those who have gone before them in the mine line, and the valiant tribe of swindlers laugh and grow fat as fast as ever. Exult then, 0 ye illustrious Bobadils I—exult, and be assured that your dynasty is immortal. So long as there are fools to be fleeced, so long will there be rogues to fleece, and from the history of the past we may safely conjec ture that the race of both will continue per omnza sacula saculorum." Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Emits, & KU. Juc. 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Juuc. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland .. • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Fifths .. • • • • • Ditto New .• • 7 . •• .. PRESENTATION ofNEW COLOURS TO THE 65TH REGIMENT. Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 3lidind Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nen•cctl & DarLngtn June. Do. New (Branding) .. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield . North British • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares .... Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dls.) SIMMOND'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. The claim s o f t h e Nova Scotia baronets to the exten sive lands granted to them by former sovereigns are ably advocated in the opening article of the present number. It of pears that the baronets i ntend to proceed by pet i t i on ap right, and certainly they make out a strong case. Should they succeed, they are, we understand, pre pared to perform the conditions on which the land was granted, in which case they will afford a practical answer to the question sneeringly put by Sir James Graham in the debate on Lord John Russell's resolution, " What is systematic Colonization ?" The revival of the rights and dutiel the Fore Scotia baronets is a matter of great netional imp( rtance, for while it secures to the ~,,c o tch • nigrant tl at immediate care on his arrival in L ue 1 „, .. . anta of ins adoption, which is so necessary to h h is well-being, it erects a barrier against Yankee encroac • lth eyhope will succeed in obtaining those rights to which they ti_ e i es s ? justly entitled. There are several valuable ar th e , n the present number of the Colonial. Among 4 3 ; 44 e la th 6 report of the Committee of the General thatrliy of N ewfoundland on the state of the fisheries . _ _,colony-- lu ' wh o eo a document well worth the attention of ree o ea nalner the umintenance of a nursery for sea 3apreroZyalaae secure the continuance of our naval This regiment was on Wednesday, the 27th inst., presented with new colours by the lady of General T. Grosvenor, with all the usual ceremonies ob served on such occasions. At three o'clock in the afternoon the 65th Regiment was formed in line in the square of the barrack ground, Artillery Barracks, Brompton, the old colours being in the centre. On the ground appeared the principal officers of the gar rison and their ladies, and, as the day was remarkably fine, the ceremony drew together a numerous body of spectators. Shortly after three o'clock General Gros venor, accompanied by his lady and the lady of Colonel Senior, with Sir Thomas Wiltshire, Bart., K.C.8., and Brigade-Major O'Brien, of the garrison, with other officers, arrived in front of the line and were received with full military honours. The officers and colour-sergeants then advanced with the old colours, preceded by the band, playing the " British Grenadiers." The usual evolutions were next per formed, and the old colours were removed to the rear. The new colours were then uncased and crossed on the big drum, awaiting the consecration. This part of the ceremonial was performed by the Chaplain of the gar rison, the Rev. Dr. Curteis, who delivered an interest ing and most effective address, concluding by soliciting a blessing from the Almighty on the colours about to be presented to the regiment. The lady of the General then advanced, and, addressing Colonel Senior, the offi cers, and soldiers of the regiment, expressed her confi dence that, under the colours she had the honour and pleasure to present, they would c•ntinue to deserve the approbation of their country. The Ensign standing by advanced, when Ensign Stephen Blake and Ensign R. B. T. Thelwall received the colours—the band playing " God save the Queen." The General, who is also the Colonel of the 65th, briefly addressed the regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Senior returned thanks to Mrs. Grosvenor for the honour which she had done to the 65th, in thus presenting the regiment with new colours. " Those standards, Madam," he said, " will constitute our soldiers' honour in whatever country the service of our Queen may lead us. Wherever we go, I promise you, in the name of the regiment, that they shall be faithfully guarded, and th-fended as becomes British soldiers." Then addressing the soldiers, he said—" Soldiers of the 65th Regiment. You have heard the promises I have just made in your name. I confidently rely on your enabling me to fulfil them, by guarding these standards with bravery, with loyalty, and with discipline." The cere mony having been concluded, the regiment closed ranks, and marched past the General in slow and quick time, and the regiment was then dismissed. Its strength consisted of 1 lieutenant colon I, 1 major, 4 captains, 7 subalterns, 4 staff officers, with 24 sergeants, 12 drum mers, and 330 rank and file. The officers of the regiment adjourned to the Sun Hotel, Chatham. Covers were laid for 24 is the large room of the hotel. Colonel Sir Thomas Willshire and Brigade-Major O'Brien were among the visitors on the occasion. The band of the regiment was present,, and played at intervals. The Gallant General presented the officers, on this occasion, with a very superb gold vase, standing nearly two feet in height, for the service and ornament of their mess table. The non-commissioned officers, as well as the men of the corps, were regaled at the General's expense with a good and substantial supper. The General and his lady left Chatham yesterday, for Woolwich. Do. Quarter Shares North Devon . • • • • . • . • • North Kent • • • • • • • • • • • . North Staffordshire North Eastern .• •. •• North Union (A) Ditto (B)• • • • • North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares North Western .• ••.. • North Wales • Norwich and Brandon Ditto New • • • Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester Oxford and Cambridge Perth and Inverness • . Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto Half Shares Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Prof. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extols. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central .... • • • Scottish Midland.. Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Qnarter Shares • • Ditto ditto (No. 2) • • In "E 214 LLOON, or AEROSTATIC additif,„ MAGAZINE. Illorith Lb to the usual aerostatic intelligence of the ,‘ th e wat.n.o Present number gives a minute description of boat) , —lro of car (constructesl on the principle of a lif by ttl a n ingenious invention of the editor (Mr. Wells), "48 of Which the aeronaut can with safety make a 4e vilt Into the sea. Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln • • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Won', & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,&Bir Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Uu. Shrws, ilerefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . .. • • South Devon. • • • • • • • • • • South Midland • . • . • • .. • . South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (iss.33/.65.5d.) „ 2 Do. (iss. 30/.) „3 Staines and Richmond . • • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • • Tean and Dove Valley . • Trent Valley .• • . • • • • • • • • Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath • • •• • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothru Cowl. Wexford a Ad Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfil,Wxtil,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford • • Wakfid, Pontefret, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London. • • West Lancashire ..... • Worcester and Tring • • • • Whitehaven and Farness Do. New llalf Shares • • Welsh MiAland . • • • • • • • • • We,t Cornwall . • • • • • • • • • West Yorkshire . • . • • • • • Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich • • Ditto New York and Carlisle . • • • • • • York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto Scarbro' Branch Ditto Selby • • •• • • • • " Ditto Extension . • • • • • Yorkshire & Glasgow tin. th ath, aneed MIVNY, the LITTLE MILLINER, , we see . „ through a tenth number, towards tlte f°tEreati 41 of ultimate happiness which we trust awaits n ng heroine. - - - - L ast -+DE I STT AT H UNGERFORD STEAM-BOAT PIER.— ce e , r zli ght, between seven and e i g h t o ' clock, another accident ba r r e 4 at this pier, arising from the crowded state of the %eget in forming the pier, and the rush ma d e to get on board dayjhatas steam-boats, owing to the cheap rate of the fares Chelsea wooden boats. A young man named Double tairi on the Primrose coming alongside, and before she was q r Y moored, forced his way across the Prince of Wales rose boat, and endeavoured to get on board the Prim thoses% to proceed to London-bridge, and, although called on by nn board to wait until the Prince of Wales's bow gang -I:lYboard was properly fastened, he went on. The board h!nke short off at the time, the persons on board could net see tu 'r4 ' and it was believed he had gone under the boat. For front-natY, however, he succeeded in laying hold of the chains in re s the bows of the Prince of Wales, and was ultimately litUcued from his perilous situation. An inquest was h e ld a t L ewes on Saturday, on a p b cy , named Charles Holden, who had been killed on the Passin g evening by the wheel of one of the Brighton coaches tiir s i e ng over his body. Having beard the evidence the jury re tort° d a verdict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of Y s hillings on the coach and horses belonging to Messrs. 10. 9 and Tice oust, accompanying the verdict with the Apl roawril,g observation :—" And the jury cannot separate witffout th e K ing strongly their sense of the dangerous manner in which allornprietors of the Brighton and ,Lewes coaches generally Public tihifee.r„sery t to drive, to the imminent danger of the an s A F t b MALE FOUND DROWNED.-011 Monday morn e n ritla ut h alf•past six o'clock, the body of a female, appa b-t, L :N0 Y about ni neteen to twenty years of age, was discovered lab ourers lying in the City Canal, just opposite Raw -I,"s Wharf, St. Pancras. The body, from its general appear ; rnust have lain in tins water for some length of time. e body has not yet been rocognised. An election took place yesterday for the judgeship of the Westminster Court of Requests. There were fourteen candidates, and the following were the numbers at the close : Moylan (Revising Barrister), 44 ; Le Breton, 26 ; A Beckett, 23 ; Ker.ne i 20 ; Campbell, 14 ; for the rest n ., t a vote. THE W EATHER AND THE CROPS.—MANCHESTER. —Since our last, the weather has been'uninterruptedly fine ; marked, however, so far, by repeated:chine of wind and flue tuations of the barometer calculated to inspire some doubts as t its coatinuance.—lliatichester Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2. 1845. RELATIVE CLC RAILWA PRINCIPAL CITIES SCOTLAND, 2,3%1 1 3" 222 102% 2p a l P 81, 10y. 1p 77% 27 I%p 4% 217% 104 SING Y SH. THE "D TOWI AND IRE: -4 8 a. .4 Sept. I. 3% 2% 1% 7 % 4% 15% IVA 33 23s9di 6% 22% 11% 20% 14% 73)4 PRICES OF .RES S IN ENGLAND, LAND. 18% 3.; 1 4M 614 10 35 F49s6d Sept. 1. 45a p 1596,11 8 p - 1 7 Yi 4 2214 1 15% 8 YI 1814 31/2 184 56 p 688 p Aug. 30. Wales, 44—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2%—Co ventry, Nuneaton, &c., 31A—East Lincolnshire, 7 %—East Coast, 25s.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., s—Grand Union, 48s.—Hull and Gainsborough, 15s. U.—Leicester and Bedford, 3%—Leicester and Birmingham, 4f/4—Lon don and Birmingham Extension, 30s.—London and York, 7 3 4—Ditto (Bawtry Scrip), s —Manchester, Buxton, and Mat lock, 9%.—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 511,—Not tingham, Erewash, &c., 3/. 10s.—Nottingham and Boston, 50-L.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 36s.—North Western, 6%—North Staffordshire, 71. 2s.—Rugby, 3—Rugby and Huntingdon, 55s.—South Midland, 7%—Shetlield and Lin colnshire Junction, 7%—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dud ley, &c., B—Shrewsbury and Trent Union, s—Tean and Dove Valley, 3—Wakefield and Bradford, 5 1 /—West Yorkshire, 18%—York and Carlisle, s %—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 3%. YORK, SEPT. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East ern U n i on E x t en • sion, 3%—Great North of England, New, 33—N ewcas tl e an d Darlington Junction, New (Brandling), 41 1 / 2 —York and North Midland Extension, 25%—Clitheroe Junction, 514 —Grand Union, 4 1 1 t —Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 514—Leicester and Bedford, 4:l4—Lon don and York, M l —Newcastle and Berwick, 27 1 4—North Staffordshire, 7 1 4—North Western, 614—Rugby, 2:1( 3 -- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 814—South Midland, 9—Welsh Midland, 5 1 4—West Riding Junction, 19—York and Car lisle, 6. SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-- The sales are—Preston and Wyre Extension, 47 3 /—Derby and Crewe, s—East Lincolnshire, 51. 6s. 6d.—Goole and Doncaster, s—Grimsby and Sheffield, 21 1 /—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4% —Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 9 1 / 2 —London and Windsor, 42s.—London and York, 7%—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 5 1 —North Western, s;'—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7 1-6 —Welsh Midland, 5 (,-- - York and Carlisle, 5. 70s6d 5756c1 748 12 6756 d HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 1. STOCK EXCLIANOE.—The sales are—Nottingham and Boston, 40s.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 5 1 4 Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 1 /. z —Essex and Suffolk, 1 Is. 6d.— Grand Union, 3%.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 21—Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 20 c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk, 22—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7 3 / 4 —Rugby, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7%. EXETER, SEPT. 1. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Cre diton, 10—Exeter, Yeovil. and Dorchester, % prem.—North Devon, 2 lA—Aberdeen, 3:4—Eastern Counties, 20%—South Wales, 5:4. HOLYHEAD ROADS AND HAR BOUR, &c. There has just been issued, by order of the House of Commons, the Twenty-second Report of the Commis sioners for the Improvement of the Holyhead Reads, &c. The following are the more material portions thereof : In pursuance of the directions contained in the 124th section of the Act of 4th George IV., c. 74, we lay before your Honourable House two reports of our engi neer, Mr. John Provis, dated respectively the 31st and sth of May, 1845, the former of the state, condition, and repairs of the road from London to Shrewsbury, and the latter from Shrewsbury to Holyhead Harbour, and the Menai and Conway-bridges. We also lay before your Honourable House an account of the sums received and expended by us during the year ended sth January last ; and we have further in serted accounts, the first of which contains the particulars of loans to the amount of 83,7001. advanced on the secu rity of additional tolls, out of the Consolidated Fund, and expended by us in various improvements on the line of road between London and Shrewsbury ; towards the repayment of which there has been paid into the Ex chequer, on account of the principal sum advanced, 43,3721. Bs. I Id., and 25,7271. 2s. 10jd. on account of interest to the sth of January last ; at which period there remained due in respect of the said loans, for principal, the sum of 40,327/. Ils. Id., and for interest, 16,8171. 10s. 9id., making together 57,1451. Is. 10 d. which is in course of payment. The second account contains the particulars of loans to the amount of 54,1001. advanced, on the security of additional tolls, by the Commissioners for the loan of the Exchequer-bills for public works, to several trusts of the road between London and Holyhead, and expended in various improvements within those trusts ; of which sum of 54,100/. there has been repaid 2,1061. ss. 5d., and 12,4661. 15s. 2d, paid on account of interest to the sth of January last ; at which period there remained due in respect of principal, the sum of 51,993/. 14s. 7d., and 2,141/. 9s. Gid. on ac count of interest, making together the sum of 54,135/. 4s. lid., and which is also in course of payment. 128 s pl LINCOLN, A. MILNE, Whitehall-place, Aug. 5, 1845. CHARLES GORE. The following are extracts from one of the documents inserted in the appendix. 2N 74 13% 11% 1 — 5 8 s 91 SU 6y.', 3% 200 534 108 THE MENAI BRIDGE. The whole of the iron work was painted, and a coat ing of pitch and tar was given to the timber platform, wheel guides, &c., during the last summer ; every part of this bridge and its approaches is in a proper state of repair, with the exception of a trifling portion of the paved roadway, which will require to be taken up and relaid 27 358 p liUL: STOCK EXCHANGE. —The shares 23—North British, 18 - Is6dj 2 - 7s6pl 34s p 4% 141% 18% 16 6\ 494 23!4 17 9ils9dl 9% 5%, , T 3 / 4 pl aErr. 1. sales are —Hull and Selby, Half Half Shares, 94 3s. 9d.—North ' William Atkinson, master of the Syren, did not witness the accident. but saw the confusion occasioned by it, and believed that both vessels were stationary at the time. The evidence of the house-surgeon of Charing-cross Hos pital related to the injuries received by the unfortunate lad, whose leg was amputated about six hours after he reached the hospital. The case progressed favourably until the following Friday, when death, resulting from mortification, took place. The CosiosEst, after reading over the evidence, said that he did not feel called upou to address many observations to the jury in reference to the conflicting testimony which had been pre sented to their notice. It was for them to infer, from the mass of depositions before them, whether the accident was caused by a neglect of duty or otherwise, and, if so, who were the blame able parties. The larger proportion of the evidence had been given by passengers on board the vessels at the Hungerford pier, and, in considering their verdict, the jury would give due attention to the statements made by the more interested wit nesses likewise. He ought, perhaps, to explain, to them that when men acted without sufficient caution, and death was the conse quence, they were liable too the charge of manslaughter; but it was the more desirable on that account, that they should be agreed as to the party to whom the blame in such a case was really attribu table. He might remind them, in conclusion, that the law of deo dands was still exi s ti ng , and, if they thought fit to mat k their sense of any minor negligence, they were at liberty to record a verdict of accidental death, at the same time imposing a deo dand proportionate thereto. The room was then cleared of strangers, and the jury pro ceeded to consider their verdict. After upwards of an hour's deliberation the public were re-admitted, and The foreman announced that. the verdict of the jury was— " Accidental death, a deodand of 401. being imposed upon the Moonlight steam-boat." He stated that his brother jurymen and himself had experienced great difficulty in arriving at a conclusion, owing to the extremely contradictory nature of the evidence submitted to them by parties whose respectability entitled them equally to credit. They had, however, come to the unanimous opinion that the Ilungerford M ar k e t Company were in duty bound to provide more piermen for the better protection of the public. THE LATE FATAL RAILWAYS ACCIDENT. FURTHER PARTICULARS. DEFFORD, SEPT. 1.-Mr. Saunders, Secretary of the Com.. parry, yesterday morning sent off an express to London, with a full report of the sad affair, which brought General Pasley in the course of the afternoon to inspect the part of the line where the accident occurred ; the Gallant Officer did not ex press any opinion, though it, no doubt, must be a strong one upon the gross impropriety of placing a truck upon the main line, which was the sole cause of the accident. The men (nearly 200) employed to clear the line have succeeded in doing so and in relaying the rails which were torn up for several yards, in time for the up mail train which leaves Gloucester at 8 50 P.M., so that no detention was occasioned to this train, and Sunday intervening, there were no other trains to suffer any inconvenience. Great praise is due to Mr. Saunders for the considerate manner in which he behaved towards the suf ferers and other passengers who were compelled to remain during several hours of the night in a strange place, and with no accommodation within three miles. The poor fellow who was so dreadfully scalded and burnt lingered until nearly daylight this morning, when death put an end to his sufferings. An inquest was fixed for twelve o'clock to-day. This morn ing General Pasley and several of the Companny's officers be longing to the engineering department were upon the spot, with a view to an inspection. The .jury have just met, an d have proceeded to view the body of Ward, w hich was lying i n a barn close to the line, and presented one of the most awful spectacles ever witnessed, being cut and bruised in every part, and hardly an unbroken bone in his body. A post mortem examination has been ordered, and his body has been opened. The result has not yet transpired, but it is fully expected that the inquest must be adjourned, as the principal witness, Ward's fireman or stoker, is unable to be moved, he having been brought to the Gloucester Infirmary, where he lies in a dread ful state. The inquest upon the passenger (Williams) must also be adjourned until after the one on Ward is held. Ward has left a wife and one young child ; he was a clever man in managing an engine, but not a very careful driver. He was heard to declare before he left Gloucester that he would be in Birmingham in two hours. The engine he was driving, called the " Derby," was the largest at work on the line; it is not so much injured as was anticipated. Something must be wrong to allow a man to drive an engine of such power at such a fearful rate, with a heavy luggage-train, merely for the fun of the thing ; and this accident shows the neces sity of some legislative enactment to put a stop to such reckless conduct. Another accident occurred this morning, but was attended with little or no danger, and no other inconvenience than a slight detention of the passengers. The engine attached to the short train, leaving Cheltenham for Gloucester at thirty minutes past nine o'clock, A. m• , burst a tube when it neared Badg worth, a police station about two miles from Cheltenham. Some consternation was manifested by the passengers, but in about half an hour all was made right, and the train proceeded. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. All doubt is removed as to the eause of the fearful accident which occurred on this line on Saturday night. It was a truck standing in the way of the luggage train on its way to Birming ham, just as was stated yesterday. The cause of the colli sion must have arisen from one or other of the following mis s takes :—either the signals were imperfectly given at the Defford station to indicate that an obstruction had to be guarded against, or no signal was given at all, or the engine driver fell a sacrifice to his own recklessness in pushing on in spite of the warning. It is only by an official inquiry that the facts can be pro perly ascertained. Railway officers look as though you were going to solicit charity, or pick their pockets, the moment in formation is asked about the occurrence of an accident ; but even a passenger sitting in a carriage can give no information beyond his sensations at the time of the accident, or what he witnesses after it. In the present case the responsibility rests with the officers at the Defford station. It was they who were in charge of the truck which caused the double accident, and of course it remains for them to account for its having been PO placed, and to prove that the requisite signals were given. I have seen this morning James Baird, the man who acted as fireman to the unfortunate Ward. He stated, "We left Glou cester at nine o'clock on Saturday night with the luggage train. When we got to Bredon the pumps of the engine got bad, and by our attending to them the fire got very low, but by the time we got to Egginton the pumps were working pretty well, and Ward said he would assist in getting the fire filled up. I then commenced filling up the fire, and he assisted me by opening and shutting the fire-hole door as I put in the coke. lam not exactly sure whether it was by the bridge at Defford or when crossing the Avon that Ward said to me, Jamie, there's something wrong; ' and immedi a t e ly I saw hi m shut off the steam. On observing this, I began to reverse the engine and whilst doing so I was thrown off it. A s I was falling I felt something strike my shoulder. It was very dark at the time. I was restored, after a time, to sensibility by the pouring of water over me. On looking up I saw engines and carriages heaped upon each other, and some of them on fire. I asked the person who was assisting me if he could tell me anything of Ward ? He said, Stranger, we will take you to the station. You are not fit to inquire after your friends.' " Baird attributes the accident to imperfect signalling at Defford. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage-drive to Newport on Saturday afternoon, and Prince Alfred and Princess Alice rode on ponies in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. On Sunday morning the juvenile Royal Family walked on the sea-beach, and in the afternoon were all taken airings in the pleasure grounds. Sir James Graham left town on Saturday on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong Kong and also from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches for the Governors of thelWest India Colonies and also for the Governor of New South Wales were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. GIFT OF A SILVER FOUNTAIN TO MEHEMET ALI.— The magnificent silver fountain, manufactured in London, at the expense of the East India Company, for the Pacha of Egypt, was presented to his Highness on the 16th of August, by Captain Lyons, the East India Company's agent in Alexan dria. The presentation took place in the palace, where up wards of sixty persons had assembled to witness the ceremony. His Highness appeared in excellent spirits, and much pleased with the beauty and exquisite workmanship of the gorgeous present. Some of the party who were present on the occasion afterwards partook of a d ej euner given by Captain Lyons. His Highness has been pleased to give orders that admission shall be given to all persons desirous of seeing this beautiful speci men of English art, and that it shall remain here sufficiently long to give every one in Alexandria an opportunity of seeing it. We understand its ultimate destination is Cairo, but the Pacha has not yet decided where he will have it erected. It is scarcely necessary to add that crowds flock daily to the palace to feast their eyes on this splendid structure. ARMY MOVEMENTS.—Yesterday morning the fol lowing alterations took place in the stations of the three regi ments of household infantry. The first battalion of Fusilier Guards, Colonel Drummond, marched from the Wellington Barracks, St. James's Park, to St. John's-wood Barracks. The second battalion of Fusilier Guards, under Colonel Col ville, marched from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross, to the terminus of the South-Western Railway, in order to pro ceed to Winchester. The first battalion of Grenadier Guards, Colonel Lascelles, from St. John's-wood Barracks to the Wel lington, St. James's Park. The second battalion Grenadier Guards, Captain Boldero, from the Tower to the terminus of the Great W es t ern R a il way, to proceed to the barracks at Windsor. The third battalion Grenadier Guards, Colonel Fergussen, marched from Portman-street Barracks to St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The first battalion of Coldstream Guards came from Windsor to the Tower ; and the second battalion of the same regiment from Winchester to Portman-street Barracks. The railways are found of great convenience on these occasions, from the rapidity with which the changes are effected. MISCONDUCT OF THE EXCISE. The Kelso Mail publishes a very gross case of misconduct on the part of two Excise officers, which was exposed at the Roxburghshire Quarter Sessions on the sth current. It appears that two officers of Excise, stationed at Kelso, disguised themselves as anglers, and went to the house of an innkeeper at Yetholm, whom they made drink with them until he was drunk, and then induced him to sell them a qua ntit y of whisky, w ithout a per mit, to be carried across the border, in contravention of the statute. Lord Minto and all the justices present, except one, concurred that the innkeeper could not be convicted on the evi. deuce of officers who acted in such a way ; and, at the same time, some wholesome rebukes were administered. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The dredging of the packet berths which was in hand when I made my last year's report, has since been com pleted to the required depth, and the skirts of the rock near the west end of the north pier have been cut away to the level of the surrounding surface. Complaint having been made that the saw-pit at the Graving Dock was too small, and without sufficient pro tection to the workmen from the weather, a uew one has been constructed of larger dimensions, with a proper roof to cover it. A new building, consisting of a storeroom, with a sail•room above, has been erected in the dockyard for the use of the Admiralty establishment, and others hay ing vessels under repair. The lighthouse, gashouse, and other buildings con nected with the harbour works, are in good order, with the exception of the harbour offices, which are now being repaired. The pier, quay walls, road, &c., are also in good order. The number of vessels that entered this harbour in the year 1844, exclusive of Queen's ships, mail-packets, and pleasure yachts, was 942, the registered burden of which was M,931 tons. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MOONLIGHT STEAM-BOAT. The coroner, Mr. Bedford, and the jury selected to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of James Purcell, aged 13, on boaad the Moonlight steamer, assembled for the fourth time yesterday evening, at the St. Martin's Tavern, Duke-street, Adelphi. The CORONER having announced his intention to hear the evidence of Mr. Simonds and Mr. Flemming, passengers, to whose examination an objection was raised on the last occasion, owing to the presence of those witnesses during a former part of the inquiry, John Simonds, of Southampton-street, Russell-square, silver smith, stated that he was on board the Moonlight, close un der the captain of that vessel (who stood on the right-hand paddle-box), when she arrived alongside the Prince of Wales, at the Hungerford-pier, on the evening of August the 18th. He saw the head-rope thrown over, and attached to the Prince of Wales prior to the landing of passengers. It was fixed to the sponson of the latter boat by a lad on deck. Shortly afterwards he heard the captain give the order " Go a-head," and almost simultaneously " Stop her." He then heard an outcry among the passengers, and saw the de ceased, whose foot had been torn off bythe head-rope, supported by some persons on board. He heard the passengers say that it was shameful conduct on the part of the captain to proceed without seeing that the rope ;was detached from the Prince of Wales, but he (witness) did not think him blameable, as the call " Stop her" immediately succeeded the order to 46 Go a-head." The boat certainly appeared to move forward, but he was satisfied that the engines were not in motion. Tho tide was running against the vessel, towards London-bridge. He considered the accident attributable to the absence of any person on board the Prince of Wales to remove the head-rope of the Moonlight from her. George Flemming said, that at the time of the accident there were three boats at the Hungerford-pier. The Syren, a Wool wich boat, moved away from the pier, and the Prince of Wales, which stood next, with her bow facing the bridge (the same as the Moonlight), went a little astern in order to take the place of the Syren. The Moonlight's head-rope was then attached to her larboard sponson. Immediately afterwards he saw the deceased being conveyed away from the Moonlight, but he had nut seen the accident. As the parties affected by this inquiry, if the accident was the result of negligence, are either the crew of the Moonlight or the Prince of Wales, or the piermen employed by the Hungerford-pier Company ; and as the evidence as to the most material point was of the most conflicting nature, it may be a 3 well to give a short summary of the witnesses examined, with their opinions as to the party responsible for such negligence. Mr. E. 13rydges, carpet-manufacturer, of Cheapside, a pas senger in the Moonlight, heard the captain give the order to go a-head before the rope was detached from the Prince of Wales. Saw the accident, and heard the passengers calling to the cap tain to stop the vessel, which was then in motion. The Prince of Wales was not moving at the time. Mr. Joseph Marsh, a hat-maker, of Cheapside, also a pas senger, believed that if any one had been on board the Prince of Wales,to remove the head-rope ci the Moonlight from her lar board sponson, the accident would not have occurred. Heard the people calling to the captain to stop, but the boat was not stopped immediately. Mr. Walter Scott, secretary of the Harwich Railway Com pany, and a passenger in the Moonlight, saw nobody besides a lady on board the Prince of Wales when the accident happened. The passengers of the Moonlight called for some one to unfasten the head-rope, bet no one was there to do it. The captain might have seen that the rope had not been removed, if he had looked in that direction. Samuel Waller,of Chelsea, a passenger, witnessed the ac cident, and called to the captain of the Moonlight to stop the vessel. The Prince of Wales was at the same moment going astern. James Stewart, a pierman, employed by the liungerford pier Company, was attending upon the Syren, Woolwich boat, when the Moonlight and Prince of Wales were along side her. It was his (witness's) duty to attend to the head ropes of the different vessels arriving at the pier, when he could do so ; but it was impossible for him to attenl to all at once. Henry Tucker, the foremost hand in the Moonlight, usually attended to the head-rope. He threw it upon the larboard of the Prince of Wales, where it was fixed by a boy. When the captain gave the order to go a .head witness tried to jerk off the eye of the rope, and then let out the loose rope 1) ing on deck, not observing that the foot of the deceased was entangled in the coil. lie called to the captain to " stop her," and was certain that the boat had gone a-head only about two revolu tions, but at the same moment the Prince of Wales went astern. William Giles, mate of the Prince of Wales, described his boat as stationary at the time of the accident. The engines of the Moonlight were in motion. James M'Clarens, a lighterman, on board the Prince of Wales, saw the accident, and believed it was caused by the absence of piermen to attend upon the boats. There were not half enough hands employed by the Pier Company for this purpose, and accidents consequently were always happening there. He was positive that the Moonlight was going for ward when the accident in question occurred. Alexander Mill, a wood-turner, near Euston-square, believed that both the Moonlight and the Prince of Wales must have been in motion at the time of the accident, owing to the rapidity with which the head-rope was run out. Another passenger of the Moonlight, named Gordon, als o believed that bath vessels were moving, but the Prince of Wales was going astern more rapidly than the other was pro ceeding forward, FIRE NEAR WINCHESTER. On Saturday last a fire, which has c( nsumed several dwell ings, and deprived seven respectable families of both house and home, occurred at a village called MitcheWeyer, seven miles from Winchester, on the Basingstoke road, and within two miles of the mansion of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., situa' e at Stratton Park. From inquiries made upon the spot, it appea , s that the fire originated through the falling of sparks from the flue of an oven belonging to the bakehouse of Mr. Groom, baker and general dealer, who at tke time was raking the wood embers. Pieces of those fell upon the thatch of an adjoining cart-house, which, in consequence of the inflammable nature of' the roofing, instantly ignited, and the fire communi cating itself to the line of continuous thatch, the whole was speedi•y in a blaze. At this moment the consternation of the villagers was very great; the awful appearance of the flames, and the terror of the inmates, who had barely time, in several instances, to escape the violence of the flames and the masses of burning thatch which fell as it was on fire, producing a fearful effect upon them. Rumours were also shortly prevalent, that an aged cripple was in one of the houses burning to death, but this happily proved without foundation, the poor creature having been most miraculously preserved by the interposition of a kind neighbour. eery soon after the outbreak, informa tion of the occurrence was sent to the seat of Sir Thonsas Baring, and the Hon. Francis Baring immediately repaired to the scene, having given orders that the engines belonging to the mansion should be promptly conveyed to the spot, with twenty-two men employed :upon the domain, who were dis patched with them to work them. Aleantime, while these arrangements were effected. the flames progressed most fear fully, extending from house to house and floor to floor with such rapidity that it was impossible to stay their fury, and one of the inmates (Groom), with his wife and family, with very great difficulty escaped. At attempt was made to save some portion of the property, but this was found to be next to impossible, from the falling of the bodies of fire and the rasters of the house, which was full of timber. It was a considerable time before the engines could be got into full play, in conse quence of the well being but badly supplied with water, and the nearest pond being at a considerable distance from the spot. Police constable 2.5, of the Hampshire constabulary, was imme diately after the outbreak dispatched to Winchester, and Capt. Harris, the chief constable, and Mr. Tart, the superintendent, shortly afterwards went, with three constables, to render any requisite assistance. When they arrived, the whole of the long line of roofing of the six cottages had fallen in, and the lower part of the buildings, as well as the outhouses, were in flames. Several of the inmates who were out glean ing in the fields at the time of the outbreak, had by this time been apprised of the alarming fact, and so great was their con sternation at finding their little all consumed, that they became almost frantic. The police, however, acted admirably in preventing the poor creatures from imperilling themselves by attempting to save anything, and 'so greatly were some of the persons affected that they swooned away. Mrs. Pink, the wife of the Winchester and Basingstoke carrier, hear ing of the circumstance at the market at Winchester, fell with great violence to the floor in Mr. Watson'a shop, and since she has been very ill. The firo continued to burn until every particle of furniture and stock was destroyed. the houses gutted, and several valuable pigs, poultry, and domestic animals sacrificed. The loss will be most severely felt, as the occupiers are none of them insured. The owner of the houses, Sir Francis Baring, is insured in one of the County-offices. This (Monday) morning an attempt has been made, now that the ruins aro sufficiently cooled, to explore them ; and under the direction of the police this was done with success, so far that a quantity of money in different kinds of coin was found, as well as the remains of two watches in a fused state. These were taken charge of by the police, and this was all that was saved of any value. After the fire, the Hon. Francis Baring and the other resident gentlemen publicly thanked the police under Captain Harris and Superintendent Tart, for their efficient exertions during the many hours the fire continued burning. We hear that a subscription, liberally headed and strenuously promoted, is being got up throughout the neighbourhood for the benefit of the sufferers. YORK AND LANCASTER ITAILW:1; some importance is now before the i t i L ub K lie r. 'ar l e n shorough, 11- :,To- York and Lancaster, by passing , n o c „,e ' r populous and o, r i v i fi4 . 7, A nde n d e t ' o v c l o in nn e e o c, gate, valleys, and ',tie whole places. The line is to pass Long Preston, Settle, and , as at 7,reee-,',,i, All the of about twelve hours, . .•_ y coach. 1 distance is expected to be performed in two hour', and a half, along the the great manufacturing, mining, b,,, ?wet flgrieultura.l districts of hof England will, ~:s means, have facilities of ac tclelsesntoort Ireland, Scotland, s'a'es, Ilainburgh, ,Fte. The line will be 7') miles in lengii:., will h ave f avourable gradients, it is said, and receives,. fair support from th ose l ocally interested, as w ell as from the Scotch capitalists, the Chairman of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway having joined the direction. IsTEGLEcT , :_,l' ;DUTY ON T 111: NORTH UNION RAILWAY. —.;:illn Round and Peter Eastham, two servants in the empl , ..y of Mr. Hargreaves, carrier, at the luggage station, Wigan, were summoned before the county magistrates, on Friday last, charged with a neglect of duty in leaving the switches at the junction leading to the warehouse turned the wrong way, thus endangering the safety of the passenger trains moving on the line. An objection was taken by the defendants that the charge could not be heard before the county magistrates, as the alleged offence had been committed in the borough. On examination of the map this proved to be the ease, and the men were dismissed. On Monday they were summoned before the borough magistrates, when, through an informality in the wording of the summons, the charge was again dismissed. A third suunnons has been taken out. s u > SPORTING INTELLIG E NCE. _ l 7 - ...7 4 g '. '/ (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) , STOCKTON RACES.—FRIDAY. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sous.. each, h ft, with 10104 1 1 fo x. k z .,„ %kl the second ; three vrs old, 9st 41b ; four, lOst 51bl; live, llst 21b ; six, 1 Ist 711) ; aged, list 91b. Mares and geld ings allowed 31bs ; half-bred horses, 71b ; winners extra. Twice round. Mr. Wofenden's b m Miss Burns, 5 yrs ....( Mr. Cookson) 1 Mr. Clark's b f The Netherton Maid, 4 yrs Capt. Broadley's ch g by Belshazzar 3 The Lord Lieutenant's Plate of 30 soya. added to a Handi cap of 10 sovs. each, h ft; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs. towards expenses ; winnora extra. A mile and a quarter. Mr. Arrowsmith's b h Xanthus, 5 yrs (Holmes) Capt. Pott's b c Northumberland, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Scott's Cataract, 5 yrs 3 The following also started but were not placed ;- - .fr. Maclean's b m Eleanor, 5 yrs—Mr. Salvin's b f Ma m ian Ramsay, 3 yrs—Mr. Holland's gr c Robin Burns, 3 y r -- Mr. L. Fox's b f Betsy Beal, 3 yrs—and Lord Chesterfield's b c Twig (bolted). The Cup by Subs of 10 sovs. each ; three yrs old, 6st 121 b; four, Bst; five, Bst 91b; six, Bst 121 b; aged, 9st Lb ; mares, geldings, and maiden horses allowed 31b; win era extra. Horses entered to be sold for 200 sovs allowed 41b, for 150 sovs Slb, and for 100 sovs 161 b. The winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses. Twice round and a is. Mr. S. S. Standish's ch c Little Hampton (Francis) 1 Mr. Palmer's b m Betsy Bird, 6 yrs .. Lord Mulgrave na Sis to Pedometer, 3 yrs (100) 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Lord Londonderry na Fat Fair and Forty, 3 yrs (100)—Mr. H. P Smith na c by M. Moloch out of Enchantress, 3 yrs (100 Mr. Clarke's c ni Maid of Aukland, 6 yrs (100)—and Dawson's b f Sleepy, 3 yrs (100). A Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 20 added. The winner to pay 5 sovs. towards expenses. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Arrowsmith's b h Xanthus, 5 yrs --(F. Coates) I 1 Mr. E. Pott's b c Northumberland, 4 yrs Mr. Shepherd's ch h Porto Bello, 5 yrs .. Captain I'ett's b h Little Benton, 5 yrs ... 0 0 Mr. Clarke's b f Netherton Maid, 4 yrs Mr. Waring's gr g Saul, aged . 2 dr Mr. Allen's c m Wasp, 6 yrs dis SATURDAY. The Cleveland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 15 added, 'or two-year-old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. If entered to be sold for 100 SOTS. allowed slbs.—for 50 sovs., 81os. About seven furlongs. Mr. Salvin's b f Thalia ••• (Templeman) 1 Mr. Osborne's ch cby the Hydra (100) ............ ....... 2 Mr. T. Dawson's na br f Sister to Skipton .. Mr. Gill's b c Themis (50) Mr. Trotter's br f Miss Georgie, fist, and Mr. Bell's b c Fiddlestring, sst, also started but were not placed. The Innkeepers' Plate of 20 sovs., added to a Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft. Heats, once round and a distance. Captain Pott's Little Benton, 5 yrs (Templeman) 0 1 1 Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 5 yrs Mr. Jackson's Hard Bargain, aged .. Mr. Wormald's Sister to Pedometer, 3 yrs Mr. Waring's gr p Saul, aged ... .• 2 dr Mr. William's b g Red Rover, 5 yrs . die Match of 20 sovs. each. Once round.—Mr. Jacks( b's br h Hard Bargain, aged, beat Mr. Robinson's b m Item) .on Junior, 5 yrs. TATTERS AL L'S —YESTERDAY. The only horses in any force for the St. Leger were NUN Sarah, Mentor, The Pacha, and Duc-an-Durras ; the am ant invested on them was considerable, and the odds takers the same that are indicated in the subjoined quotation, eac ept in the case of Duc-an-Durras, against whom several bets ere laid at 22 and 25 to 1. Weatherbit was again on the decree, and a strong feeling was displayed against The Merry 3 lo narch, Old England, The Baron, Ould Ireland, and Con naught Ranger. Red Robin and Pantasa were backed, but with small parties. The market prices, at the close tf a dullish afternoon, were as under : ST. LEVER. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot 200 even on the field, against four 7to 2 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah-4 to Ito fr 6 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 8 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch 13 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 16 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha--taken freely 20 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Durras—takea 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's The Baron 30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 30 to I agst Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. llcsseltine's Fitz-Allen 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Worthlesa 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger 50 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Chertsey 60 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way —taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Harker's Robin Burns 100 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's June 500 to 15 agst Clear-the-Way and June Idas was declared not to start. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Collins's Rochester—taken TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— Warwick meeting commences to-morrow A ice, a Trial Stakes, the winner of w hi c h , I th i nk, will come,f out of Dawson's stable. The Produce Stakes will have about three startelip: viz., Carissima, Gwalior, and Wedding Day ; the latt I consider, stands but little chance to beat either Car a—• sima or Gwalior, whom the race will lay between fancy that the former will just manage to pull throng t. The Leamington Stakes will bring to the post ab seven, which I understand, upon good authority just ceived from Warwick, will be the following; viz., Roebu, Pythia, Nottingham, Trueboy, Jack Sheppard, Roder, clc, and Rochester. Glo - isy, Wee Pet and Lightning to very doubtful, together with one or two others of I in note, who are in the vicinity. Roebuck, Jack Sheppa mll 4 and Rochester, I cannot think, have the slightest char ce.., Wee Pet cut but a queer figure the other day at; Egham ; Lightning I believe has not quite recove..edr from the ailment he had last week, otherwise I think he would have been very forward. Nottingham wilt finish near the front. Glossy has too much weight won: her, but I should not be surprised if she were to pull. through, should Sir C. Monck, instead of keeping for the Great Yorkshire Handicap, start her for t deo' stake; but, in my opinion, the struggle will be betw• en Roderick, Trueboy, and Pythia, with either Roder eIC or Trueboy for winner. On Wednesday the Foal Stakes to Mr. Hill, Prine ear Olga being very handy. The 10 Sovs. Stakes to Cherry Bounce. The Warwick Cup to Alice Hawthorn. - The Stand Stakes to Marian Ramsay, Mr. Meik: furnishing the second horse. The Queen's Plate to rAuld Mare. There are 26 acceptances for the Great Yorks) I N Handicap, out of which my pick would be, Glossy, dth i 6st 111 b ; Queen Mab, with only Bst 71b ; Miss with the great weight of 7st 41b ; The Shadow, Set '3lb and Jenny Wren, with sst 91b. The Acceptances for the Cleveland Handica ire but thirteen in number. Th e K n i g ht o f the Wh istle and Hope seem to be the only two that are likely to wilt this Stake. I am, Sir, yours, &e , THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Monday Morning. CHELSEA REGATTA. The watermen at Chelsea yesterday contended fur a purse of sovereigns, liberally subscribed by the residents of St. Luke's. The race is invariably well attended, but on this occasion ti era was another very attractive exhibition in the shape of a bal. VIZ ascent, and thousands of persons had assembled on Batter es— bridge and the banks of the Thames to witness the two events. as boat-race was in three heats, with six pai rs o f oars , and, rom the length of th e course, afforded the multitude an exce. test opportunity of viewing the aquatic display. FIRST HEAT. Charles Cole, jun., and William Cole, yellow 1 Henry Gayleard and Edward Coates, pink 2 William Woodford and John Thomas, green 3 The start was from buoys off the Swaa, round a boat oft Cremorne House, down the Middlesex shore, round a boat op posite the White llouse, and back to the Cricketers. The whop went away together at a good pace, and continued oar and par nearly to the distance-boat, where Yellow first rounded, re tained the lead, and won by three lengths. It was a most et• cellent contest for the second place, the third man Lein b ) the conditions out of the heat, and. Pink succeeded in getting it by four lengths. SECOND HEAT. 'I homas Southam and James Thomas, blue 1 James White and Edward Atkins, scarlet James Woodford and George Brown, red ' ••• 3 The winners to o k th e l ea d an d k ept i t, com i ng in fire lengths in advance of the second boat. BRAND HEAT. Charles Cole and William Cole 1 - • Southam and Thomas 2 White and Atkins . . The distance was revers 6, the men begiosing at Battersea.. bridge and rowing dov:nward. The balloon and the rowers started at the same in'Aant, and the applause bestowed CU both was considerable. r che wagermen kept oar and oar down to the college, and the bal:ioon took " its own course" in another di— rection. The roles went away with the lead, and won b, eight lengths. GREPiT RUNNING MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS...... Yesterday the quarter of a mile race between John Smith, the London champion, and Chas. Jenkinson, the " London St tg," came oft near the King's Arms, Acton-bottom. Both men have acquired considerable notoriety as pedestrians ; the former wags c‘ - , nsidered unrivalled in a .00 yards race, and the latter ua. equall din half-mile sprints ; and the backers of the respeilives men conceited to a match to run an intermediate distance. stakes were .5/. a side, and Smith was the favourite in bis!ting. at 6to 5, and a very considerable sum was pending the. result. After several false starts the men bounded away. Smith toot the lead, but his opponent made a struggle and came, up to hire. 'They then ran together at locomotive speed, and, after admirable and well-contested race, JenkinsoA mere in the winner by three-quarters of a yard. The di-,,tance was covered n LATE D seconds. RIOT AT UNIERAILINE.—Since the i late TsB° E disgraceful eeni riot of the 13th instant, a considerable number ofa h pe r seanvse b , su et acquitted, s e t a e e d.,of i being t costerned in it s precognition tan ejs b sheriff-substitute efore the , have undergone eriff-substitute here. Most el them cis but a few, u n de r mo re s us pi c ious have been remanded fur further examinations S'Ve have tint yet, however, heard of anything that has trap. spired `,o throw muc h light on the origin of the affair. The drum that was beat on the occasion was stolen from the grins mi'r of the Dunfermline Instrumental Rand on the prtcioup evening. We understand that, previous to the 13th lust: et, to committee of operatives held several meetings with the n snn faclurers, in order that the latter might remonstrate witty the Messrs. Alexander on the consequences of not adhering to the table of pric , s, and that the manufacturers refused to int. efere in the matter. The reckless band then took the affair into their own hand, and the first remonstrance with these g atle. men was the demolition of their property. The numbers con. cerned in the riot, as stated in some accounts, have been g eatly exaggerated. There was indeed a very general tucl.out during the riot—many from curiosity, to learn what was going on : but those who were officially on the spot think the rioter* did not number more than from 800 to 1,00(3% —Desds• Warder. THE FIRST or SRPTEMBER.—Yesterday Inai y of our friends of the barrel were up and doing in various parts asi this county, and we understand they found an average 'luau.. tity of birds, with the sporting qualities of wild and stro , on the wing. Of course the shooting was not general, as many are too busy in the harvest ; the birds find too ready a dugs in the fields of standing corn, and we must caution the harms vestmen within reach of cockney barrels, to mind that they are not made game of. In Kent we learn there was a prettl general agreement to suspend the sport for fifteen days to allow of the harvett being more genet;ully ingathcred. —Essex Hera* ' o 1 4. ( II