The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-23 00:00:00

4 , ) try ' ' t/ ,' 4(1 the imports to onI:i 966 casks. For farw ard bavl been sm%ll. To-day P.I.C. t is sellirg nt 393 to 39.31 for new. .nd as 6d for old. Town T&llwv is now 383 6:1 per Miugh Fat 23 per SW:3. The progress of Irem Petersburgh will be found bclow. The qty "f Trdlery now en passage thence to L nlon is eatls. Etp t 1846. 1847. , 1848. 1819. ; 1850. t,,, d a , --!-- '4 Ol ~0 . '•••• •• 8,588 12,973 12,914 34,079 : 21,173 Ii3:1, •••• C. .. c i 43s 63 465 63 47s 93 37s 6(1 to 38s 63 kt t „OTl ttv . „ ••• l, to 413 01 to 4-3 s 93 to Os 01 37s 01 Ito 39s 3d (47 1 10n t ,'•: 4 cek .. 1,991 2,424 ' 2,416 1,767 3,491 tl4ltl4l 4s " t 4 ne 1•• • • 18,623 22,319 i 28,499 20,873 25,036 ?, irtir, ll Week • 1,517 4,033 1 1,512 9,01 , 8 966 tine 1 • - 16,593 27,193 , 23,982 29,479 20,555 Of T ol 11 '4l '••• .. 4550 d 503 63 , 4936 d 40s 0,1 41s 01 Oi tt ,.. ' , NT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETEP.SBURGH• til j 1850. 1849. 1848. I 1847. 1846. I NI, clisnf - --- 4 - Cro - - -e'ecl Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. 10. i nBl adt. to ' ll 'eate'.9 S • •• •• 39,979 47,827 59,804 58, 542 35,854 r"te 'mg and 1 rs '•-• 4 ° adN "•• - • 23,467 55,442 19,994 15,987 22,107 4, m k 0 g wr, 31st -- -- --- , tt *aft "•• •• 63 446 73,3:',9 79,79', 75,5.9 57,961 t 4l 4t 4 wards.. ' 44 763 49,706 55,335 55,262 he k , t he clese of .. ' ---- - l b. , '13480 0., „ -----, ~. 118,1 , ;2 129,',04 131,861 113,223 1.7 1°11 .• - --- --- 4 1 00 . 1 ' '''' • • 15,335 15,502 29,430 22,924 12,606 Ot;! •"• • •• 10,152 6,928 8,797 9,728 4,795 It3y•tile t •• ,, - ,: ' i ; • • 2,700 9,409 3,208 2,,!,207 k 719,79 tio,rel,. ' 4 P rts 2.880 5, 9 31 7 ,110 b,33 Zll4 •.' •• '• • • 2,412 3,598 3,195 4,935 4,231 PiT t li • y •.: :.• :: :: ~ ! ; , 8 1 .3 3 6 2 . 6 3,( 2 , • t4 5 . 1 4 4,26 L, , 6 5,5 ) 1 4 ~ ( 5 " 8 21 ""• • • • 1,432 4,125 3 , 463 54 3,293 CO2 --_-.--_-. 39,979 47,827 59,804 58,542 35,851 bt Av : „4:::"ION-ii0USE.--(THIS DAY:) tk iv : 4. 4 :1810N-DOUSE.,--(THIS DAY:) of colour. dressed in female attire, who gave 4p... a° ' Ci f Eliza Scott, and who, not only in dress, but -ar tia , tines, manner, and voice, strongly resembled a_ 4 11 11' ''' a ! placed before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged Lq,,Qlnrectit assault on a gentleman. k l °Pro j it ' cbl iao constable No. 52, said, in consequence of a' llll i ... 4.1 ' 313 Which he received from a gentleman that a woman's clothe; had conducted himself in an manila'. in the Alinories on Friday morning, he r h kaind i cd the prisoner, who was dreseel as he then ap 4-lat,,, -ao denied most positively that he was a man, but as a tainined at the police-station by a surgeon his ~tbo - 1 , 4 Placed beyond doubt. The prisoner had been- Ih 'abit of frequenting the neighbourhood for five N — a ,, c)n tha, always in the dress of a female. On i P r osecutor described the nature of the assault. Athe ri soner wore a veil, and his whole app earance of one of the softer sex. 64tl i 'l3 i t u` k a usual caution, the prisoner said, all he had 1 ) a reply to the charge was, that he was a run kai "'we, a native of America, and bad escaped on it vessel bound to England. al then committed to Navigate. STREET.—(THIS DAY.) '42 PLAIT ROBISERY.— George Barton was 1 41, , " i t he her E charged with stealing seventeen silve,r , k il a "la 174, the property of Messrs. Thomas and lf t . v . t .fttlitha, 153, New Bond-street. 1 , 4 4 -Itt'e r tfa , TY'aia Bonne Thomas stated, that . about a 1 . 6 " -Ix on Saturday evening he was sitting in the V I lila a - „ ell ha heard a smash at the window, and on a a . --11114 h^ saw the prisoner's hand grasping some ir"::'Nea" 4 . 4 , lle s immediately ran out . and secured the Itetta '"e was in the act Of vvalhing away, with the ilvar spoons produced in his poasession. Ye hi -yrt.ined hi. until a constable arrived, when he 1-1 tat') custody-. tl l , l3 „ l.4 °acr, iu defence, said he was starving , and 'PoO risau. its for the purpose of obtaining the shelter NI% i t 4Altnwtex committed him for trial. \irt cwo, MINSTER.—(THIS DAY.) b r tcll ut s brought before Mr. Burrell, charged za i ea ting bite the house of Mrs. Binning, 20, 1 , 4 a t rab l"! - s tr eat. as, a aolusa Canning stated that she was on a visit tat nin aanai na a. on Saturday last, and at about a . quaTter 4 1 4 t 'nta t e sa lle ar( l :aame one in the house, and going into floor front room, saw the legs of a man und e r e the then left the room and ran down stairs, ki!oni Taicd, and when she opened the front do_or full y - "axin he past her into the street. w 11,) 0 11 a e "' " Stop thief !" and the prisoner wa3 kr . l t el iended. ' l 4a Etit u artEaa sentenced him to three mouths' inspri- With hard labour. W,) 4 1 ,„ es ' WARK.—(T lIIS DAY.) __ 4 . l . 7 leholso n was brought before Mr. A'pecke!t being co: corned with two others in com- M ro t h t : l . 'violent assault on a gentleman named Jones, 114 41 :ge 'aim of a valuable gold watch and chain... ;1111 Baker, or the A division, said that on fn.- t 4 geatlemsn na , ved Jones was proceeding Lek,ticTorough-road from the Surrey Theatre, and wedfts of L . 7 the prisoner and two other men, who b i t Zg el 4l 3 watch and chain, with which they decamped. kklitipti„ 64la n gave an account of the robbery, with a -11 Of the man who committed it. Witness, n g th th t lt ,° Parties well from 'the description given, ": 4 rell. of them, and on Saturday night he took 1 1 4 1 1 3 14:4 "er into custody. lie felt satisfied that he kt t i f ° identified by the gentleman. He therefore t'arcr n remand to enable him to bring Mr. Jones • 4VP, t to — ItETT said ho should remand him until to- Ole e nited States mail steam-ship Atlantic, J. kee m ilander, will sail from the Mersey f or Now York V tie sday next. ,2 t G LOUCESTER .-T t Lave MUSICAL FESTIVA Lhe 8!‘, 4 1 `; made at the l a t e f e stival on behalf of the c harit y \ k's ti, lar geat ever known at Gloucester. The following , th si e amount collected for the charity at these 4 festivals ti 32 list 20 years :-In 1831, at H . eireefotrBd3,363, Worcester, e s ie4s lo t d ea . 7 ; (sit ' at Gloucester,Bo4l. lls 188.. • Bd. 111 1 -32 es t.: ; 1831, at Hereford, 676/. lls. in ( 5 ,;:,15a 7 Ils. 10d. ; in 1836, at Worcester s q,„ Id ` 4 , 4l ereford, 8181. la. 2d. • in 1838, ' 8281. 8 ' 6s. at Gloucester, •inl - 839, - at Worcest"er, 950/. 3s. 6d.; in _8 4 4_0 ) 6d ?" . . r d , 1 ;0611: 28; Id. ;P. , in 1841, at Glouc . ester, 6 21. ) ki t qo ' ' 4 4 1 4 , 1`2, at 'Worcester, 1,061/. Is.; in 1343, at i.,4Z1;c4/. 13s. ; in 1844, at Gloucester, 648/. 175.; in 6. 8 4 , tips center , 850/4 in 1846, at Hereford, 812/.lBs. 2d.; ftt Gloucester, 68V. 2s. 11d.; in 1848, at Worcester, l i t, e l t s a . 6148.49, at Hereford, 8331. ls.; in 1850, at Gloucester, t V Is e Qunt Dupplin and a party have arrived ... 4 his n o c &Kle, near Perth for the shooting in that nei„Lt . t in 4111 or •WATENWORICS.—AVe are . informed I;i i ,„One parts of the town "soft water" is selling at 3d ''' t • -- Leicester Journal. Ito t % , he „T a n Catholic cemetery has been establishe d -u rbs or Birmingham. It was consecrated la st At 141:111,,,--ilieriNet num.-The long prevalence of ,tibel"(tvotirable t.o the arrival of vessels homewmyle (1 la s bad the effect of retarding the that a L ar from long sea voyages, and it is expected _ passage a ship it i i , ge .,ullinber of craft have been detained on this ac e 'tie chops of the Channel, and further out to the t 1 34 a o• t ier A tbange favourable to the completion of time tr, ha„,„",thelr destination. As the arrivals for some t' '" b een rnai , confined to steamers and other vessels t tt gto at , ' )tie, i t .fro m the adjacent states of the continent of kl l inest probable that the windbound oniprise a T h e number from the more distant countries of the the e e d ay. 51 change of wind to the westward two or_ 11 . W e , - sl ack, which has since been confirmed, will ena ble -eke th e i r way up C hanne l an d i n t o p o rt, the re , width • o of - will be an important spur to the shipping te e I A a , Port of London and elsewhere. 11 0 ( huer, w h y does Pa' call you honey ?"-Be is'tit!ltY, dear, he loves me." " No, Ma' that isn't it."- . - h t i What is it then ?" "I know."-" Well, what is r head " Why, it's because you have so much comb in A 7 viz - that's why." A 'et c e l ! sU ßY LAws.-An Act of Parliament was fes t3 f a rds the close of the late session to continue the " th e " • ' e uiPting Bills of Exchange and Promissory y N iy a to r 6 oPeration of the usury laws. The Act et t r b a e n! .ea 3 r d , to' oir VP- 37, which would ex ice at the end of _ littenther continued until the Ist January, ig n p ln e e of the recited Act all discounters have b . r o „charge 60, 60, and 160 per cent. for what is called zills. t 6 I,,ht is e i l lts have been made in the daily pap ers ''Let few days that the Rev. Henry Wilberfor t ce e , At ai l 6 ) . 1 Oxford's brother, had been received into that h 4 14 4 . 1 de a ,,,,, e `,“,„qic Church, hi. the city of Brussels, avid I L I to -"" glanninz had followed him with a view to induce ait4treeonsider his determination. There is not the rate ' °oll dation for either statement. Mr. W . ilberforce t lei 1 itis e f i ll P t 4 East Farleigh to perform his clerical. duties, . te nnat " ea cen Manning is at present discharging his n )4, 4 : l4t ies at Chichester.- Weekly Chronicle. Al's r a cy the Rev. T. Jackson Zealand, , prebendary of St. kttheru bishop designate of Lyttleton, New St. Paul's is ,rfaresvell sermons, in the morning t h l . l, e e Yne-hill, in the afternoon at Dulw atCha el, and d e -fli ng at St. Dunstan's Church, Ste ie p li ney, the ship d e Patture for the Canterbury Settlement, in if;revious At e i tt ch i d en, which is appointed to sail on WednesdaY• u re , ~ . aggregate rlDs e Li liberal collections, amounting in the 1(1 te l i t as i t o " 1 - 00 /., were made in aid of the Church et .mug tr us. 4 v'el -TARTNG MADE EASY.-A snuff -be f sB .?... f .I,gthustraction, and designed to supersede the necessityf ti e T igers in taking snuff, has been registered at ti( al4 The box. is inverted, and upon being turhd 41 tea c uPa are found charged with the titilating mi turn, leyto be applied to the nose. tt vtl ta , ,0 11 AND CORPORATION IN TUE C OUNTY re ACV, 0, 1. t the Ruthin County Court, on Saturday be la ' at I st th -E " L. Richards, judge, W. Pierce brought an action _ itqlg e play or aldermen, and burgesses of the borough t - coll i e , ' to recover the sum of 111. 3s. the balance of a ia • i ° Wing for lighting the town with ' the self-generating s "ttea Adams, solicitor, appeared for the plaintiff, ail e d , at „ /lot -e mayor and corporation craved time, as they Present in a position to pay the amount in full. ‘`'Weeli" 'vas given for the plaintiff, and a month's time or Payment.- Chester Chronicle. E Provincial p apers a r e publishing wood en ' 1861 .1 el the building for the Great Industrial Exhibition F t o -4) ON ti` ta3 ' a d NoNTD-WESTERN RAILWAY.-9rl tiet4i4 top.utation of the directors of this company,e sew et and ( 1 141 !' , the general manager, visited Chester, t w co i n- kt e tati ecide upon the site to be adopted for the proposed tdc Q e il . t e h er o , it havin been resolved at the last board : 4 111 °. the director% that, der to free themselves from 11-oliesedYhti,nees and litigatio'n, to which they had been lately th t , I,,A e the other companies at the joint station, they ni e ts ter a new one for their through traffic, and that tte . s ot s staii yolybead and Chester and Birkenhead I,9nip invited in free of charge. Plans and escinis i ites el i ll : i ing P a ll v r e P i ose are being prepared. The present station, Tk l tral peint for all the lines meeting at Chester, is c 0 '', 74 11 vost v 4te. be the largest and handsomest in the kingdom. to e I t s."ereetioa has been 100,000/. defrayed .41 ' e tlien4 lt 1 8 neariy 1,000 feet long and has every public THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Livaarooa, Sara. 22.—The arrival at our port this afternoon of the fine steam-ship America, after a rapid passage across the ocean of eleven days, places us in possession of several days' later intelli gence from North America and the British American possessions than that to hand on Friday last per the steam-ship Atlantic. The America sailed from New York on the lith instant, and made the ordinary call (to land and re ceive mails and passeneers) at Halifax on the 13-1. By the advices we have just received we learn that the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States will be adjourned on the 30th. The proceedings in the former assembly since the Atlan tic's departure have not been important. In the House of Representatives, after the rejection of a motion to incorporate the southern portion of California into a distinct state, the consideration of the admission of the territory in its entirety was gone into, and a Bill admitting it into the Union as the thirty-first state was passed, and the legislators deputed from the district at the late election were admitted. The excitement at New York attendant on the first appearance of Jenny Lind had not in any degree abated, on the contrary, it was hourly increasing. The first concert was to have taken place on the evening of the day on -which the America sailed. We have therefore no details of the. proceedings, but some idea of what they have been _mat be formed from the fact that. up to the period of the steamer's departure it was ascertained that 5,000 seats had been secured by the public, at a cost altogether of 30,000 dollars. The New York State elections, which at another tune would have been causing much political excite ment, create at present little interest, although from the number of representatives and state officers to be elected, and the near approach of the election (the sth of November), the attention of the press was now much directed to them. A vigorous effort will be made on this occasion to reject the free school system Of education, which has latterly been adopted by the State. The Agricultural State Fair had passed oil with great eclat at Albany. An •immense number of vi sitors had been attracted to the show, which was more extensive than usual. The provincial journals received in New York give disastrous accounts of the effects of the late storms and inundation. • The number of emigrants arriving out from Eu rope are reported as considerably on the decrease. A State Convention was called far the 11th inst. (the day of the steamer's departure) at Syracuse, New York. The accounts received from Rio Janeiro, and which extend to the 29th of Jaly, describe the state of affairs at that port as must critical for our coun trymen. The previous accounts represented a narrow escape from murder of some British sailors. We now learn that the feeling on the part of the populace was now being extended to all British citizens, and that some " foreigners," who had been mistaken for Englishmen, were severely beaten in the streets. The greatest excitement prevailed, which was considerably added to by apprehensions of an attack from General Roses, who was concentrating bis troops around Rio. In the meantime the British cruisers were con tinuing their capture of Brazilian vessels engaged in th slave trade. For this purpose the had entered the harbours, and seiz?d some ve ssels un y der the guns of the forts. Canadian advices contain some official changes, consequent on the resignation of Mr. Justice Row land. The Attorney-Genera!, Mr. Lafontaine, had succeeded to the Justiceship, and Mr. Drummond, Solicitor-General, was appointed as successor to Mr. Lafontaine. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The commercial accounts from all parts of the Union, and especially from the leading cities, repre aent business as being in a most healthy condition, with every prospect of its continuing so. The inatket for breadstuffs was still inactive, and prices were unaltered, as the following quotations will show. Western Canal Flour, 4 dolls. 50a. to 4 dolls. 621 c. cr brl.; Gennessee prime Wheat 1 doll . Sc. to 1 doll. 10c. per 601 b. ; Indian Corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c. per bushel ; ditto flat ydl o w, 62e. per bushel ; Indian Meal, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 12ic. per brl. lii cotton we have to report an average amount of sales at New York, New Orleana, eic. The crop ac counts continue gloomy. Rates for New Orleans and Mobile, middling fair to fair, at steamer's depar ture, were 141 c. to 14ic. per lb. Shipowners were asking higher prices for freights, viz., flour to Liverpool, ls. 9d. to 23. per brl.; cotton to Liverpool, 3-16 d. to id. per lb.; grain to Liver pool, 41d. to .Id. per bushel. In Exchanges on London the sales were moderate at 110; to 110 i ; on llaniburgh, 3pi to 3G on Bremen, 80 to 80k. TWO DAYS LATER, ViA HALIFAX. We have received by electric telegraph to Halifax ria New Brunswick, in time to meet the steamer at that port, two days later news from New York. At the period of the dispatch leaving New York the Cotton market was reported to be more active, and prices higher, in consequence of a scarcity in stock on hand. We have political new; from Washington of a later date than that given above. The Fugitive Slave Bill had passed the House of Representatives by e a majority of 34. The Secretaryship of the Interior, vacated by Mr. M‘liennan, has been filled up by Mr. Stewart, of Virginia (Protectionist). SUICIDE THROUGH JEALGUSY."OII aturoray an inquest was held by Mr. Caster, at the Europa Tavern, Church-street, Battersea, upon the body of Catherine lietcher, aged 42, who committed suicide by hanging herself with a piece of whipcord. Mr. John Ketcher, the husband of the deceased, who seemed to be about 25 years of age, said be was a working chemist; that on Thursday last a daughter of the deceased by a former husband canie to him from their lodgings, and told him his wife had got some salts of lemon, with which she intended to destroy herself. Witness told her not to make herself uneasy about it, as salts of lemon would only make her sick. Shortly afterwards he was in formed that his wife bad destroyed -herself; he immediatelyran home and found the deceased hanging by a thin cud to a brass hook in her room. She had often threatened to com mit suicide, but be had no idea that she was in earnest. She was of an exceedingly jealous disposition, and he believed this had driven her mad, although there was aot the least ground for her suspicions. The witness, while giving his evidence, was greatly afflicted. The daughter of the de ceaeed having given similar testimon y , the jury returned for th e ir verdict that the dece ased committed suicide while in a state ofetemporary- mental derangenient. GUARD KILLED ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAT.—A melancholy and fatal accident befel one of the guards of the Edin bur g h and Glasgow Railway ye forenoon. He was the guard of the express train which left two intermediaate-p stations. One of , these is Linlithgow, which the train was nearing, with the steam shut oft; when the guard was obseived by one of the passengers to fall off; on the arrival of the train at Linlithgow assistance was imme diately sent back, when the unfortunate man was found in life, but he only survive d a few minutes. He had apparently struck on the retaining wa ll which bounds the line, by which his head was dreadfully damaged. The cause of the acci dent is unknown, but it is thought lie was in the act of ap plying the brake to stop the train at the station when he lost his balance and was pitched Mr. His name was William BobertEon. He was much esteemed for his caution, steadi ness. and courtesy. The wifortnnate man has left a wife and six children, residing in Edinburgh. It may be worth stating, in connexion with this painful event, that Robertson w as one of the few g uards on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line whose life was not insured in the Railway Passengers' Insurance Company; and that no farther back than Wed nesdair last he had been urged bv one of the clerks to avail himself of the advantages of that associetion.—Scotsinan of Saturday. WHALE FISHING.. --A letter holt the mate of the Alexander of Dundee, of date 25th July, states that seven vessels are expected to have got through the barrier f ofr ice fish ; at the top of Melville Bay , viz,:—The Horne, with ou the Pacific, with one; t he Jose p h Green, clean; th e Lord Gambier, clean ; the Regalia, clean ; the Chieftain, one fish ; and the American, clean. Seven vessels had come south, viz.:—The Alexander, clean ; the Princess Charlotte, one fish ; the Advice, clean ; the Jane, one fish ; and the St. Andrew', clean. The other three, of which no'accounts are sent, are the Truelove, Abram, and Ann, of Hull. It would appear there had only been a partial opening in the barrier, which .bad again sbut, and ' ,pre vented the last-mentione d vess els from getting through. Those that have got through will have a good chance. No mention is made of the vessels sent out in search of Sir John Franklin, except the two Americans, which were then west of the Devil's Thumb. It may reasonably be concluded that Captain Penny's andß ay t a i n Austin's expeditions had got thrcugh Melville early, as otherwise they would probably have been seen by the whalers.--elberdeen Herald. ACCELERATION OF TEE NORTH Mau.s.—We have been kindly favoured by the Secretary of the Post-office, with the following copy of the acceleration that is to take place on the first proximo, on the north mails from Perth, via the Scottish Midland Railway to Aberdeen. The die patch from Perth will take place at 2.50 Feu, as at present, but the arrival in Aberdeen will be at 6.28 ex., in place of 7.46 ran., which will allow of an evening delivery. The e re turn from Aberde en will be at 5.55 a.m., in place of 4. Aare, The dispatch from Aberdeen to Inverness will take place at 7.13 rar e in Once of 8.45 F ; and the arrival at Inverness will be at 6.93 A M ., in place of 8.45 A.M. The re turn from Invernees will be at 5.44 pl ace f 3.43 P.M. ; and the arrival in Aberdeen will be 5.10 M. instead of 3.39 1..31.--SCo6l7lan. CARDIGANSHIRE....- A B(.T,D WOMAN. ^ Police constable Harrison, of the constabulary rural police in this county, stationed at the village of d Llanrhysty, having oc casion to come to Aberystwy th on business, left his wile at home. No sooner had the p. licernan turned his back, than a robbeieewas committed, by a tramp at a farm-house tot far distant from the village. The policeman's wife having rec eived information, immediately start ed off, and came up with the tramp, with the stolen proper t y on his person Slie secured the thief and detained him until her husband re turned. —Ninth lVales Chronicle. SINGING Mousr.—One of these extraordinary little animals is now in the possession of Mr. Makepeace, one of the lay clerks of Rochester Cathedral. Mr. Makepetice was attracted by its noise, and succeeded in trapping it. It chiefly sings in the evening, but it can be beard occasionally through the day. The notes are not unlike those of the linnet.—Nnidstonc kurncl. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTBMOUTTI, SEPT. 22.----The Datch frigate Prince Von Orange arrived yesterday morning from Curacoa, and saluted the union jack and the Corn mander-in-Chiet flag which was returned by the thg-alip and platform battery, after which the cap tain came on shore with M. Louis Vandenbergh, his Netherlands Majesty's Vice-Consul at this port, and paid his respects to the Port Adtairal. The Fox, 42, Captain Lambert, sailed this morning ,for the East India station to relieve the Cambrian. _ The Thetis, 36, Captain Kupar, C. 8., sailed this morning f T Lisbon, to join Commodore Faushawe's squadron of evolution. The Bonetta brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Forbes, arrived at St. Ilelen'a in the night of Friday, and came up to Spitnead yesterday forenoon, from 'the coast of Africa. She sailed from Sierra Leone on the 3d of August, and has encountered some very foul weather. The clerk in charge (Mr. Down) died on board on the 28th of July, from coast fever, contracted on shore by landing only one day at Whydah on duty. The squadron was thus distributed when tho Bonetta left. In the B;glits e---The Gla diator, Hecla, Jackal, and Wolverine. On the south coast—Cyclops, Rattler, %Vaterwitch, Pluto, Flying Fish, Phoenix, Kingfisher, Philomel, and Snap. On the north coast—The Hound and Ranger. The Commodore was on his way to Zangatanga. The Archer had arrived at Ascension, and was ordered to the Bights. The Pluto steam-vessel will be the next vessel home, and may be expected in about a week. The Hecla steam-sloop has been highly successful in making prizes. She sent her ninth into Sierra Leone about three weeks before the Bonetta sailed, which latter has made seven during her stay on the station. The Bonetta has been two years and eleven months in commission, is now or dered to be paid off at Chatham, for which post she sailed this morning. The commander, Lieutenant Forbes, has been employed during the past year in negotiating with the King of Dahomey, in the en deavour to establish a treaty for the abolition of the slave trade throughout his territory, but which failed. His Majeity reviewed his troops during Commander Forbes' sojourn with him, and they are spoken of as well disciplined, though 4,000 out of 10,000 of the soldiery are women clothed as men, who perform their military duties in every respect as well as their male companions in arms. his Majesty, as a mark of his especial favour, presented Commander Forbes with a juvenile princess, aged 7 years, whom he has brought to England to be educated. At the "Cus toms" (a sort of religious rite) 30 human sacrifices were offtred to their deity, two of the (soldiers from Attapahme, aged respectively, 40 and 50) Com mander Forbes purchased for 100 dolls. and sent to Fernando Po to be liberated. The slave trade was very brisk and the squadron very healthy. The Hecate steam sloop was commissioned at this port yesterday by Commander G. S. Hand. The other appointments will be found below. APPOINTMENTS. ltioomvicir, SEPT. 21.—Lieutenant—Francis A. Close (1850), to tl.e Hecate steam-vessel, commii sioned at Portsmouth. Master— John Richards (1847), recently serving in the Geyser steam - sloop, to the lecate. Paymaster and Purser—Thomas Pidcock (184 G), to the Hecate. _ _ _ _ Mate—Augustus G. Broadhead (1849), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the.lmpreg nable, 104, flag-ship at Devonport. Midshipman—William H. Malone, to the Hecate. Master's Assistant— George A. F. Day, to the Tra falgar, 120, at Sheerness. Clerk—Henry Campion (1848), recently serving in the Vixen steam-sloop, to the I lecate. Naval Cadet—Felix S. 11. Weber to the Victory, flagship at Portsmouth. r * —james Milton, to the Hecate. Boatswain—Thomas Foaly, to the Hecate. Carpenter—Thomas Woodcock, to the Hecate. Rear-Admiral M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C B , one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and C:iptain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, visited Woolwich Dockyard to-day, amid were accom panied by Commodore Henry Eden, Lieutenant Ro bertson, Mr. Macdonald, Master-Attendant; • Mr. Laing, Master Shipwright ; Mr. Henry Chatfield, and Mr. James Peake, assistants to the Master Ship wright; Mr. Edward Hutnphrye, Chief Engineer; and Mr. John Triekett, assistant to the Chief Engineer, while they minutely inspected the steam-vessels fit ting fur service at this yard, it being intended to have 32 steam-vessels constantly employed for the sup pression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa ; one of these vessels being ordered to proceed about the Ist of every month with the mails, and relieve another from duty on the coast. The sailing vessels at pre sent on the African station are to be withdrawn as soon as steamers are ready to replace them, and no sailing vessels will in future he employed for the sup pression of the slave trade. The Alecto steam sloop of 800 tons, with engines of 200-horse power, built at Chatham in 1839, from a design by Captain Sir William Symonds, and fitted with paddle-wheels was the first vessel visited by his Lordship and the Surveyor of the Navy. The Alecto was recently condemned as unfit for further service, but she is now in the east dock having new planking put on, and other repairs effected, and may yet be capable of a lengthened period of service. After a short visit to San Fiorenzo, 50, building on the slip at the east end of the yard they returned to the basin at the west end, and went on board the Firefly steam-vessel, Commander George A. Seymour, commissioned dur ing the present month, and to take out the October mails for the coast of Africa. The Firefly is 550 tons burden, with engines of 220-horse power by Maudslay, Son, and Field, and fitted with paddle-. wheels ; her last service was on the coast of Africa. The Wasp steam-sloop, fitted with a acrevv-propeller ; the Geyser steam-sloop, fitted with paddle-wheels and engines of 280-horse power, by Seaward and Capel ; and the Buzzard, fitted with paddle-wheels and en gines of 300-horse power, by John Penn and Son; and the Volcano, 350-horse power, engines by Rennie, were also minutely inspected in the basin, and ere all in an advanced state rearly ready for service. The Geyser is ready as an advanced war-steamer, and the Wasp will be ready for commission by the Ist of next month. The factory was visited after the vessels, and his Lordship and Sir Baldwin Walker then left for town, when they concluded their inspection, which occupied upwards of three hours. The Teazer steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander J. H. Selwin, arrived here today from the coast of Africa, and last from Cork, where she was obliged to put in. Commodore Henry Eden inspected her in the afternoon, the crew were mustered and went through their exercises in a highly creditable manner, and appeared an active body of men. The Teazer had taken four prizes during the short period she was on the coast. She was principally employed in con veying parties of troops and Royal Marines up the rivers, and has brought home a piece of brass ordnance from the Gambia, which bears the date 1650; although it is 200 years old, and of Dutch make, it is loaded at the breach, and the charge and shot kept in their proper position, inside the gun, by a quoin nearly similar to the plan of the gun submitted to the select committee at Woolwich by Major Ca valii, of the Sardinian eervice, and now at Shoebury ness, having exile/intents made with it. The gun brought home in the Teazer belonged to one of the native chief;, and was found in the bush. The crew had it fitted en the capstan, and have often fired it, but they say it takes longer time to load it and fire than it would to load from the mouth of the piece. The Fir( fly steam-vessel, Commander George A. Seymour, is to be taken out of the basin on Monday, and will leave for Greeuhithe to have her compasses adjusted on the 25th instant, and then to proceed to Plymouth to be paid in advance, and take out the mails of the Ist of October to the coast of Africa. The Geyser steam-sloop, although ordered to be telten to Sheerness to be kept in ordinary as an advanced war steamer, will in all probability remain here and be commissioned at thisport, Mr.llumphrys, chief engineer, having stated 'to Rear-Admiral Berkeley and Sir Baldwin Walker to-day that it would be better for her to be employed on active service at once than to lay her up in ordinary. PRAITIRGIiE DOCKYARD, SEPT. 21.—A martello tower, in accordance with the report of the officers of the on is forthwith to be constructed S a t i a ßlig ck 3' Jock, cer commanding the entrance arid approaches tlilleY to Milford Haven. This fortification will be built in the most substantial manner, arid mounted with the most powerful and effective ordnance. Misers. Jackson, of London, have entered into the contract for its erection, which will be commenced immediately and pushed forward with all possible dispatch. The Marten, 12-gun brig, built on the plan of Sir William Symonds, late Surveyor to the Navy, wa s launched on Thursday evening. This is the lest launch frcm this dockyard during the present year. A company of Sappers and Miners, under the di rection of an officer of the corps of Engineers, have been engaged in surreyirg the coast for the Admi ralty; they have erected towers for the purpose of taking their levels end observations at Cardigan Island, Mount, and other places on the Pembrokeshire side of the river Tivy. FATAL ACCIDLIM—Between nine and ten o'clock en Saturday morning, a lofty scaffolding, erected in front of the house No. 23, Commerce-place, Brixton-road, occupied by Mr. Alvey, stationer, came dawn with a tremendous crash. There were two bricklayers and a labourer on the upper platform, all of whom fell on the footway pavement. The labourer, who escaped with some slight bruises, was taken to his own home, but the bricklayers received such se rious contusions, that they were immediately removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where ono of them,. named Cooper, died in the course of the day. The other man,. whose skull is fractured, is considered in a very precarious state. Challenge—calling upon a man who has hurt your feelings to give you satisfaction by shooting you through the body. Eliza Cook's Journal. The Cambria, Captain Leitch, sailed from Liver pool on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1850. IRON VESSELS FOR WAR • PURPOSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—ln the recent exprirr.ents at Portsmouth, to ascertain whether iron vessels are suited to the pur poses of war, it has bean shown that vessels con structed of iron are not, at any rate, adapted to an armament of cannon. B u t th e exper i men t a l results afford no proof of ir o n vesse l s b e i ng un fi t t o c a rry out a mode of destruction that eventually will come into operation, in which cannon and projectiles must, to a great extent, be superseded by the employment of vastly more effective engines —submarine explo sive shells. Steam-vessels will, in the general application of these destructive engines, be required. Vessels for such service should possess the greatest attainable speed ; and though they would by choice attack under the cover of the darkness of the night, they should, nevertheless, be so constructed as to be rendered suf ficiently shot-proof to insure protection to their crews and machinery, in the event of being com pelled to attack, at close quarters, a heavily-armed ship of the line in the light of day; they should for a bke reason be upon the screw-propelling principle. These requisites can, perhaps, be better attained in vessels constructed of iron than those built of wood ; for iron vessels are well adapted to the screw, and they can be easily fitted with water-tight bulkheads, extending from stern to stern and from deck to bot tom, making the vessels, as it were, double-sided; the breadth between the sides and bulkheads should be such as, when the enclosed space is stuffed com pactly with cotton or wool, to offer so much resist ance to projectiles as to prevent them from reaching the machinery and men snugly ensconced below deck. The space between the bulkheads and sides should be divided into a convenient number of compart ments, also water-tight; in the deck, over each com partment, should be a scuttle, down which to pass empty water-tight wooden cases, as a ground tier, and over these to be stowed compactly and close up to the deck the resisting material; the stowage so completed, the scuttles should be secured and bat tened down. In the event of a shot entering so as to rip open the vessel below the water-line, no great quantity of water could flow into the vessel, by reason of the compartments being < already occupied ; the buoyancy of the vessel would not, therefore, be sen sibly diminished nor her trim affected. Such an arrangement, it may be observed, would much interfere with the stowage of equipments ; but it must be borne in mind that speed is desirable, and as the steamer would require but very few hands, just sufficient only to navigate her, they would Deed no great space for accommodation and provisions ; the available stowage would, therefore, be mostly for fuel and magazine room to store about a hundred shells, sufficient to destroy as many vessels. So loaded, the steamer would not be brought down in the water to a depth detrimental to her speed. Though the unfitness of iron vessels for the pur pose for which they were intended has been deter mined, it would nevertheless be well to ascertain by experiment the capabilities of iron vessels to a change in maritime warfare that will inevitably come into operation upon the first rupture between mari time states ; a change in which, after all, the " iron pots, with submarine infernals towing astern," may prove very much more than a match for the wooden walls bristling with cannon. I am, Sir, &c., NA UTICUS. Sept. 19. CHRIsT'S HOSPITAL. Saturday being St. Matthew's-day, the Great Hall of Christ's Hospital, better known, perhaps, as the Bluecoat School, was thrown open to the parents and friends of the pupils, as well as to those, comprising a large proportion of the citizens, who take a deep in terest in this munificent charity, the noble monument of the piety of Edward VI. The doors were opened at half-past twelve ; and from that hour the visitors continued to assemble till past two, when upwards of 2,000 persons, chiefly ladies, were present, completely tilling every vacant place in the superb old hall. Soon after two o'clock the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence and Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, in their robes, and preceded by the civic officers, entered the hall from the chapel, where a sermon had been preached to the boys by the ltev. Ur. Harris, one of the teachers of the City of Lon don School. They took their seats at the upper end of the hall, immediately fronting the pupil:, who, in their time-honoured costume, were assembled to the number of about 700 in the organ-gallery. The business of the day then commenced, which was simply, in accordance with ancient custom, to hear the recitations of some of the senior boys who were about to leave school. The following was the order of the orations : Latin oration, on the benefits of the Royal Hos pitah—Alfred Sweeting, second Grecian, Mathe matical Medallist, 1850, and Pitt Club scholar, who is proceeding to Pembroke College, Cambridge. English oration, on the same subject—Charles Spread Townsend, first Grecian, and Classical Me dallist, 1850, who is proceeding to Jesus College, Cambridge. Greek oration on the same subject—henry Charles Pryce Jones, fourth Grecian, and Thompson Scholar, who is proceeding to Worcester College, Oxford. French oration on the same subject—Gilbert Wil son Brown, fifth Grecian. Latin Alcaics on " Westminster Abbey"—Henry Bawden Parkin, eleventh Grecian. Greek lambics, translation of Prince Henry's Apology, and the King's Reply—James Gill, third Grecian, who is proceeding to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Latin S'apphics, on Boadicea—John George Gaunt lett, twelfth Grecian. _ Latin Elegiacs, on tho Death cf 11. R. 11. the Duke of Cambridge—Richard Alfred Lloyd, tenth Grecian. Gre€k Sappbics, on Hannibal at the Altar—lienry Dove Sweeting, eighth Grecian. batin Hexameters, translation of Thomson's Apos trophe to Philosophy—George Charles Bell, seventh Grecian. The address-s were, upon the whole, well delivered --several of them with much animation and grace. In the four first, on the benefits of the Royal Hos- . pitals, it was wonderf u l to o b serve th e variety of manner with which the youthful orators managed to treat this necessarily lituitcd topic ; from the eulogy on King Edward, in M r . S weeting's Latin oration, to the graceful tribute paid to the memory of the Duke of Cambridge, in the English oration of Mr. Towns end. In the Latin verses on Westminster Abbey Mr. Parkin happily introduced a touching allusion to the memory of the late Si r R o b ert P ee l, as taking. no rattan place amidst the gr ea t an d goo d whose ashes re pcse beneath that sacred pile. At the conclusion of the recitations the boys sang, with great precision and excell e nt effect, the National Anthem ; after which the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs left the Hall, on which the little fellows set up a shout that made the roof of the building ring again, and continued their cheering till the last of the visitors had taken their departure. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END. CEBAREWITCII STAKES. 7to 1 agst Russborough 110 to 1 agst Backbiter oto 1 apt Boiingbrok© 100 to 6 agst Latalgrave CANBRIDGESIIIRE STAKES. 9to 1 rgst The Italian 400 Co 100 apt The Italian 25 to 1 ngst Thigley (t) I and Mulgravo DERP.Y. 12 to 1 agst Primo Minister 40 to 1 cgst AaronSroith(t) 25 to 1 asst Teddington (t) 40 to 1 r.,16t Brother to 30 to 1 e.gst rhlegethon Chanticleer (taken) CRICKET. SURREY PHOENIX v. THE STREATHAM CLUB. One of the strongest amateur clubs in the vicinity of the metropolis is that of " Streath „ Im," an d t o meet i ts members the" Surrey Phreatx at the end of last week rose up at the Oval, when some very briliant cricket was displayed during the two days which were occupied in the testing of their respective strength, The Stre a tha m , however, had the assistance of 0 , 110. of the ‘. Surrey Club" bowlers in lieu of one of their i?owling memberv, who is ebaont on a " pickling" ex cursio n. They also had the t abattingoh did d d o g f o young r )ilcoe. u r t I ock one of the S aue y g roun d Uponn the first innings th e Streatham eleven had the advantage by 43 runs , s o th e ', adding the ameut.t of their seconds h kiv i s , 68, t o th at majority, the PllO.3lliX commenced their second innings with a total of 132 to obtain to win. Of that number they had made 56, with the loss of three wickets only, when at the close of the second day it was agreed that the match should be drawn. THE GODALMING CLUB v. THE CLAPTON CLUB. This match was played last wcelc on Mr. Marshall's ground at Broadwater, Godalming. The Godalming club were allowed to enlist the services of Sherman, one of the bowlers of the Surrey Club, in their behalf. It was a splendid match, especially in reference to the first in nings, for takirg away the 17 byes, wiles, and no balls, Clapton were just four a head upon the batting score. The score stood Ow :—Godalmit)g, fist innings, 63; second ditto, 6:3; Clapton, first innirgi, 94; second ditty (with thrce wickets down), 38. DEATH 01' HENRY FRENcIrt is with ex treme regret that we announce the death of Henry French, Esq ,of the firm of French and Co' ~ wine merchants. This estimable gentleman was in the enjoyment of excellent health on Sunda He was attacked with scarlatina on y last. that night, and though Sir Philip Crampton and Sir 11. Marsh were early in attendance, the patient never rallied. He expired this morning, at one o'clock, at his residence near Monkstown. Mr. French was recently married to the ami able and accomplished daughter of one of cur most respected t ellow- citizens.— Dublin Evening Mail. OFFICIAL APPOINTAIENTS.--Mr. A. W. Hanson is appointed her Majesty's Consul to the Republic of Liberia. Mr. George Lloyd is appointed Vice-Consul at Lubeck, in the room of Mr. 13henicke, deceased. Dlr. E. T. Har rison is appointed Vice-Consul at Macaraibo. Messrs. Ri chard Sisson Darling and John Stowe Wainwright are ap pointed members of the Legislative Council of Trini,:ad. Mr. G. H. Richardson is appointed a member of the council of Tobago, ANOTHER FIRE AT GRAVESEND. At about half-past one o'clock on Saturday morn ing smoke was observed by a police-consteble to is sue ircrn No. 25, Queen-street, Gravesend, occupied I.llt. Drayton, linendraper. Oa looking further he saw Lines bursting from the shop window, and at once gave the alarm. The town engines in a few minutes were brought to the spot, and at that time the houses Nos. 25 and 24—the latter occupied by Mr. Curtis, clothier—were enveloped in flames. The in mates had barely time to escape, through the assis tance of some pilots and watermen, who, fortunately, were celebrating the triumph of the Rosherville Re gatta, at the George Tavern, fronting the opening of the Market-place into Queen-street. Mr. Ridge (,x -mayor) and several other gentlemen having arrived, the former, seeing that it was useless to attempt to save the burning houses, directed the firemen to apply themselves to prevent the extension of the fire to the adjoining houses, No. 26, in the occupation of Mr. Edwards, grocer ; and No. 23, in that of Mr. Ander son, watchmaker. Accordingly a large body of water (of which there was an abundant supply from the waterworks' main) was discharged at these houses, and with good effect. At two o'clock the roofs of Nos. 24 and 25 fell in, and materially tended to suppress the flames. An incessant discharge of water was kept up from the three engines, which were well and ener getically worked ; and at about three o'clock all dan ger of the extension of the fire either up or down the east side of Queen-street was sta.led. 'The houses 26 arid 23 were considerably damaged. The whole of that side of the street, from the George Inn up to the New Inn in the New-road, is timber-built, and would have been consumed beyond doubt but for the timely discovery of the fire, the prompt arrival of the engines, and the powerful assistance rendered by the police, a body of military from the fort, and the pilots and watermen. The houses 24 and 25, and all stock, fur niture, &c., they contained, totally destroyed; 23 and 26 considerably damaged, and the adjoining houses above and below more or less injured. The less is estimated at between 2,0001. and 3,0001. All the property is, as we learned, insured. It appeared that at about ten o'clock, when the pilots and watermen arrived at the George Inn (close to the site of the fire), a great quantity of fireworks had been let off in the street in front of the inn, and at the end of the mar ket-place, opposite the burnt houses, and it is con- , jectured, that, though the shops were shut at the time, some rocket or other firework had, by some means or other, round its way into Mr. Drayton's premises, w here the fire was first observed. On the occasion of the late fire in High-street, the mob collected was so ill-conducted as to call forth the strongest censure of the bench of magistrates. On this occasion they con ducted themselves creditably, and every assistance was willingly rendered by the men in whatever way it was rcquired. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. On Saturday night an accident of a very serious character happened on this newly-opened line of rail way, and which there is reason to fear will result in the death of the fireman, if not of one or two other persons who were unfortunately proceeding by the train. It appears that a very heavy cattle train, the first it is believed that the Great Northern authorities have run upon the line, on arriving at the Kitchen station, had to be taken across upon the down line, to make room for two up trains, which were then due. At the time the cattle train was so driven upon the down line, the eight o'clock down train, from the King's•cross station was also due. The red signal light was put on, and a policeman was sent upon the line with the light to caution the driver of the down train to stop. Whether the driver of the down train saw the red signal, or whether the cattle train was in advance—that is, on the London side of the Hit chea station, is not stated, and appears not to have been very correctly ascertained. The result, how ever, was, that the down train ran with very great violence into the two engines that were attached to the cattle train, all three engines, each of which is estimated at about 2,0001. value, being so materially damaged as hardly to be able to run again. The driver of the down train was thrown cif the engine before he could become acquainted with the danger of his position, and has sustained such severe internal injuries, that fears are entertained far his life. The fireman had his leg broken, and a lady, who was a passenger by the train, had several of her sibs broken, and another passenger sustained fractures of limbs. Many others were injured; but with the exception of those mentioned, they were not so severely da maged as to prevent their conveyance to their respec tive destinations. The authorities have resolved on instituting a rigid inquiry, with a view to ascertain the cause of the lamentable accident. FALL OF A. GRINDING MILL. SHEFFIELD, SXTLEDIY.—This morning, about half-past nine o'clock, the establishment of Messrs. Walters and Co., of Globe Works, Sheffield, was thrown into great confusion and alarm by the sudden fall of a great part of their grinding mill. The build ing is three stories high, and the part which fell con sists of three rooms, measuring about 50 feet by 24. On the ground•floor the heavy grinding was con ducted; on the first floor the grinding of a lighter character, and on the top floor the light grinding and the buffing. The first floor rested upon four very flat brick arches. Each arch sprung from a strong cast iron beam, which crossed the room, and was sup ported in the centre by a metal pillar. A number of workmen were engaged at the time on each floor of the building. The men on the ground-floor observed a falling of dust from one of the arches, immediately followed by a crack and a gradual settling down of the brickwork. The men on the first floor also heard the crack, and perceived a sinking of the floor be neath them. Both these sets of men rushed to the other end of the place, and escaped unhurt. The men on the top floor also heard a noise, but not suppos ing it to be anything unusual, took no notice till they found the floor sinking and the windows breaking from the giving way of the outer wall. Several of them escaped to one end of the building and slided down the chain of the crane to the ground. But before the others could escape two of the arches supporting the first floor broke in, pulling inward the outer wall from the floor to the roof; and the floor of the top story. Several of the men in the top room were involved in the ruins. They were quickly extricated and con ve3 ed to the infirmary. It was found that one cf them, named John lleathcote, had sustained a com pound fracture of the left leg; another, named William Crown Thaw, had received a severe concussion of the brain and nervous system, besides various bruis: s. Two others suffered from contusions of a slighter character. With regard to the cause of the accident, it would appear that the grinding -stones and troughs on the fiat floor were of considerable weight, and that water from the troughs kept the brickwork of the arches almost constantly in a moist state. It is supposed that the brickwork first gave way, which throwing the weight obliquely upon one of the iron beams, caused it to snap off close to the wall, thus bringing down the arch on each side of it. Happily the engine of the mill was s t oppe d as soon as the ac cident occurred, or the damage must have ben much more extensive. TILE CATASTROPHE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Four of the bodies of the nine unfortunate men who were killed on Thursday morning by being run over by a train were interned in the burial-ground in the parish ut Shentcnfield, on Saturday, that being the parish in which the shocking catastrophe occurred. The place in which the bodies of the men were interred is about a mile and a half from Brentwood, from which place a number of persons at tended the funeral. The coffins were followed by a great many persons, including the men who had worked with the decased on the Eastern Counties line. The other five bodies were previously carried away to the various places where the relatives of the unfortunate men resided, by whom they will be interred. Two only out of the nine were married men. The one has left a widow and five children, and the other a widow and two children. For the families of the two mar ried men it is understood that a subscription will be forthwith raised, which it is not doubted will be headed by the d:rec tors of the Eastern Counties Company. It is a remarkable fact that though there were 'several other men employed along with the nine who met their death none of them wero injured. CHEAT RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.—These trips, which have afforded an opportunity to upwards of 1,500,000 persons to visit different parts of the country at most mode derate charges during the fine season, are now drawing to a close. Yesterday morning excursion trains started from the Great Western terminus, Paddington, for Windsor, Reading, Oxford, Bath, Bristol, and Clifton. By the South-Eastern, from London-bridge, to Gravesend, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover, Folkstone, Tunbridge, Brighton, Hastings, Ports mouth, Guildford, Reigate, Epson], Croydon, &c. On Satur day morning a special train, tilled with passengers, started for Paris rid Folkstone and Calais, and to return on Wednes day evening—this is the last for the season. By the South- Western to Portsmouth, Southampton, the Isle of Wight, and Salisbury; and by the Eastern Counties to Cambridge. The trains were well filled. These cheap excursions have not only been a great recreation to the public, but au excel lent return to the different railway companies. GRAPES.—Mr. J. Cubbon, gardener to G. A. Woods, Esq., of Balladoole, Isle of Man, last week gathered from a vine which had been .planted but two years a single bunch of grapes weighing seven pounds. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—MiitiI Doffing, daughter of the late Captain Dolling, R.N., and sister of Lieutenant Dolling, R.N., now commanding the Nautilus, naval appren tices' brig, in the Sound, was on a visit to Mr. J. E. Elwor thy, of Bovisand. Yesterday afternoon th e y oung l a d y went to the beach, which is near the Sound and Breakwater, for the purpose of bathing a favourite little dog, and was absent about four hours. Mr. and Mrs. Elworthy, on being in formed that the dog had returned without its mistress, be came alarmed, and on sending to the beach at Bovisand, the lifeless body of the unfortunate lady was f oun d floating nea r the rocks, from which it is supposed she must have slipped in reaching to catch the dog. It need not be said that it has caused the most poignant distress to Mr. and Mrs. Elworthy and her bereaved relatives. _ _ [ADvEnnsarnar.]—By far the Best Account of the Four Days of the Doncaster appeared in Bell's Life in London of September 22, in which journal races were given to the extent of nearly six folio columns, including an En graving and description of the Cup.—The early publication and country edition of Bell's Life commences at four o'clock Saturday mornings, in time for all the Saturday morning early post and railways. The average weekly sale of Bell's Life exceeds 29,000, the price 6d. for forty folio columns. THE SEA. SERPENT CAUGHT. The Cork Examiner contains the following ac_ ccunt of the capture of the sea serpent at Yougl al, v.hich has been furnished to that journal by Mr. William Linehan of the drainage works :—"This mighty monster has been at length secured. How it will be inquired ? By what human or earthly means cculd such an atrium], wonderful for its size and the velocity of its movements, and endowed too with the extraordinary power of rarely zing all life about it by its electric vibrations, be token friar the mighty deep? For the last three yeers a work of great magnitude has been carried on here, under the drain age Commissioners, which had for its object the re covering a large tract of laud from the encroachments of the sea. Hundreds of men, of horses and donkeys, have been employed there raising from both ends an immense mound which wasto meet, and hennaed at the centre, for the total exclusion of the waters. Latterly this has been drawing to a narrow channel, and the rush of waters through it at each tide was really ter rific. Boats going up the river have been whirled into it with a violence that defied all the exertions of the rowers. On Saturday last all was in readiness for the final closing of the gap—planks, piles, boats, and rafts, laden with heavy stones. As Mr. Larkin, the superintending engineer, was standing on the extreme mound, ordering the men, a mighty animal was seen moving up the harbour, its head about ten feet erect above the surface of the water, and its flaming eyes turning quickly in all directions. It was the famous sea serpent. On reaching that point of the channel opposite the works (it was then nearly high tide) the animal seemed to feel and to like the rolling current, and it glided in on its surface through the gap with a majesty which no words can adequately describe. The men working there were, for some seconds, struck dumb with amazement, and those at the extreme points near the water felt the quick influence of an electric shock as the animal glided by. Come boys,' said the engineer, after recovering his presence of let us push on the work, and the lad is secured.' Night and day, and even Sunday, did they labour incessantly , at filling up the gap, while the monster was perform ing strange evolutions in the still water inside. Then was the large sluice opened to let out the confined lake; and gradually were left bare the scaly sides of the serpent. On Monday morning the animal was dead on the dry slab, and the men of the wo r k s car ried it off in pieces to Mr. Verling's establishment, where it is at this moment being converted into oil. And thus the great sea serpent is no more. Should any one doubt the truth of the above statement, let him but visit this place, and he can convince himself. He will find the gap closed ; the immense strand per fectly dry ; and that part of it where the serpent died still bearing the deep marks of the monster's last fear ful struggles." SERPENS REDIVI FUS. Tempus erat, when Captain M‘gularc Sic quidtm dixit crossing the " say," Vidit serrentem monstrous of size, Caput ferentem, with huge goggle eyes, Oculos volvit, and, trembling with fear, Ditmbra resolvit cf all who were near; Nan erat virus, strange to be told, Viribus nisus, and fierce to behold. Turn dixit Owenius, 'twits but a seal, Ad quod M'Quhreus indignant did feel; Iratus mire, tic it should be said Se sic nescire, what shape was its head; Vidisse dixit, a thing like a mane Oculosque intixit, to know it again, " Non cat ita stupidu.4," so did h.) say, " Veritatis est cupiduo, not of display." Sed tempos rece2sit, and this was all over, Cum ilk suceeisit another gay rover, Cui nenien est Travers, so signed to his letter, Hic, quoque, palavers net very mach better; Nam quum navigaret, in his own cutter, Portentum apparer, which made them all flutter. Est horridus anguis the which they behold, thud dubio sanguis within them ran cold. Triginta pedes, his head was upraised, Et eorpoi is sedes in secret was placed; Vidcruut et caudam with glass's assistance, (Capiebat alaadatn at half a mile's distance,) Sed bocce postretnum they never confessed, Innwa modestia this much repressed. Sic serpens manebat, so says this same joker, Et sae ferebat, as stiff as u poker, Tergum fricabat againet the old lighthouse, Et se liberabat of scaly detritus: Sic Travers vidit; of . course we believe him, Si aliquis ridet in arms he'd receive him. Sod mira fuerunt, and strange to behold, Qum post acciderunt, as we have been told. Nam anguis interritus let them approach him, Nee unquam est veritas danger could touch him. Scd Travers crudells, the story doth say, Venit utpote felis to teize on his prey; Nam Beale' paravit for shooting the snake, Et certe spetavit a capture he'd make; Tune plumbo percussit, thinking he hath him, At serpens exsiluit full thirty fathom; Exsiluit mare, with pain and affright, Et conatus abuare, as fast as he might; Neque 1111 seenti; no I nothing so rash, Terrore aunt muti, he'd make such a splash, Sed none adiorunt, the place to inspect, Et squamas viderunt, the which they collect. Quicunque non credat, or doubtfully rails Ad locum accedat, they'll show him the scales. Q..ay, sola tropses, they brought to the shore, Et cansa eat ea—they couldn't get more. lime labels mire, is 'Travers's tale, De fac'e dire, he saw in his sail, Et ipsum itnploro, to pardon what's wrong, Et veniaas oro, for being so long. T. C. D. —Literary Gazette. C. 0. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 21.—The Master of Clare Hall (Dr. Webb) has signified to Mr. Cowling's committee his disapproval of the manner in which Mr. Wigram's name has been brought before the University, and his entire approval of the proceedings of Mr. Cowling's friends from the beginning. His name , with that of Mr. J. C. Heath, fellow of Trinity Hall, has been added to the list of Mr. Cowling's committee. Mr. Rowland's 8.D., fellow of Queen's College, has been added to Mr. Wigram's committee. The following is a copy of a letter the Master of Clare Hall has this day addressed to the Master of St. John's College : " Litlington, near Royston, Sept. 21, 1850. "My dear Sir,—l am very sorry there is now a probability of a contest for the representation of the University, and that persons who entertain similar opinions could contend, not in defence of high princi ples, but rather from local and collegiate feelings. I have good reason to believe the statement of Mr. At lay to be accurate, from what I heard f r om indivi duals, and what took place at a meeting at Jesus Col lege, at which I was present. I also feel, from not seeing any address from Mr. Wigram, that it has not been Mr. Wigram's wish to come forward, but that he has been brought forward by his friends in col lege, and others who have no friendly feeling towards St. John's College. With respect to both Mr. Wigram and Mr. Cowling, I have a high opinion of them as lawyers and men of right prin ciples, but I have had more opportunities of judging of Mr. Cowling, from his having long been one of the counsel for the University, and having seen his diligence and intelligence upon difficult points on which he has been consulted by the University. As Mr. Wigram can scarcely be said to be in the field, I do hope that he may be induced not.to come forward, and that we may not have a contest, but that persons who have similar views with myself may come for ward and declare themselves. I should, therefore, be glad if you would add my name •to Mr. Cowling's committee, and you are at liberty to m a ke w h a t ever use you think advisable of this communication. " I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly, " Wirmr,tar WEBB. " The Rev. the Master of St. John's, Chairman of Mr. Cowling's Committee." COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 19. Her Majesty anti his Royal Highness Prince A. bert walked out this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in an open car riage with the Princess Uoya), the Princess Alice and the Prince of Wales. , The dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness Sped), Lord James Murray, and Sir Edwin Landscer. SEPT. 20. Her Majesty did not go out this morning, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in the open carriage ; his Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen ar rived at the Euston-square terminus of the Lon don and North-Western Railway on Saturday morning, from Abergeldie, the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and was received by Sir George Couper, who conducted his Serene High ness to Clarence House, St. James's. In the afternoon the Prince, attended by Sir George Coupc.r, proceeded to the London-bridge ter ininup, and took his departure loy the South-Eastern Railway for Dover, en route to the continent. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial office from the Governor of Sierra Leone and the Gambia. Idleness travels very leisurely, and poverty soon overtakes her.— Eliza Cool's Journal. Tnn SUBMARINE TELEGRAPII.—Mr. Brett, in a letter to a contemporary, says—" Your correspondent alludes to the fragile nature of the submarine lino from Dover to Cape Grisnez. Much having been said upon this subject, I would beg to state that it was intended more as an experi mental line than for a permanent line. And I should here state that it was not covered according to the plans, or pro cess, as originally proposed by me, in which gutta-percha formed only one of several coverings for insulating and pro tecting each wire, several of which art to be combined in a large cable of sufficient, strength and durability to resist the drag of a ship's anchor." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Froru the Mining Journal.) There has been a very general demand f.)r shares during the week. Holders of most of the leading mines appear to reserve them for higher prices; but there have been considerable transactions done in ( many of the secondary adventures, which have gene rally maintained former quotations, whilst in some an advance has taken place. The c.Jpper market has continued extrtrnelv active; and, from the large number of or d ers on hand, makers refuse to take more. Spelter also conticues very firm. The directors of the Leven Gceat Coin ols, at their weekly board meeting, held yesterday, declared a dividend of 6,1441. or 6/. per share, out of profits arising from sales of copper ores sampled in M ay and June. After payment of thedividend, there will remain in hand a balance of 20,066/. 12s. 5d., consisting of cash, ore bills not at ma turity, and Exchequer-bills, applicable to the general purposes of the company. At a meeting of the director of Tincroft, held on Thursday, a dividend of 10s. 6d. per share was declared, b e i ng 7i per cent. upon the paid-up capital of the company. At a meeting of Wheal Margaret adventurers, held at Halsetown, on the 13th inst., the accounts to the end of June were submitted, showing-after payment of dividend of 91. per share, 1,008/.-a balance of 1221. At the Wheal Buller meeting, held on Tuesday, the accounts for July and August were presented, showing-after payment of dividend of 20/. per share, 2,5601.-a balance in favour of adventurers of 578/. At the Botallack meeting, held on Tuesday, the accounts for April, May, and June were passed, showing-after the payment of dividend of 51. per share, 5001.-a balance in favour of adventurers, 431. At the Tre viskey and Barrier meeting, th e accoun t s o f Trevis key for June and July showed a profit of 1,8011. for the two months ; a dividend of 151. per share was de clared, carrying to credit of next account 4/., with ore bills not yet at maturity. At Barrier there is but little doing. The mine is looking well, especially in the 236 and 248 fm. levels; 505 tons of ore were sampled on the 10th instant, and about 500 tons may be calculated on for September and October. At Alfred Consols meeting, a dividend of 1/. per share was declared, as advised in our last. Since we have received the statement of accounts, by whieh:we find a balance of 2771. 19s. 6d. is carried to credit of next account. At the 'Wellington Mines meeting the profits on the months of May and June are shown at 1944 13s. 11d., which, added to the balance from last account, allowed a dividend of 1/. per share, carrying to credit of next account 27/. 6i. sd. At George and Charlotte account meet ing the statement showed a balance of 241. in favour of the company. Very little has been done since 1847. At the Bryn-Arian meeting, it appeared that the requisite machinery had been erected, and a pro fitable mine was anticipated ; a call of ss. per share was made. At South Plain Wood meeting the ac counts showed a balance in favour of the mine of 404/. ; but as it was liable for August and September cost, a call of 10s. per share was made. At the 'Wheal May meeting it appeared the balance remaining in hand was 21/. ; while the amount remaining unpaid for labour and merchants' bills was 1721. At the Lamherooe meeting the accounts presented showed liabilities, 576/. ; assets, 473/. ; leaving balance against the mine of 1921. At the Exmoor Wheal Eliza meeting the captain, after detailing the work ings already carried out, recommended, from the na ture of the indications, that operations be continued, fof which purpose the unappropriated shares are to be issued. In foreign mines there have been transactions in St. John del Rey, Copiapo, United Mexican, Cobre, Imperial Brazilian, LinareP, and North British Aus- tralasian. The Imperial Brazilian letters are to the 12. h of July, simply advising the gold returns from the 13th June to the 12th July, from Gongo Soco, amounting to 20:b. Ouz. 6dwt., and from Banana], 61b. 5d wt.—melting a total of 261 b. soz. 1 ldwt. A remittance of about 6,400/. of gold dust has been received. A petition to the imperial Government, for reducing the duty to .5 per cent , has passed the Chamber of Deputies. The National Brazilian ad vices are to the 13th of July. furnishing the produce —from Cocaes, from 15th Jane to 13th July, Inks. .5 1 5 50 ; from Cuiaba, from 18th Juno to 6th J uly, inks. 4 70 6 ; total mks. 10 0.5 56. The stopes at Cui•tkba are represented as looking promising. The ' St. John del Rey dispatches are to the Bth of July. The produce for May is given at 22,484 oils., leaving a profit of 3,4171., whilst that of the following month (June) appears to be 20,750 oits., with a profit of 2,231/. only. The falling off of the returns is explained by the manager to be in consequence of a variety of untoward accidents during the month of June, and further adds that "it is nearly two years since I had to report so low a rate of profit. It is now occasioned partly by the falling off in the produce, partly by the high amount of costs, which affects us every second month in the charges from Rio for export duty, commissions, &c., on shipments of gold, and partly by advanced rate of exchange." From Linares the monthly report of Captain Curry has been received to the 7th inst. The monthly returns was esti mated at go tons, and the produce is now found to be on an average about 100 tons a month. The old workings east and west of San Antonio winze have been discovered productive, where the load is esti mated to yield from three to four tons per fathom. The engine works well, and other operations are pro gressing very satisfactorily. The quantity of lead weighed in stock during the week was 31 tons 14 cwt., whilst the total amount in store at the mines, Seville and Malaga, is about 273 t ons . Ad v i ces have been received by the directors of the Barossa Range Mining Company, dated March 12. The re port states that Lyndoch Valley Mines had been worked by three pares of men, some of whom made good wages ; 52 tons of ord had been shipped, per John Bartlett, some days previous to date. THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The tragic and comic lessees, Messrs. Charles Kean and Robert Keeley, will be first in the dramatic field for the winter campaign. On Saturday a meeting of the company took place, to assign the various parts before the opening night, fixed for the 29th inst. : Mr. and Mrs. Kean were present. The other ladies and gentlemen were —Messrs. Robert Keeley, Alfred Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Wynn, C. Fisher, Lloyd, Bolton, George Cooke, Meadows, Harley, Flexmore, Cormack, Edmunds, and George Ellis (stage m anager ) ; M rs. Keeley, Mdlle . Auriol, Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Murray, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Summers, Miss Cushnie, Miss Phillips, and Mrs. Charles Kean, &c. The interior of the theatre has been re-decorated with considerable care and taste. Her Majesty's box is preparing in a style of peculiar elegance; the private entrance for the royal visitors is in Castle-street, formerly the stage door. The performers for the future will pass through a house in the adjoining court, next to the theatre. Messrs. Gordon and Lloyd have prepared a new set of scenes for Hamlet, which will be the first Shaksperian production. A new farce was rehearsed for the opening night. GOVERNMENT OF THE CHIJRCII—Lord Lyttelton has addressed a letter to the Spectator, in which the Noble Lord says he agrees with nearly all the remarks of that jour nal upon his letter respecting the Church ; but he is of opinion that a church legislature should be composed of laity as well as clergy. " There ought," he says, " probably to be a difference between the composition of the legislative and judicial organs of the Church, if she become possessed of self government," but he does not wish to indicate the type of such a legislature or scheme of government without further discussion and inquiry. "I am disposed," the Noble Lord concludes, "to think that the constitution of the American Church might furnish a good general model." DISTRESSING CASII OF TRIPLE BIRTII.—The wife ' of a poor man, named Eagles, a coachman, residing in Cum berland-mews North, Bryanstone-square, presented her hus band on Friday evening last with three bo3 s, all strong and healthy. We are sorry to say that the father, having been out of employment for the last fourteen weeks, with a family of three young children previously and a sick wife, is unable to procure them the necessaries of life. TnE SNAKE CHARBIBIL—Anong the passengers by the Indus which left Southampton on Friday with the Indian mail was the young African snake-charmer, whose daring feats with snakes and serpents in the Zoological Gar dens have excited so much attention for the last few months. Ilia bone is at Grand Cairo. He stated that he should re turn to England in a shot t time with more snakes, scorpions. and otbet wild animals. He has learnt to make himself to lerably understood in English since he has been here, although whEn lie arrived he could scarcely speak a word of the language. ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAM-BOAT.—On Satur day morning a most distressing accident took place on board the Lady Seale steam-beat, at present lying off Cotten's wharf, Tooley-street, Southwark, whereby a man named William Brown, aged thirty, one of the crew, received such frightful and complicated injuries that he cannot possibly recover. The Lady Stale is a screw steamer, and had arrived at an early hour with a large cargo from Guernsey, making fast alongside Cotton's-wharf, when the crew and others engaged commenced unshipping the goods, The unfortunate man and another were ordered to make some alteration in the mainmast, and whilst sitting on an oar which bad been placed for a seat, the vessel gave a sudden lurch, when Brown slipped, and fell a depth of fifty feet on to the deck, when he received such fearful injuries in the head, back, arms, &c., that it was deemed necessary to convey him to Guy's Hospital, where he was taken without loss of time. Mr. Edward Cock, the house-surgeon, examined the poor ' fellow, and rendered every aid, but gave no hopes of h's recovery. The make of the soul is as much seen in leisure as in business. —Eliza Cook's Journal. DEATH OF AN HIPPOPOTAMUS.—One of the largest sea cows ever killed in this country was shot by Lieutenant Macpherson, 91st Regiment, on the banks of the Kieskamma, not far from the coast, on the 22c1 ult. Mr. Macpherson and Staff Assistant-Surgeon Barclay had gone on the excursion chiefly with the view of encountering ono of these unwieldy animals, and after various endeavours to kill one in the river, the animal destroyed was tracked by Mr. M., with the assistance of a Kafir, for some distance in the bash on the right bank of the stream, until at length he was decried reclining in a dry ravine. Approaching the spot stealthily, when within about a dozen yards of Lim, Mr. hi, fired, lodging a rifle ball behind the ear. This staggered the huge creature for the moment, during which his assailant had time to reload, his second ball penetrating the head above the eye. A third shot was fired with like success, by which time Doctor Barclay, guided by the report of the piece. reached the spot. At this moment the wounded animal, suddenly rousing himself, made a charge upon his assailant, who only escaped by pitching head-foremost into the ravine. Despite of his severe wounds, the sea cow made his way, blecdiug profusely, through the thick bush, and into the river, where, after some time, he wlls discovered and dragged ashore quite dead. The carcase is estimated to weigh 5,000 pounds; the jaws when expanded are, at their extremities, four feet apart.— Graham's Town. Journal (Cape of Good Rope).