The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-07 00:00:00

LITERATURE VI ETV OF TIIE FRE CH RE VOLU -2'-V OP 1848. 2 ruis E.N. Capain Cl,a tAcc, rilin g to the ( pinion expressed by Alexandre_ ;, 414 1 ui e n G - ‘• De la Dc em the au • - s pin th e I' teen" one word bovr(d on thz, pen of ant. during i ts composition and wo,e— theteee e" ea.,. _Co estiniato in a r o mew hat simiiar manner -"ettili fig of the volumes now under cur consider i . shuuld say that one sentiment lucked in the Caco B e - e i e . f the author from its commencement to its t ,,", sl °", and that sentiment one of dejection. Chamier avows himself at the outset to be a - eYli t s- and a hater of revolutions. Consequentl o y . _ a 4tvver he may say respecting republican forms cunt g g ver „ e°l ;lit must in common prudence be taken c .o u ts to lli tt e lL s° is 9 . Aware that his very obvious prejudices 0 /. 1 .10 ter to depreciate the apparent trustworthiness pr e y na rrative n arrative the gallant beokman tells us in his .TO - t hat he ' believes there is no word in as l e sa e r i which he cannot prove (prove being . I . m ost 41 italics), or which Le cannot satis t i n P the incredulous to have been derived y from authenticat ' t sources. Doubtless. We would never fcr ant insinuate that Captain Chamier has been Prey 7`. ° ' fraudulent statements, has garbled facts, has sI, has shuffled has distorted, suppressed, at - t il a ed trre!,—none of these things should we dream of ta s k ce 'ng against him if we proposed to ourselves the feat to accusation. What, however, must be tiiaonnie abh,rathe least astute judgment it; this—that any Plaieji"ng democratic explosions, as Captain Chamier tetZi_e(•nftsses he does, must be liable to view them nla e -.. ‘g 4 no impartial mediutn, but rather through o n. tipawahlich every olject appears jaundiced by hi n i d a ers I te I . Such a predisposition to abominate re cola rl id e e ° r °3' to deprecate and contemn inevitable. 'We le y . ourselves justified, therefore, without doing the I ::, 3 , ll 'tice whatsoever to the writer, to regard vol et i""le of his lucubrations upon the re ittspi,,-;narY outbreak of 1848 with an ever-present Iles; -en t. . Nor does an examination of the work .bn th e l i n ; un aitted to our criticism tend to cone t e .in e . 1 ) 414 - , 1 so doing we are acting in any respec b.s i tn. titl e ' l l% On the contrary, the tone of the etipt'. ° p r , rather we should say of the chronicle:6 ll o: digea-eatnier shrinks from arrogating to himself t teaa of the annalist) is so perpetually carping, so regard to derisive, so pertinaciously captious, in the t° e verything and every person connected . w titardeernocratic movement, that the necessity of kola a gainst such stupendous prejudices becomes Per ti a l u Mere man if est the f urt h er we proceed thati in the Still we must perforce ac k now l e d ge tart l y'' , With all its blemishes, is entitled to serious .e st 141 °Y rein all those who are solicitous to arrive tot :set estimate of the last tremendous revolution,. e ne e "'utiles are, be it remembered, the effusions tails, tehiel..nd eminently exact in regard to dates and b e tiejal,4owever it may at the same time be clouded d sebie7Predilections. Besides which it is always a enid eetslintexarnine the narratives of such important . a n 119 differs '3' events as they may happen to he given tin erent classes of spectators—for bso doing wef thes e ell e obtain the full and complete s mpressior t of is se s • the y were viewed in all directions. st ern( hal indeed to balance the accounts of nds and a til e v % lf the prejudiced and the impartial, in order . !ste a correct estimate of the Revolution, as Just „ e nd the red, the blue, and the yellow rays in t l aieC ° Portions, so as to create a pure white beam of )A 4 It must be visible, consequently, from what to diniv.e observed, that our intention is in no measure oe inis ti any idea that may have been entertained fr et 4 ,r,reeders as to the value of this last emanation vbeeliaiitt zetutities of Captain Chamier. We will not enough to hint that his skill as a no happily to his aid as a chronicler—recog er ler i l as we unquestionebly do throughout the whole Itr iete isun diced views of French Republicanism, the I _ l3l /Ser ve 4t d ho nesty of narration. It should likewise be 47 f Ore -.4 48 an additional attraction to the volumes eis e ll°, that their author never once quitted Paris tsar of ,ale day during the whole of the memorable 114th 4 , 84 8, or at least from the explosion of the ,_4.resia-e•Zebruttry down to the election of the first L u te to "" e ‘ cm the 10th of December. It is satisfec 40g 41 - 'now that throughout events of such surprisb esp, ittegnitude there was present in the Frenc Jotti ng I T intelligent Englishman like our author, Jote n ; ,°° serving every incident as it transpired, and te eve l e " ev vn, from day to day, as the revolutionary 1344 ent developed itself, his own personal cour t. tet% annotations. Every scene attracted him d e el hon B s e t r . l.l l! ° Y" - -be asssted at every fete and every •ate ee. to use his Days and days," of thezeression, fe e passed in the gallery . v• e National Assembly, observing with th e I gilent shifting phases of t evolution, eye the s 1 lesk-geriptilt is inevitable, therefore, g that his ts takY e Powers when employed upon proceedings h ' i ttlee l h e g Place immediate( under his own obser iltillsud'illd derive from that circumstance an tie 1 pa st e lld peculi ar vividness. In reading some o f is ll : t sat,g e , s t cons( quently, we can almost for the fancy ourselves spectators. In this h me ted ti;" sn uer it is that Captain Chamier has e tolec e various incidents which inaugurated the reth tee lon, whether those incidents took place in the ( lee " in the ek - of it Parliatnent, in the streets or in the se gt labe e r. The last moments of the teri,i e °f escapee in particular are depicted with Stteteirß exactitude. So also are the insurrectionary tir m the tea ; de against the Republic during the s e r ,, ev ' si ° ll al Government the bloody civil war t- th e e,ged towards the close of the reign di e tat -r 'secut* iet rileue 17e Commission ;. and the politi the I ttorsei s which multiplied . under the sit cau se P of Cavai nac's administration. Hating or -,* t'f democra g y he does with all the inten- Llser: royalist, Captain s Chamier cannot help being ithe s carried away on the wings of republican °ltitt'inl' happens thus . when he listens to the p°ll4,,6actress, Mademoiselleßachel, singing . ingto,,t the Ilfarseillaise at one of the theatres of a4l)'eek4ll3- presence of the Provisional Government. or 'he ' of this h e o b serves • tts k li t e teV e ' l llvas to revi ve some excitement in favour * fie tteeie °, and as novelty is ever charming, the 4 0 044' w setres s came forth to sing the /11ursez . e ate ?' te e rn e have never witnessed any exhibition more e q .alfel ed w forth a momentary applause than the un th,tue,rgY of this gre at performer. We cannot a: 4if 6 " is a republican, but when she wrapped f!ordei tahre.ttri-coloured tleg, and knelt as she sang gsamt ou,;ne most spirit-stirring song ever t penned, sue i' e t"ves borne away by the universa.e.nthu et, of 11 ,, ; ur gOt all the miseries of the republic in the , eee k ,; Ote Is terß , "°n we experienced. Neither were we,— att.,--the atalinching royalists as we arc , and have ever Or t 1 , 40 Tailic4i'y victim s of Rachel's power • b our aide et i i,ae ( 1, 8 ea a mbassador, and he, the representative hit 0 1:431 'sto, could not refrain from joining in tne 04se ct , Pelause. It was what is vulgarly called . 2 , t a„ , (sibov_er snout of Vzve la Republique' . the 1 rovi m(ot, represented by Limattine, Ledru e t Zod , a ?wit, Louis Blanc, Marrast, and Careca .ta n eered)ue Chevaliers do Lustre (as the cloqueu , s 4 tl s „ roared of course, 'rive le Gouvernnient • ti de!, 48 a tek ttee - hl el te „ , , en of the new interest imparted to i n n: a lie gee th e i`o?, described so fiequently, we may_ . l a. of t h e ' sa wing account given by Captain un n ki t , 4 the 'Sth of attaer in which M. de Lateartine, o t. hot was saved from a threatened Eases a ta re ' *us e t he p et e,°ow endeavoured to obtain a heafiog; lit ec rt e t , t s Popularity had considerably fade,. I . t the to tr eaturical display the mob wanted; they dc the tche t , i a :P at the Power, and be themselves in reality tit:iblitie",Pe°Pl Lamartine in his passage toe a t r i s la t , 4 e , ere roa'Allais saluted by many who gave, apparently, f n tlie t rib e ' bat Lam of esteem in the friendly shake NI 4 , _ arfire was not allowed to ascen'tl' held d r :" tti , 7as surrounded by the insurgents, and 1 e ces e d in : 11 , 'mated conversation with a young man tamblouse, and wearing a black cravat. As the 11[4 Lsorte;i!nereased, the position of Lamartine he t tati et equivocal; the crowd began to press ft 4 ,„eas a 9rue violent words escaped, and there was a 1 / 4 11t 4 . 4 d p 4ltati n which excited alarm .for the once leh ett he extricated from his unpleasant or d y as Nte„ t iliee t i klanng man who, being avtare that one hit p l to. ''''e a single spark, ignite a magazine, N t4q etatte th i;ed his way through the crowd, and 11, 1,? 4 t je st _ n bY the coat, said—' Citizen, you l must 11dat,,414 da t ,, 4 14 tly, your wife is taken seriously . 1 04 eda'a succeeded, every Frenchman knows the n %le tt ! Stat e 4 ,, b and, and a woman has a prior claim elt . e a hl1, 141) 1.0 1; no t w soul saw the danger of allowing La . th i , -ea ten re the Chamber; on the contrary, the reaching - -a s ad to the young man who accompanied The W% ere is Madame Larnartine i,l`l4 B wer was, I do not know.' iiii tt ;N ot ti ' le he is not ill?' continued the poet. `l, B att. know of,' r , - 811 13bte$ in the world that I %tr. itilk..."ger, 4 111 Ret 'vn e ___ ""w at once the object, and asked the I w1:1 "°, nlay you be?' ti tea rtsol;: i plied the young man, the citizen Ilirshler . ; rep "? s ‘ l at e ' t ° save you from your unpleasse t Bp ow free,—act: 4the t4yleit'f,reette,' replied Lamartine, that I trust 5L e l ibras tu r a moment,' and ho directed his steps lik,t"itasmi3: where he found General Court,,is, eho, The we re let t ?, s°tltht a refuge, and there two person the 4rpNc.N,iitit.letneas Of tame of the scene sketching in e eea :eit e f ft:assembly is really admirahir. el, 'toe N i l °i s may be afforded by referring to the tebilih,trtlteier,,,n,%civ'enr,teornaltyhe 13th of June, IV. Jules Favre spoke of Louis Napoleon as the Nez‘dtra „„--ii_,hereupon, like an electric shock, the back° iolaritaintluiguation poured down upon him from vel a Our author writes_ te, ware* Pavre sxplained,—M. Ledru Rollin rolled B Piri t ; forwards in his seat, like a Quaker when abou t t hle 4est ieUlat to move him. M. Flocm, who always laweettnEttilvee_°" gesticulated more furiously; Lamar 114tal, t o ;' oti m s uiv_,eured Peri; Marie appeared, like a s ea w -4 • Arago seem the words as part of a client's case; Oft h al amusi ng hi ed to turn a deaf ear to any remark, e 1,144406 ulauelf by reading a paper. ,, ° ais PlaYed by the prince-Ftesident SUN, LON DON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1850. STRAND THEATRE. Flexmore's ballet of the. Fays of the Forest bas proved an attractive hit. The house last night was crowded, and the several artistes acquitted themselves with admirable spirit. Cormack and Wright were vehemently and deservedly applauded. Flextnore, we understand, has concluded a short engagement with Mr. Bolton, and will make his bow on Monday next for a few nights' performances, previous to the commencement of the approaching season at the Princess's, where he is to re-appear in all his glory ; and the bills announce the speedy return of that de lightful danseuse, Rosina Wright, to this excellent Terpsichorean corps. THE DRAMA IN LIVERPOOL. Theatrical entertainments are very popular just at press nt in Liverpool, and the drama thrives there with almost as much vigour as in the metropolis. Besides several minor places of amusement Liverpool boasts of three theatres, two of which are now in full opera tion, while the third, or rather the first, for it is par excellence the Theatre Royal of the place, has within the last week or so put the finishing stroke to a very successful and profitable operatic season. Nor are these, it would seem, sufficient to satisfy the theatri cal appetite of the large speculative population who are located on either side of the Mersey, and two ad ditional playhouses are to be brought into existence for their especial accommodation—one in the southern district of Liverpool, and the other in the centre of that rapidly-extending town Birkenhead, which, from an obscure ferry has suddenly sprung up into an important and extensive shipping port. Much of this growing taste for theatrical amusements may be attributed to the unvarying exertions of Mr. Copeland, the spirited lessee of the Theatre Royal and Amphitheatre, who spares neither pains nor ex pense to secure the services of the first artists of the day for the gratification of his numerous patrons. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam are now the great attractions of the Amphitheatre, but amongst a corps dramatique which boasts of clever actors like Mrs. Copeland, Mr. Basil Baker, Mr. John Reeve, and Miss Fanny Baker, the stars du not shine with the same lustre as when they are in company with the less brilliant satellites of the other theatrical he mispheres in the provinces. Still the irresis'ible drollery and vivacious humour of both are held in more f,vour here than even at the thymarket, and they never fail to prove a trump card to the Liverpool mnnager. During their engagement Morris Barnett's comedy of the Serious Funnily, in which Buckstone undertook the character of Atnini dab Sleek, Leap Year • or the Lady's Privilege, and The Green Bushes, have been presented to over flowing houses. In the latter, Miss F. Baker sus tained Madame Celeste's part of Miami, and threw into the earlier scenes a good deal of melodramatic energy, which in the closing act she judiciously changed for a dignity and pathos that were truly touching. The good folk of Liverpool are somewhat annoyed that she and her father, who achie‘ed so many triumphs at Drury-lane last season, are again to be snatched from them, to add to the phalanx of dramatic talent that already adorns the metropolitan stage. They join Madame Vestris's company at the Lyceum. FIRES.—Two fires occurred 3 esterday morning. The first broke out about half-past two o'clock, on the premises of Mr. J. A. Jordon, wheelwright, 20, Old-street road. The fire was discovered by the police on duty, by sparks issuing from the roof, which was burnt i ff. The en gines from Whitecross-street were quickly on the spot, but the tire was net extinguished before it Lad communicated to the premises of Messrs. Smith and Owen, timber-mer chants. Considerable damage was done to the stock. About an hour afterwards smother fire was discovered by the inmates on the premises of Messrs. Caldecott, Manchester warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside. On the arrival of Mr. Braidwood with the engines, it was ascertained that the flames had originated from the heat of the kitchen -range of the adjoining house. After cutting away a considerable quantity of timber, the fire eves extinguished. PRICE OF GAME IN LEEDS.—At the commence ment of the season on Monday, the dealers obtained 2s. 6d. a brace for partridges, but they arc now selling at from Is. bd. to 2s. Grouse are fetching ss. 6d. a brace. FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR PETER POLE, BART. —Yesterday morning the remains of the late Sir Peter Pole, Bart., were conveyed from his late residence, 41, Welbeck street, Cavendish-square, for interment in the family vault at Kensal-green Cemetery. The principal mourners were the suns of the deceased, the present baronet, Sir Peter Pule, and Mr. H. Pole, the Earl of Wintert( n, and Gereral Clitheroe. The proces-ion consisted of a hearse drawn by four horses, and four mourning coaches, followed by several private carriages. ANOTHER CALIFORNIA.—The advises from Texas furnish some striking and characteristic details of the prepa rations which are in progress in all parts of the state for a grand expedition to the gold region, which has just been dis covered in Northern Texas, not far from the ruins of the ancient city of Gran Quivira: Gold mines are credibly stated to have been discovered in many localities all along the great chain of mountains extending from the sources of the Ar kansas and Platte Rivers, by Santa Fe, to the Rio Puerco. Immense excavations are shown along the feet of these mountains, and the ruins of large cities would appear to in dicate that these mines were once worked by thousands of people. The geographical formations of this region are stated to be so similar to those of the gold regions of Calif rnia, that the two appear to be identical, and contain similar deposits of the precious metals. These facts having been made known t h roug h o ut Texas, appear to have caused quite a ferment amongst the population, and the local papers say that they "should not be surprised to find that the emigration to the gold region of Texas in the ensuing autumn should exceed the emigration to California." SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A RESPECTABLE FEMALE IN THE HAMPSTEAD PONDS.—About six o'clock on Thurs day evening, two water. carriers, of Hampstead, named Reynolds and Williams, whilst filling their carts with water from one of the large ponds on the Lower Heath, Hampstead, observed a body floating in the centre of the pond. Wil liams took off his clothes and went into the water and brought the body out, which proved to be that of a well dressed female about twenty years of age. She was quite dead, and appeared to have ben in the water some days. She had long gold ear-rings in her cars, and on the arrival of Hunt, the summ Ding officer of Hampstead, he searched the body. A small amount of money was found, as also a letter addressed to Miss Jane Smallwood, Sydney-street, Brompton. The officer proceeded to the above address, and ascertained that deceased had lately been living there, and that she had been missing since Saturday last. Her friends are highly respectable, and the impression is that she has committed suicide on account of some love affair with a per eon wii h whom she had a long time been keeping company:. The body was conveyed to the Freemasons' Arms publiz house, Dowm.hire- hill, to await the coronet's inquest. We learn from New Yolk that another new Atlantic steam-ship, the Fraeklin, has been completed, and was advertised to leave on the 16th of September. She is the first of two that are to run between New York and Havre, and she will call at Cowes both going and returning. Her consort, the Humboldt, was also in a state of forward ness, and would soon follow. According to the books of the Town Treasurer of Inverness, the streets of that burgh were first swept at the public expense, by older of the Duke of Cumberland, after the battle of Culloden. The following is the entry, dated 1546 :—" Paid labouring men fbr keeping the streets and kennels clean, by order of the magistrates, upon a message from his Royal Highness, the Duke of Cumberland, 91 BPS tticl 2Scl 9f August, 474 2k." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. FRIDAY. The Go!d Cup Std‘s if 3 ane. each, and 50 added; the v t, to Eeld for 2, 0 sovs., by auction, and the second to save his stake. Boats, one mile and a ball. (4 Subs.) Mr.Elwes's Mro.TA't, syrs,B;tBit (1500 (Rogrrs) 1 1 Mr. Lumbered Highweymar, agt , d, Bst 5,b (Bailey) 0 2 Mr Cowley's Seci , nd-Sight,4yre,B4:•2ll(Dockeray) 2 3 Mr. Mestet's GI a •shopper, 4 yry, 8 21b (Crouch) 0 dr Won in a cante r by twenty leikths. second to receive 5 sore., The West Kent Stakes o f 2 sovs. each, aiid 25 added, the and the winner to be sold for 80/. IleatF, on ce roun d . (7 S u b s. ) Mr.Wt t en's Msrchionos s, 7 s tl2;l( 4o l)(D oo k e ray) 1 1 Mr. C. Formby's My Mary, as d, Bst 9lt,(Plauncr) 0 2 Mr. Scott's ItarquisufC•my ngham,Bst 51b(J.Sbarp) 0 3 Mr. Joy's Why-not, 5 yrs, Tat 81b (Tooter) 3 0 Mr. IVeston's Ooyroc, rged, ist 12:b...(Bramble) 0 0 Mr. Messtr's Mulnalbury, 5 yrs, Bst Sib (Crouch) 2 dr The Matchiontss w on bath heats cicvtrly aud was cla:mtd. The P,ailn ay Plate of 35/., added to a Sweepstsles of 3 sovs. each, the second to rect-ive SI. and the winner to be sold for 2001. if demanded. Once round and a dis. (9 Subs.) Mr. G. Drewe's Bellissima, 3 yrs, 6it 71b (Lowe) 1 Mr. Rayntr's Puleherrima, 4 yrs, 7t491b (Dockeray) 2 The following also ran : —Mr. llowird's Tit bit, uged, Bst 111 b (Abrahams)-114r. Sr. Aubiu's Jesse, by lon, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Mr. Kimmins's Jessie (late Busyfoo.), 4 yrs, 6,t 10. b—and Mr. C. Formby's b f by Slane, out of Gt'zmsn's dam, 3 yr?, 6tt 10:b. Won cicvtrly by a length. The 'limiters' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 40 aided, the winnt r to be sold for 120 guineas, and the second to s :ye his stake. Heats, twice round and A distance. (4 Subs.) Capt. Linnet! Cs Mies Nipper, lOst2ll(liiggins) 2 1 1 Nit. Jarrat,'s Lady Fordw lob, aged, 10st 21b 1 2 2 Mr. P. Ba ling 's Bedford, 4 yrs, lOst 91b ... 3 odr Mr. Miller's Flirt, aged, 10at 2lb (Mr. Rolt) 0 0 dr Mr. Blackstone's Khondooz, aged, 10st O'b 4 dr Mr. Southby 's Vesta, aged, 10st 12Ib (Yeates) 0 dr Three well-contested heats. The Scurry Stakes were won by Mr. C. Formby's Slane filly, Bst 91b, beating two others. LINCOLN It ACES.—Fniissy—(CoNcLuDED.) The Brownlow Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, for two yrs old, 6.d; three, Bst; four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 71b; six and aged, 108 t. One mile. (5 Subs ) Mr. Ilobson's Gladiole, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. Blanford'S Hippogriff, 2 yrs (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. J. Scott's Presto, 2 yrs ... (Arnold) 3 Mr. Baxter's bm by Sir Hans, d byColwick (Marlon) 4 Mr. Key's b f by Hardwick o.of Missßurnley( Denman) 5 5t04 on Gladiole. Won cleverly by a length. The Brocklesby Handicap...of 10 soya. each, and 30 added. One mile and a halt. (6 Subs.) The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Mr. Clough's bin Clara, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ...(G. Oates) 1 Mr. Sergeant's King Hal, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (J. Menem) 2 Mr. Standwell's Miss Stanford, 7st 121b...(Denman) 3 B, tting-3 to lon Clara. Won in a canter. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas Two miles. Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs, Bst 21b, walked over. The Burleigh Stakes, of 5 soya. each and 20 added, the second to save his stake. Homo, one mile and a-half. Mr. a b ra n's Gladiole, 3 yrs, 7st 21b...(Osborne) 1 1 Mr. C. Marshall's Nutbrown, Est 111 b (Plummer) 3 2 Mr. Clough's Clara, 6 yrs, Sat 101 b ...(G. Oates) 5 3 Mr. Harrison's Old Charlotte Hyde, 3 yrs, Est 111 b 2 4 Mr. Waring's Dart, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (Were) 4 dr Both heats won cleverly by three farts of a length. WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—THURSDAY. The Ayr Goad Cup, by Subs. of 10 sous. each. Two miles. (13 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Elthiron, 4 yrs.... ...... ....walked over. The Ayrshire Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 50 added. Two miles, (5 Subs.) _ . .... __. . _ _ Lord Eglinton's Elthirop, 4:yrs, 9st 71b (C;,rtwright) 1 Mr. Brown's Luxury, 3 yri, Est 101 b (T. Johnston) 2 Lord Eglinton's Pessinaa, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (G. Peacock) 3 Won by a length. _ The Scottish Volunteer Stakes of 2 soya. each, 1 ft, and 501. added; the second to receive 51., and the third 2!. out of the stakes; 13st each. 01. e mile end a half. (17 Subs.) Mr. Forest na Siva!dale (25/.) (Mr. Deans) 1 Mr. Laing's Gaiety and Innocence ...(Mr. Maitland) 2 Mr. Tailor's Douglas (251.) (Owner) 3 Several others started. Von by two lengths. Plate cf 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Thrift's John Dory (130/.)...(11. Robertson) 1 1 Mr. D...wson's Methodist, 6 yrs, (301) (U Ryder) 2 dr Handicap of 3 sows. each, p.p., and 10 added. Half-a mile. Yeomanry riders. (4 Subs.) Mr.Laing's Gaiety and Innocence, 13at (R. Maitland) 1 Mr. W. Jolly's Heir-at Law, I Ist 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. Milne's Nepaul, Ilst (Mr. W. Rutherford) 3 Mr. Campbell's Fitz Charles, I Ost 71b (Mr. M‘lienzie) 4 Won easy. CURRAGH,SEPTEMBER MEETING.—THQRSDAY• The races for the Handicap Sweepstakes and the recond-class Railway Plate were both admirably con tested, particularly the former, for which Lord Water ford's Marquis of Carrabas and Captain Farrar's Tan cred by Tearaway ran a dead heat, the latter subse quently winning rather cleverly. Due an-Durras won the Railway Plate a'tor a fine race up the rails with Luis Philippe by a length, Elemi and Miss Reilly well up. An objeetion was raised that there was no start, only of e of the flags having been dropped when they got off. It wa , however, overruled by the stewards, as it did not appear that any advantage had been obtained thereby. The tour events were decided as under : Waterford Suites of 10 sons. each, 50 soya, added ; for two yrs old cults, Sit 7.b; fillies, 8:t 31b. Lord Waterford's c f Perdita .. Mr. Wsitts's br f Plaything Mr. Irwin's b c Lord Edward Betting-2 to lon P , rdita filly, which led aq through, and won iu a cat.ter. Her Mbjesty ',. Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, cells, B,t 51b; fillies , Bst 2te. Two miles. Mr. Disney's ch c Captain Grant, 3 yrs (G. Harrison) 1 Mr. D. Wynne's b c Remu nerator , 3 y rs Mr. R. Newcomen's br c St. J o h n , 3 y rs Betting-3 to lon Captain Grant, 4to 1 agst any other. The Captain made the running from end to end, and won in the commonest of canters. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. aided, for two yrs old. An g l ese y Pose. Mr. Farrar's bl c Tancred Lord Waterford's ch c The Marquis of Carrabas 2 Mr. Deney's ch c Julia Mr. Irwin's ch f The Abbess Mr. Lalor's gr f Bustle Lord Wa , crford's b f Vaudeville Betting-2 to 1 agst Tarscred, 2to 1 agst the Abbess, 4to 1 agst any other. The lot kept well together to the chains, where Vaudeville, Carrabas, and Tancred quitt( d the ruck. Carrabas then led to the distance, where he was collared by Tattered, and a most exciting race be tween the two to the chair ended in a dead heat. The deciding heat was run after the Railway Plate—the bet ting even, Tanercd having the call. The two ran toge ther to the distance, where the latter headed the Mar quis, and won cleverly. Second Class of Railway Stakes.—Sweepstakes of 15 sows., 5 ft, with 50 sovs. add. d by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, and 50 son. by ae Turf Club. Waterford Post. Lord Waterford's b h Due-an-Durras Mr. Dl'Cormack's ch c Louis Philippe Mr. King's nd ch h Elemi Captain Oskes b Mias R e ill y Mr. Kesry's b c Conveyor Lord Waterford's ch f Modesty ... 0 Mr. Irw:n's ch c Pio Nono Betting-5 to 2 agt Duc-an-Durras, 24 to 1 agat Elemi, 3 to 1 agt Conveyor, 5 to 1 agst Louis Philippe. Duc en Durres made the running to the bank, whore he was head by Louis, who carried it on for about half a distance, when Duc-an-Durras again came up, pissed hi m , and, after a good race, won by a length. There are four races to come off this day, viz.:—The Queen's Plate for mar( s, a Sweep s t a k es o f 25 so y a . eac h , a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, and the Corinthian Stakes. A special train will leave at twelve o'clock. Good sport is expected. Mr. Watt's Chatterbox and Marchioness d'Eu were shipped from the North Wall 3 e ,terday for Liverpool, en route to DoLcaster. Both are engaged in the Great St. Leger; the Marchioness is also in the Park Hill Stakes. They appeared to be in first-rate con dition, and are accompanied by their clover trainer, Prince. DONCASTER RACES. T h trains The Great during ri ng h Northern te railway ruc o, e week, e Company arr intend to st ar t extra 3, in 0 pas s e n ge r s at express speeds and .at single fares fur I I e d oub l e journey. On Monday, in addition to the u sua l express Sings-cross station about a quarter o'clock trains, asi ;te le r ca r ltrain will leave the before eleven o'clock in the morning, for the exclusive accommodation of the racing community, and on each of the four following days a fast train will be dispatched at seven A M, to re turn from Doncaster at six P.M. As similar facilities will be afforded to the north of Doncaster , there i s every reason to expect a very full meeting; the sport promises to be brilliant. EXTRAORDINARY CRICKET MATCH. --A great number of extraordinary eleve ns have at on e time or another been made up to play the nati,nal game of cri c k et — married men and bachelors—old and y oun g —m aids and wives— fathers and sons against a parish - blind against th e lame— all these and many other odd assortments have we at one robcyess a youth nam e d changed her time or other recorded, but we have now a match to relate which out-herods llcrud. Ther e formerl y l ived at Hnnton a worthy yeoman, named Nash, wino had tw o come l y d w au h g y h m t a er n s :an O d n t e h w e aosh‘e'rwboycead asinmdiwinorif; name to Tucker. So numerous are their d escendants that, on Saturday last, a match at cric ket was payed at Hunton, in which both the "elevens," the scorers, umpires, a n d a ll engaged were furnished by them ; in short, the whole party were' either Whymans or Tuckers, besides twice as many of the same lineage, who acted the part of " lookers on," A finer or more athletic race could seldom be met with, and when all we:e assembled with their wives, sons, and daugh ters, a more interesting scene could scarcely be imagined ; they could not have numbered , includin g the second and third generations, less than a hundre d. No fewer than forty of the males of the family sat down to supper. Alter supper a vocal performance of n o sli g h t merit took place, the performers all belonging exc lusivel y to the family. Th e game was played by the Tuc kers a gainst the W h vmans and the former were victorious in one innings. —.lthlid s t on ; Journal. EMIGRATION.—On Friday morning upward s of fifty persons from the county Ferm a nagh , consisting o f f armers and their families, a ll Protestants, with sca rce l y an exception, proceeded from this city by the early train to B e lf ast, on their way to " the land of' the west." They were a ll i n hi g h spirits, and expressed the greatest satisfaction at exc h anging a country where they are already looked upon as a li ens, for one in which they will not be 1. owned upon on account of e t u h t e e ir ri r A e in lig . Lon .ir o m r ag tl it le G p l o m li r t d ic ia a n l . opinions they conscientiously CBIsWEL COVE, WEST-BAY, FORTLAND. There are frf fluently during north-easterly gales from twenty to thirty sail at anchor here bound to the eastward. ThiA shows the necessity of the Port land 13reali water in the East-bay. It is to be observed, in the West-bay Admiral Christian's fleet of transports were wrecked in a south-west gale, on their voyage to the West Indies, in November, 1795, when 1 ; 500 perished. _ Captain Joseph Bennett, late senior commander of her Majesty's packet service on this station (after being seventy years at ses), remarks to Mr. John Harvey, Nov. 20, 1834, in regard to Chiswel Cove, as follows: " Vessels anchoring in Chiswel Core during N.E. gales reed keep a sharp look out in the event of a shift of wind, for if it should suddenly veer round to the southward and westward whilst there, the consequences ate fa's!, and almost inevitable, as an east( rly wind is a dry wind, end as soon as moisture is observable in the atmosphere, although the wind may be still • asturly, Chiswel Cove must be avoided, and vessels must get undt r weigh from thui.ce insturth'y, a sudden shift of the wind from the S.W. is most certain ; and ha it fur ther observed, for the benefit of mariners, that should a vessel remain too long under these circumstances, even if the master has a thorough knowledge of the locality at Chisevul.Cove, viz., that there are nine hours strong outset of the tide towards the Bill of Portland, and only three hours inst t from the Bill towards CAP% el C,TC, she will inevitably be drawn into the Rase of Portland, uuless the master has sufficit nt confidence to stand with her head towards the Rocks of Portland, in doing which with a sufficient breeze, the tide will take her (by keep. ing its force upon the larboard bow) clear of the Race, and in the proper channel between the Race and the Bill of Portland. •' If a calm ensues after an easterly gale, the vessel mu,t be got under wt.igh immediately; and should the calm coniii.ue hut for a short period, the tide will cer tainly take her through the Race, where there is a great chance of foundering." SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. It appears ithat in the year 1842 Mr. Walter Han ccck, of Stratford, in this county, suggested to Messrs. Cook and W heatstone, the patentees of the electric tele graph, the plan, as now adopted, for projecting a sub marine telegraph between Dover and Calais, in order to enable the latter gentlemen to extend the benefit of their useful invention to the continent of Europe, and subse quently to other parts, a desideratum which, no doubt, will sooner or latter be accomplished. In the first in stance, Mr. Hancock proposed seven electric wires to be coated with India rubber and shalac, which formed a compound suitable for the purpose, but on the introduc tion of gutta percha into this country, Messrs. Charles and Walter Hancock made a series of experiments on that novel commodity, which they found would answer the object—in fact, was preferable, from its peculiar plastic and chemical properties. The success of these experiments led Mr. Walter Han ccck, in conjunction with his brother, Mr. Charles Han cock, to take out a patent, in 1848, for coating electric wires with gutta percha and other substances; and the macbinery necessary for working the patent was con structed at Stratford, under the superintendance of Mr. Walter Hancock who claims (and justly so) to be the original projector of a submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais. The importance of Messrs. Hancock's patent may be inferred from the fact, that large quantities of the pa tented article have been supplied to Mr. Reed, of Uni versity-greet, London, for the use of the London Elec tric Telegraph Company. We may notice that Mr. Walter Hancock's name is associated with many im portant improvements in steam locomotion, on and sub sequent to the year 1824; and from that to the present period, Mr. Hancock has been before the public as the projector of many useful inventions in other depart menu of science—in short, his whole life has been da voted to various inventions connected with the arts an] sciences.—Essex Standard, Sept. 6. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC REIT' 'NS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened NAME OF RAILWAY. I Receipts. 1850. , 1819. 1850. BRITISLI. -- 72 Aberdeen •• •• •• ..... £670 £1,804 37% Belfast and Ballymena ............ 445 511 17 Belfast and County D0wn............ 221 16 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 994 1,273 14 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York 431 674 85% Bristol and Exeter • ........... ...... 4,616 4,911 160 Ca1ed0nian......... •• 6,809 7,350 9434 Chester and Holyhead••• ...• •• .. 2,492 4,066 32 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 238 467 53 Dublin and Drogheda.. •• • . ••• .• .• 805 1,002 7% Dublin and Kingstown ••• • • ••••• •• •• 1,014 1,230 16 Dundee and Arbroath •• •••••• .• •• - 054 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 805 852 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen • 131 109 67% East Ang1ian........ ................ 673 702 75) East Lancashire •• .• .• 3,859 3,761 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ........ 15,254 13,156 95 Eastern Union ••• • • • ••••..• • • • • • . • 1,497 2,384 575 Edinburgh and Glasgow .... .• •• •• 4,269 4,321 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee -...• 2,746 3,173 18 Furness Railway ... .............. 332 100 Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr .... 22 1 4 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock .... 1,523 1,591 219 Great Northern and E. L... •• 2,262 5,861 158% Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,123 4,575 230 Great Western 90 Lancaster and Carlisle 253% Lancashire and Yorkshire..• • •• •• 13,791 16,077 39 Leeds and Thirsk .• 125, Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 171 221 470 London and North Western .•• • 47,029 51,212 55{ London and 81ackwa11.............. 954 1,263 171% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 12,932 13,3.53 239 London and South We5tcrn......... ;1,410 13.052 15 I,,ndonderry and Enniskillen ........ 119 126 11% Mallehesler, Buxton, and .siatlock, &c. 193 203 167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5,062 6,249 yi y Manchester and South Junction.• •• •• 353 445 28 Maryport and Ca. lisle • • • • • • 655 640 4915{ Midland ••• • • •••• • • ........ 24,168 24,968 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,148 1,315 CO Newcastle and Carlisle.. 2,243 2,4.,2 135 North British •• ••••.. 3,9:•5 4,140 242 North Statiordshira ...... .......... 4,593 4,987 37 North-Western - 745 45 Scottish Central •••• • • .• •• .• • • 1,762 1,905 2 Scottish Midland •.......... 450 559 2919 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ........ 143 722 47 Shrewsbury and Chester •.•• • ...... 1,515 1,666 30 Shropshire Union •••• • • •• •• •• 282 487 58 South Devon.. •••• . •....... •• 1,955 2,241 234 South Eastern •••• •• • • ••• • • ....... 13,038 16,606 75 South Wales . • •• • 69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. - 1,948 40 lair Vale .. 36 Ulster. ...........................• 678 821 13 West Cornwall .• •• • • • ............ 248 267 12 Whitehaven Junction ... • .. 29014 York and Newcastle, and Berwick 256 York and North Midland. 9.139 9,948 FOREIGN. 7650 Amiens and Boulogne. .• •• •• 1,718 2,229 942 1,064 63 Montereau and Troyes • • 336 Northern of France 143 Orleans to 11, urges (Cent.) 72 Orieans to Bordeaux .... • ... . 3.265 3,474 82 Paris and Orleans •••••• .... • 85 Paris and Rouen .••••••••••• • • • • • .• 8,295 9,310 69% Rouen and llavre .. •••••. • • • • ...• .. 3,568 3,818 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Sam 6. STOCK EXCHANGS.—The share market presents a much brisker appearance than it did yesterday, and prices are higher. The transactions to-day were Bristol and Exeter, 61 , / . 2 c. ex div.— Caledonian, 8 5-16 c.—Great estern, G 5 c.—Ditto, 17/. Shares, 6% dis.—London and North. Western, 111 c. ex div.—York and North Midland, 17'4 c. ex div. LIVEEPOOL, SETT. 6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was dull to-day at the quotations. The transactions were as follow :—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 43L A —Ditto, Fifths, 8% dis.—London and North-Western, 110—Ditto, New Quarters, 74 c. p. Ditto, Fifths, p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 15 1 / 2 Midland, 35 Ditto, Halves, 25 dis.— Ditto, Consol. (B. and D.) 1614—Liver pool, Crosby, and Southport, 44 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Ditto (No. 4), Registered, s%—York and North Midland, 17 1 4 , 1 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Ori• ginal N. and B.), IPA—Shrewsbury and Chester, Prefer ence, guaranteed 8 per cent., 12. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 6. STOCK EXCHANOIL—We have little change to notice in this share market. Only a small business has been done, and prices remain without any material deviation. The transac i )ns were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 43 Ditto Fifths, dis.—Ditto ( W es t Ridi ng Union), 7i, dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 15t4 n.— Ditto, Preference, B , ,i—East Lancashire, 8% c.—Ditto, Pre ference, Quarters, 7 Via—Royston and Hitchen, ex in.— Scottish Central, l 2). — YORK, SEPT. 5. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), 41. 3s. 9d.—Great Northern, 11A—North British , 6k ; —York and North Midl an d, 17%. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.--A return has been made of the amount and value of the stock and other securities held by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt on account of friendly societies from 1828 to 1849. The fol lowing is the yearly amount of the value• during that period, from which it will be seen that these institutions have in. creased in importance every year:— Year. Val. 01 Stock Year. Val. of Stock 1828 1829 18::0 1831 .. ......... 27 ,155 1842 183 L 633 .34 . 519,9 4 311845 .835 836 837 838 798,5 9 le4B C 44,348 945,221 1849 It will be rr obusapsreafalling ceding year. That was attributable to bad t ra d e and in. sufficient employment; but it is gratifying t o o b serve that o i t e i r i N o ' c a d mo that u t i n as n 1 : 046 m , p a l r 8 e 4d7 kith 1845,1848 a th n e a r t e h w e there was an improvement in 1849 over the best of the pre ceding years of nearly 100,0001. M. Poitevin has communicated to the newspapers the following account of his balloon ascent on Sunday :—" I soon reached the clouds, and rapidly passed ebove them, but I did not rise so high by far as on the last occasion, and yet my horse bled from the mouth and nostrils. This emission of blood shows NvLatt was previously proved to me by a num b' r of experiments, namely, that the beds of the atmosphere do not progressively decrease : in other words, that the baro metric column, after having fallen to 4,000 metres, may rise to 6,000 metres and even mote. In passing through the clouds, I was I.ot, as on the last occasion, covered with con gealed vapours ; the electric state of the atmosphere was in equilibrium. 1 arriv,d at a quarter-past six between the commune of Nozay and that of rterceussis, and was very ki" (11 Y received by 111. Erizon, of I3ellebat, in the latter com mune."— ORNITHOLOGY.—A beautiful specimen of the nr,ght jar, or " Goat-suelier," was shot in the parish of Wythain a short time ago, and is now in the hands of Mr. John Evans, of Bourn, for preservation. It is a rare bird in that neigh bourhood, although found in the southern counties, and is migratory, arriving in England in May and leaving in Sep tember. It derives its name of Goat-sucker from a super stition of universal prevalence that it fastens upon the feet of goats and cows, which afterwards become dry and diseased. EXHIBITION OF 1851. The following documents Lave just been circulated throughout the inet , ( pHs : ACCOMMODATION FOR ARTISANS. Regulations under which a register of persons -dis posed to provide ac.cornmodation for artisans, &c., from the country, whilst visiting the Exhibition of 1851, will be opened by the Secretary cf the Execu tive Committee of the Exhibition under the direction of her Majesty's Commissioners:- 1. No fee will be charged for registration. 2. The names of persons of good character only will be received, and parties must be prepared to produce references to character, if required. 3. Authori-ed persons to be admitted to inspect all registered houses. _ 4. Accommodation for married couples and fami lies, for single men, and for single women, must be distinct. In no case can single men and single women be lodged in the seine house. .5. In case f lodgings fur females, the arrange ments must be superintended by a married woman. 6. Ti.e prices charged for accommodation to be fixed up in every room. 7. A form of application, to be obtained at N. 1, o'.d Palace•yard, Westmins•er, must be filled up and signed by every person desirous of being regis tered. 8. If r.ny person rtfuse to conform to these rtgula tior,s, or others which may b found neeeftary, his name will be (rased frcm the register. The 4bject of the register is explained in the fol lowing " decisions of her Majesty's Commissioners" (Nos. 60, 61), to which particular attention is desired : AIIitANGrBIENTS FOR. TILE VISITS OF TFIE WORKING CLASS ES. 61. With the view of afording information, a re gister has been opened at No. Old Palace-yard, Westminster, by the Secretary of the Executive Committee for the Exhibition of 1851, in which will be entered the names and addresses of persons dis • posed to provide accommodation for artisans from the country whilst visiting the exhibition next year. Copies of the Register of Lodgings may be had on application. Other arrangements are under con sideration for guiding the working classes on their arrival by the trains to the lodgings they may select. The register contains a column in which the par ticulars, &c., cf the accommodation each party pro poses to afford will be entered. All applications for participating in these arrangements must be made through local committees. 62. - It must be clearly understood that, whilst her Majesty's Commissioners are desirous of collecting the fullest information likely to be serviceable to the working classes, they do not propose to charge them selves in any respect with the management, but simply to afford information. (Signed) M. DIGBY WYATT, Secretary. [The form of application for registry of accommo dation for artisans, &c., visiting the Exhibition, is then given.] FOREIGN AND BRITISH ORNAMENTAL GLASS AT THE EXPOSITION. One department of manufacture it was thought Ger many would excess Britain in was ornamental glass in colours, generally called Bohemian glass. But the Eng lish have recently attained a spontaneous perfection in a branch unknown to us, and altogether inimitable, we fear, however well known hereafter—viz., silvering glass. This is not only as applicable as Bohemian to every pur pose of ornament or utility, but to endless others, many of great importance, especially rtflectors for astronomi cal instruments, railway carriages, lighthouses, and the like, for which it is peculiarly suited, from its capacity to threw back rays, and becaase no cleaning or polishing is ever required wore than a window pane or common tumbler. The silvering is indestructible in composition, and is coated over with glass, the vividness of whose colours, be they what they may, or however varied, are thus infinitely heightened, and the most delicate carvings upon them are no brought out as to recall the old By zantine mosaics in their multiplicity of tints, and lustrous harmony of combination. We speak of the pro ducts of Berner's-street, London. Hale and Thomson, the patentees, discarding the old impracti cably expensive essential oils, coats all his surfaces, flat or curved, the smallest toilette bottle or largest vase, with pare silver, far more brilliant than the amalgam applied to ordinary looking-glasses, and can never be tarnished or impaired, except by destroying the articleit self. The metallic radiance of this deposit imparts a com bined sparkle and warmth, quiet beyond the Bohemian, which is comparatively merely pretty and tinselly; and there is the important fact that British glass is far supe rior to anything elsewhere produced. Hence, taking quality of material, the English is on a par with Bohe mian in price, and the beautiful and unique silvering is so much additional gain. The richness and purity of British crystal admit splendour and voluptuousness of dyes that satisfy the most exigent fastidiousness; hence the purples, saphires, picks, vermilion:, pearls, bronzes, &c., in short, every chromatic hue thrown up by this new argentine ri fl ction, have the gorgeous glow of the antique Venetian glass, the stcret of which is now a lost art; but whereas the Venetian absorbed the light, and had to be held up to it before its softened beauties wire revealed, the . English silvered glass flishes back the light, and is seen best at nigbt, or when surrounding of j• et‘ are in comparative gloom. Another charac teristic, never attempted since the discovery s f class itself by Hermes, the Syrian, is embossing— that is to the e)e, fir it is an optical delu-ior, there being no raised surface to the touch, though the ap pearance is that of pure solid silver, either dead or frosted, burnished or in high reii f, or sunken. It is impos,ib'e to exag.;erate the results of this, applied to finger plates fir doors, enrichments of cubinetp, panels, cornice-mouldings, or combinations with ivory, gildir g, or rare woods, to all which and innumerable (sae r pur poses, this invention is adapt. d. We trust our German mauulactursrs at the Landon Exhibition will investigate a mystery so fatal to many advantages which Peel's freedom of the English merket threw open in 1845. At some of these glass silvering works, it is stated, there aro vases as high per pair as 3,500 thalers, or 6,000 Rhenish florins (500/. sterling), nine-tenths of this cost tieing incurred in designing and engraving alone. In deed, in design, English glass has made immense pro gress; and the goblets, epergnes, candelabra, wine coolers, &c, now referred to, are equal objects of vertu, in classic beauty of form and of commercial importance for suitability to the taste of the age. But, as if to ex emplify the adage, that the closer to simplicity the greater the art, perhaps the chef dceuvre in this manu facture are mirror globes, of plain silvered surface, all sizes, Com 2 to 30 inches in diameter, from half-a-pint to 40 gallons. These, placed on bronze figures, as an Atlas or eagle, or attached to chandeliers, or on a side board or m aut l e pi ece, are a most striking' appendage to drawing-room or banqu e t-h a ll, an d are perhaps the fa• vourite specimen among contin en t a l conno i sseurs, though we think tenet susceptible of continental imitation.— Frankfort Zeitung. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, :_ , EpT. 6. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON IN lELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Aug. 30—Talianan cuttvr, Captain IL N. Smith, from Darthtnouth. 31—Freak cutter, William Curling, Eq., from Poole. St.v. 2—Mira go schooner, Marquis of Ormonde, From Ply mouth. 3—Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilehester, flora Dartmouth. SAILINGS. Sept. l—Wyvern schooner, Duke cf Marlborough, for Cherbourg. • 3—Xarifa schooner, Commodore Earl of Wilton, ditto; Capricorn schooner, Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., ditto; Merlin schooner, Colonel William Markham, ditto; Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq , ditto; Freak cutter, William Curling, Esq., diit9; Aurora cutter, Le Merchant Thoma 9, Esq.. ditto; Ta lisman cutter, Captain H. N. Smith, ditto; Alarm cutter, James Weld, E,q , ditto. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Titania, Arid, Eagle, Petrel, Elizabeth, Frisk, Os prey, Cygnet, Gondola, Susan, Water Lily. The schoooner Ariel, Sir George Douglas, Bart., R.Y.S., will sail next week for Teneriffe, thence on a cruise amoeg the West India islands. The R.Y.S. cutter Gondola, W. 11. Woodhouse, Esq, is under refitment, and will proceed shortly to th e Me di:erranean. '1 he Phantom (a small yacht) has been length ene d, end launched this week from Mr. Joseph Whit e ' s s hi p . yard. G. Holland Ackers, Esq., V.C., of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, passed through the road s w i t h eight yachts in company for Cherbourg on Monday afternoon, and on Tuesday morning the Earl o f Wilton Commodore cf the Royal Yacht 'Squadron, l e f t these ' roads with the Vice-Commodore, anti a large fleet of yachts for the same destination. The Emperor of Russia's yacht Queen Victoria sailed with the rest, but returced to these roads the same evening. The Royal Yacht squadron has been divided into a number of little flfets in this visit to Ch er b ourg . Th e Cotnmodore o f t h e Royal Victoria takes his friends under his fieg, u number t f Commodores and Vice- Comm • (Aorta doing the same, each sporting TIIE OF WIGHT IN LONDON.—AII the inhabi tants tae em to have taken it into their heads to visit the great metrepulis on Tuesday next, availing themselves of a cheap train of the South-Western. THE I - JARVEST.—Finer weather could not be wished for ; ham st work is proceeding most satisfactorily. THE POTATO BLIGHT.—This test is stitl spreading, but though the balm is all black, the tubers are only very ti)flingly inju7ed 3 et. It is altogethi r different to fi.rincr years; the potatoes when the blight struck the balm used to be convertril from balls of flour to some thing more renemilirg lumps of soap, but the tubers never were mere fhwery end better illvouri d than they are this season. This may, in part, be caused by their being planted r. All that hk.ve 3et been lit ted have been an cxcellent crop and superi,r quality. NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING —The inventive genius of the advertisers has adopted a rather novel and amusing mode of bringing their wares before public notice. Yesterday morning a dog, covered over with advertising pla cures, perambulated the Strand and Fleet-street, attracting particular notice, and exciting much amusement. The quadruped appeared to be fully conscious of the importance of his (trice and marched along the street with great dignity and gravity. An order has been issued by the Supreme Govern ment of Ind'a discontinuing in the army the morning dram of arrack. THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. We copy the following interesting sketch of the Indians of California from the Sacramento Trans cript:— " The aborigines of California are, perhaps, the most feeble and incapable cf carrying on a formidable system of warfare of any of the North American Indians. Certain it is they have never shown any of that skill and boldness that have characterised the Indians in other portions of the continent, ever since its discovery. They are different in their mode of life, more imperfect in their physical developm en t, and in whatever light we view them, inferiority to most of the Indian races is stamped upon their cha racter. They have existed in this country without any evidence of nationality, without establishing boundaries, without claiming a right even in the soil, with little or no knowledge of property of any kind, and, in fact, as a disorganized though distinct people. " G erne, although abounding in the country, has never, so far as we have been able to learn, constituted any considerable part of their diet, for the only appa rent reason, that it is too much trouble to kill aad prepare it for food with their rude weapons and in struments. Thus, what the great western tribes glory in, the California Indians are too indolent scarce to attempt. "To give a correct idea of this people, it will be necessary to enter somewhat into particulars. In the summer season they lead a roving I:fe, and are found in greatest numbers along the borders of the western side of the Sierra Nevada. In these regions they find berries, grapes, seeds, acorns, various kinds cf roots, and insects, on which the y principally subsist. The rank herbage and grasses ti.at spring up during the latter part of the rainy season, and come to maturity in summer, wilier and die on the surface of the earth during the latter part of the dry season, and swarms of grasshoppers, large and fat, abound among it. " The Indians set fire to the dried up vegetable matter when the wind is favourable, and burn over whole districts ' • the grasshopper s canno t escape ; their wings are burned off, and after the fire has con sumed the grass the burnt district is covered with the lifeless bodies of these insects. Then comes the In dians' harvest. Their food is all around them, cooked and ready for eating. With their bows and arrows they sometimes kill elks, deers, bares, &c.; but, as before remarked, they manifest, as a people, but little taste or skill for hunting. In the proper season they manage, by means of wooden spears, of their own manufacture, to catch fish from the numerous streams of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys ; and it is said that they manifest more skill in taking fish than in any other art. " They are called ' Digger Indians,' from the na ture of their habitations, which are constructed in the following manner : " A circular hole is dug in the earth--say three or four feet deep, and from ten to twenty feet in diameter, over the top of NN hich poles are laid in an arching form, and covered first with small sticks and weeds, and then with earth and green sods. A small opening in the centre of this roof is left for the escape of smoke, and on one side is a doorway just large enough to admit a man's feet first, which serves also as a window. In these cellars the natives are buried through the winter in the most filthy and disgusting condition. " Some contend that there is a class of mountain Indians in California different in their habits from the race just described. Af t er making extensive inquiry, in which we have consulted gentlemen who have spent years in Oregon and California, we have come to the conclusion that the natives west of the Sierra Nevada are all the same class of beings. It is true they do not all burrow every winter, but this is a matter of chance. " We have yet to learn that any of the Indian race can be found this side of Oregon, who ever build anything like comfortable wigwams to shelter them from the weather. We have been assured by men who have been in the mountain regions, that the na tives there are evidently the same class that are found in the valleys, and that during the most inclement season, one-half of them are in a state almost of com plete nudity. In the mountains, as in the valleys, they chiefly subsist on acorns through the long rainy season. These are gathered In the latter part of au tumn, dried and stowed away in large receptacles above ground, formed of a sort of wicker-work, in the shape of hogsheads, and containing sometimes several hundred bushels. Through them the air circulates, and the acorns become dry and hard. To prepare the acorns for food the Indiana pound them to a powder with stones, and then make a pasty gruel, and sometimes a sort of bread. Such are some of their habits. "Further evidence of the imbecility of this people appears from the fact, that they lack that feeling of independence elsewhere a prominent trait in the In dian character. Before the discovery of gold it was customary among the few in this country who culti vated the soil, to keep droves of the natives around them to do their labour. When the first operations were commenced in the diggings the Indians were employed, for the consideration of a few most paltry trifles, to perform the heavy labours of mining. To get together a sufficient number, a few whites would go to the pliers frequented by them, and drive away ' as many as they chose. Tne influx of strangers since the discovery of gold has been so great tl.e quiet of the race has been disturbed. A new order of things has commenced, to which they will not, or cannot, adapt themselves; still their old customs have been in some measure broken up. The whites have introduced into their midst what to them are luxuries, which they have become accustomed to take possession of by stealth or robbery, whenever opportunity presents itself. Their rights have not always b: en respected ; in many instances abuses have been practised upon them, and from these facts it is easy to see the cause of much trouble. A mutual hatred exists between them and the mining community, and their characters are so different that this feeling can hardly be eradicated from either party. Where that hostile feeling exists one party or the other must prevail until the weaker party becomes extinct. _ - "We will now take a hasty glance at this people as they have conducted themselves in war, citing a few instances. In the winter of 1848 49 the people in the vicinity of Sutter's Fort often received accounts of Indian depredations in the north, and sometime in February, about thirty murders committed by them, on various occasions, had been heard of. The victims were principally Oregonians. In the latter part of February, 1849, a company of about sixty, horse and foot, left Sutter's Fort to chastise the If,dians. They took the direction of Sutter's Mill, or Cullom, and the Indians fled before them. Soma of the mounted men overtook the natives, and several were killed while tr 3 kg to escape. A quantity of stolen property was recovered in this expedition. " Further depredations were committed, and a few weeks after another company of about twenty whites lift the region of Cullom +, end followed the Indiana to their eiicarnpnit nt. This handful of men actually took prisoners, and drove to Sutter's Mill, between 200 and 300 Indians. A sort of trial was then given them, Oar which thirty of their number were shot. The rest were released. From that time very little trouble was had with the Indians in the northern mines till the winter of 1849-50. " Such is the character if the race with whom the difficulties in California on various occasions have arisen. It is not our purpose at this time to discuss the morality of the course pursued by both parties in relation to each other. But we have seen that the natives of California have given no evidence of skill in warfare. Almost all their acts of violence have been perpetrated in a stealthy, cowardly manner, and never have they attempted to carry out any extended or general plan of operation. Never have they come upon a town at night, and laid it in asl ei, as might have been expected from a savage foe. They seem to have no higher idea of warfare than to attack un armed individuals, or to hill the sleeping inmates of a tent in some isolated place. They have only the rudest implements of war, and cannot successfully defend themselves against American rifles. The pro babilities are that they are not clannish in their feel inp, and will never unite as a people against the whites. " From the foregoing the inference is that no very serious trouble will occur with the natives on this side of the Sierra Nevada." EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMrANT.—The Equitable Assurance Cemp , ny held their usual quarterly meeting on Thursday, at which the accounts for the Midsummer quarter were presented. Mr. Price, the vice-president, read a report from the court of directors on the subject of some changes which had been suggested in the constitution of the society, with a view of rendering the establishment more attractive to new insurers, and an address was read by the actuary em bodying the result of some calculations, showing the benefit that would be likely to be derived by the present members trom an increase in the number of fresh policies. It appears the society now consists of about 6,000 members, with an undivided reserved fund of a million and upwards, arid that the period in which a new policy would participate under the existing regulations would be about eight years. The ac tuary's report was ordered to be printed and circulated,' and the meeting tteiturned. It is stated that Gallip li oil (generally combined with spirit, tar, and tchacco liquor) applied to sheep, renders the wool both finer and heavier on shearing. Four good tnothers have given birth to'four bad daughters. Truth has produced hatred ; success, pride; secu rity, danger; and familiarity, contempt. And, 0., the con trary, four bad ruothers have produced as many good daugh ters, for astrontruy iy the otrspringcl astrology • chemistry of alchemy; freedom of opprts6ion; patience of long suffer- Chronicle. - - - AlinacuLous EscArF.—On Tuesday last an o l d man of the name of Rae, residing in Marketgate-street, Ar broath. proceeded to sea in an old crazy boat, and wa s d r i ven off the coast in the storm of that day. Not making his ap pearance at night fall, considerable apprehensions were enter tained as to his safety. Wednesday passed over and no ap pearance. Thursday with the same result. All hopes of his safety had now fled, excepting the faint one that some vessel had picked him up ; but he made his appearance in his cockle-shell of an ark on Friday about noon in the offing, whereon same men proceeded to his assistance, when they found him in an almost exhausted state, drifting onwards to the ricks. —.Dundee Courier. T E from the moment his interests were in the ascendant, Captain Chamier speaks in terms of earnest and rneried Neverthehss, with all his good opinions cf individual men and individual events, he remains to the vtry end of the second volume over w Mined b; his •pre sentiment of dejection. Corniiired with this dejection, M. Guizot's despair is nothing. Should the most joyous Frcnchintru in cxieterce - happen to read the work we question very much whether his hilarity would not be extini,.nished under the weight of such a terrible wet blur:ker. Sterue's Smttllfungus was nothing to Captain Charnier in his petulant depreciation. He views every republican virtue through a diminishing glass, and every republican vice through a micro scope. Democracy is his bugbear, and such is his devotion to royalty that, supposing him to have lived under the earlier Georges, we doubt not but that, like Uncle Toby, he would have relieved his mind on every occasion of discomfort by whistling the refrain of Lillibutlero. JANE EYRE. Fourth Edition. By Currer Bell. A testiii,ony of the genies i f this brilliant novelist is here given, very unmistakably, nut only in the circumstance of a fourth editior, but of an edition so cheap and compact, having been already printed of her masterpiece. Com pressing the three vo!umes cf octavo into one unif,irm in size with the standard novels issued by , Mr. Ciiiburn, the publishers of Currer Bell have ren dered the work more capable of being carried into the green fields during summer days, and into the chim• ney -corner on winter nights, besides making it, in its diminished price, mere generally accessible to the multitude. For years no novel has appeared which has taken so strong a hold on the popular imagina tion. Its originality, its vigorous and nervous style, its brilliant talent in the colouring of character, its enthralling and yet homely interest, its delicate and yet masculine sensibility, have secured for it the ad miration of many hundreds of readers, previously enervated in taste by the mawkish sentimentality and frivolous mediocrity constituting the predo minant characteristics of the current mass of light literature. " Jane Eyre," by its innate power alone acquired for its author, although strictly anonymous, a wide and almost immediate reputa tion. The interest inspired by the novelty of the pro duction was moreover stimulated by the prevalent solicitude to strip off the mask of the mere pseudonym, and to learn who this new writer was whose keenness of perceptivity penetrated into the innermost recesses of our being. Although somewhat diminished on learning that Currer Bell is a female, that curiosity is not satisfied, so that it tends still to invest her name with the interest of a dubious identity. Having shown by her second fiction, entitled " Shirley," that her fancy, though aloe-like in beauty, was not re stricted to a single blossom, the author of " Jane Eyre " has afforded her admirers additional reason to revert to the re-perusal of her first and most re markable composition. There they can scarcely fail to be sgain enthralled by the incidents associating together the rough but loving (and be it said, too, in spite of all his vices and rudeness) the loveable Fairfax Ro chester, the pure but stern, the ambitious but self denying St. John, and the heroine of th e autobio graphy, whose whole being thrills through every nerve with an almost diseased sensibility. The work, we cannot but think, is not only fascinating but instructive ; it is not only a source of amusement for the lovers of romance, but a study for the meta physician and the psychologist. :NIMROD. A Dramatic Poem. Conceived somewhat in the lofty school of "Cain," the scriptural drama, or as the writer himself desig nates it, the " dramatic poem" of "Nimrod" reveals a daring imagination in accordance with the gigan tic subject into the depths of which that imagination has adventured. As in the veritable " mysteries ' of old, we have here mingled together celestial and terrestrial personages, angels and archangels, spiritual and corpo real existences, priests and arch-priests, dialogues and choruses, grouped together round the principal dramatis persona, if we may venture so to style them, Satan and Nimrod, Shaul and Nahmah, Cush and Ludim, Abdiel and Abaddona. Most of the five acts are penned in blank verse, always flowing and occa sionally vigorous. Sometimes, moreover, the drama tist allows his spirits and choruses to float off on the wings of recurrent rhymes—a fluctuation of manner peculiarly agreeable in effect, and consonant with the mood in which such passages are written. If we wanted to demonstrate briefly the capacity of the author to express beautiful thoughts in exqusitely poetic language, we should quote that " Chorus" in the second act — "When hovering o'er the formless void concealed Asleep in darkness, God rebuked the night, Creation, sudden to itself revealed, Smiled on its Maker, and its smile was Light." The last line is to us one of matchless beauty, and although bearing a vivid resemblance to a simile contained in Abraham Cowley's " Hymn to Light," is nevertheless of such majestic excellence as to ad mit of any such partial resemblance. In the sub joined specimen of our author's skill in the composi tion of blank verses it will be observed that two sen tences are marked by ourselves in italics, the first painting the skies with a word, and the second in its oddity calling to mind the metaphors cf old George Herbert. The description is that given of the ghastly vision seen by Abaddona : " Appear as suits thee, Oen! I see the btu. Slow rising mildly in the golden west, L'ke a returning sun.—W hat me .n the clouds Thick rusting, curling back on either side With scorched and shrivelled edges, while white red, As furnace wiihin furnace, glows the air? What mean these tongues of flame that dart along The crackling earth, w hile the vexed ocean's steam Wells fr, m its bubbling depths? On still—on—on The ;no; nisg sun sickens along the cast With jaundiced eye., and blackens. In the west The star is swelling, nearing. Is the world A figot for the flames of angry heaven Jill-sting and rending all? And now that star, With eyes ten thousand thousand, looking each Into my soul, each finding horror there; And behind all, the Power whose frown is death, The death, whose being is unending p dri! Where am I? Where the world? Where hell itself? It were a refuge from this awful sight. And now still nearer, fiercer, burning on It scorches through my brain; I cannot bear it. Spirit, hold—hide thee; more I cannot bear." Many other passages of equal excellence might be culled from the pages of "Nimrod," but to the vo lume itself we commend all those who exult in tra versing such lofty fields of poetic speculation. TILE COMEDY OF DANTE. Translated by Patrick Bannerman. After the elegant and vigorous translation by Cary of the Divine Comedy, it appears to us to be not only rash but superfluous to attempt another English ver sion—more especially if the latter proves, on perusal, to be very careless in its versification. This emphatic dispraise we must in all truthfulness accord to the labours of Mr. Patrick Bannerman—a circumstance which we cannot but regret, seeing that those labours have necessarily been voluminous. Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise are alike flAwed in this respect by the slovenly manner of the rhythm, by the frequent neglect of all rhyme whatever, and by the occasional (and because occasional, the jolting) introduction of the triple rhy mes, such favourites with Dryden. Either let us have the triple rhymes throughout—and that would be eminently effective and in accordance with the melodious original, as sung by the inspired lips of Dante Alighieri—or no triple rhymes at all. As the fittest ti ken of the utter incapacity of Mr. Bannerman to supplant his distinguished and accom plished predecessor, we give his version of the opening cuito of "Hell" : " Half through our mortal life, myself I found In a dark forest's wil I and rugged ground, Where the right way was lost in shaggy wood, A rude and savage woodland solitude. The very thought still robs me of my breath, And m emory counts it little less than death: Of good to treat, discovered in the wood, I'll tell of other things I understood. When the true way was list, the path forsook, Of sleep so deep that moment I partook That bow I entered 1 can scarce relate, So dull the slumber and so dead its weight. But when the mountain's feet my steps drew near That closed the vale that filled my heart with fear, Upward I looked, and saw its shoulders bright, Already with that planet's rays of light That guides all others through each path aright. The fear was then subsiding into rest That shook the placid depth within my breast, All the night long so saddened and perplexed. Like one who breathless issued from the waves Turns to the waters he no longer braves, My spirit, that still flies, turns back to see The pass that living man ne'er trod but me. My weary frame once more r( freshed, I paced The way along the cle:ert ridge, and tractd— The hinclincst footstep ever deepest placed." That, we take it will be amply sufficient to justify the language of dt preciation in w hich we have been compelled to characterise the latorious performance of Mr. Bannerman. TIIE LAST of the ABENCERRAGES. With ()gar Poems. By Thomas Roscoe. That legend of voluptuous Granada which Mr. Roscoe has selected as the theme of his present grace ful etfavion had its attractions for the refined and cul tivated mind of Chateaubriand. It has been cele brated moreover already in our prose literature by the genius of Sir Bulwer Lytton, in whose elegant romance of " Leila" are depicted in brilliant colours the fall of Abdallah and the triumph of Ferdinand. The consummation of the ever memorable conquest of Granada by the armies of Isabe lla, in a deed of assas-inatiun, is thus vividly depicted by theverses of Mr. Roscoe : " Wreathe, wreathe for me my myrtle crown, I come, my love—my sword, farewell; S vIL et, lov'd laud's hopes—all, ail thine own, Thy angel guards my spirit well: lam with thce now!' The banli'd cf heaven, Who clove the heart of Love in twain, And could not hope to be forgit en, rihfn gave the h'o - d r d again. All fearless bitaua'd tf:al. princely - brow, Scorn on the lip; in heart the vow That bGre the spirit to its shrine, And gave for human love divine. Thrice from th' ensanguiu'd fount that head Rebounded, like the battle-in ad; Flasb'd the bright eye, ere quencit'd its light; The proud lip curl'd, Disdain's delight; Back rubh'd the blood-At:W.l alavcs io dread, And the scar'd murderer muttering fivd. The blood-cry rose! Granada weeps The flower of all her chit alry ; Ilcr fame departs—her empire sleeps, Faith, Hope, Lave, Joy all tremt , hrg fly. Oh, dark aten'd that deed of deati ! Red Vengeance bar'd her arm; Through court, camp, pla'n and hill, tie breath Of hmtle woke th' alarm. 'Tis night once more! strange terrors low'r O'er mosque, and palace-hall, and tower; Cras'd song and dance—the ' Sisters" Hall Is da k—saloons deserted all; From those bright gardens' myrtle bowers, For ever speed Love's, Jo)'ss hours; And o'er tti' Alhumbrs's tower-girt pride The Afrites gather, Ghouls deride. F►erce sounds of hate, toil, jeer or wail, T►ll silenco brood, and :ba , lows pale, As spectres lilt—murmurs the air, Though still the leaves as love's despair." After this celebration of the " Last of the Aben cerroges" comes a tale of English industry and sel:- dependence, entitled "Bertha ; or, IVnat makes the Hero ?" More romantic subjects, however, still ea• ercise the sway of fascination over the taste of Mr. Roscoe; for we find him further on, in the volume cbaunting the glories of "King Alfred" with all the gusto of Joseph Cottle, and offering up a song of re collection to the " Last Moments of Andrea Zur baran," the celebrated Spanish painter. A great variety of miscellaneous pew, written apparently at different times, like fugitive pieces, make up the residue of the volume which is dedicated in grateful terms to the Prime Minister of England. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 4. His Royal Highness went out shooting to-day, ac companied by the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Lieut.- Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieut.- Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon. _ _ Her Majesty drove out in an open carriage in the afternoon. The younger members of the Royal Family took walking exercise during the day. Sir George Grey left Balmoral this morning for Northumberland. The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Balmoral this evening. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial• office, for the Governor of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American Co • lonier.