The Sun. — London, England, 1851-07-31 00:00:00

i li eu -- ,r._ _ LIT ERATURE. TBE Q UARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXX VII. A delightful paper on " Gardening"—sage, but gossipping—leads off the present number of the Quarterly. aster/y. In it the reviewer has collect ed toge ther,in areeable confusion, a singular var iet y of knowledge relating to the science of botany, flavouring it with a tone of mingled pleasantry and enthusiasm. Several of the materials introduced into this charming °//apodrida of scraps are recognised as old familiar favourites—sucb, for example, as the poetic receipt for a salad by the late Sidney Smith. The paper indeed sets out with a quotation famous throughout all lettered England, namely, Cowley's aspiration, addressed to Evelyn, that he might have " a small house and large garden, a green nook, where the carking cares of society might be forgotten in the verdure and sweetness of nature. Among those who are blessed with this most inestimable treasure, there are some who have their employees, and others Who, with a few subordinates, are their own gardeners. To each of these classes we Would very earnestly commend the truthful and hu morous comparison drawn by the Quarterly i n the Paper under consideration, between their respective joys and sorrows . H ere it is, after the manner of Plutar c h "Perhaps, indeed, none derive so great an amount of Qn.loYment from a garden as those of the every-gentle nlaa-his-own-gardener sort. They are spared an im mense number of known nuisances, and revel in a mul titude of unknown delights. To be told by the men in p early sprin g th a t th ere is nothing in the garden, neither 'or Missis' nor for cook;' and then to come in with a charming bunch of Russian violets, fragrant coltsloot, daphnia erica carnea, wall-flowers, polyanthus, &c., &c., for the cars sposa, and a punnet of the sweetest, greenest sprouts, and the plumpest, whitest seakale, for the emissary of him who did not send meat;—to insert nian u proprid a bark-bound bud on a brittle branch, and afte r many months, or years, to gather therefrom a great handful of fl owe rs or a heaping dish of fruit;—to be able to say, ' With the sun shining in this manner, I cannot go on reading and writing, unless you lash me to my chair—give me the baskets—l will go and cut the vegetables for dinner ;'—to dine with a puffy specimen of humanity, who has his pits and his pineries, and his gangs of people at nobody knows what wages, and to taste what ho sets before you, and send him better next day —you keeping only the man, the boy, and yoursel/; to see the look of thankfulness in a neighbour's eyes, When, driving to inquire after his convalescent wife or his sinking child, you produce some horticultural dainty, Which will be enjoyed and relished because it comes unexpected —and they have nothing of the kind just 71010 ;—to attack a standard rose with a head like a lt,ica polonica, and leave it as orderly as a little school oy's on Saturday afternoon;—to sow an infinity of seed s, and amidst the wilderness of seedlings to discover °lle which, if it is not, ought to be the best possible Variety, the unapproachable exceeder of perfection there is no finishing the list of luxuries. " Those delicate gentlefolks who scorn in any way to act as their own head gardener, have to compose their catalogue of delightful tasks' in quite a different type. E • G.—To fret for tour or five days together, with com pany under your roof, over a shabby dessert;—at last, to ease your mind about it by telling your Scottish Chief pat though the grapes have een tolerable, the peaches h ave been poor, very different b fruit from what the house promised when you were last in it; figs ditto; and to be answered by a remark touching the housekeeper's niece, and her tastes—the invisible girl with gooseberry eyes and her hair never oat of papers, whom her aunt had lour lea ve to as k d own f rom L on d on f or h er h ea lth. T o shall, to say to Mrs. Uppercrust that Mr. Mac Forcer for the present, arrange his dessert immediately b efore i ts i ntroduct i on to t h e di n i ng - room; — an d to b e told by her, in rejoinder, a story of Mr. Blanco, who ianted extra -fi ne f ru i t f or some su p er b affair, and bought in Covent-garden Market a supply which he was told was the best that could be had, as they had just received their usual package from Mr. Blauco's Fardener, who spared no expense. To obtain, at a reck less cost, th e newes t t hi ng f rom Sh ang h ae or th e Ilima aYas, which is propagated with such difficulty that you cannot commun i cate i t to your own s i ster or b rot h er , a nd then next year, to see it in plenty on the other side °! the gar d en palings of several of Mac Swill the helper's.. most intimate friends. To walk in well dressed Ple asure-ground for whose dressing you pay something handso me per annum, and to feel that you cannot do as You like there; reproached, if you cut a bouquet of r° sea, with having destroyed Mac Forcer's every chance of the prize for half a hundred dissimilar blooms at the neat horticultural show—if you take the liberty of sandin g off a down pot-plants to a lady-friend, nods and Winks and whispered wonder how Missis will like it?' a You invade the kitchen garden, and ravage it of a few hampers full of good edibles, to bo told that it is not Your perquisite, and to receive warning. To grudge !Tending a sixpence on a garden almanack, or an hour lo reading it, and then to perceive that the men are grinning while you proceed to utter some long-hatched Criticism on their operations." The contrast is sufficiently striking to induce many choleric; members of the latter section of garden owners to discharge the tyrants hitherto hired by them for the management of their grounds, and henceforth themselves to assume the magic wands with which we summon up those fairies of the ground, the flowers - --th e sae, the rake, n the hoe. " Scotland before the d Reformation" a presents very large and lornsrous attractions to our compatriots beyond the Tweed, and will repay their curiosity with a store of stranget facts collected together by the historical an 'gas ry. Another reviewer, in the course of certain co mmentaries made upon the revelations given to the World by "Recent Travellers in North America," wails himself not merely of extracts from t he Volumes of Mr. Johnston, from those of M. Mar rer, from the lecture of the Earl of Carlisle, and . r , OO l the work of Colonel Conynghame, but of others culled from the latest columns of the press of the United States. The article will be found on exami natio n to be one universally interesting. Subse `Nen tly we have an excellent criticism on the " Me- Ipoir s of the Duke of Urbino," by Denuistoun, of j",enuistoun ; followed by a very readable paper on the cc , Correspondence of 'Walpole and Mason," pub - ,'snec 1 as rec e ntly as l as t y ear , f ro m the original ma nure, ripts. Scholars will relish the chapter given later (11 , pon " Badha m ' s E ur ipid es ," an d th eo l o gists will turn with no little anxiety to the two remaining con tfibu tions, those on " Rubric versus Usage," and on _Cr igen's Philosopho um e na ." B r i e f th o ugh the Pape! c upon " Badham's Euripides" is, it may be again InenfLioned here with propriety, as the most pithy and s aga estive in the whole of the current number of the Qua rterly. To this, therefore, we would direct the at tention of the general reader, and yet more particu larly' that of our more intelligent philologists. FINE ARTS. WASS'S GALLERY OF PAINTINGS. A mong the numerous exhibitions of the Fine Arts now open to public inspection in the metropolis, we t -streeond noNv of no one more em i nently deserving of atten oa than the one Which we ourse l ves have recently visitiKl at No. 168, N ew B t—a gallery in N'thic:h the proprietor, Mr. Wess, has collected to tetla er, at a very considerable outlay on his 'own Part, some of the greatest works of the most distin- Rttis bed modern British painters. Scarcely a hundred Dietiares hang upon the walls of th e apartment, reek c'll,n g the paintings altogether, y et almost every indi- Nidtral one amongst them is of a character so remark able for its excellence, that the lovers of art may find ati,l them matter for long and delightful contemplation. it ally fortunate in one or two other instances, Mr. g s t valuablee n ough , t c o olle s c e : dal is has been lucky enough, or . we should rather ' 4 3? enterprising and Nro to himself perhaps ti discrttmhienamtino Kingdom. It is °o of Ettys in the Un ited lel • d the apartment without phossibie to glance round re . The exquisite colour eugnising this immediatel 413 of arrests attention on the • g our English Titian phlegmatic and the l 'ast ant, and extorts from the most of,_ira. 3 t lel& t fastidious the warmest expressions _ tt win to the °D . It must be confessed that William E 9, Y demise, reFr ret of his friends and admirers, has, byh i s , . , is 'Leg aired that claim upon vulgar praise w hi c h even ril ally denied to the living. Hence it is that 40$0 r h i s producti ons h ave very considerably increased, t he is _td. are still gradually and appreciably increasing 1 tie it trade value, the public beginning, at length, to . Per ceive very generally the genius of the great artist_ W . ll ese death was, within the limits of a restricted I\lt ' el; the cause of such profound lamentation. tmerou s , and diversified as are the specimens of his Powers ' n Mr• Wass's Gallery, the visitor finds his th ention , Confined very soon to one or two of 4 b! in in particular. Conspicuous, of course, both We all the other paintings in the collection, a for their energy and their ambition, PrEl his three great paintings of "Joan of Arc," ro. 27, 28, 29), exhibited a few seasons back on these walls of the Royal Academy. The merits of an d extraordinary works (which have been recently i`stta Splendidly engraved by their proprietor) have, "_ 4 O wever, been so frequently asserted that it would be ! perfiuous to enlarge upon them under present cir ri Instances. Those, nevertheless, who have not as 3 : t had en opportunity of examining them themselves ( ,°uld do w e ll t o pay a v i s i t to the New Bond-street )1111e rY, and there s ee w h a t no bl e e ff orts h ave b een 4 r lade by modern art in England. O ur recommenda tl"n a PPlies with especial signific ance t o th e multi mle of our p resent v i s i tors to the metropolis, both foreign and provincial. They will there see how grandly Etty has depicted Joao of Arc in three epoch.; of her marvellous and memorable career—on her finding of th e sword in the Church of St. Cathe rine, de Fierbo , iS—on her scattering the enemies of France wnen • leading a sortie from the gates of Orleans -- and, lastly, when she stands upon the pile In the first agonies of her martyrdom. They Rill see, moreover, from the hand of the same master (No. 31) an exquisite " Andromeda," and what is 3'et finer than all, his famous " Judgment of Paris " (No. al), perhaps the w or k w hi c h p os terity will de clare to be his masterpiece. Besides these the visitor ?rill perceive other minor paintings of William E tty, the least remarkable among which are deserving of the closest study and the fullest eulogium . Instance this his masterly " Study of a Peacock " (No. 15) for the great composition last particularised. Another emi- cent painter, bat one whose genius is not :yet gene rally recognised, Paul Falconer Poole, will be found to have contributed to the collection two works which in time (perhaps when he has unhappily been withdrawn from us, like Etty, by death) will be among the glories of our national art—we mean his impressive representation of " Job end the Messen gers" (No. 39), and his great picture of " Solomon Eagle in the Plague of London" (No. 5), one of the noblest creations that ever marked the capacity of an English artist. Leslie's " Scene from the Vicar of Wakefield" (No. 20), will likewise, as a display of excellence in an entirely different department of art, secure to itself the scrutiny of those who can really appreciate what is natural end humorous. Indifferent as may be the general appearance of the colouring, a faint pink pervading the picture and predominating rather unpleasantly over all other hues, the work, as an illustration of Goldsmith, is happy to a miracle, from the fly-trap on the ceiling, and the orange-hold ing portraits on the wainscot, to the Hon. Miss Skeggs and the most decidedly dishonourable Lady Blarney. Two specimens of Turner will win the admiration of every discerning eye, one (No. 7) re presenting " The Whaler," and another (No. 16) a masterly display of his rare and unequalled powers, depicting " The Burning of the Houses of Parlia ment." In one part of the gallery we noticed, more over, Creswick's lovely little jewel of a picture (No. 37), "The Terrace, Haddon-hall, Derbyshire ;" elsewhere Herbert's (No. 14) " Christ and the Woman of Samaria," and several admirable speci mens of William Miiller. Altogether, as we have before intimated, the collection displayed on the walls of Mr. Wass's Gallery, is such as cannot fail to win the admiration of all who visit it, provided only they do so with a judicious estimate of British art, and of the genius of those painters who are among the num ber of our contemporaries. THE SUN, THE PRINCE OF WALES'S BAZAAR. A curious collection of paintings, by masters of the French and Flemish schools, not generally known in this country, has recently been added to the other at tractions of this establishment. Having ourselves in spected the works of art here gathered together, we can speak with some degree of emphasis of their aver age excellence. Several of the pictures, besides being singular from the circumstance of their antiquity, arc singular also for the genius revealed in their concep tion. We may allnde, as examples of this, to a noble head of St. Francis of Assisi, u head remarkable for its expression of rapt and ecstatic aspiration. A " Crucifixion" and " Last Supper" are contained in the gallery, deserving of especial notice for the bril liancy of their colouring, notwithstanding the lapse of time which has succeeded their original production. Various portraits of the age immediately anterior to that of Louis Quatorze will be found not altogether undeserving of the notice of visitors ; their curiosity being repaid equally in other departments, as in that of the representation of fruit and flowers. The Koh-i-noor, however, among all the jewels of art, has not yet been particularized. It will be enough to say, that the picture gallery of the Prince of Wales's Bazaar, contains a magnificent specimen of Paulo Veronese to induce all the lovers of genius to follow our example, by themselves visiting this singular and interesting exhibition. TEE ART JOURNAL. August brings us with the fruits of nature those also of art, as may be recognised by a glance at the pages of this splendid pictorial publication. In it we find united the attractions of the original periodical— and those, as its subscribers have long been aware, are sufficiently numerous—and of an illustrated catalogue, explanatory of the Great Industrial Exhibition. The enterprise evinced in this twofold undertaking will inevitably meet with the encouragement to which it is so eminently and peculiarly entitled. As additional engravings from the pictures contained in the Vernon Gallery we have this month Wyatt's noble head of " The Astrono mer," and Wilson's delicious representation of "Lake Avernus," the former engraved by Bell and the latter by Bentley. The plate portraying a copy from a sculptured original, is by: . S. 11. Baker, and is taken from Theed's marble group of " The Prodigal Son " returned to the embrace of his father. As a bio graphy, embellished with woodcuts, we find likewise in the current number of the Art Journal, the life of "John Both," preceeded by a likeness. Woodcuts we call the illustrations, though they appear to us in their scratchy minuteness to bear a strong resemblance to specimens of glypbography. The letter-press of the Art Journal, it may be observed, is of average ex cellence, the leading paper in the instalment before us relating to a subject of some interest, namely, to the lighting of picture and sculpture galleries. Among the illustrations given in the supplementary portion, will be remarked a clever sketch of the colossal equestrian statue of Godfrey de Bouillon, one of the most extraordinary works of art contributed to the Great Industrial Exhibition. KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SHAKSPERE. Othello and Timon of Athens are the plays corn prised in the last instalments of this admirable edi tion, and fully bear out its reputed excellence, while in addition to this, they justify its popularity and ex tend its reputation. The foot notes have been judi ciously selected from those more costly and volu minous editions which have gained for Charles Knight such high fame as one of the most intelligent and judicious among Shakspere's commentators. ERASER'S TRAVELLING MAP of IRELAND. A new Travelling Map of Ireland, secured by a handsome and substantial cover, has just been pub lished by Mr. McGlashan of Dublin. It is a great improvement on all its predecessors, having the dis tances between all the towns, villages, railway stations, &c., carefully measured and marked in statute miles, and all the main and principal cross roads inserted, together with the more remarkable topographical features of the island. The heights of the principal mountains are likewise given, by which it appears that the highest mountain altitude in Ire land is that attained by Carrantuohill, in the county of Kerry, which rises on the western side of the Killarney lakes to an elevation of 3,414 feet. This fresh production of Mr. Fraser's industry and skill is unquestionably the most useful and the most easily read travelling map of the sister kingdom that has ever been published. It is one with which no tourist should omit to provide himself, and which will be found to prove, for the purposes of reference, a most welcome assistant even to those who May already be familiar with the geography of the country which it illustrates so accurately and clearly. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —The mercantile public are heavily indebted to you for condescending to notice the unwholesome con dition of the share market. The mischievous conse quences of a railway panic are much more serious than those great journalists who devote a whole column to the wrongs of a gingerbread dealer can possibly sup pose. The evil effects are obvious to a moment's reflec tion, but, in the desire to be fair, we will state, as a set off, one good result. A little army of stockjobbers with their wives and families are almost entirely supported by trotting the public up and down by the nose. If ten people set running in a crowded street with any symp tom of alarm, ten hundred will follow in breathless con sternation, till one strong-minded man discovers that it is only a cow with a crumpled horn increasing hip walk to a brisk trot; and precisely analogous is that baneful p pa h r e s n o o n m ,s enon, a railway panic. Now, in any case of causeless terror a timely word will avert great calamity. If a church congregation and the clerk shouts in explanation that the great coat has been too near the stove, a panic swahnneodareldlitlts effects are happily obviated. In like manner, a feverish excitement. And healthy f re Ussurance or caution when railway speculation is running to extremes would maintain the market in a guar dians ofy Stthatee, prevent groundless despondency, and allay or wA i e m naell p , if the daily press, as publ*lC ol C it o i n c, si t d h e e r ir stle p h owe in ri t ,u er l fe i r n e fi n u ce . neither der to the commercial ence would b e community, exercised in h r i ; h i d el y unimportant body a very humble member is your grateful corre -1 spondent, A. B. EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY A CCIDENT.—An acci dent character na.w happened on Monday the line; but after some time both night,ofonatnhe South-Western Willi l a i m ay,near Bishopstoke. It appears Priswell had charge of a luggage train, and, together that a man named p ro e with the fireman and a guard, • driver and the fireman withoutp, d gine-the en an the train was left to proceed on its journey anyone to take care of proceeded along not it beyond the guard, who t t knowing what h a d b e f a ll en the two others, made n o attempt to get towards th em. The fire in the furnace of t he locomotive not having been fed with fresh fuel, went out, which of course prevented the steam from keeping up. Upon arriving near Bishopstoke, how ever, Priswell, the engiue-driver, fell off the locomotive, and received very serious injuries; it is stated that both his legs were broken. The guard,7,on witnessing the occur rence, applied the breaks, and, owing to the steam being so low, fortunately succeeded in bringing the train to a stand still, when he descended, and on getting to the tender found the fireman so fast asleep that before be could wake him h e was obliged to take him by the shoulders and shake him violently. The injured driver was picked up and removed to obtain surgical,assistance. The fire in the furnace having been made up, the train was at length removed to its desti nation, but had another train come along whilst the one in question was proceeding so slowly, it is impossible to con ceive what might have been the consequences, Both men were perfectly sober when they started with the train, but they were greatly fatigued, having been up they stated for two days and nights. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. ALDERS GATE-STREET.—Last evening Mr. Milne, the Scottish vo calist, appeared at the above institution, to give his second lec ture on the songs and ballads of Scotland. The songs were excellently selected, and were received most favourably by a very large and highly respectable audience. It cannot be a muter of doubt but that Mr. Milne's entertainments are becoming much more highly appreciated in London as they become better known to the public, and that he will speedily achieve that popularity in this country he has for some time deservedly enjoyed in his own. Amongst the songs that were most admired we may particula-ize the " Laird o' Cockpen ' " "Johnny Sands," and "John Grumlie," which were most harm • onismAy given, as well as "The Flowers of the Forest" and "The Lasso' G . " Cowrie," which were rendered with much feeling and sound musical judgment. LON DON, FESTIVITIES AT LOWESTOFT. FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH NORTHERN EUROPE. A feat of locomotion, unprecedented in the Eastern Counties' territory, was performed on Tuesday and Wednesday last, with a view to signalize this year's Lowestoft Regatta, which was otherwise abundently dis tinguished beyond the anniversary of this time twelve month. At seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., chairman, and others of the direc tors, together with Mr. Gooch, of the locomotive depart ment, and Mr. G. Richerdson, the coaching superin tendent, started in a special mixed train of ten carriages from the Shoreditch terminus, and arrived at Lowestoft, the extremest eastern point of England, distant from the capital 126 miles, in a few minutes over three and a half hours. Even this speed, calculated as it was to astonish the somewhat lethargic philosophers of the Fens, would have been exceeded, but that the line was in several places impeded by excursionist traffic, entailing the ne cessity of shunting between Cambridge and Ely; and a considerable time was also lost between Norwich and Lowestoft owing to the cheap trains, laden with an enor mous number of passengers, proceeding to the regatta: Oa arriving at Lowestoft the party were met by Mr. Pete, Member for Norwich, chairman of the Norfolk Company, and by Lord Alfred Paget, lately become a director of the Eastern Counties, who had proceeded thither the previous day in his beautiful craft the Mona, which however met with no competitor for the 50 guinea cup, and the Noble Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron set sail for Cowes in the evening. The directors and their friends inspected the lions of the place, now of a magnitude and completeness that, considering they are but the growth of yesterday, can hardly be credited by those at a distance, notwithstand ing the engineering skill and the continuous liberality of the means well known to have been expended upon them. The contrivances in particular for the accommodation of the Danish cattle trade, which, though commenced but a tew months ago, has already attained an importance alto gether bey ond the most extravagant expectations thatcould have been formed, elicited great admiration from those who saw them for the first time. No less so did the un usual number of religious and educational institutions, compared with the population; and among those peculiar to Lowestoft is that of Colville-house, situated on the salt water Lake Lothing, for imbecile children of the upper classes, where Dr. Foreman is most successfully carrying out a new treatment of mental complaints in young sub jects, having been induced to select that neighbourhood for his experiments by Mr. Peto, whose donation of 1,0001. to the Idiot's Asylum is but one of the many evidences of the special interest that gentleman takes in the alleviation of the disorders more immediately referred to. The staple of Lowestoft, the fishing trade, being universally pros perous both this and last season, the resident inhabitants were in the best possible frame of mind for the apprecia• tion of the compliments bestowed on the natural and ar chitectural beauties of their town, whose buildings vio with those of many of the older and more fashionable watering places—the Royal Hotel in particular, on the Marine Parade, the great boast of this part of East An glia, being an establishment rivalling the most famous hostelries of Brighton, Bath, or Cheltenham. At this house, en Tuesday evening, a aplendid dinner was provided by Mr. Howest, the proprietor, in the su perb new banquetting-hall, at which upwards of 100 sat down, under the presidency of Mr. Peto, who, in the course of one of his addresses, which were for the most part necessarily of a local character, communicated some facts of general interest in connexion with the subject of increased extension of our commerce in the north of Europe, and which consequently deserve a wide-spread publicity. In reply to his health, proposed in very elo quent terms by Mr. Waddington, M.P., who happily eu logized his well-known enterprise, far-eightedness, and munificence, in various parts of England, especially on the site of that day's festivities, in which nearly all the leading gentry of Norfolk and Suffolk had participated. Mr. PETO, after gracefully disposing of the personal portion of the compliment, anti disclaiming the unqua lified disinters stedeess of the motives ascribed to him, inasmuch as his own interest aas identified with that of his immediate friends and neighbours around him, ad verted at considerable length to the greatly increased development of the cattle trade between the north of Europe and Lowestoft. Ile remarked, that he re- , garded the advancement of the latter lccality, on which he had set his heart most intently, with the utmost con fidence from the moment he had fixed his eyes on the distant shore opposite, and felt that its trade must be theirs if sought. They were all aware that within the last few months a new route had been opened to Den mark, and with the best results. By next Saturday he trusted to be on his way to Norway, there to arrange 'for the construction of the first line of railway in that country, forming a connecting link with the capital of the former kingdom; and as the best evidence of the ear nestness and honesty of the Norwegian people, he might mention that before they permitted them (the contrac tors) to move a step, the commissioners had deposited in the National Bank a quarter of a million sterling as an assurance that no risk would be run. By the next regatta dinner ho hoped to announce that a railroad was in rapid progress between Copenhagen and Chris tiana, as well as between the former capital and those parts on the Danish shores with which Lowestoft had re cently commenced a direct trade. If, by these means, there were brought into operation new facilities of inter communication between the nations; and that St. Pe tersburgh, for instance, was placed three days nearer London than at present, he hoped his good friends of the city of Norwich would take advantage of the cir cumstance, and by carrying to other countries the arts in which that city was still unrivalled, as she had ever been unsurpassed, wculd nobly emulate those foreigners to whom they themselves were originally so greatly in debted ; for he need hardly remind his hearers that it was to the emigration of the ingenious and industrious Flemings from their own country and their settlement in Norfolk, that Norwich owed its early pre-eminence, still sustained amidst all vicissitudes, in pursuits so long identified with her celebrity, and thus reciprocate the obligations their forefathers had incurred at the hands of the ingenious and accom plished strangers of the Low Countries. It was the duty of all, as it was evidently the instinct of the great majority, and the tendency of the age, to go forward; and he wits proud to think that those in that neighbourhood showed no disposition to stand still, much less to retrograde. It', some very few years ago, he had told them that, from the spot on which he stood, he could send a question to the port of Chester, and receive an answer within an hour cud a half, as was the case last week, they wreuld have thought it high time to send him to Thorpe Asy lum; but it, on Saturday next, he should sot out fo,r Nor way, and having consulted and arranged with the autho rities of that kingdom and of Sweden and Denmark, for bringing all three into closer proximity, and be able to communicate that ho ;had done so by the 17th, he thought ho would have supplied proof that what had been lately done in the way of economising time and dis tance was hardly more remarkable than what might be anticipated in the same direction. It is unncessary to add that the Hon. Gentleman's speech was received with all the enthusiasm to be ex pected from an assemblage of his personal friends. Most of them, in common with the great bulk of those arri ving in Lowestoft that day, had met rather to observe the prcgress of the works he had suggested so wisely, and was carrying out so triumphantly, than to criticise the strictly meanie entertainment to which they were os tensibly invited, though these were of a character suffi ciently gratifying to the amour propre of the proverbially daring and skilful mariners of this coast, whose manage ment of the " yaivis" constitutes an unique feature of sea craft. At night the front of the Royal Hotel was il luminated with great brilliancy, and fireworks were dis charged in a fashion highly creditable to the skill of the " bloater" community. The special train returned at eight o'clock yesterday morning, iu the pleasantest manner possible; and, in cluding a more than reasonable stay at Ely and Cam bridge respectively, aceomplished the entire distance in three hours and three-quarters—a c'alerity, as before stated, previously never attempted on this line, and the facile attainment of which is a fact of the highest im portance taken in connexion with the forthcoming deve lopment of the railway system in the north of Europe, as indicated by Mr. Peto. GRAND MARINE REGATTA AT LOWESTOFT. LOWESTOFT, TUESDAY NIGHT.---alais day the grand • annual marine regatta took place atL. awestotr, under the patronage of Sir Thomas Marion W! Json, Bart., S. M. • Peto, Esq., M.P. and a large body of members of the Eastern Yacht Club, and was most numerously and • fashionably attended. Amongst the company present were Lord Alfred Paget, S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Peto and family; Colonel and Miss H.a:rdy, Captain and . Mrs. Lethes and family, the Rev. Dr.. Bird and Mrs. Bird, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Clarke, J. Ouch in, Esq., J. Green, Eq., Mr. Vernon, the Misses Leighs, GaptainEllis, Cap tain Preston, Mr. Webber, J. R. Burl tt, Esq., J. Clay, Esq., W. As hcroft, Esq., &c. &c. From an early hour in the mornin .g trains continued to pour In visitors from London, N . orwich, and Yar mouth, until mid-day. Several ve steels in the har bour were gaily dressed in the colc isirs of all nations, and the pier and esplanade were crow •ded with elegantly dressed ladies and their families. A considerable num ber of persons took advantage of the steamers lying in the harbour, and accompanied the+ different matches round the course. The course for 3re chts, yawls, and beats, was from the moorings laid d , yivn abreast of the New South Pier Head, thence to the South buoy off Newcombe, thence through the Stamf Dv d Channel, round the light-ship under the shoal buoy, tit ence to tho start ing place, passing between the pier and the cutter an. ehored abreast. Twice round the co us se, passing all the buoys on the port. The distanck t sailed was about twenty miles. The first match of the day was si tiled by yawls, for a purse of 30 sovereigns. At half-past eleven the following vessels loft the starting vessel off the South Pier Head : u Victoria,V i ctoria , f e e e e t t , Y y a s r m r n o u u t h t Eclipse, 54 f eet , L owesto f t —Whit e .. G oy e eal rey ho un d, 4 4 f eet, L owesto f t— Whi te, bl ac k, an d y e llow. h Reindeer, T in n d e e s e e r v , e 6 s s a e l f s e e g t 0 , t Y a a f v m a y o u w t i — l t B o g l nee e i t e , e .g n ß r e d ldu r e a d na . dE ß dw o y h a i t l e R gnred. h Vic toria, however, slightly taking the l id; the - -Blued closely by the Quee n throughout, e uVg followin g order: Victoria, b s, whichtaut t : y vas ) f j i siOcnoSmiwnegr in onearlyntile fimaintainedrst round in Queen Victoria... Royal Victoria., •2 Reindeer._ ••• Greyhound Eclipse W . r . ts rendered Th e most interesting from the l u i n ti d es b o u f t t a he bo t %prit length ••• tyral favourites, there between them. On coming round the pi err on the first round nearly - b al anc e d i being c n the m a tch fir s q u a lities the Greyhound, having unshipped her gaff, gav e u p th e contest. The second round cause ti the gr ea t es t excite ment, and the vessels, after a very ! animated race, came in in the following order:— THURSDAY b. m. s. RoinEcer 3 30 23 Royal Victoria 3 37 30 Queen Victoria ... ... 3 37 50 A prize 9f Ten Sovereigns, fcr latteen buat,7, belonging to Norfolk and Suffolk ports. The following vessels, which appearc I to be excel lently assorted, started for this prize at lb. Sm. 20s. : Maria, 24 feet, Sir J. Preston, Bart.—White, wish red Cross. Widgeon, 16 feet, H. Green, Esq.—Blue and white. Kathleen, 19 feet, Lound, Esq.—Blue, white, and red. Zephyr, 19 feat, H. l)owson, E.q.—Blue and white. Osprey, 20 feet, E. Meatman, Esq.—Red. On starting, the Zephyr took the lead, but it was but of temporary durati:.,n, for the Maria soon dis tanced her, which place sho kept, and on the first round passed the buoy in gallant style, at least, half a-mile ahead of the Widgeon, that had now taken the second place, which was followed at a very respectful distance by the Kathleen and Zephyr, which positions were unchanged during the second round, the vessels coming in as follow : h. m. a. Maria ... ... 2 7 4 Zephyr 2 16 30 Widgeon ... ... 214 20 Kathleen ... 2 20 16 The Osprey gave up on the second round. On arriving off the pier head the winner was received with enthusiastic cheering. The great match of the day was for a purse of twenty sovereigns, to be sailed for by yachts not exceeding fifty tons. Three to start, or no race. Half a minute per ton allowed for difference of tonnage. The follow ing yachts were entered, and started at 1.30: Fanny, 20 tons, W. Clay, Esq.—Red. Waveney, 15 tons, R. N. Bacon, Esq.—Blue. Little Eastern, 10 tons, Captain Andrews—White. Iris, 10 tons, R. A. Reeve, Esq.—White with blue square. Pearl, 12 tons, Sir VT. B. Proctor, Bart —White with red cross. Red Rover, 14 tons, Thomas Palmer, Esq.—Red, white, and red. Kestrel, 10 tons, Charles Crawshay, Esq.—Red cross, white ground. Salute, 10 tons, T. Cardinal, Esq.—Nag's head. The Tantivy was entered for this race, but did not ap pear at the starting buoys. The yachts had a gay ap pearance on taking their places, and on the signal gun being fired the Pearl was the first to get underweigh, followed by the Red Rover, and at some distance from them by the rest. The Waveney, being unable to weather the pier, nearly got across the moorings, lost considerable time before she could join in the contest. The yachts came in in the first round as follows: h. m. s. ... 3 36 0 ... 3 45 25 ... 3 51 4 3 54 25 4 5 45 4 11 7 4 19 35 Pearl . Kestrel . Red Rorer . Iris ... Salute Waveney ... Fanny ... ... ... The second round was as follows: — Pearl ... ... .. ... 5 23 34 Kestrel ... ... ... ... 5 28 0 Red Rover ... ... ... ••• 0 0 0 A match took place between the following ships' boats for prizes; the successful boats being— _ Fruiterer ... 1 Sidney Packet 2 John and Sarah ... ..• ... 3 These prizes were well contested, and afforded great amusement. _ . _ The match for a purse of fifty sovereigns for yachts not exceeding 50 tons, half-a-minute time, did not fill. There were also rowing matches for 6-oared beach gigs, and a match for sailing punts for a prize of 101. The vessels in the harbour and the pier wore enlivened during the day by several bands, who performed some very choice music at intervals. The sports were brought to a close soon after six o'clock fn the evening; and if numbers of persons col lected to witness them, and hearty cheering that greeted the several winners can be taken as a criterion, the amusements gave general satisfaction, and the caterers for the " creature comforts" in Lowestoft must have reaped an abundant harvest. The Regatta dinner took place in the evening at the Royal Hotel, on the Esplanade, at which about 150 gen tlemen sat down. The chair was taken by S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., supported by Lord A. Paget, Sir Edward Lake, Captain Gooch, D. Waddington, Esq., chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and the members of the Eastern Yacht Club. Several excellent speeches were made, and the evening passed off with satisfaction at the present success and future prospects of the harbour of Lowestoft. In the evening the front of the Royal Hotel was bril liantly illuminated with appropriate and complimentary devices, and at night the inhabitants and numerous visitors were gratified by a splendid display of fireworks from the Esplanade, with which the amusements of the most successful regatta ever witnessed at this place was brought to a close. It was computed that not less than 20,000 persons were among the visitors from Norwich and Yarmouth alone, to convey whom, every possible vehicle was brought into requisition, in addition to the frequent trains on the railway, varying from 36 to 40 carriages each. EVENING, SPORTING NOTES. No. XCVI. THE PROBABLE FIELDS AND WINNERS OF TO-MORROW'S RACES AT GOODWOOD. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUE. Sin,—The performances commenced yesterday with a couple of walks over; then came the great s t a k e o f t h e day, the Goodwood Stakes, for which thirteen nags put in an appearance, including all the favourit es , w i t h the solitary exception of Cariboo, who was scratched on Tuesday evening at five o'clock. This scratching o f Mr. Greville's elicited some angry comments from a good many persons, who were by the proceedin g put most uncomfortably in the hole. Though not approving the scratching of favourites at the last moment, it is my opinion that the owner in this instance adopted the wiser course in withdrawing him from the Stakes I contest and sending him for the Cup instead; which, by the bye, will be won by him or Nancy for a certainty, with Mentes and Landgrave third and fourth. Bat, to return to the Goodwood Stakes, from which I am sadly digressing, directly the thirteen competitors were well on their legs, Hurry-Scurry, after having previously bolted and pitched her jockey off, sprang to the front and made the running to the turn round the clump; here Duc-an-Durras and Narcissus took the lead, which they kept, however, only for an instant, both taking the turn into the Queen's Plate Course, instead of pursuing the G. S. C.; the consequence was that they were immediately out of the race ; both were going well at the time and looking very much like winners. Immediately after this, to their backers' nerves—exqui site blunder, Windischgratz took up the running, and, with The Grand Duke immediately in his rear, carried it on to half-way up the hill; here Pitsford came with a rush and dispossessed Windy of his lead; it was only a temporary advantage, however, Windy going round the tura first, with Becton and " the crack" still at his heels. Two distances from home Becton obtained the lead, which he maintained to near the stand; here, however, the race to all intents and purposes was over, Backbiter, having gradually crept up in the straight run in, suc cessively passed Windy, The Grand Duke, Strong bow, and Bacton, and won very cleverly by a length, Nat holding the old horse well together. The Grand Duke beat Stroiagbow for second place by a length; the latter started to take care of his juvenile stable-companion—Harpsichord, did not come until the last moment, or he might have repeated Windy's Liverpool Cup and Goodwood Stakes' dose of last year. Bacton was a fair fourth, and Windischgrata filth; the rest nowhere! The two great guns of a week or two ago—Presto and Harpsichord, could not live the pace. Time, exactly the same as last year, 4 min 51 secs. The aristocratic division " throw in" for a good stake; the book-makers, except in two or three lucky instances, are losers on the race, notwithstanding the number of horses that have been backed for it since the weights appeared. To-morrow's " bill of fare" for a last day's is an uncommonly good one, sporting, as it does, no less than eight events. The Nassau Stakes, one mile, will, in all probability, be contested by Aphrodite, Bst 131 b; BareelonaOst 71b ; and Anspach, Bst 71b; or the Squaw, Bst 71b. With a start, I have no hesitation in placing APHRODITE first, Anspach second, and Barcelona third. The Richmond Stakes, one mile and three quarters, is a very open affair ; the antago nists, I fancy, will be Runnymede, Bst 41b; Iris, Bst 51b; and Hesse Romberg, Bst 41b. Inn ought to win this stake. The field for the Chesterfield Cup will, probably, be composed of Turnus, Strongbow or Loadstone, Offi cious, Dulcet, Champion, Eva, Humphrey, Nautch Girl, Croupier, and Faux-pas. Four or five others may be sent in addition to the above; their names, however, I cannot give. As I observed before, in Note No. 89, STRONGROW or OFFICIOUS is the animal my prophetic lorgnette points at as the winner. The field for the Nursery will be composed of Grey Tommy, Cytherea filly, Constantine or Jullien, Ham bletonian, Frantic, colt by Touchstone, Iresine, Sir Charles Napier, Benita, The Sphynx, M. Houdin, Senorita, Lady Blanche, and Maria or Plumstead. Not placing much faith in the cracks, I shall look among the light weights for a winner, and I think it very pos sible I may find the name of note in SENORITA, or ono of the Goodwood fillies—MAßlA or PLueIsTEAD. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. July 31, 1351. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES. TUESDAY NICEIT.—The party at Goodwood House, which we had not time to give in our last, includes the following titled and distinguished personages:—Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, tho Duko and Duchess of Bedford, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Besborough, Earl and Countess of Strath more, Earl of Zetland, Earl Jersey, Earl of Glargow, Earl of Airlie, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Enfield, Lord Maidatone, Lord Burleigh, Lord Clifden, Lord George Manners, Lord Dunkellin, Lord Canterbury, Lord H. G. Lennox, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord Alex. Lennox, Baron Brunnow, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Capt. Rous, Hon. Fras. Villiers, Mr. and Lady Sophia de Vceux, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Payne, Mr. P. Williams, Capt. Pettat, Mr. Gerard Sturt, Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley, Mr. Lawley, &c. The Earl of March's party at Molecomb consists of Miss A. Greville, Colonel Cox, Colonel Newton, and Mr. Milne. There were also on the course the Marquis of Water. ford, Marquis of Drogheda, Baron Maltzhan, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord Stanhope, Lord E. Russell, Earlof Euston, Lord Exmouth, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord de Lisle, Lord Macdonald, Sir G. H. Boswell, Sir W. Codrington, Sir G. Armitage, Sir C. Rusbout, Sir Hugh Campbell, Hon. Major Need ham, Col. Wyndham, Hon. Major Pitt, Major Pearson, Count Batthyany, Capt. Somerset, Capt. Carlton, Mr. Shelley, Mr. Gratwicke, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Bastard, Mr. )Myrick, Mr. Delme Radcliffe, Mr. Standish, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Gregory, Mr. S. Stanley, Mr. Archdall, &c. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Sweepstakes of 300 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. Craven Course. Lord Enfield's Anspach (Flatman) walked over. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for colts, Bst 71b each; the winner of the Derby to carry 101 b, of the 2,000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gratwicke, or Drawing room Stakes, 51b extra. Craven Course. Lord Enfield's Hernandez, Bst 121 b The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c.; the second to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes; the winner to pay 15 sovs. to the Judge. (116 Subs., 75 of whom pay 5 sovs. ft). Two miles and a half. Colonel Anson's Backbiter, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (Flatman) 1 Mr. S. Herbert's Grand Duke, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Wells) 2 Lord Clifden's Strongbow, 7st 131 b (includ. 51b ex.) 3 Mr. Barnett's Bacton, 4 yrs, sst 131 b (Kendall) 4 The following alto starred, but were not placed: — Mr. J. Arnold's Pitsford, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (A. Day) 0 Mr. Carew's Windischgratz, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Bashain) 0 Ld. Waterford's Duc-an-Durras, 7st 51b (c. ist 71b) 0 Colonel Anson's Champion, 5 yrs, 6st 101b(Charlton) 0 Mr. Burgess's Narcissus, 4 yrs, 6st llb (Ellett) 0 Mr. Rayner's Presto, 3 yrs, sst 31b (carrried sst 51b) 0 Duke of Richmond's Hurry-Scurrry ' sst (Garvey) 0 Lord Clifden'a H ar p s i c h or d, 3 yrs, 4st 71b (Toovey) 0 Lord Glasgow's c, by Don John, 3 yrs (W. Carroll) 0 Betting-5 to 2 ugst Grand Duke, 6to 1 agst Due au-Duress, 8 to 1 each agst Pit s f or d an d B ac kbi ter , 10 to 1 agat Narcissus, 12 to 1 ags t Wi n di sc h gratz, 12 t o 1 agst Miss Whip filly, 12 to 1 agst Presto, and 20 to 1 each agst Becton and Harpsichord. In proceeding to the post Hurry-Scurry bolted, and threw the lad, without injuring him. At starting, Hurry-Scurry took the lead, closely fol lowed by indischgratz, Duc-an-Durras, Narcissus,and several of the light weights, Pitsford, Champion, and Backbiter, bringing up the rear. They ran in this order until near the turn round the clump, when Duc-an- Durras and Narcissus went in advance, the latter un luckily taking the turn into the Queen's Plate course, inetead of continuing in the proper one; the Irish horse followed her, and thus both were put hors de combat . Windischgratz now took up the running, attended by Hurry-Scurry, Bacton, and Grand Duke, Pitsford and Backbiter, still lying in the rear; the race proceeded thus till half-way up the hill, when Pitsford went up, caught Windischgratz near the top, and headed him round the turn, but a few strides further gave way, the front rank being left in possession of Bacton, Grand Duke, and Windischgratz, Bacton lead ing. On this lot Backbiter waited to the distance, vi here he closed, ran with them until within sixty or seventy yards of home, and won very cleverly by a length. Strongbow, who laid off until near the stand, obtaining the third place, finishing a length from Grand Duke. Bacton was fourth, and Windischgratz fifth. Run in 4 min. 54 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added; three yrs old, 6st 71b; four, 81t 31b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, lst 21b. The winner to be sold for 300 sow., if de manded, &c., and allowance if to be sold for lees; winners extra. Craven Stakes course. Mr. T. Stevens's Britannia, sst 71b (1501.) (Kendall) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful, 7st 121 b (1500 (Flatman) 2 Mr. J. Scott's Tordesillas, 7st 101 b (1501.) (Charlton) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Cheerful, asd 6to 4 agst Britannia. Wen cleverly by a length; two lengths between second and third. Run in 2 min. 18 sec. The Drawing-room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. The winner of the Derby or Oaks to carry 81b, the second for either 41b extra. Once round. (17 Subs. to the Stakes, and 16 to the bonus.) Mr. E. E. Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard, Bst 71b 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Hesse Homburg, Bst 21b (Flatmae) 2 Lord Exeter's Midas, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 Lord Exeter's Phlegethon, Bst 71b (Marlow) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Hesse Homburg, and 4to 1 each agst Phlegethon and Sir Rowland Trenchard. Midas took a clear lead at starting, and with Phlegcthon in his wake cut out the work to the half-mile post. Hesse Homburg here went in front, and west on with a strong lead, and half way up the distance appeared to be win ning in a canter, but Sir Rowland Trenchard coming with a tremendous rush opposite the stand, headed her, and after a slashing race won by half a length. The race was not timed. This race was followed by a tremendous thunder storm, the atmosphere being so thick that the country a quarter of a mile from the stand was completely shut out trona view; the weather had previously been very fine. This change, as unbolted for as it was unwelcome, in duced the stewards to issue an order that the jockeys were net to mount until the storm abated. The Stewards' Cup of 300 sovs. value, added to a Han dicap of 5 soars. eaah. T.Y.C. Lord Clifden's Loadstone, 6 yrs, 7at 51b (G. E. Sharp) 1 Duke of Bedford's Newport, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Mann) 2 Lord Waterford's Lord George, 6 yrs, 7st 411(Walker) 3 The following also started, but were act placed:— Mr. H. Robinson's Sir Charles, Bst 91b ...( W. Day) 0 Mr.Whieldon's Woodlark, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (W. `freer)) 0 Lord IL Lennox's Mokanna, 4 yrs, 7st 12lb (Ealing) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: We aro pleased to hear that Commodore Lord John Hay, superintendent of the dockyard at Devonport, is again convalescent, but we understand, in deferunce to the wishes of his medical attendant, the Gallant Com modore will absent himself on leave for a short time. The members of the Plymouth Royal Naval Club dine together at Elliott's Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 6th of August, the anniversary of the naval engagement off the Dogger Bank. Lieutenant Dorville, late first lieutenant of the Gram pus, has been, appointed to the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. Dr. Geor:ge Rae (1850) has been appointed surgeon, and Johr, M'Swiney:(lB47) has been appointed assistant surgeo,n of the Calypso, 18, at Chatham. Dr. Rae served during the operations in China; was senior as si•stant-surgeon of the Canopus, 84 guns, in the experi mental squadron; and afterwards was promoted from the Wellesley, flag-ship in the West Indies. Dr. Rae is made honourable mention of by Dr. Wilson, hospitals in China, for his services in the hospita l-shi p Minden, during the extreme prevalence of sick ness in that ship in 1848. inspector of Eagle, 50, was taken out of No. 5 dock at Devonport on Monday ; and the Styx, steam-ship Commander W. K. Hall, will be taken in to clean her copper th is da y . Trafalgar, 124, Captain Greville, we ighed anchor at Spithead yesterday at 11.30 A.M., and made a ll sail to royals, with a light northerly breeze. A t noon she set her studding sails, and was soon afterw ards outside the Nab light-vessel. She takes several offic ers, seamen, marines, and marine artillery to fit up s hips in the Me diterranean. Oberon, iron steam-packet, got up steam , and left at the same time as the Trafalgar. The Obero n is in charge of Lieut. Norman, and is manned by a p art y from the Trafalgar, DOCKYARD.—John Wallis, shipwright, who has been ill for some time, with no prospect of returning to his duty, has been discharged from DeVOIVOrt dockyard, their Lordships having granted him a gratuity of four months' wages. PLYMOUTH, JULY 30.—Her Majesty's steam-ship - Magicienne,' in charge of Mr. Biddlecombe, which left Portsmouth on Monday morning at 3 A N., notwith standing a strong head wind, made 11 knots an hou r under steam, and arrived here at 8 P.M. the same day. Thu brig Express, 6, Comm an d e r Fend, was warped to her moorings on Saturday a n d was towed yesterday by the Kite from Hamosze into the Sound. The boy which is to accompany her to B er muda is also in the Sound. The steam-vessel Styx was warped yesterday from her moorings to this jetty. To-morrow she will be exa mined and have her copper repaired, and on the sth proximo she is to be ready for sea. The contract ship William Hyde, Captain Apple whaite, with Burrs Barra copper ore from Port Ade laide, ore and flax from Auckland, and spars from New Zealand for the dockyard, arrived last evening. She loft Auckland on the 9th of April, touched at Pernambuco on the 15th, and sailed therefrom on the 17th of June. Passengers:—The Hon. Miss Clinton, niece to the Duke of Newcastle ; Mrs. Pitt, widow of General Pitt, late Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces at New Zealand, three Misses Pitt, and five children; Captain Pitt and lady, 80th Regiment; Lieu tenant Page and lady, 58th Regiment; Miss Morton; Dr. Campbell, one of the Emigration Commissioners surgeons; Mrs. Applewhaite and child, and five servants. Off the Western Islands spoke the ship London, 84 days from Valparaiso, for Liverpool; and the H amburgh barque Johannesse, 45 days from Bahire, for Cowes. Emigrants are much required a t Ne w Zealand, where farm labonrers are getting 201. to 251. per annum besides rations. Trade brisk at Pernambuco, only one or two cases of fever had occurred. In harbour no men-of-war but many merchant vessels—the British chiefly from Liverpbol. WooLivicn, JULY 30.—Mr. John Lee, second-class clerk at Woolwich Dockyard, is promoted to be first class clerk, vice Peter Morgan, appointed store-receiver. The Polyphemus, 5, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 200- horse power, having undergone a thorough repair at Deptford Dockyard, was towed down the river to-day to Woolwich, to be made ready for commission, and is expected to be employed on the Mediterranean station. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The performances of the rustic corps de ballet, under the superintendence of Mr. Flexmoro, have proved a source of so much pleasure and attraction, that the management have effected a re-engagement with that talented and popular artist. The effect of the May pole dance is singularly pretty, and the running in sacks, wheelbarrow races, jingling, &C., excite peals of laughter. The manner in which the f ete is altogether got up, reflects high credit on the ta ste of Mr. Flex more, who must have gone to no inconsiderable ex pense for the dresses and garlands, which have a fresh and brilliant appearance, without the slighest tawdri ness. We have never seen an entertainment of the kind produce so striking and pleasing an effect es was the case on the sunny afternoon of Tuesday last. These sports of " Merrie England" will be repeated in the gardens to-day, at halt-past four o'clock. STOPPAGE OF BLACKFRIARS - BRIDGE.--From the Ist of August the thoroughfare for carriages will be stopped. Foot passengers will, however, be permitted to pass over as usual. The committee have been reluctantly obliged to adopt this step, the cont i nua l sinkin g of the defective pier giving rise to serious appehensions for the safety of the public. On the exclusion of carriages from the bridge the superlncumbent weight will be taken off the crown of the arch, and the necessary steps adopted for the safety of the structure. JULY 31, 1851. Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 7st 91b (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Mare's Preslaw, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Nash) 0 Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror (Flatinan) 0 Mr. Wiley's Eliza Middleton, 7st 41b ...(T. Osborne) 0 Mr. Formby's Teeswater, (car. 7st Glb)(R.Sherwood) 0 Mr. Wilkins's Lady Speedy, 7st 115 (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Hughes's Cornelius, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. St. George's Fernande, 4 yrs, 7st (l3asham) Mr. H. Hill's Vivandiere, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Cowley) 0 Mr. J. Scott's Tordesillas, Est 101 b (E. Harrison) 0 Colonel Anson's Diligence, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Carew's Prestige, 3 yrs, 6st 715 ...(T. 6herwood) 0 Mr. Blyth's Hippogriff, 3 yrs, 6st 7lb (J. Arnold) 0 Duke of Richmond's Antigone, 6st 71b ...(Bramble) 0 Lord Strathmore's ILcurable, 3 yrs, Est 415 (Wells) 0 Lord Clifton's Sagacity, aged, 6st 31b (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Greg , ory's fby Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, 6st (Trovey) 0 Duke of Richmond's Plumstee.d, 4st 131 b ...(Garvey) 0 Betting -3 to 1 agst Loadstele, 7to 1 agst Plum stead, 8 to 1 agst Ploughboy, 10 to 1 agst William the Conqueror, 12 to 1 each agst Preslaw, Eliza Middleton, Diligence, and Sagacity, but only the three favourites backed. To give a detailed 'account of this race is out of our power; all that we could make out was, that Plough boy and Preslaw laid in front to the distance, and that a most severe race fro m t h at point to the finish, between Loadstone and Newport, ended in favour of the former by a head, Newport beating Lord George by a couple of lengths. Run in 1 min. 15 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, f or three years old, Sat; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 300 sous., if demanded, &c. Half a mile. Lord Exeter's Turtle, 3 yrs (Norman) 1 Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 5 yrs (Fi atinan) Betting-2 to lon Ploughboy. Won in a canter. Run in 1 min. 15 sec. Handicap Plate of 50/. Half a mile. Mr. Blyth's Julia, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Brakham's No Chance, 3 yrs, ist 3lb (H.Goater) 2 Mr. Formby's Teeswater, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (R.Sherwood) 3 Mr. Wilkins's Lady Speedy, 4 yrs, Sst lib (W. Sharp) 0 Mr. St. George's Fernande, 4 yrs, Sat ...... (Basham) 0 Duke of Richmond's Antigone, 3yrs, 7st7lb(Flatman) 0 Captain Crofton's Carbuncle, 5 yrs, 7st 61b...(iliqtt) 0 Lord Strathmore's Incurable, 3 yrs, ist 4lb (Crouch) 0 Mr. R. E. Cooper's The Bishop, 2yrs, 7at 31b(llarlock) 0 Mr. Greville's Constance, 3 yrs, 7st (Harding) 0 Lord Clifden's Coticula, 3 yrs, 7st (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Winch's The Brahmin, 2 yrs, 6st (Wells) 0 Sir J. Hawley's bc by Old England, sstlolb(Kendall) 0 Mr. Carew's Hampton, 2 yrs, ist 71b (T. Sherwood) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Coticula, 4to 1 agst Julia, sto 1 each agst Constance, No Chance, and Antigone, and 6 to 1 agst Teeswater. Won by a length, the same between second and third. Run in 50 see. The Cowdroy Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 40 added; for two years old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 91b; four, 9st 71b; five and upwards, 9st 121 b; mares allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Gratwicke's Maria, 2 yrs . (Garvey) 1 'lr. Gulliver's Lady Blanche, 2 yrs (lliett) 2 Mr. Carew's Prestige, 3 yrs .. (A. Day) 3 Sir J. Hawley's cby Old England, out of Sci en c e , 2 yrs 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Prestige, and 2to I each agat Lady Blanche and Maria. Won easy. CU BETTING. 2to 1 agst Cariboo I sto 1 agst Clincher (t) 3to 1 agst Nancy (taken) 10 to 1 agst Montes (taken) The attendance this afternoon was moderate, and the weather, after t'laree o'clock, wretched; destroying the interest of several of the races, and causing such a rush for shelter to 'the piazza of the Stand, and into the weigh ing room, as 'to render it difficult to get through business of any kind. The "retreat" from the course, at the conclusion. of the racing, was most disastrous. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. ,From the Votes and Proceedings qf the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 30. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 9 (Commissioners may accept, for the purpose of an Endowment and a Repair Fund, lands, &c., and money) : Amendment proposed, in page 5, line 19, to leave out from the word " the" to the word " said" in line 24 : Que,tion put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—A YES, 49. Adderley, C. E. Dunne, Colonel O'Brien, Sir Lucius Armstrong, Sir A. Estcourt, J. B. Ogle, S. C. Armstrong, R. B. Evans, J. Rich, Henry Berkeley, H. F. Ferguson, Sir R. Russell, Lord John Blandford, Marquis Fitzr.y, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Bouverie, E. P. Forester, G. C. Spooner, Richard Boyle, Colonel Freshlield, J. W. Thompson, Colonel Bramston, T. W. Frewen, C. H. Thornely, T. Brotherton, J. Gladstone, W. E. Watkins, Colonel Carew, W. 11. P. Goulburn, Henry Westhead, J. B. Chatterton, C olonel Eatchell, John Wilson, Matthew Child, smith Hawes, Benj. Wood, Sir Charles Christy, Samuel Henley, J. W. Wood, Sir W. P. Conolly, Thomas Jones, Captain Conolly, Thomas Labouchere, Henry TELLERS. Cowper, W. N. Mullings, J. R. Hill, Lord M. Dodd, George Naas, Lord Craig, Sir W. G. Duncan, George Norreys, Sir D. MINORITY—NOES, 19. Barrow, W. IL Hall, Sir B. Scobell, Captain Booth, Sir It. a. Llardcastle, J. A. Torment, R. J. Buller, Sir J. r. Heald, James Williams, John Buxton, Sir E. Hindley, C. Duckworth, Sir J. Kershaw, James TELLER 9. Goold, Wyndham Pcchell, Sir G. Drummond, Henry Grenfell, C. Pascoe Romilly, Colonel Headlam, T. E. Grenfell, Charles W. Salwey, Colonel Clause (That upon the next avoidance of any benefice, which has no church or chapel belonging to it, and which has a population of forty persons, or upwards of forty persons, and which has not been united to any other benefice or bene fices by order of her Majesty in Council, the said benefice shall remain and continue void anti' a church or chapel is built wherein divine service shall be performed; and the fees and emoluments arising from the said benefice shall from time to time, whilst it is void, be paid over to the archbishop or bishop of the diocese, who, together with the archdeacon of the archdeaconry, and patron or patrons of the said benefice, shall act as trustees for the receipt of the said tees and emoluments, which shall be appropriated by the said trustees for the purpose of building or assisting to build a church or chapel for the said benefice ; and as soon as such church or chapel has been consecrated or licensed for divine worship by the archbishop or bishop of the diocese, then it shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a spiritual person to the said benefice, who shall enjoy all the rights, fees, and emoluments, and perform all the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be under the same ecclesiastical con trol and authority as any other incumbent in the same dio cese : provided always, that it the said archbishop or bishop shall license any room in the said parish for divine service, then it shall be lawful for the patron or patrons to present a spiritual person to the said benefice, who shall perform all the duties appertaining thereto, and who shall be under the same ecclesiastical control and authority as any other in cumbent) :—Motion made, and Question put, " That the Clause be read a second time." The Committee divided : Bass, M. T. MAJORITY-AYES, 40. Dunne, Colonel Pechell, Sir G. Blandford, Marquis Edwards, .11. Booth, Sir R. G: Evans, John Salwey, Colonel Sanders, George Bramston, T. W. Gould, Wyndham Scobell, Captain Brocklehurst, John Hall, Sir B. Tennent, It. J. Burrell, Sir C. Hallewell, E. G. Tollemache, F. J. Buxton, Sir E. N. Hamilton, G. A. Wakley, T. Carter, J. B. Ilardcastle, J. A. Walmsley, Sir J. Chatterton, Colonel Hayes, Sir E. Westhead ,J. P. Child, Smith Heald, James Williams, John Christy, S. Lacy, Henry C. Conolly, Thomas Matheson, Colonel TELLERS. Dawes, 'Edward Mußings, J. It. Frewen, C. Dodd, George Naas, Lord Spooner, E. Duncan, George• O'Brien, Sir Lucius MINORITY-NOES, 37. Adderley, C. B. Collins, T. Rich, Henry Armstrong, Sir A. Cowper, W. F. Russell, Lord J. Armstrong, It. 13. Drummond, Henry Seymour, H. D. Bagshaw, John Duckworth, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W. Baines, M. T. Estcourt, J. B. B. Thompson, Colonel Barrow, W. H. Ferguson, Sir 11. Watkins," Colonel Bellew, B. At. Forster, Matthew Wood, Sir C. Berkeley, 11. F. Gladstone, W. H. Wood, Sir W. P. Bouverie, E. P. Goulburn, Henry Wrightson, W. B. Boyle, Colonel Hatchell, John Buller, Sir J. T. Henley, J. W. TELLERS. Carew, W. P. Jones, Captain Hayter, IV. G. Clements, Charles Norreys, Sir D. Bill, Lord M. Cockburn, Sir A. Pusey, I'. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS..--Last night this distinguished body held a conversazione at their rooms in Pall-mall, which was attended by a large number of eminent persons, native and foreign. Such meetings are very un usual with them, but they have yielded with appropriate grace to the spirit of social intercourse which is prevalent in this remarkable year, and the apartments of the college were yesterday evening decorated with as near an approach to festive and convivial effects as is reconcilable with the profession of physic. The attractions of the occasion were evenly divided between flowers and fossils, between refresh ments and the study of microscopic phenomena. A Persian, airayed in magnificent eastern attire, helped by his presence to break down the monotony of our English full• dress cos tume, which, especially when the wearers of it are chiefly medical men, produces by no means an agreeable or re assuring impression. For the rest the occasion appeared to pass off very pleasantly, the variety of curious and scientific objects arranged on the tables supplying ready sources of conversation. Among those present we observed 1 the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Colborne, Lieutenant-Colonel North, Captain Sibthorpe, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, Archdeacons Hale and Burney ; Sirs Henry Ellis, Richard Westmacott, William Newton, Benjamin Brodie, Charles Fellow, James South, John Herschel', and Charles Young; Rev. Doctors Russell, Croker, and Plumptre ; Revs. Richard Foyle, Russell, Williams, Edwin Foyle, Babington, end Row lett ; Judge Patteson, Sir F. Thesiger, Sergeant Stokes; Sheriffs Carden and Hodgkinson ; Drs. Paris (President), Monro, Thomson, Alison, Dunlop, Cohen, Goodfellow, Potter, Manson, Humby, Scholefield, Roberts, Toogood, Griffith, Moore, Beattie, Scott, Come, Lee, Diraf, Bondi, Silvester, J. Ogle, Burslem, Henley, Reid, Meryon , and Fincham ; Seyd Abdoollah, Baron Holmfeldt, Don Josh de Odriozola, Don Miguel de Odriozola, Don Cubi y Solis, Father Gavazai, Pro fessor Pattison, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Mr. Hastie, M P., Mr. Goulburn, M.P., Mr. Pickersgili, Mr' Copley Fielding, Mr. David Roberts. DEMOCRATIC LOGIC AND ELEGANCE OF DICTIO N. --At the meeting last night of the democrats, in the •L 7 tional Hall, Holborn, held for the purpose of instructing t he ar. Legislature in its duties, one of the orators emphaitsicsalelit in pied, that " if a Jew was not entitled to take his And Parliament, he ought to be illegible to be another Demosthenes, rejoicing in a huge caonrdauroy jacket as of burning in a substitute for the tog:, exclaimed in tonesand destine. dignation, violently turning his wholehheosdpy, oke—" Are the the unoffending air with his hands, as great voice of the people to be drownded by the decision of Parliament ?"—Advertiscr. FROM THE FRENCH PRESENT TO THE ADMIRA LTY o Iarts and books which have ofca 1 Admiralty b: ii. ' ,ththbeeevla'erke necessaryna g c French GOVERNMENT.—The box been presented y steamer from Boulogne, ad - to the po d ar b d Government has arrive h 'd ra h free delivery dressed t® Sir F. Beaufort,fo orders hare been given _ _ rthe ) A T A CRICK-ET MATCH.--At the conclu sionA JUDGE Winchester, Mr. Justice of the trials at . Coleridge, having of all the cases of the assizes, afterward disposed between the Bar of the s presided at a cricket match Western Circuit and Club; and his Ithe North Hants learned gentlemen were as eminent in the field as in the cour t, for they beat their adversaries by eighteen runs, the num ber being—For ..., w e stern Luminary. the Bar, 14;.i i for the North Rants, 127. HEALTH OFLONDON DURING THE WEEK 1 (From the Report of th e R eg i s t rar -G enera l . ) The officia report sags:—Th e d ea th s i n th e metro politan,ardly exceeded 870, a ga i n s h ow an i ncrease ; eistricte, which in e i t h er o f t h e two prev i ous weeks n eeke c u f d i l t B g 49 l a c s ii t oi S er a a tu vi rd a a s y ra tl p ie id y ly ro s s p e r t e o ad 9 i s n 6 g . I f o n r in the the sa weak week and swelled the amount to 1,931; but setting aside that year, and taking tee corresponding weeks of other years in the series 18 4 1 -50 , it appears that the lowest number was 749 in 1843, and the highest 1,201 in 1848, and within the weeks subject to comparison the amount did not in general exceed 900. Of the 956 deaths of last week, 2 82 aro attrib u t e d to diseases of the zymotic or epidemic order, showing a sudden and remarkable increase se. the 224 and 209 cases of the same description registered respectively in the two previous weeks. On the other band, p ersons who died from diseases of the respiratory organs ( e „,, clueive of hooping-cough and consumption), in the pre vious week were 112, in the last week only 85; but within the same period phthisis has risen from 110 to 141. Among epidemics which have become more fatal may be mentioned scarlatina, which numbered 6 in the . pre• ceding return, and 18 in the present; typhus, which has risen from 32 to 59, and diarrhoea, almost exclusively confined to children not older than one year, whose pro gress is marked by the numbers of four successive weeks; viz., 23, 53, e 4, and in last week 83. In snb-district of Sydenham, in Jew's-walk, a gentle man died after suffering 24 hours from diarrhoea. The medical attendant states that "within one hundred yards of the residence of deceased, and on his own property, there is, and has been for a considerable period, upwards of 20 square yards of surface overflowed with sewage, emptying itself into a ditch of about 30 yards long, which has no outlet, and is constantly stirred up with rains and exposed to the rays of the sun, em itti ng at all times the most pestilential effluvia. The immediate neighbourhood is thickly populated, and the health of the inhabitants much endangered. Cholerotic and Fastro-typhoid cases are constantly occurring. The evilis referribl© to th e adjacent property; it does not come under local jurisdiction, and the deceased had no redress." Two cases of di arr h oea , one of which has been fatal, are reported, in the drainag e i s bad, a circumstance to which the medical manattributes thPeaorie-gisntine of t t , h l e sl d in ia g e t a o s n e. ; and here also yn The following are the particulars of twelve cases of cholera registered du r i ng t h e week:—ln K ens ington, at 5, Queen's-road, on 15th July, the son of a cab proprie tor, aged 3 months , . died o f " cholera i n f ant= (3 days). In Fulham &strict, at Parsons-green, on 25th July, the son of a gardener, aged 5 weeks, died of "English cho lera." The cottage (says Mr. K n i g h t, the reg i strar ) i s small and badly ventilated. Iu P arsons-green-lane t h e daughter of an Irish labourer,, aged 9 mout h s, died of " English cholera ( 4 days). " The cottages are small and over-crowded. The medical attendant mentions that English cholera is very prevalent in Parsons-green lane, and likely to prove fatal in several cases ; he attri butes it to over-crowding of the houses, and the dirty habits of the cottagers." In Gray's Inn-lane sub district, at 8, North-place, on 21st July, the daughter of an artificial flower maker, aged 15 months, " diarrbeea (2 months), English cholera (3 days)." Mr. Worrell describes the dwelling as " confined and unwholesome," In St. Clement Danes, at 10, Craven -buildings, on 17th July, a waiter, aged 62 years, " cholera ( 4 days).", At 88, Holborn, on 19th July, the daughter of a confec tioner, aged 11 months, "diarrhoea (21 days), cholera infantum (48 hours)." At Saffron-hill, 16, Charles street, on July 19, the son of an optician, 16 months, "diarrheas (3 days), English cholera." In Clerkenwell, at 11, Lamb.court, on July 15, the daughter of a labourer, aged 1 year, " cholera (40 hours)." In Hex ton New Town, at 7, Craven-street, on July 20, the daughter of a gasfitter. aged 9 months, " cholera ( 3 days)." In the sub-district of Hackney-road, at 8, Vincent-street, on July 17, the son of a labourer, aged 10 weeks, "English cholera (1 week)." Mr. Murray states that" the street is close, crowded, and undraincd." He adds, that "up to Saturday, the 2 6 th, the child had not been buried, and lay during the hot weather in at close room, containing six persons who had only a single apartment for all the purposes of life. The decomposi tion of the body rendered the place very offensive, and cannot be otherwise than injurious to health. Old Nichol-street, where a child died of diarrhea, and Mead street, a continuation of Vincent-street, where another died of scarlatina maligna, are also described as close and undreined streets. In St. George-in-the-East, at 24, James-street, on 22 d July, the son of a cabinet maker, aged S menthe, "English cholera (3 days)." In Kenningtoe, at 3a, Henry. street, Vassal-road, on 21st July, the daughter of a commercial traveller, aged 4 months, " diarrhoea ; cholera infantum (6 days)." i " This its a new house; there s no drainage, and the water, which stagnates in the garden, is at times very offensive." In the above list the disorder is designated in nearly all the cases " English cholera," or " cholera infantum," and, with one exception, the patients were still at that early ago in which so many at this time of the year fall under " diarrhces," a shorter term, and applied to a milder form of the same complaint. The duration of the disease, as stated in most of the 12 cases, is also characteristic of the ordinary form of cholera, for dur ing the severe visitations of the epidemic ono half of the cases terminate in less than 24 hours. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK' SUNDAT.—The sky was covered with cloud throughout the day ; cirrostratus and scud ; rain fell generally. Electricity —Nothing was shown at any examination. MONDAY.— he sky was free from cloud till noon, one-half covered till th. P.M., and clear during the remainder of the day ; cirrostratus and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension strong during the evening. TUESDAY.— The sky was clear during the morning, during the afternoon one-half was covered, and overcast at night ; cumuli, cirrostrati, and fleecy.clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak at noon. ITEnNEsnay.—The sky was covered with cirrostratus and scud throughout the day; rain fell heavily till Oh. 30m. p.m., and again from 4h. 30m. r.m. till midnight ; distant thunder was heard during the afternoon. Electricity— Nothing was shown throughout the day. THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus and scud. Rain was falling throughout the day. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. FRIDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was covered with cloud throughout the day; cumulostratus, cirrostratus, and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension strong during the afternoon. SATURDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud till near 10h. r.se., and clear afterwards; a shower of rain fell at 4h. 30m. P.M. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 59.5 ; and the mean reading at 9h. r.m. was 59.3° ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory, for the same times were 6P4Q and .57.5( 4 respectively. The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.71 in. at the beginning of the week to 29*61 in. on the 20th at 10h. A.m.; increased to 29'92 in. by 9h. A.m. on the 21st; de creased to 2935 in. by 9h. A.m. on the 24th ; increased to 29 , 13 in. by 9h. P.M. on the same day ; decreased to 29.35 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 25th; increased after 3h. r.x. on the same day to 29*65 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1851. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*282 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 31 Tubercular Diseases ... 186 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 121 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vesseLs 26 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Ruspiration 85 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. .• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the uterus, Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. Malformations... ••• ••• ••• Premature Birth ••• ••• 22 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 35 Old Age ••• ••• 46 ••• Sudden 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 28 Causes not specified o ... 54 ... 16 ... 10 ... 6 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 956 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1850. Week* West Districts... 376,332 .. 130 ... " 9 6 ' ' North Districts.. 490,441 Ala 177 ••• 2v 152 Central Districts 392,386 ... 158 ... 198 East Districts ... 485,336 ... 202 .. . 241 South Districts.. 616,545 ... 231 ... ..... 2,361,640 Males Females 89S •• 956 473 483 Males Females ... 709 ... 674 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK- Total ... ..• "• 1)383 * In thi s number are inc luded 18 by Scarlatitaa 59 Cholera. by Typhu s Fever, by Diarrhce a, a nd 12 by ------- of commendation,Whoiwhom t he P is about to make his rit in terms ele a v r e m , terms of w ° s Mid in England as a concert singer. M Aim Er. Th e quotatio n o f gold at o f r 4L Der mille discou n t a r O i s r i al Orlando ndo press B b e a r s n saprodk' en (according to th e Paris is 'at the E w hich, er ounce for standardnglish taint price of gold, gives an ex ho h 31. of 25.03 i ;an e exchange at Paris on London at cha n g e 25.02 k, it follows ' short being. that gold is 0.1.. per cent. Paris than in London, dearer in newrs tr i Tf o )i ci.,p By advises from Ham burgh the price of gold is 425 k per mark, which, at the Eng lish mi n t price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per Ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5/ ; and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13.5 i, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in favour of En g l an d ; and aftsr making allowance for differ ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. TII F . RAILWAY Tearrics.—lt will be seen by the traffic returns which we publish to-day, that the receipts on the leading trunk lines continue as great as ever. The in crease on the London and North-Western, in the week ending on Saturday, as compared with the corresponding week last year, is upwards of 14,000/, while on the Great 'estern the increase exceeds 10,0001., or upwards of 70 per cent. These enormous takings must tell on the value of rail way property. No wonder that the " Bears" should become frightened.—Adver tiser. HUMAN SACRIFICES.—The day of human sacrifices is not yet ended. During a six weeks' stay of Mr. Becroft, a British Consul, in Abomey, the capital of the kingdom of Dahomey, forty-two persons were killed as sacrifices, to water the graves of the dead." So numerous are such sacri fices there, that the place is characterised as " the Golgotha of skulls." 'Etta, dj a bird Is. lAN d 0 the other mad° ;0 She ob that d tho ilding •ound grow+ nest nfuse the Br 00 0 for a L b° pod is WO • t' ) 0 , 10 007 WO' Ige d )0 i 100 0 . to /1' red t°' avo w bria,. and' Oder 6Ye r . 56 ,pol lh e' Vin ; a br s aiool t 601 tO )k ° be e ; grov ) o f sit )dbe -1000 2 0Y' sow t he It h e t i v. 1 th e sof' PO