The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-19 00:00:00

1 THE SUN, n ee t ere , Wt e , na aes s-ceunre, he ere ' -• • d the prisoner TT,. t tf s'T'T J I,lr tc —'• Itt u i, l ,"er request, desi : her to i; , ) av,;,y, tt th r ,s, e u in following him to his Ldgings. On am% tug let L i - ' 11 .'!: he opened the door with the latoh key and 1 34 4 4° ,1' 1 f wlieu the pi i,on,r juiced her in teat Lim no stairs into his bed-room, where, to his 0 s urprise sh e immediet?ly began to undress herself. taidre,Vatedly rcqueited her to quit the place. She h e a Cold not unless he gave her a sovereign. As h e r ,, 48 ,, determined not to bccome a victim of extortion, le et : l l 2 ,e(i. She then became very violent, threatened throat and smash his h— head, and said if Nein n 0 money she won! I take something as an equi• 44; 1 ~, no sooner said this than she went to the a to ;teeQ and ta n k u p his prayer-books. lie told her hour ) "nam do wn , an d t h rea te ne d, unl e ss she left the th lt, e) to call in the police. She said she did not mind the f 2he would ca ll ou t an d m a ke a noise, and smash ai tde'lruiture in the r o om. The prisoner then ex;ireesed , *ta th e to _ lie d own , as the was tired. lie told her there - " e bed to lie on, and in the morning he would give Ltinbreakfast , nd a half-crown, to get rid cf her. 4 id 4 1, 11 „ 4 , she could - not get any money out of , hin r i, she o *oei ti . :,def the shirt produced and ran away, sayi.:gs! Ole * " r ing him the shirt again at nine o'clock, when Of he P r isoner expect the half-crown. He saw nothing more 4 t P`iaori,.r till last night, when he saw her in custody .stati on - house. o' " e b b , 18 C, said he went this morning, about four I tre Cl e te the prisoner's lodgirgs, No. 4 a, Tachbroo.k lheeti• uiroleo, and saw the landlady, who gave him Ati te ir ,r Produced. The prisoner was not at home. r e,ird f "ell, 298 A, said, from information which . re n i Yat i r ° 4l SuFerintendent Otway he went last night to i'lltZ e t ° "Place, and took the prisoner into custody. 'et th e e ',ay to the station she said the prosecutor gave e 4 1'1 1 , We t; Prisoner i n d e f ence sa id s h e we nt to the prosecu '3,l3,olBo at hi s request , an d h e p rom ised to give her 11 nd her br ea kf as t if s h e sto pped with him all iorth ebe did so, and took the shirt as a guarantee h:,,q l ey, intending to return it again. !kid th vrosecutor denied the prisoner's assertion!, and me t l e r eason he promised her money was to induce kr a leave the place quietly. nARDWICE committed her for trial. so !BANK OF ENG LAN 1./—(THIS DAY.) .e !el- s early Geserel Genet of tie proer:ctoT and sieeteholdsrs of Berk took place to-day in the Cour t-room of the Beni:, fer the purpose of con zideriog of a dividend and on the other [aisle.: ss of the court. It was also one of the quarterly general courts appointed by the charter. 11. J. PRESCOTT, Eicp, the Governor of the Bank, accompanied by Thomson Haelsey, Deputy Governer, and several of the directors entered the court at twelve o'clock. The :SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the court and the minutes of the last meeting, The GOVERNOR said he had now to ac quaint the court that this was one of the half-yearly courts for the consideration of a dividend, and also one of the quarterly general courts appointed by the charter, and he had further to state that the nett profits for the half-year ending the 21st of August last amounted to 535,342/. It would enable the directors to make the usual dividend three-and-a- half per cent., without any deduction on account of income-tax, leaving 25,991/. to be added to the rest, which would make the rest 3,027,309/. The Court of Directors, under these circumstances, proposed to make a dividend of 3i per cent. far the half-year ending the 31st of August last, without any deduction on account of income-tax. That being the case he would move that the court should order a dividend to be paid of 3 per cent. for the half-year ending the 31st of August last. Mr. FIELDER had been in hopes that the directors would have proposed a dividend of 4 per cent. for the last half-year, and felt greatly disappointed that such had not been the case. They had at the present mo ment a capital of no less than 14,000,0001., besides the buildings and a rest of 3,000,000/. and upwards, and under these circumstances he thought the di rectors might safely propose a dividend of at least 4 per cent.; if they did so they would give satisfaction to every one. The GOVERNOR thought it was generally under stood that it had been agreed that the rest should be continued at 3,000,0001., and as many of the pro prietors who were present at that arrangement were out of town, he did not think it would he right in their absence to disturb that arrangement, or again discuss the question so soon. The directors did not ' contemplate adding materially to the rest, and when so much was added to it as would enable the direc tors to give an additional per cent., that additional per cent. would be proposed. It must be apparent to the proprietors that the directors could not have proposed an additional per cent. without interfering with the rest of 3,000,0001. to the extent of upwards of 50,000/. Mr. GREY greatly approved of the conduct of the directors, and was of opinion that if the course proposed by the Hon. Proprietor were adopted Bank Stock would always he in a state of fluctuation. The GOVERNOR observed, that as there appeared to be no amendment he would put the question to the vote. The motion was then put, and declared by the Go vernor to be carried unanimously. Mr. DE WINTON considered that the Bank did not give sufficient accommodation to the manufacturing and agricultural interests of the community, and stated that in his opinion they ought to afford greater facilities for discounting paper to the trading and agricultural classes, by which means the general interests of the country would be greatly promoted, and the profits of the Bank considerably increased. They had at the present moment no less than 11,000,0001. of unemployed capital, and yet they refused to discount good paper because they adhered to an anti quated and useless system. They should look to Scotland, where a superior and more profitable sys tem of banking was carried out, and let them imitate the example of the people of that country, who were the best educated and the most excellent men of busi ness in the world. tln that country, land which would not fetch fourteen shillings an acre in Wales, fetched there a rent of from 1/. to 31. an acre, and that because the bank there advanced money upon cash credits. Locking at these facts, he felt com pelled to propose the following motion :—" That the Court of Proprietors are of opinion that if one-third of the 11,000,0001. of unemployed capital was em ployed, the dividend would not have been less than 4 per cent. for the half year." The GOVERNOR felt bound to say "a few words in defence of the course pursued by the directors. He considered that it would not be a wise, judicious, or sound system of banking to advance deposits paid into the Bank, and which they might at any time be called upon to repay, cn leases gad secu• rities of a similar nature, or to discount bills over the counter if they were not presented by parties regularly introduced to the directors. He trusted after this explanation the Court would place confidence in their directors, and at once dismiss the proposition of the lion. Pro prietor. For that purpose, as he looked upon the amendment as a truism, he would move the previous question. Mr. CLARKE seconded the motion, and trusted it would be carried, as the motion of the Honourable Proprietor, if carried, would be looked upon as a vote of censure on the directors. The motion of Mr. de Winton was then put and negatived, and the previous question was declared to be carried. On the motion of Mr. FIELDER, seconded by one of the PROPRIETORS, a vote of thanks was unani mously carried to the Governor, Deputy-Governer, and the Directors of the Bank, and, The G OVERNOR, in returning thanks, announced that the divident warrants would be issued on and after the 11th of October. The Court then adjourned. St Li IiTILWARK.—(TIIIS DAY.) i ket) e'rato PERSONS.—Three well-dressed young k' ll (l'b" 4ta ed Nt.wsam, Grant, and Roberts, two of whom iet,deen t ransported, and th© other several times Con ttet' w ere brought before Mr. Beadon. charged with ,Se r t ti ag to rob a gentleman in the Blackfriars-road. , ° ,t1 0 , 5e4 ,nt Harris, 6L, said that a little after d four th at morning h e was passing along the Circus in tellate.aekfriars- roa d w h en hi s a tt en tion was called by a a t eti, 43 to the three prisoners, who were following tieves t • e l d th an and a female. Knowing them all to be gentleman, „ t hem to go home and not follow the w _ t 4 sts "3' went away. A little while afterwards n and, 4 th " t hem again in company with the ge!illema il etti 9Y were in the act of robbing him of his gold Watch_ t ilvs' o d bold of them, and with the assistance of ano tee-leer conveyed them to the station. 0 k k 40 I - sal• te, e said he saw the prisoners in the Surrey rte' s (*) drinking before the bar, at three o'clock that gentleman was also near them with a N I L'. he latter g told him, on leaving the house, to d `'lr o l;',‘,.° l ' the prisonere, a 3 she believed they inten b d e e 1, 4 ~,Te gentleman' The prisoners followed t . 4114 . ' aoefekre. acting with' his sergeant, witness informed L 4r jR 4IB 811 SpiC10IIF. ' e l A noN—Did the succeed in committing any ,; t 2r-t t e ,;,,,' Sergeant . Harris—They did not, sir, but had "tql re - ' ) op at the time they would have stripped the lit r e V. " E °DoN said that he shoull remand them for a s bk I N - TRucTivE CONFLAGRATION PAR T CITY.—THE CORN-EXCHANGE LALLY DEMOLISHED. This l ' i tab e k° 'lioe one of the most destructive fires which 4 ttle 0 -4 known for many years broke out in Mark :4'6'4Y, Contiguous to the Corn-Exchange. The fire toitii' en vered by the police :on duty by flames issuing 4 141 e • 50 Mark-lane, occupied by Messrs. Allnutt 4 b • ' t °ID, wine and spirit merchants. The building kt-PY eztensive, and is also occupied by Ashlin and )s °ol. l ti e n ° 4l- tnerchants; Bourne, wine and spirit merchant; qts;')Pe, ditto; Messrs. M.Keneie; Mr. White; 0 311 1 ": a rid Ellerby ; R •o h n G. S a dgrove, solicitors, occu ,esi7apartments. Adjoining to this is the Corn • Itt Pel• lge. The fi re , as sa id a b ove , w as discovered Matron ‘tio n e " e, and an al arm was g i ven at the Watling-street kts ti t : tions for theßra ' w hen Mr. idbriga dewooei who sent expresses to the d . if- I t t tied a , . promptly in tk agl itha , , as well as the engine from the West of uffies; but before their arrival the flares had a vt4, l - - '' Such an ascendancy that all hope of saving the Ze il :: 1 1 : was gone, and the main object was to save 4 4 " 11 (1* „e l3 `,ning and the Corn.-Exchange; but, notvvith_ tt' t 11. , 1 ," t an exertions of the firemen and a great num lt q :C a n, the firs communicated to the rear in See- Ot te is . , to Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and extended to & Vier, army factors, No. 52. The police were g o it t io ie t ic. et ' T v e h l e n a their n d t u e t f ies ism an a d g, prevented much depre e is estimeeed at about ti u ts t) , ° /-, but no dependence can be placed on the asser -7- ti a ,!,..;Lthe official report is made out. At ten o'clock - 'lnwood returned to the station to give further , ti th ee n t ions, as the fire was burning fiercely at the rear l 'ilt l) .', °4l -Excbange. At that time the fire was soe.ae settle% under, but still baffling in a most alarming Iltt, er i : The military front the Tower were ordered ke ep the ground. • , FURTHER PARTICULARS. d arn brought 12 o'clock the fire continued its ravages, and 4 4 4 ,1 brought under sabjection, but not before great bey had been done to the Corn -Exchange. as Ney c onsternasion of the clerks and merchants, k baffles all description. Up to 12 o cle,e . 1 14 4 , 4 T -I.° rumours as to the cause of the fire were afloat Ls°,(lb;''"og like an accura t e o pinion could be given. 'te e eeeUrrinr, at daylight prevented the flamss from t od So, ,„„ "a at an distance; notwithstanding the distance; but, • ill 10.4. a quantity of half- burnt paper was picked Ntitt- enuithdeld. The damage up to 12 o'clock vas tt w o a k ted at more than 100,000'. The engines are still 4 t ' to prevent an • fresh outbreak. , 1)11‘ BROUGHAM AND ILLEGAL 1 1 Ee „, NETTING. e 'ati - n' t ri, SEPT. -17.—1 n consequence of the infor - NtraC cOl- ninunicated to a number of rod-fishers, sir up is of the Eaden and, Eamont Angling Associ L' h at I , rts iding at Penrith and the neighbourhood, rto u2 ,l number of men in the employ of Lord the had, about a week ago, been seen netting h C I II e i t ' h ver Eatnonf, in the preserves of the Associa ilaieli' an illegal net, and that they were accom tetoli "Y . his Lordship and party, the rod-fishers ded atd t l l ed to surprise his Lordship and his men, an 'ioa c i tei r Plans for that purpose. Accordingly, on 4 N ri :,tY last, eleven of the fishermen, namely—John ge od e ' G• Goodburo innkeeper; John Jackson, ' °ll , ' a n; Nixo n , Westmoreland, ' joiner; R. Jeme- Rtey etitleman ; Thomas Hall, one of Sir O. Mus -13/4414 glinekeepers ; W. Robinson, shoemaker; , J. lan e Waite, J. Broughton, and Dr. Ince, of q ( , , , 11. -"ester who had come into the north on a 1 1 4 v 1 E ,13 , excursion, repaired to below , Giant's -4 4 ,: s ` t a place called Berrick's Stream, in Ll -1 1%:',..'c'nt, on the estate of Sir G. Musgrave, ord to Nine Kirk Holme, where they conjectured T he fil (n igham and his men would cast their net. Noti,"Men lay in ambush among tufts of whine I[4a he pip e brushwood by the margin of the stream • sfZ zl e o'clock in the morning till near three in "batch - f rh ° o n. They were then about to give up the t h '3'l, - , (l ,the day, but by the advice of one cf them , 4 kt 1 1 - 1 .4 In Wait a little longer, and at ten minutes "qt e , t ee o'clock in the afternoon Lord Brougham's White (his Lordship's gardener), John (an old lame man), T. Hindson labourer), 'aeti llistt nne. - ", and another, made their appearance i tl4 l , 3 ' at the place where tha fishermen expected the 1 41 d Come. Presently two carriages drove up 17 t ele.t, u 'ink of the river, in which . were Lord 0t0, 6 1 , - aro, the Marquis of Douro, William Broug lAliev,;4(l., and several ladies, amongst whom,we )7. were Lady Brougham, Lady Malet, and Mrs. ~Irtl',“nglaarn. Without loss of time Lord .Broug ett le en grille plunged into the stream and cast their „ b lit 'zle fishermen saw all that was going on, pt i e a draw was made, seven of them rushed CFeir ahlbusb,and plunged into the river with t, (l°4 -has on, a nea - rly - neck deep, and laid hold h 't(-1; „het. It is impossible to describe neat ,l4tti ,",le desperate struggle which ensued. One oti:haed on P e way, the other another way ; then e" 1111 : e rven t One, and another, and another, time after pa lled head in the water, till Johnny Peerith °,:t4v b , „ ° ht his knife, which he gave to Sir G. Mus -4-1,141 ;R a tneleeeper and he, with the aid of another 4 11 n? in t rades who had a knife, succeeded in cutting 11 10 cb,„ - g"t yards of the net away. Old John Rob ); 0 11,"g to it thrall wasdragc,red out of the water by Ott 0f . 4 Eden side. Although amongst such a h at ithetnies, en gaining terra firma he threw up a nd challenged any one of the party to single d -'4,110,-nOlbat. While this was going on, Lor .. 1 4 " n' s :' at h and the Marquis of Douro were shoutin c , og threats of a most serious character. Rob -1:(11:11eon - t ,,, /4 ng been allowed to cross the river to his Retie aster, the combatants departed each their re f etthe . e ways home, the Penrith party with one part il a oth 4 t, and Lord Brougham and his party with ti n el ' Part of it. This circumstance has caused tut'llrno,,blersensation Penrith and in the neigh , `'• The Brougham party have laid inform,- 4 4• , a ll q. ob!eined susemonses for assaults, and the latleu have done the like, for using an illegal N tio _O that the facts of the whole transaction will ull t before the magistratis. ttir CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. Sarr. 18.—The address of Mr. Wigram's com mittee has been issued to-day. In the meantime Mr. Cowling's friends say they have nearly completed their canvass. The names of Mr. J. Pardoe, M.A., of St. John's College ; Mr. W. Wegg, M. 8., Caius College ; Mr. W. P. Witts, M.A., Fellow of King's College • Mr. J. W. Woolley, 8.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College ; and Mr. J. Richards, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Sidney Sussex College, have been added to Mr. Wigram's committee. Tile absence of many of the names signed to the requisition to Mr. Walpole is ac counted for by the fact that the parties are absent from Cambridge. e t - ; . e xTATIo N or PooLv.—lt is expected that 44 1 %N On will take place next Tuesday. The writ Gordenwasre tire,43 the returning officer on Wednesday. Mr. the electors on Wednesday, and was well received. att r - NAtt its act ed a took place at Havre . on Sunday. They 1 , t r 4 e x vast crowd, and the ordinary pleasure and an m 4 , r is I) ress train took down vast numbers of persons from Aaß, C et. sT , Ppr~LJURI3DICTION:There was an Act e 'll, "` er "a CAL lute session (13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 47 ) . for ` certain ain temporary provisions concerning eGa kler 'cal jurisdiction in En g land. The recited Act is o. the th.., we l 4 ued until the lst of August next, and to the n next sess i on of P ar liament. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Maynard Gomm, K.C.8., was appointed Commander-in -Chief of the Company's forces in India. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A POLICE•CONSTABLE IN THE SERPENTINE —Yesterday morning, a few minutes after five o'clock, as Charles Winnett, one of the boatmen of the Royal Humane Society, was passing along the north bank of the Serpentine River, to go to his duty, he discovered a man's hat lying on the bank, close to the bridge, w ith the name of John Bennett written on the in side. He procured the drags from the Receiving-house, and searched the spot, and he succeeded in finding the body of a man, about forty years of age, in eight feet water, about eight yards from the shore. In taking the body out of the water a woollen scarf was found twisted tightly several times round the neck, and evi dently with the intention of causing strangulation, as he was quite black in the face. The annexed copy of a letter was found in his coat pocket, addressed to John Bennett, 39, Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park :—" My dear sister, --I write this to you, for lam distracted, mad. I have been treated with great cruelty, and cannot support it any longer. God bless you all is the last wish I have. (Signed) E. WILCOX." On inquiring at the above address, it was ascertained that deceased, who is the brother of Mrs. Bennett, was a police constable in the N, or Islington division. He was a mar ried man, but his conduct towards his family of late had been so bad that his relations had discarded him. PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—Last night a course of four lectures on " Education as the source of popular independence, wealth, and morality," was commenced by the Rev. H. S. Bayley, F.S.A.— one of the founders of the People's College, Sheffield—in the lecture theatre of the People's Christian Association, 58, Aldersgate-street: The lecturer set out by laying dow n, as a basis, the right of society to interfere in the education of the children of the working-man ; _and then proceeded to glance cursorily at the present state" of pauperism , intemperance, crime, popular amu sements, and political disconten t among the masses of Great Britain, deducing cogent arguments in favour of the more general extension of an improved system of naticnal education. Having referred to the prospects of society in England, he concluded by maintaining that the only effectual mode of counteracting the destructive principles of demo cracy, now leavening the masses, lies in the wide diffusion of sound, moral, and religious instruction. The lecturer's style is eloquent, lively, and interesting, and his address was very flatteringly received by the audience. THE GAS QUESTION IN SIIOREDITCEL—Yesterday a vestry meeting of the i nhabitants of St. Leonard's, Shore ditch, took place for the purpose of electing, under the local Acts, trustees, known as " trustees of the four-rate board," in place of such trustees as had died, removed, or refused to act. Mr. Airey, one of the churchwardens, was in the chair, and it was announced by the vestry-clerk that there were four vacancies in the four-rate board, two for Moorfields and two for Hoston. There 2 were two lists submitted to the meeting, the one first brought forward being strongly recom mended for support by its proposer, Mr. Howes, as contain ing the names of gentlemen who would exert themselves to procure a supply of gas for the palish on more reasonable terms than at present. The second list was proposed by Mr. Pearce. After a long discussion a show of hands was taken, NI hen Mr. Howes's nomination was declared to be carried by It 6to 4. A poll was demanded, and the meeting then adjourned. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY WEEKLY Tam Lc :—Week ending Sept. 15, 1850, 15,923/..15. Od., miles open, 253*; Corresponding week in last year, 12,9121. 3s. Od., miles open, 1564. The Liverpool Town Council have claimed 2,100/. from the parish as magistrates clerks' fees, and threatened to take steps for the recover) , of the amount." This de mand has caused' some commotion. It has accrued by grant ing summonses for rates and passes for paupers. REVIVAL OF STAGE COACIIES.—Two stage coaches have been started to run daily between Cambridge and London. At Bolton, on Saturday, an officer of Excise was committed for trial at the Liverpool assizes for having ob tained money under false pretences from different parties in th 3 course of his surveys. He had received 4s. 6d. for a to bacco licence, which was more than the ordinary charge, from a beer-shop keeper, to whom a licence had not been de , livered. There were other cases against him. LONDON, COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (rtwm Our, OWN CORRESPO7;M7NT GO WE°, SEPT. 18. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INIELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. Sect. IG.—The Capricorn, 313 tong, C. M. Tally t, E , q., from the eastward, aed the Xarifa, 200 tone, Lord Wilton. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER l9, 1850. SAILINGS. Sept. 13.—The Corsair, 84 tons, Joseph Gee, Eq., for hull. 14.—Fernan3e, 125 tons, Major M'Martyn, to the westward; Gondola, 87 tons, W. H. Woodhouse, Esq , Mediterranear. 17.—Xarifa schooner, Cgmmodore the Earl of Wilton, for Plymouth; Capricorn schooner, Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., for Plymouth. BOAT RACE FOR TEN Sovs.—A great deal of com petition has for some time existed between some sporting pat ties in the towns of Cowes and Newport. The fer nier has fur yearn been noted for its fine boats and yachts, allowed by all to be some of the fastest in England, and as being good foul, as well es fair, weather boats. There are a great many amateurs in Nee port, amongst them some coach-butliers, who have taken it in their heads to build some boats to com pete with the Cowes and Hyde-built ones, and two beau tiful ones they have built with their mahogany (doubt less from lines furnished them). We do not pretend that these men, however good mechanics they be, cou!d, with , out instructions, or ever having teen a boat built, build such boats as these light airy machines; but it is no small credit to them that they have built boats that have beaten all the crack boats in the neighbouring ports, all of which were too heavy for still water. The Cowes' men, not ',king to be so beaten, had an iron boat built, and, as their old boats were only twenty-four feet ones, while the Newport ones were thirty feet (giving them an advantage of six feet), they had their ironing reachiee a thirty foot one. The Newport pet boat was named the Attempt, the Cowes one the Experi ment. At Ryde Regatta it proved a bad one, as she was too slight—she doubled up and was beaten by the Attempt; at Newport Regatta she came in before the Attempt, but their claim to the prize was disputed. This match was then made, and all the neighbourhood seemed to take an interest in it. Tuesday last was the day, and six the hour; both_ boats were ready, but the Newport backers objected to the Cowes' crew, and would not row against them. Why this should be, we cannot tell, as they were the same that rowed the boat at New port Regatta when this match was made,—three Ta 3 lora and a Clarke, only about half a man altogether! They had, therefore, to row the Experiment over the course and take the 10'.; and, as the Newport prize of 71. was also given up to them at the same time, they did not make a very bad experiment of it. The coachmakers complained a good deal of the iron pet taking the French polish off their mahogany. CHEAP EXCURSIONS.—The directors of our railrcads and steamboats have at length found out that their best friends are the million, and that these cheap trains pay them better than their old dear ones. On Sunday the steamers landed about 300 pleasure seeking folks, brought down from London to Southampton by the South-Western Railway. On Monday acarly 500 were landed here, that were brought from London, Oxford, and Reading to Southampton by the Great Western and South-Western trains. The experiment, answering so well this year, will be carried out more extensively next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. TUESDAY NIGHT. The Subscription-room was thronged until long after midnight, but the business transacted was of small amount, and, with ore or two trifling exceptions, with scarcely any effect on the prices of the St. Leger fa vourites; 2 to 1 was laid once, and 7 to 4 currently, in the early part, on the crack, but at the close, from the bold front put on by the field( re, 6 to 4 was the highest offer; 5 to l was laid against Pitsford and 9 to 1 against Beehunter; 12 to 1 offered against Windischgmtz, and 20 to 1 against Chatterbox and Rusaborough. No others were mentioned. WEDNESDAY. The number of lines which now communicate with Doncaster, and the extraordinary inducements offered to all classes in the shape of cheap special trains, have driven nearly all the traffic off the road; hence, instead of having one's rest disturbed this morning by the con stant rattle of wheels from daybreak, the town remained in a state of comparative repose until ten o'clock. The monster trains from Sheffield then began to disgorge their thousands; these, as the day advanced, were fol lowed by others of r qual magnitude from Liverpool, and the great manufacturing districts in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Newcastle, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Derby, Worcester, and the metropolis, and up to two o'clock, the hour at which the racing commenced, the " cry was, still they come." Tho influx was continuous and immense, and we venture to say that what Doncaster has lost in the grade of its supporters was, on this oc casion, amply mado up in numbers. The streets, for two or three hours, were almost impassable, particularly in the vicinity of the betting-rooms, to obtain an en trance into which was a task of no ordinary difficulty. There the crowd was quite in keeping with that without, but business was the very opposite of what we have had so often to record on the morning of the St. Leger day. With reference to the movements, it is only necessary to say that 6 to 4 was currently offered on Voltigeur, 4 to 1 and 9 to 2 taken about Pitsford to a largo amount, and 30 to 1, to two or three hundred pounds, about the Italian. There was no disposition shown to hack The Beehunter, Bolingbroke, or any of the Irish horses. Cyprus and Mulgrave were scratched at a quarter be fore nine o'clock in the morning. It would be in vain to attempt to give an idea of the concourse on the race-ground. We will simply state that it was " prodigious," and that both the stand and enclosure were so densely crowded as to materially in terrupt the transaction of business. We must reserve a list of the fashionahles present for a future dispatch. For the reason given in our last we cannot dwell on the events of the day, it must suffice that one of the most exciting struggles ever witnessed on Doncaster racecourse issued in a dead heat between Vol:igeur and the Irish horse, Russborough ; Bolingbroke, whose chance, as well as Italian's, was prejudiced by Russbo rough running against him, finished a bad third. The deciding heat was not run when our parcel was sent from the course. The Doncaster Pla!e (handicap) of 15 sow. each, 10 ft, with 80 added, for three years old and upwards. Red House in. (7 Subs.) - Mr. Eddison's Eliza Middleton, 7st 41b (W. Sharpe) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Slang, 3 yrs, 7st (G. Brown) ,2 Mr. Osbaldestoa's Joc-o'-Sot, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 3 Mr. Dawson's The Cocktail (h b), 7st 121 b ...(Lye) 0 Mr. Hobson's Gladiole, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Crouch) 0 Mr. Barker's York-you're-Wanted, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ... 0 Mr. Jamieson's Recluse, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(Charlton) 0 Betting-2 to 1 eget The Cocktail, sto 2 agst Slang, 3 to 1 agat Eliza Middleton, 4 to 1 agst Joc-o'-Sot, 4 w 1 agst Recluse. Eliza Middleton made all the running, and won in a canter, by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 10 secs. The Municipal Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft, for two years old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake. Red House in. (8 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's The Ban ... (Flatman) 1 Lord Stanley's Croupier Mr. Meiklam's Constellation (Templeman) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agst Croupier, and 7to 4 each agat The Ban and Constellation. A splendid race with the three, The Ban, who trade nearly all the running, winning by a head, and Croupier beating Constellation by the same. Run in 1 min.l4 secs. The St. Leger Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for three years old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to receive 3CO soya. out of the stakes, and the third 100 sovs.; the winner to pay 100 soya. towards expenses, and 25 soya. to the judge. St. Leger Course. (95 Subs.) Lord Zetland'e Voltigeur . (J. Marson) 0 Mr. Mangan's Russborougb (Robinson) 0 Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke (Boyce) 3 Captain Archdall's Windiscbgratz (F. Butler) 0 Lord Enfield's Beehunter (Flatman) 0 Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford (A. Day) 0 Mr. Jaques's Mildew (Marlow) 0 Mr. Metklam's The Italian (Templeman) 0 Mr. Watts's Chatterbox (Foley) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Voltigeur-5 to 2 agst Pitsford -12 to 1 agst Windiscbgratz— 12 to 1 agst Beehunter -20 to 1 each agat Russborough and Chatterbox-25 to 1 agst Bolingbroke-40 1,0 1 egst The Italian. A dead heat between Voltigeur and Russborough, Bolingbroke third, and Italian fourth. After the horses returned to scale an E xamination of Russhorough's mouth was ordered by the stewards ; he was found to be of the right age. Deciding Heat. Lord Zetland's Voltigeur Mr. Mangan's Russbcrough 6 to 4 on Voltigeur. Russborough made all the running to the distance, where ho Ras joined by the favourite, who headed him half way up, and won cleverly by a length. The first heat was run in 3 min. 21 secs. ; the deciding in 3 min. 24 secs. The cheerin g for the horse, his noble owner, and the jockey, lasted for ten minutes, and might have been heard for miles. This is the third ycar in succession that the same horse has won Derby and St. Leger, and the second time a dead heat has been run for the latter. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, with 50 added, for two yrs old, 7st; three, 9st; fillies and geldings al lowed 31b, and the second to save his stake. Red House in. (7 Subs.) Mr. Salford's Harriett, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. G. Hobson's Rhedycina, 3 yrs (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Armstrong's fby Venison, 2 yrs .......(oshorne) 3 Mr. Allen's Nicotians, 2 yrs (Charlton) 4 Mr. Pedley's La Fiats( tie, 3 yrs (Templeman) 5 Betting— 6 to 4 on Harriett, and 10 to 6 agst Rbedy eine. Harriett made all the runuicg, and won in a canter by three lengths. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gna.; three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst 51h; the, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st 21b. Cup Course. Mr. Cambell's Woolwich, 4 yrs (Iliett) 1 Mr. J. Brown's Haricot, 3 yrs (G. Oates) 2 Mr. Montgomery's Priestess, 4 yrs (S. Rogers) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Priestess-3 to 1 agst Haricot—. and 4to 1 agst Woolwich. Won by a length; a length between second and third. Run in 4 min. 40 secs. DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY. LATEST BETTING. THE CUP. 6 to 1 on The Flying 112 to 1 agst Russborougli Dutchman CESAREWITCH STAKES. 16 to 1 agst Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Mulgra,ve I 20 to 1 agst Bon Mot I 25 to I agst Chantrey THE CAMDRIDGESIIIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Turnus 20 to 1 agst Miss Ann 15 to 1 agst The Italian 20 to 1 agst Loadstone 16 to 1 agst Marriott 25 to 1 agst Fogleman RBY. 25 to 1 agst Storm. THE D. 14 to 1 agst Prime Minister NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1850. Ac2cpta! - ccs fo7 the Cosnrc.witell Stali,e. (L 9 S'L.Ls.) Age .t. lb. Aga at lb. Maid of Masham... 5 8 7 Cariboo Etstderius ......... 4 8 5 Dulcct a 7 1 F.l zi! - iiil Trourcer.. Wanota Ballirollad Old Dan Tucker 4 7 13,Fire-eater ......... 4 7 0 Load,tone :Vindischgratz ... 3 7 lti Westow .. ....... 4 613 Snowstorm 4 7 91.madgrave ...... 4 613 lt,:by Bon Mot Bolingbroke Make-ready... Backbiter Orterley Priestess Glauca William the Con- lAlonz.L. 3 6 5 queror Musician Borneo Mildew Russbcrough Glendower Clothwolker Cockermouth ...... 5 7 4 , N utclac k er 3 5 8 Legerdemain Fugleman , 5 7 s'Nutmeg Miss Ann 4 7 3 1 StstertoSweetmeat 3 4 10 NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1850. Acceptances for the Cambridg.r.shire Stakes. (156 Subs., 48 of whom declared.) Age st. lb. Age at. lb. Blucher Canezou Chanticleer ..... .. . a 9 0 Melody The Cur a 8 9 Sauter-la-Coupei... 4 6 9 Turnus Maid of Masham 5 8 4 Mark Tapley 3 6 9 Essedarius Hotspur .... ..... ... 4 8 2 Clarissa Trouncer ....... .... 6 8 0 1 Gaffer Green Alalton Wanota Glauca 4 7 1 01 King of Oude 36 7 Glendower Pitsford 1 Windiscbgratz Loadatone Uriel Bon Mot 4 7 7 Fugitive Beehunter Chatterer Ballinafad ltaby Strongbow Iron Rail 6 7 5 Garforth Make Ready Fugleman Mildew Rhesus The Moor Borneo 4 7 4 Tingle . Hagley Chatterbox ...... .. 3 7 4 Beaupre Pelle 4 6 2 Russborough - come (and 6lbs. extra) out-to-night ... 3 Backbiter . Langton Miss Ann ....... .... 4 7 3 Don Juan Covkermouth Rhedycina, Officious St. Roaalia Meridian 5 7 0 of Revival Post Tempore 4 7 0 Chief Justice The Cocktail Repletion Kissaway... 4 7 0 douse 3 Black Dwarf Dulcet Marchioness d'Eu 3 6 12 Knight Errant Harriott Chaiitrey 4 612 Pigot's) Spot 4 6 12 Ondine 3 The Wreck 4 6 12 lade Safe Landgrave Honeycomb Italian 3 6 11 0 by Ratcatcher Administrator The rest pay 5 sous. each. 6 1 6 0 6 0 5 12 5 12 5 12 5 12 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 9 5 9 5 8 5 7 5 2 5 0 4 10 4 7 CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. SIXTEEN OF SUSSEX. This match was resumed on Tuesday on Gausden's Ground, near Brighton, and seldom has there Leen an occasion on which the spectators have had so fine a " batting" treat placed before them. At the close of the day the score stood thus:— SUSSEX. G. Brown, b Hiilyer .. .. . G. King, Esq., b Clark 4 R. Picknell, b Wisden Gausden, b llillyer G. Barton, Esq., b Clark l6 Breach, c Felix, b Hillyer ..... . ....... .... Hammond, b Clark ... ..... .. ........... .. Ewens, i un out W. Humphrey, Esq., b Clark ........ Pennikett, not out ..... ... 4 A. Smith, Esq., c Pilch, b Clark R. Cheesman, Esq., b Clark 0 Moore, Esq., a Box, b llillyer •• 5 J. Brown, b Clark Songhurst, b Clark .......................... Wooler, run 0ut...... .. ........................ Byes, &c. Total . THE MAVEN. Wisdan, c Songhurst, b G. Brown l3 Guy, b Ewens ............................ Parr, c Moore, b Cheesman llB Pilch, c J. Brown, b Cheesman Martingell, not out ... .. Byes 3,lcg byes I, w B , no b a ll 1 ........ 13 -115 Total CRICKET.—ELEVEN GREENWICH PENSIONERS WIT H " ONE Anm" V. ELEV EN D ITTO 'WITH " ONE LEG. " — This singular match was resumed, at tha Oval on Tues day, and was on the eveni ng o f t h a t day brought to its conclusion, which was in favour of those with " one kg," by three wickets. The assemblage of spectators was far more numerous th an on M on day, some thou sands having in this in s t ance cons tit u ted the " gazing ring." Much amusement was a ff or d e d by the way i n which the" one legs" sometimes laid themselves down to stop the ball. COURT CIRCULAR. BALAIORAL, SEPT. 16. Her Mjesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert went to-day to the Hut on Loch Muick. The Hon. Miss Lennox was in attendance on her Majesty. The younger members of the Royal Family took their usual exercise. The Earl of Carlisle lift Balmoral this morning for England. Sir Edwin Landseer arrived at Balmoral this evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has returned to his seat, Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire, from Drumlanrig Castle, North Britain. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governors of the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Falkland Islands. This may he truly designated the uge of invention ; no sooner have we become familiarized with one than an other more astounding presents itself. All France is on the gui rice relative to an invention which is patented, and has stood the severest test under the inspection of practical men of the highest probity and intelligence. The invention wo allude to is a preparation denominated a fertilizing powder, fur increasing the productive powers of every description of grain, succulent roots, shrubs, &c. We have heard of in tances of lands which, from their poorness, had never been cultivated, producing a full a , erage crop of wheat, and other soils which had been tilled yielding produce nearly four-fold ; and what adds so materially to its value is its cheapness, and great saving of seed, and wheat may be grown year after year without any other stimulating power than the ono we are speaking of. Messrs. Bateman of Norwich arc the sole patentees for this country, and prepa rations are making for shortly bringing it before the public on an extensive scale. _ _ The Era newspaper of Saturday next will contain an original and extraordinay report of the triumphant Race Meeting at Doncaster. "Jo e M uggins's Dog," who prophe sied the winner, w ill have a special col umn . O r d er o f a ll newsmen, or send six postage stamps to 3, Catherine -street, Strand. Average weekly sale of Era 10 ; 500, which are pub lished in time for mid-day railway trains Saturday morning. THE AFRICA, CUNARD NEW STEAMER,—The exte rior appearance of the Africa is striking, and prepossesses the mind with an idea of extent and magnificence. She was built by Messrs. Steel and Co., Greenock. Like the Asia— her immediate predecessor on the same line—the Africa measures 265 feet in length. Her breadth, exclusive of paddle - boxes, is forty feet, with a corresponding depth of hold. Her estimated burthen is 2,250 tons. The engines which are to propel this colossal ship have been constructed and fitted up by Messrs. Napier. They are 800 horse power, and on the same principle as those of the Asia. Their immense propor tions seize upon the visitors attention, amid so much that is vast and attractive on every side. The number of her berths will enable the Africa to carry 180 passengers. She will be manned by a full crew of chosen men—giving about one third to each department. The quantity of coal she is esti mated to carry is 900 tons; and she has capacity sufficient for the transit of 600 tons of cargo, not including the stores of ship and passengers. Fitted up for carrying guns, the Africa can at any time be transformed from her peaceful ori ginal into an Admiralty ship of war.—Datly It often happens that those are the best persons whose characters have been most injured by slanderers. As we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been pecking at.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE IRISH-AMERICAN SEA SERPENT.--The Irish seem to be taking the American Sea Serpent " quite in tirely" out of the hands of the Yankees. It is a difficult labour to imagine an Irish-American Sea Serpent. The only picture we can draw of him is with a short pipe in his mouth, brandishing a shillelagh with one of his fins, shouting out, " Will any jintleruan just tread upon my tail ?"—Punch. Arrangements are in progress between a steam navigation company and the North- Western Railway Com pany, to have a steamer to ply regularly between Belfast and Poulton (near Lancaster). Should this be the case, th e route from Yorkshire to Ireland will be mat er i ally shortened. The pier at Poulton is progressing; above 100 yar d s are built below high water mark. --Preston Guardian, LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL. The annual election ofe:ildren into this sv3rnirale7e institution took place en Tuesday. Never were the proceedings of this most interesting ceremony marled by circumstances of greater interest than those pre sented upon this occasion. In tie firet piece, it our privilege to be enabled to mention the gratifying fact that the royal patronage bestowed upon the Lieemed Victuallers' School is not a mere matter of form, but is, in truth, a substantial honour. This was shown by the proxy cf his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Patron of the Institution, having been forwarded through Cul. Phipps, to Mr. Smalley, the Secretary, with a request that it should be used for the benefit of " the most deserving object." We need hardly remark that this manifestation of royal condescension was duly appreciated by the sup porters of the school, and in passing it may be stated that the wish of royalty was fully carried out, by the Prince's votes) being given to Louisa Elizabeth low, a most deserving recipient of royal favour. This incident was in itself sufficient to impart a peculiar degree of éclat to the election, but when it WaB found, in accordance with the intimation of the secretary, that the school funds for the present ha-year were better by 3001. than they were for the whole of the preceding year, the enthusiasm of the donors and ad mirers of this noble institution was at its height, for it was felt that while the institution ceuld command royal sympathy and popular support in the way we have just stated, it would long continue to be a shelter for the orphan, and a home for the distressed youth of both sexes, where they would not only be maintained and clothed, but be trained up in the principles of mo rality and religion. The number of children to be elected on Tuesday was twenty-five—twelve boys and thirteen girls—and the candidates amounted to thirty five. As may well be anticipated, it was a subjact of the;deepest regret to the Governor and the committee that they were not in a position at present to admit all the applicants on the foundation of the school ; but they have a confident expectation that the time is not far distant when they will be enabled to do so, and when no child having a claim upon the school, and requiring its advantages, will be refused admis sion within its walls. There was only one circum stance that was in any way calculated to throw a damp upon the proceedings of the election, and that was the absence, on account of extreme illness, of the highly esteemed Governor of the Incorporated Society, Mr. J. J. Homer. The feeling of regret for the cause of that absence was universal. In the absence of the Governor, the active duties of his position devolved as a matter of course upon Mr. Findley, the senior trustee, and it is but justice to that gentleman to say that he executed those duties in a manner that gave entire satisfaction to his col leagues, and to all persons interested in the business of the day. At half-past three o'clock exactly Mr. Findley, at tended by his colleagues on the committee, entered the boys' school-room, where the parents and friends of the youthful candidates were assembled to hear the result of the poll. Mr. SMALLEY then, by the direction of Mr. Find ley, read the following list : BOYS. Votes Votes at former at present Total. Elections. Election. ~........ George Osmond 17,711 Thomas John Mobbs Richard Rcbert Davies William Ca❑trill Gollings 3,934 Robert Draper ' Frederick Martin James 'William Codrington Charles Richard Hutchings Thomas George Thorpe Geo. Thos. Byron Cousins Thomas Walker Penny John Edward Burrows 6,519 Adam Southcombe Frederick Fancy Benjamin Richard Peacock Edwin Mark Carrier Edward Fancy _ _ GIRLS. Elizabeth Emma Brasier. ----- 21.62;1 Catherine Sophia Kirk 14.511 Mary Jane Midlam Louisa Mason 12,373 Sarah Ann Blaekwall Elizabeth Penney Julia Ann Ninham Elizabeth Wells 9,538 EtizA Helen Weeks Emily Cousins Rowley 7,334 Julia Upperton Elizabeth Maria Stiff 6 985 Louisa Elizabeth Barlow Elizabeth Chance Coombe, Emily Day 2 ,375 Clara Ann Hutchins ... 977 Sarah Walker Penny Mr. FINDLEY then declared the first twelve boys, and the first thirteen girls, duly elected, who, he stated, would be received into th e i ns tit u ti on on th e _ __ Ist of October next. He said he most sincerely re gretted the absence of the Governor, Mr. J. J. Homer, which was the more painful as it was occa sioned by the illness with which he had been afflicted for the last six months. They had now completed the election, which he hoped had been conducted in a manner satisfactory to all who were either interested in the result or in the character and conduct of the establishment, and equally so to those who had been unsuccessful in their efforts to participate in the ad vantages of the institution. It was highly gratify ing to him to congratulate those who were se fortu nate as to have their young friends admitted to the school upon their success, and he could assure them with perfect sincerity that he would have been still more happy if he could have congratulated all those who had applied for admission upon a similar result. It would have afforded the committee the highest gra tification if they could have taken all the candidates into the school, but he hoped that those who had failed upon this occasion would be more successful at the next election:--(Cheers.) There was one cir cumstance connected with the present election which caused great disappointment to himself and the com mittee—that some of the orphans had been unsuc cessful. It was generally thought that it was within the power of the committee to admit them, but that was a mistake—they could not do so, boss ever strong their inclinations might be to take that course. Mr. Humus then proposed a vote of thanks to the Governor, trustees, and committee of the Licensed Victuallers' School, for the efficient services they had rendered to the institution. Mr. JONES (past governor) having seconded the resolution, it was unanimously agreed to. Mr. FINDLEY acknowledged the vote. He said he regretted Mr. Homer, the governor, was not present to return thanks for the honour they had conferred upon him and his colleagues. They were all well acquainted with the services which that gentleman had rendered to the institution. The plan which he had brought forward for the enlargement of the Morning Advertiser would, he had no doubt, prove equally valuable and advantageous. Mr. T. H. BROMLEY then came forward to propose a vote of thanks to Messrs. Wire and Child. In this instance Mr. Child attended to witness the progress of the election, and to render his own personal exertions in carrying it out. It was a pleasure to him to take part in the proceedings, and to see that they were conducted with justice, fairness, and integrity. Mr. JAMES seconded the motion, and the vote was unanimously agreed to. Mr. CHILD returned thanks. Mr. JONES said there was another duty to per form, which ought not to be neglected, before they separated. It was that of expressing their thanks to Mr. Scott, the Editor of the Morning Advertiser, and Mr. Smalley, their Secretary. He had had suf ficient experience of their services to form a correct estimate of their value, and the result of that experi ence enabled him to hear witness to the zeal and ability with which they discharged respectively the `important duties which devolved upon them. Ile could safely aver that there was not an institution in London which could boast of more indefatigable and zealous officers than their editor and secretary.— (Cheers.) He should therefore propose a vote of thanks to these gentlemen. Mr. KILBURN having seconded the motion it was unanimously agreed to. The EDITOR (Mr. John Scott) said that he had great pleasure in expressing his acknowledgments for the compliment. He could only regard it as a com pliment, inasmuch as he had taken no part in the proceedings of the day which could entitle him to this especial mark of their approbation, and in that view he could assure them it was unexpected—for which he was most grateful. He was glad that his name had been associated with the Morning Advertiser, as it had ever been his pride and ambition to promote that journal. He believed that it had produced the most favourable impression on the public mind. He hoped, and most confidently believed, that its progress, by means of the contemplated enlargement, would not only most satisfactorily contribute to the ad vanced benefits of their noble school, but would add to the character and celebrity of the daily press of the metropolis. He again thanked them for the notice which bad thus been taken of him as the editor of ttelr honest journal.—(clear,) Mr. SMALLEY said the election had been now so much simplified that the process of taking the ballot was not as arduous as it had been formerly, but if much greater exertions had been required he would most willingly have given them. They had the plea sure of seeing several children admitted into the school, while others were excluded; this no doubt was painf u l t o th e part i es w h o f a il e d an d equally so to himself, but it o n ly wanted a little exertionmor_e_ulefriends to enable them to admit all the candidates. of the applicants, in the course of their canvass, would solicit those who were not subscribers to con tribute to the funds of the institution, they would I soon have the means of admitting all the aspirants for admission. When they considered the great advan tages which, in an educational point of view, the in szitution afT.,rd( d, it V; cer tainly worth the tronble to mole some further exertions to increase their funds. There was not an institution in the country where the childre:l were token more care of, or who pre sr more healthy and 'respectable appearance wh , zir they went abro4d. it was, in fact, the study of the committee to make the children happy and to promote their welfare. There was an interesting fact con nected with the present election which he could not o:nit to mention. It was the circumstance of the proxy of his Royal highness the Prince of IVales having been transmitted to him, through Colonel Phipps, with directions that it should be applied to promote the election of the most distressed candidate. He hoped when the Advertiser was enlarged, that commensurate exertions would be made to enlarge ifs circulation, and thereby to increase its funds, and through that to extend the sphere of its useful ness. He thanked them for the honour they had done him, and hoped when they met again they would be equally ready to bestow upon him a similar mark of their favour.---(Cheers.) The business of the day having been then con. eluded, the meeting separated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, proceeded in his yacht, the Fanny, yesterday morning, to Spithead, and went on board the Fox, 42, to inspect her. He was received on board by Commodore Lambert, Commander Tarlton, and the officers of the ship, with yards manned • and the ship's company were mustered and the ship inspected. This ship has an uncommonly fine crew, and promises to be one of the most efficient frigates in commission. The men are already much attached to their ship and captain. She has the best crew of any vessel that has sailed from Portsmouth for the last twelvemonths. She is already in good order. The complement of the Fox is 310 officers and men, and she carries the following armament Main deck—Four B.inch guns, 52 cwt., 8 ft. long. Twenty 32-pounders, 39 cat., 7 ft. 6 in. long. Quarter.•deck and forecastle—Four 32-pounders, 45 cwt., 8 ft. 6 in. long. Four 32-pounders, 39 cwt., 7 ft. 6 in. long. Ten 32-pounders, 17 cwt., carro nades 4 ft. long. Such a frigate as the Thetis, however, with only 38 guns, would cut the Fox up and remain without range of half her guns. The Commander-in-Chief also mustered and in spected the Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Gif fard, and was received with manned yards when he went on board. These two ships, with the Apollo, Commander Rawstorne, will be paid wages to-day. This Dragon, although of nearly 1,300 tons, only carries 6 guns—namely, two 68-pounders, 95 cwt., 10 ft. long, on pivot slides and carriages, and tour 10- inch guns, 85 cwt., 9 ft. 4 in. long, on slides and car riages. She Las now 560• horse power engines. Commodore Superintendent Lord John Hay, C. 8., struck his broad pendant on board the St. George, in Hamoaze, at sunset yesterday, and proceeded on leave of absence. Mr. Henderson, the master-attendant, presides over the dockyard during the Noble Lord's absence ; and Captain Nias (formerly of the Herald, at China) has the charge of the ordinary. Officers, 'maims, and boys, are to be sent on board the Bellerophon, 78, immediately on her paying off at Devonport. Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, li.H., is at Port Royal, Jamaica, from the Havannah. Falmouth lighter, Carrick master, which put into Plymouth Sound on Sunday, with a foul wind, with stores from Holyhead, for Portsmouth, sailed on Tuesday. PORT-S➢SOUTII, WEDNESDAY.—The Apollo troop ship, Commander Rawstorne, will be paid wages to morrow. The Penelope steam-frigate, having undergone a thorough repair, will be undocked to• morrow. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Her Majesty's ship Belle rophon, 78, Captain Baynes, from the Mediterranean, is hourly expected at this port, where she is to be paid off and recommissioned. The steam-vessel Wasp, on arrival from Wool wich, will he paid advance here, and will take the mails to the coast of Africa, touching at Madeira. The frigate Portland will be taken out of dock on Saturday. The owners of the Vulcan paddle steamer, which left Plymouth on the 18th of July, for San Fran cisco, have received advices from her. She made Cape Ortegal July 21, passed between the Grand Canary and Teneriffe the 28th, and was off the Cape Verds on the 4th of August ; trade winds light and variable. At that date her after hold was still full of coal in reserve for any calm under the line. The Vulcan was formerly in the service of the Revenue department. The brig Comet, Captain Smith, 2l days from Ma deira, with wine, was off the port this morning, and landed a mail and passengers—Mr. Garvagh, Mrs. M'Donald and servant. Her crew and passengers are well, and the island .was; healthy at the period of her departure. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 18.—Mate—William B. A. F. Paterson (1850), to the Firefly steam-vessel at Wool wich. Midshipman—Arthur Onslow, to the Firefly. Assistant Engineer—Charles H. Putt, to the Re xibution steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. The Lords of the Admiralty returned to town at a late hour from their official visit to the eastern ports and to Queenstown and Holyhead, and to-day re sumed their duties at Whitehall. Admiral Baron Mackau, of the French navy, and formerly Minister of Marine, visited Woolwich Dock yard to-day, shortly before one o'clock, and was re ceived by Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent, and Mr. Lang, master shipwright, and several of the heads of the departments. The gallant Admiral accom panied Commodore Eden to view the Agamemnon, 80 guns, now entirely in frame, to be fitted with a screw propeller and engines of 400-horse power. He then visited the building where Nasmyth's hammers are worked, at the blacksmiths' shop, in which great alterations are being made by removing the cumber some and unsightly brick chimneys over the forges,. and substituting cast metal forges with iron smoke con ductors, which pass below the ground, and ultimately , discharge the smoke through the tall chimney ad joining the saw-mills. Passing along the docks, in which were the hydra and Alecto steam-vessels, he proceeded to the San Fi orenzo , building. After vi siting the store delait, and having the Warrior convict ship pointed out to bim, and several details connected with convict labour in the dockyard explained, he visited the saw-mills and witnessed the machinery in operation, converting the various descriptions of timber used in the service. At the west end of the yard he went on board the Wasp steam-sloop, pre paring for commission and for service on the coast of Africa. That vessel is fitted with a screw propeller, and Mr. Humphrys, chief engineer of the dockyard, pointed out the mode in which the screw propeller was raised or lowered by screws, and taken up on deck through the well when requisite. The Admi ral appeared to look at the masts of the Wasp parti cularly, as they are of an excellent construction, and fitted with Harris's lightning conductors. He then went to the factory, and inspected the boilermakers' and foundry department, the steam-engine for setting the works in motion, and the machinery for finishing the works of steam-engines. Mr. Lang then con ducted him over the Royal Albert, 120 guns, and the Admiral was evidently gratified with his visit. The Firefly steam-sloop, Commander George A. Seymour, has now completed all her crew, with the exception of a sailm Iker and gun-room steward. Lieutenant Trevenen has been indefatigable in his exertions to render the sloop comfortable, and the se lection of the crew by her gallant commander has made an excellent ship's company. The Firefly, ac cording to present arrangements, will leave on the 22d inst. for Greenhithe, to have her compasses ad justed, and is to take out the mail of the Ist of Oc tober to the coast of Africa. The Wasp steam-sloop is to be tried down the river next week, and is expected to make a speed of about six knots per hour. Her engines are only of 100-horse power, and her tonnage about 1,000, giving a every proportten tons. ion of the small amo unt o f one-horse power to AN ANTI QUE Which app ALYEI{TISEM E ' NT, Ad vertismc nt eared at Ayleshani, in the county extraordinary of Norfolk, 16SO : "By hi;; Majesty's letters patent, Bed taken cif and Recrkt • eiecl by ISAAC ARD PUNCH g , Barber, Perr ew i g maker, Sur on Parish Clark, School master, Black sm i t h & Man Midwife. I shaves for a penile, cuts hare for two pence, and oyld and Powdird in the bar gare, young Ladies gentely educated, lamps lited by the year or quarter, young Gentlemen also taut their Grammer language in the fleetest manner & greet keer takin of their inarrels & Spelen. Also Saline Singing and /force strewing by the reel makir, likewise maks & Mends all sorts of butes & shews, teaches the Ho boy and Jews harp, cuts corns, blades & Blisters on the lowest terms. Cowtillions & other dances taut at hoam and abrode, also deals holesale & retail in Perfumery in all its branches, sells all sorts of Stashinary ware, together with blackin ball, Red herins, Gingerbread, Coles, Scrubbin brushes, treycle, mousetraps, & all ether sweetmeats. Likewise God-fatner's cordial, red rutes, Tatoes, Sasnges, Black Puddins, and other Garden stu.T. I teeches Goggrify & all them outlanguaged kind of things. A bawl on Wensday and Friday. All performed God willon by me "Isaac PLNCRARD. "To be hard off at my wharehouse were you may be sarved with the very best Bacco, by the ounce, ream, quire, or Single sheet. N.B. Also Likewise, beware of Counterfects for such is abrode." A witty word spoken by a rich relative is a very witty affair—even when the wit is not very apparent; but nobody laughs at the wit of a man in disgrace, or whose coat is out at the elbows. —.Eliza Cook's Journal. A NOVELTY.—Mr. Acres, of the Dolphin Hotel, Herne Bay, has a table large enough to dine twelve gentle men, made out of the canopy of the pulpit, belonging to St. Margaret's Church Canterbury, the fittings of which were lately sold off. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape to the 151 July inclue. The Cape pafers publish the suljoined correspon dence, introduced as follows : " We have great rleasurc, in refer ring cur readers to the result of Dr. T..ncred's interference on behalf of this colony at the Colonial-Hice, in Downing-street, communicated in a letter, dated London, 25th April, and inserted in our columns, The exertions of this true friend of the colony are justly entitled to our sincere acknowledgments." " Thursday, April 25, 1850, " 35, Golden-!quare, London. "Fellow-colonists and brothers,—Since my last communications to you of the 10th and 12th March, when I informed vou that I arrested the progress of the Bill re l at i ve to the Representative Assembly, until your wishes should be consulted, and the result re turned to the Home Government, I have been con stantly engaged with the other points relating to the future welfare of the colony. On the 6th, Bth, 9th, and 10th of this month I have been at the Colonial office, Downing-street, and the following Saturday, 13th inst., was appointed for a long interview, when Mr . . Haw( sand myself were t o h ave discussed all the pants remaining untouched. In the meantime I re ceived the following note : " Colonial-office, Downing-street, April 11, 1850. "My dear Sir,—My engagements will not per mit me to see you on Saturday next. I have, how ever, fixed Saturday week, and assuming that you will accede to that, I have arranged accordingly for two o'clock on that day.—Ever yours, " ' Dr. Tancred.' " ' B. HAWES. " On the day appointed we entered upon business and discussed everything of importance, until the ar rival of Earl Grey interrupted our conversation, and I have now the pleasure to announce to you that everything had been acceded to the colony that you could desire. lam authorised to inform syou by Mr. Hawes, that Sir H. Smith will be the last military governor at the Cape of Good Hope—all civil governors for the future. An assurance and a promise was given to me to that effect. So far, that is a great boon ob tained. Your trial by jury in civil cases, he said, is within your own power to obtain, and does not rest with the Home Government, but with yourselves. He also authorised me to inform you, that Earl Grey and himself entertained no limited, prejudiced, or bigotted views with regard to your future form of govern ment, and that they shall be ready to accede that form which the majority of the people shall decide on and approve of, and that it was in obedience to my sug gestions the progress of the Bill was arrested until your wishes should be consulted and be fully known. So now I sincerely hope that you will make use of the privilege and opportunity afforded you of obtaining for yourselves and your children a free and indepen dent representative Assembly, without the intermed cluing of Montagu, Porter, the judges, the military Governor Smith, and the other paltry and worthless officials. When he came to speak of the indemnifica tions of the losses incurred in consequence of the Kafir war, he stated it was on principle the amount of losses was refused by the Home Government, and that the Colonial Government ought to take immediate and active measures to meet those losses by the sale or grant of lands to the amount of each sufferer's loss. When I pointed out the inutility of extending our territory beyond the Orange River, the only thing I could obtain was that the future interests of the peo ple should be better attended to. I showed him that we had quite enough to do with our restless Kafir neighbours and the lately acquired territory. He ad mitted that there was no reliance whatever to be placed on them, and that all the military villages turned out a complete failure; but still John Bull seems disposed never to give up anything he once gets hold of, and so the territory up the Orange River will be retained. All the other points, such as the law regulating the conduct between master and servant, the improvement and diffusion of edu cation, the facility of obtaining justice in the country parts, the division of the large dis tricts, emigration on a large scale, &c., will follow immediately, when the future form of government would be decided on by the people and established. I have done all I could for the present, and must now wait until the decisions that you may arrive at are known in England. The sending out of a Commission of Inquiry is now considered unnecessary, as full power will be vested in the Representative Assembly to remedy all local abuses and grievances, to establish circuit courts where considered necessary, to limit the number of canteens, and to appoint in future none but civilians to the civil comtnissionerships. The sale of forest lands and the monopoly of gunpowder by the Government will also rest with the Assembly to de cide on. The increase of the salaries of the clerks and otht rs in the Government offices will be instantly attended to, and if the people shall think fit to for ward directly to England their petitions, without sending them as now through the governor, they have only to ask for it unanimously, and it will be granted. Thus far have I laboured for you, and I hope my feeble exertions will afford you satisfacticn, and meet with your approbation. Hoping that the time is not far distant when you shall be all happy and prosper ous, your colony free and independent, your rights and privileges secured upon solid and permanent basis, and wishing you all happiness and success,—l have the hour to remain, fellow-colonists and brothers, your devoted friend, servant, and brother till death, "Ann. JOS. TAcCRED, D.D." MARSHAL HAYNAU. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have only just been made acquainted with the various remarks which have appeared, during my absence from London, in some of the 'leading news papers, respecting a letter of introduction which was given by my firm to General Haynau, and I hope you will find room to insert these few lines; not that it is my i n te n ti in t o o ff e r an y op i n i on on the attack on General Haynau, but I think the exact facts of the case ought to be made known. General Haynau pre sented himself with a letter of credit on my firm, and having received some money, be requested an intro duction to Messrs. Barclay and Co., and a letter (a copy of which I enclose) was given to him. I hope I shall be excused for drawing your atten tion to this subject so long after it occurred, but a severe domestic affliction and absence from home, pre vented me from doing so sooner. I am, Sir, your most obedi en t servan t , LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD. New-court, 18th Sept. 1850. (Copy.) " New-court, Sept. 3, 1850. " Gentlemen,—We have the honour to introduce to you the bearer of these lines, his Excellency Baron Haynau, and shall feel particularly obliged by your allowing the Baron and his friends to view your brewery.—We remain, gentlemen, your obe dient servants, (For N. M. Rothschild and Sons), " B. COHEN. " For Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., Southwark." A NEW PORT FOR FOREIGN CATTLE. LOWESTOFT.—The terminus the Eastern Coun ties Railway, on the Suffolk coast, was on Monday the scene of extraordinary rejoicing, in consequence of the arrival of the Queen steamer, with 164 head of cattle, in excellent condition, from the mouth of the Weser, being the first cargo of the kind that ever en tered Lowestoft. The Queen made the voyage from the German to the English port within thirty hours, but the distance might readily be performed in con siderably less time by more powerful boats, which will doubtless be speedily put upon the station ; for the experiment of Monday is conclusive of the expe diency of making Lowestoft available for similar trtfilo from many of the continental ports. The dis tance from the T exe l , f or i nstance, being only ninety miles. Captain Andrews, the harbour master, ran out in the Lowestoft steamer, and brought in the Queen himself, amidst the acclamations of the delighted townspeople and visitors who thronged the beach and piers. The cat tle, instead o f b e i ng i mme di a t e l y sen t on by rail to Smithfield, were turned out to grass for a day or two, by direction of the foreign feeder, M. Lubken, who accompanied them, and who congratulated him self on saving the voyage round the coast and up the Thames, by which the beasts would have been ma terially damaged, and probably several have died, as is usually the case with such cargoes imported from the Continent direct to London. The Queen is already on her way back to Bremen for another cattle freight to be delivered at Lowestoft, after which her owner, Mr. Kappin, who came over with her, di ' rects that she is to proceed to Iljerting, on the coast of Jutland, for a third cargo for Lowestoft,with 'a hose facilities for such trade he has expressed himself greatly pleased, exclusive of the important considera tion that the c a ttl e may b e l an d e d almost directly into the railway terminus out of the steamer, and put down close by the very spot where they are to be sold in London. TRIBUTE TO IIAYNAU.-" A letter from Vienna,' (says a Morning Paper)," states that General Baron Hay. nau is to be immediately raised to the dignity of Field- Marshal." By giving Hay-nau a Field. Marshal's baton, the Austrian Government will certainly show its gratitude to wards hint; but it would eyince a more discerniDg sense of his services if it were to present him with a hangman's cat. Peradventure the baton is meant to compensate the woman whipper for that stick which he was obliged to cut the other day.—Punch. All actions and attitudes of children are graceful, because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the mcmeut, divested of affectation, and free from all pre tence.- Eliza Cook's Journal. During the last two years—that is, from March, is.is, to March, 1850, the reductions in the parochial assess ments on warehouse property in Liverpool have amounted to 19,59/. per annum. This is mainly attributable to the erec tion of warehouses on the dock quays.