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

/I _______,... .......... lARKET NEWS. —(THIS DAY.) RN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. ._,, s , ~.. , fai rly • .t- , tie ceut:try markets held on S' sturday w re e ‘ r v e , 11, r ) t „"PPILd A itn Erglivh When, both 01:1 an! . ,e. tt,',,ig in gcod condition. Fno dry s.•m t i• ,Co 4411 '0 ast ady sale at full pricer. In the middl!n e , Csrilicrerior parcel:, very? little wai doing. All spring sr t 1 r 4 w°7 ° off freely, and the quotations had an upvi!_ • portsl'AcY• Letters from the Baltic and the Black th in Wheat a ! ta t° thq a good business has been transacted ,_ lei .cn English account . In Franc'', glu m, ()tic of continue to be well sup- Ported . es all articles Holland, an tIP Dow n moor nalrlo.t last week . the arrivals of home- From tbm„,,ecrla and Flo ar were again moderate. dot'sdirt We received 10,478 quarters of Wheat, .3,149 , lloa ° t L : r 134 ' 1 '7, 3 7,344 ditt,, of Oats, 2,340 ditto ( I kio' _4l ditto of Tures, 5,460 ditto of Linseed,2t o s f tiref auudry sorts; 2,851 sacks and 1,932 barrels A. fai t „, .fired , avera ge wa s re qusntity of English W heat the 40 ,i tre . sa 1 ,... t., to this mornirw's market. N earl y e ___,.,. 1, 4t 1 ' of it was derived from Essex and li . ,, nt, i'.l 63 1 'b5 to 6411:°rtid1,.tion, some of the parcels weighing 6314) lu btali ~'l t ir u n'hel• On the whole, the show of samples theol yet, as atteldarie and white was seasonably good, the tul ed st eof millers was on the increase, demand 11 1 e !dY, at pricts quite s (pal to those obtai . o _ er to 'tb . ', a) ; last, and at which a cle:.rance was effected pr i i ~• 1 weiit'..e,in•e cf business. The supply Th e n 42 colnparativ, ly small. left over from a as re %I.ecoutits at hand this morning differ materially Ha t t i t a . 9 e i the yield of the new Wheats; but they d s . tate fur ther, t h;';' °tett) disease has nearly d and out a ho st o r , lhe crop of Potatoes is likely to turn isapi.;eared, With R p nant °lli* * igt‘ i _ _ oreign wh eat we were ver y moderately sup sillttyeutii red uce d learn that the warehoused tUoc r k t a que a s r t o , Fine dry parcels were in Lai. inferior ki htis 7 Previous rates. In the middling and *ere not 40°‘ anxious 3,.,,11er5. little was doing, yet the importers :Z il e piget:ttlit7yo, qwuearretersof broughtn ewE forward.ngl ish Ba F rl o e r y, to, re ; 29s per quarter was paid, parcels a ateltdy refused to sell under 308. In foreign e a thad o ..YllBlness • was doing, and malting kinds were w e tlearer--Bey 6d per quarter. Whi ch Aid a moderate inquiry for Malt, the supply of • Th e B as on the increase, at fully late some o f tohfe selected ver y fa e . hrd s 0 91 11 Y of foreign Oats was very extensive, c U ug. late figures. p. niti°llSatt,„7,oo, hence the Oat trade was in a very 6 . 1 d per l u ttrte "an low Archangel qualities gave way tc tioti t r ' e Indthe value of other kinds we have no change . us t i e „ ' cur e met a moderate inquiry at last week's , lio n 1 .• well 9 P1 ) 0 -Inds of Psold . N I L peas slowly , yet prices were ihdi tn ~,, , The /I k lcrn and .Meal were almost nominal. ' 4 3' f °ur trade ruled steady, and most kinds realised all p r i hut etrUxesT O -- stese x t . e PEE IMPERIAL MEASURE. 52$ to 551 tt oed, ~,.... at, m i a ,• •• • 41e to 45s Oats- and C y b o e r v k a sh l u t i e r r . ; . Feed. 163 I'ls ‘iertoik aaalsol•t. 428 508 I r •i o n t c a tr .. 7 ... .. .. i g 3 22s hits)°,_n• lied"... 41s 443 youghal and Cork . , Irieb;lllte•..... 43 3 46s Black .••••• • i .. 14s 17 s ltl.bllto irel,•••••••• s- s cork, White .•• •• 18 , 22s --0,,, ia)'-'te•••••• -s -s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 25 , 293 6 1 4 e 1?... :: ••• •• •• •• 2,3 s 24s Beans-Tick .•• • ' Itin r , 0;1 • 1 ,: ••• • • 24s 26s Pigeons . ::: . : 4 t h •"ilik g . G . .. .. • 2 2 16 2 27 4; Peas-U • :.:. 28s 31, ...... 26s 8 7s . maple. • • • • • • • • • • 26s 41L8 4 1 0 1e il "'•• .: 27s s 29s s White. ••"" .• :: 276 323 kik. - - Atld Nor. Boilers. •••• • ' • 330 40s .....row, r. **** •••••• 43s 48s Flour-Town-made .. .L. 1,95 3 , 3 k 1 II a 0 I; i ; d : 1 i i t ; e 44 ( 7 ) : ;I 1 2 3 . If: Suffolk n •• . • t & Norfolk 295 3 4 s r 88, e1• 2 1 1 SEED. (l i ne t o Orfie parcels of new Mustard Seed having i„ew s '‘nity h"°, that article is lower to purchase. .cr t rtiet es yet* reached. us in good condition. 40110,1„ry little is doing. ttaioa.::(tie green ash. los to lie In all other ter4,11.•• • lOs 12,s t kr Whi se 'n°,v4, new 8 8 lOs 4 •lceP, ~ ,,e : ! •• • • ••73 6d 8s t Oki inter •.5s Od 630 d itr s . pe r •• •• •••Is Gd 4s 05 (1 0 , 114,.. ( laner •• 563 63s etegt''• ".• •• 20s 24,s * W hit e N• (cwt.) 35a 'Oreic,,,•• •• •• • • 34s 48s 1., -44 .- • 333 486 to ll • ... Whi te:: ... 286 4is ... . •••••••• 14s les, Al SIVEITELFIELD. tuitionsth°llgh no p l ace in the , En aterial'advance has taken th _ lue iv. ..ere, the imports of foreign stock into London the we ' l lt, l% er en the time of ear considered. 8,778 head, Vet 6 . 7„, e received not less correspondinlB49;gditto___4_. 1 144 p s „l !.. h atze in 1848; and 6 928 in 18 7 44. ,usr ualve. • which have now . lit,,taila rut -, the former of usual Flemish th Nia g , a custom contrary to the condition, and l3metohstthlye INe ktea ' ikte nothing to hand in better .. ost 41 8 eery 15 ~ tae Y a areuy of in'ernal fat• Di 4'41 tty freights from ' graziers evidently fail of stock, and it t- 114 4 gellerallY imagined, now that the polies will .°'eli .. aro lower that larga r qt r. "8 Prior t h ' • in oi. the u- cold wen ters 1, 0 T he ~ 0 e setting , ws the quar .41.46 following statement sno F ro 44,1:Zirthe week's supplies havele s e l o w d r e E r E i n v e . d;--- 0 INTo LONDON Is nit r"' Calves. Pigs. Ot,1111)11,.„1, 4,saSts. Sheep. lAmbs. _ ..„ er t i a Zt •••• Ca ~ 5 2 _. - ••• tin ... 101 T t kie tt ••• 463 .. 1 , 81 9 ... 517 ••• - „., 1 )0 1114 g4 1 . "' I t o .. 49 ... -- ". -- Atikit •• 207 ... 6 „.. - ••• ~3 „„ - Isi.t*er.. "•• , 3 204 • - ... ' - s' e ll I P '''••• 21 *** ** - ..• 18 -41 4 1 ) ". ....... ..... 1 •• II terd a 5l ... 790 ... - ••• - iirli n nt ... 7 3 . 63 - ... 48 ....• 13 gen . ••• i ••• 1,4 , 2,235 .. 417 ••• 133 fjet‘i .......... --- ... 117 ~,re,„ •••• 1,303 5 898 934 ~, 524 Lwe t'. ,eonai„ , ••• t . iti 1 84 , a "g nA lB9 "le 1r :'' 1 ,189 ... 4,( 51 ... 175 ~. I ‘-'•• •.. 1 , 4 t etk in 440 ••••••• 116 11 4 1 , „,; , 0 ... 6,118--- i7 s t i r fr,,,ou head have been landed at tho outports, 19 Oxen, Th tl woli "1 if°l6 nd• From Ireland, by sea , • ,t - e Et ' Itn d 38 Sheep were received here last week. •t oar or it, l utia j ot (1 0 o tk i . Trade Returns give the folloaing troP , month elm ak! Atig u , ue United Kingdom during the ~t :....... •t 5, and the seven months ending atthe same pMonth (,eil 18,19. ending Augu s t 5. 7 M ont h s en ding Aug. Aug. 5. nit s "•••• 1 0 61 18.50. 1849. tc ve. ..... ,881.6,878 ••• B ' 3" ..... e n ••• 1,742 8,301 ••• 6,815 teee,p.....•1, ?. 4 3 ... 2,518 1'6; 4 4 . ",'‘ 9 ... 13,935 41,147 ... •-• , __,_ 8,511 ... .1 ,5 0, 6 17 50 2 li'' .. .... ' 4l •... 1,737 934 , ... 2,493 tty j.. 169 • 530 -- 1,049 ts too „ krg e ~ umberstoots,en..... of foreign stock- s A c ' P but middling Of ~s4itien..- Fey© on off, r here to-oay in the arrivals ecially Beas streps' 41 sest, f rorn our own razin districts, . very (It _ e reb h o this morning were again h., ‘„,, , ra i d _.,. P, mu', .1 somewhat improved condition. Netvvit tiler lg t hat th e me h t , I w ha e attendance of both town and excessively ki v Y, .a nd, . good, the Beef trade ruled, a „ ave way country 4 , 4 e Pee t tlbp. to some instances, the quotatien eef b did sot 8, Id 3 3 Gd Thou top general figure for B 1 1% u Per B,l:git a few very superior w lo e t r s e re tu al r i o s e ed d ee l Unsol d I c • Large numbers of Beasts o • the north 1 , 1 , not t d . The Bullock droves 11°14 oth ‘° pearl 3,000 head, chie f fl r ; in h o • ed 350 rtN•forti et Parts ot England we nem, _cot. rt horns. 1, 1 , 1 ni, 2, 'tutus, l)evons, &c.; and from S 1 4 .' 9 4 rhe r e rad waY, 94 horned rned and and i t . le w Pwe were again evensively supplied, i. Ads " 18 decid • • the weight of most 1, 85 • q t . o ed In:Trues mtnt in polit d Scots. IV kid ~; eritilY specking, the demand was very ii top t l i i.,e e .. Ttittoe, oute for ~ 4 N ere the turn in favour of the butc L h a e re rs b . Mutton was 4s per 81bs. Ir s 4 s ew f i °f "Ilion. we have discontinued to quote There 4 1 ! dt4dnrobs offering sold at mutton prices ,: .. s,_Th in it. 1e lel l it r n ed fa lling Off it the supply o f . . ITe' Oki,. ,?,derate business wes doing at Friday's cur `vB w hr 've had a moderate inquiry for Pigs, e W.li 1 4 . ,ii supported. and late Hoe tt Per albs. to sink the offal. g. d. to s• 'ii l'll Ptiii l N 'i lr, l l eill tY tk ., ..• Si _ 44• to 2 s. 6 d, Inferlor Sheep •• - 3 0 3 2 6 L k st r . te k), e4.. • : 8 3 osecond ‘e qual. Sheep 3 4 - p pit!l te %ar ts e ... ;.. 3 2 3 3 1 4 3 s C o .ar th s 44'111 4.44 : :z e 41 : e t t . O .. 3 a d - o zol l i v e e d t a h i c t i r e 3s 15 ~.3 10 , 444 e 414° a 2 3 6 Dit u to eut of the wool 0 .3 310 Large Hogs •• •• •.•• 33 2, 4 0 t, '*•• '• • :: 1 ( , g 206 0 ,ruaariLir.ooties figs .•. . 16 0 22 0 --'44ts. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 4 ' 7 40 I She en . Ittuti. . 28,560 I 5 Ca 2 lv 2 es. I Pigs. 22s 94 I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Shee I !ire. Calves. 27 ti ll k kvip a. 2,310 P. I 153 !tty hs ' B thi, P•Tla AND LEADENBALL. ilir ...ode ] a y sen'night there markets have been trii th, larger taty Bu th ' the Pplieu with each kind of Meat, by li t : l dle eiu,: portiou of which has been titql ° Y , atkll'tY• G enerally speaking the trade has ruled e as.... eY • /,..._ th ,e . quotations have bad a downward car. p a s ts ei ci4e Is now out of season. About 1,0 .. s. ton ed of, clelgtl Meat, chiefly Sheep, have been ell ti ts , ~••,Isr At Per stone by the Carcase. s. d . to s. d. .2` ceiL2lol. . fl• d• to s d 2S 3 4 - '•a,., - "'ula; - •' •• 2 2 2 . 4 . Mutton, Ulterior •• , 6 3 8 *, ;`••• - 'rati,: •••• 26 2 g middling •• - 8 3 10 411,4151eitst, '• 210 a 0 prime •••• 3 3 0 3 6 •,••••.,-"."••• : 2 3 4 Pork, largt : :: :: •••• 3 6 4 0 ... 11,,%131(,..,: Lamb.3os 8 0d s O r g. al mx, B. war y jib 13( .."JUTSL A.lg 111 spiTAIMZ---",ast week fro: 0 6i,p h , or foreign Potatoes into London i barrels la b ' eh a rn to 50 bags from Rotterdam, and 10 barrels hen - Nfittinprai:Eldte• With home-grown qualities we are i ng in 1 1 14 ! t t - 1 1 14 e l ti a i b s e n ' t t " °ldyl' moderate business is epee.. Stationary u accoutare Thetaititnes on e4 le are more favourable than of p late. to 4,.,44ex"„,"1e here are in i xcellent condition... 0 . _Kent_ a •ut ; di;lire 45s to 755;. ditto, middling qualities, 3U Tli, "' ch at°, 20s to 25s per ton. Itt,rl kta ie wool. 12,0 ~tied. end sales held i n the a th e bair n, t he whole of the parcels offered, nearly., past week have been well 10 ot t-4 privet hav e changed bands, eitl.4tane-'c contract market so little is doing that the at very full vices. frn„,"eve eare olmost nomihal The imports since our 28 - 1: 114 ve,oted to 27 bales . from Antwerp, 20 ditto 1 : 1 5, ()41 Nl,' ' C ' f rom Al , xandria, 275 from lamburg , h a , trop. .". 43 ir ,gittiere, 325 from Sria, 1,161 from Al Boa Irelsr:P T aganrog, 2 from Madeira, and 10 bags 'Mob , s: , latol e „- - .e f• tiaa t t n --- . 4 .1043 mop DrazzaxET. . kik, qlv ar d g will be corneeecctd to-morrow in some of ‘,..' tts tt grounds in Sussexand Kent, hence, erpeci te f l e rvpo t • of the bine it i4 'Vour2b, LS relative to the appearance . fe: l iir, , rid ' e • the demand for all kinds of Hops is very (ls ' ,!'• The' in some instances, prices are a sl:ade 11/" 0 0/. A . duty has been done at 200,000/. to L• rid d atk ~'.; % ha p _ ,In East Kent pockets, 61 Iss to 01 4 "Itte .., ' 01 lient ditto 51 15s to 61 lOs; Sus " 1.1 ' -I ' 158 to 0 51 8 ' u P B I 16, t i ;Yearlings, 11 15s to 2/ 15s; 0 o 2/ 55 per cwt. , 60 4 t. pet Tax.zow. t ut 0 °a t. .‘erabUrgh letter to the Ist inst. states that tepaotakeriTrallow had sold at 1061 to 107 f roubles • °*keikatb, 41114)41 sorts. Shipm e nts were progress . . i nil be seen b ' y our statement at lot, ,Carraway ............ 29s 32s - Coriander . • ...... 18s 21s Hempseed, per quarter 328 35s 1 1 1nseed, Eng.:iowing • • 548 56s Crushing .. Baltic •• .. 38s 44s Odessa ••••• . . • • • 428 4fis Linseed Cake r. 1,000— English .. ...Si Os 91 Os Foreign, per ton 51 lOs 71 Oe Rape Cakes, pr ton 4158 4/ 15e Rapeseed, New, prlst 231 Os 25! Os .13 and the quantity of Tallow all )at is somewhat extensive. Since Monday last, cur market has ruled firm, and a good bu,iness has teen doing, at, in 8, me instances, a farther advance in the quott.tions tf 3d per ewt. To day. P. Y. (1. on the spot, is =cliir g at 37s 9d for rew, and 37s to 37s 31 for old. Higher rates are demanded for forterrd dilivery. Town Tal!ow has advanced to 37s per c'a'r. net ca,h; and rough fat to 2e ld per Slabs. Stock this day • • • • • • Price of Y. C. •• •• [ 8,892 42 Od , to 4is 91 Delivery last week •.1 1,921 1 Ditto from June 1....' 14,13 Arrivals last work • 72G Ditto from Juue 1 ... 12,733 Price of Town ••• • .. 44s 0d STATEMENT OF T. Tallow dispatched trout Cronstadt Aug. I , 0.5... •• In ships loading and lighters • • • • .• • • • • Total loaded sir, 1 , 31.11 Aug., O.S. .. • • • • Loaded afterwards.. Total at the dose of the navigation.... Caika. 27,90 32,029 Ca 31,5. 49,784 Casks, 18,503 18,890 11,274 46,226 11,CP0 46,453 50,419 C 7,213 61,0"0 4 68,446 57,690 7:i,9 IS Caaki, 118,102 129,` 04 131,861 26,616 London•• •• •• •• •• Liverpool • • .. •• • • 11r,sto1 .• •• •• • • • • 10,00 9,195 2,1119 1,5:9 8,475 5,561 1,584 5,641 2,036 1,488 4,101 3,139 23,824 2,415 r,339 2,518 3,4 , ;6 2,747 20,181 8,794 2,! 20 4,5-9 2,1 , 4 3,379 2,372 2,228 Other Engll.4l). ports Ireland . • • • . • • • • • Scotland ••..• • • • Germany . • • • • • 28 I 2,025 1,0)8 27,91:0 32,029 49,784 46,126 J3ANKRUPTCY,-(THIS DA 13,f 60 4 , 1,476 72,747 113,223 039 1,317 4,132 2,574 602 'd6,616 IN RE T. C. JONES. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a linen-draper in the Blackfriar's-road, came up for his certificate. Mr. TURNER, for the bankrupt, said that the *hole debts due amounted to about 2,4004 but that only 700/ was due to trade creditors, the other being due to friends. The assets would be large. There being no opposition his HONOUR granted a certi- . ficate of the second clues. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY). These sessions commenced to-day before Mr. Prickle, the Chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. Ac cording to the calendar there are only eighteen prisoners for trial, and the offences with which they are charged are of the most trivial description. The grand jury having been sworn, The CHAlRMANproceeded to deliver his charge to them. lie said that it Ras with nal pleasure that he bad to congratulate the grand jury and the county at large on the state of the calendar. He had had con siderable experience in the Commission of the Peace for the county of Surrey, and he bad never in his life seen so light a calendar at ;the present season of the year as the one for the present session. It was wonderful to think that there were only lg pri soners for trial. Various causes had doubtless brought a bout this most agreeab le result, and probably among the foremost was the better education of the lower classes, which had induced in their minds a right feeling as to their station and importance to so ciety. The governor of the gaol bad put into his hands an average of the calendar for the last eleven pars, from which it appeated that the average number of pri soners for trial in each year was from 52 to 70, while, in the present instance, the number for trial was only 18. The calendar also was most but satisfac tory, not only as re s p ected numbers, also in reference to the crimes committed: they were of the slightest description, and none of them required any comment from him. The Chairman having shortly ad verted to the duties of grand jurors, remitted the grand jury to the performance of their functions by congratu lating them on the lightness of their labours. From the statement sent to the Chairman by the governor of the gaol, it appeared that the number of prisoners for trial in 1839 was 87; in 1840, 74; in 1841, 90; in 1842, 87; in 1843, 38; in 1844, 73"; in 1845, 43; in 1846, 42; in 1847, 75; in 1848, 33; and in 1849, 48. The grand jury having retired, The COURT proceeded to swear in the petit jury and with the trial of the prisoners, but no case cang for a special report came before it during the wholelli morning. MANSION -1k 0 USE.--( 1 HIS DAY.) This morning a reap. ctably-dressed man, who agave the name of Captain Crosby , R.N., was placed bar, before the Lord Mayor, for various alleged acts if swindling. Captain Taylor, R.N., deposed that the prisoner had, in the months of May a nd June last year, borrow various sums of money of him, by falsely representing himself as Captain Crosby, of the royal navy. Witness had introduced him to other gentlemen, from whom he I obtained money, &c. The prisoner had also received 10/. from one of the O'Connell family. Oa inquiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had been a sort of schoolmaster on board the San Joseph, but was not known at the Admiralty as carat's. Veda's other charges were ready against the pri soner, and his Lordship ordered a remand to a future day. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) MunDEF.ous A SSAULT IN • THE POLICE. Dt777iS GO/ Min, a rough-looking 'ellow, who had been repeatedly in custody for violent assaults on the police, many of whom are totally disabled frem duty in cense quence of his bra al viole ace, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged e ith the f howieg murderous assaults on the police ve lien in the execution a f their duty : Police-constatile,l43 I), stated that about twelve o'clock on Saturday n'gl t, a soldier was being brought down Oxford•streee, in custody, followed by a mob of betwceo two and three hundred people, when he saw the prisoner and several ef his cempanions rush Ire m Gilbert-street mob , an d connme nee hissing and hootingeand urging the to rescue the soldier from the custody of the officers. All at once the prisoner and his companions flung a volley of stones at thew, man o Y f which struck the constables on the head. Witness then looked oked roun d and distinctly sa w the prisoner the paving-stone produced at Sergeant Bewley, which struck him on the head, and felled him to the ground completely stunned. Before witness could get near the prison' r the latter threw another stone, and when witness got up to him he collared him and took another store from his hand. The prisoner then tried to throw him on bis back, the prisoner's compaßew l nions at the same time pulling at his legs. Sergeant ey, who had recovered from w the effects of t en came he blow, an his d whose head was streamingwith blood, th to aid and sprung his rattle, when the prisoner's companions ran off. The prisoner was, however, secured, and con veyed to the station, where be became so exceedingly violent that it required the united strength of six con stables to lock him up in the cell. When at the station the prisoner threatened to ruin them for life, as he had done before to the b-- police. Sergeant Bewley, 20 I), said on Saturday night he was assisting a soldier to the station, when he received a violent blow from a stone on the shoulder. On turning round to see from whence the stone came, he saw the prisoner close by him, and heard him say " You b--, I will disable you for lite, worse than those b -- s we re in Devonshire -street." The prisoner then tbrcw a large having-stone at witness, which struck him on the side of the head, breaking his hat, and infl ciing a severe wound, from which the blood flowed in torrents. Wit ness fell down on his back insensible., and when be came to himself he found the prisoner in custody of 143 1). On the way to the station the prisoner kicked him se veral times. Police-officer, 112 D, corroborated the whole of the above evide nee. Burton, 82 D, stated that about six o'clock last night he was on duty at the station-house, near the cell wherein the prisoner was confined, when he heard him say to some one outside, " You must get Ryan and as many more as you can to come up and swear I was standing still and never threw a stone at or touched Bewley at all." Witness immediately communicated what be had heard to his superintendent. Inspector Jackson, of the 1) division, having corrobo rated this, added that the prisoner had been convicted more than twenty times f r assaults on the police. The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was com mitted to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. ASSAULT BY A SOLDIER. —Joseph Giblin, a private belonging to the Grenadier Guards, has charged before Mr. Hardwick with assaulting police-constable 231 D. The constable deposed that about 12 o'clock on Satur day night he was on duty in Oxford-stie , t, when he saw a young woman knocked down with a horse and cab. A man went to her assistance, and res cued her from her dangerous position, when the pri goner ran up to him and challenged him to fight. Witness requested the prisoner to go away pi ace ably, which he refused to do, and as he was drunk at the time he (witness) sent to the barracks for a "picket" to take him away. While the messen ger was gone, the defendant took off his belt, flourished it about, and said he would fight any b— there. As the prisoner seemed inclined to be mischievous, witness took the. belt from him, when he struck him (witness) on the breast with great force, and knocked him back wards into the road. Witness then sprung his rattle kr assistance, and several other constables having arrived, the prisoner, after a deal of resistance, was taken to the police station. The prisoner, who denied the charge of assault, was committed to the House of Correction for ten days. EXTENSIVE AND ALARMING FIRE AT LIMEIROUSE. —This morning an official report was received by Mr. Braidwood, of an alarming and extensive fire, a hich took place at about eight o'clock this morning, on the premises of Messrs. John Chanter and Co., patentees of the patent me tallic composition for ships' bottoms, Salmon's-lane, Lime house. The first communication was received by Mr. Superintendent Togo, of Wellclose-square station by the Blackwell Railway electric telegragh, and in less than five minutes the engines were on the spot ; but despite the strenu ous exertions of the firemen, the workshops for mixing the composition in were completely burnt down, and consider able carnage was done to the adjacent buildings. It was nearly ten o'clock before the fire was wholly subdued. THE POST-OFFICE.—On Surdey last the official order for renewing to the public the Post-office accommoda tion, of which they had been temporarily deprived, through the exertions of the Sabbaterians and the lukewarmness of their opponents, came into operation—points of dett al being reserved for subsequent consideration. The indecent haste with which the epistolary intercourse of the Community was, for nearly two drys in the week, cut off in the first instance, has been in some measure atoned for by the promptness with which the Government have retraced their steps, and there is no reason to fear that the House of Commons will be found napping again even in the " Derby" week. A repetition of the popular indignation roused by the first inconsiderate mis take would go bard with any Ministry. Electors all over the country will see the necessity of keeping their Members" up to the MAW' on Oki imporont quotice..Cariide burp:. A T 1 PHOO.N IN THE CHINA SEA. Th barque Vernon, en hur way frost Manilla to N,w York, on the 6 h fM ty last, tuffered frcrn one of those visitors of the east, which is thin described by a correspondent of the Courier :—" e R ere run ning under all sail at nine o'clock in the morning, but, as the weather looked more and more tiriettleci, and strong fitful gusts of wind came from the S.E., Captain 111• Kay, who is an old voyager in this part of the world, commenced making preparations for receiv ing the enemy. We took all our studding sails in, sent down the royal yards, and furled the mail -pail. Tne rain now commenced pouring down in torrents, while the loud claps of thunder and the vivid flashes of ligh'ning gave too sure evidence of the near ap proach of one of those dreadful scourges of the China Sea, a typhoon. At this time we were steering W.S.W., and the wind S E. nearly, brought it aft the barque, running at the rate of eight milts en hour, under easy sail. As I stood looking over the rail, watching the conflict of the elements, I heard a loud roaring to windward, and instantly knew it was coming butt-end foremost, as the sailors say. Captain M'Kay, who was standing beside me, heard the sound, and instantly ordered the man at fle wheel to keep the ship off before the wind, and then shouted fjrth his orders, Clew up the foretopsail and haul up the foresail ;' but by the time the foretopsail was clewed up, it burst upon U 3 in all its'fury. Upon the first gust it took our foresail clean out of the bolt ropes, and then the poor barque reeled and tumbled like a drunken man. By this time we had our main top sail clewed up, but it split into a thousand pieces, and before the men could get on the foretopsail yard that sail went with a loud report. By this time the wind had increased to a perfect hurricane, and the heavy sea that was running plainly showed to us that we must heave the ship to, or run under. The poor barque was labouring very heavily, and Captain M•liay, see ing our only hope of safety would be to heave her to, watched his opportunity and ordered the helm to he put down by a • motion of his hand, for amidst the roaring of the wind it was impossible to hear a person six inches from you. Our gallant barque, obedient to the helm, slowly came to the wind, while every person seized a rope and lashed himself in the best manner possible to prevent being swept overboard, -in case we shipped a sea, but, as luck would have it, we escaped that misfortune, and shipped no water of any consequence. We now began to feel the force of the wind, with not a stitch of canvass set. We found that the poor vessel lay nearly on her beamends. Al though we were very deeply loaded, something had • to be done to relieve her, and by the motion of his hand the captain expressed to the mate to stave all the water-casks on the lee side. instantly half a dozen men were in requisition, while the rest of the crew were engaged in heaving over board everything that was lashed on deck. The gale, instead - of decreasing, increased, and with a loud crash our foretopmast went over the side, taking with it the maintopgallant mast. All hands were now at work with a will, for every man felt that unless the vessel was lightened all must go to the bottom, and by almost superhuman exertions the deck was cleared. Just as our deck was somewhat cleared our jibboom went, taking our jib, fly ing jib, and foretopmast staysail. Fearful of the spars getting under the bottom of the ship and staving a plank, we were obliged to cut the wreck away. We now turned our attention to the pumps, and by sounding the weather one we found that there were three feet of water in the hold. I now, for the first time, began to feel a little discouraged, but fortunately the gale began to abate, and, by con stant pumping, we had the satisfaction of finding that the water decreased ; and by seven o'clock P.M. she was clear. After losing spars, rigging, water, pro visions, and sail, the captain concluded to go back to Manilla, and refit ; and, considering our condition, we could not do otherwise. In conclusion, let me say that I have been round Cape Horn, and in a great many parts of the world, but I have never witnessed a gale like the above, and sincerely hope that I shall never see one of equal severity. We found, after our arrival at Manilla, that the ship Carolus, Captain Dunbar, had experienced the same gale, and was obliged to put back with the loss of spars, sails, rigging, Ice., and leaking very badly, most of her sugar being damaged, she having as much as six feet of water in her hold, and was on her beamends for 12 hours."—Boston Daily Mail. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—•As the aid of your valuable journal has been given to advocate the claims of a class of officers whose position is less favourable for promotion than any other grade in her Majesty's service, I beg to mention to you that there are at present upwards of sixty captains on full pay in the army who have been actively employed in the present rank from ten to thirteen years, the prospect of regimental promotion, for most of them, being still very distant, and even improbable, the purchase system having left them where they are. For such claims as theirs surely it is not much to ask a step by brevet ; they are all old officers, having served twenty, some thirty years, and others even longer, regimental advancement being at present almost impossible for them. The greatest boon that could be conferred upon them is increased army rank. It is believed the authorities contemplate this act of justice at the commencement of the second half of the present century. I trust this reasonable rope, which is looked forward to with intense anxiety by those ve terans, will not be taken from them on the ground of economy. We have now an overflowing exchequer— the prospect of a plentiful harvest—all class( s are in comparative peace and prosperity—let not the old soldiers of the country he deprived of their reward to save two shillings a day ; no economist in England would object to this outlay for men who have devoted their best years to the service of their country.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Loudon, Sept. 7. CENTURION. ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GAS.AT ST. MICHAEL'S Clamor, CORNIIILL —Last evening, shortly before the commencement of Divine service in St Michael's Church, Cornhill, an occurrence took place, which, had it been a few minutes later, would, in all probability have been attended with disastrous consequences. It appears that at the usual hour the men proceeded to light the gas, preparatory to opening the sacred edifice. Atter some of the lamps had been lit, it was found that the flare was not equal in height to what it had previously Leen. and a strong smell of gas having attracted the attention of one person, be traced it to the churchwarden's pew, hen he incautiously took a lighted candle to the spot. lie had no sooner done so than the light came in contact with the gas Hhich was escaping, and an explosion took plac , , which knocked the man down, and set fire to the flooring of the pew. Fortunately the damage done is not very considerable, but the churchwardens issued a notice, th,t no service would be pet formed in the church in consequence. THE MURDER NEAR HARROW.—At the Harrow Sessions, on Saturday, Benjamin Doivill, who was charged some time ago, under circumstances which have already, been detailed in this journal, with the murder of his wile underwent a further examination before Dlr. Botch. Some additional evidence having been given, the prisoner was com mitted for trial upon the capital charge. EXTRAORDINARY CASE CF SHOOTING AT RlCH moND.—During Friday and Saturday a great sensation pre vailed in consequence of a young gentleman, the son of an eminent publisher in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden, and who resides in the vicinity :I Richmond, having acci den, ally shot a young man under the following extraordi nary circumstances, which assumed more mystery from the fact that the police authorities were kept in ignorance of the real state of the case until late on 'Thursday. It appears that the young gentleman, who is aged about 17, was at about seven o'clock on the evenirg of Tuesday amusing himself with firing off a duelling pistol loaded with ball in Black Horse-lane, Maish-gate, in the immediate vicinity of the Richmond Railway, and across which lane the line is on the level. A gateman, named William Newman, is stationed there. It is stated that the young gentleman asked New man to let him put a mark on the post of one of tie gates for him to fire at, which Newman consented to, and the first ball the gentleman fired missed the mark, passed through the hedge on the opposite side, and lodged in the elbow of Charles Howe, a groom, living in Grosvenor-mews, Richmond-hill, who was at that time talking to a young woman. The bones of the arm were completely smashed, the ball being buried in the marrow of the larger bone. The young gentleman, learning the accident he had caused, procured a fly and pro ceeded with the wounded man to Twickenham, where he was immediately attended by Mr. Wellington, who was of opinion that amputation must be resorted to, and recommended his removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. This was done on Thursday night, and it was found necessary to amputate the arm from the shoulder. The wounded man still remains in an uncertain state. FIRES YESTERDAY.—No fewer than five fires oc curred yesterday in different parts of the town. The first conti guous t oo k place between two a nd three o'clock in the morning on the premisesabveilloionng.i3n,gartdo, 1 11 ‘ Tr b . i N te V e i l l , l a ia p n e t Jo n es , a immediately dairyman, atNo to .9, Pavilion-}'aid, Pavilion Theatre. The fire was first discovered by a man who worked on the premises seeing an unusual glare in one of the lofts filled with hay and straw. This party, knowing that a man was asleep in the loft, immedi ately raised an alarm, and the man succeeded in effectiug a retreat, but not before he had been slightly burned. Assist ance having arrived, nine horses, each valued at 301., and e number of cows, were extricated. In a very brief period numerous engines of the London brigade and the parish at tended under the direction if Mr. Braidwood, the superin tendent, and Mr. - Fogo, the foreman of the A district. By the time the engines arrived the flames had broken through the roof, and were attacking the windows of the saloon of the theatre, so that Re destruction appeared inevitable. Fortu nately, the males of the East London Company afforded an abundant supply of water, and the firemen, by dint of great perseverance, succeeded in preventing the extension of the flames; some time, however, was spent before the main body of flames could be extinguished, and not before that poi tion of the preinves iii w hich they began was destroyed, the ecn tents consumed, and some damage done to the buildings on either side. The °light of the misfoitune is at prekent un known. Mr. Jones, unfOrtnnately, was not insured. The four other tiles occurred, one at 8, Wakefield-street, 1311111dd row ; another at 79k, Portland-place; a third in Ratcliffe highway ; and the fourth in the City ; but the damage done to each was but slight. ExtinitiioN 1851.—THE BUILDING.—The first castings for the irun colunun , were delivered on the ground on 6aturday last, having arrived the previous day at the Kensington Basin, from the foundry at Dudley. The sashes are being made in London, and it is expected that several hundred hands in a very few days will be engaged on the work. TILE COMMAND OF TDB BOMBAY ARMY.—MajOr General Sir Joseph Thackwell (in India) will, it is under stood, succeed to the command of the Bombay forces, on Sir Wm. Gomm assuming the higher office of Commander-iu chief of the Queen'4 and Company's troops in India. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA 1F47. 1816* I I • - 13,338 1 5 , 369 465 6d 45s 61 to Os Od to Os Od 2,t.36 2,8:9 17,39 G 23,327 1,6 9 2,729 22,629 31,165 40s 6d 475 6cl unrrma AT ST. 1848. S 7,350 38 ,, 3d to 3Ss Od 1,459 17,239 2,441 19,116 40& Od 24,213 37a Od ti) .17a 1W 2,002 18,859 2,374 17,448 39s 6,1 'ltGli. 1 1846, 'ETEIRSB 1(347. ALLOW S: Casks. EVENING, SEPT EM BER 9, 1850. ORKNEY ISLA?DS. WE TRAY, AUG. 29. WC2ther f.rr several days has been wet and blowy, in elms wile() of which the crops aro much laid, an , i harvest is u little farther behind than it otherwise would have b cu. A day or two, however, of dry weather, would ct.u.e respinv, which has already been partially commeneel, to be quite general in O,kney, as t h e fi e ld s i n a ll di r ections now present the yellow aspect of rits'utiy. The pota t , es are daily improving, and the turnips are excellent. Thursday, the 221, was a particularly stormy day. About mil-day there was a sudden shower of hail, which, at one part of the island, accumulated to a consi derable depth, and the stone; were prodigiously large, equalling in size a linnet's egg. The night of the sonic day was terrific, with roaring peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, which continued for several hours. No it jury, however, in any w a y h as resulted from eitl er of these atoms. On 51ond a y it bl ew ver y s!rorgly, and by the violence of the gale a herring fi,hing-bow, an-' chored at Hapness, Westray, was driven upon the rocky shore, and sma, bed to pieces. Oil the same day an other herring boat w wri eked at the west side of the isl,nd, but she is not beyond repair. Little or nothieg done at the herring fishing last week, in consequence of the state of the weather. The storm still continues. — Inver n ess Courier. .SCENES and LIFE in CALIFORNIA Mr. Jln Whitford, jun , a gentleman recently engaged as a clerk in the service of Mr. William Laird, a Liverpool tnerchan , , in a letter written to that gentleman from en Francisco, gives some inte resting details conceniing California, and its strange medley of inhabitants. The water, he says, at Sin Francisco and Sacramento city is very bad; it is taken about in carts, and sold at one rill (12A cents) per buckt tful ; it causes the diarrl cert. as he supposes, on account of its mineral qualities. lie expresses an opinion " that, in the course of a few years, all the gold regions in California will be bought from the United States Government by large capitalists, works will be erected for washing the gold wholesale, and men employed at high wages, and that this country will flourish so long as the gold lasts ; and it seems to be inexhaustible, for I have never yet washed a pan full of dirt in these mountains without finding some specks of gold. Sickness, also, is a great drawback. I would not advise any one to leave 1001. in England, with all the comfort and ease of a good house, for California, if even they were to make 5,000 dollars here. No one likes this coun • try ; all come with the intention of making money and going home again ; very few intend to settle, for it wilt never be an agricultural country, except on the banks of the principal rivers. The style of dress at the mines is pretty much the same all over the country—red flannel shirt, belt with knife and pistols, and mining boots pulled over the trousers, and a straw hat with a wide rim. San Francisco city is about one mile and a half broad and two miles long. It is most crowded at the water's edge. Piles are driven into the beach, and any quantity of houses built on them. Several ships are run ashore, their masts, &c., cut away, and two or three stories built above the deck ; a first-rate house is made out of a ship. Hundreds of fine ships are lying at anchor, en tirely deserted ; some sink at their anchors for want of pumping. San Francisco is very unhealthy, on account, I suppose, of, the cold north-westers that blow every afternoon. Sacramento city is a most un healthy place, because it is built on a plain below the level of the river ; the stench from the offal, dead bullocks, &c., lying in the streets, is sickening. There are some hundreds of Indians camped all round us in the woods; several come through the towns every day. They are a miserable set of fellows, and all carry a bow and arrows. Their dress is an old shirt, tied with a string or belt round the waist. They are frightened of a white man with a gun, but are sly assassins when they have the chance. An Indian seen at most of the mines is shot down without hesitation. It is a difficult matter here to restrain old miners from shooting them as they come through the valley. People that die at the mines are buried on the tops of the neighbouring hills. It is astonishing to see the number of graves on some hills. One night, on our journey, we laid our blankets and slept on a bill. In the morning, at breakfcst, we discovered that we had slept amongst a lot of graves, and were cooking on the headstone of one." OMNIBUS ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon the fol lowing accident occurred in Holborn. It appears that a youth hailed a Paddington omnibus at the corner of Little Queen-street, and as two omnibuses belonging to rival com panies were both on the look out for passengers they both drew up together. The youth selected the one nearest to him, and was in the act of seating himself upon the roof, when the sudden jerk of driving on threw him over the rail ings on to the ground, and before he bad time to get up the other omnibus, which had drawn in behind the first, also darted of 1; and all the four wheels passed over the poor fellow. As speedily as possible he was conveyed to King's College hospital, where he now remains in a very precarious state. Both his legs were broken, in addition to other severe contusions. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—On Friday an inquest was held by M:. W. Carter, at the George Tavern, Bermondsey, on the body of a single woman, named Sarah Barber, 29 years of age, who drowsed herself in the river Thames. Henry Wainwright, a currier, said be had been acquainted with the deceased for three or f,ur years, and used to cohabit with her. She had latterly led a drunken life, and had sold alai pawned all her clothes and furniture to get drink. lie called upon her a fortnight ago, but finding she was quite drunk he went away immediately and told her he would leave her entirely. She had attempted to destroy herself on two previous occasions ; he believed that drunken rees had driven her mad. Another witness said the deceased had been mad drunk for three weeks before she committed suicide. Alfred J. Walker, a boatman, proved finding the body of the deceased in the Thames, or Bermondsey, and bringing it ashore. Verdict, "That deceased destroyed her self whilst in an unsound state of mind, resulting from habitual and excessive indulgence in ardent spirits." EXCURSION TRAINS.—Two thousand five hundred persons were taken down yesterday to Bath and Bristol by the Great Western excursion train. The excursion train from Bristol brought up about 900 passengers. 'The two trains produced about NW , of which upwards of 8001. must be clear profit to the company. SENDING COALS TO NEWCASTLE.—The Ethiopian serenaders had appeared on the stage of Bombay, to the entire gratification of their Audience; after completing an engagement of some nights they were going en route to the presidencies. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT SPIRITS OF NITRE MANU FACTORY AND Two STILLS.— On Saturday Messrs. Elwy and l'argeter, detective officers of Excise, made a seizure of an extensive illicit establishment, No. 1, Cook's-grounds, ChelFea. On entering the house they discovered that it was fitted up as a chemical rnanufactury, with two stills in full operation, each capable of containing about 70 gallons. Be sides the stills were several carboys, containing spirits. About 200 gallons of molasses wash were in a state of preparation fur continuing the operation of the stillo. The officers found three persons in the house, one of whom, upon seeing them, seized a large iron chisel, and struck a carboy with it, break ing it to pieces, and the whole of th e con t en ts were lost. Ile would have destroyed the rest had he not been prevented. The persons found in the house gave the names of Sawyer, Smith, and White, who were all given into custody. These stills, if kept at work, it was eslimated, Iv( ula defraud the revenue of upwards of 5,000/. annually. On Friday the Pnme officers seized another still at a house in York-street, Bethnal-green. About two o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Douglas Mill, Lower Dud hope, the property of the Messrs. Gilroy, Brothers, and Company. The destruction o f property i s grea t, amount ing, we areinformed, to nearly 10,0001., a considerable por tion, however, of whichis covered by insurance.- Scottish G DUBLIN, FRIDAY.--The operation of tracheotomy , was performed here a few days ago by Mr. l•yen, the vete rinary surgeon, on a favourite horse belonging to his Excel lency the Lord-Lieutenant, with perfict success, the animal having been labouring under an attack of influenza. A metal tube was inserted into the wind pipe near the chest, through which the horse has been breathing since the opera tion until two days ago, when it was taken out, the animal being now quite recovered from the disease, and the wound fast healing. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF- A CLERGYMAN.— a man, resp ecta b ly dressed, Hunt, SErr. 6.—An attempt was ma d e t hi s morn i ng upon th e life of the Rev. It. Atthill, cu ra t e of Holy Trinity Ch urc h in this town, which has created consid era bl e exc i tement. r e h w a a s d met on Ns e i e n n g in the m ar k et - p l ace w i th came up, and, holding a pistol within two or th ree i nc h es r a friend r e vgentlemanw' o he of Mr. Atthill's head, pulled the trigi;er. Fortunately, although the cap explLded. the pistol itself hung fire; upon which the fellow walked unconcernedly away, saying, " It doesn't signify; we shall meet again." At first the rev. gentleman thought a rather extraordinary joke had been played upon him ; but, recoveling from his surprise, he fol lowed the man, who was then taken into custody. Upon examination, the pistol was found to be loaded with ball and a proper charge of powder, and a powder-flask and another bullet were discovered upon his person. Had the pistol not providentially been prevented from going off Mr. Atthill must have been killed on the spot, so close was the weapon held to his head. The prisoner was taken immediately before the magistrates, who were sitting at the time of the occurrence, and by them he was committed to York for trial at the next assizes. • Ilis name is Edward Kelass, and, from statements made before the Court, be appears to be insane, and to be suffering under a religious monomania. Ile* as signed no motive for the outrage. - THE LATE POISONING OCCURRENCE AT CL IFTON. Since the death of Mrs. Rees , who , wit h three of her chil dren, was poisoned by eating a poisonous fungus in mistak e for mushrooms, another of the sufferers has died - the young est child of the unfortunate woman. The tw o surv i ving children remain in a most precarious and suffering state. Mrs. Rees was only twenty-six years of age, and was greatly respected. An inquest was held upon the bodies, and the jury returned a verdict of—" Accidentally killed by eating poisonous fuqi." A CHARM FOR WARTS —ln some parts cf Irel an d, especially towards the south, they place great faith in the following charm :—When a funeral is passing by, they ru b the warts and say three times, " May these warts and this corpse pars away and never more return ;" sometimes adding, " in the nanie of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost."— Ant es and Queries . . NLW DocK AND IMPROVEMENTS AT LEITH. —The improvements at Leith are progressing steadily. The wh o l e of the timber arching reaching from the north wall o f t h e dock to the western breakwater is nearly completed, with ti e exception of the palings or fences. The piling of the western breakwater is completed as far as the low water e pier. Of the eastern pier 960 feet of the piling is complete; while the range of stones leading from the pier t o t h e Mar tello Tower is in course of being removed. Th e A lartello. Tower itself is fitted up, in the interior, for the accommoda tion of a considerable number of the artillery. Wi th re gard to the new dock all the walls are completed excep Thg tin eastern, i t n h v e er: e d archway entranceilithe course o of being built, the dock, a wor k of considerable labour and skill, is also pretty far adVanced.— Edinburgh Advertiser. 'LEIGH HUNT AND THE TIMES." ; (F urn the Week'y Dispatch.) Mr. Editor,—Every now mod then the Times con- I sults the gra ilicatiun cf that portion of the public which is the least scrupulous about the means, so t hit its gratification is but ministered to, by unbagging some unlucky author ard hounding upon ,him the sharpest -toothed critic in its kennel. Famous sport ensues, for a'l except the worried and lacerated party. He is regarded in the same way as the patient under the operation which the doctor (in Zeluco) describes as being so very beautiful and pleasant. " But it must have hurt the patient very much." 0, the patient —your ladyship was thinking of the patient!'" In justice to the surgical amputator, it must be re marked that his function is often alike essential to the well being of the individual and of society. Whether tha. can Le said of. the horrors of the chase which the wild huntsman of Printing House square pursues for the amusement of his readers, is more than questionab!c. If there be a roan rc ady, in a frank and friendly spirit, to shake hands with all the world, and with whom it might be hoped that all the world was ready to shake hands in return, that man is Lsigh Hunt. From youth to age his geniality of spirit has been unfailing. Oppression could not sqneeza it out of him, nor venomous calumny dash it with bitterness. It has deserted him neither towards friend nor foe, in victory or in defeat and disappointment. .As poet, philosopher, politician, critic, with all the requisite qualities for its high and varied functions, there has ever been the human sub stratum, the elastic, kindly, truehearted man in all. Nor are there wanting, from the Times critic, large acknowledgements so large that they might have harmonized with a tone as eulogistic as that adopted is depreciatory. But it seems that Mr. Hunt cannot say his multiplication table ; that when a youth, in clerk's employment, he came too late to office; that the flowers and piano in his prison-house were an imprudent outlay ; that he was overreached by a cheating bookseller in the price of a " Collection of Italian Poets ;" that he finds it difficult to make both ends meet ; and that he loves his Queen, and would like to be Laureate. All which charges might be left to themselves, but for the assumption at the bottom of all, and of which the entire criticism is an elaborate enforcement, that a man who follows lite rature as a profession may serve himself as well as by any other profession, and has only himself to blame if he be not well to do in the world. Especially is he condemned should he complain of, and cast any imputation upon, " broad-shouldered society." I hold this to be a delusive and pernicious doctrine; and I will state why. There are certain conditions and limitations which the critic keeps out of sight. Under ordinary circumstances, the thriving literary man must not seek to improve, but merely to gratify, the public taste.- In politics, he must side with the strongest and wealthiest party. In religion, he must say nothing of a " heterodox and Leigh Hunt-isle" Christianity. In criticism, he must praise the fa vourite of the day. No prejudice can safely be assailed. If by the toil of years he canfmake a name, then, and only then, he may sell his name; perhaps, being overpaid as much as he was underpaid before, when his works had the first freshness of his intellec tual spring, and he fairly wrote out all the thought that was in him. He must stifle the impulses to put forth his best powers, aim at the noblest ob jects, and strive to realise what " the world shall sot willingly let die," in order to do the work of the day, whatever it may be, and win the day's bread and cheese. Having proved himself efficient, and got rid of any superfluous nicety or independence, he may find employment or job work at the wages of a subordinate clerk; and if his party be in office, and he lucky enough to have an influential patron, he may end his days as one of her Majesty a hundred pounds a-year pensioners. The Times compositors must have laughed when they set up the assertion that " there is no reason why the man of letters should not pass through life with the respect of him self and of the world at large ; why social happiness and comparative independence should not be enjoyed by him as well as by any other professional man." The reason is obvious. The man of letters is before his age. He has knowledge which the ignorant can not appreciate, and taste in which the unrefined do not sympathise. With unquestionable genius, it may take him half a century, as it did Wordsworth, to establish a reputation without which every publication entails loss rather than profit. But Southey, says the critic—how respectable and thriving Southey was! The instance was an apt one. Southey was fortunate in two conversions, and both of them very timely. From Democracy he was converted to Toryism, and from Deism, or something like it, to the Church of England. Not every man of letters can expect new light to beam upon him so luckily. Then came his pension, and atterwards the Laureateship ; something to fall back upon this. Add to this, what would have been utterly unattainable, or any equivalent to it, in his origit,al state of opinion, a permanent engagement on the well paying Quarterly, and the exceptional character of the case is complete. No doubt the man of letters, who is not so happy as to be converted, may f. ign conversion at the critical moment ; and no doubt such conversion is money's worth in the legal and clerical professions, as well as in literature. So far the pa rallel holds. But the Times is silent on this condition of its general proposition. In the present :tate of society no prudent man who can help is will make literature his sole occupation and means of subsistence. The pay is in the inverse ratio of the merit. An unprincipled partizanship pays the best. Semi-mechanical compilation, the second best. Reslly orignal work., unless of mere amusement, the worst of all. Now, if a solid and noble literature be of any importance to the nation, this is a very bad state of things, and ought to be remedied. And who will deny its importance ? Its wreath is far brighter than than that of the warrior, and watered neither by tears nor Wood. Its humanizing power is beyond that of art. Its songs are proverbially mightier than laws. As enshrined in the wise, it promotes religion while resisting priesteraft ; as ddruseil amongst the people, it furnishes enlightenment and excitement, while abating i:itemperance. It is as a soul to the body of the community, keeping it from death and corruption. And it is the nature of that intelligence, without which even hard necessity would not gene rate the invention, that by mechanical arts subdues the globe to the service of humanity. Honest rulers, able legislators, faithful priests, skilful artizens, ali are important to a people; but not less important than any are its public writers, their integrity, their patriotism, their independence, their honourable esti mation, and their fair remuneration. All that neel be asked is fair dealing towards a profession so important for the well-being of • society, and yet, from the very nature of the case, so much worse paid than any with which it can be brought into comparison. I plead neither for Government patronage nor private patronage. But I demand, what form of property is so ill protected as literary property ? If a man stieks an acorn into his ground, the oak-tree belongs to him and his heirs for ever. Is it a less work to generate a " Lear," or a " Para dise Lost" in his mind ? Yet in that, there is no perpetual property to the producer. In a few years, the bookseller and the public divide the spoil. had American piracy plundered our merchants or our lanJowners one-tenth as much as it has plundered our authors, would net the question long ago have been a national quarrel, only to be set right by jus tice and retribution ? Before the Times' assertion can be verified, there must be an equal sacredness of property for the man of letters and the man of acres. You must cease to sacrifice the one to the public good, and then to sacrifice the public good to the other. Again, I ask, whose occupation is taxed like that of the man of letters ? The material on which he writes or prints is taxed. Not what he sells merely, but the whole of the edition which has only the chance of sale, is previously taxed. The intellectual materials and appliances are all under taxation. Every public announcement of his work is taxed. Immense capital, and circulation also im mense, combined with a high degree of popular utility, have been taxed out of the market. And what, like this, has to be encountered by the lawyer, the dotter, or the clergyman ? What, indeed ? No such rocks obstruct the easy flowing of their fees and tithes. They have their toils; but; comparatively, they toil in comfort and for competence. The public has a deep interest in the intellectual and moral qualities of public writers, and in so treat ing them that they shall not live and act under power ful temptations to idleness, falsehood, apostacy, or any other misguiding influence. The imprudent must reap the results of their imprudence, in this as in any other class. Had the Times only endeavoured to " warn genius of the certain consequences of a lofty neglect of the ordinary and every-day prudence re quired for even moderate success in any worldly calling," I should rather have aimed at seconding than at controverting its strictures. I speak, of r c e u t better course, with reference to th e i r genera l spirit, not their individual appli ca ti on , leaving that to the be informed on Mr. H un t' s private history and c is fah e , and the parti cu l ar stances. But th e th eory instance adduced in its support is condemnatory.whicltriglittf Mr. Hunt have encountered diffieulti:s have been a ver t e d b y h i s timely becoming tied, Torified, and a v ilifi er ofl isol old associates C soei h a ti te re s the Quarterly Review, I g i ve him j eulties and hi s endurance._ NI , it o _ honest y m or en his he di h ffi a; the best of th e b arga i n, a hard lot though it be. It ought not, i n any case, to be made harder by . public indifferen ce or fi scal partiality. There is less of folly than of infamy in taxation upon literary inte grity. Mind was not made to be the tool of party or of patronage. A wise nation will not abandon it to that degrading destiny. Let people ask themselves why apologies for Russian despotism and Austrian brutality are written for British publications ? They cannot be the spontaneous produc • tions of intellect. That is not in the nature ,of things, A persevering power is tat work ? and let the public ask themselves where lies the blame ? You have no right to cant about either the ineprudt nee or the unprincipledness of authors till the obstacles are removed, whose removal would open for them a safe and honourable career. Till then, many of them will, like other men, yield to temptation ; they will mi,lead, mystify, and bamboozle you; and you will deserve to be misled, mystified, and bamboozled. Why should you not ? iou curl the lip at the man of talent for not being careful of his cash. Ctin you complain should he consult his interest, and curl the lip at you for not being careful of your intellects, but swallowing the lies and sophistry which you tolerate his being tempted to serve up to you for facts and logic ? To despise them tends to make them despise you. Pray have, good Public, a little of the pru dence 3ou require in them ; render them justice ; 1 old them in proportioned honour; protect theta from plunder ; deal nizh them as you deal with other pro. fcst!ions or occupations. which relate to your toed, clothing, health, property, and other tangible inter est 4, and you will find your account in it, even upon the most selfish principle:. PUBLICOLA. THE MOORS AND RIVERS. (From the Inverness Courier.) GROUSE SHOOTING.—We learn that the gentlemen renting shootings in the neighbourhood of her MA jesty'e, royal residence, ".Balmoral Castle," Dee-side, report favourably of the healthy state ofgrowe in that locality. Amongst the returns are—Lord Elcho, on the 12th, bsgged 80 brace on the Moss of Monaltrie ; Sir Richard Fielding, on the Carbrae, on the l2Lh, .56 brace. Oa the lorest of Birse, rented by E. Lwerack, Eq., himself, J. Robinson, E.g., of Fove ran, and Drs. Maxton and Gordon, bagged in sixteen days 1,89.3 head of grouse and a large quantity of mountain hares. Birds were never known so strong and wild, at so early a period, by the oldest sports man. DEER STALKING.—Two heads of stags, both shot in a remarkable way, were sent the other day to be preserved. One of them was shot last Thursday by S. W. Hurrell, Eq., in the woods at Carr• Bridge; being in pursuit of black game the gun was loaded with No. 6 shot. The deer started up at a distance of forty yards, and before he reached one hundred yards, fell to a double shot of common-sized grouse shot. The other was shot at Foyers (see annexed paragraph). Though the antlers of the later were untouched, the bones of the head were broken into small fragments—pounded like lump sugar—by the fall. Lord Malmesbury has received a succession of visitors at Acbnacarry Castle during the last fort night. Lord and Lady Canning, Lord Eddisbury, Lord and Lady Jocelyn, and Lord Edward F. Thy one are at present at the Castle. The fishing has not been very extraordinary—the continued rain for the last two weeks keeping the rivers in a very swollen state. Lord Canning, however, fished a good day's work on Wednesday, and his basket had, with other fish, a salmon weighing 14Ibs. The grouse have been a failure this season. The best day's sport did not exceed six or eight brace each gun, so that grouse-shooting may be said to be finished for the season. In the forest, however, better success has attended the sportsman. Lord Edward Thynne brought down a very fine stag. The head being soft and covered with its velvet was the only drawback to its royalty. Yesterday Lord Jocelyn and Lord Eddisbury shot each a noble stag, and on Saturday Lord Malmesbury brought down a very fine stag within a short distance of the house. Some good sport in the forest may be anticipated, there being an abundance of deer. On Saturday, the 24th ult., Sir Arthur Chichester killed a royal stag in the Lochcarron forest, which weighed, clean, 23 stones, and as it fell 29. On Monday following Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, yr. of Applecross, brought down a fine stag; and next day Mr. Frank Mackenzie captured a large hind in the Applecr, si Forest. Lord Anson has had very fine deer stalking in the west of Sutherland. CAITIINESB.-Mr. La Touche (the tenant of Aus dale and Braemore moors) brought down two fine stags last week. Mr. T. E. O. Horn shot a good stag in the Longwell preserve, on the 15th ult. Grouse shooting has been pretty fair, considering the disease of the last four years ; but the birds, though not so numerous as should be, are exceedingly strong and healthy. THE Niss.—This river is now of good angling size, and the members of the club have had fair sport during the week. Sir J. kt. Carnac and party on the upper waters, have been particularly successful. THE RIVERS IN TUE NORTH OF SUTHERLAND.— Never in the memory of man have the rivers in this part of the country afforded less sport to the angler. From the 20th (if May to the 18th of August the rivers were so very low for want of rain that not a fish c , uld ascend them; in fact, they were more like small burns than good-rizgd rivers. On Sunday, the 18th, the wind blew a strong gale from the west, and in the evening it commenced to rain in good earnest, and continued till Monday evening without any inter mission ; the rivers. that were so low on Sunday tnornh.g came down in torrents. On Monday they had subsided a little, end though too Ligh for good sport, yet J. V. Machin, EA., killed two fine salm:bn the largest weighing 19:bs.; since then the different gentlemen anglers have had good sport, each killing from one to three fish a day. The Messrs. Chandler have kil'ed one or two each day, and on 111,nday, the 2Gth, two fine salmon and one grilse were taken. The Laxfurd river afforded no sport whatever up to last week. A LEAP OVER FOYERS.— On Friday, the 30th ult., John Fowler, E.q., who leases the shootings of Foyers, stalked and shot a large stag in the wood ad joiLing the Falls. The antlered denizen of the forest, though apparently dead, soon recovered, and bound ing away towards a precipice which projects over the lower Fall, in an instant leaped for the opposite side of the frightful gorge. lle failed in the attempt, and was carried down by the impetuous torrent and im mediately thereater was seen wheeling around in "the boiling cauldron below." Mr. Fowler's gillies were soon at the spot, and having procured ropes, Alexander Fraser, gamekeeper, with a daring which emulates th e i n h a bi tants of the lonely isle of St. Kilda, was slung down the fsce of the precipice and soon secured the stag, which is the fifth tbat fell under the unerring rifle of Mr. Fowler. HORRIBLE MURDER IN NEW ZEALAND. The family of Mr. John Ellis, a greengrocer and stable-keeper in the Commercial road, East, have just received, per the Cornelia, Captain Mickkburg, from Wellington, New Zealand, the melancholy tidings of the murder of John Ellis, son of the above, on board the ship General Palmer, in Port Nicholson, in the early part of the month of April last., and the commit tal fur trial of four persons concerned in the atrocious deed. It appears that Ellis, who had served an appren ticeship to Messrs Somes, the ship-owners, of Rat cliff, and had been out of his time about ten months, was appointed to take charge of the General Palmer, after the crew had quitted her, and she was laid up in Port Nicholson, in consequence of her leaky condi tion. Great confidence was reposed in Ellis, who was a yow; man of much promise. Ile had charge of all the stores on board, and was in the practice of coming on shore every morning to transact busi ness with Mr. Kenneth Bethune, a merchant and agent of the ship, residing in Wellington. He became acquainted with four men, named William Good, alias William Frederick Henderson, a deserter from the 65th regiment; M. Coslin, Jobn Jones, and Thomp son, and they were in the practice of visiting him on board ship. Knowing that he had above 201. wages and other property in his possession, they resolved on his murder, and the unfortunate young man fell a victim to their treachery and cupidity, and to his own mis• placed confidence in their integrity. Ellis was mis sing fur a we. k, and Mr. Bethune, fearing that he hod been the victim of foul play, went on board the General Palmer, and saw Thompson on board, who, on -being questioned, said the shipkeeper and Ellis had gone ashore some days previow. Mr. Bethune hav ing reason to know the contrary, ga%e Thompson into custody, and upon p roce eding ntav% i ui n nin t le o ciedoh t v h :a e rcli taenuagbbs beef, edn, one eh w ti h a mo was casket, intolerable ahnaodour, batthoonedninyohyzakernednfeabsystshtnareani murdered man was found steeped in brine, with the head downwards. The corpse w d as dreadfully ia,ornesai m aie) u ou t st i t l a inn t t e o d trh , t(e, t he head severed from Mon teith, u m examination t w as ascertained b y D . e o t h y a t he had been disposed of as the Mannings disposed of their victim O'Connor, he was first shot and his skull was beaten in by a hammer. Suspicion falling upon the men who were in the practice of visiting him, and who were last seen in his company, they were sought after and f oun d to h ave absconded. They were sub sequently app re h en d e d i n d i fferent parts o f th e co l ony by the police-officers and natives sent.out in pursuit, end after several examinations be fore the resident ma gistrate, and uisaly witnesses, the circumstantial evi dfir trial a e)ncewast the Supreme cu so conclusive that they which • v‘a were all t committed itsmitted sittings in Julie. RIPRISENTATION OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE —lt is said that Captain llerbert Wynn, of the 7th Fusiliers, will offer himself as a candidate for the county of Montgomery, on Protectionist principh s, in consequi nee of the death of his uncle, the late night lion. C. W. Wynn. fADVERTISEMENT.:I—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUG)I AND HoLLowAy's ru.r.s.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from hi Lordship's letter, dated " Villa MC6811171, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Pro:essor Holloway—Sir : 1 beg to acquaint ion that your pills have ef fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the mos eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect ; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " At.mientouon." These wonderful pills will cure any difease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointmtnt) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and D 7 Oil medicine mu:ea througheut the olyilies,l wericu _ COUR T BALMORAL, SrPT. 5. His Royal Highr ess Prirce Albert went out shoot ingto-day: Her Blajesty drove cut in the afternoon in an open carriage, attended by :he Hon. Miss Lennox. The Priace of Wales rode on a pony, attended by Mr. Birch. The dinner party will include her Royal Hie ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Ernest of Leininger, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Spetb, and Sir George Couper. SFPTEJCIER 6. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert went to-day to the top of Ben na Bourd, ac companied by Prince Ernest of Leiningen. The Marchioness of Douro was in attendance on her ajesty. ThePritee of Wales and the Princess Royal rode on ponies in the afternoon. The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Balmoral last night. Dispatches were received yebt(-rday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of New South Wahl.. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Ce 3 lon. SADLEWS Milinan's Fazio has been revived at this theatre fur the purpose of introducing Mr. Waller in the cha racter of F.zio to a Sadler'. Wells audience. Ills im personation of Fazio was all that could be desired, and he succeeded in interesting his audience in the fate of Milman's cold-blooded, cowardly, and selfi,h hero, to an extent which reminded us of the palmy days of the drama, when this tragedy was first produced, and when Charles Kemple created the part. Since the days of Charles Kemble we have had no such Giraldi Fazio as Mr. Waller. Miss Glynn was the Bianca, and albeit she lacked the headlong and impassioned energy of Miss Cushman, and acted the part as though she had accurately cal culated each effect, yet most assuredly her Bianca is a great improvement upon her former impersonations. It was evidently the result of careful study and thought. The house has been exceedingly well at tended during the week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—FRIDAY. Free Handicap of 5 sore. each. and 25 added. One mile and a half. (55 Subs.) Mr. Robertson's Miss Lottery, 3 yre,7st(H.Robertson) 1 Mr. Thrift's John Dory, 4 yrs, Bst 31b .•. 2 Mr. Brown's Luxury, 3 yrs, 6.t 61b ... 3 Mr. Laing's Gaiety and Innocence, aged, 7st • 101 b ... 4 Lord Eglintou's Pessima, 3 yrs, Est 41b 5 Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 5 *ors. each, and 50 added. Heats one mile. Lord Eglinton's Pessima, 3 yrs, 7st slb w a lk e d over. The Railway Plate o f 50/. Heats, two miles. Mr. Jolly's Swaledale, 4 yrs Mr. Williams's The Donglas, 6 yrs ... 0 2 Mr. Brown's Luxury, 3 yrs ... ••• ••• 0 3 Mr. Robertson's Miss Lottery, 3 yrs ... 2 4 Mr. Mike's Nepaul, 6 yrs... ... ..• ... 3de Won easy. The winner was claimed for 50/. Tho Hurdle Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Greenshield's Sir John, aged Mr. Tremayne's Billy, aged Four others ran. Won by three lengths. CURRAGH SEPTEMBER MEETING—FRIDAY. The weather was fine as could be wished for, and the racing tolerably good, the Queen's Plate and the Corin thians being both closely contested. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs , for mares. Weight for age. Three 3rs old, Bst; tour, 9bt 41b; five, 9st 121 b; six and aged, lOst. Four miles. Mr. Hyland's b m Allegretto ... 1 Mr. Courtenay's gr f Caprice 2 Lord Waterford's ch f Modesty ... 0 Mr. E. Orford's b f Batteraway ... 0 Mr. J.Wal s h' s b m P an i c ... 0 Betting -7 to 4 agst Panic, sto 2 agat Modesty, sto 2 apt Allegretto, 8 to 1 eget Caprice. After a good start, Allegretto, on rounding the first turn, took the lead, followed by Panic, and made the running to the Hare Pazk, where she gave way, and Caprice took it up, carried it on soros° the fiat rath, where Allegretto again can.e in front and joined her; the remainder of the race was then between the two, Allegrette ultimately• winning after a punishing race by a length. PaLic stepped at the Hare Park turn, the other two were beaten off early. The pace was bad, the four miles being done in a few seconds under ten minutes. Sweepstakes of 25 sous., 15 ft., for two-yrs-old; colts, Brt 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; 3lb allowed to untried stal lions or mares, slbs to both; the winner of the Angle sey Stakes to carry 71b extra, of the Waterford Stakes 51b extra, it of both 101 b extra. Anglesey Post. (J. Niell) 1 ••• 2 Mr. Kerry's b f Circe Mr. Irwin 'a b c Lord Edward The, following paid forfeit:—Colonel Westenra's ch The Ranger (on), Lupin; Mr. Johnston's bor br c (ut.); Mr. li.iternan's ch c Lough Bawl:). Betting-2 to lon Circe. The two ran together to the di. lance, where the filly shot ahead and won in a canter. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. crcb , h ft, with 25 s9vs, added, at 2 sova. each fur entrance, for hunterr; race horses admitted. To by rode by members of the Turf Club or Coffee-v.., mat Kildare, Ki!darc-strec , , United Service and Saekville-street Clubs . ,• or by commissioned officers in the army or navy. One rade stud a half on the Peel Course. Hears. Mr. Irwia's ch h Paline.!ari ••• 1 1 Lord Waterfoid's ch h brother to Rat-trap ~, 4 2 Lord Wattrford's b c Bullion ..• ... 2 0 Captain Fi:zgeiald's ch rn Miss For'.une ... 3 0 Captain St. Joht,'s b m Miss Reilly 0 0 Mr. R. Willien s's ch c Louis Philippe •.• 0 dr Betting.-21 to 1 agst Brother to Rat-trap, 3to 1 agbt Ballinafad, 3 to 1 agst Louis Philippe. First Heat.—Bullion made the turning, followed by Louis Philippe and Ballinafad to the distance, where Louis dropped astern, tied Ballinafad came up to It e leader, made a rush opposite the stand•house, and won easily by a lengtb. Second Heat.—Betting evstt between Brother to Rat trip and Bailinafad. Bullion again cut out tl e work to the turn, where he dropped off, and Baliinafad took his place, followed by Brother to Rat trip. The latter collared him at the bank, and the two then ran very close together to the end, Ballinafad wilating by a neck. That mysterious individual, " the oldest inhabi tant," remarked at the conclusion that it was the first Corinthian race at the Curragh he ever remembered being won in two heats. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF DARLING TON. This great mr.tch was resumed at Darlington on Fri day, upon which occasion there was a very la-ge assem blage of spectators. At the close of the day the bCOII was as fullows•— TIIE ELEVEN. First Innings. Second Innings. A d uns, c Morton, b Simpson . 3 Ibw, b Joy 3l 11 isden, c Clark, b Simpson... 4 Guy, b Joy Pilch, b Joy.. .. 2 c Baldwinson, b Joy.. 3 Parr, c Simpson, b Clark 43 cßedshaw,b Anderson 8 Box, c Swims, b Anderson blarting,ell, c Baldwinson, b Anderson ,.... .... .. 0 s Morton, b Anderson 21 Mr. N. Felix, not out ...... .. 10 not out ,. 9 Mr. A. Mynn, b Anderson..... 9 c Anderson, b Joy ... 12 Clark, b Juy .... ... ........ b... 3 b Joy 1 Ilillyer, b Joy Byes 12, lb 3, w 5, nb 1 ... 21 B 14,1 bl,w7, n b 2 24 Total 111 DARLINGTON. Ti, tal ll6 Shaw, b Clark ... ..... 0 . Walters, b Cla r k Mr. S. 6wirey, run out 4 Redsliaw, b Wisden Mr. J. Headlam, b Clark Lancaster, b Clark. 2 Baldwiuson, c Felix, b Wisden .. ....... . ••• 69 Anderson, bit w, b Clark ........ 4 Metcalfe, c Guy, b Cl ar k e ... 0 Clark, c Martirgell, b Hi11yer......... ........ 3 Graham, c F e li x, b Wisden...... ....... ...... 7 Rev. J. Pilkington, c iiillyer, b Clark Simpson, b Clark ... Norton, b Clark ... Joy, c Felix, b Wisden ... ..... ... ............ ... 2 Mr. H. Jud.on, run out ..... ... ............... .. l Garthwait, b Clark ..... .. ( Mr. J. W. Coates, b Clark Mr. T. Elwell, c Guy, b Clark .... ( Benson, n o t ou t 5 Harrison, b Clatk •• •• 1 Byes 2 , leg byes 4 Total 110 I ZINGARI v. STANFORD.—By the invitation of Lord Burghley, these erratic riuhemians paid a visit last week to Stamford, where they were tackled by flevea " good men and true," who proved too much for their doings; fur at the termination of all their efforts I Zingari were in a minority of 87 runs. MARILEBONE CLUB AND GR OUND U. COUNTY OF NORFOLK —This annual match was commenced on the Swaffbam ground, at the latter end of last week, and at the close of the first day the score stood as followst—Mary lebor e, first inning 9, 55; second ditto (with four wickets down), 26. Nortolk, first innings, 83. INPROVFMENT OF BILLINGSGATE MARKET.—The Corporation Mailicts Committee have prepared a report, re commending the adoption it plan of sanitary arrangement, for draining, ventilating, and supplying water for the use of Billingsgate Mat het, and for flushing the drains, at an ex pense nut exceeding 1,840/.; and the report and plan have been ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the mem hers of the Corporation. The plan proposes that the water for the rough purposes of the market shalt be drawn at once from the river, and forced by an engine and pumps to the different heights required; and that the pure water be ob tained by sinking a perforated cast iron cylinder into the bed of the river similar to that which has been sunk by Messrs. Calvert and Co. THE Naw STAMP DVTIES.—There is one portion of the New Stamp Act which is already in operation. The new uties will not take effect until the 11th of October. The portion in force relates to receipt stamps. The allow ance made of lf per cent, under the Act 12th and 13th Vic toria, cap. 80, is repealed, and on the 14th ult. sellers of receipt stamps are allowed i per cent., and the smallest quantity to be purchased is 5/. worth. This is the original scale of allowance, end resumed to prevent the inconveni ence which arises from the small per outage allowed wader the Act ef het per.