The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-03 00:00:00

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMIN GH AM lixamiNGHAm, OCT. 2.—':'he opz-tiiirg of winter term at Queen's College in this town to-day drew together a crowded assembly of the council, students, and friends of the institution in the theatre of the college. Lord Lyttelton, the Principal, presided, apd among those by whom he was attended were—the H )n. and Rev. Chancellor Law, Vice-Principal ; the Rev. Preberdary Gray, Warden ; Professor Cox, Dean of Faculty ; and other officers of the college. Lord LYTTELTON commenced the proceedings by observing that he purposed to address but a few words to those assembled before he proceeded to distribute prizes to those stud en t s w h o, b y pro fi c i ency an d con due, ILA distinguished themselves. The present V‘as the opening of the college year. It had been the custom, when any events of peculiar interest or im portance had occurred, to Advert to them on occasions similar to the present. The first time he addressed the members of the college was five years ago, w hen their meetin g , p rev i ous to t h e erect i on o f the building in which they were then assembled, was held in the Town-hall. On that occasion he felt it to he his duty as Principal to explain the objects for which Queen's College was founded, and the principles upon which it was professed to he conducted. At that time, however, the institution had hardly extended itself beyond the studies of medicine and surgery ; the promotion of those studies being the leading, it' not the most impor tent, objects which the college had then in view. Ile had not altered the opinions he then expressed ; but great events had occurred since that period. The capabilities of the college had been still further• tested, and large measures of usefulness and improvement had been developed and brought into action by the able men by whom the affairs of the college were go. verned and regulated. He might have attempted some description of the enlarged measures which had been so judiciously adopted were it not that he could refer to the inaugural address delivered by the Rev. Prebendary Gray last year, and in which the rev. warden fully explained the advantages of the institu tion, and dwelt with great force upon the college duties of the students. These and other points of vital interest had been so elaborately and eloquently enforced that it was needless for him to go over the same ground again. The appointment of the Rev. Prebendary Gray as warden was, indeed, of itself one of the most important events which had occurred since the establishment of the college. Looking back throughout the last year, and referring more particu larly to Mr. Gray's address, he did not find that any alterations had taken place in the college which re- , quired any minute observation from him. They would no doubt recollect one or two points to which the rev. gentleman in that address most especially called their attention. Their object, in the first place, was not only to afford an education in surgery and medicine, but also to provide the students such an education as became English gentlemen. They had established a professorship of law. Lectures upon that subject, to which members of the college were admitted, were regularly delivered by Profes sor Kennedy; and the engineering department was also in full, and he hoped successful, operation. He would not refer at length to the subject of theological studies. Those studies would receive the serious and grave consideration of the council before they were defined and put into operation ; but this he would say, that a basis of collegiate education had been brined which he believed would be the glory of the midland metropolis of England. An essential prin ciple upon which he had always insisted was, that no system of education was sound unless with profes sional education religious and moral instruction were united. This was the object they were anxious to accomplish ; and with regard to which they had al ready been highly successful. The Noble Lord concluded an address, of which the above is an ab. stract, by acknowledging the proficiency and good conduct of the students during the past year, and proceeded to adjudge and present the following prizes : THE WARNEPORD GOLD MEDALS. The interest of 1,0001. to be applied to the institu tion of two prizes, either in equal or unequal amounts, as may seem to the trustees most likely to advance the great ends in view, which are to combine religious with scientific studies and pursuits, to make medical and surgical students good Christians as well as able practitioners in medicine and surgery. —Roland and Blake equales. Extra Prize, presented by the Vice-Principal Chan cellor Law.—Lowe. Gold Medal—For regularity of attendance at lec tures and examinations, and good conduct during three years ; to be certified by the Warden, Tutors, and Professors.—Higgs. SCHOLARS. The Warneford WARNEFORD Scholarships.— Four Resident Scholarships have been founded by the Rev. Dr. Warneford, of 101. each, to be held for two years.— Franks and Wilkinson. PROFESSORS' MEDALS. Anatomy—First medal and certificate, Lowe ; se cond certificate, Darwen and Freer, aqualeB. Surgery —First medal and certificate, Darwen ; se covid certificate, Freer. Medicine—First certificate, Russell. Alateria Medica—First medal and certificate, Banks; second certificate, Wilkinson. Botany—First medal and certificate, Franks ; se cond certificate, J. Fox. Forensic Medicine—First medal and certificate, Russell; second certificate, \Vigglesworth. Midwifery—First medal and certificate, Wiggles worth; second certificate, Russell. DEMONSTRATOR'S PRIZE. • -- Darwen and Freer. THE WARDEN'S THEOLOGICAL PRIZE. Senior Class, Banks ; Junior Class, Alban Davies. THE PIERCY GERMAN PRIZE, The Piercy Prize—Lambert. Mathematical Tutor's Prize—Alban Davies. LONDON UNIVERSITY CERTIFICATES. Mstr. Exam , First Class—Arden, Dawes, De Mierre, and Webb. Second Class—Eland and Ffolliott. The Rev. VAUGHAN THOMAS, in the course of the proceedings, expressed his gratification at hearing the sentiments expressed by Lord Lyttelton. They came with peculiar grace and force from a distin guished scholar of a distinguished university. The glory of their college was its Christian character. They were a spectacle to the rest of the kingdom, for until they set the example th eo l ogy f orme d no b ranc h of study in any similar institution, The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Lord Lyttelton, which was duly acknowledged. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes. Diligence Slan g .. Dromedary colt.. Cariboo ... Rhedycina St. Rosalia Little Jack Landgrave Elthir on Vatican ~ BaAhound Merry Peal The Town Plate. Match —Santiago beat Tcurus colt. Match_Taurina filly reed ft in her match. Queen's Plate. ... ... ... ... The Triennial Stakes. Rutland Stakes. ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 CESAREWITCH BETTING. 5 to 2 agst Landgrave ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—In July last, upward s of 50 silver watches, 11 gold watches. 320 fancy gold rings, 20 diamond rings, and an endless quantity of gold awl silver pencilcases, bracelets, and other articles of jewel lery, were carried off by some expert burglars from the shop of Mr. Balerna, situate in one of the principal streets in Halifax. Nine weeks ago a woman named Moult left a large box at a house in Manchester, and, not appearing again, it was opened, and found to contain 44 gold and silver watches, a large number of gold pins, and other articles, many of which were the produce of the Halifax robbery. The woman was then traced to Liverpool, and apprehended. Mr. Beswick, the chief constable of Manchester, at once recog nised her as one of the most notorious thieves in the district, whose real name was Amelia Wade, but who had found it convenient on many occasions to adopt an tails. She has been sent to Halifax to be examined before the magistrates there. It is believed that three men, who are in custody on another charge at Liverpool, were concerned in the robbery. PROJECT FOR THE ISSUE OF A LIVERPOOL LOCAL PAPER CunaExcr.—Much discussion has occurred, from time to time, in contemporary journals of Liverpool, relative to the issue of a local paper currency by the corporation, based on its magnificent estate, a project which it was cal culated would free the municipal revenues from a large annual charge of interest from capitalists. We may state that such a measure is not unprecedented in this town, as we have now before us a 5/. note, of which the following is a copy :—" No. 0846. Liverpool, 9 July, 1793. O n de .. Mind I promise to pay to George Stirling, or bearer, Five Pounds, according to an Act of Parliament passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third. For the Corporation of Liverpool. Thos. Earle. John Wilson, actuary. Eutd. T. Radish."—Liver- Pool .11bicn. HAUNTED CHURCHYARDS.—It is not perhaps generally known that churchyards in this country are in festel t y ghoules and vampyrea. One " Justitia," however, rite to the Times, stating that on sending a person lately into Waltha mstow-churchyard to cut a new inscription out on his family tomb, the man was pounced upon with a de mand of t en - and-sixpence, and two h a lf- crowns, b y t h ree hor ib e c, cat urea in the shape of the parson, the sexton, and the eierk. Punch. POT ATOES.....it is better to plant w ho!e moderate - sized potatoes than cut sets; the drills should be about 36 l ea apart; pl Letting the blossom off th.:stem seems to hive a cuitaiclerable increase in quantity. T H E ALL GE D ILL-TRATMENT of a TAILOR'S A P PRE :‘ TICE. Iu reference to the eas e 0: Robert Minden, an ae• count of the inquest on whont appeared in The Sun a few days since, we have received the following com munication, which we publi,h (with the omission of one sentence only) verbatim : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you wohld give the following testimonies a place in your paper as to the exaggerations made on the inquest of Robert Minden, held Wednesday, Sept. 25th, 1850, you would greatly oblige, yours truly, JOHN TRIGGS. 54, Church-lane, Whitechapel. I was in Mr. Triggs ainploy fur about 18 months, from May 1848 to October 1849, and can bear testa loony that Robert Minden wss neither stinted in his food nor neglected in his bed linen, fur before i lett i saw him have clean Blankets, Sheet!, &c. MATILDA GROUT. No. 3, Port-place, Wal worth-common. I was in the employ of Mr. Triggs for 15 months, and i always saw Robert Minden partake of the same has the Family ; i akkays braid him say he had suffi cient food on Sundays; he went out morning and af ternoon ; and the room he slept in was a Airy room, for i have C:eaned the room, and assisted in washing his bed clothes. I Left Mr. Triggs Employ to Marry. Signed my hand. MRS. ANN BAKER. 15, Church-lane. I have lived iu the employ of Mr. Triggs about 12 years, and i never saw Robert Minden stinted in his food nor liltreated; his hours for working was about 8 o'clock in the morning till 9 at night. JOHN MARDALL. _ 4, Rutland-street, Stepney. Sir, the evidence i had against me was a girl who had not been in my employ more than 8 or 9 days. When i found my Apprintece was 11l i gave him Me dicine he wished for ; on wednesday, the 18th Inst., i found he got worse, and by Consent of his Father and Mother i got a Cab and took him to Guy's Hospital; when we got their he asked me to forgive what he bad done and said against me, his Mother being present at the time. The above statements I solemnly declare to be true. I Remain Your Humble S9rvant, JOHN TRIGGS. PAUPER LABOUR.—The Si-tlield papers contain a report of the proceedings of the poor-law guardians of that union with respect to the employment of pauper labour. Two or three years ar , ' o, as will be recollected, they leased from the Duke of Norfolk some fifty acres of moorland, about six miles from the town, and converted it into a parish farm. A substantial house, capable of accommodating 120 persons, was built with all the appurtenances, at a cost of 1,7001. or 1,8001. During the whole period in which this ex periment has been in progress, upwards of 500 heads of fami lies have found casual employment on the farm. The resu t of the first year entailed a loss of 481., but what proportion this loss bore to the cost that would have fallen upon the rate-payers, had the relief afforded to the numbers who had been thus furnished with labour been given in the workhouse, is not mentioned. But it is expected that the produce of this, the second year, will cover the cost of maintenance to those who have been employed upon the farm ; and there is every prospect, judging by the results of the second as com pared with the first year, that the third and fourth years will show a considerable surplus over the entire expense of the establishment. The experiment is interesting, chiefly as evidence of the fact that pauper labour can be made remune rative. THE REVOLT OF THE CABMEN.—Yesterday the town was thrown into a state of commotion in consequence of the proceedings of a number of cabmen accustomed to ply for hire at the Railway terminus. The facts of the matter appear to be as follows :—Mr. Steers has lately entered into an arrangement with the railway company for the exclusive privilege of running a certain number of cabs from the rail way terminus. These are about 21 in number. They are new, nicely fitted up vehicles, and the proprietor has made arrangements to prevent the incivility and other faults too frequently manifested among cabmen. The first three or four of these terminus cabs came into work yesterday, and the other cabmen were then informed that though there was " room enough for all," and though all would be at liberty to avail themselves of the room, yet the new comers must on all occasions be allowed to take precedence. At this information the old stagers " riled," and the result was that at two o'clock, when the arrival of the trains from London and Portsmouth was sure to cause a great demand for cabs, the whole body of them, to the number of forty or fifty, started from the terminus with hoots and hisses, and with handker chiefs floating in the breeze from their whip-ends, and leav ing the travellers in the lurch. They then went in proces sion through the town, and the last we heard of them was, that they were carousing in a body at the Rock Inn.— Brighton Guardian. A BETTING• OFFICE KEEPER —At the Westminster County Court, yesterday, an action was brought by Mr. Appleyard, the news-agent, of Duke-street, Adelphi, against the defendant, who described himself as managing clerk to a Mrs. Barnard, the keeper of a betting-office at No. 28, Cran bourn-street, to recover 9/. for the rent of furnished apart ments, at 11. Is. per week. It appeared that an order had been made for payment of the amount in a month, so late as June last, but the order had not been complied with, and an application had been made to rescind the judgment of the court, which his Honour positively refused to entertain. Mr. Appleyard now stated that it was a downright fraud on the part of the defendant, who had resorted to all kinds of sub terfuges to evade payment and impose upon the credulity of the court. The fact was that the defendant Campbell and Mrs. Barnard (as he now called her) occupied his apart ments as husband and wife. The defendant stated that he was not in a position to pay more than 1. a month. Mr. Appleyard, in contradiction of this statement, read a report from an evening journal, from which it appeared that Mr. Campbell had sworn before the Magistrate at Marlborough street that he was paying a clerk 3/. a week. The plaintiff expressed a hope that his Honour would give effect to the County Court Act, the defendant not only having put him to the expense of 41. in this court, but would in all proba bility, if an immediate order was not made, still laugh at him, as the betting-office would no doubt be closed in a few days. The Learned Judge considered that the defendant ought cer tainly to pay a portion of the claim at once, but after hear ing the defendant's solicitor, his honour ordered the amount to be paid by instalments of 21. a month. While a large iron rib was being hoisted to its place on the Cork and Bandon Railway, one of the workmen let go the guide-rope, the mass fell, and cut cif the head of a la bourer as if he had been guillotined. That periodical visitor, the floating island in Der went Lake, Keswick, made its appearance above the surface of the water in the course of last week, after having' been submerged exactly twelve months.— Cumberland Pacquet. A HORSE AS BIG AS AN ELEPHANT.—The Stam ford Mercury publishes the following strange story :—"Late in the evening of Saturday last, while some parties were in the sitting.room of the Plough Inn, Tilney, Fen-side, kept by an eccentric couple of the popular and wide-enduring name of Smith, a stray foal was pushed into the door by some half•wittcd lads, who immediately closed the door. The foal went forward, knocking down the table, with its crockery and glasses, and extinguishing the light of the candle; thence it passed into the parlour, on the centre table of which had been carefully collected all the earthenware and crystal of the evening, which were thrown over with a frightful crash. The foal (the property of Mr. Sutterby, miller, and which is usually quiet) became frightened at the novelty of its situation, and commenced plunging and kick ing most furiously, literally breaking all the furniture, tables, and chairs of the room, smashing all the decanters, jugs, glasses, &c., and destroying walls, doors, windows, and chimney ornaments. Poor 'Charlie Smith,' who sat in an adjoining room, unconscious of the entrance of this strange visitor, was dreadfully frightened, and roared out, It is thunder! I knew by my feelings all day that there was a tempest coming!' Thunder,' said Airs. Smith; it's a horse. as big as an elephant in my best parlour!' After much ado the intruder was extruded." FRIGHTFUL DEATH OP A ROBBER. —D ERBY, `WEDNESDAY. —A shocking accident occurred at the railway station, Derby, last night at half past ten. The pafticulars of tl.e case are as follows : During the early part of the even ing a man, shabbily attired, had been observed prowling about the station-yard, and suspicions had been aroused amongst several of the cffic als. At half-past ten o'clock the mail train arrived, when the stoker informed one of the policemen that he thought a slight collision had occurred when he passed a luggage train which had arrived a short time before. A search was immediately commenced, when the body of the man who had arrested the attention of the officials during the early part of the evening was discovered shockingly mangled. The whole of the carriages had passed over his body. It is almost needless to say that life was ex tinct. Near to the body were three parcels, which the robber had succeeded in extracting from the luggage-carriages, and it appeared evident that he was in the act of pilfering the carriages when the London train came up. The remains of the deceased were taken to the station to await an inquest, which will be held this evening, before Mr. Balguy, the town coroner. It has not yet transpired, we understand, who the deceased was. DEATH OF CAPTAIN LAWRENCE, R.A.—WooL wicti, Ocr. 2. 7 -This comparatively young officer, who had been for a considerable time captain and adjutant of the first battalion of Royal Artillery at head-quarters at Woolwich, was taken ill about a fortnight ago with English cholera, but was so far recovered during the last week as to be considered quite convalescent. Unfortu nate l y l ie suffered a relapse, and died at one o clock P.m. yesterday, much regretted by all the non-commissioned officers and men o f th e battalion, and by all who were acquainted with hi m , or h a d occasion to visit him in his official capacity. The gallant officer was also greatly respected by the comm an d ant and authorities of the garrison, and during the recent absence of Capt. Tylden on leave, Capt. Lawrence was appointed Acting Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster - General of Artillery, and in that capacity attended on the Nepaulese A m b assador when he last visited W oo lwich. Captain Lawrence went out to Canada se. eral years ago as lieutenant, and acted as ad j utant there and at Halifax, Nova Scotia, .where he w as married. His remains are to be interred with military honours. HAYNAU'S ENTIRE HONOURS. — The Ti mes corres pondent says —" The Austrian G overnment will show its sympathy for the insulted general by raising him at onc e t o the rank of a marshal." How much will he owe to Barclay and Perkins! May we not then trace the noble rank of Haynau till we find it issuing from a bung-hole? What conquest in battle has not done, a retreat from a brewery has effected. He who is not rewarded f or standing lead and iron, is made a marshal for running from pewter ! Punch. A very handsome chimney, of 120 yards high, has just been completed at Messrs. Johnston's chemical work s , Weston, near Runcorn. It contains one million of bricks. it is the highest (except Messrs. Muspratt's , of Newton) in this part 01 the kingdom. It was built by Mr. White, of Runcorn, in the short space of live months. WRECK OF A SCHOONER —On Saturday week, during the heavy storm which took place in the Channel, the schooner Charles sunk of Cardinal's Point, Holyhead. She left this port on Friday, and was laden with coal, for Dublin. All on board, consisting of the captain (Thomas Heath), his wife, two children, and three men, pelished.— Liverpool Mercury. Lusus NATURE.--A pure white common house sparrow is freque-tiv to be seen in company with a flock of his drab-coloured brethren. at Bloomfield, presenting a sin gular appearance when on the Essex Herald. WIIO WILL BE WITHOUT A PIG ?-011 Wednesday last a pig was sold in the market for the small sum of 3a. 6d. The animal was certainly but a small one, and hat is gene• rally termed "the nestgull," or the least of the litter. The good old dame who bought it very lovingly carried her pur chase sway 41 her 14/124.—Hereford Times. LONDON, MAGAZINES, Ric.--(CON TIN UED.) FBAS ER. In the first chapter of the " Age of Veneer," the writer runs amuck at journalists, at what he calls out-of-door Parliaments, at political economy, and more especially at statistics, the very mention of which makes him rabid. We can make great allow ances for a gentleman in that state, and certainly consider it but natural that a Protectionist should hate statistics, which have proved to demonstration how utterly groundless are alike his hopes and his fears; but he ought at least to keep probability in view, and in his long list of the crimes for which statistics have to answer he should, at all events, not so far commit himself as to assert that "statistics draw the mind away from the contemplation of facts." Waat, we should like to know, is the study of statistics but the study of facts ? The concluding advice of the writer to his friends, the Protectionists, is admirable; he tells them " they make a sad business of it whenever they meddle with statistics that they only damage themselves, and that they had better alto gether abstain from dealing with matters 'vith which they have no concern." It would be well for " the country gentlemen" if they would follow this advice, and content themselves with an increasing faith in their idol protection, for they may rely on it that whenever they attempt to argue the question of pro tection, or to give a reason for the faith that is in them, they " only damage themselves." The Naturalist continues his pleasant leaves from his Note book, and gives us much entertaining information on the habits of reptiles of the tortoise tribe, and the New Yorker furnishes us with another of his ad mirable sketches of American society. The article on " Public Nurseries" should be read by every philanthropist, it is the history of the working of au attempt to introduce into England those valuable institutions known in France as Creches. " The Foreign Prince" is an account of the career of a foreign swindler who has entrapped an English girl of re spectable family into a marriage, and who ultimately absconds, leaving her a widowed wife, with no means of obtaining a divorce. The story is well told. An officer of the Royal Artillery gives us an admirable account of a visit to the mammoth cave of Kentucky, which extends into the bowels of the earth for a dis tance of six or seven miles, and which is one of the wonders of the new world. We have besides these articles able reviews of the clever but snobbish book of Madame Blaze De Bury on Germany, of Ni r. Baillie Cochrane's " Young. Italy," and of Mr. Miller's and Professor Sedgwick's recently published exposures of the errors of the author of " Vestiges of Creation." THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. CVI. A more miscellaneous and, consequently, a more entertaining number of this popular periodical we cannot call to our recollection. The October instal ment of the double quarterly, for 1850, shows very conspicuously the good results of uniting together the Foreign Quarterly and the Westminster Review, publications which, diametrically opposite in cha racter, have, nevertheless, now for some considerable time blended their contrasting qualities most admi rably, thereby producing a very agreeable diversity. As an opening production, of a rather eccentric kind, we have a critical paper on the " Hindoo Drama," a subject first revealed to the scrutiny of the European scholar by the industry and erudition of Sir William Jones, the oriental Mezzofanti. After this, a popular essay on the " Natural Systems of Botany" treats exoterically a hitherto somewhat too esoteric theme, that of plants and flowers, called by Professor Long fellow, with such exquisite and beautiful truthfulness, the "revelation" of the love of God, blossoms " All woven in gorgeous tissues, Flaunting gaily in the golden light!" An excellent argument is afforded to the cause of the Financial Iteformers, in the consideration of those " Consular Establishments" which constitute the text of the subsequent contribu tion. Further on, one of the reviewers pays his weed of admiration to the music, the wisdom, the pathos, and the verbal splendour lavished upon each of the 131 poems "Iu Memoriam," by Alfred Tennyson. Most of his elegiac celebrations of nature are judici ously selected for quotation. An inquiry into the influence of the " County Courts Extension " is fol lowed by a vindication of,William Fenn from the asper sions cast upon him by Thomas Babington Ma caulay. An effective and useful " Summary of the Session" is in its turn succeeded by a very learned article on " Septenary Institutions." In this well-digested disquisition the writer has torn out the very root of the sophisms advanced in support of their fanatical arguments by those most superstitious reli gionists the Sabbatarians. Referring to the most classic and the most modern systems of calendars, as contrasted with the greatest of all—the Gregorian— the reviewer maintains that provision has not, as pretended, been invariably made fur the institution of a day of rest periodically. In testimony of his argument's correctness, he points to the division of the ancient Greek months into decades —called menos istamenou (tbe beginning of the month), menos mesountos (the middle of the month), and menos phinontos (the end of the month). This system of decades was of late years adopted by the French after the first revolution. Then it was that the year was divided by the Gallicans into twelve months, of thirty day s each, with five sacred days at the close of the year, dedicated to V,rtue, Genius, Labour, Opinion, and Reward—the Bissextile being appropriated every fourth year to the renewal of the eath of Liberty. Similar to and yet unlike the Greeks, the Romans partitioned their months, not in regular decades, but in three irregular intervals, named after three fixed epochs in each month—the middle days of each month being called ides from the obsolete verb iduare, to divide ; the first days of the month being termed the halends, from calo, to call, or summons the people to a reli gious ceremony ' • and the nine days b e f o r e th e id es being designated the nones from an obvious deriva- tion. — For both the decades of the Greeks and the kalends, nones and ides of the Romans were sub sequently substituted the day of the sun, the moon, i\lars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, dies Solis, dies Luna, dies Martis, dies Mercurii, dies Jovis, dies Veneris, and dies Saturni; subsequently changed into the Saxon Son-daeg, Moon-daeg, Tuis daeg, Woden's-daeg, Thor's•daeg, Friga's-daeg, and Seterne's•daeg. So that the modern system of the seventh day, the Sunday, so far from being a divine and scriptural, is a pagan and idolatrous institution. The writer of this remarkable and learned contribu- tion brings his observations to a close by looking forward to the time when the weapons of supersti tion shall be turned against itself by universal con sent, and whe❑ men shall for ever disarm those who would fain " crush the human mind under the wheels of the modern Juggernaut of conventional idolatry." Among the most striking criticisms in the notices of foreign literature will be observed a review, of Eugene Sue's novel, " Les Mysteres du Peuple," and another of Lamartine's tragedy, Toussaint Louverture. The latter author is convicted by the reviewer of the high crime of penning a bad and faulty drama. In select ing the Black Liberator for his hero, M. de Lamar• tine evidently desired to gratify his intense hatred to the Emperor Napoleon. Besides the contributions already particularised, the Westminster and Foreign Quarterly are embellished with a variety of contribu tions and intelligent criticisms upon books and bro chures of a very miscellaneous character. THE BRITISH GAZETTEER. Maps of the counties of Northumberland and Rut land, executed with characteristic accuracy and neat ness, illustrate the eighteenth part of this admirable compilation, together with an engraving of the Bridgewater Monument at Tring. The fair promise of the first part is fully borne out, each successive number rivalling the excellence of its predecessor in every particular. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 30. Her Majesty went out riding to-day, and his Royal Highness and Prince Albert went out deer-stalking. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal went out walking. The Princess Alice rode on a puny. Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring arrived at his residence in the Admiralty on Tuesday evening from the north. THE AFRICA CUNARD LINE STEAMER.--Mr. Moody, ins; ector of shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard, has returned from Liverpool after an official inspection of this fine vessel while she made an experimental trial of her speed from the Liverpool Docks to the Light-ship, a dis tance of about 'twenty miles. The result of the trial was an average speed of thirteen knots - per hour. The vessel has been fitted in a style of great magnificence, and some idea may be formed of her magnitude when it is known that she is of 2,672 24.100 tons burden, or 825 tons larger than the Terrible steam-frigate of 21 guns, one of the largest steam-vessels in the Royal Navy. The Africa was built by Messrs, Steele and Son, at Greenock, and fitted with engines of 800-horse power, by Napier, of Glasgow. She has a breadth of beam of 40 feet 3 inches, and a depth of hold of 27 feet 9 and is supplied with four cutters, one life-boat, one pinnace, and one gig, and two long 12-pounder brass guns for signals. VESSEL FOR CALIFORNIA.---On Monday the Queen of Sheba, a splendid new ship, left the Leith Docks with a full cargo and a few passengers for San Francisco. This is the second vessel which has sailed from this port for that quarter. The Queen of Sheba, besides a large quantity of unisc.-Ilaneous goods, has on hoard about 30;) tons of coals. On Monday, a beautiful little steamboat, between 80 and 40 feet long, steamed over from Belfast on purpose to be taken on board as freight, but although 130/. was offered to take her out, the captain found it impossible to receive her on board ; in fact, large quantities of goods for which she had no room have been lett lying on . the quay.—Aorth British Mail. Earl Newburgh very recently well .nigh met with an accident that might have been serious.. Hi s L or d s hi p was taking an airing in the vicinity of his mansion at alas_ sop, when a vehicle, at great speed, came upon his Lord ship's pony carriage, and carried it off the tur n pik e - roa d . Fortunately his Lordship Was extricated unhurt. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3 ; 180, SUN, SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. CESAREWITCH. 9 to 1 agst Landgrave 17 to 1 agst Trouncer 10 to lat Bolingbroke I2oto 1 agst Mu!grave 13 to 1 agst Wanota 40 to 1 agst Bon-mot (t) 15 to 1 agst Backbiter (t) 50 to 1 ogst Glauca (t) 15 to 1 agst Lady Eden CAMBRIDGESHIRE. _ _ 8 to 1 agst Italian (t) 18 to 1 aktat Landgtave 25 to 1 agst Landseer (t) 25 to 1 agst Bordeaux 30 to 1 agst Chief Justice DERBY. 7to 1 eget Grecian (t) 125t0 1 eget Teddington (t) 12 to 1 apt Prime Muuster 1 33 to 1 egst Faugh-a-Bal - I high colt 20 to 1 eget Hernandez 50 to 1 agst Aaron Smith 20 to 1 eget Bobadil 50 to 1 aget Lightfoot (t) OARS. 7to 1 eget Venus filly 125t0 1 eget Misserima WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Fifty Pounds; for three yrs old, ist sib; four, Bst 81b; Eve. Bst 13-1); bix and aged, 9st. D.I. Mr. Greville's Caribou (earned 516 over)...(Flatman) Bullfinch, 3 yrs (Pettit) 2 Betting-12 to 1 on Cariboo, v, , ho won in a canter by six lengths. Run in 4 min. 15 secs. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft; fur two yrs old colts, Bst 71n; fillies, Bst 41b; untried horses or mares allowed 31b. T.Y.C. (3 subs.) Mr. Greville's Constance, Bst 11b (Flatman) I Duke of Bedford's Argo, 84 llb (Pettit) 2 Betting-4 to lon Constance. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 aovs. each, h ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; not engaged in the July, Chesterfield, Rutland, Clearwell, or Prendergast Stakes; a winner of 200 soya, or upwards, to carry 51b extra. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Gratwieke's Exeter (Flatman) 1 Lord Exeter's Reindeer . (Marlow) 2 Betting-5 to lon Exeter, who made all the running, aid won by a length. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Match, 50, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Mr. R. Westley's The Lioness, Bst 41b Mr. C. Boyce's The Roman, Bst 71b ... (Rogers) 2 Even betting. Won by a length. Not timed. Second year of the Second Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sous. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. on the whole stake. A.F. (76 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Ca2lia • (Norman) 1 Duke of Richmond's Compass (S. Mann) 2 Mr. Winch's Zadoc (W. Treen) 3 Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror (S. Rogers) 4 Mr. Foster's Mickleton ... (J. Marson) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Cranberry (Templemae) 0 Baron Rothschild's Exotic f (F. Butler) 0 Colonel Peel's Harding° Mr. Oakey's Sisyphus (Robinson) 0 Betting—Even on William the Conqueror-5 to 1 against flardinge-6 to 1 each agst Compass and Exotic-10 to 1 agst Cranberry-12 to 1 agst Claelia— and 12 to 1 agst any other. Cranberry took the lead at starting, followed by Wil liam the Conqueror, C'szlia, and Zadoc ; Compass, Exotic, and liardinge, lying in the rear. They ran in this way at a good bat to the bushes, where Zadoc went in first, and carried the running into the bottom. Here C:telia took the lead, kept it to the end, and won by a length ; Compass, who came half way up the hill, beat ing Zadoc by a length and a half. William the Con queror a very good fourth, Cranberry fifth. Run in 2 min. 16 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, 6st; three, Bst 41b; four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st llb; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded, &c. R.M. (3 Subs.) Mr. C. Picher's Hazy, 2 yrs (W. Harlock) 1 Lord Clilden's Glenochty, 2 yrs Mr. Asbwin's Count Swivel, 2 yrs (T. Smith) 3 Betting—Es en on Hazy, and 6to 4 agst Gl en ochty. Wonby 30 lengths. Run in 1 min. 55 secs. The. St. Leger Stakes of 25 soya. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra. D. I. (15 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Nutshell, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Ford's Garforth, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 2 Sir IL Pigot's Mooltun, Bst 2lb (J. Marson) 3 Lord Exeter's Nutcracker, Bst lib (Marlow) 4 Mr. Batson's Abdallab, Bst 21b (Sly) 5 13etting-7 to 4 agst Nutshell, 5 to 2 agst Mooltan, and 4 to 1 agst Nutcracker. The lot got away abreast well together and with Nut cracker in advance, remaining in company to the Duke's Stand; Nutshell and Garforth there singled themselves out, and finished the race, the former winning by half a length. Run in 4 min. 7 secs. The Granby Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old not named in the Rutland Stakes; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner of a sweepstakes value 400 soya., including the winner's own stake, to carry 41b; of two such stakes, 71b extra. From the turn of the Lands in. (10 Subs.) Mr. Howard's Prestige, Bst 31b . Day) 1 Lord Exeter's Reindeer, Bst 71b.... (Marlow) 2 Mr. Watson's Touch-me-not, Bst 3lb (W. Boyce) 3 Betting-5 to lon Prestige, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 22 sec. The weather to-day was delightful, the company numerous, and the racing, on the whole, excellent. That it was not without effect on subsequent events the following quotations, made up to five o'clock,will show:— LATEST BETTING. CESAItEWITCH. 9to 1 agit Landgrave I2oto 1 agst Cariboo (t) 9 to 1 agst Essedarius 100 to 6 eget Raby 10 to 1 agst Wanota CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Bto 1 agst The Italian I 15 to I agst Landgraye nt% 15 to 1 agst Clie 20 to 1 agst Landseer FOUR YEAR OLD TRIENNIAL. Even on Vatican Isto 1 agst Landgraye 2 to 1 agst Elthiron There will not be any races on Friday. Lord Eglinton's Elthiron and Crreus arrived yesterday to run for their evgagements at the ensuing meetings. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 SOYS. each, winner to be sold for 701. Hind of the Forest, 5 yrs—Slang, 3 yrs—Diligence. 3 yrs. The Town Plate. D. I. Little Jack—e Dromedary dam, by Mulatto—Cariboo , Rhedyenia—Z Adoe. The Queen's Plate. sL Rosalis, 4 yrs—Van Dietnan, 4 yrs—Goodwood, 4 yrs—Lit►le Jack, 3 yrs .. —Bellissima, 3 yrs— Zadoc,3 yrs. Matches—Citadel receives from Argo, and Sicyon, from Teeswater. BELLING UP TO NINE O'CLOCK. THE TRIENNIAL BTAYES. 11 to 10 agst Vatican 2 to 1 agst Elthiron 4 to 1 agat Landgrave CES AREWITcH. 9 to 1 agst Landgrave 10 to 1 agst Wanota 10 to 1 agat Essedarius 12 to 1 agst Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Lady Eden DERBY. 7 to 1 agat Prielam—taken 25 to 1 agat Hernandez 40 to 1 agst Phlegethon ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENT Y-TW O CRICKET. . BIRMINGHAM. milohr men pre- On Tuesday this flue match was resumed at Birming morning members m the doingßir than to add Birming ham. On Monday evening the Eleven bsditllObFe remembered, los t . eight of their wickets for a score of " five" to their score. Seventy- fi ve therefore was all that 7 ve o n o te h d ly t , he a i n r d ot t h h e i r s the Eleven made in this their first innings. Birmingham thereupon went i n to d emo li s h t h at n umber — if they could—and having done that then to see what they could set up on their own account. At the close of the day it will be found that they had not only accomplished the one but that they had put on 16 under the latter head. Thus stood the score when "time" wa s called:— THE ELZVEN. Clark, c Langley, b Tinley ..................... 4 A. Marshall, EN., b Armitage .................. 1 Parr, b Armita ge Pilch, b Armitage .Lag_ .......... Martingell, b Armitage ll B w o i x sd , e b n A , b rm A i r t m ag i e tag . ......................... ii .. 3 Guy, b Tinley ............... ' —.. 33 N. Felix, E-q., b Armitage ............ .......„ 6 3 A. Mynn, Esq., c Stamford , b lulley Hillyer, not out ................................. . 1 Wide 7, no balls 1... Total s .......... .. . . 1: . , ............ ...... ........ 75 A. S. Edwards, E a r s d q s ., 11ibi:C1:1.83:11k2i.G..1.1.4'.31...... 4 J. Benson, Esq. c pach, •b Clark 8 Pallthorpe, b iVisden ••••- R os o c b r y olt b , C Clark n n . : b ... w...i.5.d..e.a....... ......... ( 3 ) 4 Butler, b Wisden ... ............ .........""•..• 18 Armitage, c Felix, b Wisden F. Tinley, run out ....... -• ............ ..• Elinv, Lord .a..di‘lNeivsa S oi :gr t i cat : eob m lynyv, f :j o Es r Ed d sesq , : 1) :. t t Nis i : iyi l si e dy n i . nr, .... . ..... ............ .. .. 7 3 Langley, c Wisden, b Clark 1 Cj.oHmabredr:vbickWl::isdea - -• ••• Wilkinson, Elci''b' ... ..... 9 2 Esq., not out Wide ............... . n H o t i 1 loyuetr Total OPERATION or T OE FACTORY ACT AT H AWICK . —Mr. W a lk e r, the Gov ernment sub• ins p ,c tor , visited Hawick on Friday last, to enforce the new Factory Act, when a third of those p ersons em p lo y ed on the mac h in es were, at a moment's notice turned adrift, and, in a week or two, there will be no less than a thousand hands, de pending on the product of those machines, thrown out of employment. Mr. W alker a pp eared t o s y m p athise dee p l y with the deserving op eratives, w hom he w as, in a manner, the instrument of depriving of their honest labour.— As p UNEX PECTED A D VA NTAGE DE - Glasgow Daily Mail. N IMPoRTAT nivaD FROM A " BUSTI.E. " —The only accident that occurred (at the York Archery Meeting) was to a lady in the inclo• sure during the " elevated shooting," who had the misfortune to become a tArget for the shaft of one of the Leeds archers, which struck her in a very prominent part of her dress as she was leaving the ground. She was sailing majestically away, unconscious of her novel ornament, until informed of it by the laughing crowd. With great good humour she drew out b th a e ck il t l o -n t l h an e nceoruer.Leds d se afow;and, smiling pleasantly, threw it Times. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—DEFEAT OF CROP PLUN DERERS BY THE PEASANTRY.—A second attempt at crop plunder in Clare, has been defeated by the peasantry. The following gratifying statement on the subject appears in the Clare Journal of yes terday : " On Monday night last, on Lady Frankfort's property, near Scariff, a tenant named Daniel Flan nery, whose arrears had all been remitted, and his accruing rent abated twenty. five per cent. (as has been done on her Ladyship's entire .estates in this county), assembled a large number of persons to cut and carry away his crop. The neighbouring tenants, having heard of the intended eutrage, collected to aid the caretaker and drove off the depredators, thus tes tifying those feelings of confidence and good-will which should subsist between landlord and tenant, and proving that when tenants are fairly treated, they can and will be grateful. In no other part of the county was there manifested, last hgrvest, a more determined resistance to the payment of rents, than in this same locality." CONVICTION OF CROP LIFTERS —At the Thomas town petty sessions on Saturday, Mr. W. Clifford, on the part of the trustees of the Earl of Carrick, charged Philip Cahill, Nicholas Cahill, John Reddy, John Grady, James Lannigan, Adam Croak, Thomas Croak, and several others, with having committed a breach of the Sabbath on the morning of the 22d instant, by engaging in the reaping of corn on the farm of PhilipCahill, and the estate of Lord Carrick. It appeared from the evidence, that notwithstanding that the te nant owed three years' rent, the landlord was willing to allow him to take away the entire crops, upon giv ing up possession ; but the tenant declined to accede to those terms, and still holds the land. The Kil kenny Moderator, which contains a long report of the proceedings before the magistrates, says :—" It was a case justly characterised by the presiding magistrate, (the Right Hon. W. F. Tighe) as one of a most fla grant nature. In addition to the roguery of the tenant, the most lawless course was adopted by him towards the bailiffs sent to watch the crop, who were seized, imprisoned, and tied hand and foot, whilst the Sabbath labour was being carried out. Owing to the timidity of these same bailiffs, some of the delinquents escaped ; bnt three were convicted and fined." THE VACANT BISHOPRIC.—The same vague ru mours continue respecting the vacant bishopric of Meath. Saunders's News Letter of this morning states that the Very Rev. Thomas Townsend, lately appointed to the deanery of Waterford, is to be the successor of the late bishop. THE AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK.-- A meeting of the northern shareholders of the Agri cultural and Commercial Bank was held in Belfast on Saturday, when the following resolution was adopted :—" That, considering the debts due now amount to nearly 42,0001., and a call of 16s. per share having been made, this meeting request the chairman to call a general meeting of shareholders, to be held at the Imperial Hotel, in Belfast, on Wed nesday, October 9, at eleven o'clock A.M., for the purpose of electing district committees to aid the Dublin committee in collecting arrears, and seeing that the funds of the company are employed in reduc ing the liabilities, the interest upon which now amounts to 2,500/. a year." The Belfast News-Letter thus refers to the present deplorable condition of the parties interested :—" The affairs of this company still present a problem, which, taken in connexion with its past history from the commencement, will, we venture to say, be for ever without a parallel in all mercantile experience. A further call of 16s. per share has been made upon the remnant of the curving solvent shareholders, which, when paid, will make a dead loss, in all, of no less than 3/. 7s: per share. The present debt of the com pany amounts to 41,493/. 12s. 41, the interest of which, at six per cent., amounts to 2,500/. a year, exclusive of solicitors' costs. It is with the alleged view of liquidating this debt that the further call has, been made, at the instance of the Master in Chancery,i and this sum, it is said, will realise 69,500/., thus leaving a margin to cover defaulters. This is all the information of which the shareholders are at present in possession. Previous experience proves, however, that the most absolute necessity exists for taking,' prompt and active steps to see that this call shall be the last. The liabilities are daily increasing, owing to reasons but imperfectly, if at all, known. The list of liable shareholders is daily diminishing - from death, emigration, or bankruptcy ; and the narrower it grows the more acutely is the pressure of these perpetual calls felt by the shareholders who have still anything to lose. Very many of these are poor people, whom these calls are literally driving to distraction, and whose life is a burden while the fear of ruin from this cause hangs over them. We are glad, therefore, to find that the acute and intelligent merchants of Belfast are bestirring themselves to put a final stop to the evil, by seeing that the accounts of the company shall be properly investigated—that all the solvent shareholders shall be made to pay the present call in their due proportion—and by insisting that the funds' of the company shall be employed in liquidating the debt at one and for ever, so that another 'performance,' as Mr. Dolling happily expressed it, shall be unne cessary. To effect these objects, by means of district committees, and through the energy of the northern merchants, a general meeting of the shareholders has been called for Wednesday, the 9th inst., at the Im • perial Hotel." A TESTIMONIAL to MR. WALKER AT LAST. If any manly breast is the better for a badge of honour, there is certainly one special case in which that part of the human body ought to be decorated. The thorax within which is a heart truly philanthropic should, of all chests, have a star on its exterior. Sa nitary heroes in particular—the men of intrepid souls and indomitable stomachs, who face tpyhus and nose sulphuretted hydrogen, who brave Death in the mouth of his own gravepit—deserve to be adorned as to the pectoral region. A great conqueror in the field of filth might be most appropriately invested with the Order of the Bath and Washhouse. To which might be added—in case of need, which generally is the case —another order, a cheque on the Treasury for a cer tain annual sum, not less than 251., nor exceeding 12,0001. It is contemplated by Government to ac cord some such tribute as that referred to last, to that really enormous benefactor of his species in general, and of the metropolitan variety thereof in particular, the author of "Gatherings from Graveyards," and of all the good there is in the Interments Bill, Mr. George Alfred Walker. Vulgar incredulity need not echo this gentleman's surname. We have stated the fact, Government is about decreeing a testimonial to Walker. Be it, however, understood that the Govern ment alluded to is not the firm of Messrs. Russell and Co., tax masters and providers for the royal family. That concern has quite relinquished the higher de partments of state business, such as the promotion of political and social reform, and, with a view to it, the reward and encouragement of eminent merit. Their patronage, of late, has been confined to that compara tively unimportant district of these dominions termed flunkeydona ; and they have nearly limited their opera tions to the aristocratic estate and agency line. The Government which is going to grant Mr. Walker a tes timonial is the Government of his Majesty the Public, to which the Downing-street Cabinet leaves the con sideration of all matters of higher consequence than six-and-eightpence—except always, the salaries of royal dukes, and such like. No other tax will be im posed on account of the Walker Testimonial Fund than a small per tentage of conscience-money. In addition, it is only necessary to state that the sum now due for this object from national gratitude may be paid to the credit of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, at the Treasury—Messrs. Coutts and Co., or at the branch offices, which are all other banks in town or country.—Punch. ARRIVAL OF ANTIQUITIES FROM NINEVEII AND BABYLON.—The brigantine Apprentice, Captain John Hardy, has arrived in the St. Katharine's Dock, from Bussorah, on the River Euphrates, having on board a great quantity of the Assyrian and other antiquities, and marbles, consigned to the trustees of the British Museum. Among them are great bull, from Nineveh, with a man's head and dragon's the wings, weighing twelve tons; and a lion sculptured in same manner, weighing nine tons. There are also several coffins, containing many curious relics of the ceremonies and usages of Eastern countries regarding the ob served in burying their dead. This vessel em ee was chartered British by the Museum some time since, for the conveyance of these antiquities to England ; they, were shipped in April ntendance of Messrs. last, at Bussorab, under the su great care has been taken by Stephen Lynch and Co. ; and g Captain ?lardy (who was emple7e le d on c a similar service two perfect and entire. The years ago) to bring them bon Hope during Good the late Apprentice was ow the Cape of severe gales, when so many . vessels were lost or sustained severe damage; but she providentially escaped inju r y, an d Las safely arrived with her valuable and interesting freight. HERIOT'S HOSPITAL, EDINBURGH.---We observe, from the proceedings of the last meeting of the gove rnors o f this institution, that one or two changes are in contempla tion which possess considerable interest. One relates to the superannuation fund. Annuities are to be purchased ter officers wh..se lives may be uninsurable; and the modes by which existing officers tray obtain the hospital's per centage towards an insurance or annuity are to be extended. All officials are required to enter as burgesses. There are 34 parties in the immediate service of the hospital, to whom the improved scheme will ultimately be extended, w h ose un i ted salaries amount to about 4,000/, per annum. The cost to the hospital's funds, when the pl an s h a l l be in lull operation, win be about '2OO/. per annum. The boys are to be indulged with an instrumental band; and there is to be a triennial scrutiny of the list of recipients, to ascertain whether the parents of any boys are in circumstances to educate them without the aid of the hospital. TIIE AUTHOR OF " THE MISER'S SECRET."—The utmost curiosity has for some time past been evinced in the literary and fashionable circles, as respects the author of the above popular romance, which has everywhere excited so marked a sensation. Although it has not yet been ascer tained who is the writer of the work in question, one fact has transpired, namely, that the author is one of the gentler sex. To the honour of our fair countrywomen be it re corded, that three of the most attractive modern works of fiction, namely, "Jane Eyre," " Mary Barton," and " The Miser's Secret," all prove to be the productions of lady writers. SANITARY MOVEMENTS. THE DRAINAGE OF THE CITY OF LONDON. The following are extracts from a plan of draining the city of London, devised by Mr. Beardmore, and alluded to by Mr. Morris, one of the Commissioners of the City Sewers, at the last court but one. It has, we understand, been ordered to be printed and circu lated amongst the members of the Corporation, and it is expected that the subject will speedily be taken into consideration. " PRINCIPLE OF DRAINAGE NY AN AQUEDUCT SEWER. " The principle of this design is to drain the ut most possible extent of the metropolis by a free out fall in the Thames at least as low as Barking Creek ; to give the aqueduct effecting this such fall and ge neral arrangement that it shall discharge with the ut most rapidity, free from the control of rising tide, and requiring no mechanical aid, that everything should be accessible for ready examination and re pair, so that on any required occasion such could be done without expense or new contrivances, which would be a serious drawback to the adoption of in:.ny plans, considering likewise that the separa tion of house and surface drainage as a general mea sure in the metropolis almost savours of impossibility as a practical question. The plan herein described contemplates that the aqueduct shall take everything which falls above its level, except in cases of extra ordinary and sudden floods—a time when surplus running into the river could be of no detriment. Any plan for draining the metropolis should be also free from all doubt or difficulty in its construction. Granting that every effort should be made to keep sewage out of the Thames; so also should any gene ral plan be equally designed not to interfere with the dock entrances, creeks, wharfs, and future power of deepening ; it should likewise have perfect capabi lity of repair, and be free from the serious evils aris ing from any failure in machinery ; and similar con siderations attached to artificial or mechanical con trivances. "DESCRIPTION OF AQUEDUCT SEWER AND LINE FOR NEW STREET. " The plan proposed would be to form an aqueduct or sewer, commencing at the Thames near the outlet at the 13arking river, passing direct across the marshes towards East Ham Church, thence taking the rising ground to Plaistow, and across West Ham Marshes to Bromley, crossing over the River Lea, near the Four Mills distillery, thence near the Lime hruse-cut, across Bow-common, and over the Regent's Canal just below where it is crossed by the Bow Branch Railway; from this point the aqueduct, or sewer, as it would now become, would take its course straight across Bow-common and the adjacent open ground, passing near Stepney Church to the Thames Police-office, where it would be carried along Charles• street into the Commercial-road, and thus to Great Alie-street (widening out Church-street, which for a short distance is now a very inconvenient thoroughfare). From the junction of Mansell and . - Great Alie-street, a new line will be required to John•street, whence the sewer would pass along Crutched-friars to Mark-lane, and fall into East-cheap, by a new line passing near the Corn Exchange and Commercial Sale Rooms; it would then cross by King William's statue, down new Cannon-street to Queen street ; here a new line of street would be formed out of the narrow and dilapidated streets, viz. :—St Thomas's lane, Distaff-lane, and Carter-lane to Bridge-street, Blackfriars, which would be raised at the point of crossing 7k feet. From Bridge -street the new sewer and street would form the south side of St. Bride's Church, and would be passed through Salisbury square direct into Fleet-street. The line from this would follow the great thoroughfare, but along Holy well-street, which would be thrown into the Strand, diverging along the south side of St. Martin's Church, and in front of the National Gallery up to Suffolk street; here a short new line of street would be advantageous for carrying the sewer in a more direct line through Charles-street, down which it would pass directly across St. James's square to St. James's-street and St. James's-place, where an opening can be made at a trifling expense so as to bring the sewer clear into the Green Park. Thence it would pass on towards Hyde Park Corner, along Hyde Park into Kensington High-street, pass ing by south side of the church arross to Holland street, along north-east corner of Holland Park, the lower side of Notting-hill, and along some of the new streets, under Lansdowne- square to the foot of Wormwood Scrubs. " SIZE AND LEVELS. " The proposed sewer would not be of less diameter than 12 feet from Charing-cross downwards; the total length is about 15 miles, the aqueduct portion commencing at 2 feet 6 inches below Trinity high water mark, at Barking Creek, rising at the rate of 28 inches per mile for a length of 6 miles ; the remaining 9 miles to rise uniformly at the rate of 8 inches per mile. The above dimensions and fall would enable the sewer to discharge at all times a minimum of 8,000 cubic feet per minute in its upper portion, increasing to 12,000 cubic feet i❑ its lower portion. From the Fleet River eastward the aqueduct would drain everything higher than 18 feet above high water level ; westward the line of drainage would be from 18 feet to 24 above high water level. The aqueduct would pass over the River Lea, with a clear head-way of 7 feet 6 inches above Trinity high water ; and if spanned by a wrought• iron girder would offer far less obstruction to navigation than Bow-bridge. The Regent's-canal lock, near the point of crossing, would have to be set back, to get a good line for the aqueduct, and the lower pond reduced 18 inches in height ; this would give a clear headway of 7 feet 6 inches, and with a wrought-iron tube would be far more convenient , to the navigation than any of the present bridges. "CONNEXION WITH FLEET BITER AND OTHER DRAINS. "The Fleet sewer would, of course, pass under the aqueduct at Blackfriars undisturbed, but its ordi nary run would be diverted into the aqueduct sewer by a branch intercepting the Fleet at the nearest pos• sible point in Clerkenwell-valley ; in fact, some of the old sewers may be probably available for this. Proper sluices, forming a kind of waste weir, would be required at all the great natural drains, in order that sudden surface floods might have access to the river ; occasional floods are far too large to be provided for by any artificial drain, for such would be then necessarily of a magnitude inconsistent with any reasonable outlay. These arrangements would likewise at any future time enable the aqueduct to be repaired and examined, an object that should not be lost sight of in a work designed to last for ages. "ESTIMATE. There are six miles of suburban aqueduct to form ; take this at 30,0001. per mile... £lBO,OOO Nine miles of sewer through streets, pro perty not to be bought except where esti mated below say at 20,000/. per mile .. 150,000 Nine miles of removal of gas and water pipes repairing, paving, being at 10,0001... 90,000 There are about 2,500 yards of new pro perty to be purchased, say at one-third the cost of the new streets made by her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods (see 20th Report, page 10), where the various streets are stated to have cost a sum which amounts to 3001. per yard lineal in their extent ... 28,000 These 2,500 yards lineal at 1001. Compensation at Bridge-street, Blackfriars 15,000 Junction with various sewers on line 50,000 Branch from the Fleet, 1,500 yards, at 301. 45,000 Hackney-brook branch aqueduct, two miles, at 30,000/. Resevoirs for flood-tide at Barking marshes, say Contingencies, 10 per cent. Total £1,000,000 " This estimate is charged only with the actual cost of driving a leading sewer from Wormwood Scrubs to the Thames at Barking, and of putting down the buildings necessarily required to form a direct line—that is to say, one-third of the cost of such streets. The completion of 2,500 of new streets, on the same data, will require the remain ing two-thirds—i. e., of 750,0001. .500,000 Adding cost of aqueduct sewer, as before... 1,000,000 We have a total of expenditure required of £1,500,000 for a work which has, to say the least, advantages ap parently commensurate with the expenditure of a large sum of money. " PRINCIPAL AND SUBSIDIARY DRAINAGE. "The plan described would relieve the complicated question of the general drainage of London from much of its difficuty ; the low districts will be re lieved of the sewage and drainage of the upper, or of three-fourths of the whole metropolitan present area north cf the Thames, increasing as the high lands are built over. So large a portion being thus disposed of on a basis free from all doubt and difficulty, and by a plan that, giving the utmost fall, would carry off the sewage fir quicker than by any plan of engine drainage or of flat sewers laid at a low level, without reference to freedom of outfall by gravitation. " The sewage of the great Westminster and Chelsea levels will, in a few weeks, be carried to Scotland-yard; thence it could be raised by engine power direct into the aqueduct sewer at Trafalgar square at an annual expense merely nominal com pared with the advantages of securing an outfall into the Thames so distant as the outlet at Barking Creek ; a similar principle can be applied to the few remaining low districts adjacent to the north bank of the Thames. These should be each formed into drainage areas fcr discharging into the aqueduct by mechanical means at the several points most suitable to the circumstances. " GENERAL ADVANTAGES OT AN AQUEDUCT SEWFR. "Finally, the plan proposed will carry the most essential portion of metropolitan sewage to the Thames at the lowest practicable point, and with the utmost expedition. The aqueduct avoids the Thames and its creeks, dock entrances, shores, wharfs, and other interests, and is placed at a level that will en sure in use as a sewer and prevent the risk of infiltra tion of Thames water and other springs which pre vail near the river bed, which alone would be a serious evil in a plan designed for the application of engine power on an .extensive scale. " The City of London is, in a twofold point of view, interested in reform of the system of outfall— first, for relief of the various nuisances caused by the several streams (from outlying districts) which de bouch on its river margin; secondly, because the City must of necessity be on the line of any leading drain. For both reasons therefore a general measure should be arranged to afford the greatest advantage to the important district between Temple-bar and the Commercial-road, which can only be effected by constructing such a line of aqueduct as shall secure future efficiency in draining the whole metropolis. " A work of this character must be as near as pos sible perfect; there must b , .:t no trifling W ith the de sign and execution, for a drainage as heretofore into and through the urban portion of the Thames will he preferable to a new but iinpeifect arrangement. In tact, I would beg most di s ti nc tly t o suggest that no great line of drain fit for the case under consideration can be made without an tffort worthy cf the great object in view. To attempt a great leading sewer through any of the ordinary narrow thoroughfares would be attended with the chance of failure, 'or the ground is already amply occupied with the local sewers and with gas and water pipes." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The French Admiral, Baron Mackau, accompanied by a capitain de frigate, and an ingenieur de la marine, piid a visit to the Admiralty, Whitehall, yesterday, and being formally introduced to their Lordships and principal officers at the Admiralty, inspected the whole of the departments. The gallant officer took his leave after lunching with the first naval Lord, Rear- Admiral Dundas, C. 13., M.P. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Blenheim steam guardship, 60, Captain Henderson, C. 13., came into harbour to-day from Spithead. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, sailed last evening from Spithead for Queenstown, to await further orders. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, sailed yesterday for the Mediterranean. The Caradoc steam-packet was paid off here yes terday. The Ocean Queen, American line of packet-ship, arrived this morning from the river, took in stock, and sailed again at noon for New Yolk. The Sutlej Indianian arrived at Spithead this morning. The iger steam-sloop, Commander Heath, arrived at Madeira on the 31st of August, completed coals, and sailed on the Ist ult, for the coast of Africa. The Salamander steam-sloop, Commander Ellman, arrived at Madeira on the same day, and sailed again for the East Indies, touching at Rio en route. The Aboukir transport put in at Madeira with troops on the evet ing of the 31st of August, and sailed on the Ist ult. for Bombay with detachments of various regiments. The United States ship-of-war John Adams was at Madeira at the same date, from the coast of Africa. The Fox, 42, Commodore Lamb er t, a ft er sa ili ng from Plymouth, encountered strong westerly winds, and, on the 27th ult., bore up in thick weather for St. Mary's, Scilly, and now remains at that ancho rage waiting fair weather to proceed.—St. Mary's, Sept. 29. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—.The Firefly steam-yes se), after a passage of thirty-six hours, having expe rienced very bad weather on Monday night, arrived yesterday from Portsmouth to take the mails to the coast of Africa, touching at Madeira. The Dragon steam-vessel is hourly expected from the Eastward. She will ship at this port a fire hearth for the Arrogant steam-vessel, now on the coast. The Kite steam-tender is to be fitted up for the purpose of conveying the dockyard artisans from the yard to ships afloat under repair, and the use of row ing•boats for that purpose is to be abolished. Tha Thetis frigate will be placed in duck on Satur day at five P.M., and the people of the yard will work late to "butt-shore" her. The Greenock steam-vessel left Ifamoaze at ten A.M., on Saturday, and, having been round the Ed dystone, returned at 2.45 P.M. The recent altera tions made in this ship have in no way improved her qualities. Mr. T. B. Mallet, of Birchin-lane, charterer of the I:fligrant'ship Harpley, arrived at Plymouth this morning. The Harpley, accordirg to a paper found in a bottle, and signed_ by one of her passengers " Courteny Powell," is said to have foundered at the entrance of the Channel on the 24th of September. Mr. Fowell is represented as rather a reckless young man, and the entire statement is considered here to be void of truth. Mr. Mallet, nevertheless, purposes to go to Falmouth and the Scilly Islands to endea vour to find some pilot who may have seen the Harp ley subsequent to the 24th ult., and thus be enabled to give an indisputable contradiction to the contents of the paper. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Henry J.l-tal33 (1850), to the Wasp steam-sloop, commissioned at Woolwich. Master William H. Bslliston (1845), to the Wasp. Surgeon James J. Paul, M.D. (1845), to the Imaum, 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica. Paymaster and Purser James D. Gilpin (1849), to the Wasp. Mates—George V. Phillips (1850), to the Wasp ; Frederick Pyne (1850), to the Albion, 90, at De von port. Acting-Assistant Surgeons James Johnstone (1849), from the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, to the Fox, 42, on the East Indies station ; Richard Picken, M.D. (1850), from the Victory to the Fox. Midshipman W. Walsh, to the Wasp. Masters'-Assistants—E. P. Hutchison and John Moss, to the Wasp. Clerk Charles W. Motherwell (184 G), to the Wasp. Clerk's-Assistant William Young, to the Wasp. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WooLwlcu, OCT. 2.—When the first accounts of the expeditions fitted out this year to seach for Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions were made public on the arrival of the North Star, the greatest surprise was experienced by all at the concluding statement, that Commander Forsyth was on his re turn homewards in the Prince Albert, and might be daily expected. The dispatches subsequently made public do not contain the slightest allusion to such an intention on the part of the gallant commander. On the contrary, he was persevering to the utmost extent in his power, on parting with Captain Austin, to penetrate farther into the icy regions. If any of the ships return this season they will be the Felix and Nary, under the command of Sir John Ross, as he says, when referring to the account he had obtained of the ships supposed to be Sir John Franklin's being de stroyed in the winter of 1846, and the crews mur dered, " in the event of no intelligence being found by any of the ships, I shall feel it my duty to return to Cape York, and to make further inquiry into Adam Beek's statement, and then proceed to England if possible this season, and if not early in the next?' It is in some degree satisfactory to know that not one single nautical man acquainted with the arctic regions believes Adam Beek's statement of the remaining part of the crews saved from drowning on the breaking up of the ships being murdered. The Esquimsux of these regions are not of a savage disposition, and are never found in such numbers as to overpower a few hardy seamen. The statement that the vessels were broken up in the winter when the snow was fall ing is also improbable, as the ice is immovable at that period of the year, and the ships would have been securely frozen in on the station previously se lected as best adapted for passing the winter. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Colonels—Holloway, C. 8., Royal Engineers, Ply mouth; Wright, Royal Engineers, Taddington. Lieutenant-Colonels—King, C. 8., 14th Dragoons, La hore; Evans, Royal Artillery, Ceylon; Sir E. Campbell, C. 8., Recruiting Officer for the East India Company's Service; at Newry. Majors—Moore. 12th Foot, Mauritius; Balfour, 32d Foot, in the Puojaub; Moore, 44th Fcot, Jersey; Ber ger, half-pay 7th Lisle Battalion, King's German Legion. Captains—Moore, Ist Dragoon Guards, Dublin; Fitz mayer, 61st Foot, Laudour, Bengal; Clyde, 96th Foot, Cawnpore, Bengal; Rodwell, Royal Artillery, Para, Brazils (on his passage from St. Helena); M.Queen, Royal Artillery; J. G. de Eimm, Brigade Major, ball pay King's German Legion. Lieutenants—Galloway, 10th Foot, Wuzeerabad, Ben gal; Woolhouse. 61st Foot, Peshawur, Bengal; Hon. J. Nlonck, Adjutant 84th Foot, Trichinopoly, Madras; Sunbolf, half-pay 33d Foot; A. Grant, half-pay Cana dian Fencible Infantry, Brockville, Canada West; Alex. M`Bean, half-pay 2d Light Infantry Battalion, King's German Legion. Second Lieutenants and Ensigns—Bruce, Ceylon Re giment, Hong-Kong; Lewis Heise, heif-pay Artillery. King's German Legion, Hanover; Hemmings, retired full pay Invalids. Pay master Chase, half-pay Malta Regiment. Barrack master Skinner. Montego Bay. Surgeons—Blake, 20th Foot, Muntreal; Grant, Roy 4 N(:v.foundland Company; Fogo, half-pay Ordnance hip dieal Department, Tmrton; Marscity, half-pay St s ff er,h ai! . p Assistant half-pay Foreign Sur g eons Veteran —.-lavi 8,, Surgeons-tpaaly:,n.6sth F oot; Fal• c LORD COCK BURN.—We regret that we cannot yet have the satistaction of reporting the convalescence of Lord Cockburn.asytillindatieDatienn thatlrie the , and d mo t s h t ou d g is h letters - tressing symptoms of the disease are alleviated, the patient is re c e still occasionally suffering consid erable pain, and is so much wea kened that tbere is little reason to expect that,,he 1 rill ivellishere Lordship yesterids be able for some time to bear the fatigue and exposure of xe mova!i, Dr. Duncan was sent for and went to Dumfries on a v' tt . e a nilant, Dr. Newbigging - who believe, on Saturday. Big again left Edinburgh ' D canno t t or yet i mi ta - , I .l l } i aioredirsdd prey a y s , y h es i p l t a ei ' s o s r t iu sa s l a yy n:a d N l i Wsmi returned , te e e d dr i e c hg a i r l i t rier of yesterday states that L a r thatddd Cockburn th e , ,D u n ifr is* C'ott. pronounced entirely out of danger."—Sc•isman.