The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-31 00:00:00

.... P -'.................._..................... p°LYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ~,ve , ,,, , oti li . e i,s t t , dree f e l e 'e dE l I I y - n .v is he r to the arts, sciences, anndymisiattiinug gland must be delighted Popular establishment; and ° if science ; l a e7stituted the pleasure afforded . IlithYt,tilT, tiine and trouble, as the visitor . is surrounded . it . would well d "less articles of virtu. The mind is also eili eefall`l instructed by the lectures delivered by the e ebDrs engaged, who daily deliver their ideas _ e iltot,llle'i)st recent *discoveries in arts and science.. now T" en h2,oB.°l. of Chemistry, Mr. pepper, ?„I,°e'ritni delivering a series of lectures on is the.".AP -111114 Contradictions of Chemistry," in which he lit rat 's ' the Ancient Fire Ordeal and the Han& Professor lo go{ lted•hot Metals." The Learned oleoill l ' ia subject in a philosophical manner,, explain Inurne erimente, the science . the rous a pp ro priate exp an ituita tio4_„lnatter, and carried out practically 1 14 ,‘ 1, the ancient ordeal. The lecturer's assistant, (1 4 , n g, first his feet Prepared, walked over fiv r e_ s pie_c f e r s . I),, p : . "n r •liot i ron without injury ; afterwards Itic,, 811 0 Wed the connexion of these curt p r !CR hi'll spheroidal state of bodies, and afterg p d rg IN a results 41 4 i . ands with eulphurous acid, which he kept appara• ins Da t i d state in a newly-invented freezing tatioitteated lie Mr. Masters, of Regent-street-the mented tp, o4b 3 %et of which hies explained and c In boiling htet With lEcturer-he dipped his hand into to et perfect safety, and also, oh, horror ! into off ti,l t ) l' ea d With the same results. The oppearance t, I th' e metals in their melted state was also pointednodoubt hte e f 6 lecturer explaining that they Pre4 dAA ciae tly employed by conjurors when t ol)' to swallow melted lead,e h e le l :c . t u h r_ e el Y - , tVI ND - n a „ 4 e'ncvded by a highly respectable audience, -ar ed to relish much the Professor's discourse. 'a l f t C.4 nt OIL BITTER ALMONDS. 4, 1 •er e04 „ _n OF d b y Mr. 11. M. Wakley, a the ilodrihornVerialarin9aest was44l ll3_ _Yester- t k kla 3' °f Evan Wil,rms, ged 48s,traeeht;o0t m x ak fo r e d r - , s l t i r r e i e l2 t g , u o s. n .t eti44,a,1114 4 ,1:2e•c0 urt 1 70 3 4f a 0 - rd-street, es who committed . I .o l_ of,n4s, ii,"'''ng 4 quantity of the essential oil of !fitter tr eat ' 4 e dp " aPpearea that about four montb . s aageoidt.he 'Phis ( pre-ceased destroyed herself with oxalic „ 4 tqeB,43'aed deePlY on - his mind, and he had taken to _d m ril a ik .e . he iv y 3' nlotnia co tiln h e g last . the deceased remarked to a . fe 1 th e i sla 40t n , wan cohabiting that he should take poison, as Meat ttlile w:tteallsi_d.trouble any longer._ On his leaving home % hic k - 40 4d 'n. him to the shop of Mr. Cocking,penny pennyworth of telt fiat Ili 0, sireet, where he procured two ho it hi' al monds, by saying he was he in sw t e h l e lm h v a e b d it th o e kr, "f it $e was On his return home tsiOeite r , a " Was discovered in an in d se i li e si a li d le op s t t e a d te li , et a i n v d et % et a :est e , 0 8 ,_ 1 '"geon, was calledin, the w tel ea the 4 uuteract the effects of the n poison, but without 4 ' Il e I, rIIIaPPY man died in about half an of h t o b u e r po u l f: so e n r , 4 dr (1 taken nearly a hundred drops The in" 'Mi r ops o f ~ •-.. • to destroy life. , ~ 1 4 4 tyss ere , ' , itch is sufficient . k ik alr'l.deae:.`uaLly adjourned, to obtain Mr. Coatings and a g , one of t i ol'alet,s4t Tafiißli k t zaii.ylC- N LieutenantlGHT.- Knight of Windsor, was b ß u o ri e e l d e o e n re T m h o u n r y s: ; 1 , 41 1 lei, St. George's Chapel, with the koi 4l kal4 borne by Lieutenant Okes, governor us _ of the 11 4 11 ,5, 1,„ l a ', Major Moore, governor of u t . lke ., M L i i l e it u a t r e. y Lorimer, , kqi kAdlateBl•rdewers, R.N., Lieut. ki g " t3 at' •IC d Mr. Hartley', M.K. T la e t MeiestY Ng iliie i er'de `null uniform. When his_ The of the 4 tl 's th itall was pleased to alter the style and title_ _, as___ 'sttea ' 444 ' • • gniling W 43 ) 411 tfrm I ° try the , of the Military ,71 . -• th e 8' altered style of dresr. Lieutenant Ragg the campaigns of tle,,; 4, aticl7ice in 1786, and served 'IN a 4 Ine se 95 in Flanders, and that in ofl799 in Holland. V tt , 4 1, p o4 4 at the following actions and sieges, viz , St. 1941)C444,4r5, alenciennes, Lincelles, Dunkirk, Lannon i ll I!teh4vo: 11obais, Bloveaux, Tournay Helder Zuni had 17144u:12 and Btrgen. He also as slry b e i d s B a 3 t d y Gi a b r r , a a l Gibraltar hued at th r e r tiat a l in 1814.. He vg cur •..oy 1 foundation24 w years. 1 't11, 4 ite,.„ 1° ,,, 11 IN THE BALLINA WORKI!OUSE. workhouse ill -"" 8a3.8---" The goods cf the union 0 _ '4 4 1 4 ° 4 4 % 4 Seized at the suit of Mr. George S. Mally, f Nti t e djud,„ will be remembered that last y•earMr.Ma t l b ly e th e , r, t o et enient against the guardians, but permitted t e t ebe, a l a d over under an arrangemen_ e _ . ng paid t nte.ed into at NI f cre ti l te h en the debts of the union were bei 1 4 r'red net t advances to the ditfessed . u 0 a, Mr. Mall° 01 e1. 4t erest e &rulet of his original bill, n . i h n ut not includ lothN) Nh. c) ,1: law costs. Considerin h elf to be ag clltg ts e l • 1 ', 411 3' has hal recourse to hismode of enforc lo,illh'lt Prid e t kode'Ws•-•-•The Clare Journal contains the„fol hottlYlalt " date miltown Malbay, 28th August : - On tleilfl,) et i a fiSherthan at Cream Point found a corked I,Nlowtiteat4nilien. With the tide, and on opening it, he found e took. e 4 , 0 et a slip of paper, 1,., .r , a ......, . on which m w L e o r n e d wr on it t t o en New ,isiel,tigh,'.• Ship El nameDorado,sera phine, from Newry leap Yo k.' rasi:paszieck, k all hands saved, 27th April, te 4 1 , 4 at eq„,. E A, ''',l/N 'TACK BY A DRUNKENNV e Z"t k ret al Aie.h,,g° a woman named Ann Larkins ° at m drinking aN . ---- A gieic quit e . -i lse, in Jersey-street, Machester, until she ' ll , t he 1 mtozicated She still demanded more liquor, do 'C ref • d to give her unless she paidlor ioN, hal alr ead • use ea If' i th t avia z t , 3 consum . . T d h o is w 1, . 4d u street. uirown open the win . and , L w . a a r s k a ins bou r t ef t us olu d m t p o Nhitt4itled 1,-I:nets the landlord seized her by the arm, ei a 8 1 ,, • She immediately him,turned T u h p e o w n oman was i',lt e "„ov e ,age bite on his shoulder. ori el 4 40,1 the police, and brought up a T t h t e he m M ag a i n s "Ile l 4 Vtr -11'1 Court yesterday morning. , 4 ,, 0' ' Y 4Primanded her, and fined her 50s. for the Ittcl'l n rm s T ot, bleat at 4a,'' kCCURRENCE.- 1 1 Qrtrii t ;,,P** I (Jung's, the ArtilAleryn inquestA ,RlCO.Calslehsteelrd -I.AI b . ' ti Chil d " , oil view of the body of Aarlsb of ft age, who gt th bee Child ~, between seven and eight ye ti° 4 44 P10' 44 'ed to death by John Gould, a toll colle m c a te li r : le l , 3' thpoYaieut of the Vauxhall-bridge Company, w . 13- ' ll °l tl, w ing • , •i• n - water out of tn 1 e, t t o ll , a quantity of Dom g il f:t114a11- L' 4 ° ll se t the corner of Rochesteri l o d e w w an b d o 'allytiert.iog-furidge-'roaad, which fell upon the chi , !Ni t , t taik., . "oria school. 'I he particulars of the case were i testimony, the j t il t,"3' i 4 ett 1 ,1 4; 4 0 wltlitotir 'Westminster police report r of yesterday, ott r ,, rn ed nesses having repeated t r he ;"oei d li %ea v erdict of ~ Manslaughter as the result of i'N' wa,4, i essness proved, and the . toll-collector, John keltee to v E accorda *th the verdict, immediately con. nemesia L e " nee wi A the upon the coronelr's Warran t t h . e 2 1 2 li d e o o f ffr u c ly. e : 4e d Poo r ,_nieered was committed on N'th;e3Lotartiillnd lingered in ost pitiable condition until t PP O • g 4 e ,, 114 s be 'cestershire Chronicle says that the neighbourhood a tb -• th e , ; * • tu e diMcult of obtaining labourers- en a t no ti t m he e r . "sitth:esti,4-41versality of employment at the present in the 0 weeil ll '' '' Will be very generally celebrated ti4„ 8 '11t 1 . 11 ,tt4ettaezaritc,4l!'b Tonacco.-Within the made by the oe;,, q '',.f te;•°' considerable extent has been ' in the n _ qt u e,otia ~,, 'se at one of the largest manufacturer's cons 0 ,, 11'4°4 ; 4 P- 4 . 2a -1 4 clua ntitY of adulterated tobacco. of 4 ,4 h 'gist s e been subjected to the test ail a I P y z u a r t l 'i on by tr i l 4 4 ) t l e d a Z ,ti ~,luf Oft been Board of Inland . Revenue, and the resat t 3 i1i 1 , 4 80 41 e -1 ant of adulteration co e m r p ee le n t t e . ly p un ro p e r e e e c d: Ilr be ip st • ea ses to upwards of 7 . 0 p N I 114 1 ,,, ItU ted against the parties. :° ,, t13 4„atiterity to state that, by her Majesty's r`l'lit:P4-:r,„41'4,11 on ccasion of the birth of his R , Iy a a n l. , I,"tal l'',es Arthur,O the Provost of Eton has added t), 'll k b el c to the election holydays. dita a 1, 43 s 'lm,"`l.ema4ll tal BASSY.-The funeral of Aldlle. ,ttil'ellterciTier, daughter of Baroness Brunnow, and step e h'4,tatt,';;le Itussian Minister, took place yeterdaY' The ihes P i al lie n r PI the e.lancho Sheewas of this young 1 . ? s•• oarckte 0074.1 itren:at her , Majes.y _ Isitoll,4o4e 22(1 ins t! ing• apparently, on leaving Ashburn top° v,"" the vi ' 0 health, and during the p h Cas t s 4e7 j ob4s ed attac ke g d uur by f illness. Medical aid was NI ,On her arrival at Ashburnham-house, and in the 'lv t 0 tar 4111 ' 14 1. r' reaensions were entertained ; but she w rb as v r e g z I' n.. 4 - abs. Baron Brunnow departed for St. Pete bu -as,Tte/n42e., on, Saturday evening. Notwithstanding . 4 1:4041,c,,, mdical skill, the young lady died on 4 1 ,,, ~,t kil , ail of av ry bad form. klil44ise, the Matins FOR EXPLORING PARTlES.sin il,?4t4tleeetie Anierican aeronaut, has the following ._o gill 3 ;••• i f 9 r l fora leaping machine to . assietexploring ith i l e b tl . Jt in,i.ake balloon of . limited size, about ~Peoeuttafc,4 ulameter each way, !t . will, i' l e , 24 'at of its gas, be capable of raising . 160 pounds, in • when inflated t l et ki a si ': I ? y°ll'nn, weight. Now, if this be so fastened 04, -ee l - , --- not to interfere with the free use of 17 1 4 h'"eav; e a; he may then ballast himself so as to be te e'll• "I b 'i Q.. ty el : th an the upward tendency of the b r a e l v l d o es , '4` with nearly in equilibrio. If, then, he 1 3 4 4 sock,t .4.Pair of wings made on the bird talle NlJ°l4ts to slim win his arms at the principle, sli t o b u e ld d o i r s s_, It fp s. fro,.„Nlog h audie • t , il y o f each one, at _.s.ance : i t (l i ttl tri th e silo ld ir er" f the w i ng, as the I t 4 , 11 +,1 1 , e 81 1 11 erjonat o 1 k !, 80 efs wieeeter to the hand, he . e . ` l , l 4ti, as to , n gN and bound against s t with t his h e Pllcl Wri' a ke at le t hundred m y a a r y t d h s b e e a a t t earth ag a h N i v n b i I,'eah th e has Oft4idoa e in the direction of a gen . t a lo . ound. f . :,4 fcmtel to thud of his feet' alone, after his ball , oo er n se h . had 1 ; 1 4 to p kiit of ,tue earth; n, on one eccation, !ras ega _d ust i l ibl e a 'lf ttlateveral miles in extent, by bounding i 14 val.. - Lree s e g e tei 4 .,Lte t o e • • Such a contrivance would be of inesti- No 'ele xPloring expeditions. Landings . to otherwise . tltop, "atieoM,,ountans • i lth. .s .4. O, voien . , escapes from surrou v n as cl t in s g we i m ce p b s er a g n s d ; e gee,' wale Tile craters; traversing . cjlle(i ', 4 trai-nt''' finver lakes and seas , the cloud• ol t , l . Pe a t.„ a, promontories, or explonng bounding over Njl ikhe'l:' of Chimborazo, could thus all be easily ac ),` P 0.,, !Nici s ',,,',! ,, . .; ~,0 0 " p AG R . We (Carlisle Tour t'oNte-ill'4l an endeAaltv onrid AP to ll tindersten . d the following ,usek an 0„ Paragraph. Our country readers, more be able :ilt 04.1.selLes ,i,n these matters, ,, may perhaps . . ''' :-.. we put it all m verbatim, littratunp a Ar e ' No t , ~11t,,,,,. il taia _.." The Potaty Crop 1 I 4 re° Ace nsea Sebe.ram Churchrew to . the Jurna ~ s et w to ~,i, this is asin ler sircumstance Ric Wil, on of P,,e'b oittrehtown planted a crop of kidney Potaties the . lv • kt t , - Triarel, or ,'Y 44 ,ge i tle , and covered three weekes fo t r he fro th st it r o ci f -tt' Al " 41',Iir they were taken up on . l'i i thell4"43'atnilteels-,,eeeend" arelis the same day and taken .up kkt RTeti en s 4 ° of August and a Most exelent crop being being the - "loe ti t'D i ll theven weekes and four day es and li °#. to lairreeßaiuchnieers in your pa u per on one bit of land l'l oth Bruery IVill 1 1 44121 5.,,,„ "irli ci? f P C les ee e Prenter put. this all in" _ g 'rits of L l stiii h r;. st,:„- -e• TUE you OF A BEE.-,.... pi A - ',,Pli.;;;if c0 1 Z,,,r0 be a remedy for the sting of a bee.. . t . " 4 iti '''Y ocu'o" garden earth, rather moist, applied lip 'kei e t 4 by 41! the .sting, like a poultice, and kept in its * 1, 1 4 !elle c usnekerchief ti d round the part, is an equally ' ° , l 'e itil eeor s ur :„• . , If necea e , the earth may be renewed . 4 . 1 1 8 -" Pah l - 'try, but the first application te 1 1 4 iton's"Gardeiiers' Chronicle. generally re Nll l, kl *- , 11, 13 E Ire te n nn E WAS EVER KNOWN (.4/ii,3llire-e. above stands in t e ,t l by 1 , 14 the parisuinof Trawsfynnydd. It is suirn artOON mountainous district of Me- Ilt ti,"neyo!o,iZntains, with no houses or cultivated . fields by t ti t t too t ,`, l 9n yi . el,p!rn upon which it stands. It is owned . _ ti l I, `"R fa r 3 4, Bart. MP., in common with the ill ee el(1 by P' , and for the last thirty-eight years it has 1 ,? al e f, alarrtepr• Daniel Pugh, and occupied bylbit!llT'_' t 4 4st4, 4 eh l2t ri M e e e n and their families), and althouge tne o:l'tv I tioe' , `‘ehi ch nre . ed for more than a century prior to ,e f a4 3's no one the time about 151 1,4%,.:ee f o., ene ever died in the hose; but it is r ,, e 7w so years back,.... ,terl4oo,44tiesetertained, that for the ahoav I s e on p l e eho left eti. h4 s.s t . o eer4en _ ._ 9n . e of the men had k r gt tte i'' arld i t `, 4 "a died in a few months at . his .. m s w as : a k/. 6 ' 14 11 18 a fact e uall remarkable that it ably h .cl y - m r e enjoyed good health. Caraarcon THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY' EVENING, AUGUST SI, 1850. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PAISLEY RACES.—THURSDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 20 added. Ooe mile. (6 Sub:.) Mr. Roberts's Miss Lot:cry, 3 yea, ist 511) (G. Oates) 1 Mr. F. Nichol's Laundrymaid , aged, 9st 41b (Skeen() 2 Mr. Jamieson's Recluse, 3 yrs, 7st s:b (S. Peers) 3 Mr. Tremayne's B Ily, cgcd, Ost 41b (llalliwell) 4 Won by half a lergik. The Paisley Cup of 4 01., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, once round. (4 Sul:tr.) Mr. Thrift's John Dory, 7st 51b...(H. Robertson) 1 1 Mr. Roberts's Miss Lottery, 7st 5!b...(G. Oates) 2 2 The first heat was won by a length, and the second by a neck. The Glasgow Cup of 50/., aided to a Swe:pstakes of 10 Soya. each, h ft. Two miles. (2 Subs.) Mr. J. Brown's Haricot, 3 yrs, Gat 1 llb (G. Oates) 1 Lord Eglinton's P,esima, 3 yrs, bit 1 llb ...(Walker) 2 Won easy. The Settling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 25 added, by the Glasgow and Paisley Railway Company. Heats, once round and a die. (5 Subs.) Mr. Dewson's The Methodist, Oat 111 b ...(Ryder) 1 1 Mr. 13ineie's Sir Astlay Cooper, 7st 51b (Pringle) 3 2 Mr. Smart's Asi asia, 5 yrs, 9st 41b...(Rolertson) 2 3 Won cleverly. The Burgh Members' Plate of 50 guineas. Heats, 2 miles. Capt. holder's Woodland, 841 21b (Robertson) 1 3 1 Mr. Thrift's John Day, Tat 131 b ...(PI iugle) 2 1 dr Mr. A. Johnston's be by Charles XII., 7st 21b 3 2 dr Won easy. , CANTERBURY RACES.—THUBSDAY. The City Membere' Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a half. Ur. C. Marson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs, 7st (Plummer) 1 1 Mr. Higgins's California, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (C. Boyce) 2 2 5/r. Sherrard's Florence Dombey, 9st llb (Etwall) 3 dr The first heat was won by a length, and the second in a canter. • The East Kent Handicap of 10 soy& each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, with 80 added, the :wend to receive 2cl. out of the stakes, &c. Two miles. (18 Subs., of whom 11 declared.) Mr. Hawkins's The Marchioness, 4yrs, 6st (Sherrerd) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Rodney, 4 yrs, 7st (Dockeray) 2 Mr. Scott's Landseer, 4 yrs, Est Mr. Anderson's Iby Redshank, 5.t 12ib (G. Mann) 1 Won easy by two lengths, Rodney beating Landseer for second place by a neck. The Ramsgate Plate of 331, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Heats, one mile . and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. Hornsby's Old Fox, 4 yrs, Bst (Hornsby, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Simmonds's Dan Tucker, Bst slb (Etwall) 2dr Mr.' Anderson's Diana, 3 yrs, Est 41b (G. Mann) 3 dr Wen easy. The Ladies' Purse and a Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each (6 Subs.) were won in a canter, by Mr. Simmonds's I)an Tucker, 5 yrs, lOst 6'b (owner), beating Lady Ford wich, aged 1 2st 21b; Bedford, 4 yrs, 10et 41b; and Flo rence Dombey, 6 yrs, 1 2st. FRIDAY. The Stewards' Plate of 50/. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Simmonds's Dan Tucker, 5 yrs, 7st 81b ... 0 1 1 Captain Lemotte's Miss Nipper, 5 yrs, 7st 51b 1 0 3 Mr. E. R. Clark's Rodney, 4 yre, Bst 71b Mr. Marson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs, bat 61b Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb Mr. Greville's Puffy, 4 yrs, 7st 71b . . 0 dr The first heat was won by a neck, and the others by a length. The winner was claimed fir 50/. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Heats, two miles. Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, Ost 6b (R. Pettit) 1 1 Mr. J. S. Douglas's Cora, 8.1 2ib (Abrahams) 3 2 Mr. Scott's Landseer, 9st 6lb Both heats won by a length. The Isle of Thanet Plate of 40t, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each; the winner to be sold for 1 2 01., and the second to receive Si. out of the stakes. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Hornsby's Old Fox, Bst Ila (C. Hornsby, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Email) 2 2 Mr. Anderson's Diana, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Mann) 0 dr Mr. Marson's Nutbrown, 7st 71b (Plummer) odr The first heat was won by a head, arid the second by two lengths. The City Plate. Heats, one mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. Simmonds's Dan Tucker, 5 yrs, Bst 91b... 2 1 1 Mr. Anderson's Diana, 5.t 1211 ...(G. Mann) 1 2 dr The first two heats were %ion by a length, and the third walked over for. HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL IN EDINBURGH. (From a Second Edition of the Edinturgh Evening. Courant of Thursday.) Since the memorable visit of George IV. to E Hn burgh, in 1822, or the more recent visit of her Ma jesty twenty years later, no event in our civic annals has excited Luch general interest in the Scottish metropolis as the expected sojourn brief as it is to be—of Queen Victoria in the palace a her an cestors, at Holyrood. The residence amongst us of a Sovereign so beloved, is an event that will be remembered for generations, as marking tier Majesty's attachment to Scotland, and her confidence. in the hereditary loyalty of the Scottish nation. The arrival of the royal party this afternoon was ex pected, therefore, with enthusiasm ; and the latter part of the day was generally observed as a holiday in honour of the occasion—the shops being shut, while dense crowds in their best attire flocked from all quarters to the long-forsaken " Court- end" of the city. The station at Meadowbaelr, about a quarter of a mile from Holyrood Palace (now to he named " The Queen's Station,") on the line of the North British Railway, was selected—(on the suggestion, we be lieve, of the Lord Provost) —as an appropriate land ing-place for the royal party, and the requisite ar rangements were consequently made for her Majesty's arrival by the directors of the North British Railway Company. Its chief advantage consists in its being in the neighbourhood of the palace, which is easy of access, without the pressure and incon venience of a crowded thoroughfare. The royal demesne of the Queen's Park. (the right of forestry over which, once exercised by the Earl of Hadding ton, has recently been acquired by purchase by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests) extends to within a few yards of the landing-place at Meadow bank. The lower part of the Queen's Drive, formed on the site of the old Duke's Walk, affords an excel lent carriage road to Istolyrood Palace. The preparations made for the reception of her Majesty in this quarter were in general marked by an absence of laboured " pomp and circumstance," though they were of an elegant and tasteful de scription. The character of the royal visit was such as to dispense with extensive or ostentatious display, although there were not wanting everywhere ex pressive symbols of the popular regard. The land ing platform is about one hundred yards west of the tunnel below the Portobello-road, and on the south side of the railway. It is ninety-seven feet in length and ten feet broad, and was covered with crimson cloth. Immediately in the centre is the vestibule lead ing to the spacious flight of steps by which her Ma jesty.was conducted to the royal collage in waiting on the Abbeyhill-road, close by Parsensgreen. The vesti bule was roofed by an elegant timber canopy, finished in front to resemble festoons of drapery. The royal crown surmounted the centre, with the letters V. A. on each side. The neighbouring slope was fenced by light frame-work, and decorated with . heather; and at the entrance to the flight of steps, on each side, two elegant pedestals were placed, bearing urns filled by splendid exotics, in the full luxuriance of flower. Tne interior of the landing gallery, or pa vilion, had a superb and tasteful appsarance. The roof was finished in the style of an.. Arabian tent, by graceful festoons of white and pink drapery. Be tween each column the pink drapery assumed the form of an Arabian arch; and the pillars themselves were finished with pink, fluted white. The steps, which were divided into two series, were laid with crimson cloth from end to end ; but the carpet placed for her Majesty to walk from the railway train to the royal carriage was formed cf what is called " the Stewart hunting tartan." The pavilion was open at the sides, and was separated from the neighbouring green slopes by a neat rustic rail ing. The steps were lined on each side between the pillars by a superb collection of exotic plants from the conservatories of the Duke of Buccleuch and other noblemen and gentlemen. The old gate way closing upon the road was entirely removed, and its place filled by a splendid crimson curtain, hung with much taste, and forming an appropriate ter mination to the beautiful vista of the interior. The gateway whence the Queen emerged to the royal carriage was spanned by a graceful arch, decorated with bay leaves, and dahlias interspersed. It was surmounted by a floral crown, with an anchor sus pended ; and displayed on each side the initials V. A. in flowers. The effect of the whole was striking— the bright hues of the dahlias presenting a pleasing contrast to the sombre green. The decorations of the works at St. Margaret's were rather more limited than last year. Various buildings displayed floral emblems and devices, and the numerous flags which waved from their summits imparted an aspect of gaiety to the whole. The most prominent object was an immense crown of ever greens and flowers erected near the line. The ordi• nary engines and trains were also decorated in every variety of style. • Emerging from the landing gallery, the first ob ject that attracted the attention was the tasteful and beautiful gallery erected in the grounds of Parsons green by A. Mitchell limes, EN. The front dis played a series of five Roman arches, divided in the centre by a projecting arch of double the propor tions of the others, bearing a handsome entablature, enriched by chaste and elegant cornices and mould ings. The columns of the arches were wreathed in bay leaves, and encircled at the base with splendid exotics. Floral stars adorned the panel ling with the exception of the centre, which displayed graceful festoons of dahlias. The cornices and other parts of the entablature were enriched with paterre formed of a single dahlia ; and between each arch floral festoons were hung with exquisite taste. The ornaments on the other parts of the gallery were of the same rich and varied character : and the erection being em bosomed amidst the fine old trees that adorn the park, the effect was perfectly unique and striking. Along the whole route galleries were erected at every eligible locality for the accommodation of the spectators. They were in general plain but substan tial structures, and erected without ornament. Se veral were in the immediate neighbourhood of the palace ; and an extensive platform erected, under the express sanction of the authorities, on the sloping ground which borders the road through the Queen's Park, was estimated to contain above 3,000 persons, and, with other galleries, was filled long before the hour of her Majesty's arrival by respectable parties. A large area on the old Abbeyhill-road, fronting the royal landing-place, was secured by closing 'the thoroughfare from the Abbeyhill on the one side and the Portobello road on the other. Near the watering place a barrier and gallery were erected to prevent communication from behind; and a similar erection was placed across the Portobello road, opposite Par sonsgreen lodge. The area thus enclosed was occu pied by the royal carriages, the military escort, and' other parties. The guard of honour at Meadowbank, consisting of one captain, two subalterns, and 50 men of the 93d Highlanders, wish the band of the 13:h Light Dragoons, and a Queen's colour, arrived on the ground shortly before two o'clock. Tne cavalry escort con sisted of one cfficer and twenty men of the 13th Light Dragoons. The route of the royal Fey through the Queen's park was lined on both sides, from the railway sta tion to the Palace gate, by the 13th Light Dragoons and 931 Highlanders. The latter fine body of men extended from Meadowbauk for some distance along the road. No access was allowed to the palace yard, and barricades were erected across the streets leading to it, to prevent any approach. At the eastern extremity ipf the park, near Parsonsgretn, a strong barrier was raised to prevent the pressure of the crowd ; and a similar erection was formed near the south-eastern angle of the palace. The hour of her Majesty's . expected arrival was generally known in the city ; and, as we have said, li from an early hour in the afternoon crowds of well dressed parties poured in a continuous stream through all the different avenues leading to the Queen's Park. Each moment augmented their numbers, and in a short time every eminence likely to command a view of the royal progress was occupied. The great ex tent and diversified surface of the park, forming on the north side a vast natural amphitheatre, was of ample capacity for the immense concourse. Many females mingled in the dense throng, which over spread the heights to their summit; and the gay and varied colours of their dresses presented a striking and singular contrast to the more sombre shades of the verdant hill-side: The sloping ground along the road through the park —as, perhaps, the most favourable for commanding a near view of the formed throughout near its the wh o o l l d e royal eent. party--visa This road " Duke's Walk," which i s su pp osed to have ce i c s u P h i c e .r d e de rived its name from having been the favourite pro menade of James VII , -when Duke of York, during his residence at Holyrood. It is difficult to conceive a more magnificent avenue to the old Palace of our Kings. The hill rears its dusky sides to a great height on the south, broken towards the west by the steep ascent which bears on its summit the crumbling ruins of the ancient chapel and hermitage of St. An thony. The overhanging cliffs beyond impart an as pect of grandeur to the prospect, which is terminated by the towering peak of Arthur's Seat. The graphic pen of Sir Walter Scott, in the " Heart of Mid-Lo thian," has described with characteristic felicity the picturesque beauties of the scene; and Scottish song has added its poetic charm in the well known lyric— " Now Arthur's Seat shall be my bed— The sheets shall ne'er be pressed by me; St. Anton's well shall be my drink, Since my true love's forsaken me." The immense multitude awaited the arrival of her Majesty in their elevated position, without impa tieuce, and the exercise of the greatest good humour. Tne morning was marked by bright sunshine, and many anxious spectators were busy examining the different preparations at an early hour. • The sky became dull and uncertain in the course of the fore noon, but, notwithstandin g the threatening aspect of the sky, the enthusiasm of the inhabitants would not be dameed, and they continued to flock in gnat numbers to the Queen's Park. About two o'clock the clouds passed off, and the sun shone brightly out from a blue sky. having thus described the scene which awaited her Majesty's arrival in her ancient capital, we prc .ceed to chronicle the stages of the Royal progress northwards as they were transmitted to Edinburgh from time to time by electric telegraph. Her Majesty li-ft Castle Howard about nine o'clock, arrived at York—a distance of about twenty miles—at twenty minutes from eleven, at Darlington at thirty-five minutes past eleven, at Belmont at twenty minutes past noon, and at Newcastle-on Tyne at one o'clock. Here the approach of the Royal train was made known about fifteen rninues before its appearance, by a salute from the guns of the ancient Norman Castle, so long " the bridle of the Scots," in their forays into gland. Scarcely had the wreaths of smoke c l e.lre l o ff from t h e gr i m o ld Keep, when the train was seen gliding slowly along from Gateshead across the High Level Bridge, towards the nf, w Central Station. In waiting for the arrival of the royal carriage was the Earl Grey, who conducted her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Prince cf Wales, to a room where refresh ments had been laid out for the royal party. Fully fifteen minutes were spent here, when the royal travellers again entered their carriages, and the train proceeded northwards. The Central Station, the High Level Bridge —in fact, every spot whence a view of her Majesty could be obtained—were crowded with spectators ; and loud, long, and o . tm renewed, were the cheers which burst forth from the multitudes as her Majesty alighted. The morning was fine on the whole, though here, as at Edinburgh, the sky was occasionally overclouded. The royal carriage left Nevicastle at twenty.five minutes past one o'clock, and, passing Morpeth and Warkwortb, " proud of Percy's fame," arrived at Lesbury, near Alia wick, at half-past two o'clock. Belford—distant from Newcastle fifty-one miles, and from Berwick-on-the-Tweed, fifteen miles— was reached at three o'clock, Her Majesty arrived at Berwick at 3.30, and re mained till 3 28. Addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert were presented by Captain Smith, the Mayor, who was presented to her Majesty by Sir George Grey. Her Majesty then left the carriage and proceeded along the platform to the quadrangle at the end, accompanied by Prince Albert on the left, who was uncovered, and by George Leman, Esq , chairman of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company. Four of the royal children fillowed, behind whom were Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, the Mayor and Sherla of Berwick, the Countess Grey, Lady Grey, and other ladies. Having arrived at the quadrangle at the end of the platform, her Ma jesty was pleased to express her admiration of the bridge and surrounding scenery, and intimated her desire that the viaduct should be called the " Royal Border Bridge." It was spanned by an arch, over which was incribed in large letters, " The last act of the Union." The lady of the Mayor, the Sheriff and bis lady, Lieutenant-Colonel Wellesley; and lady and eldest son of Sir George Grey, were then presented to her Majesty by the Home Secretary. The royal party then returned to the train, where they resumed their carriages. Sir George Grey accompanied her Ma jesty as Secretary of State. Earl Grey and the Countess:remained behind, the Earl having to attend a public dinner at Berwick this afternoon. Her Majesty was loudly cheered. The weather was fine until the departure of the train, when a few drops of rain began to fa. It was expected, from an official communication received by Mr. Sheriff Gordon last night from Sir George Grey, that her Majesty mould reach Edin burgh at a quarter to four o'clock ; but the royal train did not make its appearance till a few minutes past five o'clock. • The Royal Archers, the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, had arrived at the royal landing-place shortly before three o'clock, headed by his Grace the Duke of Buccleucb, on horsebuck, in the uniform of the honourable corps, and wearing the green ribband of the Order of the Thistle. The guard of honour of the 93d Highlanders was drawn up opposite the g►ate ay with the band of the 13th Light Dragoons on their right. The cavalry escort was stationed on the left, towards the entrance to the Queen's Park. Vat ions telegraphic messages were received in the company's station at Meadowbank, respecting the progress of the royal party to Edinburgh. The royal train was telegraphed as having left Dunbar— where the Duchess of Roxburghe and many others were in waiting as her Majesty passed—at eighteen minutes past four o'clock. The directors of the North British Railway, ac companied by Mr. Sheriff Arkley, left Edinburgh to receive her Majesty at Berwick this morning, at half past ten o'clock. They left Berwick, on their return to this city, at twenty , five minutes past three o'clock, preceding the royal train by five minutes. The first intimation of the approach of her Majesty was the arrival of the special train from Berwick with the directors, . - which reached Meadow bank a few minutes before five o'clock. The royal train made its appearance at Meadow bank about five minutes past five o'clock, and was greeted with loud acclamations by the assembled spec tators, who were aceommodated in the windows of the buildings at Meadowbank and on the neighbour ing eminences. The royal engine, which is one of the most powerful in the company's service, was decorated in a superb and tasteful style. It is the same that was used on a similar occasion last year, and displayed in front a semicircular arch of wood, bearing in gilded letters the inscription—" God save the Queen," and having a magnificent star suspended from its centre. This arch, with another behind, was surmounted by a large and splendid royal crown, ful cushion of crimson ve l vet . Th e mo tto, " Long live the Royal Family," was di sp l aye d o n one side of an elliptical arch, whi c h exten d e d longitudinally having along the engine, resting on a besuti - also en the revere side, " Success to the British empire." This arch was surmounted by a floral crown, having a Scotch thistle on each side, and the initial letters " V. A." at the extremity. Two beautiful stars were sus pended from the centre of the arch, and by the tassteful addition of shrubs and evergreens a pleasing and superb effect was produced. The ,tender was decorated with festo ons o f cr i mson velvet, with yel low tassels, displayed on framework, and interspersed with flowers. The crown and decorations were the workmanship of the men in the employreent of the company at St. Margaret's station, and reflected great credit on their taste and skill. The pilot engine was adorned with evergreens, and displayed in front a floral crown. There were waiting on the platform to receive her . Majesty the Duke of B uce l euc h , Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Edinburgh Major-General Sir James Riddell, Commanding ,the Forces in Scotland, and a brilliant Staff; also Sheriff Gordon, John Lear mouth, Eq., of Dean, Ch a i rman of the North British Railway Company, and a number of the directors. Her Majesty and Prince Albert occupied a splen did saloon carriage, in which were the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. Her Majesty was at tired in a dress of deep mourning, as were also Prince Albert and the Royal children. The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, travelled in a separate carriage, under th e c h arge of the Marchio ness of Douro, and the lion. Miss Lennox. her Majesty on alighting from the royal carriage, was received by Sir George Grey. The Duke of Buc clench was immediately recognised by the Queen, who remarked to his CTlace that it was a fine atter -111 3013 . Her Majesty having bowed her acknowledgments to Mr. Learmouth, Chairman of the North British Railway Company, ascended with Prince Albert the d flight of steps leading to the royal carriage, which was lined by the Royal Archers. The dfferent naein hers of the Royal Family followed. Her Majesty Prince Albert occupied one side of the royal carriaan , and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal sat opposite. headed by Mr. The royal cortege moved off , Sheriff Gordon and J. A. Campbell , Esq ., Sheriff-Clerk, in a handsome barouch and pair , f ollowed by a detach ment of the 13th Light Dragoons. The Royal Archers formed the body g uard around the royal carriage. The Duke of Bu ccleuc h and Mijor-Ge neral Riddell rode immediately behind, a n d L or d Elcho walked by the side of the royal carriage. The royal party were greete d with h earty applause by the distingui:hed party on Mr. M itchell lames' platform, among whom the venerable figure of the Lord Justice-General was conspicous. Her Majesty, on emerging into the park from the Abbeyhill-road, seemed impressed with the magni ficence of the scene before her. Sha was hailed 1 wiqi an enthusiastic burst of acclamation from the ' multitudes in the park. The Queen and Prince Al bert seemed to feel deeply this loyal expression of ho mage, and testified their gratification by repeated ac knowledgments. The shouts of welcome were caught up by the more distant crowds, and echoed from peak to peak of the surrounding hills. Every suc cessive stage in the royal progress witnessed the same manifestations of enthusiastic feeling, till the arrival of the Queen at the gates of Holyrood, where she arrived at nineteen minutes past five o'clock precisely. Her approach was announced by a royal salute from the Castle. Her Majesty and the Prince were observed re peatedly to remark the more prominent features of the scenery. The dark and irregular mass of the Old Town at once arrested the attention of the royal party, who afterwards glanced with apparent interest at the precipitous sweep of Salisbury Crags, on the one side, alid the Calton Hill, with the fine structures . that adorn its summit, on the other. Early in the afternoon a guard of honour of the 931 Highlanders, consisting of one captain, two sub alterns, and 50 men, with the Queen's colour and band, was in attendance at Holyrood Palace. Fifty men of the Royal Artillery, with arms, and two officers, also tcok part in the procession. A party of the Royal Archers, under the command of the EErl of Merton, was stationed in front of the palace, vtith the colours and the fine band of the corps. Bailie Roger:, and the High Constables of Holyrood, took up a position close by the main en trance of the palace. The High Constables of the city, headed by Mr. Mackie, the Moderator, attired in a full court dress, were also in attendance. The magistrates of Canongate, in their :obes of office, and the constables of the same burgh, and of Easter and Wester Portsbtrgh, under Baillies Stevenson and Scott, were also on duty. Upon the arrival of the royal cortege, her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, with the other members of the Royal Family, alighted from the royal car riage. Mr. Rutherford, W.S., deputy keeper of Holyrood, in the absence of the Duke of Hamilton from indisposition, was present to receive the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, having again recognised the Duke of Buccleuch, heartily shook hands with his Grace as they e n ter e d the gate way. In the quadrargle and colonnade of the palace were a select and distinguished party of the nobi lity and gentry, who greeted her Majesty and Prince Albert with silent and re.pectful homage. The Lord Bravest, Sir William Gibson Craig, M. Mavison, French Consul, and , the Hon. B. F. Primrose, were also present. Her Majesty then retired to the state apartments, and the royal standard now floating above the en trance gate announces to the citizens of Edinburgh that Holyrood is again tenanted by a Sovereign. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EDINBURGH, FRIDAY. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort at an early hour this morning ascended to the summit of Arthur's Seat. The Prince at one o'clock laid the foundatioL stone of the proposed National Gall ry, and the cere mony, vk hich attracted an immeLse concourse of spectators, was very imposing. In the afternoon her Alsj:sty visited the splendid new hospital founded by the late Mr. DJoaldson in the suburbs of the city for the education of 300 desti tute children. She was most enthusiastically re ceived on her route. taken out of dock to-gay, and the Buzzard steam-sloop taken in to hays her bottom coppered. A trial took place on Wediusday last, by order of the birds of the Admiralty, with Captain the Hon. W. E. Fi zinaurice's gun carriage, on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, at Portmouth, in presence of Cap tain Chads, Sir William Wiseman, and several naval officers. The carriage stood all the esvire tests it was subjected to with fell service charges for the eight-inch gun, without the smallest sign of anything giving way. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS Fatl3l TILE 31..:RNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY, - TIIIESS.—Ou Wednesday evening, at 9 o'clock, the pessibi3 y of communicating between France and Eng land by electric telegraph was practically esteblished. Early in the morning of that day the projectors of the great enterprise sailed from Dover in the steam-ship Guliah with a quantity of the electric line on board, and steered for Cape Grisnez, on the opposite coast of France. As they proceeded they sank the line, taking care to communicate with Dover at intervals by electric agency, in order to test the value of their work as they went. Each experiment was in turn successful. The connexions were well secured, and at 9 o'clock in the evening intelligence war forwarded across the bottom of the Channel from Cape Grisnez to Dover that the task had been accomplished. Instantaneous ccmmuaica lion le tryeen England and France by electric agency may, even while we write, be actually taking place. It requires a shorter time for the actual transit of a message from London to the French coast than is necessary for tracing upon paper the shortest word in the English language. Some three thousand years ago Homer talked of " winged" words; wao doubt if even he imagined they would ever chave their way through space at such a rate as this. The electric telegraph appears to us more like a miracle than any scientific discovery or mechanical achievement of our time. Assume the steam-engine, and railroads are a mere question of finance. Even so magifficent an operation as the completion of the tubular bridge across the Menai Straits does not affect the mind with a sensation of a ender. What power was requisite to raise a given weight? What material could best en dure the strain of the traffic? How could it be most effectually laid down?—how best supported by the single arch or from above. Such a work is in its way no doubt astounding from tte combination of forces brought to hear in order to obtain a certain result, but they are all forces wi;h which we are perfectly familiar. Now the in troduction of electric coma :animals is but of the other day. We had scarcely taught ourselves to acquiesce in the idea that instantaneous Communication t °tie( en two points on solid land was a mere matter of course than it was gravely proposed to drop the communicating line and trr.nsmit intelligence along the bottom of the ocean. The jest or scheme of yestercdsy has become the fact of to-day. The wildest exaggeration of an Arabian tale has been outdone by the simple achieve ment of modern times. The consequences of the electric telegraph must be as important as the agency by which they are obtained is wonderful. Great excitement pre vailed throughout Europe when the first balloon carried up an adventurer into the skies. But there was no com parison between such au achievement and the ,present. Even the most enthusiastic projectors must have enter tained certain doubts as to the practical value of their aeronautic expedition. In the case of the submarine electric telegraph, the first and obvious effect of this in stantaneous communication between to two most civilized and powerful nations of the world will be to unite them so closely in community of interests as to secure their co-operation in all designs that may pro mote the advancement of humanity and maintain the pose() of the world. In a great measure this has been already e ffected by a mode of communication which re quired at least a certain number of hours. But with the electric telegraph across the Channel, communication with I'aria is not even a question of seconds. At pre set t no doubt a message must be forwarded to Dover; at Dover a delay will take place, another at Cape Gru m z, and so on through France; but these are mere points of detail new that the chain of communication has been carried across the bed cf the ocean. Same few ar rangements are all that is re quisite in order to render a sustained conversation between two persons, the one in London, the other in Paris, not merely a possibility, but a fact. CHRONICLE.—The history of the Great Northern Railway Company—which, within the last few weeks. has virtually restored a considerable portion of the traffic between the northern and southern extremities of Eng land to the old line of communication, viz , the " Groat North Road" of traditional celebrity—certainly forms one cf the most extraordinary episodes even in the an nals of English railway enterprise. In 1844, when the disposable space of many metropolitan and provincial journals was pretty nearly absorbed by the gigantic ad vertisements of a new and independent line of railway between London and York, most of those who con • sidered themselves possessed of something beyond the average share of shrewdness were disposed to look upon the entire project as a capital joke. It was acknowledged that the scheme looked all very well oa paper, and that it made an extremely good show in a prospectus; but as to the thing being done—as to the actual performance of a railway journey by Barnet, Pates borough, and Newark, into the very heart of Yorkshire—that was one of those contingencies which seemed to be so unlikely that it might be safely dealt with as a myth. Must people are aware how those early opinions have b_en gradually falsified. It is no part of our present purpose to enter into the details of the narrative. We hive no immediate concern either with that greatest of Parliamentary battles which, during the space of nearly half a year, was carried on before a Committee of -the House of Commons by the 'London and York Company and its legion of adversa ries, or with the execution of those vigorous measures which, even during the gloomiest portion of our experi ence since 1845, have kept the works on this lino of rail way in a state of progressive activity. We are quite ready, however, to bestow the commendation which has been so fairly earned by the conductors of this great na tional work. We are perfectly sensible that from the very commencement of their operations there have been a unity, a discretion, a perseverance, and an amount of adminis trative skill displayed in nearly the whole of their pro ceedings, which stand out in the boldest contrast to the reckless and imbecile systems of management which have conducted many similar enterprises to infamy and ruin. The Great Northern Company has, emphatically, been saved from shipwreck by the character and the skill of its principal leaders—that is the whole secret. Any scheme of management less cautious, leas temperate, less honest, or less able than that which they have adopted, would long ago have car tied the project of 1844 and 1845 into the inexorable vortex which has swallowed so many of the abortions, the follies, and the conspiracies of that period. The meeting of the Great Northern Company on Thursday last was in the highest degree satisfactory. Mr. Denison is not a kind of chairman whose presence Is propitious to mere exhibitions. It is quite clear to those who Lear hi m th a t h e p l aces hi s constituents very nearly on a level with himself as to the secrets cf the com p any . V ery w i se l y for himself, and very fortunately for his railway, he has extremely few secrets to tell. He bete hap pily bad a very limited share o f exper i ence i n the diplL macy of railway superintendence. The Great Northern Company, unlike acme of its contemporaries, is not in the habit of effecting hai r b rea d t h escapes from the f angs .of jesuitical agreements; nor does it enjoy the habitual good fortune of accomplishing, once or twice in the half year, unparalleled successes in its negotiations or alliances with surrounding companies. Mr. Denison, therefore, is reduced to the necessity of speaking upon perfectly intelligible topics, in perfectly plain language; and we must be allowed to say that, whenever a similar simplicity of procedure shall be introduced into the public meetings of other railway companies, the alteration will be as creditable to the common sense as it will certainly be conducive to the general interests of those concerned. Mr. Denison very properly pointed out that no fair inierence me_ Itt to be drawn from the present traffic re turns of this line, because hitherto not even the whole of the passenger trains are at work, nor has any portion of the mineral traffic between the northern counties and the metropolis been yet commenced. He conceives, with justice, that perhaps the greatest strength of the new line will be in the last-named branch of trade. Coals are now sold in London at something like, 245. a ton for the fiat qualities; but once set the coal waggons on the Great Northern fairly in motion, and it is a very moderate supposition that the same commodity maybe equally well afforded for 15 o r 20 per cent. leer; money. Now every material reduct i on . in the cost o such a prime necessary of life as coal is to a city popula tion, acts in a geometrical ratio upon the demand. Under the it flcence of low prices, false grates assume their normal dimensions, and fuel is kurchased, even by the very poor, in hundred weights instead of ounces; and the parties who have introduced a revolution of this kind into the domestic economy of the population, will ever find, to their own eminent advantage, that one of the speediest paths to wealth is that w h ic h increases demand by first establishing cheapness. Tak ing into account the in the the se cons id erat i ons, we dare say that Mr. Denison, the cou rse o f hi s l i fe, has predicted many things much less likely to happen than that the Great Northern Company will be fully able to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. While the Great Nor thern shareholders were discussing their affairs in per fect good humour and in perfectly intelligible language, at the London Ta vern, t h e Norfolk Railway Com pany were engaged a t G u il dhall-buildings in dis secting their hall -yearly report, and in wrangling over the paragraphs in a very different style. In discus sing yesterday the case of the Bristol and Exeter Company we animadverted upon the mischievous effect of these railway disputivions, and upon the ruinous influence, as regards certain classes of rail way property, of the damaging disclosures which some companies seem to delsght in thrusting upon the public. Very much the same thing occurred at the Norfolk meeting cn Thursday last. Major Court— a gentlemen who is, it appears, employed us auditor— has taken a fancy to promulgate an original exposition of the past, present, and future condition of the Norfolk Company. So far as the facts are at present revealed, we can form no other opinion about the matter than that he has done either a very good thing or a very bad one; and it seems to be tolerably clear that he must either say a great deal more, or that he ought to have said a great deal less. Among other alleged discoveries, Major Court conceives that he can make ioapparent that a Preerence Five-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock to the extent of 105,0001. has been wrongfully created, and, as a necessary consequence, that a certain number of pi r sons. who have invested their money in this particular stock upon the faith of the Norfolk Company as pledged by the directors, will find themselves suddenly dragged down, from a compa!a, ively secure position, into the agitated anti uneasy n:ass wl 0 at present const i tu t e t h e genera l b ,cly of pro; ristors of this line. In the present stage of this di: puce, we say nothing e f the plausibility of Major Court's case against the 51 per cent. holders ; but we can have no drffictaty , in pointing ou t t h at , if di scover i e s and discussions 9 S ~~~ I i this nature ere to go on, there will very soont-be an end to every kind of corm:fence in what may ,be I called the secondary cla , s of railway securities. Who -;\ can tell what coankuny has, or what ills nut, an astute or an alarmist Major Ct.urt in the background, ready - explode with figures, and statistics, and shreds fro :4dV ( ISAi Acts of Parliament, and obso'ete resolutions, with the intention of producing a complete reconstruction of the entire concern? Confidence will in that case be at an end, nnd gentlemen in the position of the Norfolk pr„- prictors will find to their cost that they have pushed the game rather too far, for it will become apparent that, in their z:al for a microscopic accuracy, they have brought down the whole of the edifice bodily. GUTTA PERCHA. The history of guttyspereha—or gatti till a as the learned tell us the best quality r f the gum ought to be called—is brief but not uuoventful. Previous to 1844, the very name of gutta percha was unknown to European commerce. In that year two cwt. of it were shipped experimentally from Singapore. The exportation of gutta percha from that port rose in 1845 to 169 piculs (the picul is 1331 lbs.); in 1846, to 5,364; in 1847, to 9,296; in the first so veu mouths of 1848, to 6,768 piculs. In the first four and a half years of the trade, 21,598 piculs of gutta percha, ta'lued at 274,190 dollars, were shipped at Singapore; the whole of which was sent to England, with the exception of 15 pleats to Mauritius, 470 to the continent cf Europe, and 922 to the United States. But this rapid growth of the new trade conveys only a faint idea of the commotion it created among the native inhabitants of the Indian Archipelago. The jungles of Johore were the scene of the earliost gatherings, and they were soon ransacked in every direction by parties of Malays and Chinese, while the indigenous population gave themselves up to the search with an unanimity and zeal only to be equalled by that which' made railway jobbers of every man, woman, and child in England shout the same time. The Tamungong, with the usual policy of oriental governors, declared the precious gum a Government monopoly. lie appropri ated the greater part of the profits and still left the Ma lays enough to stimulate them to pursue the qaest, and to gain from 100 to 400 per cent. for themselves on what they procured from the aborigines. The Tamungong, not satisfied with buying at his own price all that was - collected by private ent.rprise, sent out numerous par ties of from 10 to 100 persons, and employed whole tribes of hereditary serfs in the quest of gutta percha. This organized body of gum-hunters spread itself like a cloud of locusts over the whole of Johore, peninsular and insular. They crossed the frontier into Lingo, but there the Sultan was not long of discovering the new value that had been conferred upon his jungles. He confiscated the greater part of what had been collected by the interlopers, and in emulation of the Tamungong declared gutty perch; or gat . Li 7a ai, a royalty. Whether any pratoeolizing between the potentates was the result of these stringent measures, the 'historian leaves untold. Tie knowledge of the article stirring the avidity of gatherers, gradual!) , spread from Singapore, northward as far as Pinang, southward along the east coast of Su• matra toJatia, eastward to Borneo, t• here it was found at Brut 6, Sarawak, and Pontianak on the west coast, at Keti and Pamir on the east. The imports of gotta percha into Singapore from the Ist of January to the 12th of July, 1848, according to their geographical dis tribution, were—From the Malay Peninsula, 593 picula; from the Johore Archipelago, 1,269; from Sumatra, 1,866; from Batavia, 19; from Borneo, 55. The price at Singapore was originally 8 dollars per picul; it rose to 24, and fell about the middle of 1848 to 13. The commotion among the human race in the Archi pelago was great, but the vegetable kingdom buffered most by it. Ia the course of three and a half years 270.0001 i. It . 1 trees were felled in order to get at the gum. The commodity which let such excitement behind it in the far east produced excitement in England, too, but of a more mixed and equivocal character. The capabilities of the new gum were undoubtedly great, but invention was rather put upon the stretch to decide how they should be turned to account. Liko many other persona and things destined ulti mately for higher employments, the first occupations of gutta percha were as low as could be imagined. It was used to make waterproof soles for shoes, and a most portentous cackling and puffing was rased about its virtues in kteping the feet thy. Less hss been heard of it of late in this line: some easy bachelors, who loved to sit with their feet on the fender, rather brought it into discredit, or it softened under the influence of the fire, and kept their feet lucked to their genial footstool. Surgical bandages, draining Opt s—it is impossible to recapitulate the number of articles proposed to ba manu factured out of gutta percha. Bread•beskets, ink• atandisher, &c.: the ductile gutta percha allowed itself to be cast in moulds into all of these forms. Dull makers—the comical ones—pressed it into their service. But a day of triumph has at last come for gotta per cha; " Fitter hope and nobler doom." It is no longer to be used merely to keep the fleet feet of the Post office letter-carriers dry, but has become an essential adjunct in the transmission and interchange of information by a mode, that in point of rapidity distances the post, and all its officials to boot, even with the aid of express trains. The crowning glory of gutta percha's brief cal cer was displayed on that day when, as the Goliah paddled slowly over a waveless sea, 30 miles of copper wire, thickly coated with the Indian gum, were slowly "payed out," to form the line of electric telegraph from the Bri tish to the French coast. The idea of asking a ques tion in London, and receiving an answer from Paris, in less than half an-hour, is sufficiently stupendous. But if a submarine telegraph is possible from Dover to Cape Grin(z, what is there to hinder the extension of a line to Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Simla? The autho rities, in Leadenball-street and C a n non -r ow ma y b e transformed from an absentee into a vir tually resident Government, without 12:.ing, obliged to budge from their And what has been done of wonderful, and may be yet done of more wonderful still, is in no small dogr-e owing to gutta percha. As manage able, enduring, and economical a coating for the submarine telegraph wires it would be d:tficult to find. Fur hundreds and thou sands of years this gum kept exuding unnoticed and un cared fur in the jungles of the Ind:au Archipelago. A seeming accident drew to it the notice of an European adventurer only seven 3 ears ago. And already it has made the fortunes of thousands of the rude natives; has become a bone of contention batwean their proud and barbarous chit s; has taskyd the wi a of many of our numercus speculators possessed of more ingenuity than steady industry or money; and has contributed materi ally to the ruccess of one of the boldest projects in the way of rendering science practically bubdervient to our daily uses, that even this age, fertile in such triumphs, has witnessed. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. opened, 1850. ------- 1849. 1850. DR! TISII. --- 72 Aberdeen .... ..... .-- . . •.. - ..... £703 £1,750 37% Belfast and Ballymena •• ••-••• • • • •• 451 557 17 Belfast and County D0wn............- 227 16 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1, 057 1, 234 14 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 497 654 85% Bristol and Exeter ............ 4,499 - 160 Caledonian.- 2 663 8, .... •• • • ........... 6,96 3 2 7, 485 2 4 ad 3i Chester and Holyhe. ••.. • ........ • 952 Dublin and Behest Junction , .......• 259 466 53 Dublin and Drogheda.. -.. ......... 788 I,OOG 714 Dublin and Kingstown ............•• 920 959 18 Dundee and Arbroath ••••••• • •• . . •• - 460 31 Dundee, Pertb, and Aberdeen Junction 631 679 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen. •..••• • • • • • 166 115 67XEast Anglian.... • • ............ •.• • .. 848 606 7536 East Lancashire •• • ................. 3,603 4,004 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ........ 15,190 13,266 95 Eastern Union • ... •••• • • • • .......... 1,512 2,456 5734 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • . ........ 3,976 4,162 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee .•• • • . 2,847 2,861 18 Furness Railway ••••...• • .. • • • • - - 395 100 Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr -•• • • • ... 2,960 3,171 2216 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• • • 1,206 1,220 219 Great Northern and E. L ••• .. 2,412 5,701 188 4 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,68! 4,526 230 Great Western ••• • • . .......... 16,151 17,667 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •• • • .... ...... 4,310 5,003 253 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ••• • • • .... 13,442 17,604 39 Leeds and Thirsk .................. 988 1 , 250 12h, Liverpool, Crosby, andSouthport •• • • 167 253 470 London and North Western ..... .... 45,754 48,925 5% London and 81ackwa11...... ••..• • .. 989 1,200 1714 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 12,744 12,610 239 London and South Western.' • ..• • ... 11,015 12,977 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 126 124 1134 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Ste. 163 207 167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 5,225 6,441 9) Manchester and South Junction.. •• .. 371 382 28 Maryport and Carlisle .. •• • • 49134 Midland ••• • • • ................. - 23,441 24,262 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) .• •• .. 1,083 1,204 60 Newcastle and Carlisle .. ••.. .. -.. 2,210 2,519 135 North British • • ...• • ... 3,891 - 262 North StaffordsLtira ......... • ...... 4,517 5,097 37 North-Western ••..• • • • - 831 45 Scottish Central .•• • . • ............ • 1,7 84 2, 013 32 Scottish Midland •••• • • • ......... .. 498 631 2936 Shrewsbury and Birmingham . • ... •.. - - 47 Shrewsbury and Chester •••• • • • • .... 1,404 1,639 30 Shropshire Union .. •••••••• - - • . • • 304 485 58 South Devon... • .... • •..... .. 234 South Eastern .• • • ...... 75 South Wales .. • • ...... - 1.08 9 69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • - 1,082 40 Taff Vale •• • ••• • • 36 Ulster . ........................ 701 810 . 13 West Cornwall .•• • • ......... -.. 293 319 12 Wliltehaven Junction ..... ...... •• • • 228 231 290 4 York and Newcastle, and Bet wlek .• • 14,391 15,422 256 York and North Midland. .......... 9,766 10,619 FOREIGN. 7634 Amiens and Boulogne. ..... . 44 Dieppe .••••••••••.• • • .. .. .. 63 Monterean and Troyes • • .... • ....... 1,004 1,034 335 , Northern of France ••• • • • .......... 16,733 20,844 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) .. .. 72 Orleans to Bordeaux .... ••. • • • ...... 3.311 3,427 82 Paris and Orlear a .... ••.. • • ........ 8,753 7,988 85 Paris and Rouen. •.••• • • • • • ........ 8,202 8,627 b 914, Rouen and Havre .............. .... 3,313 3,650 PAUPER. ELOPEMENT TO GRETNA GREEN.—A few days ago, Felix Lough, late of London, widower, who has a family of three children, and now an inmate of Penrith Union workhouse, eloped to Gretna Green with Mary Jack son, widow, who has a family of four children, and also an inmate of the same workhouse. A few days previous to the elopement the parties gave notice to Mr. Slee, the master of the workhouse, that they intended to leave the workhouse, eel accordingly did so. Ilow they raised the wind is not known, but the fact is that they set off on foot upwards of 30 miles to Gretna, arid on arriving there found that they had little or no cash to pay the officiating priest, who asked a sum twenty times more in amount than what they were possessed of, and persisted that Ile would not marry them for a far thing less. However, Felix Lough, in a most melancholv strain, explained that his wife was dead, that Mary Jac k so n ' s husband was also dead, that they were both paupers belong ing to Penrith Union workhouse, and becoming quite con vulsed, and letting flow a flood of tears over his wrinkled cheeks, in the most affecting manner exclaimed—" For good ness take do m wry us, for Mary Jackson was the first sweet heart that I ever had, aye, long before I was married to my first poor wife, but then she would not have me; now she has consented to be my wife. 0 do marry us." " Yes, yes, it is all true, do wed us," said Mary Jackson. The priest was moved with compassion ; he married them. Soon afterwards they set off on their return to Penrith on foot, and on their arrival there they were foot sore and completely dished up,.. and not having a place where to lay their heads, they e'en applied to Mr. Armstrong, the relieving officer, for an order into the workhouse again, who, according to the present, state of the poor-law, was obliged to give them an order, and now the new married couple, in accordance with the same law, are spending their honeymoon in the workhouse, apart from each other.—Carlisle Patriot. TERRA-COTTA TABLETS FOR TOMBSTONES.---111 turning over the leaves of a new work on pottery and porce lain, we are incidentally led into the reflection that the ancients almost anticipated and stole from us au idea, ex clusively, as we bad thought—namely, that terra-cotta—a sort of pottery, in fact—would be an excellent, because a cheap and durable, material for funereal monuments or tomb stones, for the poorer classes, if inscribed with the names and genealogical correlations of the dead before exposure to the pottery fire. And we must here further strengthen the argu. ment against the sirgin novelty of our own suggestion by a brief allusion to a recent discovery of ancient customs, still more to the point than any, it may be, to be gathered from known rec3rds, even when the volume alluded to was.written. In the Ethnological sub-section of the British Associati lately, Major Rawlinson stated that Mr. Layard had, at Kor jinyik, penetrated into a chamber which appeared to be of the same class as the " house of records" noticed by the pro phet Ezra, where was found the copy of a decree of Cyrus, permitting the Jews to return from captivity. In this chamber Mr. Layard found, in terracotta, tables piled up from the floor to the ceiling, and representing apparently the archives of the Assyrian empire curing the long historical succession. Mr. Layard had packed, by the last accounts, five cases for transport to England ; and these only occupied one small corner of the apartment. Here, then, we find that terra cotta tablets inscribed with everlasting records, like Job's writing with a pen of iron in the rock , so far from being a novelty, are as old as any of the oldest records of human ingenuity. — Builder. SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM A MAD BULLOCK— Yesterday morning, while a bullock was being driven elong Cross-causeway, Edinburgh, to the cattle• Mat ket, it broke away from the persons who were in charge of it, tossed a little girl up in the air, knocked a man over, who could not get out of the way in time, and rushing up to an old woman who was sitting at her apple-stand, disposed of her and her wares in precisely the same manner. The infuriate beast then espied a drove of cattle, also proceeding to market, a short way in advance, and immediately adding himself to the ranks, was quietly driven to his destination. In regard to the pal ties injured, we believe none of them were seriously hurt except the old woman, who was immediately afterwards con veyed to a neighbouring druggist's, where her wounds were properly dressed, and she is now progressing favourably. — ,North British Mug NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE MEDITERRANEAN.—We have correspondence from Malta to the 22d instant, at which date there was no man-of-war in the port with the exception of the Growler, 6, steam-frigate, Commander Stoddart, under orders to prcceed that morning to Metrseillcs, to convey the Nepaulese Ambassador and suite to Naples or Mes sina and Alexandria, en route to Nepaul. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.13., transferred hie flag from the Fire brand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Knox, to the Queen, 117, Captain Wise, on the 15th instant, that ship having arrived at Malta on the 15tb, and MINI up her water tanks, and on the 17th the Aduiiral in the Queen, tuwed out of harbour by the Sceurge, 6, steam-sloop, Com mander Lord F. Kerr, rejoined his fleet and having re sumed the chief command from Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., of the Powerful, proceeded io cruise off the coal of Sardinia, the fleet being composed of the following: Queen, 116 guns, 970 men, Commander C. Wise. Ca,ledoni2, 120 gunP, 1,000 men, Commander Carter. Powerful, 84 guns, 750 men, Commander Dundas, C.B. Ganger, 84 guns, 750 men, Commander 11. Smith, C.B. Superb, 80 guns, 750 men, Commander Purcell. Bellerophon, 78 guns, 650 men, Com. T. Baynes, C.B. STEAMERS. Hogue (screw), 60 guns', 500 . men,•Corn. Macdougall. Terrible, 21 guns, 300 men, Commander J. Hop , C.B. Firebrand, 6 guns, 200 men, Comma'Hier lini , x Scourge, 6 guns, 160 men, Commander Lord Kerr. Of these, howev,r, the BellerophiT , n it ordered to Devonport to bo paid off, and the Hogue it ordered to Spithead, but the Encounter, 12, steam-corvette, Captain Gordon, was expected to join Sir W. PArker's fleet. The Frolic, 16, Commander Vansittart, arrived at Smyrna, August 3, from Syria, Rhodes, and Cyprus; and sailed on the 11th for Vourlah and tke coast cf Macedonia, communicating with the British consulates. The Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, has been ltfc at the I)nian Islands, in charge of that division of the sta tion, in the absence of the Growler. The Volage, 22, surveying -vessel, Captain Graves, with her tenders, Auxiliar, and Research, were at Canea and at Scarpanto. Ai we formerly stated, the Volage is ordered to Malta and England, to be paid eff. The Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Sir T. Car michael, Bart., remained at Naples. The Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Smyth, arrived at Rhodes, August 9, from Smyrna. Her station is the Bosphorus. The Spitfire, Lieutenant-Commander Bathurst, em ployed instead of the Medusa, under repair, at Malts, represents the British naval forces at the Pit m.o. The other men cf war in the Mediterranean are the Ceylon, depot-ship, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Su perintendent Harvey; the Medina, steam-packet, lieu tenant-Commander Harvey (pro tern.), waiting to convey the mail from Alexandria to Marseilles, expected by the Oberon steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Ca-diner; Merlin, steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Turner, expected at Malts from Marseilles with the outward India mail; and Triton, 3, steam vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Glinn, expected at Malta from the lonian Islands. A lire; from Soda Bay (Cense), dated Ist August, says:—" A Turkish squadron arrived off Canea - on Sun day evening, and anchored in Suda Bay on Monday morning. It consists of two line-of-battle ships, a three and a two decker, the latter bearing the flag of the Capitan Pacha; three frigates, two of them large double banked ships, one bearing the flag of Mustapha Pachs; a small steamer, and a cutter. They have come, I be lieve, from the coaot of Albania, and will in all proba bility remain here for a fortnight." Alecto, steam-sloop, to be repaired at Woolwich, will be four months under the hands of the do,:kyard people. The renewing of this old steamer will cost at least 6,0001., or ta , o-thirds as much as would construct a steamer that would carry twice the armament that the Alecto has ever carried. The repairing this ship is literally throwing good money after bad. Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawsterne, will be ready to come out of dock at Portsmouth on the 7th September, and will be ready for sea by the 10th. Crane, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant Commander Par sons, having been completed at Devonport, moved into the Sound, and has sailed for Falmouth, to be in readi ness to convey the mails of the 6th Sept. to Brezil. Dauntless, '24, screw-frigate, Csptain Halsted, will be completed by the engineers' department by the 7,h Sept. She gets a man or two occasionally, but would soon be filled up if she had a crow assigned to her proportionate to the size of the ship.. Dragon, 6, steam:frigate, Captain 11. W. Gaud, is scarcely more than half-a-dczen rqty officers short. She will be ready to go to Spithcad by the 4th Sep'., and will be ready for sea the day after. She is com plete except in armament. Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, will be ready to go to Spithead cn Monday, and will be ready to proceed to the East Indies by the 6th September. Plumper, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Nvlloth, when she got on shore on the north side of the Gut of Ana received such injuries as to debar her from using her steam power. Ilex rudder was wrung off, she lost 30 feet of false keel, and male four inches water an hour. Portland, 50, Captain Chacis, fitting at Devonpoi t for that flagship of Rear-Admiral Moresby, is ordered to have a poop. She will not be out of the hands of the dockyard before the middle of October. We had much rather, if a frigate had been decided upon, that such a ship as the America had been preferred. Retribution, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, will be out of the hands of the , shipwrights on th e 7 t h Septem ber, and will be r e ady t o go to Spithrai about the 15th. She is a score of blue jackets short. The chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Salkeld, is on leave of absence to the 21st September. St. George, 120, to be commissioned at Devonport, this day, w ill be completed by the dockyard on the sth of September. Spliyrix, 6, steam sloop, Commander Shadwell, left Simon's Bay for China, June 12. Wasp, screw-sloop, at Woolwich, will he out of the hands of the dockyard by September 30. Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir 11. M. Blackwood, Bart., will be completed by the dockyard at Portsmouth by the 11th September. Victoria and Akert, 6, Captain Lord A. Filzclarence, G.C.H., will be laid up to-day at Portsmouth, when the officers will he shifted to the Ito 3 al George; and her crew of riggers, about 40 seamen, will return to their duty in the dockyard. The officers had their parting dinner on Thursday. wh P ic or a a ri pt i o ve ur la , st F n n i r g D h A tl Y.— co T m h m e en ß cc o d ard the o i f r Admiraltperambula tions in the dockyard at ten o'clock this morning, es corted by Admiral Superintendent Prescott and the chief officers of the establishment. After lunching at the Port Admiral's they proeecded on board the Excel. lent to witness the discipline and practice of that ship. They dined in the evening with Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C.B. On Monday the First Lord will hold a levee at the Royal Naval College, and give audiences to those cffieers who have not seen him in Lonlon this year. Before concluding their inspection they will visit the Channel Islands, and probably Cherbourg. The Lightning sham-vessel, Mr. Pedey, master coin mandiog,•arrived this morning from Woolwich. The Furious, new steam-sloop, was taken into the angle duck to-day to have her cradle removed and the holes plugged up, &c. The Fe ry and Elfin royal yachts we stripping in the basin to be laid up for the winter. Ile Elfin rtgaires new pistons. CLIATIIAM, AUG. 30 . —Lieutenant Richard Williams is appointed to the ordinary guard-ship at this port, in lieu of Lieut( rant Thomas Woods, uppointcd to the Liszarette as superintendent of the Quarantine Service, Standgate Creek._ . . The"Poictiers, 72, ordinary guard-ship for many years at this port, was put cut of commission this day, awl Eho Cumber:ald, 70, fitting fur the ordinary guard-ship, will be commiadoneci on Saturday, the 3 lit, by Captain Peter ItichwAk, C. 8., Captain -Superintendent of this yard, hoisting his fill; on board as a service• line. ef battle ship. TA cnty caulkers have been sent from this yard to Deptford to assist caulking the Leopard sttaal-ilocp, building at that yard. WOOLWICII, AUG. 30.—The Geyser steams-sloop was TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have read with great pleasure, in your last night'', publication, the elaborate criticism of Mr. Ten nyson's work. Ido nor, however, quite understand the title " In Memoriam," anglice " In Memory." Surely Mr. Tennyson, r.s a scholar, is aware that the Latin preposition " In," except in very raro instances, governs the ablative else, and the title of his book;hsre tore should have been " In Memorid." Pray oblige me, by calling the attention of the public ;hrough your columns to this error.—l am, Sir, &c., Birkenhead, Aug. 30, 130. L. C. G. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me to caution your readers sod the public'against being duped by some of the Hackney om nibus conductors. Yesterday, in company with a friend, e got into an omnibus (belonging to John Barber, Church-street, Hackney, No. 7,217) below Sun-street, Bishopsgate. street, and rode to Boston- street, Hackney road, a distance less than Fleet-street and the Stroud, and leis than hal way to Paddington from Hunger ford-market, or from the Bank to Charing-cross; for which we were charged sixpence each, whereas, if we had adopted the precaution of Luling the fire at the time of catering it is probable we ehould have saved threepence each. The public will therefore do well so to act towards the conductor of 7,217 Hackney °ratans. I am, Sir, &c., A DUPED. lutist 30, 1850. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,-11aving read is your paper et ye:t,rday cle Panama, July 6 h) that there was a great opening for the employment of a steamer at Cbagres, which could, as acting without peddle or screw, or anyexter nal apparatus, pass tha "Saags" and " Branches," without interruption, I firmly believe that my patent invention will answer this cud. lf, therefore, you will be so obliging as to put me into communication with the parties, you will be doing a been. fit to the public, and which every individual eventually concerned in the affair will not fail duly to appreciate.—l am, Sir, &c., GEORGE ALEXANDER THOMPSON. 13, Manchester-street. Aug. 30. lIAYNAU IN ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The • Ko!rer Zeitung cf the 26th announces the arrival in that city of General Ilaynau, on his way to London! Sorely there must be some mistake in this paragraph. It cannot be irgsible that this man should Le pre:4lmin to come into a cuu i which was lately ringing with horror at his crimes, and where his very name is synonymous with everything that is brutal and butcherly ; is nevi'. uttered (save by the writers in the Times) without execration. It would stain the soil of this free country should this man be allowed to set his foot on it, and it would be trying its patience too far if he should venture to do so.—l am, Sir, &c., AN ENGLISHMAN. THE HEALTU OF OUR HOMES.—A contemporary states—" As this is the season for painting our houses, it would be well to remind the owners that the noxious white lead paint, and other arsenic pigments, are not a matter of course, this means of so. called purification having . bees hap pily superseded by a new white-zinc paint, of disinfecting roperties, and perfectly innocent to the artizan and inha bitant. Our continental neighbours, alihough not a 'do mestic nation,' are more alive to these thing ,, a nd are ra p i d l y banishing the barbarous use of these deadly compounds, while their Government have adopted this zinc paint for all the public works. Perhaps, however, as rn England the exten sive house of Hubbuck and Son, opposit ethe London Decks, have taken up the patent, it w ill work i ts useful course in this country, as elsewhere; we cannot see why it should not, cheapness being added to its other recommendations. MACKEREL I - ISM/W.—This fishing commenced in Saltcoats-bay this season about the latter end of June or be ginning of July. There has been a good supply of them, , they n . go but ery consideratly short o f last yetti'a extraordinary catch. The take in a day of each beat (a large numbe r of weatb er permitting), would, ,avrfarogme, 16 to upwards of 20 dozen, and lately as high as 50 dozen. be wh from iehgo 7 our, t o i dozen . When they first came in, we sc arce l y t h oug ht th em so good in quality; but, cra the "hole, they have been excellent in quality and large is size. The amount of mackerel prociired by each of the boats oat in Irvine and Ardrossan baysw,uld, we believe, be about the same as at Salteoats.— Glasgow Chronicle. f i