The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, e WESTMINSTER.—(THIS DAY.) $ John Hutchings was brought up on suspicion of having i P c'hbed George groom, shoemaker, of the sum of 61. 10s., and a !jiver watch. 3 George Groom stated that he went out on Sunday 3 arlernoon ab .ut three o'clock, and returned about ten, w hen he found some one had been in his room, and ran i Eatked his box, from-which 61. 10s. was missing, and a w 'ttuh was likewise gone from his mantel-piece. The i Pr'sonar was in the habit of coming to bis house. a Robert Walker stated that he saw the prisoner on P Honda y last, at a singing-room in the Waterloo - road. a the prisoner was very flush of money, and pulled our a • 'andtul of silver and copper, and also some gold. Knew ‘'' " Lad been cut of work for some time, and thought it • strange he should have so much. The prisoner told him be bad 61. 10s. 3 f Charl es R eve ll, 175 L, apprehended the prisoner, and r i )un d 34. 54d. in his possession. had heard not hin g of 3 t he ether property. 1 . The case was remanded till Saturday, for the produc I 10 0 of further evidence. • i t REV. DR. CUMMING'S SERMON BEFORE HER MAJESTY. CRATHIE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 22.—This morning the Rev. Dr. Cumming, of the Scotch National Church, Gwent-garden, preached from Isaiah, 45th chapter, 22d verse—" Look unto me and be 3e saved, all ye ends e: the earth." There were present in the royal pew her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Marchioness of Douro. In the next pew were the Duchess of Kent and other distinguished persons belonging to the Court. In other parts of the church we observed the Chief of Invercauld, Lady Agnes Duff, and others. The preacher divided the religions of mankind into three great categories—the religion of man, the religion of the priest, and the religion of God the Saviour. He enlarged on the last division without notes, acd we should suppose he was the first extem pore preacher her Majesty ever heard. We understand from good authority that the sermon will be sub mitted to the public, and will thus naturally excite no ordinary interest. It was certainly a most impresthve spectacle to see the Queen of England, her Royal Consort, and her august mother, surrounded by High land peasants, with their plaids and brogue:, and Highland women, with their white mulches, united in worshipping God. The rich and the poor thus meet ing together, and listening to a clear and faithful ex hibition of the Gospel, as remote from extravagance and licences as it was from Popish and Puseyite superstition. The Queen was attired with extreme .implicity. She joined audibly in singing the Scot tish Psalms, and listened with the closest attention to the preacher. Dr. Cumming preached on the even• ing of the same day at the parish church of Braemar, at which Lord and Lady John Russell, General Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, Lady Agnes Duff, Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson (of Invercauld), Mr. Ricardo, and other visitors and residents attended. The day was extremely fine. Lochnagar showed his peaks towering above the hills, and the red deer showed their sense of approaching winter by appearing in the valleys. We venture to predict that Dr. Cumming's sermon, however it may have been appreciated by her Majesty, will be anything but popular with certain classes in the diocese of Exeter. —Morning Paper. AST INDIA-HOUSE:—('PHIS DAY.) cThe quarterly general court of the E ast India uttpany was held to-day at the India-house, at " w *'lve o'clock. to d• Shepherd, Esq., the Chairman of the Company , 1 ( the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read and °Pted, D irector s PETER GORDON recommended the Cour t of lrector s to give to the inhabitants of India a Parlia- I llell t of their own, however small it might be, but " e ne th a t wou ld g i ve to the peop l e of that far distant : 41) trY a control over their local affairs. He c ould t ) t but think that it was a farce, nay a hardship, that re ; People of India should be under the necessity of re dress to the Home Government in England for eli g . r ees of any of their local grievances. He depre reted the mode in which the present Court of Di rectors were elected, and considered that that election e _o s uld be in the Crown, and by that means put an 1 to a long and expensive canvass which had ti :(:tlerto taken place. He had himself suffered from fJe present mode of managing the empire of India, he r i he had b een p un i s h e d without any accusation ti , n g made against him, and w ithout being called i t Vri or afforded an opportunity to defend himself. Honourable Proprietor, after a long and diacur re: sPeech, concluded by moving—" That the Court fltiaStrnioennd their executive to take into their con the expulsion of Captain Peter Gordon Madura, on the 20th October, 182 G." pro Durin g the course of Mr. Gordon's speech several re jrietors complained most bitterly of the continued r e eentations of that grievance which the Hon. th r e ?rietor i mag i ne d h e h a d sustained, and hoped that L i eould be put an end to. 14"-rrter rome discussion the motion was negatived by bu si ge majority, and after some further ordinary 4 ess bad been disposed of, the Court adjourned. MARSHAL HAYNAU. s ir TO TH E EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. l e b vs-Lord Drumlanrig encloses a copy of a le t t er it 4s Seat to the Morning Chronicle, and request s pub lished in the Morning Herald. Edinburgh. Sir 1° THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. rem. ' - '4laving for many years been in the habit of t i : ) g the Mo rn i ng Chronicle, I shall greatly re- Bo e ' ° find myself compelled to discontinue doing e d a3 , but, ser i ous l y spea ki ng , if on e very alternat arti e r the week I am t o b e obliged to digest a leading oe tk e on the virt ues (!) o f. General Haynau ; and if 0 0 " e othe r th ree d ays o f th e wee k the same worn fore d tir esoine, and most un-English SUBJECT is to be Pott e h; upon my notice in the shape of letters pur te,„ gto come from indignant but anonymous cor thrdents—letters, however, which, until they can 1 0 Z bond fide signatures and addresses, must be leAteuPon as mere variations from the same ta ttioat" Pen which indites the leading articles--then (IE4 II Un willing, b u t fr o m sheer necessity, in self ttgeetee, shall I fi n d m y se lf co mpelled to request your th e - 1 , 7 . 3 o disconti n u e f orwa rding me an old friend— '°rning Chronicle. Ot Haynau young—of Haynau old— Of Haynau het—of Haynau cold; Of Haynau tender—of Haynau tough, I must p rotest I' ve h a d eno ugh." Eci o_ . obedi ent servant, [we lnurgh, S ept. 21. D RUMLANRI G, M.P . Pr e , s c oincide so entir e ly in the opinions here ex thiree' by the N o bl e L or d th e Member for Dumfries - Dagt tha t We _have suppressed now for some time tbi a a Multitude of letters transmitted to us, upon I Nt l c ti °et unpal Hen atable subject, by a variety of cobeg rre- the e , ent e• ctfortb, therefore, we must Il e , sin c . errespondents t o r e fr a in from rendering us th,e, Ing recipi en t s o f t h e i r " v i r tuous indignation. Sun.] 411 L 171 O RICSHIREMAN AND OURSELVES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE t4it SIR —My attention has just be S erdirected to eeotst unwarranted and unjustifiable attack upon me, sineis w in the Yorkshireman, of the 21st instant, the writer, departing from the usual and at tlo tte l existing among members of the press, and gentlemen, has thought proper to bring againstr fv h r er sonally and by name the grave, and to a p o of ha °ll ! 4l Mao, most injurious and offensive, charge of the pro bap, been operated upon,"—a charge which be ag e . p re ceding wee k ma d e i n a l most s i m ilar t Yao) and whi c h h e f orma lly, although ratherems l. ThV eefull Y, with lrew in his last publica tion h o rahl and o b v i ous meaning of this charge is, that half be en bribM or unduly influenced by or ontieesble -14 hi " Alr. Hudson, to write certain articles 4r. - 11 43 14 f avour, in w hi c h I was assisted by ow , ,7113' Seymour, and that I was "practised Xt :iirou-L the in s t rumen t a li ty o f Mr. Close. report -8 ask ed, "May no t thi s ex pl a in the erroneous 6ue gt that th e editor of The Sun ha d b een the °f Mr. Clos e ? W as i t M r . Martin, then,ah° 4 , 44 , th us figured in Y or k as the editor of T t ehi ch We are informed, from a source ra tircie n t 'e can re l y, that it was so, and h u s on " the Way th r is out." H ere i s a distinct statementthatl e guest of M Mr. Close at York, given f rom " a beg t° a n which th e editor can rely. " In air,. k r, Sa y, that I never, to my knowledge, saw a t , Close in my life, nor teem comm unication from him d , id dir l ect e l York, and y ver nr rec . e d iv i e . etv, l 7 ," I was never in the city of Is , en in Yorkshire but once, in 1848, when ev4at down on professional business, on 1. 011 0 , 11 . g) to lknaresborough, returning on one th e to te " in g evenin g to London. I shall not condescend . th e . 3 ' what articles I have written or not written in to }iournal with which it is my pride and happiness bee n so long connected ; but this much I Ittlth::, 11 1 assert, th a t I h ave never s h are d in the se y na -- ''''' of any articl e with Mr. Digby L k , b 'ur) or n any other p erson . Wh a t I have written 4 sist ß ee ° a my own sole responsibility, without any tievor" whatever. I will further add, that I have ety received (as I trust I would indignantly reject) t l'er tetetilli arY favour, benefit, or advantage whatso -416 °r the promise or suggestion thereof, for any th e Which I have written in your journal, except .ed tlir e tgitirnate remuneration which I have received AS fro_ A, ol yourself. t 'nly ' d ttle se are matters which I am prepared, and a fitti n ee ro it necessary, to substantiate on oath on l o v f ii ii i! lit o n etsi v oen ; and the edit o r of the lorkshirema n an opportunity of proving the accura c y at I, r 4BSert iOnS, I shall no t a llude to the subject 411juiesent further th an to state th a t this denial but or ha been gi ven w ith ou t a moment's delay znY temporary absence from London. I am, dear Sir, very faithfully yours, Lu ca _ RICHARD MARTIN. E* 4 ;u2, Sept. 25, 1850. N ivv, f -Verbal), the editor of the Yorkshirema . n will sitn ae r°lll a sense of justice and fair-play, th e circ ulation give the i gP otl serkus to Mr. Martin's letter as he has to charges he has just made against that t .n a . "vgri enlith, and, in our own person, against t -r UL this journal.—ED. Sun.] A1a5—...... ~.., ____________ ""1:,... 's i AND SCULPTORS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. .. INnit,erda evening . N il get/lent _ a spec i al meeting of the committee t 1, star Lit 0 1 the above institution was . held at the 'West .,l4ll:4, erary Institute Great Smith-street, for general West .,l ~s s, and to arrange f ; the first election ot pensione 'eotl a r c j l 3 Prt of the so " ty o 's progress was satisfactory, the reli ff eing sufli ciently c :a e vailahle for commencing pensionary pro • T Ifidth be e) mmittee have met with the kindest support B iel'Y of the ern do -ers who have liberally subscribe . d aeoWelbed further e i nc 3 oura , gement,provided a disposition is eula teri en the part of the operatives to support it ; it is cal itle.ail'atit, ti a k t . o ... f . the latter class there are about 4,000 in Lon nth % %49 d o "`".08, and above 26,000 in the United Kingdom. e 1 ,,,, r , , ermined that two members should be elected on ee fund, at 7s each per week, on the Ist of October i t r a n ti d e 1-o.'rhien:rport concluded by an earnest appeal to the itB bens eased support to enable the committee to ex .m. olent objects. 1 ,-, i N ,, h " : eate n . ' '3IEN POISONED.—A report has just reach ed - toe 4,-.BoPer-liare of a most melancholy na'urF, viz. t h at 4 ) , Pubr en .ave met their deaths through drinking cyder . at - 1 aen house at Wedmore the drink having been poisoned "till rtiB-01,71.wkhich was found lying at the bottom of the cask. 11 I\ijo iv . v. l e a whale. .1.: ristol Journal. 4ti k)l "'M. —A new bank, called the Pacific th, 4..1as been built in Broadway. The well-known hotel, Period Hotel, is being repaired and enlarged. At, ok, r no or sue"u! there ever such activity in building lat New 2,4:44lrucalin.tttes ot h ... 1 4ilding materials brought into the city. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1850. DANGERS OF BALLOONING. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An almost universal opinion prevails that bal looning is a dangerous art, but notwithstanding the apparent danger of going up with balloons, few lives have been lost, compared to the number of ascents which have been made. At least a thousand persons have ascended with bal loons, some of them many times : out' Mr. Green, for instance, has made 450 ascents ; Signor Orlandi, the Italian aeronaut, 420; and Mr. Green's son has made more than 2.00 ascents. Many others might be mentioned who have made numerous repetitions of the experiment, but it is not necessary to mention them here. Suffice it to say, that near :3,000 balloon ascents have been made, with the less of only 15 lives ; and these were through care lessness, imprudence, want of caution or presence of mind. Of those who condemn ballooning as dangerous I ask—Where is the danger ? Bat before we proceed further, let us see what has been the cause of each fatal balloon accident. June 15, 1785. Messrs. Rczier and Romaine as cended from Boulogne with two balloons—a fire and a gas balloon ; the latter being placed above the for mer, it was, as M. Biot remarks, similar to placing a furnace under a powder magazine. When high in the air the balloons took fire ; the two aeronauts were precipitated to the earth and killed. The "Encyclopedia Britannica" states that the next fatal accident with balloons happened in Italy several years later, when a Venetian nobleman and his lady fell from a great height and perished. The details of this accident I am not acquainted with. Nov. 25, 1802. Signor Oliveri ascended from Orleans, in France, with a fire balloon made of pa per, held together by a f ew str i ps o f li n en. The balloon was consumed in the air, and the aeronaut dashed to the-gtotind. April 7, 1806. M: Mosment ascended from Lisle, standing on a platform, which served him instead of a car. His lifeless body was soon afterwards disco vered not far from where he ascended, and it is sup posed thtit he lost his balance while throwing out a parachute. Having only a platform to stand upon, there! was nothing but the cords left to prevent his falling off, and these were too far apart. July 17, 1812. Herr Bittorff, a German aeronaut, ascended from Mannheim with a fire balloon. When at a great height the balloon took fire; the aeronaut fell on a house, and was so injured that be died next day. Sept. 21, 1812. Count Zambeccari, with a friend, ascended from Bologna, in Italy. The balloon was filled with hydrogen gas, and at the lower part of it there was a spirit lamp, by the aid of which they thought they would be able to ascend or descend at pleasure, by rarefying the gas or allowing it to con dense by extinguishing the lights of the lamp. On descending the balloon came down on a tree, and the shock upset the spirit lamp, spreading the spirit all over the car, which was immediately in a blaze. The two aeronauts leapt out, and Zambeccari was killed by the fall—his companion escaped. July 7, 1819. Madame Blanchard ascended from Paris at night with fireworks. Through the careless ness of the workmen the rockets shot into the balloon, set it on fire, and precipitated the lady on to the roof of a house, from whence she fell into the street, and was killed. May 25, 1824. Lieutenant Harris, R.N., ascended from the City-road, London, - with a young lady. The balloon had two valves, with a string to each. Previous to ascending, the string of the largest valve was tied to a car or hoop, and when the balloon bad been up some time, on Lieutenant Harris opening the smaller valve the balloon became elongated, throwing the whole weight of the car on the valve-line which was fastened to it. The large valve was, therefore, opened, and the gas rushed out, Lieutenant Harris supposing the balloon had burst. He was killed by the fall, but his companion escaped with her life. Had Lieutenant Harris taken the precaution to have fixed himself in a stooping position he might have been saved, or had he known the cause of the balloon's rapid descent, and cut the valve-string, great part of the gas might have been retained in the balloon. Sept. 29, 1824. Mr. W. W. Sadler ascended with his servant from Bolton, in Lancashire, and descended at Whalley, where some country people who came to assist, after holding the balloon a short time let it go, and Mr. Sadler, not thinking of looking in the direc tion the balloon was going, it struck a chimney, and he was thrown out of the car. He died the follow ing morning. He might have prevented the balloon from coming in contact with the chimney by throw ing out ballast, of which he had sufficient for the pur pose, but he does not appear to have looked in the direction he was going. July 24, 1837. Mr. Cocking was killed in a para chute descent. The parachute was attached to the car of the Nassau balloon which ascended from Vaux hall. gardens', and at the height of 5,200 feet Mr. Cocking separated the parachute from the balloon. It descended with frightful rapidity, and by the violent concussion with which it struck the earth the un• fortunate gentleman was killed. Some persons at tribute the death of Mr. Cocking to his having wound the string by which he liberated himself round his wrist, and the string being fastened to the car of the balloon, he would of course be drawn to the upper part of the parachute, when the rope would break, and he would fall down again into the basket of the parachute. This does not appear unlikely ; and, indeed, it was said at the inquest held on his body that there was a mark on his wrist, which had evidently been made by a rope drawn tight round it. Even admitting this latter story to be true, Mr. Cocking might have descended without losing his life, had not the circle or hoop which kept the parachute expanded given way—it collapsed, and this was the cause of his rapid descent. The parachute was of enormous dimensions,: being 107 feet in circum ference, and had a convex surface, and not a concave. Since the accident many trials have been made of parachutes on Mr. Cocking's principle, and animals have been let down from great altitudes with this kind of parachute, and have always descended safely. In deed, the great surface of the parachute would have met with great resistance from the air, and had it continued expanded—that is to say, had the hoop, which was of block-tin, been made of a stronger mate rial, of ash for instance, the descent would not have had a fatal termination. The experiment was, how ever, an useless one, for even if parachutes should ever be found to answer any useful purpose, the im mense size of Mr. Cocking's would render it objec tionable. July 9, 1849. Mr. Richard Green ascended with a balloon from Cardiff, and was carried in the direc tion of the Bristol Chann e l, an d a ft e r remaining with the balloon several hours, he appears to have descended to the surface of the water, and was either;washed out of the car, or abandoned it with the intention of swim ming to shore. Indeed, this latter appears the most probable, for w hen the b a ll oon was found twenty miles inland, the car contained his coat, waistcoat, boots, neck-tie, &c. However, be this as it may, the aeronaut was drowned, his body being washed ashore at Kewstoke about a week afterwards. Mr. Wad man, the proprietor of the balloon, stated that when he foiled the balloon there was at least 150 pounds weight of disposable matter in the car, which the aeronaut might have parted with to keep himself suspended in the air. The aeronaut might also have seated himself on the hoop, and cut away the car, which has frequently been done by other aeronauts. It was a very imprudent act to attempt to cross a large expanse of water without a proper car. A life boat should always be used for aeronial marine voyages, so that if the balloon will not bold out suffi ciently to cross the water the aeronaut might in the boat float on the surface of the water till the arrival of a vessel. Oct. 2, 1849. M. Arban, a noted French aeronaut, ascended from Barcelona and lost his life in the same manner as Mr. Green. He fell in the sea, and his body was washed ashore a week afterward s . Hi s car was constructed simply of wicker-work, and not at all suitable for a sea voyage. A car const ruc t e d on the same principle as a life-boat would have saved him. The particulars of the death of Lieutenant Gale are quite fresh in the recollec tion of th e pu bli c , an d therefore do not need repetition here. The death of this gentleman was evidently caused by i mpru d ence on his own part, and ignorance and carelessness of the country people who were assembled at his descent. It has been stated that Lieutenant Gale was not perfectly sober at the time o f hi s ascen t, b ut had drunk more than his usual quantity of spirituous liquors. He bad also a very imperfect knowledge of the French language, and his directions being given in English to the country people were misunderstood, and the balloon was let go again, ascending to a great height, and the lifeless body of the aeronaut was after wards found at a distance of a mile from the balloon. Some persons think he must have been suffocated, and afterwards thrown from the car; but if this had been the case, the balloon, losing so much weight, would have gone more than a mile. My own opinion is that Lieutenant Gal e descended on the tops of the trees ( f or his body was f oun d i n a wood), and while exhausting the balloon, by opening the valve, the car upset, and he was precipitated to the ground. This fatal accident makes the total number of per sons killed by ballooning fourteen, and one killed in a parachute descent. It is true that others have lost their lives with bal looons, but not in the ordinary practice of the art. In 1786, while Lunardi was preparing to ascend from Newcastle the balloon escaped into the air, taking up with it Mr. Heron, who was only a spec tator, but who had twisted one of the cords of the balloon round his arm. When 200 feet high the cord broke ; he fell, and was killed. Perso4s who go to witness a balloon ascent should not meddle with the balloon unless requested to do so, and even then they should be cautious. In 1 838 . Mrs. G ra h am an d Cap tain Currie descended Idarylebone-lane, in a I -- COURT CIRCULAR:. BALMORAL, SEPT. 22. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert attended Divine service to-day at the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Cum ming. The ladies and gentlemen of the household were in attendance upon her Majesty and his Royal Highness. There will be no addition to the Royal dinner party this evening. Major-General Sir John Roil, and Marechal de Campo Sir Henry Pynn, transacted business yester day at the Foreign- office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co lonial-office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong- Kong. A severe storm visited Glasgow on Sunday, which lasted for more than an hOur. Several accidents resulted from the lightning, in two of which the escape from instant death was most miraculous. A considerable portion of the slating of Bartholomew's ils, near Barrowfield Toll, was torn from the roof and thrown Ml to the ground. The chimney was also demolished. SEAL SKINS.—A vessel belonging to Denmark, which has arrived in the docks from Flensburg and Copen hagen, has brought from the former place 45,843 salted seal skins, consigned to order. In addition to the very large number of this description of skins brought on this occasion, the importation is further of interest, as they would not pre viously to the alteration in the Navigation-laws have been admissible in this manner from Europe. CITY OF GLASGOW SCREW STEAMER.—GLASGOW, MossnAr.—This fine ship arrived from New York, at Gree nock at 7 30 last night, and, waiting for the flood tide, reached Glasgow at two o'clock this morning, making a run of fifteen days and two hours. She brings sixty-three pas sengers and a valuable freight. The City of Glasgow had severe weather for two days after leaving New York, and lost souse of her topmasts; but after clearing the banks of Newfoundland, she had a fine run across the Atlantic, with light winds, and averaging a speed of 200 miles per day. The City of Glaasgow left on the 7th current, and her 'news had been anticipated by the Atlantic and the America. All the berths for her outward voyage have been engaged three weeks since. Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, the proprietors of this screw liner, intend launching in a few days two fine steamers for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, to be called respectively the Singapore and the Ganges. So soon as they are off the stocks, another fine iron steamer will be laid down, as a consort to the City of Glasgow in the New York trade—a proof that the low freights and fares have been found remunerative. PRIVATE BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE SESSION OF 1850. It appears, by a Parliamentary return printed yes terday, that the total number of private Bills introduced into the House of Commons during the session of 1850 was 198, of which 28 were brought from the Lords. The number of private Bills treated as opposed was 91, and unopposed 74. The total number of private Bills which received the royal assent was 145 ; of which 35 related to railways; 16 to roads and bridges • 13 to waterworks; 7 to ports, piers, harbours, and docks; '2 to canals and navigation; 20 to paving, light ing, and improving markets; 1 to enclosures and drainage; and 23 miscellaneous. Every railway Bill, without a solitary exception, was opposed. IMPORTATIONS or TALLow.—It has been directed that the weight of tallow of and from the British possessions, landed under a duty entry, be taken from the wharfinger's account, in the same manner as is customary with respect to free goods, and that the wharlinger's account be also adopted with regard to the amount of tare to be allowed. Three persons started on Wednesday morning from Barnsley station, on their way to Russia, for the purpose of superintending the establishment of some extensive manu factories. The machinery that they are going to erect was sent off about two months ago, and bad been made at Man chester, Leeds, and Barnsley. Their engagement is for three years.—Leeds Mercury. • UNIFORM CAB FARES IN EDINBURGH. — The question of a uniform rate of cab fares in Edinburgh has been definitively settled, the magistrates having come to a final determination last Saturday. But the uniform rate, instead of being allowed to extend to the municipal boundary, is to be confined to a much more circumscribed area. This will, nevertheless, embrace from the railway ro stations, It &c., all the chief points of resor t within the city ppr. is anticipated that the new system will give satisfaction to all parties. DEATH FROM SMOKING.-011 Tuesday Mr. Pruen, the county coroner, held an inquest at Cheltenham, on the body of a boy named George Hill, aged ten years, the son of John Hill, of New-street. It appeared that on Saturday last, being in his usual health, he purchased some tobacco and commenced smoking, boasting that he could smoke better than any other boy in Cheltenham. He smoked two full pipes, but did not at the time appear to :Lifter any ill effects. About one o'clock he went home to dinner, and shortly after sitting down ho complained of a pain in his head, putting his band at the same time to his right temple He then fell uff the chair to t he g round, exclaiming, " Mur der ; mother, God bless you, I am going to die;" and im mediately after became insensible. Mr. Gregory was called in, and prescribed the proper antidotes, but deceased died in the course of the same day. Mr. Gregory, in his evidence before the jury, said he found the boy in a state of collapse, and evidently suffering from some narcotic poison. The symptoms were just such as would lee produced by over smoking. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with this evidence. The pipe which this boy had used on the morning of his death, was stated to hold more than four ordinary pii es. PAYMENT or THE POSTPONEDDUTY Or 1848.—The collection of the remaining moiety of the hop duty of 1848 (for which bonds were taken by the officers of inland reve nue, due on the Ist of October) will commeace at Battle, on Monday, Oct. 14, terminating, so far as relates to that dis trict, at Tonbridge Wells on Friday, the 18th. The collec tion for the Lewes district will not take place till Friday, Nov. I.—Kentish Gazette. Some time ago, whilst Madame de Caumont La force, a lady of property, of Paris, was in the conntry, one of her domestics, aided by two other persons, caused the whole of the splendid furniture of her hotel, worth nearly 80,000 f., to be taken to the Hotel des Commissaires priseurs, and sold by auction. The price realised was only 6,000 f. With this sum, added to a large sum in gold, a quantity of jewellery, and other valuable objects, the three thieves, George Dehen, Nicholas Veremetre, and a young woman, named Francois Bernard, took their departure from Havre, on board the St. Nicholas, for New York. As soon as the robbery was known, warrants were issued for their ar rest, but they did not reach Havre until after the departure of the ship. Directions were, however, immediately for warded ria England, to the French consul at New York to arrest the thieves, on their arrival in that city. The s e instructions reached New Yo rk by the English steamer before the St. Nicolas. The French consul imme diately hired a steamer to go out to meet the St. Nicholas, and the three thieves were captured, to their profound astonishment, at some distance from the land. They are to be brought to France for trial. Part of their booty will be restored to the owner.— Galignani. SINGULAR DEFENCE OF A PLAYER AT RUGBY. — An itinerant player, possessed of more wit than money, was, a few days ago, driven by the hard master, hunger, to com mit the high crime of poaching, in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, and was unluckily detected in the act, and carried forthwith before a bench of magistrates, when the offence was fully proved. The knight of the buskin, how ever, being called upon for his defence, astonished the learned justices by adapting " Brutus's speech to the Ro mans on the death of Caesar" to his case, in the following manner: - " Britons, hungry men, and epicures I hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear; believe me for mine honour, and have respect for mine honour, that you may believe; censure me in your wisdom, and awake you in your senses, that you may better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of this bare, to him I say, that a player's love for hare is no less than his. if then that friend demand why a player rose against a hare, this is my answer—Not that I loved bare less, but that I loved eating more. Had you rather this hare were living, and I bad died starving, than that this hare were dead, that I might live a jolly fellow ? As this hare was pretty, I weep for him; as he was nimble I rejoice at it; as he was plump I honour him ; but as he was eatable I slew him." Here the gravity of the Court was obliged to give way ; prosecutors, specta tors, and all burst into laughter at the ready wit displayed by the " poor actor." The information was withdrawn, and the knight of the sock and buskin left the court with pockets much heavier than when be entered it, with the intention of appearing on the stage the same evening in an" entirely new character." MANCHESTER WATER-WORKS. —It appears, from the report of the Water-Works Committee recently read before the Council, that the amount expeneed on these ex tensive works down to 31st July was 347,737/. odd, besides 5,902/. of interest raid on loans; since which time 10,90 e/. more have been paid to the contractors.—Builder . Di SCOVERY AT ROCHESTER. —In pulling down some old houses near Rochest er -b r id ge , id e the workmen have fou nd a principal arch of St. Clement Church, which church was shut up, and_ then taken down, in the • ar 1538, when the houses which are now being de; 3e destroyed were built on the site. It is a poin,ted arch, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES.—TuxsDAY. The Preparation Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 25 edded; inures and geldings allowed 31b. Once round and a distance. Mr. Rogers's Bellissima, 3 yrs, 9stlllb (Mr. Seville) 1 Lord Strathmore's Magician, 4 yrs, 11st 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. G. Hobson's Ikpe, 5 yrs, 12st.. (Owner) 3 Hon. G. Ongley's Camilla, llst 41b (Mr. Brooke) 4 Mr. Tait's Sam Hood, 5 yrs, list 111b...(Mr. Elwes) 5 Betting -3 to 1 on Bellissima. Bellissima made all the running, and won easily by a length; a length be tween second and third. The Two yrs old Produce Stakes of 25 soya. each, 10 ft; eolts,Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; 31b and 51b allowed, &c. One mile. Mr. G. HigL ins's New Year's-day colt, Bst 21b (Rogers) 1 Duke of Bedford's Taurina filly, Bst llb (Pettit) 2 Lord Strathmore's Show-girl, Bst llb (Crouch) 3 Betting-7 to 2 on New Year's day colt. The Taurina filly made the running for the first 300 yards, where it was taken up by the New Year's-day colt, who had it all to himself, and won in a canter by thirty lengths. The Bedfordshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 70 added. Two miles. Mr.Macsn na Landseer, Est 51b ( sib extra) (J. Smith) 1 M. Carew's CEdipus, 4 yrs, 6st 13Ib (R. Sherwood) 2 Mr. Osbaldeston's Minimum, 4 yrs, 6st /lb (Charlton) 0 Mr. Charlton's Kissaway, 4 yrs, 7st (Crouch) 0 Duke of Bedfoi d's Retail, 5 yrs, 7st Sib (Pettit) 0 Mr. E. Jones's Docility, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Thick) 0 Mr. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 6st 91b (Sharps) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Kissaway, 3to 1 tiwt Minimum, 4 to I agst Docility, 4 to 1 agst Landseer, and 10 to I agst CEdtpus. Wain by a length; Minimum a bad third. The Town Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Rayner's Pulcherrima, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (1001) 1 1 Mr. James's Sarah, 7st 41b (1001.)...(W. Sha►pe) 2 2 Mr. Ramsbottotn's Beebee Bunnoo, 7st 41b (1001.) 3 3 Mr. Messer's Grasshepper, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (1000 4- dr Betting--First heat—Even on Beebee Bunnoo. Won by two lengths. Second heat-6 to lon Pulcherrima. Won by three lengths. BASINGSTOKE RACES.—MosIDAY. The Ladies' Purse of 3 sovs, each, with 15/. added; for three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st 31b. The winner to be sold for 801.; but if entered to be sold for 60/., 51b allowed; if for 501., 101 b; and if for 40/. 141 b. The winner to be sold by auction, and the surplus, if any, to go to the fund. Heats. About one mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Hayter's c f Handsome Doe, Est (40/.) ... 1 1 Mr. Manning's b m Elopement, 7st 91b (400 ... 2 dr Mr. Parsons's b g Incendiary, Bst 91b (801.) ... 3 2 The Basingstoke Stakes of 10 sou. each, h ft. Two miles. Mr. W. W. Beach nd Landseer, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ..,... 1 Mr. Winch nd Zadoc, 3 yrs, 7st 91b Mr. W. Sadler nd Woodsprite, 3 yrs, fist 101 b Mr. E. Adams nd Made Safe, 3 yrs, 7st 21b The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. N. Portal nd Francesco, 4 yrs, 6st 121b—Mr. J. Sadler nd Stockbridge Buck, 3 yrs, 6st—Mr. H. Macey nd Birthday (h• b), 3 yrs, 6st—and Mr. Drewitt nd Vice, 3 yrs, 6st. The Stewards' Stakes of 4 soya. each, with 201 added, for three yrs old, 7st 41b; four yrs, Bst 71b; five yrs, 9st 21b; six yrs and aged, get 10112; mares and geld ings allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 100/., if demanded is the usual way. If entered to be sold for 80/., 51b allowed; and if for 60/., 101 b. Heats. About a mile and a half. Mr. Cuffall's b e Blister, 3 yrs (801), Est 131 b Mr. Winch's b f Impression, 3 yrs (801), bat 10lb 2 2 Mr. Elwes's b g Stockbridge Buck (601), 6st 51b 3 3 Mr. Bruyre's b m Fanny Hill (601), Bst 31b RICHMOND RACES.—TUESDAY. The Amateur Stakes. Fleur do Seine ... 1 Little Queen ... ... 2 The Wright Stakes. The Cutler ... Red Deer ... Sweepstakes. ... ... •• • 1 Radulphus ... ... ... Andalusian ... ... ... The Gold Cup. ... ... ... ... 1 ••• ... ... ... ... ... 2 Cantab ... Flash Inheritress BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. CESAREWITCH STARES.-9 to 1 agst Russborough (t) —lO to 1 agstßolingbroke-9 to 1 apt Landgrave (t)- 12 to 1 agst Backbiter (t)-12 to agst Mulgrave-20 tot agst Cariboo (t)-20 to 1 agat Lady Eden (t)-25 to 1 agst Legerdemain (t)-30 to 1 agst Musician (taken freely. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-7 to 1 apt Italian (t)- 10 to 1 agst Mu!grave (t)-12 to 1 agst Turnus (1)- 15 to 1 agst Loadstone (t)-16 to 1 agt Miss Anne (t). DERBY.-7 to 1 agst Grecian (t)-13 to 1 agst Prime Minister (t)-22 to 1 apt Storm (t)-1,000 to 20 agat Constellation (t). ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The match for the Rear-Commodore's Challenge Cup, with 20 guineas added, is to take place on the 30th inst., and to contend for which the following yachts have entered, viz.:- 1. Alligator 2. Whisper 3. Frolic 4. Traveller 5. Phantom - 6. Moor Park ... 17 „ J. N. Bland, Esq. The Gem steam-packet has been engaged by the Club to accompany the match, and it will leave London. bridge-wharf on the mor: ing of the match, at half-past S A m., and Blackwall at half-past 9, calling at Grten wich, Erich, and Gravesend. CRICKET. ELEVEN C F ENGLAND V. TWENTY-Two OF LOUTH. — From Brighton the Eleven `• steamed" up to the great metropolis, whence they again embarked upon another line, by means of which, on Monday morning, they were enabled to make their appearance on the Cricket ground at Louth, where they were greeted by some thousands of persons, who had assembled to witness the powers of the " great men." Louth went to the wicket in the first instance, and ran up a score of 107. The " Eleven," when " time" was called, had scored 7, with the loss of one wicket, that of Clark. The match was resumed on Tuesdny morning. THE THREE MESSRS. WALKER V. THE THREE CIESARS.—This grand contest was fougtt upon the ground of Mr. Marshall, Broadwater, Gudalming, and proved one of the finest single wicket exhibitions that has been witnessed for many a long year. Mr. John Walker headed his side in runs, as did Julius that of the Caesars. When " time" was called Mr. Walker had one run to get to tie, and two to win. In this state of the game the match was drawn. PUGILISM. - - - HOILES AND MADDEN, FOR 501.— AARON JONES AND ROBERT WADE, FOR 251. ASIDE.—Two fistic cartels were yesterday brought to the combat a rout ranee, or naked knuckle, near Eden•bridge, in Kent, whither nearly 600 excursionists betook themselves, per " special" on the South-Eastern, to wituess the "passage of arms." The " figure" at which business was done was a sovereign for stuffed seats, and a moiety thereof on boarded settees, a tariff which must have consider ably increased the revenue of the contractors. At a few minutes past twelve the voyagers were disembarked at a convenient and retired spot, short of the village and sta tion, where, by a rustic stair, the slope of a cutting was mounted, and a few hundred yards along the shady covert of a lane, overarched by tall timber, led the way passers to a " more retired ground," and here the veteran commissary of the P.R. quickly arranged the lists. The obtainment of a referee by mutual consent was not, how ever, so easy a matter, and hence upwards of an hour was cut to waste in captious, hairsplitting, obstinate, and disreputable disputation. At length the weighty ab surdity was settled, and the " little ones" stood up. Bolles, whose weight is about 7st. 41b., is known among his intimates by the by-name of the "Spider," from his lathy proportions, comparatively long upper limbs, and his extraordinary activity with his "feelers." This was his second appearance, he having defeated in artistic style young Jemmy Herbert. James Madden is a tough, little, herculean miniature—game, hardened, determined, beautifully put together as a small " model man." The fight was active, resolute, and on the side of Hoiles eminently scientific. Madden as the shorter man, and certainly the slower hitter, fought in the most manly and straightforward style, yet, from the fourth round it was pretty clear that he could neither counter hit with the Spider nor got at him effectively. Hence, at the end of 56 rounds, occupying one hour and a half, Heiles was proclaimed the victor amid great accla mations. JONES AND WADE.—The competitors in this affair were Aaron Jones (who some time since was defeated by Orme) and Robert Wade, a well-seasoned joiner of the nuptial ties. A heavy mill, in which much more courage than skill was displayed. What was the result? At the close of one hour, in which 43 rounds were fought, Wade's friends were compelled to exhibit the signal of defeat, and Jones was saluted as conqueror. PEDESTRIANISM. SAMUEL DRIVER AND W. RICHARDS.—This race, of 150 yards for 101., came off yester day, at the new ground, Copenhagen-house, and, notwith standing the bad state of the weather, attracted a large number of spectators. The betting was not very brisk, and cpened at even, but left off at 6t04 on Driver. The men got off at the first attempt, and ran well together, neither baying any decided advantage till 00 yards had been paced ever, when Driver put on the "steam," and ran in a winner by 2 yards.—Pocock and Badger also ran the same distance for Si. The race was a one-sided affair, Badger winning as , he pleased. Betting 2tol on Badger. MANCRESTER TRADE REPORT, SEPT. 24.—The intelligence brought by the America, of a further advance in the raw material, has tended to harden the prices in our market to-day, and cops and warps may be quoted at 0. above the rates of this day week, for medium qualities. Fine yarns are still in demand, and prices have an upward tendency, except for light printers and 36-in. skirtings. The goods market is very slack. The home trade is little or nothing. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The Royal mail steam ship Africa, Captain Eyrie commander, which arrived in the Mersey on Sunday morning, from the Clyde, after a swift run of fifteen hours, to take her station on the Cunard mail line, was to-day surveyed by the Admiralty officer under steam. She is a spleneid ship, equalled by few, if any, afloat. her model, size, power, Szo., arc similar to the Asia's. A PUZZLE.—In one house, not a hundred miles from Booth Tovvr, are living at present, 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 1 father, 4 mothers, 3 sisters, 5 brothers, 6 uncles, 3 aunts, 5 nephews, 6 nieces, S cousins, 5 sons, 6 daughters, 1 sister-in law, 1 brother-in. law, 3 grand daughters, 1 widow, and 1 widower ; total, 61 ; and there ar e vuly 13 peT§Qll5 itt the whole.—HaVax Guardian. narrow passage 4o . lr- The car knocked a coping-stone down, which fell on a man and caused his death. In 1845 Signor Comaschi, an Italian aeronaut, Its scended from Constantinople with a balloon, and dis• appeared rather mysteriously. The general supposi tion is that he was drowned. This is, however, rather doubtful ; for previous to his ascent Signor Comaschi had got into debt as much as possible, and took par ticular care to provide himself with passports to assist him after his descent, so that most likely he came down safely, and instead of returning to Constanti nople he hurried away in another direction. Comaschi had been in France, and had ascended there with his balloon. In 1847 an aeronaut ascended from Bagdad with a balloon ; his name is stated to have been Rosset, and it was also stated that he was a Frenchman. Now this M. Rosset was probably no other than the Signor Comaschi who ascended from Constantinople, for the latter gentleman having been in France much of his time might, if he understood the language, easily disguise himself and pass for a Frenchman. How ever, even supposing him to have been drowned, he should have taken the precaution to have provided himself with a water car. In 1847 the newspapers stated that M. Ledet, a French aeronaut, had ascended with a balloon from Petersburgh, and that the following morning his balloon was found, with its car empty, on the Lake Ladoga. It was for some time supposed that M Ledet was drowned, but at length his true fate was made known. It appears that M. Ledet having a quantity of jewellery on his person and also a large amount of gold, on descending a short distance from Petersburgh was assisted by three men, who after wards murdered him for the sake of his money and jewellery, and let the balloon go. The three men quarrelled about the spoil, and one of them being much dissatisfied with his share informed the autho rities of what had taken place, and his two companions being brought to justice were ordered to be put to death. Lately a man was killed in Essex by being struck with the grapnel of Mr. Bell's aerial machine. The man intending to stop the balloon threw himself on the grapnel, which with the balloon was proceeding at the rate of twenty miles an hour, and he was so injured that he died next day. These are all the fatal balloon accidents on record, and, as we have before said, are all owing to a want of caution or presence of mind, to imprudence or carelessness and ignorance. The accidents that have happened with fire-balloons have been through their taking fire, and this might easily have been prevented by making the linen or cloth fire-proof, which is very easily accomplished. I have heard Lieutenant Gale state that a balloon was as safe a conveyance as a ' stage•coach, and I shall not be stating too much by saying that not one fatal accident would have hap pened had the aeronauts been cautious. An aeronaut should 'always have a plentiful supply of gas and ballast. The bursting of a balloon has never been at tended with fatal effects. After bursting a balloon forms into a parachute shape, but here the aeronaut must be cautious, and must fix himself in a stooping position previous to striking the earth.—Yours, &c., September 23, 1850. AERO. REPRESENTATION OF POOLE. The polling took place yesterday. It commenced at nine o'clock and terminated at four. The following is the result : For Seymour (Free-trader) For Savage (Protectionist) 167 Majority for Seymour —2l Mr. Seymour was consequently declared duly elected. LORD PALMERSTON. The following letter has been addressed to Viscount Palmerston by the British merchants of Hayti : " Port-au-Prince, Aug. N. " My Lord,—We, the undermentioned British merchants established in Hayti, beg leave most re spectfully, through the medium of her Majesty's Act ing Consul, to present our united, sincere, and heart felt congratulations to your Lordship on the occasion of your late triumphant vindication, in the House of Commons, of those principles of liberal and enlightened policy which you have ever maintained, and which, associated with your Lordship's name, have placed you, my Lord, amongst the statesmen of whom Eng land has the greatest reason to be proud. " Situate as we are, nobody can better appreciate the noble and manly spirit which induced you to state that English subjects should, in whatever land they reside, have justice done them ; and that, failing to obtain it from the local tribunals of the country, they might look with confidence to their own Government for redress. " We will not, for obvious reasons, state why such a declaration is peculiarly satisfactory to ourselves, but will, in conclusion, most humbly offer you, my Lord, our thanks, trusting that your Lordship may long preside over the foreign relations of Great Bri tain, and being assured that so long we can look with confidence to the impartial but just and firm protec tion of her Majesty's Government. We bave the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servants, "JOHN 'Jowl HEARNE and Co. " ARTHUR B. WHITE and Co. " MAUNDER BROTHERS and Co. " SCRIHNER,_ HOWE, and BROWN. " EDWARD LLOYD and Co. " BALLARD, SMITH, and Co. " ROBERTS, WENTWORTH, and Co. " YOUNG and GERDES. " EDWARD LLOYD. " CHARLES KILLICK and Co. " COLES, MORRISON and Co. " J. OSLER and Co. " Viscount Palmerston, &c., Foreign-office, London." GEMINI IRON TWIN STEAMER. Yesterday an experimental trip was made from Blackwall by the patent safety iron steamer Gemini, which is the first vessel that has been built and fitted up on the patent recently granted to Mr. Peter Borrie, for improvements in the construction of double-hulled or twin vessels, and is intended to ply on the Thames. Her principal dimensions are :—Length between perpendicular, 140 feet ; ditto on deck, 146 feet ; breadth of each hull, 6i feet ; space between hulls, 8 feet • breadth on deck, 21 f ee t ; d e pth f rom under side of deck to cabin floor, 6i- feet; draught of water, .1- feet ; tonnage of each hull, 27 84-94 tons 0. M. The hulls are chiefly constructed of iron, and are securely bound together side by side, with a space or canal between them. Thus joined, the hulls afford a great extent of deck-room ; and there is ample ac commodation for the conveyance of from eight hun dred to one thousand passengers. The cabins are four in number and 30 feet long by 5 wide each, and are fitted up in the most convenient and comfort able manner. In addition to this it is intended to increase the accommodation by the construction of a saloon 40 feet long and 12 wide. A leading peculia rity of this vessel is that its keels and stems are not placed in the centre of the hulls, but aro situated to wards the inside of them, thereby diminishing that tendency of the water to gorge up between the hulls, which has been a great drawback to the success of twin steamers hitherto. She is also eminently adapted for the trade for which she is designed, by having each hull divided into five compartments by water tight bulkheadP, which, in the case of accident, will preserve her from sinking ; and as the buoyant parts are at the extremities of her breadth, there will be comparatively little tendency to heel over when crowded with passengers. She was constructed and fitted out with her machinery by Messrs. Robinson and Russell, of the Millwall Iron Works; and her two engines, which are on the oscillating principle, are of 50 horses' power collectively, the boilers being tubular. The experimental trip yesterday was made between Blackwell and the Lower Hope (a few miles below Gravesend). The vessel, with a party of up wards of 100 on board, left the Brunswick Pier at half-past twelve, and returned at half-past five, amidst bowl cheering from a crowd of spectators. The trial made of her capacities appeared to give general satisfaction. PREPARATION OF FLAX WITHOUT STEEPING.— This simple and economical mode of preparing the fibre for the spinner is attracting important attention at this; moment The machinery employed is exceedingly facile and inexpen sive; the flax may immediately be taken from the field, dried, and prepared ; and the yield is one-third more, and the strength one-third greater, than when it has been treated in the ordinary way. Not being tanned by steeping, it is bleached as easily as cotton ; and the essential oil remaining in the fibre imparts a lustre to the flax, and supplies that nature" which will enable the spinner to rival the finest hand-spinning, both in quality and brilliancy. So econo mical is this process, that the woody part broken away clean from the fibre, and retaining much of the essential oil of the plant, is admirably adapted for cattle feeding; and thus not one single atom of this valuable produce of our soil need be lost. There is, moreover, a peculiarly idiosyncracy in flax so prepared to unite " kindly" with fabrics of silk or wool, imparting great strength and beauty, and considerably les sening their cost. AUBOTSHANI.—The Puseyite Parson of this parish has endeavoured to prevent the Rev. Benjamin Arthur, a Dissenting Minister of Bideford, from preaching in his vil lage. Mr. Arthur, it appears, was i n the habit of occasion ally preaching in a room kindly lent b y one of the villagers. On Sunday week, on going as usual, he was told by the poor woman who rented the house, that the clergyman had been there, and ordered her not to let him preach any more, but to send him down to the parsonage if h e came aga i n . M r . Arthur waited accordingly on his reverence, who issued his apostolic command to him n o t to preach again, at his peril. Mr. Arthur intimated that he should disregard the priestly injunction, and preached accordingly; but before he had half finished his discourse, the parson presented himself, and ordered the congregation to disperse, as it was Sunday, "and they ought to know how to reverence the day ;" a few left, but most of the congregation felt much annoyed at this un- Christian like interruption, and stayed until the service was over.— Western Times. BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL.—The governors have or dered some additional cells to be lined and floors covered with kamptulicon, forthe comfort of the unfortunate patients of their hospital, THE ARMY. CHATHAM, SEPT. 24.—The under -named officers, with detachments of corps from the provisional batta lion at this garrison, will embark at Gravesend on the 27th inst., on board the freight s hi p D u k e of Bedford, for adra., viz.: Captain E. L. Woolley and Ensign F. C. Kennedy (51st, King's Own Bor_ derers), and 24 men ; also Lieutenant Kenney and Ensign Chatt, 84th Regiment, with 86 men, and 4 men of the 25th King's Own Borderers ;making a total of 114 men with 8 officers. The usual number of women and children on this occasion will be allowed to embark with the troops. Colonel William H. Slade, commanding Engineers, is to be relieved at Chatham by Lieut.-Colonel H. D. Jones, R.E. Trooping the guards at Chatham has been discon tinued by garrison orders, and the troops of this gar rison, consisting of the Line and Royal Marines, are ordered to commence wearing their black cloth trou sers. The sth and 9th company of the Ist battalion of Rifle Brigade marched into Chatham barracks on Mon day, the 23d, from Gravesend. The band of the 12th went out of the town to meet them, and they played them to the barracks. The troops disembarked at Gravesend from the ship Emily, from the Cape of Good Hope, which ship sailed on the 12th of July. The strength of both these companies consists of 6 sergeants and 95 rank and file, with 8 officers, viz., Captain Edward Roper, Captain H. Hardinge, Lieu tenant Honourable L. Curzon, Lieutenant H. S. H. Cornewall, Lieutenant Hon. H. Clifford, Lieutenant G. P. Evelyn ; Second-Lieutenant H. G. Lindsey, and Assistant-Surgeon J. R. Lewis, M.D.; 12 rank and file of the 95th Regiment, who were left sick at the Cape when the regiment sailed for England, came to Chatham, they having disembarked from the same ship as the Rifles; three women and five children belong ing to the Rifles arrived with the baggage. The troops this day underwent medical inspection at Fort Pitt, and those not fit for service were turned over to the Invalid Depot, St. Mary's Barracks; and those of the Rifles fit for service will march on Thursday for Canterbury, to join their head-quarters. Privates Patrick Doyle and J. White, of the Rifles, on the passage from the Cape, died at see. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DANGER TO PORTSMOUTH DOCKTARD..-011 MOH day night about ten o'clock, one of those dangerous machines, a fire-balloon, descended in Portsmouth dockyard. It fortunarely fell on the new ground, and was seen by one of the policemen. The tow or hemp, which had been saturated with turpentine,. was still on fire, and when touched the balloon again inflated, but the fire was immediately extinguished, and the balloon conveyed to Lieut. Hall's (the direc tor of the police-office). Had the balloon accidentally fallen unperceived amongst the light wood, chips, oakum, or shavings, or amongst any of the inflam mable stores which abound in all parts of the yard, the consequences might have been dreadful. On the balloon was a written intimation that any person on finding the balloon, and conveying it to the Royal Clarence Gardens, would receive a reward of half-a crown; it is therefore to be supposed that it was sent up from that place, which is about a mile from the spot where it fell. We believe there is no law prohibiting the exhibition of these dangerous machines ; but the sooner some enactment is passed the better, as in the thickly-inhabited district of Portsmouth a fire-balloon could scarcely descend without endangering the houses, the dockyard, and shipping. The balloon (which is a large one of the sort) has been sent to the office of the Admiral Superintendent of the yard, and a report of the circumstance has been forwarded to the Admiralty. THE RAMPTULICON TARGET.—The iron butt, lined with kamptulicon, was practised at, at the distance of 450 yards, from the Excellent, last .week. The butt was regularly riddled, but in consequence of a small portion of the butt about the centre having been lined with this substance, two shots only struck it, one of which separated a large portion of the kamptulicon from the iron work. In consequence of the smallness of the portion lined no correct idea could be formed as to the prevention of iron splinters from flying off, or as to the prevention of the shot fracturing. The butt has therefore been landed, and whether the parties interested will go to the expense and trouble of lining a butt properly is as yet. uncertain. However, this has been no test, for the lining merely formed a cen trical bull's eye in the butt that has been recently fired at. Blonde, old frigate, fitting for a receiving bulk in Portsmouth basin, has been hauled under the stern of the St. Vincent to receive the poop of the latter ship, which, being removed from her, will be put on the Blonde. Caradoc, packet steamer, has received orders to prepare for paying off at Falmouth. She is returning stores, &c. Poi, 42, Commodore Lambert, for the East Indies, and Thetis, 38, Captain C. Kuper, C 8., for the south east coast of America, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday afternoon, en route to their respective desti nations. Hercules, store-ship, Master Commander Fulton, sailed for the river, from Portsmouth, at 4 P.ar. on Monday. Portland, 50, Captain 11. Chads, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Moresby, C. 8., for the Pacific, was taken out of No. 5 dock at Devonport yesterday, and will now be prepared, with all dispatch, for sea. Rolla, apprentices' brig, Lieutenant Commander Fenwick, with his crew of naval apprentices, was under weigh at Spithead this afternoon, exercising great guns. Widgeon steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, left New haven on Saturday, to resume her survey on the coast. Mr. Samuel Paramore, a clerk of Devonport, who has been a very long time in the service, has been recommended for superannuation. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 24. The Hecate steam sloop, Commander Hand, hoisted the pendant yester day. She will be employed on the home station. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, sailed from Spithead for 13arbadoes with Royal Artil lery yesterday morning. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, re mains at Spithead. The reason her assistant-surgeon has no cabin is, that the Admiralty have not ordered one to be constructed for him, and the dockyard can not build one without such orders. Captain Giffard has no it,fluenee in the matter. The Admiralty yielded submission so reluctantly to the justice of the case of the assistant-surgeons that we are not surprised they retard the fulfilment of the order as much as possible. The Retributitn steno-frigate, Captain Warden, bent sails to-day, and will be at Spithead by the end of the NA eek. The Furious steam-frigate, jury-rigging in the II basin, mill be ready i❑ a few days to leave for the river to get her engines. She has topgallant masts up and lidded, and is rz.ttling down. She is a remark ably handsome-looking ship. CHATHAM, SEPT. 24.—The Albatross, 12 guns, Acting Commander Elliott, arrived here yesterday from Singapore ; she was towed up the river by the African steam-vessel. It is stated that her number of men on board, including marines, consists of 130. She is expected to be paid off on Thursday next. The Rattlesnake surveying -vessel, on her passage home from Sydney, Acting Commander Yule, is or dered to be paid off here. Her arrival is expected next week. Mr. W. Saunders, supernumerary gunner, and Mr. W. Roberts, supernumerary carpenter, both of the Cumberland 70, ordinary guard-ship here, are super annuated on a pension of 501. per annum each. Admiral Baron Mackau, the French ex-Minister of Marine, accompanied by an interpreter, and another gentleman stated to be a master shipwright of one of the French dockyards, paid a visit to this dockyard on Saturday last. An Admiralty order had previously been received, directing the authorities to allow the ex-Minister to view the yard, and to pay every attention to the distinguished officer that is due to his rank. The gallant admiral was received by the captain-superintendent, Captain Peter Richards, C.B , and Mr. Lair, the master shipwright, with Lieutenant Wise, R.N., director of the dockyard police, and they attended the visitors during their in spection of the yard. The Cressy, 84 guns, on the stocks, and ready for launching, was the point of at traction ; the Admiral and party remained on board above half an hour, having minutely inspected every part of this magnificent ship. Afterwards they pro ceeded to the third dock, and went on board the Ho ratio, fitting for a steam guard-ship ; there they remained on board tome time ; thence they proceeded to the metal mills, also to the saw mills and the ropery, and after viewing the new docks they returned to the Government -house, and there they were enter tained for two hours by Captain Peter Richards. The Admiral and his two friends left the yard and went on board the Adder steam-vessel, and proceeded to Sheerness Dockyard, to view that yard. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 24.—The Jasper and Advice steam-vessels left Woolwich yesterday afternoon for the Downs, to tow the Hercules store-ship to Green hithe, where she is expected to remain and discharge her cargo, her draught of water being so great. The Hercules has brought home a detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners from Gibraltar, and they will join head-quarters at Woolwich. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Robert L. Baynes, C. 8., is hourly expected at Plymouth from the Medi terranean station, and as she is to be paid off all stand ing, her Marines will be put on shore on their arri val, and their places filled up with officers, non-com missioned officers, and men of the Woolwich and Plymouth divisions. A selection of 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 2 drummers, and 80 privates took place this morning on the guard mounting parade of the Wool wich division for service in the Bellerophon, and they will leave Woolwich to-morrow morning, under the command of Captain William F. Hopkins, and pro ceed by railway to Plymouth. A similar number of non-commissioned officers and men will be selected from the Plymouth dilision for service in the Bellerophon. _ _ The Teazer steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Selwyn, was taken into the basin to-d a y, an d w il l b e paid off there on Friday next. The Firefly and the Monkey steam-vessels were taken out of the basin to-day, and the former will leave Woolwich to-morrow for Greenhithe, Plymouth, and the coast of Africa. The Marchioness of Douglas hired vessel left Moul mein in March last with a cargo of teak for this dockyard, but she has not arrived at her destination. Letters have been received from the Rosalind at St. Helena, and she had not beard anything of the Mar chioness of Douglas, although she had left Moul mein about a month later with a cargo of teak for Bristol. The steamer Viceroy, which was recently wrecked off Halifax, Nova Scotia, is likely to prove a profitable investment for those who purchased her when she was on the rocks. They paid about 2,000 dollars for her. The engines have been taken out without having sustained any damage, and it i s now expected, as her ponderous machinery is removed, that the hull will be got off and repaired at a trifling expense. The engines alone are worth 50,000 dollars. DISCONTINUANCE OF THE ADMIRALTY SEMAPHORES. In consequence of the facilities now afforded to the Board of Admiralty and all the Government depart ments in transmitting and receiving expresses from one end of the country to the other by the electric te legraph, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have determined upon discontinuing the old sema phores, which will be a great saving to the public, as each of them was attended by a lieutenant of the Royal Navy and assistants. The former have retired on half-pay with an increase, and the latter have been pensioned off. The great advantage of the electrio telegraph over the old system is well known, as by the present one dispatches can be sent off and received at all times, night and day, and no matter what weather, whereas the former telegraphs could only work by day, and that in fine weather, which was a great in convenience to Government, especially the naval department, which had only one line—from the Ad miralty, Whitehall, to Portsmouth ; whilst now ordets can be transmitted in a moment to the Royal Ar senals of Woolwich, Chatham and Sheerness, Ports mouth, Plymouth and Devonport, Penxbroke, &c. ; and no doubt, by the improvements making in electricity, in a short time by a submarine telegraph to Ireland. The following are the semaphore stations which have been done away with :—That at the Ad miralty, Chelsea, Putney, Kingston, Cooper's-hill„ Ether, Chatley-heath, Cobham, Pewley-hill, Guild ford, Bannicle-hill, Godalming, Hasle mere, Halder-hill, Midhurst, Beacon-hill, and Comp town-down; Peterafield, Portsdown-hill, Bedhamp ton, and Portsmouth. Not only is the electric tele graph of great importance to Government, but to our merchants and shipping interest in the announcement of the arrivals and departures of the foreign and colonial mails and vessels from all parts of the globe, the last prices of the markets and stocks, Parliamen tary Bills, and every intelligence of what is passing in both Houses of Parliament during the session, courts of law, &c. On the continent the electric telegraph is becoming more and more general, and several contracts have been entered into for laying down various lines so as to unite one country with the other. GOUGH-STREET THEATRE. An amateur performance of considerable merit came off last night at this very pretty and commo dious theatre, and to an old "theatrical observer" it was a matter of much gratification to witness so re markable an example of the improvement which of late years has taken place in this class of entertain ments. Unquestionably the young men of the me tropolis in the present day are vastly superior in elo cution and dramatic taste to the amateurs of twenty years ago—thanks, probably, to the elocution classes and the critical lectures at the wide-spread literary institutions in every direction. The performers last night were the Old Western Dramatics, and the benefi ciare was Mr. H. Green, their skilful stage-manager. The tragedy of John Savile was creditably presented, the hero (Mr. C. Wilson) being much applauded. But the most agreeable feature of the evening, to an observer accustomed to private theatricals of the old school, in which the wish was always to "out-Herod Herod" in " doing" the burlesque, was the really careful and moderate manner in which the extrava ganza of Bombastes Furioso was enacted. The General, by Mr. Bellarno, was a racy, and, at the same time, a finished performance, sufficiently broad and laughable, but nicely kept within the bounds of toleration. Mr. J. P. Montague was a capital Fusbos, exquisitely ludicrous, equal to most burlesque efforts on the public boards, and quite original. The King was deserving of equal praise in the hands of Mr. Percy Melville, who also displayed great talent for the burlesque in the concluding piece of Guy Fawkes, in which also Mr. W. Blanche distinguished himself creditably as Lord Monteagle. The tragedy, as has been said, went off well ; so did the farce, A Loper by Proxy. But the performance of the burlesque was the most decided evidence of vast improvement in private theatricals. THEATRE ROYAL, HULL. La Sas/nen/be/a—that master-piece of I.3ellines— although it has been so often represented on the Hull boards, was witnessed by a crowded house on Wed nesday evening. Abounding with exciting incident and fine vocal and scenic illustration, it was well chosen to bring into notice, not only the operatic company, but the capabilities of the theatre. Mr. Harrison ably sustained Elvino. As the plot de velops the apparent guilt of Amina (Miss Pyne) his relinquishing his faithless betrothed was finely de picteo ; and such was the enthusiasm following the duet and chorus, " Such return for love," at the con clusion of the second act, that an universal call fur Elvino and Amina to appear before the curtain en sued. The scena, " All is lost now," and that charming aria, " still so gently" (encored), were sung by Mr. Harrison with much feeling. Mr. H. Corsi, as Alesso, again created roars of laughter by his truthful personation of the part of the rejected lover; and Mrs. Weiss, as Liza, was all that could be desired. Of Miss Pyne's acting and singing we must again speak in terms of commendation. From the opening of the piece, where in her joyousness she manifests such an ardent passion for Elvino, to whom s h e confides all, to that unhappy discovery menacing her future prospects, and which appears likely to blast the happy dreams of her first love, there was a natural and truthful delineation of thot,e lofty passions of our nature which such trying circumstances evoke. The scene in which she is discarded by Elvino—where her whole powers of persuasion are exercised for the proving of her fidelity —was immense. The whole soul ap peared to be poured out in the concerted piece " Hear me swear, then," to convi nce bi s stern and unrelent ing nature. Strikingly effective as was the piece throughout, the finale, " Ah do not mingle," was a worthy conclusion. While recounting her troubles, in a state of somnambulism, Miss Pyne charmed the house by her brilliant warbling (introduced, in part), which, with its artistic execution, was much ad mired. A hearty encore, such as we have seldom heard, and in which Miss Pyne introduced a change of variations, concluded one of the best versions of Sonnambula we have witnessed for some time. We have only space to add that last night's opera, The Crown Diamonds, gave not less satisfaction than the foregoing. The brilliancy and precision with which Miss Pyne attacks and conquers the most diffi cult passages may be approached, but not excelled. Mr. Harrison is still suffering from relaxed throat. Each evening the party have been called before the curtain to receive the tribute of a delighted audience. The lessee, Mr. Caple, is certainly worthy of exten sive patronage for securing such talent, and we feel convinced that those of our readers who have not yet witnessed the performances of this party will do so previously to their leaving Hull. A better opportu nity than the benefit of Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne this and to-morrow evening—the last nights of their performance—could not present itself.—Hull Ad vertiser. THE BALLAST-HEAVERS OF THE PORT OF LONDON. —Last night a public meeting was held in Hawkstone-hall, Waterloo-road, to adopt measures to remedy the evils aris;. ing from the middleman system employed in ballasting ships in the port of London. The chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Flyn. The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. Howard, Mr. Green, and several other speakers, who detailed the evils under which the ballast-heavers laboured, all of which are ascribed to the middleman system. On the mo tion of Mr. Green, it was resolved to adopt a petition to the Privy Council of the Board of Tr a d e , to i ntroduce a bill into Parliament to establish an office for the hire of ballast-heavers, or if that was impracticable to introduce a clause in the Coal Whippers' Act, bringing the ballast. heavers within its provisions. A. memorial to the Trinity-house Brethren, praying them to support the prayer of the petition to the Board of Trade was also adopted, and it was resolved that Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., should be requested to present the same. The petition was signed by all pre sent, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. RHUDDLAX ROYAL EISTEDDVOD.—This long talked-cf festival commenced yesterday, in the court-yard of Rhuddlan Castle, which has been specially fitted up far tke occasion. Lord Mostyn was unanimously chosen president of the Eisteddved, and in his opening address strongly advo• cated the maintenance of the Welsh language. The bards were then called upon, and recited their poetical addresses in Welsh. The meeting was afterwards addressed in an elo quent manner (in English) by John Jones, Esq. (the bard Talhaiarn). The speaker dwelt upon the historical events applying to the Welsh nation in a strain of the most fervid el( quence. The "Very Rev. the Dean of Bangor next ad dressed the Eisteddvod, and was loudly applauded. The Rev. T. T. Edwards then read a special communication. The successful candidate for the grand prize was then in ducted into the bardic chair by two graduated bards. Rhud dlan is all life and gaiety. A vessel from Calcutta has brought fifty hogsheads of brandy as a portion of her cargo. We have never known an importation of fo re i g n s pi r i ts to t hi s extent before frelit , the Last Ihthee.